Just because you shouldn't be afraid doesn't mean you won't be afraid. No matter how tough she was in front of her family during the day, when she was alone in the dead of night, Tao Yao still couldn't stop being stunned.

Hongfu has been sent by her to rest, and she has never had to be on duty at night, and she is the only one left in the huge room. Tao Yao sat on the soft couch facing the window, clasped her hands on her knees, and buried her face deeply. The cool moonlight on the spring night poured over her long black hair like water through the open carved panes, and then fell all over her shoulders and spread all over the ground, and the girl's body was thin and weak, like an elf in the dark night, which could be blown away far away by a gust of wind at any time.

Gao Xianzhi stood under the pear blossom tree in the courtyard through the window and looked at the small figure, and his hands were subconsciously clenched into fists.

Today, he was waiting for his father to come back after inviting a matchmaker, and then prepare the dowry. But I didn't want to wait left and right, and in the end, it would be a piece of holy will. In that way, a piece of paper completely pushed the fate of him and Tao Yao to the unknowable holy will.

He didn't know what kind of mood he was in at that time, maybe angry, lonely, disappointed and heartache at the same time, but what he wanted to know more was Tao Yao's condition. Obviously, she was still such a bright girl as a spring some time ago, once she wants to return to Shendu, return to that cage-like place where she can't help herself, will the smile on her face disappear from now on? Moreover, today's gods are no longer the same as they were back then, whether it is Li Bao'er or Li Jijiang, they are all people who once wanted to take her life, and they finally escaped death, but now they want to watch her jump into the fire pit again?

He couldn't bear it, he was uneasy, and he couldn't put his mind at ease, and just when he wanted to come to visit, his father, who had always regarded etiquette as nothing, stopped him for the first time in his life.

"Huai Jin, I understand your current mood." He had never heard his father make such a helpless voice: "But Your Majesty's holy decree is not so simple, we can no longer propose marriage to the Yongwang Mansion, and you can no longer visit the little county lord as unscrupulously as before." Even if it's just related to Yongwangfu, it can't be. ”

"Why?!" He almost roared out these three words in a hoarse voice: "Back then, His Majesty the Martial Emperor asked us to return to Chang'an, wasn't the purpose of the two families to marry?" With her jealousy of the Yongwang Mansion, she has acquiesced to the exchanges between our two families, why has everything changed now after this holy decree?! "He is not a fool, he saw Wu Cao's matchmaking heart as early as a teenager. At that time, he was also secretly happy for a while, thinking that with this alone, there was no way for someone in Yongwangfu to disagree in the future, and he could completely rely on the Son of Heaven Weiling. But now, what is the current situation? Why did the situation change overnight, and the happiness he thought was easy to get was far away from him in the blink of an eye, and he didn't even have a chance to redeem it.

"Yes, but that's all in the past." Gao Sheji knew his unwillingness, and his voice inadvertently brought out a little tired hoarseness: "Once the son of heaven and a courtier, since Emperor Wu has abdicated, we can only obey the orders of His Majesty today." He regarded the little county lord as a righteous daughter, and he simply wanted to hold her in the palm of his hand and control her, even His Royal Highness King Yong couldn't help it, what good could we end up with if we contacted it again? ”

He raised his head suddenly, and there was a fierce determination in his eyes like a lone wolf after being hurt: "But I can't just leave her alone!" ”

"What can you do?!" Gao Sheji's voice also became louder: "If you insist on going your own way and go to her without regard for the holy will, then you are harming her!" Her family affairs can only be dictated by His Majesty's Sacred Heart, but if there is a trace of disobedience, the reputation of the little county lord will be damaged, and His Majesty's arrangement will be ruined, do you think the little county lord will have a way to live?! Gao Xianzhi, you are not a child anymore, you are the general of the marching formation, think about it with your brain! ”

Think about it...... He was like being beaten with a stick, his mind was buzzing, and he lost the strength to refute in an instant.

Yes, his father was right. What could he do for her with his current abilities? Appearing next to her again is nothing more than harming her, Li Jijiang, the enemy, wasn't he originally recruited for her?

However, the bursting thoughts washed away all his sanity. Even if he survived the whole day, he still couldn't convince himself not to come to see her. It's not okay to be bright, then he just came to see her secretly, didn't bring her harm, didn't bring her trouble, he just had to look at it from a distance. And when he finally entered the backyard like a gentleman on the beam, avoiding the heavy guards of the Yongwang Mansion, he saw a woman who was not well.

The shadow that was tightly curled into a ball seemed to be rooted in his heart, and even every trembling of her could arouse his bitter distress. It's just a moment of effort, but he seems to have spent a thousand years, how can he rest assured that he is this kind of Taoyao?

The night is slightly cool, and the evening breeze blows the pear blossoms in the courtyard, and the petals as white as snow flutter and fall to the ground in a whirl. Gao Xianzhi stood in the blurry whiteness of the place, not caring about the remnants of the flowers on her shoulders, but noticed that the trembling of her body was getting worse and worse.

Could it be that she was crying?

Consciousness jumped out of this thought before action, and by the time Gao Xianzhi reacted, he had already walked quickly to the window, his tall and slender figure turned his back to the moonlight, pulling out a long shadow, and instantly enveloped the petite girl on the couch. And she seemed to be aware of it, and raised her head in a trance, and the eyes of the two happened to meet, and they both showed unexpected expressions.

"Brother Huai Jin......" Tao Yao's peach blossom eyes were slightly red, and there was a faint touch of water on her thick curly eyelashes: "How are you...... Will it be here? Am I dazzled? ”

In the dead of night, even the maids in the house had already turned off the lights and gone to sleep. Why did this person suddenly appear here, shouldn't he stay in the general's mansion?

"I saw you crying." Gao Xianzhi stood outside the window, condescendingly looking at the girl who was still in ignorance, looking at the water color hidden in the depths of her bright eyes, as transparent and fragile as glass, as if it could splash out at any time, soaking his clothes in an instant, making him also feel uncomfortable: "Xiao'er, don't cry, I've always been there." ”

I just can't see your tears, because every drop can burn my soul. Let me fall into hell, and from then on I will only be with you in the heartache.