Chapter 184: It Is Easy to Dodge an Open Attack, but It Is Hard to Guard Against an Arrow From the Dark
"Wen Lan, are you worried about something?" Lin Jia noticed that Wen Lan's expression tonight was a little abnormal, and couldn't help turning her head and asking, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me."
The two of them were sitting next to each other, so it was convenient for them to talk.
Wen Lan turned her head and looked at her. Lin Jia was eating a piece of cake from the Imperial Kitchen in her hand with relish. She looked like a simple girl, just like she had never walked away from her birthday party before, and her attitude had not changed at all.
Wen Lan's heart moved slightly, and she looked at her hesitantly: "I want to ask you for help with something."
"Me?" Lin Jia was surprised and took a bite of the pineapple cake, "What is it?"
"There is a misunderstanding between Miss Nan and me." Wen Lan said calmly, "I used to be a little dissatisfied with her being able to marry the Regent, but you know that the Regent is very powerful and dotes on Miss Nan, and I don't want to offend her."
This sentence seemed to show a bit of weakness.
Lin Jia was surprised, then smiled knowingly: "Do you want to make peace with her?"
Wen Lan nodded lightly: "So I want to ask you for a favor."
"How to help?"
"Please ask her out for me." Wen Lan lowered her voice, and saw Nan Xi who was whispering with Ye Qingcheng across from her from the corner of her eyes, and her eyebrows deepened, "I have something to talk to her in person."
"When?" Lin Jia didn't think much, and asked directly, "Tomorrow?"
Wen Lan thought for a moment: "Is it okay now?"
"Now?" Lin Jia was stunned, then turned his head to look at the platform with some embarrassment, and then lowered his voice, "The Queen Mother's birthday banquet has just begun, it's not a good time to leave?"
What's wrong with that?
Wen Lan lowered her eyebrows to hide the emotions in her eyes. Missing tonight means missing the best time, and besides...
She couldn't help but clench the brocade bag in her sleeves, and she shook her head gently: "The Queen Mother won't blame."
Lin Jia looked at her in surprise.
The Queen Mother won't blame? Does this mean that the Queen Mother already knows... or is it that the Queen Mother instructed her to reconcile with Nan Xi?
A trace of deep thought flashed through Lin Jia's eyes, and he nodded calmly: "In that case, I'll go ask her."
Wen Lan straightened her skirt, stood up and said: "I'll go to Yujing Pavilion to wait for Miss Nan."
After saying this, she left the table without waiting for Lin Jia's response.
A noble lady noticed her leaving and couldn't help but feel strange, and asked in a low voice.
Lin Jia couldn't help but frowned, staring at Wen Lan's back thoughtfully for a while, thinking to herself, she just said to help ask Nan Xi, and she didn't know whether Nan Xi would agree or not.
Suppressing the strange emotions in her heart, Lin Jia walked to Nan Xi, bent down and whispered in her ear.
After hearing her words, Nan Xi raised her eyes casually, her sight passed through the seats opposite Wen Lan, and looked at the empty seats, with a cold smile in her eyes: "Since Miss Wen sincerely apologized, how can I refuse?"
Lin Jia frowned slightly: "But I think things are a little unusual. If you don't want to go, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Nan Xi's sight turned slightly and fell on the high platform in front of her. The queen mother, the emperor, the queen, the eldest princess and the concubines in the harem were all sitting in the brocade tent on the platform, with precious fans and canopies, and brocade and nobleness.
They are a real family, the family of the emperor.
Although it seems that everyone is concentrating on appreciating the dance of the court dancers on the red carpet, hidden under such a noisy and joyful surface, how many intentions and eagerness are inadvertently leaked from their eyes?
Yes, they are the emperor's family, centered on the emperor, one is his mother, the other is his sister, and the others are his wives and concubines.
Although Rong Yu, the regent who holds great power, has the same surname as Rong, he is excluded by them. Not only do they exclude and fear him, they even want to find a way to get rid of Rong Yu at any moment.
For this reason, they can ignore any means, even if they are dirty, dark, dirty and despicable means, as long as they can achieve their goals.
Nan Xi lowered her eyes, and her eyebrows slowly became stained with a layer of cold and sarcastic color.
In this case, let's make a break early.
It is not right to be kind to some cockroaches and rats that often make people feel bad. Indulging them again and again is a disguised way to disgust yourself. These people are born with a tendency to be masochistic, and they also have persecution delusions. They always think that others are a threat to them, but in fact they can't see their own weight at all, and they are narrow-minded, selfish and suspicious, so they think that everyone is the same as them.
Nan Xi retracted her gaze and said in a light tone: "I'll go talk to Miss Wen."
Lin Jia frowned: "I'll go with you."
"No need." Nan Xi shook her head slowly, her tone meaningful, "Some things may not be convenient to say in front of you. Miss Wen and I will solve our own problems ourselves."
In fact, Lin Jia is also a woman with no power. If something really happens later, Yin Yue and Yin Shuang will have to take care of Lin Jia's safety.
Lin Jia hesitated: "But what if..."
Nan Xi whispered: "If I haven't come back after an incense stick of time, you tell the Regent."
Lin Jia pursed her lips and hummed: "Be careful, stay near Yujing Pavilion, don't go too far."
The Imperial Garden is so big, if something unexpected happens, the Regent may not be able to make it in time to rescue people.
Nan Xi smiled lightly: "I know, don't worry."
She is not a person who allows others to calculate, but just wants to see what tricks Wen Lan is playing.
Nan Xi stood up and left the table. Just as she was about to leave, Ye Qingcheng's lazy voice sounded next to her: "What are you going to do?"
After a slight pause, Nan Xi turned to look at her and said, "There are some personal matters to deal with."
Ye Qingcheng's red lips curled up: "I, the princess, will go with you."
Nan Xi shook her head: "No need."
"I don't know any of these noble ladies, and it's boring to sit here." Ye Qingcheng stood up, glanced at the women who were looking at them, and said in a calm tone, "I don't know which direction to go if I want to change my clothes. I’ll be following the Princess Regent tonight.”
After saying that, he took Nan Xi's arm very naturally: "Let's go."
Nan Xi then refused no more.
Accompanied by Yinyue and Yinshuang, Nan Xi and Ye Qingcheng slowly left everyone's sight, walked on the quiet bluestone road and the long corridor to Yujing Pavilion where Wen Lan was located.
"It's easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows." Ye Qingcheng said in a calm tone, "You are a weak little girl, so it's better not to accept others' appointments easily, so as not to be plotted against."
Nan Xi smiled faintly: "I know she has bad intentions. She just had an unpleasant incident in Moyu Pavilion yesterday, and she came here today to show her kindness? No matter how you think about it, she has ulterior motives."