Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 187 Breaking
Xia Shengqing was shocked by Xia Zijin's blurted words. He didn't expect that Xia Zijin already knew that he was working for Xia Zijin. He felt ashamed when he touched the sarcasm in Xia Zijin's eyes, but he couldn't refute it.

"Princess, why do you have to say that..." He sighed and didn't respond positively after all.

But Xia Zijin didn't stop there.

"Why can't I say that? Can you deny that this is not true? Xia Shengqing, in the past year when you and I made an engagement, where did you leave me? Do you truly regard me as someone you haven't been through?" Wife, or do you just think of me as a stepping stone for you to fight for power?"

The more Xia Zijin talked, the more aggrieved she felt. She kept silent for so many days, but she couldn't bear it anymore. She knew nothing about Xia Shengqing's secrets, and it was as if she had tied herself up in the confusion of the future. In the swamp, whether it is a blessing or a curse, life or death depends entirely on luck.

"Why would the princess look at me like this..." Xia Shengqing's eyes were filled with pain, he didn't know when he became like this in Xia Zijin's eyes.

"Then what do you want me to think of you?" Xia Zijin took a deep breath, and looked up into his burning eyes, "Since you went to Mercy Villa, you have been wrong, and I can't see you through more and more, and I don't even understand what happened in the past. The real you is the real you, or the real you is the real you.”

"You said that you never liked to participate in the factional struggles of the princes in the court, but in a blink of an eye you joined the prince's command again. You said that you would definitely keep your cousin safe, but now that he has lost all his martial arts, will he It’s a question of being able to bounce back.”

Xia Zijin choked up as she said that, her clear eyes were stained with pain, and she couldn't tell whether it was because she had misread Xia Shengqing, or because she still hadn't escaped the fate of being in love in the first life again. .

Xia Shengqing couldn't help shaking her head, how could he tell Xia Zijin that all this was just a game, a game set up for his country's hatred and family grievances.

He couldn't open his mouth. If Xia Zijin knew his true identity, it would add to the trouble.

However, Xia Shengqing still couldn't bear the feeling of being misunderstood by Xia Zijin. He wanted to get close to her but she took a step back to avoid him, as if any contact with him was a sin.

"Whether the princess believes it or not, my heart for the princess has not changed at all from the beginning to the end. It is a last resort to do things for the prince. In this palace, except for the princess, no one else can be trusted at all. Deliberately deceiving the princess because of other interests."

His heartfelt words now sounded to Xia Zijin's ears as irony, more like high-sounding prevarication.

Only Xia Zijin laughed, then looked at him intently, and asked solemnly, "Okay, you said you are still sincere, so let me ask you, how did Hui'er die?"

Her firm expression did not allow Xia Shengqing to be in a daze, but Xia Shengqing did not expect that Xia Zijin had suspected the real cause of Huier's death early in the morning, and was speechless for a while.

In Xia Zijin's eyes, his hesitant demeanor was the truth of acquiescence. Xia Zijin changed from doubt and questioning to affirmation and disappointment bit by bit, and retreated sadly with two wry smiles.

"You don't need to say it, I understand everything. People have different hearts and ambitions throughout their lives, and I don't blame you."

Xia Zijin suddenly felt that her face was a little wet. She raised her hand to touch it, and it was full of cold tears.

Why, she is obviously not the one who lied, and she is not the one who cheated, but she feels so uncomfortable.

"Princess..." Xia Shengqing spoke shyly, brushing the corners of her eyes with cool fingertips to wipe her tears, but Xia Zijin turned her head away again.

"You know, that day I asked you if you were willing to lose the glory and wealth in this palace with me, and go to the world of mortals to live freely in the world of mortals. I thought you nodded and agreed, so what worries do I have in my heart? It’s gone too. It’s just a change of clothes, playing in the mountains and rivers, isn’t it happier than being in this world of intrigue?”

After she said a few words, she sniffed again, her eyes were red.

"But I was wrong. What you think is completely different from mine. What you want is wealth and wealth, and what you want is chariots, horses and beauties. How about it, is the manor His Royal Highness arranged for you satisfied? Are the beauties attractive?"

Up to now, Xia Shengqing can only be silent and respond, not to say it is wrong, but to say more is also wrong.

"I've never been there."

"Whether you go or not has nothing to do with this princess from now on."

Xia Zijin stood in front of him, but his thin back was full of indescribable stubbornness.

"Since you have chosen to join the prince, I can't change your decision. What you want is power and status, and I can't give it to you. From now on, you can do whatever you want, and I won't ask a word." Every word and every word of her seemed to have been carved into the ground with a hammer, but it also had a desolate meaning.

"If you want to break this engagement with me, I won't stop you."

This was the last sentence Xia Zijin left for Xia Shengqing. After saying this, she didn't dare to look at his expression, forced back her tears, turned around and stepped out of the room as if she didn't care.

But she didn't know that compared to her painful look, Xia Shengqing was even worse.

