The psychic Xi ​​Lan

Chapter 53
A sense of shame filled her heart in an instant, she shouldn't let this hand go on like this, biting her tongue with all her strength, so as to awaken her body's consciousness.

Suddenly, that hand disappeared just as she hoped, and her body was looking for a direction to cool down in the intense breathing. She seemed to have lost something, felt hollow inside, and gradually saw the glowing candlelight in the room.

In the light and shadow, there was indeed a person sitting, he was handsome, calm and full of pity, but despite this, he was like a bright pearl in the dark night, with full luster, definitely not the evil monster she saw in the dream just now.

But why is he here?

This is her bedroom, she was lying on the bed, thinking of those hands, she was fascinated for a while.

No, Li Huai was just sitting by the bed, using a brocade handkerchief soaked in liquid medicine, carefully scrubbing her wounds, those blurred eyes like moonlight, when serious, were more intoxicating than moonlight, so, it was more like It's a dream.

Because Li Huai like this is very much like Long Xilan's grandmother, every time she gets injured outside and returns home, her grandmother always cleans her wound and asks her distressedly: "Son, does it hurt?"

No pain!She always answered like this, for her, no matter how painful it is, she must bear it, so that Daddy will not be disappointed!

That's why she wouldn't yell at her: "What's the little injury of the man's family?"

"My lord—" she called softly, but her voice was still suppressed in her throat.

She hadn't woken up yet, and even at this moment, her eyes hadn't been opened yet.

He could clearly see what was happening around him!
It was the door that was pushed open and someone came in!
"My lord, it's getting late, you're suffering from the wind and cold again, you'd better go back and rest, Qinglian and I will watch over Miss?" It was Chen Niang's voice.

He shook his head, and replied in a calm and respectful tone: "Ms. Chen, you should go back and rest. I sleep too much during the day, so I'm not sleepy!"

In metaphysics, there is a kind of ability called dream eye. Even when you are asleep, you can see the changes around you at special times.

It is precisely this ability that many masters of the Taoist sect have possessed, so that they can sleep with awareness and sleep with awareness.

She has never had this ability, so I don't know if it is like this at this moment.

She only felt that what she saw was sometimes clear and sometimes vague, and it was impossible to judge whether it was true or false.

Presumably, the ghost poison on his body has not been expelled, right?
She could only just stare at Li Huai's handsome face greedily in her sleep.

Looking at it, that face suddenly changed, and turned into that ferocious and strange smiling face again. She was so frightened that she screamed: "Go away, monster! Go away!"

She sat up suddenly from the bed, and attacked the face she thought was evil in self-protection.

"Jin Hua!"

Li Huai saw that she knocked over the medicine bowl next to her all at once, and kept waving his hands in the air, fearing that she would hurt him, so he hugged her tightly without thinking about anything.

"Jin Hua is fine, it's fine! It's just a nightmare, it's just a nightmare!" She opened her eyes in horror, opened her mouth halfway, and touched the hands holding him tightly with her hands.

Warm, that was not the cold hand that violated her in the dream.

"There's something... That thing is haunting me..." She shouted out of control, her hands were trembling with excitement.

Li Huai was frightened by her appearance, and was even more worried, so he held her palm comfortingly and said, "Don't be afraid, this king is here to guard you, this king is here to guard you, Jin Hua."

"I'm not Jin..." She was in a daze, and almost shouted out that she was not Ji Jinhua, her eyes suddenly brightened, she saw those handsome eyes that were pale because of worrying about her, and she suddenly woke up!Shouted dumbly: "My lord!"

"Jin Hua, you're having a nightmare!" Li Huai was still holding her, and the heat of his words fell on her smooth forehead.

She smelled the light fragrance that belonged to him, and felt that it was the best smell in the world. She really wanted to smell it for a while, as if smelling it in her nose, she would not feel afraid anymore!

"My lord, can you hold me for a while longer?" She buried her head in Li Huai's shoulder, her voice was indistinct.

But Li Huai still heard clearly, like comforting a child awakened from a nightmare, he gently brushed her ink-like long hair sticking to her back.

"When I was a child, my concubine said that nightmares are an ugly reflection of people's hearts. As long as people's hearts are good, they can drive away nightmares." Li Huai's voice was like a lullaby for children falling asleep, peaceful and peaceful.

