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The sound of bamboo rustling in the courtyard, the moonlight leaking under the forest, sparse like remaining snow.

The warm lamp hangs on the eaves, and the dizzy yellow light is scattered in the snow shadows on the ground through the lantern paper of the fish playing lotus. When the autumn wind suddenly rises, the bamboo shadows are whirling, the lamp shadows are mottled, and the shadows turn into daylight. Ghosts and sprites that come out at night.

After Yiyang pushed the door open, she stood there for a long time, the moonlight was cold, her face was also indifferent, the water in the peach blossom eyes was dull, and it was difficult to distinguish between emotions and anger.

Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang in the house knelt on the ground early and trembled, not daring to lift their heads, speak, or vent their breath, but Ruan Niang frequently raised her eyelids and looked desperately at Lu He who was a few steps away. With a wink, she saw that she was silent like a clay sculpture and wood carving at the moment, she said in her heart that a catastrophe was imminent, and hurriedly chanted Buddha and prayed in a low voice.

The thing worn by the slender waist that is not enough to grasp is the priceless Hetian red jade, purple red like blood coagulation, crimson like cinnabar, crystal clear.

But today, it was replaced by an unremarkable jade ring.

Lu He's eyes were fixed on the gap of the jade ring. After staring at it for a long time, it seemed that someone had gouged out a hole in his heart. There was no dark red blood flowing out, and the tearing pain became clearer and clearer. Si went deep into the bone marrow little by little, and poured it into ten fingertips along the bone marrow like needles. The pain was so painful that she couldn't help clenching her fists tightly and pinching out the crescent moon marks on her tender palms.

After all, guilt and shame will not become peace of mind with the passage of time. On the contrary, when facing Yiyang every day, they will suffer physically and mentally. It was piled up like a big mountain, and people couldn't breathe day and night.

After a while, Lu He spoke to break the silence that would have frightened people to death if it dragged on for a while. She smiled and said, "Your Highness."

Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang trembled when they heard the sound, and looked up at Lu He, only wondering if she was crazy, and she could still laugh when she was about to die.

From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the skirt fluttering, and hurriedly lowered his head again, trembling to make way for a spacious aisle, wishing to push himself into a corner, so that even the candlelight could not be illuminated.

Chi Liangjun obediently followed behind Yiyang, followed by a medical officer from the Princess Mansion. Seeing that Yiyang had stopped, they all stood ten steps away with their hands down.

"Looking for Hu Laiyan's revenge? Get close to me and please me?" Yi Yang stood in front of Lu He, his thin shoulders trembling slightly, trying to suppress his anger, and pointed at Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang, "He is your father You call him Uncle Lu? A woman pretends to be a man and pretends to be an official in order to make my grandfather fulfill his wish?!"

Lu He felt that he was not worthy of looking directly at Yiyang, turned his face away, and still smiled: "As Your Highness said, I lied to you." Life experience lied to you, purpose lied to you, approaching you... how much is it? I can't tell the truth from the truth.

A gust of wind swept across his eyes, and Lu He slightly closed his eyes, waiting for Yiyang's slap to arrive as expected.

In the scene of deja vu, Lu He knelt on the ground and slapped her mouth with an indifferent expression. Now, although she has a smile on her face and two dimples are hanging on her face, how close is the distance between her and herself? point?

Yesterday, Yiyang was able to answer this question, at least he should be both a teacher and a friend, but today, at this moment, Yiyang does not want to think about it, and dare not think about it, the person he condescends to treat with sincerity She never took off her mask from beginning to end.It turned out that in her eyes and in her heart, she had always met by chance like a nodding passerby on a long street, a temple pilgrim.

How ridiculous.

After a long time, Yiyang lowered his hands, lowered his head in a dejected manner, and he didn't know who he was giving the order to, but his voice was already tired: "Take the two of them down, and close the door."

The door was gently closed, and there was a barely audible "squeak" that revealed the cautiousness of being afraid of harming the fish in the pond.

