After Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo left, Qin Yixuan was still very excited, and walked around the imperial study alone: "Xueqing, I will see you soon." How have you been doing this year? I was busy with government affairs and didn't go to look for you, as soon as Huangfu Zong was by your side, I didn't dare to come to you, for fear that as soon as I found you, I would run away again, so I was too tired to run around. ”

Qin Yixuan sent someone to get the list of the treasury and wanted to bring a gift to her, but these were all utensils in the palace, many of them were large, and they were not convenient to carry, and she would not like them. He thought that when she entered the palace in the future, he would move all the good things to the Guan Ju Palace.

After looking through it for a long time, he chose two pieces of jewelry to take with him, and then divided the affairs to be dealt with in the later stage, and dealt with them urgently in advance, and put them aside first if he was not in a hurry. After that, he arranged the things and people that needed to be dealt with after leaving, and he was busy until late at night.

The next morning, the emperor announced that he would pay a private visit to Weifu and arrange all matters one by one. Some old courtiers were not at ease, but they couldn't resist the emperor, so they had to let him.

Running all the way, I didn't rest when I arrived at the post station, but every time I went to a town, Xia Hongying would stop to find out the local specialties that were easy to store, and wrap them up one by one. On the eighth day, August 12, the three arrived at Zhulu, Jiaozhou.

I haven't been there for two years, and the bamboo house has been a little deserted, and the small bamboo forest on the edge of the valley has grown two zhang wide.

Xia Hongying was glad that she came early, she couldn't live in this bamboo house now.

"Xiaolong, Xiaoshuo, you repair this bamboo house, rearrange the room, and put all the supplies you need."

"Yes." Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo dismounted, inspected the situation of the bamboo house, and began to plan the repair work.

Xia Hongying searched everywhere to find the best place to overlook the valley entrance. He stood there, and as soon as she came, he could see it first. Now that he is the Son of Great Qin, he will not participate in the repair of the bamboo house, and Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo dare not let him do it.

After being officials for nearly a year, Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo are not unfamiliar with repairing the house, but there were five people before, but now there are only two of them, and the progress is still much slower, and they have been busy until dark, and they are barely completed. Fortunately, I had already expected it, and prepared dry food in advance, so everything was simple that night.

The three of them lived in this cottage and also had mixed feelings. Xia Hongying came to Xue Qing's room, although it had been cleaned, he could still faintly see the traces of the paint that had been knocked over at the beginning, and he had kept the colorful clothes.

The next day, Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo went to buy rice and noodles and other supplies, Xia Hongying handed Xiaoshuo a piece of paper, Xiaoshuo took it, and saw that there were many items written on it, all of which were prepared for Xueqing. So Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo ran to Jiaozhou City, while Xia Hongying continued to stand on a high place and watch, thinking if she would also arrive early, and he would say something to her when she came.

After Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo came back and arranged everything properly, Xia Hongying still felt that it was inappropriate, and walked around the house, remembering that Xue Qing had sprinkled some powder around the house before. By the way, this girl was afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants, so he told Xiaolong to buy deworming medicine. She hasn't returned to Wanjian Villa this year, and she doesn't necessarily have all kinds of medicines on her body.

Sprinkle the medicinal powder, inspect for a week again, and see the empty pergola, Xia Hongying suddenly said: "Bamboo leaf wind lamp!" Yes, you go pick more bamboo leaves, and hang them up! ”

Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo were busy picking bamboo leaves again. Although the two of them are just petty officials, they usually have subordinates to serve them, and they rarely do it themselves, but this time they followed Xia Hongying out, and they were in a hurry and working, and they were very tired. But who made them the emperor's henchmen, and they should share the emperor's worries.

Xiao Shuo said while picking bamboo leaves: "What's the matter, you should believe it this time!" ”

Xiaolong nodded: "Since ascending the throne, I have never seen the emperor nervous like this." ”

Xiao Shuo stopped talking, the authorities were fascinated by bystanders, Xia Hongying's careful arrangement was only to please the beauty, but I was afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

On this day, Xue Qing did not appear, and Xia Hongying had no choice but to wait.

Another day, it was August 14, and Xia Hongying couldn't stand anymore, pacing back and forth in the yard. In order to stabilize him, Xiao Shuo proposed to hang bamboo leaf wind lanterns on the fence, Xia Hongying gladly accepted, so several people were busy again. However, until it was dark, the fence was already full of bamboo leaf wind lanterns, and Xue Qing still did not appear.

Everything is ready, only the beautiful woman is owed.

In this way, on August 15, Xia Hongying got up early and came to the valley mouth, looking into the distance from time to time. Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo followed him helplessly, and he still didn't move when it came to dinner.

Xiaolong whispered to Xiao Shuo: "Xue Qing shouldn't ......" Seeing Xiao Shuo glaring at him fiercely, he immediately shut up. waited until Shen Shi, and finally saw a faint figure coming in the distance.

Xiao Shuo was shrewd, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Xiaolong and I will go to prepare dinner first." ”

"Go ahead." Xia Hongying left two words, and rode up to meet her. Xiao Shuo pulled Xiaolong back to Zhulu to get busy, he believed that the emperor didn't want anyone to disturb him at this time.

It's her, Xia Hongying's heart is pounding, unprecedentedly nervous, more than a year, finally able to see her again. When she saw clearly that it was indeed her, Xia Hongying's heart that had been hanging was relaxed, but she couldn't suppress the commotion. She hadn't forgotten her promise, and she hadn't stopped coming to see him because of Ice Flame's death.

