In my dreams, it was as if I had experienced a long life. From spring and summer to autumn and winter, from dawn to late night, from one end of life to the other.

But when I woke up, I realized that my so-called life was only a few short hours.

"Am I crying?" I asked with my eyes closed.

Du Rong, who was leaning on the side of the bed and reading a book, paused to flip through the book, and said lightly, "No." ”

Didn't you cry?

I opened my eyes, swept the night out the window, and said silently for a moment, "It's so late, aren't you going to sleep?" ”

Du Rong put down the scroll in his hand, raised his eyes to me and said, "You hold on to my clothes, how can I go to sleep?" Do you sleep next to you? I'm okay with that. ”

I was stunned, I felt that the brocade quilt was much softer than usual, and I deliberately tightened my hands again, but now I saw that I had pulled the hem of half of Du Rong's coat over.

Embarrassed to let go of my hand, I sneered, "Everyone is a brother, the ancients also said 'with the son', what's wrong with grabbing a dress?" Nothing to fuss about. ”

Du Rong raised his eyebrows: "Did I say I blamed you?" ”

I choked.

"Wang Jie, go and bring the medicine from the kitchen." The door didn't open, but Du Rong knew that he must be guarding the door.

"Yes." There was a sound outside the door, and then it was gone.

Seeing that I wanted to get up, Du Rong reached out and helped me up.

"Lord Du's means are not bad, even the guards of the prime minister can be sent at will?"

Wang Jie was so obedient and took the medicine, which really made me, a serious master, feel angry and jealous.

It's so spineless!

Isn't he just a young city lord? Yes, he is more than me, he is richer than me, he is the girl who proposed to him from Qizhou to the capital, he is good-looking and more cultivated than me, he is a person who is afraid of the emperor for three points, but, but ......

I said sourly, "Okay, my official position is higher than yours, right?" ”

Du Rong stood up with a chuckle, he casually put the scroll on the table beside him, and then asked gently, "Xiao Qingzhi, is this jealous of me?" ”

Thinking about it, I only replied to him with one word.

"Get out!"

Of course, Du Rong ignored my words.

"Master, my subordinates have sent medicine." Wang Jie knocked on the door and said in a low voice.

I pulled up the quilt and said, "Come in." ”

When Wang Jie heard my response, he pushed the door in, and instead of putting the medicine on the desk, he handed it directly to me.

Ignoring Wang Jie, Du Rong just stroked his sleeves lightly.

"Xiaojie, go and rest, you don't have to worry about me here, I'm fine." I took the medicine bowl and saw the bloodshot in Wang Jie's eyes, and I felt a little sorry, "You shouldn't do this kind of thing." ”

Wang Jie looked at me, and something incomprehensible flashed in his eyes, but in the end, he just nodded silently and exited the room.

"You trust him?" Du Rong asked me.

I didn't speak, and drank all the soup in the medicine bowl in one gulp.

The bitter smell of medicine rushed to my mouth and nose, and I frowned, and my stomach felt a wave of nausea.

Put a sachet under my nose, Du Rong said, "Specially made for you, smell it, is it better?" ”

The refreshing and cold aroma swirls in the air, not fainting or shrinking, like a white orchid blooming, and like the first snow falling, a little cold mixed with gentle bondage.

I calmed my somewhat disorganized breathing and nodded.

"I didn't expect you to lose your perfume skills when you leave the academy."

Du Rong seems to have always been like this, obviously it is winter snow, but it is always like a spring breeze in March, infinitely gentle, infinitely cold.

What others don't look down on, he can look at; If others can't persevere, he can persevere; If someone else is not careful, he will fall into the abyss of desire, but he will never.

After nine years of being a classmate, I always knew that I couldn't understand him.

Du Rong smiled and took the medicine bowl in my hand away.

"I know you can't sleep, Xiaoyu is in the living room, if you want to see her, go and meet her."

With that, Du Rong opened the door and left.

I blinked and was silent for a moment.

Sighing slightly, I lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

Picking up a random cloak, I opened the door and walked out. There were no people along the way, except for a few lanterns hanging under the eaves that shimmered in the night.

It's always too quiet in the middle of the night.

When she approached the living room, Xiaoyu had already fallen asleep on the desk.

I looked at her and was about to leave, but I didn't expect Xiaoyu to wake up at this time.

She stopped me, "Sir." ”

I turned to look at her.

"Your Excellency...... Master Du said, are you looking for me? ”

I sat down next to her.

"How is Yunfu treating you?" I asked her.

Xiaoyu didn't dare to sit with me, she hurriedly got up and replied respectfully, "The people in Yunfu treat me very well. ”

I added, "The Prime Minister has ordered people to eliminate your lowly status, and you will be a free person from now on." If you have somewhere else to go, you can arrange for someone to take you there. ”

Xiao Yu shook her head, "Yunfu is very good, Xiao Yu doesn't want to go elsewhere." Besides, this place is also very close to the Song Mansion, if you think about it, I can go and see it again. ”

"That's fine......"

