Chapter 152 When did I say I was waiting for you?
Jing Ye stood up from the tree trunk where he was sitting and jumped down. He patted the leaves that fell on his shoulders and then walked straight towards Hai Yuntian.
Seeing this, Lu Qiongshuang quickly jumped down from the tree and shouted to Jing Ye in a low voice: "Hey! Hey! Don't you want to watch it anymore?"
Jing Ye lazily replied: "The show is over. If you don't leave, you can stay and peep on the tree."
Lu Qiongshuang turned his head and looked towards the gate of the courtyard. He saw that Jiang Xue had indeed boarded the carriage. Only a few guards were left to escort Su Xi and her son to the carriage. The only people standing in the courtyard were Gu Lintan and his old servant.
Lu Qiongshuang turned around and saw that Jing Ye's figure had disappeared in the moonlight. He muttered indignantly, "What kind of person is this? He is my dear senior brother, but he just left me and ran away. He is really disloyal."
Then he leaped towards Hai Yuntian.
Jiang Xue was in the carriage, leaving Xu Chong alone to drive. When the carriage reached the entrance of Lin'an Street, she opened the window and looked back. Seeing that the carriage escorted by Chen Jin and his companions had not yet appeared in her sight, she immediately opened the door and jumped out of the carriage. She looked up and said to Xu Chong:
"Hurry up, and when you get to Gu's house, go straight back to the backyard through the side door. Treat it as sending me back to Wen Qingxuan, and then go to the stable to hand over the carriage. You don't have to worry about the rest. I have already told Fu Dong and Xiao Chun, and they will know what to do."
"Tell Chen Jin and the others," Jiang Xue said with a smile, "Take a good rest these few days, get some good sleep, and we'll go on a long journey in a few days."
Xu Chong nodded and rode away immediately.
Jiang Xue turned around and walked in from another alley. On the way here from Hai Yuntian, she had already recognized the road for most of the time. Now she was walking back the way she came, but she didn't expect that not far into the alley, she saw a tall and slender figure in purple, leaning against the wall on the street.
Even though it was dark at night and there was little moonlight in the alley, she recognized who it was at first glance.
In the past, there seemed to be a figure waiting for her in the palace road, the imperial garden, and the Thousand Carp Pond many days and nights.
For some reason, it seemed that the tears shed from the performance in Suxi Courtyard just now had not yet dried up. At this moment, his eyes seemed to be hot again, and his vision gradually became blurred.
The figure in the memory also appeared in front of him, and seemed to be getting closer and closer to the figure in front of him. Even though they were not very similar, under the hazy moonlight and the dark wall shadows, the two figures slowly overlapped together until they merged into one, becoming the person in front of him who lowered his eyes and remained silent.
Such a pitch-black night is actually quite nice.
Jiang Xue slowly walked up to him and said softly, "You're here."
Jing Ye raised his eyes and glanced at her, his gaze lingering on the teardrops above Jiang Xue's eyelashes, and blurted out in a mocking voice: "What, did you turn the fake play into reality?"
Jiang Xue raised her hand and casually wiped the wet corners of her eyes, but her tone became light: "It was late at night, and I accidentally got wet with dew when I came here."
Jing Ye just looked at her silently, and after a moment he taunted her softly, "Your acting skills now are much worse than before."
Jiang Xue was stunned for a moment, then she started laughing again. She pointed at her own face and said, "Isn't it funny? A dignified Princess Changle has fallen to this point, pretending to be pretentious and compromising."
"Do you feel wronged?" Jing Ye looked at Jiang Xue steadily, his voice becoming a little colder.
Jiang Xue put down her hand, smiled with relief, and shook her head.
"I don't feel wronged." She smiled, "I never really regarded Gu Lintan as my husband."
Jing Ye turned around and walked forward. Seeing that she was still in a daze, he asked, "Why aren't you leaving yet? Your brother from the He family is already waiting for you."
Jiang Xue stood there, looking at his back, and suddenly blurted out, "Sorry to have kept you waiting."
