Dongyin

Chapter 84

?It was like a dream that had been going on for a long time, and the details of the dream were blurred.Duan Hong didn't remember what else he said to Chu Xiying afterwards, nor how he got back to the bedroom. He only remembered that when she got up the next day, she stared at the golden basin in front of the bed in a daze for a long time.

The eunuch who was waiting to change her clothes hadn't seen her for a long time, so he coughed to remind her, "Your Majesty, the court time is almost here."

Only then did Duan Hong come back to his senses, the reaction was not that big, she looked away lightly, as if the person who was in a daze just now was not her.

The following schedule is the same as usual, going to court, approving seals, and resting, it seems to be the same as before, as if everything has changed.

Another good news came from the front that day, saying that Wei Ming had abandoned the border town and led his troops to hide in Zhangwu City.Zhangwu is Chen Guo's second and last line of defense. Once this city is broken, it will be just around the corner to take down the royal city.Even if it was a good news, Duan Hong was not very happy. Looking at the few words of the letter, inexplicable thoughts emerged.

Isn't Feihong very powerful, why was he beaten back to the city after two or three hits...

From this point of view, Wei Ming should have kept old man Hua Xu...

Hey, what does old man Huaxu look like?

Thinking of this, Duan Hongcai suddenly remembered that Hua Xu, whom she once regarded as the number one enemy, didn't see what she looked like when she arrived. Many people who she once valued and even became targets at one time, just halfway. Get lost in the end.

But she is always busy, busy for half of her life for many purposes that she doesn't know why, and then, she still achieves nothing.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

Was she going to spend the rest of her life here, and this was the end of her life?At that moment, Duan Hong was absent-minded for a moment. She leaned forward and looked around the palace in a half-confused way, as if she was looking for something, but finally she focused her eyes on the face of the little eunuch in front of her, and sighed inaudibly. Tone, ask "what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty said yesterday that he would go to Linshui Pavilion for lunch today, and the time has come."

Duan Hong nodded clearly, got up and left.It has always been like this recently, when she is free, she is in a trance, and when the eunuch wakes her up, she will always say that it is time for His Majesty to go to court, it is time to eat, it is time to rest-she is used to it.

But when Duan Hong arrived at the Linshui Pavilion, he didn't see Chu Xi lingering downstairs. It was hot all the way, so she simply went to the side hall to rest.

The two maids were fanning the cold beside them, and they were much more comfortable. Duan Hong closed his eyes and rested his mind, and almost fell asleep.Just as she was in a daze, there was the rustling of the dress beside her, and then a silky handkerchief was pressed to her forehead, and the faint fragrance of orchid lingered in her nose.

Duan Hong was refreshed and opened his eyes.However, she saw that the two maids had already gone down at some point, and instead, Chu Xiying was shaking her fan to wipe off her sweat.

"You..." Duan Hongzheng wanted to ask her when she came, but when he fixed his eyes, he saw her jade face lightly brushed, Jin Zan Yuer, such a make-up made her look elegant and fairy-like.At this glance, Duan Hong was really amazed, but although she was eloquent in her life, she was really clumsy in this aspect. It took a long time to realize it, but she just smiled slowly, "...what's the matter today?"

Chu Xiying lowered her head shyly, put the handkerchief back into her sleeve, then raised her eyes to look at Duan Hong, with a faint smile on her face, and asked softly, "Is it still hot?"

"?" Duan Hong didn't expect her to ask back, stared back for several seconds, and then looked away as if awakened.

"Ying'er fried a few side dishes and they're upstairs."

Don't they usually pass meals downstairs? Duan Hong looked at her in surprise, but just as he caught his eye, Chu Xiying deliberately turned his head away. Seeing her like this, even if asked, he wouldn't say anything. He just paused, got up and took her hand and said, "Then let's go."

The upstairs is as simple as ever, with the wooden windows half-opened, and the lake breeze blowing in from time to time, although it is a little warm, it is hard to conceal the freshness.Duan Hong took a look at the window, turned around and saw Chu Xiying laying bowls and chopsticks by the table, and realized that there were no maids upstairs.

The dishes on the table were still steaming, and there was a pot of celadon wine beside it.

Chu Xiying seldom drank alcohol on weekdays. Duan Hong became even more puzzled, but he didn't ask.The two ate quietly, and neither of them touched the pot of wine.

