It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

Jade Butterfly's pupils looked at him deeply, didn't say anything, but blessed the audience again, retreated from the right side to the stage, and called the servant to give some instructions in a low voice.

It wasn't until the lights on the high platform dimmed again and the figures disappeared that the crowd just woke up like a dream, bursting into applause and applause loudly, and many people curiously asked friends around who the young master upstairs was. Who is it.However, the young man covered his face with a mask, and quickly sat back in the back of the private seat, so everyone had to look at the ocean and sigh, but finally the discussion could not come to a conclusion.

After Shen Jinghe sat down, within a short while, he heard a light knock on the door from outside the private seat.

"Come in."

He said casually, and an attendant immediately bowed and walked in respectfully, "My lord, Miss Yu invites you to meet upstairs in the Xuanji Pavilion, please move."

Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan looked at each other, and raised their eyebrows slightly in surprise.He got up and wanted to follow the servant out of the gate, Liang Yan also spontaneously stood behind him, but was stopped by the servant with a little embarrassment.

"This...Young master, I'm really sorry. Miss Yu just said that the young master who wrote the lyrics just now should go, I'm afraid you have to stay here for a while."

Liang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, but before he could speak, Shen Jinghe frowned worriedly, "He is with me."

The attendant still nodded and bowed, "Young masters, I'm really sorry. However, Tianxianglou has the rules of Tianxianglou, if you go rashly, I'm afraid it will make Miss Yu unhappy."

Shen Jinghe turned back and took two steps forward, looking at him with cold eyes, but his tone was calm, "Your girl Yu said that she wanted to meet the person who wrote the lyrics, right?"

"Exactly."

"If that's the case, then he has to go." Shen Jinghe turned his head to look at Liang Yan, his eyes were as clear as a calm and flat lake, but when he looked closely, there were tiny waves of light in them, "This song of mine is written for him. Without him, I am afraid that there would be no such Fu that you girls appreciate."

Not only was Liang Yan shocked by his words, but the attendant opened his mouth wide in surprise, and a pair of round eyes rolled back and forth between the two of them, as if he suddenly thought of something, his eyes suddenly Something weird.

He coughed twice, thought for a while, and finally stepped to the door with small steps respectfully, "That's it... the two young masters can come with the young one. I believe that if Miss Yu finds out, she will be willing to agree."

Going up the winding jade steps, passing through the Danying carvings and carved jade railings along the way, you finally arrive at the Xuanji Pavilion on the top floor of Tianxiang Building.Jade Butterfly had already lifted her veil and was waiting in Xuanji Pavilion. Seeing the two of them going together, her beautiful eyes showed a hint of surprise.

The attendant rushed to Yudie's side in a hurry, leaned over and whispered in her ear.After hearing this, Jade Butterfly nodded calmly, and stretched out her hand to ask the two to sit down.

"This son is indeed a good talent. Not only is the song "Six States Getou" impassioned and powerful, but even the singing makes Yu Niang fall in love with him, and she sighs." Jade Butterfly first looked at Shen Jing with a pair of almond eyes. Crane, with a slight smile, spoke with a pleasant voice.

Shen Jinghe sat across from her, but his face did not have the fascination and ecstasy that others always had when they saw her, and his words were polite and polite, "Miss Yu is too famous. It is just a hasty work made on the spur of the moment, and it should not be so high." evaluation of."

Liang Yan picked up the cup in front of him, glanced at them, and finally fixed on the tea cup with a little boredom.

Jade Butterfly paused for a moment, then smiled softly, "After listening to the son's libretto, Yu Niang thought that the son was a general who dominated the battlefield. Now that he sees the son himself, he realizes that it doesn't seem to be the case. The son is dressed like a literati, but To be able to write such heroic and magnificent lyrics is really amazing for Yuniang."

A smile finally appeared on Shen Jinghe's face, his eyes lightly glanced at Liang Yan, and softened for a moment, "I am indeed not a general and military officer... However, it is very difficult for me to write this lyrics and music." It’s not clueless either.”

Thinking of what the attendant said to her just now, Jade Butterfly covered her lips with her sleeve and smiled, "Then the other young master next to you must be the one in that song, right?"

