Mountains and rivers fall into red

Chapter 24
In the endless nights, she would always think of her unrestrained past and her innocent old appearance.Now she is trapped in a cage, and the only thing she can hold on to is a handful of tiny moonlight.The moonlight in the palace is also so indifferent, just like Xiao Kui's indifferent expression.

There was a faint pain in the chest, and tears flowed down.

During the day, the rays of the sun are as brilliant as melting gold.Just after Mao Shi, before going to Jiaofang for class, Xiuxiu appeared on the corridor.She walked towards the designated direction alone, the morning breeze was cool, and the beautiful shadow was moving.

Xiao Hao sent a message, and Xiao Kui had something to say to her.

Xiao Kui, who she remembers as handsome and unrestrained, has become cold and indifferent.And this is the second time he took the initiative to ask her out.She deeply remembered the date on that snowy day, the sour and slightly sweet smell came over her body unstoppably.

In fact, she knew that meeting him this time was not out of good intentions.

In the Yueqiao garden, with small windows and red walls, under the Tangli tree, golden light fell on his fair face through the thin mist.She walked slowly, and her soft-soled embroidered shoes stepped on the grass flowers, making a slight rustling sound.

He turned and squinted at her.Under the Yin Yin spring scenery, her whole body was bathed in the golden glow, and she was wearing a light green dress covered with broken flowers. The two colors were mixed together, which seemed to add a layer of soft warmth.

The two looked at each other, silent.

Finally, it was Xiuxiu who spoke first: "What does Your Highness want to tell me?"

Xiao Kui also quickly made up his mind, and said slowly: "About Shen Buyu. I will tell you everything I saw and heard ten years ago, so as to save you from wild suspicion and break your mind."

Xiuxiu froze for a moment, his face was as pale as snow, and he couldn't hide the panic on his face.She trembled, "I don't want to hear it!"

"Okay, if you don't want to listen, please feel free." Xiao Kui smiled indifferently, "The morning morning is almost over, please go and inform Shen Buyu, I'll wait for him here. If you don't want to listen, I'll let him listen."

Xiuxiu was speechless, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

Xiao Kui said coldly: "Want to withdraw? You have become a pawn in the palm of Shen Buyu, how can you withdraw? You chose this path, and you are destined to walk with him. I know Shen Buyu's tricks, you The family is poor and no one dares to help you, so he has firmly established this point."

"You want to tell me the truth because you feel sorry for me? If you had known it earlier, you would have given up on it, so that you would not be a bad person in the future." Xiuxiu suddenly smiled sadly.

Xiao Kui was stunned.

Xiuxiu raised his head slightly, the sky shone with cold light, blindingly blinding.Such a weather is suitable for listening to an unpleasant past event.This past has nothing to do with her, but it seems to have something to do with her.

She became frank and straight, and turned to him bravely, showing a little smile.

"You say it."

The surroundings were silent, the breeze blew through her temple hair, and the wreaths adorned on her head jingled.If Shen Buyu gave up his idea, she would naturally return to the yard full of gardenias and continue to live her ordinary and peaceful life.In this way, it might not be a good thing.

Xiao Kui also had a different kind of brilliance on his face, he cleared his throat and began to speak eloquently.

Even he himself didn't know whether it was because of the smile in front of him that he took the initiative to reveal the old scars in his heart.The piercing pain that touches the inside seems to have been numb after ten years of wear and tear.He wanted to tell her that it was just a very ordinary story, not an experience, even though the shadow had shrouded his heart for ten years, and would even be with him forever.

It was a snowy day.

It snowed all night, and the palace was completely white the next day.

He woke up very early this day.The concubine mother is not in good spirits these days, he wants to get up early to comfort her, seeing her beautiful smile.

The cold stone path was winding, and his boots were wet with heavy snow.Inside an old-fashioned hanging flower gate, Samuume bloomed half the courtyard, and several court ladies were clearing the snow.Amidst the innocent laughter, they chased a court lady named "Qiuyue".Qiuyue grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at her companion, the smile on her face resembled that of his mother and concubine.He looked at it happily, and suddenly remembered that he still had serious business, so he ran away quickly.

