Return to the rumor

Candle shadows are flickering, and the autumn wind is cool.

Rou Ke's lock of blue hair pinned behind her ear brushed past her eyes, brushed against the tiny mole under her eyes, dotted on the tip of her nose, and engraved on Ruxue's skin.

There was a tinge of red in the corners of the slightly upturned eyes, maybe she cried before?

Thinking of this, Tang Ci felt a little pain in his heart. He raised his hand to smooth her restless long hair, stroked the mole with a soft catkin, and then his fingertips were burned by a drop of new tears that fell down on the trend, and he immediately panicked God, tremblingly said: "Ah, you...don't cry..."

Grabbing Tang Ci's wrist which was wiping her tears indiscriminately, Rou Ke bit her lips and teeth, and looked at her with red eyes: "Either - drive me away, or -" the voice was decisive, with the meaning of a gamble without hesitation, "Pay the debt !"

The two stared at each other for a long time. Seeing Rou Ke's trembling shoulders and tears dripping down, Tang Ci was finally defeated and said helplessly, "Although Father gave a marriage edict that day, but the six ceremonies have not yet passed, the patriarch The government does not have a record, you have made it clear in the court that you are still in the boudoir, how can you not get married, you have to rely on me... our Tang family?"

"Your Majesty Tang, don't you know? Yu Wang's mansion is declining day by day and I don't know when it will be overthrown. No one is willing to marry a princess who is no longer young for the sake of climbing the dragon and the phoenix. She is a virtuous wife who will not be able to raise a husband and godson if she gets married back home."

The determination to break the boat, the willing self-injury, the uncertain hope... Little by little flashed in the phoenix eyes full of hot tears, and Tang Ci could no longer look directly at her calmly, only feeling that he was already swaying The uncertain heart slipped to the side again, and turned away to pretend to be indifferent: "Since this is the case, the Princess should be self-aware, and stop provoking and dragging others down."

"Bringing trouble...to others?" Rou Ke let go of Tang Ci's wrist, wiped her tears from the side of her face, turned her head and raised her eyebrows and asked, "What did Master Tang say? I’ve seen you before, I’ve also touched your bald head after you shaved your fetal hair when you were full moon—oh, yes, I’ve also kissed your soft and tender face before I took off and changed your clothes, I was the one who removed the corset for you, and you have been close to each other for many years, why are you now someone else?"

Tangci was immediately embarrassed when he heard the words, touched his chest and it was really soft, his cheeks flushed immediately, and even the delicate neck that was slightly exposed was pink, covered his mouth and coughed lightly for a long while, hung his head and said: ...The princess should...be cautious in words and deeds...my minister, even if I am not someone else, I can't make up for the fact that I married a wife to pay off the debt, so please ask the princess...to choose another husband..."

"Why can't it be made up for?" Rou Ke is well versed in Tang Ci's temperament, caught the hesitation in her expression and eyes, and knew that she had seen the light, and her tone was a little aggressive under the pursuit of victory, "You don't need to agree to this matter, I After a few days, I begged my father and king to go up to ask for marriage and select the county horse. If you don’t deserve to be beaten to death, it is because you want to make everyone from the top of the capital to the nobles, down to the people of the Li people wish to take off your brocade robe and jade belt, and show you in a flashy display. Find out from inside and outside—Long Zhang, Feng Zi, Shen Yao, Pan Bin, who is good at poetry, prose, and Fu, and attacking the six arts of gentlemen, is Master Tang Citang male or female?"

Tangci was startled when she heard the words, and clenched her lower lip unconsciously. Sometimes she really wanted to use a knife to cut through her obstructive skin and block the mouths of those who wanted to judge people by their looks.Thanks to Shen Yi, ever since the news spread that he was promoted to Zhan Shicheng in Zhan Shifu after he returned to the capital from Qinyuan Palace, groundless rumors spread everywhere. As time goes by, curiosity and jealousy are allowed to grow, and the three of them become tigers, and their mouths make money. In the future, they will dig their own graves.

