The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 289 Qin Lian, How Much Do You Like Me?

Chapter 289 Qin Lian, How Much Do You Like Me?

The imperial doctor lobbied hard, and it happened that thousands of flowers cultivated by Burning Incense, the largest restaurant in the capital, were blooming together today, so Su Zi talked and asked me to go and watch it together.When we got there, we found that the inside and outside of the burning incense shop had been completely surrounded. The two of us waited in the carriage for a while, and suddenly we heard a respectful voice outside saying: "Greetings, princess."

Su Zi opened the car curtain halfway, and smiled slightly: "Shopkeeper Ren, are you all right?"

"Thanks to the eldest princess, everything is fine." A skinny man with a white face and beardless outside had a smile on his face, and pointed to the small alley a few feet away, "Princess, please go this way."

We entered through the back door, and entered the elegant room through the narrow and empty passage.The view here is transparent and the angle is good. At a glance, I can see the grand scene of thousands of flowers blooming in the garden outside the window at a glance. Su Zi is obviously also very satisfied. The shopkeeper Ren said politely: "You can enter the garden from the corner just now. Do you want to take a closer look at it?"

"No need."

Shopkeeper Ren had developed an excellent ability to observe words and expressions. After serving tea, he picked two handfuls of the most beautiful flower branches from the garden and put them in a vase filled with water before leaving.Su Zi and I finished eating the signature dishes facing the beautiful scenery of the garden, and we kept discussing that Su Qi would not have such a good life as us, and now he has to sit in the hall to meet those people who don't want to see in Nanchao.Just as the discussion was getting excited, shopkeeper Ren suddenly knocked on the door and came in, standing at the door with a look of hesitation.

Su Zi asked, "What's the matter?"

Shopkeeper Ren hesitated for a moment, and said, "There is someone outside who saw the princess's carriage just now, and now wants to see the princess."

Su Zi glanced at him: "What next?"

"He said he has something for you, the eldest princess, and that you should understand after reading it." Shopkeeper Ren took out something from his sleeve and offered it with both hands, "It's a brocade bag embroidered with jade flowers."

I only glanced at the small bag, and my whole body seemed to freeze, and the Wei Zi in my hand fell to the ground.

It was brought to me by Su Qi when he went to the Southern Dynasties, and was later given to Ah Ji by me.

The good mood of enjoying the scenery before was gone, only my heart was at a loss.

The shopkeeper Ren glanced towards me, and Su Zi glanced over, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to look any further.

Su Zi turned her head to look at me, and I looked at her, feeling extremely overwhelmed.

"What are you panicking about?" Su Zi said lightly, "Do you want to see him?"

I shook my head subconsciously, and then hesitated: "But, Ah Ji..."

Su Zi didn't speak anymore, but took the brocade bag and put it on the table, poured a cup of tea steadily, and took out a small blue glass bottle from her sleeve, I knew that bottle, it was one of the poisons commonly used by the court One, poison is not as good as soul intoxication, but they both have one thing in common, that is, it only takes a stick of incense to kill someone.

Su Zi uncorked the bottle unhurriedly, poured the colorless and odorless liquid into the teacup, shook it lightly, closed the lid at last, and handed it to the attendant.

"Give him this cup of tea, let him drink it first, and I'll consider seeing him later."

The attendant responded, and was stopped by Su Zi when he walked to the door.Su Zi turned her head and observed my expression carefully, and finally seemed to be sure of something, turned her head and ordered coldly to her followers: "Before you drink, tell him that since you dare to come here, you'd better be prepared not to go back alive. If he doesn't drink, force him to drink."

After hearing this, I stared at Su Zi with wide eyes, she put the blue vial back into her sleeve, she didn't look at me, she just pursed her lips and looked at the red, purple and purple outside the window without moving.My finger just moved, and Su Zi glanced over suddenly, my neck stiffened, and my raised index finger didn't even have the courage to retract it.

After a while, there seemed to be the sound of a teacup being broken, followed by a few heavy muffled groans, and after a while, a young man's voice suddenly sounded clearly through the door, low and steady, like a gurgling The stream I passed by was very familiar.

"The princess's resentment towards Qin Lian is understandable. If I can take Su Xi away by drinking this cup of poisoned tea, I am willing to conclude this deal. If not, please forgive me."

When Qin Lian uttered the first word, I was already stiff and my mind was blank.

His ears were buzzing, only his words echoed over and over again.

Su Zi remained calm.She didn't even raise her eyebrows, and she didn't intend to ask someone to open the door. She just said clearly through the door: "Young Master Qin is so brave, but really stupid. My sister was killed by you in the Southern Dynasty Palace. How long has passed, you don't remember. She shouldn't have ended up like this, because Mr. Qin was pressing every step of the way, hiding a knife in front of Su Guo with a smile, making it difficult for my sister to make a choice, so she had to die. Now Mr. Qin It's really inappropriate to ask me if I want someone again. It's even more inappropriate for Mr. Qin to come uninvited without saying hello more than once. Do you really think this is your doorstep, and you can come and go as you please? "

There was no sound outside for a while, I only heard my heart pounding, and the tip of my nose began to feel sour.I shouldn't have felt wronged. Before I died, I had already thought about it, and there was nothing wrong with it.I have become a princess, and since I was a child, I have enjoyed thousands of loves, wealth and glory, so naturally I have to pay some price, which is nothing.I shouldn't be soft-hearted, but after all, I can only choose to commit suicide. This is my own choice, and there is nothing wrong with it.

But now that Su Zi suddenly told the truth, I couldn't help but feel sad.

No matter how open-minded I say, I don't just want to die so willingly.But there is really no other way, so I want to escape with death.

After a while, Qin Lian's voice came faintly: "As long as Su Xi is alive, I will never treat her badly again."

Su Zi snorted lightly, and said sarcastically: "It's a pity, she is already dead. From then on, there will be no Su Xi in this world. If Young Master Qin sincerely wants to save her, she might as well wipe her neck and commit suicide immediately, and go to the underworld to find a Find her."

Qin Lian didn't speak any more, nor did he leave.He blocked the door without moving like this, at first Su Zi could barely bear it, but after a while she became impatient and chased him away: "Young master Qin, you are blocking the door, people I know know that you are here to ask me Important person, people who don’t know you think you have a deep love for me and want to destroy the prime minister’s mansion and my reputation.”

