For twenty years, in fact, the two of them have always been together, but that heart is like being separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and they can't come together anymore.

"Hey, I didn't expect there to be so many valuable jewelry in this ruined temple that has been abandoned for so long!"

The sudden sound made Xia Xiaoxiao startled, and the painting in his hand fell straight into the fire in front of him, Xia Xiaoxiao panicked, and wanted to reach out to pick it up, but there was a spark splashed on the painting immediately, because the painting was put for a long time, a red light trace extended from the place where the spark was splashed and burned.

Inside the house, the grandmother who threw out the wooden box came out with a jewelry box in her hand, and the palace maids who were originally cleaning in the courtyard surrounded her.

Xia Xiaoxiao stared at the picture scroll burning in the fire, and sighed faintly, there is nothing in this world about the past of the two of them.

The box in Mama's hand contained the jewels and hairpin bracelets that Duan Jinyun had used when she was a princess, and they could be sold for a lot of silver when they were taken out.

In the fire in front of him, the messy chests, the old clothes, everything about the Xiyun Hall burned a small mountain of flames in front of him, and the painting was quickly swallowed by the tongue of fire.

At the moment of leaving, the corner of his eye swept into the fire, it stands to reason that the scrap paper that should have been burned by Mars, the place where the scroll that was thrown down was not ashes, and Duan Jinyun's face in the middle of the painting gradually disappeared into the fireworks, fading out of a layer of skin, Xia Xiaoxiao almost immediately held his breath

Shock surged into her heart little by little, the blazing flames had already melted the snow around her, Xia Xiaoxiao was close, her warm body was also a lot warmer, the firelight was reflected on her face, a flush, she stared at the picture scroll hidden in the flames with a pair of eyes, no, the picture scroll was gone at this time, and what remained in the raging flames was just a small piece of cloth.

It is spread in the fire, but it cannot be burned.

What kind of cloth will not burn out in a fire?

Although Xia Xiaoxiao is sometimes slow to react, at this time, she can guess something no matter how stupid she is.

Taking advantage of the gap between the palace maids and maids gathered around Mama, she found a branch and fished the cloth out of the fire, and hurried in the direction of the Dusk Pavilion.

Along the way, Xia Xiaoxiao only dared to carry the remnants of the cloth in his arms, and only took out the things when he arrived at the Dusk Pavilion.

The book-sized scrap of cloth, which can be held with a slap in the hand, is covered with dense lines, as if it is written and painted, and it looks like it is already gravure on it, but it is more like she is painting something, the lines are criss-crossed, and the more Xia Xiaoxiao looks at it, the more she feels that she seems to have seen this thing somewhere.

The familiar impression in his mind suddenly surged up, wasn't the rag in his hand exactly the same as the rag he bought by accident in Ye City last time!

The cloth was only revealed after the scroll was burned, that is, someone deliberately hid the canvas in the painting?

Xia Xiaoxiao thought of this, and hurriedly covered the door, now in the entire imperial city, according to her, only the Dusk Pavilion is the place with the least number of people and the least people who will not disturb her, Beigong Yu moved out of Chenxiao Palace, she was demoted, and she can't go back to live here, but the things are still there, although they have all been changed by Beigong Yu before, but now she feels that only this place can make her feel at ease.

Take out the fire fold from the cabinet and light the candle on the table, the candlelight immediately illuminates the somewhat dim room, Xia Xiaoxiao has the mentality of giving it a try, twists a small corner on the canvas, and pokes into the center of the candle, and the result is as she expected, the canvas shows no signs of damage!

The cloth appears in the picture scroll, and the picture scroll is usually made of a cloth scroll covered with a decree, if it is hidden in it, it must be difficult to find, and the original burned painting is Duan Jinyun and Beigong Chengyan, appearing in the Xiyun Palace, is this thing hidden by Yun Hui?

Luo Zhi used to be in and out of the Xiyun Palace, and today listening to Yun Hui's words, Beigong Yu inflicted heavy punishment on her as if it was also to get the whereabouts of the thing they wanted from her mouth.

