A large cluster of golden forsythia is dazzling, setting off the two people in the middle, wearing white and silver clothes, as if they have their own light.
Women in white clothes should be weak, but Su Xiangxiang has a little more of an immortal character, like a narcissus, clear and rippled but not coquettish.
Lu Anran turned her attention to the man talking to Su Xiangxiang. He was wearing silver robes and brocade clothes. He seemed low-key, but judging from the waves flowing in the light, it was clear that there were gold threads inside. He should not be very old, but he is very serious. His nobility is revealed in his conversation. He is young and arrogant, and he is the son of a noble family.
The two chatted happily, Su Xiangxiang was secretly happy, and the man was beaming with admiration in his eyes.
Lu Anran took out the list of families in the capital city that he had bought in exchange for a thousand pieces of gold and compared them one by one, but he couldn't figure out which family he came from.
A voice faintly slipped past my ears, "You haven't seen him before, he is the second prince Sang Hao."
Lu Anran was shocked. He turned his head in astonishment and met a pair of rippling peach blossom eyes. The ends of his eyes were raised in pleasure, slightly narrowed.
"Why are you here?"
Yun Qi pointed over there, meaning - are you sure you want to talk here, so you are not afraid of disturbing others?
Lu Anran retracted her overly surprised expression, turned around and found that Chun Miao had withdrawn two to three feet away at some point.
The two walked through the bushes to the other side. Yunqi took out the folding fan and opened it. He glanced at Lu Anran and said, "Not only did you watch other people having affairs, but you also almost broke into them and scolded them. I didn't expect you to have such a hobby."
Lu Anran thought about the embarrassment of the repeated encounters, pursed her lips to avoid the topic, and said, "When did the Crown Prince come back?"
"Yesterday, I heard that there was a spring banquet here, so I came to take a look."
Lu Anran didn't ask him what he was going to do or whether he had accomplished it. Seeing that he was in a good mood, he was sure there was nothing wrong, so he said, "Su Ji sent General Wu Fang here."
"Well, it will be more convenient for you to stay with you from now on. We are both women." Yun Qi fixed Lu Anran's chin with a fan and looked around, "Is the injury healed?"
Lu Anran was not curious. Yun Qi knew this. Su Ji must have told him. He raised his hand to brush it away and said somewhat speechlessly: "Your Majesty, I hurt my arm."
Prince Yun smiled evilly: "Oh, my prince, let's see if you are stupid."
Lu Anran: "..."
"Isn't it inappropriate to keep Wu Fang like this?"
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"
"She is from Prince Yun's Mansion after all..."
Before Lu Anran could finish speaking, Yun Qi interrupted: "Who said she is from Prince Yun's Mansion?"
Lu Anran was startled. Aren't the people from Yun Qi the same as the people from Prince Yun's Mansion? Is there any difference?
Judging from her expression, Yun Qi probably guessed it and explained: "Actually, Wu Fang is not my guard."
The two of them stood on a piece of grass, with their backs against a big tree. Chun Miao followed them from a distance, and when they saw them stop, they stood guard at the intersection.
"She is my junior sister." Yun Qi said.
Lu Anran didn't expect Yun Qi to have a master, but when she thought about it again, it wasn't surprising. Although she hadn't seen him a few times, Yun Qi's kung fu had a bit of a martial arts flavor, and it didn't look like it would be taught by the royal family.
Yun Qi didn't know where her thoughts were wandering, and said with dark eyes, "Have she ever told you that Wu Fang is not her real name."
Lu Anran recalled: "She said there was only one name."
"Her real name is Fang, but she has severed ties with the past in her heart, so she calls herself Wu Fang." Yun Qi said.
Lu Anran lowered his eyes. What does a person have to go through before he is determined to give up his last name and make a clean break with his past life.
There is no way to do it, with a strong sense of ridicule and disgust.
Yun Qi held a folding fan in his hand, but his face did not look carefree as usual. "When Master picked her up, she was covered in wounds and she was a little confused, but she was holding a knife in her hand. No one could get close to her easily."
"What's wrong with her?" Lu Anran asked.
"No one knows what happened to her, but when I first met Wu Fang, she was ruthless, violent, and indifferent to life, whether it was others or herself." Yun Qi asked her, "Have you ever seen Zhongjian? Without blinking an eye, she pressed the hilt of the sword and stabbed her body, just to kill the enemy who subdued her behind her?"
That is useless.
"You have to rush forward and kill the person on the horse even if you risk being trampled by the horse's hooves."
That is useless.
"Someone hooked an iron claw on her arm and tried to trap her. She did not hesitate to slash her hand with a sword."
That's unreasonable
Lu Anran's heart trembled when she heard this. She saw Wu Fang who was just a little colder, spoke less and had no emotions, and Yun Qi said that Wu Fang had lost all emotions and only existed for killing people, as if he was not the same person at all.
"Don't be afraid, she won't hurt you." Yun Qi let out a sigh, "I learned kung fu from my master for two years, but Wu Fang left and wandered around, living a life on the edge of a knife."
It's not that she has no choice, it's her choice.
Lu Anran: "Her hand..." It looks fine now, it doesn't look like a fake hand.
"Master took action in time and rescued her." Yun Qi said, "It was after that incident that Master decided to let her follow me."
Lu Anran guessed that Wu Fang had changed a lot since then, otherwise the Wu Fang he saw today would not be completely different from what Yun Qi said.
"I asked her to be your guard for two reasons." Amidst the rustling of the grass and trees, Yun Qi's gorgeous voice, like the tapping of jade, flowed past Lu Anran's ears, "First, Master followed me when he entrusted her to me. Said, 'Wufang doesn't live like a human being, and I hope you can let her return to living like a normal human being.' Secondly, it has something to do with you."
