Nanliujing's sleep quality has always been very good, but this night it is rare to have insomnia, lying in bed tossing and turning.

After lying down for a long time, there was still no trace of sleepiness, Nan Liujing closed his eyes and probed the pillow with his hand, and finally touched the angular star that exuded warmth.

He held the stars in his palm, and the warmth spread from his palm all the way to the bottom of his heart, expelling all the hesitation in his heart.

After a while, Nanliujing fell into a deep sleep.

Inside the Endless Space Door.

As a spiritual body, Yao Rong does not need to sleep. Usually she likes to read books and familiarize herself with the skills she has learned before, but today she is quietly nestled on the sofa with a contemplative look in her eyes.

The system fluttered its wings and flew to Yao Rong's side: [Are you thinking about what he will wish? 】

Yao Rong shook his head: [I'm not thinking about this, anyway, he will tell me his wish tomorrow.] ]

[So what are you thinking?] 】

Yao Ronggang wanted to speak, but suddenly, her expression moved slightly: [It's almost dawn.] ]

As soon as a line of fish belly white appeared on the horizon, Gui Sheng walked into the hall lightly to wake up Nanliujing, and a court meeting was about to be held in half an hour.

Nan Liujing woke up almost without sleeping, he hid the wishing star in his sleeve and freshened up and changed his clothes under the service of the palace people.

The topic to be discussed at today's court meeting is mainly about Jiang Ding's excerpt.

After a lengthy discussion, accompanied by the inner attendant shouting "retreat from the court", today's court meeting finally ended.

Nan Liujing changed out of the cumbersome and heavy dress and put on a comfortable and loose brocade dress.

Gui Sheng smiled and brought a cup of tea to Nan Liujing, and asked Nan Liujing if he wanted to pass the meal.

Nan Liujing nodded: "Let's pass the meal." I have other things to do in a while, so I'm going to have an early meal today. ”

After lunch, he didn't take a break as usual, but said, "I go out for a walk, you don't have to follow me." ”

Waved away all the palace people who wanted to follow him, Nan Liujing wore ordinary clothes, and walked out of his dormitory alone in this equally dull afternoon.

It's the time of day when the sun is at its hottest. The early summer wind blows in your face, and it is all hot and dry.

Nan Liujing walked along the shade of the tree for a while, and suddenly, he stopped, raised his eyes and looked straight ahead: "Mother, you are about to get to the place." ”

Yao Rong followed his line of sight.

To her surprise, she saw not a palace, but a blue lake.

The water quality of the lake is excellent, and the bottom can be seen clearly, and Yao Rong can clearly see the goldfish hiding under the lotus leaves and playing in the water.

A winding corridor pavilion has been built on the lake, and several small boats are docked by the lake for people to swim on the lake.

Along the edge of the lake, a plum grove was planted.

At this time, it is not yet the season of plum blossoms, but it can also be seen that this plum forest is very well cared for, when the cold winter wax moon arrives, the sky is covered with snow, and the red plum reflects the white snow, which must be beautiful.

[Here, is the abandoned lake outside the cold palace?] ]

Yao Rong was a little afraid to recognize the door for a while.

"Yes."

Hearing the surprise and surprise in Yao Rong's voice, Nan Liujing finally couldn't hold back his laughter, and a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment rose in his heart.

This sentiment was even stronger than the day he ascended the throne.

In order to vent this emotion, Nan Liujing introduced Yao Rong with a very obvious show-off tone and a hint of imperceptible praise for praise: "The area of the Cold Palace has been abandoned for decades, and when I ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build the Star Picking Palace, I thought that I would simply renovate all the nearby areas, so it would take so long before and after." ”

Yao Rongdao: [I'm looking forward to seeing the Star Picking Palace more and more.] ]

"Then let's cross the lake from the corridor."

Nanliujing walked up the corridor and came to the beautiful and exquisite hexagonal pavilion in the center of the lake.

There was a lot of feed for the fish on the stone table, and Nan Liujing picked up a plate and sprinkled a small part of the feed into the lake.

Yao Rong saw the dense goldfish swimming towards the pavilion, and after solving the feed, they all dispersed.

The tortoise with a basin swam in place not far away, exuding an aura of indisputability.

Farther away, on the shore of the willows, more than a dozen swans flew up from the lake and fell into the depths of the lotus flowers.

While feeding the goldfish, Nan Liujing said to Yao Rong: "I went to my little uncle that day and asked him about your previous affairs. ”

"He said that when you didn't enter the palace, every summer, you always like to go to the water pavilion to live, usually sit by the window to read, and when you are tired of reading, you will pick up the feed and feed the fish."

"Sometimes when the mood blows, you'll take a pot of your own fruit wine and go boating."

"Every time you have to row the boat into the depths of the lotus and hide in a place where no one can find it and drink. When I was slightly drunk, I slept in the sun for a while, and waited for the sun to set before I came out. ”

Accompanied by the narration of Nanliujing, memories of the past surfaced in Yao Rong's heart.

No one would dislike such a simple and ignorant of the world.

