On this day, the weather was sunny and the wind was blowing, and Hongli and his party finally began their journey back to the palace.

Although the stab in Hongli's chest was very deep, fortunately, he was a martial arts practitioner and in good health, and with the careful care of the imperial doctor, the wound recovered well, but Wu Shulai was still extremely uneasy, and only walked for half a day and rested in a small town called "Hongchi".

By the time everyone had put everything in order, it was already evening. Because of the busy day, everyone was tired, so they rested early.

On the second day, early in the morning, Hongli just had breakfast, Hongli came over in a hurry, when Su Yi was making tea, Hongli saw Su Yi, Rao is face no matter how calm, but still a little unnatural, Hongli inadvertently glanced at Hongday's eyes and couldn't help but darken, Su Yi saw Hongli came early in the morning and knew that he must be in a hurry, so he said to go outside, Hongli did not stop.

Su Yi had already walked out of the house, but Hongli's expression was a little erratic, Hongli coughed slightly dryly in his heart, and said in a condensed voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Hongli came back to his senses, handed a few letters in his hand to Hongli, Hongli took it and looked at it, his face became more and more heavy, and he suddenly slapped his palm on the table of Huanghuali wood, and said: "These barbarians are really getting more and more inches!" Do you really think that I have no one in the Qing Dynasty? ”

Hongday said: "Because the Sichuan-Yunnan region is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the local Miao Xinjiang people resist fiercely, and it is difficult to suppress it for a while. ”

"Who's there now?"

"General Zhang Zhao."

Hongli thought for a moment, and said in a slight heel, "If you want to put down the rebellion, are you sure?" ”

Hongday's body stiffened, and he arched his hand and said: "We will definitely suppress the rebellion and stabilize Miaojiang." ”

Hongli shook his head and called: "Wu Shu come!" ”

Wu Shulai had been waiting outside the door, and when he heard the emperor call him busy, he rushed in, only to hear the emperor say: "Tell me to go down and return to the palace as soon as possible, and there should be no delay on the way." ”

"Yes, the minion will do it." Wu Shulai responded.

With the acceleration of the pace of returning to the palace, the uneasiness in Su Yi's heart began to intensify, and he felt uneasy every day, the Forbidden City, as soon as he entered the palace gate, was as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang was a passerby from then on. Hongli obviously noticed Su Yi's uneasiness, because he was worried about the rebellion in Miao Jiang, he just wanted to return to the palace as soon as possible, but he didn't think about Su Yi's mood, seeing that he had arrived in Beijing, he specially ordered him to rest for a day on this day, just to let her relax.

The sun was shining brightly, but in the afternoon it suddenly became gloomy, and large dark clouds were gathering overhead, as if they were about to be pressed down.

At that time, Hongli several people were cruising in the river on a delicate painting boat, the carved jade building of the painting boat was quite magnificent, the outside looked not special, but the space inside was huge.

Hongli and Hongyang are each holding a son in the game, Wu Shulai is standing on the side to listen to the instructions, Gu Yanzhao and Ji Huang are standing on the side of the table to watch chess, Xing'er stands behind Hongday's eyes but does not fall on the chessboard, and keeps looking at Su Yi, Su Yi is a mind watching the game between the two but inadvertently saw Xing'er's eyes, and can't help but feel a stagnation in his heart, and there is no longer the mind to watch chess. Then he lifted the bamboo curtain and walked outside, standing on the deck quietly, looking at the vast river, he didn't feel a little dizzy, but when he saw that the sky and the earth were dark, he couldn't help sighing, and a voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "It's going to rain." ”

Su Yi didn't look back to see who it was, but responded: "Yes, it's going to rain." ”

It wasn't until the man walked up to him that he realized that it was an apricot. Su Yi looked at her, her lips twitched but she didn't know what to say, but Xing'er opened her mouth first, "Su Yi ......"

Su Yi looked at her quietly, waiting for her to speak, but Xing'er showed an extremely lonely smile: "I'm sorry ......"

Su Yi was a little puzzled, and when she was about to ask, Xing'er had already walked into the painting boat, Su Yi had to walk in too, and when she entered the painting boat, she found that the Go game between Hongli and Hongyang had ended, Xue Yan was collecting the chessboard, and the rest of the people were sitting around the table drinking tea and chatting, Qiu Ruo greeted her, and said with a smile: "Guess who won?" ”

Su Yi pursed her lips and shook her head, Hongli looked at her with a light smile, Xue Yan saw that the emperor was in a good mood, so he smiled and continued: "The master and the fifth master were originally opponents in chess, and they were equal, but at the last moment, the fifth master lost to the master by mistake. ”

Hongtian chimed in: "I am already a shallow learner, how can I compare with the imperial brother." ”

"You know Go?" Hongli said, but this was said to Xue Yan.

Seeing him say this, Xue Yan couldn't help but blush, and said, "The slave learned a little from a master when he was young, and he only knows a little about fur. Hongli shook his head and smiled, and was about to speak but saw Su Yi sitting next to Qiu Ruo, and there was obviously a place for her beside him, so he couldn't help frowning, but he didn't say anything.

Gu Yanzhao sat there quietly, there was only one Qiu Ruo and one Ji Huang between him and Su Yi, but he felt as if there was a galaxy apart, he told himself over and over again in his heart, don't think about her, don't look at her, Rao is face is pretending to be calm, but his heart has already set off turbulent waves.

