After changing clothes, it was already dark, the Beiyuan hunting ground occupied a huge area, the lights were bright, and the young ladies were all dressed up and walked towards the place where the banquet was held.

The Nine Emperor Princes were late today, and his expression was not very good, he looked over the crowd, and glanced at Xie Ruqing's direction from a distance, at this time Xie Ruqing just raised his head, and the two of them looked at each other stunned for a moment.

"Look, our old nine are so infatuated." The crown prince held the wine cup in his hand, squinted and looked at it with ill will, and said to the third prince next to him, "How long has it been since this and I still can't forget it, I have time to send him a few women, don't make it as if you haven't seen a woman." ”

The third prince smiled and did not echo the prince's words, "Infatuation is better than thin affection, it is rare in our royal family." ”

The prince has always had nothing to say to this third brother, he always felt that the third brother was a hypocrite, and what he said was more beautiful than the old master, and he couldn't tell whether he was sincere or false, and he was very boring, so he was a little interested, "Men are too dedicated to harming others and themselves, third brother, in the royal family, it is the most taboo to be dedicated, we people, what life should be life, don't ask too much." ”

The third prince didn't argue with him, but his expression was obviously disagreeable.

The prince drank wine and watched Yu Ning sit in his place unwillingly, and when he drank with the emperor, his eyes were floating, as for where he had gone......

He followed his gaze and smiled meaninglessly.

The third child is an unrealistic nerd, but he has Yao Guifei's support behind him, and it is not easy to deal with it, and Lao Jiu is the most promising among the brothers, but unfortunately there is no backer behind him, so he is not afraid.

There are more than a dozen brothers, he weighed them side by side, and the more he felt that it was nothing, his self-confidence inevitably rose, he touched the wine in his mouth, looked at the tiger skin on the emperor's seat, and felt that the world was under his feet.

Xie Ruqing and Qi Wanru sat at a table, chatting about books and paintings, the heat crackled and burned, and in the hot firelight, there was a more scorching sight, Xie Ruqing knew who it was over there, and avoided his gaze intentionally or unintentionally, a little uncomfortable.

"Ruqing, do you miss Master Hou?" Qi Wan seemed to see that she was absent-minded, and deliberately teased.

Xie Ruqing lowered his head but smiled silently, which was considered a tacit acquiescence, Qi Wanru teased more and more ambiguously, "Look at your heat, I really envy you." ”

Speaking of Qi Yanzhi, she laughed unconsciously, her face was a little hot, I don't know if the fire was too hot.

"Hey, Sister Ruqing, why do I feel that the Nine Emperor Princes are looking at us?" Qi Wanru asked a little worried, "You can be careful, sister, in case someone sees it, I will arrange you again." ”

"Well," Xie Ruqing nodded, she was a little worried, thinking that this was not a problem, while thinking, if there was a chance, she would have to talk to Yu Ning.

The night banquet is very lively, but people who don't want to be lively will feel bored, Yu Ning is absent-minded, can't melt into the excitement next to him, the fire is roasting next to it, but the heat can't enter the body, he unconsciously drank wine, burning his throat one by one, a little uncomfortable, but he didn't care, and gradually drank a little too much.

The more hazy her vision became, the more hazy she became, and in the haze she flickered far and near, sometimes far away, sometimes close in front of her eyes, and when she was in front of her, he looked greedily at it, just like every time she fell into a dream.

I don't know how long it took, Xie Ruqing suddenly got up and left, I don't know where to go, Yu Ning drank too much, the wine was strong, he looked at it in a daze, and his two legs stood up before his consciousness.

Xie Ruqing was uncomfortable from the fire, and wanted to go out to breathe, so she walked alone wrapped in a cloak. Today, everywhere is lively, there are lights everywhere in the north courtyard of the University, and the patrolling guards pass by in a row, and the night is exceptionally quiet.

Beiyuan is surrounded by mountains, and the courtyard also retains some hills to arrange the scenery, she went up a hillside alone, there were a few stone benches on it, Xie Ruqing didn't see it clearly when she went up, thinking that there was no one, but after going up, she found that there was a person sitting there.

Her steps faltered, and in the moonlight, she looked carefully at the figure of the man, and vaguely saw a familiar outline. It was the Nine Emperor Princes Yuning.

She hesitated for a moment, then lifted her skirt and walked up, "Nine Emperor Princes, why are you blowing the wind here?" ”

Yu Ning blew the cold wind for a while, his mind was clearer, and he wanted to understand that he couldn't always be like this, it would bring trouble to Ruqing, so he didn't go to her, he thought that she would take the initiative to avoid it when she saw her, but she didn't expect her to come up, which made him feel like he couldn't say what it was for a while, in short, some warmth rose.

"Well, too much to drink." In front of the people, Yu Ning was embarrassed to look at it, and his eyes drifted to the distant mountains, "It's easy to get confused if you drink too much, and you should be sober when you blow the cold wind." ”

Xie Ruqing didn't sit down, he stood aside, the wind blew his cloak violently, and his voice was a little floating, "Yuning is a sober person, why do you need a cold wind to blow." ”

She made a pun, and the implication was that the Nine Emperors were a person with a clear mind, even if he was temporarily trapped by love, he would always figure it out, which was tantamount to refusing in disguise, she hoped that Yu Ning could figure it out as soon as possible, and not to attract people in front of people, it was for her, but also for herself.

Yu Ning doesn't understand, his appearance has caused the emperor's dissatisfaction many times, but if people's feelings can be controlled, it is not called being trapped by love. It's just that when she thinks about the impact this will have on her, she can be a little more restrained.

She never took the initiative to talk to him about this, people are like this, they know that it is impossible, but they always inevitably expect something in their hearts, and these expectations cannot be dissipated until the other party explicitly refuses, but now she finally said that she finally said it, and he was not too sad at the moment of rejection, but it was relaxed, like a nightmare that would come sooner or later, and the waiting process itself was the most apprehensive, and he was not afraid of it.

"Thank you, Ruqing." Yu Ning looked up, looked at the girl standing in the moonlight, and smiled contentedly, "I'll be fine." ”

Xie Ruqing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that he had figured it out, so he smiled, and that smile was dyed with the softness of the moonlight, clear and soft.

When she left, Yu Ning was still on it, and when she looked back, the young man's thin figure actually had a sense of fortitude, she thought, such a young man will definitely grow into a man who stands up to the sky in the future.

"Madam," Qi Yanzhi didn't know when he was waiting below, sitting quietly, like the one who had been through a thousand sails, "Is it cold?" ”

He took her cool hand, put it in the palm of his hand and rubbed it.

"Why are you here?" His hand was not hot, but he held it like this, but it was miraculously warm, "Didn't you accompany the emperor and couldn't leave?" ”

Qi Yanzhi returned the same way with her and walked slowly, "It depends on what is going on, the emperor saw that I was not giving up, and estimated that I was missing my wife, so he pardoned me and left the table." ”

"Not serious." The full emotion dissipated in an instant, Xie Ruqing shook off his hand, "I don't know who warmed whom." ”

Qi Yanzhi laughed.

Xie Ruqing knew that it was not good for him to meet the Nine Emperor Princes so rashly, there were eyes everywhere here, and when he saw it, he was a mouthful, and Qi Yanzhi came to pick her up in order to block Youyou's mouth.

The more we get along, the more I can feel his attentiveness and thoughtfulness, which almost indulges her.