The Red Mansions

Chapter 696 Going back and forth

Chapter 696 Contradictory, talk to yourself

In the study room, in the afternoon, the heat in Guanzhong is hot, and the temperature in the study room is ten degrees lower than the outside room because of the ice mirrors in all directions.

Jia Heng put down the teacup, under his sword eyebrows, looked at the beauty with a questioning look in his eyes, and couldn't help turning his eyes to look at the female officer who was serving, and said: "Princess, can I talk alone?"

When Zhen Xue heard this, for some reason, her breathing became short of breath, her heart skipped a beat, she hesitated for a while, and ordered the female officer beside her, and said in a low voice, "Go out first and wait."

"Yes, Concubine." The female officer did not doubt him, said softly, and slowly exited the wing.

As soon as the lady officer left, Jia Heng and Zhen Xue were the only ones left in the spacious hall, sitting opposite each other across a small couple. They hadn't seen each other for a few days, and when they met again, they fell into a brief silence.

Zhen Xue reached out to pick up the small teacup, take a sip of tea, and cover up her flustered heart, but that jade hand trembled a little, paused, and then retracted it again.

Jia Heng looked at the embarrassing beauty, pondered for a moment, and his clear voice was as calm as water: "As for Datong, the Holy Majesty has discussed with me, meaning to take it easy and call back the king of Beijing County first, and the imperial edict has already been issued. gone."

With that said, she got up from her seat and came to Zhen Xue.

Zhen Xue lowered her eyebrows and was thinking about the imperial edict when she suddenly saw a shadow approaching. Sitting beside her, her heart jumped, she turned her delicate and beautiful face, and said in surprise, "Zi Yu, why are you here?" gone?"

However, at this moment, she felt that her slender catkins had fallen into Jia Heng's hands. The beauty's face turned pale, and she struggled subconsciously, and said in a low voice, "Ziyu...don't do this."

She can no longer be ambiguous with him.

"I plan to go to Datong in person." Jia Heng was silent for a moment, looking calmly at the panic-stricken and ashamed beauty, and said warmly.

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Xue, who was struggling gently, was taken aback for a moment, raised her gentle and beautiful face, looked at Jia Heng, and said, "Zi Yu, you want to go to Datong too?"

"The whole army is not going well in Datong. I must go there. However, it's not now. Wait for a while. This is actually a secret of the court. Don't tell others. Don't tell your sister after Xue'er goes back. Yes." Jia Heng said with a light smile, looking at the shy and angry beauty, she felt her jade hands were so soft and greasy, she couldn't help but gently lift Zhen Xue up.

Zhen Xue stood up while trying to break free from Jia Heng's hand. Her cheeks were as white as jade, flushed with blushing, plump and bright, and she couldn't be bothered. She said angrily, "Ziyu, don't call me Cher."

Can't you talk to your sister about the previous conversation?Well, she wasn't going to tell her sister.

Jia Heng reached out to wrap Zhen Xue's fragrant shoulders, hugged Zhen Xue from behind, put her head next to the curled ear of the beautiful woman, and said in a low voice: "Then how about I call you Princess?"

In fact, it doesn't matter to Xue'er other than getting closer, but thinks that the princess is more different.

Zhen Xueliuye frowned, a trace of embarrassment welled up in her charming and flowing eyes, she tried to break free from Jia Heng's hand again, and said in a low voice: "Ziyu, what you said that day, you Have you forgotten all?"

Since the agreement was just a dream, why did you still pester her?

"The princess is talking about dewy love, each cherishes it?" Jia Heng smiled lightly, and under the embarrassing eyes of the beauty, whispered in his ear: "But whether it's summer dew or autumn dew, it doesn't happen every morning. ?"

Zhen Xue: "..."

Summer dew and autumn dew, every day?So you want to play and sing with her every day?

"You are shameless, uh..." Zhen Xue looked at the young man angrily, but saw the shadow supporting her shoulders, she was in a state of astonishment, but saw the warmth and softness approaching.

Zhen Xue stretched out her jade hand and gently pushed her back, pursing her pink lips, clearly not daring to say anything, but after a while, she became dizzy, like walking on clouds.

After a while, he looked at Jia Heng angrily, and said, "You contradict your promise and still be rude to me?"

Jia Heng's complexion paused slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at the beautiful woman with watery eyes and a slight breath. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice: "Is the residual poison on the princess not cleared? I said just now that my face is not very good. "

Zhen Xue: "..."

Do you still want to detoxify her for a while?

Zhen Xue settled her flustered mind, her delicate body trembled slightly, and she said with a hint of embarrassment in her voice, "Jia Ziyu, you and I each have a family, that day was just an accident, we can't make the same mistake again."