If I'm not mistaken, Yun Ji said that what they were looking for seemed to be something like a totem?

Could it be this fragment in my own hand?

Shocked, if it was really as she thought, then didn't Beigong Yu and the things they had been looking for always in their hands?

With doubts, Xia Xiaoxiao began to look for the cloth painting that she had bought from the vendor for 12 wen in the Dusk Pavilion, but when she rummaged through the entire Twilight Pavilion, the rags that had been played with by the buns could not be found.

"Impossible, I clearly remember not throwing it"

Xia Xiaoxiao thought about it, and when he saw the completely different layout in the Dusk Pavilion from the past, he remembered that Beigong Yu had already cleaned up the Dusk Pavilion, could it be that he was thrown away like this?

The canvas in her hand was worn, and the lines were not very clear, but the edges of the cloth were uneven, and it was obvious that this was only a part of the complete painting, just like when she saw another painting, she also did not see what was painted on it. If she could put it together, she might be able to see what the hell was in the painting, but now she didn't even know that the part in her hand was thrown there, how could she put it together?

And looking at the appearance of this fragment, it seems that the remaining fragments are not as simple as the two that I know

Yun Cheng said, those who get it get what the world wants, what do the people of the world want to get? Right? Wealth?

Xia Xiaoxiao began to be in a dilemma, she was not sure that the rag in her hand was really what Beigong Yu and Beigong Pheasant were looking for, after all, in her opinion, a totem was just a totem, and she didn't even know what was tattooed on it, what did Beigong Yu do when they found it?

But if that thing is really this totem in your own hands, isn't it equivalent to holding a very dangerous thing in your hands? Should she keep it or throw it away?

With a heavy fog in her heart, she forgot to go back to Lingyun Hall to wait for her smoothly for a while.

The fog was confused, the sky was as cold and hard as iron, and the air was as faint as a smokey iron gray, which was a very suitable day for execution.

Today's vacation, Beigong Yu doesn't need to go to the morning court, he should have been in Lingyun Hall early in the morning and didn't come back from Xia Yingxi until ten o'clock in the afternoon, and he rested at Xia Yingxi's place for the night.

Xia Xiaoxiao secretly rejoiced that yesterday he accidentally forgot his identity as Beigong Yu's maidservant, and slept in the Dusk Pavilion by the way, but fortunately, Beigong Yu did not return to Lingyun Hall last night.

At this time, Beigong Yu was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard outside the hall, Xia Xiaoxiao also followed in the courtyard, there was pen and ink paper on the bookcase in front of him, and the booklet of internal training was placed aside for her to copy, hundreds of times of internal training, if Beigong Yu didn't spare her, she would probably have to copy it to the next life.

Copied for a morning, soft hands, Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes couldn't help but look into the courtyard, Beigong Yu's figure was not far from her, white clothes and silver crown bundled hair, one move and one style, extremely powerful, and sometimes tactful movements, but there was also a powerful strength, Xia Xiaoxiao was very unproductive in this life, and he had seen two men practicing swords, one was Beigong Yu, and the other was Beigong Pheasant, at this time, Beigong Yu's wanton figure in the wind gradually coincided with the figure that fell in his mind

Xia Xiaoxiao looked a little distracted, Beigong Yu was wearing white again, whenever he was wearing white, the same face as Luozhi would always make her unable to distinguish who was the person in front of her, just like when Luozhi put on the ink-colored Xuanyi, she would always see that person as Beigong Yu.

Beigong Yu is actually quite compatible with Bai Yi, after all, he looks so handsome, but he is now the emperor, she wishes that he was wearing the yellow robe that suited his status all the time, and it was good not to let her have the illusion of thinking that he was a fall.

His sword waved in the wind and made a crisp sound of cutting through the air, the snow stopped today, the ground was still a thick layer, every time he jumped up and down, there would always be a lot of snow particles on his clothes, and then with his movements, it seemed that there was a lot of snow falling again, the long sword slashed, and the snow was also stirred between the swords, and the sharp qi passed, and it was shattered in an instant, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't understand swordsmanship, but he could also see that Beigong Yu was practicing an extremely difficult set of swordsmanship.

