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Chapter 28 Empty Dream
Feeling the softness in his arms, Yun Heng remembered the moment when she was about to fall off the carriage and was hugged into his arms. At that time, his hands were on Yu Qiu's waist, and through the spring shirt, he could clearly feel the delicate texture under the clothes.skin.
He looked back at those charming eyes, and clearly realized that the closeness of this girl caused his heart to fluctuate.He lifted his hand from his heart, really wanted to experience that touch again, really wanted to ruffle her clothes vigorously.
But the impulse was restrained, and the hand was only hanging in the air on Yu Qiu's waist in the end, without actually falling down.
"Help you with what?" he asked.
"Help me see who else is a bad guy in the mansion." Yu Qiu's voice was very soft and a little trembling, because there were her maids on both sides of the carriage, she didn't know which ones she could trust and which ones were bought by others, and she didn't want to beThey hear.
It was already obvious that she wanted to use Yun Heng's protection as a crown princess.Yun Heng still opened his mouth to confirm with her: "You asked me for help as the princess?"
"Yes, I'm going to be the princess!" Yu Qiu grabbed him eagerly, "The prince is so handsome and reliable, he will definitely help me, won't he?"
Yun Heng laughed, this is not a wooden beauty, this is a bit of a carefree, but not many stupid beauty.
For things that can't be solved, push him in the mouth of the fairy sister in the dream, let him solve it.Now that there is something wrong with him, he accepted the identity of the princess without hesitation, and asked for help directly.
But speaking of it, she was indeed desperate. There seemed to be no one she could trust in that mansion, so she did not hesitate to plead.
Yun Heng said: "You are the princess, and it is my duty to help you."
Yu Qiu immediately asked in a weak voice: "Then can you also carefully teach me how to recognize bad guys?"
Yun Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you making progress?"
Yu Qiu blushed, and his eyes began to drift aside, "Then, I can't rely on you alone, what if... um... I'm alone?"
Yun Heng understood, it was prepared.She also did not believe that the two of them could spend the rest of their lives hand in hand.
Although Yun Heng himself felt the same way, but hearing this meaning from Yu Qiu's mouth, he was inexplicably displeased.
Ever since Yu Qiu threw himself into his arms, his body has been straight and unmoving. At this moment, he lowered his head and looked directly at Yu Qiu, with no waves in his voice, "I'm not married yet, isn't it good to hug like this?"
Yu Qiu's cheeks turned red quickly, flushing like the clouds in the sky at dusk.She let go of her arms and retreated to the original position, and the distance between the two returned to one foot.
There was a sudden void in his arms, the warmth and softness disappeared in an instant, Yun Heng evened the corners of his mouth, and retracted his hanging hand."You probably don't have the mood to go swimming in the lake anymore, that's all for today, find a place to drink tea."
To Yu Qiu, swimming in the lake or anything else was no different, she really didn't have any thoughts, she nodded, and saw Yun Heng push open the small window, ordering Ping Jiang to find a tea house.
She was very embarrassed because of her actions just now, but she didn't regret it, so let's marry Yun Heng, life is the most important thing.If you really get married in the future, pay more attention to covering up well so that your secrets will not be exposed.
Taking a step back, even if the truth is revealed by then, she will already be the princess, Yun Heng can't kill the princess, right?
Yu Qiu thought of the emperor who died on the dragon chair in his dream, and became suspicious: he couldn't, could he?
Just in case, she had to learn to be smarter, and it would be great if she could be less than half as good as Yun Heng, and it would be enough to keep her family.
Why didn't Yunheng agree to teach her? Did he think she was too stupid to teach, or was he afraid that she would be too smart?It must be the former, after all, it is too difficult to have an exquisite heart.
The carriage stopped for a while, and arrived at a tea house, the one Yu Qiu had been to.
When she came to this place again, she felt a little scared in her heart, and hesitated to go in.After hesitating at the door for a while, Xiao Er greeted him with a towel, "Is the distinguished guest here to rest? Please come inside, we have the best new tea before the rain and sparrow..."