Jia Heng let go of the beauty's shoulders, and wrapped her arms around Zhen Xue's slender waist, embraced the beauty with gentle eyes, and said softly: "Actually, I got you involved that day, and I'm quite uneasy these days."

Zhen Qing reaped the consequences, he felt at ease, but Zhen Xue was different. Her originally peaceful life was like breaking into a rampaging beast. Well, this kind of expression has a sense of déjà vu from a movie narration.

"Since you know, why... are you so rude to me now?" Zhen Xueliu frowned slightly, her bright blue eyes were full of embarrassment, but her voice was soft and soft, not too much deterrent, but it made people's heart flutter read.

It was my sister who planned on her that day, but now she hugs and kisses her, what is it?Why not let her go?

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said softly: "I feel pity for you. I heard from Xinxin that you have been angry with Concubine Bei Jing for a long time."

Hearing these words, Zhen Xue's bright eyes, which were originally charming, paled, she pursed her pink lips for a while, and remained silent.

Jia Heng leaned close to Zhen Xue's ear, and whispered: "Your sister also said that you have been a widow all these years, and I found out that day, Xue'er..."

"You, don't tell me." Zhen Xue said anxiously with an unspeakable shame in her heart.

That day, this man said a lot of things that made people blush in her ears, but she ignored him, and he kept chattering.

Jia Heng sighed softly, and said: "Okay, then let's not talk about it, I was thinking that you alone bear the gossip, and I don't know how you have survived these years."

Zhen Xue raised her eyebrows curvedly, clutching her handkerchief, her gaze was lost, she said in a low voice: "Zi Yu, I have already let the prince down, I can't let him down again."

Jia Heng said: "Although your sister's heart is like a snake and a scorpion, there is one sentence that she said is correct. It is the prince of Beijing Jing who is sorry for you, and let you suffer so much gossip alone."

Zhen Xue's tender body trembled slightly, her snowy face, which was white and greasy like jade, was flushed with red, she stretched out her hand to shake Jia Heng's hand, and said in a low voice: "Zi Yu, I am a married woman, we are like this There will be retribution."

Jia Heng said: "I don't believe this."

Zhen Xue bit her cherry lips with her white teeth, and said: "Zi Yu, this affair between you and me is definitely not a long-term solution. Just forget about me, don't... otherwise, I will really have no face to live in this world." .”

Jia Heng was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Xue'er, is this the last time? After this time, we will be separated and have nothing to do with each other. From now on, you will be your Princess of Beijing, and I will still be Xinxin." What do you think of my godfather, forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes?"

Zhen Xue condensed her beautiful eyes, her expression slightly startled, is this the last time?

Jia Heng leaned into Zhen Xue's ear and said in a low voice: "Actually, I felt ashamed last time. This time I want to make up for you. After all, it was detoxification that day, and I didn't let you enjoy yourself."

Zhen Xue: "???"

Although it was detoxification that day, the poison will be detoxified later, so what are you doing all the time?No, who had fun?

At this moment, feeling the young man's obsession, knowing that it would be hard to escape, she whispered her guilt, closed her eyes slightly, and said as if accepting her fate: "Go to the inner room, Ziyu, don't stay here..."

If someone enters the study room and sees it at a glance, she really doesn't have to live.

Jia Heng didn't say much, hugged Zhen Xue around a lady's mountain and river screen, and walked towards the book case.

In the afternoon, the quiet sunlight shines on the flower wall outside the study.

After more than half an hour, Jia Heng hugged Zhen Xue, whose body was as soft as water, calmed down, looked at Zhen Xue who was like a cloud of beautiful clouds, and whispered: "Xue'er, have you missed me these few days?"

Zhen Xue's bright eyes are slightly opened at this moment, her cheeks are as red as peach pistils, her neck is stained with a layer of rosy halo, beads of sweat flow down her cheeks, her eyes are as soft as water, she doesn't pay attention to Jia Heng's words at all.

She never thought about...

Jia Heng was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Xue'er, you said that if we had known each other earlier, it would have been better if you hadn't been married then."

When Zhen Xue heard the words, the softest part of her heart was touched suddenly, her soft and watery eyes were in a trance for a moment, and she said shamefully and angrily: "Ziyu, you...don't talk about it."

She's already sorry for the prince, and she can't be sorry for the prince anymore. It was really the last time just now.

Jia Heng said: "Then I won't talk about it."

Knowing that Zhen Xue had complicated thoughts, he kept asking Zhen Xue just now, but Zhen Xue hardly said a word.

Jia Heng tidied up his clothes, took a handkerchief from the armhole and gave Zhen Xue a handkerchief, without saying anything.

Zhen Xue reached out to take it, lowered her head tightly, and calmly arranged her clothes, but the two slender, straight skirts under her skirt were visibly trembling.

