The Golden Hairpin

Wang Yun lowered his eyes silently, and said, "But during the time I was with the prince, the blade opened up. Only then did I embark on this path, from the Defense Department to the Imperial Forest Army, at least getting rid of the arrangements made by my father for me. That way. In this life and this life... I have to thank the prince for his support."

"I know that you said this from your sincerity, but in this world, there are always things that we can't help ourselves. For example, since you have taken over the task to kill me, you must do your duty to kill me." Li Shubai The air was laid back, as if only talking to him about the night outside the window.

Wang Yun's expression was slightly stagnant, and the fingers holding the tea cup could not help but retract. The tea cup tilted slightly, the foam inside had not yet dispersed, and two or three o'clock overflowed.

He slowly put the tea cup down and looked up at Li Shubai.

The dark night is silent, and the cinnamon is faint. The day when Qu Jiangchi first met, it was also in the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus. He saluted Li Shubai and said: "The king Yun of Langya, the word contains it. From today on, I would like to accompany the prince to gallop the world and guard the rivers and mountains of Tang Dynasty."

The words are still in my ears, and now they are facing each other quietly at night, but they are already in such a situation.

Wang Yun slowly put down the tea cup in his hand and raised his eyes to look at Li Shubai, but there was a reluctant smile on his face: "As a courtier, Wang Yun is involuntarily involuntarily acting on orders. Please forgive me."

Seeing that he admitted so readily, Li Shubai also smiled and said, "If I really care, how could I prevent Zi Xia from continuing to ask questions last time? I know my situation and your situation. I don't know. Desire, not to others."

Wang Yun nodded silently. His thoughts shifted around the word "Zixia", and he hesitated for a while when he heard him say the name of his fiancée so intimately. But then, he knew again, how could someone like Li Shubai fail to speak.

As if seeing his mind, Li Shubai said lightly: "When you take this task, you should know that it is a trick with one stone and two birds. If I die, the court will remove the biggest hidden danger; if things are revealed, the Wang family will be implicated. In any case, the designer can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, paving the way for the next step."

"That's why the prince... suppressed this matter, don't want this matter to be publicized, too, don't want to hurt both sides?"

"Aren't you?" Li Shubai paused in his voice and said, "I know that you did not commit the arson, and this slaughter method is not your style."

Wang Yun whispered: "I know about this...but, I can't stop it."

"You can't stop it. All those who want to stop can only be crushed. Liu Zhan is, Wen Zhang is, so are you and me." Li Shubai's face, which seemed to be always calm and steady, finally showed a trace of exhaustion. .

He stared at Wang Yun in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Now that you have not completed the task he assigned, and I have found out your identity, I am afraid that the Wang family will have trouble-but I can help you."

Wang Yun nodded slowly and said, "The prince keeps his promises and he will not fail. However...I want to know, what do you want the Wang family to do?"

Li Shubai was silent for a long time.

It's deeper and quieter, and everything is silent. On such an autumn night, the night seemed to freeze, and all the good and the ugly disappeared into the darkness.

I don’t know how long he was silent, but he finally made up his mind and said: "Abandon an old marriage contract."

Old-year marriage contract.

When he was fifteen years old, because of his shyness, he pulled Li Run to take a peek with the girl, her profile dangling past his eyes.

That was the marriage he had decided since he was a child. A piece of paper, two names, she is a stranger, and she will be the person closest to her.

But now, Li Shubai said, give up.

He lowered his head and laughed involuntarily. He said: "Prince Kui is really just judging the situation and the situation, and it is an exhaustive strategy. You know that the survival of the Wang family now lies in my sentence, but you still put on this kind of tolerant posture of letting me choose."

"Yunzhi, I can't help you with this matter." Li Shubai lowered his eyes silently, turning the tea cup in his hand unconsciously, and slowly said: "But have you ever thought that Zi Xia once exposed the past of the Queen and Queen. If she marries into your family, how will she deal with herself in the future?"

Wang Yun sneered and said, "Since she is my wife, I will do my best to protect her. Why don't you worry about it?"

