Chapter Thirteen: The End(1/2)
"Nian Qing? Is that you?"
I saw a black shadow standing there, and I knew it was him, so I couldn't help but ask.
He hesitated in place, with no intention of moving forward.
"When I saw you recently, I felt much stranger. Today, I feel like I was back to that time."
Stand in front of him and look into his eyes.
As always, it's still the same feeling as before, those deep eyes.
It has been strange recently that Nian Qing's presence in the mansion is very common, unlike his usual self.
Ye Yilan stared at him, her eyes not moving at all.
As quiet as you, the sinister eyes stared at the wooden box in his hand. He slowly said, "Nian Qing is here. I have something to tell you, young lady. I won't go to the residence of His Highness the Fourth Highness."
Hearing his words, I couldn't help but smile. I picked up my sleeves and smiled secretly: "Nian Qing, what you said is strange. I am not related to the Fourth Highness, so why would I go to his house."
"Nian Qing is just worried about Miss. After all, the women in the Fourth Highness's residence are not easy to mess with."
Looking at her with an unsuspecting look, she would suffer a lot if she didn't act like this.
"Nian Qing also understands women's thoughts?"
He hesitated to speak, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Under the cover of the mask, those sinister eyes looked at the person beside him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise.
She didn't see Nian Qing's smile, but she was used to his silence.
I saw Caifeng coming in a hurry and handing me a note.
"Xu Shi, Zuixiang Tower."
"It's better to let Nian Qing accompany the lady tonight." He knew in his heart who invited the lady to leave the house.
"Nian Qing, you never go to a place like this. Aren't you still relieved that I'm with you, young lady?"
Caifeng saw that his attitude today was extremely abnormal, not like his usual self. He had never been with him on such an occasion. Today was actually weird.
He put the note tightly into his palm and said with a look of astonishment: "You don't need to accompany me, I will go by myself."
Her every move was all in Nian Qing's eyes. Thrilling emotions appeared on her face.
"Miss..."
Nian Qing immediately pulled Caifeng and winked at her. Now that he has made a decision, he will not embarrass her: "Since the lady has made the decision, we should obey it!"
After hearing Nian Qing's words, Ye Yilan raised her eyebrows and looked at him. Since meeting His Highness the Sixth Prince, the distance between them has gradually become much more distant.
The moment he got close to him, the cold and arrogant aura emanating from his body spread around him. He said with relief: "I will be fine, can you rest assured?"
"Nian Qing can naturally trust what you said."
From the moment she approached, he never put away his cold arrogance. What he feared most was that his heart would soften as soon as he met her. He knew who he was, but he felt uneasy in his heart. Maybe that kind of uneasiness, on Chinese Valentine's Day,
It happened that night.
She glanced at the wooden box in her hand and left.
From the moment he entered the house, Caifeng felt that this person was not easy to get along with, and she could not help but complain in her heart: "He is really a weirdo. Your Highness the Sixth Prince is not a bad person, how could something happen to the young lady?"
"Don't even think about where Zuixianglou is. Nianqing is just doing it for my own good. He is not a weirdo." In her eyes, Nianqing is just an ordinary person. What happened to him has made him become like this
.He has a kind heart and doesn’t like words.
It's hard to miss each other when we stay together, and the stars shine as the months pass by.
The end of the world is shallow, and the heart is like a double network knotted in the heart.
Whoever breaks an orchid to express my thoughts from afar, I only wish to see you again every year.
Looking at Zuixiang Tower, before she crossed the threshold, the man appeared in front of her.
Murong Haoli held her hand, leaned close to his ear, looked at her with evil eyes, and said with a hint of joking: "What? Do you want to go in and have a drink?"
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
Without answering Ye Yilan's words, he pulled her towards the street.
There was no one around him, he came alone. I thought that after sitting in Zuixiang Tower, I thought he was here to relax.
Murong Haoli remembered that he left suddenly during the banquet yesterday and was sent back again. He was really curious: "Yesterday, it was Fourth Brother's people who sent you back. What happened?"
"Nothing happened." She didn't want to tell anyone what happened in Murong Haochen's back garden last night. Instead, she asked, "I wonder where your highness is going to relax?"
"Go to Fourth Brother's house."
When Ye Yilan heard this, she stopped and broke free from his restrained hands.
"Why, you don't want to go?" His eyes kept wandering around her face, observing every detail of her.
"It's Ji'er who wants to see you and have a heart-to-heart talk." He hugged her into his arms and said affectionately, ignoring the looks of passers-by around him: "Don't be afraid if I accompany you. She was afraid that you wouldn't want to come, so she ordered me to come."
