The window door was not closed, and the cold wind floated, lifting the corner of the girl's lonely clothes. Looking from a distance, under the flickering light, there was such a lonely silhouette.
Turning the corner of the corridor, Hua Jianyue saw this scene.
The picture is so beautiful, the girl standing quietly looks like someone has carefully splashed the ink painting, it feels a bit unreal.
However, he still walked over, getting closer and closer until the girl's green hair slid across the back of his hand, giving her a cool and gentle touch.
The quiet moonlight shines on her face, showing such sharp edges and corners.
who is she?
He wanted to ask her, but he was afraid of ruining this beautiful scene and shocking her mind, so he remained silent.
For an unknown amount of time, he kept looking at her back, at her slender figure, with only a snow-colored cloak swaying.
What was she thinking? So absorbed? So lonely? For a moment, he even wanted to go up and comfort her, but he knew that it would be too abrupt and would frighten such a soft girl.
The moon shadow moves, the moonlight is bright and white, and the dim light pours.
Sprinkled on her hair and fell on his heart.
It seems like a thousand years have passed, and yet it seems like only a moment.
The girl suddenly turned around, her dark pupils, face like snow, and black hair flowing down her chest, all fell into his eyes. She was as beautiful as a moonlight fairy, but he was stunned.
"Yurong, is that you?" He subconsciously took a step back, perhaps because he was afraid of blocking her way.
Bei Tangjin looked up and down at this man who was dressed in bright colors and had an enchanting face. He was shocked for a moment and said with a smile, "Is the Duke coming to stay at the hotel too?"
It seemed that the scene just now was too beautiful. Hua Jianyue still hadn't come back to her senses and didn't hear clearly what she just said. She said softly: "Why is Yu Rong alone here?" Blowing cold wind? He added in his heart
A few words.
Bei Tangjin said casually: "I'm here to take care of the patients."
"Patient? Who is sick?" Hua Jianyue looked slightly confused. In fact, he wanted to know what Bei Tangjin was thinking here. Why was she so different from the one he usually saw?
"Why don't you go and have a look with Yurong?" Beitang Jin suggested.
Hua Jianyue blinked her narrow phoenix eyes slightly and said, "Can I see this person?"
Bei Tangjin smiled and said, "Of course you can. Maybe she really wants to see you."
The confusion on Huajian Yue's face deepened, and she said: "Want to see me? Who is he?"
Bei Tangjin, on the other hand, smiled and led the way, saying: "The Duke will know it when he sees it."
Hua Jianyue even forgot about her own business and followed Bei Tangjin by mistake.
Walking to an extremely exquisite carved door, Hua Jianyue raised her head and saw the four characters "Liu Shui Wu Wu" written in extremely beautiful small regular script on it.
He was not surprised by the strange name of this room. The reason was that every room in this inn had extremely strange names. Therefore, he was not surprised when he saw it now.
The first thing that entered her was the smell of extremely fragrant red plums. Hua Jianyue felt that this smell was very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered that Bei Tangjin had this kind of plum fragrance. However, this plum fragrance was slightly different from Bei Tangjin's.
different.
The bead curtain was lifted, and Hua Jianyue followed Bei Tangjin into the room. Before he could lift the bed curtain, he heard a woman's extremely vague and fragile voice.
"Mother, mother...mother, don't abandon us..."
Intermittently, this sentence was repeated over and over again.
Hua Jianyue felt that this voice was very familiar, but she couldn't remember it. He was so confused that he turned his eyes to Bei Tangjin, and saw that her eyebrows were tightly knitted, and her face, which was always ice and snow, was complicated in a way that he could not understand.
look.
Is it worry? Is it distressed? Is it confusion? Is it...
The expression was too complicated, even though he was good at observing words and expressions, he couldn't quite understand it.
"Miss Jin, you are here!" At this time, the bed curtain was lifted, and a woman wearing a snow-white robe walked out. The woman's black hair was loose, but Hua Jianyue felt that her outfit was very strange.
, thinking about it carefully, it turned out that the clothes on this woman were actually those worn by Bei Tangjin on weekdays.
