The expressions of the three people immediately changed, and they followed the sound
. I saw a person slowly walking out from behind a towering rock a few feet away. He is tall, with handsome features and a smooth smile. Under the reflection of the setting sun, his fiery red robe is as red as blood. It is frightening at first sight and full of ominous omens.
Su Li's heart trembled and she secretly screamed, "Oh no, why is Yang Xiao here too?" Before she could speak, Yang Zhen's expression suddenly changed. He suddenly turned his head and stared at her. He was sad and angry. He sneered again and again: "What a Li! You actually teamed up with outsiders to design this king. You are really My uncle’s wonderful niece!”
Su Li's eyes darkened, unable to explain. He turned to look at Yang Xiao and said in a cold voice: "Are you following me?!"
Yang Xiao's eyes slowly focused on her, and the same cold voice revealed his inner disappointment, "You also said you would tell me when you found out the news, but you didn't! I just heard you say let him go, yes Are you planning to let this matter go?"
Su Li said: "Then what are you going to do?"
Yang Xiao didn't answer, and turned to Yang Zhen with half-smiling eyes, "Qiandieyan has a nice scenery. Since the emperor's uncle is here, why should he leave in a hurry?" A smile appeared on his lips, but his eyes were cold. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, his body swayed and he was blocking the path leading down the mountain.
A hint of evil flashed across Yang Zhen's face, and he sneered darkly: "I can leave whenever I want, and stay whenever I want. When will it be your turn as a junior to take control?"
"So the emperor still remembers his identity! I thought you only have power and the throne in your eyes, and you have long forgotten what family love is!" The smile on Yang Xiao's face suddenly disappeared, and his eyes were like knives, looking straight at the emperor he respected in the past. . The words coming out of his mouth are like ice.
The surrounding atmosphere became tense for a moment.
Yang Zhen looked expressionless, looking at Yang Xiao who was approaching step by step, unable to contain the evil aura rising in his eyes.
"I don't understand what you are talking about!"
"Uncle Emperor, are you pretending to be confused?" Yang Xiao sneered: "Okay! Then let me explain it clearly! You ordered Xuanfeng to poison me, then blamed Xuanjing, and then secretly informed my father that I died from the poison. News, you know that my father loves me the most. He will be very sad when he knows something happened to me. He has been in poor health recently. Excessive grief will inevitably make his condition worse. You take the opportunity to plot to seize the throne... "
"That's nonsense!" Before he could finish speaking, Yang Zhen shouted sternly, veins on his forehead were pulsing, and he waved his sleeves and said angrily: "There is no evidence, just random speculation. I think you are still young, so I won't argue with you this time. .Step aside!"
"The facts are before our eyes, but the emperor still doesn't admit it
! Yang Xiao's heart became more and more painful. He took another step closer and sneered: "Uncle Emperor, it's best to follow me back to the palace to see your father immediately!" "
Yang Zhen said with a gloomy face: "I have something to do in the palace, so I don't have time to mess around with you." After saying that, he raised his feet and was about to leave, but Yang Xiao stretched out his long arm and stopped in front of him, refusing to give way.
There was a tense situation between the two of them, their anger boiled to the extreme, and the situation was about to break out.
Su Li's heart immediately tightened. Originally, she just wanted to find out who was behind the scenes and then make plans, but she didn't expect that the result would develop to this! Just when he was upset, Xia Fu'an's calm voice suddenly came to his ears, "First think of a way to make Prince Xiao leave."
Su Li turned around, and Xia Fu'an behind him was looking ahead, his face expressionless, as if the words just now did not come from his mouth.
Her heart was slightly shaken, and the sound was transmitted into the secret! Xia Fu'an actually knows this skill
The uncle and nephew over there stared at each other angrily for a long time. Yang Xiao was so angry that his hands were shaking and he was about to lose control. Su Li had no time to think anymore and quickly stepped forward and grabbed his arm.
"Yang Xiao, don't be impulsive!"
Yang Xiao's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and warned word by word: "You'd better not get involved in this matter!"
"This matter happened within the main altar, how can I ignore it?" Su Li's eyes darkened, and he held Yang Xiao's hand a little harder, and said coldly: "One of you is the emperor's uncle, holding military power. In charge of the country's military strength. One is the prince, who has important responsibilities, is highly valued by the emperor, and is the future king. But in the end, we are all a family, and we must not rashly fight! Otherwise, if there is civil strife, no one else will attack in the future. We will take the lead first. Self-mutilation and disintegration!”
