"Are you okay?" Ning Yi looked at Yun Liu worriedly, the vigor and vitality that she had envied on her body were now completely out of sight.

Yun Liu held her hand, and there was obvious exhaustion and helpless sadness in her eyes, "Peace, the sky has changed." ”

Ning Yi felt that her hands were cold, and the worry in her heart became heavier and heavier, her body temperature had always been lower than that of ordinary people, but Yun Liu's hands were colder than her at the moment, and she could only comfort her weakly and palely, "It's going to be okay, everything is going to be okay!" ”

Yun Liu shook his head weakly, "You don't know, these days, since the emperor and the queen mother have passed away, the two reassuring pills in the Forbidden City are gone all of a sudden, this palace seems to be like the sky has collapsed, people are panicking, everyone is suddenly standing under a dangerous wall, everyone is in danger, you don't know, these days, how many palace maids and eunuchs have quietly and completely disappeared into the Forbidden City, as if they have never appeared here, the longer I stay here, the more I feel cold and suffocated, like standing at the mouth of a black hole." , I don't know when I'm going to get caught up in it. ”

Ning Yi was not surprised, but she was still moved by the desolation in her words, looked up at the sky, there was no cloud, and muttered: "The Forbidden City, the most noble realm, is much colder than outside. ”

Yun Liu's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he looked at Ning Yi: "I heard that the emperor did not leave an heir, and Pu Yi took over in the end?" ”

Ning Yi nodded silently, and said after a while: "It was the decree of the Queen Mother before her death." ”

"I'm afraid I have already planned it." Yun Liu hooked the corners of her mouth, but there was no smile in her eyes, "She wanted to repeat her old tricks and re-support a puppet who could listen to her, but she didn't expect that she didn't have that life." ”

Ning Yi was a little shocked by her hatred for Cixi, "What do you know? ”

Yun Liu lowered his eyes and shook his head, and said in a blocked breath: "I don't know anything, but I can guess a few points, those two have been arguing for so many years, and they went one after another, I." ”

"Yunliu!" Ning Yi saw that she was talking more and more, and quickly raised her voice to interrupt her, and her eyes signaled to her, "Still in the palace, be cautious!" ”

Yun Liu exhaled heavily, looked irritated, turned to look at the lake over there, and calmed down for a while, "Ping'an, I want to leave here." ”

"Where are you going?" Ning Yi looked at her back that had lost a lot of weight, and she was not surprised in her heart, although as the only good playmate, she was still a little reluctant in her heart, but she knew that Yun Liu was like a bird, and the Forbidden City couldn't lock her up.

"Going abroad, I haven't finished my studies yet." She turned around, and Ning Yi's familiar brilliance rekindled in her eyes, "I'll be back safe!" This is my home, my country, and I want to change it, and I want to save it. ”

Ning Yi looked at the bright starlight in her eyes and her hope for the future, and raised a light smile, "Okay, I believe in you, I'll wait for you to come back." ”

"Just." She paused and looked at her, "Have you mentioned it to Master Xu?" ”

Xu Changxu didn't know Yun Liu's plans, and even if he knew, he was afraid that he would not be able to change her mind.

"I don't know how long I can wait for you." Looking at her young and bright face, for a long time, Xu Changxu could only spit out such a sentence obscurely. He is not alone, he has his family to take care of, as the only son in the family, although he is not very old now, but the elders of the family will not allow him to willfully keep an indefinite promise.

Yun Liu smiled, there was no unwillingness and grievance in his eyes, only relief, "Then, don't wait for me." ”

Xu Changxu's heart sank, he knew that the girl in front of him had no heart since she was a child, and she left without saying hello five years ago, but now she has grown, at least she knows to inform him.

Stiffly smiled, and said sarcastically: "Then I wish Liugege a smooth journey and success in his studies." ”

After saying that, he clasped his hands and saluted properly, and then didn't look at her again, and turned to leave.

Until he disappeared from sight, Yun Liu didn't move, just looked at the direction he left, and the hand behind him rubbed the hem of his skirt into a mess.

Yun Liu made up his mind this time that he didn't want to stay in the Forbidden City for a moment, and when he packed up his things and dealt with the things here, he left in a hurry.

"You say what kind of pain you have to die to save face and suffer sin." Ning Yi stood on the dock, looked at her, and sighed.

"My family and country are far heavier and heavier than the love between men and women, I don't want to stay here and watch my family and country fall into ruin, I want to do something for him, even if it's just a little bit, it's better than being an official lady in the backyard of a deep house, and I can't do anything."

"Moths to the fire?"

"Whatever you want!"

Ning Yi admires her courage, but also admires her for having a clear goal in life, and is willing to fight for an almost invisible future.

Exhaled, "Have a safe journey, remember to write to me." Ning Yi hugged her gently.

"Yes!" Yun Liu smiled and patted her on the shoulder, "You also have to take care of your body, Xiao Ping'an." ”

Ning Yi nodded, let go of her, and watched her turn away from the back of the boarding ship disappearing, and after a while, she appeared behind the railing of the boat, and waved her hand, Yun Liu saw that she smiled and waved at her vigorously.

"Gege, let's go back." Autumn Dew stepped forward.

Return to the palace.

"Eh, what's going on?" Chunya whispered to Qiulu, who was guarding the door.

Qiu Lu also had a sad face, "I don't know, since I went to the dock to send Liugege, and since I came back, Gege has been locking herself in the house, and no one is allowed to disturb her." ”

Chunya looked at the door worriedly and sighed, "Now the prince is not at home all day, the concubine is sick, and Fujin is also stubbornly supporting the housekeeping all day to take care of the second elder brother, seeing that he is getting thinner and thinner, we are locked in the house all day long, this palace is really quiet and scary." ”

The master of the mansion was unhappy, and the people up and down the palace didn't dare to speak loudly, let alone laugh, Qiu Lu shook her head helplessly.

"Squeak-"

At this time, the door behind the two was suddenly opened.

The two turned around and said happily: "Gege! ”

"Gege, you're out?!"

I don't know if it's an illusion, Qiu Lu feels that his own family is now Gege, although his eyes are still gentle as water, but today and the past seem to be different.

Ning Yi has never felt that she has lived so easily in the past eighteen years, perhaps because of Yun Liu's words, she has been thinking about whether she can really be a bystander in addition to being a qualified Manchu Gege, watching this most humiliating and painful era slowly unfold in front of her eyes.