Xue Huan remembered at once, many years ago, when he was still the little boy who went to the palace every day to decoct medicine, he once accidentally got a snack rewarded by the palace, a small bag, wrapped in beautiful patterned paper, he held it with both hands, it was simply covered in his arms for fear of melting, and he was afraid of falling off in his hands, and he thought about it on the way out of the palace, and still knocked on the door of the guard next door with anxiety and joy, the girl with a round and small face narrowed a pair of Danfeng eyes, and blocked the door proudly and happily, and did not let him in, glanced at the thing in his hand, swallowed his saliva, and said loudly: "Xue Huan, are you here to find me?"

"Yes, I...... I'm here to see you. Xue Huan's voice was soft, a little gentle, a little humble. The little maid next to her respectfully sent the rouge box in her hand to Si Qing, and said: "Niangniang, today the slave maid met Imperial Doctor Xue on the road, fortunately, Imperial Doctor Xue knew the owner of the Jin's rouge shop, so he bought the peach blossom drunk, this is the high-grade rouge that has never been sold on the store, please take a look." ”

Wei Nanyan nodded with a slight smile, and when the little maid retreated, she walked towards the house and teased Xue Huan: "You are a single man and a doctor, how can you be so familiar with this rouge shop, aren't you familiar with the young lady of which family, and often run errands for others?"

"Ah, no, no, it's just that a few sisters in the family like it, and it's inconvenient for the boudoir women to come out, and sometimes Weichen helps them buy some. ”

"An older brother like yours is really caring, but it's a pity that I don't have a brother like you, only a brother who worries about people. Wei Nanyan walked to the table and sat down, pointed to a chair next to him and said, "This is not the palace, the rules are not so big, don't call it a subservient - you sit down." ”

Xue Huan hesitated for a moment, then sat down on the chair, but he looked like he was sitting upright, which made Wei Nanyan can't help but smile, and said to Si Qing on the side: "Go make a pot of Lu'an melon slices." ”

Si Qing retreated, and Xue Huan mustered up the courage to say: "Niangniang has always remembered, Weichen - oh no, it's me, I like to drink these Lu'an melon slices......"

"Originally, I don't remember, once you came to see me, there happened to be a new supply of Lu'an melon slices that day, Si Qing said that you drank a lot, and then I also tasted it and thought it was good. Gradually, I started to like it. ”

"I see...... It was Xue Huan who was amorous. Xue Huan smiled shyly, raised his head slightly, and saw that Wei Nanyan was no longer the concubine dress she wore when she left the palace, she was wearing a crescent white plain dress, without any patterns, only the narrow cuffs were dotted with several silver edges, and a hosta was inserted into the bun, and the back was gently tied with a hairband, like a girl from a scholarly family who came out to play, with a fresh breeze, a faint autumn mood, and was comfortable.

Today's Wei Nanyan seems to be in a particularly good mood, as if he has unloaded some heavy burden, and as if he has something happy, he has been smiling and groaning, seeing that Xue Huan is silent, he asked again: "Xue Huan, aren't you worth today?"

"Yes, today is not worth it, Xue Huan came out to buy some things for the family. ”

"It's still good for you guys, you can come out at any time, I haven't been out for a long time. Wei Nanyan took a piece of fasting on the table, tasted it, and nodded: "This mung bean cake is good, very refreshing, but it is much better than what I ate in that temple." ”

"Taoism?"

"Well, Yun Liguan. Wei Nanyan looked at Xue Huan, "When I went to be a female Taoist priest, you must have felt very incomprehensible, right?"

Xue Huan thought ...... I thought you were just trying to get away from the right and wrong places. ”

"The land of right and wrong? I, Wei Nanyan, is a flower rooted in the land of right and wrong, relying on these right and wrong to water my growth, how can I leave these right and wrong?" Wei Nanyan smiled bitterly, "Where is like you, Xue Huan, you are so good, whether it is a person or a life, your life is like the bamboo on the desk, always elegant, always green, how can you understand that we make flowers, we have to withstand the cold, endure the withering of branches and leaves, in order to exchange for that season of blooming." ”

"Wei Nanyan......" Xue Huan looked at her, a little unfamiliar when he shouted these three words, but it was more of a kind of empty happiness, "Wei Nanyan, you...... Why do you have to go back to the palace to be this lady? Your father and mother have always wanted you to be safe and happy, nothing more. ”

"Do you know my family very well? You were just my neighbor when I was young, how do you know what my parents think!" Wei Nanyan's voice was a little sharp, she paused for a moment, and suddenly said: "Xue Huan, do you know that the Wei family is not my home! Do you know that my brother and I are both hostages, and our every word and deed, every move must be restricted by others, and we are all under the surveillance of others! We are just hostages thrown out by our biological father!"

Hearing this, Xue Huan was obviously completely stunned, he stood up, his hands hung blankly, his mouth half open and speechless, looking at Wei Nanyan's bright eyes, he seemed to suddenly approach a truth that he had always wanted to know but didn't want to know, slowly took two steps back, Xue Huan said in a low voice: "I only know that your background is not ordinary, I don't know...... I don't know if that'......"

"If you don't know, I'll tell you, and today I want you to know. Wei Nanyan got up and pulled Xue Huan back to the chair resolutely, "You, you, you all think I'm a water-based Yang Hua, a shameless woman, right? It's not enough to be a virtuous concubine in the previous dynasty, knowing that the first emperor died soon after, so I went to hook up with the prince, and then in order to continue to stay in the palace, I didn't hesitate to become a female Taoist, in order to continue to enjoy wealth and dignity, and to get the position of this noble concubine - I know, no matter inside or outside the palace, whether it is the court or the people, everyone sees me like this, right!"

"Wei Nanyan, no, no one said that, why do you want to be so embarrassed to say this? I know that you are not a person who is greedy for vanity, you have never been! Otherwise, the former Qingfeng Pavilion would not have been silent in the palace for many years, otherwise how could you not be willing to accept the favor of the first emperor——"

"That's because I don't love him! I don't love the first emperor! The person I love is the only one from beginning to end, Your Majesty, Li Yao. Wei Nanyan gradually calmed down, she said Li Yao's name, this name is as sweet as honey, sweet in her heart, sweet in her mouth, sweet in her throat, but it is too sweet, so sweet that it is bitter, sweet to the point of astringency.

"Before, I didn't like anyone, and I didn't know what it was like to like someone, seeing Wei Yan crazy for that Yao Jin at that time, I didn't understand, I thought he was crazy - but when it came to me, I felt that crazy was not enough, it was not enough to prove how much I loved, I could give out my life, reputation, everything I had - as long as I could love him, I could be with him. ”

I can too, I can give you everything I have, even if it's my life...... But you don't know, you don't know. Xue Huan lowered his head bitterly and said in a voice that was barely audible, "Are you ...... How did you fall in love with him?"