Hearing the last sentence, Yang Xiao paused for a moment. There is a temporary truce at the border, but the hundreds of thousands of troops from the Sheng Kingdom have not yet evacuated. They are eyeing the border and may launch another attack at any time. Yang Zhen holds the military power and has great military power. It is not wise to fight within the army at this time. But... how could he be willing to just let go of the person who harmed him? What's more, Yang Zhen's real purpose may not only be this!
Seeing Su Li's admonishment, Yang Xiao's mind relaxed a little. Yang Zhen couldn't help but have a thought in his mind and shouted coldly: "Yang Xiao, fortunately you are still the crown prince of Bian State, but you are not as knowledgeable as a woman. It is in vain that the Bian Emperor expected you to do so." Very high, I don’t want to argue with you about today’s matter, you can just take care of it yourself!” After saying that, he raised his feet and left.
Yang Xiao was in a panic and shouted: "You can't leave! Follow me to see my father!" He wanted to chase after him, but Su Li grabbed his arm tightly. The skill of combining Chengfeng and Floating Cloud Sutra is amazing. , he couldn't break free for a moment, turned around with red eyes and said bitterly: "Let me go."
! Don't make me do it! "
His tone was filled with unprecedented coldness and anger, and he was anxious, disappointed, and sad. All kinds of emotions surged up and down in his heart like waves. Ever since he saw that she was still alive, he was happy from the bottom of his heart and tried every means to make her happy. He treated her wholeheartedly and was hurt by her as a hostage, but he didn't care at all, but in the end... He was in her heart Position, but still not as good as the emperor's uncle!
Yang Xiao's eyes were filled with heat, and he could hardly control himself.
How could she not know what was on his mind? Su Li's heart was blocked, but she could only take a deep breath and said softly: "I know you can't."
These words were like a sharp thorn, piercing into his heart. The pain was so painful that he couldn't breathe. Yang Xiao stared at her, so disappointed that he actually laughed, "You, why are you so sure?"
"You said you would never hurt me, and I haven't forgotten it." Su Li said slowly.
"But he harmed me! He poisoned me! He will definitely harm my father next! Why do you ask me to let him go?!" Yang Xiao couldn't control himself anymore and screamed.
"Yang Xiao, calm down! What if you don't let him go? Even if you can take him back to the palace, you have no evidence to prove that he did these things!" Su Li reminded him with a calm look.
"Why is there no evidence? You are the evidence! As long as you are willing to help me." He held her hand, his eyes filled with eager anticipation.
Su Li's heart sank suddenly, and she stared at him but said nothing.
Yang Xiao suddenly shook her off hard, shook his head in disappointment and said, "You won't help me... You won't..."
"It's not that I won't help you." Su Li suddenly raised her head to look at him, her eyes filled with sadness, "Yang Xiao... my mother is gone, and I don't have many relatives in this world anymore... I don't want to see you. No one is hurt…”
Such sad eyes suddenly hit Yang Xiao's heart, and he stopped involuntarily.
The Su Li he knew was either smart and sharp, or cold and strong. When had he ever seen her show such a sad and helpless expression? His heart seemed to be suddenly clenched tightly, and he could not utter another word.
After a while, he laughed self-deprecatingly, "Ah Li, you are really my nemesis." Knowing that he liked her and cared about her, he showed sadness at this moment, which made him unable to express his anger and complaints, and turned into pain for her in the blink of an eye. Cherish and reluctance
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Su Li saw the pain on his face and could do nothing about it, but her heart was filled with sadness. She took the initiative to hold his hand tightly and whispered, "Yang Xiao."
Her slender fingers were slightly cold, Yang Xiao's heart trembled, and he subconsciously held her back, turning his head but saying nothing.
Su Li said softly: "I'm not just doing this for my uncle."
He turned his head, his face still very ugly, "I know! You are afraid that today will leave him with no way out, and you will risk everything in the future, and you don't know what will happen. But you have worked hard to give him a chance, but he doesn't seem to appreciate it. If he still insists on his own way in the future, will you still help him?" He looked at her without blinking.
Su Li lowered her eyes slightly and did not answer. It's not that she hasn't thought about the future, it's just that she has to choose between family ties, but she can't find the real answer.
Unable to wait for her answer, the feeling of disappointment overwhelmed him again, and Yang Xiao looked gloomy.
Su Li's heart softened and she couldn't help but comfort him softly: "I don't want anything to happen to him, let alone hurt you. You must understand, right?"
"I understand." Yang Xiao closed his eyes slightly and sighed: "Ah Li, no matter what the future holds, I don't ask you to be devoted to me, I just want you to be truly happy."