My mood improved slightly, and I was putting a piece of Furong Yulu Cake in my mouth, and I almost choked after hearing Su Zi's words.

My elder sister has always been scheming, but I didn't expect her to speak as freely as Su Qi.

Qin Lian said indifferently: "The princess' reputation is naturally very good. If the princess wants to go back to the palace, she can go directly, and I won't stop her."

Su Zi choked: "..."

I can imagine Qin Lian saying this through the door.It must be the one with both hands in the sleeves, a handsome expression in the eyebrows, and a proper and dignified posture.

I always thought he was best suited for a blue brocade robe, wide sleeves, and a Liuyun Baifu belt, with a suave manner, even Su Qi probably couldn't help but feel a little bit jealous when he saw it.

Su Zi regained her composure and said, "Why should I go first instead of you? Is there any reason for you to block the door?"

I know Su Zi's reason for wanting Qin Lian to leave first.She just doesn't want me to see him again, even today when I'm wearing a mask and my legs are paralyzed, and I almost don't recognize myself.

I leaned over and whispered in Su Zi's ear: "Just go, I won't lose my composure. Qin Lian will become even more suspicious if you try to hide it."

Su Zi said: "Do you think you won't be suspicious if you pretend to go out like this? I'm a princess, why did I bring Su Qi's concubine Ji out of the palace for no reason? Qin Lian has always been treacherous, just think about it a little bit." Find out the reason. This is clearly to give him a handle."

I sighed: "No matter what happens to him, no matter whether I live or not, I will never leave Su with him again. I promise. Can I leave like this?"

Su Zi's eyes moved slightly, she looked at me carefully for a while, and finally nodded.

Although I promised not to lose my composure, when the attendant pushed open the door, I tried to remain calm and couldn't help but glance at Qin Lian.

He was standing outside the door, with his hands covering his sleeves, and besides, he was actually wearing a blue robe as I thought.He stood sideways and lowered his eyes slightly. When I looked over, he raised his eyelids and looked at me as if paying respects.

His gaze is still unpredictable. For the first time, I performed supernormally. I didn't even tremble my eyelashes. I sat safely in the wheelchair and got closer and closer to him under his gaze all the way. The distance of feet gets farther and farther.

When I was closest to him, Qin Lian called in a low voice: "Xi'er."

Su Zi in front heard it and turned around.I heard it and didn't look back.His expression remained motionless, and he just left calmly.

When Su Zi and I went back, the outside was still charcoal roasted, but the inside of Chenxi Hall was very cool.When Su Zi and Su Qi talked about seeing Qin Lian, and Su Qi closed the cup, I suddenly felt that the hall had become chilly.

Su Qi propped his chin and glanced at me. Under the pressure of a heavy weight on my head, I held a pack of beef jerky, the exclusive specialty of Burning Xiangfang, in front of him, pretending to be calm and authentic: "I'll eat it all for you .”

Su Qi shook the tassel on the jade pendant, and said leisurely: "I don't care about it."

"Then I'll eat it myself."

Su Qi flipped his wrist, before I noticed anything, the bag of beef jerky had already left my hand, Su Qi held the small paper bag, picked up a small one and stuffed it into my mouth, then picked up a big one Feed it into her own mouth, then asked Su Zi to take one by herself, and said with a smile, "What's mine is mine, and if I don't like it, it's still mine."

Things were brushed aside that day by an unexpected understatement.Su Qi's face was calm and breezy, and Su Zi's was also calm and breezy, but the next day I was the only one with two red fighting cock-like eyes having breakfast with Su Qi.Sure enough, Su Qi didn't let go of any chance to laugh at others. First, he put a rice ball made of rice wine to my eyes for comparison, then shook his head in dissatisfaction, and then put a plain carrot ball in front of my eyes. , I was still a little dissatisfied, and when I finally picked up a Sixi ball and wanted to come over, I finally got angry.

I put his chopsticks aside and asked, "Is it fun?"

Su Qi said seriously: "It's fun."

"As a king, you have to examine yourself three times a day, and always pay attention to your own virtues, you know?"

Su Qi said with a smile: "But I'm not your husband now. Comparing your dark circles with meatballs is also called boudoir interest."

I was angry: "If you bully me like this again, I will leave the palace."

"How?" Su Qi looked at my wheelchair pointedly, and said, "Shall I push it for you?"

"..."

After the noisy breakfast, Su Qi went to Yiyuan Hall, and I continued what happened last night, sitting on the bed and continuing to be in a daze.

I thought about it all night, but it was still hard to imagine that Qin Lian would come to Su for me.This matter is too flattering. Given the shadows I suffered before, the fact that Qin Lian worked so hard and patiently for me is simply unimaginable.

At noon, Su Qi stepped back to the Dawn Palace, and finally I couldn't help but ask him what he thought.Su Qi had an expression of "what's the trouble with this?": "Do you want to go back with him?"

I said, "I don't want to."

"Do you want Ah Ji to come back?"

"It depends on Aji's own intention."

"If Qin Lian knelt on the ground and begged you to go back, would you go back?"

The corner of my mouth twitched: "How could he kneel on the ground and beg me."

Su Qi glanced over: "I mean what if."

I hesitated for a long time and said, "No."

"why?"

"..." I didn't want to tell the truth, but Su Qi's eyes stared at me, and I had no choice but to say, "I'm about to die, I don't want to pay attention to him anymore."

"Then what if you suddenly recover from illness?"

"..."

Su Qi laughed softly, with unknown meaning: "Then if you can live on and live to be a hundred years old, Qin Lian is still kneeling on the ground begging you to go back to the Southern Dynasty with him, and keeps saying that he will never let you down again, are you willing?" Are you going back with him?"

I got a headache from this hypothesis, so I hugged Su Qi's arm and said sincerely, "I'll do whatever my brother says, is that okay?"

Su Qi snorted, pulled my hand away without hesitation, patted my head, and said: "You have it. If I asked you this way in the past, you would either say yes or no, in short, you would definitely be stupid Give me a definite answer blankly, why has it changed now?"

I said humbly, "It's all because my brother taught me well."

