I didn't expect this big day to be so tiring.

On the grounds that I was born poor and that I was afraid of displeasing the emperor by banqueting my mother's family, I saved all kinds of cumbersome gifts such as crying before marriage and returning to Ning after marriage. And the emperor never came forward from beginning to end, so this wedding omitted a lot of etiquette and seemed extraordinarily simple. However, at the end of the day, I accepted the greetings of the officials with the palace officials, holding the phoenix crown with a posture, and laughed stiffly.

The palace curtain did not say too much, but the palace curtain was kind, pulled the palace curtain and drank a few cups, and said a lot of auspicious words.

And during this feast, I didn't always see the side of the palace flag.

Finally, at night, I saw that the palace was already drunk, so I hurriedly pulled Guan Ju and walked to the courtyard.

"Girl...", Guan Ju suddenly whispered to me as he passed by the Hidden Jiao Spring, "The slave was almost so busy that she forgot... The prince has instructed you to bathe in the hot spring first, and then go back to the room to wait for him......"

I looked at the strings of bubbles rising from the brightly lit submarine spring next to me, and for no reason I felt a wave of nausea.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really elegant."

Without further ado, I took off my coat on the spot.

"Girl..."

Guan Ju wanted to say something, but Pu Jia grabbed her sleeve in time and shook her head silently.

"Girl, let the slave serve you—"

The phoenix crown was thrown down by me, and it landed on the stone by the spring with a clanging sound, interrupting Pujia's careful and tentative voice. I didn't care, still mechanically and rudely, and took off the fine garments one by one from my body until the last little coat remained.

The air in the Qianjiao Spring was unusually warm and humid, and I didn't feel the cold on my body. However, there seems to be something in my heart that is gradually dying, and I am powerless to lose my temperature.

"That girl... The slaves and maidservants will go back and fetch your clothes first. ”

Pu Jia picked up the messy red wedding dresses on the ground one by one, and saw that I was still cold and silent, so she pushed the clothes into Guan Ju's arms, took a pot of rose sweet wine and a glass cup from the stone table on the side and put them by the spring, and finally sighed and pulled Guan Ju away.

I was grateful for Pu Jia's thoughtfulness and understanding, but until she and Guan Ju disappeared beyond the green wall, I didn't say a word of thanks.

The long-stored frustration in my heart was mixed with remorse and anger. I don't know why I have such an irresistible burst of negative emotions so inexplicably, but at this moment, I have broken through the constraints of reason, I closed my eyes, and jumped into the diving spring.

The spring water is lukewarm. The moment he jumped in, the world was a lot quieter. The water, which was smoother than a silk coat, caressed every inch of the body's skin, and when the waves stopped, even the sound of the churning water subsided little by little. I hugged my knees and let the spring water on all sides drown out almost all of my senses, leaving only the sound of pleasant bubbles popping up the water.

Coming to the surface, I gulped in the air. The air of the winter night is a special fresh smell, mixed with the fragrance of the surrounding green-walled plants and the faint smell of sulfur from the spring water, which has a soothing magic power.

I silently felt the relief of all the negative emotions gradually dissipating, until the gray gloom dissipated, and his figure appeared in my mind as if it was radiating a golden light.

Miyahata.

His name is my deepest heart.

I really can't remember, when did he stay in this shadow in my heart, hidden behind all emotions, joy, anger and sorrow are his protective colors, no matter how hard he tries, no matter how deliberate, he is so lingering. On the contrary, the next time I inadvertently think about it, it involves a deeper longing or melancholy.

Miyahata, you're sad tonight.

You must be sad, I know.

Because I'm sad too.

I poured a full glass of ruby rose wine and drank it all. The silky wine flows down the throat and into the stomach, and seems to leave a precious sweetness as it flows through the heart.

His smile in prison came to mind. That day, he leaned against the prison wall, stretched out his hand and pushed the humble straw flower towards me, smiling like the sun melting the ice and snow.

Unblinding brightness, unforgettable warmth.

My heart suddenly tightened, and I suddenly looked back at the ground where Shicai had taken off her clothes—the small flower of Miyahata, the straw flower that I had been careful to put away on my chest, must have fallen out when Shicai was undressing.

"Looking for something?"

The voice was as cold as ice, a nightmare buried in the depths of my memories that I didn't want to remember.

I turned my head to look in the other direction, and sure enough, I saw a familiar pair of red boots. Subconsciously stood up from the spring, and the woman in red who sniped me by Lianyue Lake that day had already walked to the spring and threw the straw flowers of the palace flag on the spring. Her face was still veiled, and her exposed eyes reflected the blue spring water.

"How could you..."

"Don't worry, I'm not here to kill you today."

The warm air seemed to turn cold in an instant, and I got goosebumps all over my body. After my last escape, I already have a physical fear of this woman.

