Sparrow dream dance

"Your Highness, this...what's going on?"

Aunt Xue, the maid guarding the hall, suddenly saw Murongyan rushing into the bedroom with Xiao Ziyan in her arms, both of them were soaked, she couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Aunt Xue, Ziyan has fallen into the water, quickly help her change into clean clothes, lest she catch a cold."

Murong Yan gently laid the shivering Xiao Ziyan flat on the bed, then turned her head and said to Aunt Xue.

"The servant girl will go get it now."

Aunt Xue raised her eyes and quickly passed Xiao Ziyan, who had disheveled hair and pale face, and walked quickly into the inner hall to get dry clothes.

"Mother Concubine...Mother Concubine..."

At this time, the little princess Murong Ying also walked in, staggering in from a distance, and the maid behind her hurriedly called, "Princess, be careful! Don't run so fast!"

Murong Yan stepped forward quickly, picked up Murong Ying who was crying with tears all over her face, and comforted in a soft voice, "Ying'er, don't panic, your mother and concubine will be fine."

A maidservant next to her also wiped her tears in a low voice, "The Princess is in love with your mother and daughter, she must have been frightened this time... I think your mother is weak and doesn't know how to swim, and today she was treated like this by a gangster." How can the empress bear the entrapment..."

"Father, you must punish that bad woman who hurt my mother and concubine!" Murong Ying said angrily with her head drooping, crying.

Hearing this, Murong Yan frowned slightly, and met Murong Ying's round eyes, wondering if it was her own illusion, she always felt that some of the innocence and peace that a little girl should have were missing in her eyes that were as bright as pearls.

"Ying'er, don't talk too much..." Xiao Ziyan turned his head weakly, and said to the two maidservants kneeling beside him, "Xing'er, Tao'er, take the princess down to rest first."

"Yes." The maid took Murong Ying from Murong Yan's arms.

For a while, there were only Murongyan and Xiao Ziyan in the bedroom, and it was very quiet.

Murongyan suddenly felt a little embarrassed, she braced herself, and said with a trace of guilt, "I'm sorry, I surprised you...After changing my clothes, I'll ask the medical officer to take your pulse to see if there is any root cause. . . ”

"Why does Your Highness say 'I'm sorry' to me..." Xiao Ziyan said quietly.

"I... I think she just did it unintentionally. I hope you don't care about her like that."

Xiao Ziyan stared at Murongyan in a daze, two clear tears slowly slid down her face, she choked up in pain and said, "Young servants come from humble backgrounds, death is not a pity, so how dare you blame the person whom His Highness loves. . .”

After hearing this, Murong Yan quickly waved her hands and said, "Zi Yan, that's not what I mean... I just hope that things can be calmed down and people don't have any troubles..."

"Your Highness is protecting that woman so much because...she looks a lot like her..." Xiao Ziyan smiled sadly, sat up from the bed unsteadily, and knelt in front of Murongyan.

"What are you doing?" Murongyan was startled, and hurried forward to grab Xiao Ziyan.

She said sadly, "Your Highness... do you know what it's like to wait for someone from dawn to dark, and from dark to dawn?"

Xiao Ziyan's voice was so sad that Murongyan's heart ached and she silently lowered her head.

"I've been waiting, waiting for the day when you change your mind and are willing to treat me as your real wife...but now that Ying'er has grown up so much, I'm still deceiving myself...Your Highness, Ziyan Never dare to ask for anything extravagantly, as long as His Highness leaves a corner in his heart for Zi Yan, wouldn't that be all right?"

Murong Yan couldn't move when she heard this, her eyes were red, her voice was trembling, "Zi Yan, I'm the one who can't stand you...but I...but I'm actually..." She struggled in her heart, almost wanting to Tell Xiao Ziyan her true identity.

She would never be able to become the husband she wanted in her heart. . .

And what I can give her is only a title.

At this time, there was a slight knock on the door, and Aunt Xue's voice sounded respectfully, "Your Highness, empress, the servants have brought clothes."

Murongyan's heart trembled, and she hurriedly swallowed the rest of the words. She helped Xiao Ziyan sit back on the bed, and said calmly, "Come in."