Su Qi swung open the folding fan, and sneered condescendingly: "Stop doing this."

Su Qi sent secret guards to search for Qin Lian's traces, and he gave the order to kill Qin Lian. If he saw Qin Lian, he didn't need to ask for instructions. Anyone who killed him immediately would receive ten thousand taels of gold.He said this order in front of my face, and after he finished speaking, he carefully observed my face. In fact, my heart was really upset, but my expression was still calm. At least I didn’t realize that there was a flower on my expression, but this Su Qi couldn't be satisfied with the same kind of change. When the hidden guard retreated, he looked at me with a half-smile: "Su Xi."

I got excited reflexively: "What?"

Su Qiyou sat down leisurely, and said leisurely: "There is a saying that you want to cover up. The relationship between the two of you is still a year old. You are so expressionless now that I doubt it. In fact, you are still very worried and nervous. Yes, maybe my palms are still sweating, I'm not wrong."

I hid my palm behind my back as if nothing had happened: "There's nothing wrong with it. Brother, you think too much."

Su Qidao: "Really, then show me the palm of your hand."

I refused to show, and said angrily, "I acted like I was worried that you would laugh at me, and I acted like I wasn't worried about you laughing at me, would you still let me live?"

Su Qidao: "...you won't be beautiful at all if you continue to act like this."

I didn't care: "Anyway, it's not my own face that's showing now, so it doesn't matter if it's beautiful or not."

"..." Su Qi was probably shocked by my increasingly tough words recently, he looked me up and down carefully for a long time, but didn't say a word in a daze.

In addition to ordering Qin Lian to be chased and killed, Su Qi also teased Qin Ke like a cat teasing a mouse.He has recently expressed a deep hatred for everything in the Southern Dynasty. Qin Ke was forced into his hands. According to Su Qi's shameless theory, he could do whatever he wanted to do when he came to his door.As long as it doesn't kill him, it depends on Su Qi's will whether he dies or becomes disabled.Even if he really accidentally killed him, it doesn't matter, anyway, the relationship between Su Guo and Southern Dynasties has long been broken, and Qin Lian is very shameless to come to Su Guo to make trouble again, so he doesn't care about one more thing.

I said, "Do you think you can be thinner than him?"

Su Qi said calmly: "Of course there are."

Su Qi said so, and he really did so.In the afternoon of the next day, while Qin Ke was taking a nap, he set up a few targets at the door of his residence, saying that the place is spacious and a good place to practice arrows, and then gathered a group of powerful and reckless people to hold up their bows and arrows and start gesturing .Later, Qin Ke did live up to expectations. The weather was a bit stuffy. He must have been taking a nap behind the gate. When he heard the noise, he didn't call the servants. He opened the door recklessly, and only heard a "bang", a bow and arrow In an instant, he wiped Qin Ke's hair and shot it into the gate. When Qin Ke was dumbfounded and knelt down on the ground, the arrow feathers of the white feathers were still clanking.

As for the trivial and annoying things like eating half a meat worm and a whole mouse in the meal, there is basically no need to mention it.At night, Qin Ke finally went to bed exhausted, but unexpectedly, he was still restless.Some palace people circled around his house shouting fire, fire, but after Qin Ke came out, the outside was peaceful again.This was repeated three times, and the fourth time someone called out the water again, Qin Ke, who had long been insane by Su Qi, was already sleeping like a dead pig, and ignored him.

It's a pity, this time the shouting is true.

When Qin Ke ran out in a daze with a disheveled face, he was knocked down by several palace servants.He walked along the firefighting road in a daze, and was pushed by the people behind him, and accidentally fell into the lake.

Su Qi and I were sitting in a small pavilion by the lake, watching him being pushed into the river clearly.Su Qi folded his legs and propped his chin and shook the folding fan. After watching it for a while, he asked me in satisfaction, "Can you save me?"

In fact, I felt pity for this unlucky Mr. Qin, and said, "Save him."

So Su Qi beckoned, and Qin Ke was rescued unconsciously.However, this proton looked weak in writing, but his physical fitness was unexpectedly good. Before the imperial physician who had been invited arrived, he had already woken up with trembling eyelashes.Su Qi looked very regretful, shook his head slightly and said: "It's a pity that the servant girl's body is dead."

I:"……"

Qin Ke sat up propped up, Su Qiqing coughed, and the people over there immediately turned their heads.Su Qidao: "You were pushed into the water, and I sent someone to rescue you up."

I:"……"

When I was out of the palace a few days ago, passers-by talked about Su Qi, saying that he is wise and decisive, kind and humble, open and courageous, and given time, he must be a worthy king in the history of Su. Nonsense.

Qin Ke is not a fool, but now a fool can see that he is holding back his anger.He reluctantly stood up, and thanked him quite officially and without emotion, Su Qi didn't care, and just asked, "Where is Qin Lian?"

Qin Ke lowered his eyes and replied, "My lord is naturally in the capital of the Southern Dynasties."

Su Qi snorted and said, "Really. A few days ago, I sent 30 troops to the capital of the Southern Dynasty. I hope you can persist like this when the city is broken."

Qin Ke raised his head suddenly, and immediately realized that there were many flaws in it.Su Qi walked over and lifted his chin with a folding fan: "Tell me, where is Qin Lian?"

Qin Ke pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

"I just like people from Southern Dynasties like you who don't know current affairs." Su Qi said coldly, "It's as hard as a wooden stake, and it's very happy to chop it off with a click."

Qin Ke finally recovered, his face turned pale again, and he said: "A monarch who kills protons arbitrarily is not a wise monarch."

After Su Qi heard this, he suddenly smiled very gently. Generally speaking, he wouldn't smile like this, and he would only show this kind of smile when he intended to make someone or some people suffer.I was terrified to see it, and was about to speak when suddenly the bright torches around me disappeared before my eyes. My heart tightened, and I stretched out my hand to grab something, but there was nothing, and I fell to the ground instead.

I touched the slightly cool bluestone slab on the ground, and before I could speak, I was already hugged. Su Qi's voice sounded, and he lowered his voice and said, "Su Xi? Su Xi? What's wrong with you? Don't scare me."

I know the moonlight is very good tonight, but when I looked up, I couldn't find the bright moon.

