Fingers of crossing

After giving orders to Bi Yuan and hearing her leaving footsteps, Jiang Ningzui lowered her head and sat down methodically with her wrinkled clothes. In the end, she seemed to have noticed the gaze from her side. She swept across her body, turned and walked out the door.

"Are you really going to see the prince?"

Yan Yilan's question was casual, without any intention of obstructing it, Jiang Ningzui fumbled for the emotion revealed in Yan Yilan's words, and asked without looking back: "Does the eldest princess have any other orders?"

"It's nothing." Yan Yilan shrugged and said, "I just wanted to ask if you are ready to be slaughtered?"

With cold eyes, Jiang Ningzui replied: "I don't understand what the eldest princess means."

"No matter what the prince asks you to do, remember to put on airs." Yan Yilan leaned back on the soft couch again, smiling lazily, "At least you can't agree to him too quickly."

"..."

The footsteps walking outside the hall suddenly stopped, Jiang Ningzui turned her head, and gave Yan Yilan a displeased look, her voice was indifferent, but there was a bit of dissatisfaction gnashing her teeth. "Does the eldest princess know everything?"

"There's still something I don't know, for example—" Yan Yilan said, with a smirk on her lips, her eyes fascinated and coquettish. "Did you treat me that day..."

"No." Before Yan Yilan could tell the truth from the fake, Jiang Ningzui suddenly turned back and walked towards Yan Yilan.Her footsteps stopped beside Yan Yilan's soft couch, and her gaze on Yan Yilan was cold and sharp. "Although I am clumsy, I am not yet tempted by the eldest princess' malicious teasing."

At this moment, Jiang Ningzui looked at Yan Yilan with warning eyes, as if she was annoyed at Yan Yilan's inappropriate jokes, and also seemed to be dissatisfied with Yan Yilan's frivolity.It is rare to see Jiang Ningzui get angry, Yan Yilan smiled and straightened up, nodded her fingertips on Jiang Ningzui's chin, her tone was lazy and doting: "Sometimes, you are indeed so stupid that people can't match them."

"I will remember what the eldest princess said." After coldly patting Yan Yilan away from touching her fingertips, Jiang Ningzui stopped looking at her and said solemnly, "I should reflect on myself."

Leaving these words behind, Jiang Ningzui walked away quickly.Leaving Yan Yilan alone to guard the huge empty hall, thinking of Jiang Ningzui's sarcastic remarks just now, she secretly made a joke.She rested her forehead lightly, and through the window beside her, she could clearly see Jiang Ningzui's figure turning around the corridor and hurrying past her.

The silk belt on Jiang Ningzui's arm fluttered with the wind, and a wisp of her unique fragrance floated into the hall, lingering on the tip of Yan Yilan's nose, and lingered for a long time.

Stupid woman, why don't you think, maybe I'm not just joking?

It's a pity that before Yan Yilan could ask these words, Jiang Ningzui had already left in embarrassment.Thinking about it, Yan Yilan faded the smile on her lips, looked back at the empty hall, and fell into deep thought silently.

The rain was still endless, drenching the walkway outside Fengyi Palace.

Qingfu held an umbrella behind Jiang Ningzui, and when they came outside the palace, she saw Yan Junyao waiting on the steps with her hands behind her back, the sound of rain covered Jiang Ningzui's footsteps until she approached Yan Junyao By her side, Yan Junyao noticed her figure.

"Meet the prince."

Yan Junyao's expression was complicated, he silently looked at Jiang Ning's drunk saluting figure for a long time, then raised his hand, and said vaguely: "There is no need to be too polite."

Jiang Ningzui followed Yan Junyao's words and stood up, shifted her gaze from him slightly, and could see Liu Huanxue waiting impressively under the steps outside Fengyi Palace in the heavy rain.Her clothes were already soaked through, and the hair on her forehead covered her usual soft eyebrows and eyes. Looking from a distance, she could only see her pale cheeks, without any of the radiance and vitality of the past.

Looking at it quietly, Jiang Ning frowned unconsciously, and Yan Junyao's voice came from her ear, revealing unconcealable exhaustion. "Ningzui, maybe you have already guessed the purpose of my coming to you this time." Hearing the sound, Jiang Ningzui looked sideways and saw Yan Junyao slowly closed his eyes, and said: "Sister Huang's thoughts, you should be better than anyone else." We all know that if Huanxue continues to go her own way like this, I'm afraid it will inevitably lead to a big mistake, and even I can't save her. I heard that you have always been friends with Chi Wei in private. Maybe Huanxue can listen to your consolation. .”

