Qiu Luoxue woke up groggily on the second day, and it was already noon the next day. There's nothing else in the dungeon, it's just a little boring. Just when she was bored, the prison attracted someone who thought it was a guest, someone who Qiu Luoxue was absolutely unexpected.

"Nie Shi...... What are you doing here? Qiu Luoxue saw Nie Yuan, because she was too excited, she ran over barefoot. Looking at Nie Yuan through the fence of the cell.

"Look, you knew there was trouble when I wasn't there, how can I rest assured." Nie Yuan said, not complaining, but full of emotion.

Qiu Luoxue smiled and said, "That's right, I really want you to be by my side and help me clean up these messes."

"How's the injury?" Nie Yuan asked again.

"It's not a big deal." Qiu Luoxue said, looked at the cell next to her, and said, "Look, Imperial Doctor Wang has also been sent to the prison, just enough to help me heal my injuries."

Nie Yuan looked at Imperial Doctor Wang, and then looked at Qiu Luoxue's cell, and knew that she didn't suffer anything, so he was relieved and teased: "I really don't know if you are here to go to prison or to enjoy happiness."

"So, you don't have to come back, I'll be fine." Qiu Luoxue said.

"No, I'm going to stay with you until you get out of the prison." Nie Yuan said very seriously.

"What if I am put to death? I am guilty of deceit. Qiu Luoxue asked.

Nie Yuan looked at Qiu Luoxue and said, "Then I will come to rob the prison and take you away."

Standing up to his words, Qiu Luoxue smiled and said, "I knew you would be like this."

Nie Yuan looked at Qiu Luoxue with a smile on her face, and her previous worries were swept away. The sun shone down from the skylight and shone on Qiu Luoxue, and it was good to look at her so quietly.

Nie Yuan has been accompanying Qiu Luoxue in the prison since he came back, although with his status, the jailer did not dare to drive him away, but he would not let him enter Qiu Luoxue's cell blatantly. So he and Qiu Luoxue chatted and accompanied each other across the fence of the cell.

The days passed quickly, and before I knew it, it was the evening of the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve. On this day, the family is reunited, and it is a lively atmosphere. Red lanterns are hung in the courtyard, in front of the house, and in the streets and alleys, and the festive atmosphere is permeated.

There was a royal annual banquet in the palace on this day, but because Xia Zimo always had a cold face, no one else dared to speak, and the atmosphere was very dull. Although there are singing and dancing performances, they are still depressed.

"I'm the only one who thinks this atmosphere doesn't look like a New Year's celebration?" Su Muyi really couldn't stand the oppressive atmosphere of the New Year's banquet, and whispered in Xia Ziyan's ear.

"Shh Xia Ziyan hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, my imperial brother has been in a bad mood recently, you be careful, don't provoke him." ”

Su Muyi secretly glanced at Xia Zimo, who was drinking with him, and the expression on his face couldn't be colder anymore.

The atmosphere at the New Year's banquet was cold, and the prison was really deserted. This is the New Year, and there is no popularity at all. Listening to the noisy sound of firecrackers outside, it seems to be in two worlds.

In the prison, Qiu Luoxue and Nie Yuan leaned against the fence and sat back to back. What a touching thing it would be to have someone with you in the most difficult time.

"I didn't expect to spend the first New Year here in prison." Qiu Luoxue said wistfully.

"I would like to spend this New Year with you." Nie Yuan said, where Qiu Luoxue couldn't see, he smiled happily, as if this was what he had been looking forward to for a long time.

"What's good with me, miserable." Qiu Luoxue said.

"That's right, it's not good to live with you, but you'll be even more miserable without me." Nie Yuan said.

Qiu Luoxue knew that Nie Yuan said this to comfort her, so she smiled with relief and said, "It's really a novelty, you can even comfort people."

"It's just going to comfort you." Nie Yuan said.

"It's hard for you, for my sake there are many things that I won't know before." Qiu Luoxue said, "However, since you have done so many things for me, can you do one more thing?" ”

"Say it." Nie Yuan said.

"Cai Ying is the assassin who appeared at the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. Although the emperor didn't kill him now, he would definitely not let him go when he thought about it later. Qiu Luoxue said.

Before Qiu Luoxue could speak, Nie Yuan understood what she meant and asked, "Do you want me to save him?"

"Is that okay?" Qiu Luoxue asked.

"Tomorrow, I'll arrange it." Nie Yuan said that he didn't ask the reason and didn't think about the consequences. As long as Qiu Luoxue wants to do something, he will help her.

"That's good." Qiu Luoxue said.

"What?" Nie Yuan asked.

"It's nice to have you around." Qiu Luoxue replied.

The two sat back to back, listening to the constant sound of firecrackers outside. Suddenly, I feel that when the world is noisy, only there is silence around you, which is also a very unique feeling.

The New Year's banquet was just a formality, because Xia Zimo was in a bad mood and dispersed quickly.

