Fingers of crossing

Zhen's face showed surprise, she took a sip of tea lightly, and asked, "Why did you suddenly remember to ask your sister?"

"Today is my sister's death day, but I have forgotten a lot of memories related to my sister, I really deserve to die." Jiang Ningzui lowered her head slightly, she said softly, the smile on her lips gradually turned bitter. "Mother said that my sister lost the hairpin bestowed by the late emperor. Is it when I first returned to the capital?"

"Yeah, it should have happened six years ago." Recalling the past, Zhen didn't feel dazed for a moment, she said: "It's strange to think about it, Shuying has always followed the rules, and knows how to advance and retreat when doing things. It has always been the pride of your father and me, and has never let us down. But since returning to the capital, she seems to have changed. On the first day of entering the capital, she was careless because she didn't know the royal family. I offended the eldest princess. Later, the emperor hosted a banquet for your father to clean up the dust for your father. She went away dressed up, and lost the hairpin bestowed by the emperor recklessly. After that, she often did things that made your father unhappy. I It's the first time I've seen your father lose such a temper with her."

Jiang Ningzui remembered that when Qingfu casually talked to her about the Jiang family's past, she said that although the princess's father had fought all his life in the north and south and was a general respected by thousands of people, he loved his two daughters very much.From childhood to adulthood, he has never blushed towards the two of them, so it sounds like he should be an out-and-out loving father.That being the case, why would Jiang Shuying, who has always been well-behaved in Zhen's mouth, make the general so angry?

Jiang Ningzui came back to her senses, pretended to be distressed, and said, "I seem to remember this incident vaguely, but I was still young at that time, so I didn't understand the reason."

Zhen smiled and said: "Of course you don't understand. Your father didn't even want to tell me the reason. He punished Shuying to kneel in the ancestral hall all night. I wanted to say something nice for her, but your father I was kicked out of the ancestral hall. At that time, I only vaguely heard your father questioning her, do you know how to write the four characters "the difference between the monarch and the ministers"? But Shuying refused to say a word, no matter how much your father reprimanded her, she always Didn't defend myself." Zhen said, frowning slightly, as if she was also puzzled by this past event, "I thought your father's sentence referred to the King of Wu, but later After thinking about it, I feel that the explanation does not make sense. King Wu followed your father to fight north and south when he was 14 years old. He and Shuying were also childhood sweethearts. Although the first emperor never spoke clearly, everyone knows their relationship well. Besides, the King of Wu has loved Shuying for many years, so there is no need to say much about his affection, and it seems a little unreasonable to blame her because they are too close."

Jiang Ningzui frowned suddenly, the guess in her heart was verified, but she didn't feel much at ease. "Mother said that the person my sister was going to marry back then was King Wu?"

"Yes." Zhen Shi saw Jiang Ningzui's surprised look, and said with a smile, "Who else could there be besides King Wu?" Slowly, the voice resounded faintly. "It's just a pity, before she had time to drink this cup of Hebei wine, a piece of bad news in the capital urged her to rush to take her life."

This sad news is naturally the news of the late emperor's death.

But Jiang Ningzui still felt that something was wrong. If Jiang Shuying really wanted to marry Wu Wang, if she really had love and righteousness for Wu Wang, then she should not know what the death of the late emperor meant to the world. What does it mean, and what does it mean to Yan Yilan and King Wu.

Why did she rush back to Beijing to guard the last city gate for the Yan family? If her heart is for King Wu, if she wants to help King Wu get Dayan Jiangshan, then the best way is to wait for Sui to invade the palace and take down the palace. After taking the heads of Yan Yilan and Yan Junyao, he accompanied King Wu to Beijing to repel the Sui army, so that King Wu could sit on the throne of Dayan in a legitimate way and win the hearts of the people.

And when she did this, it was clear that she was standing on the opposite side of King Wu, and doing so was of no benefit to her at all, perhaps what she wanted from the beginning to the end was not any benefit.Thinking about it, Jiang Ningzui closed her eyes very lightly and slowly.