The last time Yu Qiu came here was wearing a veiled hat, Xiao Er failed to recognize her, Yu Qiu didn't dare to let Yun Heng know that she was next door that day, and pretended to be here for the first time.
Following Yun Heng into the tea house, when going up the stairs, Yu Qiu suddenly grabbed Yun Heng's sleeve and glanced back.
Behind her are her maidservants, including Cai Lan.
Yun Heng understood, and ordered the rest of the people to stay downstairs and not to wait on them.
"...The above has just been repaired in the past few days. It is clean and spacious, and you are satisfied with the care." Xiaoer bowed and invited him in, "I will serve you tea, we still have several kinds of pastries in the shop..."
Yun Heng decided to order a few things, and said casually: "I remember that the original decoration here is good, why did you suddenly renovate it?"
"Hey, it's all because I have a bad memory. I accidentally missed the honored guest..." Xiao Er spoke vaguely, but it was understandable. He probably offended the honored guest and caused the teahouse to be smashed down.Had to redo it again.
Yu Qiu was still thinking about the maid, so he didn't pay much attention to the conversation between the two of them. When Xiaoer was about to step back, he said: "Guest officer, what important things do you want to talk about? Our walls are not soundproof, so be careful not to be heard by others."hear."
In a haze, Yu Qiu felt that she seemed to have missed some important details. She looked at Xiao Er and found that there was a bruise on Xiao Er's face, which was caused by someone beating him.
"Wait." Yu Qiu called to him, and asked uncertainly, "Who in your store... smashed it?"
Xiao Er grinned, and said: "We don't recognize the nobleman, it's all caused by the clumsy eyes, it's the villain's fault, it's no longer a problem."
Soon, Xiao Er served tea and pastries, and retreated again.
Yu Qiu looked at the newly replaced tables and chairs in the private room, touched the newly painted window lattices with tung oil, and felt confused again, as if she had really forgotten something, what was it?
Before he could figure it out, Yun Heng poured a cup of tea for each of them, and said leisurely: "You ask me how to identify the bad guys, it's very simple, just look at all directions and listen to six ways. Everything can be traced.As long as you grasp an abnormality, analyze it one by one, think about the measures the other party may take, and then try to imagine the consequences of success or failure. If the cause and effect are straightened out, you will naturally understand everything."
"Causes and consequences..." Yu Qiu repeated his words unconsciously, and found that a cup of tea was pushed to his hand, and held it in his hand, looking at his face floating on the surface of the tea, he just froze.
She was engrossed in thinking about things, Yun Heng didn't bother her, and leisurely blew on the tea noodles.
The location of the teahouse is indeed very good. Looking from the window, you can see a few shadows following sneakily.The fact that he took Yu Qiu out of the mansion today may have spread, and because he took Yu Qiu out of the house, no one dared to come forward to disturb him.
If it were Yu Qiu himself, he might be embarrassing.And her leaky mansion still needs to be solved.
After drinking a cup of tea, looking at Yu Qiu again, his eyes were still downcast, thinking so seriously that he didn't even notice a strand of hair was blown to his face by the wind.
Do you want to remind me a little more?Yun Heng thought that if she really didn't notice it, she might as well use the mouth of the guards to say it out. Just as she was about to call someone, Yu Qiu stood up suddenly, shaking the tea in her hand and spilling it slightly.
It seems that there is no need to remind.Yun Heng asked: "What's wrong?"
Yu Qiu found that the back of his hand was wet with tea, he hurriedly put down the teacup, and said incoherently, "It's okay, I, I..."
"Wipe your hands first." Yun Heng handed her a Zhang Pazi, and she took it with a dazed expression.
Yu Qiu finally figured it out, Xu Boqian's plan failed, and he would definitely look back to find out why it failed. This teahouse and Xiao Er were dragged down by her and suffered an unreasonable disaster.
She was a little uneasy, and when she wiped the back of her hand, she saw the silk handkerchief wrapped around her right hand, and said, "My hand hurts, I want to go back."
