Early the next morning, Nie Yuan and Qiu Luoxue left Connecticut City together. Winter mornings are cool, but there are still early risers.

Qiyu Country and Quanzhou are two different directions, so Nie Yuan and Qiu Luoxue have to be separated outside the city.

"Don't you really need me to go with you?" Nie Yuan asked.

Qiu Luoxue sat in the carriage, looking at Nie Yuan outside from the window of the carriage, and she said, "Don't worry, I'm fine, I will be able to meet the emperor soon."

"You can go back to Jeonju in peace." Qiu Luoxue said again: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I will come back after spending the New Year with my family in Quanzhou."

"Then I can't be with you." Nie Yuan said.

"You've been with me for a long time. I still have to spend the year with my family, and I can write to me when I am idle and bored, and I will reply to every letter. Qiu Luoxue said with a smile.

After saying a little differentiation, Nie Yuan rode in the direction of Quanzhou. Qiu Luoxue looked at Nie Yuan through the small window, and felt that his figure was unusually tall, and that tall figure became very small as the distance increased.

"I hope you can experience the warmth of your family this year." Qiu Luoxue gave Nie Yuan good wishes.

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When Qiu Luoxue arrived in the Seven Feathers Country, everyone else had already arrived. The Seven Feathers are the preferred place for nations to meet, as they are roughly equal in distance from each country, and each country has its own power. Because it is also a union place, a magnificent inn was built here, which is comparable to the inner courtyard of the palace. Whenever the alliance is met, the envoys of various nations will reside in this place.

The Seven Feathers Country was originally a sparsely populated country, but it has become lively in recent days, perhaps because there are more envoys from various countries.

Qiu Luoxue and Xia Zimo live in the plum garden of the inn, and the courtyard of this inn is named after flowers. Aside from the struggle of political forces, those who arrive first can choose their own courtyard first. Undoubtedly, Xia Zimo was the first to arrive, because he chose the best. Winter is the season for plum blossom viewing.

The plum garden is located in the southeast corner of the inn, with evergreen trees in summer and plum blossoms in winter. Plum blossoms are small trees, and the trees are mostly low. In order to create a view of the houses hidden under the plum blossoms, the houses in the plum garden were built relatively low, only a small section higher than the plum branches.

The gray-tiled eaves are upturned, the classic-colored walls sit quietly, the red pillars of the verandah stand out, and the stone pavement winds and turns. In the clear blue and distant sky, the sun emits a white halo that makes the sky close to the sun appear white, and as the white light fades, the color of the sky becomes bluer and bluer.

Under the clear blue sky, purple-red plum blossoms grow densely on the black and oily branches, the petals are saucer-shaped, and the white stamens are even more crystal clear in the sun. There are still many buds on the branches that have not yet bloomed, and the round flower bones are lovely.

From a macro point of view, the color of the plum orchard is very good, and the plum blossoms of different colors and varieties grow alternately, such as the saucer-shaped palace pink plum, the single-petaled white-whiskered cinnabar, and the double-petaled white jade butterfly plum...... There is also a shōmizu plum with drooping branches, forming a unique umbrella-like tree posture.

In addition to these plum blossoms of different shapes and colors, the plum garden is also planted with evergreen trees, and the colors of the flowers and green are in harmony.

After the snowfall, there will be white snow on the plum branches, but this will not stop the plum blossoms from blooming.

The weather in Qiyu Country is much warmer than that of Great Qin, and the river water cannot be frozen. The branches of the shōmizu plum hang low to the surface of the water, and the pink and white petals are imprinted on the water, like a delicate girl admiring her own shadow on the water. Even, some petals could not resist the temptation of the shadow in the water, and jumped into the water one after another, becoming the decoration of the pool.

Qiu Luoxue and Xia Zimo walked side by side in the plum garden, the two of them wore white headtops, and coincidentally, their clothes were also embroidered with plum blossoms. Walking to a place where plum blossoms are flourishing, their figures are occasionally buried in it. When the two walked in the plum garden, they were more like a couple who loved each other deeply, even if the scenery was beautiful, they were not as beautiful as him by their side.

"From the outside, this inn is magnificent enough, but I didn't expect it to be even more picturesque inside." Qiu Luoxue exclaimed.

"I knew you'd like it, so I came early to help you grab it." Xia Zimo said.

He looked at Qiu Luoxue's face red from the sky, and it was even more gorgeous than the plum blossoms around him, and he could really be called "people are better than flowers".

"Wow, the emperor is so caring." Qiu Luoxue said very cheerfully.

"But this inn is really strange, it is not affected in the political struggle of the Seven Kingdoms at all, and it seems that the boss is also a person who does not admire the powerful." Qiu Luoxue said again.

