I was very surprised to hear the past events Yang Jinqiao told.

Regardless of whether there is a blood relationship between her and Yang Yunhui, outsiders, or in my long-term consciousness, they are a brother and sister. When I first hear such a story about a "brother and sister" falling in love, it is still a bit hard to accept.

When I was in Shangyang Palace, although I met the brothers and sisters, I didn't feel anything. I just felt a little strange that Yang Yunhui came in and out of the room of the prince's concubine's sister a little too freely, but I didn't think much about it.

.But now that I think about what he said to me when he was in Yangzhou, when I asked him what he wanted, he told me that I would know when Pei Yuanhao becomes famous.

Now, many years have passed since Pei Yuanhao became famous, and I really understand that all he wants is to be single-minded.

I fell silent.

After Yang Jinqiao finished speaking those words, her face was just pale, as if all the past events that had made her suffer, laugh, feel happy, angry, sad, and happy, only existed in memories, only in my long silence.

In the middle, she seemed to feel something, and said calmly: "If you feel it is against ethics, it's okay."

"..."

"Originally, this has nothing to do with you."

She smiled faintly, as if nothing had happened, and looked calmly at the white gauze flying in front of her.

But there was no smile in those eyes, and they seemed to be filled with frost.

Looking at the cold eyes covered with long eyelashes, I suddenly felt a little funny. Who you like is your own business and has nothing to do with others. It doesn't even have much to do with the person you like.

It’s just that there are so many people who want to dictate other people’s feelings, who they should like and who they shouldn’t like; who they should marry and who they shouldn’t marry... Each of them considers himself a judge, but how much do they actually know?<

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Recalling the criticism I experienced in the fishing village, I smiled and said, "It really doesn't matter. To use a person's words, even if you control the sky and the earth, you still can't control people's hearts."
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Yang Jinqiao looked back at me, with a slightly shocked expression on his face.

"I can't control the heavens and the earth, but I can't control the hearts of the people..." She murmured and repeated this sentence, and there seemed to be a lot of bitterness in her eyes. After a while, a smile flashed across her face, and she said: "

I guess this was what Liu Qinghan said, right?"

This time, I was shocked: "You know Qinghan?!"

"He is a famous person, a disciple of Fu Badai, a hero in quelling the rebellion, and a favorite of the emperor."

"..."

"I just don't know if his identity can help him tide over the difficulties this time."

What does "..." mean?

"Especially, he was injured."

"What?!" I just felt my head buzzing, and I was stunned. I hurriedly grabbed Yang Jinqiao's wrist: "What did you say? He was injured? How could he be injured? Is it serious?"
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She looked at my panicked look, and was a little surprised, and said: "I heard that a flood in the palace collapsed a palace. He was inside and was hit by a collapsed beam, so——"
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"..."

A sudden pain hit my heart.

He is injured!

The towering fire in Jixian Hall that night will still appear in my dreams to this day, but I never thought that he would be injured. At that time, he had obviously taken me to the terrace behind the water, even if the fire was really serious

After it spread, he still had many places to hide. How could he be hit by the falling beams?

I hurriedly asked: "Where is he now? Is he in danger?"

Yang Jinqiao looked at me and said calmly: "I don't know the exact extent of the injury, but there should be no life-threatening injuries."

I slowly let go of my grip on her hands, feeling my heartbeat pounding and cold sweat breaking out.

Seeing my absent-minded look, Yang Jinqiao was silent for a long time, and then said in a strange tone: "It turns out that you and him are really... related."

I raised my head and glanced at her.

"You are so brave."

"..." I was still shaking a little, but I couldn't help but said: "Compared to you, it's nothing."

"Ha..." She seemed to think it was ridiculous, so she really laughed. She picked up the white gauze in front of her and looked outside. The two of us had been chatting here for a while, and the guards around us were like stone pillars.

Again, there was no movement. She put down the veil again

, said faintly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, he has no interest in me at all. It's just a way for his father to win over him. A person like him is naturally very sober. Besides, there were so many beauties in Shangyang Palace at that time, and there were so many of me.

No one is too much, and no one less than me is not too much."

Looking back on his concubines at that time, although they were not as beautiful as the three thousand beauties in the harem now, they were still beautiful. In comparison, Yang Jinqiao was indeed not a very outstanding concubine.

"I said you were brave, but it's because he has intentions for you, yet you still dare!"

I kept my mouth shut and didn't speak.

