surrogate wife

Nangong Lin is in the main courtyard of the princess.

During the recent period, he has become more and more aware that his wife is gradually separating from him, so he is extra hospitable, and always finds a way to make the beautiful woman smile to be a little relieved.

It's a pity that he has exhausted his mind, but always has little effect.

Xiao Yu'an is gentle and stubborn, he won't quarrel with others, he won't get hysterical, he will always be quiet and beautiful, but he will express his resistance and dissatisfaction with silence and indifference.

When Nangong Lin gave him a gift, he would thank him and put it on the shelf.

When folded flowers are given to him, he will accept them with a smile, say something beautiful, and then order someone to take them away and put them in the yard, saying that he does not want to see them wither.

He wanted to take him out to relax, so he reasoned that he was inconvenient in his legs and feet, so he decided not to go out, so as not to arouse criticism.

Every word, every sentence is like a blunt knife cutting through flesh.

"Yu'an, what else do you want me to do? I know you don't like Shen Shi, I have ordered her to ground her feet, and she is not allowed to bother you again." Nangong Lin suppressed the mania in her heart, with a good voice, even He said good things in a low voice.

Xiao Yu'an heard it, but felt it was ridiculous and sad. Could it be that the problem between them was just one Shen?

"Your Highness is serious, let Shen Fangfei be released, so as not to offend the Empress Dowager and her elders."

He knew that his words were like a knife that hurt someone, but so what?It's nothing more than hurting each other.

Nangong Lin felt sad, "Because of this incident, you will never forgive me again?"

"I have no choice but to accept Shen. I have my reasons. I have never touched her. I have not broken our covenant. Don't you believe me?"

"Yu'an, do you doubt my loyalty to you?" He asked sadly, looking like a big dog abandoned by its owner, aggrieved and embarrassed.

Xiao Yu'an closed her eyes, spurning her soft heart.

He always couldn't see Nangong Lin showing such a hurt expression, giving in again and again.

He closed his eyes tightly, then opened them resolutely, and said calmly and flatly: "Xue Yi is just a son of a poor family, a fifth-rank official, who dares to defy the Queen Mother for his wife, a prince, a nobleman, why not be inferior to him?" ?”

People are more dead than people, and goods are thrown away.

Although it is a question sentence, he has actually been sentenced to death.

Nangong Lin was left speechless by his question, and felt suffocated.

He opened his mouth, unwilling to defend himself, "He has the Wen family and the emperor—"

Halfway through the conversation, it stopped abruptly.

He thought angrily, why should he compare with him?

The sour water in his heart seemed to be boiling with countless bubbles, burning his whole heart.

But I can't question anything, it's too unreasonable to make trouble, it's too embarrassing.

Xiao Yu'an looked at him with beautiful eyes, almost with a cold mockery, "He is not on a firm footing, how can he be sure that the Wen family and the emperor will definitely help him? But he still has the courage to forge ahead."

"If my lord can do half of it for me, how can I be like this today."

Nangong Lin stood up suddenly, and said eagerly: "It's not just for the Queen Mother, in fact, I—"

"If, if it's just because of the queen mother, I can also disobey her for you, what is she!"

Xiao Yu'an's heart skipped a beat. For the first time, he felt that he had touched the deepest secret in Nangong Lin's heart. His heart beat a little fast, and he asked, "Why is that?"

"I—" Nangong Lin was at a loss for words again, and his momentum suddenly fell, "I, I didn't tell you, it was to protect you."

"Yu'an, can you trust me?" He begged.

The fire in Xiao Yu'an's eyes gradually dimmed, he lowered his eyes and turned his head, "It's late at night, the prince should go."

"I won't go!" Nangong Lin grabbed his wrist, fixed his eyes on him, and said word by word: "I, no, go."

Xiao Yu'an smiled faintly, "Aren't you afraid of talking in your sleep?"

Nangonglin's face was pale, and it was obvious that he had been stabbed again.

He stubbornly grabbed his wrist and refused to let go.

There was a noise outside, someone was banging on the door of the yard, and a woman was crying.

"My lord, my lord, please see me."

"Princess, please be merciful, please."

"Please, open the door, open the door—"

It was Concubine Shen's voice.

Xiao Yu'an was unhappy when she heard her voice, but then she was a little puzzled, what made Concubine Shen, who had always advertised herself as a lady, to abandon her education and cry so heartbreakingly.

