August 210 BC

The rain in Xianyang continued to fall for three days, and the rain washed the roof tiles and eaves, taking away the dust and wind and frost, but it could not take away the haze of the whole city.

Ying Zheng's death has silenced the entire Central Plains, and countless forces with different purposes are brewing under this silence.

The horses drove day and night through muddy water, and finally entered Xianyang City two days later, and I shrank in the carriage like a paper man, crying dry all my tears.

The city was quiet, and the streets were deserted, save for the rolling of cars and the sound of horses' hooves. The coachman was hoarse because he had been in a hurry for days, but he didn't stop for a moment, and he kept shouting: "Drive!"

I listened to the sound of horses' hooves, and suddenly remembered the scene of the first time I met Xiao Xu.

At that time, I was ordered by the big dancer to go to the palace of the concubine to deliver things, and when I passed by a hidden rockery in the palace, I happened to hear the sound of crying intermittently coming from the rockery. I was only six years old, and I heard that it sounded like it came from a girl my age, so I forgot what the big dancer had told me and carefully went into the rockery.

It was a little girl who was crying with dirty bodies, she couldn't stop wiping the tears from her red and swollen eyes with her bruised hands, and when she saw me come in, she was stunned at first, and then lowered her head to hide the ragged clothes and scars on her body.

"Are you being bullied?" I reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, she shrank for a moment, and seeing that I had no ill intentions, she nodded and let out a soft "um".

"It's all, ignore them. I took out a black plum from my arms, gently stuffed it into her mouth, and comforted: "The big dancer said that if you eat something sweet, you won't cry." You sue me, in which palace are you on an errand?"

She shook her head, her voice a little hoarse: "No...... I ......"

"Then you can come to Xianle Fang, will you be with me?" I held her hand with joy in my eyes and said, "The big dancer is the best, she never hits anyone, and she always gives me a lot of snacks." Although it is very hard to practice dancing every day, the big dancer is very tolerant, and there is never anyone from other palaces to bully, you and me, I don't have to sleep alone, I can talk to someone!"

Some tears overflowed the girl's eyes, and she wrapped the plum for a long time before nodding lightly.

I took her back to Xianle Fang, and the big dancer first punished me for being a good student, and then ordered someone to take the girl down to freshen up, and named her: Xiao Xu.

When I was six years old, I brought a girl into my world, and I promised her that I would protect her, but in the end, I decided to leave her. In this fate between me and her, she is the only one who has always put me first in her world from beginning to end.

Xiao Xu, I took you out of the rockery and into Xianle Fang that day, and now, can I take you out of Xianyang Palace and into your real life? I don't know how it will end, but even if I don't know what the outcome will be, I must do it.

All the ladies in the harem of Xianyang Palace were grounded, and there were guards standing at every palace gate. From a distance, this palace looks like a prison.

I couldn't help but sneer, isn't this just a prison cell......

The guards did not let me into the inner palace, and I was anxious, so I took out a pair of jade bracelets that Wu Yi had given me from my baggage and stuffed them into his hands, begging him to let me in to see my sister for the last time. He saw that the jade bracelet was in excellent condition and a rare treasure, so he simply let it go, but I had to go in by myself, and the carriage had to wait outside.

I ran fast in the rain, and my clothes were so heavy that I tripped and fell into a pool of water, and the hairpin on my head fell to the ground and split in half, just like my heart.

The stagnant water was not clean, and the white clothes on my body were instantly dyed gray, but I didn't care so much, so I took off my robe and rushed to the Feixue Pavilion where Xiao Xu was.

There were still guards waiting outside the Flying Snow Pavilion, and I bribed them with gold leaves, and finally entered this golden cage where Xiao Xu was imprisoned.

There are many begonias planted in the courtyard, and by August, many of them have already borne fruit, and they are hanging on the trees one by one, red and bright, like small lanterns. There were no palace maids and eunuchs in the Feixue Pavilion, and only the sound of raindrops hitting the trees and the ground could be heard in the huge courtyard, which was indescribably desolate.

I walked step by step to the closed door, my feet soaked in the water and frozen, my body numb from the raindrops, but my legs were still moving forward. However, it wasn't until I stood in front of that door that I realized I didn't have the courage to push it open.

"Come in. A tired and hoarse voice came from inside: "It's raining heavily. ”

The grief in my chest poured out like a flood, and I pushed open the door and called in a trembling voice: "Xiao Xu......"

I didn't seem to expect that the person who came was me, Xiao Xu's eyes were full of shock, she looked at the wolf bèi unbearable me, suddenly got up and went into the room, and then rushed out with a set of dresses and a thin quilt.

"Change your clothes, don't catch a cold......" She wiped my messy and dripping hair with a soft towel, her voice full of concern and distress.

I didn't touch the clothes and quilts she took out, but turned around and grabbed her hand and said loudly, "Come with me!"

She was shocked, then smiled bitterly, raised her somewhat empty eyes and looked at me, "Go, where are you going? I'm already ...... I can't go......"

"Why can't you go! Ying Zheng is dead! No one can stop you! Now everyone is busy dealing with Ying Zheng's funeral, and no one cares about the loss of a concubine!" I shook her excitedly: "Come with me! I beg you, let's leave here together, leave Xianyang, and go to Changxi and Qin Yuji together!"

Hearing Qin Yuqi's name, Xiao Xu stiffened, she opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly her face turned pale, and she knelt on the ground holding her lower abdomen.

"Xiao Xu!" I was so frightened that I knelt down and hugged him, and asked nervously: "Xiao Xu, good Xiao Xu, what's wrong with you?

Xiao Xu's breathing gradually became rapid, her brows were furrowed, her red lips were bloody, and her teeth were clenched. Seeing my frightened face, she reached out to touch my face, but she couldn't help coughing, and a few mouthfuls of black blood spurted out of her mouth and landed on the placket of my clothes, outlining a shocking color.

She had already taken the "beauty elimination" brought by the eunuch, and I was finally a step late.

"Xiao Xu!" I hugged her tightly and cried heartbreakingly: "No! don't...... Don't ......"

"Snow ...... Cher ...... "Her eyes were blue, but her eyes were full of tenderness, and she trembled and put her hands on my face, as if she was caressing the most important treasure of her life.

"I ...... I always want to...... If you don't have it...... I'm afraid I'm going to ...... I'm afraid it would have been ruined a long time ago...... You're so good...... I can't bear you......" she began to cry, crying helplessly and pale, "I can't bear it either...... Reluctant to ...... rainy season I love him...... And lied to him...... This is...... This is the ...... of retribution"

"Xiao Xu...... Xiao Xu ...... "My face is against her forehead, and I can feel the beads of sweat oozing from her forehead, as well as the temperature that she is gradually cooling down.

"Cher......" Her voice was a little ethereal, like a fleeting smoke, but it hit my heart hard: "I hurt so much...... Tired...... Let me...... Take a break...... How are ......."

"Sleep...... Sleep, forget all the pain, throw away all the baggage, and sleep well. Then when you wake up, you will find that you have gone to the most beautiful place in the world. I reached out and stroked the side of her pale and emaciated face, listening to her breathing fade and fade before she disappeared.

"I'll be with you......" I hugged her tightly, crying silently: "The field of life and death...... Death...... As long as you want...... I'll just accompany ......."