Tranquility

Xie Baiyun didn't notice Tangning's gaze. He lowered his head, took a sip of tea and sighed, "Actually, I should be regarded as Fengchu's subordinate. Is there any official in this world who can be friends with the prince and grandson? I think it's bad."

Tangning took a serious look at Xie Baiyun, and saw that he looked melancholy, not as if he was lying, so she couldn't help but dispel all doubts in her heart.

It's not that Tangning is so credulous, but Tangning and Xie Baiyun have known each other for more than ten years, and Xie Baiyun has never let him down.

Thinking of this, Tangning put away the remaining [-] points of suspicion. She felt ashamed of being suspicious in her heart. Although he was only temporarily intimidated by the second prince's scheming just now, it couldn't hide the fact that he doubted Xie Baiyun because of it.

Tangning couldn't help but get angry with Fengchu. From the current point of view, everything was caused by these two princes' messing around. Moreover, it was not difficult to hear from Xie Baiyun's tone that he was still hurt by Fengchu's attitude after all.

I don't know when it started, maybe it was the moment Xie Baijun stretched out his hand when Tangning was in the most difficult time, maybe it was when Tangning knew Xie Baiyun's pitiful identity, maybe it was when he heard others joke about Xie Baijun and Princess Funing, Tangning loved it Xie Baiyun's heartache deepened step by step. Until now, he couldn't bear to see Xie Baiyun hurt. Even though he knew that Xie Baiyun was strong enough, even though he knew that he couldn't help, Tangning still tried her best to comfort her:

"I know you are complaining for me. In fact, the second prince is forced to do so. Under such circumstances, anyone can only think of this way. Besides, Mr. Lin is my own uncle, and I am willing to help him. So Say, I still have to thank the Second Prince for saving Lord Lin?"

"How can it be the same? Feng Chu knows your position in my heart, but still chooses to throw you out to replace me. If he regards me as a good friend, he should at least care about my feelings." Xie Baiyun blurted out.

Tang Ning suddenly felt a surge of heat on his face, and hurriedly lowered his head to drink tea. A sweet throbbing that he had never experienced surged in his heart, urging him to ask him, what was his status in his heart, but it was a pity that Tang Ning It was Tangning. His shyness and fear prevented him from asking.

He was afraid that if he asked, Xie Baiyun would give a different answer; he was afraid that if they were really together, there would be no future; he was afraid that they would have a thorny journey like Qiao Hanyun and the others; Will she be angry, will Tang Yu not understand, will Doctor Lu be disappointed...

He was afraid of a lot, so he didn't have the courage to speak up.

As soon as Xie Baiyun who was at the side finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had slipped up again. Although he had already confessed his feelings, Tangning didn't have that kind of heart.Xie Baiyun didn't want to cause trouble to Tangning because of his feelings. He had been trying his best to maintain the relationship between them as close friends, and he didn't dare to go beyond half a step.

However, love and friendship are different after all, no matter how much Xie Baiyun pays attention to his words, he will inadvertently reveal that unique love.

Xie Baiyun looked at Tangning cautiously. Seeing Tangning drinking tea with her eyebrows lowered, she didn't seem to notice the meaning of his words. Xie Baiyun was relieved but also a little disappointed.He quickly concealed his strangeness, and changed the subject:

"Zian..., I wonder what your plans are for the future?" This is the last thing he wants to ask. Anyone who has this kind of thing happened to him will feel bad. It's good to be clean.But for Tangning's sake, he had to ask. Although he had already made arrangements for Tangning's future, he still respected Tangning's own thoughts.

But Xie Baiyun then added: "Don't worry, no matter what you plan, I can help you do it."

Tangning himself had thought about this issue, but he was still in the dark about the truth of the matter, and he was not clear about the impact of this matter in the court, so he still couldn't make up his mind on what to do.

So Tangning didn't answer, but instead asked, "Who did this? What is his purpose? Is it for Lord Lin or the Second Prince?"

"Although I don't know who it is, but just looking at the final winner of this matter, I can guess that it must be the trick of the eldest prince's faction." Xie Baiyun saw that the topic was coming, and he didn't care to think about it. He quickly and seriously analyzed it with Tangning.

Tangning nodded, he also guessed this.It's just that the Great Prince's Party is extremely powerful, and there are various small factions within it, and the interest entanglements among them are intricate, so it is difficult to find out who it is from the perspective of interest.