Perhaps it was just like this that made Long Xilan fall in love with her after many ups and downs.

She closed her eyes, imagining his gentle and handsome face when he spoke.

I really wanted to look up, but I didn't dare, because I was afraid that if I moved, I would leave his warmth.

So she remained silent, buried in it.

After a long time like this, she poked her head out from the opponent's shoulder.

Li Huai let her go, and asked with concern: "Is it better?"

"Yeah!" She nodded, her eyes drooped, and her face showed embarrassment again.

The meticulous prince immediately noticed that she seemed to be unwell, and hurriedly asked, "Are your legs numb?"

Long Xilan nodded again.

The corners of Li Huai's mouth couldn't help smiling, and he lifted the quilt covering her legs. Before she could react, he gently kneaded her paralyzed legs with both hands.

The majestic Prince Xu even rubbed her feet with his own hands.

She looked at the man with his head down and his gentle face in surprise, and the pain in her legs eased a lot.

"Thank you, my lord."

Li Huai looked at her with warm eyes, and said with a smile, "You don't have to thank me, as long as you don't grab me or hurt yourself."

"Surprised the prince!" She suddenly felt embarrassed, and did not dare to imagine what she would look like when she was in a daze. As a psychic, nightmares are always inevitable when she first started.

But the evil hand that appeared in the dream had never been seen before. Thinking of Li Huai being beside her at that time, she was embarrassed again.

I don't know what kind of absurd appearance I was at that time?
Long Xilan swallowed, and she didn't dare to look at Li Huai's penetrating eyes.

"Why is your face so red, do you have a fever?" But Li Huai only thought that she was inflamed due to a hand injury, and after asking, he reached out to check the temperature of her forehead.

She tensed up, her head thrown back. "No need... my lord..."

The other party didn't expect her to have such a big reaction. The outstretched hand stayed in the air, so it slowly retracted.

She swallowed, and asked in embarrassment and shyness: "It's getting dark? Why is the prince here?"

In order not to look directly into those bright eyes, she subconsciously looked at the wound on her hand.

There were traces of the liquid medicine that Li Huai had just rubbed on it, and the color of the wound was still a little dark, but it was much better.

"In the afternoon, you couldn't wake up. If it wasn't for Chen Niang to report, I wouldn't know that the injury on your hand is still not healed. It's already so serious, it's all my negligence!" Li Huai sat on the bed Beside him, the candlelight shone on his cheeks with deep and shallow contours, but she was the only one in his handsome eyes.

"My lord—" she bit her lip and whispered, "I'm thirsty!"

Li Huai hurriedly got up and brought her tea to quench her thirst.

"Give!"

She took it and drank it in two gulps, but she still felt thirsty, so she handed back the empty cup to Li Huai. "Can you pour me another glass, my lord?"

A faint smile appeared on Li Huai's handsome face, and he immediately went to pour her another glass, not forgetting to ask. "Don't choke yourself!"

After drinking three cups of tea in a row, Long Xilan didn't feel thirsty anymore!
"Thank you lord!"

Li Huai sat back, because she moved around just now, and the wound opened again, so he immediately bandaged her wound.

Long Xilan obediently spread out her palms to him, staring down at those hands, which were more beautiful than a woman's, gently wrapped her in layers of medicinal cloth, and tied the knots meticulously.

"Does it hurt?"

"Jinhua doesn't hurt!" She was obviously in pain, but she insisted on forcing a smile to herself; because the worry of the man in front of her was like a heavy burden on her body, she was afraid to continue to bear it like this, and she would not stop here. The emotional vortex that belonged to her got deeper and deeper.

Li Huai naturally didn't believe it, the wound was so big that the flesh and blood inside could be clearly seen, he, a grown man, could still bear it, not to mention, she was just a daughter.

"Don't be brave." He seemed a little angry, but he was angry with himself.He lowered his head and looked at the hand wrapped in white cloth. He had already discovered that there were other wounds on the back of her hand.

Not very noticeable, but it looks like it's aged.

How could a young lady from the Hou family have such a wound on the back of her hand?

