Chapter 2: Nightmare

That night, I slept very hard and had that strange dream again.

The dream was foggy and chaotic, so foggy that I couldn't see the road under my feet clearly, and I wandered aimlessly, not knowing where I was going, just like I didn't know who I was and why I married Li Xuan. When I got to a place, the fog suddenly dispersed, and I took a step back in shock, and in front of me was an old and dark house.

Judging by the scorch marks, the fire that engulfed it must have been tragic and spectacular. The silhouette of the old house gave me a vague sense of mystery, as if I had been here a long time ago. But if I've been here, why should I leave, why is this old house set on fire?

I never thought carefully about this dream metaphor, and it wasn't until a long, long time later that all the truth was unreservedly and cruelly torn apart, and I realized that Li Xuan and I were destined to be entangled for the rest of our lives, until we died.

I don't know where I got the courage, I moved my steps lightly, my right hand trembled slightly and I went up and touched the blackened broken wall on the side, I stroked the shape and texture of the broken wall, my heart was filled with strange and clear sadness, this sudden sadness tightened my heart, and suddenly twisted it, I let go of my hand like a pain, and looked at the scorched black in a daze, I don't know why.

This burned-out ruin, lying there in peace and tranquility, seemed to call me to come, but it drove me away.

I quickened my steps like crazy, and rushed forward without looking back. As he ran, it rained heavily in the sky, and the sound of the rain echoed in his ears. When I didn't have the strength to run anymore, I stopped, holding on to the stone wall at the corner of the street and gasping for air. At this time, the rain was light, and I was soaking wet, but I was lost again.

A melodious and soothing flute sound floated over, calming my panic and irritability, and what is even more amazing is that the flute sound actually lingered around me as if it had been given life, and my heavy heart was floating lightly in the clouds at this time, peaceful and peaceful, without waves.

I looked curiously along the sound of the flute, and saw a man coming steadily, with a handsome figure, his dark blue robe so clean that there was not a trace of wrinkles, he held a jade-colored flute, his fingertips fluttering, and the flute body flowed with melodious notes like a stream breeze.

"Who are you?" I seemed to have seen him somewhere, but I couldn't see his face clearly, the man's face was hidden in a haze, and I could only see his resolute chin.

He stood in front of me, I could only reach his chest, and his voice was not gentle at all: "I will give you this song called Ink Soul." ”

Before I could react, the man turned and left. I was so anxious that I chased after me and shouted at the top of my voice: "What did you say? Hey, don't go, you're back! "The man went farther and farther, and I could no longer catch up with him.

I was so disappointed that I finally met someone who seemed to be familiar and ran away for no reason.

I turned around in despair and prepared to go in the opposite direction to the man's departure, when a cold, piercing sword pierced my body.

The shock overshadowed the severe pain, I looked down at the gorgeous blood water gushing out along the sword body, extremely frightened, I raised my head in disbelief, who was going to kill me? The next moment, my eyes widened as if I had been struck by lightning. Holding the hilt of the sword is my husband, Li Xuan.

Li Xuan looked at my black eyes deep and cold, hiding emotions that I couldn't read, he pulled out the long sword from my body little by little, so indifferent as if he didn't know me, he silently took the sword away, leaving me half covered in blood and collapsed to the ground, the ground that had rained was cold and muddy, I used my remaining strength to recognize his departing back, so cold and hard.

Does he hate me? He hated me so much that he was willing to kill me!

I woke up suddenly, sat up straight in horror, cold sweat dripping from my smooth forehead, and the silk brocade was slipping down, and I felt a slight chill in vain, only to realize that it was just a terrible nightmare.

The wooden windows were half-open, the night outside the house was dark, there was no moonlight or starlight, and the whole palace was as quiet as a sleeping beast, and the luxury of the day fell silent, and it was restored to its original appearance.

