After returning to the palace, Hongde Longqiu did not let her go back to Zhuyuan. Instead, he took her to the imperial study room, let her sit on his lap, let her stay in his arms, and asked her to accompany him to review the memorials. Although
She would be bored, and even though she would feel constrained, he persisted. He didn't want her to be alone, and he was afraid that she would be tempted to find the stone and touch it.
Seeing the anxiety in his eyes, the thick cloud of worry between his brows, and his look even more desperate than when she left the palace, Meng Xinzhu couldn't bear to protest. She knew that as long as he could look at her now, he would
It would give her a little peace of mind, so she quietly accepted his arrangement, stayed by his side for the whole day, and let him hold her, feeling so fed up with him for the first time.
Looking at the sleeping Concubine Zhu, Hongde Longqiu felt the pain in his heart that he had never felt before. From the moment he stopped her, she never said anything, she just let herself alone silently. Compared to her silence,
Is he too selfish to prevent her from returning to that other world? But how could he let go and watch her disappear?
The bamboo concubine in her arms was not sleeping peacefully. She didn't know what kind of dream she was in, but judging from her expression, it was definitely not a good dream. Looking at her frown, Hongde Longqiu's heart felt like it was...
Painful as if tearing, he gently stroked her cheek, "Xinzhu, what should I do? What do you want me to do?"
Late at night, she was suddenly woken up and brought back to the carriage. Meng Xinzhu looked questioning. Hongde and Longqiu didn't answer her, but just hugged her tightly. There was no one in the Qishi shop, and Xiao Zhao had already pressed the emperor's button.
The request made the shopkeeper and his family fall into a deep sleep. He stood quietly outside the shop door, thinking back to the Concubine Bamboo Concubine’s confession. Did the emperor really want to send the concubine back?
Seeing the stone again, feeling its temptation and attraction to herself again, Meng Xinzhu couldn't help but be surprised. She turned her head, "Long Qiu,..."
"Xinzhu," Hongde Longqiu pressed her into his arms and held her chin, "I know you have been looking for the mystery that brought you here, and I also know how much you miss that world. Xinzhu
, I like you and I don’t want to lose you, but I also don’t want to see you in pain or regret. Since this mystery can bring you here, if it can also take you back, I hope to follow you and touch you.
It, hopefully it can take us away together."
"Long Qiu, you..." Meng Xinzhu was shocked, but she could no longer say anything to stop her. Hongde Longqiu lowered his head and kissed her, held her hand, and stretched out toward the stone together.
Meng Xinzhu resisted the force coming from his hand and wanted to pull her hand back. She admitted that the moment she saw the stone, it indeed aroused her subconscious desire to go back, but she knew she could not go back.
She was even mentally prepared that he would destroy the stone, but she did not expect that he would make such a choice.
She pushed Hongde Longqiu away hard to stop his actions. The reaction force made them both take a few steps back. Before she could say "no", her hand had already touched the crack, and she felt it again.
There was a breathless compressed feeling. Before she lost consciousness, she heard Hongde Longqiu's heartbreaking cry, "Xinzhu——!"
Meng Xinzhu felt like she was back in the cave, but she didn't really feel like she was standing in the cave. Instead, she felt like she was floating in the air. She could see part of the cave in the dim light, but she couldn't see her body. It seemed that except for these eyes
, the rest of her body did not come back. She was stunned, what happened? Traveling through time again, she did not feel the pain of her body being twisted, nor did she feel the dizziness of being put into the washing machine. Did she really come back?
Where is Hongde Longqiu? How is he?
She wanted to move, but her eyes still stayed in the original position, completely out of her control. This feeling was extremely uncomfortable. When she was trying to regain control, she heard a voice coming from the distant sky, a male
Voice. "Xinzhu! Xinzhu!" She suddenly felt dizzy, and the scene in the cave became more and more blurry, and finally her eyes became dark. The cry became clearer and clearer, and she could even feel the warmth in the hands of the owner of the voice.
Meng Xinzhu moved her head slightly and slowly opened her eyes. There were several blurry figures shaking in front of her eyes. She closed her eyes and opened them again. She saw Hongde Longqiu, Jiuhuangshu and his wife, Lin Kefeng, and Xiao Zhaozheng.
Everyone standing by the bed looked at her anxiously.
She fainted after touching the stone with her hand. Hongde Longqiu was shocked. She did not disappear, she was still by his side. However, her complete unconsciousness prevented him from delaying, so he hugged her and went to the Nine Emperors Uncle.
At home, Lin Kefeng couldn't understand her pulse, which made him even more anxious. He regretted why he made such a choice. He held her hand and kept calling her, hoping to save her.
She woke up.
"Xinzhu, are you awake?" Hongde Longqiu lifted her up and let her lean into his arms. Uncle Nine Emperors and others retreated. He looked at her cheeks that had not yet recovered the color, and his voice trembled,
"Xinzhu, I thought I would lose you! The moment I saw you hit the stone, I was so scared!"
Meng Xinzhu closed her eyes in his arms. The feeling in the cave just now was more like a dream. It seemed that this crack had been peeled off from its original place. It was impossible to take her back. She was destined to live forever.
Stay here. She smiled, raised her head slightly, and looked at him, "Long Qiu, don't worry, you have also seen that the crack can no longer take me away. The story still has interpretation, I will not leave you
.Stop worrying and don’t do stupid things like today!”
Hongde Longqiu hugged her tightly, lowered his head and kissed her lips...
Hongde Longqiu was in the imperial study room. It was already evening after handling the matters reported by the Flame Clan. He then came to Zhuyuan and lay on the bed with Concubine Zhu in his arms. He gently stroked her hair and held her hand.
With his right hand, he looked at the golden bracelet and gently touched the dragon and bamboo, "Xinzhu, now we are just like this bracelet, we have each other in our lives." He pressed her and stared into her eyes, "Xinzhu
, During this period, you have suffered a lot, and my heart has been hurting for a long time. I don’t want to leave Zhuyuan anymore, I want you to be by my side.”
"I'm very domineering. If you want me to be by your side, I can't be in someone else's place!"
Hongde Longqiu nodded and said with a smile: "There is only room for you next to me."
Meng Xinzhu looked at the bracelet on her hand and frowned slightly. Then she looked at the emperor and met his hot eyes. She reached out and gently touched his handsome face, "Long Qiu, can you do me a favor?"