The queen leaves the court

Chapter 42
With no one around to watch, An Zixun shuttled back and forth among the crowd, gambling money, silk and bamboo entertainment, and folk songs and dances, etc. She took advantage of the excitement to walk through half of the cabins for more than half an hour.

She checked it carefully, and there was nothing unusual.There is still half a ship, she has to check it out quickly.

Three years ago, she was careless and didn't notice the abnormality on the boat. After that, the boat exploded suddenly and He Lianqing was injured, and she mistakenly thought it was Jin Chenbo's fault. Now she wants to explain, but she can't produce the slightest evidence to prove her cousin's innocence.

At the corner, Kapok stared at the sea in a daze, her delicate cheeks were as pale as blood.

"Kapok." An Zixun called her a few times, but she didn't move.

She suddenly came back to her senses and turned around, seeing the blue-faced and fangsed ghost mask on An Zixun's face in front of her, she let out a low cry, and took a few steps back in fright.

"It's me." An Zixun lifted the mask, "I'm sorry for scaring you."

Mu Mian covered her heart and panted slightly, and was about to salute and address the princess. Aware of the surrounding environment, she made a low cry just now, which caused someone to look at them, and then changed her mouth and said in a low voice, "Mr. An."

"Why are you in a daze here? Is there someone serving Mrs. Hua?"

"My servant saw that the weather was going to rain, so I thought about preparing some warm things for my wife. The wind and rain on the sea in midwinter is very cold." She explained with a smile, and added, "Looking at the sea god's lively meeting, greedy Stay for a while longer."

"The weather is very nice." An Zixun looked at the sky, the sun was warm and even dazzling.

"Mr. An may not be clear. The weather at sea changes a lot. It was like this one moment, and maybe it will be windy and windy the next moment. The slave has already boiled ginger tea, and I will send a bowl to you later. You must remember to add something. Clothes, watch out for a recurrence of the cold." She said with concern.

"Thank you, Mumian. By the way, Qi Ye said that you are a fisherman's girl, and you know a lot about the weather changes at sea."

"It's all in the past." When Mu Mian was asked this question, she looked sad, and then she changed the topic, "Mr. An, the servant gave you medicine, remember to take it regularly, don't forget."

When she said this, her expression was extremely concerned. When An Zixun heard and saw it, she would inevitably be moved in her heart.

"I will remember to take it, this is your wish, Kapok."

Watching An Zixun leave, Mu Mian had complicated expressions in his eyes, clutching the hem of his clothes for a long time, and finally turned and walked away helplessly.

On the top of the high sail, Xie Monian, dressed in black and with black hair, stared coldly at what happened before.His eyes moved to An Zixun who had walked around the cabin for a long time.

The figure moved instantly, he slid down against the back of the sail, and disappeared silently into the cabin below.

The bottom of the merchant ship is usually where boatmen and poor travelers live. Xie Monian pushed open the wooden door and stepped in. In a small place, he turned the secret door switch, and a gap opened, and someone was waiting for him inside.

That person had a pure childlike smile, his eyebrows were not as perfect as Helianqing's, but he had his own demeanor.

"What are you doing here?" Xie Mo Nian was obviously in a bad mood seeing him.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. When I heard that you came back, I naturally wanted to come to see you." He has a good temper, and his long-term patience has formed his excellent control.

Apart from blushing towards someone, or even being overwhelmed by madness, he has always maintained a gentle and jade-like demeanor in front of other people.

Xie Mo Nian snorted coldly and pulled out the sword from his waist, sat on the side and wiped it carefully, the cold edge of the sword reflected Xie Mo Nian's thin and handsome face.

"I've met you. If you're okay, please go back. Qing'er is also on this boat. If you come here secretly, if he sees you, you may not be able to get away."

He has clear preferences, and Xie Mo Nian has always had a bad face towards people he doesn't like.

Sure enough, when the man heard what he said, his face was a little ugly.He Lianqing is here, one of the most difficult people in his heart to face.