Realizing that Li Huai was staring at the back of her hand, Long Xilan retracted it anxiously, and explained: "Actually, Jin Hua is not as quiet and decent as the rumors said. When I was a child, I often followed my brother to shoot arrows and ride horses. Once I accidentally fell off the horse. These scars are left behind, and Jin Hua is not as good at embroidery as the rumors say, all my embroidery is done by the maids who serve beside me..."

Such a tense explanation is only for fear that one day, the sensitive and meticulous Li Huai will find out. Instead of doing this, it is better to say it first. After all, the rumors are not as credible as what I said.

Li Huai froze, staring at her intently.

She suddenly felt a cunning snake entwined around her body, was she impulsive, did she talk too much?Did he find any clues?

For a moment, Li Huai only asked her: "Then what about the sachet you are wearing? It was also embroidered by the servant girl?"

She nodded vigorously.

Li Huai couldn't hold back his smile, and there was no dissatisfaction with that smile.

On the contrary, Long Xilan couldn't see clearly, did he have any doubts?

"Does the lord want to say that Jin Hua loses her wife's virtue?"

Li Huai shook his head, and suddenly asked: "Then you embroider a sachet for this king."

"Ah?" Her eyes widened, Li Huai wants her to embroider a sachet?In her life, the only needle she ever took was the silver needle used to seal acupuncture points when exorcising evil spirits!
"Embroider one for me, remember, this time I want you to embroider it yourself."

She lowered her head guiltily and asked, "Then, what kind of sachet do you want?"

Li Huai replied bluntly: "It must be the same as the one you wear!"

"Oh!" She didn't have much confidence, and felt even more inferior.

At this moment, she really thinks more than ever, to be an ordinary daughter's family, even if she is not the daughter of the Hou family, at least the female celebrity will make it more eye-catching.

Moreover, her greatest wish in life is to be like those ordinary women, to marry the one she loves, to be a good wife and mother, and to be a husband and a parent.

In the past, she didn't even dare to think about this wish.

Until that day, when Li Huai gave her a flying phoenix and a golden step, and said to her, "Beautiful and beautiful, the world is like my heart", she can truly feel this wish, it is so wonderful.

Perhaps, this sudden marriage replacing the deceased is the life she has longed for.

Why can't she accept it with ease and live the life she has always longed for?
"My lord!" There was a tinge of joy in her heart, but under this layer of joy, there was also worry buried.

"what happened?"

"If one day, the lord finds out that Jinhua is not what you imagined, can you not be so disappointed?" Long Xilan's voice became cautious because of lack of confidence.

Li Huai couldn't hold back his laughter again, teasing her and saying, "Fool, you are no longer what I imagined you to be!"

"Am I that bad?" Long Xilan's expression was gloomy. These days, she has restrained herself in every possible way. Li Huai hasn't seen her true temperament yet, it's simply horrible!

"It's not that bad, it's just different."

"Does the prince like it?" She blurted out.

Li Huai was stunned for a moment. It was really different to ask this kind of words directly. Instead, when asked, he smiled stiffly: "Look at your forehead is full of sweat!"

When she said that, Qinglian had already come in with a basin of hot water, and quickly twisted the hot handkerchief over to wipe Long Xilan's face.

Li Huai took the handkerchief over, and Qinglian retreated knowingly.

"Let's do it myself!" Long Xilan was upset. If she liked it, she liked it, and if she didn't like it, she didn't like it. Is it to save face for her by dodging?
"The wound on your hand should not get wet!" Li Huai stood up, still did not answer her question just now, but gently wiped her face carefully.

She can no longer feel warm because of his concern and consideration as before.

I just think it's a kind of sympathy and pity.

Seeing that she suddenly became depressed, Li Huai said softly while lowering his head to wash the handkerchief, "You have lived in this other courtyard for several days, you must miss your family, right? My king will send someone to take you back to have a look the next day."

Long Xilan's eyes flickered slightly, and she was suddenly willing to let her go back. Is this to avoid meeting her?Or, do you want to make up for it?
Afraid of her thinking wildly, Li Huai immediately explained: "Just now in your dream, you kept calling Mr. Yuezhang!"

She was a little surprised, so she thought too much?

In the dream just now, she must have called 'Dad', but she should be thankful, it seems that Li Huai didn't hear anything else that she shouldn't have heard.

