Chapter 32: The Night of Martyrdom
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December 206 BC
The day after I brought Xiangzi and Luoying back to the house, a guest came to the house.
Since Changxi stayed in Pengcheng because of Changxi's injury, we haven't seen Qin Yuqi again.When Changxi and I entered Xianyang with the army, Qin Yuqi still stayed in the pass for some reason.Because he arrived in Xianyang a few days later than us.Originally, it was the most normal thing for him to visit.However, to Changxi's and I's surprise, the first thing he did after arriving in Xianyang this morning was to come to us first, instead of visiting Xiang Yu.
It was afternoon, Changxi and Qin Yuji sat in the warm pavilion and drank tea, and I went to the kitchen to let the cook cook the food.
"There's a guest in the house today." The cook asked me.
"Yes, there's a little general." I laughed and said, "He's a meat eater, so he'll get some more meat tonight."
"Hey."
Out of the kitchen, I went straight to the backyard, where Luoying and Xiangzi lived, and they were injured
"Sister Cher." Seeing me push the door in, Luo Ying propped herself up and sat down, with a faint smile on her pale face.
"How does it feel?" I sat down on the edge of the bed, probed her forehead, and said with some concern, "Since I said I want you to have a good rest, you can just rest.
Xiangzi's injury was a little worse than Luo Ying's, she was lying there, and she also smiled faintly: "Sister Mo spoils us too much, so as not to dislike us and disobey us in the future."
"If you don't obey, you won't be obedient, you've always been too well-behaved, and you should live with your own temperament once in a while." I helped her fold the quilt and sighed: "I was only a teenager when I was with me, I was supposed to be the most naughty age, but I was more sensible than anyone else.
Luo Ying took a sip of the tea I had placed on the stool, pursed her lips and smiled, her voice with a strong taste of nostalgia: "At that time, I always thought in my heart, Sister Xue'er, you treat us so well, how can you cause you trouble, if you make you angry because of the trouble, what should I do if you ignore us from now on...... Now I look so sorry for your thoughtfulness, sister."
"It's all in the past." I touched her head and said softly, "Now as long as you take care of yourself, I'll be satisfied."
Out of the backyard, I was about to go to the warm pavilion to say hello to Qin Yuji, but as soon as I walked to the door, I saw the door open from the inside.
"Now it's time to go." I was a little surprised." Don't stay here and go back after dinner."
"Nope." He smiled at me and said lightly, "I still have some things."
"That's ......," I said with some regret, "That's a pity. I've told the kitchen to cook more of your favorite dishes.
"That's really hard work for you." Qin Yuqi said with a smile: "Changxi has never liked to eat meat, I'm afraid I'm going to suffer today."
Changxi didn't look at him angrily, and said helplessly: "It's rare for you to come once, or Xue'er will eat for you personally, but you don't give face like this, I don't have a brother like you."
"I'm sorry sister-in-law." Qin Yuqi bowed to me, and the appearance of the oily tone was far from the previous calmness.
I was so amused by him that I shook my head and laughed, "You don't have to make amends, but the next time you come, remember to punish yourself three glasses first."
"Next time......" There was a moment of trance in his eyes, and although the trance was fleeting, I caught it in his eyes.
I looked at Changxi, and he seemed to see the trance, but he just shook his head slightly, and didn't say anything more.
Changxi didn't speak, and I could only choose to be silent, so I sent him to the door with Changxi, watched him board the carriage, and walked away.
"I always felt ...... What is going to happen...... "I was a little nervous, and I couldn't help but gently shake my long hand.
Changxi paused, then backhanded my hand tightly, and said softly, "It's going to be fine."
At that time, we all forgot that he left in the same direction as Afang Palace.
At night, Changxi slept very unsteadily, always turned over left and right anxiously, and finally sat up directly.
"What's wrong?" I took the thick robe that lay on the edge of the bed and put it on him, and asked worriedly, "Is it uncomfortable?"
"No......" he frowned, his voice low: "I always feel ...... Something is going to happen......"
I couldn't help but think of the day I learned of Xiao Xu's death.The same anxiety.The same uneasiness.And then as if in response to my uneasiness.I got the news I didn't want to know the most.Now Changxi's premonition was the same as I had that day.I could more or less guess who the person who made him so uneasy.
"Let's go check it out." I got up and met Changxi's surprised gaze: "Instead of being scared here, let's go and see if anything is going on...... I will not regret my indifference."
He put his arms around my waist and buried his face in my stomach.
Changxi and I quickly got dressed and didn't comb our hair, and got into the carriage directly, ordering the carriage to hurry to Qin Yuji's residence.
"Wait." I stopped the driver and thought for a moment and said, "Go to Afang Palace."
"Afang Palace." Long Xi was puzzled: "What are you going to do there?"
"I don't know why, I always thought he would be there." I lowered my eyes." That's where he and Xiao Xu first met."
Changxi paused and told the coachman, "Just go to Afang Palace as Madame said."
The carriage walked in the quiet night of Xianyang City.The sound of the wheels rolling was loud and crisp.In a trance, I felt like I had returned to the day of Xiao Xu's death.In the heavy rain, only my carriage was galloping.I wanted to prevent a death and separation.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the Zhao Palace, and Changxi and I jumped off the carriage and walked briskly to the Zhao Palace Garden.
It was December, and the plum blossoms in the garden were in full bloom, and I walked quickly through the flowery plum grove to the kapok grove in the deepest part of the garden.
The faint light of the lantern illuminates the way forward, and I clench my long hand tightly, and my heart beats like a drum.
In the darkness, a scarlet suddenly bloomed under the faint light of the lantern, and the lantern shook with a shake, and the lantern fell to the ground, and then burned violently.
In the firelight, he and I could clearly see Qin Yuji sitting under the tree, he smiled peacefully, and a wound on his neck was still bleeding.
"Rainy Period"
On the second day of entering the Afang Palace, Xiao Xu met Qin Yuqi, he was dressed in a black suit, his black hair was tied up high with a ribbon, his body was leaning against the trunk of a tree, and he was holding a delicate sword in his arms.
She fell in love with him at a glance, he loved him all his life, he was always frivolous when he was young, and he became her home.