Jia Heng came to the book case, picked up the folding fan, and unfolded it with a "swipe", gently fanning Zhen Xue, who was so hot that his forehead was covered with sweat, and said in a low voice: "In the next two days, I will leave Beijing and go south. Say it."

Being slapped by the young boy, Zhen Xue's tender body trembled, she raised her watery eyes, and fixedly looked at the young man opposite, she didn't want to talk to Jia Heng at all, but she couldn't help asking: "You just came back to Beijing not long ago... …What are you going south for?”

The voice that was originally gentle as water, was a little greasy as soon as it came out, which surprised Zhen Xue too.

"The court affairs may need to be busy outside for another month or two. This matter is still a secret, so don't tell your sister yet." Jia Heng said softly.

In fact, Zhen Qing couldn't hide these things from her, but she shared the same hatred with Zhen Xue, guarding against Zhen Qing, and also drew in her relationship with the beauty.

Jia Heng picked up another handkerchief, stepped forward, wiped the sweat off that beautiful snowy face, and said softly, "It's getting hot today."

"I... I'll do it myself." Zhen Xue's bright eyes drooped slightly, feeling her heart skipped a beat, she said in a trembling voice, took Jia Heng's handkerchief, and wiped her face.

This man just likes to talk to himself, and she obviously ignores him.

Jia Heng looked at Zhen Xue, who was more beautiful than before, and said in a gentle voice: "The makeup on my face is all gone, it will feel better after washing it in a while."

After saying that, she turned around and picked up the teapot on the side, poured a cup of tea, handed it to Zhen Xue, and said in a warm voice: "Take a sip of tea, the tea is not too hot, warm the tea."

"Thank you." Hearing the young man's thoughtful words, Zhen Xue bit her pink lips, thanked her, rolled her handkerchief into a ball, took the tea cup, and handed it to her lips.

He frowned involuntarily, obviously because of the peculiar smell when holding the handkerchief, but just now he drank the tea after a lot of tossing.

Jia Heng looked at Zhen Xue, who had brighter eyebrows and brighter eyes, and said softly, "After a month or two, even if you want to see me, you won't be able to see me anymore."

Zhen Xue put down the teacup, licked her pink lips, her cheeks were as bright as fire, as bright red as a peach pistil, she couldn't help but said angrily: "I don't want to see you, you should go far away."

This man just used to bully her.

Jia Heng looked at Zhen Xue, who was annoyed, and couldn't help but move closer, holding the softness of the two petals again, and then looked at the beauty, smiled lightly, and said, "I won't see you from now on."

Zhen Xue's eyes were absent-minded, she was obviously disturbed by the young man's sudden intimacy and words, her face was dazed for a moment, she suddenly noticed something strange, she lowered her eyes to look at the jade hand, it turned out to be a finger as slender as a bamboo shoot, which was being slowly put on a hand ring.

"You... What are you doing for me? I don't want it." Zhen Xuexiu frowned slightly, her jade face changed slightly, her watery eyes stared at Jia Heng, and as she spoke, she took off the ring in her hand.

Jia Heng was silent for a while, looked at Zhen Xue, and said in a low voice: "Since the princess doesn't want to have anything to do with me, why not give this thing to the princess, and keep it as a thought in the future, if the princess doesn't like it, When you go out, just throw it away."

Rings are common things, so it's okay to give them away, and it can be said that Zhen Xue bought them by himself, and he will not write letters to Zhen Xue.

As for Zhen Xue's reaction, it was actually expected after the trial.

Zhen Xueyu's expression changed slightly, she held the ring she had taken off in her hand, and stared blankly at the young man with calm eyes and a face like dark water, it seemed that the sweet words and soft words just now, all kinds of accommodations, were all a dream, and her thoughts Can't help but be complicated and inexplicable.

Nothing more to do?

The charming beauty was speechless for a moment.

Jia Heng said calmly: "You pack it up, don't make people suspicious."

Previously, he was worried about being discovered by others, so he couldn't keep tossing around.

After finishing speaking, Zhen Xue ignored the change in complexion and depressed mood, and went back to the small hall of the study, calling the maid to prepare water so that she could wash her face.

Zhen Xue bit her lower lip with her white teeth, clutching the ring for a while, obviously a little at a loss, Li felt exhausted and wronged in her heart.

What did she do wrong?Even though he bullied her, he still treats her like this?

After the servant girl prepared clean water, Jia Heng washed her hands first, then brought her back, put it on a stool beside her, and said, "Wash your face."

After Zhen Xue washed her face, the blush on her face that was as gentle as water gradually receded, and her eyes that were full of water turned to look at the writing at the desk, as if she really didn't pay attention to her young man.