My heart sank, and I finally resigned to my fate, let out a breath, and said slowly: "I can't see, brother."

I know that when Su Qi first knew that I would not live to be 20 years old, he had already started visiting famous doctors all over the world.It's just that he hadn't alarmed too many people at that time, and he was doing it secretly through the hidden guards.Now, since I became his so-called concubine, Su Qi has started to tell the world about his intention to seek medical treatment.Reward announcements from all over the country are just one of the methods, and the other is to pass through the officials layer by layer and meticulously, explaining that if someone can cure my illness, not only will the doctor himself be promoted to the ranks and be honored with countless favors, The prefects of the prefectures, counties, and counties to which this person belongs, are promoted to three ranks in a row, those with the third rank and above are granted hereditary titles, and they live in tens of thousands of households.

This order was issued shortly after I woke up. At that time, I was still immersed in the touch of Su Qi's continued life. Hearing Su Qi's generosity, I was so emotional that I couldn't express it.

However, despite running around in every possible way, there are not many doctors who can come to me for diagnosis. It is probably because Su has used some kind of screening method to select doctors from all over the world before allowing him to enter the Hall of Dawn.

It's a pity that none of these people can tell one or two of them, they all shook their heads.

Repeatedly like this, it can hit people's hearts the most.I didn't have much hope, and I couldn't stand such a waste.

I sat at the head of the bed and saw the darkness in front of me, listening to the babbling of the imperial physician's routine, I have changed from being cautious at the beginning to being disapproving now.It's good to die, anyway, people are inherently mortal, and I don't care whether it is heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather, as long as I can live as much as I want from now on.

It's just that Su Qi obviously doesn't think so, and I can only keep my thoughts of self-destruction in my heart and listen to myself alone.After a while, the imperial doctor seemed to feel that the surroundings were quiet and abnormal again, and said maybe I was just temporarily tired, and my eyesight would recover after a two-day rest. After a while, everyone left, but he still sat by the bed and held my hand without speaking.

I felt a little tired, and closed my eyes and planned to fall asleep, but Su Qi squeezed my hand slightly, and said softly: "Su Xi, what do you think of the art of witchcraft?"

Su Qi's voice was unusually erratic. I was startled. I raised my head to look at him, only to realize that I was no longer able to see him. I hurriedly held his hand and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Su Qi didn't answer, but continued on: "Do you know where the Su royal family's ability to spy on the sky and defy the sky came from? Hundreds of years ago, when Su Ye, the founding emperor of my dynasty, was fighting in the western borders, he passed by a man named Zanglang. When I was a small country, I gave great favors to the monarch there, and that monarch made an exception and told the ancestors this untold secret."

"There is not much ink in the Tibetan history books. I only know that their culture is different from ours, their characters are different, and their beliefs are even more different. This country rarely communicates with the outside world and is almost isolated from the world. But it is said that that country is very familiar with witchcraft. Experienced, extremely weird, mysterious and unfathomable. Everyone in it knows some witchcraft, and the higher the rank, the higher the witchcraft ability."

"At that time, Zanglang was located in the desert, and the residents of the whole country lived on a winding and narrow Jielang River. The Jielang River was the only oasis with a radius of hundreds of miles. Every year the river changed its course, and the Zanglang Kingdom also migrated. But now in the past hundreds of years, the Tibetan Lang Kingdom and the river have long disappeared. I sent people to search there for more than a year, but still found nothing. "

When Su Qi said this, I gradually understood what he meant.

If there is no solution to the prescription of medicine and stone, it is better to change the method.The art of witchcraft has always been strictly prohibited by various countries, or mastered by a few people. The reason why it is tightly blocked is that it harms people more than it saves people.However, this does not mean that it is inherently evil. For example, the secrets of the Su Kingdom's royal family, the techniques of knowing the changes and bringing the dead back to life can also be said to be witchcraft to a certain extent, so it proves that this thing is not only evil, Also with aura.

But it is so simple to say it verbally, not to mention that it is difficult to find it, even if I do find an expert who is accustomed to witchcraft, it is still unknown whether I can solve my illness.

I groped to Su Qi's shoulder, hugged his neck, and leaned down gently.

Su Qi was silent, but hugged me very hard.

I can live to this day, already stealthily.Regardless of whether or not God will kill me on time after a year, it has already treated me well.But if I still die a year later, God will definitely be sorry for my brother's painstaking efforts, exhaustive methods, and ten-year lifespan.

Fortunately, this time the imperial physician finally said something more reliable.When I woke up on the third day, my eyes were bright again.Although my eyesight is not as clear as before, I can still distinguish the nose and mouth of the palace man a foot away, which makes me a little relieved.

I followed the doctor's orders and was pushed by the palace servants to the imperial garden to bask in the sun every day.Most of the lotus flowers in the imperial garden were in bloom, and it was a good time to appreciate the lotus. There was a circle of people around the pond, but after seeing me pass by, these people disappeared silently in the blink of an eye.

Appreciating flowers is one of the few things that is more enjoyable than being alone.When everyone appreciates it, flowers are not just flowers, but beautiful colors. If there are fragrant golden goblets, misty rain and slight mist, from a distance, the red buildings are set off, and the green covers accompany each other, you will feel as if you have everything you should have. There is no need to have what you don't have, just a pond is the most ecstasy in the world.Appreciating alone, no matter how beautiful the lotus is, it is just a lotus. Even if it is given a lonely and noble character, it is just a touch of color on the bank of the clear water pool. The lotus leaves are still green lotus leaves, and the stamens are also yellow stamens. .

I was already in a bad mood, and now I am even more depressed.It's just that since it's gone, I can't get it back, and getting it back is not the same as before, so I can only stare at these bare flower stems in a daze.Su Qi wasn't here, Su Zi wasn't here, I was too lazy to put on a smile, and leaned back on the wheelchair expressionlessly, the consul maid suddenly became more cautious, and forced out a smile that was more distorted than crying to coax me.

I became more and more depressed when I saw it, and I simply dismissed all the people who followed me for reasons.There are rockeries around the pond, but most of them are very short and do not reach knees.When I got to the front, I saw that the nearest lotus was only an arm's length away, and it seemed that I could get it just by leaning over.At this time, my hand was a little stronger again, and seeing that lotus flower was pink and white, it could be regarded as beautiful and lovely, but there was no one around, so I simply planned to pick it myself.