Shen Jinghe just smiled lightly, neither said yes nor no, and changed the subject casually, "We heard Miss Yu's piano sound earlier, it was really like a fairy sound in the sky. But the most precious thing is that it is obviously euphemistic and lingering here. In the tune, I didn't hear the usual seductiveness of ordinary girls. Girl Yu, you are really different from other girls in this Tianxiang Building. "

Jade Butterfly was stunned for a moment, and the smile that was still on his face just now slowly faded away.She was silent for a while, and finally parted the corners of her lips reluctantly, and stopped talking softly, "Master, you are joking...Yu Niang is just one of the crowd in Tianxiang Tower. I am worthy of your praise. How can there be any difference?"

"No." Shen Jinghe looked at her seriously and shook his head, "I said before that Miss Yu's piano music should never be left behind... I don't know what happened to Miss Yu However, if Miss Ruoyu is interested, I might be able to redeem your life for you."

When he said this sentence, Yudie immediately stared at him with wide eyes in astonishment, opened his mouth with difficulty, but couldn't say a word.

Shen Jinghe was still waiting to speak, but he only felt a sudden tightening of his wrist.He froze for a moment, turned his head, and saw Liang Yan holding his wrist with one hand, squinting his eyes and staring at him closely, his complexion darkened, as if he was very angry.

Only then did he realize how ambiguous his words were.He hurriedly returned to hold Liang Yan's hand, subconsciously stroked the back of his hand twice subconsciously, and turned his gaze back to Jade Butterfly.

"Miss Yu, please don't get me wrong." Shen Jinghe coughed lightly, with a rare embarrassment on his face, "I'm not that kind of flirtatious and lustful apprentice...I just hope that Miss Ruruoyu fell because of something difficult. I can lend a helping hand after the wind and dust. After leaving Tianxiang Tower, Miss Yu can do something she likes on her own."

Jade Butterfly looked at him flickeringly, seemed to be moved with emotion, and also seemed to sigh for a long time.She closed her eyes and sighed softly, "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness... However, the complexity of Yuniang's life experience cannot be explained clearly in a few words, and it is impossible to get out of her family. Your kindness, I'm afraid Yu Niang has no choice but to decline."

"If Miss Ruoyu doesn't mind, why don't you just tell us? Maybe, we just happen to be able to help each other." Shen Jinghe is really sorry for such a hard-to-clear piano sound, what he just said wants to Redempting her body and repaying her is a clear statement, and it is not just a lie.

Jade Butterfly is inherently sensitive, so of course she can feel the kindness and sincerity of the people in front of her.Her eyes flickered for a moment, and she opened her mouth. Somehow, a long-lost impulse surged up, and she couldn't help but want to tell the old things that had been buried in her heart for many years.

Maybe these heavy old things are accumulated too deep and too heavy in my heart.Although it is forbearance, there is hope for the day when it will be checked and dried in the sun.

She looked at the young man whose face was covered by a mask, and made a soft noise uncontrollably.

"Yu Niang... didn't call her Butterfly at first, but changed her name after she entered Tianxiang Tower." She sighed long and low, suppressing the sadness and pain that gradually filled her heart, "Yu Niang When she was young, she was also the daughter of an official. She only played the piano and painted pictures every day, and she was ignorant of the world. However, a major case more than ten years ago almost ruined Yuniang's family, and her father and brother were implicated. The women in the family were sold. There are still a few remaining, just like Yuniang, who have been filled with humble status."

Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan looked at each other in surprise, and they both understood what Fang Caiyu butterfly said in their hearts.

No wonder she repeatedly said that it was difficult for her to get out of her family. So, is Jade Butterfly the daughter of a guilty minister?

According to Dayong's laws and regulations, it is almost impossible for a person who has been consigned to low status by the imperial court to get out of his status.Even if they have saved enough money to redeem their lives, most of the Qin Lou and Chu houses are afraid of the power of the government and dare not release people easily.These poor women can only spend their youth in the field of wind and moon. When they are old and their looks are gone, what kind of evening scene they will end up depends entirely on God's will and luck.

The corners of Yudie's eyes were faintly red, and her rationality told herself that she should not continue speaking, but the grievance and grief in her heart forced her to continue speaking.

"However, Yuniang knows very well that the family was wronged for no reason at that time, and was implicated so that the family was ruined... What kind of father and brother are, Yuniang is very clear in her heart, and the family is not like what those people said. , did such things as corrupting ink, cheating, and oppressing the people... Father and brother, they died in vain!"