Nan Liujing smiled mysteriously: "There is a secret, you must not know the queen mother." ”

Yao Rong raised his eyebrows and said deliberately: [There is actually a secret I don't know? ]

Nan Liujing made a small report to Yao Rong and revealed the little secret he knew to Yao Rong: "Uncle Xiao said that he was afraid that you would accidentally fall into the lake if you were drunk, and he knew that you didn't like to be disturbed by others when you were boating in the lake, so every time you went boating, he would secretly go to the lake to practice sword for an afternoon." ”

"He didn't leave until he saw your boat come out of the lake, and when you got back to shore, he dragged you to supper angrily as if he had just arrived."

Yao Rongwan'er, learning the tone of Nanliujing Fangcai, lowered his voice: [Then I'll tell you a secret too.] ]

This time, it was Nanliujing's turn to be curious.

[Actually, I always knew that he practiced swords on the shore, so I dared to hide in the depths of the lotus flower and drink and sleep.] ]

Nan Liujing was slightly stunned, and he seemed to be able to imagine the scene at that time: his younger brother who thought he was hiding well on the shore, and his sister who had already found him in the lotus bush deep in the middle of the lake. It is precisely because he knows that he is guarding himself that he will come by his own temperament.

For some reason, Nanliujing suddenly felt that the tip of his nose was a little sour.

"This secret, the little uncle definitely doesn't know. When he told me about it, his face was full of pride. ”

[Then the next time I see him, you help me tell him this little secret, and see if he dares to be proud.] ]

Nanliujing promised: "Okay, I will definitely convey it." ”

Dream, he's familiar with this operation.

It's not the first time I've done it either.

Yao Rong changed the topic back: [So you followed his description and transformed the lake into what it is now?] ]

"Since it's a birthday gift for your mother, of course you have to build your favorite style." Nan Liujing said this as a matter of course.

[Then why don't you go down and try it too?] Drinking and sleeping in the lake, as if you are the only one left in the whole world, will be very good. ]

Yao Rong added with a smile: [I will guard you.] ]

[Of course, you have a special status, if you go down to the lake for a boating trip, it's better to call more Praetorian Guards to guard by you.] ]

Nan Liujing was a little moved, but he didn't forget today's business: "Today is your birthday, I'll wait for the next time." ”

Sprinkled the last bit of feed in the bowl into the lake, Nanliujing continued along the winding corridor, crossed the lake, entered the plum forest, and continued to introduce: "The lotus flower in the lake is the scene of summer, and this piece of plum forest is the scene of winter." ”

[According to you, is there a scenery that is unique to spring and autumn?] ]

Nanliu scenic spot: "There are four seasons of scenery." ”

Yao Rong also saw a rockery: [You are building this area according to the standards of building a garden.] ]

Nanliujing is very modest: "This place is not big enough, and it is far from meeting the specifications of a garden. ”

Yao Rong couldn't help but smile.

Nan Liujing raised his hand, brushed aside the branches in front of him that blocked the way, and walked out of Merlin.

Ahead is the Star Picking Palace.

With red walls and white tiles, warped corners and cornices, the Star Picking Palace is located under the shade of green trees, quiet and deep.

At first glance, the Star Picking Palace is not much different from other palaces, but the effort is in the details. For example, on the high cornice, the carved beast is actually a phoenix with wings spreading.

The phoenix is located in all directions, with different forms and vivid appearances, as if for fear that others will not guess who built this palace.

Nanliujing stood in place, and it wasn't until Yao Rong opened his mouth and said, "Let's go in," that he slowly came to the palace gate.

A plaque carved with the words "Star Picking Palace" hangs above the palace gate.

The handwriting is almost the same as Yao Rong's, but it is not from Yao Rong's hand.

Yao Rong asked: [You wrote this plaque?] ]

Nan Liujing asked rhetorically: "Is my handwriting more and more similar to that of the queen mother?" ”

When he first began to read and write as a teenager, he saw his mother's handwriting with iron and silver hooks and a lonely pen, so it was difficult for other people's words to enter his eyes.

After that, he often copied his mother's handwriting.

For more than ten years, he didn't dare to speak too much, but his handwriting would definitely be at the level of fifty percent of his mother's.

Yao Rong smiled and coaxed: [Isn't it normal for students and teachers to have handwriting? ]

Nanliujing's eyebrows jumped subconsciously, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise slightly.

The palace gate was not locked, but it was just covered.

Nan Liujing pushed the door open with a little force.

The first thing I saw was the two persimmon trees in the center of the courtyard.

The big one is more than 20 years old, and the small one has been planted for more than 10 years.

When the sun shines down, the two persimmon trees cast a large shade that can provide shade and shelter for everyone.

It is now the flowering season of persimmons, and the pale yellow flowers are dotted with branches, indicating that this year will be another good year.

"Let's take a walk around the courtyard first." Nanliujing took the initiative to say.

Of course, Yao Rong had no objections.

The courtyard is elegantly arranged, with daylilies, bamboo, peonies, and all kinds of precious or special flowers and plants arranged in a staggered manner.

Nanliujing even spent a lot of money to transport a bush of purple bamboo from the south of the Yangtze River.

