Chapter 20
The scattered moonlight quietly climbed up his shoulders, and the white light soaked her, making her lose her mind for a moment.
"Why, you want me to repeat it?"
Jian Xinyi quickly shook her head. They hadn't seen each other since she fainted that time, so she felt a little embarrassed when she suddenly saw each other this time. Thinking back to what happened that day, she felt awkward. She just wanted to get away quickly. "No, no thanks. It's about the bookstore incident. Zhuo Yun helped us before, so we should return the favor."
"Okay, then you return the favor. How are you going to repay me?"
Qian Yuan pressed on step by step, not realizing that there was any ambiguity in his words.
But these words sounded different to Jian Xinyi. This was clearly a disguised confession. Who could give her a choice and let her choose to reject this big Buddha?
She really didn't know how to respond.
Jian Xinyi held it in for a long time, curled up her hands and feet, and suppressed the embarrassment in her heart, and asked: "Do you want to watch the show?"
After hearing this, Qian Yuan's mouth twitched slightly and he sneered, "What do you think?"
"Your Highness, I really feel that if we continue to do this, it will violate the proper etiquette between men and women. It's so late now, let's talk while we walk."
In order to get out of the situation, Jian Xinyi said anything and pulled Qian Yuan away with a smile.
"Separation between men and women? I didn't know there were so many rules among the people."
Qian Yuan spoke sarcastically, but still followed her back.
"There are many folk rules. Legitimate daughters and illegitimate daughters are divided into different levels. Your Highness, you must study them carefully." Jian Xinyi pretended to be profound and began to explain science to the ancient prince.
"I haven't heard of it. No matter who the biological mother of the children in the palace is, they will be raised by the queen after they are three years old. Therefore, the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children is not clear." When Qian Yuan said this, his face was extremely calm, neither sad nor happy.
Jian Xinyi was stunned for a moment, but she forgot that she was just an observer of this world. She had only tasted the true ups and downs of life. Qian Yuan had spent more than ten years here, and it must not have been a pleasant experience.
But no matter how hard it is, he is still a prince.
"Your Highness has lived in the deep palace for a long time, so it's understandable that he doesn't understand these things." Jian Xinyi responded casually and lightly put the matter aside.
"I admit that I lived in the deep palace for a long time before, and I only had a vague understanding of many things. Cheng Baisang didn't understand me and thought I was condescending and arrogant. I can understand that, but I really don't understand why you thought the same thing that day." Qian Yuan's face was very serious. "After returning that day, I asked my father for permission to take the position of Inspector of the Jinwu Guard. From now on, I have plenty of time to understand the affairs of the world."
Floating clouds covered the moon, and the surroundings fell into darkness, just like Jian Xinyi's heart.
The feeling of being torn apart by time and space made her feel at a loss.
She wanted to try her best to follow the rules of the ancient world and live a good life here.
The appearance of Qian Yuan broke this tranquility.
The unexpected encounter between two people who should have been worlds apart made her feel restless and uneasy.
The breeze blew gently, the moonlight scattered, and the bright moonlight traveled through thousands of years and shone on her again.
No one had ever told her about the side effects of time travel.
"You still feel it's not right, why?"
Qian Yuan's tone was particularly slow, as if he could see her uneasiness.
"It's the plot in the play." Jian Xinyi lowered her head.
She needed to speak out, otherwise this question would haunt her for the rest of her life.
"The Jade Rabbit ran down to the mortal world out of play. The Bright Moon Fairy was very angry, so she transformed into a mortal to look for it, but by chance she fell in love with a mortal. The Bright Moon Fairy knew her identity, but still stayed in the mortal world and fell in love with the mortal. In the end, she removed her immortal bones and stayed with him for a hundred years." Jian Xinyi stopped and looked towards the horizon, as if recalling the past.
But as she turned her eyes, the ancient building appeared before her again. She turned to look at Qian Yuan, who was looking at her with great interest. She smiled slightly and asked, "If you were the Bright Moon Fairy, would you still stay in the human world?"
"That's it?" Qian Yuan's frown suddenly relaxed, and a hint of smile appeared between his eyebrows.
"What do you mean by just this? This question is very important." Jian Xinyi was speechless. She now doubted whether asking Qian Yuan was a good choice.
He cleared his throat and said seriously, "These plays nowadays are just fabricated nonsense. The gods have long been alienated from all emotions. How could they possibly commit suicide just because of a mortal?"
Jian Xinyi rolled her eyes so hard that they almost flew to the sky. She knew that Qian Yuan never had a good word to say. "I didn't ask you that, so you just said whether you can do it or not."
"If it were me, I would." Qian Yuan looked up at the moon in the sky and seemed to remember something. "Whether I'm a god or a mortal, I'm still myself. Many times, I'm bound by those rules and regulations and have no choice."
"If I had the chance to choose, I would make the same choice as her."
Qian Yuan sighed and said nothing more.
Jian Xinyi didn't say anything, just nodded silently. Since nothing has happened yet, let's maintain the status quo.
Simply avoiding it will only backfire.
Anyway…just friends.
