The begonias in the courtyard do not bloom before March, and although the empty branches appear to be cleared, this kind of reduction is a kind of style in Xi Yan's eyes. At this time, the leaves were already in full bloom, and when I looked at the past from under the corridor, the courtyard already had some full meaning.

Since An Ruofei came to visit that day, Xi Yan asked people to secretly pay attention to her surroundings, but for several days, Xi Yan has not received abnormal news, and Situ Yizheng has not made any moves, as if the threat of that day was just a dream.

But Xi Yan and An Ruofei both know that behind the seemingly calm waves, there must be a bottomless whirlpool. It's not that Xi Yan didn't want to tell An Ruofei everything and tell her that she already knew the truth... But whenever he wanted to tell the truth, he always hesitated to hide the words in his heart.

Xi Yun once asked him why he didn't say it, he smiled and shook his head, but he didn't say what was on his mind. Perhaps because of the authorities' obsession, Xi Yan always felt that once she revealed this time and the plate, she would have some nostalgia for herself.

Obviously, there was only a thin layer of window paper, but she didn't want to poke it, but he didn't dare to poke it......

Since returning to Si Le Fu from Haitang Courtyard that day, An Ruofei has been uneasy, she doesn't know if what she did is right or not, but since she has decided to protect everyone, she can only treat herself as an outcast.

The chaos in his heart was like a mess of twine, An Ruofei was really depressed, so he wandered around Si Le Fu alone.

It was getting late, and when she looked up again, she was already in the secluded place in Sle's house. Unlike the rest of the place, it was a little dilapidated, except for a room not far ahead, emitting a dim light.

For some reason, An Ruofei, who was supposed to turn back, walked into the hut by surprise. She slowly pushed open the wooden door, but the empty and tidy room was empty, and she walked through the hut to the backyard, but the courtyard was still empty. Just as An Ruofei was about to turn back, he heard an old and hoarse voice coming from behind him.

"Is it Ansler?"

An Ruofei suddenly turned around, a terrifying face suddenly appeared in her eyes, although she was shocked, she still rarely maintained her composure.

An old woman stood behind the hallway with a candle in hand, her face a horrible patch of white, her mouth and nose twisted unnaturally, and at first glance it was a sign of burns.

An Ruofei was frightened, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said, "It's me, I passed by here and came in without permission... I didn't know there were any people living here, so don't be surprised. ”

The old woman shook her head, moved over and said, "I've lived here for a long time, and no one usually comes here, only a few old people who are similar to me live here, you don't know if it's natural." ”

Seeing that she had no intention of blaming, An Ruofei said with relief: "That being the case, then I should also call you a senior." ”

The old woman was indifferent to this: "I don't dare to be, I heard that there was a Si Le surnamed An, but I only saw you from afar on the day you entered the mansion, and when I saw you tonight, I only felt that my body was about the same at first, so I called casually." ”

An Ruofei lowered his head and smiled lightly, and said lightly: "The seniors have good eyesight, but what are the seniors doing in this Si Le Mansion?" ”

The old woman did not answer, but went into the room and placed the candles on the table at random, and said indifferently: "It's just a storehouse, I look like this, and I can't do anything else." ”

When An Ruofei heard this, she knew that she had inadvertently poked her sadness, so she apologized and said: "What Ruofei said just now was wrong, and I hope you don't take it to heart." ”

The old woman listened to An Ruofei's words, as if she had suddenly been touched by a sensitive nerve... An Ruofei only felt a tightness in her wrist, and her left wrist had been tightly clamped in her hand, and the force was so great that An Ruofei couldn't break free. In addition to the faint pain in her wrist, she felt the old woman's hand trembling slightly.

"You just said, what's your name?"