"Has the fever gone?" Bei Tangjin had slowly relaxed his eyebrows and asked very normally.
The woman who came out of the bed tent looked worried and said: "Miss Jin, you'd better come in and see my princess. Alas, she never sleeps peacefully and keeps having nightmares."
Bei Tangjin nodded slowly and said: "Xia Feng, this is the Duke of Qi. Go and pour a cup of tea for him."
At this time, Xia Feng noticed that there was another person beside Bei Tangjin. She nodded hesitantly, looking at Bei Tangjin, feeling increasingly uneasy.
In fact, the princess's illness...
Why……
If Miss Jin sees it...
Seeing that Xia Feng seemed to be hesitant to speak, Bei Tangjin asked, "Xia Feng, do you have something to say to me?"
"No, no, no..." Xia Feng heard this and hurried out to pour tea for Hua Jianyue. She didn't know that she was guilty and forgot to salute Hua Jianyue.
Bei Tangjin clearly noticed something strange, and his expression moved slightly, but he had no intention of asking.
Princess?
Hua Jianyue captured this word keenly. The name of the princess and maidservant familiar to Beitang Jin was also called Xia Feng. Could it be Xia Sha?
"Princess Sha here?" Hua Jianyue turned her confused eyes to Bei Tangjin.
Bei Tangjin nodded and said: "She has had a high fever for three days. If the fever continues like this, people will be stupid." As she said this, she had already lifted up the bed curtain and rolled it up. At this time, Huajian
Only then did Yue clearly see the people inside.
The woman inside had black hair spread all over the bed, and her flushed cheeks were like the clouds on the horizon, which made her already charming face even more charming, but her charm lacked a bit of freedom and domineering, and added a bit of weakness.
and helpless.
This is what Shasha looks like when she is sick. She is like a drowning child, very fragile and helpless.
Her hands were so unstable that she was groping and struggling, and she kept shouting: "Mother, mother..."
"Did she catch the cold?" Seeing that Xia Sha was talking nonsense like this and seemed to be unconscious, Hua Jianyue came to a simple conclusion.
Bei Tangjin nodded and said: "My lord, please sit down as you please. Please bear with me if I don't entertain you well." She said it very respectfully, but she already sat sideways on the bed.
Hua Jianyue did not sit down, but still stood where she was. Looking at Xia Sha inside, she was so weird that she pulled Bei Tangjin's skirt, and then rubbed her head into her arms, with those white arms.
He even hugged Bei Tangjin's slender waist.
What's even more strange is that Xia Sha, who was talking nonsense just now, actually fell asleep in Bei Tangjin's arms so peacefully. Her even breathing made her look extremely reassuring. Xia Sha looked extremely well-behaved, as if she were a child.
The flush on her face makes her contours softer and more lovely.
Hua Jianyue opened her eyes wide and said in disbelief: "She actually...what's going on?"
Bei Tangjin shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
In fact, for so many years, Xia Sha always felt like this every time she had a fever, and she always had to lean on her arms to stay safe. She always thought that it was because the smell of her body made her feel better, and in fact it did.
There is some connection. Every time the whole house is filled with the smell of plum blossoms, she will feel more at ease, at least she will not draw her sword to kill people. She often takes off her clothes and lets her maids wear them, which can still be used for a while.
, it won’t work after a long time.
Therefore, Bei Tangjin always wonders, is Xia Sha's nose a dog's nose? Is it so smart?
"Are you going to stay with her like this all night? No wonder your face looks so haggard. Why don't you just touch her sleeping point to save you from such hard work." Hua Jianyue said with some pity.
But Bei Tangjin shook his head and said: "It doesn't work, she can break through the acupuncture points without even using a stick of incense."
The more abnormal Xia Sha is, the more terrifying her martial arts skills become.
Hua Jianyue was extremely shocked and said: "This is really strange!"
"Then let's give her some medicine that can make her sleep. This is not an option!" Hua Jianyue suggested again.
"It doesn't work. Her physique is extremely special and she can automatically detoxify drugs. Not only can she detoxify poisons, but she can also defuse medicines used to treat diseases." Bei Tangjin shook his head and said, his face becoming more and more worried.
