It's late at night, the candlelight in the bedroom is dim, and the tent embroidered with peonies and laurel patterns is hanging low. A little light shines through the thin veil, and you can vaguely see a touch of gracefulness hidden behind the gauze curtain.
The maid raised her eyes and took a look, then walked quietly towards the emerald cloud-patterned lamp in the corner. Her breath was filled with the faint fragrance wafting from the copper lotus stove, like the jade-like fingertips of a beautiful woman, cold and alluring.
Liang Huan lay on the bed, almost falling asleep in a daze.
As the lights went out, there was a thud and something fell down.
Liang Huan lay still and slowly opened his eyes after a while.
The room was so quiet that you could only hear your own breathing and the heartbeat in your chest.
Liang Huan covered her nose and sat up, opened the gauze curtain, and walked to the incense burner with bare feet.
She carefully put out the incense, put away the remaining incense pieces, and then gently opened the carved window on the side. With the moonlight coming in, she turned around and saw a person lying on the ground not far away.
She walked towards the unconscious maid step by step.
Unexpectedly, just as he squatted down, there was a crash behind him and someone came in through the window.
Looking up, he saw a light-looking woman wearing night clothes.
"Madam, please come as a slave."
Qingzhu's voice was very small.
Liang Huan went to help the person on the ground and said: "We can just carry her outside."
The two settled the maid before returning to the inner room.
Liang Huan didn't light a lamp and sat under the moonlight, but she didn't feel dark at all.
"How?"
Qingzhu took out a map from his arms and handed it over: "My servant has secretly visited many places in the past two days, and all the marks that need to be made have been made."
Liang Huan unfolded the map and looked at it carefully. She didn't find anything unreasonable, so he returned it to her: "Put it away and send it to him quietly. You should also pay attention to your own safety and don't let others discover it."< br>
Qingzhu nodded and put it away: "Madam, don't worry, the Lord has sent his brother to take care of you."
Speaking of Mushan, Liang Huan knew in his mind that his skills were no less than Yuchiyuan's.
Qingzhu added: "According to what my brother said, the Lord will order someone to return the gift the day after tomorrow. We will do it during the banquet and we will escort you away in advance."
Liang Huan thought for a moment and nodded gently: "Okay."
After the death of Emperor Xiao'an Gao Hao, Empress Liang of Wenxuan was unfortunately hit by a fire. The people who were supposed to go to Yuetai Temple took evidence of Emperor Xiao'an's past attempts to usurp the throne and traveled thousands of miles to seek help from Pengcheng King Gao Lan. His efforts to bring order out of chaos are further supported by the secret letter Liang wrote to Gao Huan, King of Yong'an.
In addition, it also reveals Gao Hao's various evil deeds, assassinating the deposed emperor, killing Zhongliang, and seizing the Liang family who was the Queen Mother at the time...
In order to avoid further humiliation, Liang first pretended to be crazy and acted like a fool, and then gave up his family life. He lived like this in order to one day tell the world about Gao Hao's true face.
Furthermore, it was also revealed that the Meilin Fire was caused by Gao Hao's last words and was not an accident. It was just to kill people and silence them and cover up the truth.
As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar.
Among the discussions, there were those who sympathized with the Liang family, those who supported King Pengcheng, and of course, there were those who were skeptical.
After all, in this time of war and chaos, how could a woman from the Liang family's harem safely come from Jinye to Pingwu? Is there really no other conspiracy behind this?
Is the so-called Liang's request for help true or a fabrication?
If it's true, it's been a while since I came to Pingwu, why hasn't Mrs. Liang shown up yet? Did you only hear what King Pengcheng said?
Gradually there were rumors that Mrs. Liang was kidnapped on the way to Yuetai Temple by King Pengcheng, who forced her to say some unscrupulous things, just for the sake of her own right to claim the title of emperor...
Faced with many doubts, King Pengcheng promised that Liang would appear in public and wrote a crusade in public to quell the doubts.
Liang Huan knew what Gao Lan did.
What's more, before coming to Pingwu, she had to wait for the day after tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, he met Liang Jiao in Pingwu.
Liang Huan thought for a while and asked: "Have you sent the letter I gave you?"
Qingzhu said: "When I met with my brother, I had already asked. He said that the Lord had ordered someone to send him to Jinye and hand him over to General Wang."
Liang Huan stared and nodded slightly.
Naturally, she didn't believe what Liang Jiao told her.
That day, she sent people to Pingtang to investigate the water leakage, and there was a lot of noise. The people who came back also brought back the items taken from the burnt female body.
If she really escaped with her life, why wasn't she found by the people she sent?
Since she was willing to defect to him, why didn't she just go back to Jinye when she could come to Pingwu now?
Even if you come to Pingwu, why not go directly to Pengcheng Prince's Mansion instead of going to the residence of King Langya?
