The wind in the night was extremely cold, Xie Jing Xing only brought Shen Miao outside the Princess residence, the Shen family’s carriage was still waiting outside. Shen Miao still wanted to speak, but even the shadow of Xie Jing Xing disappeared. On the contrary, Mo Qing and Azhi were a little surprised when they saw her suddenly appear at the gate of the mansion. Azhi asked, "Why did the miss come out alone, what about the others?"
Just as he was talking, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu ran out out of breath, and after seeing Shen Miao, he was relieved, and Jing Zhe said, "The servants were waiting outside, Aunt Yang said that you came out, but the servants thought she was lying. See you later. No one in the room came to take a look, I didn't expect the girl to come out." She looked left and right again, puzzled: "But there is only one room, and the slaves were guarding outside and didn't see when the girl came out. , Could it be that there is a secret passage in the princess' mansion?"
Gu Yu hurriedly coughed and reminded her not to talk nonsense. After all, this was outside the Princess Mansion. Even if the Princess Mansion really had a secret passage, it was still a secret of the Princess Mansion.
Jing Zhe stuck out his tongue and glanced at Shen Miao, Shen Miao frowned and her expression was somewhat solemn. When Jing Zhe saw this, he whispered, "When I entered, I saw Her Royal Highness's face was not very good... Girl, did you quarrel with Her Royal Highness?"
Shen Miao shook her head, thinking about everything that happened in the Princess Mansion today, not realizing it was a big one. Then he climbed into the carriage by himself: "Go back first." If there is anything to go back to Shen's house, then continue to think about it, after all, what happened today is really beyond her expectations.
When the carriage was about to set off, Shen Miao couldn't help but lift the curtain and look back, the dark night covered everything, Shen Shen had no moonlight and could not see anything.
She sighed softly.
But in a corner not far from the princess' mansion, the youth in purple silently watched the carriage go away.
Gao Yang's folding fan no longer swayed gently, but was folded and tucked around his waist. He looked at the handsome young man in front of him with a rare complex expression. He asked, "Is it worth it?"
“There will always be this day.” Xie Jing Xing said indifferently.
"Don't you think it's a pity?"
Xie Jing Xing raised his lips slightly, and the mask covered his face and expression, but one could still imagine a slightly mocking, somewhat disdainful and cold look.
"It's just fate," he said.
Gao Yang did not speak, but after a while he shook his head and patted Xie Jing Xing on the shoulder.
A few servants dressed as servants were taken out of the princess's residence. They took a basket of something in their hands and threw the contents of the basket on the ground.
A maid said regretfully: "This thing cost a lot of money. If it's not worth it to sell in a pharmacy, I can make some money. It's a pity to throw it away like this."
"What do you know." The maid on the side glared at her: "Who knows if this thing is poisonous or not, if it is poisonous, wouldn't it cause trouble if you sell it. Well, don't look at it, let's go."
The two maids turned around and returned to the princess' mansion. There was only a single basket left on the ground.
But it was sent by the medical center earlier, and "very coincidentally" received the medicine for Princess Rong Xin's heart disease. However, at the moment, he was abandoned like a shoe, and he was also suspected of being "toxic".
Gao Yang had a look of unbearable expression on his face. His heart was wasted, and no one with a big heart would be happy. He wanted to comfort a few words, but Xie Jing Xing had already gone far.
He was dressed in brocade, with a tall and straight body, walking leisurely and calmly in the night, and his body was full of irresistible elegance.
It's just that the back is a bit lonely.
…
Shen Miao returned to the Shen residence, Shen Xin and his wife were waiting for her in the residence, it was getting dark and Shen Miao did not return, and everyone thought that something had happened. I was relieved to see her coming back safe and sound. Shen Miao had something in her heart and said that she was tired and wanted to rest early, so everyone did not doubt that he was there. Shen Miao returned to the bedroom, let Jing Zhe and Gu Yu go down, and sat down at the table.
She was very uneasy.
Xie Jing Xing appeared in the Princess Mansion today and exposed his identity in front of Princess Rong Xin, it was really a somewhat reckless decision. And Xie Jing Xing himself was not a reckless person. Apart from helping Shen Miao to prevent Princess Rong Xin from doing incalculable things to the Shen family, there was no other reason.
The situation of making some surprises because of herself becomes difficult, this is not what Shen Miao is willing to see. One must know that even though Xie Jing Xing said it fiercely every time, he never really hurt her from the beginning to the end.