"Qing'er's temper is bad, and mine is even worse. If you don't leave, be careful I won't be polite." Xie Mo Nian suddenly swung out the long sword in his hand, and the tip of the sword touched his throat.

"I came here with a message for my lord."

"Go back and tell that person that I have no intention of cooperating with him any longer. At the beginning, everyone got what they needed. Now that I go back to Xichu, I will only obey Qing'er. Don't make any more decisions from me. I only said this once. See you next time, we are our own masters, don't blame me for not remembering the past relationship!"

"Okay, I will convey what Master Xie said." The man nodded and got up and was about to leave.

Xie Mo Nian's sword pointed forward, his swordsmanship was superb, over the years there were no less than dozens of masters who died in his hands, more than half of the martial arts fighters obeyed his orders, and he vowed to be loyal to He Lianqing to the death.

"Wait a minute, I'm not finished yet." Xie Mo Nian smiled sullenly, showing his white teeth, like a beast waiting for an opportunity in the dark. "Don't act like I'm a fool who can't see it. If you plan on An Zixun again, she is Qing'er's woman. If you dare to provoke her, I will kill you!"

The man restrained his smile, and there was a cold breath spreading in his eyebrows and eyes, like the wick in the mouth of a poisonous snake, hissing and yelling angrily, "How dare you touch her!"

Xie Monian's eyes gradually became crazy, and he smiled: "Why don't you dare? Qing'er hasn't gotten tired of playing with her yet. When Qing'er doesn't like her anymore, I will kill her. There are only two endings for An Zixun, or if Qing'er Be by your side for the rest of your life, let him torture you, don't leave, or run away from Qing'er, and wait to be pierced by me with an arrow!"

"You are too arrogant!" the man said softly, "How long can He Lianqing live? Stop dreaming!"

Xie Monian's eyes became vicious, "You are not as good as Qing'er, and cursing is useless. I know all about you very well. If Qing'er doesn't want the throne, Helian Chunshui, a bastard, you bastard, don't expect to get it. I don't believe you." Just wait and see!"

"Master Hou, don't listen to that lunatic Xie Mo Nian!" Rong Fu anxiously comforted him, but He Lian Chun Shui sat there with dazed eyes and no feeling at all.

The woman's embroidered shoes in his arms were embroidered with wisteria flowers all over. He had seen her natural feet. They were white and beautiful, but they were covered with wounds and dripping with blood. He found these shoes for her specially because of his heartache.

She was very happy, but said sorry to him and could not accept his affection.

She only wore those shoes for a while, but He Lianqing tore them off and threw them on the ground, snatching away the woman he likes.

He Lianqing obviously didn't love her, and always made her sad and uncomfortable, but he didn't allow other people to treat her any better.He was even expelled and not allowed to return to Xichu, otherwise he would be killed.

They grew up together, and Chunshui never forgot Helianqing's kindness to him in those years.But everything has changed. The third emperor uncle, whom he has always been grateful for, just treats him out of pity and sympathy.

In his heart, maybe he looks at Helian Chunshui just like Xie Mo Nian looks at him, a bastard, a brat.He is the son of Prince Jin, a rebellious minister, and his mother is a lowly slave.

The vicious ridicule kept ringing in his ears, the bastard, the bastard... These words have been heard since he can remember, and after more than 20 years, they were ruthlessly brought up and ridiculed, like a steel knife piercing his wound. It turned out that the wound did not heal at all. It has already suppurated, and there is no cure for it.

Can't get it?He laughed slowly, this time it was also the turn of Uncle Sanhuang to try the taste of being robbed of his beloved.

Except for the bottom layer, An Zixun has carefully inspected this merchant ship in the past few days. The structure is firm and strong, and the whole ship has more than a hundred people including the boatmen, so it can be regarded as a large ship.

If you want to blow up the ship like three years ago, you need a certain amount of saltpeter, and these things must be conspicuous.

She had checked the cabins on several floors, and there was nothing suspicious at all, so only the bottom floor hadn't been checked. There were so many people and things there, and she probably couldn't check it more carefully by herself.

