He dreamed that he sat alone at the banquet for a long time, and then planned to go out to breathe. As soon as he got up, a palace maid called him to the apse. The facial features of the palace maid were clearly Aunt Diancui, whom he was familiar with, but her expression was unfamiliar.
He stared at him with cold disgust, and the sight of his eyes made him uncomfortable.
He followed Dian Cui to the apse, and the concubines looked at him meaningfully. Jun Huailang pretended not to know, and waited for an order from Concubine Shu.
"Take Ling Huan out to get some air." She said lightly without raising her eyes.
Jun Huailang had some doubts in his heart, but it was like a pardon, and he wanted to grab Jun Linghuan's hand. However, he saw Jun Linghuan following him obediently and walked out with him.
… What’s the matter, how can you be so separate from yourself?
It was not until he walked out of the hall that Jun Linghuan raised his head.
fine. Those eyes were clean and clear, without the disgust and scrutiny that made Jun Huailang suffocate.
"Thank you brother!" she laughed.
There was something unfamiliar to Jun Huailang in this tone, and there was a vague prefix in front of the word "big brother", which Jun Huailang couldn't hear clearly.
After that, he forcibly suppressed the weirdness in his heart and took his sister to play. My sister went to the Imperial Garden first, and then went to the Plum Blossom Forest to see the lights. The lamp in the middle of the plum blossom forest was the most beautiful, Jun Huailang couldn't help but went to pick it up for Jun Linghuan.
In the dream, he was as light as a swallow, shuttled through the narrow path of the plum blossom forest, flew over the Taihu Stone in the middle of the water, and took off the palace lantern.
But when he came back, Jun Linghuan was gone.
He was so anxious that he immediately went to find Jun Linghuan. But immediately, he was held down by a group of people and knelt on the cold bluestone outside the imperial garden. The reprimands from around him made his ears buzz, but he was speechless.
"What are you arresting me for, without looking for someone first?" Jun Huailang said anxiously.
But none of the eunuchs and guards around him paid any attention to him.
Later, he was dragged into the splendid hall. Everyone was standing, but he was kneeling.
"Your Majesty, please send someone Xunling Huan back first!" He said anxiously when he saw the Qing Ping Emperor, ignoring the rest. "Ling Huan never walks around, I'm afraid something will happen!"
But Emperor Qingping was furious at him as if he didn't hear him, and that appearance made Jun Huailang feel particularly unfamiliar. All around, all the familiar people have different expressions, but the eyes looking at him are unfamiliar, disgusting and cold.
Fortunately, Jun Linghuan was found not long after.
Jun Huailang was worried and looked at her eagerly, but met Jun Linghuan's frightened and frightened eyes, as if he had seen some monster.
Even after meeting Jun Huailang's eyes, Jun Linghuan trembled and hid in the arms of the man behind her.
After that, the accusing gazes of everyone and the emperor's order to punish him severely were all blurred in the humming of his brain. He looked at every familiar but terrifying face, shivering coldly, wrapped in a suffocating pain.
He looked around at a loss, eagerly looking for something, but found nothing. Usually, his dreams wake up here.
Jun Huailang suddenly regained his senses and looked at Xue Yan.
Xue Yan didn't look at him, but the scene in front of him was very familiar to Jun Huailang. It was clearly the same scene, but in a dream, he knelt in Xue Yan's place.
Could it be that Jun Linghuan would run into the cold palace alone when Xue Yan went to fetch the palace lantern, and start to fear Xue Yan inexplicably? The experience in his dream is what happened to Xue Yan today?
So... Among them, there are clearly other people who have done something.
Therefore, in the previous life, Xue Yan and his sister had a misunderstanding because of that person.
At this moment, Jin Wuwei had already received the emperor's order, and he stepped forward to pull Xue Yan up and take him out for torture.
Jun Huailang didn't care much, and stepped forward in two steps, blocking Xue Yan's body.
"Wait a minute," he said.
Jin Wuwei did not expect that His Highness the Prince still had the courage to resist the decree. When the emperor was angry, he looked at each other for a while and stopped in place.
Jun Huailang glanced at Xue Yan, and then met Xue Yan's raised eyes.
The color was light, with a coolness and indifference that was as black as ink, and his eyes fell on the emperor in the hall. Although it wasn't aimed at Jun Huailang, Jun Huailang's back shivered from the cold.
He suddenly thought that what Xue Yan was going through in his dream was what Xue Yan was going through at this time.
Jun Huailang's figure moved, blocking Xue Yan's eyes, standing between him and Emperor Qingping, and stopped him behind.
"Please rest your anger, Your Majesty." Jun Huailang said. "Ling Huan was frightened, and he hasn't stated the reason yet. Please make a decision after your Majesty's investigation."
