cut love silk

Chapter 24
Chapter 22 Chapter 21
The night was dark, back to Tai Hospital, all the lights were out, Li Zihe walked lightly, and went directly to the backyard, where there was a narrow alley to go back to the hut, so as not to disturb others.

The quiet moonlight covered the palace with a layer of silver gauze, and the cold wind penetrated straight into Li Zihe's clothes from the alley. Li Zihe held his arms tightly and looked up at a big tree behind his hut. If he didn't go this way, I have never noticed such a tree beside the hut, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and with the rustling sound of the night wind, occasionally one or two leaves will fall, falling silently.

Li Zihe turned her face away, took a breath, straightened her body, and was about to walk through the alley, when a familiar call made her stop.

"Zi He."

Shen Mo turned over from the tree and got down from the tree. He was dressed in black and blended into the night. Only a pair of black eyes sparkled in the moonlight, looking at Li Zihe lightly.

Li Zihe frowned, and asked softly, "What's the matter?"

As soon as he said it, he felt that it was too raw, so he simply turned his eyes and pretended to look at the big tree.

Shen Mo didn't mind, and approached slowly with steps, and asked, "Is your health better?"

"Ah."

"The emperor summoned you just now?"

"Ah."

"You poisoned the emperor?"

Li Zihe choked, and finally raised his eyes to face Shen Mo, the soft facial lines were looming, but the expression on his face was firm, looking straight at himself, since he knew, there was no need to hide it, Li Zihe nodded.

"Did I teach you medical skills to make you harm others?"

There was a faint anger in the air, which was blown away by the night wind. Li Zihe met Shen Mo's eyes calmly, and said lightly: "I never said that studying medicine is to save people."

"In that scene a few days ago, you clearly knew that there were ginseng in the medicine, but you insisted on giving it to Concubine Yan. You intentionally got sick, escaped the blame, and took the opportunity to drive Yin Ping out of the imperial hospital. Now you are even more daring enough to give the emperor millet flower seeds. , do you know that none of the imperial physicians in the palace know about the poison?" Shen Mo lowered his voice, but his questioning tone was not weak at all.

Li Zihe chuckled, it was because she knew that no one in the palace would know her, so she prescribed the medicine.

"So, your purpose of entering the palace is Concubine Yan and the Emperor?" Shen Mo frowned, looking at Li Zihe who was smiling lightly with some puzzlement, there was obviously a bit of pleasure in that smile.

The smile on Li Zihe's face disappeared, she didn't want anyone to interfere in her life, there was no way and no need to explain her behavior to him, she looked straight into Shen Mo's eyes, and said coldly: "Then who are you? Why do you come and go freely in the palace over and over again, and why do you know what happened in the palace so well?"

Shen Mo's original sharp eyes dimmed suddenly. He was just worried that Li Zihe's reckless reckless behavior would be found out and cost his life in vain, but he didn't want to end up being suspected by others for meddling in his own business for the first time, even after being together for three years. , Even with the status of master and apprentice, she never really trusted herself.

For a moment, there was silence between the two of them, only the cool wind mixed with the sound of broken leaves drifting by, Li Zihe did not intend to get an answer from Shen Mo, everyone has their own secrets, Why force one person to be honest with another?

"I will take responsibility for what I do."

After leaving such a sentence, Li Zihe turned around and left quickly.

The heating in Qinzheng Hall is lingering, and only one of the four lamps in the hall is lit. The dim light flickers on and off, with shadows cast on the ground flickering. Yun Jinyan is still sitting at the desk, staring blankly at On the three characters on the white paper, five fingers rubbed back and forth on the word "Jin Yan".

Jin Yan, Jin Yan, who ever whispered softly in his ear, who ever called softly beside him?

Yun Jinyan only felt that his eyes were blurred and his mind was chaotic. He wanted to fall asleep, but he was still reluctant to let go of the three characters in his hand. He stared at them without blinking. The ink stains spread on the white paper, one black and one black. Bai, holding the pen horizontally and vertically, there is a feeling as if a world has passed away. I saw two children in a trance, one was wearing a bright red satin padded jacket, two braids were combed together, and the red hairband was blown by the wind. Dancing, laughing and running in the vast snow, one is wearing a light yellow velvet shawl, curled up at the bottom of the snow-capped green pine tree and weeping softly.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Someone bullied you?" The little girl stopped running and walked slowly to the boy's side, her smiling face was powdery, and the smiling face just now turned into worry in an instant. Turning her face away, she smiled softly and said, "Don't be shy, I love to cry too."

After finishing speaking, he got to the bottom of the tree, sat down next to the boy, took out something from his arms, stretched out his hand around the boy's eyes and said, "Hey, let me give you candy, after eating candy, everything that is bitter becomes sweet And if you eat sugar in winter, you won’t be cold.”

"Nonsense!" The boy finally wiped his eyes with his sleeve, turned around, glared at the girl, looked at the colorful pile of things in her hand, and said with disdain: "Teacher said, you can be a human being if you suffer bitterly." Venerable Master, what is the use of eating sugar?"

"Haha, you are so funny. Those old men's words are all used to bluff people. Look at Grandpa Feng. He won't let me eat candy. He ate happily behind Grandma Feng's back. Last time I caught him That's right, haha, after that he never said anything to me about suffering or not." While speaking, the girl's brows and eyes twitched, and the happiness in her black eyes was about to overflow.

