When she arrived at Chunhe Building, as soon as Tang Xi sat down, she noticed that a line of sight had been moving with her, and she probably knew that Shangguan Yu had already known that she was coming, so she would definitely find a way to let the two of them meet alone, and she didn't need to worry about it.

Looking at the menu brought by Xiao Er, Tang Xi picked a few dishes at random, and then sat there quietly and waited.

Bai Lu stood aside and talked to her casually, "Princess, do you want to bring something to the emperor when you go back to the palace in a while?" ”

Tang Xi rolled his eyes without any image, "It's enough to have Li Linglong to change the way of sending things every day, how boring would it be if it was a routine?" ”

Bai Lu pursed her mouth, "But except for the chicken soup you sent once, you haven't sent anything for more than a month, people say that this sudden surprise is a surprise, you haven't sent it for so long, and if you suddenly send it, the emperor must be happy." ”

Tang Xi didn't have the heart to say anything to her at this time, and she might be suspicious if she always refused, so she didn't bother anymore, thought about it and said, "Then it's better to pack some food for him when I go back in a while." ”

"......" Bai Lu had an indescribable expression on his face, hesitated for a while and said honestly, "Princess, what kind of delicacies haven't you eaten the emperor?" You're packing food here, and it's cold when you go back, is this a delivery? ”

Tang Xi frowned, and said patiently, "Then what do you say is good?" Do you know what the emperor hasn't seen? If you don't give food, what can you take? ”

Bai Lu choked, and suddenly became a little speechless, so he said, "I'...... I want to think about it......" After speaking, he lowered his head and pondered.

At this time, the shopkeeper came over with a meal, "Guest, this is the first time you have come, right?" Try my food, the taste will definitely satisfy you. ”

As he spoke, he handed a piece of kung pao chicken to Tang Xi, Tang Xi raised his eyebrows, and saw that the dish that was about to be put on the table suddenly crooked with his hand, and immediately spilled the soup on her body.

However, the dish was only warm, and it didn't burn her at all, just to not show the flaws, she still stood up with a scream, and at this time Bai Lu also came back to her senses, looking at Tang Xi's clothes that had spilled a lot of soup, and immediately wiped it with a handkerchief to help Tang Xi wipe it, and said angrily, "How did you do it?" So careless? ”

The shopkeeper looked guilty, and was apologizing anxiously next to him, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this young lady, I really didn't mean it, this ...... Otherwise, I'll go buy a finished garment and come back at once, and then you go with me to the backyard to change it, and as for your clothes, I'll wash them for you right away, and make sure that you'll be clean when you're done eating!" After saying this, he looked at Tang Xi with a pitiful face, "Besides...... I invited you to this meal today, and you will be merciful and spare me, will you? ”

Looking at the pitiful expression on the face of the shopkeeper, Bai Lu's face was a little better, and he pursed his lips and looked at Tang Xi, "Master? ”

Tang Xi helplessly glanced at the oil stains on his body, "Forget it, he didn't mean it, don't embarrass him, my clothes are dirty and can't be worn, just do as he says." ”

The shopkeeper immediately smiled, "Thank you, girl!" I'm going to buy you clothes! With that, he ran downstairs.

The next thing is to wait for someone to come back, Tang Xi sat there and lost his appetite for food, thought for a while and suddenly said, "I suddenly remembered, I heard the palace maid in the palace say a few days ago that the dim sum shop on West Street has launched two new dim sum with good taste, and there are a lot of people who buy them, why don't we buy some of them and take them back?" ”

Bai Lu was slightly stunned for a moment when she heard her suddenly return to the original topic, and then thought about it carefully, "That's right, the dim sum is not afraid of cold, it's just right to bring it back to the emperor to eat!" ”

Tang Xi nodded, "In that case, you should go over and line up, I heard that there are a lot of people who buy over there, and if you don't go there early, I'm afraid it will be sold out." ”

Bai Lu hesitated slightly, "But ...... on your side"

"It's okay, after I change my clothes, I still have to eat, this time is enough time for you to buy good things."

Bai Lu thought about it, otherwise, Tang Xi would be standing next to her and waiting, it would be better to use this time to buy snacks, besides, this place is so lively, there will be no danger if she thinks about it, she can go with confidence.

So she nodded and said, "Okay, princess, just stay here and don't wander around, I'll be over." ”

Tang Xi nodded, watching her leave, and after a while, the shopkeeper came back, "Girl, your new clothes have been bought, can you go to the backyard with me to change them?" ”

Tang Xi nodded, "Let's go." After speaking, he glanced at the meal that had cooled down, and said lightly, "This meal is already cold, let's make me another one later." ”

"Hey, okay, don't worry!"