The implication of Rou Ke's words is that she is willing to destroy her innocence, and uses the identity of Ruyi Langjun, the princess of Rou Ke in Yu Wang's Mansion, and Tang Ci as a shelter to conceal her eyes and ears and act conveniently.If I agree, I will be more at ease compared to now, but let’s put aside whether the matter will be exposed for the time being, a single fake phoenix and phoenix will make Rouke fall into the quagmire, and the reputation of time and time will be lost, and even a woman’s chastity will be difficult to reconcile The pearls are returned.

Thinking of this, Tang Ci tightly gripped the quilt, and shuddered fiercely, she couldn't, she couldn't, she couldn't bear it...

"...The princess thought that after the Dingyou coup 12 years ago, could I still trust Prince Yu's Mansion?" He was reluctant to say things that hurt her heart, reluctant to do things that hurt her people, and dare not plan to hurt her people and heart. You can't have both, the problem is difficult but not impossible, but the villain has to be done by me after all, and no one can do it except me.

12 years ago, King Qi rebelled and mutinied. If King Yu, who was in charge of the imperial army at that time, had not abandoned his weapons and surrendered, opened the palace city, and defended the city for several months until the reinforcements from the south arrived. ?

The guilt and self-blame that had been buried deep in her heart rolled down like a cloud of snow, and the circles of her eyes that had just been wiped dry were moistened again. Rou Ke sniffed, and decisively canceled the throwing of the helmet and armor with a brazen attack. With this thought in mind, he caressed Tang Ci's face, rubbed it lightly, and said with a light smile, "I don't need you to believe in Prince Yu's Mansion, trust me, only trust me."

It is not a condescending pleading, not a request to discuss and please, but a tacit understanding that can only be made with certainty.

Still with such gentle eyes and tone, Jianshui's eyes clearly reflect himself, and everything seems to have returned to the two little friends who lived together in Changgan more than ten years ago without any change.Tangci seemed to have heard a corner of the city wall that was urgently repaired in his heart collapsed, and he could no longer act as if nothing had happened, and could no longer ignore it, but when he opened his mouth, he changed into a playful coquettish and bewildered embarrassment: "You...you let me believe me Do you believe it? Why?"

Rou Ke shook her head helplessly when she heard the words, nodded Tang Ci's nose like a small punishment, got up and found a carved wooden box, and handed it to her: "If I don't know what your heart is, how can I have no chance of winning?" bet?"

Tang Ci froze for a moment, took the wooden box, opened it, and found that it was indeed the one he placed at his adoptive father's house in Yunzhou, and murmured: "So I haven't heard from you recently, but you went to Yunzhou... ..."

Inside the wooden box lies a thick pile of paper, spread out, some of the handwriting is blurred, some of it is incomplete, the paper is old and new, and the handwriting on it has gone from immature to beautiful, and it has gone through countless springs and autumns.

However, the content of the writing is not bad at all, they are all four-character cursive script——

"Waiting for someone."

When I was in elementary school, one day I had a high fever and refused to take medicine or eat. Rou Ke coaxed me softly, told jokes to Xiangguo, and finally said vividly about how Dayu came to control the water three times and never entered the house. His wife and daughter are alone. The story of guarding the vacant room and finally becoming a watcher's stone.I still remember that I cried all night because of this in a daze, Rou Ke, who was at a loss, said that Tu Shanshi was a fool, how could there be such a reason for throwing all her thoughts on another person, Rou Ke laughed and said The love doesn't know where it started and then goes deeper and deeper. If you get lost in fun one day, I will wait for you to come back just like Mrs. Tu Shan.

Unexpectedly, the word became a proverb.

Now, there is really such a person who has fulfilled her promise, lived the empty years, and wasted the flowery years.

"Twelve years ago, after the Shangyuan Festival, the government government opened its seal. Soon, I was put under house arrest by my father, and I could only go in and out of the backyard, no more than half a step. He insisted on hiding it from me, but how could he hide it? Not to mention the death knell, the servants and maidservants serving in the mansion are dressed in plain clothes, and they are not waiting to leave the mansion. I have already guessed it, and he was forced to tell the truth by death. Then, the report from the residence of Yunzhou came, His Royal Highness You and Hanshan's body arrived in the capital, and half a month later, the chief envoy of Yunzhou decided that you had been buried in the Lancang River and became fish food, and your body could not be seen."