The queen glanced at the angry emperor, and then at the friend who was wiping her tears beside her, and reminded Jun Huailang with some reproach, "Huailang, don't lie."
Emperor Qing Ping suppressed his anger and asked, "Don't you have a clear inspection? The whole palace is full, Ling Huan is the only one who is afraid of him, and he was taken out and lost. What else do I need to investigate?"
Jun Huailang took a deep breath and replied calmly, "It's true that the Fifth Highness and the brother and sister of the minister have never had a holiday, and the minister thinks this is a bit strange."
Fortunately, he was an official for a few years in his previous life, and he was able to answer fluently in the Golden Temple, and was able to withstand the anger of Emperor Qingping at this time.
Emperor Qingping frowned, but he didn't have a bad attack. After a while, he reluctantly said, "Then go ask."
Jun Huailang took the order and got up.
When he turned around and walked back, he met Xue Yan's eyes again. That expression seemed to have never recovered, and there were emotions that Jun Huailang could not see clearly, like a turbulent vortex under the sea.
Those eyes only looked at him fixedly.
Jun Huailang just glanced at him before turning away. He walked straight to Jun Xiaowu and reached out to take Jun Linghuan in his arms.
Jun Linghuan's mood had calmed down a little, but at this moment, he sobbed softly, and whimpered and called out to his brother.
"Ling Huan tell my brother, what happened just now?" Jun Huailang knelt on one knee on the ground, took Jun Linghuan in his arms, and asked gently with one hand down her back.
He deliberately made Jun Linghuan turn his back to Xue Yan, and his expression at this time fell into Xue Yan's eyes.
Jun Linghuan rubbed his eyes, choked for a long time, and then whispered, "I want to eat people."
Jun Huailang was stunned: "Who are you eating?"
Jun Linghuan hid in his arms, and then stammered: "They said... Brother Fifth Prince, he wants to eat people. So he took Huan'er to a place he couldn't find... But they all left. Now, only Huan'er stays there."
Speaking of this, Jun Linghuan's voice was filled with crying again, and he choked up.
Jun Huailang was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood what she meant. Hearing the little girl whimpering like a milk cat, he hurriedly leaned over and held her in his arms again.
In addition to the heartache, Jun Huailang was a little horrified by the truth he had found.
In the previous life, this incident happened, and Xue Yan was punished "deservingly" because of Jun Linghuan's identification. From then on, Jun Linghuan would definitely avoid him like a snake. After all, a six-year-old girl was the best thing to scare.
... Therefore, Xue Yan's words in the book have an explanation.
It turned out that Jun Linghuan was deceived by the "they" she called, and thus made a grudge against the young Xue Yan? And in the long years that followed, Jun Linghuan was humiliated by Xue Yan inexplicably, and it was also because of these people's reckless jokes?
While Jun Huailang was terrified, his lips were tightly pursed, and there was a coldness in his eyes.
The people in the hall also heard what Jun Linghuan said. For a time, everyone looked different, and even the emperor's anger froze on their faces.
Jun Xiaowu reacted and suddenly became furious. He ignored the etiquette of the ruler and ministers, and asked, "Ling Huan, who is the one who scare you with nonsense? Tell the second brother, the second brother will beat him up so that he can't get out of bed for three days!"
Jun Huailang hurriedly raised his eyes to stop him, lest the furious Jun Xiaowu scare his sister again.
Jun Linghuan's choked voice became a little heavier. Jun Xiaowu squatted down quickly, followed her hair with one hand, slowed down his voice, and asked, "Ling Huan, tell second brother, who said it?"
Jun Linghuan sobbed and thought for a while.
"Brother Enze," she said. "And the second prince's elder brother... The rest, Ling Huan doesn't even recognize it."
Jun Huailang raised his head and looked at Emperor Qingping in the hall.
Emperor Qingping naturally heard Jun Linghuan's words. He never thought that this matter was also related to his other princes, and when he heard what the second prince said about "cannibalism", he became even more embarrassed, and said angrily: "If no one is here, hurry up and bring the two of them to us. Come in front!"
Lingfu hurriedly received the order, ran out quickly, and instructed the little eunuch to look for someone.
Within moments, the two were brought in.
Jun Huailang saw that Xue Yunsu still looked calm, but upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the calm was all pretence. And Jun Enze, who was behind him, shrank his shoulders long ago, and his legs were trembling when he walked.
He raised a white-eyed wolf at home. Jun Huailang thought coldly.
When the two came in and knelt down in front of Emperor Qingping, he heard Emperor Qingping ask: "Second child, is it you who brought the eldest lady of the Jun family to the cold palace?"
Xue Yunsu was angry at this moment.
Who knew bringing a little girl could be such a hassle? I can't walk fast, and I'm not brave enough to carry it with me, it's obviously a burden.