Jiang Ningzui was a little surprised, turned her head to look at Yan Junyao, but saw him shaking his head, and said: "This is the end, I know that Chi Wei will die, and I think I can't save her anymore. But, I don't want Huanxue For an irreparable thing, I took my own life in vain."

Jiang Ningzui originally thought that Yan Junyao chose to meet her at this time to ask her to excuse Chi Wei in front of Yan Yilan on Liu Huanxue's behalf, but Yan Junyao's request was so simple.Thinking about it, Jiang Ningzui looked at Yan Junyao with more and more silent eyes.

Liu Huanxue did so much for Chi Wei, how could Yan Junyao not notice it?If he already knew it, how much did he know?Did he never think deeply about the relationship between Liu Huanxue and Chi Wei, or did he not want to think deeply at all?

Jiang Ningzui looked at Yan Junyao and did not speak. In the silent silence, Yan Junyao mistakenly thought that Jiang Ningzui was unwilling to agree to him, and she must not want to get involved in this muddy water.Thinking of this, he could only laugh at himself.

For some reason, Yan Junyao's mind suddenly flashed the young and immature face of the Crown Princess when he first entered the palace, thinking of the little girl who always looked at him with a cautious and joyful expression, always with a smile on her face. Careful and ingratiating smile, any concern and smile from him is enough to make her secretly happy for a long time.

It's not that he didn't know her thoughts, nor did he understand what she wanted, but at that time, Yan Junyao had never looked at her directly, let alone treated her sincerely. In his eyes, she was just the emperor's sister. It's just a spy placed beside her.He would never give her any sincerity or love.

He still remembered the night when he planned to give her to the imperial concubine, the princess who had always been submissive in his memory, raised her eyes and stared straight at him for the first time, the eyes that were always full of love in the past were filled with sadness and pain at this time, Every word uttered was trembling with despair.

I am your wife, how can you hand me over to someone else.

You can hurt me or not love me, but you have no right to use me like that.

To this day, every time I recall the despairing and mournful figure of the Crown Princess at that time, Yan Junyao's heart feels as if it was suddenly torn apart, and it hurts unceasingly.The trembling and despairing look in his eyes, even if it took him a lifetime, could never be erased from his heart.

"I know, judging from all the things I have done to you in the past, it is really difficult for me to ask you so much." As he said, Yan Junyao's eyes fell on Jiang Ningzui, his eyes were lost in thought, dazed His eyes seemed to be looking at her, but they seemed to be looking at another person through her. "But Ningzui, I just want you to know, whether you are good or Huanxue, you are forced to be caught between me and Miss Huang, and become tools for us to use each other's revenge. This is not fair to you, but to us , but it is also an unavoidable thing.”

Who told us to be born in the imperial family, who caused you to be involved in our war unfortunately, although the resentment between us was not caused by you, it is destined to be inseparable from you.

Yan Junyao's smile showed helplessness, and it was only at this moment that Jiang Ningzui saw him clearly for the first time.This younger brother that Yan Yilan has exhausted all his tactics to protect may not be as cold and vicious as Jiang Ningzui's appearance on the surface. I am afraid that in his heart, he will always be caught in conflicts and entanglements. It won't be easy.

No matter what, since Yan Yilan chose him to inherit the throne, she must have a reason.And all Jiang Ningzui can do is to fully believe in her choice.

"Prince, let's go back to the palace first." Jiang Ningzui took a few steps, she passed Yan Junyao, looked at Liu Huanxue at the bottom of the steps in a deep voice, and said, "I will try my best to persuade you about the side concubine."

After Jiang Ningzui finished speaking, she ignored Yan Junyao's reaction. She reached for the paper umbrella in Qingfu's hand and walked towards Liu Huanxue.

"Ning Zui." Jiang Ning Zui took a step, and after hearing Yan Junyao himself, she called out to her. When she heard the words and turned around, she met his dodging eyes. "I used to hurt and use you, but now that I think about it, it was indeed my fault that I involved you in my struggle with Miss Huang."