I supported the rockery with my hand, and stretched my other hand to reach it.However, I didn't expect a breeze to blow from the bottom of the corridor, and the lotus trembled and left before I could grasp it firmly.I moved closer and closer, but when I reached out to grab it, my eyes suddenly went black, and I couldn't see anything, and then the wrist supporting the rockery softened, and I felt bad, and I couldn't help but move towards it. Flip forward.

When my thoughts turned, I closed my eyes and thought to myself that I really have lived a life so wronged. Although there are not a few people in this world who are struck to death by lightning and drowned in water, I have exchanged ten years of life for one year of life extension. , ten times more precious than the already precious life, if I just explain it here in such a vague way today, I will definitely question black and white after I go to hell, refuse to walk across the Wangchuan River, and drink Mengpo soup.

I could almost smell the faint fragrance of lotus leaves in the pond. I was suddenly grabbed by someone around my waist, I was grabbed, and then I was pushed hard, and I sat on the wheelchair again in a daze.

I opened my eyes to look at the savior, but saw a face that was not familiar but not very strange.

Qin Ke who I just met not long ago.

This time, he didn't have the tongue-tied embarrassment he had when he had a conversation with Su Qi that day, and he didn't let go after picking me up, but just stared at me with dark and deep eyes as if he had discovered something.

This kind of look is very similar to his cousin Qin Lian, with a bit of deep meaning, but not enthusiastic, just exploring gently, but at the same time condescending, as if he is the only one who controls others, and never the other way around. The aura seems to be innate and destined to be so, which makes people feel guilty gradually inexplicably, and wants to obey involuntarily.

I also felt guilty, but soon came back to my senses.

At that time, I watched it too many times, and now that I am not afraid of the sky, the earth, the earth, and people, I am not afraid of it, so I calmed down and said, "Let me go."

I pointed to his hand still around my waist.

He didn't do it for a while, but still looked at me, until he could tell that my eyes were firm and my resistance was obvious, then he let go slowly, and said softly: "The girl is so absorbed in admiring the flowers that she didn't even hear the sound of my footsteps behind me. Next time If you want to pick the flowers, you can just let the palace servants do it for you, as it was too dangerous just now."

I thought to myself that there is no next time to pick flowers. I will not be able to survive next year in all likelihood, but I still said seriously: "Thank you. But I am not a girl. You should have seen me a few days ago, maybe you forgot. I It's Rong Ji."

He smiled, nodded, but said nothing.

I was just regretting why I sent the palace man so far to get things, so that I couldn't make it back. Now I am sitting opposite this person in front of me, and I really have nothing to say.

Until my gaze was fixed, it suddenly fell on the side face of him admiring the flowers.

It was smooth there, no different from ordinary people.Ordinary people look at it, but it's just a nice profile.

But back then, in order to sneak out of the courtyard to play with Qin Lian, the human skin mask became more and more familiar.As the technology improves, so does the vision.Although I wanted to deceive myself and tell myself that the person in front of me was indeed the real Qin Ke, I found that I was speechless for a moment.

A human skin mask is a human skin mask. After all, it is not real human skin. No matter how well it is made, it can be seen through by an expert.

Unfortunately, I'm an expert at it.

I looked at him, my heart was beating like a drum, and my mind was blank.

I think, I can vaguely guess who is behind this mask.

Su Qi's secret guards had been sent out for a few days, but they were ineffective for the first time. So far, they haven't figured out where Qin Lian is hiding.

This person in front of me, with such eyes, such posture, and such way of speaking, may be able to fish in troubled waters under the unexposed Qin Ke's mask, but since I have committed suspicion, these all look more and more like a person, gradually everywhere Suspicious.

I looked at him, and the familiar green jade finger in his hand fell into my eyes unexpectedly, and I suddenly felt tight in my chest, and I couldn't breathe.

A few days ago, I reunited with Qin Lian in Burning Incense, and even passed him by. Although I was nervous, I was still calm.Now I am the only one facing him alone, and he is standing quietly one foot away from me, so caught off guard, it is difficult for me to restrain the change of expression on his face.

I turned my head hastily, my eyes were uncertain, and it took me a while to say two words: "Thank you."

After a while, he replied softly: "No need."

Then I bit my lip and remained silent. Fortunately, soon I heard the footsteps of the palace man, getting closer and closer until I walked into this small pond.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, screaming coldly as if being chased by a wolf, and I was not in the mood to admire the lotus, and left the pond in a hurry after the palace man covered me with a thin brocade quilt.

After walking for tens of meters, I didn't have the courage to look back.

After going back, he was still in shock, but his eyes were dark again, and he didn't recover for a long time.I closed my eyes without making a sound, and when I opened them again, I could barely see some light, so I ordered the palace servants to fetch tea, and drank several cups without any image before finally being able to think.

I know that today's reaction is not up to par. Qin Lian already called out my name on the day of Burning Incense, and today I saw him face to face. I don't know if I run into him next time, he will do it again. what happened.

I was lying on the table, pulling my hair and feeling a little annoyed.I don't understand what Qin Lian is trying to do by doing this, and I don't know what I should do.And if you can't go to ask Su Qi, he will definitely say, you have always denied that you are Su Xi, so what can he do?

This is actually a way, after all, there is less than a year left, and when I die, I will have nothing.

However, I couldn't ignore the increasingly rampant thoughts in my heart.Now that Qin Lian has already guessed and came to Su country, then tell Qin Lian directly that he guessed correctly, Su Xi is still alive, Su Xi is me, what will he do?Then let him know that my illness can be cured very early, but due to the two poisonings related to him, I will die in more than half a year. What will he do?

Thinking of this, I was suddenly taken aback by myself.Before this sinister thought came out, I didn't know that I had so much resentment hidden in my heart, I was going to die, and I wanted to drag Qin Lian to feel sad for me.

I thought I didn't care anymore, but now I realize that's not the case.If I don't see him again, and there is no news about him, maybe I don't care, and I will leave after watching the flowers in this world bloom and fade.But now that I see him, a corner of my heart begins to struggle unyieldingly again.

