Their attention was all on Yuwen Haoxuan, and they didn't notice that they were already being watched when they ducked into the alley.
Following them was a burly man. He noticed them when Xuechun accidentally shouted the word "Emperor", but the man was hidden in a dark corner from beginning to end, making it difficult for anyone to notice.
The man was wearing a very ordinary piece of coarse linen, and he was inconspicuous among the crowd. He lowered his head and hurriedly followed others, like a man who was eager to go home after running around all day.
The mask he bought made him look a little out of place.
Xi Zhi and Xuechun followed Yu Wen Haoxuan into a dark alley. Yu Wen Haoxuan stopped in front of a wall at the end and stood motionless. Long shadows were drawn under the moonlight. For some reason, Xi Zhi looked at him.
The back figure felt lonely in his heart.
After a long time, Yuwen Haoxuan moved his position, squatted on the ground and lit the fire stick in his hand, as if he was burning something, and was still mumbling words, but because of the distance, Xi Dian couldn't see or hear clearly.
Suddenly a whirlwind blew by, and Xi Qian frowned and covered her mouth and nose. Whenever there was a wind in Yangcheng, the sky would be filled with sand and dust. The sand grains were so thick that it hurt when they hit her face.
After the whirlwind, the dust in the air fell to the ground, and a few pieces of unburned paper also fell quietly, landing just at her feet. Xi Qian picked up a piece and looked at it carefully in the weak moonlight, and her heart suddenly tightened.
Although the handwriting on it was not familiar to her, she recognized the fragment at a glance. It was the plum blossom paper with ice patterns that she saw at Li Zhaoyuan's place that day. She thought it was very beautiful at the time, and asked Fantao to find out the identity of the paper when she came back.
As the name reveals, the ice-patterned plum blossom paper is a very valuable paper that was paid tribute by a small country in the south. Due to the complexity of the production and the low yield, only a few hundred pieces entered the palace, but Yuwen Haoxuan gave them all to Li Zhaoyuan.
Xiqian's fingertips holding the scraps trembled imperceptibly. Various thoughts flooded into her mind, hitting every corner of her body, as if they were going to tear her apart, but in the end, only
A cold smile appeared on his lips.
After yesterday's oath of love, she seemed to have forgotten that there were three thousand Fendai in the gorgeous palace in Shangjing, and she was just one of the three thousand. She naively thought that she was the only one in Yuwen Haoxuan's heart.
.
How big can a human heart really be? It contains a huge empire, a deceased loved one, and various beauties in the harem. How much space is left for yourself in such a crowded heart?
In the dusty whirlwind, the oath is still ringing in my ears, but the evening coriander has fallen from the misty clouds.
Staggering back to the general's mansion, Xiqian lay down on the bed weakly, suddenly feeling a splitting headache. Xuechun had long noticed something was wrong with her, but he didn't understand why her mood fluctuated so much in an instant, so
I didn't dare to ask rashly.
Xi Qian kept lying there with her eyes open until dawn, replaying every scene she had with Yu Wen Haoxuan in her mind, as if she wanted to find out how sincere he was towards her, but after thinking about it, it only increased her worries.
, but all confidence was gone.
Xuechun came into the house and urged her to get up and eat several times, but Xiqian was unmoved. In the end, she directly ordered Xuechun not to disturb her again. Xuechun had no choice but to reheat the food.
Hearing the sound of the door curtain being lifted again, Xi Qian said helplessly, "Go and do your business. Don't worry about me. I don't want to eat or get up."
After talking for a while, she didn't get the expected nagging from Xuechun. Xiqian felt something was wrong and stood up suddenly, only to see Yuwen Haoxuan looking at her with the food in hand.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Xi Qian hurriedly got up and took the tray from his hand.
"Have you forgotten what I said again? Don't call me your emperor again." After Yuwen Haoxuan finished speaking, he knocked Xi Xi's forehead in punishment.
Xiqian lowered her eyelashes and took a step back. Yuwen Haoxuan's hand froze in mid-air, a trace of doubt flashed across his face, but he said as usual, "I heard that Xuechun said you started to lose your temper last night. Who was it?"
Did I bully you?"
"No, I'm just a little tired from playing yesterday, and I want to lie down a little longer in the morning." Xi Qian said and retreated without leaving a trace.
Obviously feeling her alienation, Yuwen Haoxuan frowned slightly, but said nothing. He just sat down and put a bowl of porridge in front of her, and added a few exquisite side dishes, "You have to eat well if you want to sleep."
Okay, how can you sleep well when you’re hungry?”
Xi Qian didn't pick up the bowl and chopsticks, but just looked at him intently, trying to see through his gentle and considerate appearance whether he was sincere or not. She didn't realize it until she saw Yu Wen Haoxuan was a little restless.
Finally, Yu Wen Haoxuan couldn't bear it and said, "If you want to see me, you can anytime, but you should eat first."
Xiqian also noticed that she had lost her composure and hurriedly shoveled food into her mouth to cover it up, but she still kept peeking at Yuwen Haoxuan from the corner of her eyes.
After finishing the meal in a panic, Xiqian didn't show any politeness to Yuwen Haoxuan and lay back on the bed without even bothering to say goodbye.
Yu Wen Hao
The atmosphere inside was very strange. I shrank my head and thought about whether I should go to Liu Maolin to discuss it.
The two of them were lying down and sitting with their own thoughts, but neither of them spoke first. Xi Qian closed her eyes and fell asleep, pretending not to know that Yu Wen Haoxuan had not left yet, but she pretended to actually fall asleep.
Listening to her breathing becoming steady, Yuwen Haoxuan covered her with the quilt, looked at her sleeping baby-like face in trance, and gently kissed her forehead.
Feeling the touch of a foreign object, Xi Qian waved her hands in the air and curled up into the bed. The huge bed instantly gave people an empty feeling, and Xi Qian's body became even more petite.
Yuwen Hao
Xuan suddenly realized that her strength and stubbornness were just something she put on to protect herself.
We must protect her and never make the same mistake as Xin'er again!
Yuwen Haoxuan thought in his heart, and the hand around Xiqian tightened a little more.
Xi Qian seemed to feel the warmth around her, and unconsciously leaned into Yu Wen Haoxuan's arms, mumbling a few vague words before breaking out into a reassuring smile.