into the bosom

Chapter 355
Xu Jiao is a sensible person, besides, she and Wang Wan have already said what they want to say, and if they stay any longer, it will only add to the sadness of parting.

With downcast eyes, Xu Jiao had already made a decision, she stood up and said, "Since the empress wants to take a nap, Yingyue won't bother me, so I'll take my leave."

"Ajiao..." Wang Wan looked at her, but her eyes were full of unfinished words.

Xu Jiao smiled at her, "Yingyue knows what the empress wants to say. The sadness of parting is the worst thing for the empress now. What the empress said earlier, Yingyue will remember it in her heart. Yingyue will leave Beijing in a few days , I won’t come to bid farewell again, and the empress doesn’t have to see her off. I hope that the empress will take good care of herself and wait for the reunion.”

As she said that, she squatted down towards Wang Wan and bowed deeply.

Wang Wan looked at her, all kinds of thoughts flashed in her eyes, and finally said nothing, but bit her lips.

The four eyes meet, there is something to say, there is no need to say more.

It's just that when Xu Jiao's back was slowly walking away in the growing autumn colors in the garden, the corners of Wang Wan's eyes were unexpectedly moist.

Although Xu Jiao hasn't been out of the palace these days, she hasn't been idle. She has arranged things one by one. Everything is already ready, but Dongfeng owes it to her. With wings growing under her ribs, she took advantage of the east wind to spread her wings and fly... But there are some things that she can't get up to quickly if she wants to.

"Princess, Mr. Jing Erlang, please see me!" On this day, when the box was being packed, the concierge came to report in a hurry.

Xu Jiao turned her head to look at the rarely bright autumn sun outside the window, but she was not surprised at Jing Qin's visit.Raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, he said with a slight smile, "Please come to the living room, Mr. Erlang!"

After all, she didn't change into the visitor's clothes, she put down the folded sleeves, walked out the door, and walked slowly towards the living room.

When she arrived, Jing Qin was already waiting in the living room, standing under the front wall of the living room, looking up at the wall, there was a painting hanging there, it was a green landscape painted by Xu Jiao a few days ago picture.

When he heard the sound of footsteps, he turned his head and looked over, his pair of peach blossom eyes that always had a faint smile seemed to be soaked in the mist in the landscape painting today, the smile was thin and covered with clouds and mist.

Xu Jiao pretended not to see him, and called "Second Brother" with a smile, and beckoned him to sit down, and let Lingxue serve tea, she poured a cup of tea herself, and served it to Jing Qin.

Jing Qin took the teacup and held it in his hand, but he didn't drink it. Instead, his eyes fell on the painting on the wall, "Ajiao's painting skills are even more extraordinary. If I didn't see the signature, I'm afraid I would really want to drink it." Think this is from the hands of my uncle."

A dark light flashed across Xu Jiao's half-downcast eyes, and he said with a smile, "I can't be so ridiculously praised by my second brother. It's because of your praise that I don't know how high I am. I really think that I can already match my father, and I can't help it His Majesty has let His Majesty down because of his ability to let His Majesty copy his father's paintings."

Jing Qin didn't know about this matter, but Commander Zi must have known about it. Xu Jiao deliberately mentioned it at this time, and naturally she also had her intentions.

Jing Qin smiled and said nothing, but narrowed his eyes.

After Xu Jiao finished that sentence, she smiled to herself, not caring whether he understood the meaning of her words or not.

Jing Qin turned away from the topic in a flash, and his eyes fell on her clothes, which were obviously dusty, which should be the clothes he had worked on just now. Then his eyes dimmed slightly, "Are you really determined to leave?"

"Yes!" She went to the palace to resign, so naturally she couldn't hide it from Jing Qin's eyes and ears.

Jing Qin frowned slightly, "Right now, the world is not peaceful, and wars are raging everywhere. It is really not wise for you, a woman, to leave Feng'an at this time and go on your own journey."

"The world is not peaceful, but I'm afraid Feng'an City is too peaceful to go anywhere?" Xu Jiao laughed softly, "Besides, there is nothing I can't let go of here, so I can just go out and have a look, God Let the birds fly high, and let the fish jump as wide as the ocean!"

When Xu Jiao said these words, his brows stretched, and the smile and anticipation in his eyes overflowed into a sea. His whole body seemed to be shining brightly, making people unable to look directly at it.

Jing Qin rolled his throat, and wanted to ask her, if Feng'an City is really just a sad place to escape to her, is there no one or anything here without Mrs. Zhao and He Lianshu? Can we keep her?
But these words rolled down his throat a few times, but he couldn't ask a single word, because the sad man, even if he didn't ask, he already knew her answer.

