Fingers of crossing

On the day when King Beiyang left, King Wu led his troops to personally escort him out of the city.

Standing on the tower, Yan Yilan looked at the leader Yang Xuanlin from a distance across the thousands of troops. He was dressed in a black robe like ink, and even if he stood in the crowd, his aura was still so strong that one could see it at a glance. find him.

The time of departure is just around the corner, but Yang Xuanlin is motionless, the strong wind blows his black sleeves, looking from a distance, he looks like a falcon with wings spread out.

He turned his head back quickly, his cold eyes passed through the blue sky, and he looked at Yan Yilan on the tower. There were thousands of soldiers between them, as far away as two unreachable worlds.

They knew each other well, and they said goodbye today, and they will never see each other again.

The past was vivid in his mind, Yang Xuanlin's expression was in a trance, his gaze towards Yan Yilan became burning, and he wanted to say something, but in the end it turned into a sigh from the bottom of his heart.

Fengyi, after so many years, we can only meet each other in a dream.I hope that time will not fail you in the end, you can get what you want, and the last thing I can do for you is not to ask or bother.

For your admiration, from now on I can only bury it in my heart silently. I hope that if one day you think of me by chance, there will be no hatred in your heart. To me, this is already the greatest blessing.

"Your Majesty."

At this time, Yan Lingge was supported by the maid at the side and was about to get into the carriage. She saw Yang Xuanlin's expression in her eyes, and couldn't help but feel pain in her heart.She called out softly, standing beside Yang Xuanlin and accompanied him to watch the magnificent woman above the city tower. She wanted to say something, but felt that the words were mostly pale and unable to express her inner feelings.

"Let's go." Xu Shi read Yan Lingge's thoughts at this moment, and Yang Xuanlin waved his hand, stopping her plan to comfort her.

Accompanied by the sound of the horn in his ears, Yang Xuanlin turned around, no longer looking at the rustling red dress above the tower, he lifted his foot on the saddle, turned on the horse with his strength, his clothes fell, and he sat upright On the back of the horse, in the twilight of morning light, the king in black swept away the silence and sentimentality between his brows, and regained his majestic aura as if pointing to the sky, looking down at the army of subjects behind him.

"Departure."

King Wu had ordered the guards to open the palace gate at this time, and the heavy opening sound was like the sound of an ancient golden bell, accompanied by this solemn and calm order, resounding throughout the world.

In the early morning, the sun rose slowly from the sky, and a golden silhouette appeared. The sun was so bright that Yan Yilan squinted her eyes, slightly absent-minded.

When he came back to his senses, Yang Xuanlin's army had already followed him out of the palace gate one after another. Outside the huge city gate, there was only dust flying around wantonly in the sky.

With Yan Junyao taking care of the aftermath under the tower, she is not needed here, thinking, Yan Yilan turned and walked down the tower.The hem of her skirt slowly dragged across the blue-gray long steps. From a distance, her figure appeared so slender in the large phoenix robe. Dancing with the belt, it looks a little unreal like a fairy.

The news of Beiyang King's sudden departure from Beijing spread throughout the ruling and opposition parties overnight.

Such a big change happened in the palace, it was tantamount to causing an uproar in the whole Lin'an City.There was a lot of discussion inside and outside the palace, from civil and military officials to ordinary people on the streets, everyone was talking about this miracle.

Yan State has always been a vassal of Yang State, and the common people are like mice living with their tails between their legs. When everyone talks about Yang State, they can't help but have a tone of awe.Although this time the King of Beiyang returned to the Yang Kingdom, the eldest princess still followed the rules of previous years and did enough for him, but she also reduced a lot of complicated etiquette. It always makes people feel that the King of Beiyang's departure from Beijing this time seems too hasty In a hurry.

This unusual move immediately aroused all kinds of conjectures, and after people's word of mouth, all kinds of rumors came one after another.

Of course, these rumors also spread into the military tent where King Wu was stationed outside the city.

Jiang Ningzui heard the soldiers guarding outside the tent chatting softly about these rumors. She was slightly taken aback, raised her gaze from the book in her hand, and listened carefully for a moment. The matter of Beiyang Wang's departure from Beijing has been sucked in.

"Niang Niang." Qing Fu poured another cup of hot tea for Jiang Ningzui, saw her thoughtful look, and said clearly: "Since King Beiyang has left, it seems that Niang Niang will return to the palace soon."

Back to the palace?

Jiang Ningzui smiled coldly, she didn't say a word, but she understood it in her heart.I'm afraid that if she is in the mouth of a tiger this time, King Wu will definitely not let her go back to the palace so easily.Thinking about it, Jiang Ningzui frowned, feeling a little irritable for no reason.

She only hoped that no matter what conditions King Wu offered in exchange, Yan Yilan would not agree too readily.