So Tang Xi didn't say anything more, and followed the shopkeeper to the backyard, and after the shopkeeper took her to a room, she left her clothes and whispered, "Wait a while, people will come soon." ”

Tang Xi bowed slightly, and the man left, Tang Xi glanced at the oil stains on his body, so he unbuttoned his clothes and replaced them with the newly bought one, but it unexpectedly fitted, she raised her eyebrows slightly, it seems that someone had prepared it a long time ago.

She smiled slightly, picked up the dirty clothes and opened the door and called, "Xiao Er, you forgot my dirty clothes, and said that you would wash them for me!" ”

In the originally empty corridor, a person suddenly appeared, grinning at her, "Give me the clothes." ”

"......" Before Tang Xi, who was startled, could react, the man had already disappeared with his clothes again.

She pursed her lips speechlessly, then turned around and prepared to go back to the room, and then she heard Shangguan Yu call her, "Tang Xi." ”

She paused, and as soon as she turned around, she saw Shangguan Yu at the end of the corridor, walking towards this side.

She smiled and turned to greet her, "Long time no see, it seems to be thin?" It seems that this favor for you is not easy to do? ”

Shangguan Yu walked in front of her, with a hint of complexity in his eyes, and stood with his lips pursed for a long time before he sighed lowly, "You still laugh out." ”

Tang Xi was startled, and immediately smiled and stared at his round eyes, "What?" You couldn't stop Kageji? ”

Shangguan Yu pursed his lips, "That's not what I'm talking about. ”

Tang Xi paused slightly, and understood that Shangguan Yu already knew that she had been poisoned, she was a little bad at facing such a scene, and she was silent for a while, and then turned sideways slightly, "Let's go in and talk." ”

After all, Kageichi is in the dark, and it's hard to say if he won't be heard without soundproofing.

The two entered the house, and Tang Xi made sure first, "Your guards here should be quite strict, right?" Kageichi shouldn't be able to get too close, right? ”

"Don't worry, I've already sent someone over to keep an eye on the shadow one, and it's also tightly guarded, and our conversation won't be heard by anyone." After speaking, she looked directly at Tang Xi, "Can you explain honestly now?" ”

As soon as Tang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, he heard her interrogating prisoner-like tone, and immediately pouted, "Don't you know everything?" ”

"But I still want to hear from you."

Tang Xi paused, and said with a skeptical expression, "You shouldn't have found anything, and you're purely talking to me, right?" ”

"......" Shangguan Yu was speechless, the complicated feelings in his heart were diluted a lot, and he suddenly said angrily, "Rouge!" Do you want me to say anything? ”

Tang Xi shrunk his neck in disdain, "You really know." ”

"So, Tang Xi, why don't you say it?"

Tang Xi pursed his lips, his expression became much more serious, and he said with a wry smile on his face, "What do you want me to say?" She sighed, "Anyway, I have replaced everything, I can't regret it just because I want to take poison, right?" Besides, in that situation, even if I wanted to, I didn't have a chance to regret it. ”

A hint of pain flashed on Shangguan Yu's face, "I'm sorry...... It's all because of me! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been involved in this at all! ”

Tang Xi patted her on the shoulder, "Look, I knew that you would blame yourself if you knew it, so I didn't dare to tell you." ”

Looking at Shangguan Yu, who was about to collapse at the end of her emotions, she felt a little uncomfortable, but she still spoke, "Okay, the Shangguan Yu I know is not a person who cries his nose at every turn, so don't be so embarrassed!" ”

"In fact, if you don't regret it at all, it's impossible, after all, in such a thought, I lived the second half of my life from leisure, and in a blink of an eye, I became so precarious, but ...... Shangguan Yu, if I had to do it all over again, I would still choose this way. ”

Shangguan Yu was stunned for a moment, "You ......"

Tang Xi pretended to be relaxed and said, "Don't get me wrong, I will choose this way not because of you, but because I don't want to be ashamed of my heart, if I don't know my identity, I can only watch you marry, but I know...... This is probably fate, the will of heaven is like this, I can't go against my will, watching you marry Feng Yuan on my behalf, and then Cheng Nan and Cheng Nan will be separated from each other from now on. ”

"So, in addition to thanking me, you don't need to feel guilty at all, because I just did what I had to do, not just pay for you, and besides, you haven't come to Fengyuan with me now, and you have worked hard to build forces for me, and you have worked hard back and forth between Daqian and Fengyuan, which is enough to thank me in return."

Shangguan Yu looked at Tang Xi with a complicated face, since her mother, she has experienced the warmth and coldness of people, and there is no one around her who treats her sincerely, and now Tang Xi has not only done this for herself, but also because she doesn't want her to feel guilty, so she comforts her, and says everything so simply, as if she really shouldn't have any guilt......