Hua Jianyue was stunned by Bei Tangjin's words. So, isn't Xia Sha's body immune to all poisons? This is too scary and strange!
"What did she eat growing up?" Hua Jianyue asked in shock.
"The witch doctors of the Mandala Kingdom are extremely powerful. I guess they must have taken some powerful elixir." Beitang Jin replied casually.
Only then did Hua Jianyue understand. He had also heard that the witch doctors of the Mandala Kingdom had extremely magical witchcraft skills. Now that he thought about it, Xia Sha was a princess of the country. In order to save her life, these witch doctors
Naturally, I have to research some weird pills.
"Huh? Yurong seems to be very close to Princess Sha?" At this time, Hua Jianyue realized that something was wrong. Weren't these two people hostile in the past? Why are they so close? They are like real sisters.
Bei Tangjin said naturally: "She is my senior sister after all. I can't just die without saving her. More importantly, I don't want her to hurt innocent people."
"Injury to innocent people? What's going on?" Hua Jianyue was very surprised.
Bei Tangjin said very normally: "When she is unconscious, she kills people on sight."
"Ah! What kind of weirdo is this!" Hua Jianyue screamed, and then remembered that Xia Sha suddenly went crazy on the boat that day, and said, "Could it be like that day?"
Bei Tangjin nodded and said: "Yes, it's just more serious than that day. She will kill anyone who comes close to her, no matter who it is."
"Then why is she so quiet?" Hua Jianyue was very surprised. Why was she lying here so quietly at this time? Could it be because of Beitang Jin?
Bei Tangjin seemed not to notice Hua Jianyue's surprised look, and said in a normal way: "She will calm down when she smells the fragrance of plum blossoms."
"Oh... no wonder!" No wonder the room is filled with the scent of plum blossoms.
At this time, Xia Feng came in from the outside, poured tea for Hua Jianyue, and said: "My lord, please have tea."
Hua Jianyue nodded, but his eyes were still on Xia Sha's face. He felt that Xia Sha was simply too strange and weird! Not only did her temper not resemble that of a woman, but her physique did not resemble that of a human being.
!
Xia Feng didn't pay attention to Hua Jianyue's expression. She just felt a lot more relaxed when she saw her princess's calm appearance. She poured a cup of tea, walked to the bed, handed it to Beitang Jin and said: "Miss Jin, have a cup of tea.
Moisten your throat."
Bei Tangjin nodded and took the teacup, stirred the tea with the teacup lid, and then took a slow sip.
Finally, she glanced at Xia Feng.
Facing those deep eyes, Xia Feng lowered his head with a guilty conscience and said gratefully: "Thank you, Miss Jin, for taking care of me! Speaking of which, my mistress has not had a fever for many years. You know that her special physique makes it difficult to get sick easily.
, I don’t know what happened this time! Hey, it was like this the morning after I came back the day before yesterday!" He said words of gratitude, but there was a bit of blame in his words.
Bei Tangjin knew that Xia Feng was blaming her for dressing Xia Sha up as a monkey and letting her squat in the cold wind for most of the day.
But when did Xia Sha's body become so fragile? Not to mention being exposed to the cold wind for half a day, or even for one night, she shouldn't be affected. However, Xia Sha had such a high fever, she was a little bit better.
Believed.
Otherwise, she wouldn't feel so guilty that she would come to help.
Hua Jianyue also heard the accusation, but looking at Bei Tangjin, he seemed to not want to tell the truth, so he didn't ask.
"Xia Feng, go prepare the wine and wipe her body." Seeing that Xia Sha fell asleep peacefully, Bei Tangjin ordered.
Xia Feng nodded and went to prepare wine and handkerchiefs.
But when she came over and opened the lid of the wine, Bei Tangjin had already stood up. Xia Feng looked at Bei Tangjin's icy face and hesitated: "Miss Jin, you should do it. You know, my master is very uneasy."
Health..." Xia Feng said with a guilty conscience.
Bei Tangjin's face became darker, because she felt that this request was a bit too much, so she raised her hand and touched Xia Sha's acupuncture point, saying: "This is enough to hold a stick of incense."
