readx(); The seventh prince Xuan Tianhua walked over leisurely, and on such an autumn day, it seemed as if he was carrying a ray of spring breeze, gently caressing his face, so comfortable.
Xiang Rong really enjoyed watching Xuan Tianhua walk, or in other words, she was willing to watch whatever Xuan Tianhua did, just like appreciating a painting, and that painting was a masterpiece.
But she didn't understand what Xuan Tianhua said today, so she asked: "What do you mean by more people, less people, etc.? They are different."
"What's the difference?" He sat on the chair beside Xiangrong's bed. The servants tactfully withdrew, and Xuan Tianhua asked her, "Are you worried that if too many people knew that you were kidnapped, they would make random guesses and ruin your reputation?"
Xiangrong nodded, "The most important thing in a woman's life is reputation. If her reputation is gone, her life will be ruined."
"The most important thing in life is reputation?" Xuan Tianhua was puzzled. "I thought that no matter whether you are a man or a woman, the most important thing in life is to follow your heart."
"But I can't just think about myself." Xiang Rong said, "I live in Prince Chun's Mansion now. My reputation is related to the reputation of Prince Chun's Mansion, so I can't just think about myself, I also have to think about... His Highness the Seventh Prince."
"But I never care about that." Xuan Tianhua told her, "Don't say that we looked for you secretly. The news has been blocked and has not been spread. Even if everyone knows, what can it do? After all, you have to live your own life. Others can't live or die for you, so they naturally shouldn't control your life. I said that the best way to live is to obey your heart in everything. Don't think about those things. Let's do the same as before, just as if this incident never happened, and leave it as it is."
Xiangrong was excited when she heard such words. She wanted to ask what was the meaning of "what should we do"? Was their engagement still valid? But she didn't ask it in the end. She was always passive in this matter. It was her blessing and destiny that Xuan Tianhua married her. It was her destiny that Xuan Tianhua didn't marry her. How could a concubine's daughter marry such an outstanding prince?
"I..." Xiangrong changed the subject, but she talked about another terrible thing. She said, "I saw the Eighth Prince at the Zong Sui people's place. It was terrible. Can you imagine what happened to his face? The Zong Sui people took off his entire face alive. I don't know why they did this. I heard that they wanted to make a mask, but it was too cruel. The Eighth Prince was locked up with me. He wailed all day like a monster. It was terrible."
Xiangrong shivered as she spoke. The horror of those days still made her feel like a nightmare whenever she thought about it. And it was not so easy to wake up from this nightmare. Sometimes, as soon as she closed her eyes, she would think of the monster that the eighth prince had turned into, bloody and the most terrifying thing she had ever seen in her life over the past decade.
Xuan Tianhua knew that she was frightened. Even he was frightened when he saw Lao Ba in that state, let alone Feng Xiangrong. He reached out and gently stroked her hair, saying softly: "Don't be afraid, it's all over."
Xiang Rong asked him back, "Seventh Prince, do you think that brotherly and sisterly affection must be like this? It's like this between the princes, and it's also like this in the small Feng Mansion. They told me that Feng Fendai betrayed me in order to rescue her brother Xiaobao. I don't hate Fendai, after all, she had no choice, but I was thinking, were the years when I grew up with her when I was a child all fake? She had feelings for Xiaobao, but she betrayed me without caring about her life. Is she too cruel, or am I too unsuccessful as a sister?"
She said these words not for Xuan Tianhua to answer, and she didn't even wait for him to answer. She continued, "Perhaps this is the family affection under the interests! It's so small and pitiful. But I know that no matter what, my second sister is on my side and will never abandon me, so I am still happy." When she mentioned Feng Yuheng, she laughed, and her pale little face finally showed some redness, and Xuan Tianhua was relieved.
He said to Xiangrong, "Some people live a life worse than death. I personally sent Lao Ba to his death. If we can be brothers again in the next life, I hope we can be fine. Xiangrong..." He paused and suddenly asked a very mysterious question, "Do you believe in past lives and present lives?"
Xiangrong was slightly stunned, then shook his head, not knowing whether he didn't believe it or didn't know.
Xuan Tianhua said, "I believe it." But he didn't say why he believed it. It was just that whenever he talked about this topic, he would naturally think of Feng Yuheng, and also thought of when she said she saw Bu Cong and then her face was horrified when she dealt with Yu Qianyin. He knew that she must have seen something else, but was she seeing a person or an object?
After leaving Xiangrong's room, Xuan Tianhua went straight to the study, and then pushed open a bookshelf in the study, and found a hidden door inside. He turned a button on the side of the door, and the door opened silently, revealing a dark path inside, leading to a secret room designed specifically for him in Prince Chun's mansion.
Xuan Tianhua seldom came to this secret room. Only when he needed to make a decision on an important matter would he lock himself here until he could think of the answer.
But today he came not to think, but to tell fortunes.
