At the beginning of the night, the autumn air was cold, and the drizzle of rain made people feel unspeakably melancholy. Sima Xichen stayed alone in the room, with a pot of wine on the table, pouring and drinking by himself, looking lonely.
"Your Majesty, Miss Du is here." Jiaohe said softly outside the door.
Sima Xichen didn't even raise his head and said calmly: "Invite her in."
Du Ruoxin walked in gently from outside the room. She looked much thinner than four years ago. She was wearing a light blue dress. She was fragile and helpless. She quietly looked at Sima Xichen who was sitting there drinking.
He said softly and gently: "Brother Xichen, long time no see."
Sima Xichen still didn't raise his head and pointed to the seat opposite, "Sit down."
I haven’t seen Sima Xichen for a long time. During the four-year campaign, there were times when we met, but they just passed by in a hurry, and there was almost no chance to talk. After Sima Xichen came to the throne, there was no chance. This time, the aunt specially asked
Inviting her to come to the palace together gave her a chance to meet Sima Xichen. He didn't seem to like seeing him very much. The last time he came with his mother, he was rejected. Could it be that he really doesn't like her anymore?
?
"Want to drink?" Sima Xichen pointed to the wine in front of him and asked casually.
Du Ruoxin shook her head, sat down opposite Sima Xichen, looked at Sima Xichen quietly, and said gently: "Brother Xichen, Ruoxin misses you very much."
Sima Xichen nodded, drank the wine in front of him, and said softly: "Thank you. Are you okay?"
Du Ruoxin burst into tears suddenly and choked up and said: "Brother Xichen, what's wrong with you? How did you become like this? Do you still miss Miss Ye and feel guilty because of Miss Ye's death? I really feel like you are like this.
It’s very distressing.”
"She is my wife, so of course I miss her. Don't worry." Sima Xichen poured another glass of wine, drank it down, and said calmly, "I'm just fine and like to sit alone."
"Brother Xichen, you weren't like this before. You didn't care before. You used to be so free and easy. Why are you so obsessed with old things now? Have you really fallen in love with Miss Ye? Xichen
Brother, please stop drinking." Du Ruoxin wanted to grab the wine glass from Sima Xichen's hand and said sadly, "I thought it was just a plan, our plan to use Ye Fan's identity to take revenge on her parents and get rid of her parents.
Your Majesty, haven’t you always done a good job? Aren’t we also good at acting? You, me, Sister Xiuli, and aunt and uncle, haven’t we always been acting? Why, you are acting now?
Are you so unable to let go? Do you really think that you killed Miss Ye? She was burned to death by accident. It was just an accident. Brother Xichen——"
Sima Xichen pushed Du Ruoxin's hand away, poured himself another glass of wine, and drank it in one gulp. His expression became more and more lonely and he didn't say a word.
Du Ruoxin's tears couldn't stop falling and she looked at Sima Xichen sadly. "Brother Xichen, why are you like this? How could you become like this?"
"I'm fine," Sima Xichen smiled faintly, "I just miss my wife. If I hadn't lied to her, she wouldn't have left me. It's late at night, Ruoxin, if there's nothing else, go back and rest
Come on, Jiaohe, send Ruoxin back to rest."
"Brother Xichen——" Du Ruoxin wanted to say something else.
Sima Xichen waved his hand and said calmly: "Go and have a rest. If you have time tomorrow, let He Ming accompany you to look around. I am also tired and want to rest. We will talk when we have time."
Du Ruoxin was a little hesitant. She was reluctant to leave. Jiao He walked forward gently and whispered: "Miss Du, no, please go back first. The emperor is willing to see you, and there will be plenty of time in the future."
Looking at Jiao He, Du Ruoxin lowered her head, tears streaming down her face, "Jiao He, I really envy you for being able to stay with brother Xichen for so long."
Jiao He said nothing and helped Du Ruoxin leave.
He Ming stood in the corridor and saw Jiao He sending Du Ruoxin back, and asked softly: "Miss Jiao He, is the emperor asleep?"
Jiao He shook her head, "It's not like you don't know when the Emperor took a break at this hour and was drinking in his room. Do you have anything to do with the Emperor?"
"It's something." He Ming nodded and said softly, "I'm going to see the emperor."
Jiao He said nothing and watched He Ming walk away quietly.
"Your Majesty." He Ming looked at Sima Xichen and said in a low voice, "We have found Yue Qingmei. However, it seems that Miss Ye is not with her. If your guess is correct, Miss Ye seems to have deliberately avoided it.
Everyone. Yue Qingmei has been out of confinement for some time, but she is not in Mingyuan. A spy just came back and said that there is a woman on the mountain near Mingyuan. According to the description of the villagers there, she should be Yue Qingmei."
Sima Xichen paused while holding the wine glass, then drank it down in one gulp, and said in a low voice: "Tomorrow, I am going to see Senior Yue."
He Ming hesitated a little and said softly: "Your Majesty, you are now the Ninth Five Supreme Being. It would be dangerous to go out casually like this. How about you let me go to see Senior Yue tomorrow, and then you go to see her? Maybe?
, If Miss Ye is really together with Senior Yue, we can meet her after a few days of keeping an eye on her."
"It doesn't matter, I'd better go see her myself. Maybe I can get news about Fan'er from her mouth." Sima Xichen thought, "I can't give up on anyone related to Fan'er. At present, I know
The only person who has a relationship with Fan'er is Senior Yue. They have a master-disciple relationship. If Fan'er is alive, he should visit her."
"Your Majesty, didn't you say that the martial arts mastered by the young lady is the Liuyun Sword Technique from the same sect as you? I once heard Master Lin say that Senior Yue's martial arts is not the Liuyun Sword Technique." He Ming
Asked in confusion.
"One night, I was at Prince Ye's Mansion, that is, the night before the accident. I met Senior Yue who came to see Fan'er. Fan'er called her master, so I knew that they had a master-disciple relationship. I wanted to go there in person.
I’ll meet Senior Yue and see if I can hear some clues from Fan’er’s only relative now.” Sima Xichen poured himself another glass of wine, “As for who she learned Liuyun Sword Technique from,
Not sure yet."
"In the past few years, we have been looking for traces of the young lady, but there has been no trace. Isn't it true that at that time -" He Ming said hesitantly.
"Fan'er must be fine." Sima Xichen lowered his head, suppressing the sadness in his heart, and said softly, "If something happens to her, what fun would it be for Xichen to be alone!"
With the tears in his eyes, Sima Xichen drank the wine in one gulp, smiled to himself, and murmured: "Fan'er, Xichen really misses you."