Rou Ke climbed up, stroked Tang Ci Rumo's brow bone lightly, and continued: "They said you were dead, they wished you were dead, they wished that the world would recognize you as dead, how could I believe it? On Qingming day, regardless of my father's obstruction, thanks to my mother's concubine's help, I was able to go to Yunzhou with Qiaoqing's master and servant, and rented a fishing boat to salvage and search for it. Stomach, if any fish dares to eat you, you have to catch it and eat it alive. But..." She paused, her pink lips trembling slightly, trying to suppress the despair and fear that she had never forgotten, "I couldn't find you. From the late spring to the end of winter, I searched secretly in Yunzhou for a year, but found nothing. If there is no Yunzhou, I will go to the neighboring state capital. If there is no neighboring state capital, I will go to the border I can walk all over the mountains and rivers, and I can also dig three feet into the ground, and if I don’t see your dead body, I will be convinced that you are still alive.”

"From then on, donate to accumulate good deeds. Whenever you pass by Yunzhou or the Lancang River, you will always write a page of paper and place it on the river lantern, so that it can float down and talk about sustenance." Rou Ke pinched Tang Ci with a dignified expression. "If you really hated me, would you still cherish these notes as treasures? You have learned a lot of bad things all these years, and you know that I am almost crazy looking for you. Picking up river lanterns and papers calmly but not letting me know about you?!"

"It hurts!" Tang Ci blinked at Rou Ke sadly, her voice mellow.

"Pain is deserved, and you should be in pain!" Even so, Rou Ke changed from pinching to rubbing, soothing the tender flesh that was no bigger than a palm, her eyes were so gentle that water dripped out.

"Who, who is free to pick up river lanterns and paper?" Tang Ci squinted, eyes drooping, feeling very wronged, "That summer, I went on a boat trip with my adoptive father. On the way, I came across a farmhouse on the shoal. There was an old man fishing with a net. I caught a glimpse of a river lantern caught in the fishing net, and pulled it out out of curiosity. The texture of the river lantern fabric is also excellent. I don’t know how long it has been soaked, but the paper has not rotted. After reading the handwriting, I asked the old man to keep it for me if he fished the river lantern in the future, but the old man smiled honestly and pointed at his house, saying that there are many in it..."

Tangci's adoptive father, Rou Ke, went to Yunzhou to find a rich tea businessman according to what she said. At least he found him. They are a dutiful and honest couple who have no children. They almost regard Tangci as a Treat with lifeblood.

It's not that Rou Ke didn't think about the hardships ahead, it's just that she was willing to walk with Tang Ci, but thinking of this innocent person, she felt a little uneasy, and frowned: "They... did they know..."

Tang Ci shook his head: "No, no matter how nice I was, I was originally a stranger. How dare I treat each other with my life." I didn't dare to treat each other with my life, and I couldn't bear to drag others down. After the capital, they would not contact each other even if they could not contact each other, but the two elders still treated themselves well as before. They wrote a letter from home and entrusted the two elders to buy some tea and transport them to the capital, which was more than [-]% of the work.

If one day, things fail and I only ask for this matter, will the emperor agree because I still have a slight blood connection with him?

Thinking of An Ning, Tangci shook his head mockingly again, looked up at Rou Ke, pondered for a while, and sighed softly: "A Wei, if you follow me, you will die."

How could Rou Ke, who has always been obedient to her, push herself away desperately for some reason, at this moment she finally waited for her to speak out from the bottom of her heart, she smiled relievedly, leaned down to bully her, and planted a light kiss on her smooth and plump forehead , the voice is like a spring breeze, warm and warm: "12 years ago, I died once. If you leave me again, I am afraid that your obsession is too deep, and you will not even be able to enter the path of reincarnation. How will I meet you again in the next life?"