Rong Xuan

I don't know how much time has passed, Sima Xuan woke up in the darkness.

She felt it quietly—there was a certain calming incense in the air, which was faint and quite pleasant. She turned her right ear, and the surroundings were quiet, not only without any noise, but even There is no sound of moving air.

Relying on the sensitivity and experience she had accumulated over the years, Sima Xuan judged that this was probably a dark room or something. She seemed to be lying somewhere similar to a bed, and she could clearly feel that her breathing was unstable and short of breath.

She tilted her head to both sides, and saw a small, faintly bright place a few steps away to the right, which seemed to be a window, she squinted her eyes, and looked in that direction vigorously.

But her eyes still seemed to be covered with a veil, and she couldn't see clearly. She wanted to rub her eyes, but found that she was so weak that she couldn't even lift her arms.

The current environment is unknown, the situation is unknown, I am still lying here unable to move, and there seems to be no guards around.

"..." Sima Xuan grinned, and muttered a curse word on the border.

She took a deep breath and tried to struggle to sit up, but failed repeatedly—the sweaty Sima Xuan finally breathed out, and lay down peacefully.

Darkness is the easiest place for people to lose their senses and senses, and it is also the environment where people are most likely to feel vulnerable. Under the dim light that was only the size of a window, Sima Xuan closed his eyes in a dazed and exhausted manner.

After an unknown amount of time, the dozing person suddenly noticed someone appearing, and Sima Xuan suddenly opened his eyes—it was a rustling sound made by the thousand-layered footsteps stepping on the flat ground, which came from far to near.

It's not difficult for Sima Xuan to listen to someone, especially if the other party is——someone she knows well!

"It's only three o'clock in Xu o'clock, Madam Jun is early." A playful voice rang out in the space where Sima Xuan was, it was Princess Jinghui.

Outside the dark room, Cao Hui, who was in the bright hall, nodded slightly, and gave Princess Jinghui a polite salute: "I have seen Your Highness, Wan An."

"In this regard, you are different from Sima Yuanchu who never kept time." Princess Jinghui raised her hand to the brocade cushion next to her with a pleasant face: "Please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness." Cao Hui came to the side in a regular manner, and knelt down in front of the low table made of golden nanmu.

Seeing Cao Hui's attitude was alienated and defensive, Princess Jinghui raised her hand and poured a cup of wine for Cao Hui, saying: "Madam Jun, don't be wary of me like a tiger or a wolf. Let's have a cup of wine and rest first. I just invite Madam Jun to watch the show." of."

Cao Hui didn't touch the cup of wine that Princess Jinghui put in front of him, but took out an oval jade pendant with a sea-blue tassel and cloud pattern from his sleeve pocket, put it on the edge of the table, and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, Princess It's kindness, but this time I didn't simply come to drink at the invitation of His Highness, Your Highness, dare to ask where my family is now?"

Princess Jinghui glanced at the jade pendant at the corner of the table, and was not annoyed by Cao Hui's words. She drank a glass of wine and laughed, "There are too many unicorn jade pendants in the world. I'll send someone to Xun Mansion." , Mrs. Jun really came - in fact, I wanted to ask Mrs. Jun to come out for a long time, but it's a pity that I was always stopped by your lord."

"Of course there are many unicorns and jade pendants in the world." Under the plain gauze, the corner of Cao Hui's mouth quickly evoked a cold smile. She looked directly into Princess Jinghui's eyes, without any real worry in her eyes: "But This Fang Yupei, as well as the suit of robes that Sima Xuan wore today, were all prepared by me before going to bed last night, Your Highness, since I am here, please return them."

"Return?" Princess Jinghui's eyes suddenly gathered a sarcasm, and she said with a half-smile: "I have never owned Sima Yuanchu, so how can I return it? Mrs. Jun, I can not Regardless of your rudeness, I continue to invite you to dinner and theater, but I can also put you in prison for slandering the royal family, Madam Jun, which one do you choose?"