Xue Yan said something, causing everyone to laugh, but Su Yi only hooked her lips slightly, and suddenly heard a gentle and quiet piano sound, the piano sound was melodious and beautiful, and she couldn't help but listen attentively, the song was light and elegant, but it was a bamboo branch that was played. Because a few people were talking and laughing, they didn't really hear it very clearly, Wu Shulai walked in from outside and said in a low voice: "Master, look at the sky outside, I'm afraid that it will rain in a while." ”

Hongli hummed softly, and wanted to say that he would go back, but when he saw Su Yi holding his breath and concentrating on his forgetful face, he vaguely heard the sound of the piano coming, and said urgently: "Slow!" ”

Everyone also quieted down, and the sound of the piano came into their ears clearly, and it sounded different and beautiful, Qiu Ruo muttered to herself: "What tune?" So nice to hear......"

Su Yi smiled, "It's a bamboo branch word." ”

Sure enough, after a while, I heard a cheerful and pleasant woman's voice sound: "There are lakes and bays under the mountain, and there are mountains on the mountain that have not yet been returned." Remember to Xie Nong's golden rope and tie the jade chain under Lang's waist. Lang Bei's mind is like numbness, and there are plum blossoms in the corners of the lonely mountain. Fold the plum blossom to give Lang goodbye, and Lang arrives home when the plum is ripe. ”

Ji Huang couldn't help but clap his hands and praised: "The girl is really smart, but if the sound of the piano is matched with the sound of the flute, it is really amazing!" ”

Su Yi's heart jumped when she heard this, Gu Yanzhao was drinking tea expressionlessly, and Ji Huang said again: "Jing Han, why don't you blow the flute to close a song?" ”

Gu Yanzhao was about to refuse, but he heard Hongli say: "Since this is the case, Jing Han, you will come and play a song." ”

Gu Yanzhao was stunned, and slowly took out a delicate purple bamboo flute from his sleeve, the smile in Hongli's eyes was completely cooled when he looked at the flute, and gradually floated a cold chill, his eyes looked at Su Yi, but he saw that she was also looking at the purple bamboo flute, and Gu Yanzhao took out the purple bamboo flute and played it unconsciously, the sound of the flute was low and echoed the graceful wisps of the piano sound, which was provocative, and the person who played the piano obviously heard the echo of the flute, the sound of the piano was more cheerful and smart, and the sound of the flute was also more elegant and cheerful. A piece of bamboo branch lyrics is played by the ensemble of the piano and flute, like flowing water, hearty, lingering, and very aftertaste.

The song is over, everyone is applauding, Su Yi just came back to her senses from the song, but her heart is complicated, a thousand tastes are indescribable, she is not his lover, and he will eventually find a woman who will accompany him to the end of his life, just like this song, lost a piano, there is another piano to echo, she is not the only one in the world.

One song has ended, one song has risen again, but everyone listens to it but it is a song "Good Night Introduction", but Gu Yanzhao did not echo it anymore, just quietly listened with everyone, and carefully put the purple bamboo flute into his sleeve.

The person who played the piano was obviously a little surprised that he didn't get the echo of the sound of the flute, and he paused a few times to obviously remind, but Gu Yanzhao didn't move at all, and the sound of the piano didn't get the echo of the sound of the flute and stopped abruptly, and instead replaced it with a song "Plum Blossom Introduction", everyone was shocked, the sound of the piano was ghostly, and it gradually approached, like crying and complaining, sad and complaining, and seemed to be extremely disappointed because of the harmony of the sound of the flute, just like the woman who was waiting for the return of the king on the mountain. Seeing Qiu Ruo take a handkerchief to wipe her tears, Su Yi realized that she had burst into tears, Su Yi condensed, reached out to take the tea cup and wanted to drink water, but found that the tea was already cold, and the cold touch passed through the skin on her hands and the blood made her shudder.

The guard guarding the ship outside suddenly walked in, saluted Hongli, and said, "The girl on the boat opposite said that she asked the person who was playing the flute to go and talk about it." ”

Gu Yanzhao was shocked when he heard this, Hongli raised his eyes and looked at Su Yi, paused and said expressionlessly: "The beauty of the beauty must not be disappointed." ”

Gu Yanzhao stood up slowly, looked at Su Yi but saw her hanging her head, unable to see her expression clearly, a slight pain in her heart, and walked out with the guards with an expressionless face.

Su Yi tightly grabbed the silk handkerchief in her hand, and her slightly trembling eyelashes could not hide the panic in her heart.

The rain never fell.

At night, the sky was still dark and frightening, there was no starlight at all, and Su Yi lay on the bed only to hear the sound of the wind whistling outside, and the steady breathing of the man behind her. His warm breath sprayed on her neck, his chest pressed tightly against her back, but she still felt cold, she couldn't help but want to tremble, so he wrapped his arms around her tightly, and his soft call when he was asleep sounded in his ears, "Su Yi......" She didn't say a word, only the tears from the corners of her eyes were buried in her sideburns.

She almost didn't sleep all night, the past came back to her mind over and over again, but in the early morning she fell asleep, and when she woke up, it was already time, and when she got up, she saw Hongli take a handkerchief and hand it to her, she was terrified and reached out to take it, but he said, "Don't move." ”

She had no choice but to sit, Hongli took a handkerchief and slowly wiped her cheeks, and his movements were gentle as if he were treating a very cherished baby. After wiping it up, he looked at it carefully for a while and smiled: "Very good." He pressed her down in front of the dresser and sat down, picked up the rhinoceros horn comb on the table and slowly combed her hair, she was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was in a dream, but it was not herself in the mirror, sleepy-eyed, and even red-eyed.

I only heard him say, "You eat something, we are about to enter the palace." Obviously feeling her nervousness, Hongli hugged her into his arms, stroked her black and soft hair, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, everything has me." She was held by him in a daze, full of thoughts.