Jiang Ningzui's expression was indifferent, always revealing the alienation of rejecting people thousands of miles away, she thought for a while, and said: "Since I have forgotten all the past, the prince does not need to mention it again."

As she spoke, Jiang Ningzui walked into the rain curtain, and the heavy rain turned her back into a blur of white, until it slowly disappeared from Yan Junyao's sight, and she could no longer see clearly.

The sound of the pattering rain filled both ears, and the rain instantly wet Jiang Ning's drunken skirt, soaking through her skin, it was bone-chillingly cold.The umbrella was useless at all, so Jiang Ningzui came to Liu Huanxue's body and stopped.She placed the umbrella horizontally between the two of them, but she wasn't sure if such a move was meaningful to Liu Huanxue who had been standing in the rain for several hours.

Liu Huanxue's face was astonishingly pale, her lips were black and blue from the cold, her hair was sticking wet to her cheeks, and water droplets dripped down her hair. From a distance, it seemed that she was crying silently.

"She's going to die, right?" Liu Huanxue's voice came to Jiang Ningzui's ears through the torrential rain. It was obviously difficult to hear, but she could still feel the calmness in Liu Huanxue's tone. "Everyone wants her to die, as long as she dies, everything will be solved."

Jiang Ningzui originally thought that Liu Huanxue would be so stupid as to wait outside Fengyi Palace, it must be because of Chi Wei's incident that disturbed her mind, and she did it out of desperation.I don't think Liu Huanxue didn't panic at all, she was so calm, so calm that she seemed to be able to predict all the endings.

Jiang Ningzui did not answer, but said indifferently: "You are just adding another crime to her by waiting here."

"I met her in the theater since I was seven years old. In the past 12 years, I have only had her in my life. Apart from her, nothing else matters." Liu Huanxue raised her pale lips slightly, smiling quietly and contentedly. "But in this life, there is nothing more helpless than this. We have never been able to live happily only for ourselves. In the past few years, I have always lived for the Liu family. No matter how selfish I made a decision, she never asked me halfway. She always stayed by my side silently and never complained. But this time, I want to follow her path."

Liu Huanxue's words were undoubtedly frank about the unusual relationship between her and Chi Wei, and Jiang Ningzui instinctively frowned at such a reckless approach.Something seemed to be coming in the dark, but she could only watch helplessly, unable to stop it.

"Since this is the path she has chosen, no matter life or death, I just want to be with her."

Everything seems to be understood. The reason why Liu Huanxue told Jiang Ningzui this, the reason why she is not afraid of life and death, and is so calm, is that she has already left these things behind. At this moment, she only has Chi in her eyes. Wei.If Chi Wei lives, she will live; if Chi Wei dies, she will follow.

Jiang Ningzui couldn't hide her shock, she suddenly turned her head to look at Liu Huanxue, but compared to her shock, Liu Huanxue always smiled calmly, as if she was not talking about such a heavy topic as life and death at all.She smiled so calmly, and after seeing such a smile for a long time, Jiang Ning was startled when she saw it.

Jiang Ningzui stared at Liu Huanxue's gaze in silence and was puzzled. She asked in a deep voice, "Why did you tell me this? You should know the consequences of saying these words."

"I'm not even afraid of death anymore, why would I care about the consequences of these words?" Liu Huanxue said, she turned her head to look at Jiang Ningzui, her expression gradually turned sad.The pale face was set against the pleading eyes in her eyes, making her weak and helpless. "Everyone in the palace wants Chi Wei to die. I can see that only my sister treats her sincerely. I have no other choice, and I don't care about other things. I can only ask my sister for help."

Jiang Ning was drunk when she heard the words, she shook her head silently, and said indifferently, "I can't save her now that the matter is over."

In desperation, Liu Huanxue grabbed Jiang Ningzui's sleeve and said anxiously: "If there is still a way to save her, would my sister be willing to try for her?"

Jiang Ningzui's heart tightened involuntarily following Liu Huanxue's words. She suppressed the doubts in her heart, looked at Liu Huanxue silently, and asked after a while: "What do you want to say?"

"About Chi Wei, there is one thing that I have never mentioned. In the current situation, I can only tell the truth. As for whether it is feasible or not, it is all up to my sister to decide." Jiang Ning was drunk, and solemnly said word by word: "Leng Gong, Concubine Lian."

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