In the past year, the reason why Liang Jiao was able to find Wang Tingyue who was exiled to the army safely was because Song Tan secretly helped. Now that Liang Jiao walked from Pingtang to Pingwu by herself, Liang Jiao didn't believe anything she said.
Seeing Liang Huan frowning and saying nothing, Qingzhu hesitated and asked, "Do you want me to kidnap someone?"
Liang Huan raised her eyebrows, smiled and shook her head: "There must be someone else behind her. To avoid alerting others, just keep an eye on her secretly."
Qingzhu responded: "Yes."
After saying that, she was about to bow and leave, but Liang Huan stopped her and said, "I have wronged you these past two days."
Qingzhu was stunned for a moment, and then he understood that the lady was talking about the cold expressions and harsh scoldings she had been getting in front of people these days.
She shook her head quickly: "Madam, what are you talking about?"
Liang Huan stopped talking, simply explained a few words, and watched Qingzhu leave.
The autumn moon is like a bead, quietly shining on the night sky, and the moonlight shining down is as clear as a grain.
Liang Huan could see that Wang Tingyue had feelings for Liang Jiao in addition to responsibility.
No matter who is behind Liang Jiao, it is a good thing that she survived by chance.
Liang Huan sighed slightly, seeing that there were only a few days until Yuexi.
She stood quietly by the window for a while, then turned and went to the bed.
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After breakfast, Liang Huan had nothing to do and was too lazy to go to the courtyard. He simply found some paper and ink, picked up his pen and painted in front of his desk.
Liang Jiao sat on her knees, grinding and handing over a pen.
There was a maid sitting in front of the small table making tea for them.
When Liang Huan stopped writing, he glanced at the man beside him who was bowing his head in submission and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Today, Liang Jiao is very silent, which is very different from the smiling and witty person she used to be.
According to the serving maid, Liang Jiao would be waiting at the door of the house before dawn these days, waiting to be summoned.
Liang Huan lowered his eyes. After finishing the painting, he stood up and took a look. Then he chose another blank space and wrote stroke by stroke. He read as he wrote:
"The branch of the orchid, the boy wears the hibiscus (xī). Although I wear the hibiscus, I don't know if it can be done. The face is so beautiful, and the hanging belt is palpitating. The leaves of the orchid, the boy wears the hibiscus (shè). Although I wear the hibiscus, I don't know if I can or can't. I'm a (xiá). My face is pale and my belt is shaking." After Liang Huan finished writing, the maid's tea was ready.
She put down her pen, held the tea cup, and looked at Liang Jiao with a slight smile.
"Are you ready to tear it apart today?"
The newly painted scroll in front of me is exactly the same as the one sent to Wang Tingyue's mansion that day.
Liang Jiao's eyes turned red and she almost shed tears. There was suppressed hatred in her eyes.
Liang Huan lowered his eyes and smiled, took a sip of tea, and looked at her again: "Ah Jiao, if you can't even hide your hatred, how can you succeed?"
Liang Jiao lowered her head and bit her lip.
Liang Huan looked at her lightly and dismissed the maid serving in the room.
She put down the tea cup and sighed: "Do you think I will believe you?"
Liang Jiao still lowered her head.
Liang Huan was silent for a moment and said slowly: "The reason why I kept you and didn't kill you was not because I believed your nonsense about defection and atonement, but because... I wanted to help Wang Tingyue keep you. Of course, I also want to ask you, what happened with the fire that night?”
Liang Jiao was startled for a moment, then slowly raised her head, her expression changed again and again, her tone was a little uncertain: "You, what did you just say?"
Liang Huan locked his eyes with her and said in a very soft voice: "He is not dead, just like you, he is still alive."
Liang Jiao opened her mouth and looked at Liang Han in disbelief, tears welling up in her eyes.
"No, it's impossible. You lied to me. He's dead. He's been dead a long time ago! It's you. It's you who hates us. It's you who doesn't want to see us well. It's you who sent people to set fire to kill me. It's you who weren't willing. You still want to dominate him and force him to work for you!”
Liang Huan frowned.
"Liang Jiao, you are so stupid. If I want to kill you, I can do it in prison that day. Why wait for you to go to Pingtang?"
Liang Jiao's eyes turned red and she no longer tried to hide it: "Don't think I don't know. You are pretending to let us go. You don't want to kill me in front of him because you know he won't ignore me and watch me die. That's right." , you are even more afraid that for killing me, he will blame you and destroy your beautiful appearance in his mind!”
Liang Huan frowned, chuckled, and didn't bother to argue with her, so he just looked at her coldly.
"From the first day you arrived, I sent someone to bring him a message, and there should be a reply within the next two days. In fact, for his safety, I didn't want to tell you so early, because I doubted your allegiance now. The person is probably the mastermind behind the arson that day..."