Yun Heng nodded and sent her downstairs.
When they got downstairs, Xiaoer bowed to see him off, Yu Qiu stopped walking when he saw the wound on his face, the maid was about to ask what was wrong, she turned around and took a few ingots of silver from the maid's sleeve, put them on the counter,He turned his head and said: "The tea is very good, I gave it to you as a reward."
Then no matter what other people's faces were, they walked out quickly with their heads down.
Looking at all this, Yun Heng sent him home without saying yes or no.At the gate of the mansion, he didn't go in again, and said goodbye directly.
Yu Qiu has been immersed in self-blame all the way. It is her lack of consideration that has hurt others.Hearing that Yun Heng was leaving, she quickly grabbed him and begged: "What did you just say, can you tell me again?"
"What?" Yun Heng didn't understand what she was referring to.
"It's the cause and effect, can you repeat it to me again?" Yu Qiu was afraid that he would find him troublesome and impatient, so she begged him in a low voice with a sad face, "Your Highness, can you teach me again? You'd bettergone."
The greasy soft words made the corners of Yun Heng's eyes twitch suddenly. He looked at Yu Qiu's listless expression and blinking eyes, fell silent for a moment, and repeated it cooperatively to her.
That was just what he said casually, just to guide Yu Qiu to discover the loopholes in her actions, and it is worth her as a golden law?
However, Yu Qiu felt that way. She tugged at Yun Heng's cuff in a daze, and murmured and repeated those few simple words.
Xu Boqian knew that there was someone eavesdropping next door, and he had already found the inn. He probably knew that the person next door was her.His kind of villain must be very vengeful.
She now has the title of a princess for nothing. Without Yunheng, she is nothing, and she doesn't even have a trustworthy person around her. If Xu Boqian bumps into her when she goes out, how can she be against him?Anyone who can come up with such a despicable method would probably wish to destroy her.
Yu Qiu figured this out at the gate of the mansion, bit his lip, grabbed Yun Heng's arm along his sleeve, and said, "You, can you come to see me often? I, I can't bear youofโฆโฆ"
Knowing why she said that, Yun Heng was still shaken at this moment.
He stared at Yu Qiu's hands clasped on his forearms, his eyes slowly moved up, and met Shang Yuqiu's eyes.
Yu Qiu didn't dare to look at him at all, but it seemed false to avoid him.She bit the bullet and met Yun Heng's eyes, her shame and guilty conscience rushed to her cheeks, causing tears to well up in her eyes.
She felt as if she was using a beauty trick to get Yun Heng's care, it was too bad.
But she couldn't help it. In order to compensate Yun Heng, she decided to treat him well in the future, take care of his basic necessities, and strive to be the most obedient concubine. He agreed to marry as many concubines and concubines as he wanted.When he has a favorite concubine, he will take the initiative to abdicate, and he will never let his favorite concubine suffer any grievances!
Yun Heng did not move, but stared at Yu Qiu with unpredictable eyes, which made her feel uneasy.Could it be that he was seen through?
Yu Qiu blinked, and bit her lower lip anxiously, her moist and plump lips were pressed down by the tip of her teeth and bounced back.
Yun Heng's eyes sank, he staggered his gaze, and said, "When I'm free."
Hearing that there was room for negotiation, Yu Qiu hurriedly said: "You don't have to come every day, just come and see me when you have time, or I'll send someone to invite you. Shall I embroider your purse for you? YouWhat kind of embroidery patterns do you like? I can also make cloud cakes, the kind that Xiao Taiwei likes to eat most, if you like others, I can learn..."
"Besides." Yun Heng grabbed her wrist and could completely encircle it through the sleeves. Yu Qiu's wrist bone was just at his tiger's mouth. He resisted the urge to rub her and pulled Yu Qiu's hands off.Said, "Go back."
Yu Qiu failed to get his promise, and didn't have the courage to continue begging, so he could only pester him with hesitant eyes.
