It was another month of starless nights, and Ye Huaiyang touched the Chongxiao Pavilion as usual.
Speaking of which, she is not good at martial arts, but she has a good sense of balance and she has a lot of courage, so she can come and go between the two buildings. There is a way to resolve it, and the two have been fighting for several rounds invisibly.
Tonight, Huaiyang was looking for Chu Jinglan for serious business, but he didn't seem to be there. She thought that it might be better to wait if she was here, so she sat down beside the wenge tree and looked at the furnishings in the attic boredly.
It has to be said that, from the small table and chairs handed over to the antique frame and the screen, although it does not look brand new, it has a kind of antique beauty. The hollow carvings and rhinoceros texture are especially exquisite and are rare.
After looking around, his eyes returned to the short table in front of him, Ye Huaiyang stretched out his hand to fiddle with Chu Jinglan's pen holder, and inadvertently glanced at a square stone box without a lid, which contained some black ashes, like a Something just burned. She used her fingertips to poke away the layer of powder on it and picked out a small piece of unburned shredded paper. After carefully observing it for a while, she suddenly narrowed her eyes.
Hairpin and flower paper, this is something in the palace.
After thinking for a moment, she walked to the railing and summoned her own guard to ask: "When did you see King Lan's carriage leaving the palace?"
The guard lowered his head and thought for a while, and quickly replied, "Miss, I don't seem to have seen a carriage going out of Prince Lan's mansion today."
You have an appointment with someone and you don't take a carriage. Could it be because you can only go to that place alone? Ye Huaiyang's face was slightly condensed, but he didn't ask any more questions. He waved his hand to let the guards go back, and sat back a few short sides, leaning his head with one hand, staring at the shard thoughtfully. The wind rose and floated all the way to the depths of the palace.
At this time, the Inner Imperial City was under curfew, and there was no one else moving except the patrolling imperial army. The sound of neat boots slapped on the bluestone slab rhythmically, with the light of the torches spreading to all corners, all night long.
In the shift room under the city gate, it was a different scene. More than a dozen soldiers were eating hot pot around the stove. The oily soup was still bubbling. If the bamboo strips were inserted casually, they would come out with a steaming hot pot. Black goat meat, delicious, fat and tender, overflowing with juice, they are addicted to eating.
When it was time to change shifts, another team of soldiers came in from outside, rubbing their hands together, and their eyes lit up when they saw the meat. In this unguarded space, a tall figure quietly passed through the side gate of the Inner Imperial City, and then quickly disappeared into the forest path.
The moon was as cool as water, and it sprinkled the long steps, reflecting the familiar and unfamiliar shadow in the pavilion.
"You came."
Bai Zhixuan slowly turned around and looked at the man in the black training suit without blinking. Even though his face was blurred by the backlight, she recognized it instantly, her heart trembled involuntarily, and her emotions drove her away inexplicably. Nearly, a cold rosin floated into the tip of the nose, which immediately evoked a long-standing memory.
He hasn't changed at all over the years.
"Jinglan, long time no see."
Chu Jinglan looked at that splendid face, and said lightly, "Your Majesty's concubine."
When Bai Zhixuan heard this title, she immediately took two steps back in shock. The bright moonlight made her face pale, her facial features lost their luster, and she looked pitiful.
"You're still blaming me..."
Chu Jinglan sneered inwardly, and in his heart there were countless lives that died in the hands of the Bai family. He patiently suppressed the bloody pressure and asked calmly, "I don't know why the empress asked this king to come here in the middle of the night. thing?"
"I-I heard that you are back and want to see you..." Bai Zhixuan said regularly, her eyes sparkling, "The north is barren and the weather is quite bad, I worry about how well you are doing every day, now I see When you are still the same as before, this stone in my heart has finally fallen to the ground."
"Since I have seen it, this king bids farewell."
Chu Jinglan turned around and was about to leave, when Bai Zhixuan suddenly jumped up from behind and hugged his waist, the cloak was raised high, causing thousands of flower shadows to blur for a moment.
"You don't show any affection for me!"
"Love?" Chu Jinglan turned around and waved her away, and said with a blank face, "The relationship between this king and you was gone when the Bai family turned against each other!"
Bai Zhixuan tugged at his sleeve tightly, the corners of her eyes glazed, "Yes, all the mistakes are the Bai family's fault, but in the end, those things are the decisions of the seniors in the clan, I don't know it at all, I know you The night I was seriously injured, I kept kneeling in front of my father's door and begging him, my voice was hoarse, and my head was smashed, but what about him? He sent me to the palace the next day! You compare me to them now, I How innocent?"
Her voice was so low that she was so choked up that she couldn't speak any longer. Her petite and exquisite body was shaking in the wind. Although it was dark in the night, he couldn't see it clearly, but he could feel it with the hands he was holding between his sleeves.
Bai Zhixuan was overjoyed when she saw that his face was slightly loose, and then she lifted her sleeves.