He was just showing off to a few noble families, saying that he dared to take them to that haunted cold palace. Several noble families were very excited, so he also came forward and led them away. And this little girl was led all the way by them, and after a few words of intimidation, she was too frightened to leave.
But it would be too much trouble to send her back at this time. What's more, he took the child away just to make trouble for Xue Yan, where is there any reason to send it back?
Had to barely take it.
When they arrived at the cold palace, a few people were even more excited because of the gloomy atmosphere inside, so someone suggested to take a look at the palace inside. But this little girl is timid and slow, and everyone who follows her is a drag, so no one of the few people is willing to take her.
Xue Yunsu was naturally unwilling. He simply made an excuse and placed Jun Linghuan in a corner building at will. In order to prevent her from running around, Xue Yunsu also frightened her, saying that if she left casually, she would be caught by Xue Yan who turned into a wolf. It was late at night, when he was eating people.
Xue Yunsu frightened a few more words. The environment in the corner tower was gloomy. When he saw that Jun Linghuan's face was pale and he didn't dare to move, he felt relieved to play.
Who would have thought that when a few people started playing, they all forgot about that little burden. By the time they remembered that there was another Jun Linghuan, the story of Jun Linghuan's disappearance had already spread throughout the palace.
But fortunately, no one noticed that they brought an extra little girl with the noisy group of people at the time. What's more, the Leng Palace was unattended with a radius of more than ten meters, and no one knew that they had brought Jun Linghuan to the Leng Palace.
Therefore, when Xue Yunsu heard the news of Jun Linghuan's disappearance, the first thing that came to his mind was to warn those who went with him.
"Keep your mouth tight," he said. "None of us have been to the Cold Palace today, remember?"
Anyway, the little girl was scared and silly, and she was only afraid of Xue Yan, so she definitely wouldn't let it slip. She was frightened there, and there was no danger to her life. Instead, it allowed her to learn a lesson and have pity on that evil star in the future.
And the group of sons and brothers had already made trouble, and no one dared to take responsibility. Now the leading second prince has kept them silent, so naturally they didn't say anything.
But I didn't expect that the little girl would learn to complain by herself?
Hearing the emperor's questioning, Xue Yunsu paused, and then said calmly: "Father, my son has never been to the cold palace, and I haven't seen sister Ling Huan after today's banquet."
Having said that, he looked around in a feigned puzzlement and asked, "What happened? Did Sister Ling Huan admit the wrong person?"
His acting skills are quite poor, and at first glance he can tell he is lying. Emperor Qingping showed a displeased look, glanced at Jun Enze beside him, and asked, "The second prince really hasn't been to the cold palace today?"
Although Jun Enze had been reminded by Xue Yunsu long ago, he was not so courageous when he came to the emperor. He knelt there, his legs kept shaking, and he just kept shaking his head, not knowing.
Of course, Emperor Qing Ping would not fail to see through the deceitful words of this child. On the contrary, the two lied to him unanimously, which made him even more annoyed.
"I still don't know how to repent, but you have learned to lie to me?" Emperor Qingping said angrily. "Not only do you not know what's wrong, but you want to hide it?"
At this moment, Zhang Guiren, who was sitting at the bottom, couldn't sit still.
Xue Yunsu is her own son, and Zhang Guiren has been in the cold palace, and she is most afraid of seeing the emperor get angry and commit crimes. Seeing that her son had caused such a big disaster, and the emperor did not believe him, Zhang Guiren got up quickly and hurriedly knelt down in front of Emperor Qingping.
"Emperor, Su'er has always been a good boy and will never lie to you! Please ask the emperor to investigate!"
Emperor Qingping said angrily, "He's acting like this, isn't he lying to me?"
Zhang Guiren hurriedly said: "This child is timid and kind-hearted. He must have been frightened and disrespected in front of the emperor! Besides, the young lady of Yongning's public family was lost by the fifth prince, so how can it be blamed on Su'er? Woolen cloth… "
At this moment, a clear voice interrupted her.
"Niangniang." Jun Huailang said. "If the Second Highness made a mistake, you lied to His Majesty on his behalf, but it is a crime of deceiving the king."
Zhang Guiren turned around and saw Jun Huailang looking at him coldly.
"How can you speak here!" Zhang Guiren said angrily. "Huangkou child, what do you know!"
Jun Huailang just looked at her.
His dark and deep eyes have always been cold and soft, like a hidden fairy straying from the world. But at this moment, these eyes are extremely sharp, and under the questioning of the other party, the momentum overwhelms the other party, and there is no fear.
Jun Huailang saw how these people in the hall were talking nonsense with their eyes open, and a raging anger ignited in his heart.
Do they know how to be afraid? Then when you do something like this, why don't you know you're afraid?
Throwing such a small girl on the abandoned turret, without the slightest bit of fear, put the blame on Xue Yan, and he was justifiable. How come when it comes time for them to admit what they've done, they start to get scared?
