At night, the city of Zhu County was quiet, except for the soldiers on the city wall who were holding torches and patrolling back and forth, everyone seemed to have fallen asleep peacefully.

Outside the prefect's mansion, usually there are only a few guards standing in front of the gate and a few servants inside, but today a group of solemn and well-equipped soldiers are standing around the mansion. The small mansion is surrounded by water.

Holding a long sword in her hand and holding a token, A Su hurriedly walked through the silent long street. Her solemn and sharp eyes looked around vigilantly from time to time, not letting go of even the slightest movement.

She walked all the way through the long street and came to the prefect's mansion. After showing the token, she walked into the gate without any hindrance.

Walking all the way to Xia Qiulian's resting room, she hesitated for a while, then knocked lightly on the door.

The candlelight in the quiet room was weak, it was already midnight, Yan Wanting was still not asleep, she sat motionless beside Xia Qiulian, looking at Xia Qiulian lying on the bed, her dark eyes were full of worry and a trace of trance gazed at her.

When the knock on the door sounded, she frowned slightly, then stood up cautiously, and let go of Xia Qiulian's hand.

The moment she let go of Xia Qiulian's hand, Xia Qiulian's pale and slender fingertips trembled slightly.

It's just that Yan Wanting didn't notice, she stood up and leaned over to kiss the corner of Xia Qiulian's forehead.

Xia Qiulian's skin was as cold as ice, Yan Banting tucked the brocade quilt for her, then turned and walked towards the door.

After knocking on the door, A Su stood by the door with her head bowed.

After waiting for a long time, she heard the slight sound of footsteps, and then the closed door was slightly opened a gap, and under the dim candlelight, half of Yan Banting's face was exposed.

Seeing that it was A Su standing outside the door, Yan Wanting narrowed his eyes, then carefully opened the door, stepped out, and then closed the door carefully.

Yan Wanting closed the door, stretched out his hand to the corridor, and instructed A Su to follow her a little farther away.

Followed respectfully behind Yan Wanting, walked to the corner of the small courtyard, Yan Wanting stopped, she turned to look at A Su and said softly.

"What, what's the news?"

A Su reached out from his waist and took out a small bamboo tube that was one finger long and wide, bent down and presented it to Yan Wanting with both hands.

"His Royal Highness, this is a secret letter from Feng You."

Yan Wanting nodded and reached out to take it.

Pulling open the bamboo cover, inside is a small note the size of a palm.

Unfolding the note, A Su handed a candle from the stone pillar beside Yan Wanting to Yan Wanting.

With the faint candlelight, Yan Wanting looked closely at Li Fengyou's beautiful handwriting on the small note.

There are not many words written on it, just a few lines, Yan Wanting quickly read it.She frowned and raised her head, and quietly put the note she had read under the candlelight.

The tongue of fire greedily licked the thin paper, and the fire spread rapidly, almost reaching Yan Banting's hand.

The moment the tongue of fire licked his fingertips, Yan Wanting let go of his hand, and a small flame burned the last corner, turned into a piece of ash, and sprinkled lightly on the stone slab under his feet.

A Su hesitated for a while, but still couldn't help it, so she bit her lip and asked softly, presumptuously.

"Your Highness, when will Feng You come back?"

Yan Wanting stood still quietly, with a thoughtful look on her face, she replied a little casually.

"soon."

Yan Wanting paced back and forth, gently supporting the jade flute at her waist with one hand, and gently stroking the texture of the flute with her fingertips. She walked a few steps, then turned to look at A Su, frowning slightly road.

"I'm afraid, I'm going to Jiang Guo."

A Su trembled, looked up at Yan Wanting in disbelief, she stepped forward a little hastily, and looked at Yan Wanting with frightened and worried eyes.

"Your Highness is going to Jiang Country, how can this be possible. The situation in Jiang Country is in chaos now, and Jiang Xunyan usurped the throne again to become the emperor. If the news of His Highness going to Jiang Country leaks out and Jiang Xunyan finds out, then His Highness's safety will be in danger. ..."

Yan Wanting waved her hand, but did not let A Su continue, she frowned and said softly.

"I know that now is indeed not the time to go to Jiang. However, Feng You wrote in the letter that the prince of Jiang has doubts about Yan's intentions. He suspects that this palace wants to take advantage of the rivalry between their brothers to seek annexation. Jiang Guo. If you want him to cooperate with me, I will go to Jiang Guo to meet him in person and have a detailed discussion with him."

A Su frowned, she absolutely did not want Yan Banting to go to Jiang Guo.

"However, let His Highness go to Jiang Country, if he has evil intentions, he wants to attack His Highness."