He raised his whip and whipped it, quickening the pace of the horse, and only stopped when he was a foot away from her.

"Xueqing......" He looked at her in a daze, and the words that had been stored for a year had only become two words at the moment. Moxue Literature Network

didn't see the imaginary smile, Xue Qing saw him, she was stunned for a moment, then turned over and dismounted, and walked in front of him to bless herself: "The people's daughter participates in the emperor." ”

"Xue Qing!" He immediately dismounted and grabbed her, "What are you doing here?" ”

Xue Qing said lightly: "There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, this is the rule." ”

"There are no monarchs and ministers here, there is no emperor Qin Yixuan of the Great Qin State, only Xia Hongying." Xia Hongying said in a deep voice, her expressions, words, and movements all deeply hurt him. His heart was originally a burning charcoal stove, but she doused it with a basin of water, leaving only a little spark and a few wisps of white smoke.

Helping Xue Qing to stand up, Xia Hongying couldn't hold back her thoughts and didn't say it, only said, "Let's go, Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo are already preparing dinner." Then he turned and picked up the horse, and walked slowly side by side with her, resisting the urge to take her hand.

As soon as she approached the small courtyard, Xue Qing saw the rows of bamboo leaf wind lanterns, and couldn't help but be in a trance. Things are not people, at this time the year before last, it was the three of them who made bamboo leaf wind lanterns together, and now one has become a high emperor, and the other has become a dry bone.

Seeing her staring at the bamboo leaf wind lamp, the spark in Xia Hongying's heart burned again, but she just watched, and did not show joy, and after a while, she lowered her head, showed a sad look, and slowly walked into the courtyard.

"Thorn-" The small flame that had just been lit was poured with a basin of water. The bamboo leaf wind lantern did not move her, she thought not of the person who made memories with enthusiasm, but the person in the memories. He was devoted to her, and she was devoted to him.

Seeing this awkward atmosphere, Xiao Shuo hurriedly pulled Xiaolong out to play a round. Xiaolong's best thing is to play haha, and he is always happy and optimistic. Seeing Xue Qing, Xiao Long happily greeted: "Xue Qing, Xiao Shuo and I are cooking, you come over and help us light the fire!" ”

"Uh......" Xue Qing was stunned for a moment, and soon pulled out a smile, "Okay!" ”

Seeing this, Xia Hongying also ran to help Xiao Shuo pick vegetables, while looking at her secretly.

Xiaolong introduced the name and taste of the dish to Xue Qing while stir-frying, and licked his lips when he was excited, as if his saliva was about to run down. It's like everything is back to two years ago, Xue Qing couldn't help but smile when she saw Xiaolong's appearance.

This is her smile from the heart, bright and beautiful, this smile hit Xia Hongying's heart again, and the small flame in his heart burned again, this is his beloved Xue Qing.

The seemingly warm and harmonious scene is like the moon in the water, which can be broken with just a small stone.

"Xiaolong, you have one less pair of chopsticks." Xue Qing looked at the four pairs of chopsticks on the table.

"Huh?" Before Xiaolong could react, Xiaoshuo picked up the conversation in time: "No less, Xiaolong put his own on the stove and forgot to take it." As he spoke, he walked over and picked up another piece of chopsticks and set it on the table.

This little episode was resolved because of Xiao Shuo's timely response, but it couldn't dissolve the pain in Xia Hongying's heart. She didn't notice the dishes on the table, she didn't notice the pastries he brought all the way, she only noticed that a pair of chopsticks were missing, and what she cared about most was always the dead person.

Xiao Shuo set up the dishes and chopsticks like he had sat down two years ago, and he and Xiao Long were still crowded together. After Xia Hongying also sat down, Xue Qing took off the package that she had been carrying on her body and put it on the position of Ice Flame, opening the package to reveal an ash altar.

Xiaolong wanted to say something again, but was dragged by Xiao Shuo, but Xia Hongying couldn't bear it anymore, and her fists clenched and gurgled.

"Xue Qing!" He stared at her, and only two words were spoken, but the meaning contained in them was obvious.

Xue Qing met his eyes without fear, and said coldly: "The appointment of Jiaozhou Zhulu is the agreement of the five of us at the time of Wanjian Villa. Back then, it was also the five of us. Why, now you can't tolerate him? ”

"I ......"

"Because he is a traitor, he is no longer a brother, so why don't you even behead me? Who said there is no emperor here, only Xia Hongying? ”

"Xue Qing, I didn't mean that......" Xia Hongying finally compromised.

Xiao Shuo hurriedly poured wine for everyone to ease the atmosphere, and of course, the ice flame was not missing. Xiaolong raised his glass and said loudly, "Cheers to us coming back here!" ”

Xue Qing put food in Bingyan's bowl, and spilled the wine in his cup on the ground, and then drank all the wine in her own cup.

Xia Hongying's heart was torn into one piece after another, and in order to see her, he put down the government and hurried over, and arranged everything for her in advance. Full of enthusiasm met with a frozen heart, which wiped out his original thoughts and expectations.

This meeting was completely different from what he imagined, he didn't have the opportunity to appeal to her, and he didn't have the opportunity to give her the gifts he had chosen by himself. She came here for the original promise, and she only looked at the dead person, ignoring everything else.

Xia Hongying drank a glass of stuffy wine suddenly, such a meeting might as well not be seen.