"Your Majesty, please worry!" She didn't want to show her disappointment on her face all the time, and she was not the kind of little girl who would be restless, so she raised her head and asked calmly, "That Mr. Long is practicing in the West Courtyard?" ?"

"The afternoon is over!" Li Huai answered after taking the words.

She thought to herself, it's all because of the sudden onset of the ghost's poison, and she missed the opportunity to watch the ceremony.Can't help but blame himself: "Jin Hua should guard it personally!"

"Your hand injury is like this, so what are you going to do? Take care of your injury, and don't miss the big wedding five days later." Li Huai said this without any emotion. From the beginning, he did not intend to Take the matter of Mr. Long seriously.

After Long Xilan heard this, another wall erected in her heart.

In fact, all Li Huai's worries about her were just because he was afraid that she would miss the wedding date, right?
Of course it is!No matter who he wants to marry on the wedding day, he will be so gentle and considerate to whom.

If, in Chunyang Palace that day, she hadn't gone there as Ji Jinhua, he would not have chosen her.

Despite being disappointed, she just lowered her dim eyes and replied in a low voice: "Jin Hua will be careful."

"This king is just talking casually. There is no other meaning. Don't take it to heart." Li Huai heard the low voice of her voice, and hurriedly comforted her.

Hearing that the prince made a special trip to explain again, she laughed at herself, making her behave like a woman!
No matter how good Li Huai is, he is still Prince Xu who hides his sincerity very deeply.

In his heart, only the dead Ning Wanzhui, even that humble dancer, who can stay by his side for five years, is probably more important than her.

Otherwise, Yu Meiren would not rush to ask her to ask the prince for her title.

Thinking of this, she felt uncomfortable, and instead of looking at those handsome eyes that were as black as ink, she just lowered her head and looked at the peony and cloud embroidered quilt covering her body. After a while, she whispered: "Jin Hua knows her identity, Don't dare to offside, but I also want to ask the prince for something."

It was the first time seeing her request, and Li Huai asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"Can the lord marry..." Long Xilan originally wanted to ask Li Huai to marry Yu Meiren as his concubine, but when the words came to her lips, she hesitated again!

At this moment, she was flustered, and she always thought it was Ji Jinjiang's intimidation that made her stay here. In fact, she put herself in the position of Princess Xu a long time ago.

Even if the lord is hiding other women in his heart, she is selfishly unwilling to let another woman come in; looking at Li Huai's dark eyes, she cleared her throat and said, "For my wedding dress, you can invite Jingcheng jade to marry me." Is Wanniang from Ningfang here to embroider?"

"Your wedding dress has already been made and sent back to the General's Mansion!" Li Huai clearly heard that she had changed her tone temporarily, why did she change her request?
Then he asked her aloud: "Jin Hua, did Mei Ren say anything else to you during the day?"

She stared at him dumbfounded, maybe Li Huai already knew?Or was it that Yu Meiren had discussed with Li Huai first about taking a concubine?Afraid that she would not be willing to marry, that's why she added this move?
Thinking of this, she turned cold, and asked: "My lord, what do you think that Yu Meiren said to Jin Hua?"

Seeing that she seemed to be angry, Li Huai couldn't help getting up again, reaching out to hold her other good hand. "What are you thinking about, if this king has any thoughts about her, why didn't you accept her earlier?"

This is true, among so many princes, which one does not have a group of wives and concubines, but Li Huai, who sits in a group of flowers, keeps a clean life, and has no rumors.

She has no reason not to believe him, but she feels that Li Huai is really perceptive, as long as there is a change in her eyes, she can see through her mind.

In the face of this problem, she is really small-minded!
Not to mention that he is a prince, even for ordinary rich and noble families, taking concubines is quite normal!
She cared, just because Father Long spent his whole life waiting for his mother, and was always alone, right?
"Jin Hua thought too much, I'm sorry, my lord!" She sincerely apologized.

Li Huai didn't mind, and said in a deep voice, "I will never marry someone I don't like!"

Her complexion changed when she heard this, and even her heartbeat accelerated. This is what it means to like someone. A simple sentence from the other party can immediately change the state of mind at the moment.

