the other side, flower festival

Chapter 36 The Heart of the Goddess of the Western Regions
Linglong lay on the bed with her eyes closed, she could feel someone sitting beside her bed, smelling that smell, she knew that that person was Wang Ziyu.

Wang Ziyu's body always exudes a strange fragrance, like a fragrance that has never been smelled in Chang'an City, the fragrance is elegant, but it makes people feel a little confused.

Linglong pretended to have just woken up, and when she saw Wang Ziyu in front of her, she pretended to be surprised for a moment, then got up and sat up: "Prince Wang, when did you come?" Pretending to be flustered, she straightened her hair and clothes, "I lost my composure."

Wang Ziyu looked at Linglong's appearance in front of him and couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand and helped Linglong tidy her hair around her ears, and said softly: "After all, she is a good girl. She didn't have any wind and dust in that kind of place."

Linglong timidly lowered her head: "Prince Wang, Linglong."

Wang Ziyu got up from the bed, looked deeply at Linglong, and then seemed to force himself not to look at her: "From now on, there will be no more Linglong," Wang Ziyu returned to the cold, "Your name is A Ruo, Si Wan bamboo."

"Si Wanruo, my name is Si Wanruo" Linglong couldn't recover for a moment.

Wang Ziyu turned his head: "Your health is almost recovered. On another day, I will invite people from the Si family to come to my house to recognize relatives. If there are no other problems, you should be able to go home soon."

"What about you?" Linglong lowered her head, "I mean, what about us?"

Wang Ziyu only glanced at Linglong, opened the door and left without saying a word.

Linglong sat alone on the bed, the pitiful look on her face just now gradually disappeared, and turned into a blank expression, she smiled faintly: "Why are you always around me?"

From the back of the bed, a red snake spiraled out, spitting out a letter, climbed onto Linglong's bed, and then changed into the appearance of Aning, sticking to Linglong's body.

Linglong also seemed to be used to this kind of Aning, she didn't want to pay attention to it, and she didn't dodge it.

A Ningjiao smiled and blew into Linglong's ear: "I just miss you, I want to see you."

Linglong sneered: "At first, I thought it was the girl who asked you to stare at me. Later, when I thought about it, the girl is always suspicious of people, and she is not suspicious of people. Since she has raised me for all these years, she is naturally waiting for this day. If you are really sent to stare at me, it will destroy the balance of the relationship between me and her."

Linglong turned to look at Aning: "Am I right?"

Aning moved a little further away from Linglong: "I don't usually see that you are a clever girl. Let me tell you, the girl always keeps you by her side. What is the reason?" Suddenly she approached, "Do you think the girl doesn't know?" What do you really think?"

Linglong sneered: "My real thoughts? I'm just a human being, what can I have on my mind? The most I can do is to find my family and live a normal life, but it's you."

"What's wrong with me?" Aning's face darkened.

Linglong quietly approached Aning's ear, and said softly: "Do you think the girl really doesn't know what you are doing behind your back?"

Aning suddenly showed a ferocious expression: "What did you say!"

Seeing the right side of Aning's expression, Linglong felt a little relieved: "A-Ning, in the past, in Zhuijinlou, I admit that I was afraid of you, but now that I have an identity, in the future, you will never be able to hurt me again." I."

Ah Ning spit out snake letters, his face had changed, and his red-gold tongue looked terrifying from time to time.

But Linglong seemed to be used to it, and said with a smile: "Do you really think that the girl doesn't know everything you do?"

Aning's fangs were exposed, aimed at the exquisite fair neck, ready to bite down with an angry face.

Linglong didn't dodge at all, and said calmly: "Since I was very young, I knew that I was destined to be the girl's pawn. To put it bluntly, I just don't know how the girl wants to use me, but no matter what I say, I am the girl who raised me." Big one, I may know the girl better than you, but you are just her servant, if you have to say it, your status is not as good as mine!"

