Since Qiu Luoxue and Xia Zimo reconciled that day, they have resumed their daily routine of sending imperial meals from the palace, and in addition to imperial meals, other things will be sent.

"Childe, Your Majesty sent someone to bring the imperial meal."

"Childe, Your Majesty sent someone to bring some snacks."

"Childe, Nandi paid a tribute to fresh fruits, and the emperor sent someone to send them."

"......" In this way, every day, something different will be sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it seems that Xia Zimo regards the Prime Minister's Mansion as a second palace.

On this day, it rained for a day, and everything became wet. Qiu Luoxue and Nie Yuan sat side by side in front of the window, enjoying the summer smoke and rain together. In front of the window was a rectangular table, level with the windowsill, and the two of them sat in a round chair of character, which would have been thought to be sitting in some modern bar if it weren't for the quaint furnishings around them. Such a design was naturally thought up by Qiu Luoxue.

On the sandalwood table, there is a porcelain vase with pink and blue glaze, and the opening above the vase is like a blooming five-petal flower. In the vase are the branches of the newly folded magnolia flowers in the autumn Luoxue, because the newly folded flowers are not long ago, and the flower color is very good, which is comparable to the flowers that bloom on the branches outside.

The windows are propped up with brackets, and the fresh and moist air from outside pours into the room, making people feel refreshed and can't help but fall in love with the smell of the air. The rain is still falling, and the raindrops falling from the eaves are like pearls strung with transparent threads, ticking and falling on the bluestone slabs, making a crisp sound.

"Childe......" Allure walked in and said.

"What did the emperor send again?" Qiu Luoxue asked, because she hadn't received anything from the emperor today, Qiu Luoxue instinctively thought of this.

"No, the emperor is here in person." Allure replied.

Qiu Luoxue didn't expect Xia Zimo to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person, but on a rainy day, with a surprised expression on his face, he walked out. Nie Yuan also went out, a little slower than Qiu Luoxue.

Qiu Luoxue ran out and saw Xia Zimo standing outside, he was wearing private clothes today, and his white clothes made him a little delicate, but he still did not lose the demeanor of a king. He held a dark blue oil-paper umbrella in his hand, and the rain flowed down the eaves of the umbrella, and Qiu Luoxue saw his handsome face through the rain curtain.

"Your Majesty, you don't have anything to send, so you sent yourself over?" Qiu Luoxue ran to Xia Zimo and said.

Qiu Luoxue was a little happy to see Xia Zimo for some reason, probably because of what he sent. After all, eating people with short mouths and soft hands is soft.

Nie Yuan came out after Qiu Luoxue, and when he saw Qiu Luoxue running towards Xia Zimo, he quickly opened the umbrella and wanted to hold an umbrella for Qiu Luoxue, but the latter had already run under Xia Zimo's umbrella.

"I'm here to deliver this." Xia Zimo said and handed the wooden box in his hand to Qiu Luoxue.

"What is this?" Qiu Luoxue took the wooden box and asked curiously.

Looking at Qiu Luoxue's shining eyes, Xia Zimo hooked his lips and smiled, and said, "Open it and take a look, it's what you want."

After getting permission, Qiu Luoxue couldn't wait to open the wooden box, it turned out that there was a shining night pearl inside, and she was surprised: "Night pearl!" Is it for me? ”

"The one in the tunnel isn't in very good condition, this one is better." Xia Zimo looked at her dotingly and said.

"Wow, I'm so touched, how can you really give it to me, it's over, I'm going to like you more now."

Qiu Luoxue was speechless as soon as she was happy, regardless of the consequences, and accidentally said that she liked Xia Zimo. When Xia Zimo heard those words, a strange feeling rose in his heart, although this feeling had never been felt before, but it felt very good, which could be seen from the smile on his face.

Nie Yuan stood closest to the eaves, looking at the scene of Qiu Luoxue and Xia Zimo talking and laughing, and a wave of loss flashed in his heart. Three people, two umbrellas, there is always one person to be alone. His side is empty, and so is his heart. This rain, not only from when, has become sad rain.

Those who are sad will be even more sad when they enjoy the sad rain. So he turned back to his room, trying to shut the door out of the door, but the feeling was infinitely magnified in the small room.

"This can also be delivered tomorrow, or let someone else send it, why do you run it yourself, it's still raining." Qiu Luoxue said.

"Because I wanted to see you today, sending it was just an excuse." Xia Zimo said.

Qiu Luoxue laughed when she heard this, and said, "This sentence is very affectionate, I will misunderstand."

"I'll allow you to misunderstand." Xia Zimo said.

The two of them stood in the courtyard and talked, the rain was still falling, and they stood together under an umbrella, which just shortened the distance between the two. Behind them, the green trees and blooming flowers were wet with rain, and the petals fell to the ground.

The rain continued to fall until evening, when the clouds covered the moon, and it was dark except where there were lights.