Once, when she was in the mansion of Lord Shangshu, she also looked at the figure of Luozhi who was practicing the sword like this, and at that time, Luozhi reluctantly handed her two tricks!

She shook her head, shook off all her thoughts about the fall, and began to wander on the paper again, but what she wrote was what Yun Cheng said to her yesterday, whoever gets it gets what the world wants.

Luozhi said that he came back to have something to do, so the purpose of his return is probably to find the totem, he didn't find it, how could it be related to treason? Could it be that the totem is really what everyone in the world wants? Even let it stop to the point of treason and leave home?

It's been all these days, and she still hasn't heard any news about him, and she doesn't dare to ask Beigong Yu, and she remembered for a while that she has been in the palace for three years, and she doesn't even have anyone who can inquire about the news.

"Xia Xiaoxiao!"

Beigong Yu had just collected his sword at this time and was walking towards this side, his face was gloomy and terrifying, and Ping Shun glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao on his side, but she obviously looked absent-minded, causing Ping Shun to call her so loudly and did not react!

After Xia Xiaoxiao heard the sharp call smoothly, Beigong Yu's eyes with a little anger were staring at her tightly, Xia Xiaoxiao hurriedly put down the pen and ink and walked around to him, and took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe the fine sweat oozing from his forehead.

Xia Xiaoxiao struggled with her feet, and beckoned down with her hand, "Keep your head down." ”

These days, she almost knows Beigong Yu's habits, as long as others are in this Lingyun Palace, then it means that everything has to be done by her, whether it is Pingshun or other palace maids on the side, everyone is just standing quietly on the side.

Beigong Yu stared at her, his face softened a little, and his tone was still a little cold, "What were you thinking about just now?" ”

"Out of the palace, thinking about how to let me grow wings and fly out."

The strength on Xia Xiaoxiao's hand was not very gentle, and he wiped the lunch on Beigong Yu's forehead two or three times as if he was wiping sweat.

"Xia Xiaoxiao, you think about how to get out of the palace all day long, it's better to think about how to please me, maybe I will be happy one day, and you won't have to copy those things all day long."

Beigong Yu grabbed her hand that was moving around his face, glanced at the bookcase behind her, twisted his eyebrows, and said softly.

"When am I not pleasing you so that my life will be better?"

Xia Xiaoxiao wondered, she wanted him to be happy, she always knew that Beigong Yu could have a good life if she was happy, but it was obvious that he couldn't get along with herself!

"Your so-called pleasing to me is nothing more than a strong blind stutter."

Beigong Yu said angrily, she was embarrassed to say that she even stammered him, but she also stammered perfunctory, who didn't want to serve him all the time? But as soon as she came to her, she always wanted to stay away from him, and for three years, she never wanted to get closer to herself.

"Beigong Yu, if I can please you, will you teach me light skills?"

Her eyes blinked, what did she want the positions of his concubines and beauties? It's better to give her a real one so that she can fly out on her own!

"Do you think everyone is a Beigong pheasant, and they can have such light skills?"

Beigong Yu stared at her, shook off her hand and sat down on the chair beside her.

Next to the chair is a small stove, there is a small kettle on the stove, although Xia Xiaoxiao doesn't know if Beigong Yu is thinking about dispelling her thoughts, and he is just a joke, naturally he doesn't expect Beigong Yu to really teach her, but what Beigong Yu said to her ears is a boast, her face suddenly couldn't hide her joy, and she poured him a cup with a cup of tea, "Yours is not as good as Luozhi's light skills?" ”

Her expression fell in Beigong Yu's eyes, Xia Xiaoxiao seemed to be very happy to see that he was not as good as Beigong Pheasant, but he could only purse his lips and not answer, Beigong Pheasant's experience in the rivers and lakes over the years was not empty, even if the two of them had not really done it so far, but he knew that Beigong Pheasant's martial arts were definitely not weaker than him!