"This..." Xia Feng was extremely shocked when he saw Bei Tangjin tapping his princess's acupuncture points so neatly. His face was extremely ugly. If the princess knew that she had touched her body, she would die...
"What's wrong?" Bei Tangjin asked in confusion when he saw Xia Feng's expression was extremely ugly.
Xia Feng smiled and said: "Haha... Miss Jin, I suddenly remembered that I have not done something very important. I am afraid that the princess will blame her when she wakes up, so..." Xia Feng was about to turn around, but was grabbed by Bei Tang Jin's shoulder.
.
Xia Feng laughed guiltily, but Bei Tangjin's face was extremely serious and said: "This trick has been used and it is no longer easy to use. You should just wipe your master's body honestly, so as not to make it difficult to use it after the time has passed.
"
Xia Feng knew that things were messed up, so he could only nod his head and said: "Then please, Miss Jin, please wait until my princess goes to sleep again before leaving?" The voice was pleading.
Bei Tangjin nodded and said, "Okay." Then he turned to Hua Jianyue and said, "Master Guo, let's go to the outer room."
Hua Jianyue then turned her extremely strange eyes away from Xia Feng, and looked at the jar of wine that also exuded the fragrance of plum blossoms, feeling surprised in her heart.
Even this wine is made from plum blossoms!
What’s even more strange is, why did this maid insist on letting Bei Tangjin take action?
However, it was not appropriate to ask too many questions about this matter. Hua Jianyue followed Bei Tangjin to the outside with doubts.
Bei Tangjin personally poured tea for Hua Jianyue. Seeing the confusion on his face, he knew that he was full of doubts, but he did not intend to answer the other's questions. Instead, he asked: "I heard that His Highness Prince Ming is traveling again. What's the matter?"
Why didn’t the Duke go with him?"
On the second day of the banquet, Beitang Jin got the news that the Ming Dynasty King Feng Xichun had set off overnight. He didn't know that there was something important that made him so anxious.
Hua Jianyue laughed and said, "Next month is Su Jinxiu's birthday. He was afraid that he would not be able to make it, so he rushed all night." Hua Jianyue told Bei Tangjin the answer she had prepared.
Bei Tangjin nodded with some understanding and said: "Su Jinxiu is indeed very difficult to please. His Highness Prince Ming must want to ask her to embroider handkerchiefs again, right?"
Hua Jianyue nodded and said, "Isn't that right? Ever since Yu Rong destroyed Yi Ning's veil, he has been distressed for a long time, so it's his master's birthday, so naturally he can't neglect it!" Hua Jian Yue told lies that were even worse than the truth.
Smoothly.
In fact, even if Feng Xichun did not go to Jiangnan to celebrate Su Jinxiu's birthday, as long as Feng Xichun said a word, Su Jinxiu would be very willing to embroider a handkerchief for him. Therefore, if he celebrates his birthday just to embroider a handkerchief, even Hua
Jian Yue didn't believe it, but he really didn't know why Feng Xichun was in such a hurry to go to Jiangnan.
It seems like it's really nothing important? How strange? But it's strange that he still says this to others.
"When will the Duke prepare to set off?" This is also a question that Bei Tang Jin is concerned about. As long as these two plague gods leave, it will be easier for her to do things.
Hua Jianyue slowly took a sip of tea and stared at Bei Tangjin's face for a moment, but he couldn't find the weak and lonely look on her face as she stood by the window. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Bei Tangjin was extremely strange. She didn't know what the other party was looking at. Is there something on her face?
"Ha... I don't plan to go find him. I think this place is very interesting, much better than outside." Hua Jianyue suddenly said with a smile, and there was a strange look on Bei Tangjin's body between his eyebrows.
.
Bei Tangjin said "Oh", feeling extremely disappointed, but his expression was extremely normal, and he said: "It will be New Year's Eve in a few days. I must have not gotten together with my family for many years, right?"
Hua Jianyue glanced at Bei Tang Jin's flattering fake smile, and felt more and more regretful in her heart. I'm afraid I will never see her so fragile again, and I feel pity for her when I see her.