No one in this world would be stupid enough to trade their life for a benefit. Jiang Shuying did this for one person, a person more important than her life.And this person, it seems that there is really no one else except Yan Yilan.

Jiang Ningzui couldn't bear the too obvious facts, she pursed the corners of her lips obscurely, and smiled sadly. "I've never heard anyone say these things."

She never heard of it.If she had heard about this earlier, she might not have let herself fall into such a passive and embarrassing situation, and she might not have let Yan Yilan live in her heart so easily.The most ridiculous thing is that she can't even care about anything, she can compete with everyone in the world for a love, but she can't calculate these things with a dead person alone.

Even if Jiang Shuying dies, she will still be a tombstone in Yan Yilan's heart. She will always be there, and the living may come out slowly one day, but the dead will be in Yan Yilan's heart. Lan's heart was buried for a lifetime.What's more, Jiang Shuying was engraved in Yan Yilan's heart in such an almost decisive way, even if she was cut to the bone, Yan Yilan could not forget her.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ningzui couldn't help feeling cold.For the first time, she really wanted to ask Yan Yilan, she wanted to know if there was any vacancy in Yan Yilan's heart that belonged to her.She really doesn't need much, even a little bit is good.Actually, this doesn't prove anything, but it at least proves that she existed, that she existed in Yan Yilan's heart.

The doubts that had been hanging in Jiang Ningzui's mind before were finally resolved at this moment.No wonder she can always see such eternal loneliness in Yan Yilan's eyes, no wonder she often feels that Yan Yilan is so lonely, no wonder Yan Yilan in her eyes is so fearless of life and death.

She thought that Yan Yilan was so kind to the princess because of the loyalty of the Jiang family, but now she found out that it was all because of Jiang Shuying.That's right, if it wasn't for Jiang Shuying's face, Yan Yilan wouldn't have to do this.

Jiang Ningzui's heart hurts badly, but she couldn't find a suitable expression to express it. Presumably, she was used to being calm, and when she really wanted to cry out in pain, she couldn't find a suitable way.Forget it, even if the pain in her heart can be vented, so what?

No one will ever understand her pain.

"But Ning'er, there is something that mother has to remind you." As soon as Zhen Shi put away the sad expression on her face, her brows turned serious, and she said: "Although King Wu respects your father very much, but in Shuying For the sake of the Jiang family, our Jiang family has always been close, but you also know that Shuying died for Yan Guo and the eldest princess. Since then, King Wu has been in a relationship with the eldest princess. Everyone in the world knows that Jiang My family is loyal to the court and serving the eldest princess, which means that we are opposed to the king of Wu in terms of position. Therefore, you must remember to keep a distance from the king of Wu. Things in the court are changing rapidly, and no one can guarantee the next Wu What will the king do?"

Jiang Ningzui remembered Zhen Shi's advice in her heart, and she said, "I understand."

In fact, Jiang Ningzui is not familiar with King Wu, but she can understand this point.How could King Wu not hold a grudge?In the end, the country and the most beloved woman who were at your fingertips were all given away. In King Wu's heart, Yan Yilan was the culprit who robbed him of everything.

Moreover, Jiang Ningzui recalled what Yan Junyao had said back then, when Jiang Shuying guarded the last gate outside the capital, she was obviously at a disadvantage, but Yan Yilan ordered the gate to be closed, and Jiang Shuying and her army Locked outside alive, they have no way to retreat, so they can only grit their teeth and fight back.

Such a cruel fact, even Jiang Ningzui felt her palms tremble and her back felt cold when she thought about it now.

Shi Shiran stood up, and Jiang Ningzui said in a very calm voice: "I want to pay homage to my sister."

"Okay." Mrs. Zhen nodded, and followed Jiang Ningzui to get up and walk out.

