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Feng Qingyan stayed outside the Ten Thousand Demon Hall for an afternoon, preparing to leave before dark, and the ghost clan reluctantly sent them to the shore of the lake and waved goodbye.

When parting, Nuan Zhi suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly ran over to stop her, "Sister Yan, I just remembered that I have something for you." ”

"Huh?" Feng Qingyan, who stepped forward, stopped, turned to look at Nuan Zhi, and saw Nuan Zhi walking briskly towards her, and after walking in front of her, he handed her the things in his hand, "These two stones are for you." ”

It was two small black pebbles, Feng Qingyan looked at it quietly, and her mood was a little dull for a while, she didn't take it, but asked softly: "Where did you come from?" ”

"This ......" Nuan Zhi, who didn't want to tell the truth, hesitated, looked at Feng Qingyan's skeptical gaze, and said: "Brother Xi Hua came here some time ago, I met him, and he asked me to hand it over to you." ”

had expected it in his heart, Feng Qingyan couldn't express joy on his face, and muttered, "This big brother is not good enough." You say, "Why didn't he give it to me himself?" ”

With a smile on her face, she looked at Nuan Zhi.

"He seems to be quite busy, so he didn't say anything specific." Nuan Zhi lowered her head and hesitated to speak, she looked like this, and what she said was made up at a glance, and then said: "Actually, Brother Xi Hua, he is very good to Sister Yan......"

Feng Qingyan lowered his eyes gently, raised his hand and touched a string of bracelets on his wrist, a little sad, "If he was good to me, he wouldn't have left so silently." ”

Although she was laughing, in fact, the good mood of the day had already disappeared in an instant.

It was impossible for her not to care about Xi Hua, but such a person she cared about left her without saying a word, until now, if she hadn't heard the news of him from someone else, she would have almost thought he was dead!

Although she was angry with Xi Hua, she was actually more angry with him and said goodbye, thinking that he was deliberate.

"Sister Yan, although he didn't say why he wanted to leave, he must still care about you." Nuan Zhi reached out and tugged at her sleeve and whispered.

Feng Qingyan means different things to her, and Xi Hua has also helped the ghost clan too much, and she also regards him as a trusted friend, so she really doesn't want the two to quarrel, and hopes that they can be as good as before.

Taking a deep breath, Feng Qingyan forced a smile again, and said: "Nuan Zhi, you keep this thing, and the next time you meet him, return it, and tell him again, if you want to say anything to me or send something, let him come by himself, you don't have to fake it." ”

She still guarded the last stubbornness in her heart, even though she knew that she needed this thing very much, but she didn't reach out to take it.

Nuan Zhi felt a little embarrassed for a while, and the ghost people not far behind her were still looking at them, and then she bit her red lip, reached out and grabbed Feng Qingyan's hand, and forced the two black stones in her hand into her hand.

"Sister Yan, if you want to pay it back, go and pay it back yourself the next time you meet him, Nuan Zhi won't do it for you." After saying that, she turned around and ran away, not giving Feng Qingyan any chance to refuse at all.

"Nuan Zhi!" The two stones were still lying in the palm of Feng Qingyan's fine white hand, although there was not much weight, she always felt heavy, and she looked at Nuan Zhi and disappeared all of a sudden.

Feng Qingyan sighed helplessly, so she had to put away the stone, and then she waved goodbye to the ghost people beside her, and then took Shadow Moon and Liuying back to Lishui City.

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It was dark early in winter, and the Nanyue Emperor talked to Ye Yunshen for only half an hour, and then let him leave.

Before leaving, the Nanyue Emperor still patiently talked with Ye Yunshen: "After the incident of the three states of the secluded realm, the prince and Jin'er will return soon, and this time the ghost clan has suffered heavy losses in Nanyue, although the five major sects have signed a contract with the ghost clan as the representative of the five major sects in Yuntai, but everyone in the court still has prejudices against the ghost clan. So King Xian, you know what to do, I have tolerated you again and again, and I hope you don't have to gain an inch again. ”

"I understand." Ye Yunshen's expression was always unwavering, and he bowed his head and bowed down to him.

Out of the imperial study, the night has gradually deepened, and as soon as Ye Yunshen looked up, he saw the falling snow, and the snowflakes were fluttering, and many of them fell on him.

He raised his hand and took the falling snowflakes with his palm, and he could feel the temperature coming out of them, which was cold.

One day, people's hearts will be like this snowflake, right?

Fortunately, the snow melts away in the spring.

"Ahem......" coughed lightly twice, he slowly raised his eyes, and then continued to walk forward.

The deep palace is heavy, and Ye Yunshen walks alone on the palace road between the two high walls, and occasionally some palace maids come to him, and bow down to him when they see him, but he always walks by without a wave.

The road ahead was paved with snow, and he stepped on it step by step alone, his back full of loneliness and gloom.

In the imperial study, the Nanyue Emperor had been looking at an ethereal map hanging on the wall, and the sphere of influence depicted on it was very clear, which had been newly drawn in recent years.

He likes to look at maps, and it hasn't changed over the years, once when South Vietnam was a vassal state, he used to look at the territory of South Vietnam, and fantasized that one day he could expand this area.

He is ambitious, and he has always had it, but he doesn't have that ability, so he can only plan secretly.

Finally, if he never forgets, there will be an echo, and the appearance of the night clouds really gave him too many surprises.

He took Yun Ling and his soldiers all the way to expand the territory, creating the first-class power of Nanyue, and successfully expanding the sphere of influence of Nanyue on the map.

That was the thing he was most proud of for Ye Yunshen, and Ye Yunshen's position in his heart was unshakable.

"I can still remember how he was distracted at that time, not disturbed by any feelings, and he would not disobey my will many times for the sake of the so-called beauty as he is now, and abandon the entire half of the country as soon as he turned around."

Speaking of this, recalling what Ye Yunshen had done, the Nanyue Emperor still felt sad in his heart, looked at Gonggong Lu beside him, and muttered: "Lu Song, he will become like this, do you say that Lan is harmed?" ”

"This ......" Gonggong Lu hesitated, he thought for a while, and then replied: "Your Majesty, beauty and misleading the country, this kind of thing has not happened before, a few years ago, there was a rumor of the bewitching concubine in the Chu State, the young emperor favored the harem woman alone, and acted absurdly, and in the end, the enemy country came to attack, and even died with the woman." ”

As he spoke, he sighed softly and said: "Once, King Xian was such a wise person, but now he has also committed crimes for the sake of the county lord, often disobeying orders, and even contradicting you many times, so I am afraid that one day he will become a person like the emperor." ”