The carriage was forced to stop, and there was a section of the mountain road where we could only walk up the mountain.
Jiang Tang was in a daze: What should I do if I suddenly feel a little regretful...
"Tangtang?"
Facing Nangong Jiayue's concerned gaze, Jiang Tang smiled, and then casually placed an order for a [Sports Gain Buff] at the mall.
As soon as the effect was turned on, she instantly felt that she was as light as a swallow. If she ran faster, she might be able to fly.
"I was originally worried that you wouldn't be able to walk when you looked so thin."
Nangong Jiayue wiped the sweat from her forehead. Although she still said her words to Jiang Tang, her eyes looked at the little girls behind her who were holding luggage and packages. They were all red-faced and breathing heavily, and their expressions were too ferocious.
Jiang Tang's eyes flashed and he changed the subject: "It's just that the way up the mountain is a little more difficult. There is a mountain road at the back of Lingyin Temple. When you leave, it will be easy and understandable to go down the mountain from there."
Nangong Jiayue was stunned: "How do you know."
She always thought that Jiang Tang was here for the first time just like her.
Jiang Tang smiled softly. She naturally knew because the mountain road was mentioned several times in the letter she received from Little Wolf.
If he had not listened to her words, the young boy would have thrown away the guards around him and gone down the mountain back to the palace.
"finally reached……"
Chun Xing's feet softened and she sat directly on the big smooth stone outside the mountain gate. Her eyes on Jiang Tang were filled with admiration: "Master, your body is so good!" It was much better than she had imagined.
!
Jiang Tang, who was called out again, said: "Ahem, you just need to exercise more." Although even more exercise is not as good as cheating.
Nangong Jiayue agreed: "You really should exercise, you are all too weak."
The servants went to the mountain gate and knocked on the door, while the two of them stayed behind.
When the servants all moved away, Nangong Jiayue suddenly said: "If that guy knew he was wrong, would you forgive him?"
Seeing Jiang Tang looking over in surprise, she touched her nose unnaturally.
Although she and Xiao Yinhan often quarreled and bickered, she also felt that he was sometimes a bastard who deserved a beating!
But after all, she was older and knew better. She quarreled with Xiao Yinhan because she felt that he was so wrong. It didn't mean that she really wanted her two younger siblings to quarrel and fall out.
"You may not know that this is what he has been taught since he was a child. When he encounters something he likes, he will plunder and possess it at all costs. It used to be better when the imperial concubine was in charge, but then..."
Nangong Jiayue's expression was wrinkled. She was really not good at comforting people, but now that she had spoken, she continued: "After the death of the imperial concubine, I lived with him in the palace for two years. At that time, he was still
I can maintain a normal appearance."
Nangong Jiayue was poor in words and didn't know how to describe the meaning of "normal".
"That's it..." She suddenly raised her head and looked at Jiang Tang. The seriousness in her eyes made Jiang Tang nervous.
"What's wrong?"
"I may be a little rebellious when I say this, but... although Uncle Huang loves Xiao Yinhan very much, he..."
The woman's brows were furrowed tightly, and her fingers on her knees were clenched into a ball at some point.
Jiang Tang's serious Nangong Jiayue had always been free and easy and generous. She had never seen her look like this. She intuitively felt that what the other party was going to say next was important.
"His education for Xiao Yinhan was very abnormal." When he said this, Nangong Jiayue's eyes were extremely complicated, even mixed with fear and disgust.
Jiang Tang was stunned. Just as he was about to say something, a cold system voice suddenly popped into his mind:
[Congratulations to the host, the hidden mission is triggered by having a heart-to-heart talk with "Princess Jiayue": exploring Xiao Yinhan's past.
Mission reward: None.
(Tip: You can learn more about the real male protagonist through this task)
Whether to accept the task: "Yes" "No"]
Jiang Tang's thoughts were disrupted. Before he could make a decision, his hand was held by the person in front of him:
"As a sister, I hope he can become a normal person. Believe me, when you see him now, he is not the real him."
Jiang Tang forgot about the system prompts and looked at Nangong Jiayue blankly: "Sister Princess, do you know something?"
Nangong Jiayue opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she had to lower her head and sigh: "I can't say it."
"I can only tell you that if you want to have a good relationship with him, you must not follow him too much, otherwise... it will not be a good thing."
Jiang Tang was confused after hearing Nangong Jiayue's words. She wanted to ask more questions, but over there, the young monk opened the mountain gate, and the maid came over to invite the masters to come over.
