"I can't figure it out, I still can't figure it out......"

Li Kuang held a sunspot in his hand, stared at the chessboard on the table, and read it in his mouth.

Xu Rui saw that he looked like he was in a rage, and said with a smile: "I'm just a broken step, what's wrong with it?" ”

Li Kuang threw down the chess pieces in his hand, erased the chessboard with his hand, and admitted defeat as a thrower, and then sighed and said, "Can't you figure out your chess move?" I can't figure out what's going on! ”

Xu Rui threw a handful of white chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard, shrugged his shoulders and said, "No wonder you lost for a whole day, don't be half-hearted when playing chess." ”

Li Kuang scolded with a smile: "You are all in the edict prison, do you still have the heart to play chess wholeheartedly?" I think you are the only person in the world who has such a big heart. ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "I'm not an immortal, what can I do?" Besides, since you are a hostage, you just have to wait for the kidnappers to ask for a price. ”

"But it's been a day, why hasn't there been any movement?"

Li Kuang asked puzzled.

At this moment, there was a sudden chaotic footsteps at the gate of the Imperial Prison, and the two looked back and saw Hu Miao walking in with a group of little eunuchs.

Xu Rui smiled: "Look, isn't the person asking for the price coming?" ”

Li Kuang smiled bitterly, glanced at Xu Rui, and quickly stood up.

"Holy Word!"

Hu Miao shouted sharply, and Xu Rui and Li Kuang had already knelt down to accept the order.

"The champion Hou has been investigated for all the charges and has no substantiated evidence, and the guards in brocade clothes will be released immediately!"

Hu Miao said in the tone of Emperor Hongwei.

"Obey the order!"

"Thank you!"

Xu Rui and Li Kuang kowtowed at the same time.

However, Xu Rui failed to wait for the conditions he expected after all, but directly waited for the holy decree to release people.

Standing up, Xu Rui was even more confused, he came to the prison so inexplicably, and let it go inexplicably?

He opened his mouth and was about to ask Hu Miao, but Hu Miao bowed to him with a smile, and then turned around and left without saying a word.

"Don't give me a chance to speak......"

Looking at the people and horses who dispersed one after another, Xu Rui frowned and muttered to himself.

Li Kuang rubbed his chin and said, "It seems that the person who kidnapped you didn't intend to negotiate terms with you from the beginning, I'm afraid that he has already received a ransom from someone else at this time, right?" ”

Xu Rui shook his head suspiciously: "It stands to reason that the richest person is me, what if the ransom is not asked for by me?" ”

In fact, Xu Rui had already thought of countless possibilities on this day, but he denied them one by one, because what made him feel that the only thing that made him feel that it was slightly possible to be established was that Emperor Hongwei had a strong occupation of his Galaxy Group.

However, Hu Miao's words disrupted all his previous guesses.

"Don't think about it, don't you know everything when you step out of the gate of the edict?"

Li Kuang patted him on the shoulder.

Of course, Xu Rui knew that as long as he stepped out of the door of the edict, he would know everything, but because of this, he was a little stumped.

The emperor made such a big battle, and the things he planned were naturally not small, and now being released from prison means that the emperor has succeeded nine times out of ten, which means that he will definitely lose something.

What exactly is to lose?

"Forget it, what should come always comes, waiting for the result is always more terrible than bearing the result......"

Xu Rui smiled dumbly, shook his head, patted Li Kuang's shoulder, and strode towards the door.

The dungeon of the Imperial Prison is dark, and it is indeed a good place to be isolated from the rest of the world.

It's just one day, and when it comes out again, the whole world is already silvery, and the first snow of Hongwei's eighteen years has come as promised in the midst of thousands of calls, Xu Rui suddenly felt like a world away from the world when he stood in the snow.

What surprised him even more was that there was no An Ge, no Cao Siyuan at the gate of the Imperial Prison, and even the "broken army" carriage with a charcoal stove as he imagined.

In the goose feather snow, there is only a slim figure, lonely holding an umbrella, letting the cold wind blow, snow-capped, like a lighthouse in the storm, and like the bright moon in the starry sky.

The moment he saw this figure, Xu Rui's body suddenly trembled, and the spasm of his left hand seemed to spread throughout his body in an instant.