Shen Jinghe was startled, and a vague guess emerged in his heart. He considered his words and said, "Miss Yu... You said that your family was implicated in an unjust case back then, so do you still remember what it was?" case?"

Jade Butterfly's tone was sad, "Yu Niang was still young at the time, and only had a vague impression left by her father and brother when they had an anxious discussion. I just remember that it seemed to be, it seemed to be..."

Shen Jinghe stared closely at her eyes, spoke in a low voice, and dropped two short and forceful words.

"Wei family?"

"Yes! It's the Wei family!" Jade Butterfly's expression was rarely agitated, her hands were tightly folded on her knees, "Yu Niang is just a girl, and she has no other skills except playing the piano. Over the years, although she This time, he wanted to clear his family members who died in vain, but he was trapped in this Tianxiang Building day after day, but he couldn't do anything... What happened to the case of the Wei family? , There are so many people involved together? Young master, you must know something, right?"

Shen Jinghe sighed inwardly, frowned but remained silent.Liang Yan patted the back of his hand, turned his head to look at Yudie, and said in a deep voice, "Miss Yu, even if he knows something, I'm afraid it's not what you like to hear."

"What, what does this mean?" Jade Butterfly looked at Shen Jinghe with some trepidation, and the corners of her clothes were twisted into a ball uneasily.

Shen Jinghe was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand to remove the mask, raised his head and looked straight at Jade Butterfly.

"My mother's surname is Qi. I grew up in the south of the Yangtze River from the time I was born until I was 16 years old. Before my grandfather resigned angrily and returned to his hometown that year, he also had many close friends in the capital. Perhaps, you His father and brother also met him a few times back then."

Jade Butterfly stared blankly at his face. Although she heard his words in her ears, it took a long time to react vividly before she woke up.She widened her eyes in astonishment, and said in disbelief, "You, you are the Sixth Palace..."

"The case of the Wei family involved a lot. Your father and brother must have been involved in this whirlpool at that time, and they were thrown into trouble and framed by others. The Wei family is still a big and small official in the imperial court who has been implicated because of their close contacts with them, but no matter what, there is always a shadow to push them."

Shen Jinghe paused, and looked at Jade Butterfly's dazed face with a complicated expression.

"The Xu family."

Jade Butterfly's complexion turned pale for a moment, apparently thinking of the inseparable connection between the Xu family and the third prince.She held on to the desk case unsteadily, shaking her head again and again, her voice sounded a bit stern for no reason, "Impossible, impossible! How could it be like this... Saburo, he, he won't..."

"Since Brother Sanhuang loves you so much, it's impossible for him not to know what happened to your family back then? I don't know if he ever thought of redressing your family's unjust case, or mentioned finding a way to get you out of your humble status?" Shen Jinghe looked at Jade Butterfly with his expression unchanged, but he couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart.

Has she... ever mentioned it to him?

In my mind, when I was leaning on his lap a long time ago, I was so expectant and begged for his help.And then, how did he react?

Jade Butterfly was in a daze for a moment.

There seemed to be the touch of that hand brushing gently on the hair again, and the slightly embarrassed tone in the ears was vague, "Yu Niang, I know that I have suffered for you these years. But after all, this is what my father said a few years ago. And the case that I have settled, if I rehabilitate you now, I am afraid that I will lose his sacred heart just because of this... Just bear with me for a while, and when I make a big decision, I will definitely change your family's innocence. "

Jade Butterfly's complexion suddenly changed, turning into a bloodless pale.She was breathing hard and quickly, but her lips were tightly closed, unable to utter a word.

"If there hadn't been the shocking injustice case of the Wei family back then, maybe you could still stay by your father and brother's side and be a good official lady." Shen Jinghe moved his fingers and gently held the cup on the table, "And If it wasn't for the Xu family's efforts to fuel the flames back then, the Wei family would never have..."

"Enough!" Jade Butterfly interrupted him suddenly with a loud voice, his eyes struggling extremely, intertwined with extreme sadness and pain, "Enough...let's call it a day. I will pretend that I have never seen the two young masters before, Also please the two sons forget to see me today."