"Haha, my family, where do I have any family? When my father died and my mother died in love, I have always been the only one in the Duke of Qi's palace. My father only has one wife, my mother, and I have no brothers or sisters..." Hua Jian
Yue shook her head very normally and said.
Bei Tangjin felt extremely guilty and said, "I'm so sorry, Yurong actually forgot about this."
Hua Jianyue waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Actually, there's nothing wrong with it, so as not to worry about it."
Bei Tangjin nodded, that's true. It can be seen that Hua Jianyue's mother was equally in love with Feng Xichun's mother, but Feng Xichun's mother did not die in love, but she also died in depression shortly after the death of King Ming. This is actually true.
almost.
And Feng Xichun's father was also a very loving person. He only had one wife in his life, but this woman only gave birth to one child. Therefore, Feng Xichun was the only one in the huge Ming Palace, so if Hua Jianyue and
Feng Xichun did not return to Dadu, and the palaces of the Prince of Ming and the Duke of Qi were both empty.
However, there are extremely capable housekeepers and maids inside, so they have a very good view of the two mansions.
Both of these two people are very extraordinary people, and they are very good at cultivating people. Just look at the fact that all the maids around Feng Xiqiao died for them that day.
Hua Jianyue sat in a very casual posture, leaning her head with her hands and looking at Bei Tang Jin holding the tea cup with the same expression. She couldn't help but said: "Why don't Yurong accompany me on New Year's Eve, so as not to be lonely." He said this
As he spoke, he looked at Bei Tangjin with a very sincere smile.
Bei Tangjin was startled by his thoughts and said, "What did you just say?" She really thought she heard wrong. They had been at odds for so long, and it was not a good mood for her to spend New Year's Eve with her rivals.
Hua Jianyue was very shameless. Even though he felt that Bei Tang Jin would be unwilling, he was still extremely sincere and pleaded with a sad face: "Yurong, you know, in the past years, Yi Ning stayed with me, but this year Yi Ning went to Jiangnan."
, I can’t keep up with his schedule, so can Yurong accompany me? "
Although the other party was so sincere, Bei Tangjin felt that his idea was too ridiculous, so he said: "My lord, you know that we have to worship our ancestors on New Year's Eve. Even if I have the intention, how can I have the free time to accompany you?" The implication is that the other party is so sincere.
That is, don’t you also worship your ancestors on New Year’s Eve?
"Sacrifice to ancestors?" Hua Jianyue raised her eyebrows. He had never worshiped ancestors before. Those things were taken care of by the housekeepers. Moreover, he was only waiting for the last incense offering. He didn't understand the previous things!
"Yes, so Yurong didn't have any free time that day. Please forgive me, Lord Guo." Beitang Jin said sincerely.
Hua Jianyue was obviously very disappointed and said: "It takes only half a day to worship the ancestors, why not..." He looked at Bei Tang Jin's frowning eyebrows and continued: "Why don't Yurong stay with me for the rest of the night?
?”
Beitang Jin was really confused by the other party's thoughts, so he asked: "Why does the Duke of the State have to accompany Yu Rong?" Could it be that he deliberately caused trouble for her?
Hua Jianyue was extremely sincere and said: "I thought about it, and I feel that there is no one more suitable for Yu Rong. So, can Yu Rong agree?"
"This..." Bei Tangjin stared at Hua Jianyue's extremely sincere eyes. The dark pupils were extremely soft, as if what he said came from the heart. However, she knew Hua Jianyue's temper very well. Where was he?
Are you sincere? Could it be that you have come up with some weird idea again?
When Hua Jianyue saw Bei Tang Jin frowning and thinking, she knew what she was thinking, so she immediately assured him: "Hey, Yu Rong actually doubted my intentions, but it's all my fault in the past... Can Yu Rong ignore the past suspicions?
?You reluctantly agreed to me this time?" Hua Jianyue's expression became more and more miserable, and mist seemed to rise in her eyes, as if she was about to burst into tears.
Beitang Jin held his head, was this person acting too real? It seemed like she had bullied him. In fact, it was easy to be discovered if she was not in Beitang Mansion on New Year's Eve. Then, she would be the unlucky one.
Ah! Her grandmother's temper is not so hard to control!