Before Cao Hui could say anything, Princess Jinghui added calmly: "Besides, the show I invited Mrs. Jun to watch is about to begin."

"..." Cao Hui put his hand on the unicorn jade pendant with a warm texture, his eyes darkened slightly: "Your Highness, please let me see her first."

This time, Princess Jinghui shook her head frankly: "I will let you take Sima Yuanchu away, but now is not the time,"

Princess Jinghui drank the wine in the glass again, her expression seemed a little sad.

Cao Hui lowered his eyes at the right time, seeing the beauty so sad that he couldn't bear it.

I only heard Princess Jinghui say: "I never hurt your lord, from the beginning to the end, I just wanted to ask Mrs. Jun to watch the show, but your lord refused in every possible way, so I had no choice but to make a bad move. Don't worry, Mrs. Jun, accompany me." After I watched the play, I have already let you two go."

Hearing this, Mrs. Jingling Hou breathed a sigh of relief and chose to relax.

In that room, the person guarding the door knocked on the door frame three times as a reminder.

"Here we come." Princess Jinghui said.

……

Sima Xuan was locked in the northernmost dark room of this room. She could barely hear the voices of the people in the room, but couldn't hear any other voices.

It was quiet outside for a long time, and when Sima Xuan realized that his strength had gradually recovered, Cao Hui's voice finally rang out again in a soft and gentle voice.

"Princess may not know, but Sima Xuan is actually not a good person." She said.

"Really?" Princess Jinghui was obviously very interested in this topic. She asked her servants to deliver wine, and said to Cao Hui: "As far as I know, the person he misses in Jinglinghou's heart is nothing but you from the beginning to the end. The late Madam Cao of the Hou Mansion."

Princess Jinghui turned the wine cup in her hand: "His original wife committed the crime of Mrs. Cao from committing crimes to Hezhou until she died. At the beginning of Sima Yuan, he was worthy of saying that he would never change his infatuation. Now that he married Mrs. Jun as his continuation, is it possible that he still remains the same?" You can't forget your original wife, and you hurt Madam Jun's heart?"

"How can there be so many sincerities in the world that can be hurt by others," Cao Hui said, with a smile in his voice and sarcasm in his eyes: "The heavenly family bestowed a marriage on the Xun family and the Sima family. Anyone with a discerning eye knows the reason for this. Do I have any sincerity?" It's even more out of the question—I say she's not a good person, just what she is."

"I don't know what His Highness likes about her, but I can tell His Highness everything I know."

"Mrs. Jun said that, isn't it a little shallow?" Princess Jinghui looked at Cao Hui with half-closed eyes, with an extremely cautious look hidden under her approachable expression.

Cao Hui didn't take it seriously, and said to herself: "She has a bad temper, she has a cold face all day long, and she doesn't look down on anyone."

"People who come from a family of military generals naturally carry such arrogance in their bones, and they are determined not to look down on those who flatter and flatter." Princess Jinghui subconsciously argued for Sima Xuan - this is exactly what she likes place for people.

Cao Hui opened his mouth, feeling a lot of words rushing to his lips, and didn't know where to start, so he simply thought of something to say:

"Except for government affairs, she seldom talks to people all day long. Even, the time I've been with her is less than ten days. It's fine if we meet less often, but every time we meet, she will change her ways Makes me angry that she doesn't give me what I want, and what she gives, I have to take,"

"She is very unreasonable." Cao Hui raised his eyes and looked at Princess Jinghui calmly: "Has Your Highness ever had contact with people from the frontier army before? She joined the Northern Frontier Army at the age of eight, and she is a real soldier." Luzi, even though she has been a marquis and worshiped an official for ten years, she still hasn't been able to get rid of her vulgar habits."

Princess Jinghui listened to Cao Hui's gentle narration quietly, without any surprise.

"Your Highness, despite her thin body, she has a big appetite. Once, she ate three steamed buns, two meat buns, two bowls of porridge, and four dishes for breakfast."

