A night of drizzle washes the autumn, the sky seems to be a few feet higher than the past, far away, only to see a few fine black geese on the bottom of the dark blue dome, as if it is a few fine gravels on the deep and transparent blue seabed, slowly moving, only to see people in a trance for a while, whether it is the tide on the sea swinging or the autumn geese in the sky to fly away.

Qin Nanxi leaned on the collapse by the window, leaned out his thin hand, touched the free geese in the sky from afar, and on his gloomy pale face, two smiles that had not been seen for a long time surfaced. In the end, he was determined, and even the autumn qi around him was no longer only killed.

"Miss, the window is windy, and I'm sick again!" Xue Rui draped a cloak of moonlight cloud brocade on Qin Nanxi's shoulders and persuaded in a low voice. She was much quieter and calmer than before. She must be Qin Nanxi's marrying girl, seeing that Qin Nanxi's wedding date is imminent, Xuerui has no teacher to learn to be cautious.

"Look, the geese have returned! In the end, I want to return, but I am reluctant to give up. Qin Nanxi didn't turn around, still staring at the free shadow of the wild goose in the sky, and his tone was rare and happy.

Following Qin Nanxi's fingers, Xue Rui only glanced at the clear sky in a hurry, then withdrew her gaze and hesitated: "Miss, just now the concubine of King Changping sent some clothes and jewelry, and also sent a grandmother from the palace, saying yes, saying that the old lady was originally serving the princess's medicinal diet, and the young lady is always sick these days, and her body needs to be well recuperated." ”

"What did my sister-in-law say?"

"The young lady of the jewelry and clothes didn't say anything and accepted it for the young lady, as for the grandmother, the young lady said that she was not familiar with the rules of the house after all, and ordered her to go to the back to get familiar with it first, and then serve in the young lady's room." Xue Rui showed a little resentment between her lips and teeth, since she got married, Situ Linlang has found excuses to give gifts every once in a while, but the people she sent always looked like they were high-minded, as if the daughter of the dignified Qin Mansion married her brother but climbed high.

Qin Nanxi only nodded and responded vaguely, not caring.

Xue Rui stood quietly for a while, then took two steps back, turned around and picked up a brocade box on the case, and retreated lightly to the door.

"What's in the box? What do you do sneaky? Qin Nanxi's mood seemed to be very clear, and as he spoke, he caught up in three or two steps, making a gesture to snatch the brocade box that Xue Rui held tightly in his hand. She laughed like she had done before.

"Yes, yes, it's nothing, it's just some gadgets that Miss doesn't use on weekdays." Xue Rui's eyes flickered, and the brocade box in her hand subconsciously hid it backwards.

"You girl, don't say anything about hiding my things, you have to smuggle them out! I'll take a look. Before the words fell, Qin Nanxi snatched the brocade box from Xue Rui's hand.

The gorgeous gold and silver filigree embroidery on the brocade box only flashed with the ups and downs of Qin Nanxi's gestures, and the box was opened, and the fragments of time inside were exposed in front of her eyes.

A polished smooth and lovely pear wood spinning top, a faded small butterfly paper kite, a delicate glass lantern, a string of night pearl bracelets, a pair of shadow puppets wearing skirts and combs with buns......., and a small porcelain bottle with a long neck quietly nestled in the most inconspicuous corner of the box, as if a forgotten wish, aggrieved and timid.

Ten years of time have accumulated in a small brocade box, surrounded by walls on all sides, and there is no way out.

Back then, Qin Nanxi was sent back to Chang'an from Youzhou, and the dangers and hardships she experienced along the way and the sudden suicide of her only adoptive mother Yunzhen, who she was familiar with and attached to at that time, made her frightened and frightened at that time, and had nightmares every night.