An Ruofei couldn't help but be a little nervous when she saw that she was suddenly stunned, and hurriedly said, "Ruofei, An Ruofei." ”

Hearing this, the old woman's cloudy eyes suddenly flashed, and she hurriedly asked, "Are you from Gusu?" ”

Gusu... Just for a moment, An Ruofei was shocked and said sharply: "Who are you?" ”

She didn't answer An Ruofei's words, but continued: "Is your aunt okay? ”

When An Ruofei heard her mention her aunt, she had already guessed her identity seven or eight points in her heart, but she didn't dare to speak. After hesitating again and again, An Ruofei said carefully: "My aunt was not there long after she came to Chongdu, you are... Jinse? ”

Although An Ruofei has speculations about her identity, he has always found it difficult to believe. After thinking about it for a long time, he still only dared to say the word Jinse.

The old woman nodded, two lines of tears flowed down, and said bitterly: "I am Xu Jinse, I am Concubine Shu!" ”

This news is tantamount to a thunderclap on the ground, I can't imagine that Concubine Shu, who was famous in Jinghua in the past, is still alive, and I can't imagine that she has become this almost ghostly appearance.

An Ruofei had to sigh at the arrangement of fate, which made her meet the person her aunt had been looking for for half her life after many years.

She couldn't help but feel sour and asked, "Why are you here, isn't Concubine Shu already dead?" My aunt has been looking for you for a long time, if she hadn't been looking for you, she wouldn't have come to Chongdu, and she wouldn't have died so early! ”

Xu Jinse said hatefully: "How do you know that I am not more uncomfortable than dead now?" In the past, I followed him thousands of miles to Chongdu, and when I arrived in Chongdu, he became an emperor, what about me? Thousands of miles to come here, but to go to the golden wire cage. What about the concubine? In that secluded harem, what can I do to compete with the concubines from other families, without the protection of the king, how can I live? ”

Xu Jinse wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, and said bitterly: "He went out of the palace to parade that time, but Penglai Palace caught fire for no reason, and in the flames, my maid died instead of me, and I changed into her clothes and escaped in the chaos to survive to this day." Penglai Palace was built on an isolated island, and in the fire, the queen took pity on the lives of the palace maids and eunuchs, and ordered to delay the firefighting, but watched Penglai Palace turn into a scorched earth! ”

An Ruofei wanted to ask Xu Jinse why he didn't go back to meet the king in the future, but after thinking about it, he immediately understood. Xu Jinse was disfigured in the fire, and even if he met the king, he could only not have a good impression......

Xu Jinse was extremely poignant, and there were even more traces of sadness in his eyes, "If I hadn't stepped into his room by mistake in Gusu back then, maybe there wouldn't have been such a thing... I just made a mistake, but why take my whole life to bear it? ”

Xu Jinse said poignantly, and An Ruofei was also sad to hear it...... One step at a time...... She stepped on the wrong foot at the time, so did she go on the right path again? An Ruofei didn't dare to think about it... She didn't understand, why every time she wanted to move, there was a cold thing that locked her heart in place?

An Ruofei said coldly: "Providence, providence is so." From the moment you arrived in Chongdu, it was destined that I would come back. ”

Xu Jinse said: "The Xie family has been destroyed, you and I are existences that can't be known, so let's steal peace." ”

An Ruofei really didn't want to speak, and he didn't want to pay attention to Xu Jinse anymore, so he walked out of Xu Jinse's courtyard step by step alone, and said to himself: "How can you understand." You say I don't know how hard you feel, but you don't understand what I'm suffering. ”

An Ruofei didn't want to tell Xu Jinse that Situ Yizheng already knew her true identity, because she knew that it was useless to say more.

An Ruofei looked at the boundless sky, feeling extremely lonely. She gently stroked the moss on the wall with her hand, and the cold and slippery feeling suddenly spread to every inch of her skin.

Even if it is spring moss, it can also be chic spring and autumn, although there are no flowers and no fruits, but it can be a peace between the green bricks and tiles. And An Ruofei can only be like duckweed, floating and drifting in the waves helplessly.