Fingers of crossing

The next day.

Just after a heavy snowfall in the afternoon, the red walls and green tiles outside the window were covered with white snow, and the eyes were full of boundless scenes.

The snow outside the house was thick, Jiang Ning was leaning against the window, she could vaguely hear the lively sound coming from Shaohua Hall, probably Liu Huanxue was having a snowball fight with the little prince, and the little prince was laughing happily The sound came into my ears from time to time, which can be regarded as bringing a little life to this boring afternoon.

When Lu He hurried into the hall for the third time, Jiang Ningzui just gave her a faint glance and didn't make a sound.

"Niang Niang," Lu He's face was flushed because of running back and forth, she panted, and wanted to cry with her mouth flattened. "The eldest princess wants you to have dinner at Fengyi Palace tonight."

Yan Yilan's three edicts were exactly the same, Jiang Ningzui acted as if she had never heard of it, and after a long while, she said indifferently: "Thank you for my kindness, the eldest princess."

Um?that's it?

Lu He scratched her head, although it is true that she is loyal to Jiang Ningzui, but when it comes to being smart, she is still far behind Qing Fu and Chi Zhu. "Ma'am, shall we go or not?"

Jiang Ningzui's movements of turning the pages of the book paused, she blinked at the puzzled Lu He, and said coldly, "No."

"Niang Niang," Lu He's voice was buzzing, and after listening carefully, she realized that she was about to cry out. "The eldest princess said, if you don't go, empress, then it must be that the servants are not doing their job well, and they must beat the servants severely."

Jiang Ningzui: "..."

Seeing that Jiang Ningzui didn't respond, Lu He pretended to open her mouth and was about to cry, but suddenly an internal official announced from outside the hall: "The prince is here."

The internal officer's voice was high-pitched, and Jiang Ningzui closed the book. She got up and wanted to order Lu He to wipe away her tears, but the little girl had already wiped her sleeves indiscriminately, and turned around and walked to the gate of the main hall to greet her.

When Yan Junyao entered the main hall, the whole body was still exuding the coldness of the ice and snow outside the hall. Jiang Ningzui was not sure of the purpose of Yan Junyao's visit, she walked forward silently, and said: "Prince."

"You don't need to be too polite." Yan Junyao signaled Jiang Ning to get drunk. He walked into the hall, untied his cloak, and said, "I happened to finish discussing political affairs with the Taiwei and his party, so I stopped by to see you." Between words , Yan Junyao had already sat on the chair by himself, seeing Jiang Ningzui still standing dryly, he beckoned to her amusedly, "Come and sit."

Yan Junyao's smile is elegant and gentle, just like Jiang Ningzui's when she first saw him. Unfortunately, the same smiling face, after many things, gave her a different feeling.

Jiang Ningzui sat down as she said, drinking the hot tea brought by Chi Zhu in silence, waiting for Yan Junyao to speak first.Going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, probably from the moment Yan Junyao stepped into the Zhaoling Hall, Jiang Ningzui had already made up her mind, and it was expected that he must be more than just looking at her.

Suppressing the atmosphere of silence, Yan Junyao held the teacup in one hand, and gently scratched the wall of the cup with the other hand, breaking the silence: "Yesterday you went to visit Huang Jie, how is Huang Jie's injury?"

Yan Junyao's question was ordinary, as if the ordinary words were commonplace, Jiang Ningzui took a deep look at Yan Junyao, and replied: "The imperial doctor said that the eldest princess's injury is not serious."

"That's good." Yan Junyao smiled in relief, changed the topic, and said: "I ordered Zhao Hang to find out about the assassin, but after searching all night, I found nothing. Ning Zui, do you believe it?"

Jiang Ningzui meditated in her mind for a long time before she remembered that Zhao Hang was the commander of the Imperial Forest Army that night. "I don't understand the affairs of the court and I have no right to interfere, so I'm afraid I can't share the prince's worries."

The words are always decent and alienated, and what Jiang Ningzui said through Jiang Ningzui's mouth is light, without any emotions or expressions.Thinking about it, Yan Junyao couldn't help but felt tightness in his chest, but looking at Jiang Ningzui's frosty face for a moment, he didn't know how to attack it.

Yan Junyao's voice became cold, as if to conceal his bewilderment when facing Jiang Ning's drunkenness at this moment, deliberately pretending to be a blunt tone. "Before Zhao Hang came to the East Palace to report last night, he went to the Fengyi Palace of the Imperial Sister. You should have been there at that time. What did they say?"

"I don't know." Jiang Ningzui was telling the truth, so she didn't dodge anything, and looked directly at Yan Junyao's questioning eyes. "I've never seen Zhao Hang in Fengyi Palace."

Jiang Ningzui's statement naturally did not convince Yan Junyao, a mocking look flashed across his face, and soon disappeared again. "Ning Zui, when did you learn to lie to me?"

Yan Junyao's words made Jiang Ningzui unconsciously think of the cowardly and docile princess in the past. She lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and said with a faint smile: "Actually, no matter if I lie or not, even if I know everything I can say, the prince might not Will you believe me?"

The hand holding the teacup paused, as if being stabbed by Jiang Ningzui's words, Yan Junyao suddenly looked up at Jiang Ningzui, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Their positions were destined to be different from the very beginning, because the interests of followers conflicted, so no matter how the princess tried to please her, Yan Junyao would not have the slightest trust in her.The relationship between them seems to be doomed from the beginning, there will only be endless temptations and suspicions, no matter how hard it is to give sincerity.