He glanced at Nangong Lin, and withdrew his hand, "Concubine Shen came to knock on the door late at night, presumably there is something important, the prince should go see her."

Nangong Lin had a sullen face, and said with his hands behind his back, "I'll go back as soon as I go."

"Chen! You'd better have something to do." Nangong Lin ordered someone to open the courtyard door, and said coldly, "Otherwise, you'll go back to your Shen family!"

Concubine Shen ran all the way, her temples were disheveled, and she was in a terrible state of distress. She threw herself at Nangong Lin's feet and cried, "My lord, please save my father, something happened, something happened——"

"Shut up!" Nangong Lin looked nervously at Xiao Yu'an's room like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "Follow me to the study."

He walked away quickly, as if something was chasing him behind, not daring to look back.

Xiao Yu'an walked out the door slowly, looking at his back, feeling desolate in her heart.

The maid behind him put a plush cloak on him, "Princess, it's cold at night, let's go inside."

Xiao Yu'an gathered her cloak, but did not move. Instead, she stood in the courtyard, looking at the open courtyard door.

The maid felt sorry for him, but she didn't dare to say anything, she just winked and asked the little girl to prepare hot ginger soup.

Xiao Yu'an has long been used to this kind of scene, so when the familiar sadness passed, it turned into a strong doubt.

He didn't think about it before, but now it seems that there must be something he doesn't know about the relationship between Concubine Shen and the prince, maybe it's not about love, but about another matter, something that involves the secrets of the prince's heart.

His hands were tightly pinching the buttons of the cloak, and his knuckles turned white.

A voice in his heart told him that he had to go and see.

Go and see.

He didn't want to be another blind and deaf man covering his eyes and plugging his ears.

He touched the dagger at his waist for self-defense. When he was out late at night, he developed the habit of carrying a dagger with him.

The cold scabbard gave him some strength and calmed him down.

He stepped out of the yard, and An Yi fell down, kneeling in front of him on one knee, "Princess, please go back."

Xiao Yu'an's eyes were condensed, and he drew out the dagger and pressed it against his throat, "Get out of the way!"

An Yi hesitated for a moment, then silently stepped aside.

Xiao Yu'an walked all the way to the study, he had a premonition that his going would push the matter to a point where it could not be turned back, but he did not regret it, nor could he back down.

He has nowhere to go.

An Er fell to the side of An Yi, and asked sadly, "Just let the princess pass by like this, the prince will kill us."

Darkly sighed: "Can't you see it yet? The princess must go."

"Actually, the lord should not have kept the wangfei a long time ago, causing waves in vain."

An Er: "Shut up, we can't say anything about the master."

Then he said: "But what you said makes sense."

The third player also fell down and asked, "Then what should we do now?"

Ansi simply came down too, stood aside and waited with folded arms, three pairs of eyes staring at Anyi.

An Yi said helplessly: "What are you all doing out here, do you think you are not conspicuous enough?"

"Forget it, let's go to the study to have a look. If the master is furious, then accept the punishment honestly."

An Er said: "Master Zhai has a kind heart and will not punish severely."

He wasn't worried about being punished.

He sighed quietly, this was exactly what he was worried about.

Even the hidden guards around him thought he was a caring person, so how could he achieve great things?

I hope the concubine can persuade the prince, the late emperor has a spirit in heaven, and he would not want to see the prince go all the way to the dark on the forked road.

He felt that he really broke his heart, far more than he should do as a hidden guard.

Perhaps, not only the prince is unqualified, but even their hidden guards are also unqualified.

"Let's go!"

He gave an order, and the four figures disappeared into the dark night.

study.

Concubine Shen was crying with tears all over her face, she was terrified, "Your Majesty, news came from Ji Ci Temple outside the city that Xue Yi and the others had already found out there, and took away the little girl who sold colorful ropes to frame Wen Changning that day. It will be found on my father, please help me."

Nangong Lin shook her off in disgust, "I said earlier not to make unnecessary actions, adding to the superfluity, you must listen, and now you are just reaping the consequences."

Concubine Shen grabbed his robe and wailed: "Now is not the time to talk about this, my lord, please send a secret guard to kill Xue Yi to silence him, otherwise he will definitely enter the palace to face the saint in the early morning of tomorrow. It's all over!"

