"Father! Sit down and rest for a while. ”

Seeing the Amber Dragon King enter, the Thousand Riders rose from their chairs to meet him, and then busied himself with handing his father a cup of hot tea.

The Amber Dragon King was taken aback by this series of actions of the thousand horses, the son of the past was always reckless, and rarely showed care and consideration for others, but in this short part, he really seemed to have grown a lot.

"Was it okay all the way? I didn't have time to say a few more words to you just now. Qianqi asked a little shyly.

He must not have been able to say such words before, maybe it was in response to that sentence, it is good to be at home for a thousand days, but it is difficult to go out. In the past, I didn't want to run away from my father's side all the time, and I even felt that it was a trouble to talk to him more, but in the past few days, although I finally achieved my wish, my thoughts about my father and Dongyao have increased day by day.

"The journey was very smooth, but I didn't leave Dongyao for a long time, and I was embarrassed to see the dilapidated scenes outside. I don't know if it's because I'm getting old that I have so many feelings about what I saw along the way, alas. The Amber Dragon King briefly fell into deep thought, and he had become so sentimental when he had once been a suave man. In the past, he closed himself in Dongyao in order to seek a peace of mind, but everything later proved him wrong, even if he obtained a moment of peace, but Dongyao's changes outside him are still inseparable from himself, more precisely, with his descendants. Now he has no regrets even if he dies, but Qianqi still lives here, and the turmoil and war he will face are still inevitable.

"The outside world of Dongyao is indeed not quite the same as I imagined before, but it also gave me a lot of new ideas, these days, my companions and I defeated the Rakshasa Mother, went to Hongye and Xiao Leng's residence in the human world, Ouyang Ancient Mansion, and also went to the Yellow Springs Country, met the Yama Demon King, made a good friend of Hyacinth, fought countless rounds with the Soul Guard, and then passed through the Golden Firefly Maple Forest, and went to the Crane Spring Township to meet the legendary Feathered Crane Immortal......"

Qianqi told his father about his experience after leaving Dongyao like a few family treasures, but he didn't mention Xia Qiu's name, because just thinking about her appearance made his heart ache faintly.

The Amber Dragon King had long seen his son's thoughts, and the light that flashed in his eyes when he talked about what he had experienced these days suddenly dimmed, and Qianqi rarely showed a similar expression, especially in front of people, he should be said to be optimistic and cheerful, or he was stubborn in his bones, since he was sensible, he rarely saw him cry, he always smiled unscrupulously, making people feel that there were no troubles in his world.

"By the way, the Jade Cicada is also with me, and they will perform with the musicians at the ceremony in the evening." The Amber Dragon King remembered that Qianqi and Jade Cicada had always had a good relationship, so he diverted the topic.

"I saw her when I just greeted you, and before I could say hello to her, I would meet her before the ceremony." Qianqi suddenly remembered that he was talking to his father patronizingly, and he forgot to let him rest for a while before the ceremony, "Whether you are tired or not, let's rest for a while, I will come to pick you up before the ceremony." ”

"Well, I didn't think it was just now, I was really a little lacking at this time, and I happened to have some time before the ceremony." The Amber Dragon King replied.

"Then I'll go out first, Father."

Qianqi left the Amber Dragon King's room and walked straight to the back courtyard of the Kaiyang Hall where the musicians and dancers were resting.

In the open space of the annex, the musicians were arranging their instruments, and the dancers wearing veils were also stretching their muscles and reviewing their dance steps.

"What about the jade cicada? Why not here? ”

Qianqi looked around, but he couldn't see the figure of the jade cicada, although the dancers were all wearing veils, he could still recognize the jade cicada at a glance. Jade Cicada is one of the mermaids he met on the shore of the lake in Dongyao City when he was a child, and he is also a childhood sweetheart, so he is very familiar with her Qianqi, and even if the mermaids are extremely beautiful, Jade Cicada is also one of the best in terms of posture and appearance.

"Back to the young master, since we arrived in the other courtyard, the jade cicada has disappeared." One of the dancers replied.

"Oh? Any idea where she went? Qianqi couldn't help but feel strange, could it be that the jade cicada was curious about Chenji Palace and secretly ran away to other places in the palace to play, this kind of thing is very likely that she can do it.

She didn't say it, but she kept thinking about the boy who had been to Dongyao before.

"Teenager?" Qianqi paused, and suddenly remembered that the young man she was referring to was Ouyang Xiaoleng, and then thought of the scene when Ouyang Xiaoleng arrived in Dongyao Palace that day, when Jade Cicada invited him to enter the lake to dance with him, as if he understood something at once, nodded and said, "I know, you can continue to practice." ”

Jade Cicada was indeed looking for Ouyang Xiaoleng, when she learned that she and the other dancers would go to the royal city of Yongchuan with the Amber Dragon King, the joy in her heart was overflowing, she had been thinking about the boy she gave the bracelet for a long time, and finally had the opportunity to see him again, how could she not be overjoyed. She had long thought about escaping as soon as she arrived at Chenji Palace, but she didn't know where to go to meet that young man, Chenji Palace was really big beyond her expectations, compared to Dongyao's Amber Dragon Palace, I don't know how many times bigger, for her newcomer, it was like a huge labyrinth.

She was both nervous and full of anticipation, but fortunately the whole palace was busy with the evening ceremony, so no one paid attention to her, and her luck was good, and after a while, she stumbled into the courtyard behind the auxiliary star hall, she walked along the corridor for a while, and finally saw the figure she had been thinking about for a long time through a window.

