The Golden Hairpin

The summer sky is clear and clean, with stars inlaid in the night sky, green and huge.

Huang Zixian returned to Prince Kui's Mansion by the light of the stars and the moon, and Li Shubai was still reading in the study.

The palace with four phoenix wings and octagonal slender beams above his head was shining brightly. He had changed into a plain veil single shirt, and pure white softly ran down on him. Under the light at this time, he looked extremely clean, like a thousand mountains falling snow.

His quiet and clear posture caused Huang Zixia's original heart to fall back to his original position in such a quiet night.

She passed through the curtains, walked gently in front of him, and sat down on her knees.

And he didn't look up, only asked: "Wang Yun suspicious of you?"

She nodded and asked, "The prince already knows?"

"I don't know." He closed the book in his hand, put it aside, and said, "But I heard from the man in the mansion that Wang Yun invited you to meet. Just in case, I sent you a blank letter."

Huang Zixia nodded silently, knowing what he meant was that this blank letter could be rescued if something happened, and if nothing happened, she could ignore it.

"Wang Yun... already knew that I was Huang Zixia."

"After all, it is my fiancée, and she is also a fiancée who has suffered a great humiliation. It is inevitable to be more sensitive." Li Shubai's expression was flat, if nothing happened, "If he sees an **** who looks similar to Huang Zixia, he doesn't care at all, then That's weird."

"But there may be trouble in the future."

"There will be no more trouble, because I will help you solve it." Li Shubai said, although the clouds are calm and gentle, but what he said has indisputable power.

Huang Zixian nodded, because of his words, he suddenly felt that the panic and throbbing in his heart that originated from Wang Yun had disappeared. The storm that was coming in her foreboding also disappeared in this moment.

She lowered her head in peace and smiled slightly.

The long night was silent, and the two sat opposite each other. Li Shubai in front of her looked up and saw her drooping face. The palace lantern on the case cast a faint red color on her face, which faintly revealed on her jade-white cheeks. A peach-like color, delicate and soft, as if an unknown spring is blooming quietly beside him in the dark night.

He saw the light on her eyelashes, trembling like water waves, he immediately turned away his eyes, before she saw him, turned his eyes to the desk, there was a small red fish in the glass bottle. Falling asleep at every turn.

As if in order to break this silence, Li Shubai turned to ask about other things: "What you said before, can you give me an explanation?"

Huang Zixia suddenly remembered what Li Shubai said to her on the court today. She helped the person who was expelled from the guard of honor by Li Shubai, which was tantamount to working against him in secret, and she simply didn't put the master in her eyes.

She suddenly felt a hundred times more pressure than facing Wang Yun, and even her breathing was stagnant, and then she whispered: "Wang Ye is my master, I am loyal to you; Zhang Xingying is my friend, to him, I keep justice. Although the dilemma of loyalty and justice is dilemma, Zhang Xingying is kind to me, and I have to keep the courtesy and repay my kindness... So after thinking about it, I can only help him first."

"So, the relationship between you is relatively close, but by contrast, I'm relatively distant, isn't it?" Li Shubai glanced at her and said slowly, "Huang Zixia, you are really affectionate and righteous, and you are so close."

Huang Zixia suddenly felt that the cold sweat on her back was coming out, and she subconsciously defended: "The prince is so kind to me that Huang Zixia can't afford it in this life... and Zhang Xingying is something I can afford."

Li Shubai looked at her under the light, and saw that she had been bowing her head obediently, looking awkwardly, the light shining on her face, faintly fluctuating, like a veil of restlessness.

He then slowly said: "Actually, I am not interested in asking what Zhang Xingying is. It's just that I don't like someone acting without telling me."

She hurriedly bowed her head to admit her mistake. He changed the subject and asked, "Is there any progress in the affairs of Jianfu Temple?"

Huang Zixia hurriedly recounted what he had seen and heard at Jianfu Temple today, and then made a gesture to him: "The wire is about two feet long and short. It is not straight. The rusty end has a semicircular curve. The straight end seems to be curved. It has been tempered, and there is a slight gloom."

"I will go to Dali Temple to find it tomorrow." Li Shubai said, looked at her again, and said, "Also, I promised Princess Tongchang today to let you intervene in investigating the weirdness around her, but in fact, you don't need too much Too nervous. Although she is a princess, you are a member of my house and are not sent by her. Your intervention in this case is only to help Dali Temple and has nothing to do with her. Therefore, if she asks too much, please push Just give it to Cui Chunzhan."

Huang Zixia quietly mourned for Cui Chunzhan in her heart, and responded, "Yes."

"And, the biggest problem is—" Li Shubai said, "Is there any relationship between the two things, the death of the **** Wei Ximin and the **** in Jianfu Temple?"

"The inside story of what happened on the kicking court is so complicated, so..." At first, she really didn't want to provoke her upper body. Huang Zixia thought, she looked at Li Shubai helplessly, and asked with her eyes, didn't you want to intervene in this matter in the first place?

Li Shubai clearly saw her doubts, but did not speak. He just tapped his fingers on the table twice and seemed to be thinking about something, but finally he lifted his hand to open the drawer, took out a piece of paper and handed it to her, but he didn't. say.

Huang Zixian took it suspiciously, staring at the words on it.

Yu Xuan, a member of the Shu county, went to Beijing to prepare for the exam the previous month. After hearing his name, Princess Tongchang invited her into the mansion to give Zhou Li, but Yu Gu's remarks repeatedly failed.