Aunt Xue came in with two maidservants holding clothes and towels, she brushed Murongyan and Xiao Ziyan meaningfully, and lowered her head calmly, "Your Highness's clothes are also wet, please allow your servants to serve His Highness quickly Change clothes."

Murongyan glanced at Aunt Xue gratefully, then turned to Xiao Ziyan, and said with some guilt, "Ziyan... the most important thing at the moment is that you need to take good care of your body, don't think too much... I will come back soon you."

After finishing speaking, she went back to her dormitory with Aunt Xue, not daring to look at Xiao Ziyan behind her with a resentful expression.

"Your Highness, did you just want to tell her the truth?"

Aunt Xue asked softly while helping Murong Yanwan tie up her loose hair.

Murong Yan let out a long sigh, gently stretched out her fingers to caress her indistinguishable male and female self in the bronze mirror, and said in a hoarse voice, "How many stupid women have you betrayed in these years?"

Aunt Xue felt her heart skip a beat when she heard this, and after a long time, she said, "Your Highness is the stupidest woman, she has shouldered so much forbearance...but she has to keep pretending...Your Highness, are you... tired? "

Murong Yan smiled wryly twice, but did not answer, but closed her eyes wearily.

How can you not be tired?

How can you not be tired of wearing that mask that you may not be able to take off for the rest of your life?

Becoming what I am today is actually not my wish. If you can choose, who wouldn't want to be your true self?

Who would want to repeatedly hurt themselves and others, but insist on concealing a ridiculous and sad truth?

"If the princess knew this would happen...she would definitely regret her original decision..." Aunt Xue put on the golden crown for Murong Yan, and murmured sadly.

"I believe...Mother and concubine are all for my own good..." Murongyan raised her head and said sadly.

"Princess, she..." Aunt Xue's hands holding the crown stiffened, her lips trembled slightly, but in the end she hesitated to speak, and turned into a deep sigh, "Oh, Your Highness, you have suffered..."

Murongyan opened her eyes, stared at Aunt Xue with a desolate expression from the bronze mirror, and asked suddenly, "Aunt Xue, tell me... Are the people who leave or those who stay pitiful?"

Aunt Xue was silent, not knowing how to answer.

Murong Yan stood up, shook her head, and said with a smile, "Maybe it's pitiful to be human... If there is an afterlife, whether it's a man or a woman, I don't want to do it... I, I would rather be The birds, beasts, insects, fish, flowers, plants and trees are better than being this involuntary person, don’t you think?”

"Your Highness...you..." Aunt Xue stretched out her hand to caress Murongyan's thin cheeks, her eyes were stained with the deepest distress.

"I'm going out for a walk, please ask Aunt Xue to take care of Ziyan and Ying'er for me." Murong Yan slightly turned her face away, and tried to smile with the corners of her mouth pulled.

"Yes..." Aunt Xue looked at Murong Yan's leaving back, and suddenly asked, "Your Highness, that...that girl, what does His Highness plan to do with it?"

Murong Yan's footsteps froze slightly, knowing that Aunt Xue was referring to Su Li.

She was silent for a moment, then looked back and said, "I will confine her in the woodshed for a month as a punishment."

"Your Highness, do you also think... that she pushed Miss Ziyan into the pool?"

Murong Yan said with a complicated expression, "Whether it's her or not, I have to do this... It's for everyone's benefit."

After finishing speaking, she straightened her clothes and strode out of the palace gate, ordering people to prepare horses.

Speaking of which, she had an appointment with an old friend in Wangyue Tower today, but a lot of time was wasted because of Ziyan falling into the water.

'It's worth it. . .Deserved. . . '

A string of hurried hoofbeats quickly disappeared at the gate of Prince Xiang's Mansion with the wind.

Riding a horse on the tidy and wide streets of the imperial city, Murong Yan smelled the long-lost atmosphere of the city, slightly diluting the stagnation in her heart.

She walked around to the back door of Moonwatch Tower, got off her horse, and pushed the door straight in.

She avoided the drunkards who were staggering, stepped up the stairs, and walked to a secluded Accord.

The sound of silk, bamboo, drum horns and singing girls could be faintly heard inside, but Murongyan pushed the door open without thinking too much.