"Me?" Lu Anran wondered.
"The old woman involved in the soul-inducing beheading case in Wangdu City is Wu Fang's relative."
Lu Anran didn't expect that the old man who was innocently implicated and died in vain would actually be related to the people around him after all the detours.
"She is Wu Fang's last concern. Wu Fang is grateful for your help in solving the case and finding the murderer, and he volunteers to follow you."
The folding fan turned and placed one end on Lu Anran's shoulder. She raised her eyes to meet Yunqi's deep gaze and listened to him say: "I have thought about it. If you follow me Wu Fang, you may not be able to return to a normal person, so from now on it will be you." It is also her own wish.”
Having said this, Lu Anran had no room to refuse. Thinking of that cold and lonely woman again, she felt a little compassion in her heart. She rarely sympathized with others, but she felt a little sorry for Wu Fang.
Probably because the woman is ruthless and would rather be broken into pieces, it is really admirable and painful.
The matter was settled in this way, and we turned to the second prince Sang Hao.
Lu Anran: "Can Lu Jianyu not be able to please him?"
"Of course." Yun Qi raised his eyebrows, "Otherwise he should be chatting and laughing with the second lady of the Lu family now, instead of having a tryst with Su Xiangxiang."
Lu Anran's eyebrows twitched: "Miss Su and Qi Shenling have an engagement."
Yunqi whispered: "Some people's hearts are higher than the sky."
—
Su Xiangxiang didn't know that his private meeting with the second prince had fallen into the eyes of others. After parting with the second prince, Su Xiangxiang and Zhu Xin returned to the garden of Zhuangzi's front hall.
"Miss, my servant is looking at the Second Prince with all his eyes and eyes focused on you. You must be fascinated by me." Zhu Xin said happily.
Su Xiangxiang looked around and gave Zhu Xin a warning look. Zhu Xin smiled, lowered his head and said, "I am wrong."
"The second prince and I were just discussing chess." Su Xiangxiang said seriously.
Zhu Xin Na Na: "I understand."
Su Xiangxiang is already engaged and should not talk to other men alone in private, but she can't help but feel depressed when she thinks of her fiancé.
Zhu Xin observed the words and expressions, and said in time: "I didn't expect that the second prince has a noble status and is so gentle and considerate. Unlike that young lady who doesn't understand at all, he actually gave a dagger as a wedding gift."
Originally, Zhu Xin thought that Qi Shang was quite good, and he was doing well in the military camp at a young age. But now that he had the second prince to compare him with, he suddenly no longer looked down on Qi Shang's status.
Su Xiangxiang's clasped fingers were slightly strengthened. She had always been arrogant and thought that apart from her family background, no woman of her age was inferior to her.
But just because of family background!
In the future, those women who are not as good as her will become imperial concubines, and even enter the middle palace!
She is just the wife of a fifth-grade captain.
Thinking of Qi Shang, Su Xiangxiang frowned slightly, oh, now he is led by a fourth-grade knight. Even though she was promoted, others couldn't see clearly but she still didn't understand. It was obvious that the emperor disliked his meddling in other people's affairs and didn't take him seriously.
People who are ignored by the emperor can imagine the future. I am afraid that they will not be promoted to a fourth-grade official until they reach the top of their official position.
Su Xiangxiang looked into the distance with a hint of confusion. Is her life destined to be like this?
Zhu Xin was still thinking, "How can I give this as a wedding gift? It's so unlucky to see blood."
Su Xiangxiang said in his heart, "Yes, Wufu is reckless, he really doesn't understand the style, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad."
The gentle and handsome smile of the second prince flashed through her mind, and her long eyelashes slowly fell, covering most of her thoughts.
—
Back at the banquet venue, Lu Anran clearly felt that the atmosphere was different from before, and suddenly became more intense.
The people who were originally scattered gathered together at some point and filled the open space in front of the Octagonal Pavilion with excitement on their faces.
"Sister, where have you been?" Lu Jianyu came over like a butterfly and grabbed Lu Anran's hand. Her face was full of smiles, red and delicate, "Prince Nangong... is here." When she saw Yunqi, There was a pause in speaking.
Others also noticed the situation here, and the crowd naturally separated into a lane. At the end, there was a man with bright eyebrows and starry eyes, and a long body.
The clouds are rising outside, and under the sun, the colors are bright and intense, the green of distant mountains and the flowers of spring and autumn.
Under the octagonal pavilion, covered by the shadows of trees, the man is dressed in light blue cloud satin and brocade, with a clear face and a warm and gentle face, just like the clearing of the rain at the beginning of the day, the clear water and the wind, and a lotus blooming quietly under the slanting light.
Everyone looked at the two princes and felt a subtle feeling, so they all fell silent.
People often compare Yunqi and Nangongzhi to the two young masters, one from the south and the other from the north, because of the word "excellent".
It's just that here in Yunqi, "color" is only color. Anyone who has seen him can say that he is a dandy, and they will never deny that his appearance is rare in the world.
On the contrary, Nangong Zhi is not only outstanding in appearance, but also a talented person. He entered the cabinet as a young man. How many people in the world can he get?
Although everyone was silent, their eyes were uncontrollably eager to move, and they were all curious about how the first confrontation between these two people would be like.
Yun Qi's gleaming peach blossom eyes glanced at everyone present, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his smile was romantic and seductive, "Nangong Shaofu..."
Everyone held their breath.
"You're pretty good-looking, worthy of being as famous as this prince."
Everyone present: "..."
