Huaigui

Helan Mingyue was still under attack, Xu Xin chatted with Amang for a few words, but the topic suddenly turned to him.Xu Xin looked at him for a moment and said, "Follow me."

"Sister Xu Xin wants to try his skills? Well, His Highness likes him very much." Aman covered his mouth and smiled.

Xu Xin didn't answer, but looked at He Lan with a half-smile.

Under such sharp eyes, Helan Mingyue had no way to hide, and even felt a little embarrassed, she hurriedly staggered her gaze, followed her out of the garden in the main hall, and walked all the way to the remote corner of the Yaoguang Pavilion.

The red wall showed brilliant colors in the sunlight, and the surroundings were so quiet that only the chirping of insects was heard.

He stared closely at Xu Xin's knife, holding Yan Shanxue, his gaze was like a torch.

But Xu Xin didn't draw a knife. She put away the kind face she had when she was in front of A Mang, and looked at He Lan Mingyue coldly: "You belong to King Yu, right?"

When that name fell into her ears, Helan Mingyue's pupils closed slightly, and she managed to maintain a normal look.He didn't speak, Xu Xin was not surprised, he just continued on his own: "Last night when I went to Prince Yu's mansion, he said that a child was put in the Yaoguang Pavilion, so I came here today, it is necessary Say hello to you."

"...What?" He Lan Mingyue couldn't say he was relieved or became more tense, his feet were a little flimsy, "There is still friendship between the prince and the general?"

Xu Xin looked at him with more ambiguous eyes: "General? After a while, you may have to change your name."

He Lan Mingyue was puzzled, but didn't ask, and still looked at her.Seeming to be boring, Xu Xin leaned against the weeping willow by the palace wall, looking at his palms that were worn out by the sword: "I heard that your surname is Helan, so did he tell you that this name is related to it?" His relationship?"

"Never." He Lan Mingyue said, her heart hanging high.

Xu Xin's black and white eyes curled up with a smile: "You have stayed in Prince Yu's mansion for ten years, and you have served His Highness around you for more than two years. You have such a big heart, but you haven't been killed yet. It's because of the glory of this face. Huh?—don’t rush to be offended, maybe I just happen to know what you want to know.”

Helan Mingyue remained silent.

Xu Xin brushed his chin with his fingertips, pinched him and forced him to look at him, and said after a while: "The Helan family really has an indescribable relationship with the royal family."

Helan Mingyue was suddenly a little surprised.

"The mother and concubine of King Yu is the Helan family, the concubine of the first emperor, the aunt of Helan Maojia, the king of Longxi... Do you know the king of Longxi? From Rouran, Suiye to Southern Chu, they have all been conquered by the iron hooves of the Western Army. You won every battle, but you died in the court in the end." Xu Xin's smile deepened, "Looking at you, you don't look like a servant at all, especially your eyes, which are very proud. And your surname is Helan, really It reminds me of the King of Longxi back then."

"The general is absurd." He Lan Mingyue said flatly.

"Where?" Xu Xin said meaningfully, "Helan Mingyue, why do you think I keep mentioning King Longxi to you?"

His heart beat violently, and he met Xu Xin's eyes with a premonition——

Sure enough, Xu Xin opened his red lips lightly, and said: "When the King of Longxi conspired against him, Tian Yan was furious, and killed his three clans. Due to the relationship between his mother's family and in-laws, the prince desperately left Helan Maojia's blood and hid it in his own mansion..."

He Lan clenched her hands in disbelief.

Although he had thought about it, but one day when he heard about this secret from someone else, it was still——

"Didn't Prince Yu tell you that someone in his mansion is the orphan of Helan Maojia?"

"General, respect yourself!" He Lan Mingyue pushed away a step, escaping from Xu Xin's restraint, "You say these things, you are trying to challenge the trust between me and the prince!"

Xu Xin restrained his smile and said, "Trust? Ha, yes, if what I said is true, you have to call him uncle! The future will be long, Helan Mingyue, let's see."