Normally, I would have responded with a sneer, but now that I know about Qinghan's injury, I can't laugh at all. It's like a big stone weighing on my heart, and I just feel so depressed and uncomfortable.

Yang Jinqiao looked at it for a while, and seemed to understand, and did not speak again.

For a while, the two people were silent.

The people around me still didn't make any sound. Only the wind blowing across the lake in the valley brought bursts of moist water, which finally made me sober up. I looked at Yang Jinqiao next to me and said calmly. : "I really didn't expect to see you here again. In fact, I have something that I have always wanted to give to you."

"Something? What thing?"

"Actually, it's not mine, but - Chang Qing wants to give it to you."

When she heard Chang Qing's name, she shuddered, and her calm eyes also rippled like the lake behind her. After a moment of silence, she spoke in a hoarse voice: "He—— I know him, already——"

"When he was in Dongzhou, he led his troops out of the city to fight. He knew that he would definitely die, so when he left the city, he left a gold hairpin to Yang Yunhui and asked him to hand it over to you. He also said-"

"What did you say?"

"He said that he knew that you faked your death because he was afraid that after he helped the emperor seize the heir, he would use his military exploits to take advantage of you. He wanted Yang Yunhui to tell you that he would not embarrass you if he did not force you. As long as, as long as you remember, use Something he gave you."

"That golden hairpin?"

"Yes."

I turned my head and looked at her pale face, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, as if something was constantly surging in those seemingly calm eyes, but I slowly closed my eyes to cover it all up.< /p>

After a long time, she opened her eyes and regained her clarity. However, when she spoke, her voice was strangely hoarse: "Where's that hairpin?"

I hurriedly said: "I have always kept it, but this time - I was in a hurry when I left the palace, so I didn't take it with me. Now - if they haven't cleaned up my things, they should still be in Yihua Hall."

"Yihua Palace..."

She slowly recited these three words and murmured in a daze: "I will ask someone to get it."

……

This time, I didn't say anything, I just looked at her with a somewhat complicated look.

Although I just got together with her and didn’t talk much, I realized some things from her words, such as——

She placed her own people in the palace.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t know Qinghan so clearly, her relationship with me, the fire in Jixian Palace, Qinghan’s injury, and she could even have people go to Yihua Palace to take out things!

When she faked her death and left the palace, and took everyone with her, wasn't it to cut off all contact with the people in the imperial city? But after Yang Yunhui died, she had nothing to do with those people and things, so why was she still going to the palace? Arrange someone here?

Who is the person she arranged?

I felt something in my heart, and my breathing suddenly became a little disordered. Fortunately, she was also thinking about something at this time and didn't pay attention to me. After a while, I felt that her own breathing slowly calmed down. Then, she turned around and looked at me.

That gaze was also calm, but it was different from the previous calm. There was a hint of chill in this calm.

My heart became heavier and heavier, and in this silence I heard her speak, saying coldly: "Have you finished what you want to say?"

I nodded.

"So, now, I have a question to ask you."

"..." I said dryly: "You ask."

"How did he die?"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from the other end of the valley with a whistling sound, and the surrounding white gauze was blown high, just like the messy heartbeat of a person at this moment.

"He——" I opened my mouth, but couldn't speak.

How did he die? Indeed, there is no better way to understand this than to ask me, because I saw with my own eyes how the sword penetrated his heart, and how he covered his blood as it gushed out.

I couldn't stop him; it was me, guarding him as he spoke his last words and breathed his last breath.

It is precisely because of this that I am even more speechless.

Yang Jinqiao looked straight at me, his eyes as sharp as needles: "It's that Huang Tianba."

"...!" I opened my eyes wide and looked at her.

By the way, I was not the only one present when Yang Yunhui was killed. Luo Shi forced Huang Tianba to kill Yang Yunhui just to make him lose his place in the Central Plains. There were many prisoners who witnessed that scene, and those people were all killed by Luo Shi.

After being released, it would not be difficult for Yang Jinqiao to find out what happened back then.

But since she knew, why did she come to ask me?

I raised my head and looked at her with some confusion. Yang Jinqiao gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I have to settle Huang Tianba's debt with him."

When I heard this, I hurriedly said: "He was also forced!"

Yang Jinqiao looked back at me.

I was trembling a little: "He was forced by Luo Shi. The two of them led the army deep into Shengjing to save me. They were caught by Luo Shi. I - I -"

Yang Jinqiao's face turned ugly, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "I know."

"..."

"But what I want to know is not these, but the truth."

"..."
Chapter completed!