Mountains and rivers fall into red

Chapter 30 Silver Frost (6)
Concubine Rong tried to comfort her when she learned that she was injured, and never brought up seeing Xiao Kui again.Shen Buyu was busy with political affairs, and many farms were flooded by the torrential rain for several days. As the current prime minister, he went to the disaster area to appease him, so he had no time to ask about her affairs.Xiao Hao came more frequently, his demeanor was still elegant and stable, he always picked some jokes to tell her, and did not mention the topic last time.

Such a rare day of tranquility.The wound on Xixiu's palm has healed, and the bruise on her knee has faded a lot.

However, she still doesn't have the freedom to go out alone.

She can only get the general information about Tianji from Xin Yang.It's a good job for Tianji to be a recorder under the etiquette department.Xin Yang became busy. Because his father was the prime minister, he chose a job under the Zhongchang servant's door. He went to the palace every day and had a chance to meet Emperor Liang.

After Xiuxiu's injury healed, he seemed a lot more lazy, and he kept silent all day long.She no longer leaves the Juxin courtyard for half a step, and she is often seen near the green tile railing in the courtyard.In the early spring, she planted a gardenia tree here. Perhaps the cultivation was too careful, and other flowers and plants bloomed lively, but the tree was drooping and unable to liven up. Completely smoked.

"When I was young, I also planted it like this. Why can't this one survive?" Xiuxiu stared openly, heartbroken.

Yan Xi comforted, "There are many exotic flowers and plants in the prime minister's mansion, the trees are not expensive, they are a bit vulgar, and the atmosphere of the earth cannot be connected."

Xiuxiu suddenly realized, and couldn't help smiling bitterly: "I'm stupid again."

Before dark that day, a palace carriage stopped outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.The palace man sent a box to Xiuxiu, saying it was a tonic gift from Concubine Rong.

The palace man left quickly, and Xiuxiu sat in the room, lost in thought.

Looking at the familiar bamboo and rattan weaving, Xiuxiu suddenly understood what Empress Concubine Rong meant.As a mother, she couldn't wait to miss her son.

"Miss, are you going again?" Yan Xi asked worriedly.

After recovering, Xiuxiu said calmly, "Go and tell the coachman that we will leave early tomorrow morning."

At the dawn of dawn, the east has been dyed with a faint rosy red. Taking advantage of the coolness of the morning, Xiuxiu left the Juxinyuan.

In front of the screen wall, stood Shen Buyu.

Shen Buyu, who had taken off his official uniform, was tall and tall, his usual intimidating force receded, and he wore a faint three-point smile.The two stood facing each other, as if enjoying the silence of the early morning, Shen Buyu spoke first: "The mountain road is muddy, I have already informed the driver, be careful and go back early."

It was the first time he said such caring words, but it was a pity that Xiuxiu couldn't hear any warmth.She said leisurely without any emotion: "Please tell your empress that this is the last time I will go there."

"Scared?" Shen Buyu raised his eyebrows.

Xiuxiu was unable to answer for a while, and left without looking sideways with the box in hand.Shen Buyubiao could see the clues of her thoughts, and said: "He treats you like this, you should not go. After I've been busy for a while, I will talk to you about your lifelong event."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, as deep as usual.

Xiuxiu didn't know what it meant, he looked at the sky and didn't want to delay the time, so he went out of the house with a blank face.

In the past, although the mountain road was rough, she still walked smoothly, but this time she encountered a lot of trouble.After several violent storms, gravel and broken branches blocked the way from time to time along the road.The wind and rain scoured the hillside, eroding the ravines, the river bed rose and the river surface was open, and people and cars would swallow it if they were not careful, which made people feel frightened.

Fortunately, the coachman was skilled in driving and was familiar with the road, so the carriage wobbled into the deep forest.Xiuxiu got out of the car, patted his sore back, and carried the box into the woods.

In the quiet mountains and forests, the mist is faint, the lush trees are blowing green, the flowers are falling into powder, and a cage of cooking smoke is rising from the brick chimney.Xiuxiu stopped and stared, her mood fluctuated and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

Calculated, it has been a whole month since he escaped from this place that day.

