Chapter 39: Candle Tears (17)
"You know?"
Gu Xiang, Gu Duan, and Mu Yi asked questions at the same time, and the three pairs of eyes fought back and forth between Qi Ying and Bu Niannian, but Mu Yi quickly withdrew his gaze, picked up the tea in his hand and took a sip gently.
Qi Ying said calmly: "Nian Nian, long time no see." ”
Bu Niannian walked to Gu Xiang and sat down, his heart was surging violently, and his hands were trembling unconsciously.
Gu Xiang gently held Bu Niannian's hand and said to Qi Xuan: "Did you know Niannian before?" ”
Qi Xuan said: "Pingshui meets, one side of the fate." ”
Bu Niannian forcibly suppressed the thoughts surging in his heart, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to see you here again, I was a little out of shape for a while, and I hope that adults will not laugh." ”
Qi Xuan picked up the teacup and said to Gu Xiang and Bu Nian: "Congratulations to Zhaoyi Niangniang, you have found a lover." ”
The conversation over there was a lot of joy, and here Gu Duan watched Mu Yi's face become more and more stinky, and quietly glanced at Qi Ying, but Qi Ying and Bu Niannian were chatting lively, and did not pay attention to him.
Just as he was about to say something, the coal swooped out of the Chujin Hall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Mu Yi put down his chopsticks, got up suddenly, and hurriedly said to a few people in the hall: "I'll go find it." ”
Gu Duan found Mu Yi on the rockery in the Imperial Garden, and after she left, the Chu Jin Hall fell silent for a while, and he took the opportunity to slip out.
"Sister Huang, I brought something to eat, do you want to eat some?" Gu Duan easily climbed the rockery and sat down beside Mu Yi, opened the food box and handed it to Mu Yi, seeing that she had no intention of taking the food box, "This wind is strong, it should be cold later." ”
Mu Yi took the food box and put it on the other side, "I'm not hungry, I'll talk about it later." ”
Gu Duan looked at her and said with a little uncertainty: "Imperial sister, are you angry because of Lord Qi?" ”
"What do you know about a little kid?" Mu Yi turned his head and slapped Gu Duan's head, scolding: "Why are you here if you don't eat well?" ”
Gu Duan turned his head and said very stubbornly: "I am willing, you take care of me." ”
thought that Mu Yi would scold him, but Mu Yi just said softly: "Xiao Qi, I don't know what I think now?" Why did it become like this, I have only been in the world for less than ten years, and I can't see through myself. ”
Gu Duan smiled, looked at Mu Yi's eyes and said: "My imperial sister is the one who protects me at the first time no matter what happens, and tells me to continue to move forward in the original direction of my heart, and to live every day with vitality." ”
Mu Yi stretched out his hand and slapped him, and scolded with a smile: "Who did you learn this, and you can coax people one by one." After a pause, he made a decision in his heart and let out a long breath, "What do you want to do, but the business hasn't been settled yet." ”
Due to Mu Yi and Gu Duan's departure halfway, the banquet of the Chujin Hall ended quickly.
Bu Niannian had a good chat this night, but in fact, he had been absent-minded all the time, and after eating, he left everyone including Gu Xiang and took Feihua back to Yong'an Palace to rest alone. Gu Xiang was not worried about her state, but Bu Niannian repeatedly promised that she was fine, but she was a little sleepy, but in the end she couldn't, Gu Xiang had to watch the door of Yong'an Palace slam shut.
Yong'an Palace couldn't enter, thinking of Mu Yi's situation at night, Gu Xiang turned around and went to Zhaoyang Palace. Unexpectedly, the gate of Zhaoyang Palace was also closed, and the twilight was getting late, Qi Xuan was leaning against the door and closing his eyes to recuperate, and the setting sun gilded him with a layer of golden light.
"Why is Lord Qi here?"
Qi Ju opened his eyes when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, "Then why is the emperor here?"