"The person who built this inn used to be the prime minister of the Seven Kingdoms, and he was also the one who promoted the Seven Nations Alliance, and all countries respected him very much." Xia Zimo told the history of the inn, "After he resigned, he built this inn for the use of the Seven Nations Alliance. Here, regardless of the size of the country, and regardless of the struggle between countries. Everyone can sit together peacefully and talk about things that benefit the Seven Kingdoms. ”

After hearing this, Qiu Luoxue was in awe of the person who built this inn, his mind was so advanced that he could think of these things.

"It's amazing, I really want to meet this person." Qiu Luoxue expressed her liking.

He has been dead for hundreds of years. Xia Zimo said with a surprised face: "You don't even know this, do you?"

"Huh? Haha, how could I not know, it's just, it's just ......" Qiu Luoxue struggled to make excuses for her ignorance, "I mean, if only I could have been born a few hundred years earlier and see him a little earlier." ”

"I haven't seen you since I was born hundreds of years ago." Xia Zimo said.

"Then you were born early, and we will continue to be kings and ministers." Qiu Luoxue said.

"I was born hundreds of years ago, and I must have asked the owner of this inn to be the prime minister." Xia Zimo said without saving face for Qiu Luoxue.

"Hey, how can you be like this, we are friends in life and death, and you will abandon me." Qiu Luoxue complained, "Maybe I was that person in my previous life." ”

Amused by her incredible words, Xia Zimo jokingly said: "Then you must have broken your brain when you were reincarnated."

Qiu Luoxue didn't get angry, but laughed and said, "I don't think it makes sense."

Xia Zimo looked at her smiling face, and hung her nose softly, her eyes were doting.

A gentle breeze blows the petals of plum blossoms off. formed an unexpected flower rain between the two.

Qiu Luoxue looked at this scene and reached out to catch the petals with great interest, but she didn't receive them. When he was lost, Xia Zimo handed his hand with petals in front of him.

"Don't make an appointment with the past life, make an appointment with the next life. Don't be a monarch, be an ordinary man and woman. Xia Zimo said.

"Don't make an appointment with the past life and the next life, don't be a monarch and a minister, be an ordinary man and woman."

At night, Qiu Luoxue stood alone in front of the window, muttering Xia Zimo's words during the day, holding the pink jade butterfly-shaped plum petals in her hands, and the moonlight slanted and fell on the petals.

"After receiving my flowers, I'm going to go to this appointment." When Qiu Luoxue picked up this petal from Xia Zimo's hand, he said.

After Qiu Luoxue picked up the petals, she said playfully: "Don't, I only believe in this life." After saying that, he ran away.

Xia Zimo looked at her back as she ran away, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Do you believe only in this life? But what if you are a man in this life? ”

Xia Zimo stood in front of the window of his room, looked at the plum blossom book outside the window, and muttered.

"I'm a woman in this life, but unfortunately you won't know." Qiu Luoxue replied. It's just that she and Xia Zimo are in different rooms, and that person can't hear her.

"I still don't want to know." Qiu Luoxue smiled and said, "Even if you know, it's still impossible to be together." You need me to be the prime minister of Great Qin, and I don't want to be the concubine of your harem. ”

For the first time, Qiu Luoxue's tone and smile were sad. If Xia Zimo or Nie Yuan saw it, they would definitely be very distressed.

Qiu Luoxue sorted out her thoughts, and felt that Xia Zimo's dependence on him had become deeper recently, and her feelings for him had also changed. Not a king, not a friend, but to rise to a higher height.

Xia Zimo is also very good to her, better than she thought. Although I don't know what his feelings are, it's almost the same as her feelings for him. This is a dangerous signal for Qiu Luoxue. Even without identity restrictions, there is a long way to go between them. After all, Xia Zimo is the most honorable person in Daqin. The identity of the emperor gave him many things that ordinary people can't get, and it also makes him lose what ordinary people have. Love is one of them. So Qiu Luoxue never wanted to fall in love with Xia Zimo, but unconsciously, they were all moved.

Regarding that unexpected and fiery kiss, Qiu Luoxue still doesn't dare to recall, afraid that she will fall in love with that feeling, afraid that she will fall in love with Xia Zimo. But most of the time, loving this thing is not something you can just be careful not to touch. But what's more, she saw all the kindness of Xia Zimo to her. No matter how cold the heart is, it will be moved, not to mention that Qiu Luoxue is a sensual person.

"It's satisfying in every way, but unfortunately it's not destined to be my man. It's better to be an honest monarch. Qiu Luoxue made up her mind.

Looking at the petals in her hand, Qiu Luoxue opened the window, and when she was hesitating whether to throw the petals away, a gust of cold wind came out and made a decision for her. The wind not only blew off the flowers in Qiu Luoxue's hands, but also blew off the plum blossoms on the branches. Flower petals fluttered throughout the courtyard.

"Satisfactory in every way, but it's a pity it's a man. Can you really only be a monarch? Xia Zimo asked himself.

Seeing flower petals falling outside the window, he opened the window and stretched out his slender hand, which happened to have petals falling into his hand. This petal is also a pink jade butterfly-shaped plum blossom, I don't know if it's the one released by Qiu Luoxue.