A month later, she came back.

And he, no longer entangled with her, must have a very easy life.Perhaps, he had already forgotten her.

She took a deep breath to relieve Yu Yi's mood, and then carefully went down the hillside and walked along the mud wall.

The frightful white horse was nowhere to be seen beyond the gate wall.Xiuxiu boldly stepped forward and looked inside.A guard came over with a spear, and the two fish that had been stabbed on the spearhead were still struggling.When the guard saw Xiuxiu, he showed a strange expression, and before Xixiu asked questions, he dodged like a spirit ape and fled into the courtyard.

Xiuxiu was very surprised, and soon Jiang Chen heard the sound and came out from inside.

"So it's Miss Xiuxiu. Please come in, come in." Jiang Chen was a little at a loss, but his expression was unusually excited.

"Is the Third Highness here?"

"I went out for a walk, and I should be back soon."

Don't even think about it, anyway, it's the last time, so it doesn't matter if you walk in the yard.With this in mind, he generously followed in.After striding into the courtyard gate, Xiuxiu couldn't help being a little surprised.The courtyard is simple and simple, the flagstone floor is swept clean, and there is not a single weed in the gaps. Although it is not clean, it is not as barren as they saw at the beginning. Obviously, they already know how to clean it up.

Jiang Chen led Xiuxiu into the central hall, dusted the wooden bench, and then asked Xiuxiu to sit down.

"Miss Xiuxiu hasn't come for a month. We were all taken aback by her appearance today." Jiang Chen rarely showed a smile.

"Are you... all right?" Xiuxiu smiled lightly.

"It's still the same. For the sake of the country's laws and His Highness's safety, I have to stay here."

"What about Your Highness?"

"You know His Highness's temper, and he doesn't want to stay in the deep mountains and old forests all the time, but what can we do? However, when His Highness had a bad temper before, we were the ones who suffered. Now we have changed it and locked ourselves up. I don't know what to think. Instead, the few of us feel very uncomfortable, wishing His Highness would whip us."

"If this is the case, how should I report it to Concubine Rong?" Xiuxiu smiled wryly and shook his head, "Anyway, I can go back and return to my life."

Seeing Xiuxiu's calm expression, Jiang Chen swallowed the words again.It happened that someone shouted outside, Jiang Chen asked Xiuxiu to sit down for a while, and ran to make tea by himself.

Xiuxiu was the only one left in the room, she looked around, the inside was empty but tidy.There are mahogany sword stands in the corners on both sides, on which are long bows and arrows, double hooks and sharp blades.In the middle, there is a square chessboard made of heavy mahogany wood. The surface of the board is woven into a sky net by wind, weft and rain.The chess pieces are made of refined jade, crystal clear and moist to the touch, they are indeed the best in chess.

I heard that Xiao Kui left the palace without taking any valuables with him, not even one of the maids accompanying him.But he brought such a heavy chess box to forge Wen Tao Wu Lue in his Chu-Han River boundary.Xiuxiu came to the wooden table in front of the window without realizing it, and saw the Four Treasures of the Study on it, a three-foot-square sheepskin picture on top of scattered bamboo slips.

Xiuxiu wanted to arrange the bamboo slips neatly, and flipped through one casually, and saw three characters written in regular regular script on it, and wandered around to read: "Don't be stubborn..." Picked up another one, "Don't be disobedient..."

She distracted herself for a moment, then picked up another one, before she could take a closer look, there was a slight noise outside the door, and she subconsciously turned her head away.

Xiao Kui didn't know when he was standing at the door, his hair was loose, his strong chest muscles were faintly exposed under his casual white silk open shirt, and his eyes like cold stars were under his sword eyebrows.

Xiuxiu was caught off guard and hurriedly put down the bamboo slips.She stood there uneasily, feeling her palms were wet, it was sweat.

One side of Xiao Kui is the bright sunshine outside, and the other side is the obscure light of the room. Two completely different lights and shadows sandwich him, presenting an inexplicable blur.Xiuxiu's eyes were a little hazy, she couldn't see his expression clearly, but she clearly heard him speak in a familiar voice.

"That time... did you hurt yourself?"

