The whole government was shocked when the edict was issued.
However, Mrs. Zhu finally gave up her intention of asking Ruan Yuyi to be her concubine. After all, although it was important for Rui'er to marry a concubine, disobedience was a serious crime, and she could not commit the crime of giving away her wealth and life in order to buy the concubine's money.
She gave Ruan Yuyi a few words and asked her not to say anything that she shouldn't say when she meets with him. When Ruan Yuyi nodded in agreement, she also dismissed everyone in the hall.
Cheng Xingqiu stared at her departing back, and pursed his lips, but his voice was suppressed in his throat. The dazzling red dress and the light from the gold and jade hairpin pierced into his eyes like thorns, and he suddenly felt that this figure was different.
Strange outside.
After returning to the courtyard, Mu Xiang poured tea for Ruan Yuyi.
The tea was good tea, with a sweet and moist taste in her throat, and the aroma of the tea soup was changing between her lips and teeth. But she didn't care to taste it carefully. She took a sip and felt it was extremely bitter.
Mu Ling couldn't maintain his smile in front of others, and his expression was not good-looking at this moment. "I heard that the murderer was so murderous and bloodthirsty that he got to the position after getting rid of all his fathers and brothers."
"Don't say this nonsense," Mu Xiang scolded, "It's a good thing you're still in your own yard."
Mu Ling glanced at her, swallowed, but insisted on talking, "There are other rumors that that person -"
She paused for a moment, her face became more and more ugly. When she saw that the eyes of the young lady and Mu Xiang were focused on her, she said the words that were floating in her mouth, "That man is suffering from a hidden illness, so he is moody. He has passed the crown ceremony, but he is kneeling down.
Childless."
The room fell silent for a while. Ruan Yuyi took a sip of tea, suppressed her uneasiness, and said, "It's just a myth. The Tian family has always been fighting, and who can tell it clearly."
She pursed her lower lip and said, "Don't talk about this matter anymore, lest it cause trouble." The top priority right now was how he should explain it.
She had sent someone to look for him at Shenghe Temple yesterday, but there was no sign of him. When the maid asked her what to do, she couldn't tell her where else to look for him.
Perhaps this decree came too suddenly, and the fingertips holding the cup were still trembling slightly.
Her brother once told her stories about the overt and covert fights in the palace, which happened every day.
Although she knew that her brother was probably just hearing about it, he still left her with the impression that entering the palace was a bad idea. She knew that the palace was as deep as the sea, and once she entered, she would never be able to see the sky outside the imperial city again.
Those who are favored will rise to the top; those who are neglected will be bullied everywhere. Thinking of this, she suddenly became afraid.
But there was no one who could discuss it with her or give her a helping hand. She suddenly raised her eyes and said urgently, "Muxiang, go to Shenghe Temple to find him and ask more about him."
Miss Muxiang knew that she was referring to His Highness who assumed the identity of Prince Yu. As she was about to respond, she heard a deep and pleasant voice behind her:
"I wonder who Miss Ruan is trying to find out."
He walked over, leaving the light under the window behind him. Without the light, his amber eyes suddenly dimmed.
She was startled for a moment, then she found her voice and whispered, "Your Highness... Your Highness." Although they hadn't seen him for only two days, she felt as if years had passed and when she looked at him now, she couldn't help but feel...
Seems real.
Seeing her miserable expression, Jiang Huaiyang was moved in his heart. Would a young lady with such an expression really be so bold as to collude with people from the Western Regions? It would be reasonable to say that she obtained the medicinal powder by accident.
"I was busy a few days ago." Even he himself didn't realize that his words contained an implicit meaning of explanation.
She shook her head slightly and lowered her eyes. In fact, he did not need to explain to her. Even if the people she sent to find him ran away time and time again, she had no position to accuse him.
She had been looking for him closely before, but when she actually saw him, she suddenly understood that it was Jinshang who wanted her to enter the palace. Even if the person in front of her was a prince or a general, he would be a head shorter than Jinshang, so what?
Can His Majesty take back his will.
She was so anxious that she lost her head.
It was as if a piece of her heart had been dug out. Cold wind kept pouring in and passing through it, and a huge feeling of powerlessness came over her. She changed her original words of help and said, "Your Highness, please don't come looking for me again in the future."
