Yu Xijiao complained secretly. She didn't want to cause too much trouble. The injury on her vest was just caused by accidentally falling from the window and hitting a sharp stone.
She didn't reveal anything about her grandmother, but she didn't expect that she still couldn't avoid it. This person... came again?
Her long eyelashes fluttered twice, hiding the deepness in her eyes. She suppressed the panic in her heart, took a deep breath, put down the pen in her hand, and decisively placed it on the rice paper with a few words written on it.
Several words were smeared with ink.
"Master, how is Qingyue?" Yu Xijiao asked, the voice of a young man.
She is facing the window now. People don't come in through the window, they can only come in through the door. Qingyue is guarding the front door of the Buddhist hall, so she will definitely see it.
"If you don't ask yourself, why don't you ask a maid first?" The voice behind him was somewhat gentle, but it also contained a heart-stopping coldness.
"Qingyue is my personal maid." Yu Xijiao lowered her eyes and said, "I wonder what the young master is here for?"
"How about you testify for me?" The dagger behind him relaxed, as if the dagger had been put away. The words sounded like a discussion, but the tone was unquestionable. This was a person in a dominant position.
Yu Xijiao did not turn around, she was still looking straight out of the window, her hands on the corners of the table, seemingly calm, but only she knew that her whole body was tense and tense now.
The current situation may not be safer than in the lake!
"What do you want the young master to do to testify?" Yu Xijiao asked after hearing her extremely calm voice.
"Proof... I was indeed assassinated and had to hide in the water. You were also hiding in the water at the time!" The voice was low and cold.
"Who do you want to prove to?" Yu Xijiao's heart tightened, her long eyelashes fell on her eyes, and she shook hands vigorously.
"You don't have to worry about this. Just explain that it's true." The man said scornfully.
"What happens after that?" Yu Xijiao slowly lowered her eyes, her long and curled eyelashes, under the light, looked like a tired butterfly, fluttering slightly.
"After that...it's up to you." The man said disapprovingly.
If anyone really knew about the situation the two of them were in the water, Yu Xijiao would probably have no choice but to become his concubine.
"Young Master, you should kill me!" After a moment of silence, her white teeth bit the corners of her lips hard, which stung her heart. Yu Xijiao's voice became hoarse.
"You don't want to?" the man asked.
"I am the granddaughter of the eldest princess. With this status, I cannot be a concubine for the young master." Yu Xijiao raised her head slightly, smiled sweetly, and looked at the sky in front of her, "I don't know where the young master came in. This must be
In the eldest princess's house, even the emperor respects my grandmother. If this young master insists on doing this, I'm afraid my grandmother won't let it go!"
She said it proudly, and only she knew that her vest was stained with cold sweat.
She was betting that this person wouldn't really do this.
He was also testing and testing the identity of this person. The fact that he could appear quietly in the eldest princess's house at this time meant that this person was unusual.
"Princess An and the eldest daughter are indeed not easy to mess with, but you must be old after all, and Marquis Xuanping... is really not that good. With Marquis Xuanping's temperament, he might even be willing to send you to me.
I want to be a concubine in my house." The man said lightly.
Yu Wanxi pursed her stinging lips, reached out decisively and pulled out a hairpin from her head. She tilted her slender neck and pointed the hairpin at her neck. Her fair skin was slightly concave at the tip of the hairpin, and she looked at it.
Extremely strong.
But the next moment, she suddenly turned around and pierced the person in front of her with the hairpin in her hand. The spot on her left chest was where her heart was.
Compared with ordinary ladies from aristocratic families, her movements were very fast. Almost as soon as she turned around, the hairpin had already reached the chest of the person behind her.
The figure in front of her stepped back and reached out to hold her wrist. There was a sharp sting and the hairpin in Yu Xijiao's hand fell to the ground with a clang.
She raised her thick long eyelashes and looked at the man in front of her with watery eyes. Her tiny pupils glowed like glass under the light, and then her eyes showed surprise.
The man in front of her was completely different from what she had guessed. He was not anyone she had ever seen before, and he was younger than she had imagined.
He is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with an extremely charming and handsome face. His black hair is tied up with only a white jade hairpin tied at the top of his hair. He wears a black brocade robe that suits him very well at night.
The identity of the wearer, the purple and gold dark patterns embroidered on it, make the black clothes a little more noble. He is wearing a purple cloak, and the white skirt underneath is exposed at the neck. The three colors of purple, black and white complement each other, making it look more and more distinguished.
Outstanding.
There are countless young men from aristocratic families in the capital, but none of them is like the one in front of her. She doesn't know anyone with such a handsome face. If his appearance is used as a reference, I am afraid that women in this world can only be said to be ordinary. Such a young man
, but she had never heard of it.
The man was also looking at her, looking at her with an almost real gaze, as if some cold creature was sliding over Yu Xijiao, which made people's heart palpitate. Then his narrow eyes slightly raised and he sneered: "You are the one just now."
Are you trying to assassinate me?"
"Just to protect myself!" Yu Xijiao looked directly at the man in front of her and said calmly, struggling with her hands.
His wrist was tightly restrained, like an iron band, and it didn't move at all after struggling.
"You can assassinate me just to protect yourself?" the man chuckled, but his smile was cold, a bit perverse and cold.
