Chapter 14: Pear Blossom Brewing

When I woke up, it was already dark.

I lay on the bed, staring at the window lattice with my eyes open.

The surroundings are very quiet, there are no maids, no queens, no Duan Xuan, as if I am alone between heaven and earth, and it is terrifyingly quiet.

I am now experiencing the memories of Concubine Li, and I know that all this is predestined and cannot be changed.

Or maybe it's because I know that these things are not experienced in me, so I can analyze them with a calm mind.

I was like a bystander, watching the love between Concubine Li and Duan Xuan go to ruin step by step.

So what will my love be like?

I couldn't help but think of Si Qing.

The fate between people is always delicate, just like when I walk in the crowd, no one can see me, but you can see me and are willing to intersect with my life.

Such subtle and unspeakable feelings always make people reverie.

Just as I was thinking about life, the door was pushed open suddenly, and with the cool air of the night, Duan Xuan walked into my room.

There was no light in the room, only a pale blue glimmer coming in from the window, and he stumbled a little, as if drunk, to my bed.

I was so frightened that I quickly closed my eyes.

Today's moonlight is not very thick, but it is very viscous, and the mist circulates between the air a thousand times, refusing to disperse for a long time, and it is also viscous with my current mood.

I lay motionless on the bed, breathing at the corner of my brow.

I could faintly hear him muttering the name of Concubine Li, the sound like a string soaked in the moonlight, with a sound that I couldn't wait to stir but was afraid to disturb the tender moonlight.

"Chihiro, Chihiro."

Then a kiss landed gently on the corner of my brow.

I was startled and opened my eyes.

He was so close to me, so close that I could see in his eyes that my purple pupils were rolling uneasily.

Purple?

He snapped and stepped back.

The eyes that were full of affection just now were now clear, and the wine was half awake, as if the sticky moonlight had also been dispersed in an instant.

I suddenly remembered what the Empress had asked the Empress when she hesitated to drink the potion.

"Don't you have faith in your love with Duan Xuan?"

Maybe the queen really just said such things just to stimulate Concubine Li, but this is really an extremely important issue for Concubine Li.

Does she really have faith in her and Duan Xuan's love?

I think Concubine Li must be scared in her heart at this moment.

The warmth that was there just now was frozen in an instant because of these purple eyes.

Even if he still had her rouge on his lips.

I saw that Duan Xuan looked at me with some repulsion, I quickly lowered my head, and then quickly got up.

"The people's daughter sees the emperor."

He was a little stunned, but quickly reacted and calmed me down.

"What's your name?"

I instinctively wanted to say that my name was Shen Qianxun, and I did want to say that my name was Shen Qianxun.

As a bystander, I don't care about the rules of the game, I just know that lovers have to recognize each other after ups and downs.

If I were Concubine Li, I would do everything I could to tell Duan Xuan that I am Chihiro, the Chihiro who made a wish for peace in the world with you.

But this is Concubine Li's old dream, I can't do anything but watch Concubine Li fall into the Yellow Spring.

"People's girl Meng Yunli."

I listened to Concubine Li's lie, and my heart ached, why should I listen to the queen?

What flashed in my head was a wooden bracelet, and I realized that in Concubine Li's heart, her mother was more precious than her love, so she was willing to cooperate with the queen to act, and would rather endure the pain of not being able to recognize the person she loved, and she also wanted to protect her mother.

He stared into my eyes, looked at it for a moment, and said lightly.

"Flowing clouds, good name."

Just when I was dumbfounded, he said another word, and in an instant my heart was lifted again.

"Is it because thousands of miles of clouds are looking for colored glass, and thousands of miles are missing, only cloud glass is left?"

I swear I was in a serious mood when I heard Duan Xuan say this, so I burst out laughing, which was definitely not what I intended.

Actually, I know what Concubine Li is laughing at, Duan Xuan made up a poem that she didn't know in order to pull Chihiro and Yunli together, so she laughed.

Where's the laughing? I pretended I didn't understand.

Concubine Li's smile Originally, I was worried that Duan Xuanlongyan would be angry, but I didn't expect his expression to be gentle at that moment.

Concubine Li's smile has a clean and pure smile that has not experienced vicissitudes, just like the bright smile when she first met Duan Xuan.

People like Duan Xuan, who have lived in an environment like the palace since childhood, are generally dark in their hearts, and people with dark hearts are often eager for sunshine and brightness.

But he is destined not to be a bright person and live in the sun, and the original Concubine Li gave him a warm and bright feeling.

Like the corners of her eyes now smiling.

Laughing and smiling, Concubine Li finally realized that something was wrong, she hurriedly held back her laughter, but she didn't expect to be choked by her own saliva, and the cough was so bad that she couldn't stop at all.

Lifei's cough is my cough, and I endured the spicy throat and whispered.

"Water, I want to drink water."

I didn't have much hope that Duan Xuan would pour me water, so when I was clamoring for water, I had already stood up and walked to the table.

But Duan Xuan pressed my shoulder, got up and poured me a glass of water.

I hurriedly took the cup, for fear that the next second he would angrily smash the blue and white hooked porcelain cup on my little head.

I took the cup and lowered my head so hard that almost my whole nose went into the cup.

I couldn't drink water at all, but I didn't dare to look up at Duan Xuan's dark and chilling eyes.

"You're scared of me."

I'm sure he said it as a declarative sentence and not an interrogative sentence.

"No, no, don't dare" I stammered nervously.

He looked at me helplessly, and then suddenly pulled the cup out of my hand, and then I was already stuffed in the quilt by him, and before I could recover my senses, he began to loosen his clothes.

Wide clothes?!

I suddenly realized a very serious problem, I can feel everything that Concubine Li felt, and everything that Concubine Li experienced, so does all this also include the joy of fish and water, the joy of clouds and rain?

Oh my!

"You, what are you doing?!"

I guess I was too nervous to say this in my voice at this moment.

He frowned when he heard my voice change, but the movement of his hands did not stop.

"You should have dressed me widely, but you are rude, and I won't care about you, so you don't want to get an inch."

Give an inch and take a mile?

What do I get?!

While I was being choked by his words, he had already untied his robe and lay down under the covers, and before I could resist he pulled me into his arms.

"Sleep."

He said what should have been gentle love words in a commanding tone.

But it doesn't matter, after all, the current Concubine Li is lying in Duan Xuan's arms, there is no queen here, no outsiders, no way of kings and ministers, and no estrangement.

Now I can't control my body, because Concubine Li is very happy at this time, even if I want to break away, Concubine Li actually didn't break away, but was like a well-behaved rabbit.

I leaned on Duan Xuan's chest and sniffed gently, a faint aroma of wine came from his body, with a trace of body fragrance unique to him, and I took a deep breath.

"Three years of pear blossom brewing, once the old memory, not to forget."

His illusory voice came from above my head, and the tone seemed to be telling an old lover about the past and present lives, but I could also hear the cool voice of Concubine Lifei in my heart.

Hold a hand to bury a handful of soil, love brewing for three years, how can you forget.