"So, if I go directly to the face of the capital after your assassination is defeated, what will happen?" Li Shubai asked calmly, "Can your royal family survive this catastrophe? Even if you want to protect it, you can How to maintain?"

Wang Yun slowly said: "The probability of the Wang Family's destruction is not as great as that of the Kui Royal Mansion."

Li Shubai's tone was indifferent: "The Kui Palace has spare capacity to resist, but the Wang Family does not."

The hall fell into silence again, the heavy night was over them, the lights in the room were bright and depressing, and they all saw the complex expressions in each other's eyes, low and dark, elusive.

The tea smoke curled up in mid-air, creating various illusory shapes, and then turned into invisible again.

After a long time, Wang Yun said in a low voice, "Since the prince already knows all the truth, then I will not hide it from you anymore. Why do you think that the people behind this scene will act desperately at this time to quickly level out everything that is difficult for him to control? ?"

Li Shubai lowered his eyes and said silently: "Perhaps it was the previous Jiangnan earthquake. Some people said that Chaotang will be changed. The action at this time is just in line with the time and place."

"So, what is the next plan for the prince? Have you ever thought about what will happen to Huang Zixian by your side? Do you think you can really protect her in such a situation?" Wang Yun stared at him with a very voice. Deep, but extremely clear, he said every word, "Although the prince is talented and strategizing, but before his homeland, life is like a grass, let alone a lost girl. Sometimes, the slightest difference may be lost. Lose a bunch of orchids."

"This is... the reason why I dare not promise her." Li Shubai lowered his head and looked at the Liuli lamp on Xiaoji. The bright red little fish perched quietly on the bottom of the water, and I don't know if they were asleep or looking at them, motionless, just like a drop of blood sinking in the bottom of the water.

"Some things, I have to go to the end and let myself see the truth with my own eyes. But maybe I will never be able to come back when I go, I...can't let her take risks with me."

As if for the first time in his life, there was hesitation and confusion in his words.

Wang Yun stopped talking, but finally couldn't help it. He said: "However, the prince has already made a decision and thinks that he will never lose. So you asked me to dissolve the marriage contract from the beginning, because of you. It's already done!"

"No, you are wrong." Li Shubai's finger lightly touched the surface of the water in the glass cup. "I just want to set her free."

The little fish was frightened at the bottom of the water, and its tail swayed from side to side, trying to escape the dangerous and turbulent ripples. However, the water wave reverberates in the colored glaze lamp, and it is in it, unavoidable, and can only bear it alone.

Wang Yun stood up abruptly, and his voice became sharp: "As the prince meant, Zi Xia is by my side, can't you be happy?"

Li Shubai silently raised his eyes to look at him, looking at this man like a spring breeze. At this time, for Huang Zixian, he finally lost his peace. He couldn't help but laughed, calling him: "Yunzhi, stay calm and restless."

Seeing his rare smile, Wang Yun was startled, only to sit down again in distress and stiffly said: "It's rude... Please forgive me."

"You misunderstood what I meant. In fact, I just want to give Zi Xia a chance to choose freely. Whether she chooses you or me, let her be unconstrained. And in order to keep you and me on the same balance..." Li Shubai smiled. From his body, slowly moved out of the window. Heavy tree shadows are squatting quietly in the night, like a lurking monster, like a tapir beast waiting for others' dreams. "I will go to Beijing in the near future, and the assassination will be revealed. I don't know who the messenger and leader are behind the scenes. The Wang family can also eliminate the storm."

Wang Yun looked down and said nothing, only his chin raised slightly.

Li Shubai pours him another cup of tea. The green tea is in a blue porcelain cup, and the light shines on his slender white fingers. The spring pear blossoms are elegant and stretched.

He smiled and said, "Yunzhi, don't you feel confident about yourself, thinking that if you weren't bound by the marriage certificate, Zi Xia would not choose you?"

Seeing his leisurely and contented appearance, Wang Yun only felt a scorching heat in his chest, unable to restrain himself. He raised his hand to take Li Shubai’s cup of tea, and said, “May the prince go northward smoothly, and I will deal with this matter as soon as possible. The prince has worries for the future."