Su Li's heart trembled slightly, but she didn't know what to say. She could only sigh softly for a while.
A violent cough came, and Su Li was suddenly startled. Looking back, Xia Fu'an was standing there, staring directly at their intertwined hands. There seemed to be a trace of inexplicable pain in his deep eyes.
Su Li was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered that Xia Fu'an was still injured. She turned her eyes and saw the blood on his left shoulder flowing down his arm, dyeing all his sleeves red. Su Li was startled and quickly stepped forward to support him, "How are you? Is it okay?"
Xia Fuan's face turned pale, but he smiled softly, "I can't die..."
Yang Xiao said: "He is seriously injured, and the wound needs to be treated urgently. I must go back to the palace first, Ah Li..."
Su Li hurriedly said: "I understand, you can go ahead. I will handle the matter of the Saintess Cult myself."
Back in Siyuan Building, Su Li just called Xia Tong, when Xia Fuan took his hand and whispered: "Don't make any noise.
. The fewer people who know about my injury, the better. "
Su Li's heart skipped a beat, her eyes fixed on the palm of his hand that was holding her down, and she was stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, he withdrew his hand in time and slowly walked to the bed and sat down.
"I asked someone to invite Jiang Yuan." Su Li avoided his gaze and turned around to leave, but was grabbed by him again.
"No." His breathing was right next to her ear, so close, and the temperature of his palm was as cold as water. She could still feel it through her sleeves, which made her frown, but she forced herself to hold it back.
"You are seriously injured and must be given medicine immediately." She gently got rid of him. This time, he did not refuse, but slowly retreated.
"Thank you, Saint, for your concern." His face was as white as paper, but his eyes were as bright as fire. He looked straight at her, "You can apply the medicine by yourself."
He gasped and reached out to remove his blood-stained shirt. The clothes peeled off, exposing the young man's muscular body. Su Li subconsciously turned his eyes and saw that the doors and windows were wide open. He waved his sleeves and closed all the doors and windows with a bang. It has to be tight.
He lowered his head, with a vague smile on his lips. He suddenly stood up, pulled out his belt, and his gown fell to his feet with a crash. Su Li unconsciously raised her eyes and saw that the man in front of her had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, with well-defined texture and perfect body that made people blush. Why did this body feel so familiar? It's just that face, that face... but it's not that familiar person
"Saint..." He called her softly, suppressing some strange fluctuations.
"What?!" She suddenly came to her senses and clenched her hands unconsciously.
"My subordinate is injured on his back, please help the saint." He handed over a medicine bottle and stuffed it into her hand.
Su Li was stunned. There was a voice in her heart that refused, but there were roots under her feet and she couldn't move at all.
He turned around silently, and the bloody wound on his shoulder immediately appeared before his eyes.
Su Li took a breath, his injury was more serious than she imagined! She immediately picked up the medicine bottle, carefully treated the blood stains on the wound, and sprinkled the medicine powder bit by bit. She vaguely felt that this was not the first time that this situation had happened between her and him. Su Li frowned slightly, trying her best to ignore the sudden strange feeling in her heart, but she couldn't help her hand trembling slightly, sharp When her nails accidentally scratched the wound, she immediately felt the man's whole body tremble and his skin tighten.
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"Does it hurt?" She turned to look at him hurriedly and apologetically, only to find that he was looking at her with eyes so deep that she dared not look directly into them. Su Li's heart skipped a beat and she lowered her head involuntarily. The light in the room was very dim and the surroundings were silent. Silently, her thoughts suddenly became confused. "Do you have a cloth bandage?" She looked left and right, trying her best to divert her gaze.
"Yes." His voice was low, and he reached out to take the white cloth from under the pillow. Su Li was stunned again. Why does he keep a bandage under his pillow? Could it be that he had anticipated the possibility of injury? But she didn't have time to think too much. When she looked up and saw his fiery eyes, she could only take it and wrap up his wounds in circles. Her hands were entangled back and forth on the front and back of his body, and the body temperature from his body seemed to be transmitted directly from her slender fingers to the bottom of her heart. Su Li tried her best to calm down her mind and quickly tied up the wound. Suddenly, a shallow scar on his back caught her eye. The wound looked like an old wound, very much like an arrow wound. The location was almost exactly the same as the location where Dongfang Ze was hit by the arrow when he rescued her in the Shenmen secret passage... Su Li's heart was shaken violently, and her hands trembled violently.
"What's wrong?" Seeing her unresponsiveness, Xia Fu'an asked in confusion.