At noon, the weather was still clear and clear in the morning, but now it suddenly changed its appearance, the sky was overcast with dark clouds, and the cold wind suddenly picked up like a knife blade, blowing mercilessly, pouring into the sleeves, and flowing along the pores Drilling down to the bone, surprisingly clammy.

She didn't want to go back to the cabin, thinking that the bottom floor hadn't been checked yet, so she went down again.

It was a smooth journey just now, and the boatman was still resting. The smell of the bottom layer was mixed with a lot of things.The sea fluctuated greatly, and the bottom suddenly shook violently.

She can bear this, she has never seen any kind of storm.

An Zixun walked slowly, holding on to something that could support her body.

The boat shook more and more, and the boatmen got up and started to work one after another. There were human voices as they walked back and forth, and a burst of music was occasionally mixed in. An Zixun couldn't hear clearly, but he was sure that someone was playing.

This piece is very familiar, especially the player's technique. She has seen it several times, but not everyone can play it so delicately.

Near the last narrow room, the music should come from here.She stopped, and the music seemed to know she was there, and it stopped abruptly.

A pair of delicate and slender hands raised the curtain that half covered the door, and the person inside was holding a stringed piano and looking at her with a smile.

An Zixun frowned slightly, and then suddenly realized, no wonder she looked familiar, such a wonderful person smiled at her, with such an indisputable beauty, how could she forget it!
"Why are you dressed like this? It's not the music, I really didn't know you were here at the moment." An Zixun laughed out loud, and sat down casually in this dilapidated place after entering, and poured a glass for herself unceremoniously tea.

The man looked at An Zixun for a moment, "Don't the princess think that I appear here with ulterior motives?" He suddenly asked, but asked An Zixun in this way.

"I don't know why you are here. If you want to say it, I'll listen. If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. You helped me so much before and solved a big problem for me. I, An Zixun, You are a friend, how could you easily suspect you." She smiled, with disapproval in her eyes.

Ji Yunshang not only knows how to play, he also understands music, and can express what she thinks in her heart with music.

When teaching her the stringed qin, the two of them played together once, and that kind of mutual understanding of the heart can be expressed in the music, and the language has become superfluous.

This person seems gentle and weak, but he has great ambitions hidden in his heart, and that kind of forbearance will burst out in the future, and he will definitely do something.

"I have been to the palace to look for you, and I know that the prince will take you on a trip." He paused, thought for a while before continuing, "It was the crown prince who told me that the prince might take you on a boat."

"Well, what else?" An Zixun just said lightly after hearing this.

"I'm someone sent by the crown prince. Princess, don't you blame me for lying to you?" He frowned slightly, a little puzzled by An Zixun's reaction.

"If you don't want me to discover your existence, you will hide it well." She lowered her eyes, slowly slid her fingers across the mouth of the cup, and then said after a while, "If you really want to do something to me, you can You won't wait until this time, in fact, you have many opportunities before, right?"

"Princess, have you noticed?" He suddenly smiled, a little sad. "It's good to know, I feel very uncomfortable in my heart."

"I didn't realize it earlier. You just said that the crown prince sent you, and I thought of what happened before. Those coincidences already existed, and when I think about it again, it will naturally be solved."

She smiled lightly. Helianqing's distrust of her and Hua Qianyou's several attempts to frame her also indirectly made her more wary of the people around her.

Ji Yunshang was very frank, but it relieved her anger of being deceived.

She raised her eyes and stared at Ji Yunshang in front of her. "If the prince doesn't send you, he will send someone else. Ji Yunshang, you are honest with me. Since you have confessed everything today, let me ask you, what do you want to come with this time?"

There was a pain in his expression that was entangled again after letting go, and his voice trembled slightly, "I don't know what's wrong with me, I just want to see you here again. Ji Yunshang knows music, but has never met a bosom friend. First."

He plucked the stringed piano with his fingertips at will, and the sound of the music spread out, like pearls falling into the coolness of the dust, as if lamenting that his bosom friend in this life would soon be gone...

