"Huh?" The heart that the maid had just put down hung up again, her heart was beating in her chest, and she waved her limbs stiffly and followed Xin Muyuan out.

The cold wind blew, and Xin Muyuan, who had just finished wiping fine sweat, shivered, and his fatigue suddenly dissipated a lot.

Seeing that the maidservant had already come out, Xin Muyuan got straight to the point and asked, "When did you start serving Qinghe?" ”

The maid replied tremblingly: "Back to the master, it was half a year ago. ”

"Half a year ago? It's been so long? Xin Muyuan sighed and asked, "Then have you noticed that during the time you served her, she often drank like this today?" ”

To say or not to say?

The maid secretly raised her eyes, saw the worry that could not be dispersed in the middle of Xin Muyuan's frowning brows, and let go of the worry that Xin Muyuan would punish Qinghe, and replied truthfully: "Yes." ”

In fact, she had long wanted to advise Qinghe to let her drink less, but she never had the opportunity. Today, it happened to be through Xin Muyuan's mouth to say something she had never had the opportunity to say.

Xin Muyuan bit his lower lip, sighed, bowed his head, and said, "Okay, I know." ”

It seems that this matter hidden in Qinghe's heart must be dredged. If it goes on like this, she is worried that Qinghe's body will not be able to stand it.

She said: "You go to the Protector's Mansion now and tell Xie Zhan that I live here today, so that he doesn't have to worry, and he doesn't have to wait for me." ”

"Okay." The maidservant glanced at Xie Zhan's hiding place, intentionally or unintentionally, and got up to leave.

After learning about Qinghe's recent situation, Xin Muyuan returned to the room.

Qing He had already shrunk herself into a ball, as if she had dreamed of something that made her sad, with two lines of tears on her cheeks, and muttering something in her mouth, but Xin Muyuan couldn't hear it clearly.

About in the second half of the night, Qinghe woke up in a daze, sat on the bed in confusion, touched his head, it didn't hurt, and he was even more confused.

In the past, the strong alcohol could always bring her back to life, and she had to wake up.

"Are you awake?" The cold voice poured into his ears, scaring Qing He into a thrill, and he was completely drunk, and the chaos in his head was instantly driven away.

"Master?" Qing He's voice was a little trembling.

She was a little afraid of revealing this embarrassed appearance in front of Xin Muyuan.

"Well," Xin Muyuan sat on the edge of Qinghe's bed, raised his hand and rubbed her head, and said, "I've already guessed the general situation." ”

"Huh?" Qing He's heart was excited, but he still chose to pretend to be confused and didn't understand anything.

Xin Muyuan chuckled and said, "You don't have to hide it from me anymore." Like someone should be blatant, sneaking is uncomfortable enough, why have to pretend in front of me? ”

Qinghe's mouth opened slightly, he was stunned for a while, and then slowly closed it, lowered his head, grabbed his feet with his hands, and was silent.

After a while, a cold teardrop suddenly fell. fell, smashed on her feet.

"I was wrong, I didn't want to, but I couldn't help it." Qing He spoke.

I don't know if it was because of the alcohol, or because she had just woken up, or because of sadness, her voice was too hoarse, like hot sand in her throat.

"No, you're not wrong, you're just in love with someone you don't have to fall in love with." Xin Muyuan grabbed her hand and said softly, "The snake queen has already fallen in, and it is my most gratifying thing that you can withdraw in time." ”

Qing He shook his head, his nails digging into the skin of his calf, and tears rolled down again and again. She looked up, and her haggard face startled Xin Muyuan.

Obviously she was crying, with tears on her face, but she still stubbornly hooked the corners of her mouth to make herself look like she was laughing.

She said, "But master, do you know? I'd rather be a snake queen and have the capital to fall into. It's not like now, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to look at him from afar. ”

Qinghe knew the gap between herself and Xiao Changting, so from a very early age, she knew in her heart that it was enough for her to watch Xiao Changting from afar. Look at him and watch him happy......

But......

Xin Muyuan squeezed her hand, helped her wipe away her tears, and said, "But why are you competing for this position with Snake Ji?" Just to look at the person who doesn't have you in his heart and the person he loves sweet? That will cause you far more pain than you do now. ”

She smoothed Qinghe's black hair and said, "How about him and the concubine, haven't you already seen it?" ”

These words were like a sharp thorn inserting into Qinghe's heart, making her feel painful.

Yes, she saw it.

She was so envious and jealous that she went crazy, so much so that she couldn't help herself, so much so that when the sixth prince Xiao Changchang entered the imperial capital, she did superfluous things that should not be done.

At that time, she shouldn't have been seen by Du Mingyue, nor should she have tried to make Du Mingyue remember her name, let alone expect Du Mingyue to mention this name in Xiao Changting's ear, so that she could be remembered by him, even if it was as Du Mingyue's savior.

She didn't expect that the daughter of the military department Shangshu would be so smart after the general.

As heroic as a military general, as delicate as a civil official.

She was scared, so she fled from Du Mingyue's room. After that, he never met her again, nor did he hear anything about her.

Qing He blinked, tears rolling down.

Xin Muyuan brought a clean handkerchief to wipe away the tears on Qinghe's cheeks, and burned the stove hotter, so as not to frostbite her on a cold night.

She said, "I guess, you're not going to fight anyone, you just, can't let go." ”

Xiao Changting occupies too much place in her heart, and the more she wants to let go, the more she wants to let go of the things she wants to let go of in her mind.

It only made her more miserable and more impressed by the memories she wanted to forget.

Xin Muyuan's words entered Qinghe's heart, and tears surged even more. She rubbed the back of her hand twice, trying to pretend that nothing had happened, but the more she rubbed, the more tears flowed.

Xin Muyuan took off her shoes and climbed onto her bed, hugged her knees and tilted her head to look at her, the gentleness in her eyes was like the bright moon outside the window.

She said, "What are you afraid of?" It's just me here, so you can do whatever you want. ”

"Mu Yuan!"

Xin Muyuan's words fell, and Qing He seemed to have been triggered by a switch somewhere, and suddenly pounced on Xin Muyuan, hugging her waist and crying.

Obviously, before this, she swore that she could carry it by herself. Actually, she did it, but why......

Qinghe cried tears and snot without knowing it, she rubbed in Xin Muyuan's arms, soiled her newly bought blue dress, and sobbed and said: "I always say I can, it's okay, don't worry, but I really can't!" I can't bear it, I miss him, I want to see him, I want to see him in every dream, every drunken night. Mu Yuan, I can't bear it, I really can't bear it! ”

"Well, don't be afraid, I'm here. Your unhappiness, your sadness, your sadness, I will carry it with you. Xin Muyuan hugged Qinghe's head, quietly waited for her to finish crying, and when she was tired and drowsy, she secretly clicked her sleeping hole and hummed a lullaby gently.