Zhu Qingwu thought that he would be sad, but he didn't, he just said this very calmly.

There was no sound behind him for a long time, but the arm that was holding him tightly loosened little by little and slowly retracted.

Such an attitude is tantamount to acquiescence, so there is no need to verify it.

"Ah Wu ......"

Tang Xijian hesitated for a long time, but finally opened his mouth.

However, Zhu Qingwu didn't want to hear anything.

He just turned his head and looked at Tang Xijian very seriously, "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't have to go to great lengths to bring me here, I'm very happy that you're going to get married." ”

Zhu Qingwu said, as if to confirm his words, and smiled.

Somehow, he actually remembered the Hinoki Palace again.

Even if he wanted to escape from that place so much, it was the place he stayed the longest after wearing it to the Great Cool.

So far, Zhu Qingwu actually wants to go back.

"So can I go back? I don't want to stay here. ”

Although Zhu Qingwu smiled, for some reason, the whole person looked like a piece of glass with countless cracks, and it seemed that as long as Tang Xijian gently stretched out his hand and touched it, he would shatter in place.

Therefore, although Tang Xijian wanted to take him into his arms, he still didn't dare after all.

So he just gently tucked the corners of the quilt for him and replied, "Okay." ”

Then he added, "We'll go back tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Qingwu nodded, and then slowly closed his eyes.

He used to have trouble sleeping, and he often had headaches, but now he can fall asleep quickly.

Probably because the people who worried him were gone.

Without worry, he will naturally have less worries, and he can sleep with peace of mind.

Zhu Qingwu slept very well this night, and it was already dawn when he woke up.

Tang Xijian rarely didn't get up yet, and when he heard the sound of him getting up, he opened his eyes.

Zhu Qingwu naturally got out of bed to change his clothes, and then waited to wash.

After they had breakfast together, the maid brought the medicine.

With Tang Xijian by his side, he naturally couldn't pour it out again, so he could only drink it all.

As soon as he finished drinking, Tang Xijian stuffed a candied fruit into his mouth.

The sweetness of the candied fruit instantly diluted the bitterness in his mouth, and Zhu Qingwu's mood was better, and he looked up and smiled at him.

Tang Xijian seemed to be a little stunned when he saw this, and then picked up another candied fruit and handed it to his lips.

Zhu Qingwu obediently opened his mouth and ate it.

Tang Xijian seemed to want to continue feeding him, but then Hain walked in and said to Tang Xixi, "Your Majesty, the carriage and horses are ready."

Tang Xijian stopped what he was doing, but he didn't put the candied fruit jar back.

Naturally, he couldn't sit on the Luan drive of Tangxixi, he was sitting in a small sedan chair, so Zhu Qingwu returned to Qianming Hall and found that the jar along the way was actually held in Tangxijian in his arms.

Tang Xijian was extremely busy, and as soon as he returned to the palace, he had political affairs to deal with, so he wanted Zhu Qingwu to go back to rest.

But Zhu Qingwu said that he wanted to go around, Tang Xijian hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed.

Haven't figured out where to go? But his feet seemed to have their own thoughts, and by the time he came back to his senses, he had already walked to the door of the Hinoki Palace.

It has been renovated, but it hasn't been renovated yet, so when you open the door, you can still see the traces of the fire.

The door to the Hinoki Palace is not closed, it is quiet inside, and it seems that no one lives here anymore.

But come to think of it, this place is already remote and on fire, who would want to live here?

Zhu Qingwu pushed the door and walked in, but before he could take a few steps, he suddenly stopped.

He saw a fragrant tree standing under the window not far away.

Zhu Qingwu hurriedly walked over, and recognized at a glance that this was not a new plant, but the previous one, which was only half burned by the fire, and the branches and leaves on one side were scorched black and bare.

Only the intact branch on the other side is still knotted, which was hit by Zhu Qingwu a long, long time ago, when Tang Xijian had a nightmare.

When he was a child, his mother told him that knotting the knot of the incense tree would ward off nightmares.

But later he learned that in fact, Yuuka also has a flower language, which is to stay together and tie the knot.

So what kind of mood did he have in that year, using branches to tie knots one after another in the tree?

Is it looking forward to the fact that Tangxi can not be infected by nightmares and sleep peacefully, or is it actually secretly looking forward to staying together for a long time?

Zhu Qingwu stood in front of the tree and thought about it for a long time, but the memories and moods of the past seemed to be burned away with the fire from the juniper palace.

He stood under the original tree, but he couldn't remember how he felt when he stood under the tree.

In a trance, Zhu Qingwu suddenly heard the sound of light and heavy footsteps.

Zhu Qingwu raised his head, and then saw a young man in a dark blue eunuch suit walking over from the backyard with a broom.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be Xiao Zhang's father-in-law, who I hadn't seen for a long time.

"Father-in-law Zhang?" Zhu Qingwu exclaimed with some surprise.

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law was also very surprised when he saw him, and hurriedly strode over, but his legs were limping and he didn't walk fast.

Seeing this, Zhu Qingwu hurriedly walked over to him.

"Your legs?" Zhu Qingwu looked at him worriedly, he still remembered the tragic situation that day, so he always remembered Xiao Zhang's father-in-law in his heart.

But since that day of the edict, Zhu Qingwu has never seen him again.

He had asked Tang Xijian more than once, but each time he got only a very vague answer.