Xia Zimo's mood is of course related to Qiu Luoxue, on the one hand, he is still angry with Qiu Luoxue, trying in vain to make Qiu Luoxue succumb in this way; On the one hand, he felt sorry for Qiu Luoxue and couldn't bear to let her be hurt. Two contradictory moods entangled him, how could he be happy?

He seems to have returned to the past, when he was struggling with whether to like Qiu Luoxue, and now he is struggling with whether to like Qiu Luoxue a little more.

Like means to make concessions, but what kind of concessions to make? Qiu Luoxue is right, the life she pursues is a lifetime and a couple, Xia Zimo can't give her. It can't be in a peaceful and prosperous era, let alone when the regime is unstable and political marriage is needed? So, can you only give up?

Qiu Luoxue also knew this, so she would not take the initiative to ask Xia Zimo to dismiss the harem as a condition for them to be together. So Qiu Luoxue chose to conceal her sincerity and chose to be sent to prison. She loves Xia Zimo, so she won't let herself be a stumbling block for her.

Xia Zimo was alone, and he went to the prison unconsciously, and it seemed that the most urgent thing in his heart was Qiu Luoxue. Walking through the dim and damp aisles of the dungeon, he felt that he was too vile to make her compromise in this way.

In the prison, Xia Zimo saw the scene of Qiu Luoxue and Nie Yuan sitting back to back. I heard their chatter and laughter. From his angle, he couldn't see Qiu Luoxue's face, but he could see Nie Yuan with a smile on his face.

"Looks like they're talking pretty well." Seeing that Nie Yuan and Qiu Luoxue were talking happily, Xia Zimo felt jealous and envious.

"What should I do? to keep you by your side. Xia Zimo asked.

It's a pity that Qiu Luoxue couldn't hear his question, thinking that Xia Zimo was really angry with her. Since she was sent to the prison, she didn't see Xia Zimo come to visit her, and she didn't hear any news. So she thought that Xia Zimo was really angry and didn't plan to pay attention to her.

"Alas~ I don't even have to be friends now." Qiu Luoxue remembered her relationship with Xia Zimo and sighed.

Xia Zimo watched Qiu Luoxue and Nie Yuan chatting in the corner, but he was lonely, and he was shrouded in a sad atmosphere. That cell was like Qiu Luoxue's world, and he couldn't get in. Looking at her from afar from a different world, it is beautiful and very distant.

On that rainy day, when she ran under his umbrella with a bright smile, he felt that the whole world was bright. At that time, Xia Zimo was very close to Qiu Luoxue, a stone's throw away. And now the closest to Qiu Luoxue is Nie Yuan, a back of the way.

Tonight, it's another sleepless night. This year, with a sad ending, is it the sadness or joy of the next year?

It's just that today, the place of sorrow, is not only this dimly lit prison. The brightly lit Yanwang Mansion also has a sad atmosphere in the silence.

Rows of red lanterns were hung high, completely outlining the outline of the Yanwang Mansion, even in the dark night, it could be seen from a distance that this was the Yanwang Mansion.

The exterior of the mansion is gorgeous, but the inside is quiet, and occasionally a few people pass by, leaving a few lines of footprints in the middle of the snowy night.

"It seems that it will snow on the night of both Nanliang and Daqin's Chinese New Year's Eve."

Su Muyi was alone in the warm pavilion, looking at the scenery outside through the window. There was food and wine on the table in front of her, and she was here drinking by herself.

"Why does a person drink?" Xia Ziyan unexpectedly appeared in the warm pavilion, sat down opposite Su Muyi and asked.

Su Muyi didn't look back, still looking out the window, and muttered: "Because I miss it, this is the first New Year I have spent away from Nanliang."

After Xia Ziyan sat down, he drank himself, and occasionally looked out the window.

"I'm missing it, but you, why are you drinking?" Su Muyi looked at Xia Ziyan and asked.

"Because of grief." Xia Ziyan drank all the contents of the cup.

"Why grieve?" Su Muyi asked, she felt that Xia Ziyan was smiling all day long, not like a person who would be sad.

Xia Ziyan looked at Su Muyi, showed his daily smile again, and said, "I, fell in love with someone I can't love."

"What's not to love?" Su Muyi said puzzledly, "You are the most noble prince of Great Qin, as long as that woman is not your imperial brother's woman, there is nothing that can't be done." ”

"When I was eight years old, my father told me that woman was destined to be the woman of the Great Qin Emperor, and if I wanted her, I had to sit in that position. But I ......" Xia Ziyan said and drank another glass of wine, and then said, "I don't want to compete with the imperial brother for that position."

After listening to him, Su Muyi seemed to understand. Although she didn't know who the woman Xia Ziyan liked was, that woman was something he had liked since he was a child, and he knew that he couldn't be together since he was a child, but he always liked it.

From the heavy tone of his speech, Su Muyi felt sadness from it. suddenly felt that maybe Xia Ziyan had been smiling, but he was actually hiding the sadness in his heart.

After understanding Xia Ziyan's feelings, Su Muyi silently got him a glass of wine, which can be regarded as a silent comfort.