Yun Heng twirled his fingers, as if the girl's soft touch still remained on them.Without changing his face, he ordered the servant girl of Yu Mansion, "Send Aqiu back."
Yu Qiu had no choice but to go back to the mansion every step of the way.
Yu Xingshu in the mansion had been waiting for a long time, and seeing that she was out of her mind, he hurriedly said: "What's the matter? Don't really tell the prince, making him angry with you?"
Yu Qiu shook her head, called "Daddy", and grabbed his arm just as she did to Yun Heng just now, the difference was that she leaned her head on Yu Xingshu's shoulder and said softly, "Daddy, I figured it out!", I am willing to marry the prince."
Yu Xingshu was still worried about whether she had been wronged because of her sudden acting like a baby. Hearing this sentence, he was surprised and said, "Why did you suddenly change your mind? What happened outside?"
"He protected me." Yu Qiu whispered, "He is so considerate and will take good care of me."
...
Yun Heng stared at the palm of his right hand. This hand clasped Yu Qiu's waist today and touched her wrist and hair.Palms feel warm and a little itchy.
"What do you think, Your Highness?" Zuo Lingyi asked.
Yun Heng raised his head, and the staff argued for a while, but he didn't hear a word.
"Let's discuss again." He said, then got up and left the meeting hall.
Several people in the meeting room looked at each other, and one of them said softly: "Your Highness seems to be in a bad mood."
"I heard that I went to see the future princess today."
There was a silence.
The emperor's family affairs are the affairs of the world, and the crown prince is the same, but Yunheng has never allowed others to intervene in his marriage. From the very beginning, he defined it as Yunheng's private affairs and did not allow his staff to intervene.
Several people looked at each other, but no one could continue talking.
Yun Heng went back to the house with a cold face, and had to admit that he was disturbed.He is in a bad mood.
Next to the bed was an exquisite incense burner. He took out a few pieces of spices, crushed them and put them back, then lit the incense burner.
The brothers have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, and the tricks of beauty and cruelty have already been played several times, and he has never been influenced to this extent.
He wanted to return it all to Yu Qiu, but this time he insisted on scaring her into tears, making her shiver with red eye circles, and making her dare not close her eyes to sleep for a few days.
With the help of Mengxiang, he had a dream as he wished.
Yu Qiu appeared in the dream, this Yu Qiu clung to him when he saw it, and stuck to him with all his strength, just like the time when he was drunk at the general's birthday banquet, his clothes were messy, and he took off his close-fitting clothes to show him the red color on his bodymole.
But Yun Heng was dissatisfied, he withdrew from the dream, turned on the still burning incense burner with a livid face, then poured a pot of cold water into it, and with a snort, thick smoke came out of the incense burner, and he threw it out of the house casually.
He dreamed of Yu Qiu, but this Yu Qiu was just a phantom, not that "sister fairy".
This was the first time since Yu Qiu fell asleep that Yun Heng wanted to not see her. He had already realized that Yu Qiu couldn't fall asleep and wake up on his own, unless he was frightened or awakened by external force.
She didn't fall asleep tonight because she stayed up all night?
Yun Heng turned around and went to the cubicle. When he came out, he changed into dark clothes, tightened his wristbands, and put on a black iron mask, which covered most of his face, making him look cold and unapproachable.
On the fourth watch, the night was still dark, so he stepped out of the door so blatantly, walked through the courtyard, and met two yawning maids who got up early in front of him.Bow your head and salute, "My lord."
Yun Heng didn't even give one out of the corner of his eye, and walked straight over.
The two maids didn't dare to look up until they were far away.This is His Highness's most trusted bodyguard, who appears and disappears, no one dares to provoke, no one dares to intervene.
Yun Heng easily entered Yu Fu's house. Everyone in the mansion was still asleep. He found the backyard with his daytime memory. There is no doubt that the most exquisite courtyard is Yu Qiu's residence.
The night was peaceful and silent, except for the light in one room.
Seeing the candlelight, Yun Heng felt that Yu Qiu might be embroidering a purse for him. After all, she had something to ask for, and she only said it during the day.