Suddenly, at this moment, Jiang Ningzui slowly understood the helplessness and sorrow of the princess, perhaps, this is not Yan Junyao's regret.

"Drunk..."

Jiang Ningzui's eyes shone with clarity, like a clear and calm lake, and there was nowhere to hide any thoughts in her eyes.Such gaze made Yan Junyao flustered for a while, he called Jiang Ningzui without thinking, but saw her stand up by herself.

"It's getting late, I promised to go to Fengyi Palace to accompany the princess for dinner." Jiang Ningzui said, turning her head to look at Yan Junyao, smiling elegantly and coldly. "Does the prince want to go together?"

Jiang Ningzui's smile made Yan Junyao feel dazed for a while. He flicked his sleeves, not knowing whether it was to cover up his embarrassment at this moment or out of genuine displeasure, he waved his hands and said, "No need."

After leaving the Zhaoling Hall, Luhe immediately came forward, smiled at Jiang Ningzui and saluted respectfully, saying: "Thank you, Madam."

Jiang Ningzui was stunned, and then realized that what Lu He said was that Yan Yilan wanted to punish her, she couldn't help being a little funny, and said, "You don't have to thank me." She was just... between Yan Yilan and Yan Junyao It was just a trade-off, and she chose the former.

Compared with Yan Junyao's various temptations and suspicions, perhaps the disgust that Yan Yilan brought to her also began to seem insignificant.

When Jiang Ningzui led Lvhe to Qiluan Hall, the hall was dark, seeing that it was Jiang Ningzui, the maid guarding the door didn't ask, and just saluted Jiang Ningzui.

It was only You time, which happened to be the busiest time in the palace, and the Qiluan Hall was not only dimly lit by candles, but there was not even a single sound heard inside.Guessing that Yan Yilan might have fallen asleep, Jiang Ningzui hesitated outside the hall for a long time before ordering Lu He to wait outside the hall and entering the hall alone.

The incense in the incense burner was mixed with a burst of medicinal fragrance and inhaled into the lungs. Jiang Ningzui walked towards the only inner hall that was lit. Just as she turned around the screen, her eyes moved away as if she had been electrocuted, and even her breathing was stagnant. .

Yan Yilan was half leaning on the soft couch, the clothes on her right shoulder were taken off, revealing half of her snow-white fragrant shoulders, her skin was as translucent as cream, her beautiful and delicate collarbone was like a butterfly wing ready to fly, it was too beautiful to behold.If it weren't for the arrow wound below the collarbone rising and falling ferociously with breathing, this scene would really be impeccably beautiful.

Biyuan carefully applied the medicine for Yan Yilan, and when she sensed Jiang Ningzui's arrival, she just nodded her head, not daring to neglect her in the slightest.

Jiang Ningzui's eyes rested on the screen indiscriminately, but unfortunately the scene she just entered has been circling in her mind, no matter what, she can't get rid of it, her heart seems to be hit hard by something, and even her heartbeat is no longer affected. own control.

"Pfft." Jiang Ning's drunken reaction caused Yan Yilan to sneer, and even the painful pain in her shoulder was no longer so hard to bear. "What are you hiding from?"

It's strange to say that during the years when Jiang Ning was drunk abroad, every summer, the streets were filled with young women in revealing clothes, and it was not surprising that she saw a lot of them.But somehow, when she saw Yan Yilan, she was so at a loss.

Jiang Ning said calmly, "I don't mean to offend."

"Are you going to be shy now?" Yan Yilan spoke slowly, her ending voice rose slightly, and her lazy voice sounded especially joking at this moment. "You used to cry on Bengong's shoulder a lot."

Jiang Ning's drunken breath stagnated, she raised her head, her eyes collided with Yan Yilan's unexpectedly.

Between the flashes and the flints, the mind is distracted.

Yan Yilan's eyes, which were as lacquered as ink, seemed to have a scalding temperature, burning everything around her, and that burning sensation seemed to be able to spread all the way into Jiang Ningzui's heart, burning everything about her.

Suppressing the weird and unfamiliar feelings in her heart, Jiang Ningzui frowned slightly, and said teasingly: "I only have half my life left, the eldest princess is still in the mood to joke?"

Jiang Ningzui's words caused Yan Yilan to cough lightly, she raised the corners of her mouth, smiled coquettishly, and said, "Maybe this is a hint that I will make fun of you until the day I die."

The lips that were obviously sore were all white, but she still couldn't change her habit of teasing Jiang Ningzui.Thinking about it, Jiang Ningzui stopped paying attention to Yan Yilan's jokes, and looked down at the deep wound on Yan Yilan's shoulder. If Yan Yilan hadn't stood in front of her that day, then this wound would definitely grow back now. on himself.So deep, it must have been excruciatingly painful.

Noticing that Jiang Ningzui's gaze had been on her wound, the gaze inside was complicated and incomprehensible, like indifference and guilt.Just as Yan Yilan was about to make a sound, she turned her head and saw the maid who had been waiting outside the palace walking in quickly. Her steps were hurried and chaotic, as if something serious had happened.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's not good." The maid said as she walked to the screen, not daring to breathe, and said directly: "King Wu is asking to see you outside Fengyi Palace."

When Yan Yilan heard this, a trace of ice-coldness brushed across her enchanting face, and her ink-like eyes instantly became deep and cold.