He clenched the handkerchief, his pink lips moved, hesitant to speak, but finally left the study without saying anything.

The brush that Jia Heng was writing paused slightly, glanced at Zhen Xue's back, his eyes flickered, and immediately wrote again.

Zhen Xue is no better than Zhen Qing, if she wants to capture both body and mind, and eliminate future troubles, she needs to alternate between hot and cold, good and bad.

On Zhen Xue's side, dragging her body as soft as a silkworm, she led the female official back to Tianxiang Tower with complicated thoughts. When Shen Shi left the Ningguo Mansion with Princess Chu Zhen Qing, the two sisters boarded a carriage with a glass top and a hairpin. As for Shui Xin, she was left in Jia's mansion to live with Qin Keqing for one night.

On the carriage, there was the sound of wheels rolling over the bluestone road.

Zhen Qing glanced at her sister who was sitting upright beside her, with a lot of preoccupations between her brows and eyes, the phoenix eyes under the willow-leaf eyebrows flickered, caught a trace of the charm between Zhen Xue's brows, and she felt a little clear in her heart , asked: "Sister, what did Jia Ziyu say?"

Zhen Xue regained her composure, feeling a little irritated in her heart, frowned, and said softly, "Sister, he didn't say anything."

Zhen Qing took Zhen Xue's hand, lowered her voice, and whispered, "Sister, did that bastard bully you?"

Zhen Xue was told to break her heart, her delicate body froze, her heart skipped a beat, she denied it flatly: "No."

He bullied her. After the bullying, he just... shook his face as he spoke. Isn't it because she confiscated the ring?

Thinking of this, the beauty lost her gaze, stroked the ring on her finger, and felt an unreasonable irritability and resentment in her heart.

"My sister has been away for such a long time, and after she came back, some of the makeup on her face was washed off, and the youthfulness in the corners of her eyebrows and eyes is still lingering." Zhen Qing said in a low voice.

Zhen Xue was ashamed when she heard the words, she lowered her voice, and said angrily, "Sister, what are you talking about?"

Immediately looking at Zhen Qing, under the beautiful eyebrows, eyes were a little angry, and said: "Where is my sister? My sister has been alone with someone for nearly an hour."

Zhen Qing's eyes were cold, and she said in a low voice: "It was that bastard who forced me, so I had no choice but to obey. I will take revenge for this revenge sooner or later."

Zhen Xueyu paused and sighed lightly.

Zhen Qing's face was as cold as ice, and she said in a low voice: "It's not that my sister doesn't know how much that man hates me, just now he was rude to me in the mansion without saying a word, I see, he is used to bullying our sisters. "

Zhen Xue was silent for a moment, then sighed again, with a hint of worry in her soft eyebrows, she said quietly: "Actually...you can't blame them all."

When Zhen Qing heard this, her phoenix eyes flashed, and she said with a half-smile: "My sister has spoken for him several times now, it seems that he has a lot of love for her."

I couldn't help but think of the day in Zuixianlou, that bastard was so considerate to his sister, and he was doing all kinds of things to her, so it was better to be in Cong Lvtang just now.

Zhen Xue was in a state of uncertainty, turned into anger from embarrassment, and lightly scolded: "Sister!"

Zhen Qing said softly: "Sister, don't be annoyed, it's my sister's fault, but I see that he really likes you."

Hearing this, Zhen Xue's crystal-clear and beautiful face was in a daze, her gaze was lost for a moment, she couldn't help hiding the ring on her finger in the sleeve of her skirt, do you like her?

Zhen Qing turned her phoenix eyes, and said in a low voice: "Sister, you have had a hard time these years, why don't you just get along with him like this. I see that he likes Shui Xin very much, and he treats you well."

"Sister, I'm someone else's wife, how can I be so disobedient?" Zhen Xuexiu frowned, looked at Zhen Qing angrily, and said in a low voice.

Zhen Qing said in relief: "Sister, I can't blame you for this, besides my brother-in-law... Besides, it's the second time, so there is no difference."

"Sister, stop talking." Zhen Xue whispered, closing her eyes, only to feel that the lingering and entangled scenes just now seemed to be lingering in her mind, and finally fixed on the cold eyes, as if she was looking at the eyes of a stranger .

Earlier, he said that it was the last time, and there would be nothing more to do after that.

Zhen Qing's eyes flickered, and she said with a smile: "Since this is the case, let's not talk about it, anyway, it's good to be a widow alone for decades, with a pure heart and few desires."

Zhen Xue: "???"

What are these words?

The hand hidden in the sleeve couldn't help clenching a fist, but felt that the touch of the ring was very clear, thinking of the boy again, he sighed inwardly.

(End of this chapter)