Taking a few steps closer, he saw Yu Qiu through the half-open window.She was wearing white satin pajamas and a simple outer robe, holding a pen by the window.
I don't know what I'm writing, but I'm not embroidering a purse anyway.
There were two windows open in the room, Yun Heng walked to the other window, and leaned on the window with his arms folded to look out majestically.
He couldn't see what was on the paper, so he could only stare at the person. He saw that Yu Qiu's hairpin had been removed, and his long, fine hair was spread on the back of his slender shoulders.
Her cuffs were slightly rolled up, revealing her slender wrist, and there was still a jade bracelet on it.
Yun Heng lingered on the jade bracelet for a while, confirming that it was the place he had grabbed during the day.He looked down at his right palm again.
Yu Qiu's expression was serious, and he stopped writing while the candlelight was on. When he stopped, Liu Ye's eyebrows would be frowned, and he muttered in his mouth, as if he was worried about something.
What can make her worry until the fourth watch and stay awake?
Yun Heng crossed the window and approached, this time he stopped outside the small window that Yu Qiu was facing, and he could even hear Yu Qiu's breathing through the half-open window.
"...I bought it seven years ago. I was timid and cautious. I broke my rouge once, and the others seem to have made no mistakes..."
Yu Qiu talked to himself, propped his chin to think for a while, and drew a line on the paper, "She doesn't even have a family, so she shouldn't have been bribed."
"The cook is from the south, and her husband is Daddy's groom, and the couple are stable..."
"Causes and consequences, clues... Hey, is that what the prince said? Why can't I see anything..."
After listening to her muttering a few words, Yun Heng finally understood, she was investigating the servants of the mansion alone, no wonder she stayed up all night.
He thought about it all night and wanted to play Yu Qiu, but in the end, people didn't pay attention to him at all, and the only thing he mentioned was the few words he said casually, and all he pretended in his heart was the servants in her house.
He couldn't even compare to a servant girl, and Yu Qiu had probably forgotten about the purse he had promised him.
Yun Heng wrote down the account.
Yu Qiu muttered again: "...I can't see this, it's pending, why it's all pending..."
There was a little distress in her voice, which made Yun Heng feel comfortable. He turned his back and leaned against the window to listen to Yu Qiu whispering quietly.
Outside the window, there is a peach tree that has faded, and a crabapple in full bloom. The last quarter moon is half hidden behind the flower branches. The flower branches sway with the night wind, and one of them just reached Yun Heng.
Yun Heng picked a few petals at random, spread his hands under the window, and the petals flew into the house with the night wind.
"The flowers are all gone." Yu Qiu pinched the petals in his hands, looked up out of the window, saw the crescent moon among the flower branches, and lowered his voice, "This month is almost over, May, June, and August will be soonAlready, what should I do..."
At the end, there was a sudden cry in his voice.
In August, Yu Xingshu was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy.
Yun Heng heard the abnormality in her voice, thought he heard it wrong, turned his head and glanced, just in time to see Yu Qiu wiping tears.
His eyes were slightly red, and he looked a little pitiful.
"Don't worry, I'm the princess, no one can harm me and daddy..."
She wiped away her tears for a while, picked up the begonia petals on the table and threw them out of the window one by one, and murmured in a thick nasal voice, "...tomorrow, I'll find a wrong place to get Cai Lan away, just accuse her, accuse her of stealing."Things are ready..."
The petal was blown by the wind, flipped on Yun Heng's body a few times, and fell to the ground.
Yun Heng frowned, right now he should follow the vine, otherwise why would he deliberately keep him?
This girl... Forget it, this is his princess.
He listened for a while, and finally heard Yu Qiu mention him again, "When the prince comes next time, I will lie to him that Xu Boqian beat the servants in the mansion and insulted me. To insult me is to insult the prince, he must be very angry, and then went to teach Xu Boqian a lesson..."
Yun Heng snorted silently, this girl was taking advantage of him, those nice words were really just to paralyze him.