The night wind blew away the dark clouds, and the cool moonlight spread quietly on the glazed gold tiles on the palace roof. The entire palace was immersed in sleep, and the few figures who occasionally walked by in a hurry lowered their footsteps.
Afraid of disturbing the sweet dreams of the masters.
Xiqian was lying on the bed with her eyes wide open. The surroundings had been noisy since she returned to the palace. She could only calm down and think about something in the dead of night. However, once this habit was formed, she would have insomnia every night.
Xiqian sighed softly and forced herself to clear away the distracting thoughts in her mind, preparing to fall asleep. However, at this moment, the door of the room was gently pushed open, and someone tiptoed to her bedside. She could only see through the curtain.
The silhouette of the person coming from Qing Dynasty was that of a man, and nothing else could be distinguished. Xi Qian calmly stretched her hand under the pillow and held the cold sharp knife.
The man stood outside the tent for a long time, sighed softly, and took a few steps back as if he wanted to leave. But just as Xi Qian's heart was about to let go, the man suddenly stepped forward and opened the curtain.
Xiqian pulled out the sharp knife, and the cold light pierced the man's face. The man turned slightly and easily avoided her sneak attack. He grabbed her wrist with his left hand and exerted a little force. The dagger in Xiqian's hand fell to the ground with a clang.
, the man chuckled, "Are you going to murder your husband?"
"Haoxuan?" Xiqian was startled and said angrily, "Why didn't you say anything when you came? I thought you were some unruly person. What if I really stabbed you?"
Yuwen Haoxuan hugged her and lay down on the bed, "You just want to stab me? I'm afraid you won't be able to do it even if you practice for another hundred years."
"It's so late, why don't you just rest in the Zhangqing Palace? It's such a late night, so if I catch a cold, the ministers won't collectively file a letter and banish me to the cold palace?"
"With me here, how dare they?" Yu Wen Haoxuan held Xi Xian in his arms domineeringly.
"Yes, no one can touch my concubines while the emperor is here, but seriously, you can't come here so late again. From now on, I will lock the palace door every night, and I won't open the door for you when you come." Xi Xian pretended to be angry.
He looked at Yu Wen Haoxuan, his eyes were like stars in the autumn water.
Yu Wen Haoxuan kissed her eyes, with a mixture of pampering and pity in his movements, "I'm worried about you. I heard from Zizhao that Wang Baoluo came to express condolences to Ao Han that night. Did she make things difficult for you?"
"It's not that she was embarrassed. She just said some lukewarm words. In fact, she is quite pitiful. She keeps up that face in front of others every day. Even though the concubines respect her on the surface, they don't know what to do behind the scenes.
Curse her!"
Yu Wen Hao
You don’t have to go."
Xi Qian smoothed the wrinkles between Yuwen Haoxuan's brows and said, "Don't worry about these things anymore. I know your embarrassment and your last resort. Empress Zhaoyuan also told me before leaving, not to argue with Wang Zhaoyi. Don't worry,
I’m not ignorant of the general situation.”
Xi Qian's sensibleness made Yu Wen Haoxuan even more distressed, "One day you will no longer have to suffer these grievances. Believe me, there will be such a day."
This is not the first time Yuwen Haoxuan has made such a guarantee. Xi Qian lowered her eyelashes silently, neither refuting nor answering. Instead, she changed the subject and said, "When Wang Zhaoyi came to express condolences today, I saw that she was really very worried."
It’s sad. Although they were tit-for-tat when Empress Zhaoyuan was alive, I feel that their friendship is still very deep.”
"Of course, Aohan has been raised by General Wang since he was a child. He grew up with Baolu. What's the difference between him and his sisters? It's just that Baolu has a very strong personality and cannot tolerate others being stronger than her. Aohan
But she is superior to Baolu in every aspect. When Aohan entered the palace, I originally wanted to be granted the title of concubine, but Aohan said that she did not want to be above Baolu in everything, so she only granted the title of Zhaoyuan.
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"It would be great if I could have such a sister." Xi Qian sighed and buried her head in Yu Wen Haoxuan's chest.
"The women in the palace are not easy to make friends with, so don't worry about it. By the way, Zizhao and the others are leaving in a hurry tonight, so he asked me to say goodbye to you on his behalf."
"So fast?" Xi Qian asked in surprise, but then she laughed again, "That's okay. The road to Yangcheng is so long. I hope Empress Zhaoyuan can arrive soon and be with General Baocheng as soon as possible."
Yuwen Haoxuan held her hair, played with it in his hand, and suddenly asked with great interest, "If we can no longer live in this palace, where do you want to go?"
Xiqian stood up and lay on the bed, looking at the moonlight beside the bed. After thinking for a while, she said, "Of course I will go to the South China Sea to watch the sunrise first. This is what you promised me, and you can't go back on it."
"If a gentleman says something, I won't go back on it! But it's so big outside, you don't just want to go to this one place, right?"
"I haven't finished speaking yet!" Xi Qian simply sat up and looked at Yuwen Haoxuan condescendingly, "I want to go to the grassland. I heard that the people there are very generous. Girls can find the man they like during the antiphonal and horse racing.
, as long as two people truly love each other, they can decide their own life-long affairs. I am so beautiful, I will definitely have many admirers if I go to the grassland."
"Then I will also be liked by many girls?" Yuwen Haoxuan looked at Xi Qian with a smile, and Xi Qian glared and said angrily, "How dare you? No, I will ask Mao Lin to make a very ugly mask for you to wear.
Just go up."
"You are really small-minded. If you have to wear a mask like this, how unfair would it be for me to wear one myself?"
"Take them with you, who is afraid of whom?" Xiqian pinched her waist, full of vigor, "In addition to the grassland, I also want to go to the desert to ride a camel. I heard that people there only take two baths in their lives from birth to death, so how about that?
How dirty is it? There is also a mirage there. I heard that it is a place that is very close but cannot be reached. Many people have died in the desert trying to find it. It is scary to think about it, but I am still very happy.
Want to see???”
Seeing Xi Yuan chattering endlessly, the seed that had been buried in Yuwen Haoxuan's heart for ten years gradually sprouted and quietly grew in his body. The empty heart that had been empty for ten years was filled again.
"Only those who are destined to see the Yaochi Snow Lotus on Tianshan Mountain can see it. I heard that the Yaochi Snow Lotus shines brightly in the sky and the earth when it is in full bloom. After being picked and sealed, it can be invincible for a hundred years. Unfortunately, all I know is what I have heard. If I can really see it,
How great it would be."
Xiqian leaned over to look at Yuwen Haoxuan, but found that he had already fallen asleep. His light snoring was full of exhaustion, and his eyebrows were still frowning in his sleep.
Xi Zhi gently covered him with a quilt and sighed in an almost inaudible voice, "How wonderful would it be if none of this happened?"