Jin Shang is no better than Cheng Xingqiu. If Jin Shang knew about it, no matter whether she was willing to enter the palace or not, she might not be able to please her, and might even implicate Mu Xiang Mu Ling and him in front of her.
As soon as these words came out, the room seemed to suddenly become quiet. This silence seemed to drag her into some kind of uninhabited land. She stared at the ground, not daring to meet his cold gaze.
.
Jiang Huaiyang stepped back from the two maids, stepped forward and hugged her waist, and asked in a deep voice, "Is it because of the canonization decree today?"
Seeing the frightened look on the young lady's face, he smiled suddenly and spoke in a scornful tone.
"What are you afraid of? It won't be tomorrow. Isn't it too early to rush me away now? Besides, even if you enter the palace, I can touch your palace."
He spoke every word, seemingly suppressing his anger, but he still had a teasing tone, playing with her hair with his fingertips.
Ruan Yuyi was startled and wanted to push him away. Unexpectedly, his hand on her waist tightened. She let out a soft cry and tears oozed from the corners of her eyes. Somehow, she felt that even if that person was the emperor, he would really do it.
That's what happened.
But when the time comes that he has the power and can escape unscathed, she, a woman, will definitely bear most of the blame. I am afraid that if the emperor is angry, she will even lose her life in the deep palace.
How to do that.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she could no longer let him do what he did, so she went to break off his hand. The tears on her face had not yet dried, but she shook her head vigorously. Her heart was panicked, and she spoke indiscriminately, "Then
It’s the palace, are you crazy?”
That was the imperial palace, so he thought it was his residence, or he was still in Cheng's residence.
As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that the words were offensive, relaxed her grip on her hand, and raised her eyes to look at his expression.
But seeing that his expression was indifferent, she twitched the corners of her lips and asked, "Are you afraid?" She was the one who provoked him first, so she had to be prepared to bear the consequences. Now that the imperial edict was issued, she was eager to push him away.
Come on, this little lady is really heartless.
His eyes were deep, as if he could see through her thoughts at a glance. She couldn't resist the fear in her heart, and couldn't break away, so she concentrated on crying. She put her head against his heart, exposing the hair on the back of her neck.
A piece of snow.
A dark light flashed in his eyes, and his rough fingertips stroked the piece of snow, causing her to shudder. "We can talk about this later." With just one sentence, the young lady became so timid.
When you enter the palace later, don't be bullied.
He couldn't stay with her all the time. Even if he was paying attention, he would inevitably miss something.
Ruan Yuyi was forced to raise her head and endure the scorching kiss. The slight suffocation caused by the lack of breath made her put the fear behind her and temporarily fell in love with the person in front of her.
She opened her eyes slightly and looked at the red tent above her head. She entered the palace with red marks all over her body. It must have been the first time she saw Jin Shang, and she couldn't save herself.
She thought with some self-loathing that it would be better if she left early now to avoid having to endure the panic.
When the bell rang at her ankle, she no longer had any extra energy to think about her thoughts.
Jiang Huaiyang stared at her, his expression unchanged, but he was secretly thinking about something in his heart.
At some point, she fell asleep. When she woke up, it was already past lunch time. She just thought Jiang Huaiyang had left, so she closed her eyes, rubbed her aching lower back, and struggled to get off the bed.
She raised her clear voice and called, "Muxiang——" Her usual voice was not loud, and it was not even sure that people outside could hear her, unless the maid stood close to the door.
I wanted to get up by myself, but unexpectedly my legs went weak and I almost fell to the ground.
But she didn't touch the cold ground. A pair of big hands gave her a steady hand, and she swayed on her feet before she could stand still.
She raised her eyes, surprised that he had not left today. He stood in the backlight, with a clear halo surrounding his body, but he seemed to be coming from a cold abyss, and even his voice seemed to be covered with frost and snow.
He raised his hand, holding a sachet embroidered with red hibiscus.
"Is this sachet of yours really embroidered by yourself, as you said?"
I had never made a detailed distinction before, but now I see how the flowers from a foreign land, the medicinal powder from a foreign land, and a woman from a boudoir are so inextricably related to Hu Di?