From a distance, he saw his teacher Shen Buyu standing alone next to Wanfu, his eyes turned to the Wenying Palace of his mother and concubine.The teacher was originally a distant cousin of the mother and concubine, and also a powerful minister of the father and emperor.He always entered the palace half an hour earlier, as usual, he went to greet his concubine mother first, and then started their lessons.

In such a snowy day, the teacher arrived earlier than usual.Xiao Kui felt strange, but his little head couldn't figure out why.At this moment, Shen Buyu stopped hesitating, and strode towards Wenrong Palace.

He wanted to call the teacher to stop him, but the naughty nature of children prompted him to think that if he suddenly appeared in front of them, his mother and concubine and the teacher would praise him for his diligence in getting up early.

Outside Wenyong Palace, he saw two maids of his mother and concubine just come out, talking about the plum blossoms in Yimei Garden today as they walked.They must be picking plums now.He cleverly slipped into his concubine's bedroom, and before he entered the inner hall, he heard the concubine's crying inside.

"Enough is enough! Enough is enough!"

The concubine mother shouted softly, suppressing her crying: "I don't see the newcomers laughing, only the old ones crying. Cousin, do you know how I feel?"

"Yan Rong, you should endure, continue to endure." Shen Buyu called the concubine's name, but his voice was extremely impatient.

"You want me to bear it?"

The concubine mother seemed to stop crying, and said with a sob: "I have endured it for ten years. Facing the man I don't like, how many years have passed, how many years do you want me to endure?"

"Be patient for another ten years. I will ask the emperor to give way to the third highness. At that time, you will be the empress dowager, and you will be able to feel proud." Shen Buyu seemed to comfort her.

"Ten years later? Your idea is so perfect, cousin." The concubine mother seemed to be sneering, "Ten years ago, for your glory and power, you tried every means to make the emperor fall in love with me and recruit me into the palace. Now The emperor's thoughts are no longer with me, what else can you do to make me the empress dowager?"

"Don't you still have the Third Highness? His father dotes on him so much, why don't you make good use of it?"

Through layers of thick curtains, Xiao Kui saw that the concubine's long sleeves had been raised, and she slapped Shen Buyu's face with a slap.

Concubine Mu's voice trembled, she gritted her teeth and said, "You don't want to get Kui Er's idea!"

Shen Buyu was not annoyed, he just sighed and said: "Yanrong, you should understand my situation, it's hard to get off now! I know, I failed you at the beginning, so don't hate me anymore. I promise you, ten years later , you won't be wronged again."

"At the beginning, I sacrificed myself for you. Now that the empress is in power, the emperor treats me hot and cold. The only thing I can rely on is Kui'er. If something happens to him, how do you ask me to live?"

"No, the third prince is smart and clever, and he will be the best candidate for the heir apparent. Yanrong, you and I once fell in love, and it is unforgettable to me. The lotus in the Yeying Pond of the Shen family blooms for you every year. Rong Rong With the concubine's reputation, the Shen family's foundation can flourish, and the Third Highness can preserve it in the future. Yanrong, you have to think twice, don't do impulsive things!"

"cousin."

"Yanrong."

The voices of the two turned into whispers, and Shen Buyu's hand lightly rested on the fragrant shoulder of Concubine Mu.

They didn't realize that there was a pair of grief-stricken eyes staring at them behind their backs.Xiao Kui suddenly felt a churning in his stomach, he trembled and twitched a few times, but he still held back his strength and did not rush out.

His eyes were blurred, and he fled away.

……

The wind blew softly, and the two people under the Tangli tree were already cool.The blood in Xiao Kui's eyes was bloody, and the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time were about to burst out at any time.

Xiuxiu opened her eyes wide, looked at him blankly, and said softly: "So it's like this..." The rest of the words were bitten into her lips, and the color of her lips became paler.

"I hate this kind of person!" Xiao Kui said angrily.

"For my own purpose, abandon love and forget love, use whatever means to step on the pain of others to climb up. This kind of person is not worthy of being my teacher! Every time I see him, I get goose bumps all over my body! The disgust and pain in my heart Hatred mixed together, penetrated into the flesh and blood, and flowed in the heart. Let me tell you, Shen Buyu's plot will not succeed!"

Xiuxiu felt extremely wronged, and said with a trembling voice, "Why did you tell me this? I am not his biological daughter, and I have never done anything!"

