Little Cardamom

At night, it began to rain lightly, and the rain dripped from the corner of the eaves. Ming Tan lay on his side on the couch, listening to the sound of rain quietly.

When Bai Minmin and Zhou Jingwan came in the rain, Su Xin warmed up the porridge and was about to send it to the house.

Bai Minmin took it smoothly: "I'll do it."

Su Xin nodded, turned towards them, and glanced at the person behind them.

Zhang Shizi, Lu Dianshuai, and Shu Ergongzi came quite complete.

Su Xin originally thought that it was unruly for a man to enter the house, but then she thought again, staying in this flower building for a few days is already the most unruly thing, and there is still Miss Jingwan, so she didn't say much .

Bai Minmin carefully carried the porridge and led everyone into the room. She walked quickly to the side of the couch and sat down, put down the porridge bowl in her hand, and looked at Ming Tan with tears in her eyes: "A Tan, you have suffered!"

Ming Tan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he said weakly: "I'm fine, why are you here at this hour?"

"I can't sleep at night these days. I heard that you are awake, how can I sit still!" She held Ming Tan's hand tightly, "Does it still hurt? It must be very painful. I will let Zhang Huaiyu take someone to go I've found a rare medicine from the Western Regions, and it will surely remove the scars so that they can't be seen at all, don't worry!"

Ming Tan slightly bent his lower lip: "You still know me best."

"Of course—" Bai Minmin couldn't stop when she opened her mouth, Zhou Jingwan gently pulled her, her eyes fixed on a large piece of dark color that was blurred on the brocade pillow.

"A Tan, you have an injury on your shoulder. You shouldn't be sleeping on such a high pillow. Change it to another one."

Zhou Jingwan's voice was soft and her movements were extremely careful. She supported Ming Tan and signaled Bai Minmin to change the pillow.

Bai Minmin did not know why, only to find that the brocade pillow was wet. She was startled, feeling more and more distressed.

On the other hand, Ming Tan seemed quite calm, and asked Bai Minmin to feed her porridge. Bai Minmin nodded, and hurriedly picked up the porridge bowl, scooped it up one by one, blew carefully, and then put it into Ming Tan's mouth.

The room was very quiet, Shu Jingran and the others entered the room, it was not easy to go forward, they just stood so far away.

After Bai Minmin finished feeding the porridge and the three sisters finished talking, Zhou Jingwan passed a sentence very lightly, without looking at anyone: "Is there something to say, let's make a long story short, A Tan still needs to rest."

When Lu Ting heard the words, he spoke first. After all, A Wan has been cold for many days, if she hadn't brought her to see the princess tonight, she would probably continue to be cold.

It's a pity that he doesn't know how to speak, and he can't get to the point: "... Dali Temple Prison is also a sky prison. Even if His Highness explained it, the conditions are the conditions of the sky prison. The Lord Hou must have suffered a lot, but the princess can rest assured. , Lord Hou’s life is safe.”

After hearing this, Shu Jingran felt a little wanting to help his forehead, so he had to take over and explain: "Lu Ting means that Lord Hou is fine and has not suffered from flesh and blood, but the prison is humid and the food is simple. He has been wronged these days. Father."

Lu Ting pursed his lips and nodded.

Seeing that Mingtan didn't respond, Shu Jingran continued: "Actually, Qizhi doesn't want to hide it from you, but there are also spies from Beihe and Qiangyu in Beijing. If they startle the snake, then the information that Hou Ye has previously obtained will be completely invalidated. After all, Even the Dingbei Palace has the nails that the Queen Mother has buried for many years, isn't it?" He paused, "And besides His Majesty, Qi Zhi, Lord Hou and Lu Ting, no one else knows about it. You know, your orders cannot be violated."

Will this be useful? Zhang Huaiyu couldn't help but glance at him.

Ran Shuer advanced without any haste: "On the day when the imperial edict was issued, half the work was done. Qizhi originally wanted to return to the residence immediately to make you feel at ease, but he was suddenly ambushed by the remnants of the old party on the way."

Ming Tan's fingertips moved slightly.