"Ji Yunshang, it's hard to find a bosom friend in life. During these days in Xichu, the sound of your piano can relieve my depression. An Zixun regards you as a friend. Although you and I have different positions, as long as you don't do anything, there is still love between us." There's friendship there."

He frowned slightly, "I understand that this is because I am demanding, and it is unfair to you. You can't explain it to the prince."

"In front of the prince, Ji Yunshang is nothing but a dead life." He lowered his head, and when he mentioned He Lianchen, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and his arms holding the instrument became more and more vigorous, but his thin shoulders trembled slightly.

A pair of white and slender hands stretched out in front of him, he looked up, An Zixun patted him on the shoulder a few times, "You said that I am your bosom friend, then let me tell you, in your music, I can tell that you are not You are not willing to live like this, you still have unfulfilled wishes, the reason why you endure it is only because of the force of the situation, and I firmly believe that one day, you will be able to get your wish."

He smiled again, not as childish as He Lianqing, but as light and soft as the petals of the epiphyllum blooming in the middle of the night.

But in a short moment, it is an unforgettable beauty for a lifetime.

An Zixun had seen Ji Yunshang's smile, which was casual and indifferent, as if content with the indifference of destiny.I've never seen him smile like this before.

"Thanks to the auspicious words, if there is such a day, Ji Yunshang will forever remember what the princess said today." The amazing smile was restrained, his face was still calm and breezy, but the depths of his dark pupils were shining brightly, Because of the woman in front of me.

For a long time, Ji Yunshang seldom smiled like this. In his life, the most sincere smiles are very few. She is his bosom friend, and a bosom friend is hard to find in the world, and a lifetime is enough.

And is he too greedy, so the heavens are stingy and stubborn, and want to take away the only person he can confide in.

He doesn't love those who love him, even if those are very good, what he loves, he can't get, because it's unique, and it's destined to become a doom that a person with his mind can't wish for in his life.

There was the man's sincere smile in her eyes, and An Zixun solemnly promised, "I promised you that if you return to the feudal land, I will ask you to be my master to teach piano art. Since you are coming, you will disembark at Xiangling, and I will send People arrange for you to live first. No matter how capable He Lianchen is, he would not dare to act recklessly to find you. You can live at ease. There is no guarantee that life will be easier. At least you don’t have to be controlled by others anymore. That kind of feeling is really uncomfortable. .”

He listened to her silently, his eyes were covered with mist for a moment, it was really only a moment, but even he was surprised, he would feel a slight movement in his heart for a promise that still had no hope in sight.

An Zixun, you take such good care of me, how can I fulfill the vow I made at the beginning?

In the evening, the sky was dark and treacherous. After the storm at sea, the rain eased. An Zixun returned to the cabin in her clothes, and no one was waiting for her.

Feeling a little uncomfortable and dizzy, she fell down on the couch to take a nap with her clothes still on.

The cold and humid air, with the salty smell of sea water, made her feel so cold that she pulled the quilt and shrunk into a ball of shrimp, trying to get warmer.

In fact, she should feel at ease when He Lianqing is not here. She is very afraid of the cold, especially in cold and humid days, and his body temperature is also lower than ordinary people.

At first he hugged her to sleep, An Zixun really didn't like it, firstly he hated this man, secondly because his body was very cold, which made her feel uncomfortable.

But later the two embraced each other and fell asleep. She found that no matter how cold her body was, when they hugged each other, they could warm each other.

She didn't sleep well, and the coolness blocked her heart, pressing her tightly like ice. She couldn't help shivering from the cold, and her face was covered with cold sweat. Struggling, she fumbled for the medicine bottle beside the pillow. It was a new configuration of kapok. of.

She was really useless when she got sick, she couldn't hold the medicine bottle, she fell to the ground and rolled around.

"An Zixun, it's fine for people to bully you. When you're sick, even a medicine bottle can tease you!" She murmured helplessly, trying to get up to pick it up.

"Don't move." There was a slight anger in his ear.

(End of this chapter)