"According to my current investigation, it should be the eldest prince who made a plan to detain Mr. Lin in the small study that day, wanting to do, ahem, wanting to do that inappropriate thing..." Xie Baiyun said in embarrassment.

Tangning listened calmly. He knew this, but he was not as embarrassed as Xie Baiyun.Tang Ning is a modern person at heart. In ancient times, the party who was raped was always the weakest, the most ashamed, and the most despised party; but such reports are often reported in the modern news, and the public opinion at that time was overwhelming. Most of them are on the side of the victim. Although the victim will be pointed at, most of them are sympathetic, and the victim has no need to be ashamed of it.

Concerned about Lin Qingyu's feelings, Tangning didn't want to bring this up if it wasn't necessary, but if she had to, Tangning didn't think there was any need to be evasive, as if she had done something shameful.

Tangning ignored Xie Baiyun's embarrassment, and frowned, "So, although I don't know why the First Prince left again, it's definitely not the First Prince's doing."

Seeing Tangning's calm expression, Xie Baiyun became more natural, and replied seriously, "How do you know that the first prince did not behave well to Mr. Lin first, and then lured the second prince over to put the blame on the second prince, killing two birds with one stone?" .”

Tang Ning put down her teacup, curled her lips in disdain and said, "The eldest prince is arrogant and arrogant. It's not that I underestimate him. It's because he really doesn't have the skills to do any tricks. It's not bad if he gets to the second step. It's absolutely impossible." Counting to the third step and the fourth step, but when you think about it carefully, it is a chain of links. The idea is bold, but the action is careful, which is definitely not the style of the first prince. Besides, even if the first prince wants to frame the second prince, it is impossible for the first prince to The second prince entered his most important small study."

Xie Baiyun praised: "Zi'an has really improved a lot."

Tangning said calmly, "I've been an official for many years. If I don't make progress, I will be torn apart and eaten."

Xie Baiyun patted his hand comfortingly and said, "How could it be? With me here, I will definitely protect you."

Xie Baiyun's actions and words had been done countless times before, and Tangning regarded them as mutual comfort between friends, but this time Tangning felt as if her hands were getting an electric shock, and her heart was numb all the time.

He turned his face away unconsciously, not daring to look at Xie Baiyun, "Brother Xie has always been well informed, I wonder if you know who is behind this?"

Xie Baiyun slowly withdrew his hand, and said with a wry smile: "I don't know either. There are a lot of things going on recently, and I really don't have enough people on hand, so I didn't get much information. If Mo Yi didn't kill the guard guarding him, we can torture him , I'm not afraid that he won't tell the mastermind behind the scenes."

Tangning turned her head and looked at Xie Baiyun's dark eyes, she couldn't help but cared and said, "Since I got to know you, you have always been busy. Although I don't know what you are busy with, I feel that no matter how urgent the matter is, , it is not as important as your own body. You have to take care of yourself, because if you don't have health, no matter how many things you have outside your body, they are useless.

Don't be like Mo Yi, who endured such a serious injury and still endured the pain, making those close to him feel uneasy. "

"Okay, okay, okay..." Xie Baiyun pretended to be afraid of you, and explained: "It's just that I've been busy recently, because of the little study, there was a lot of quarreling, and it seemed okay at first. Later, I didn't know Why, people from the first prince's party and the second prince's party actually got into a fight. I see, this matter is probably not easy to deal with, and the two princes may continue to fight until one of them wins the Great Treasure."

Tang Ning was taken aback when she heard this. Although Xie Baiyun's words were relatively general and euphemistic, he had been in the officialdom for a few years after all. From these few words, he could guess the general situation. He reckoned that Chaoshang should have already set up a battle, and that the struggle had already begun. Prologue.

Tangning knew that this would happen sooner or later, but what he didn't expect was that he would actually play the role of trigger.

What Tangning didn't expect was that when later generations compiled this thrilling history, the affair between him and the second prince was set up as the official start of the battle for the throne in the final stage of Jingle.

History remembers him from this moment.

Xie Baiyun on the opposite side continued: "Now that the Eldest Prince is powerful, Feng Chu is under a lot of pressure, so he has transferred a lot of people from me. I was here for Feng Chu's dark move, and now that he has made this move , either he is planning to give up on me, or he is planning to decide the outcome."