Xia Xiaoxiao's tea was handed to him, Beigong Yu glanced at the sky and didn't pick it up.

"Your Majesty?"

Xia Xiaoxiao called out respectfully again, worried about whether he had made him angry again because of his mention of Luozhi, but she knew that Beigong Yu had always disliked Beigong Pheasant, but she heard Beigong Yu suddenly say, "Today is the day to torture Yun Cheng." ”

"But just last night, news suddenly came from the prison, do you know what the guards said?"

Beigong Yu's sudden change of topic caught Xia Xiaoxiao off guard, and the teacup in his hand shook imperceptibly, and Beigong Yu took the cup, took a sip, and continued to speak.

"The slave doesn't know"

Xia Xiaoxiao was a little presumptuous with him just now, and then she changed her title respectfully, once she began to feel weak, she would always pay extra attention to these etiquette and etiquette.

"Yun Ji died of poison in prison."

Beigong Yu glanced at her, his tone was flat, but he didn't mean to ask for guilt.

Beigong Yu put down the teacup in his hand, took Xia Xiaoxiao's hand and brought her to him, looking at her with his head tilted slightly, "Xiao Xia'er, in this palace, you have to learn how to read people's hearts, often those you trust and sympathize with, but the more people you will hurt, I don't want you to make the same mistake a second time." ”

He knew that Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't let go of Yun Hui, so she was going to prison, and he just turned a blind eye, but he didn't expect Xia Xiaoxiao to be so bold and dare to steal Lu Wuji's medicine and give it to Yun Cheng privately! If it weren't for the news that came suddenly last night, Lu Wuxian came to him and said that the medicine was gone, he would never have thought that Xia Xiaoxiao would dare to do this.

Xia Xiaoxiao had seen Beigong Yu's sharp, indifferent, sarcastic, and all kinds of eyes, but only at this time, deep, like a little ripple on the surface of a calm lake, the eyes that stirred up small waves were something she had never seen before.

"Slave maid, follow the emperor's teachings."

Xia Xiaoxiao lowered her eyes in a little panic, not looking at his gaze that seemed to be soul-stirring.

He said it simply, but in his opinion, the only person who would hurt her was Beigong Yu, but fortunately, Beigong Yu had no intention of condemning her.

"Slave maid, see Xi Guifei Niangniang!"

Not far away, a red figure came, Beigong Yu was stunned, Xia Xiaoxiao hurriedly withdrew his hand from his hand, and saluted the figure and said loudly.

The person who came was Xia Yingxi, a bright red cloak draped over her body, dotted like plum blossoms in a white snow, although Xia Xiaoxiao bowed her head and saluted, but there was an indescribable weirdness in her heart, she remembered that Xia Yingxi used to dislike this too bright color the most.

"Concubine, see the emperor!"

Xia Yingxi had already been granted permission by Beigong Yu, and she was the only one in the entire harem who didn't have to kneel for Beigong Yu, so she was only slightly blessed in the snow, and the corner of her eyes swept to Xia Xiaoxiao, who was standing on the side, as if she wanted to say something, and finally moved her eyes to Beigong Yu. Smoke shirts

"What made the emire of me start thinking about me after only a few hours?"

Beigong Yu had already walked in front of Xia Yingxi, took her hand and went to the side with the stove, after all, it was still winter, Beigong Yu had to be in the yard, naturally it was warmer where there was a fire, the green warbler followed Xia Yingxi and took off her cloak, and under the cloak embroidered with peony flowers was a goose yellow flower-sprinkled smoke shirt, Xia Xiaoxiao stood aside, and what she saw with a pair of eyes was the jade Yingluo necklace hanging around her neck, which made Xia Yingxi's appearance still pitiful in such a gloomy sky. The main thing is that the thing is worth a lot of money at a glance!

"Just now, Lord Lu came to prescribe medicine to the concubine, and the concubine asked Lord Lu to also prescribe a few good medicines that can replenish the emperor's body, and this was sent to the emperor."

Xia Yingxi said softly, but her eyes always swept towards Xia Xiaoxiao's body.

