Yan Cigui.

Chapter 4 Who is not a darling?

Lin Yunyan leaned against the Empress Dowager, listening to her "Don't be afraid" again and again.

The table in the middle was pushed aside by the empress dowager so that she could hold the poor child tightly.

In the situation just now, Lin Yunyan couldn't fool the empress dowager, so she could only tell the truth, and her truth obviously misled the empress dowager.

It is true that this is her countermeasure. It can be seen that seeing the Empress Dowager is so sad, Lin Yunyan still feels a little guilty in her heart.

She doesn't remember much about the past when she was a child, and one of the scenes is the appearance of the empress dowager comforting her in her dream.

The empress just hugged her like this, patting her back again and again until she fell asleep again.

If there is anyone in the imperial city who is sincerely facing her and protecting her, it is only the empress dowager.

For a moment, Lin Yunyan wanted to tell the nightmare, but in the next moment, reason stopped her severely.

How would she describe that experience that was more real than a nightmare?
How would she tell the old man in front of her that you only have six short years to live, and when you close your eyes, you start fighting?The status of the princess, the title of the Lin family, everything was reduced to nothing, and she and Xu Jian, two trapped beasts, died in the fire like her mother in a smaller and smaller encirclement?

She can't say it!

The things she can and should do can be built into a mountain, but "clarifying the truth to the empress dowager" is not among them.

"I'm fine," Lin Yunyan said in a low voice, "I just woke up feeling uncomfortable, but now I'm fine, don't worry."

"Alas..." The Empress Dowager heard her soft tone and said, "Aijia asked someone to go to the imperial dining room to bring a bowl of honeydew ice. You have liked it since you were a child, and you will laugh when you see it. Before you go back, let it be served again." Wang Momo will bring you silver coins so that you can go to Fululou to buy a box of snacks, his house is the best, and the little girl eats more sweets, so she is in a good mood and happy."

Lin Yunyan couldn't help laughing.

The empress dowager is like this.

It is precisely because of her noble status as an old man that she has all kinds of good things, and giving everything is like a reward, but it makes her very boring.

Therefore, the way she expresses her concern to her juniors becomes more and more direct.

Give delicious food, and give money to buy delicious food.

Lin Yunyan would not refute the empress dowager's kindness, so she nodded in response.

The two calmed down.

Soon, Misha ice was delivered.

A layer of honey, a layer of red bean paste, spread on the fine and dense crushed ice, is quite a favorite of the people in the palace to cool off the heat.

It is also a taste that Lin Yunyan has not tasted for many years.

With the money she and Xu Jian had to take care of the basic necessities of life, how could there be any expenses for buying iced drinks and snacks?

Bite a spoonful and put it in your mouth. The crushed ice mixed with sweet honey melts on the tip of your tongue, which cools your mouth, and then, the cool sweetness moistens your throat and chest along your mouth and teeth.

so good……

She likes it that way.

It's not that you can't eat bitterness, but that in life, you have to go on the road to eat sweets.

The empress dowager said it very well, eat more sweets, you will feel better and feel better.

Of course, it's not limited to little girls.

This time, when she lived to the age of the empress dowager, she would have to eat more sweets.

After the honey sand ice was used up, and after listening to the empress dowager say some homely things, Lin Yunyan took the silver ingot that Wang Momo handed over to her, and left the Palace of Compassionate Peace with Wan Yue.

On the square outside the palace, the carriage from Chengyibo's residence was already waiting.

Lin Yunyan got off the sedan chair in front of the palace gate, and went to her carriage.

There was a sudden gust of wind, she turned her head to avoid it, and saw a dozen figures on the other side of the square in the distance.

Everyone was in a hurry, and they could only be identified as palace people and officials coming in and out by their clothes, but she saw a familiar figure among them at a glance.

That is Xu Jian.

Lin Yunyan had never seen Xu Jian like this, Xu Jian who was standing and walking.

The Xu Jian she knew was not good at walking, and because of his injury, he was in and out of a wheelchair all the year round, and his body shape gradually changed from when he was healthy, which eventually affected his body shape.

In my impression, Xu Jian once said in the mirror that she was "a different person".

Such Xu Jian was deeply remembered in Lin Yunyan's mind, that was the Xu Jian she should be familiar with, but now, she recognized another Xu Jian.

Not suspicious, but certain, even, she felt familiar.

Incredible.

Xu Jian walked at a leisurely pace, and a young man in a fine attire beside him was dancing and talking about something.

Lin Yunyan didn't recognize the person's identity for a while, but Xu Jian's outline became clearer in her eyes.

Compared with the motionless Xu Jian in the fire, the man in front of him had younger facial features and a more ostentatious expression.

within reason.

Lin Yunyan thought that for Xu Jian, who was sixteen or seventeen years old, lameness was a blow, but it would not be like a broken leg and only relying on a wheelchair. The wave after wave of betrayals and calculations from all directions in the following years made him gradually lose hope.

Just as she was thinking about it, Xu Jian glanced at this side, and then looked back.

Just looking at the movements, it's hard for Lin Yunyan to tell whether he saw her or not.

The carriage was already in front of her, Wan Yue set the pedals, and stretched out her hand to support her: "Princess, with such a strong wind, I'm afraid there will be a thunderstorm later."

Lin Yunyan nodded and stepped into the car.

The pedals are put away, the curtains are put away, the handlebars are slanted on the frame, the whip is lightly raised, and the horse rattles forward, further and further away.

"What are you looking at?" Xia Qinglue waved his hand casually in front of Xu Jian's eyes, "Look so carefully, which one is it?"

Xu Jian didn't wave that hand, but only gave Xia Qing a sideways glance.

He knew this little boy too well.

Xia Qinglue was the late empress' nephew, he didn't have the time to worry about his family business, and he didn't have the habit of studying and practicing martial arts. His hobby was playing with birds, listening to operas and fighting crickets. Naturally, he was very popular with his elderly husband, Uncle Hou.

The elders in the family couldn't see that he was not up to date, and they wanted to twist it twice a few years ago, but were stopped by the Holy Spirit, so they let him go.

In the past two years, even the Holy Majesty liked to hear him talk about the excitement outside the palace.

Xu Jian glanced at him, Xia Qinglue felt bored, and withdrew his hand in dismay.

After walking two steps, he felt uncomfortable again, so he lightly bumped Xu Jian with his arm, and said in a low voice, "That's the empress dowager's heart, and it's useless to look at it a few more times."

"You can see so clearly, and you still ask me 'whose family'?" Xu Jian clicked her tongue, "Who is not a darling?"

Xia Qinglue got used to his poor mouth, and subconsciously wanted to answer "You're not a sweetheart", but fortunately, he reacted quickly and swallowed it back.

This sharp blow made him cough.

While beating his chest, he secretly rejoiced, but luckily he didn't blurt out.

He likes to joke, but there are some things that cannot be said as jokes, especially between friends, let alone say something that hurts people's hearts by relying on the deep friendship.

Indeed, who is not a darling.

But after the old Duke passed away, no one took Xu Jian seriously.

Obviously both parents are present, siblings are both, but it is better to be alone and have a clean life.

"It's not easy to say," Xia Qinglue calmed down, and his thoughts quickly found love for himself, "The male college should be married, and the female college should be married, and the empress dowager's darling should also talk about kissing, or else, look at it again." Take a few glances, is it useful to try?"

Xu Jian: ...

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