Tangning was still in a trance, but when she heard this sentence, she immediately became agitated and looked straight at Xie Baiyun.

Xie Baiyun smiled wryly and said: "You don't have to worry. Although my relationship with him is not the same as before, but after all, it is a friendship since childhood. Feng Chu looks cold, but in fact he values ​​love the most, but his most important thing is Mr. Lin. As long as you don't get involved Master Lin, he will not give up on me."

Tangning sighed, "Nie Yuan."

Xie Baiyun didn't know how to answer the conversation. He was wondering if Tangning also felt that he and he had a bad relationship?

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

After a long time, Xie Baiyun looked at the darkness outside and said, "It's getting late, I should go to see Mo Yi."

"Ah, it's so late, Mo Yi should be asleep now, don't worry, with Hongyu here, Mo Yi's injury will recover soon."

"Hey, you don't know. Mo Yi and I have been training me for so many years. I know him better than he himself. He never hides anything from me, including his own injury. As a secret guard, how could he not know how to treat the wound, at least he would know how to wipe the wound with wine to avoid festering. Go and see."

"Then I'll go and see him with you. If he's already asleep, you go back first, and I'll ask him for you tomorrow."

The two went out the door while talking, Xie Baiyun looked up at the clear moonlight, then rejected the lantern offered by the servant, relying on his own knowledge of martial arts, he walked ahead and led the way.

Tangning subconsciously pushed the servant away and followed Xie Baiyun silently.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, shining on the stone railing of the corridor, faintly white.

In the dark place at the corner, there was an occasional sound of insects, which echoed the faint sound of insects from the flowers in the distance.

One loud, one low, one near, one far, very joyful, until the two people in front and one behind approached, they immediately became hoarse.

The figure in front of him was tall and strong. Tangning had seen it countless times.

This time was the time Tangning saw the least clearly, and it was also the time he remembered the most.Maybe it was because of the atmosphere of the summer night, or maybe it was because the person in front blocked Tangning's view. Tangning felt that only she and the person in front of her were left in the world.

He felt at ease like never before, as if as long as he followed him, he would hold up a sky for him, block all the ups and downs, and lead him to go, go, go, without end, without destination.

Because as long as you are with him, no matter where you go, you will be home, home.

"Zian, you haven't answered my question just now, what are your plans for the future?" Xie Baiyun spoke suddenly, breaking the silence.

Before Tangning could turn around, the sentence "I follow you" almost blurted out.

However, Tangning didn't say anything, because at that moment, he suddenly thought that it was always Xie Baiyun who asked him what he wanted to do, and then Xie Baiyun would try his best to do it for him.

Xie Baiyun never told him what he wanted to do, and he never asked him what he wanted to do, nor did he help Xie Baiyun do anything, he didn't even know what Xie Baiyun was doing.

It seems that Xie Baiyun has always been accommodating him.

It seems that Xie Baiyun is always the one who pays.

Why hadn't he thought of this before?Is it because he never cared about Xie Baiyun?Is it because Xie Baiyun's silent giving made him used to taking it?

The summer nights are still sweltering,

But Tangning felt that her body was cooling down inch by inch.

No, absolutely not.Tangning was no longer the previous Tangning. He did not deny himself with inferiority. He always regarded Xie Baiyun as his best friend.

However, the concept of modern people constrains him. In modern times, no matter how good a friend is, he must have privacy.Xie Baiyun obviously didn't want Tangning to know what he was doing in secret, so Tangning respected his privacy and never asked.

Then why does he want to know Xie Baiyun's privacy now?

Not just privacy, he wants to know everything about him, and also wants to give everything for him.

In fact, Tangning already had the answer in her mind: he no longer considered Xie Baiyun as a friend.

"What about you? What do you want me to do? You are falling out with the second prince now, have you ever thought about the future?"

Just when Xie Baiyun thought Tangning would not give an answer, Tangning unexpectedly asked such a question.

Xie Baiyun faintly felt that Tangning was a little different. In the past, Tangning would only ponder for a while, and then speak out her thoughts neatly, instead of asking questions like now.

It's a pity that Mo Yi's small courtyard has already arrived, so Xie Baiyun could only suppress his thoughts and deal with the matter in front of him first.