I read it silently for a long time, but I still couldn't suppress this weird and terrifying thought.From the first time I saw him, to when I married him, and then to when I died from taking poison, it seemed that I was following in his footsteps wishful thinking. The mention will show the fanatical pursuit gesture that Qin Chu had when he fell in love with Ah Ji.

I haven't even asked Qin Lian once how much he likes me.

If he doesn't like me, that's fine.But he obviously still cares about me a little bit. With this kind of cognition, I want to be greedy for more. He was with me when I left.

I should have been a tolerant, considerate princess who never complained or asked. No matter what I encountered, it was necessary and necessary to put others first.But now, such selfish thoughts should be suppressed, but they are getting bigger and bigger in my heart.

I still can't help it.

I didn't tell Su Qi about my encounter with Qin Lian. After thinking about it, I was obviously out of my mind, and I don't know if Su Qi, who has always been subtle, noticed it, but he never said anything.

But from the next day onwards, when I go to the Royal Garden, there will be a bunch of palace people following closely behind me, and I can't simply send them away. Not only will they serve you attentively, but there will also be someone specially assigned to chat and amuse me.I couldn't bear to see the appearance of the palace people racking their brains to make a joke, so I told them some anecdotes instead, omitting various titles and names, and simplifying the details, but I still let them listen Have relish.Later, when everyone was relaxed and happy, probably disturbed by loud laughter, a raccoon cat suddenly jumped out from the nearby grass, my eyes lit up, and I pointed in the direction where the cat was fleeing and shouted: "Cat! Cat! Chase, Chase, Chase!"

The palace people rushed forward, and the grass was ravaged and messed up like long hair blown by the wind.The cat was completely frightened, jumped up the tree a few times, and looked down vigilantly with its tail up.The palace people took the ladder, climbed the tree, and watched the wind. It was really lively. I was concentrating on watching the chaos of chasing cats, when I suddenly heard a clear and clear voice behind me saying softly: "Su Xi."

I turned around when I heard the sound, and there was even a pinch of smile on the corner of my mouth.

The next moment, my whole body was stiff, and the smile froze on my lips, and I couldn't take it back for a while.

Qin Lian, who was behind him, held his hands and looked straight at me.Wearing a dark gray plain robe similar to the outfit of the hidden guards in the palace, he can actually wear a somewhat restrained and indifferent taste.

The eyebrows are still beautiful, but they are twisted; the eyes are still narrow and long, but they are squinted; the lips that seem to be somewhat gentle by nature are still pursed.

A sharp-eyed palace official noticed something was wrong, rushed back, and looked at the dark guard's plain robe on his body: "You are a dark guard? Why are you standing there?"

Qin Lian didn't answer, and walked towards me step by step. I grabbed the handrail and looked up at him. For a moment, almost noon sunlight poured down through the branches carelessly, hurting people's eyes.

The palace man wanted to call out, but after he glanced at him, he swallowed involuntarily.I watched him walk to my wheelchair, half-kneel down, put his palm on my fingers, and look at my eyes with a dull sparkle.

I turned my eyes away and gently pulled my hand back.

I said, "You've got the wrong person."

He said softly: "Then who are you?"

I opened my mouth and closed it again.

That's it.

They have all been recognized, and there is no difference between admitting and not admitting.

"Everyone in the world knows that the current king of Su has a favorite concubine who suffers from leg problems and is infirm. Doesn't His Majesty of the Southern Dynasty even know about this?" I was about to speak when a slow sentence came in. I raised my eyes, Not far away, Su Qi held a folding fan in his hand, and looked at me with his arms crossed, with a smile on his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes, "Your Excellency, you came to my imperial garden without saying hello." , and wantonly molested my concubine, Your Excellency is probably used to doing whatever you want in the barren land of the Southern Dynasty, you forgot that there is still etiquette?"

Su Qi said it decently before, but when he said the words "molesting my concubine" later, I couldn't help but choked.

I didn't expect that Qin Lian's face is quite thick now. He glanced at me, held my hand again, and didn't allow me to break away, so he said lightly: "If brother-in-law is not willing, you can go to the Southern Dynasty to take advantage of me and take advantage of me again." return."

I choked again.

The corner of Su Qi's mouth twitched, and he quickly replied: "Get lost, who is your brother-in-law. I don't have time to chat with you. You'd better go back and forth from where you came from immediately, or don't blame me for being rude."

Qin Lian said: "I don't know why Your Majesty plans to be rude?"

Su Qi smiled slightly: "Of course I killed you."

As Su Qi said this, he took two steps back slightly, and suddenly a few shadow guards in dark gray robes appeared on both sides like ghosts, their faces were covered by half masks, and they put on a posture of ready to fight.

Su Qi unfolded the folding fan, put it in the palm of his hand and shook it, and said: "A few months ago, I failed to shoot Your Excellency with one arrow on the battlefield. I regret that I haven't slept well for several days. But today, since Your Majesty sent me to Coming to the country of Su, Su had no choice but to accept it reluctantly."

Qin Lian stood up slowly and said, "Unfortunately, I don't want to die yet, and I want to take Su Xi back with me."

"Don't worry, when you die, I will send someone to send your bones back to the Southern Dynasty safely. As for Su Xi, you killed him in the Southern Dynasty long ago. Why did you come to Su to commit crimes?"

Qin Lian turned to look at me: "I've heard that Su Guo Su Qi is cold by nature, except for his two younger sisters who take good care of them, the rest of them will not blink their eyes whether they are dead or alive. The former Sunan only entered the palace after the battle, and was suddenly canonized four months ago. If I remember correctly, His Majesty was furious and sad because of the death of his sister Su Xi the day before, and in the blink of an eye, he had a close relationship with a woman with a leg problem. Mixing oil with honey and even pardoning the world to pray for Rong Ji, such a good speed, I think His Majesty is really a god."

Su Qi said coldly: "Your Excellency is really absurd. No matter how unbelievable I am, I won't bother you. It's better than the ruler of the Southern Dynasties who plotted against a weak woman twice for the so-called national interests. Watching your own queen die in front of you. The world still says that the monarchs of the Southern Dynasties are infatuated with each other. I don’t think these two words have anything to do with you. There is a saying called snake heart, which is suitable for you. "

Qin Lian's face froze for a while, and he said slowly, "I'll take Su Xi back, and exchange it on any terms."