Aning was even more angry: "A small human being uttered wild words. With me, your life is so fragile that I only need one bite!" Ah Ning's fangs had already touched Linglong's neck, and blood oozed out.

Linglong laughed out loud: "But, do you think that the girl will let her servant, in anger, destroy the chess piece she has raised for 14 years?"

Aning paused, and the fangs slowly left Linglong's skin.

Linglong turned her head to look at Aning: "A-Ning, you should take care of yourself. If you really want to be with the girl all the time, you should help her. She is kind by nature. If you treat her well, she will definitely remember you." That's good, but if you play some tricks behind her back."

Outside the door, there was the sound of people walking, followed by a knock on the door.

The two looked towards the direction outside the door together.

"Miss Ah Ruo, this servant is here to change your clothes. The young master said that your health has improved. Later, I will take you for a walk in the garden."

Linglong put down her vigilance and said, "Come in."

Turning around again, Aning had disappeared.

At the door of Linglong's room, the figure of the red snake Aning slid along the corner and disappeared into the grass in the courtyard.

Wang Ziyu saw Ah Ning's snake-shaped figure from a distance, but kept his expression on his face. He turned to look in the direction of Linglong's room, then turned and left.

After the morning court, Si Mingyu and all the ministers walked out of the court hall. Everyone was still talking in twos and threes, but Si Mingyu's face was not good-looking, and his livid face was full of anger.

Today in the court hall, someone mentioned that the Minister of Rites and the Dali Temple had sheltered Jiang's priests together. Fortunately, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Mr. Wang, helped to explain, and the doubts in the Queen's mind were resolved. In Si Mingyu's mind, this is not something glorious after all, and if the matter is not resolved, deeper troubles may arise.

Si Mingyu walked slowly thoughtfully. Some people saw Si Mingyu's appearance, some stepped forward to curry favor, and some laughed secretly, but Si Mingyu never took it to heart.

Master Wang took a step forward and stood in front of Si Mingyu: "Master Si!"

Si Mingyu raised his eyes and saw Mr. Wang who had just said something nice for him: "Mr. Wang!" Si Mingyu bowed to Mr. Wang in response.

In fact, the relationship between the two was very good 17 years ago. At that time, both of them were only in the fifth rank, and the relationship between the two wives was also very good. The two families often walked around. After agreeing on a marriage contract in the womb, I thought that the two families could get along well, but I didn't expect that the officialdom is like a battlefield, and it's always a matter of life and death.

In addition, after the daughter of the Si family went missing during the Lantern Festival that year, the Si family has since become gloomy, and the relationship between the two families has gradually drifted apart.

Today in the court hall, Si Mingyu once again saw Mr. Wang who was explaining for him, and he was in a trance for a while, thinking of the past when the two were young, he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Master Wang took a step forward, and patted Si Mingyu's shoulder with a smile: "We were supposed to be a family. Since we are a family, there is no need to talk about two families."

Si Mingyu lowered his head and smiled: "Yes, but things are not always what we expected."

Master Wang pulled Si Mingyu aside, and whispered: "Later today, if you are free, I would like to go to the mansion to talk to you about something."

Si Mingyu was puzzled, because since he lost his daughter, the two hadn't been as good as they were before for more than ten years. Coupled with the entanglements in the officialdom, Mr. Wang even made trouble for himself behind his back. Well, Si Mingyu was indeed extremely sad, after all, he just lost his daughter and was betrayed by his friends.

From then on, Si Mingyu taught Si Yangting not to trust anyone in the officialdom except his closest relatives.

Today, Mr. Wang's attitude was too enthusiastic, which made Si Mingyu feel uneasy.

"What's the matter?" Si Mingyu still resisted.

Mr. Wang smiled: "These years have passed, both of us have reached the position of below one person and above ten thousand people, so there is no need to divide any more. If we can get back together, we will be above the court."