Shen Miao did not know how deep the relationship between Princess Rong Xin and Xie Jing Xing was, but in the princess' residence, Princess Rong Xin's reaction after confirming Xie Jing Xing's identity was indeed heartbreaking. Xie Jing Xing didn't say anything and looked at it casually as if he didn't care at all, but Shen Miao knew how much damage was caused by close people.
Just like how Fu Xiu Yi was to her in the previous life, the second and third rooms of the Shen family were to her because of how ruthless she was when she tore her face, and how mockingly she was when she was warm in the past. If it was from Xie Ding ignoring or hurting Xie Jing Xing, he could not care, but Princess Rong Xin might not.
After all, Xie Jing Xing's first tiger head ring was given to Princess Rong Xin. After all, when he returned to Dingjing two years later, when he learned that Princess Rongxin had another heart attack, he would send someone to search for Yaoyin as soon as possible.
There is some friendship in it.
Shen Miao stood up a little irritably, walked to the window, pushed open the window and looked out, the sky outside the window seemed to be splashed with ink, the Ding capital in winter night revealed a bleak and deserted feeling inside and out.
She thought for a while, then turned around and went back into the room, taking out a thick crimson brocade fur cloak from the box and covering her. After tying the rope in front of the cloak tightly, he walked to the window and whispered, "Congyang."
A black figure fell from the tree, stood upright in front of Shen Miao, and said respectfully, "What is your order, Young Madam?"
Shen Miao now spontaneously could not hear Cong Yang’s address, she hesitated for a while and said, “You take me to see Xie Jing Xing.”
Congyang opened his mouth wide and took a deep breath. He was born a little serious, and his expression is normal on weekdays, but his appearance is a bit funny now.
Shen Miao was a little annoyed by Cong Yang's gaze and said, "Is there anything you can do?"
"Young Madam." Cong Yang recovered his senses with a troubled face: "I don't know where my master is now."
Shen Miao frowned, staring at her from the Shen residence day by day, it was indeed impossible to know the whereabouts of Xie Jing Xing. Tonight when she came out of the princess' residence, Xie Jing Xing walked too fast, she didn't have time to ask, but no one really knew where Xie Jing Xing was.
But I don’t know why, why do I think Xie Jing Xing should be in Prince Rui’s mansion at this moment, he is so happy and angry, he is used to hiding his emotions under the mask, so Shen Miao feels that if Xie Jing Xing is also disappointed, he should be alone stay.
She said to Congyang decisively: "Take me to Prince Rui's mansion."
Cong Yang’s face showed embarrassment, Shen Miao frowned and asked, “Can’t you even do this?”
Cong Yang quickly explained: "The subordinate can do it naturally. But with the young lady, you can't do it."
Shen Miao asked him, "Are you able to lightly gong?"
Congyang nodded hurriedly.
“That’s fine.” Shen Miao said, “You grab me and take me to Prince Rui’s residence.” She thought very simply, just like what Xie Jing Xing did to him before. After all, Cong Yang was Xie Jing Xing's person, and to some extent it was easier to use than Mo Qing and the others. The most important thing is that she did not want Xie Jing Xing's identity to be known by more people, knowing one person would be more dangerous, even if it was someone she trusted, because it was not certain that someone would take advantage of it one day.
As soon as she said these words, Congyang shook his head again and again, with a little panic in his eyes, and said, "No!"
"What's wrong!" Shen Miao's patience was about to run out.
Cong Yang said: "Men and women are not clear about giving and receiving."
Shen Miao: “…”
She did not know where Xie Jing Xing was a bodyguard, he was more disciplined than a woman, but no matter what Shen Miao said, Cong Yang would not “take” her to Prince Rui’s residence.
Shen Miao was also in trouble, if Cong Yang was not allowed to use light energy, she would walk out of the gate of the Shen family, the gate of the Shen family was guarded by Shen Xin’s soldiers, it was impossible not to be disturbed. Going out in the middle of the night like this, I was afraid that before she left the door, all the family members woke up in twos and threes. When the time came to ask her to explain, she couldn't say a word.
Shen Miao had a severe headache.
She looked at the wall outside the yard, and a flash of light came to her mind. When Xie Jing Xing just moved to Yanqing Lane, because there was no shortage of silver flowers, he simply bought all the adjacent houses between Prince Rui's mansion and Shen's mansion, and called them neighbors. From this point of view, it can also be said that Prince Rui's mansion is located next to Shen's house. It was just that the house where Xie Jing Xing lived was a little far away.