The boy was puzzled: "Grandpa Feng?"

"That's right, it's Grandpa Feng from Taitai Hospital. Today I'm here to play with him. Oh, no, it's calligraphy! I practice calligraphy with Grandpa Feng." The girl moved her eyes, covered her mouth and smiled slyly.

"Are you Ji Li, the daughter of Prime Minister Ji?" The boy frowned and asked earnestly.

"Yeah, even you know me?" The girl asked with a smile, and before the boy could answer, she said, "What's your name? I'll practice your name today!"

"Me? Yun Jinyan."

The boy's voice lacked confidence and was blown to pieces by the cold wind. The girl raised her crooked eyebrows and asked, "Ah? Jinyan? Oh, Jinyan, are these two words?"

As he said that, he picked up a dead branch casually, and carefully stroked on the snow: "Jin...yan..."

"Hey, Yun Jinyan, are you the Third Prince?" the girl asked while holding a tree branch.

"Yeah." The boy nodded slightly.

"Really?" The girl's eyes lit up, she dropped the branch and grabbed the boy's sleeve, excitedly said: "You don't remember me? We used to play together when we entered the palace every year, but you seem to be taller than me Oh, and your appearance is not the same as before, I didn't recognize you just now! I will have more chances to enter the palace in the future, come to play with you often, okay?"

The girl smiled at Yan Yan, like a fiery red lotus flower in winter, warming the heart, the boy completely forgot the grievance and sadness just now, and nodded heavily.

In a blink of an eye, the seven-year-old boy became ten years old. The boy held the letter in his hand and wrote: "Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan, see you tomorrow afternoon in the west of the city."

The boy chuckled, put the letter in his arms, turned around and said to the eunuch beside him: "Tomorrow I will catch a cold, understand?"

"Your servant understands that the Third Highness is ill and cannot bear the cold, so he will rest behind closed doors tomorrow." The little eunuch replied with his head bowed.

In March, the grass grows and the warblers fly, the clouds are light and the wind is light, the girl is dressed in a man's attire, and when she sees the person she misses coming, she rushes over and said happily, "Jin Yan, how about we go release the paper kites?"

"Okay. Are you afraid of your father's punishment?" The boy took the girl's hand and walked out of the city gate.

"Don't be afraid, he went to the palace to see the emperor today, and he will definitely not be back until midnight." The girl pulled out the bundled paper kite from behind her waist, waved it in front of the boy, and said with a smile, "I didn't even bring Yaoer with me today. , Jin Yan, how about we play a little longer today?"

"it is good."

"Jin Yan Jin Yan, look at the paper kite flying!"

"Jin Yan Jin Yan, it's windy over there, let's go over there."

"Jin Yan Jin Yan, you run forward, and I'll be behind with the paper kite."

"Li'er, why do you like to call me by my name so much?" The boy panted with a smile, and took out a handkerchief in one hand to wipe off the fine beads of sweat on the girl's forehead.

"Haha, because you never told me before." Holding the long string of the kite, the girl immediately took off the handkerchief from the boy's hand, wiped his sweat and said, "If you didn't tell me, you thought I didn't know, But I know you are the third prince, the third prince is called Yun Jinyan, from now on I will shout enough, Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan!"

"I can shout enough, Li'er, Li'er, Li'er!"

……

By the lake in June, the pond is full of lotus, the dragonfly touches the water, the girl grows into a girl, slim and graceful, the bright red dress grabs all the colors of the flowers, the laughter that hangs on her lips all day long is no longer, tears are like broken beads Slipping down, she cried to the man opposite: "I won't marry, I won't marry! Jin Yan, the person I like is you, and the person I want to marry is you. Are you going to marry or not?"

The teardrops were salty, blown away by the summer wind, and transpired in the air.

The man looked anxious and distressed, he hugged the woman in his arms, and comforted him: "Don't cry, Li'er won't cry, if you don't marry, then don't marry, and I will propose to the emperor tomorrow, okay?"

"Then you, are you going to marry me?" the woman stopped crying, choked up and asked.

"Marry, you are my favorite Li'er, why don't you marry?" The man wiped away tears for her, and said firmly: "Tomorrow, your father and I will go to find the father, let him take back his life, Li'er will not cry .”

"Okay, what Jin Yan said, I am Li'er, Jin Yan's favorite, I can't be thrown away, I can't be abandoned." The woman quietly lay on the man's chest, the tears in the corners of her eyes had not been wiped off, her eyes were rippling, she closed her eyes and sighed softly .

The man nodded, stroked the woman's long hair, and said solemnly: "Don't throw it away, don't give it up."

Suddenly, a gust of cold air blew away the blurred but real picture in front of him. Yun Jinyan felt cold all over his body, his eyes blinked, the woman disappeared, the man disappeared, and the familiar word "Jin Yan" was still in front of his eyes.

Don't throw away, don't give up.

Yun Jinyan crumpled the white paper on the table, looked out the window in the night, and raised his hand, the paper ball had been thrown into the corridor, rolled a few times, and lay on the corner of the pillar, no one would notice , no one will remember.

The last light in Qinzheng Hall went out.

(End of this chapter)