"My lord means that you also like brocade paintings, right?" She carefully looked at the face that attracted attention because of her seriousness, for fear of missing any detail on it.

Li Huai smiled helplessly, and gently held her hand wrapped in a medicinal cloth in yours.

"No matter how many sweet words you want to hear, this king can tell you. It's not difficult, but this king wants to show you more."

She couldn't believe what she saw and heard, and asked stupidly: "Is everything the prince said true?"

Suddenly a warm current poured into her heart, this was already the best rhetoric she thought!
"You are my king's concubine, there is only one concubine, you are worthy of this."

Although it is the great honor of the princess, she is still very moved, but at the same time, she is a little scared.

"Then what if one day I'm not the princess anymore?"

Li Huai didn't know why she would ask such a question, and looked at her with gentle eyes, and after a while, replied: "Then Ji Hai is no longer a prince!"

Then Ji Hai is no longer a prince...

This was the first time he used words to call himself in front of her.

She was happy in her heart, and a smile bloomed on her face.

"It's getting late, why don't you sleep a little longer?" Li Huai said concernedly, he was actually very tired after watching the whole night!
Strange to say, because of Long Xilan's hand injury, his cold symptoms seem to have subsided a lot.

"Yeah!" She nodded and let Li Huai cover her with a quilt.

It was almost early morning, and it will be dawn soon!
She had never heard cock crowing in other courtyards before, even the habits of animals had changed in a place with a heavy gloomy atmosphere!

The next day was still a fine day, with the sun hanging in the blue sky without even a cloud.

Long Xilan woke up early and noticed that the wound had turned black again. Knowing that this time was different from the past, she wrote a list of traditional Chinese medicines and asked Qinglian to go out of the house quietly to catch them and boil them. It turned out that Qinglian went out all morning, but couldn't find her.

Unexpectedly, when Xue Pingan came over in the afternoon, he happened to bring these two medicines in the medicine box.

"Last night, Ping'an was summoned by the prince. After looking at the young lady's hand injury, he found that it looked like the insidiousness written in the Huagai Record. It had a prescription to eliminate the insidiousness. Ping'an found that the second medicine was hard to find. In the morning, he entered the palace in the imperial pharmacy. Ask for some, Miss, if you believe in Ping An, try using it!" Because it was the end of winter and Jinling was still cold, Ping An's white shirt looked a little thin.

Looking at the two medicines he brought, Long Xilan really wished for them.

"Doctor Xue has worked hard!" She was grateful from the bottom of her heart.

Xue Pingan responded modestly and politely: "This is a matter of Xue's job!"

The two then exchanged some polite words. When Xue Pingan was packing the medicine box, Long Xilan wanted to call Qian Mo over to see off the guests, but Xue Pingan stopped his movements, as if he had something to say.

"Miss Ji..."

She turned her elegant face away. "Dr. Xue, do you have anything else to say?"

The seldom-spoken Mr. Pian Pian subconsciously looked outside the house, and seeing no one nearby, he lowered his voice and said, "Yesterday, the west courtyard was closed by that Mr. Long's practice. Miss should know about it?"

She immediately became interested, because she was lethargic in the afternoon, so she missed watching the imposter's actions, but Xue Pingan took the initiative to mention that there must be something to say, and she just wanted to tell her.

"I know, I was the one who asked the lord to agree. Has Dr. Xue gone to watch that Young Master Long do it this afternoon?"

"Ping'an will go naturally!" Xue Ping'an said with a hint of worry on his face, "I also saw Mr. Long take out the magic weapon passed down by his ancestors with his own eyes!"

Long Xilan was startled. "The ancestral magic weapon of the Long family? What does it look like?"

The other party knew everything and replied: "A white jade pendant that looks like a dragon and a tiger. Ping An was lucky enough to see that jade pendant when he was young. The jade pendant is rare and unique in the world, and it is even more difficult to imitate!"

So here comes the problem. I already knew that the jade pendant was taken by Zhang Liude, who was guarding the horse shed. As a result, Zhang Liuyi died suddenly overnight, and the jade pendant disappeared. Now, how did it go to the fake Mr. Long?
If she hadn't been Young Master Long, after meeting so many, she would have believed that that guy was really Young Master Long, right?
(End of this chapter)