By chance, Situ Chong was the first and only friend that Qin Nanxi remembered at that time, he was three years older than her, he was generous and kind since he was a child, just because he couldn't bear her nightmares every night, he tried his best to get all kinds of interesting and lively games and small things from the folk to play with her and make her happy. Slowly saved her from the predicament of nightmares. The two are very good because of this. Even if there were disagreements between the Qin Mansion and the Yasukuni Mansion later, Situ Chong still relied on the doting of the Duchess of Guo to spoil him, and he was still good with Qin Nanxi. Qin Nanxi was very connived at by Qin Zi'an, so although the two governments did not agree, it never affected the private friendship between Situ Chong and Qin Nanxi.

"What are you going to do to put these away?" Qin Nanxi carefully picked up the small white porcelain vase, and sorted out the color and luster on the bottleneck, as if it had straightened out the friendship of ten years.

Looking at the faint crimson on the thin belly of the bottle. Raising his fingers over the vial, he sniffed deeply at the lingering scent of roses.

"I haven't had time to drink this rose dew yet, where are you going to take it?" Qin Nanxi was slightly sentimental.

"Miss, I, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that you will be sad when you see these little things that Young Master Chong gave in the past."

"And what are you going to do with them?"

"I, I just thought, it's a pity to throw it away, it's better to send it back to Young Master Chong." Xue Rui lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Qin Nanxi.

"It's all something that doesn't matter, after all these years, he must have forgotten it a long time ago. Why do you have to send it back? ”

"Miss, Young Master Chong, he has been sick, I heard that he lost a lot of weight. Miss and he have known each other since childhood, how could he forget it? Xue Rui's new cautiousness is lacking some skills, but she didn't hear Qin Nanxi's tortuous thoughts for a while, so her eyes turned red, and she only cared about Situ Chong's grievances.

Qin Nanxi closed his eyes, drove away the sad and thin lake-blue figure in the gap between the arrogant curtains in his mind, and said lightly: "Why bother with you sending a box of half-used things so rashly, but it makes him angry and sad?" With that, he raised his hand to cover the brocade box, and quietly avoided the gold and silver streamer on the lid.

"Then, if these things ....... the grandmother in the palace saw it and asked, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." Xue Rui pondered for a long time, but couldn't find a suitable word.

"Don't be afraid, just leave it like this, it's just some gadgets, if she asks, she will answer truthfully." Turning around and pacing to the window, Qin Nanxi looked straight out of the window.

Outside the west window, after a summer of prosperous sycamores, the fresh juice in the leaf veins has dried up completely and decisively, and the remaining few pages hang on the green and yellow rough branches like corpses that have been drained of their souls, brittle and yellow and withered, as untouchable as memory.

"Miss, and this knife, this knife is a murder weapon in the end, and it may not be suitable to be placed in the boudoir, so if Mama asks......" Xue Rui pointed to the "Ice Spirit" lying on the table. If everything is truthful, the gift of childhood can still be prevaricated, but this knife was given by Situ Yi recently, and he gave and received it privately, which was not in line with the courtesy. These days, things that are not conducive to Qin Nanxi's reputation, Xue Rui has been on one hundred and twenty hearts.

"Have you forgotten? This knife is Situ Yi's. Since you give it back to him, and he doesn't want it, you should take it as if we picked it up. Qin Nanxi glanced at the waist knife on the table in disgust, said sarcastically, paused slightly, and explained hatefully: "The wine-stained dress in the cabinet will be taken out immediately, and I won't wear it anymore, so I don't have to be an eyesore." ”

Xue Ruino responded, knowing that it was not the wine stain but the ink lotus red carp on the skirt that was in the way, and hurriedly took out the dress from the cabinet and stepped out the door.

"Young Master!" Xue Rui's surprised voice outside the door recalled Qin Nanxi's complacent anger.

She was not surprised that her brother would come to see her at this hour, since she came back from yesterday with her sister-in-law, she was waiting, waiting for her brother to come, to inform her of all the reasons, to solve the mystery in her heart, and to say goodbye to her.

The hand hidden under the cloak trembled slightly due to excitement and secret joy, Qin Nanxi turned to the door, bowed lightly to Qin Nanfu who came to the door, and called: "Brother." ”