"If it's really a big appetite, it's fine. She eats loudly, and the noise of eating porridge is so loud that people can't eat. I really don't want to eat at the same table with her, but I dare to get angry because of her power. I dare not say it, she is not very particular, her body is always smelly, her feet can't be washed clean, she snores like thunder at night or calls her old friends in ravings, Your Highness, these are really tormenting me..."

Princess Jinghui, who has grown up in etiquette since birth, finally sneered: "Mrs. Jun is here to bury your family on purpose."

"I'm here to complain to His Highness," Cao Hui rubbed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and shook his head lightly, "At first, I also thought that the generation of famous generals in the Marquis of Jingling might not like to stick to trifles, but I marry She came here to live, even though she misses her late wife in her heart, but she, how could she deceive me like this..."

Cao Hui finally covered his handkerchief and wept in a low voice. The hesitation to speak not only made Princess Jinghui want to ask the truth, but also made Sima Xuan, who was groping for the way out in the dark room, feel sorry for him. Started a review.

——Although Yuan Rong's words are exaggerated in nine out of ten cases, but she was born in the frontier army's military camp. Yuan Rong is such a person who is like a banished fairy, and it is normal for her to despise herself but.

Princess Jinghui asked hesitantly: "Madam Jun said, how did the Marquis of Jingling treat you?"

Cao Hui's soft sobbing finally changed to loud crying, as if the young man who had a good time with the little official in Cai Guogong's mansion just now was not the fiancé of Princess Jinghui, but the fiancé of Mrs. Jinglinghou like.

"Women all over the world hope that they can marry a good man, take care of their husbands and teach their children, and spend the rest of their lives in peace, but Sima Xuan..." Cao Hui paused at the right time, she sobbed, and the expression covered by the veil seemed to be Heartbroken: "If the earthen pot is not broken away from the mouth of the well, the general will inevitably be injured before the battle. Your Highness, how do you want your wife to speak about this kind of thing..."

Injury before battle, this kind of thing?Princess Jinghui didn't know what she thought of, so she raised her eyes to look at Cao Hui. She stared at Cao Hui's face for a moment, as if she wanted to find the slightest flaw in it.

"Just tell me," Princess Jinghui said, "I assure you, the heavens and the earth know what you know and I know—or you can treat it as a complaint, even if Mrs. Jun wants to reconcile with the Marquis of Jingling, when the time comes This palace can also secretly help Mrs. Jun."

Hearing this, Cao Hui cried a bit, as if she had received some kind of precious guarantee, she, who was sitting there, suddenly walked over to her knees, and grabbed Princess Jinghui's hand as if grabbing a life-saving straw. .

"Your Highness! No, Sima Yuanchu is no good!! I told my father, and my father said that this marriage is a marriage bestowed by the emperor. Even if I seek death, I can only die in the Jinglinghou Mansion. Your Highness, Your Highness, please save me, Your Highness..."

Behind the screen behind Princess Jinghui, there was a dull "dong" sound suddenly, as if something heavy had hit the beech wood floor under her feet.

"!!!" Cao Hui stopped talking immediately, she looked at Princess Jinghui in astonishment, her wet eyes were full of astonishment and panic.

"..." Princess Jinghui finally sighed, raised her hand and turned the flat-bottomed vase on the corner of the table on the right half a circle.

Behind her, there was a muffled muffled sound on the wooden wall, and a hole was automatically staggered where the screen was hung.

Cao Hui, who covered her face with plain gauze, looked at the wall that was only a gap away, and she couldn't hold back her sobs. Suddenly, the secret door was kicked open from the inside, and the screens hanging on the wall were all shattered. After shaking a few times, it almost fell down.

Sima Xuan really walked out from inside.

At this moment, the whole body of the prince who once dominated the northern border seemed to be frozen. She strode towards Cao Hui without any mercy. He picked it up and strode out.

"Your Majesty, please stay!" Princess Jinghui stood up abruptly, "Is that the way to go?"