There are only a few words on the paper. Huang Zixian put down the paper and looked at Li Shubai with her lips pressed, but did not speak.

Li Shubai said lightly: "There are quite a few rumors in the market about this matter."

Huang Zixia, who was still barely calm when seeing the relationship between Yu Xuan and the princess mansion, finally changed his face at this time.

The market rumors about Princess Tongchang and Yu Xuan... As for the rumors, it goes without saying.

"Unexpectedly, he would have something to do with the princess mansion." Li Shubai didn't look at her, took a sip of tea leisurely, and fell on the quiet little fish in the glass cup, "I heard that although he is young However, his knowledge is very solid, and Yu Xianxian often has his own unique insights in his works. Moreover, he is very correct in his academic studies. All the Xuezhengs, teaching assistants, Xuezhengs, and Xuelu of Guozijian are full of praise for him."

Huang Zixia stood under the lamp, silent for a long time, without speaking.

"For this one of you..." He thought about it, and then said again, "Brother Yi, what are you going to do?"

Huang Zixia whispered: "He now thinks that I am the murderer of the whole family, and hates me deeply. I think...we can still avoid meeting now, so let's avoid meeting."

"There is something, I find it very strange." Li Shubai put down the tea cup in his hand, his eyes slowly fell on her, thoughtfully, "He has been with you for many years, and he has been in love with each other. What kind of person are you? He should know best, but why would he insist on believing that you are the murderer?"

Huang Zixia looked at him in silence for a long, long time before she whispered: "His parents died and were later adopted by my father. Last year, he was admitted to Juren in Shudi, and the court provided him with a house and servants. . The first night when he was persuaded by my parents to live, it snowed all night. When I was going to see him the next morning, I found a man who was covered with snow was standing outside the wall of the Imperial Palace. Carefully At first glance, it turned out... it was Yu Xuan, who had already made his whole body cold."

When she said this, her voice trembled slightly. It took a long time to suppress her breath, and said with difficulty: "He said, I am not used to the new residence, as if I have no home ever since. Therefore, sleepless in the middle of the night, simply Maoxue walked to my door, and was embarrassed to come in, so I could only stand outside the door for a while, as if we could get an inch closer to us, it would be good..."

Li Shubai saw her with tears in her eyes, as if she was still Huang Zixia who was living happily in the monarch’s mansion. Her eyes stared blankly into the air. There was nothing there. She seemed to be looking at her best years. She has passed away forever, the old girl time that will never be reproduced.

Yu Xuan was the most important and beautiful part of her memory throughout her teenage years.

He looked away, lowered his voice, and said in the calmest voice: "It sounds like he is very attached to you."

"Yes... he values ​​our family more than any other person in the world-so it is even harder for him to forgive me, who has destroyed what he values ​​most."

"Other than that?" Li Shubai asked again.

She hesitated for a moment and turned her gaze to him.

He looked calm, crossed his fingers, put his chin on the fingers, and stared at her darkly: "Besides, there must be something else to make him believe that you are the murderer."

Huang Zixian bit her lower lip lightly, and for a long time, she finally said in a trembling voice: "Letter...I wrote him a letter."

"How do you write it?"

It has been a long time, but Huang Zixia still remembers the above clearly. She slowly read the most important words on it—

"The truth of the case investigated in Longzhou the day before has come to light, and the two of them were killed in love. The so-called murderer was just alive and dead. When I sighed, my heart was boiling, thinking if you and I were in this situation, would I do the same? Can you abandon your family and embark on the road of no return?"

Listening to her spit out the love letter that she had written to others, Li Shubai held the finger of the Liulizhan and unconsciously tightened it. He suppressed the fluctuating dark tide in his heart, and slowly asked, "When did he write it?"

"Just... two days before the murder of my family."

"It was the letter from the government that Yu Xuan produced after the accident in your family?"

"Yes…"

"The evidence is conclusive, isn't it?" A sneer appeared on the corners of his lips, his eyes sharper than a blade. "The letter you wrote by yourself is your greatest evidence."

Huang Zixia gritted her teeth and said nothing.

What she did with her own hands is powerless, and she doesn't want to argue, nor can she explain it.

In the dark night, the trees are full of shadows. The moon was already covered by clouds, and apart from the light covering them, there was only darkness in sight.

Li Shubai caressed the Liulizhan, pondered for a long time, then looked at her slowly and said, "I am inconvenient to deal with the grievances between you and Yu Xuan. You can do it for yourself."

She raised her head to look at Li Shubai in front of him. He was radiant and radiant in the light, so he looked absolutely absolutely cold.

She saluted silently, preparing to retreat.

"By the way, I have something to tell you." Li Shubai said again, "Compared with Princess Tongchang and Yu Xuan, there is one other person. Go to the audience."

Huang Zixia was taken aback, and asked, "Now?"

"It's getting late today. Tomorrow." Li Shubai said, "Since she has something to look for you, you will probably be inseparable from the capital in the near future, and the thing she will ask you for must be related to Concubine Guo Shu and Princess Tongchang, so I think It may be necessary for you to stay in the capital to contact this case."

"Yes."

He stared at her with a pair of quiet and deep eyes, and said: "Concubine Guo Shu has been acting frequently recently, and everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart. The Queen must have summoned you for this."

Huang Zixian nodded silently, and heard him say again: "I hope you have self-knowledge. If you can't complete it, you don't have to be aggressive, I will come forward by then."

She still nodded, but stubbornly said: "I will do it well."

He raised the corner of his lips slightly, showing a mocking smile, and said, "I can't help myself."