Who knows what the great prince of Jiang Guo is thinking, maybe he has no fighting spirit at all, and wants to take this opportunity to deceive His Highness to Jiang Guo, and then take it down and dedicate it to Jiang Xunyan, so as to save his life maybe.

Ah Su's worry was indeed possible, but Feng You said that Li Muxi's attitude was very firm, if he could not see her, even if he died at the hands of Jiang Xunyan, he would not cooperate with Yan Guo.

Jiang Muxi's worry was indeed polite. Although he had fallen down and changed from a majestic prince to a regicide and usurper who everyone shouted and killed, he still had Jiang Guo in his heart.

Yan Guo wanted to cooperate with him to bring down Jiang Xunyan, what kind of conspiracy was behind it, just wanting Jiang Xunyan to die so simply?

He refused to believe it no matter what, but he didn't want to let go of this opportunity. Only a force as powerful as the Yan Kingdom could have the chance to bring him back to the throne and clear his grievances.

That's why he came up with this compromise method, asking His Royal Highness Princess Yan to go to Jiang Guo to meet him, explain clearly to him and sign a treaty, and let him let go of his guard, so that he is willing to cooperate with Yan Guo.

A Su saw that Yan Banting seemed to have made up her mind, her heart tightened, she bent her knees and slammed on the stone slab, and knelt down in front of Yan Banting.

"Your Highness absolutely must not, even if you think of other ways, Your Highness is determined not to gamble with your own safety."

Although A Su's words were sincere and desolate, Yan Wanting had already made up her mind secretly, a sharp cold light burst out from her dark and deep eyes, and she clenched her fists.

"Now is the best time. Jiang Xunyan has not taken back all the courtiers of Jiang Guo. There are still many courtiers who support Jiang Muzi. If we cooperate with Jiang Muxi at this time, help him seize the throne with Jiang Xunyan in Jiang Guo , use Jiang Muxi's hand to remove Jiang Xunyan openly. The longer the delay, when Jiang Xunyan stabilizes Chao Gang and kills Jiang Muxi, such a good pawn and opportunity will be missed."

In fact, this was Yan Wanting's plan all along.

From the very beginning, she had been secretly supporting Jiang Muxi's power in Jiang Country, hoping to help him win the throne.

But Jiang Xunyan has been planning for many years, and her position in Jiang Guo is stable, so it is very inconvenient for her to borrow Jiang Muxi's hand in the dark.

So Jiang Muxi was still deprived of the throne by him.

Fortunately, she still saved Jiang Muxi's life. As long as Jiang Muxi was alive, it would be a thorn in the center of Jiang Xunyan's eyes. Besides Jiang Muxi, how could he extend his tentacles to Jiang Guo.

Now that the battlefield is in Jiang Country, if she wants Jiang Muxi, an extremely important pawn, to listen to her, she must go to Jiang Country to see him.

A Su still wants to say something to persuade Yan Wanting.

"But Your Highness..."

Yan Wanting interrupted Ah Su's words, and turned her back to her.

"A Su, you don't need to say more, I have already made a decision."

A Su bit her lip and lowered her head. After a while, she suddenly raised her head and a gleam of light lit up in her dim eyes.

"Then, what about Concubine Xian, she is still alive and dead."

His Highness is most concerned about presenting a concubine and concubine, maybe for the sake of presenting a concubine and concubine, His Highness will change his mind.

Sure enough, when A Su mentioned Xia Qiulian, Yan Banting fell silent.

She turned her back to A Su, her eyes were full of pain and entanglement, she clenched her fists tightly, as if two forces were pulling on her chest, her heart almost split in two.

That's right, Qiu Lian is still alive and dead, if something happens to Qiu Lian, why would she want to go to Jiang Guo.

If Qiu Lian is fine, she is so weak, Yan Wanting would not be willing to send her back to Yan Palace alone.

Yan Wanting, who has always been determined, hesitated.

She couldn't let go of Xia Qiulian and wanted to be by her side all the time, but she didn't want to miss this best opportunity to bring down Jiang Xunyan.

It seems that she will regret any decision she makes.

After hesitating for a moment, Yan Wanting, who had been silent all this time, finally turned around. She looked at A Su who was kneeling on the ground and refused to get up for a long time, and sighed softly.

"After Qiu Lian wakes up, I will make a decision."

A Su breathed a sigh of relief, but she blurted out a sentence without thinking.

"But, if it's the concubine Xian, she won't be able to wake up."

Almost at the moment when her words fell, the expression of Yan Banting standing in front of her changed, and her icy eyes seemed to be surrounded by snowflakes and cold wind, and hit her.

Yan Wanting's eyes were cold with anger, and he stared at her firmly, the hostility emanating from his body seemed to kill her in the next second.

