Chapter 15: Old Memories (I)
Qi Ruiyao stared at Qi Zeqi intently and chuckled. With one hand, he drew the sword of the guard next to him and flew up. Qi Zeqi turned around, and the swords in the hands of the two collided together, making a crisp sound. For a while, the sword light and sword shadow were dazzling, and they couldn't react. Until the music fades away, the fierce battle ends. The whole song is majestic, grandiose, simple and desolate from the music to the dance. The two of them withdrew their hands at the same time, threw out a beautiful sword flower and smiled at each other
"Good!" The emperor was in high spirits and stood up and applauded
"Oops... Xiao Qi is really a sensible and talented child, and the two brothers also cooperate very well. What a heart," the queen smiled
Qi Zeqi took off the ghost face, and the people around him were stunned. Could this be the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion?
"Come on, reward" The emperor waved his hand
"Your Majesty"
There was a person outside the main hall listening, and a smile bloomed on the corner of his mouth. But soon he lowered his face regretfully
"I finally slipped out, I don't want to go back..."The boy sniffed, turned around and prepared to run
"What are you doing here, boy? What does it look like? There was a blow to the buttocks, and the person behind him grabbed his ear, and he screamed in pain
"Grandpa~ I was wrong, I was wrong" Shangguan Xi's collar was lifted, and he was carried to the main hall by Shangguan like a chicken
"You want to fool around again, don't you?" Shangguan Cheng pulled him into his seat and poked him in the head
As soon as the young man was free, he fled with a grinning headshot, as if he was afraid of Shangguan Cheng
"Xi'er, come to the palace" The queen noticed him and beckoned to him with kind eyes
"I wish my aunt a blessed life" Shangguan Xi couldn't dodge, so he had to step forward to say goodbye, and winked at Qi Zeqi
This young man is the son of Shangguan Wan's elder brother Shangguan Xu, and he is also his cousin. Sometimes he mingles with the princes.,It's the most bohemian of the few.,There's a lot of ghost ideas.
"You're clever," the queen laughed
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Outside the palace, snow began to fall. A touch of bright red fell from the top of the eaves, silently falling in the snow, which was a little more strange in this white courtyard
He brushed the hair behind him, his ruddy and full lips outlined a beautiful arc, and the glass jade beads tied between his hair swayed at will, shining brightly. This person looks thin, but it complements the snowy scene
"Jin'er, is that you?" A middle-aged woman came out from behind a tree, cloaked and neatly combed with silver hairpins. Although her face has some vicissitudes, it is not as beautiful as it was back then, and there is a little plum blossom mark between her eyebrows. Her face was a little red from the wind because of waiting, and if you look closely, some people will definitely think that her facial features are somewhat similar to Chongjin
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Chongjin looked impatient
"I heard that Miao Jiang's holy medicine can restore Lian'er," the woman's gloomy gaze lit up again
"Is Miao Jiang's holy medicine also something you can get?" Chongjin snorted coldly
"I can figure out how to... By the way, isn't your father in Miaojiang? I can send someone..."
"Enough! As I said, I have had no father or mother since the moment I was abandoned. Mei Ruhua, if it weren't for you, he would have been hit by the Heart Devouring Gu day by day, and he could only rely on those poisonous insects to survive? If it weren't for you, would he be like he is now, better than dead? ”
Chongjin's eyes were red, but his voice was still cold, as if he had quenched ice slag
"Jin'er, my mother knows that all this is my mother's fault, my mother didn't mean it, she was forced! It's all about protecting you and Lian'er."
Mei Ruhua couldn't care much for a while, and anxiously explained to Chongjin. With tears in her eyes, it seemed that Yingying fell down as soon as the wind blew in the next second
"Forced? Is that what you've been trying to say to me over the years? If you care about me and my brother, why did you marry that emperor, be prosperous and rich in the palace, and even ignore your brother's affairs, a woman like you is not worthy at all..."
"It's not like that... Not like that," she shook her head desperately
"Forget it, I won't say anything more to you. Lian'er's poison has been resolved, so you don't have to worry about this matter."
"That's really God's eyes..."Mei Ruhua was stunned, and then breathed a sigh of relief
Chongjin glanced at her and walked away. The snow is getting heavier and heavier. It wasn't until there was a vast expanse in front of him, and the figure could no longer be seen, that two lines of tears slipped from his eyes
"I didn't betray..."Mei Ruhua cried helplessly with a face
The sound of music and dance in the palace lingers in the ears, both near and far. In the wind and snow, there seemed to be a man in blue stepping on the snow and stopping not far away, as if he stretched out his jade-white hand, and there was a thin callus on his hand. He smiled as beautifully as she had been when she first met him. He holds an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, which looks like a splashed ink painting
"Cold," she kept shouting, and the man seemed to sense something, and stretched out his hand, and his smile widened
Just as she was about to touch her fingertips, his figure flashed and disappeared. Mei Ruhua's outstretched hand froze and paused in mid-air.
Hallucination... It's a hallucination again...
As early as when they met, she knew that this desirable person would one day leave her and never be found
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On the night of the New Year's Eve, Liangjing was particularly lively. All kinds of lanterns are hung on the streets, men and women walk together, and the hawkers are constantly shouting, and the lights illuminate the sky as bright as day
"Princess... Isn't that good? The carriage drove into a quiet alley, and the green jade hand lifted the curtain. The girl dressed as a maid stretched out her hand to take down the girl who was also dressed as a maid, although the girl was dressed ordinarily, she was extravagant, and her gestures were elegant
"I finally escaped from the imperial capital, and when I arrived in this cool country, how could I not have fun" The girl pursed her lips and played with the tips in her hand
"But... What's wrong with the princess, even if the slave maid has a head, it's not enough to cut off..."The maid looked flustered
"Okay, Princess Ben said it's okay, it's okay, from now on, just call Miss. Besides, we are in an alliance with Liangguo, what danger can we have? She walked forward and stuck her tongue out at the maid
"Wow~ Liangguo is lively!" She held a string of sugar gourds in her hand and looked around
"Hey! Guess the last riddle... What can't be eaten after being cut, and can't be eaten after washing? The stall owner at the stall where the lantern riddle was guessing was shouting loudly and chattering
The girl squeezed in, thought for a while and asked the maid beside her
"The slave is stupid, I don't know—" The maid thought for a moment and shook her head
The girl played with the long hair on her chest, looked around, and suddenly heard two coughs beside her......