Si Mingyu bowed his hands to Mr. Wang: "Mr. Wang is serious. I don't have the skills and ambitions to help Mr. Wang." After speaking, Si Mingyu wanted to leave. After all, in his heart, he was loved by his most trusted friend. What kind of pain is betrayal, he can't get over it.

He still remembered that, in order for Mr. Wang to take the position, on the Lantern Festival of that year, Siming Yu, who had been shopping in the market with a couple of children, was suddenly surrounded by officers and soldiers and taken to Dali Temple for interrogation. Fortunately, it was still Dali Temple at that time. Shaoqing's Fu Lingtian clearly investigated the case and saved the Si family, but Mr. Wang left everything behind.

At that moment, Si Mingyu's heart was broken.

That night, Si Wanruo, Si Yangting's twin sister, got lost with her family in the chaos, and she has never been found since.

Thinking about it, Si Mingyu felt his heart ache again. He didn't want to have anything to do with Mr. Wang anymore, so he turned around and was about to leave.

Master Wang didn't rush forward, but said to Si Mingyu's back: "Do you still remember Ah Ruo?"

Si Mingyu's whole body froze in place. He opened his eyes wide, turned around slowly, and looked at Mr. Wang with a smile on his face behind him.

Mr. Wang knew that Si Mingyu would have such an expression, so he was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Mr. Si has been looking for Ah Ruo all these years. I know it all. Later today, I want to go to the mansion to discuss the relationship between Xiaoer and Ah Ruo Ruo's marriage."

Siming Yu's brows gradually frowned, not knowing what Master Wang meant.

Master Wang was not in a hurry to speak, but just looked at Si Mingyu with a calm smile.

In the late night of Zanghua Pavilion, the moonlight was alluring, but now Jiang Jichen's studio was empty.

He has tidied up the messy studio, but there is no portrait of Manzhu on the wall anymore.

Sitting at the table by the window, Jiang Jichen looked at the handkerchief in his hand by the moonlight. The Bianhua flowers on the handkerchief were dazzling, and every thread seemed to pierce Jiang Jichen's heart.

"Really. Is it related to Pingkangli? Who is Linglong? Between Manzhu and Manzhu." Jiang Jichen didn't dare to think about it any more. Every time he thought of Manzhu, his heart ached unconsciously.

The jade pendant around his waist radiated bright red light following Jiang Jichen's fluctuating heart, almost overflowing with blood.

Jiang Jichen stretched out his hand, and a string of bells hung on his wrist. The bells were almost exactly the same as the bells on Manzhu's ankle, except that at the end of the bells, there was a delicate and beautiful leaf-like shape.

Jiang Jichen's expression froze suddenly. He pulled off the bell on his wrist and opened his eyes wide.

"This string of bells. How could it be?" Jiang Jichen's heart beat so fast that Jiang Jichen was almost out of breath.

Behind Jiang Jichen came a charming voice: "You finally remembered? Do you still like the gift I gave you?"

Jiang Jichen turned his head abruptly, and saw the red snake Aning leaning softly beside Jiang Jichen's bed, his bright red lips exuded a seductive aura.

Aning got up from the bed and approached Jiang Jichen: "This bell was originally hung on my feet. I dare not wear it in front of the girl. When we met for the first time that day, I originally wanted to leave it for you." This impression, I thought that you would have an impression of that bell, but I didn't expect that you didn't even look at it."

Jiang Jichen was shocked and slowly backed away: "Aren't you from Manzhu? Why?"

Aning smiled, leaning against Jiang Jichen's body softly, and lightly brushed Jiang Jichen's face with his fingers: "The person I like, no matter who he is, I have to satisfy my greed first." The red lips were already close to Jiang Jichen's ears, "Especially the girl likes it, I really want to try it, what's it like."

Jiang Jichen put away his shocked expression and turned to look at Ah Ning's charming and vivid face.

The distance was too close, and Jiang Jichen could even see his own reflection in Ah Ning's smoky pupils.

(End of this chapter)