Sorry to have kept you waiting, Aqi.
Jing Ye paused, and spoke again with a mocking voice: "When did I say I was waiting for you? It's just that I just walked around after watching the show and saw that it was rare to have such a quiet and peaceful night."
Jiang Xue did not argue with him, but followed him naturally with light steps.
The place that Lu Qiongshuang chose was quite good. Although it was not an inn, it was still open at night. What was rare was that it was still very quiet, without any noisy voices. Only from time to time could the elegant sounds of string instruments and bamboo be heard from a few private rooms.
The two walked to the door of the private room reserved by Lu Qiongshuang, only to see Lu Qiongshuang standing outside the door with a bitter and resentful look on his face, with Mo Lian and Mo Tian beside him.
Jiang Xue walked over and asked in confusion, "You're back? Why don't you go in and wait? You're just standing here feeding mosquitoes."
Lu Qiongshuang sighed with a dark face, pointed at the door of the wing room, and said, "I dare not go in."
Lu Qiongshuang suddenly remembered something and almost jumped up. She looked at Jing Ye suspiciously and said, "Didn't you say you were coming back here? When I went to chase you, you were gone. How come you're here only now? And with my cousin?"
Jiang Xue glanced at Jing Ye, then at Lu Qiongshuang, and suddenly burst out laughing.
Jing Ye did not answer, and Jiang Xue just looked at him jokingly. Mo Lian and Mo Tian watched each other's hearts and minds, reducing their presence to the minimum.
Suddenly, a clear male voice came from inside the door.
"Come in quickly."
Jiang Xue's eyes widened upon hearing this, and she looked at Lu Qiongshuang and whispered, "Second brother?"
Lu Qiongshuang nodded resignedly and muttered softly: "Otherwise I would have gone in earlier..."
Jiang Xue and Jing Ye looked at each other, then looked at Mo Lian, motioning her to open the door.
Mo Lian stepped forward respectfully to open the door. Jiang Xue looked up and saw Jiang Yu, wearing a dark suit with a gold dragon embroidered on it, sitting in the main seat, with He Zhilin, who was drinking tea with his head bowed, next to him.
Jiang Xue sighed, walked up to Jiang Yu, and asked, "Second brother, why are you here so late at night?"
Jiang Yu nodded at her calmly and said, "Sit down."
Then he immediately reached out and poured a cup of hot tea for Jiang Xue to drink.
"You know it's late at night, but you haven't returned home yet. You come here at midnight. What if you catch a cold?"
While saying this, Jiang Yu's eyes were fixed on Jing Ye outside the door.
Jiang Xue was about to answer when Jiang Yu's voice sounded again, but he was not asking her a question, but Jing Ye.
"Prince Rui Chong seems to have a refined taste. How come the night view of Jijing still appeals to His Majesty?
I heard that the prince was not present at the meetings arranged by the Ministry of Rites during the day. It seems that the prince was so fascinated by the scenery of the capital of Ji that he lingered there every day, and even when something like that happened to your country's envoy, he could sit back and do nothing."
Something happened to the mission? How come I never heard him mention it?
Jiang Xue turned to look at Jing Ye in confusion and asked, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Yu reached out and patted the back of her hand, reminding her: "The tea is getting cold, drink it quickly."
Jing Ye did not answer, but walked to Jiang Xue's side and sat down. He also poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Thank you for your concern, Second Prince. I don't like crowds. There are capable people to handle the affairs of the delegation. If they can't even handle such a small matter, then they are just sitting there doing nothing. I will make a decision after I return."
He raised his eyes to look at Jiang Yu and said calmly: "Second Prince, you are free tonight and you can find this place. What a coincidence."
Jiang Xue also asked after hearing this: "Second brother, why are you here tonight?"
He Zhilin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "It was me who invited the Second Prince to go with me."
Jiang Yu looked at Jiang Xue and Jing Ye with a complicated expression, then suddenly stood up and said to Jiang Xue:
"Come out with me first."
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