Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Chapter 155: Cold Blade

Jiang Feng took his leave and did not go to look for Li Longye.

Because Li Longye was surrounded by Princess Xue and Prince Qi.

She was afraid that Princess Xue would become more hostile towards her.

Others gathered in groups of two or three, drinking or chatting. Concubine Wang was also chatting animatedly with other concubines.

She had nowhere to go for a while.

Then he walked out of the hall.

The hall is brightly lit, with elegantly dressed people, representing the prosperity of the world.

Outside the palace, silver light poured down and a cold moon hung in the sky, making it seem as if there was an infinitely cold and tranquil place beyond the world.

The man under the moon stands with his back to the palace. His coldness and calmness surpass the moonlight, and he is not disturbed at all by the worldly affairs outside the railing.

Jiang Feng was distracted for a moment, and his breathing was filled with pain.

She can't linger, nor should she linger.

She turned abruptly and tried to leave.

The man seemed to sense it, turned around, and said in a voice that sounded like joy and stupidity: "A Feng!"

Jiang Feng calmed down a bit, then turned around, smiled brightly, bowed, and said, "So, Master Shen is here too."

Shen Guxing said nothing, just looked at her.

She drank the wine, her cheeks were flushed, and her red lips were curved into a beautiful smile.

He remembered that they encountered Li Chongjun on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. She was kidnapped by Li Longye and was sent back late at night.

He was very worried and jealous at that time.

Jiang Feng saw it.

She stood on tiptoe, tilted her head back, and kissed him lightly on the lips.

His head felt empty at that moment, and all the thrills of the day were dispelled by such a soft and gentle kiss.

Between heaven and earth, there is only that one soft spot left.

Everything no longer mattered. He put his arms around the girl's slender waist, turned her neck, and kissed her back fiercely.

……

Flowers fade, clouds disperse, things change and people change, but it’s only the passage of a year.

Shen Guxing thought about the scene this afternoon when he was standing in a pavilion in the distance, watching Jiang Feng and Li Longye strolling in the forest.

Li Longye picked up the willow branches for her and plucked the fallen flowers from her hair, which was fine.

Where is Jiang Feng? She naturally climbed onto his arm, swaying and acting coquettishly...

They were far apart, but he could see that her face and eyes were full of smiles, just like when she was with him.

He always thought that Jiang Feng didn't like Li Longye, and that she was with him, just like himself and Ji An, because she was forced by the situation.

But it turns out that’s not the case.

He was the only one who made the passive choice.

Shen Guxing's chest was filled with excitement and he took two quick steps forward.

Jiang Feng took two steps back in fear.

The distance between them returned to the original one.

Shen Guxing felt even more indignant. The anger he had been accumulating for a long time finally burst out, and he just wanted to vent it out fiercely.

His eyes were red as he asked, "Are you avoiding me so much?"

Jiang Feng thought he was drunk and talking nonsense, and was worried that he would be seen by the people in the palace and couldn't explain it clearly, so he could only evade and say: "You have already married, and I also want to get married, so naturally I have to avoid suspicion."

Shen Guxing felt a great pain in his heart. He took another step forward, raised his hand and pointed inside the house, and asked, "Why did I marry? Who did I marry for? Don't you know?"

Jiang Feng heard his voice getting louder and louder and his emotions getting more and more agitated, and he also started to panic.

Inside the palace were the Princess of Ji'an who was hostile to her, Li Longye who glared at the mention of Shen Guxing, and Princess Xue who was waiting to find fault with her.

This is definitely not the place to discuss old matters with him.

She had no time to care about Shen Guxing's pain, and she didn't know any way or method. She just wanted to get out of it as soon as possible, so she said whatever came to her mind: "What do you want me to do? Be grateful to you for the rest of my life, remember you forever and can't extricate myself? Besides, under the circumstances at that time, was there really only one way left, which was to marry the county lady? I didn't write any letters to Zuo Che, and I didn't even know him. Do I have to accept her throwing dirty water on my head?"

Shen Guxing was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "So, you blame me?"

His painful look made Jiang Feng sober up.

She shook her head and said, "I don't blame you. How could I blame you? I only blame my bad luck and the injustice of heaven. But I can't be stuck in the mud of the past because of these. Self-pity is definitely not my choice. Even if I have lost my lover and relatives, as long as I am still alive, I will definitely work hard to make myself happy."

Shen Guxing was in a panic. He was heartbroken, but he still staggered forward.

Jiang Feng had never seen Shen Guxing like this before. His eyes were bloodshot and he looked like a madman.

She backed away step by step.

Suddenly he tripped and fell backwards.

Shen Guxing took a few quick steps, stretched out his long arms, grabbed the girl's arm, and pulled her into his arms.

Jiang Feng has never been able to resist him.

At that moment, the past events came to mind vividly, and both of them were a little oblivious.

Shen Guxing thought of the autumn hunt, she fell into the trap, they swore: "In life, we will sleep together, but in death, we will be buried together!"

Jiang Feng told him at that time that the one who went to the underworld with him was not Jiang Feng, but Lin Jinran.

At this moment, Shen Guxing turned back into the humble gentleman. He said, "Aran, but I can't do it."

Without me, Jiang Feng can still live happily.

But without Jiang Feng, he was like a walking corpse, just getting by from day to day.

Both of them were immersed in sorrow.

I didn't notice someone coming.

Li Longye was in the hall, and when he turned around, Jiang Feng disappeared.

As he looked around in confusion, a palace maid said, "Are you looking for Miss Jiang? She is outside the palace admiring the moon."

Li Longye had no doubts and chased out with cups in hand, just in time to see the intimate scene between the two.

He was furious, jealousy overcame all reason, he didn't care about his dignity, didn't care about being in front of the emperor, he shouted: "Let go!"

He drew out the sword of the guard outside the palace and stabbed Shen Guxing.

Jiang Feng was also startled. When he turned around, Li Longye had already swung his sword at the two of them, with the tip of the sword pointing upwards, directly facing Shen Guxing.

She screamed, "My Lord! Don't!"

But the sword's force did not diminish at all.

At the critical moment, she could only stretch out her hands and stand in front of Shen Guxing.

Li Longye was shocked and it was too late for him to put away his sword.

At the moment of life and death, Shen Guxing pulled Jiang Feng away, the sword entered his body, his blood was hot and the blade was cold.

Shen Guxing collapsed to the ground.

Li Longye came back to his senses.

Jiang Feng yelled, "Yi Ye!"

She no longer cared about others and threw herself in front of Shen Guxing, covering the bleeding wound with her hands.

Blood flowed out from between his fingers.

Shen Guxing said: "Aran, Aran..."

Jiang Feng pressed the wound tightly, crying and saying, "I'm here, I'm here."

Shen Guxing opened his mouth again.

Before Jiang Feng could hear what he was about to say, he was pushed out by a strong force and fell heavily to the ground.

Princess Ji'an shouted in panic, "Yi Ye! Yi Ye! What's wrong with you? Imperial physician! Call the imperial physician!"

Finally, everyone was alarmed.

It was a mess for a while.

The imperial physician arrived and ordered the guards to carry Shen Guxing away while he went to treat him.

A group of people surrounded and followed.

Shen Guxing walked across the crowd and saw Jiang Feng, whose face was pale.