Xiuxiu couldn't believe her ears, she even thought she had heard wrong, coughed lightly, as if she could find her own voice in this way: "It's done."

She regretted it after she finished speaking.Thanks to him for that injury, he didn't lose his life under the horse's hooves, which is considered a blessing among misfortunes.It's not a big deal for me to admit it like this, why don't I take the initiative to cover up his evil deeds, and don't even give him a chance to repent?She secretly scolded herself for not being up to date, why can't she always control herself in front of him?

Sure enough, Xiao Kui twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, relieved, and smiled casually: "It's good that it's okay, it made me worry for a whole month."

He walked up to her side without looking at her, and tapped his fingers on the box intentionally or unintentionally, as carelessly as his voice.

"It's a hot day, and there is heavy rain on the mountain. Why is no one stopping you? What if there is a mistake on the road?"

Listen carefully, there is such a trace of worry.Xiuxiu wasn't moved, only a little sad.He didn't mention Shen Buyu, but everything was related to Shen Buyu.

Shen Buyu was lying between them, he had no intention of stepping over, and she was powerless to step over.

Xiuxiu stared intently at Xiao Kui's side face, a ray of sunlight reflected on his face, it looked sharp and striking, just like the first time she saw him.She should be flattered that he didn't drive her away today.Their status is so disparate that they will not see each other for a while today.Thinking of these, her heart felt a faint pain.

Are you really passionate?
At this time, she really wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh after all, but she said indifferently: "Your Majesty is urging you, I have to accept orders. But I have already explained that this is the last time."

Xiao Kui's face froze without showing any trace, and his eyes looked straight at Xiuxiu.Xiuxiu turned his face sideways and looked out the window.

For a long moment, Xiao Kui said hoarsely: "I know, now that I am in such a state of desperation, I am nothing, so there is no reason to bother anyone."

"It's because I'm too thick-skinned." Xiuxiu couldn't hold back, and made a self-deprecating smile.

She picked up the bamboo slips on the case, pointed to the words on it, and just wanted to finish what was in her heart: "Your Majesty said, no matter what you lose, or how miserable you are, you are still the bone of her bones, the flesh of her flesh, and the love of her family." It will never change. She has been waiting for you, and I believe that you will return to her one day... At the beginning, I thought His Highness had given up everything. Until today, I realized that I was wrong. Your Highness never Never gave up!"

Xiao Kui stood silently, eyes downcast.

Xiuxiu was crying, but smiled.

"Meeting Your Highness is the greatest honor in my life. Even if you don't like me and don't welcome me here. I also want to say that even if you don't talk to me, I feel luckier than others. Today Your Highness didn't drive me away, and you allowed me to leave quietly. Thank you very much. As for Mr. Xiang, I'm just his dispensable pawn. Why should Your Highness care about it? Having said so much, even I I'm tired of myself. Xiuxiu will leave now, take care, Your Highness."

She was no longer reserved, Yingying gave a gift and then turned away.The embroidered shoes stepped quickly across the stone slab, and the pomegranate red skirt fluttered in the wind, filling the ground with melancholy.

Xiao Kui could only stand there in a daze, without moving.

Outside the window, the fallen leaves are like tides, and the sky is dark and dusty.

A burst of thunder rolled over, followed by a thunderstorm torrentially falling.

At this moment, Xiao Kui couldn't help trembling, the noise of the rain flooded into his ears like a tide.

Jiang Chen came in, saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but said: "The terrain in the mountain is steep, and the heavy rain is coming, how can Your Highness have the heart to let Miss Xiuxiu go?"

"She is going to leave." Xiao Kui said so, thinking of Xiuxiu's carriage bumping in the heavy rain, a little ominousness appeared in his eyes.

"In the past month, His Highness has been out of his mind all day long, looking outside the wall every day, and all the brothers are watching. Your Highness, don't make yourself miserable."

With a flash in Xiao Kui's eyes, he picked up the whip hanging on the wall, left only one quick sentence "I'll go after her", and ran out of the house.

"Your Highness, brothers go with you!"

Jiang Chen chased him out and saw Xiao Kui's figure disappearing in the boundless rain curtain.