Just now she was thinking about something about King Wu, but when Jiang Ningzui came back to her senses, she heard rustling noises from outside the tent, and King Wu lifted the curtain and walked in.He changed out of the armored military uniform on his body, and put on a plain white dress with a cloud-patterned silver belt around his body. If it wasn't for the coldness in his brows, which was as intimidating as ice that hasn't melted for a thousand years, this face would be truly handsome and flawless. of.

"Go and change into plain clothes." Seeing Jiang Ningzui wearing a complicated palace attire, King Wu stopped at the curtain, and walked outside the tent while giving orders. "The king is waiting for you outside the tent."

Jiang Ningzui was stunned and asked: "Where are you going?"

King Wu's figure paused for a moment. He was tall and tall. Standing at the entrance of the tent was like a natural barrier, completely blocking the sunlight outside the tent.Hearing Jiang Ningzui's words, he said without looking back: "The General's Mansion."

Today is Jiang Shuying's death day.

Jiang Ningzui couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was in her heart, she only knew that there was always some resistance in her heart.Although the General's Mansion can be regarded as the "natal home" of the Crown Princess, after all, it has nothing to do with her. She is afraid that if she stays for a long time, she will accidentally show her clues in front of King Wu.

But she had no reason to refuse, so she could only ask Qingfu to find a set of elegant and simple clothes for her, take off the overly complicated hairpin decoration on her head, and only use a golden phoenix hairpin to tie her hair.She remembered that Qingfu once said that this was the jewelry that the princess cherished the most during her lifetime. In this way, she could show her importance without making people feel too ostentatious.

After everything was settled, Jiang Ningzui led Qingfu out of the camp.At this time, the King of Wu had ordered a carriage to come, and when he saw Jiang Ningzui approaching, he got on his horse and set off for the general's mansion.

The carriage had already set off slowly, but Jiang Ningzui's heart was still restless, haunted by an indescribable dullness.She slowly exhaled the pent-up air in her chest, and turned her head to see Qingfu looking out of the window with a peaceful smile on her lips.After all, she came out of the general's mansion, and when she heard that she was going back to the mansion, Qingfu inevitably had some expectations.

"Before I knew it, my empress has been married into the palace for a year." Qingfu has never been a talkative person, but now she is so happy to finally return to the general's mansion that she inevitably opens up the conversation. "I don't know if Ma'am is still in good health. The last time we met was when the empress accidentally fell into the water and fell into a coma."

Qingfu was talking to herself, but Jiang Ningzui didn't have the heart to answer, and she really didn't know how to answer.The carriage staggered forward, feeling that the distance to the General's Mansion was getting closer, Jiang Ningzui pursed her lips, and became more and more silent.

"My lady, what's the matter?"

Qingfu noticed that Jiang Ningzui didn't say a word, so she couldn't help looking at her with some worry. Although Jiang Ningzui always showed a distant and indifferent attitude in the past, today's Jiang Ningzui is really silent. Something unusual.

"fine."

Responding to Qingfu's concern, Jiang Ningzui turned her head away, looking at the scenery outside the window through the wind-blown car curtain.After all, this was the second time she had the opportunity to go out of the palace to see the world outside the palace after she traveled here.She remembered the first time Yan Yilan took her to the Lantern Festival. She couldn't remember how many places they visited and how many scenery they saw, but she remembered that night when Yan Yilan stood by the Qu River. Appearance, in the shimmering light, that face is neither flamboyant nor coquettish, and even a little bit less innate momentum, but it is more amazing than ever.

Jiang Ningzui let herself indulge in her memories, until the carriage stopped, she suddenly came back to her senses, and saw that Qingfu had already lifted the curtain and got off the carriage first, and stretched out her hand towards her.

Following the opened car curtain, Jiang Ningzui looked up slightly to see the gold-painted plaque on the top of her head, and the words "General's Mansion" came into view, she was startled, and then let Qingfu help her go down.

Jiang Ningzui stood in front of the mansion and looked at her silently. At this time, King Wu had also got off his horse and walked to her side.Seeing her ecstasy, King Wu did not urge her, but stood quietly following her.

"I heard that when the Crown Princess first entered the palace, she accidentally fell into the water in the Quhe Garden. After waking up, she was frightened and couldn't remember many things clearly."

Jiang Ningzui couldn't figure out why King Wu brought up this past incident at this time, but she knew that King Wu must not be out of chit chat or for the purpose of caring. He must have his reasons for asking such a question.Her heart tightened slightly, Jiang Ningzui could only deal with it carefully, for fear of showing her feet.

"The things I can't remember clearly are all trivial things." Jiang Ningzui avoided the important ones, and replied pointingly: "But I don't dare to forget anything about the Jiang family and the court."

"Really?" Wu Wang smiled very coldly, his eagle eyes suddenly fell, and looked straight into Jiang Ningzui's eyes. "But there are some things, I hope the Crown Princess can remember them as soon as possible."

Jiang Ningzui met King Wu's eyes unexpectedly, and she read the madness to destroy everything in those eagle eyes, and she couldn't help feeling chills in her heart.Just as she was thinking about what King Wu's words meant, she saw someone coming out of the general's mansion and heading in her direction.