In the previous life, the sins Jun Linghuan suffered because of them were thousands of times more terrifying than this.
The more angry, Jun Huailang's thoughts became clearer. His eyes swept over these people, and there was a sarcastic smile in his eyes.
"Second Highness, before the next quibble, you might as well tidy up your clothes first, so as not to reveal your faults," he said.
Xue Yunsu was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the robe on his body.
Jun Huailang continued: "The turret of the Leng Palace has been in disrepair for a long time. There is thick dust on the stairs, and the mahogany handrails are also rotten. The stairs are extremely narrow. When we went to find Ling Huan, even if the martial arts were as strong as Xiaowu, the body would still be weak. The scraps of dead wood have been rubbed against, not to mention you, Second Highness."
When everyone looked, they saw that Xue Yunsu had inconspicuous but particularly distinct dust on the corners of Xue Yunsu's robe. There were also traces of dead wood on his elbows and back, and even the sleeves were scratched by dead wood. The lights were dim at night, and it was still hard to see outside, but the apse of Yongle Palace was brightly lit, and the traces of his body immediately disappeared.
Xue Yunsu panicked immediately, Jun Enze was so frightened that he fell to the ground and sobbed softly.
"This... This doesn't mean anything! Xu is Su'er being naughty and bumped outside, but I don't know..." Zhang Guiren still didn't give up.
"Shut up!" Emperor Qingping interrupted her.
Where is the banquet in the palace, where is it not spotless, where do you go to make such a disheveled face? Emperor Qing Ping only felt that his face had been lost, and his anger had risen to a higher level.
"Today is the banquet of Qianqiu. You are so arrogant, are you sending me a congratulatory gift!" Emperor Qingping scolded loudly.
Zhang Guiren didn't dare to speak.
Emperor Qingping took a few breaths and then ordered: "Take the second prince down, think about it behind closed doors for a month, and copy the Taizu's family instructions a hundred times. When the copy is finished, when it is released, even his mother is not allowed to visit! Jun! This kid from the family has a bad moral character, so he is not allowed to be the prince's companion any more, and he will be sent back to his biological father to raise him on another day!
There were also a few official children who were traveling with him, who didn't know how to persuade the prince, but instead, they made trouble together, found out who it was, and fined their father and brother for half a year! "
The needles could be heard in the entire apse, and everyone was silent. When Zhang Guiren heard this, he immediately fainted.
Jun Huailang was a little stunned when he heard his imperial edict.
When Xue Yan was the culprit just now, it was clear that he was going to be beaten and kneel in the Buddha hall. And when it was the second prince's turn, he just grounded his feet lightly and copied his ancestors' instructions.
These aristocratic families were all punished severely enough. Not to mention Jun Enze, who was about to be expelled from the capital, only that those sons of aristocratic families were directly punished by their father and brother. Not only did the male family lose face in the court, but he also had to be punished when he returned home.
In the end, punishing them heavily was also because they "brought bad" the second prince. The second prince, Emperor Qingping, was still his own flesh and blood. Although they are princes and ministers on the surface, they are still father and son in their bones.
And Xue Yan...
"Xue Yan, although the culprit is not yours today, but since Concubine Shu has ordered you to take good care of your sister, how can you leave her alone? You don't have to beat the board today, but the Buddhist hall still has to kneel until tomorrow. It's just dawn."
Emperor Qingping continued.
After he finished cooking the crowd, he saw Xue Yan kneeling down in the hall like a nail.
Everyone was punished, but he seemed innocent. This made Emperor Qing Ping feel uncomfortable, as if he had wronged him and taught him to kneel here for a while.
So Emperor Qingping spoke lightly, put a charge on him, and found a step for himself.
Anyway, he was fined a lot more, and it wasn't just once or twice this time.
—
When Jun Enze left the apse of Yongle Palace, the queen was leaving Duke Yongning to talk to Shen Shi. The second prince was surrounded by people and left, he was alone, and there was not even a follower next to him.
Jun Enze's legs were soft, and his mind was chaotic.
The place where his father distributes is Lingnan. I heard that there is a miasma there, which can poison good people to death. He was reluctant to go in life and death, and his father was reluctant to let him suffer, so he finally let him stay in Yongning's mansion after begging Duke Yongning.
Although it is dependent on others, it is better to go to Lingnan. What's more, he is the second prince's companion. He was a popular man beside the prince. He was indescribably expensive, and no one dared to look down on him. Among the noble families, he was also outstanding.
But now, it's all gone.
He angered the emperor, and the second prince could not save him. To the second prince, it was just a crime of playing tricks on a noble girl, but to him, it was a serious crime of instigating the prince.
Jun Enze knew that the matter had come to this point, and there was no room for turning around. Before long, he will travel thousands of miles to Lingnan, which is full of miasma.