Few people knew that Xuan Tianhua was very good at divination, and his attainments in divination were even more accurate than the astronomical phenomena observed by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory. Including Xuan Tianming's disaster in the northwest four years ago, and the arrival of the Phoenix Star that night, in fact, his hexagrams had already shown it, but that was the responsibility of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, and he had no intention of speaking it out before it.
He came here again today to do some divination because Xuan Tianming had volunteered to lead troops to attack Sui on August 16th during the morning court session. He had always felt uncomfortable with this matter. Ever since Xuan Tianming first expressed his intention to lead troops to attack Sui, he had a bad feeling. It was hard to describe the feeling, it was not very obvious, but he still felt worried about danger.
The hexagram was spread out, with a few small flags inserted around it, forming a Feng Shui formation that outsiders could not understand. A huge Bagua diagram was hanging overhead, and with the candlelight shining on the hexagram below, a few bright spots were faintly illuminated.
The hexagrams used by Xuan Tianhua were made of crystal, shaped like copper coins, in white, purple and yellow. He sprinkled them on the hexagram cloth and then examined them carefully.
During this time, the hexagrams occasionally moved slightly, but no one knew why. There was no wind in the secret room, and Xuan Tianhua did not use his internal energy, but the crystal beads on the hexagram cloth moved irregularly for several times, until they finally settled down and found their proper position, then they became quiet and there was no more movement.
Xuan Tianhua looked at the hexagram cloth with a solemn expression, and one hand holding the candlestick actually trembled slightly. A large drop of sweat fell from his forehead with a "pop" sound, landing on one of the crystal beads, and soon slid to the hexagram cloth, spreading it.
He sighed and shook his head helplessly.
This hexagram predicts that Xuan Tianming will go to war against Zong Sui, which is very bad.
He put down the candlestick and took back the crystal hexagram on the hexagram cloth and held it in his hand. Finally, when the crystal beads were sprinkled on the hexagram cloth again, his expression changed again, but it seemed to be more solemn than before.
This hexagram was about himself, and it was a hexagram of death.
He smiled bitterly and murmured, "So what if I die? I'm alone, but you still have her!" As he spoke, Feng Xiangrong's face appeared in his mind again, as if deliberately reminding him that you are not alone, you also have a girl who has made a promise and is waiting for you to fulfill it.
But Xuan Tianhua smiled again and said, "He is still just a child after all. He became a demon with a thought, but he doesn't know who he should cherish the most in this world. Forget it. I am not destined to grow old with someone. My mother raised me. Even if it is a dead end, I can't let her only biological son get into trouble. Ah Heng, I can't accompany you in life, but I am willing to use death to stay with him for the rest of his life."
After saying that, he stood up and left the secret room without a moment's delay. After the door and the bookshelf were closed again, he walked to the desk and wrote quickly. After finishing, he sealed it with wax, then called a secret guard out and ordered: "Go to Ji'an County quickly and make sure to hand this secret letter to the Fourth Prince in person. There must be no mistakes." 》≠》≠》≠》≠,
The secret guard took the letter, responded, and then disappeared in a flash.
Xuan Tianhua breathed a sigh of relief. This was the last arrangement he could make for Xiangrong.
That evening, he did not leave the house, and postponed all other matters, just to have a meal with Concubine Yun. Concubine Yun still felt a little guilty about Xiang Rong, and kept telling Xuan Tianhua: "Ah Heng has checked, the third girl has not been violated in any way, she is still an innocent girl. Hua'er, we can't abandon the girl just because of her reputation, that girl is very good."
Xuan Tianhua put down his bowl and chopsticks and said to Concubine Yun: "Don't worry, mother, I have never thought about it that way. That girl will be happy." But this happiness is not something I can give. "By the way," he said, "On the 16th of the first lunar month, Ming'er will lead his troops to the East Boundary to prepare to attack Zong Sui. Before that, I have something I want to ask him to do for me. Of course, mother must come forward to help in order to complete it."
Concubine Yun was very curious about what it was, because Xuan Tianhua had never asked for anything. From childhood to adulthood, although she thought she treated this child as her own son, Xuan Tianhua was obviously much more sensible than Xuan Tianming. He didn't ask for anything, didn't want anything, and took whatever was given to him, and he would never compete with Xuan Tianming for anything. She always felt that she owed him something in these little things. Today, Xuan Tianhua asked for it, and she thought, no matter what her son asked for, she must do it properly!
So Yun Fei happily asked him, "Tell me what it is?" Then she added, "Anything is fine. As long as you are willing to tell me, I can do anything, and Ming'er can do anything too!"
Xuan Tianhua smiled faintly and said to Concubine Yun, "It's what I mentioned before, that we would go to Ji'an County to propose marriage before the Moon Festival. I calculated that the date is approaching, and if we delay a little longer on the road, we will be able to leave at least three days later. Marriage has always been arranged by parents and matchmakers, and it is not convenient for me to show up. Mother said before that you would go there in person, but I was worried, so I thought about whether Ming'er could go there for me. I will pick up the soldiers here and send him part of the way to the east. He just needs to send mother to Ji'an County safely, and then chase to the east. What do you think, mother?"
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