Su Qi sneered, the folding fan lightly paused, and then lightly shook, and the hidden guard beside him rushed towards Qin Lian in an instant.

Several figures quickly wrestled together, causing countless cool breezes.I was taken aback, Su Qi didn't look at me, and just said: "I want him to die today, I'm not joking."

I opened my mouth, but no words came out.Turning to look at Qin Lian again, he was unarmed alone, facing five top hidden guards with knives, I don't know how to fight, and I know he can't stand it.

Su Qi came over, pushed my wheelchair a little farther away, and looked at the bully over there from a few feet away.I stared so hard I didn't have time to blink.After an unknown amount of time, Qin Lian was forced to retreat again and again, a hidden guard flew up, and while Qin Lian wasn't paying attention, swung a long knife behind him and slashed at his head heavily.

I screamed uncontrollably, and then tightly covered my eyes.

My heart was pounding, and it was getting faster and faster.Su Qi squatted down, pulled away one of my cold hands and began to rub, and asked slowly, "Why, do you finally feel distressed?"

I immediately grabbed him with my backhand: "Brother..."

"You can't kill him, can't you?" Su Qi said, "I'll help you."

I bit my lip and saw blood oozing from Qin Lian's shoulder, my heart trembled, I turned my head and quickly said to Su Qi: "No. Don't kill him."

Su Qi smiled, looked at me for a while, and sighed lowly.

I know the meaning behind Su Qitan's tone.Su Qi must have wanted to say that even if Qin Lian died on the spot, Nan Chao would not be able to say anything. This person's life would only do harm to the Su country, but not any benefit. People can save the tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of shi of military rations that Su will use to deal with the Southern Dynasties in the future.As for me, I was poisoned once, I committed suicide once, I am dying now, and I will die prematurely in the future, all because of this person not far away.I'm so stupid as hell to plead for such a man.

If Su Qi was facing other people, he would definitely say all these words harshly.Now he just thinks that I am a dying person and shows mercy to me.

I bit the tip of my tongue and looked at Su Qi nervously. After watching him think for a while, he still said, "No. He has to die today."

I grabbed his sleeve tightly and said in a low voice: "Brother, I liked him so much after all, you let me watch him die like this, if it were you, you wouldn't have the heart."

Su Qi said: "But what are you doing keeping him?"

I opened my mouth and was speechless for a moment.After sorting out my mind, I said: "It's useless. But I used to like him to that extent, and now even if I have nothing, I can't watch him die. These things can't be dealt with only by reason, but by emotion. This kind of thing is like vinegar and salt mixed in food, invisible to the naked eye, you can only know the taste by tasting it. My brother has not encountered this kind of taste yet, and he will know it in the future.”

Su Qi looked up at the sky, and the fringe on the folding fan in his hand swayed gently with his hand. He stretched out his hand and slowly pinched those restless tassels. When I saw that my heart was gathering, I heard him sigh again. in one breath.

When he sighed, I was greatly relieved.

Su started to move his feet, and kicked a few stones on the ground towards that side, just knocking down the weapons they were fighting with, and waved his hand again, those hidden guards all stopped in an instant, in the blink of an eye , disappeared as if the world evaporated.

The scorching sun at noon was pouring down, Qin Lian leaned against the tree and coughed twice, his lowered face could not be seen clearly behind.I hesitated for a moment, wondering if I should push the wheelchair over, Su Qi said coolly behind me: "Don't worry, he won't die. Those southern guards who hacked him three times and didn't bring him with him Forced out, it can be seen that it is still too early to die. Your Majesty of the Southern Dynasty is really shameless for doing such a bitter trick."

Qin Lian coughed twice, ignored him, looked at me, and said softly, "Xi'er."

As soon as he spoke, my plan to push the wheelchair over by myself disappeared immediately.

I don't know where this timidity came from, but it grew bigger and bigger, covering my whole body, and I couldn't move.

Just now he spoke to Su Qi with full confidence and impassionedness, but now that he calms down, he only feels a little sore in his eyes, and all the complicated emotions that he hadn't had time to surface just now surged up at this moment.

I put my hands back on my lap and bowed my head.Sensing the sound of footsteps approaching, Qin Lian lowered his body and took my hand again.

There were still bloodstains oozing from his shoulders and arms, but he didn't care. He pursed his lips slightly and stroked them with his familiar green jade finger thumb, as if he wanted to take off the human skin mask on my face.

I whispered, "It can't be peeled off. It's much stronger than yours. It only needs to be replaced once a month, and it's a lot of trouble."

Qin Lian wanted to hold my hand instead, but before he could touch his fingertips, he heard a slap, and someone swung the folding fan, hitting his hand straight.Su Qi's face was still blue, and he looked at Qin Lian critically and disgustedly for a while, then said coldly: "This is the lonely imperial garden, and Rong Ji is the lonely favorite concubine, you are courting death again if you blatantly gossip in front of everyone. Yes or no?"

I choked again.

In the end, the three of us went to the Pearl Palace where I used to live when I was the second princess.Now that my identity is still Rong Ji, it is impossible to openly enter the Dawn Palace with a man.If Su Qi wears such a green hat, he will become even more furious.

Before I married in the Southern Dynasty, I lived in a small courtyard outside the palace. The Pearl Palace was only a temporary place to live. After I married in the Southern Dynasty, there was no time to return. Fortunately, everyone in the Su Palace was diligent. Without coming here, it is still clean and orderly, not even a weed grows in the yard.

Just now, my mood fluctuated too much, and when I was on the road, my eyes went black for a while.After I got better, I noticed that Qin Lian was looking at my face all the time, as if he really wanted to grab my hand, but Su Qi knocked me away every time.Later, he wanted to replace Su Qi to push the wheelchair, but Su Qi stepped on his foot hard and twisted it several times before letting go. Then Su Qi held a smile at the corner of his mouth, and spit out a word neatly: "Get lost."

Qin Lian naturally didn't get out, he always only let people get out, and never took the initiative to get out.As a result, the three of us arrived at the Pearl Palace together. I was helped to sit on the bed, while Su Qi was sitting on the bedside and swishing at Qin Lian, who was sitting a foot away, Qin Lian completely ignored Su Qi's words. Provocative, after repeatedly trying to get close to the bed but being blocked by Su Qi, he began to wipe the blood with the towel handed by the palace man.