Nangong Jiayue also returned to her previous free and fearless appearance at this moment: "Let's go in and burn incense."
Jiang Tang was a step behind, his pretty face showing no emotion.
She always thought that she had glimpsed the light of day, but now she was told that maybe she had already sunk into the whirlpool first?
She didn't have to believe it, but the favorability level on the system panel that couldn't be faked clearly reminded her: what she said might be true.
Are you only allowed to pretend to him and not allowed to act to you?
This sentence suddenly flashed through her mind. She didn't know if it was because it was too cold to stand on the top of the mountain, but she felt an indescribable coldness.
The system has been instilling in her that he later became a violent and terrifying tyrant because he experienced too much pain and despair when he was young and betrayed his family.
But is there a possibility that he actually...
Jiang Tang suddenly shook her head. It was impossible. She didn't believe it. If the relationship these days was really just acting, it was impossible for her not to notice it at all.
The voice sounded again: But he didn't realize that you were acting.
The delicately manicured nails were dug deeply into the palms of her hands, and Jiang Tang was using pain to avoid this inexplicable temptation.
"I do not believe!"
Nangong Jiayue walked halfway and found that Jiang Tang had not followed her. He was about to urge her when he heard the girl get up inexplicably and say this.
What was even more surprising was that her face was pale and her lips were bleeding from biting them hard.
"Tangtang, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Nangong Jiayue ran over in a few steps and grabbed Jiang Tang's hand.
And Jiang Tang also wanted to break free from the gloomy and depressed mood in an instant. She raised her head and met the woman's worried eyes, and heard her blaming herself: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have told you.
Just forget about this mess."
Perhaps because of these days of getting along, Jiang Tang's stable mood left a good impression on Nangong Jiayue, and she thought she would be able to accept it.
She always believed that only people Xiao Yinhan trusted could help him.
So when he had this little girl by his side instead of the intellectual ghost Bai Muzhi, she was very happy.
"I……"
"I just felt a little uncomfortable suddenly. Did I scare my sister?"
The girl's cold fingers fell on the back of Nangong Jiayue's hand, but there was still a gentle smile on her pale face.
At that moment, Nangong Jiayue suddenly understood why her cousin chose her.
Because he is such a violent and unstable guy, and only such gentle people can make him settle down.
"I……"
"Okay, let's go."
Jiang Tang interrupted her and walked forward.
Nangong Jiayue nodded and called to the maid next to her. Don't worry about offering incense. First, the little novice will arrange a room for Jiang Tang to rest!
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"Where did that kid wander off again?"
As soon as Shen Yihuan walked in, he couldn't help but feel strange.
Shen Gong put down the military strategy in his hand, raised his head and said, "He also has his own things to do. It can't be said that he is scared."
Hearing Shen Gong's excuse for him, Shen Yihuan stopped immediately: "Second uncle, is that what he said! Didn't he keep saying that he wanted to join the army? You, the general of Zhenbei, can personally tell you whether to join the army or not, and you can do it alone. Hide. I think he is just bragging!"
Shen Gong rubbed his forehead helplessly. For some reason, his niece and the child just didn't agree with each other, and they almost got into a fight when they first met.
He, who faced thousands of troops without changing his expression, felt helpless when he was caught in the middle.
"That's how I feel! Second uncle, you are a majestic general in the north. Even the emperor respects you. You lowered your status and wanted to take that kid as your adopted son, but he actually refused! You are totally ignorant!"
Shen Gong really didn't want to hear this kind of complaint, so he simply changed the subject: "Don't talk about that. Have you heard what I asked you to ask about? What kind of person is Mrs. Jiang?"
When Shen Yihuan, who was complaining and working hard, heard this, her expression froze slightly. Looking at her second uncle's gentle and serious eyes, she blinked: "I heard about it."
Shen Gong's eyes brightened slightly, gesturing for her to continue.
"She is just a scheming girl who crawls into bed just because of her beauty."
Shen Yihuan said without changing his expression: "Jiang Tang was a maid who came to power. I don't know what tricks he used to win the favor of King Rong, and then he soared into the sky. You know these second uncles. They are usually arrogant and rude, and use their power to bully others." , during that winter hunt she also..."
Shen Gong's face darkened slightly: "Yi Huan, this is different from what I heard from Xiao Lang."
The man's downcast look was still scary. Shen Yihuan's expression was slightly stagnant: "I..."
"If you really don't want to help, then I'll ask someone else."
Because he had not returned to the capital for a long time, Shen Gong had little contact with the capital. In addition to Jiang Tang's special status, he did not want people to know that he was inquiring about her.