"The Empress Dowager Su imprisoned herself in the Shoukang Palace. The plan was for the emperor's tomb to be buried and incense worshiped in a hundred years. But she saw that His Majesty and Qizhi didn't want to give her this opportunity, so they simply dragged people to be buried with them, one by one, while ambush Qi On the other hand, at the same time, he did not hesitate to use the hidden piles that the palace has hidden for many years to drive a wedge between you and Qizhi.

"Bie Yulou that night, Qi Zhiben was waiting for the fine archer of the Empress Dowager Su. When you appeared suddenly, he couldn't predict when the other party would strike. He wanted to send you back to the palace. He was also afraid that there would be accidents if you stayed here. Unfortunately, this The accident happened in the end."

Ming Tan more or less understood these things, and did not give any further reactions.

Zhang Huaiyu's heart pounded, and for the 10,000th time he doubted whether Shu Jingran could do it.

"Of course, I know that this is not what the princess cares about the most." Shu Jingran said suddenly, "I wonder if the princess still remembers the fire on the Lingyu River when she went south to Lingzhou? The princess fell asleep all day and night, and he kept watch all night without sleep. , I asked him to rest and change the servant girl to take turns guarding him, but he said no. For the first time in his life, a woman rushed into the sea of ​​fire in order to save him. He asked me, is it because you like him? I asked, if the heart How do you please him? He replied——If you like it, you can't let it down."

Ming Tan couldn't help pinching the brocade quilt.

"Although it was not his intention to marry the princess, when the decree of marriage was issued, he also said that once he marries you, he will keep you safe for the rest of his life. In fact, he never thought of dealing with Lord Hou. On the contrary, he has always admired Lord Marquis," he paused for a moment, pointing out something, "if it wasn't for the revelation, the residence of the Marquis of Jing'an and the residence of the Duke of Linguo might have become relatives in need."

Zhang Huaiyu couldn't help but look sideways. For Jiang Qizhi, he even connoted His Majesty... These words are advanced layer by layer, and he really deserves to be Tan Hualang.

At this point, Shu Jingran paused for a moment, and then said slowly: "Whether many things are true or false, the princess must have a judgment in her heart. Although the situation is forcing this time, it is not what he wanted, but the princess is unconscious. When he woke up, he said he was wrong - 'It was my biggest mistake to hurt my wife.'”

Both Bai Minmin and Zhou Jingwan couldn't help being moved.

A person like His Highness King Dingbei can say such a thing... If he didn't believe in the character of Mr. Shu Er, Bai Minmin really doubted that he himself was making up things indiscriminately.

"Shu has finished what he should say. Qizhi's nature is like this. He doesn't like to talk too much. In fact, his temperament is much better than before. In the past, he never bothered to explain things to others. Sometimes after a year or so, the next Talent suddenly realized.

"The reason why I took the liberty to come here tonight is because Shu knows that Qizhi cares about the princess. It is dangerous and difficult to go to the northwest. If the princess can forgive me, he will take care of himself even more if he wants to fight the enemy. In this way, Shu I can still see him come back with his life."

He saluted from a distance: "Shu is bothering me, please forgive me, Wangfei."

Lu Ting wanted to echo, but Shu Jingran gave him a nonchalant glance, he opened his mouth, and continued to remain silent.

In contrast, Zhang Huaiyu was much more sensible, and Shu Jingran's words were to the point, and it would be less meaningful if he went on to sell miserably, so he didn't intend to say more at all, and just gave Bai Minmin a "go first" eyes.

Bai Minmin understood, looked at Zhou Jingwan, and said softly: "A Tan, it's getting late, you should rest, and I will come to see you with Jingwan tomorrow."

Several people retreated lightly, and gently closed the door.

…

After leaving Bieyulou, Lu Ting walked beside Zhou Jingwan and asked her in a low voice if she was satisfied with her performance today.

Zhou Jingwan didn't look at him, but only looked at the carriage not far away, and whispered softly: "The words are all from Second Master Shu, even if Ah Tan is relieved, it has nothing to do with you."