A strong and pungent smell of alcohol came to his face.

Murong Yan frowned slightly, lifted the heavy curtain by herself, and called out in a low voice, "Brother Gu?"

But I saw a pale man with a sick face lying in the arms of two or three singers, and he was joking with all the girls, "My good sister, use your small cherry mouth to feed brother and me another sip of wine, okay?"

But those divas who were trembling with laughter just now suddenly all fell silent, and all looked towards the door.

The man was a little confused, narrowed his eyes and followed the gazes of the women, and saw a man in white with a cold aura all over his body looking at him coldly.

"Brother Gu, I'm so excited." Murong Yan suppressed the anger in her heart, and she finally understood how disgusting it was for her to pretend to be a bohemian.

The man let out a drunk belch, knelt down staggeringly, and kowtowed with a playful smile, "Grassman Gu Han, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness King Xiang."

Murong Yan asked displeasedly, "You are so indulgent here, does my imperial sister know?"

Gu Han's back trembled without showing any traces, but he still smiled drunkenly, "Forgive the grass people for their stupidity, but I don't know what the grass people's pleasure here has to do with the eldest princess?"

Murong Yan frowned, and waved, "Get out."

All the singers retreated quickly and tactfully, closing the doors tightly.

Murong Yan stared at Gu Han who was still bent on the ground, full of doubts, and asked, "Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?"

"Caomin is very good. Hearing that His Highness has returned to Beijing, Caomin was very happy, so he put wine here to welcome His Highness."

Murong Yan helped Gu Han up with all her strength, and said gratefully, "Brother Gu, don't be an idiot anymore. When I was in Yongbei, I also missed you and Sister Qing very much..." She paused, but suddenly found Gu Han With a sallow complexion and no trace of blood, he said worriedly, "Brother Gu, are you sick? Why are you still drinking like this? Why isn't Sister Qing with you?"

Gu Han didn't answer, but just pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "Your Highness, when you come back this time, Gu actually has something to ask."

"You and I are life and death friends, why not be polite, but it's okay to say it." Murong Yan said.

Gu Han met Murong Yan's shallow eyes, and said word by word, "The Eldest Princess has already passed the age of looking for a husband and marriage, please Your Highness, please help the Eldest Princess find a good son-in-law."

Deathly silence.

In the next moment, there was a loud 'bang' sound. Murongyan grabbed Gu Han by the collar, pressed him on the wine table, raised her fist and roared, "What nonsense are you talking about? You want to disappoint My sister?!"

Gu Han looked sideways at the wine cup on the table being knocked over, and the fine wine inside fell drop by drop on the floor, he said regretfully, "It's such a pity...wasting such good wine..."

"Gu Han! Answer me!" Murongyan was extremely annoyed, and grabbed the collar of Gu Han's chest tightly, "You...how can you leave my sister behind?"

Gu Han suddenly laughed wildly until he couldn't breathe, then he looked back and panted, "Your Highness, people change...you can leave Leng Lange behind, why can't I... .”

Before he finished speaking, Gu Han received a punch in the face.

Seeing that Murongyan was trembling with anger, her eyes were red, and her fists were clenched with sharp knuckles, she said with hatred, "Gu Han, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Haha, isn't this great?" Gu Han raised his head and smiled with difficulty, "Leng Lange was not with you and became the queen of an empire. If she can let me go, then she will still be Dayan's last Your honorable eldest princess..."

"Shut up!" Murong Yan punched again furiously, causing blood to ooze from Gu Han's lips and teeth.

Why did it become like this? !

Murong Yan felt very sad, she didn't want to see Gu Han and Murong Qing repeat the same mistakes she made, and she didn't want to see the four of them who laughed knowingly at the beginning all go to a dead end beyond redemption.

However, Gu Han suddenly fell silent, his gaze passed through the pane, a little far away.

"What are you looking at?"

"I'm not watching, I'm listening."

"What are you listening to? The matter between you and my sister is not over yet..." Murong Yan was a little annoyed. At this juncture, what is this Gu Han up to.

"Hush, listen."

Gu Han slowly closed his eyes, and a trace of relief slowly surfaced on his sickly face.