"I don't need any tonic for my body and bones, or do I think I was last night?"

Beigong Yu leaned on her shoulder and blew a cool breath into her ear, and his tone was ambiguous, Xia Yingxi's face immediately turned red, and she lowered her head.

Although Xia Xiaoxiao lowered her head on the side, although she didn't see it, she still heard Beigong Yu's words, Beigong Yu is really not as thin as the city wall, and she can say these words in front of so many eunuchs and palace maids in the blue sky and daylight, and she is not ashamed, she feels ashamed when she listens to it, let alone Xia Yingxi's thin skin? It's not a loss that Xia Yingxi's face can be as red as a red date.

At this time, if Beigong Yu knew that Xia Xiaoxiao was disgraced by him, I am afraid that he would not be able to skin Xia Xiaoxiao alive, Pingshun saw that Xia Xiaoxiao's head was almost lowered and his neck was connected, thinking that Xia Xiaoxiao might be eating jealousy, sighed deeply in his heart, moved to her side, and whispered in her ear, "Miss Xia, don't be stunned, hurry up and take the tonic brought by Concubine Xi to the imperial dining room to boil it." ”

"Yes."

Xia Xiaoxiao found an excuse to excuse herself, she also knew what Pingshun was thinking, and she didn't explain, so she hurriedly retreated with the medicinal herbs.

Seeing Xia Xiaoxiao's back as she walked farther and farther, Xia Yingxi looked straight ahead, her face was a little sad, and her voice was low, as if she was saying it to herself, and as if she was saying it to Beigong Yu beside her, "My sister has always disliked restraints, and she often didn't return to the house when she was in the Xia Mansion, and often ran out of the house with her childhood sweetheart's friends, and her father didn't like her sister's temperament very much, saying that she was easy to cause trouble, so she drew a gap with her sister, but, at least at that time, when my sister occasionally returned to the house to see her, I always see a smile on my sister's face. ”

"Smile? Don't you always look like you have a blue nose and a swollen face? ”

Beigong Yu laughed softly, Xia Yingxi was slightly surprised, it was the truth that Xia Xiaoxiao often didn't return home before, and it was also the truth that she was always happy, but she didn't expect Beigong Yu to even know that Xia Xiaoxiao and Ji Xiaoer often went out to fight, and it was indeed as Beigong Yu said, every time she returned to Xia Fuzhong, Xia Xiaoxiao always had some scars on her face and body, and she fought with others.

The surprise on her face was covered up by her for a moment, "If the emperor really wants to condemn my sister's sin, it is better to let my sister out of the palace, no matter what kind of crime my sister has committed, no matter what, she was also the emperor's wife."

"Xia Xiaoxiao asked you to intercede for her like this?"

Beigong Yu's hand let go of her, said slowly, and walked to the bookcase, on which were the words that Xia Xiaoxiao had just finished.

Xia Yingxi shook her head behind him, the hand holding the Jinpa in her hand tightened, stared at Beigong Yu's back and said softly, "The concubine just watched my sister sullen all day in this palace, and she almost forgot that she was the Xia Xiaoxiao she used to be." ”

"Xi'er, just take care of yourself in everything."

Beigong Yu said lightly, his tone gradually became cold, Xia Yingxi's little face turned a little white, and she immediately lowered her head, "Yes, the concubine has overstepped." ”

Beigong Yu turned his head and glanced at her lightly, turned his head again, took the pen that Xia Xiaoxiao had used before and began to write on the paper, Xia Yingxi and Xia Xiaoxiao, the two daughters of Xia Fu's family have learned Xia Fu's temperament, "You said that Xia Xiaoxiao is not happy in the palace, I will always let her learn to be happy, learn to be happy by my side, and Xia Xiaoxiao only needs to stay by my side to be able to laugh, and things outside the palace have nothing to do with her." ”

His pen fell on the paper, sonorous and powerful, like a sharp knife waving his moves between the paper, Xia Yingxi didn't dare to say more, his words were as hard and domineering as his words, and no one could question him, even if she knew how much she was favored by Beigong Yu.