"E'er, look—" Hou Yi cautiously opened the small brocade box in front of Chang'e's eyes.

Sure enough, there was a red pill in the yellow silk in the small brocade box, the size of a dragon's eye, flickering with soft light.

"Is it really an elixir?" Chang'e gently pinched the elixir, held it in front of her eyes, and looked at it carefully with surprise on her face.

"Yes, it's a pity that I only ask for one elixir, if only I could ask for two elixirs, so that E'er and I can eat one by one, and both become immortals. ”

"Then why don't you ask for two elixirs?" Chang'e stared at the elixir, immersed in joy, and asked.

"This?" Hou Yi was speechless for a moment, unable to find a reasonable explanation for a while.

"If there is only this elixir, then which of the two of us will eat it, will you eat it or me eat it?"

"This still needs to be asked, naturally it is for E'er to eat. ”

"I ate the elixir and became an immortal, so what should you do with Yihou?"

"I don't have to do anything, I can continue to subdue demons and eliminate demons, accumulate merits, and when the merits have accumulated enough, I will go to Kunlun Mountain to ask the Queen Mother of the West to give me an elixir. Hou Yi's eyes were full of pious reverie, as if the Queen Mother of the West was giving another immortal elixir to his hands.

"Is what you said true?" Chang'e glanced at Hou Yi coldly.

Hou Yi looked at Chang'e and said warmly: "Of course it's true." ”

"I don't believe your nonsense, what bullshit elixir? What immortality? It's all a lie!" Hou Yi said sincerely, the more suspicious Chang'e became, and suddenly raised his hand and threw the elixir out.

The elixir flew down on the carpet, bounced a few times, rolled a few times, and rolled into the corner next to it.

Hou Yi didn't expect this to happen, and he panicked for a moment, for fear that the elixir would disappear, so he suddenly pounced into the corner like a dog robbing, and caught the elixir in a hurry and put it back in the small brocade box.

Then he carefully held the small brocade box in his right hand, quickly knelt to the side of the bed and said, "E'er, what are you doing here? How could I lie to you, this is a real immortal elixir, eating it can really make you immortal." ”

"Hmph, don't lie to me anymore!" You say, "Are you playing some kind of conspiracy?"

"Uh, I'm playing tricks, what kind of tricks am I playing?" Hou Yi was stunned.

"Hmph! Even if this is a real elixir, I can become an immortal if I eat it, but you can't become an immortal, Yihou, if you eat it, you can't become an immortal, and I, Chang'e, can't become an immortal. Anyone who has no brains can think of it: this is to use an elixir to break up our husband and wife, and from then on, one is in heaven and the other is on the ground, forever separated. ”

"This ...... How...... How could this be?" Chang'e said a little bit of mystery, and Hou Yi was taken aback, and cold sweat broke out on his head.

"Hmph...... How could this be?" Chang'e snorted coldly, "This is not a trick played by that concubine! No matter which of us eats this elixir, from now on we will be the husband and wife. I'm afraid that this is exactly what you want: whether you become an immortal or not, you can be separated from me and be with that concubine, you say-yes or no?"

"Isn't this?, isn't it......" Hou Yi shook his head non-stop, cold sweat dripping down.

"No, then tell me what is going on with you and that concubine? Don't lie to me, that Hebo has already told me. ”

Chang'e suddenly mentioned Concubine Mi, and Hou Yi was caught off guard. He didn't know how to explain the matter of Luoshui to Chang'e, and it seemed that there were fifteen buckets hanging in his heart, but he didn't expect that Hebo had already come to Gaoyang City and told Chang'e about it!

At this time, Hou Yizang couldn't hide it, and he couldn't hide it, so he seriously and sincerely recounted his journey through Luoshui on the way back, Concubine Mi invited the painting boat to drink, wrote a letter for him to ask for the elixir of immortality, and went to Kunlun Mountain to meet the Queen Mother of the West.

In the end, he said: "E'er, this matter is all a mistake I made when I was drunk and confused, please forgive me." ”

After listening to Hou Yi's speech, Chang'e was so angry that her face turned red, and she said coldly: "Why is this concubine so shameless, taking the initiative to seduce other men, if I meet her, I have to shave her ears, but you are not a good thing, you prefer to eat and get drunk! At that time, you knew that you swore in the peach tree that you would only love me for the rest of your life, and now that you have broken your oath, aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven, and not afraid of dying under the peach tree?"

"Yes...... What E'er said was that this elixir was asked for by Concubine Mi because she was worried that I would be punished by heaven for breaking my oath. ”

"Hehe, then you eat this elixir, eat this elixir, you can break your oath, and you can escape from heaven. ”

"E'er: How could I be this kind of person, I know that I broke my oath and failed E'er, but I will never eat this elixir to evade responsibility, let alone become an immortal and leave E'er alone. I will definitely change my ways in the future, please forgive me this time. Hou Yi's words were serious, begging, and his eyes were full of repentance.