Since it was the neighbor's house... Shen Miao's eyes fell on the high wall in the courtyard. She said, "Come over the wall."
Congyang looked at her blankly, as if not believing his ears. He was instructed to protect Shen Miao's safety and watched Shen Miao's every move in the Shen residence as a whole, and naturally knew what kind of person Shen Miao was. Shen Miao was dignified and calm, very disciplined, she could endure loneliness even at a young age, she looked like a noble person who came out of a kilometer, all in all even the small actions on weekdays also showed good upbringing. Congyang also often sighed in his heart that this young lady was different from others and was born extremely noble. Who knew that at this moment, when he heard that this noble young lady was going to jump over the wall, Cong Yang thought that there was something wrong with his ears.
Shen Miao glared at him and said without anger, "You can't hear me?"
“Yes yes yes!” Cong Yang stood up straight, not daring to look at Shen Miao’s expression.
In the days that followed, it was enough to make Cong Yang feel the pain, earlier he thought that Shen Miao wanted to climb over the wall by herself, but when Shen Miao was talking about climbing over the wall, it meant stacking things on both sides of a wall. In a staircase shape, Shen Miao walked from one side of the wall to the other.
In the middle of the night from Yangyang, the only people who went to steal the straw piles that wealthy people kept for fertilization, the problem was that there were more than a dozen houses between Prince Rui's mansion and Shen's mansion. There are walls between each house and the house, and Congyang is also sweating on a busy and cold day. Seeing Shen Miao arrogantly walking past a wall with a wall, she was in a trance that she walked not the wall but the high steps of the nine palaces, sighing and complaining for her fate.
If it wasn't for the fear of tarnishing the young lady's body and causing the master's dissatisfaction, why should Congyang put so much effort into it? You must know that his light skills are not bad, and it is more than enough to fly with a person, so why not run around now. Before the master transferred him out of Mo Yu's army, his colleagues also envied him for his good luck, but he didn't know that this beautiful job was to be a coolie, worse than a servant, and Cong Yang shed tears silently in his heart.
When Shen Miao "climbed" the last wall and came to Prince Rui's residence, Cong Yang was already tired and did not want to speak.
Because they all came in from the direction of the backyard and did not go through the main entrance, there was not even a single guard in the huge Prince Rui's mansion. Congyang also had doubts on his face, obviously it was not so sloppy before.
Shen Miao was still looking at the layout of this Prince Rui's mansion as it was said to be magnificent, but it was a temporary residence and it was repaired so meticulously, but she did not know how extraordinary the imperial palace of Great Liang would be. Just as he was thinking, there was a middle-aged man in black in front of him.
"Tie Yi!" Cong Yang shouted, and then asked, "Where are the others?"
The bodyguard named Tie Yi looked at Shen Miao but was stunned for a moment, then cupped her hands and asked, “Miss Shen comes to the door but is there something important?”
Shen Miao looked at the other party and seemed to know her. Seeing that Cong Yang greeted him again, she was probably from Xie Jing Xing and said, "I am looking for Prince Rui, I have something to say."
Tie Yi seemed to have known that she would say this for a long time, nodded and said, "Master is in the backyard, come with me."
…
When Ming Qi's winter got cold, everyone was reluctant to walk outside by themselves. At night, the streets are even more empty, and even the birds, cats and dogs are huddled in the warm nest, unwilling to move a little bit.
The water in the pond has frozen. Thick ice blocks completely cover the scenery inside. The summer breeze in the garden is full of clear lotuses, and the koi swim around, but it is nothing but white. It seems that no matter how good times are, there will always be a moment in the past, just like the flowers that bloom in spring will one day wither.
The young man in purple slept lazily on the tree with his hands on his head. He didn't take off the tone mask on his face. There was a wind lantern hanging on the tree. Under the faint halo, his expression could not be described as desolate or happy, just a little bit. Slightly lonely.
Just like the wind passing through the tree, it is light, but also cold. Quiet and silent.
The white tiger was lying down under the tree, scratching the tree trunk with its claws from time to time, and occasionally biting the ice lingering on the ground with its mouth.
This scene was what Shen Miao saw as soon as she came in, the young man was sleeping with the white tiger, but Liao Ran reminded her of her previous life, walking through the imperial garden in the late night in the palace, her eyes seemed to have traces of Fu Xiuyi and Madam Mei in the daytime. Laughter and laughter, some bitter people, walking without end.