"Whether you did it or not, I will tell you to put away your ambitions if you recognize a thief as your father!"

"You can tell Shen Buyu directly what's in your heart, and even tell your concubine mother, why tell me alone?"

"Because I hate you!" Xiao Kui roared at Xiuxiu.

Hearing this, Xiuxiu looked at him in astonishment, a sudden chill came into his body, and he said, "So you teased me, ridiculed me, and made me bear these accusations... No! No! Third Highness, this is not fair to me! "

She took a few steps back, shaking her head constantly, her eyes filled with sadness.

However, Xiao Kui pressed on, staring fiercely at Xiuxiu, as if he wanted to devour her in one bite: "Is it fair to me? I was only eight years old at that time, only eight years old! Because of this, I have to live in depression! Once, the happiest thing in my day was to run to the palace of my mother and concubine after being encouraged by my father. She would always give me a smile in my eyes. I thought that my mother and concubine were the most beautiful women in the world , she lived a very happy life, but all of this was ruined by Shen Buyu! The concubine mother will never know, I was so afraid to see her later, I was afraid that seeing the sadness in her eyes was for another person!"

Xiuxiu was trembling all over, she didn't know whether it was despair or desolation, or shivering in fear, she tried to explain: "But they are your relatives after all, and they are also for your own good..."

"It turns out that you still want to speak for Shen Buyu, and you are so loyal!" Xiao Kui yelled strangely, pointing his finger to the distance, "Go! Go and tell Shen Buyu everything I have to say! Go!"

"You know I won't say it!"

Xiuxiu finally cried out, and she said with tears in her eyes, "I understand your situation. In this scheming and murderous palace, you can't say a word, you can't vent the resentment in your heart, so you are very painful But, Concubine Rong is your mother, if this word reaches her ears, how would you tell her to live?"

Xiao Kui smiled sadly: "She was living like a walking dead. You are right, I can't say much, I can't vent, and I have to spread my immature arms to protect my concubine mother, because she is my mother. I don't know what to do, no one can tell me. I can only pretend to be sleepwalking, pretend to be sick...is it funny? My father doesn't love my mother and concubine now, but the one I love the most is me, poor father .”

Speaking of this, the fierceness on his face faded away, and there was a thin layer of mist in his eyes, and there was something shining in it.

Xiuxiu looked at him, at this moment, she had a thorough understanding of the third prince named Xiao Kui in front of her.She remembered how cold and hot he was to her, that snowy day when he drove her away without even a trace of warmth; she also remembered the past between her and Xiao Kui told by Qiuyue, it turned out that the eight-year-old Xiao Kui threw herself into Qiuyue's arms and loudly The reason for crying is because he suddenly encountered a huge loss, coupled with his disappointment with his mother and concubine, and his feelings have nothing to rely on!
It's a pity that it is too late to know these.

When she came, she still had a little luck and expectation in her heart.Today, when he took the initiative to talk about his concerns, even though she refused on the surface, she was flattered and happy in her heart, because she didn't know his utter desperation at first, and she didn't expect that he was deliberately trying to be at odds with her.

She thought, this is her own business, so Shen Buyu doesn't need to know.

The class bell rang in the classroom.

She put away the sadness in her heart, looked up at him again, smiled, her eyes were clear and bright.

"Thank you, Third Highness, for telling me this. I know what I should do in the future. That's good. I can stay in Jiangling with peace of mind until the election of the prince and concubine is over next year. At that time, you have chosen someone else, and Shen Buyu can't help it. I Well, I’ll just go back to my hometown. It’s a great honor for me as a daughter of the people to talk to His Highness like this, and maybe I won’t have such an opportunity again. However, I still want to thank you.”

He didn't expect her to be so calm, took a deep breath, made a look of relief, and said: "What I said just now is just a story, I will not let it happen. I swore, I will The father who loves me and loves me has been sitting on his dragon chair, and I am willing to stand by and look up at him and guard him!"

She gave a deep salute, exchanged a clear smile, and turned to leave.He watched quietly, under the blue sky, she was walking smoothly, and the wind blew her long hair, like flowing water, like silk satin.

When she reached the corner, she wiped away the tears that were forced to stay in her eyes.

It's really over.

(End of this chapter)