Although Qiu Luoxue's room was lit up, it was still very bright, and it turned out that she was playing carefully with the night pearl sent by Xia Zimo at the moment.

"How does this thing work? It's amazing, you don't have to worry about the dark sky after having it. ”

Immersed in the magical structure of the night pearl, Qiu Luoxue didn't even feel sleepy, sometimes picked it up to take a look, sometimes held it in her hand, and sometimes covered it with something to cover the light in it. She is now like a child who has been given a beloved toy, and she can't put it down.

The person who receives the gift is happy, but what about the person who gives the gift? Of course, I was happy, but there was a bit of tangled emotions in my happiness.

Although it was already night, Xia Zimo was still dealing with government affairs, because he had lost a lot of time during the day, so he had to make up for it. It's just that he can't always look at the twists and turns with peace of mind, and from time to time he will think of Qiu Luoxue's smiling face. The one he remembered the most in his mind was Qiu Luoxue's smiling face.

"How can you be so happy? I smile every day, as if I have no worries. Thinking of Qiu Luoxue's smile, Xia Zimo muttered to himself.

A person like him in a high position may not be able to understand Qiu Luoxue's simple happiness. It's because I can't understand it, because I can't do that, that I'm attracted to it. Maybe Xia Zimo's heart is envious of the carefree Qiu Luoxue.

"Because I like it."

"It's over, I'm going to like you even more now."

Xia Zimo's ears echoed Qiu Luoxue's words, and the face she said when she said this appeared in front of her, a smile crept up her face, and he said to himself again: "Dare to have a man say that he likes me, and he said it twice, how can I be good?"

"Why are you a man? If I'm not a man, I'm okay, I can give my heart to you. Xia Zimo said, "However, you are a man, and I can't afford to give that heart." ”

Although Xia Zimo is extraordinary to Qiu Luoxue, his sanity is still there, at least for now, as a member of the royal family, or the emperor, it is absolutely impossible to like male style. So he was determined to restrain himself, but he didn't know if he could hide that feeling.

So late at night, the people who also haven't slept are Nie Yuan. He sat alone outside the door, with his back against the wall, one leg stretched out and the verandah level, looking extremely slender. The lantern in the courtyard emitted a faint light, under the light, it can be vaguely seen that the rain is still falling, the rain is small, but dense, under the illumination of the light, forming a rain fog.

Nie Yuan looked at Yujing, there was no expression on his face, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking. It's just that there is an umbrella next to him, which is the one he shoots during the day. At this glance, there seemed to be an air of sadness around him.

"Are you sad too? That's why it rained for a day. Nie Yuan looked up at the dark sky and said, only the sound of rain answered him.

"I'll call you Nie Shi in the future."

"Okay, let's call it that."

Nie Yuan unconsciously remembered the moment he was with Qiu Luoxue before, remembered what Qiu Luoxue said, and remembered that he changed his answer. It seems that he wants to answer all the things that he hasn't answered before, and talk to her across the distance of time and space, through memories.

"If one day, the emperor asks you to kill me, will you?"

"No, I will guard you well and protect you."

"Take me away."

"Okay, the ends of the world, the rivers and lakes are big, I will take you wherever you want to go."

“……”

Nie Yuan thought about it and found that in fact, there were very few memories between him and Qiu Luoxue, and in his life, the time spent with her was simply a drop in the ocean, but even though it was only a drop in the ocean, those memories were also the most profound memories he remembered for a long time.

When did you start consciously storing these memories? He thought, maybe it was the time when Qiu Luoxue held his hand, or maybe it was when Qiu Luoxue was worried about him. Maybe it was earlier, as early as the first day he came to the Prime Minister's Mansion and lived in the same room as Qiu Luoxue.

That day, he slept in the basement of Qiu Luoxue's room, about the middle of the night, and suddenly heard a "bang" when he fell asleep, and he woke up immediately with high vigilance. When she woke up, she found Qiu Luoxue falling out of bed.

He thought that Qiu Luoxue would wake up after falling like this, but she didn't wake up, lay on the ground and rubbed her head, said "it hurts", and then turned over to his bed and continued to sleep.

Nie Yuan looked at Qiu Luoxue at that time, very speechless, he was very strange in his heart at that time, how could someone fall out of bed and continue to sleep? What made him even more strange was that the next day, Qiu Luoxue didn't remember this incident at all.

Thinking of this, Nie Yuan laughed out loud and said to himself, "What a person who breaks through the rules." The things you do, the smile, and the temperature in your hands are all so special. ”

Nie Yuan looked back at Qiu Luoxue's room, it was pitch black, and he thought that she had already slept. But Nie Yuan didn't feel the slightest sleep, looking at the dark night sky, listening to the sad rain, and still having the umbrella beside him, from time to time he would think of the scene when Qiu Luoxue ran to Xia Zimo's umbrella. How to deal with this feeling, how to place the relationship? He really didn't understand.