"Shen Tao belongs to Uncle Qi Wang, if he doesn't ask his master to save him, what should he ask me for?"

"My lord, there seems to be a martial arts master by Xue Yi's side. Ordinary people can't hurt him. We have to send out hidden guards. I beg you."

"Something happened to my father, and you can't get rid of it!"

Nangong Lin's face was ashen, kicked down the chair beside him, and said angrily: "You idiot who has done more than failed!"

Concubine Shen's complexion changed, she hid the hatred in her eyes, lowered her head and begged in a mournful voice.

She kept begging, Nan Gonglin was extremely disturbed, he didn't expect the matter to suddenly come to the edge of a cliff.

When Xiao Yu'an stood at the door, she hadn't heard the preface, but after listening to Concubine Shen crying for a while, she also understood the ins and outs.

That's it!

It turned out that the Shen family belonged to the Empress Dowager on the surface, but in fact they belonged to King Qi, and King Qi and his husband were plotting to rebel? !

Concubine Shen seemed to be sent by the queen mother to disgust them and monitor them, but she was actually a middleman sent by King Qi to contact Nan Gonglin, who could also play a role in paralyzing the queen mother and the emperor.

What a calculation.

No wonder, no wonder he obviously doesn't like Concubine Shen, yet he always goes to see her and defends her so much.

It turned out to be such a last resort.

His heart was already turbulent, and he didn't know what to do for a while, until he heard——

Nangong Lin paced around the house for a long time, and finally made up his mind, "I'll send someone to kill Xue Yi right now, you have to remember, there is no second time!"

At this time, he deeply hated himself for being on the thief ship of King Qi, and the ship was full of idiots.

Xiao Yu'an snapped back to her senses, let go of all her entanglements, and made up her mind at the same time.

He held up the dagger, pressed it against his neck, and pushed open the door.

The people in the room were all taken aback when they saw him.

Xiao Yu'an stared at Nangong Lin with eyes like autumn waters sinking into a pool, with desperate determination on his face.

"If the prince wants to kill Xue Yi, he should first step over my corpse."

Nangong Lin's expression was startled, he looked at him in disbelief, and said in disbelief, "Yu'an?"

Concubine Shen was also shocked, and then sneered, thinking bitterly, Nan Gonglin abandoned her like a shoe, but his beloved Xiao Yu'an put a cuckold on him, ridiculous, too ridiculous.

What a relief.

She was afraid that she would show her traces and anger Nan Gonglin, so she lowered her head and covered all her expressions.

Xiao Yu'an glanced at her indifferently, and suddenly found that she was actually easy to understand, and he had even troubled and entangled with her, so he was really confused.

He looked at Nangong Lin, coldly, but said very seriously: "Yu Mu is my best friend, but my husband sent someone to kill his husband, I have no face to face him again, and I can only die as an apology. "

Nangong Lin was anxious, "Could it be that Wen Yumu is more important than me?!"

Xiao Yu'an said: "He helped me, comforted me, and supported me when I was in the most difficult time. He never said a word to me when the Queen Mother made things difficult for me. He treated me sincerely. If I betrayed him, I would be worse than a pig or a dog."

Nangong Lin clenched his fists, "Since you know everything, I won't hide it from you. If we don't kill Xue Yi, tomorrow will be our death day."

"I, An Yi, Biluo Zhuyan beside you, everyone will die, the lives of the entire palace!"

Xiao Yu'an stared at him gravely, the dagger was pierced inward, the blood slid down the blade, snaked into the neck, and stained the snow-white fur edge of the cloak red.

"Since I am a sinner, let me bear the guilt. Yu'an can't make up for it, only one life to compensate them."

The bright red stimulated Nangong Lin's eyes, making his brain dizzy for a while, and he said in shock: "Yu'an, Yu'an, put down the knife quickly, we can talk about everything, you must not do stupid things."

The terror of losing a loved one overwhelmed him and made him forget everything else.

"Please, Yu'an, don't do this."

Xiao Yu'an didn't speak, the dagger deepened a bit, and the blood became even darker.

Nangong Lin panicked completely, "I promise you, I'll think about it again, I'll think of another way, I won't kill Xue Yi, okay?"

Concubine Shen raised her head in disbelief, "My lord?!"

Her voice was shrill, filled with unspeakable disappointment and sadness.

"My lord, do you care about my father's life?" She screamed.