But she deserves it, after all, she is also a member of the Daqian royal family, although she has not enjoyed any treatment as a county lord, but at least she has grown up peacefully under the protection of the Daqian royal family, on the other hand, Tang Xi, she is really the person who has never received the slightest favor from the Daqian royal family.

Compared with Tang Xi, no matter how you look at it, her responsibilities and obligations are greater, and if it wasn't for selfishness, Tang Xi would have been brought to the big job, all of this would not have happened at all! Maybe there is really a providence in the dark, but this providence made her the executioner, how can she feel at ease that everything has nothing to do with her?

Knowing that Tang Xi didn't want to see her sad, then she couldn't show any worrying appearance in front of her, so she took a deep breath and changed the topic, "What are you going to do with the poison on your body?" ”

Tang Xi saw that her face looked much better, and she was slightly relieved, and then she couldn't help but purse her lips when she heard her mention the poison in herself, she was hesitating, not knowing whether to tell her the truth, but after thinking about it, it had reached this point, if she hid it from her again, it would be a bit unauthentic, and now it was a problem whether she could hide it, after all, Shangguan Yu would not believe her words so easily now.

So in the end, she still said frankly, "Since you have found rouge, you should understand that rouge is incurable, and once you take it, you must take it every other year in the future, otherwise, it will ...... will be poisoned to death. ”

Shangguan Yu frowned, and said a little anxiously, "I know the medicinal properties of rouge, I'm asking you what you plan to do in the future?" After saying this in a somewhat excited tone, her expression darkened again, and her voice was much lower, "Tang Xi, the task given to you by the emperor...... What is it? ”

Tang Xi was silent for a moment, and then sighed lightly, "Actually, it's still easy to guess, isn't it?" It's nothing more than to put me in Fengyuan to bring disaster to the country and the people, and it's the same routine throughout the ages. ”

The expected answer, but after Shangguan Yu heard it, he still felt that his mouth was bitter and his throat was dry, and the next question was extremely difficult, "You...... Will you listen to him? ”

Tang Xi glanced at Shangguan Yu, then smiled faintly, "Your expression tells me that you already know my answer, so why bother asking more?" She lowered her eyes and looked at her toes, "I'm Fengyuan's person, and I've been for the rest of my life, so ...... For his words, I can only disobey the yang and the yin, and as for when I can hide it in the end, it all depends on my life. ”

Yes, Shangguan Yu had already guessed her answer, Tang Xi she knew had always been a person who valued love and righteousness, how could such a person do anything to harm the country and the people for his own life? But the yang and the yin are violated...... This kind of thing can't last long, she can almost foresee the future, Tang Xi will probably have two years to live at most, unless she can get the rouge formula, otherwise what awaits her is death.

For a moment, Shangguan Yu only felt that his heart didn't hurt like his own, as if he was convulsing for a while, and every time it was a pain that went straight to his soul, but she ...... There is no way.

She can't get the rouge formula, which has always been in the hands of the emperor, so that the Return Pavilion can reach the ability to oppose a country within a year? That's tantamount to a fool's dream.

This cruel reality is telling her that she can only watch Tang Xi die and be powerless.

Looking at Shangguan Yu's ever-changing face, Tang Xi sighed lightly and patted her shoulder, "Okay, okay, aren't I dead yet?" Don't be sad too soon. ”

Shangguan Yu lowered his head, "Tang Xi, what else can I do for you?" ”

Tang Xi's tone was brisk, "A lot, such as asking for news for me to go to South Vietnam?" You see, if you hadn't formed this Pavilion, I wouldn't have found anyone, so your role is still very great, and I'm afraid you'll have to sell yourself to me before I die. ”

But Shangguan Yu's heart is still bitter, in the face of life and death, this thing she has done is too insignificant, if Tang Xi dies, this kindness will be pressed on her heart like a hill, and she will never be able to cross it.

As if seeing her thoughts, Tang Xi said helplessly, "Shangguan Yu, you cheer me up, I'm not doing all this to see you sad here, I want everyone to be happy, do you understand?" ”

"What about you? Why can't you think about yourself? ”

"I'm here for ah, I'm happy now, and my goal now is to protect the peace between the two countries! How great, how singable? If I succeed, can I not be happy? What's more......" A soft expression appeared on her face, "Ben and Huo Jinyan have no fate, but now I can get along with him for such a long time, I am content, really." ”

"So don't feel sorry for me, I'm not sorry for myself!" Tang Xi patted her on the shoulder, "By the way, you should know about me letting Cheng Nan join the army, right?" You don't blame me for making my own decisions, do you? ”

Shangguan Yu shook his head, "First, Cheng Nan is your person now, and I naturally have no opinion on where you are willing to arrange him to go; Second, you did the right thing, Cheng Nan's talent should not be buried, I know that you are thinking about him; Third...... I know you're thinking about me too, you've thought everything through, so why should I blame you? ”

Tang Xi made an exaggerated expression, "What do you mean that Cheng Nan is my person?" Don't say this kind of misleading words, okay? ”

Shangguan Yu watched her play treasure, and knew in his heart that she wanted her to stop thinking about it, so he said, "Don't worry, you don't have to comfort me anymore, I know what to do." "Blindly suffering, it's better to work hard to make yourself stronger, even if you can't win Tang Xi to live a few more years, but stronger, you can always let Tang Xi have something to rely on.