Su Li didn't speak, her eyes seemed to be fixed on a certain position, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. Suddenly, she threw away the cotton in her hand, stood up and strode open the door.
She walked in a hurry along the way, and even when she returned to the Sacred Heart Temple, she could not calm down. There were many things that she couldn't think about in detail. The more she thought about them, the blanker her mind became and the more confused her heart became.
"Miss seems a little uneasy today, what happened?" Wan Xin asked.
Su Li said nothing, always sitting and looking out the window in a daze. Before I knew it, it was dinner time, and Mo Xiang came into the room and said with a smile: "The food tonight is so rich! Manager Xia personally cooked and prepared a table of dishes. When I saw them, they were all what the lady likes to eat!"
Su Li was stunned. He was injured and he actually went to the kitchen to cook
He thought thoughtfully and said, "This Xia Fu'an is really strange. The lady has never said what she likes, but he seems to know her likes and dislikes very well!"
Su Li was shocked, stood up, and walked quickly to the dining room.
Before entering the house, the aroma of the meal that hit his nostrils aroused his appetite, but this tempting aroma was mixed with a faint foreign fragrance. Su Li's heart sank and her steps immediately stopped.
Xia Fu'an changed into a dark black robe and stood upright with his hands behind his back. His tall back was as calm as a mountain in the flickering light and shadow. There was no trace of him being an injured person.
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Hearing Su Li's footsteps, he slowly turned around and met Su Li's gaze with his deep eyes. The seemingly plain face seemed to shine brightly under the warm yellow candlelight, and his facial features gradually transformed into... Another handsome and perfect face.
Su Li's heart beat violently, and the blood all over her body surged to her chest. She could hardly breathe. She quickly closed her eyes, opened her eyes and looked again. Xia Fu'an was still Xia Fu'an. The face of the man in front of her was still ordinary. The face she remembered so deeply.
"Holy girl, please." Xia Fu'an stepped forward and smiled.
Su Li glanced at him steadily, still feeling frightened. She walked around him and walked to the table. There were eight dishes and one soup on the table. Each dish was very exquisite, comparable to the meals she used to have at Prince Zhenning's Mansion!
"Miss, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Mo Xiang whispered in her ear.
However, Su Li couldn't laugh at all. Her heart felt like a heavy boulder was weighing on her, making her unable to breathe. She slowly stood next to the table, the room was filled with the aroma of food, but she only stared at one of the dishes, her heartbeat quickened, and she didn't say a word.
The last touch of clouds on the horizon has long since faded, and as night falls, the sky becomes so dark that everything around it is covered in indistinguishable colors. Su Li's face was as blurry as the dim dusk, "Did you cook all these yourself?"
Xia Fu'an gently responded "Yes", looked at her with a deeper look, smiled slightly and said, "Don't you like the saint?"
Like it, how could she not like it, these are all her favorite dishes in the past, especially the double stuffed lotus root dish, which she loved most in the past, but it is also the only one she cannot touch among the delicious dishes on the table today!
The eyes of the man opposite him were like a deep pool of water, with the light shining and flickering under the water. He was looking at her without any words, but she felt that he seemed to be looking at the most intimate lover hidden in his heart.
Su Li couldn't help but take a step back and looked at his injured left shoulder. An unspeakable pain suddenly surged in his chest, which was almost uncontrollable. She clenched her hands and said as calmly as possible: "Manager Xia cooked the food himself even though he was injured. How could I not like it? Especially this double-stuffed lotus root dish. It is so exquisitely made. It must have taken a lot of thought! I wonder how it tastes?"
She picked up the silver chopsticks and quietly picked up a piece of lotus root. She quietly glanced at the man beside her, only to see his eyes tighten slightly, and a gleam of light in his eyes suddenly bloomed and then extinguished. Su Li's movement stagnated slightly, and he put the lotus root slices back on the plate. His expression relaxed, as if he knew she couldn't touch this thing.
Su Li's heart throbbed, and some answers gradually took root in her heart, making it difficult to ignore.
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"Come here, Bu Cai." She suddenly ordered in a deep voice.
Mo Xiang was stunned for a moment and quickly went to get the chopsticks, but Su Li said: "I'm not calling you."
"Ah?" Mo Xiang had no choice but to step back, looked at Wan Xin strangely, and whispered in a low voice: "What happened to the saint today?"
She kept staring at the plate of double-stuffed lotus roots with unsettling eyes. The faint scent of tonka flowers floated in the air, and her face changed slightly.