He had no intention of returning to the banquet, so he had to sit down in an inconspicuous corner by Taiye Pond. In front of him, the Taiye Pond covered with a layer of crushed ice was sparkling, and the lanterns by the pool were flickering. On the opposite side of the lake, there are many palaces, towers, green tiles and flying scorpions, carved beams and painted buildings, and the brilliant lights are reflected in the lake, like a fairyland of Yaochi.
In the past, he could still be a member of this place, but now, he was thrown back to the mortal world by the fairyland, like a dream.
Just then, a faint sigh came from behind him.
"Fourth Highness?" Jun Enze turned around in surprise and saw the fourth prince, Xue Yunhong, standing behind him.
He and the second prince are always together, but this fourth highness is as gentle as jade, taciturn, and never does anything with them. Fang Cai, it was his sharp eyes, who saw Jun Linghuan there.
"If the fifth brother loses this child, I'm afraid the father will blame him again." At that time, Xue Yunhong said with a smile.
Xue Yunsu was surprised: "Xue Yan brought her out? How do you know?"
"I seem to have seen it, maybe I saw it wrong." Xue Yunhong smiled and shook his head. "If the second brother is curious, you can ask. I ate too much wine and I have a headache right now, so I will leave first."
Jun Enze was a little puzzled.
At that time, the Fourth Highness went back to rest, why did he wake up from the alcohol?
Seeing the suspicious look on his face, Xue Yunhong smiled and said lightly, "I was resting just now. When I heard the noise, I came out to have a look. I heard that something happened to you and my second brother, and I was a little worried, so I came to see you."
Jun Enze showed a grateful look, and at the same time burst into tears: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern. It's just that from now on, there will be no chance to meet again."
"How come there is no chance to meet?" Xue Yunhong asked in surprise.
Jun Enze said: "Lingnan is so far away, how can I have a chance to come back again."
Xue Yunhong smiled and shook his head.
"As long as the second emperor is reluctant to part with you, what does the distance have to do with it?" he said.
Jun Enze was taken aback: "You mean..."
Xue Yunhong said gently: "You have been by the side of the second emperor since you were a child. Who can compare with this kind of friendship? When you are about to leave, find an excuse to meet the second brother, and only say goodbye, the emperor will not allow it. Come. At that time, you cried with him, the second emperor is so soft-hearted, he will definitely remember you and won't let you suffer in Lingnan for too long."
Jun Enze's expression gradually turned happy.
Yup! How could he forget! I can't control my own destiny, but the nobles in the palace are different!
When Xue Yunhong saw that he was listening in, he couldn't help but laughed again and warned: "At that time, you will only say that you can't bear the second brother, and Xue Yan hurt you. The second brother hates Xue Yan so much, and he will definitely decide for you. I'll try to get you back."
Jun Enze hurriedly wrote down every word and sentence, and thanked Xue Yunhong for his suggestions.
"Where's the point?" Xue Yunhong said with a smile. "But I'm reluctant to let you go like this, so I came up with an idea for you."
His Royal Highness the Second Prince has a deep friendship with him, and His Highness the Fourth Prince is also reluctant to bear himself! Jun Enze suddenly fluttered.
Sure enough, all his years of drilling are useful.
"Now that you've figured it out, let's go back to the banquet." Xue Yunhong smiled and nodded. "It's windy by the lake, you wear thin clothes, don't freeze."
Jun Enze naturally did not suspect him, so he salutes him and leaves.
Since there is a chance to come back, he doesn't have to worry. In the aristocratic family, he still has a few good friends, and he still needs to go back to contact them for friendship.
Xue Yunhong smiled and watched him leave.
"The wise take their tricks, the fools take their strength." He said to himself with a chuckle. "The ancients did not deceive me."
As far as the second prince's ability is concerned, and he doesn't have a powerful mother's family, what can he do to rescue Jun Enze? He asked Jun Enze to ask the second prince, but it was just to use the last bit of the waste to intensify the contradiction between the second prince and Xue Yan.
Xue Yunhong put his hands behind his back and looked at the brightly lit lake. The scales of lights reflected in his eyes, but they did not show any temperature.
Who he wants to clean up, never has to do it himself. Taking advantage of his own strength was taught to him by his mother-in-law, the first lesson of being a king.
Just like that year, he and Xue Yan were born on the front and back feet. At that time, his mother concubine was just an unknown and unfavored concubine, while Xue Yan's mother, Concubine Rong, was the favored concubine of Yanguan's harem. At that time, Empress Zhonggong had been childless for many years, and everyone was staring at Concubine Rong's belly. His mother concubine could borrow multiple powers to make Concubine Rong die violently and Xue Yan fell out of favor, so that the eyes that originally belonged to Xue Yan fell on on him.