"How did you find me?"

"It's not the first day I've tracked you down today. If you were me, I would know that it is not difficult to find you. ”

"This is the Prince's Mansion, I advise you not to act rashly!" I tried to suppress the tremors in my body, "My maid will be back soon, if you alarm the guards in the palace, you don't want to retreat?" ”

The two girls are now back in their rooms and asleep. Today, all the guards of the Prince's Mansion are in the front hall, and the miscellaneous pieces of the entire garden have also been brought down by me. ”

"-I know what you're here for, listen to me..."

I don't know if it was because of a moment of emotion, but my mind suddenly felt a very strong dizziness, and I was shaky for a while, and I couldn't stand still in this pool.

"It doesn't have to be explained. I said I wouldn't kill you. The woman in red looked coldly at the hot flashes on my face, "After you returned to Beijing from Lingguang Mountain, I began to track you." I saw that you were planning to enter the prince's mansion, and I also saw your dislike for the prince. ”

"What do you say—" The vertigo was so terrible that I couldn't even speak for a moment. What do you mean by that......

"Know that you have the ability, the ambition, and the status." The woman in red threw her sleeves and turned her back to me, as if she was very disdainful of my limb weakness, "Although I can't take your life, at least I can let you feel my disgust for you, so as to vent my hatred in my heart." ”

"What... You ......"

Blurry vision as my arm turned red and swollen, I suddenly remembered the drunken palace in the front hall. I was terrified to the extreme, and my mind became as sluggish as my movements, is this woman going to use such a means against me......

"I didn't—" I stumbled into the water, and I took a big gulp, coughing so hard that I could barely speak, "Turbidity... It's not me—"

"—you dare to mention her!"

The moment I said Turbidity's name, the woman suddenly went berserk, grabbed me by the hair and pulled me out of the water, her eyes distorted by rage suddenly revealing a devilish smile.

"Was the wine sweet? You are in my unique acacia rain, do you feel that your body will be hot and unbearable for a while, and cold as ice for a while? She sneered, "You have been trying your best to push the prince away, and he has been fascinated by you." Today you are newly married, and I will fulfill him, and I will fulfill your ambition to hold him in the palm of your hand! ”

"No... You... I didn't kill her, I didn't kill Turbidity......"

The woman in red was like the wind, and my faint call was drowned out in her laughter that faded away like a night owl.

I am terrified, Guan Ju and Pu Jia are my only hope in this prince's mansion, if they are put down, there is really no one to help me escape from the clutches of the palace at this time......

The hot body was suddenly cold and unbearable, and the weak body couldn't help but shiver violently, and just when I was slowly squatting to try to keep warm, my feet slipped, and the whole person fell into the water.

"Help... Help me! ”

The heat and cold on my body became more and more evil, and I slapped the spring water with the only strength I had left, but my feet were still weak and weak, and I couldn't stand up. After inhaling several sips of spring water, I was so sick that I was almost in shock.

"Anyone! Help me! ”

My body lost all strength due to the lack of oxygen, and the trembling of my limbs turned into convulsions, and I allowed my body to sink slowly, and my consciousness gradually lost in a quiet blue......

As if hallucinating, I saw a hand reach into the water, grabbed my hand and pulled it up.

It wasn't until I breathed fresh air again that I vomited several mouthfuls of water, gasping for breath and lying on the cold masonry by the spring, writhing my body more and more strangely.

It was a primal desire, like a volcano that cracked through the opening, and the magma that had not been seen for a long time was gushing and ready to sweep away every inch of my skin that longed to be burned.

"What's wrong with you?"

Like a spring flowing through a volcano, my misty consciousness was suddenly awakened by the sound. Breaking away from my blurry eyes, I saw the exact same figure as in every dream I had.

"Miyahata...?"

Miyahata looked at me with some surprise, and grabbed him tightly to let go of my hands. He was wearing a long shirt of gray and white silk with silver threads, reflecting colorful glass lanterns, and that one-inch silhouette really seemed to be glowing.

"Are you drunk?"

He frowned at my crimson cheeks, and there were drops of water on his forehead and in his broken hair. I had never been so eager for his face to come closer, and closer, until those eyes, as clear as cobalt sapphires, engulfed me completely.

"You're waiting for big brother," he glanced at the scattered wine glasses next to him, "I'm just here to relax, I didn't expect it...... I'd better go. ”

"Don't go, Miyahata!"

I didn't know where I got the strength, and I clung to his soaked sleeve and refused to let go. He looked back at me, and I saw the gelatinous confusion on his heroic face slowly dissolve, and an irresistible temptation emerged. The lips seemed to slowly turn the same crimson color as my cheeks with each breath he breathed.

"Don't you go......"