When Bai Hu suddenly saw someone coming, he immediately stood up, hunched over to look at her vigilantly, and let out a low warning howl, but because it was too small, he couldn't see any deterrence, and the sound was also "snoring" snoring", which is rather cute.
“Shh, Jiaojiao.” Xie Jing Xing said, “Quiet.”
Shen Miao: “…”
She walked under the tree, looked up at the person sleeping among the trees, and said, "Who are you calling?"
Xie Jing Xing paused, then lowered his head suddenly, saw Shen Miao stunned, and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I haven't finished talking about the princess's mansion, just come and take a look."
Xie Jing Xing glanced at her, did not come down from the tree, but laughed softly and said, "You came here because you care about me?"
“What do you think is your business.” Shen Miao replied.
“Do you think I will be sad?” Xie Jing Xing seemed to have heard some joke and his expression became more and more interesting: “How naive.”
“No is the best.” Shen Miao ignored his sarcastic words and spoke calmly.
Xie Jing Xing stared at the sky and waved his hands lazily, "Go back, I'm fine."
Shen Miao did not go back.
The white tiger on the ground also seemed to sense that Shen Miao was not malicious, and the master did not show any hostility, and gradually relaxed his vigilance and snuggled up to Shen Miao's feet with some familiarity, calling out "snoring".
Shen Miao looked at the young man on the tree quietly.
After a while, she asked, "Xie Jing Xing, do you want to destroy Ming Qi?"
The air was silent for a moment, and it seemed that there were small, lingering lights leaking a thread or two from the wind lantern.
The dim light and the branches covered the youth's expression, and even if he could see it, he couldn't see his expression clearly with the mask on. Only one corner of the gorgeous purple robe can be seen hanging down, and the pattern embroidered with gold threads is shining in the light.
Appears to be a dragon.
The silence was startling, and he didn't answer.
The white tiger whimpered softly, turned and ran into the grass again.
Shen Miao leaned her back against the tree and said indifferently, "If you only want to destroy Ming Qi in the end, everyone in the middle can choose and choose between different ways, some people are good, but it is not destined to be the same. Dao. Not the same person, whatever he does."
Xie Jing Xing gave a “chi” smile and his voice came from above his head, “Are you comforting me?”
“No, I am comforting myself.” Shen Miao replied.
She could understand Xie Jing Xing, she was somewhat different from Xie Jing Xing. Xie Jing Xing was a man and was even more decisive. I believed that after tonight, she would still be that Prince Rui who was the winner, nothing could beat him, and nothing could stop him. He is like a lion, an extremely powerful being in itself, but the one who licked the wound alone, just happened to be hit by her during some lonely time.
“Do you have any sadness too?” Xie Jing Xing teased. There was still a cynical tone, but Shen Miao knew that there must be no smile in his eyes at this moment.
It's because there are some emotions that even he can't hide, so he wants to go to a tree that no one can see, and he doesn't even want to take off his mask, just sit quietly.
“My sadness is not less than yours.” Shen Miao smiled and said, “At least Princess Rong Xin is still alive. The most painful thing in the world, shouldn’t even those who want to be misunderstood and blamed are gone. Some mistakes can be Compensation, some mistakes cannot be compensated."
Just like her Wan Yu and Fu Ming, she can save many people, but only these two can't save them. No matter whether she can get revenge in the future, or live happily together with the Shen family, this regret will never have a chance to make up for it, and she can only chew it over and over at night.
Even dreaming is a luxury.
“You also know that there will be such a day sooner or later, so why worry more than that. Do your best to know the destiny, what you have done has been done with benevolence and righteousness, and if the rest is excessive, it is just fate.” Shen Miao said, “No one is to give Whoever walks the same path for the rest of my life. For example, my marriage."
"Fu Xiu Yi and I are not in the same way, the crown prince is not in the same way as me, Huangfu Hao is not, Feng Zixian is not, Luo Ling is not, and Pei Lang is not."
Fu Xiu Yi and the Crown Prince were from the Fu family and naturally they were enemies, and it was impossible for them to be together with Shen Miao. Huangfu Hao had a ghost in his heart, Feng Zixian grew up smoothly, and the flowers growing in the greenhouse were different from her bones. Luo Ling's personality is upright, how can she understand the secret calculations in her heart. As for Pei Lang, the entanglements were complicated, in the past life he also destroyed Shen Miao's life and added a lot of strokes, this stroke made something between her and Pei Lang forever and it would never be possible to treat each other frankly.
