Still waiting for Zhaoyang

Chapter 39
His eyes flashed a trace of horror, and then his face was gradually covered by icy cold air. His fists clenched and his veins bulged, and he pulled Yao Chuang to him. city."

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Shang Rui raised a cat when he was a few years old, and he could hardly put it down. His mother wanted to take it away several times, but he stubbornly kept it.Finally, during a frolicking, the cat's paws scratched a few bloodstains on his neck.

He was injured and did not dare to speak out, so he had to secretly hide the wound.Later, when she was sleeping, she was found by the nanny and told her mother.

His mother was furious, and immediately ordered someone to drown the cat in front of him.

At that time, he was still young, and he cried and made noises because of this, and was sad for a long time.

Then his mother told him that this was arrogance because of being favored, and that the reason why the cat ended up like this was thanks to him.

His mother also warned him that if he falls in love with a woman in the future, he must not let her know, otherwise the other party will play with his love without fear.

Shang Rui sat in Xia Yue's room without saying a word, and still kept the notes she made when she read the medical records in the morning.

The people below checked Xia Yue's room over and over many times, without letting go of all the clues, but found nothing.

He looked coldly at He Xiang who was kneeling on the ground.

The lotus fragrance fell on the ground, shaking her whole body.

At this time, Minglian presented Gao Xinyu, who Xia Yue had buried under the tree, to Shang Rui.

Shang Rui rubbed the jade cicada in his hand with his thumb, and calmly thought about the matter again.

She didn't premeditate.From the look in the eyes of the servant girl in front of her when she knew Xia Yue was gone, she could tell that this was not premeditated.

With her own strength, it is impossible for her to disappear under his nose so easily.

Someone must have secretly taken her away.

This person knew about her feud with Wang Gan, and it was known all over the city that he killed Wang Gan first, and this person knew her very well. If she was sure that she could escape, he would definitely go to the scene to have a look, and then approach her , taught her to say such words to disturb his mind, and took the opportunity to pick her up.

Shang Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the world, there will be no second person who can understand her like that and know her temperament like the palm of his hand.

He regretted that he was too careless, and there were still a few days before the scheduled meeting with Wei Ranyu, so he thought that the other party hadn't arrived in the imperial capital yet.

Shang Rui closed his eyes, anger welling up from his chest.In that anger, apart from resentment and unwillingness, there was actually a trace of jealousy.

Xia Yue's last words pierced him like a thorn.

Is it a trick she used to deliberately disturb his mood, or is she telling the truth?

Wang Gan is dead, and there is no proof of his death.However, even if he searched Jin Luo all over, he still wanted to find out the truth about this matter.

Shang Rui squinted at He Xiang in front of him, his eyes were like looking at an ant that could be crushed to death at any time.

That cold gaze scared He Xiang almost to death.Judging from what Shang Rui did that night, she thought that even if Shang Rui didn't kill her at this moment, he would peel her a layer of skin, and then pry out the information about how Xia Yue disappeared from her mouth.

Unexpectedly, Shang Rui didn't even bother to ask a word, and finally only said to the people next to him: "Take her back to the palace and ask her about Wang Gan."

Those people got the order and quickly dragged her out.

Once the idlers left, the room became even quieter.

It is already noon, the sun in the yard is exceptionally bright, the windows and doors are open, the golden warm sun and the gorgeous spring light are rushing towards us, and the dog named Ah Mo outside the door is still strewn in the grass. joyous.

However, sitting alone in the house and witnessing the scorching sun, his eyes and heart were cold.

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Shang Rui only guessed half right, but Xia Yue didn't realize it until the moment she was picked up.When everyone was attracted by the sound of catching the thief, Xia Yue was pulled over.

Before Xia Yue could exclaim in surprise, she saw Chu Qin's face.

Chu Qin said in a low voice: "Miss, I offended you." Then he reached out and pulled out the jade hairpin on her head, and a black hair poured down, and then Chu Qin quickly put a soap-colored coat on her back, and put it on her back. She was dragged into the dense crowd.

As a result, Xia Yue's clothes and hair accessories were completely different from before, and her back changed drastically.

The two of them took advantage of the chaos and followed the flow of people without haste.

After finally leaving the crowd at the entrance of Xiangfu and turning into a small alley, Xia Yue couldn't wait to ask, "Why are you in the Imperial Capital?"

"It's a long story." Chu Qin checked the surroundings and made sure there was nothing unusual before asking Xia Yue to follow through the alley and walk to a carriage at the other end.

"Zijin, he..."

"Your Highness is naturally there."

Xia Yue's breath stagnates: "You mean he's in the Imperial Capital?"

Chu Qin nodded.

When Xia Yue heard that Zijin had also come to the Imperial Capital, she became a little timid: "If you come to me so blatantly, if you are captured, will you implicate him?"

Chu Qin said in a low voice, "Miss, don't worry. If you look more natural, you won't be suspicious. Now they must first seal the city gates, wait a little longer and search the city with the portraits."