She stood up abruptly, turned her face away, and closed her eyes deeply, "The two young masters are leaving now, so Yuniang will not send you any more."

Liang Yan glanced at her, and sighed thoughtfully in a low voice: "You really have deep affection for the third prince."

Jade Butterfly's eyelashes trembled slightly, her face was bleak, but she still stood still as if she hadn't heard it.

Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan stood up, and drank the tea in their cups in one gulp, "Thank you, Miss Yu, for your hospitality. Even if you don't believe me in today's conversation, you don't need to investigate further... The matter of the Wei family, how All the courtiers who know about it in the hall are secretive and keep silent. If you want to pursue it any further, you may cause unnecessary trouble to yourself."

He walked to the door, and when he was about to leave, he turned his head and whispered softly, "But I will not stop secretly investigating. They have taken away the most important person in my life, and I will not allow myself to just let it go Let it go...Maybe one day, when I can finally restore their innocence, Miss Yu, your family will also be able to avenge their grievances."

Leaving this sentence behind, he didn't stay any longer, and after returning the masks of the two, he left Tianxianglou side by side with Liang Yan.

When Jade Butterfly was finally the only one left in the Xuanji Pavilion, and the usual silence returned, she finally couldn't bear it and fell down on the chair, sobbing and buried her head deeply in her arms, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes. A line of tears.

"Saburo... Saburo..."

White smoke curled up from the carved bronze beast, covering a room and also hiding the figure of a woman lying at the desk with her eyes closed and weeping.

……

After walking out of Tianxiang Tower, Shen Jinghe sighed with emotion.

"Yu Die Die is a pitiful person... his family has been ruined and he has become a lowly family, but the person he loves with all his heart is the chief culprit of all this."

"It's really good fortune to trick people." Liang Yan nodded, turned his head to look at Shen Jinghe who was walking beside him, and his eyes flickered slightly.

Shen Jinghe soon relaxed again, he stretched his brows and eyes, "Forget it, everyone has their own choice. Since this is what she wants, we, as others, have no reason to add more beaks."

On the other hand, he had returned to his usual expression, but Liang Yan looked at his unaware face, and suddenly remembered that he still had a debt to settle with him in time.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed Shen Jinghe's hand.Shen Jinghe was stopped by him, and turned around in doubt, "What's wrong?"

Liang Yan narrowed his eyes, let go, slowly rolled up his sleeves, and approached Shen Jinghe step by step with his head lowered.Shen Jinghe subconsciously backed away slowly as he approached, until his back suddenly touched the cold wall, he realized that he was cornered.

He raised his eyes cautiously and blankly, glanced at Liang Yan's unpredictable expression, "You..."

"Someone else? Not necessarily. I think His Highness the Sixth Highness loves that girl Yu so much that he wants to spend a lot of money to redeem her." Liang Yan was very close to him, and his tall figure blocked the shot from the eaves into the deep alley. In the sunlight, the angular outline is clearly and coldly outlined in the backlight.

Shen Jinghe was taken aback for a moment, hearing his slightly blunt tone, couldn't help turning his head and smiling helplessly.He clicked his tongue softly, put his fingertips on Liang Yan's heart, poked it playfully, and looked up at him with a hint of teasing in his eyes.

"I said, General Liang's mind is too small, right?"

Liang Yan grabbed his fingers with one hand calmly, and then gently opened his bent knuckles, letting his whole palm rest on his heart, feeling the strong and slightly rapid heartbeat.

He lowered his head a little more, the broken hair on his forehead almost fell on Shen Jinghe's face, his black pupils stared at the person in front of him for a moment.

"I'm small-minded, but the Sixth Highness didn't know until the first day?"

They were so close that even their breathing seemed to blend together.Shen Jinghe looked at Liang Yan's face in a daze, and complained awkwardly, "You really... didn't I not redeem her in the end?"

However, Liang Yan raised his eyebrows in anger, and curled up one corner of his lips with a smirk, "Hearing His Highness Six's tone, it seems to be a pity? Jade Butterfly is nowhere to be found. Your Highness might as well look for it again." What kind of butterfly and pink butterfly ask, maybe you can find another match for your eyes."