You call me out. However, Fourth Brother never likes uninvited guests, so I won’t go in. I’ll just wait for you to come out outside the house."
Ye Yilan didn't dare to look around, looking at the two of them with strange eyes, until she became shy.
"It seems that His Highness the Fourth Highness is not in the mansion tonight." She did not care about his whereabouts, but she cared about what happened to her eldest grandson Guanji. How could she confirm that she would not come to the appointment and let Murong Haoli come to deliver the message.
"Fourth brother often disappears at night." Even if he knew Murong Haochen's habits, he didn't know where he went.
We learned from the eldest grandson Guanji that he often left early in the morning and came back late in the evening, but he was never seen leaving the house.
The servants in the mansion are all his confidants, and it is easiest to cover up his whereabouts.
"What are you afraid of? Could it be that last night..." I could vaguely feel her nervousness. It was not difficult to see her resistance to Murong Haochen.
"Let's go, don't waste time." When Ye Yilan thought of Murong Haochen's drunk appearance last night, she couldn't help but feel panicked.
Once you offend him, you don't know what will happen.
If he hadn't saved her life, Ye Yilan might not have approached him or come into contact with the people in his house.
The moment she entered the house, Murong Haoli clasped his hands tightly. His eldest grandson Wanji had never been a kind-hearted person, so how could he invite her to have a heart-to-heart talk with such kindness.
As long as no one can hinder his future, he will not care about women's petty thoughts.
I have warned her a long time ago, I hope she will learn to be smarter.
"Princess, Miss Ye is here."
Sun Guanji, the elder, was sitting in the pavilion of the waterside pavilion, looking at the flat lake in front of her. There was a hint of emptiness in her eyes, and one could imagine that she was not living a good life.
"Sister Ye, did the housekeeper not make things difficult for you just now?"
He winked at Suying, with an evil look on his lips. I never expected that she would really come.
"No." If I hadn't heard it in person, I wouldn't have believed that His Highness the Fourth Prince really didn't like uninvited guests. After looking at it, this mansion looked beautiful, but the rules were also extremely difficult.
"It's just that there are many rules in the Fourth Highness's residence. Is the princess still used to it?"
The eldest grandson Guanji looked at her with a forced smile, these words sounded so sarcastic to her ears.
"If my sister marries His Highness, she will definitely be able to experience the rules of this house."
"The princess was joking." She smiled bitterly, picked up the tea in front of her, and covered up her embarrassment.
Ye Yilan gradually felt that he did not have good intentions when he came to talk to her.
"Is the princess really here to have a heart-to-heart talk?"
"Are you questioning me?" He stroked the ends of his hair beside his ears, feeling evil in his heart, and said coldly: "You also only think about the temper of my Highness, but you don't treat your sister coldly. I just want to express my gratitude to you."
My sister takes the virtue of her heart."
Unintentionally, a hint of coolness blew from the lake, and Ye Yilan felt helpless. The relationship between her and Murong Haochen was pure and innocent, so where did the moral character come from: "How can a common girl have the moral character to pass on to a princess?"
"My sister is too modest." She smiled contemptuously and stood in front of the window in the pavilion, feeling the bitterness in her heart slowly come over.
"Look. It's a very quiet night tonight, and it's extremely deserted. You can see His Highness returning from here, but I can only watch silently from the side. Don't you think this is sad?"
Ye Yilan followed her gaze, walked to her side, and stared quietly.
That long road, only illuminated by the bright moon, looked particularly lonely.
Gradually, Ye Yilan could feel her mood at the moment. The long wait for the person she didn't love to come back, the coldness of late autumn was nothing more than that.
Seeing her silence, the eldest grandson Guanji watched her silently, with disdain in his heart: Ye Yilan, I really don't understand why he is so interested in you. Even though he didn't show any trace, I knew it very well.
"Sister Ye, let's sit down."
"This slave deserves to die. I hope the princess will punish you."
As soon as she turned around, Su Ying sprinkled a bowl of bird's nest soup on her body and subconsciously stepped back. Fortunately, Su Ying hurriedly stepped forward to wipe it away, but the remaining warmth was still burning.
The eldest grandson Guanji secretly pursed his lips and said angrily: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you take Miss Ye to bathe and change clothes?"
"Miss Ye, please come this way." Su Ying turned back and glanced at her master, knowing that everything was under control.
Picking up the tea cup that Ye Yilan drank from, she looked at it carefully and said, "The show is about to begin."
From Su Ying's words, she learned that the place she took her to was a unique bathhouse.
To be continued...