After waiting until the middle of the banquet, Chu Xiying finally made a move.She poured two full glasses of wine, didn't move any more, just stared at the wine bottles and said hesitantly, "Actually, there is something I've always wanted to return to you, but I was afraid that you wouldn't take it."

"What?" Duan Hong looked at her suspiciously.

Chu Xiying looked back at her, hesitated to speak, and finally got up and went to the back room to take out a thin brocade box.

Duan Hong's heart tensed up inexplicably, but he took it over by accident.The pattern on the box was quite familiar, she hesitated and was about to open it. "Hong'er..." Chu Xiying couldn't help calling her back, but didn't say anything, just stared at her closely, with a little expectation and anxiety in her anxious eyes.

Duan Hong understood what she meant, but she had no choice.Opening the box hesitantly and slowly, what came into view was indeed a thin piece of paper.

It was the letter of divorce.

At that moment, Duan Hong's heart felt as if someone had stabbed him out, and it hurt, but it was only a flash.Then, she raised her head and said casually to Chu Xiying, "Just give it to me, why bother?"

"You..." As if it was really just a trivial matter to Duan Hong, it was beyond expectations, Chu Xiying stared at her for a long time, then smiled and said, "I'm afraid you don't want it."

This tone actually smacked of coquettishness. Duan Hong never thought that Chu Xiying, who has always been as indifferent as water, would have such tenderness and sweetness. He couldn't help but bewildered and said helplessly, "You..."

At noon that day, Duan Hong drank some wine and became a little drunk.It was hot to and fro, so he stayed in Chu Xiying's room to rest.When she was lying on the bed alone, she took out the letter of divorce again, read it over and over again, and put it back into her bosom until her eyelids twitched, and then fell into a deep sleep.

No one knew what Duan Hong was thinking at that time, not even herself.Her world was already in chaos.

After sleeping until most of the afternoon, when Duan Hong woke up, Chu Xiying was sitting at the table with his back to her.

"what are you doing?"

Chu Xiying didn't intend to come over, but seeing Duan Hong lifting the curtain, half of his body was about to get out of the bed, so he had to come over and show her the things in his hand.

"Purse..." Duan Hong was lying on the bed, only then remembered that the Qixi Festival was coming, he held it up in front of his eyes and looked at it, and suddenly remembered that the embroidery that Bai Yan gave her for the first time was also a purse, and he threw it away unconsciously , said "I don't want it."

"What's wrong?" Chu Xiying was surprised.

Duan Hong came back to his senses, and broke out in a cold sweat, what happened to her?Fortunately, she reacted quickly and said, "The workmanship is too rough, and people will laugh at you if you take it out."

"Then what are you going to do?" Chu Xiying was both helpless and at a loss. According to Duan Hong's provocation, there was nothing that could catch her eyes.

"..." Duan Hong thought carefully, then sat up, and said enthusiastically, "Embroider me a handkerchief, the same as yours..."

"His Majesty……"

Just as he was talking, Li Zhuo bowed and walked in quickly from the door, but bypassed Chu Xiying as if avoiding taboo, and whispered in Duan Hong's ear.

Not knowing what he said, Duan Hong's complexion changed instantly, and she stared at Li Zhuo in disbelief, as if she was extremely shocked.Li Zhuo still just bowed his body and quickly backed out.

Chu Xi was puzzled, and couldn't help asking, "Did something happen in the previous dynasty?"

"...Hmmm" Duan Hong was still in shock, paused for a moment, then calmed down, and said, "It's not really important, I just feel a little strange."

"..." After Duan Hong said that, Chu Xiying naturally couldn't ask again.The two chatted till dusk, and Duan Hong left after dinner.

When Duan Hong left, it was already past the unitary hour.But because of the long summer days, there is still some light outside.

Li Zhuo followed behind step by step. After turning around two corridors, Duan Hong finally slowed down and asked, "Is what you said today true?"

"Yes" Li Zhuo hurriedly replied, even though Duan Hong was joking and joking just now, it was actually not good, let alone be sloppy at a time like this.See

Duan Hong stopped talking, and seeing her not answering for a long time, Li Zhuo had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "Then... where shall we go now?"

"Tell the guard to go back, I won't see you."

"...Yes" Li Zhuo turned around to invite someone over, and when he turned around to look again, Duan Hong had already gone a long way.

In fact, Duan Hong didn't go anywhere, he walked around the garden by himself, it was already dark.

"Your Majesty, the grass in the garden is deep. Recently, many court ladies have been bitten by snakes. Go back early."