The wind and snow and the night blurred his vision, but Xu Rui knew that person was Princess Qixia.

Why is she here?

Countless thoughts suddenly popped up in Xu Rui's mind, each more terrifying than the other.

With a "squeak", the gate of the edict slowly closed behind Xu Rui, leaving the entire empty long street to the two of them in the night.

Xu Rui subconsciously walked towards her, step by step, unable to take his eyes off it anymore.

Princess Qixia was wearing a snow-white coat, the cold wind blew the green silk, playfully sticking to her forehead, the ice and snow froze her little face red, but added a touch of warmth.

She stood quietly in the snow, her starry eyes flickering with a faint light, staring timidly at Xu Rui, just like when she first met, with a smile on the corner of her mouth and a shy brow.

Xu Rui opened his mouth, and a thousand words were like a fish in his throat, but when he opened his mouth, it became: "You came alone?" ”

Princess Qixia smiled knowingly, like the clouds opening and the moon bright, and the wind and snow stopped.

"Well, ...... alone"

The tenderness of the moment was like a heavy hammer, smashing Xu Rui's mental defense, and all the disguises and deliberate evasions were all shaky.

In an instant, a crazy impulse to desperately hug Princess Qixia into his arms rushed to the top of his head along the hot blood, but just when Xu Rui wanted to raise his arms, the violently spasmodic left hand hit Xu Rui's soft underbelly again like a bolt of lightning.

Seeing Xu Rui's blazing gaze dimming little by little, a trace of sadness flashed in Princess Qixia's eyes, but her face was still filled with a happy smile.

"If you don't leave, the palace gate will be closed......"

After being silent for a long time, Xu Rui finally opened his mouth to say a word.

"Close it, close it, the palace door opens early and closes late, always opening and closing, what's so strange?"

Princess Qixia lowered her head, but her voice was extremely firm.

Xu Rui subconsciously took a half step back and said: "There are a lot of things happening on this day, I have to hurry home, or I will die in a hurry if I don't repair and my aunt......"

As he spoke, he was about to turn around and run away, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed by Princess Qixia.

Xu Rui subconsciously struggled, but instead of letting go, Princess Qixia grabbed it tighter and tighter.

Xu Rui looked at her in surprise.

Princess Qixia hurriedly hid the sadness on her face, and Ying Ying smiled: "Old General Liu and Aunt Liu know that you are safe and sound......

Xu Rui was stunned: "You told them?" ”

Princess Qixia didn't answer, looked at the white world and said, "Come with me......"

Xu Rui nodded blankly.

Princess Qixia handed the umbrella in her hand to Xu Rui, Xu Rui naturally took it, and the two stood side by side, slowly walking on the silver-covered street.

No one spoke, letting the cold wind howl, but Xu Rui could smell the faint aroma, hear the "bang" heartbeat, and don't know if he was nervous, or Princess Qixia was also throbbing.

At this moment, Xu Rui feels as if he has returned to the time of ignorance, always at a loss in the face of the world and the future, and his mind is blank.

Walking and walking, Princess Qixia suddenly stopped, Xu Rui couldn't react, took one more step, and quickly stopped, and leaned the umbrella on the top of Princess Qixia's head.

Princess Qixia gently opened Xu Rui's umbrella and looked up at the night sky.

There were no stars and moons in the wind and snow, only thick dark clouds, Xu Rui was stunned: "What are you looking at?" ”

Princess Qixia smiled: "The first gift you gave me." ”

Xu Rui remembered the past when he gave marshmallows to Princess Qixia as a cloud, and he couldn't help but feel a slight pain in his heart.

Love is like that sometimes, how happy it is when it is happy, and how painful it is when it is parting.

"I didn't understand it before, but now I realize your cunning, this gift can be seen whenever and wherever you are, as long as you look up......"

Princess Qixia is still smiling, as if she is also reminiscing about her original happiness.

Xu Rui's head was a little messy, and all the abnormalities converged into an ominous premonition, but he didn't want to think about it or ask.

"Xu Rui ......"

At this moment, Princess Qixia called softly.

Xu Rui came back to his senses and stared at her.

A touch of red appeared on Princess Qixia's face, and she subconsciously lowered her head, but immediately raised it stubbornly, looked at Xu Rui blankly, and said firmly: "Xu Rui, I like you!" ”