She was thinking about Zijin in her heart, and she didn't notice who they were referring to in Chu Qin's mouth.

Chu Qin sent Xia Yue to the front of the car, opened the curtain, and told Xia Yue to get in the car.

There was a woman sitting in the car, about 40 years old.

Chu Qin explained in a low voice: "This is Mrs. Zhou, Miss, please follow her arrangements."

After the curtain was lowered, Mrs. Zhou took out a set of men's clothes for Xia Yue to change into, and tied a man's bun for her.Then Chu Qin asked Xia Yue to pretend to be Mrs. Zhou's servant and sit in front of the carriage to drive with him.

Their car got on West Street, walked for a while, and stopped at the gate of a house.Mrs. Zhou got out of the car with her luggage, and Xia Yue followed behind into the house.

Chu Qin continued to drive the car elsewhere.

Xia Yue was very nervous, she didn't dare to say more, and followed Mrs. Zhou around the flower hall and into the backyard.

Then, she saw Zijin waiting in the yard.

Zijin walked towards her almost as fast as lightning.

As soon as Xia Yue's gaze touched his face, her whole body instantly petrified.

He was tanned, but not thin. He seemed to be stronger than before. He lost the childishness of a teenager, and there was a mature man's charm between his brows.However, the look in her eyes did not change, full of eagerness.

He rushed to Xia Yue, dragged her over hastily, and pressed her hard against his chest.

"Yue'er, Yue'er..." Zijin murmured.He barely knew how to breathe, he just felt his heart trembling faintly, he couldn't make any sound except that name, there was an emotion stuck in his chest, which made him tremble all over.

"Yue'er." He called out again.At this moment, he not only wants to hug her, but also wants to kiss her, wants to kiss her, wants to crush her and hide her in his heart, but he is afraid.She is so thin-skinned and cares so much about their former sibling relationship, now in front of others, he dare not hurt her like a reckless man.

That long-lost voice fell on the softest place in Xia Yue's heart.

Xia Yue was hugged tightly by such a hug, tears welled up in her eyes.

She finally saw him, and he was fine.

The people nearby glanced at each other, then retreated away, leaving only the two of them in the backyard.

After an unknown amount of time, she raised her face from his chest and asked him, "How are you doing?" After she finished speaking, she realized that Zijin's hands holding her were still shaking.

Aware of his gaffe, he hurriedly put those hands behind his back, and turned his face away in embarrassment.

Xia Yue stretched out her hand to turn his face towards her, changed the subject and said, "I... I'm hungry." She was indeed hungry, she stayed up all night last night, and didn't even drink a drop of water this morning, and now her heart is relaxed Down, really feel hungry.

He didn't answer, knowing that she was just trying to calm him down.

She looked up at him, holding his left and right cheeks with both hands.

From childhood to adulthood, how many people envied his face, but only she dared to treat him like this.He was not annoyed at letting her rub it at will, but rather enjoyed it.

The four eyes met, separated these days, how many things they wanted to say, but it seemed that there was nothing to say.

He stared at her for a long time before the emotion in his eyes gradually calmed down. After he calmed down, he led her into the house, brought some refreshments himself, and ordered someone to prepare the meal.

Xia Yue took a bite of the halva in her hand and said, "I want to eat soup cakes."

He obediently obediently poured her another glass of water.

Not long after, Jinluo-flavored soup cakes were served.Xia Yue immersed herself in eating a large bowl of soup cakes, and even drank the soup.

After eating, she calmed down from the joy of seeing each other again and asked, "Did you kill Wang Gan?"

Zijin looked into her eyes: "You know, I swore back then that I would just wait for this day."

"But why bother?"

"Now that I can kill him, I am naturally not afraid. Don't worry. Wang Gan is full of crimes, and he should have ended up like this long ago."

"It was you who deliberately threw Wang Gan's body at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so that people would watch and the whole city would know about it?"

"Time is running short, and Chu Qin couldn't find out where they hid you, so they made such a bad plan. I should have picked you up in person, but Chu Qin was born in front of you, and it was easier to sneak in."

Xia Yue asked again: "If I don't have a chance to see Wang Gan, wouldn't you all be in vain?"

Zijin said sadly, "Then I will naturally think of other ways."

She looked at the bowl and blamed herself: "He Xiang is still there, I escaped like this, they will not let her go."

She added: "And your jade."

Zijin replied: "Yu doesn't matter, it's just that they must be prepared today, and they can't use the same tricks to rescue He Xiang. As long as she can survive these few days, there will be a glimmer of life."

"Why?" Xia Yue was puzzled.

He smiled at her reassuringly: "This is something that men worry about, so you don't have to think about it."

The two chattered about this, Xia Yue originally wanted to ask him about what happened in these days, but when he thought of what happened to him, he didn't know where to start.

The two sat facing each other, Xia Yue was still dressed as a man.

In Zijin's heart, he naturally thinks that Xia Yue is the most beautiful woman in the world. Seeing her in men's clothing for the first time now, she inevitably feels novelty. bun.

Her hair was long and thick, soft and smooth in his hands, and it carried her inherent fragrance.