Sima Xuan held Mrs. Junhou who was too frightened to stand with one hand, without looking back, his hoarse voice was like deep ice in the cold sky: "I also advise Your Highness not to make too much progress, promise alone, I hope His Highness think twice, and leave! "

From appearance to departure, Sima Xuan performed excellently, definitely like a reckless man who was angry and wanted to kill someone when his close relatives revealed his secret to outsiders.

Leaving aside whether Princess Jinghui really believed in Sima Xuan's performance, Cao Hui, who was carried by Sima Xuan with one hand and thrown into the carriage, did believe it—she was a little worried. Do you believe what you say when you play with Princess Jinghui every time?

"I, I, I, I..." Cao Hui said while stumbling, and climbed to the innermost corner of the carriage with all her hands and feet. She hugged her knees and looked at Sima Xuan vigilantly: "I am just a stopgap The trick, you you you you..."

"Turn around and go back to Xun Mansion." Sima Xuan ordered the coachman in a cold voice, then closed the door and sat down against the wall of the car without saying a word.

Chang'an's curfew time is Zishi. Although it is night now, it is obviously too early for a place like Pianyun Pavilion. The long street is bustling with people, horses and vehicles alternately. Sima Xuan leaned there and closed his eyes to rest his mind from the beginning to the end. Cao Hui didn't know how to speak, so he simply kept silent.

After the carriage drove to the south of the city, the hustle and bustle faded away, and the noise in his ears subsided into silence. Sima Xuan spoke softly, with a hoarse, slightly nasal voice: "What did the person sent by Princess Jinghui say to you?"

"...It's nothing." Cao Hui glanced at this side through the candle in the carriage, "She sent your jade pendant to me, and said that she invited me to watch a play at Pianyun Pavilion."

"You're here?" Sima Xuan opened his eyes, and his sharp eyes swept over: "Cao Yuanrong, don't you know that you're afraid?!"

"Afraid, why are you not afraid?" Cao Hui had already taken off the plain yarn on her face. She leaned against the corner with her legs bent, her chin resting on her knees, and said calmly, "I once had a cousin who was not loved very much when I was a child." The bandits kidnapped her, and they brought my cousin’s jade pendant back to my house, and asked our Cao family to redeem her with 5 taels of gold. Her father wanted to report to the government, and her mother wanted to use the money to redeem her, but there were too many disputes It took an hour...the only thing that came back was my cousin's body, she was so young at that time..."

"I witnessed her dead body with my own eyes." Cao Hui turned his face away, not making eye contact with Sima Xuan: "Tell me, if this happens again now, do you think I'm afraid?"

"But this matter can be considered as a solution for you." Cao Hui exhaled, and gently pressed the scar on his face with his fingers. Recalling Princess Jinghui's face, she will eventually feel inferior.

So, she teased Sima Xuan and said, "But you are so picky, you don't even like Princess Jinghui's beauty."

"Aren't you going to apologize?" Sima Xuan asked.

"..." Cao Hui pursed his lips, put down his feet on the soft cushion, and sat up straight: "I'm sorry, I told a lot of lies, and if your reputation is damaged, I still hope you Master Hou has a lot of people, but he is lenient."

"It's not this." The man with a cold face also said in a cold and hoarse voice, "I want you to stay at home, not only do you not listen to me, but you even run to Jinghui to risk yourself, if she forces you to take it off Xiasha knows your identity, Cao Hui, I think I will kill Jinghui on the spot to silence you."

You made me tremble with fear, and I was anxious for a while, but in the end you were so ignorant, Cao Hui, what do you want me to do?

Cao Hui couldn't hear the helplessness in Sima Xuan's heart, she just lowered her picturesque eyes gently.

That's right, how could she have forgotten, now that she is a dead person, how dare she appear in front of acquaintances so boldly.

"I will also pay attention to it in the future," Sima Xuan said suddenly and softly, "Pay attention to your words and deeds, pay attention to cleanliness, and try not to make you feel disgusted."

The author has something to say:

Sima Xuan: No way, Cao Yuan let you come here, we need to have a good talk.

Cao Hui: ...

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