After staying up all night, Qing Jiu fell asleep again after washing and having breakfast.
After she woke up, she was shocked when she opened her eyes.
Xiao Qi was sitting not far from the bed, looking at her without blinking, with a calm face, but his bloodshot eyes were telling her that he had not slept all night.
Qing Jiu sat up with her hands on her hands and opened her mouth to say something, but finally fell silent.
She didn't speak, and Xiao Qi didn't make a sound either.
The two stared at each other for a long time. Qingjiu frowned and looked away, "What do you want from me?"
As soon as these words came out of her mouth, she regretted them.
Isn't her question nonsense? She has been missing all night, and he has been looking for her all night. Isn't it true that he is not allowed to come and see if the missing person is safe? Although he owes her, she is not so willful.
reason.
"Feel sorry……"
Pursing her lips, she managed to say: "I caused trouble for you last night."
"..." Her answer was still silence.
Qing Jiu lowered his eyes and waited for a long time, but he still didn't speak.
Finally, she became angry and raised her head to glare at him. She was about to say: Since there is nothing to say, just go back.
But when he looked up and saw Xiao Qi's expression, he was stunned.
She had never seen Xiaoqi like this before. He was tired, powerless, and even in a trance.
He slowly stood up, walked to her, bent down and hugged her.
She thought she should have avoided it, but looking at Xiao Qi's expression, she seemed to be frozen, and actually did nothing. She watched him hug her tightly with his arms and rest his chin on hers.
On the forehead, the voice was hoarse and deep: "Snake, tell me, what exactly do I want to do? What exactly do I want to do..."
Qing Jiu didn't react until Xiao Qi left.
What happened to him?
The air around her still retained his warmth, and she was stunned.
It wasn't until the snow fox crawled over uneasily and nestled in her arms that she stretched out her hand to touch its fur. Her voice was soft and was blown away by the wind, "Xiao Qi, who is going to tell me...
…what do I do?"
If he didn't know, how could she know?
…
Xiao Qi left the Huayin Hall, and Zhu Chi was waiting outside the hall.
Seeing him coming out, he looked worried: "Your Majesty, you haven't slept all night, so you should go and take a rest first."
"……No."
Xiao Qi shook his head, his stern face was very calm, as if he suddenly decided something, figured it out, and became even calmer, "Go to Shuiyun Pavilion."
…
Shuiyun Pavilion is a pavilion built on the bank of the river.
It has existed for decades, but no one knows who built this attic.
I only know that every year at this time, someone will play the piano from the attic, which is ethereal, clear, and lingering, as if they are expressing lovesickness or passing the time.
Therefore, when Xiao Qi appeared outside Shuiyun Pavilion, the hands of the people in the attic stroking the strings froze.
One of the strings broke and the sound stopped suddenly.
"Why are you here? This priest said, don't disturb me within a month."
Xiao Qi stood silently outside the attic.
He lowered his eyes and could not see the emotions on his face. For a long time, he thought of what he had just seen in Huayin Palace. He closed his eyes and said slowly: "But I... can't wait any longer."
"..."
There was silence in the attic.
After a while, a door in the attic slowly opened, and Xiao Qi stepped into the attic through the river.
Fengyuan, who was dressed in white robe, was sitting in front of the piano table, hooking the strings with his slender fingers and connecting them.
When Xiao Qi arrived here, he was not in a hurry.
After waiting quietly for a while, Feng Yuan raised his head, his silver eyes sparkling, "But what happened?"
Xiao Qi took a step forward, sat down in front of him, and spread out the things in his hands.
Fengyuan was stunned when he saw what was in his palm.
After calculating the time, I found it incredible, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be."
Cold fingers twisted the silver thread in his palm, his brows were furrowed, doubt appeared on his incredibly white face, and he raised his head: "Are you sure this is hers?"
"……Um."
"..."
The solemn look on Xiao Qi's face made Fengyuan feel that things seemed to be beyond his expectations.
Isn't this what he inferred from the clan?
Could it be...
He looked at the person opposite him quietly for a long while before saying, "Are you sure? You have to know that once you start, there is no turning back."
"I know." He knew it from the beginning.
But how could he bear to let her face the beauty and white hair day and night?
"Go ahead. No matter what the price is, I can bear it."
"But what if you die?"
"Then don't tell her, take me back to the clan and bury me with my mother and concubine."
"..."
…
After Xiao Qi left, Qing Jiu couldn't figure out the reason for his expression when he finally left. It wasn't until the palace maid came to deliver the meal. When she saw her, she suddenly screamed and swept all the meal boxes in her hand to the ground.
.
She frowned and raised her eyebrows as she watched the palace maid react, then hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Miss Third, please forgive me, I will clean up now."
"etc."
Qing Jiu called her and got off the bed. She originally wanted to walk up to her and ask her why she was so afraid of him.
But when she walked halfway and saw the woman in the bronze mirror, everything suddenly became clear.
In the bronze mirror, the woman still looked the same as when she returned to the palace, but the cloud-like black hair on her head was half white, hanging quietly behind her, making her face look extremely weird.
The maid behind her was trembling all over.
As she watched, she suddenly started laughing. Her low laughter seemed very strange in the palace. The maid rested her head on the ground and was so frightened that she couldn't speak.
It is incredible to grow from six years old to twenty years old in a few days.
The third young lady actually... turned out to be beautiful and had gray hair today?
this……
Is it true that as rumored by the outside world, the third lady is actually...actually...
She didn't dare to think of that word at all, and she knelt even lower.
"You go out first."
Qing Jiu calmed down and seemed normal, but this normality made it even weirder.
The maid didn't even dare to look at her and ran out immediately.
When Qing Jiu was alone in the dormitory again, she raised her head again and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. Looking at it, she reached out and picked up a strand of black hair, mixed with silver hair, intertwined together, if not
Look, one would really think she is over fifty.
But she was clearly only a few years old a few days ago...