Now, he also has this ability. With the help of those brainless idiots, he can make Xue Yan fall out of favor and never turn over.
After all, his mother-in-law said that those who have old enemies should be killed to save themselves the trouble.
It's just that those idiots are useless, like low-quality iron swords, before they kill people, the blades are rolled up.
Xue Yunhong looked at the lake full of lights and sighed in disappointment.
—
In the middle of the east and west six palaces of the imperial city, a seven-story pagoda was built. There is a magnificent hall in front of the pagoda for Buddhist shrines. Incense burns day and night before the shrine, and there are still monks who are vigilant in the side hall at night, knocking on wooden fish, one after another, echoing in the night.
It was already late at night, and there was a sound of clockwork in the distance.
Xue Yan knelt in the middle of the Buddhist hall, looking up at the golden Buddha statue several feet high. The Buddha's eyes were kind and compassionate, his eyes lowered slightly, and he looked down in front of him. Around him, there are 108 statues of Arhats, each with different expressions, eyes wide open, standing quietly in the flickering candlelight.
Xue Yan raised his head and was able to meet the eyes of the Buddha statue.
He watched silently for a while, then suddenly let out an airy laugh.
"Stupid or not," he muttered, his voice so soft that only he could hear it. "What is worth for someone like me?"
He admitted that he learned the crude way today because he lost his mind for a while and did irrational things. This has never happened before, because in the past, his life has always been the same, and he has never met someone like Jun Huailang.
However, it is also considered a crooked hit. Dongchang was waiting for the day when he really became a backwater dog, and he was also waiting for an opportunity to make Dongchang fully trust him.
His sanity told him that this was the chance.
All he had to do was wait quietly for everyone to deal with him. The means of disposal are usually nothing new, and he has never had the habit of explaining, just waiting for the punishment to be over, relying on the smell of blood on his body to attract the wolves in the East Factory.
But this time is different.
When Jun Linghuan was gone, he had a panicked mood, and his mind was empty, and only Jun Huailang remained.
He could guess what kind of reaction Jun Huailang would have, so the first thing that came to his mind was not to use this matter, but to follow the traces to find Jun Linghuan. But just at this time, Concubine Shu sent someone to find Jun Linghuan to go back to eat snacks, and she happened to bump into him and detained him on the spot.
Immediately afterwards, there were the people who hurriedly came to ask the teacher to ask the guilt, the airtight Jinwuwei, and the furious Qingping Emperor.
This scene is not unfamiliar to Xue Yan, it can even be said to be accustomed to.
But what was different this time was that it didn't take long for him to see Jun Huailang, who came anxiously.
It was at that time that Xue Yan's chest seemed to be grasped, making him unable to breathe.
For the first time he tried to explain.
This was something he hadn't had since he was a child. Everyone just wanted to punish him, no one wanted to listen to his explanation, and he had no interest in wasting words. But this time, he wanted to tell Jun Huailang that he didn't mean it.
However, Xue Yan did not say anything.
Whether he knew it or not, it was his omission that made Jun Huailang's sister disappear. Seeing Jun Huailang's anxious expression, he just wanted to let the other party blame and scold him, or find a way to punish him so as to offset the sadness he brought him.
But Jun Huailang... still didn't.
Xue Yan watched Jun Huailang exonerate him step by step from the sidelines, found the person who deceived Jun Linghuan, and returned his innocence.
Innocent, this word is a little funny to him.
Xue Yan always thought that things like innocence didn't matter to him. It doesn't matter whether he did it or not, what matters is whether the final result has any use value for him.
It's just that he never knew that it is human nature to tend to the light. He didn't care about his innocence before, just because of people he didn't care about before.
Dongchang got the news that Xue Yan was wrongly punished, and sent Xiao Weizi to him as soon as possible. Although there was a discrepancy with the intelligence, Xue Yan was not beaten, but was punished for kneeling in the Buddhist hall, but Xiao Weizi still passed on Wu Shunhai's words, saying that he felt sorry for him being punished for no reason, and Eunuch Wu would come to meet him at a chosen day.
"Don't say it, father-in-law, although the fifth prince's punishment is not severe, but I look at his expression, but something is wrong." Xiao Weizi said when he reported to Wu Shunhai.
Wu Shunhai heard the words and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Weizi pondered for a long time, but couldn't speak.
"I always feel that something is not right, my eyes are a little blank, and it seems to be thinking about something." He said. "It's like half the soul was hooked away by the demon."
Wu Shunhai laughed when he heard the words.
"I think the rabbit was in a hurry and was thinking about how to bite." He said nonchalantly. "Is your soul taken away by the demon? Read more books, just relying on nonsense, you shouldn't let Dongchang be laughed at, saying that these fans are blind and blind."
Xiao Weizi scratched the back of his head, not daring to refute Eunuch Wu's words, he answered a few yess and backed out.
