Chapter 256: Extra 3 (Yan Shuang): An old friend comes into my dream (Part 2)
Chapter 256 Extra Three (Yan Shuang): An old friend enters my dream (Part 2)
Su Ningshuang…
He had deliberately written down the lists of family members of various officials in Shengjing, so he quickly remembered the name Su Ningshuang.
Su Ningshuang's father was a high-ranking official in the Zuojian Dynasty who was in charge of various places in Shengjing. He was an upright man and did not know how to adapt.
He once vaguely remembered that his colleagues once said that Su's father loved his daughter as much as she loved him, and he pampered his daughter in the family.
At the moment, it seems to be true.
Su Ningshuang's maids and bodyguards were outside the tea house. A young lady with a rich family actually agreed to come to the mountains with a bookcase and pens to paint, and she did not shy away from talking to strangers. Judging from the appearance of her maids, it was obvious that she was used to it.
This kind of behavior is not a big deal in ordinary people's family, but it is really out of line among high-class ladies.
Yan Xu didn't want to get too involved with this person. As he was in the Privy Council, it would not be a good thing for him to be too close to other officials and family members of the court. After drinking tea, he ignored the woman's questions and left.
Things are always very busy in the barracks. The more important you are, the heavier the burden will be.
When I am tired, I just want to go to the mountains and sit alone.
When he went to Danfeng Terrace again, he recalled the pot of clear and bitter tea in the tea house, so he went there again. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a familiar shadow.
The woman was sitting in front of the window and was splashing ink on the table. She raised her eyes when she heard the movement. When she saw him coming in, her eyes lit up: "Yan Xu!"
He stopped: "Why do you know my name?"
"Your sword is the sword in the imperial city. I asked my dad after I got home. As soon as my dad heard that you had a long scar at the corner of your eye, he knew who you were." She smiled and rolled her eyes, "So you are People of the Privy Council.”
She spoke frankly and without fear of making him angry.
"Let's sit together!" She patted the table and handed him a piece of crab roe: "Try it?"
Yan Xu declined coldly.
Su Ningshuang is a strange person.
Completely different from her cold and frosty name, Su Ningshuang has a lively and active temperament and is accustomed to being familiar with herself. Yan Xu was too lazy to talk to her, but she didn't care at all about his fierce and terrifying appearance and was familiar with talking to him.
The maple leaves in Danfeng Terrace will be red for two to three months. He usually has no other hobbies, but he likes to find a quiet place here, but he meets her every time he comes.
"We've known each other for so long, we should be considered friends, right?" she said.
"I do not have friends."
"How can a person have no friends?" Su Ningshuang said with a smile: "It is so boring to have no one to share your joys and sorrows. I can be your friend and share the sunset at Danfeng Terrace with you."
Yan Xu turned around and left.
He doesn't need friends.
But this wealthy lady seemed to regard herself as his friend.
She likes to draw, and every time she comes, she carries pen and paper in her bookcase. Yan Xu doesn't know how to calligraphy and painting, but what she draws is indeed delicate and magnificent.
"If I hadn't been born in a noble family, I would have been a painter in this life, traveling all over the world and painting all the beautiful scenery in the world."
Yan Xu sneered.
Only a young lady like this who doesn't understand the sufferings of the world would have such ridiculous and naive thoughts.
"Everyone in calligraphy and painting says that painting people is the most difficult, followed by landscapes, dogs and horses, and the pavilions and pavilions must be different and easy to do." Su Ningshuang said with a smile: "It's a pity that my skills are mediocre now. When I master them, I will be a master of painting." You draw a portrait.”
He interrupted: "Why do you always want to draw me?"
Yan Xu didn't understand why she was always so persistent when he was an ordinary person.
Su Ningshuang thought for a while and said: "The first time I saw you, you were sitting in the forest, looking up at the sunset."
"Your back is lonely. Paintings can't lie. They can see your heart."
Su Ningshuang sighed.
"Actually, I'm quite lonely too. I like to draw. Those wealthy ladies in Shengjing can't have fun with me, but you are a wonderful scenery. It would be a pity not to paint the beautiful scenery."
"You are lonely, and I am lonely. We are all lonely 'confidants', so naturally we are friends."
She raised her head, her clear eyes reflected the red maples, and she was clearly smiling, but her tone was very solemn.
For the first time, Yan Xu didn't ridicule her.
Later, he often came to Danfeng Terrace and became familiar with the owner of the tea house. Even if the maple leaves on Danfeng Terrace fell and it started to snow in Shengjing, he would always come here whenever he felt lonely and desolate.
Out of ten times, he would always meet Su Ningshuang three or five times.
She still looked heartless, wandering around the mountains with a bookcase on her back, ordering the crab roe from Cha Zhai every time, and tried to persuade him but failed.
She also wanted to secretly draw him, but he discovered her, and then she returned in frustration to no avail.
The days passed leisurely like this, and the maple leaves on Danfeng Terrace turned red and green, and green and red again.
Su Ningshuang has also reached the age to get engaged.
The Su family appointed Pei Di, the young master of Duke Zhaoning's palace, for her.
After learning the news, Yan Xu was stunned for a long time.
At that time, his official career was smoother, and his position was higher than before, but he was still unpopular among his colleagues. He saw the listless Su Ningshuang in the teahouse. After hesitating for a long time, he took the initiative to ask her for the first time: "You don't want to marry?"
"Of course," Su Ningshuang curled her lips, "I don't even know him."
After returning home, Yan Xu thought for a long time and sent a matchmaker to Su's house to arrange a marriage.
He thought very simply. If Su Ningshuang didn't like the Pei family's marriage, she could use her own marriage to block it. If she wanted to, it would be nice to paint maple leaves on Danfeng Terrace for the rest of her life.