After saying that, she raised her hand as if she wanted to pat Helan Mingyue's shoulder, but she didn't move. She pressed back the dagger at her waist, and said, "The time is counting, Empress Empress should get up soon, if you don't go back Guarding that Highness?"

He Lan Mingyue said nothing, turned around and left, leaving Xu Xin standing where he was.

She didn't hold back her sore eyes until she couldn't see anyone.

How would she tell herself not to cry?

Helan Mingyue is too similar to her old friend.

In the courtyard, Amang still kept his original posture, sitting blankly by the stone table. When He Lan came back, she stood up with a smile, and was about to speak, when her face changed again: "What's the matter, Mingyue, your face is so white?"

She took the Zhang Pazi and handed it to He Lan, and said, "I'm in a lot of cold sweat, what did Sister Xu say to you? Hey, don't look at her like that, your heart will never break..."

The soft words brought Helan Mingyue back to his senses. He took the handkerchief in a daze, wiped it on his face carelessly, and thanked Amang.Walking to the table, he saw a round drum stool made of stone. He Lan Mingyue's legs gave way, and he almost fell on it. His knee hit the edge, causing him to let out a short cry of pain.

Aman squatted/body up: "It's not right to sit, what's wrong with you? Sister Xu bullied you?"

He Lan repeatedly denied it, and then she laughed at herself and thought: So I can still speak.Although he was hoarse and his throat hurt like it was stuck, he was still alive.

It's not that he hasn't thought about the truth. Many people seem to know what Xu Xin said in the open and in the dark, but no one has told him.He Lan Mingyue knew that his status was low, and maybe he was like a pawn in the eyes of those big shots, so it was right not to tell him, but he was still thinking about how to find out some facts a few days ago, and Xu Xin appeared immediately.

It was so coincidental that it was as if someone was plotting against him, He Lan Mingyue didn't dare to think too much about it, nor did she dare to believe it all.

It's just that Xu Xin's words are half revealed and half hidden, it doesn't seem like they are all lying to him.

If he is really the son of Helan Maojia, the orphan of the Helan clan... Have all the previous thoughts been overturned?The Gao clan wiped out Helan's family, King Yu saved his life, and Gao Jing——

Gao Jing probably knows less than he does?Not quite.

But he thought about it again, if Helan Maojia was really convicted of treason, the upbringing that has been deeply rooted for more than ten years may also be slavish.

Then Helan Maojia deserved his death, what position does he have to complain about the emperor who beheaded him according to the law?

His heart was in a mess, but Amang yelled crisply in his ear: "Don't be in a daze, Your Highness has come out! The weather is fine, we can still go to Shoushan for a walk, hurry up, get His Highness's kite—forget it Alright, let me go!"

She briskly ran away, and when Helan Mingyue raised her head, Gao Jing held Empress Dugu's hand and walked down the jade steps with her.

"You can think about what I said to you later. The candidates have already been decided. If you are free another day, go to the North Palace. I will choose with you." Empress Dugu spoke softly, and she was indeed firm that could not be refuted.

Gao Jing had no choice but to say: "The queen mother ordered it."

The queen pulled out her hand covered with rings and jade bracelets from his palm: "I will not force you to marry a wife, you always have the reason of 'you are still young', but it seems that Yu'er is about to reach age, your side There was no movement at all, so I let others see the joke. I don't want to know what you have in mind."

Gao Jing said: "The queen mother..."

The queen interrupted him forcefully: "Don't talk too much, I will never back down on the concubine."

Gao Jing buried his head in silence, after Queen Dugu finished speaking, he only asked the maid who followed beside him to help him, and walked out of the Yaoguang Pavilion slowly.

When the queen and her attendants left, Gao Jing turned his eyes and waved to He Lan to let him pass by his side.He was in a bad mood, and when he saw Gao Jing's wilted appearance, he was inexplicably grateful that "even this is not alone", he briefly forgot about the meeting with Xu Xin, and naturally touched Gao Jing's hand.

"What's wrong, Your Highness?" He Lan Mingyue asked, smiling at him.