Lu He slowly opened his eyes, and the light from the shadow of the candle poured in in pieces, and he whispered jerky and difficult: "I'm sorry."

This apology is particularly lacking in confidence because I know I am guilty and have nothing to apologize for, and I have been thinking about it for a long time but I can't find the words that can make up for both parties.

As soon as the words fell, a slap caught the fan, and with the crisp sound, Lu He staggered back a few steps unprepared, and suddenly had five finger swollen marks on his left cheek, which swelled hotly.

If it weren't for his own face, this slap would have fallen long ago. Lu He felt a little grateful when he thought about it, and said sincerely, "Thank you, Your Highness..."

Before he finished speaking, another slap was made, and the fingerprints overlapped on his left cheek. A trace of blood oozes from the corner of his lips, winding onto his white jade-like skin. The cinnabar ocher color that fell carefully, abrupt, out of place, and sighing, pierced into Yiyang's eyes, making her third slap as light as dust.

"What's your name?" The person in front of him was as weak as a westerly wind caressing a willow, and he was slapped three times without saying a word. Yiyang finally resisted the urge to wipe the bloodstains for her with slight movements of his fingers. asked.

Lu He was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, and after a while, she looked sideways at Yiyang, only to see that Taohua's eyes were glistening with water, and she turned around stubbornly, refusing to drop a drop.

Lu He, his heart softened.

"Wen Qinghe. My father, Wen Zhendao, magistrate of Liyang County, Huzhou, was framed by Hu Laiyan in the second year of Chunyou for impeaching Hu Laiyan for accepting bribes and wronging Zhongliang. He was sentenced to execution and sent to Qianzhou for hard labor."

Yiyang asked: "You also did hard labor?"

Lu He nodded and smiled miserably: "Maybe it's God's will. In the fourth year of Chunyou, the bandits in Qianzhou made trouble. I took advantage of the chaos to escape and ran along the dense forests in the mountains without hunger or cold. Only by teaching with knowledge can he be able to become an official in the first place."

But he said that after Chi Liangjun ordered Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang to be taken down, he waited outside the door together with the medical officer, fearing that his highness would do something stupid in a hurry.He had vaguely sensed that Yiyang might not have a simple and pure teacher-student friendship or a sisterly relationship with Lu He, but he really didn't dare to speak rashly. Now that this happened, he just felt that Lu He's dismembered body is not enough to solve Yiyang's hatred. After all, when did this little master dare to lie to her like this since she was a child?

Another slap came vaguely to his ears, even though he wasn't the one hitting him, Chi Liangjun couldn't help shrinking his neck and swallowing.

Suddenly, the door of the room was wide open, and Yi Yang came out from the inside.

There was no sadness or happiness on the carefully crafted face, and Chi Liangjun became more suspicious in his heart. Seeing that he was about to walk out of the courtyard, he boldly asked: "Your Highness, the curfew is approaching, and the government office is on duty. I temporarily ordered the soldiers in the government to take care of Lu He." Get up, and hand it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial tomorrow?"

Yiyang's footsteps stopped, and he looked back at him indifferently: "There are many things, don't worry about it." After thinking for a while, he said, "There is no need to tell outsiders what happened tonight. To threaten her with this, I only ask you. Also, order someone to invite the private school teacher she mentioned from Yunzhou."

Hu Laiyan is a member of the King of Lu, and now he is deeply favored by the emperor. He obviously has no way to help him. Could it be that he can't invite Lu He's trusted mentor in secret, so that the two of them can easily plot revenge without relying on letters?

Chi Liangjun was stunned for a while, and when Yiyang's eyes became colder, he hurriedly bowed his head in response, but he became more and more unpredictable about this master in his heart.

Yiyang looked at the medical officer and asked, "Have you brought medicine to reduce swelling and blood stasis?" Seeing the medical officer nodding, he looked at the distant house, the tall figure still stood still, like a green pine Cuizhu, after a long time, reluctantly turned her head back, and instructed him in a soft voice, "Go back and show her, what are you doing with me?"

Lu He in the room had been standing for a long time, and his legs felt numb, but he didn't want to sit down.