"It seems... I can't stop you." After a while, Jing Qin laughed in a low voice, but the smile seemed to be soaked in autumn colors, showing a bit of coolness.

Xu Jiao blinked, didn't speak, just looked back at him quietly, his eyes were clean and clear, just like the square tile blue sky outside the window at that time.

Jing Qin suddenly felt that there was no need to ask or say anything.

"When are you leaving?" Jing Qin asked after a while, with a hint of a smile in his voice, and his brows and eyes brightened.

"My temper is the most impatient to see things like this. The second elder brother has pity on me, so there is no need to come and see me off!" Xu Jiao said with a smile, her eyes were shining brightly, and the smile on her face was sweet and sweet, in a trance It actually gave Jing Qin the illusion of returning to the time when they first met. At that time, there were not so many misunderstandings between them, there was no obscurity that he could not ask for, and there was no alienation that she subconsciously avoided. At that time, she You can also call him "Second Brother" with a smile, and you can swim, drink and laugh with him. At that time...how wonderful.

Jing Qin's throat rolled, without words, but his eyes dimmed suddenly, facing the light in Xu Jiao's eyes, he hummed in a low voice.

Xu Jiao narrowed his eyes slightly with a smile, "I won't go to say goodbye at home, just let my grandfather scold me for being unfilial. A wedding is about to happen, if an ominous person like me goes It’s not good to bump into anything. In addition, there is another matter to trouble the second brother. I have not yet set a return date for this trip, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come back in time to drink the wedding wine with the eldest brother. I prepared a gift for him and will invite him later The second elder brother helped me pass it on to the elder brother, congratulated the elder brother on my behalf, and apologized."

As Xu Jiao said, he glanced at Negative Xue, and the latter knowingly brought up a brocade box that had been prepared earlier.

Jing Qin glanced lightly, nodded, and answered "OK".

"Farewell, I don't know when we will see you again, Second Brother, take care of yourself! There are also grandparents at home, please take care of Second Brother." Xu Jiao still couldn't help saying when he was parting.

"Okay!" Jing Qin looked at her, with a soft but cool smile in his eyes, but his eyes were glued to her face from beginning to end, as if he wanted to look at her a few more times and couldn't bear to look away.

"Second brother, be careful in everything, and always remember that being with you is like being with a tiger..."

"it is good."

"The eldest brother is about to get married, and the second brother also needs to be careful. Find me a sister-in-law as soon as possible, so that I can start a family and start a business. No matter how far away I am, I will definitely prepare a generous gift for the second brother. I wish the second elder brother and the future second sister-in-law, Qin Se, to live in love and love each other."

This time, Jing Qin never replied to her "yes", but just looked at her, his eyes were as cold as water... After a long while, he held his lips and smiled faintly, lowered his head, did not speak, and gently rubbed his fingertips by his hand On the pattern of folded branches on the brocade box...

The next day, Xu Jiao went to Deyuelou, which he hadn't been to for a long time, asked for an elegant room, and ordered some Deyuelou's signature appetizers, but was not in a hurry to eat. He just sat by the window and looked out the window. There is a lot of traffic and the crowd is bustling.

The outside world is already raging with war, and the people at the root of the imperial city are still living in the ivory tower, thinking that the war will never reach this place, thinking that the dynasty that has gone through nearly 200 years is still impregnable.

Until the door of the elegant room was knocked lightly, Xu Jiao got out of his thoughts, and when he turned around, he saw a woman in a lilac-colored dress being led in by the screen from outside the screen. The corner of the mouth smiled.

The visitor's eyes kept on Xu Jiao's face. After waiting for the servant girl to remove the cloak on her body, she walked to Xu Jiao's side in three steps and two steps, but hesitated for a moment before taking a seat opposite Xu Jiao. With some hesitation, he fell on Xu Jiao's face anxiously, "Ajiao... I thought you would ignore me in the future. You specially invited me out to meet me today. Could it be that you want to formally meet me? Is it broken?"

Speaking of this, the man couldn't sit still, his eyes were slightly rounded, and he stared at Xu Jiao closely for a moment.

Xu Jiao was amused by her reaction and words, "What are you talking about? You are my future sister-in-law, how dare I ignore you?"

The person opposite is none other than Cui Wenyin.

When Li Xi went back to Lu Xi, she didn't follow, because she was negotiating marriage with Da Lang of the Jing family at that time.In fact, the Jing family proposed marriage to the Cui family after the incident in Heyuan.At that time, before anything happened later, the Cui family entrusted the full power of Cui Wenyin's marriage to Princess Huiming. Xu Jiao didn't know what the purpose of Princess Huiming was, but thought that this marriage was a good one.