Duan Hong had a deep impression on the snake, and after hearing what he said, he actually walked back.Seeing Wensi Temple, Li Zhuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.I was rejoicing, but was shocked again.I saw seven or eight people waiting in front of the hall, who is the leader if not the general?

Li Zhuo cried out in his heart, and glared at the little eunuch who sent the message, but the latter looked back helplessly.

"Wei... My minister Zhang He sees His Majesty..."

The guard of the palace gate trembled every word he said, and he didn't know who gave him the courage to disobey the holy will and drag himself into the water, Li Zhuo felt annoyed in his heart, and only whispered, "Bold, Your Majesty..."

The surrounding area was unusually quiet, and Li Zhuo swallowed his words.He couldn't help but secretly glanced at Duan Hong, only to see Duan Hong staring forward like petrified, with a woman in white at the end of his gaze.

Could it be that this is Princess Mingyan, whose peerless beauty can't be concealed even by the dust and dust. No wonder Duan Hong is so infatuated with her.Li Zhuo secretly called himself that, and he only entered the palace to follow Duan Hong. He had only heard the joke that "Princess is first, Your Majesty is second" in this palace. Even a small goalkeeper dared to disobey the imperial decree.

The two looked at each other, as if time stood still.It was the guard who broke the silence, "Your Majesty, this woman claims to be Princess Mingyan, and she insists on entering the palace to face the saint. I have no choice but to ask Your Majesty to forgive me."

Duan Hong slowly moved his eyes away from Bai Yan, fell silent for a while, opened his mouth, and finally spit out three words, but it was "she is not."

This sentence woke up everyone present, including Bai Yan. She looked at Duan Hong in disbelief: along the way, she thought of many possibilities that Duan Hong could blame her, and she also thought of many ways of atonement. But only unexpectedly, Duan Hong would not recognize her.

Duan Hong didn't recognize her anymore, at that moment, Bai Yan felt that the sky was falling.

"But..." the guard said in surprise, "She has Princess Mingyan's handprint on her body."

"I said she wasn't, she wasn't!" Duan Hong glared at the guard, for a moment, then suppressed his tone, "Let her go." After that, without looking at Bai Yan, he went straight to Wensi Hall.

"Hiro!"

The slightly crying voice hit the eardrum directly, Duan Hong's heart was pierced like a knife, he wanted to leave but stopped for some reason, and finally said powerlessly, "What else do you want to do?"

Duan Hong's hesitation gave Bai Yan a glimmer of life, she came up desperately, pulled Duan Hong back and said, "Can you listen to my explanation?"

"Explain..." At the mention of these two words, Duan Hong became inexplicably excited again, "Then explain to me why the Liangcheng Token hanging on my waist just disappeared like that? Why did you just tell you Zhou Ye's Whereabouts, he died? Why did you come when the news of Chen Guo's defeat came?"

These words touched Bai Yan's sore spot, and Duan Hong's aggressive tone made her unable to respond.

Bai Yan just used her as a tool to restore the country.Seeing this, Duan Hong was even more confident in his thoughts, and said coldly, "Now the power to attack and fight is in Yu'er's hands. If you want to gain any benefits from me, there is no way." After finishing speaking, she pushed Bai Yan away , strode into the hall.

Bai Yan was still standing there in a daze, still unwilling to believe that her mind was so confused that she seemed to have lost her soul.

"Princess..." Ruyi stood aside, feeling uncomfortable, but the guard who had been respectful just now became defiant in an instant, "Let's go, why are you still standing there?!"

"Master Zhang" Ruyi said, "You know..."

"Oh, I know that you used to be a celebrity in the imperial court, and this is the famous Princess Mingyan, but what's the use of me knowing, Your Majesty doesn't know."

"You..." Ruyi didn't expect this person to be so small, but now that he is under the eaves, he could only soften his voice and say, "Master Zhang, can you please send a message to Eunuch Gao, saying that I have something to look for him."

The guard heard what she said, and knew that he couldn't offend her, so he said, "Miss Ruyi, as I said, you should go out and stay for a while, and maybe one day your majesty will be able to come back when your anger subsides. Now your majesty has something to say, No matter how big an official is in this palace, he dare not stay..."

"Is it?"

The woman's coquettish laughter interrupted the guard's words, followed by a large group of maids and eunuchs, and the ding-dong sound of the ring pendant was still the same lazy and charming tone, "I don't believe it."