But... he still felt a little mean.
The look of the fifth prince did not have the kind of hatred that was hard to avenge and gritted his teeth.
But I think it is also, how can the demon be so bold, dare to hook people in front of the Buddha.
—
When Jun Huailang returned to Mingluan Palace, it was already late at night. Jun Linghuan was frightened and was led to sleep early, but Jun Huailang couldn't sleep, and even felt a little uneasy.
He didn't expect that the discord between Jun Linghuan and Xue Yan, which seemed confusing in the previous life, was actually caused by this.
Having lived as Xue Yan once, he could feel the situation in person, what kind of situation Xue Yan endured every day. Therefore, he once gave him some warmth, and then broke Jun Linghuan with his own hands, which became the object of his revenge in the previous life.
Jun Huailang felt that he should hate him. Jun Linghuan was innocent from beginning to end, but suffered such an innocent disaster. No matter who the culprit is, Xue Yan did everything.
However, Jun Huailang couldn't hate it.
It was because of this experience that Jun Huailang could understand how unbearable the pain of isolation was, like a cold blunt knife, repeatedly cutting blood dripping wounds.
Because of this, that moment of warmth is especially precious. Losing is much more painful than never getting it. After gaining warmth, the person who once gave it warmth avoids and fears himself with a look of horror, which is more unacceptable than the malice from others.
Jun Huailang knew that, compared to Xue Yan, what he should hate was those people who forced Xue Yan to this point, and made fun of Jun Linghuan, let her torture Xue Yan, and forced the two of them to engage in hatred.
Xue Yan was a fire pit, and it was the people who pushed Jun Linghuan into it.
However, behind that group of people, what a huge group of people. In today's matter, it was the second prince who framed Jun Linghuan on the bright side, but in fact, behind him were the silent condoning people in the palace, and the indiscriminate Qing Ping Emperor.
Even today, Xue Yan has distanced himself from Jun Linghuan's disappearance. Didn't Emperor Qingping find a reason to punish him?
Jun Huailang looked up at the night outside.
In addition to the flickering lights, there is a darkness like ink.
At this moment, Fu Yi pushed the door and entered.
"Eldest young master?" Fu Yi took a lantern and glanced inside cautiously.
"Huh?" Jun Huailang looked at him.
When Fuyi saw him, she laughed, then opened the door and instructed a few palace maids behind her to come in: "I saw that the lights in your room were not turned off, so I thought that you haven't slept yet. There wasn't much food at the palace banquet today, my servant. Seeing that the small kitchen in the Empress's Palace makes supper for Empress, I will make one for you as well."
Several palace maids came in floating with jade plates in their hands, and soon filled the small table in front of Jun Huailang.
Seven or eight kinds of dim sum snacks, the amount is not much, but the excellence is exquisite, and they are all in line with the taste of Jun Huailang. Jun Huailang watched them prepare the dishes. After watching for a while, he came back to his senses. He really felt a little empty in his stomach.
In the banquet in the palace, there are many nobles to entertain, and the dishes need to be exquisite. There is only one imperial dining room, which is often too busy. The dishes of the Palace Banquet are usually in short supply in terms of weight, only enough to fill the stomach.
When the vegetable cloth was ready, Fuyi put the tableware for him again, and put the ivory chopsticks by his hand.
Jun Huailang suddenly asked, "Is the Buddhist hall far from here?"
Fuyi was stunned for a while, and he didn't know it, and looked at the maids behind him.
One of them said: "His Royal Highness, it's not far. Exit the gate of the East Sixth Palace and walk a stick of incense, and you'll be there."
Jun Huailang asked again, "Is there someone guarding you?"
The palace maid covered her lips and smiled and said, "Everyone can go to the Buddhist hall, except for the usual guards, there are only monks."
Jun Huailang hummed and said nothing.
Just now, when he saw those snacks, he suddenly thought of Xue Yan.
He certainly didn't eat much at the banquet tonight, and he had to kneel all night in the Buddhist hall until dawn.
Jun Huailang had a bold idea in his heart.
After a while, Jun Huailang found that he couldn't hold back the thought at all. He pursed his lips, and said in a rare willful way: "Fuyi, pack up all the food, I want to go out, don't have to follow."
Fu Yi puzzled: "Do you want to...?"
Jun Huailang said, "You don't have to ask, and don't disturb your aunt, just go and clean up."
He thought, anyway, His Majesty only gave an order to let Xue Yan kneel all night, but he did not say that he was not allowed to eat or that people were not allowed to visit him.
Anyway, the cause and effect of the previous life have been figured out. In this life, Xue Yan will not kill the whole family of Jun's family, nor will he attack his sister again. In this case, the misunderstanding is over, and the grievances are barely clear. Xue Yan has already passed on to his aunt, and he is roughly half of Jun's family. Maybe he can protect his aunt and siblings in the future.