Therefore, Zhu Qingwu only knew that he was still alive and went to a good place, but he didn't want to leave the juniper palace.

"It's fine." Xiao Zhang's father-in-law shook his head, "Your Majesty sent the imperial doctor to treat me, and the best medicine was prescribed, and it was almost better, but the last time I injured my bones, I recovered a little slower, and after I recovered, I walked like an ordinary person." ”

Zhu Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to ask, "Why are you here?"

When Xiao Zhang's father-in-law heard this, he turned his head and glanced at the Lijuni Palace, and he didn't know what he thought, so he smiled a little bitterly.

"Your Majesty originally wanted to send me out of the palace, but I was reluctant."

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law said, putting down the broom in his hand, "This is the closest place to Yuzhu, so I begged Your Majesty to live here." ”

Suddenly mentioning the jade beads, both of them felt a pain in their hearts, but no one said anything, just sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard together with a tacit understanding.

"Father-in-law, Your Majesty didn't embarrass you, right?"

"Nope." Zhu Qingwu shook his head.

"That's good, it seems that Your Majesty still cares about the past after all."

"Perhaps." Zhu Qingwu smiled indifferently.

Then I didn't know what I thought, and said bitterly: "It's me who dragged you and Yuzhu down."

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law shook his head and said, "In the past, Yuzhu often mentioned you to me, she regarded you as a brother, and she wanted you to live well more than herself."

When Zhu Qingwu heard this, his nose was sour, and his throat seemed to be blocked with a ball of cotton, wet, "I'm afraid I'm going to ......"

"What?" Xiao Zhang's father-in-law didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing." Zhu Qingwu shook his head and stood up, "I should go back." ”

"I'll send you." Xiao Zhang's father-in-law was about to stand up as he spoke, but before he could get up, he was pressed down by Zhu Qingwu.

"The wound on your leg hasn't healed yet, so don't move and get some rest."

After Zhu Qingwu finished speaking, he got up and walked out.

As soon as I reached the door, I suddenly heard a crisp birdsong overhead.

He looked up and saw a goose-yellow bird standing on a bare branch and barking at him.

Zhu Qingwu seems to have realized at this time that I don't know when the weather is getting warmer, the branches and leaves are getting newer, and spring is coming.

Thinking of this, he looked back at the incense tree not far away, and the branches and leaves were still bare.

It was burned so badly that it probably never regenerated new branches and leaves.

Somehow, Zhu Qingwu suddenly remembered a sentence he had read a long, long time ago.

The flowers are no longer fragrant, and people pretend to smell them. ①

It's as if everything is still in good condition.

I probably accidentally glimpsed the approaching spring day just now, and even the wind on the road softened when I went back.

There were many palace maids on the royal road, and everyone's expression was beaming, and they were still holding something in their hands.

Zhu Qingwu raised his head, as if he had just found that the palace had been dressed up at some point.

Bright red lanterns hung everywhere, fully prepared to welcome the new mistress of the palace.

The palace has a new look inside and out, and only he is the old man.

His dark gray robes were as dull as his, in stark contrast to the bright red.

Zhu Qingwu could only dodge in a hurry.

Although he was in a hurry, he was actually aimless, and he didn't know where else he could go.

Just keep walking, keep walking, like a mouse trapped in a maze, thinking that as long as you move forward, there will be a way out.

But in fact, every step is a dead end.

Zhu Qingwu kept walking forward until he was exhausted, and then he stopped.

He looked up, wondering where he had gone. In front of him was a building he had never seen before.

It was a very high platform, and it seemed that as long as you stood on it, you could overlook the entire Yingdu.

Zhu Qingwu didn't know where this was, and couldn't help but feel a little curious in his heart, so he walked in alone.

It was dark inside, and it seemed that no one had been here for a long time, and as soon as I entered, I smelled a faint smell of blood.

This made Zhu Qingwu hesitate for a moment, but finally walked in.

The first floor was large and empty, except for a huge wooden torture rack, and in the corner were circles of steps.

Zhu Qingwu raised his steps and walked up slowly.

His physical strength was not good, so he walked for a long time before finally reaching the top.

At the top was a door, and when he pushed it open, the vision in front of him suddenly widened.

Zhu Qingwu walked in, and there was a large room inside, but there was nothing empty.

Outside the room is a terrace, which is different from the roof of the Hinoki Palace, with an excellent view of almost the entire palace.

Zhu Qingwu was finally able to see the scene outside the palace from here.

He seemed to see the mountains outside the palace, the crisscrossing rivers, and the constant flow of people on the long streets.

Zhu Qingwu looked at it in a daze for a long time, and then raised his head and looked at the vast sky.

For a moment, it seemed as if he had suddenly guessed where this was.

This is the stargazing platform.

In the past, where the Great Witch lived, Tang Xijian had just ascended the throne and Ling Chi was here, a full three thousand three hundred and fifty-seven swords, so Zhu Qingwu could still smell a faint smell of blood when he came in just now.

Probably having experienced too much life and death, Zhu Qingwu didn't feel how scared he was.

It's just that he suddenly remembered a secret he had heard by chance.

The stargazing platform, where a noble man was once imprisoned.

As for who it was, he hadn't figured it out for eight years.

But now, it doesn't seem to make much sense to know or not.

It's just that......

Zhu Qingwu suddenly raised his head and looked at the blue sky.

I wonder if I can see the stars here at night?