Now that I've said that's what I'm supposed to say, I'm hesitant to say something else.

"Your Excellency." Xu saw my entanglement, Xiao Yu went straight to the point and said, "Xiao Yu knows that you saved Miss's child, Miss treats Xiao Yu very well, and I will not harm her only remaining bloodline." ”

I nodded silently, relieved.

At first, she was arranged to go to Yunfu so that Yun Sheng could watch her, after all, only the dead can keep secrets forever, and the living have to impose many restrictions.

She has been with Song Xiao for many years, and since Song Xiao begged me to keep her, I would not be so ruthless.

"Although Tuzhou is a little remote, it is better than Ninghe. You can live well here, and if you don't have to, don't go back and forth to avoid any accidents. ”

"Yes, I'll take your words to heart."

"Song Xiao's funeral affairs are all handled by Xu Yi, and her funeral is ...... If you can, don't go. ”

“…… Good. ”

"You haven't seen her child, have you?"

"I've seen it, it's when Miss just gave birth to Lin'er."

"If you have seen each other, you will not see each other again."

Xiaoyu cried and knelt on the ground, she choked up and wanted to beg me for mercy, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't open her mouth.

"If you want that child to die, you should not have said anything today."

Standing up, I tightened my cloak and walked out.

"Good...... I won't see my child's ...... again."

The whimper seemed so lonely and sad in the dark night, that no one could comfort her, and no one could grieve for her.

Even me.

Following.

After sitting alone by the window all night, I got up and dressed tiredly.

Pushing open the door, I saw Du Rong eating pastries in the pavilion in front of the wing room. When he saw me come out, he pushed the pastry in my direction.

I walked over and got a piece of refreshment, and I was going to order someone to go outside the house to prepare the carriage.

"You're going to see the victims?"

Taking a bite of the pastry, I nodded, "I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow, and that's the last thing I'm going to do in Tuzhou." ”

Du Rong pointed to the seat opposite him and motioned for me to sit down, I looked at him puzzled, but he insisted, and I sat down as he said.

"When you were unconscious yesterday, I had already asked Zhao Cheng to go to the disaster area, and I also discussed with Zhao Cheng about the handling of the victims afterwards, you don't have to bother more, just stay in the house and rest today."

"Huh?" I was surprised, "Du Rong, haven't you always interfered in these things?" ”

Du Rong glanced at me, and his tone was full of helplessness, "Someone always looks sick and faints at every turn, I can't sit idly by, right?" ”

Well, everything is my fault.

Silently finishing the pastry in my hand, I wondered what to do.

"How are the affairs of Yi, Que, and Yuan counties handled?" I suddenly remembered it.

These three counties have been occupied by rebels for several months, and people's livelihoods are withering, bandits are on the run, and they need to be put in order.

Du Rong unhurriedly put down the porridge bowl he had drunk, wiped his thin lips with Su Wei, raised his eyes and said, "All the disaster relief money and food distributed by the imperial court have been handed over to Zhao Cheng, he can handle these things, and you don't need to worry about it." ”

Being ridiculed by Du Rong so lightly, I suddenly felt a sense of self-shame.

Look at it, look at it, the attitude of the official, and then look at me, I didn't do anything, but I got sick, hey, I don't know how to make a big fuss about Yushitai after returning to Beijing!

Probably because my expression suddenly became sad and sorrowful, Du Rong leaned back a little uncomfortable.

"You ......" Du Rong looked at me hesitantly.

"Someone, take the chessboard." I said to the maid waiting behind Du Rong.

The maid answered, and immediately went down to get the chess.

"You've never beaten me." Du Rong raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, I would want to play chess with him.

I didn't feel like there was anything to worry about, I took a sip of the hot porridge in both hands, and the warmth of my stomach hit my heart, I squinted and exhaled comfortably.

"It's this simple meal that is the most memorable." I admire.

Seeing that I had never drunk porridge, Du Rong only felt that it was too embarrassing for him to sit with me.

He spoke, "I don't know how Sister Yunsheng's affairs are going, why don't we go and take a look?" ”

I saw him "asking in the open?" ”

Du Rong also looked at me, "What do you say?" ”

We looked at each other and smiled in unison.

When the maid came back with the chessboard, the two teenagers were no longer in the pavilion, and she looked around and wondered, "What about people?" ”

Yunfu, the richest family in Tuzhou at this time.

If someone were standing in the high pavilion opposite the Cloud Mansion and looking hard at the southwest corner of the Cloud Mansion, they would probably be able to see two small figures lying on the roof of a house in the corner, but other than that, you would never be able to tell what they were doing sneakily about, after all, they were too far apart.

"We shouldn't overdo it, right?" I kept my head down, trying to find an excuse for my immoral behavior.

Du Rong said "um" very cooperatively, and then he pressed my head on the tile and whispered, "Yunsheng is here." ”

Where are we? That's right, Du Rong and I are now lying on the roof of the boudoir of Yunyin, the eldest lady of Yunfu.

But I promise you, we're definitely decent people.