After a while, unexpectedly, Su Zi also rushed over, sat down next to Su Qi, and examined Qin Lian together, so the usually deserted Pearl Palace became more lively.

I secretly opened one eye from my doze, and found that the battle was like three trials, and my head became even more dizzy for a while.

At first the hall was very quiet, until the palace servants brought the teacups, there was a thin sound of tea being poured.Su Zi took a sip, tilted her head and said to Su Qi: "This tea has a refreshing aroma and clear color, I like it very much. I don't seem to have drunk it before. Is it the new tribute tea this year?"

Su Qi paused: "This is also the first time I drink..."

Qin Lian squeezed his sleeves slightly, and said calmly, "This is the tea I brought from the Southern Dynasty this time. It is only a local specialty in the Southern Dynasty. I specially invite you to taste it. If you like it, you can give it all to you. "

I choked after hearing this, not only me, Su Zi and Su Qi's complexion also changed.

It's a little worrying to think about it.Although the Southern Dynasties and the Su State had interlinked spies for a long time, it was not easy to infiltrate a person in the huge palace, and the people in the palace must have a drug test before eating, so it is not a big deal even if someone infiltrates, but no matter what No matter how you say this is a challenge to Su Qi's authority, he has always been very sure that the imperial palace of the Su Kingdom will be leak-free, but now that any court lady serving tea is sent by Qin Lian, one can imagine Qin Lian in this palace. There are still a lot of spies. Su Qi only needs to think about this kind of thing to make his face very bright.

Sure enough, Su Qi's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, just by looking at his eyes, one could tell that he must be regretting why he didn't just kill the person in front of him who was in the way and wanted to be beaten and wanted to die.

Qin Lian was still very calm, as if this was a matter of course.Now he was the only one showing this expression on the four faces in the hall, which meant that Qin Lian was really courageous.

In fact, I really want to sigh with emotion. Sure enough, there is no most shameless in this world, only more shameless...

Su Zi was the first to react, put the tea cup down, and said with a smile: "Oh? I don't know if Su Xi drank this tea when she was in the Southern Dynasty. When you let her commit suicide that day, did the poison stay here? Planting tea?"

Qin Lian's complexion changed a little, and Su Qi continued to insist: "Speaking of this, let me tell you again, Su Xi was in poor health when he was young, and suffered from cough and illness. According to the doctor, he would recover naturally when he grows up, but after several Years ago when you came to the country of Su, you poisoned Su Xi with all your heart and soul, and you walked away with a flick of your sleeves. When she came back, she vomited blood and vomited in the dark. The imperial physicians jointly diagnosed her and said that she would not be able to live past 20 years old."

Qin Lian's face turned pale slightly, and before he could speak, Su Zi stopped him again: "Later she married and went to the Southern Dynasty, and you made her take poison again. Don't doubt what kind of turtle's breath Su Xi drank that day. Medicine, what she drank that day was really intoxicating, and she never came back to life after drinking it. This medicine is specially used to deal with powerful people. It was originally used to deal with you at that time, but unfortunately she was so soft-hearted that she couldn't do it, so she had to commit suicide Now, although she survived by luck, the imperial doctor has already asserted that she has half a year to live."

Qin Lian's face was so pale that it was almost transparent, but Su Qi still couldn't get enough of it: "As you can see, she can no longer walk on her legs, and a few days ago she developed a disease that cannot see things. If this continues, Su Xi will not be able to see in the next six months It will be very comfortable, and you may not be able to hear things, and you may not be able to lift your wrist, and eventually your five sense organs will fail. Qin Lian, it's fine if you don't come, but you know this when you come here, why do you take Su Xi away?"

As soon as Su Qi's words fell, Su Zi's cold voice sounded again: "Now that Su Xi survived by chance, you are lucky enough to see her. If she was really poisoned to death by you at that time, you have nothing to regret Who will show her attitude? Since you made up your mind to poison her to death, you might as well treat her as dead now. It's ridiculous to go back on your word."

From my point of view, Qin Lian's expression was barely calm, but all the blood had already disappeared from his face.His dark eyes suddenly turned to me, and I looked at him unexpectedly, not knowing what to say, Su Qi quickly picked up the conversation: "Have you seen enough? When you have seen enough, stand up and go out, and ask you The hidden guard borrowed a knife and cut it off by himself. If you want to keep the whole body, I can also kindly give you a bottle of soul drunk, and I will definitely make your death quick and painless."

"You might as well wait a little longer," Qin Lian said slowly, "If Su Xi really leaves in half a year, I will naturally go to accompany her."

I stared at him with wide eyes, Su Qi's hand holding the handle of the fan also stopped, narrowed his eyes and looked at him carefully for a long time, then smiled lightly, and said, "Su Zi."

"what?"

"Do you think his words are trustworthy? I'm a little uncomfortable with Qin Lian suddenly becoming an infatuated kind."

Su Zi said: "Your Majesty of the Southern Dynasty has a golden mouth and jade teeth, generally speaking, your reputation is much better than yours."

Su Qi: "..."

Su Zi continued: "Of course, His Majesty Nan Chao is also full of tricks. He will not directly abandon the covenant, but he will turn a corner and make a fool of himself."

Su Qi bent his lips and smiled: "Your Majesty Nan Chao, what do you think?"

Qin Lian said indifferently: "Why do you two have to sing for so long? I came from the Southern Dynasties, so I am sincere and sincere. If you want to sign an agreement, just sign it."

"That's good, but having said that, even if you are willing to be buried with Su Xi, she can't go to the Southern Dynasty with you. Tomorrow I will order someone to draw up an agreement. I hope that His Majesty the Southern Dynasty will still keep his promise." Su Qi tapped Standing up with the palm of his hand, he dragged Su Zi's wrist away, "Let's go. Didn't you see that Su Xi was blushing in anxiety because she couldn't get in her mouth? Give her some time to ask questions."

I was taken aback, and reached out to grab Su Qi's sleeve: "Brother..."

Su Qi escaped gracefully, and waved at me without looking back: "I'll get you a whip, if you get angry after asking, it's okay to beat someone to death."

"..."

(End of this chapter)