At night, the moonlight shrouded in the sky above the only royal palace in Dongshire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Princess Yu Zimo stood on the bluestone-paved road in the courtyard, looking up at the overly clear night sky, and the white moonlight drew a slender shadow for her on the ground.

Qing Yao came out of the house, these days, the weather has cooled very quickly, she found a thicker cloak and put it on the princess. "It's windy, you're too thinly dressed. Changming said that on the way from Shangdu to Dongjun, it had been raining, and it was dark at night, and it was very hard to hurry. It's not raining here, but it's getting colder. ”

"Do you feel sorry for him, or do you feel sorry for me?" Yu Zimo squinted his eyes and asked Qing Yao.

Qing Yao pursed her lips, a slight flush on her face.

"Qing Yao. Yu Zimo lowered her head slightly, and looked at the maid who had accompanied her since she was a child with moonlight eyes, "Do you remember the fortune teller woman we met before we left Xindu?" His eyes became clear, and his voice was clear, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, the time has not yet come." ”

"Princess, do you believe that woman is right?" Qing Yao's expression darkened. Of course she remembers, she believes in her heart, but she doesn't want to believe it.

"Believe it or not, a lot of things happen by heart. ”

"The princess meant. ”

"Decide for yourself, I'm just reminding you that this kind of thing is not something I can decide for you. ”

"Princess Xie. ”

Yu Zimo didn't speak anymore and looked back at the sky. The eyes are full of twilight.

The bluegrass in the courtyard had withered and could no longer emit the scent that the princess liked. Qing Yao saw that the princess would have to stand in the courtyard for a long time, so she went back to the house, took the incense burner, and lit an incense made of the same herb. The faint orchid fragrance lingered beside Princess Yu Zimo with the night breeze.

The moon shadow and the incense shadow shook, and Qing Yao asked the princess: "Princess, the matter of the boundary river, can it really be done in three days?"

"Don't worry. Yu Zimo looked at the moon and whispered.

"Is it trouble?" With the princess's temper, the last thing she could bear was trouble.

"For me, as long as it's not something I like, it's a nuisance. …… However, if this trouble is not solved, it will make it even more troublesome in the future. Yu Zimo said, "Okay, you go and rest." Before dawn, you and Changming came here to see me. ”

"Isn't the princess going to rest?"

"I still have things to figure out. ”

Qing Yao looked at the princess uneasily, and walked hesitantly to the house. Back in the house, she looked out through the window and saw the princess's slender figure standing proudly in the courtyard, and the night made the princess's figure more firm and clear.

When it was almost dawn, Qing Yao got up and saw the princess standing where she had stood last night, as if she had never left. Changming and Lu also came. Qingran rolled over from the roof. Yu Zimo said that there was a way to temporarily keep the spiritual power of the land here, so that they could come over before dawn, and I don't know what she would do.

Yu Zimo looked left and right, "Everyone has arrived, let's go." ”

"Where?"

"See it?" Yu Zimo pointed to a star in the sky. As dawn approached, many stars faded out of the night sky, and there was only one star, still bright. "Go in the direction where this star is, until we can't see it. ”

"I'm going to lead the horse. Qing Yao said.

"No need," Yu Zimo waved her hand, and she said to Qing Ran, "You walk in front, and we will follow your footsteps." ”

Although she didn't understand what Yu Zimo was going to do, Qingran still did what she said. He looked in the direction of the stars and walked forward. Yu Zimo and the others followed behind him.

Along the way, several people did not speak, and only the sound of insects in the grass on the side of the road was in their ears.

When the star was completely hidden in the sky, it stopped. Several people also stopped with him. They looked at where they were, a barren meadow on the outskirts.

"This is it. Yu Zimo looked around with his eyes and said.

"What a place this is. Lu also approached the princess and asked curiously.

Changming grabbed Lu Ye's collar with one hand and pulled Lu Ye away from Yu Zimo's side. "Just talk, don't get so close. ”

Lu also grimaced at Changming.

Qing Ran and Qing Yao didn't speak, they just looked at Yu Zimo to see what she was going to do and what she was going to command.

Yu Zimo took out a small, delicate peach wood box from his arms. Qing Yao saw that the wooden box was carved with fine twig patterns, and felt a little familiar. Yu Zimo opened the box, and there was a heart-shaped peach pit in the center of the box. Qing Yao remembered that on the day she and the princess came back from Jingshan, they went to Lao Dou's seed shop, and Lao Dou handed the princess two peach pits at that time. This is one of them. When she was in Xinguo, the princess kept looking for Lao Dou for this thing, which shows that this peach pit is not an ordinary thing. Now that the princess has taken it out, she sees that it is even more mysterious.

"You two. Yu Zimo pointed at Qing Ran and Lu Ye, "Stretch out your hand." ”

Qing Ran and Lu didn't know what Yu Zimo was going to do, so they stretched out their hands in front of Yu Zimo in confusion. Yu Zimo raised his hand and swiped on the fingers of the two of them. A wound appeared on both of their fingers, and blood oozed from their wounds.

The two didn't dare to move, and looked at Yu Zimo inexplicably.

Yu Zimo held the peach box in his palm and said, "Smear your blood on the peach pit here." ”

"Princess, don't you want to use us as a sacrifice to replenish the spiritual power of the earth. Lu also frowned, looking at his own blood.

"If you have such spiritual powers, I will kill you without hesitation. Yu Zimo said coldly.

Although Qing Ran didn't know why Yu Zimo did this, he didn't hesitate to smear the blood on the peach pit in Yu Zimo's hand.

Lu also saw that Ran was smeared, hesitated for a moment, bitterly faced, and also smeared his own blood, and then grabbed his injured finger distressedly.

After Qing Ran and Lu also finished painting, Yu Zimo also cut her fingers with her fingernails, but instead of smearing the blood on the peach pit, she dripped the blood to the ground. Then she took out the peach pit in the box, and as soon as her fingers loosened, the peach pit was falling on the spot where Zi Mo's blood was dripping.

Qing Ran and the others looked intently at the peach pits on the ground.

On the eastern horizon, the delicate morning sun gradually rose, and when it completely jumped out of the horizon, the peach pit stained with the blood of Qingran and Lu Ye suddenly burrowed into the dirt by itself.

Several people's eyes widened in surprise.

"What is this, how can you drill into the soil by yourself?" Lu Ye's eyes were shining, and his face was incredible.

"This is a special kind of peach tree seed. This peach tree has a strong protective power, which can block external aggression and enhance the spiritual power of the land. ”

"Can it keep the spiritual power of the land here?" asked Qingran.

Yu Zimo nodded.

"But you're only planting now, isn't it too late?"

"Don't underestimate the power of seeds. Yu Zimo said, "Its power when it germinates is very large. ”

"Is that okay?" Qingran muttered as he looked at the place where the peach pit had disappeared.

"Of course not," Yu Zimo said unhappily, "I have to stay here all the time to make sure that it sprouts and grows within three days." ”