Shen Jinghe saw that he was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say, but he felt very happy in his heart for some reason.He forcefully suppressed the corners of his lips that couldn't help but want to turn up, relying on Liang Yan, he was not willing to do anything to him, deliberately raised his eyebrows coquettishly, and walked towards the singing stage and dance pavilion as if he wanted to push Liang Yan away.

"Let's not talk about General Liang, this is a good idea. Girl Yu already has her own heart, but maybe the butterfly next to me is interested in me. I'll go around the Tianxiang Building, maybe I can really meet Which little butterfly..."

Before he could take an inch, Liang Yan dragged him back through gritted teeth. When he pushed him against the wall in a panic, he didn't forget to put a hand on the back of his head.

Liang Yan took a deep breath, and pressed his forehead heavily against Shen Jinghe's slightly cool forehead, and the tip of his nose seemed to touch with only a thin line of distance.

"You can be angry with me..."

His eyes were dark, and there was a hint of danger in his gaze, and his tone of voice also dropped half a point for no reason.

Shen Jinghe's breathing fluttered a few times, his heart beat like a drum, and his trembling eyelashes made it difficult to see his expression clearly.The too close distance made the familiar aura surrounding his body invading all-pervasively. He turned his head slightly, and the soft friction between the skin made the area from the pinna to the neck gradually turn red.

He was suddenly a little absent-minded, and lightly put one hand on the back of Liang Yan's neck, lowered the corners of his eyes, and asked a question with a trembling voice almost as if he was breathing.

"...What are you angry about?"

Liang Yan's whole body tensed up for a moment, his Adam's apple rolled up and down with difficulty, and his eyes were full of possessiveness as he lingered over the brows and eyes of the person in front of him, like a lonely wolf patrolling every inch of his territory.

His breathing also gradually became quicker, and he couldn't help caressing Shen Jinghe's side face with one hand, his eyes gradually darkened, and he couldn't help opening his mouth as if he had been bewitched.

"I--"

"Hey, the people below, give way!" The windows on several floors on the wall of the house were suddenly opened, and a white-haired lady walked to the window with a basin of water, yelling loudly towards the people below.

Liang Yan choked for breath, and immediately reacted very quickly, rolling his arms around Shen Jinghe twice, narrowly avoiding a large basin of water pouring down.The beating and splashing water even splashed a few drops on the heels of their clothes and shoes, which made the two of them wake up suddenly, coughing repeatedly, and hurriedly separated.

Liang Yan punched hard on the wall in front of him, turned his head and took a deep breath, his brows were furrowed tightly, his expression extremely annoyed.

Shen Jinghe also took a few steps back as if waking up from a dream, the temperature on his face was unbelievably hot.Like a person who was about to drown and finally surfaced, he was gasping for breath as he escaped from death, his usual indifferent expression was torn apart by surprise, revealing a bit of panic and bewilderment.

The thumping heartbeat lingered in his ears, making him wish he could find a crack in the ground and stuff himself in.However, when he saw Liang Yan's dejected expression that he was no better than him, as well as the couple's locks of temple hair and half of their clothes that were wet by water, he seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit, and suddenly overflowed with a light of joy inappropriately. laughter.

Liang Yan still secretly regretted his impulsiveness in his heart, and when he heard his laughter, he immediately turned his head and stared at him in disbelief.However, when he saw his smiling eyes looking over, he was impatient and couldn't help but want to laugh with him, his expressions were tangled for a moment, and he didn't know what expression to put on.

With a complex expression on his face, he walked a few steps towards Shen Jinghe, looked down at him hesitantly, as if he didn't know how to speak.

Shen Jinghe curled up his fingers and hid them in his palms, preventing him from seeing his trembling fingertips, and looked up at him with a slight smile, "I want to eat the apricot cream soup from the next street."

Liang Yan sighed and smiled, his brows and eyes that softened suddenly became a little pampered.He walked to Shen Jinghe's side, held his hand carefully and cherished as usual, and couldn't help but gently pinched his knuckles again.

"Let's go."

He sighed slightly again, and seemed to mutter "little ancestor" in his mouth helplessly.

Shen Jinghe pretended not to hear, and turned away his smiling eyes slightly, but naturally held him back tightly with one hand.

Interlocking fingers.

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When are you two going to argue, sigh

Thank you, grand occasion and one, where is your manuscript?, Xue Chuimo, Huanhuan, landmines that roll the keyboard with your face~ love everyone?

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