Lu Ting wanted to say something more, but Lu E suddenly called out from behind: "Miss Minmin, Miss Jingwan, stay!"

Lue raised her skirt and chased after her, her face full of anxiety: "Miss! Wangfei! Miss, she..."

"Speak slowly, what's wrong with A Tan?" Zhou Jingwan asked.

Lu Ehan was in a hurry: "Miss, I don't know why, the servant just went in, so I insisted on finding someone to prepare the horse, saying that I want to go out of the city!"

Bai Minmin's eyes widened: "Going out of the city? Could it be that she wants to chase after the prince? She is so injured, she must be crazy!"

"Well, it's really not necessary, just write a letter." Shu Jingran also felt a self-defeating sense of astonishment.

"But the young lady has already struggled to sit up, and said that she must leave this city today, and if the servant can't find someone to take her there, she will walk over by herself to see who dares to stop her."

She definitely wouldn't dare to stop her, and she wouldn't be able to get through if she walked. It's just that if you faint again if you don't go downstairs, no one can afford this crime.

Bai Minmin and Zhou Jingwan were about to persuade Lue together, when they saw Ming Tan tremblingly leaning on the window sill, looking down.

"A Tan!" Bai Minmin and Zhou Jingwan shouted worriedly.

Lu Ting didn't know which nerve was wrong, seeing that everyone was anxious to go upstairs to persuade her, he said suddenly: "I'll take Wangfei."

Zhou Jingwan: "...?"

From Shangjing to Yangxi Road, one needs to exit from the west city gate. However, Bie Yulou is from the capital to the east, and a team of soldiers and horses hastened for more than an hour before they can leave the city gate.

As soon as he left the city gate, it began to rain. The winter night was bitterly windy and the rain was icy cold. A general reined in his horse and suggested, "My lord, why don't you camp here tonight and wait until the rain stops before moving forward to climb the mountain?"

Jiang Xu reined in the reins, looked back at the tower not far away, and ordered in a deep voice: "Stop, rest here tonight."

The simple camp tent was set up quickly, and a small fire was raised with a small amount of dry firewood. Everyone gathered around to keep warm, found a place at random, and fell asleep quickly.

Jiang Xu was also sitting by the fire, and the dry wood crackled from time to time, and sparks occasionally shot out.

He has been guarding Ming Tan for the past few days without much rest, but now that he is not guarding her, he seems unable to fall asleep.

In fact, if he had known that it would rain, he would have stayed for another night, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem to make much difference whether he stayed or not, she still didn't want to see him.

Sit quietly all night.

It was dawn at five o'clock, and everyone woke up, packed up and opened the tents, and prepared to go on the road.

Jiang Xu held the reins, looked behind him for the last time, at the West City Tower, which gradually became clear in the twilight of the morning light, and gave orders without hesitating: "Let's go."

"Jiang Qizhi!"

"drive!"

"drive!"

"Jiang Qizhi!"

The Maxima galloped and neighed under him, and beside Jiang Xu, a general suddenly reminded him loudly: "My lord! It seems that someone is calling you from behind!"

Jiang Xu slowed down a bit, but he heard it too, but the voice was weak and familiar, so he thought he was hallucinating.

A group of people were moving at a slow pace, the sound of horseshoes was quiet, and the voice calling his name behind him was far away, but it was clearer than before.

"Jiang Qizhi! If you don't come back, I will never forgive you!"

Jiang Xu slowly turned his horse's head and looked at the tiny figure on the tower in the distance.

"Is it the princess?"

"Seems…"

Someone boldly suggested to Jiang Xu: "My lord, do you want to go back and have a few words with the concubine? It's only an hour or two left, and we will catch up with the army if we rest a little later."

"No need."

Jiang Xu stared at that figure, obviously separated by a long distance, but he seemed to meet her eyes.

After a while, he raised his hand, his eyes were sharp and firm: "Recovering Rongzhou, this battle is urgent, let's go!"

With a flick of the whip, the horse turned around neatly, its iron hooves raised dust, and gradually disappeared into the mountains and forests far away from Shangjing.