Nan Gonglin: "He is a member of King Qi. King Qi doesn't think of a way, but comes to order me. What can I do?"

Concubine Shen stood up, looked at him resentfully, and then at Xiao Yu'an.

"what--"

"Hahaha."

She laughed a little maniacally, pointed at Nan Gonglin and cursed: "You useless man, the late emperor said that your father was indecisive and useless, so you are also useless!"

"He likes you so much, but he didn't pass on the throne to you in the end, because he saw that you are a useless trash! Trash!"

"Just because of you, you also want to be the emperor?"

"Hahahaha-"

She stumbled to the door and passed by Xiao Yu'an, tears finally fell from her eyes.

She went out without looking back, "Since you are not willing to save my father, I will go and save him by myself, I will go..."

Xiao Yu'an and Nan Gonglin faced each other through a door.

Nangong Lin was stung by Concubine Shen's words, and refused to speak sullenly.

Xiao Yu'an didn't let go of the dagger.

The hidden guards quietly fell down and knelt in the courtyard.

After a long time, Nangong Lin smiled sadly, "Grandpa Huang, do you really think so?"

He never understood why the grandpa gave up on him in the end, and why he didn't do well enough.

Today, he actually understood it under the scolding of a side concubine.

It turned out that he was such an unbearable person.

He looked at Xiao Yu'an, smiled wryly and said, "Yu'an, I lost...you, put down the knife."

He can't let go of what he loves in his heart, can't make up his mind, and wavers, just like his father.

It turned out that he wasn't good enough, but that he would never reach Grandpa Huang's standard.

Looking at his depressed appearance, Xiao Yu'an felt pain in her heart, looked at him with tears in her eyes, and slowly put down the hand holding the knife.

"My lord..." He called softly, but he didn't know what he wanted to say, he just wanted to call him.

Nangong Lin staggered to the steps in front of the door and sat down, while Xiao Yu'an sat beside him silently.

"Yu'an..." Nangong Lin looked at the waning moon in the sky with desolate eyes, and said hoarsely, "Do you know, the first time I saw you was at your grandfather's house, you are as beautiful as a porcelain doll, then I just thought, I love you so much..."

"I have always regretted not asking Grandpa Huang to marry you. I always thought that I still have time. I can make you a queen and let you have a good time."

"It was my fault. I was indecisive and almost lost you. After the emperor's grandfather left, I fell into despair and no longer have the right to ask you to marry me. I know I can't. Once I ask, I will definitely marry you forever." Losing you."

"I designed to let Concubine Shu enter the palace, secretly help her get favored, and let her make a plan to marry you to me."

"On the surface, I don't want to marry a helpless wife like you, but I'm actually very happy in my heart. Even if I have nothing, at least I still have you by my side."

Xiao Yu'an was stunned and burst into tears, "My lord..."

Nangong Lin held his hand, "Yu'an, you can call me Brother Lin one last time, and one last time, I will die without regret."

"You forgive me."

Xiao Yu'an hugged him tremblingly, and murmured softly, "Brother Lin, I don't blame you anymore, I don't blame you anymore..."

An Yi knelt on the ground, almost going crazy, these two masters are planning to wait like this to die!

He didn't care about that much anymore, raised his head and said: "My lord, it's still early before dawn, rush out of the city now, the capital will definitely be in chaos tomorrow morning, and I think I won't be able to take care of us for a while."

Don't be a miserable mandarin duck here, run away!

Nangong Lin was stunned, and cheered up, "Yes. There is still hope."

"Hurry up and pack up some gold and silver things, let's leave the capital now."

"Yu'an," he hugged the person next to him, "Yu'an, we left the capital, and from now on there will be no more kings and concubines of Li Ke. Let's go far away and find a place to live in seclusion. I will always be with you, okay?" good?"

Xiao Yu'an nodded, "Okay."

He thought for a while, then asked, "Can I write a letter to Yu Mu?"

Nangong Lin gritted his teeth, "Write!"

"I also wrote a letter to Xue Yi, explaining all these things. If he cares about the relationship between his wife and you, it would be good if he could speak for me."

Since he decided to run away, he just let it go.

Let him wipe his own ass if the matter that King Qi provoked himself.

Nangong Lin suddenly felt very happy. Although he was about to lose all his honor and status, he felt the relaxation and happiness that he had not seen for a long time.