"Manager Xia," Su Li ordered without looking back, "come and help me with the dishes."
Xia Fu'an was stunned, but for just a moment, he stepped forward and placed each dish on a different small plate. Whether it was a coincidence or intentional, the positions of the dishes were exactly according to her. Taste preferences arrange distance and distance.
Su Li stared intently at the double-brewed lotus root in the small dish closest to her, her heart aching like a needle pricking her. I remember Mo Xiang once said that she was allergic to Tsubaki flowers and would get red rash all over her body just by touching them. No one knew what would happen if she accidentally ingested them! Back then, Su Qin took advantage of her weakness and dropped the chun flowers into the medicine bowl. She cleverly borrowed the medicinal materials to avoid the disaster. But today, if it is as she expected, I am afraid that she will not be able to avoid it no matter what method she uses. But this test.
The man beside her looked calm as usual, but his thoughts were unpredictable. Su Li looked at him steadily. His face suddenly blurred before her eyes, and his voice drifted far away, leaving only a pair of deep eyes and those ten thousand years old man. The tall figure, unchanging and calm as a mountain, gradually merged with the person in her memory.
She did not raise her chopsticks immediately, but smiled slowly: "Xia Fu'an, sometimes I feel... you are not like Xia Fu'an." After speaking, she raised her head, her eyes were sharp and insightful, and she stared at him for a moment. s eyes.
Xia Fu'an's eyes were slightly startled, but he did not dodge. The light in his eyes flashed away. He looked back at her and said with a smile: "The saint is joking. If Xia Fu'an is not Xia Fu'an, who else could she be?"
Su Li's heart suddenly fluctuated and she couldn't control herself. She picked up the silver chopsticks and reached for the plate of double stuffed lotus roots without hesitation.
Wan Xin's expression changed with shock, and she was about to say something to stop her, but at this moment, Su Li's hand was held firmly and firmly!
Su Li's heart was shaken violently. She slowly raised her head, her eyes moving from his slender but pale fingers to his eyes, which were always calm but could not hide their panic at the moment. Any kind of probing was incomparable. Go to her and risk your life
! It was just a little bit of Chunhua, and the pain in his eyes instantly tore off all disguises.
Her eyes kept trembling, but her expression was cold, as if she were asking a stranger: "Manager Xia, what's going on? Isn't this dish just for me?"
He pursed his lips and did not answer. He stared at her with eyes that slowly showed pain and anger.
"Manager Xia, what are you doing?" Mo Xiang asked strangely. She wanted to step forward and pull Xia Fu'an away, but was grabbed by Wan Xin. Wan Xin saw Su Li's eyes changing rapidly, and her chest rose and fell violently due to her mood swings. She couldn't help but think of her abnormality a few times before, and suddenly thought of something, and looked at Xia Fu'an, a little surprised. Chao Moxiang whispered: "There are chun flowers in the dish."
"Ah?!" Mo Xiang screamed when she heard this, and rushed to Su Li in three steps and two steps at a time, shouting hurriedly: "There are chun flowers in this dish! Xiao..."
Just as "Miss" was about to blurt out, Su Li immediately threw away the silver chopsticks and shouted sternly: "You guys go down."
"Ah?" Mo Xiang was already dragged away by Wan Xin before she could figure out the reason.
The sky outside was pitch black, the autumn wind swept in, and the candlelight flickered, illuminating the faces of the two people who were either in shock or in unspeakable pain. The light suddenly dimmed a bit.
Su Li and Xia Fu'an looked at each other in silence without saying a word. His eyes were deep and complex, full of sorrow and vicissitudes of life, as if he could see through tens of thousands of years in one glance. Her eyes were calm, concealing the turmoil in her heart.
The air is silent and silent, and the food is slowly getting cold.
She finally waved him away coldly, took two steps back, and sneered: "Chinese flowers are boiled in water to cook dishes. The fragrance is pleasant. If I don't eat it, wouldn't it be a waste of your time?" She then raised her chopsticks again. , seems to have to eat that dish.
Seeing that the lotus root had reached his mouth and was about to enter the mouth, there was a "pop" sound, and the silver chopsticks in his hand were knocked off by his palm, and they fell to the ground with a clanking sound.
"Susu!" He cried heartbrokenly. He knew that she was forcing him to admit his identity by doing this, but he couldn't help it. She was so bold, and her bet was nothing more than his sincerity towards her! And after all this testing and counter-testing, he lost in the end!
Although she had been prepared, when she heard that familiar call, there was a "boom" in Su Li's head, and the blood all over her body suddenly froze.