After the day's unhappiness broke up, Xia Zijin intentionally avoided Xia Shengqing.

Whether he came to Moshengyuan to meet her in the name of explaining, or waiting in various places she frequented, Xia Zijin tried every means to avoid seeing her.

Xiaokui and Xiaohuanzi both saw it, but they couldn't persuade them, so they could only look at Xia Zijin's frosty expression every day, and she was anxious, and she couldn't smile any more.

It was just after dawn that day, and Xia Zijin woke up early.

After a hasty breakfast, Xiao Kui prepared a basket and sticks and other utensils, loaded them into the carriage and drove around to leave the palace.September is approaching the middle of the month, and the weather is getting cooler and cooler. Although it is still a bit muggy in the afternoon, it is time to add clothes in the morning and night.

The master and his servants drove to the suburbs in a carriage, and there was a mountain rock three miles away. I heard that there was a mist that shrouded the mountain all the year round. Because of the damp and cold climate, there were no beasts living in groups, but many medicines were produced. Good herb to come.

Xiao Huanzi stopped the carriage at the foot of the mountain, helped Xia Zijin out of the carriage, and together with Xiaokui, the three masters and servants were dressed in ordinary people's clothes, so as not to cause unnecessary troubles when walking in the mountains.

"Princess, you will stand behind the maidservant and Xiao Huanzi later. It is enough for the two of us to gather herbs. Princess, you are a man of gold, so you cannot do such rough work." Xiaokui walked in the front, Carrying a bamboo basket half a head taller than her, she looks like a little girl in an ordinary household.

Xia Zijin shook her head, if she wanted to give someone a fake hand, she could have someone else find the herbal medicine and send it to the palace, why bother to make the trip by herself.

"This princess is not so delicate. It's just a matter of walking some mountain roads and digging some soil. Besides, that kind of weed is not easy to find. It will be easier for the three of us to find it together." Xia Zijin tied the belt around her waist Hurry up, the mountain road was a bit slippery after heavy rain last night, holding a stick in her hand, she looked forward from time to time.

In the past few days, she came across a secret recipe from an ancient medical book, saying that smashing qifengcao and applying it to the wound will have a miraculous effect on the regeneration of its flesh and veins. If it can last for a while, the marrow will be washed and rebuilt Not impossible.

It's just that Qifeng grass grows on the high mountains with deep humidity, and it is extremely rare. It only emerges on the second day after the rain, but its life cycle is only three days, and it will wither into the soil after three days.

Xia Zijin thought that if he could find the Qifengcao, he would be able to help Liu Anqi a little. Although he couldn't make him the same as before, there would always be no problem with his daily work and rest.

"Princess, the road is slippery, be careful." Xiao Huanzi walked last, also carrying a basket.

The three of them walked for more than an hour before reaching the halfway up the mountain. Looking up, they saw a dense and dense land. As expected, there was a white mist that was visible to the naked eye around the top of the mountain. The long eagle flew straight into the sky. In the deep forest, there was a forest moving wind.

When Xia Zijin went out of the palace, she specially brought suitable cloth shoes and put them on in the carriage. Even after walking for such a long time, it felt a little painful. Most of the time she walked in the palace on weekdays. How could she have walked so many mountain roads? .

"A hundred or so steps forward, we can start looking for it. The weed grass grows small, so we have to look carefully."

The two nodded, and then searched carefully on the road. It was still a time when the morning dew was heavy, and the three of them stepped among the dense green grass, and their shoes and socks were soaked by the dew in a short while.

Xia Zijin was already dressed a little thinly, and her ankles felt faintly cold, but she was not careless, and she wanted to search carefully for every place she stepped on.

The shadows of the trees moved, and the leaves swayed over her head. She groped towards her waist and unscrewed the kettle to quench her thirst, but she drank many times along the way, and there was no more water in the kettle.

Frustrated, she threw the empty water bottle back into the basket behind her, but she heard the bushes above her head rustle and some fruits fell down, which happened to fall into Xia Zijin's arms, and she held it upright. .

Xia Zijin looked up with some doubts, and saw that the fruit seemed to fall out of thin air, no matter how much she was thirsty, she held one and took a sip, the sweet juice entered her throat, it was actually better than white water Quench your thirst a bit.

Walking in the mountains like this, it passed very quickly. On the way, Xia Zijin was thirsty twice and hungry once. Every time when she was thirsty and hungry, the fruit from the tree fell into her arms by herself. , that is, there is something beside it.The three of them walked deeper and deeper through the lush forest, but none of them noticed that there was a black robe trailing far behind them.

The black robe kept a distance of about ten cloths from the three of them, looking at Xia Zijin who was walking in the middle, and after she stepped on a sandstone, she immediately threw the round stone in her hand with a flick of her finger, and heard the sound of the person knocked down beside her. The rock fell, let her step on it, and she stabilized her body very well.

"Really accidentally." He shook his head and smiled, and continued to follow.

(End of this chapter)