Xixiu's carriage was driving in the rainstorm.

When I came out, the sky was still bright, but suddenly the sky darkened, and thunder and lightning rolled.The coachman began to curse the unlucky weather and kept driving the horses.The mountain wind howled, and the heavy rain poured down like a waterfall. With a loud thunder, the horse ran forward like crazy.

Xiuxiu sat in the car with a melancholy face.The sound of rushing water kept pouring into her ears, and the heavy and humid air rushed over in an instant.She was a little numb, and the thunder and lightning had become nothing to be afraid of. This kind of lightning and thunder was just like her state of mind at this time, and the memories were fleeting and flooded in again.

She kept asking herself, why did she still want to see him after so long?Seeing each other, talking to each other, why is my heart still hurting so much?
"I must be stupid..."

Touching her injured wrist, she smiled bitterly, and slowly leaned her body against the car wall without moving.

After returning, treat it as a dream, and forget what should be forgotten.

There was a rumbling roar from the mountain, and the mountain torrent carried a large amount of sand and stones and washed down from the deep gullies, like a wild beast that was out of control, and destroyed the mountain road in an instant.Xiuxiu's carriage was caught in the mudslide, and the collapsed rocks fell mercilessly. The driver screamed, and the carriage broke into two pieces. The people and horses disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Under the strong turbulence, Xiuxiu woke up with a start.As soon as she lifted the car curtain, a huge torrent was coming.Following the driver's last miserable cry, she felt the car body shake violently, and then rolled up and down.Fortunately, she has quick eyes and quick hands, so she supported the handle.Most of the car cover was lifted, and the wind swept through it. She watched herself, following the half-folded car body, tumbling and falling into the Taotao River under the powerful erosion of mudslides...

"Hugh—"

Faintly, someone was calling her name.She could still hear that voice from far away, mixed with the ups and downs of the wind, she seemed to see the gardenias in her hometown blooming in succession.

She opened her eyes, and the water submerged most of her body.The rain stopped, the sound of thunder and lightning was far away, and the wind was blowing on the face, accompanied by a cold breath.She struggled to prop up her body, only to realize that she was trapped in the dilapidated car body, surrounded by muddy water, and the mountains were in front of her eyes, which made her feel as if she was in another world for a moment.

"Hugh—"

Familiar human voices, familiar neighing of horses.

She couldn't help trembling, and followed the sound to search, and at the end of the extremely damaged mountain road, the white horse and horse appeared.And the mudslide has not stopped attacking, it is still surging in front of his eyes.

She stretched out a hand with difficulty and shouted, "Don't come over!"

As soon as the words fell, the men and horses jumped across the ravine, then fell into the mud and walked with difficulty.After finally getting close to the river, the people on the horse jumped into the river and swam towards her desperately.

The surrounding air seemed to have frozen, Xiuxiu's tears rolled in his eyes, and his vision became blurred.Xixiu stretched out his arms, it was the first time that he wanted and needed him so much.

Finally, her arm was grasped tightly by his big hand.He fixed his gaze on her, the smile on his lips was deepening, and his eyes were shining brightly.She entangled his arm almost like a child, and wanted to never let go.

"Xiao Kui..."

For some reason, she blurted out his name, and her tears burst like a flood, and she couldn't stop it anymore.

Xiao Kui slowly carried her out of the car, kept wiping away the muddy water and tears on her face with his fingers, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Don't cry, don't cry, I shouldn't let you go, this time really scared me .”

Hearing this, Xiuxiu cried even harder.

A trace of pain flashed across Xiao Kui's forbearing eyes, he suddenly hugged her, and a burning kiss fell on her lips.

The crying stopped abruptly.

The wind stopped, the torrent finally stopped surging, and the river calmed down.There was a rush of hoofbeats, and Jiang Chen arrived with all the guards.

A man and a woman on the river embraced each other, and he still kissed her slowly and gently, gently taking away her lovesickness and pain.She responded awkwardly, feeling light in her body.With a contented sigh in her heart, she couldn't help closing her eyes.

Ever since he kissed him inadvertently, she has had this dream many times.

This time, it was real.

(End of this chapter)