(The Empress at the Hot Spring)

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It's night, Jingzhou Mansion, the backyard of the incense pavilion.

The business of the incense hall in front of it is still lively, and in contrast, the quietness of the backyard is extraordinarily peaceful.

Rustling...

At the end of April, the weather is a bit cold, with a breeze blowing and bamboo leaves ringing.

Qin Lang stood in the courtyard in a thin shirt, staring at a light cloud in the northern sky, his eyes were slightly out of focus, and he didn't notice that a graceful girl figure not far behind him was slowly approaching him.

It is true that Qin Lang is not to blame for being sluggish, but Nan Lingyue deliberately put his steps very lightly.

She didn't want to bother him.

Although since he proposed the "Zhu Yan" plan to the Ning Xiang Pavilion, Qin Lang would look at the north like this every morning and evening, and Nan Lingyue would never disturb him.

Just like tonight, Nan Lingyue has been silently watching Qin Lang's back.

It wasn't until he was as strong as he finally shivered and touched his arm that Nan Lingyue covered his lips and smiled, came behind him lightly, tiptoed, and draped a shawl on his back.

“？”

Qin Lang's shoulders trembled slightly, feeling the gentle care behind him, he was already immersed in some memories, the corners of his lips subconsciously curved slightly, and he couldn't help muttering while turning around:

"Silver Bottle..."

“……”

However, when he really turned around, what caught his eye was the fleeting and gloomy look in the eyes of a certain girl, which made Qin Lang's heart twitch inexplicably.

"Spirit... Lingyue..."

"Hee-hee~ What are you doing at night?"

The saint put her hands behind her back, bent over slightly, and smiled, as lively and playful as ever.

"I... I didn't do anything..."

What could have been said easily, Qin Lang looked at her and smiled, but suddenly didn't know what to say for a while.

So, Qin Lang was stunned, and Nan Lingyue said it for him:

"Are you thinking about your lord again?"

“……”

Qin Lang was silent, and after a while, he said:

"Is it that easy to guess?"

"Yes, you are in the courtyard every morning and in the middle of the night looking at the direction of Jingshi, what else can you do but think about her?"

Nan Lingyue walked in front of Qin Lang as he spoke, and also learned him to look at the sky in the north.

"Her name... Is it called a silver bottle? ”

"Hmm."

"Sue... Silver... bottle..."

As a saint of one of the three sects, Nan Lingyue still knows the royal surname:

"It's such a good name, it makes people want to hold it in the palm of their hands, no wonder it makes men dream..."

"Uh..."

Qin Lang scratched his hair a little embarrassed:

"Mainly... I'm his bodyguard, just..."

"Aren't you also my bodyguard?"

“……”

Nan Lingyue turned his back to him and gently spit out such a sentence, leaving Qin Lang speechless for a while.

The two of them stood in the courtyard, and they were silent for a long time, and Nan Lingyue suddenly said:

"I wrote twenty-four stories so quickly, and planned the route of the Ning Xiang Pavilion for the next two or three years, also because I wanted to go to the capital soon."

Qin Lang didn't answer this question head-on, but after groaning, he gritted his teeth lightly and said:

"Lingyue, I remember that when you said at the beginning that you were inspecting various places, we were going to the capital too, and then... You also said I could just drop by or something. ”

"yes, yes."

Nan Lingyue still didn't turn around, nodded, and the two long ponytails shook leisurely:

"What, do you think I've lied to you now?"

"That's not the case."

Qin Lang shook his head, his mood was a little complicated:

"I just wanted to say... Something... Yes..."

"It's what you said from the beginning, it's what you're meant to do, I know."

……

Nan Lingyue knew that his nominal male attendant wanted to serve the woman he had always cared about.

It can be said that the Holy Maiden at this moment really wants to meet the legendary Qingli County Lord, and wants to know what kind of magic she has, so that Qin Lang, a man with strong blood, can think about her day and night from thousands of miles away.

Of course, at this time, the Holy Maiden was not clear, and there was actually more than one person who made Qin Lang think about it day and night.

……

"I discussed with Wen Xue earlier, her health is not very good now, plus all kinds of affairs, although I do still have to tour various places, including going to the capital, I may have to stay in Jingzhou Mansion for two or three years longer than expected."

"Two-three... Year? ”

"Well, in two or three years, I will go to the capital."

Qin Lang frowned:

"Why is it so long, if there's any trouble that needs to be solved, I..."

"It's all said, Wen Xue's health is not good, and she needs to rest for two or three years...... Didn't you say before that I would look at people, anyway, at present, I haven't found anyone who can take over Wen Xue's position, so I have to take it myself, so Qin Lang, are you willing to stay here for another two or three years? ”

"I..."

"Surely not?"

Nan Lingyue took the initiative to interrupt him without waiting for Qin Lang to answer:

"Originally, you have done enough things for the Ningxiang Pavilion, if you have to talk about love, we should also clear up between us, you don't owe Tianhe Sect, the rivers and lakes are high and the birds can fly, how can I stop you if you want to go to the capital... In the past two days, you can pack up a little and set off at any time. ”

……

Actually, it's not that long as two or three years...

Wen Xue's health is not good, but she only needs to rest for two or three months.

But just because two or three months was too short, Nan Lingyue knew that Qin Lang would most likely stay.

However, instead of seeing him miss other women in the distance day and night during these two or three months, Nan Lingyue felt very decisively that it was better to let him go and let him go to see his county lord earlier.

Maybe when the time comes to relieve the pain of lovesickness, he will turn around and start standing in a backyard in the capital, missing someone in Jingzhou Mansion...

……

"Qin Lang~"

So, the girl who was facing away from Qin Lang in the night finally turned around with her dress fluttering, and tilted her head with a smile:

"When you arrive in the capital, after you talk to the lord of Qingli County, you must remember to miss me~"

"Lingyue..."

Qin Lang was a little wooden.

Did you read it wrong?

I always feel that the corners of her eyes are a little shiny just now...

"Oh, look at you, I mean it, I can't hide it, in fact, I'm a person, I like other people's men somewhat..."

“……”

"For example, if the man of the county lord can secretly think about me in private, then I will be very happy~"

“……”

Qin Lang didn't know if what she said was true or not, but at least right now, the girl's appearance had been deeply engraved in his heart.

Originally, I thought her words were joking, but before she left, Qin Lang found that she seemed to miss her a little...

Qin Lang was also a little self-deprecating about this, but self-deprecation was self-deprecation, when he saw Nan Lingyue turn away, a can't help but urge him to follow quickly, and then from behind the girl, gently hugged her delicate body.

"Lingyue."

“……”

"I... After arriving in the capital..."

"After you arrive in the capital, you will accompany your county lord, and then, for two or three years, I will grow up, so I will come to the capital to find you, hmm... It's like when you go to the capital to find her~"

After Nan Lingyue finished speaking, he stuffed something into Qin Lang's hand, and then ran into the room.

In the room, Nan Lingyue looked at Qin Lang's somewhat declining and hesitant figure outside through the crack in the door, and his heart was also mixed, his slender back leaned against the door, and sighed softly.

Hmph, what a nerd...

I don't know how to do it when I'm coming...

But don't worry, even if you can wait two or three years, this girl can't afford to wait...

At most two or three months, it will be the turn of this girl to go to the capital to find you...~

(End of chapter)