The chaos in her mind disturbed her mind.

Life experience, purpose, flattery, name, a lie and a slap.

The crime that should have been committed by An's bullying the king and the crime of disguised as a man and pretending to be an official in the court were both punished. It would not be an exaggeration to sentence Ling Chi, but Yiyang was unexpectedly lenient and seemed to be justified. her.

Until the medical officer entered the door, after pleading guilty, he gently raised his chin to examine the wound on his face by candlelight, and the memories of his first acquaintance with Yiyang were easily brought back. Rough and thin like a man's, but unexpectedly white and slender.

Looking up, it was clearly a young woman disguised as a man.

Lu He couldn't help but feel a bit of depression in his heart that was difficult to resolve.

Yiyang... Even in the details, he still thinks about himself, even when he is angry, he still thinks about himself...

Xiyi Garden.

Ye Qiuniang was writing a play with a pen behind the desk and a candle, while Tuobayuan half-lyed on the bed and listened to the young servant's report.

Ye Qiuniang heard every word of the nonsense that the boy said, and she understood it.

"Qi Muge has been selected by King Lu, and she is currently staying in the Palace of King Lu to teach dance and music. She should be recommended to the palace in about a month or so. At that time, the emperor will be lucky enough to come to her."

After the boy retreated, Tuoba Yuan took off the big felt hat on his head, lay on the couch with his hands behind his head, crossed his legs, and said casually: "I don't know what Khan thought, but he promised you to do whatever you want." Are we here? Don’t you people from the Central Plains have a word called Touching Sorrows?”

Ye Qiuniang had stopped writing for a moment, staring at the handwriting that dripped a ball of ink just now, calmly took another piece of paper, without raising her head, and said while writing: "There must be a scene to touch, the world is far and wide, why is it so beautiful?" Is there a difference? To me, there is no difference, and there is no heart to hurt."

The next day.

Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang got up very early this morning after the shock and fear of last night, and they forgot about the chicken farm, vegetable garden, loom mill and mill. When I heard the noise, I immediately craned my neck to wait and see, but there was nothing strange about it, but the servants and maids who came and went were all the servants who cleaned on weekdays, and they still spoke softly with lowered eyebrows.

Until the day was approaching, Lu He walked out of the room, skipping the two of them to go out.

Lu Shiba hurriedly grabbed her robe, saw that the finger marks on her left cheek were still red and swollen, and urgently said, "How dare you go to give lectures to the princess? It's just in time to go—just in time to tell her that Ruan Niang and I only I just adopted you as my son to avoid paying taxes, and the others don’t know anything about it!”

For Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang couple, Lu He thought that he had already done his best, and besides, he had something to do with them when the incident happened accidentally, so he didn't show a good face at the moment, and wanted to leave.

At that time, a waiter in Tsing Yi walked up from a distance, approached Lu He with a smile on his face, bowed his hands and congratulated him: "Congratulations, Mr. Lu! Your Highness Yiyang just entered the palace an hour ago to greet His Majesty." The decree is to say that the teacher is good at teaching, and I beg His Majesty to give you a promotion, and His Majesty will transfer you to the Ministry of Punishment, and let go of the post of minister for the time being."

The servant came by coincidence, and at this moment, Lu He couldn't help asking, "Your Highness has returned from the palace? Can you go to post a thank you?"

The waiter in Tsing Yi giggled: "No need, no need! And His Highness sent a special servant to pass a message to the lord - the jade ring is only a gift that the lord has promised, and an ordinary piece of jade ring can't be regarded as parting love?"

It was just a gift, just an ordinary piece of jade, with no intention of refusing.

For a moment and a half, Lu He's state of mind changed from shameful and joyful stunned to vague disappointment, as if the ups and downs of mountains were ups and downs.At this moment, after understanding what was in Yiyang's mind, his domineering temperament clearly did not allow others to comment, but he still stubbornly choked out this tone that seemed open to discussion, and a somewhat dumbfounding smile emerged from the corner of his mouth.