Jun Huailang said this to himself in his heart.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he just thought that Xue Yan was going to kneel all night alone in the Buddhist hall. He couldn't bear it, and he was a little angry.
After all, he did not make a mistake, why should he reflect in front of the Buddha?
Over there, Fu Yi obediently packed the food box for him and put it on the table. Jun Huailang put on his robes, and the maid gave him a cape. Carrying the food box, he pushed open the door and walked out.
This was the first time in Jun Huailang's life that he did things like this secretly. He glanced at Concubine Shu's room, feeling a little nervous in his heart, but he pretended to be calm and told Fuyi, "Remember, don't let your aunt know about it."
"Don't let me know what?"
At this moment, a charming and bright voice sounded beside him.
When Jun Huailang raised his head, he saw that Concubine Shu had arrived, standing silently under his window for an unknown time.
"... Aunt?" Jun Huailang panicked.
Unexpectedly, he died before his apprenticeship, and before this sneaky thing was done, he was caught first.
"Originally, I just wanted you to visit." Concubine Shu turned her eyes away somewhat unnaturally when she met his gaze, her expression icy cold with two differences. "If you let the next person go, it seems to be what this palace means. This kind of thing needs to be done by your child."
Jun Huailang was puzzled, and then, Concubine Shu raised her hand and handed the thing in front of him.
Jun Huailang looked down and saw a heavy cloak in her hand.
"It's cold at night in the Buddhist hall, bring it to him." Concubine Shu turned her eyes awkwardly, posing a casual look. "What happened today is that this palace has wronged him."
—
Outside the southern sky, on the banks of the Silver River, there is a fairy tree that grows between the sea of clouds. It is a hundred and twenty feet high, with dense branches and leaves, full of clear peach blossoms.
There were two people sitting under the tree, playing chess. One of the old men, with white hair and beard, pondered on the chessboard for a long time, and simply threw the pieces in his hand on the board, ruining the whole game.
"Who in the heavens doesn't know that Ben Xingjun is a stinky chess basket? Even the Jade Emperor has to let me take a few steps, but you are ignorant from the underworld, and you will kill me every time!"
The old man was still not relieved, and stretched out his hand to push the chessboard into a mess.
"Forget it, I came to Heavenly Court today, and I didn't come here to play chess with you, this little old man." Sitting across from him was the Underworld Lord. "I'm here to ask you, have you dealt with the wrong soul that Black and White Impermanence accidentally recruited that day?"
Ming Ge Xingjun stroked his beard and said: "It's almost there. Ben Xingjun has given him many dreams, but this kid is born by a god, and his mind is very tough, so he can't get into his consciousness. But Recently, it was finally done.”
"To dream?" Fu Jun frowned. "Aren't you going to bring back that soul sooner?"
Mingxing Xingjun squinted at him: "Do you think this is a good move? His life is tied to the evil star, and he should live again. You think that the killing star was in the world at that time, causing the mortal blood to flow into rivers. Why? It's because Yue Lao didn't tie the red line between them. This person is specially sent to suppress the evil, and if they are not tied firmly, how to suppress the evil? "
Fu Jun said: "But, he can read the words you wrote..."
Ming Ge Xingjun coughed awkwardly.
"That's why I gave him a dream," he said. "The fact that I entrusted him with a dream is the reason why I wrote the storybook in the first place."
Fu Jun asked, "Does it really work?"
Ming Ge Xingjun heard him repeatedly questioning himself, and said angrily: "The book my little old man has written is thicker than the life and death book of your underworld, can you understand better than me?"
Fujun knew that he was stubborn, so he didn't say more after hearing the words. Since he ordered Ge Xingjun to take over this matter, he was relieved.
If Mingge Xingjun did this, he could solve a lot of trouble for him. Seven Killing Lone Stars hang high in the southern sky, and they have to go down to earth once every 10,000 years. Every time it goes down to earth, blood flows into rivers, and they have to work hard for a while in hell. He has been busy with this matter for ninety-nine times, and this last time, it is time for him to rest.
So Fu Jun got up and said goodbye.
He was about to leave when Mingge Xingjun stopped him again.
"Wait, I have something to ask you too."
He turned around and saw the old man sitting in the same place, wringing his hands, his expression was a little awkward.
"... I don't know if you little girls in the underworld look at Danmei or not?"
"... What's the delay?" Fu Jun was puzzled.
Mingge Xingjun cleared his throat and waved his hand: "It's nothing, let's go, let's go back."
Mingxingjun understands it best. Who cares about the girls in the world, as long as the story of the book is interesting, what gender is it?
He has been worrying about the evil star for the past few days, staring at the mortal world every day, watching too much, but he thinks that the two of them are very interesting, and it is worth writing a story book.
Ming Ge Xingjun's hands are itchy again.