At the door of the bookstore, paper lanterns emitted a faint light. In ancient times, Jian Xinyi also had her own little home light.
She turned and looked at Qian Yuan. In the darkness, the dim light stretched his shadow long and thin, making him look quite lonely.
"Leave."
He waved his hand, as indifferent as before, turned around and disappeared into the night.
She looked for a long time, until she could no longer see his figure, then she tiptoed back to the back room.
The candlelight flickered, and she picked up her pen again and started doing her work.
After the marriage is granted at the banquet, if the heroine chooses to refuse, she will automatically enter the indifferent man's branch.
After the banquet, the cold-hearted man told the heroine that he would soon go to the border to guard the pass and would return after three years. The heroine agreed to wait for him, but not long after the hero went to the battle, a memorial impeached his family for treason. The heroine was anxious and went to the border alone disguised as a woman. Although the cold-hearted man blamed the heroine, he was still worried about her. There were many men in the army and the heroine was stretched thin. She relied on the cold-hearted man for help. The two fled all the way to the capital, but heard that the house of the marquis was ransacked. The cold-hearted man could not wait to return to the house, but was caught by the imperial guards who had been lying in ambush for a long time.
The heroine couldn't bear to see the cold man imprisoned, so she had to ask her father, but she found out that the matter involved many people and the heroine was powerless to save the situation alone, so she had to go find the Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince agreed to release the cold man, but asked the heroine to marry him. Choose whether to agree and enter Chapter 4.
This plot... is even more ridiculous than the second chapter.
Is it possible?
Jian Xinyi was a little confused. Sometimes she cared too much about her own plot and felt it was unique in the world, but sometimes she felt that her plot was clichéd and made no sense.
Forget it, let’s leave it like this for now. I’ll change it if I get scolded.
Jian Xinyi fell into a sound sleep.
She woke up early the next day, put her drawings in order, and went out.
She casually sold a pancake and walked back to the street, and unknowingly arrived at Wanhua Pavilion again.
It just so happened that she still had some questions about what happened last night. Just as she was about to step in, she saw the boss coming out, followed by Qian Yuan.
When Qian Yuan saw her, he immediately walked up to her and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Why are you here? Outsiders are not allowed in or out for the time being. Come in after the show starts tonight."
"I have something I want to ask Dule."
When Jian Xinyi saw the two of them here, she knew they were discussing the case, so she didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.
Before Qian Yuan could speak, the class owner spoke quietly, "Du Le was with you that afternoon, right?"
Jian Xinyi looked at the two of them, her eyes testing them. Could it be that they also suspected Dule?
But she had no evidence, so after thinking for a while, she could only tell the truth: "Yes, I didn't come until the tickets were issued."
Dule didn't have the time to commit the crime anyway.
There is no doubt about this.
Seeing the two of them start whispering again, Jian Xinyi wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in, but was stopped by the class leader. "The Lord of the Jinwu Guards said that outsiders are not allowed to enter."
"I just came here to talk to Dule, is that not allowed?" Jian Xinyi's face was wrinkled into a bitter gourd, but the two big Buddhas in front of her were still standing there, and she, a naughty monkey, could not afford to offend them.
The troupe owner sneered and said disdainfully, "If you have money, you can buy a ticket tonight."
Hey, she really didn't.
Jian Xinyi's face became even more embarrassed. The owner's face looked even more disdainful when he saw this. "If you don't have money, then you can only climb over the wall."
Qian Yuan also sneered and asked sarcastically, "You didn't treat people to the show yesterday, so you don't have money today?"
"You guys, okay." Jian Xinyi was about to turn around when she saw the troupe's housekeeper come in and whisper something to the troupe leader. The troupe leader's face changed slightly and he turned and left.
Now only Qian Yuan and Jian Xinyi are left.
"You don't have money to watch the show, right? You can tell me." Qian Yuan took out the silver ingot in his hand seriously, "But in this case, you owe me more than just one or two taels of silver. You also owe me three favors, a play, and a hand warmer."
"I don't need it. I will see Dule after the case is over." Jian Xinyi raised her chin, but her eyes were fixed on the silver ingot in front of her.
When will she be able to earn so much money?
"But I have to tell you one thing. I've transferred Zhuo Yun to solve the case in Hongcheng Lane. If he solves it well, he'll probably get a promotion. If you want to ask him out to a show again in the future, you'd better think carefully."
Qian Yuan's eyes were particularly bright, his arms were wrapped around his chest, and he looked down at Jian Xinyi.
Jian Xinyi was choked by Qian Yuan's words, but didn't know what to say. This seemed to be a better choice for both Zhuo Yun and herself.
But she still didn't like the feeling of being toyed with.
Jian Xinyi folded her arms across her chest, raised her head slightly, and said with some disdain: "Then it depends on how you solve this case. I also hope that Master Qian Yuan can solve the case as soon as possible and not interfere with the real Jinwu Guards."
After saying that, he turned around and walked back without even looking.
And he said he wasn't being condescending, but it was obvious that he was.
She really should stay as far away from such people as possible.
Old feudal stuff.
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