Chapter 254 Xie Guanlan: Don’t mention Wen Xingluo anymore
On the other side, Chang'an.
Xie Guanlan went to the capital to report on his work and happened to pass through Chang'an. He met Chen Yushi, who had been crowned king, and negotiated the alliance.
While staying overnight at the Hanzhong Palace, Fushan hurried in holding a carrier pigeon, "Master, news from the capital!"
Xie Guanlan just finished bathing.
He stepped out of the bathtub and casually put on a black wide-sleeved smock. A drop of water rolled down his mermaid line and into his lower body. The candlelight outlined the dark shadow of his side, like a cold knife covered with dew on a spring night.
During the month that Wen Xingluo escaped, he reintegrated Shu County and the vast southwestern territory he had conquered, expanded the territory by employing talented people, recruited soldiers on a large scale to expand the army, and seized the financial and political power of the Mu family. He concentrated all power in the Zhenbei Palace, and had a subtle momentum to challenge the Central Plains.
He said coldly: "Read."
Fushan took out the note, cleared his throat, and read: "On the first day of February, He Yu took the initiative to teach Wen Ningning how to play Go in the palace, which seemed to be an intentional seduction."
He couldn't help but glance at Xie Guanlan secretly.
Xie Guanlan had no expression on his face. "Continue."
Fushan had no choice but to continue reading, "On the fourth day of the second month, Xie Xiang deliberately made things difficult for Wen Ningning. When Wen Ningning fell into the water, He Yu showed great concern, suspecting he was deliberately trying to seduce her. On the fifth day of the second month, Wen Ningning met Pei Lin. On the ninth, tenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, and twentieth days, Wen Ningning either met Pei Lin or slept in the same bed with Wei Si."
Fushan looked at the back of the note and confirmed, "Master, it's gone."
Xie Guanlan sat down under the candlelight and picked up the amulet on the low table.
He broke the original green silk rope and later asked the embroiderer to make a new one.
He stroked the amulet, and the tassel brushed against his fingertips, as if a girl was gently rubbing his hand with the back of her hand.
His eyelashes drooped and his pupils were dark and gloomy.
He had heard of He Yu.
He is the most famous noble young man in the capital, with a good family background, good education and good looks.
Unlike him who looks kind but has a dark heart and cruel means, He Yu is a gentleman who is as gentle as jade, reserved and noble.
Wen Ningning must like him very much, right?
——The lady said that she wants to part ways with you and asks you to get married as soon as possible. She doesn’t want to have anything to do with you.
The words she left behind would pop up in his mind every day and night.
It was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, tormenting him terribly.
She had been in the palace for two years, and had hinted to him in every way that she was attracted to her beauty. In the end, she got what she wanted and took away his innocence, but she refused to show any expression. Instead, she happily turned around and had sex with other men.
Xie Guanlan slowly clenched the amulet.
In her heart, is Xie Ziheng something that can be easily discarded?
The young man's resentment was like the thick fog tonight, spreading wildly outside the window, and even the lights could not illuminate the way forward.
"Bang!"
The door was suddenly pushed open.
Xie Shian rushed in excitedly, "Brother, I heard there's news coming back from the capital?! Is it related to Ningning? I want to see it!"
He was originally training troops at the border, but when he heard that Ningning had run away and his elder brother was going to the capital to report on his work, he volunteered to go with him.
He wanted to pick up the note on the table, but Xie Guanlan held the back of his hand.
Xie Guanlan said coldly: "Didn't I tell you not to mention her in the future?"
The fierce aura emanating from the young man was truly terrifying.
Xie Shian withdrew his hand awkwardly and muttered softly, "Ningning abandoned you, not me. Why can't I mention her? In the final analysis, it's because I'm incompetent and can't conquer Ningning's heart. The cooked duck has flown away..."
The veins on Xie Guanlan's forehead were throbbing.
Just as he was about to lose his temper, a figure in snow-white clothes floated over.
Xie Yanchen gathered his wide sleeves and said gently, "Brother, Fourth Brother is young and may speak without thinking. Please don't blame him."
Xie Guanlan glanced at him coldly, with a half-smile in his eyes, "How did Wen Ningning escape? Second brother should know better than anyone else."
Xie Yanchen looked at Bibi with concern, "I am also very worried about Ningning's safety in the capital, so I specially accompanied you. Big brother also knows that the capital is my nightmare. My aunt died there since I was a child, and I am about to go to that sad place..."
He moved out with his aunt.
So all the words of blame Xie Guanlan were stuck in his throat.
After Xie Shi'an and Xie Yanchen left, Xie Guanlan burned the note brought back by the carrier pigeon.
Wen Ningning...
He looked at the hazy crescent moon outside the window, and a shadow fell on his narrow eyes.
Wen Ningning may not like him.
But she absolutely cannot like other men.
Seven days later.
Capital city, Yuhe Palace.
This palace is located near the Cold Palace and is a completely abandoned palace.
The spring rain was rustling, and there were no lights on in the hall, which was shrouded in dim light and shadows.
With a loud thunder, the girl who was sleeping on the low table suddenly woke up.
The girl was wearing a light yellow gauze skirt and had her hair combed into a bun with her ears hanging down. It was Wen Xingluo.
She sat up dazedly.
A damp wind blew in, and a stack of notes on the low table fluttered around in the hall like countless black and white butterflies.
Wen Xingluo caught the one that fell in front of him.
On a palm-sized piece of paper, there was a sentence written: Your home is in Rongcheng, Shu County, in the Zhenbei Palace.
"Zhenbei Palace..."
Wen Xingluo was unfamiliar with this term.
She is the princess of the Great Wei Dynasty. She grew up in the palace after her country was destroyed and her family was ruined. She depended on her cousin for everything and took it as her responsibility to restore the country. How could the Zhenbei Palace far away in Rongcheng be considered her home?
But she was very familiar with the handwriting on it.
This is a note written by her own hand.
Wen Xingluo stood up and picked up another note. "You were framed by the eunuch Pei Lin using witchcraft, which is why you gradually forgot the past until he completely instilled a different past into your mind. Remember to read all the notes every day."
Wen Xingluo was stunned.
She continued walking forward and picked up another note - you love your mother deeply, but the emperor, Empress Mei and Concubine Zhang have conspired to betray her, and you want them dead.
Wen Xingluo picked up all the notes one by one.
All the past events are like an unfolding scroll, becoming familiar again in my mind.
——Your brothers and sisters are idiots. Don’t get close to them, and don’t be nice to them, otherwise you will become unhappy.
——Your relatives live in the Zhenbei Palace. They all love you very much. You miss them very much in the capital. You must remember to send a letter of safety to your grandmother every two weeks.
——You like Xie Guanlan very much.
"Xie Guanlan..."
Wen Xingluo read the name, but couldn't remember what he looked like.
But since she likes him, Xie Guanlan must be a very good person.
She smoothed out all the papers, carefully pressed them on the desk with a white jade paperweight, then opened her umbrella and left the abandoned palace.
Just after passing through two palace alleys, Pei Lin appeared not far away.
Through the rain, he looked at Wen Xingluo, a gentle look on his fair and pretty face, "Where is the princess?"
Wen Xingluo glanced at the imperial eunuch's uniform on him.
This person was the one who used witchcraft to harm her.
She gave an innocent smile and said, "Enjoy the rain."
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