Gao Jing likes to see him smile. He used to do this to calm down most of his bad moods, but he raised his eyes for a while, but there was no movement, and he was still bored.

He Lan said again: "It's rare for the empress to come, are you unhappy?"

Amang came over with the kite, and what he saw was his hands on his knees, looking at Gao Jing, he couldn't help but cock his mouth.

"You know what she said to annoy me, and I can't be happy." Gao Jing muttered, still involuntarily being held by He Lan Mingyue, and said angrily, "Did you not eavesdrop outside just now?"

"How dare the subordinates."

"Is there anything else you don't dare to do? You even..." Gao Jing stopped abruptly when he said this, with a strange blush on his cheeks, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to mention the queen mother. Sister Amang was so excited, she went to let it go." Is it a kite?"

Helan Mingyue lazily said: "If I go, my subordinates will let you go, you just have to watch."

Gao Jing patted him: "Presumptuous!"

He just smiled and said nothing, and put his arms around Gao Jing's shoulders presumptuously - countless skin-to-skin kisses, He Lan knew that he liked this, but who would believe that the Second Highness enjoys these nondescript closeness in private.

After all, Shoushan went, and Amang followed them with his things in his hands.His mood may have improved a lot after leaving the North Hall, and he began to talk endlessly, saying that the scenery of Shoushan Mountain is better than many mountains and rivers.

"Hasn't Your Highness ever left the palace?" He Lanmingyue said, "I once heard from elder brother Lu Yi that he was exiled from a high car to the Central Plains, and he often saw other people riding camels along the Gobi Desert into the depths of the desert. , is completely different from the south of the Great Wall. Such a scene is even rarer in the palace, haven't you thought about going to see it?"

Gao Jing withdrew his gaze and said disappointedly: "Come on, I have to ask three times and four times every time I leave the palace. If the emperor doesn't let me go, I can't go anywhere. This Ziwei City, everyone agrees, I think it's just a magnificent city. cage."

He Lan Mingyue said: "There may be opportunities in the future."

Gao Jing was silent, knowing that he was comforting himself.

As in the past, he went up to Jiangxiao Pavilion, but he lost his previous excitement.Amang flew a kite, held the string in his hand, smiled happily, and said some witty words to make Gao Jing happy, and finally saw him smile a little.

He Lan Mingyue stood by the pavilion, listening to the laughter behind her, her mood of being disturbed by Xu Xin somewhat calmed down.He secretly said: "Even if he knew this, King Yu may have regarded me as an abandoned son, and there has been no signal for many days. In the final analysis, he is not in love. No matter how willful your Highness is, he is only a half-grown child, so easy to coax."

He was thinking for himself, his eyes still scanning the corners of the garden.

Every tree maintains a regular appearance, like the silent restraint in this imperial city.Helan Mingyue looked at it for a while, but suddenly realized that something was wrong. Before he could speak, Gao Jing had already leaned over.

Putting his arms around his waist, which was tightly bound by Guo Luo's belt, Gao Jing rubbed He Lan's neck, and said angrily: "You are like an eagle, you like to stand on a high place to watch... what do you see?"

"Is that Ling Guifei? Your Highness." He pointed to a place, "Behind the tree."

Gao Jing looked along, and couldn't help laughing: "It's true, it's not her style to not bring a maid with her... He Lan, I really have to punish you, you don't learn how to do it all day long, just stare at women—why? Won't you look at me more?"

He Lan Mingyue retorted palely: "No subordinate."

Gao Jing didn't bother to pay attention to him, and took two steps to snatch the kite from Aman's hand.

He always let Helan or Aman show it to him, but he didn't want the young prince to control the kite very well, pull the spool, and the paper goldfish would fly lightly to where he wanted.

"Cut the thread." Gao Jing said.

Helan Mingyue had a tacit understanding, and Yan Shanxue immediately unsheathed and cut off the thin kite string.

The goldfish slowly floated into the corner under the Xuan window.

"Let's go." Gao Jing said, and handed the spool to Amon.