Murong Yan had no choice but to hold her breath, and listened attentively, there was a faint sound of the piano coming over the wall, although it was not clear because of the distance, but the rhythm was clear and clear, which gave people a sense of cleansing and meditation.

Murong Yan's shallow eyes slowly regained clarity, she listened carefully for a while, and couldn't help praising, "Who is this playing the piano, the artistic conception is extraordinary."

"It's the top card of Wangyue Tower, would your Highness want to see it?"

Murongyan immediately thought of Xiao Ziyan, she used to be the oiran of Wangyue Tower, she was outstanding in zheng art and had the reputation of being the best in Yanjing, but now she is still reduced to a poor woman who guards her empty boudoir because of herself.

"No need, I'm not interested in prostitutes." Murong Yan said lightly.

"Haha, Your Highness doesn't know, this person is not an ordinary prostitute." Gu Han laughed.

"Don't interrupt, let me ask you, what happened to you and my sister?" Murong Yan said seriously.

"Your Highness..." Gu Han slowly raised his eyes, and tremblingly raised the jug, he gritted his teeth and poured wine into the glass, but kept shaking, spilling the wine all over the floor.

He stretched out his trembling left hand to stabilize his right wrist, and finally poured the wine correctly.

He raised his glass with difficulty and drank it down, and said with a wry smile, "You see, now I can't even hold the wine glass steadily, I'm just a useless person, how can I cause the princess to delay her life's destination because of me."

When the King of Chu conspired against him, he sent Gu Han, who was the imperial bodyguard, to death row, pierced his pipa bone with an iron chain, and tortured him for a year.He was not able to see the light of day until today, when the Holy Master led the army to break through the capital, but he lost not only his martial arts, but also his arms.

"I'm sorry...it's because I failed to rescue you back then..." Murongyan was extremely guilty. She wanted to save Leng Lange's father Leng You, but she failed to rescue Gu Han together.

"Gu has survived a catastrophe, and he has no complaints." Gu Han looked at Murong Yan, and said solemnly, "Now, I only hope that your sister can find a lover who can really take care of her. Apart from that, I have nothing else to ask for. .”

"Brother Gu..." Murongyan choked on her sobs, she never thought that he would be so painstaking, "How could Qingmei be that kind of heartless girl?"

"I know she's not, so I can only beg you... Please let her forget about me as a cripple, and start over." Gu Han raised his glass and poured the wine tremblingly, closed his eyes and drank another glass.

"That's enough, stop drinking." Murong Yan stepped forward to support him, and carried him towards the door, "I will definitely find a way to cure you, tell you this guy, I will only recognize you in this life Brother-in-law."

Gu Han smiled slightly, drunkenly, and whispered in Murongyan's ear, "I didn't understand you before, and I didn't understand why you didn't try to win over a woman as good as your siblings... Now I understand, when you are powerless At that time, the only hope was that someone could give her better happiness and give her a lifetime of worry-free..."

"Stop talking." Murong Yan said to the drunk Gu Han, "Actually, you don't understand... If I can be like you... If I can really be like you..."

If I can really be a man like him, I will definitely take her back, and I will give her a lifetime of peace.

It's a pity that there are no ifs, some things may have been doomed long ago.

Some people are destined to be beyond their own. . .

When Murong Yan carried Gu Han out of the back door of the Moon Tower, she saw a young man in green shirt under the tree in the backyard. He was holding the zither and looking up at the flowers alone.

After hearing the sound of heavy footsteps, the young man lowered his eyes and smiled towards the courtyard door. Spots of sunlight fell from the gaps in the leaves and danced on his face, making that smile more and more vivid.

"My lord, the Ninth Prince sent a villain to call you to play chess." A servant ran over, took the piano from the young man in green shirt, followed his gaze to the empty courtyard gate, and asked inexplicably , "Young master, what are you laughing at?"

I saw the young man in green shirt brushing the fallen flowers on his shoulders, smiling veiledly, "The time has come."

"What does son mean?"

The young man in green shirt stretched out his palm and patted the little servant's forehead, "Of course, it's time for the game."

It's just that this time, it's the game of the world.