"Mother doesn't need to accompany me." Jiang Ningzui called to Zhen's, and said with a slight smile: "On such a day, it is inevitable to see things hurt. It is enough to have Qingfu to accompany me."

Hearing Jiang Ningzui's thoughtful words, Zhen's eyebrows and eyes showed a little sadness, she nodded and said nothing more.

After walking out of the concubine's boudoir, Jiang Ningzui closed the door silently, turned around and walked towards the ancestral hall.

In the quiet night, with the wind blowing across her face, Jiang Ningzui stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall. She looked up at the two lanterns hanging on the door beam. A gust of wind blew by, and the flames in the lanterns swayed, faintly The night fell into the hall, reflecting the desolation of the ground.

Ordering Qingfu to stay outside the ancestral hall, Jiang Ning picked up her steps drunk and walked into the inner hall.

King Wu was still standing in front of Jiang Shuying's spiritual tablet, as if he hadn't moved at all during the time they left.With his back turned to Jiang Ningzui, his side face was silent, his stern aura faded away, revealing a trace of unknown obscurity and lethargy, he lowered his head expressionlessly, and reached out to wipe Jiang Shuying's spirit card lightly.

Jiang Ningzui remained silent, she went forward, took three sticks of incense, and then came to the altar where the spirit tablets of the Jiang family's ancestors were placed, bowed her head slightly, and bowed reverently to worship.

Inserting the incense in her hand into the censer, Jiang Ningzui chuckled softly, feeling a little mocking and weird in the silent night. "Wu Wang wants me to remember everything about my sister back then?"

Jiang Ningzui's words moved King Wu's expression slightly. He turned to face Jiang Ningzui, and slowly withdrew his hand that was caressing Jiang Shuying's spiritual seat.

There was a dull pain in her chest, Jiang Ningzui's eyelids drooped slightly, and her eyelashes cast a deep shadow in the flickering candlelight, "It's so boring for King Wu to do this."

King Wu stood with his hands behind his back, and when he heard Jiang Ning's drunken words that sounded like sarcasm, his mind sank slightly, and then he said coldly: "This king just wants you to know that Yan Yilan doesn't deserve her in this world."

Even if Jiang Shuying dies, he still wants her to watch clearly from the sky. In this world, he or Yan Yilan, who is more entitled to get it.

He wanted to tell her how stupid her decision was.

"So what?" Jiang Ningzui smiled coldly, and said with firm eyes: "As for the result, she still got the world. Since I got it, I won't allow anyone to take it away from her."

King Wu's eyes gradually turned, and his voice was as gloomy and terrifying as a man-eating ghost in the night. "Even if she once used and killed your sister?"

Scenes of the past flashed through her mind, Jiang Ningzui smiled slowly, a faint smile reflected in her clear eyes, like a pool of peach blossoms. "Compared to other people's words, I believe her more."

Jiang Ningzui returned so open-minded, as if there had never been any grievances between them. This kind of trust seemed to need no reason from the beginning.This kind of Jiang Ning drunk made Wu Wang dumbfounded. He suppressed the shock in his heart and said word by word: "She has never had you in her heart."

"There is someone hidden in her heart, and I have noticed it a long time ago." Jiang Ningzui thought for a while, and said lightly: "But I have no intention of finding out, whoever it is actually has nothing to do with me, they appear before me, I can't do it Things to control. If this is the case, then I don't need to know."

She loves Yan Yilan, it has nothing to do with whether Yan Yilan loves her or not.

If it was Jiang Shuying's death that made Yan Yilan's heart so cold, then from now on, she would be the one to warm her up.After all, she had already decided that she would never leave her again throughout her life.

King Wu looked at her deeply for a long time, as if he couldn't understand the cold and indifferent woman in front of him, and he seemed to want to know whether her suddenness was true or not.

"Since I have sacrificed my sister, please ask King Wu to send me back to the palace as soon as possible." Jiang Ningzui said, then turned and walked outside the ancestral hall, "It is never a good thing to make the eldest princess wait too fast."

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