She sighed and added: "Because I know how painful it is in your heart, so I don't want to hide it from you anymore. Besides, I know that even if you are cruel enough to hurt anyone, you will never hurt him, right? ”
Liang Jiao buried her head, covered her mouth, and sobbed.
Liang Huan looked at her and sighed lowly: "Ah Jiao, I don't know who you are working for, but if you still want to live a good life with him in the future, don't make any more mistakes. You must know that Wang Tingyue can die. It’s not easy to escape, but you——”
She lowered her eyes and continued: "His happiness for the rest of his life can only be given by you. I hope he lives a happy life."
Liang Jiao choked and raised her red eyes with tears.
Liang Huan looked at her seriously and said, "That night, after he finished his work at the government office, he came home and found a fire. He rushed into the fire to save you, but was seriously injured by the man in black. During the fight with the man in black, he fell into the water. After that, he was washed downstream by the water. Fortunately, he escaped after being rescued. When he woke up again, several days had passed. Although he was burdened with He was seriously injured, but he still insisted on returning to Pingtang to look for you. Those men in black originally wanted to kill him, but how could they give up without seeing his body?
But he ignored the danger and insisted on going back to find you. The person who saved him couldn't resist him, so he had to go with him. As a result, he only saw your tomb - he didn't believe that you died like that, so he started digging the grave with his bare hands. The person who rescued him could not persuade him, so he had no choice but to knock him unconscious and take him away by force..."
Liang Wei pursed her lips and added: "He felt that you died because of him, and he felt guilty all the time. After he woke up, he did not go back to Jinye to find me, but went to the front line... Later he returned to Jinye, In addition to knowing that I am in a difficult situation, I came to help me because I also want to find the murderer and avenge you
Of course, you also know that when the two countries are at war, he will never save his life and hide away and ignore it.
Therefore, it was only after I saw him again that I found out that he was not dead. Many of the things I just told you were not told to me by him, but were told by the person who saved him recently. ”
Liang Jiao bit her lip and shed tears.
Liang Huan smiled slightly: "Ah Jiao, do you know what he said to me before leaving Jinye?"
Liang Jiao looked at her and said nothing.
Liang Huan sighed: "He said that when the world is peaceful, he wants to go back to Pingtang, because your home is there, and you are still waiting for him at home. He said that I owe you too much in this life. It's a pity. God has not given him a chance to make amends. If he could, he would stay with you for the rest of his life..."
Liang Jiao sat on the ground and cried uncontrollably.
Liang Huan also sat on the ground and just watched her cry silently.
It wasn't until Liang Jiao was tired of crying and gradually became silent that Liang Huan took out the silk handkerchief and handed it over.
"Now, can you tell me the truth, who is this person who brought you close to me?"
Liang Jiao lowered her head, took the silk handkerchief in front of her, and remained silent.
Liang Huan looked at her for a while and grabbed her wrist.
Liang Jiao was startled and wanted to break away.
Liang Huan frowned and said coldly: "Don't move."
Liang Jiao stared at her and said hoarsely: "What do you want to do?"
Liang Huan pressed her finger on Liang Jiao's pulse and stared silently.
Liang Jiao saw that she was not going to do anything to her, but was just checking her pulse, so she stopped struggling. "I don't need your fake kindness."
Liang Huan lowered his eyebrows and glanced at her.
He was not poisoned, but his energy and blood were severely depleted.
Liang Huan glanced at Liang Jiao again, and then looked at her face, which showed that her complexion was not good, and said calmly: "Go back and find a doctor to give her a good tune-up."
After saying that, he put aside his pinched wrist and stood up. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the scroll on the table.
Liang Wei said bluntly: "By the way, there is something I think I should tell you. The painting that day was not given to you by mistake, but I deliberately let you see it and deliberately led you to come to Zixiao Temple to cause trouble. As for the The reason is, in addition to wanting to find a chance to escape, I also want to see who you have taken refuge in and whether it will implicate Wang Tingyue..."
She looked down at Liang Jiao with cold eyes: "The result is Princess Guangping."
Liang Jiao's tearful eyes were very red, full of humiliation and shame: "Didn't you already know this a long time ago? Are you scolding me and humiliating me by saying this now?"
Liang Huan didn't look at her, she squinted her eyes slightly and slowly glanced out the window, as if she was looking at the clouds floating in the sky, or at the birds perched on the branches, or maybe not looking at anything, just She was thinking about the problem, but no matter what it was, there was always a faint smile on her lips.
Liang Jiao wiped her tears, raised her head and was about to speak, when she saw her long eyelashes drooping like curtains, and her bottomless black eyes glowing with a faint cold light.
At this moment, Liang Jiao lowered her head again and bit her lip.
No, she couldn't say anything.
Nian'er is still in their hands.
*
"Queen, you're ready." The maid put down the ivory comb in her hand, bowed her head and retreated to one side.
Liang Huan looked at the person in the mirror and stood up from the bronze mirror.
"Let's go." (End of Chapter)