"Young Master, I am only trying to protect myself." Yu Xijiao looked at him calmly, her eyes calm and gentle, as if she was not the one who had just stabbed him suddenly.
"You can't protect yourself when you testify for me?" The man was amused by her calmness. He lowered his hand, raised the dagger in his other hand, and landed it on Yu Xijiao's neck.
Her delicate neck was facing the shining dagger. Yu Xijiao looked at the man with her eyes. The cold light from the dagger also reflected in her eyes and fell clearly into the other man's eyes.
"I just want to live." Yu Xijiao didn't squint.
"Do you think I won't kill you?" The man raised his handsome eyebrows and looked at the delicate girl in front of him who seemed to break into pieces at a touch. Her delicate facial features were childish. She was just an immature girl. The only thing in her eyes was
Calmness makes people understand that the girl in front of him is different. He can still remain calm at this time. It is exactly what he suspected.
"No! This is Princess Anhe's mansion. It's not as chaotic as the Marquis Zhengyuan's mansion. The young master came in specially to find me. If it's just to kill me, it really doesn't make sense." Yu Xijiao said calmly.
There was no need to go to such great lengths to find her and kill her. After all, she didn't see who was behind her at that time, and she didn't dare to tell anyone that she was in the lake at that time.
"He is indeed a smart one, and also a courageous one." The man's hand fell, and the dagger fell into his cuff, as if the dagger that had just flashed with cold light was Yu Xijiao's mistake.
Without the dagger at her throat, Yu Xijiao turned her head slightly, looked at the door and asked again: "How is my maid?"
"Stand outside well, what can happen?" The man turned around and sat down in front of a chair on the side. He leaned back, less surly and more lazy than before, as if this was his own house.
It seems that I don't think of myself as a person who comes in at night at all, and I take it for granted.
Yu Xijiao was speechless. Even though this person was leaning lazily like this, his whole person still showed some chilling majesty.
"Yu Xijiao, you are a smart person and know how to ask the maid about things again and again." The man raised his eyebrows.
If the maid has something wrong, Yu Xijiao must be okay. If the maid is okay, Yu Xijiao must be okay!
Yu Xijiao looked at the person in front of her silently, so in just one day, this person had already checked everything about her, and even found this place at night.
"Master...why are you here?" Yu Xijiao asked again.
"I want you to be a witness. Needless to say, I was injured in the water. I must have a personal witness to prevent them from thinking that I am talking nonsense." The man said lazily, "At that time, I spared your life, which is quite a big deal.
So your savior."
If you don't kill yourself, you will save yourself. This reason sounds ridiculous, but Yu Xijiao dare not really despise this statement. But now this statement is acceptable to her. She fluttered her long eyelashes twice and said softly:
"On what occasion should I testify?"
"Don't worry, there aren't many people, and I can guarantee that no one will discover your true identity." The man smiled and flicked his fingers gently.
Is this hiding her identity? Yu Xijiao breathed a sigh of relief. This was another concession. She pursed her lips and said, "Now?"
"That's it now." The man was amused by her calmness and raised his eyes sideways.
"Okay!" Yu Xijiao raised her watery eyes, looked straight at the man, and said solemnly, without hesitation or rejection, only a trace of scrutiny in her eyes.
"Aren't you afraid that I will break my promise and gain weight?" The man smiled, and the originally lazy expression of the young man turned cold. The dagger in his sleeve slipped out again, and he flexibly played with it between his fingers.
"Afraid! But that's all it can do!"
"Why do you say that? You can actually scream. This is the mansion of the eldest princess Anhe. Maybe someone can come to save you." The man played with the unsheathed dagger and asked sideways. The elegant and beautiful young man, from
From Yu Xijiao's perspective, she looked a bit sinister.
"Will Young Master allow me to scream like that?" Yu Xijiao's eyes fell on the dagger in his hand, and her brain was running rapidly.
Such a beautiful young man, with a handsome appearance, a noble status, and a behavior that is different from that of a nobleman from a noble family in the capital. He has a perverse temperament, is ruthless, and is ruthless in his actions. He can't help but feel a little shocked in his heart.
Could it be that one?
"No, I will cut off your neck." The man smiled and threw the dagger in his hand in the air. After spinning twice, the handle fell into his hand again, but his eyes fell on Yu Xijiao's face.
At the neck, it was as if he was looking to see if Yu Xijiao's neck could withstand the blow of the dagger, "It will happen, I'm afraid of trouble."
"I'll go with you!" Yu Xijiao's eyes flashed with a hint of darkness, "I just want the prince to keep his word."
The man stood up, and the dagger fell flexibly on the bottom of his sleeve: "Don't worry, this prince always keeps his word. Besides..."
As he spoke, he walked to Yu Xijiao's desk and looked at the words covered in thick ink. "After you come back, I will grant you a condition. No matter who you want to kill or protect, I will
Give you a chance."
An opportunity? An opportunity to protect my mother and younger brother?
Yu Xijiao's eyes lit up, and her eyes suddenly fell on the man, with urgency and nervousness that she didn't have just now: "Is what the prince said true?"
The man burst out laughing, walked over, took off his cloak, and pulled his hood over Yu Xijiao...