The nightmare was too real to be relieved of my efforts now. I stepped barefoot on the ground and slowly moved to the window, trying to blow the wind. It's not the first time I've had this dream, it's sometimes real and sometimes blurry, and every time I wake up, I feel my heart ache and feel the urge to cry.

I talked to Aunt Yun about it, but she just touched my white porcelain cheeks lovingly, saying that her little princess was cranky again, and she said that the prince loved me so much, how could he be willing to kill me? I wondered if I had misheard, because when Aunt Yun said these words, I clearly caught the taste of sadness in her tone.

I think Aunt Yun may pity me as an orphan girl, alone, and she doesn't even have an impression of who she is, so she hopes that Li Xuan and I can raise their eyebrows and get along in harmony.

But she forgot, I don't like Li Xuan. Li Xuan doesn't like the hustle and bustle, the palace is quiet and elegant, but I naturally like to be lively, and I'm almost crazy when I stay in the ink garden; Li Xuanqin, chess, calligraphy and painting, proficient in everything, is the first beautiful man in Daqi, but I am not as good as Xiao Ye as a female celebrity, the only thing I can do is this face, which can be regarded as a beauty. I can't pretend to be well-behaved, I don't know how to please Li Xuan, please him, I can't learn Mrs. Xiang's charm and enchantment in my life, what I can do is climb trees and dig birds' nests, and snatch the rock sugar gourds from other children's hands, like this, I don't match Li Xuan at all.

It is estimated that when people all over the world see me, they will feel sorry for Li Xuan, his princess will not be as good as a maid who serves him.

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't figure it out, what did Li Xuan like about me?

On second thought, Li Xuan didn't seem to hate me as much as I thought. Although he always used excuses to find fault with me and punish the people around me, and made me feel bad, but I, the princess, enjoyed everything in the palace in the best, and my house was full of the treasures he had collected from all over the world, and I was so troubled that I looked at it. What reward does the emperor have, Li Xuan is also the first to ask someone to move to Moyuan to let me pick the one I like first, and then give it to other ladies. On the bright side, no one dares to bully me, I am the upright Princess Xuan, and the position of the princess is as stable as Mount Tai.

If Li Xuan is really good to me, why do you want to torture the people I care about? Aunt Yun, Xiao Ye, and Ah Shi have all been severely punished by him, he doesn't move me, but he knows the truth of the snake hitting seven inches, and he hits my vital point every time. When I think of this, I am indignant and feel that he is really hateful.

I lit the lamp, sat down at the desk, and decided to practice calligraphy, my words were very ugly, crooked, once Li Xuan saw it, and laughed at me with disdain: "Like a reptile." "I was so angry that I stopped writing for a long time.

I studied the ink, laid out the white paper, picked up the pen, paused, what should I write? After thinking about it, I laughed, why don't I just write this.

I seriously wrote two lines on the paper, nodded with satisfaction, and read it out loud at a glance: "Death and life are broad, talk with Zicheng, hold the hand of Zi, and grow old with Zi." "Once Mrs. Xiang played the piano for Li Xuan, chanting shallowly, I listened to it for a long time and only heard this sentence, although I don't know the meaning, but I like these two poems very much.

I took the trouble to write these two lines of poetry on the paper over and over again, a pile of white paper was quickly used up by me, the table and the floor were covered with paper, I don't know how long it took, the sky finally ushered in the light, I stretched and yawned, Xiaoye came in with a basin of washing his face, stared at me stunned, as if he saw a monster: "Princess, you didn't sleep last night?" “

I was so sleepy that I ignored her, and climbed into bed after dropping a heartless sentence: "This princess wants to make up for sleep now, if you dare to come and quarrel with me, you will die." "Pretending to scare Xiaoye is one of the pleasures of my boring days.

"Oh." Xiao Ye closed the door and went out, thinking of her expression, I couldn't close my mouth happily.

I fell asleep deeply, this time I didn't have that nightmare, I slept peacefully, until the sun opened my eyes, Li Xuan stood in front of my bed with a cold face, and I was so frightened that my soul flew away.