At this time, Ouyang Xiaoleng had just finished bathing, and was being served by two demon servants to change into a dress tailored for him, according to his requirements, the dress was mainly white, and the style was based on some clothing pictures brought back by Ouyang Hongye from the world, and it was improved, the upper part of the body was somewhat similar to the suit style in the world, and there was a long and heavy fish pendulum below, the front body was embroidered with a white lotus with gold and silver silk threads, and the silver fox pattern with a crown on the head was embroidered behind him, and the fox tail of the silver fox was going down along the fish hem, and the whole dress was too fine and gorgeous. It's a good thing it's pure white, otherwise he wouldn't have put it on anyway.

But just put this dress on his body, but it still made him feel uncomfortable, he was used to wearing light clothes in the world on weekdays, and it was okay to wear a robe with simple fabrics and styles once in a while, but it was the first time to wear such a formal dress, and it was difficult to even sit down.

He finally sat down in front of the chair, let the demon servant comb his hair for him, he looked so strange in the mirror, he was busy dealing with the princes who came to congratulate him for a few days before the ceremony, so that his whole face became very stiff, because Ouyang Hongye had instructed that even if he couldn't squeeze out a smile, he couldn't appear too cold and arrogant, so he tried his best to make his expression appear calm, and his voice was as soft as possible, even in the face of people who were unwilling to deal with it, he had to do so, and then he thought of a good way, It's just that imagining them as the person you like seems to naturally become a lot easier.

After returning to Wangcheng, there has been no news of Xia Qiu, he actually dreams of her every night, and it was the same yesterday, he dreamed that Xia Qiu was by his side, accompanying him and waiting for the ceremony to begin, he was a little nervous, she held his hand and told him that she would support him whenever she could, for some reason listening to her words and looking at her smile, he suddenly stopped being nervous, and he found that he was more dependent on her than he imagined.

When he woke up, he suddenly found that it was just a dream, she still didn't come back, and he felt so melancholy for a while, he walked to the courtyard alone, stood under the plum tree, plucked the strings of the guqin, and the melody that played without his brain turned out to be hummed by Xia Qiu. When he thinks of her, he has a lot of thoughts and mixed feelings, and when he thinks of her, he always involuntarily comes and goes close and far away for her, and sometimes he is inexplicably angry with her, in addition to regret and some fear.

The jade cicada stood outside the window for a long time, and when she was hesitating whether she should go in or not, she was slapped from behind, which startled her, and she turned around and turned out to be Qianqi.

"Young master." Jade Cicada said with some embarrassment.

"You didn't prepare in the other courtyard with others, why did you come here?" Qianqi deliberately pretended not to know the Jade Cicada's mind and asked loudly, also to attract the attention of Ouyang Xiaoleng in the house.

"I ......" Jade Cicada suddenly didn't know how to answer.

Ouyang Xiaoleng heard the voice of Qianqi outside the house, since he had a dispute with him because of Xia Qiu's affairs, they hadn't said a word on the way back to Wangcheng and preparing for the ceremony these days, but at this time, Qianqi took the initiative to run outside his door and shouted, which couldn't help but make him curious, he ordered the demon servants around him: "Go and see what they are arguing about outside the door?" If there's anything to do, invite them in. ”

"Yes." The servant walked out.

"The master asks you what you are arguing about, and if there is anything to do, please come in and tell me." The demon servant said to Qianqi and Jade Cicada.

"She's looking for your master." Qianqi smiled evilly and pushed the jade cicada into the house.

Ouyang Xiaoleng turned his face and saw the woman covered in a thin gauze standing there, although it was familiar, he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and his face couldn't help but show a questioning look.

Jade Cicada reacted, hurriedly took the veil down, and then realized that she had done something inconsistent with her identity, and lowered her head in shame.

"It's you." Ouyang Xiaoleng remembered that the light-haired, blue-eyed girl in front of him was one of the mermaid dancers who danced for them in Dongyao's Amber Dragon Palace, and he had also given him a bracelet, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Jade Cicada didn't know his true identity, so he replied without too many concerns: "I just want to meet you before the ceremony." ”

She looked down at his wrist and saw that he was not wearing the bracelet she had given him, and though she knew it was nothing to a man like him who lived in the palace, she was somewhat disappointed.

"Well, I still have to prepare for the ceremony, if there is nothing important, I won't talk to you more." Ouyang Xiao responded indifferently and turned around again, motioning for the demon servant to continue to help him arrange his hair and dress.

"Okay." The jade cicada retreated.

She also understands that with her own identity, she broke in so recklessly, and she was not blamed by someone so honorable as him, which made her feel very lucky, although his indifferent attitude made her a little frustrated, but to be able to see him, it was also her own wish, she relied on her own memory to go to the Kaiyang Palace Courtyard but met the thousand horses waiting there on the way.

"How?" Qianqi asked with a wicked smile.

"You have to take care of it!" The jade cicada stuck out her tongue and said.

Such naughtiness can only dare in front of Qianqi, although Qianqi is the young master of Dongyao who is high, but because they are playmates from childhood to adulthood, Qianqi treats her like a sister, which is why she is very free even among the dancers, and the singers and dancers who are in charge of musicians and dancers do not dare to do anything to her.

"I guess I didn't hear anything good, right? Don't take it to heart, that ice cube can't even smile! Senki comforted.

"Hmm." Jade Cicada lowered her head a little melancholy but quickly dissipated, "But it's okay, I'm already satisfied to meet that adult, you know?" He remembers me! ”

"Is that guy that good?" Chiki asked unconvinced.

"What, don't you have a good relationship with him?" Jade Cicada reacted that Qianqi didn't go in with her to say hello just now, and walked away alone.

"Nothing." Qianqi smiled and said, "You better hurry back to the other courtyard, it's almost time before the ceremony starts, remember the way back, right?" ”

"Hmm." Jade Cicada nodded, said goodbye to Qianqi and ran towards the courtyard, thinking along the way that he finally saw the young man he missed day and night, his cheeks were red, and his heart was beating faster.