"Xiaoyi is my sister, I'm coming to see her, what's wrong with that?" Gu Xiang looked at Qi Xuan, "I remember that Lord Qi's residence is not in this direction, but I got lost, do you need me to send someone to take Lord Qi back?" ”
The two walked to the pavilion not far from Zhaoyang Palace and sat down, Qi Xuan waved his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Isn't the emperor curious about the matter between me and Ying Zhaoyi?" ”
"Curious, but I believe her." Gu Xiang looked at Qi Ying and said very firmly, "You have a mind about Xiao Yi. ”
"Oh?" Qi Xuan smiled when he heard this, looked at Gu Xiang and said very puzzledly, "Really?" What mind? ”
Gu Xiang didn't answer his words, and then said, "Let me guess, the reason why you have been able to stay by her side in the past five years is that you must have helped her a lot before." Lord Qi, I don't know your origin and purpose, but I know her very well, and what you did today is very inappropriate and counterproductive. ”
Qi Ying seemed to be aware of this fact, and a trace of annoyance appeared on his face, but he was quickly suppressed well, and looked at Gu Xiang with a smile: "The emperor seems to know her very well." ”
"Master Qi, I have been by her side for five hundred years, watching her grow from a little girl with a double bun to a slim girl, not to mention that I know her very well, but there are still nine points." Gu Xiang poured himself a cup of tea, the tea was already cold, and he took a sip gently. The sunset on the horizon was gradually setting, his light brown eyes were full of memories, and a long and long voice came slowly, and he said slowly: "Lord Qi, are you interested in listening to a story?" ”
"I want to hear about it."
Gu Xiang put down the teacup and recalled: "The first time I saw her was five hundred years ago, when I was still a little ghost tormenting in the Lethe River, counting the days with my fingers. A big incident happened that year, drowning overflowed the river embankment and flooded the Yellow Spring, ten thousand ghosts rebelled, and the whole underworld was in chaos. In order not to let drowning become a disaster for the Three Realms, Meng Po, who was Xiaoyi's mother at that time, took the worry-free clan to rebuild the Nai He Bridge.
The last time I saw her was on the third day after the drowning subsided, and I only learned later that the underworld was in turmoil. Meng Po died in the river for the town of Lechuan on the front foot, and the king of the tenth palace of Yama was hit hard, and the back foot scattered her spirit and followed her deceased wife, so that she took advantage of the chaos to run to the unstable Lechuan River and no one found it.
That day, she ran to the river and cried all the time watching the calm drowning, and the Lethe River was not stable at that time, and the evil spirits in the river saw that she was a child and wanted to devour her and give her a new life. I helped her, and as you guessed, I left the Lethe River and spent five hundred years in the city of Yellow Springs, watching her grow up. ”
The calm that Qi Ying had worked so hard to maintain finally cracked a crack on his face, a layer of gloomy anger appeared in his eyes, and the flame of jealousy in his heart burned out of control.
Watching how she grew up, and what happened to being with her for 500 years, I met her first.
Gu Xiang still had a gentle smile on his face, but Qi Xuan felt that his hair was about to burn, and looked at him with a smile: "Your Majesty, are you showing off to me?" ”
"Lord Qi, this is how much you are worried about." Qi Xuan's words didn't seem to have any impact on Gu Xiang, and he even said a little jokingly: "I just want to tell you that I am not your enemy, and it is the most advantageous thing to put me in your camp." ”
Qi Ju raised his eyebrows and looked at him when he heard this, as if to confirm that Gu Xiang's words had some credibility, and after a while, he said sincerely: "Then thank you to the emperor." ”
Gu Xiang took the opportunity to say: "Then please raise your noble hand and don't embarrass me anymore." My hard-won feelings have just been confirmed, and they are still very fragile. ”
Qi Xuan laughed: "The emperor said that he was joking, and he would rather demolish ten temples than destroy a marriage." Naturally, I want to congratulate the emperor and Zhaoyi Niangniang on their happiness and growing old together. ”