"After entering the palace, I tried my best to inquire about your news, but they blocked it at every level. In desperation, I began to think wildly, thinking that you had been seriously injured and died, and I just wanted to go with you, but every time I was rescued by them... "
Chu Jinglan lowered his eyes and found that Hao's wrist was covered with three hideous scars. Just by looking at the degree of skin distortion, he could tell that the injury was serious at the time. Grab his robe and get closer.
"I know that many things are irreparable, but please give me a chance to make atonement for the Bai family?"
Chu Jinglan was silent for a moment, his expression was no longer as cold as before, and he did not push her away, but asked indifferently, "How do you want to atone for your sin?"
Bai Zhixuan hurriedly said: "You can do whatever you want with me, even if you take my life, I will not hesitate." She said with a sad look on her face, "It's just... It's just that Zihao is still young, please don't be embarrassed. he… "
After all, it is still a matter of watching the tide.
The rumor has been circulating for so long, and it has already flown into the emperor's ears. Even if it is not enough to make him lose trust in the Bai family, it will still have an impact. Coupled with the failure of the assassination, the Bai family has been having a hard time recently. Made an appointment tonight.
"Do you think the whole thing was designed by this king?"
Bai Zhixuan said nothing, her eyes dodged a little.
"Since you don't believe this king, why do you need to say more!"
Chu Jinglan flicked her sleeves, lifted her feet, and walked along the path. Bai Zhixuan saw a flash of pain the moment he turned around, and she thought about it, and then she chased after him and grabbed him without hesitation. , said tearfully: "Jinglan, I didn't mean that. You used to love Zihao very much, and of course you wouldn't do anything to him. I know that, I'm just afraid... I'm afraid you accidentally fall into other Human trap!"
Although her words were vague, she undoubtedly pointed the finger at the Ye family.
Chu Jinglan's figure was stagnant, and his expression obviously changed, as if he was thinking about something, Bai Zhixuan looked from the side, and became more and more sure of what he was thinking - he really didn't know, everything was a conspiracy of the Ye family!
Although she had already got the answer, she still wanted to keep Chu Jinglan in a decent manner. Fortunately, Chu Jinglan didn't stop there. She squeezed her hand and left. She eagerly followed his back, and suddenly Seeing him turn around, his teardropped face suddenly lit up.
"This king will give you an explanation for this."
Bai Zhixuan nodded, her eyes flooded with water, and she looked very pitiful, but after Chu Jinglan completely disappeared at the end of the road, she slowly wiped the water stains on her face and smiled coldly.
Chu Jinglan, ah, Chu Jinglan, you are really as gentle and soft-hearted as before.
The night was like water, flowing slowly, the bright moon disappeared into the sky at some point, and the stars disappeared, leaving only a few shimmering lights on the street corner to illuminate the way home.
There were two glazed lamps hanging in the gatehouse of Prince Lan's Mansion. Under the lamps, moths lay quietly, the shadows slanted horizontally, and two wind-like figures passed by, breaking the silence in the courtyard.
Chu Jinglan walked all the way through the trestle bridge and the waterside pavilion. As soon as he entered the Zhongxiao Pavilion, he threw his robe aside. Tang Qingfeng caught it subconsciously, but heard him say coldly, "Throw it away."
"Yes."
Although Tang Qingfeng didn't dare to say more, he was relieved. When he saw Chu Jinglan treating Bai Zhixuan like that in the palace, he almost thought that his master still had that goblin in mind, but seeing him now is such a reaction She knew that she wanted to be wrong - she didn't even want to touch anything she had touched, she must be extremely disgusted.
But why did the prince pretend to be ignorant and deliberately guide Bai Zhixuan to deal with the Ye family? He thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure it out. When he looked up and saw that the person was gone, he had to swallow the words in his stomach and go out with his nose.
On the other side, Chu Jinglan came to the attic alone, and her coldness had not yet receded. Seeing Ye Huaiyang sleeping soundly on the low table, her face became colder and colder, and she reached out and picked her up.
"Ye Huaiyang!"
She woke up leisurely, first rubbed her eyes, then looked at him in confusion, as if she hadn't slept enough, and slammed her head on his shoulder, he impatiently pulled out a hand to hold her, and looked at her for a long time, she suddenly Jokingly: "Don't stare at me so coldly, it's already very cold in winter."
The stars in Chu Jinglan's eyes suddenly shattered, and every inch of it was captivating. "This king said that you are not allowed to come from Lingyun Pavilion again, so what you said as this king is in the ear?"
"But how do you know that you are still having a leisurely rendezvous with a beautiful woman in the middle of the night?" Ye Huaiyang suddenly leaned up to his chest and smelled it, then chuckled, "Yes, I didn't bring back the smell of that woman."
Hearing this, Chu Jinglan's eyes completely lost their warmth.
Is there anything she doesn't know
He stopped talking to Ye Huaiyang, twisted her body flatly and pushed her to the railing, then closed the door and went downstairs. Before leaving, he heard her slightly resentful muttering: "I'm still sleepy, how can I climb back? , let me go through the door anyway..."
Chu Jinglan's face darkened, and he slammed the door and left.