On the contrary, this little niece was similar in age to her and had some connections with King Rong, so he invited him to inquire.
"I just ignored that there was a rift between you. That's all."
Shen Gong raised his hand: "Go back, I will ask others to investigate this matter."
Suddenly being ordered to be expelled, Shen Yihuan was instantly unconvinced: "Second uncle, everything I said is true! If she is a good person, why did Xiao Yinhan's concubine die?"
When the man looked over, she spoke with some resentment and disgust: "Who doesn't know that Xiao Yinhan's Concubine Ye is the most gentle and generous? Even Sister Bai said she was good. But when Jiang Tang came, there was no In a few months, more than half of the women in the backyard of Prince Rong's Mansion have died... Do you think this has nothing to do with Jiang Tang?"
The girl looked at her second uncle with bright eyes: "Such a terrifying woman, just because she adopted a child...and the child was stolen from me, do you think she is a good person?"
Shen Gong was left speechless by the question: "Maybe..." He couldn't say the word "misunderstanding" because these were obviously not misunderstandings.
Seeing that her second uncle was actually stopped by her question, Shen Yihuan couldn't help but feel a little happy.
But she knew that if her second uncle really believed in her, she couldn't reveal the secret too early: "There was also the eldest princess's banquet before, it was also because she attended it. What happened to the eldest princess later, second uncle, you also know, right?"
"The eldest princess is Xiao Yinhan's aunt after all, but look what he did? As a concubine, Jiang Tang didn't dissuade her at all, which shows that she is not a good person!"
Shen Yihuan spoke eloquently, and the more he talked, the more he could find out various "problems" with Jiang Tang.
After hearing this, Shen Gong felt that something was wrong. However, his return to Beijing was too short and he was not involved in politics, so he could not refute many of his words.
"So..." Shen Yihuan looked into his second uncle's eyes and said very seriously: "If Jiang Tang hadn't intervened and snatched that kid away from me, he wouldn't be doing this to you now, second uncle. Be very careful! The most that the woman can do is give her a gift to express her gratitude, there is really no need to interact with her."
Shen Gong was silent, seemingly lost in thought.
A faint smile appeared on Shen Yihuan's lips, and most of her heart dropped.
Finally, Shen Gong spoke: "I still feel that you can't judge someone easily before you really get to know someone. After I get down from the mountain, I will personally visit Prince Rong's Mansion."
Shen Yihuan's expression changed drastically and he lost his voice: "Second uncle, you..."
"Boom——"
A muffled thunder suddenly exploded in the sky, suppressing all her unfinished words.
"Why did it rain suddenly?"
Nangong Jiayue was just about to go to the main hall to burn incense when she saw the sky change color.
Jiang Tang looked up from her side. Compared to the panic of the others, she seemed to have expected it and looked very calm.
"It's over, it's over. If you can't make it back tonight, will the prince be angry?"
"Maybe the prince will rush up?"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu If it's true, wouldn't we be dead?"
Seeing the girls in the room almost crying as they talked, Nangong Jiayue waved her hands with a headache: "Stop crying, stop crying. If anything happens, I will be responsible for it. I guarantee that he can't kill you."
When Jiang Tang heard the sound, he turned around and smiled: "Don't worry, everything will be fine as long as the princess is here."
Anyway, they can't get down today, and he won't be able to get up in the next few days.
As if to confirm her thoughts, after a while, the coachman who was guarding the carriage at the bottom of the mountain road rushed in in a panic:
"No, no, master, news just came from down the mountain. Lightning struck a big tree halfway up the mountain. The tree happened to fall on the way down the mountain. In the next few days, we may not be able to go back..."
The coachman's crying voice came, and there was another shouting in the room.
On the contrary, Nangong Jiayue was the first to calm down after the initial surprise: "This is God's arrangement, let's just follow it."
After speaking, he patted the package next to him: "So Tangtang, you are really foresighted. You actually reminded me to bring a few more clothes. This time, even if I am trapped, I don't have to worry about running out of clothes to change."
After listening to her words, the girl lowered her head as if she was shy. Only the slight curl of her lips suggested that maybe it was not the case.
At the same time, a certain prince in the palace got the news and became furious:
"What do you mean by not catching up? Did I, the king, say that if she doesn't come back, you shouldn't come back either?"
Please explain, this is not a matter of "explanation", but a question that will make a certain prince regret and scratch his heart, and wish he could slap himself to death for making such nonsense. It can be regarded as a small progress in the relationship between the two~ No