This is the touch and breath that he has not seen for a long time.

He leaned over, rested his forehead on her neck, and let it sink into her hair. After a long time, he said softly: "Yue'er, do you know that I can't find you in the capital? This feeling is really going crazy, if I don't succeed today, I can't think of a way out, I can only force my way into the palace to find Uncle Jiu, and ask him to return you to me, he can do whatever he wants." He murmured again Repeated once, "Really, anything is fine." He spoke the last two words very softly, his voice only swirling in his throat, almost inaudible, as if he was speaking only for himself.

She listened to his words, feeling a little puzzled in her heart, and was about to ask again, but she didn't expect Zijin to lift her head from her shoulder at this moment.

He held her hand, Ru Mo's pupils were full of water, his eyes were shining, and he said softly: "I'm full, let me hug you again."

Xia Yue stood up immediately, and replied awkwardly, "I'll take the bowls and chopsticks out."

She was raising her feet to run away, but she didn't think that he would let her fall onto his lap with a slight pull.He couldn't help raising his face.

She was slightly stiff.

Unexpectedly, he didn't really kiss her, but just touched her side face with his lips.

Xia Yue tugged at his chest, not daring to push or respond.

Her skin is very fair, and her lips are set on her face like flower petals.

Seeing that she didn't resist very much, he hesitated to hold her chin with his hand, and kissed her lips. It was different from the youthful and eagerness at the beginning. At this moment, he was cautiously and unfamiliarly probing, lest she would be disgusted.He just rubbed her lips lightly with his own, not like a kiss, but an intimate touch.

Afterwards, his lips parted slightly, and she sensitively felt the movement, her breath stagnated, and she mistakenly thought that he was going to take her lips into her mouth ambiguously, and was hesitating in her heart whether to stop him, but she heard He just opened his lips and asked, "Did Yue'er miss me these days?"

The tips of their noses touched the tips of their noses, and their breaths were intertwined, exuding an intoxicating fragrance.

She nodded slightly.

No lie, there really isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about.I have been worrying about whether he is doing well, whether he is in danger, whether he is fed and clothed, whether someone is bullying him.

When he got this answer, he squinted his eyes and smiled like a child eating honey.That smile is so clear and pure, if there are others around, anyone who looks at it will melt their hearts.

She thought of Li Ji, grabbed Zijin's wrist, and wanted to check his pulse.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I saw that Li Ji, and he taught me how to cure your ear disease, unfortunately..." Xia Yue frowned, her eyes darkened, "I haven't learned it yet."

"Li Ji?"

"It's Li Ji from the Imperial Hospital. I have been living in his residence before."

"He is an imperial doctor who goes in and out of the forbidden palace, how can you live in his house?" Zijin couldn't help being curious about what happened to Xia Yue.

The matter is of great importance, Xia Yue did not hide it from him, so she told how she met "Hong Wu" and how she went to Li Ji's for treatment, which saved the embarrassment of that night with "Hong Wu".

Zijin looked at her face quietly, and let her continue to narrate, but his heart became colder and colder.

Xia Yue couldn't guess, but to him, it was clear who "Hong Wu" was.However, he never expected that Shang Rui would actually fall in love with her.

"What's wrong?" She sensed his emotion.

Zijin shook her head, and her lips covered hers again, gently rubbing the softness: "Yu Zhaoyang." He read these three words slowly from his lips.

"Huh?" She replied suspiciously, because Zijin had never called her that.

"If someone can clear father of his crimes, restore the Yu family's innocence, and allow you to use this name again and live in the world with integrity, would you be happy?"

Xia Yue was taken aback, and slowly answered: "That depends on how much the other party needs you and me to pay."

He supported her face, and touched his forehead to hers with a smile: "Would you like to sleep for a while, seeing how you haven't closed your eyes for several days and nights."

Hearing what he said, Xia Yue felt tired. She didn't dare to sleep on that bed in Li's mansion, and would have nightmares as soon as she closed her eyes.

She shook her head: "I have a headache, but I can't sleep."

He thought she was scared because she saw Wang Gan's corpse, so he advised, "Then lie down and rest for a while, and I will stay in the room with you."

After thinking about it, she didn't hold back in front of him, and lay down on the soft couch with her clothes on.

Then, Zijin tucked the quilt for her, then sat on the head of the bed and watched over her.

Time passed slowly between the two of them.

He held one of her hands, rubbing her palm with the pulp of his thumb, and gently drew circles. This was a common method used by her parents when she was sick and unable to sleep as a child, which made people feel relaxed and at ease.

After a while, she called out, "Zijin."

He lowered his head and was looking at her fingers intently. He seemed to be thinking about other things in his heart, and he didn't hear her talking at all.

She closed the five fingers in his hand and pulled them.

Only then did Zijin realize it, and raised her head: "Huh?"

"We are here, if someone comes to search, will it be dangerous and implicate other people." She said worriedly, "If today they trick me and let me go, and then follow the clues to catch you, what should I do? "

(End of this chapter)