The matchmaker came back soon and said that the Su family rejected the marriage proposal. When I saw Su Ningshuang again, she was sitting in front of the window of the tea house. Different from the depression in the previous days, she changed from the previous slump, and her eyebrows were full of energy.
"I know you are loyal and went to my house to propose marriage. Thank you very much, but it's not necessary."
"I secretly went to meet the young master of the Pei family," Su Ningshuang held her chin in her hands and couldn't wait to share with him. "He is handsome, elegant and personable. The most important thing is that I tested him with painting. He is a person who knows how to paint. Very knowledgeable about calligraphy and painting!”
"I think this marriage is good! I like him!"
Yan Xu had never seen her look like this before, and his heart and eyes were full of the shyness of a young girl.
There were many words he wanted to say but he said calmly: "Congratulations."
"The marriage is certain. I have to be busy embroidering the wedding dress, so I may not come so often in the future. This painting is for you!"
She handed Yan Xu a painting.
This is a picture of the sunset in the mountains at Danfeng Terrace. The colors are bright and impressive, which is impressive.
"When I get married in the future, I will still come here to paint when the maple leaves turn red every year. By then my painting skills will have improved by leaps and bounds. Don't refuse me to paint your portrait anymore!" She stood up with a smile, like a maple leaf. Drifting away.
Yan Xu was silent.
He became a human again.
In the past, he felt that there was nothing wrong with being alone, and it made him happy and save trouble, but he was probably used to having people chattering around him. When he came to Danfeng Terrace again, he actually felt a bit desolate about the quietness in the mountains.
Su Ningshuang soon got married.
This is probably a marriage that seems to be a good match. The man is talented and the woman is good-looking. News about her reached his ears from time to time, and the couple played the piano and harp at the banquet. Soon after, they were blessed with a daughter, and a son who was smart and smart...
She lived a happy life.
He was always alone.
However, as his official position became higher and higher, people with good intentions in the court found out about the old story of his proposal to the Su family. In order to avoid causing trouble to her, he deliberately spread rumors, saying that he was the only one involved. He longed for Miss Su but couldn't get her. Anyway, his reputation wasn't very good and he didn't care if it was worse.
As for Su Ningshuang, after marrying into the Pei Mansion and becoming a wife and mother, she could no longer be as free as before. Every year when the maple leaves were red, he would go to the tea house to drink tea, but she never appeared again.
He always felt that it didn't matter, as long as the child grew older and she got some free time, the maple leaves on Danfeng Terrace would turn red every year, and they would see each other again in a lifetime.
Until the news of her death came.
People who know how to paint may not like painting. The elegant and graceful young man is not like the sweetheart she thought he was.
His life was full of misfortunes. He had few relatives and no good friends. He was the only one who was neither afraid nor despised. Just like the warm sunset at Danfeng Terrace, it made his years of sitting alone in the mountains less lonely. However, this last person People also left.
It was so miserable to leave.
He was angry.
This anger turned into revenge.
Prince Ning's recruitment of him was a smooth process, but in fact it was not because he wanted to climb up after success. Maybe I had a desire for power, but that desire was too light, and when I actually got it, I felt like it was nothing more than that.
He adopted a group of orphans as his subordinates, with the exception of one person, her son. He should have hated that man's blood, but the child happened to be like his mother, even the little pear dimple on his lips was exactly the same.
He was not married and had no children. Yan Xu was almost frightened by Pei Yun Yingliang. While scolding him, he taught him as his own son.
When people work together for the same goal, life feels like it's going forward. However, when the revenge came to the last step, he suddenly felt empty in his heart.
Why did he seek revenge?
Su Ningshuang was not his lover, but he had a slight affection for her when he was young, and it was quickly passed away by the years. But he dedicated half his life to this, raising her son and avenging her. The scary thing was that he could feel pleasure in the process, which was one of the few satisfactions in an empty life.
After all, he was too lonely.
Su Ningshuang is right, "Your back is very lonely. Paintings can't lie. They can see your heart."
He's just too lonely.
He was so lonely that after she left, he felt that everything in the world was boring, and the power disputes were nothing more than that.
When the long knife finally swung at Xiao Zhufeng, he pushed him away. When the blade penetrated, he felt the long-lost relief.
The two apprentices were crying in front of him, but he felt very relieved.
In this world, people's hearts can change, and when a new emperor ascends the throne, it may not be easy to predict what will happen in the future. Those who have been in the same boat may not be able to work together in the future. To die like this when the friendship is at its strongest is the best legacy left to the two disciples.
He can rest assured.
It’s just so tiring.
A person's life is full of energy and energy, but what can he gain after all?
He seems to have gotten everything, but he always feels unhappy and has nothing to be happy about.
"Yan Xu." Someone called his name.
He looked up and saw a face with crooked eyebrows.
The young girl was carrying a bookcase on her back, and the dimples on her cheeks were as sweet as ever. She walked up from the red maple midi skirt and said with a smile: "Don't you want to default on your debt now? I've been waiting here for you for a long time, and I can finally do something for you. Portrait."
He was stunned for a long time until the other person walked up to him and stretched out a hand towards him.
"You're so late," she complained softly.
He looked at that hand, and after a long, long time, slowly, little by little, he reached out to her and held that hand.
"It's a little late," he said.
The sound of wild geese falling from the trees in the sky is sad, the red maples are covered with frost and the grass is wilting... The butterflies don't know it's a dream, and they climb the cold branches with the spring scenery...
The maple leaves in Danfeng Terrace are red every year, but he never waited for that person.
Now, the wait is finally here.