Chang'e originally loved Hou Yi deeply, but when she saw him kneeling alone in front of the bed with a pitiful and begging expression, her heart suddenly softened, and she sighed: "You can't be blamed for this, it's blame that shameless Concubine Mi for seducing you." Seeing that you have the sincerity to repent, I will forgive you for the time being, but what should I do with this elixir?"

"This elixir is naturally kept by E'er, and when I have made enough merits, I will go to the Queen Mother of the West to ask for one, and then the two of us will eat one each, and we can be immortal husband and wife. Hou Yi sent the small brocade box to Chang'e, looking affectionate.

"Alright, then I'll keep it for you for the time being. Chang'e took the small brocade box, and suddenly said worriedly, "What if you can't ask for a second one?"

"If we can't ask for a second one, we'll never eat this one. Hou Yi slowly stood up, sat on the edge of the bed, and gently held Chang'e in his arms.

"Well, if you can't ask for a second one, we'll never eat this one, so let's just say it. Chang'e drilled into Hou Yi's arms and stretched out a slender arm to hug him tightly.

The two hugged affectionately, feeling each other's intensified heartbeats.

The palace is quiet and warm.

Outside the palace, the night is shrouded, boundless.

Several palace lamps hung in the corridor outside the palace, confused and swaying, as if they were struggling with the fate of being suspended.

Hou Yi sincerely apologized to Chang'e, and Chang'e forgave Hou Yi.

But Chang'e forgave Hou Yi does not mean that Hou Yi did not break the oath, and the consequences of breaking the oath, Chang'e is very clear in her heart: those who violate the oath will be punished by heaven (this was almost unquestioned in ancient times). If Hou Yi took the immortal elixir, he could escape the heavenly punishment, but because he loved Chang'e deeply, he was unwilling to take the immortal elixir and become an immortal alone.

In this way, in Chang'e's eyes: it is a matter of time before Hou Yi is punished by heaven, but I don't know when it will happen.

Therefore, after accompanying Hou Yi to eat the dust washing banquet and return to the harem to rest that night, Chang'e was worried, tossed and turned, and did not fall asleep all night.

The next morning, she woke up early, glanced at Hou Yi, who was still asleep, her eyes were full of love, she got up quietly, hurriedly washed up, and didn't even have time to eat a bite of breakfast, so she rushed to the sacrificial palace located behind the Zhaotao Palace alone, and asked for a divination by Granny Huang.

Granny Huang led Chang'e into the sacrificial palace, first asked for the intention, and then prayed to the gods, so she divined a hexagram for her.

After carefully looking at the hexagram, she slowly closed her eyes, and recited a hexagram like a ghost: "Pian Pian returns to her sister, she will go west alone, every day is dark, no fear or surprise, support the body in the cold, and then be lucky." ”

When Granny Huang finished reciting the hexagram, Chang'e couldn't help but be secretly surprised, so she hurriedly asked, "Mother-in-law, this hexagram seems to be a little unlucky." ”

"Well, it seems unlucky, but it's actually an auspicious hexagram, and the last two sentences are 'Supporting the body and being cold, and then auspicious'. ”

"Supporting Guanghan, and then getting lucky?" Chang'e was puzzled, "Where is this 'Guanghan'? Does it mean that I want to live in 'Guanghan'?"

"Where is 'Guanghan', mother-in-law doesn't know now, you just remember this hexagram firmly that the gods show no happiness, and it will be fulfilled in the future. ”

"Okay. Chang'e then asked Granny Huang to recite the hexagram a few more times, and she silently memorized it in her heart.

Finally, Granny Huang admonished: "You have to be more careful these days, there may be bad things happening, especially Yihou, but you don't have to worry too much, although the hexagram indicates that this process may be a little lonely and difficult, but it will still be 'good luck' after all." ”

"Yes, thank you mother-in-law for her advice, Chang'e will tell Yihou about this hexagram, and I won't bother for the time being. Chang'e got up to thank her, and hurried away.

Granny Huang watched the shadow of Chang'e leaving, and couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.

Chang'e hurried all the way back to Zhaotao Palace from the sacrificial palace.

As soon as she passed under the big peach tree, she saw Hou Yi walking out of the dormitory in good spirits, and kneeling beside her with a bow and knife on her back, she hurriedly walked up and said, "Marquis Yi, where are you going?"

"Oh, didn't I say last night that I would accumulate more merits, but today I will go around the city to see what the people lack and need, and if I can do it, I will try to solve it for them. ”

"Slow down, come with me, I have something to tell you. Chang'e grabbed Hou Yi's sleeve and hurried towards the palace.

"E'er, let's talk about something here, I'm going to patrol it soon. Before entering the palace, Hou Yi stopped and said.

Chang'e also stopped her steps and glanced outside the palace, only to catch a glimpse of Feng Meng kneeling at the head of the door, and there was no one else waiting, so she put her mind at ease and said, "I went to Granny Huang in the morning to make a divination." ”

"Oh, no wonder I didn't see E'er early in the morning, it turned out that I went to the palace for divination. Hou Yi smiled and said, "Is the hexagram of E'erbu auspicious or vicious?"

"It's not auspicious to say it's auspicious, and it's not fierce to say it's fierce, but Granny Huang said that it's an auspicious hexagram. ”