When Tang Xi heard her say this, she knew that it was okay, after all, Shangguan Yu was a smart girl, and she should have thought about such a situation.

After explaining what Shangguan Yu was worried about, she asked what she was most concerned about, "How are you doing with Daqian?" ”

Speaking of this, Shangguan Yu frowned slightly, "I'm not sure, I've been dealing with Ying Er's gang for a long time in Daqian, and I've tried my best to pinch out all the clues, especially the rouge thing...... After I found out, I destroyed the information, but I knew that the other party had sensed my existence, in order to deceive them, I also made them spend some effort to find the information of the rouge pill, in order to mislead them, but I don't know if they were fooled, in short, they suddenly left Daqian shortly after, I waited for a few days, and after making sure that the other party left, I rushed back. ”

Tang Xi listened, and was a little unsure in her heart, she knew Ying Er's ability, he ran away in person, would he leave like this? And will he be fooled? Or has the other party avoided Shangguan Yu and found something else?

She shook her head and didn't continue to think about it, after all, no matter how she thought about it, she wouldn't come to any conclusion, although she still had doubts in her heart, but she knew that it was already good that Shangguan Yu could do this, and then she would be completely resigned to fate.

"I see, you've worked this trip."

Shangguan Yu shook his head, "It's not a big deal. ”

"By the way, if you hear the news from the other side of South Vietnam, contact me immediately, I will leave the palace every three days, and I can't always come here at that time, so you can convey anything to Ying Yi first."

Shangguan Yu nodded, "Okay, don't worry, as soon as there is news, it will be delivered immediately." ”

"I've been here for a long time, so I won't tell you more today so as not to arouse suspicion."

"Well, I'll have you sent back."

After that, Tang Xi was taken back to her original position, and the food on the table had been re-served, and it was still hot, so she sat there while eating and waited for Bai Lu to come back.

It wasn't until she had almost eaten her food that Bai Lu came back with a bag of pastries, and she wiped her sweat and complained, "Princess, don't say it, there are so many people in line, and I haven't finally bought them until now." ”

Tang Xi smiled, "It's hard work, I asked someone to leave you a meal, and after eating, let's go back to the palace after a casual stroll." ”

When Bai Lu heard that she had left her a meal, she immediately became happy, "Thank you, master!" ”

After that, the two of them walked casually and returned to the palace.

Tang Xi took a bag of pastries that Bai Lu bought and went to find Feng Lie, but it was rare that Li Linglong was not there today.

At that time, Feng Lie was busy with business, and when he heard Tang Xi coming, he raised his eyebrows, put down his pen and said, "Let her in." ”

When Tang Xi entered, he saw the thick pile of folds on Feng Lie's table, and he couldn't help but sympathize in his heart, so the emperor really didn't do it, just the folds can crush people to death! In an instant, she thought of the miserable life she had when she was the emperor, and she suddenly felt more sympathy for Feng Lie.

"Your Majesty, this is the pastry I brought to you outside the palace, I heard that the pastry here tastes very good, I specially asked the maid to line up to buy it, can you taste it?"

Feng Lie raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Tang Xi to think of bringing something for himself, "Take it and take a look." ”

Tang Xi handed over the pastry, and the eunuch on the side first checked it to confirm that it was not poisonous, and then presented it to Feng Lie.

Feng Lie opened it and glanced at it, then picked up a piece and took a bite, and then looked at her with some meaning, "I thought you never paid attention to me, but I didn't expect to notice that I love chestnuts and specially bought chestnut-flavored pastries?" ”

Tang Xi was stunned for a moment, she knew that Feng Lie loved to eat chestnuts, but she really didn't know that this pastry was chestnut-flavored, was this a complete coincidence?

She coughed lightly, "It turns out that the emperor likes to eat chestnuts, I remember." ”

"......" Feng Lie's face sank suddenly, obviously this was a coincidence at all, and it was completely his own passion.

He put down the pastry in his hand heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "Get out!" ”

Regarding Feng Lie's behavior of turning her face without agreeing, she silently condemned it in her heart, didn't she just not give you face? As for being so excited? She coughed lightly, "Then the emperor is busy, I'll go back." ”