A Su froze, and knocked her head down heavily in fear, her fair and clean forehead hit a piece of gravel on the ground, leaving a bloodstain.

"The servants are talking nonsense, the concubine and the concubine will wake up safe and sound, please forgive me, Your Highness."

Yan Wanting's icy eyes fell on the back of her head for a long time, which made A Su panic to the extreme.

It's not that she doesn't know that the concubine concubine is now a restricted area of ​​His Royal Highness, and she has spoken out the result that Yan Wanting fears most, and she will bear Yan Wanting's anger.

But fortunately, Yan Wanting quickly calmed down his anger, but the gaze that looked at her was still cold.

"Because you've been with me for so many years, I don't take your nonsense just now to heart. Get up."

A Su hesitated for a while before getting up in panic, she bit her lip and hung her head, not daring to look up.

In fact, what A Su said was not wrong, and the uncle also said that even she couldn't guarantee whether Qiu Lian would wake up.

But when A Su said that Xia Qiulian might not wake up, it seemed that she suddenly hit the most painful and fearful point in Yan Wanting's heart. Her sudden outburst of anger was just to cover up the fear in her heart.

That's right, what if Qiu Lian can't wake up?

Seeing A Su standing in front of her tremblingly with her head down, and seeing the red and swollen wound on her forehead oozing blood, Yan Wanting sighed softly, her eyes were instantly filled with exhaustion, she took out a piece The handkerchief was handed to A Su, and his voice softened slightly.

"It's Ben Gong who lost control, first wipe the wound on his forehead, and then go to Fu'an to get some medicine to apply."

A Su bit her lip, she knew Yan Wanting's temperament, sometimes she looked unhuman and ruthless, but in fact she was affectionate and righteous, she treated her like a sister on weekdays, and never treated her as a slave look.

Now Yan Wanting is sad because of Xia Qiulian, and she feels bad.

A Su didn't dare to pick up the handkerchief in Yan Wanting's hand, but said softly with a slight choke.

"It's the servant who speaks without restraint. Your Highness does not blame the servant, so the servant is thankful."

Yan Wanting put the handkerchief in A Su's hand, gave a soft warning, then turned and left.

"Go to rest earlier, go back to your room and have a good sleep."

A Su tightly held the handkerchief Yan Wanting gave her, turned her head to look at Yan Wanting's back, and called out softly.

"Your Highness."

Yan Wanting stopped in his tracks and didn't look back, his emaciated figure was cold and lonely under the shadow of the moonlight.

Ah Su couldn't control the emotional surge in her heart, and she, who had always been calm, couldn't control her trembling voice.

"Your Highness, your majesty will definitely wake up, and she will be fine."

"Ah."

Yan Wanting responded lightly, and then walked towards Xia Qiulian's room without stopping.

Open the door and enter the darkened room.

The candle burning on the table seemed to be about to go out, Yan Wanting walked over cautiously, fearing that his actions would disturb Xia Qiulian, he cut off the long wick, and the weak candle flame danced and brightened again .

Yan Wanting walked to the bed and sat beside Xia Qiulian as before.

She bent down to look at Xia Qiulian's pale and lifeless face, her nostalgic and pity eyes swept over every inch of Xia Qiulian's skin inch by inch, she looked greedily, as if she wanted to engrave Xia Qiulian's face in her heart same as above.

After watching quietly for a long time, Yan Wanting opened his lips, and his trembling voice sounded like an old man who was about to run out of fuel, with fear and a hint of crying.

"Qiu Lian, I'm a little scared. I've never been so scared. Even back then, when I committed suicide, I was never so scared."

Yan Wanting's hand slowly caressed the back of Xia Qiulian's hand. The moment the cold skin touched the warm skin, Yan Wanting's heart trembled, and in the dull eyes, finally condensed A hazy mist.

"I don't blame you anymore, and I don't hate you anymore. When you wake up, we will pretend that nothing happened, and we get along as if we met in the first place, okay. When everything is understood, I will take you around the world, and I will take you You go to see Beihai, take you to Penglai, where you want to go, let's go and see if there are really gods there."

Yan Wanting spoke softly word by word, every word was like a heavy stone pressed in the bottom of his heart being touched, the pain was terribly painful.

At this moment, Xia Qiulian couldn't hear a word of her tender words. She was still lying lifelessly on the bed, and she was going to leave in the next second.

Yan Wanting looked at Xia Qiulian's face, choked up and covered her lips, not wanting to disturb Xia Qiulian by crying, and the mist in her eyes finally condensed into rain, slowly dripping from the corner of her eyes onto Xia Qiulian on the neck.

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