“If you say that, there is no one in the world who is with you.” Xie Jing Xing reminded.
"This is true."
Shen Miao sighed silently in her heart, a person who got up from the grave and lived a second time should be similar to a ghost in some respects. She walked alone on the road of revenge, always.
“Then you comfort me like this, it will make me misunderstood.” Xie Jing Xing smiled slightly, “You are with me.”
The wind rolled up the broken leaves on the ground and blew across the lake. The lake was frozen, hard as a rock and unshakable.
But it seems that I can also see through the lake in front of me in a trance, and see the breeze blowing in the spring, the water flowers are blooming, a pool of spring water is sparkling, and the flowers are red and willows green.
Winter will pass and spring will come.
Shen Miao's voice was soft, lighter than the wind in the night, and it was full of scattered in the air.
She said, "Who said it wasn't?"
Then you comfort me like this, it will give me the illusion that you are with me.
Who said no
The shadow of the tree in front of him flashed, and someone swept down from the tree. The young man's back was tall and handsome. When the white tiger in the distance saw his master come down, he immediately ran over happily and rubbed the corner of his robe intimately.
"Do you think I am Prince Rui of Great Liang, or Lord of the Marquis of Lin'an?" he asked.
Shen Miao leaned against the tree with her hands behind her back, looked at his back and said, "Is this important?"
“I also thought it was not important.” Xie Jing Xing stood by the pond, his voice was calm, there seemed to be no ups and downs at all, and he said plainly, “Since I knew my identity, someone kept reminding me that this is very important. "
"The Marquis of Lin'an is weak and incompetent, indecisive, and unworthy of being a father. Even if the real Lord Xie Xiaohou did not die in the beginning, he would still die at the hands of Fang."
"Auntie Rong treated me very well."
"I thought it was important to others, but to her, my identity was not important."
"But now it looks like I made a big mistake."
He said lightly: "For the people of the world, this issue is very important from beginning to end. There is no fluke."
I think that some feelings can break through the shackles of identity, family love can be above everything, and finally it is no less than a slap in the face. The most important thing should be that deep sense of disappointment.
Shen Miao stared at his back before saying, "It is not important to me."
Xie Jing Xing laughed softly.
He turned around and walked towards Shen Miao and stopped in front of Shen Miao. Looking down at Shen Miao condescendingly, he asked, "Do you know who I am?"
"You are just Xie Jing Xing." She raised her head in refusal, as if she wanted to suppress the opponent's aura.
"Just?" He was slightly dissatisfied.
“You can deceive others but cannot deceive me.” Shen Miao looked at his mask, “I knew what kind of person you were from the beginning. From the moment I knew you to the end of the alliance, you were just Xie Jing Xing, that’s all.”
Xie Jing Xing gave a meaningful "Oh".
He took another step forward, Shen Miao backed back subconsciously, she was leaning against the tree, but this time her back was against the tree and there was no way to retreat, but Xie Jing Xing lifted her chin.
Xie Jing Xing said, "Do you think I am cruel?"
“I don’t think so, I am the same.” Shen Miao replied.
"Then do you know that I'm not a good person." His voice was low and pleasant, and the cold wind poured into his ears at night, causing people to get hot all over.
Shen Miao retreated further, but did not want to be looked down upon and only said, "I know, so do I."
Xie Jing Xing supported her waist and pulled Shen Miao towards him. The mask blocked his face, giving his handsomeness a demagogic mystery. He said, "Then I can answer your question now."
“What is the problem?” Shen Miao was puzzled.
"You ask me if I want to destroy Ming Qi."
Shen Miao stared at him, those beautiful eyes were full of dazzling light, which was so deep that it almost sucked people in.
"Then what was your answer?" she asked.
“If I say yes, are you going to report me?” Xie Jing Xing smiled evilly.
Shen Miao said slowly, "No."
"Because me too."
Just one sentence, three "me too", made Xie Jing Xing's eyes change.
It was like sparks were blooming from the indifferent ice field. He couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, and only asked, "Do you know what you are talking about."
Shen Miao was silent.
He gritted his teeth as if he wanted to swallow Shen Miao's life and said, "Shen Miao, don't regret it, you will not go on this boat in this life."
He suddenly leaned over and kissed Shen Miao.
Shen Miao subconsciously wanted to dodge, but was hugged by Xie Jing Xing by the waist. His cold mask touched Shen Miao's face, imprisoned Shen Miao's hand and kissed her lips roughly.