The early spring more light rain, the night is inevitably cold. In the evening there was a intermittent rain, which soon stopped. The water trickled down the dark green tiles and landed on the verandah's bluestone slabs. The sound was especially clear.
Xie Yuan holding the military power, but also because of too much credit, caused the emperor's fear, no one knows the emperor's attitude to him is.
If someone thought that it was a favor, but the emperor chose to give that ugly girl, Chu Nian, to Xie Yuan as his wife. If not, the Chu family was still a relative of the emperor. It was still decent.
A thousand people have a thousand statements, but the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and no one knows the truth of the matter.
The general's house was heavily guarded. Outside the door stood Xie guards on duty with swords. Their eyes were cold, and they were cold from inside to outside.
Although Jiu Yong is Xie Yuan's confidant, he also needs to unload his sword outside to enter Xie Yuan's room.
"My Lord, the scouts have sent word today."
The air is filled with a strong smell of medicine, bitter pungent, lingering, is the result of years with medicinal materials fumigated. Jiu yong seemed to be very used to it.
He took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to the man sitting behind the desk.
Carved red sandalwood table with a corner of the lamp, slightly shaking for a moment, the man's face is illuminated clearly.
His eyebrows were of the slender type, and his eyes looked very seductive ,dark, like an inescapable black hole, deep in his eyes. The shape of the eyes looks a little like the eyes of a fox, but more like the eyes of an infrequent black dragon, a bit of a seductive feeling. But there was something about him that was out of reach, unapproachable, paradoxical and fascinating.
A half-face that can not be described in words.Anyone who sees this face will be attracted.
But when the man looked up from the shadows, the light of the candle lit up the other half of his face. But see a few ferocious scar to fall on the right side of the face, as if by someone with a knife cut the same, looking scary.
Just like dust on the white wall, the beautiful jade suddenly found a crack,Regrettable.
Xie Yuan did not open: "Chu House?"
Jiu Yong bowed his head: "Yes."
Xie Yuan is indeed like a rumor outside, seriously ill, a look of terminal illness. He used a white handkerchief to cover his lips, pressing down the heart-ripping low cough between the chest, and then gasped for breath, asked: "How, they want to break off the engagement?"
Jiu Yong didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Xie Yuan looked up and finally opened the secret letter. However, he saw that it described Chu Nian's life after he was brought back to the Chu family by his servants.
Everything was detailed, and even what was said in the Buddhist Hall was written on it word for word.
"She treats me with all her heart... ?"
Xie Jingyuan saw this line of words, imperceptibly paused.Finally Xie Yuan will be in the hands of white handkerchief thrown to one side, there is a regiment of thick blood marks, faint with black.
Jiu Yong raised his head and glanced at Xie Yuan's pale lips. "I heard that Mrs. Mei from the Chu family will be bringing Chu Nian over tomorrow. I think it's to make amends..."
An apology, not an annulment.
Also is, just Chu family, nature dare not retire the Emperor personally bestowed marriage.
And Xie Jingyuan certainly can not.
What's the difference between a general who's too sick to fight and a cripple? How can it be compared to the glory of the past?
Xie Yuan coughed again. He pressed his fist against his lips, suppressing the taste of blood in his throat. He lowered his gaze to stare at the piece of paper without even looking at Jiu Yong. His voice was hoarse as he said, "If they want to come, let them come."
The Chu family was just one of the most insignificant of the many declining nobles. It was only because of Chu Nian, Be ignorant and incompetent, that there were a lot of popular"Gossip" in the capital.
Yet Xie is no better off today, just as a non-swimmer must walk on ice every day.
Since the Queen passed away, Prince Xie Guangnian has been in a bad situation, some time ago provoked his majesty unhappy, is grounded in the house, has not come out. There are even rumors that the Emperor had the intention of abolishing the crown prince.
Xie Yuan was the crown prince's right-hand man. There were many people who wanted to kill him quietly. The emperor's marriage was just a chess game. It was a chess game played by the women in the palace. They were just chess pieces, that's how cruel royalty is. This kind of bestowed marriage is actually a kind of humiliation.
Chu Nian in just after the engagement fled, this action has let Xie Yuan became the laughingstock of Xi'an City.
The atmosphere was heavy and oppressive. Jiu yong said, "The eldest daughter of the Chu family has already joined the family of xie lian nian. Although Chu Nian is frivolous, she may be a spy sent by the other side. Master, do you want to get rid of her?"
Xie Jingyuan suddenly smiled: "Get rid of?"
He clutched the thin paper in his hand and let out a crash, but his body fell slowly into the chair, as the rumor had it, and was as Moody as ever, " low laugh out loud:" Hear Chu Xi clever, is a rare woman be endowed with both beauty and talent in the capital, how she this younger sister is not very smart."
The world knows he killed countless people, do not ask the reason, God and ghost avoid it. Chu Xi has already told Chu Nian that he is mentally Cruel temperament. Oh, she still think I will not gonna hurt her?
Move me with your heart?
Xie Yuan suddenly serious. He closed his eyes slowly and touched the hideous scar on his right cheek expressionlessly, as if remembering something that happened before.
The kind he never believed...
Nine Yong can not guess what his master is thinking, can only look down at the corner of the table candle. Do not know how long to stand, until a candle burning more than half, Xie Yuan finally opened his eyes: "Keep..."
He said three words slowly: "Do not kill."
If we kill Chu Nian, wouldn't we be handing Xie Lian Nian a handle. Xie Lian Nian would speak ill of the crown prince in front of His Majesty, making His Majesty even more tired of the crown prince. The crown prince was now unloved, and Xie Yuan could only tolerate any unreasonable request, even if the emperor asked him to marry a man, he must be obedient.
The only thing Xie Yuan wanted to do was to pull that man down from the throne. Xie Yuan will put up with anything, to bring about a change in government.
Chu Nian did not know that her own fate had changed, a person at night in front of the desk, a rapid record of something, hand has accumulated a thick stack of paper.
The reflection of the Moon fell on the willow trees, hazy, and the night deepened.the night is getting dark. Chu Nian tidied up her pen and paper and was about to go to sleep when she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside, followed by the voice of the lark: "Miss Chu Xi, why are you here?"
Chu Nian hear speech action a pause: Chu Xi? What's she doing here in the middle of the night?
Chu Xi directly push the door to come in, the result saw her sister is sitting on the desk, the pace could not help but stop.
Chu Nian put down the brush in her hand, unhurriedly from the chair up: "sister, how did you come?"
Chu Xi did not speak, she felt that Chu Nian today is very abnormal, she usually most hated is writing and painting, how late at night still stay in the study. The line of sight quietly glances toward the table, but sees on that paper draws a bright big round.
Chu Xi:"..."
It is she who worries too much.