Even after so many things happened later, this marriage has not changed, and it was settled just a few days ago.

Cui Wenyin is really engaged to Jing Duo as Xu Jiao joked before, and she will be Xu Jiao's sister-in-law in the future.

Hearing Xu Jiao's "sister-in-law", Cui Wenyin's face was neither happy nor shy. Instead, the corner of her mouth curled up, and she said as if she was about to cry, "It's because of this... you have already slept with Jing's parents, or even the whole scene. Has the government severed diplomatic relations? But I... I have made an engagement with Dalang of the Jing family. Ajiao, will you be angry with me because of this? Ajiao, I have always been afraid that you will die because of this. Ignore me."

Cui Wenyin reached out and held her hand, staring at Xu Jiao with a pair of eyes, looking pitiful.

Hearing her words, Xu Jiao was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing, "It doesn't matter, we have our own opinions, and if I break up with them, it won't prevent us from being good sisters in private. If you feel bad for me Wait, after you get married, don't be polite and soft-handed, and hold Jing Duo well. Let me tell you, he is the most delicious and fun person. If you control him, it will be better than killing him It also made him feel uncomfortable, so it helped me vent my anger."

"That's good, don't worry!" After hearing this, Cui Wenyin breathed a sigh of relief, and she smiled even more cheerfully as she deserved.

The two smiled at each other.

Cui Wenyin later found out that Xu Jiao came to say goodbye to her on purpose today, she was reluctant to part with it, but she would not keep Xu Jiao either.What's more, now that Xu Jiao has experienced many changes, she can't understand Xu Jiao's urgency to leave this sad place.

The two suppressed Li Si, and just finished their meal with a smile, Cui Wenyin didn't let Xu Jiao drink, but she herself drank a lot.When she left the banquet, she was a little drunk, so Xu Jiao couldn't rest assured, so she had to see her off.

After all, Cui Wenyin is a guest in Li's residence, so it doesn't look good to be drunk.

Xu Jiao originally planned to send people in through the side door, but when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he was stopped by a laughing voice, "Princess Yingyue, please stay!"

Looking back, it was Princess Huiming's personal maid, Aunt Ling.

Linggu came forward, bowed to Xu Jiao, and said with a smile, "Just now, the princess went to look for Fourth Lady Cui, and then I heard that Fourth Lady Cui had gone to the princess's appointment. The servant girl obeyed the princess' order, I was going to look for Mrs. Cui, so I invited the princess to come by the way. Now I am very kind, the princess is just here, no matter how late, please delay a day or two, go in and see."

Princess Huiming wants to see her?Xu Jiao raised his eyebrows, as if it wasn't really a surprise.

Seeing Cui Wenyin being sent back to her room, Xu Jiao smiled and asked Linggu to lead the way.

Linggu took her directly into a courtyard with lights on.This Li Mansion, Xu Jiao also came here once when he went to a banquet before, it occupies a very large area, and it was broad daylight at that time, the plum grove she went to, now at night, she naturally couldn't tell the direction, but she was A look of poise and composure.

She seemed not afraid at all, even though she couldn't understand the fact that Princess Huiming wanted to kill her before, but now she didn't seem to be afraid at all that Aunt Ling would take her to harm her.

Linggu looked at Xu Jiao from time to time along the way, exploring and curious about her calmness.

Naturally, Xu Jiao is not a roundworm in Linggu's stomach, but she can vaguely guess what the inquiry and curiosity in Linggu's eyes are.Naturally, it's not that she is not afraid of death, but now, she feels that Princess Huiming really doesn't need to kill her anymore.

On the contrary, she was a little curious, why Princess Huiming wanted to see her.After all, Xu Jiao felt that there was really nothing to talk about between her and Princess Huiming.

In a short time, they were already under the eaves, Linggu opened the curtain, led Xu Jiao into the room, passed through the curtain, and directly entered the inner room.

In the inner room, Princess Huiming was sitting under the lamp and looking at something. Hearing the movement, she raised her head, looked at Xu Jiao who came in behind Aunt Ling, and raised her eyebrows, "It's fast enough!"

Ling Gu replied with a smile, "As soon as the maid came out of the house, she bumped into Princess Yingyue and brought Si Niang Cui back. Si Niang drank some wine, but she was sent back by someone, and she also made hangover soup. Don't worry, princess!" Lingu said, she bent her knees and turned around with a smile, and said to Xu Jiao who was following behind, "Miss Lingxue, there are ready-made cakes in the tea room here, but I don't know what Princess Yingyue ordered. Taste, why don't you bother my lady to come with me and choose two?"

This was clearly about to push Negative Xue away, and Negative Xue looked at Xu Jiao with a silent questioning gaze.

(End of this chapter)