The whimper sound made when the wind blows through this bamboo is very similar to the sound of a flute, and the color of this bamboo is green with a hint of purple, hence the name.

Yao Rong commented objectively: [This is not like a rich residence, but more like a hermit's residence.] ]

Nan Liujing said happily: "The queen mother knows me." ”

"In this world, is there anyone more like a hermit than the queen mother?"

Daye's people will not know that his mother has made contributions to this world.

The history books of later generations will not record the exploits of his mother.

Therefore, when he designed the layout of the courtyard, he deliberately arranged the place in a quiet style, rather than the resplendent style that is common in the palace.

Yao Rong didn't expect that there was this layer of meaning: [No wonder. ]

[So when you planted daylilies and bamboo, are you metaphorically saying that I am both your mother and your teacher?] ]

Nan Liujing smiled but did not speak.

The long wind blows from afar, and the purple bamboo plays a piece of music in the wind.

This irregular movement is a gift from heaven and earth.

Nan Liujing and Yao Rong listened together, and when the long wind returned to silence, the two spoke at the same time:

"Let's go into the temple and have a look."

[Shall we go inside?] ]

Nan Liujing went around the apse back to the front hall and asked, "What does the queen mother think will be the layout of the palace?" ”

Yao Rong thought about it to no avail, so he had to shake his head: [I can't imagine it.] ]

Nan Liujing smiled: "You will feel very familiar." ”

Because of the layout of the first floor of the Star Picking Palace, the library inside the system is completely reproduced.

It can be said that Nanliujing has copied the library inside the system space door to the real world.

Yao Rong was very surprised: [Why did you come up with this idea?] ]

The system also lay in front of the water mirror, curiously watching.

If the host wants to build a scene in the system space door, he only needs to use his mental power to imagine the scene, and then exchange points for items, and the whole process is very convenient and fast.

But if Nanliujing wants to build an exact scene in the real world, it will undoubtedly have to pay a huge price.

Nan Liujing replied: "I think that the library in the system should be arranged according to the aesthetics of the queen mother. So you should like it here too. ”

Again, since it was a birthday gift for his mother, it was naturally to fit his mother's preferences as much as possible - even if his mother didn't need it, but his heart had to arrive.

Nanliujing took Yao Rong through the four major areas of Jing, Shi, Zi and Ji.

There is a special study room separated by a screen in the middle door of the four areas. Nan Liujing pointed to the wordless plaque on the top of the study: "Queen Mother, do you want to give your study a name?" ”

Yao Rong was stunned, and the next moment, she smiled and said: [You gave your study the name Northern Study, then my study will be called ...... Southern Book House. One south and one north are just right. ]

"Mother, you are narrowing again." Nan Liujing was helpless, knowing that Yao Rong was ridiculing him for his poor naming ability, "But it's good if you're happy, I'll order someone from the Internal Affairs Office to make the plaque later." ”

In addition to the reading area, there is also a relaxation area on the first floor.

This is also a complete replica of the recreation area inside the system.

He was able to do this. The system is amazed.

Yao Rong took a deep breath.

yes, she never thought he would do this.

After taking Yao Rong to visit the first floor, Nanliujing ascended to the second floor of the Star Palace.

The layout of the second floor of the Star Picking Palace is completely different from the first floor.

The things placed here and the items stored here are all things that Yao Rong used before his death.

Nan Liujing said: "After I told my little uncle my thoughts, he gave me all the things he had about you. ”

"So here are all the relics I can collect, all your relics."

Yao Rong's gaze swept over these items one by one.

As you can see, these items are very well preserved.

Finally, Yao Rong's gaze fell on a doorway room at the end of the second floor: [What about inside?] ]

[What's in there?] ]

Nan Liujing pursed his lips: "...... It's a portrait of you. ”

[My portrait?] ]

“…… Well. ”

Nanliujing walked through the hallway to the end and pushed open the closed door.

This door-to-door room can be said to be a huge studio.

But unlike ordinary studios, all the portraits hanging here are portraits of Yao Rong.

The scene is different for each portrait.

"There are many royal painters in the palace, and I ordered them to draw the portrait of the queen mother according to the description of my uncle and Gui Sheng......

Ever since Nan Liujing introduced Yao Rong to the situation of the Star Picking Palace, he was in a state of extreme excitement.

This was the first time he had shown such a lost look today, as if the whole person's emotions were being emptied the first time he stepped into this door studio.

"They painted a lot of portraits."

"There are subtle differences in every portrait."

Nan Liujing pointed to the painting closest to him in front of him, and then pointed to the painting next to him: "Uncle Xiao and Gui Sheng said that this one is like you, and that one is also like you......"

His crow-like eyelashes fluttered up and down a few times.

Nan Liujing raised his eyes and stared at the void, as if he wanted to trace Yao Rong's figure through the void.

"How can any one look like you, and none of them be exactly you?"

As he said this, his chest heaved violently a few times.

The fist hanging by his side was clenched hard by him, and he tried to suppress the surging emotions, but he couldn't suppress the stubbornness and grievances in his voice.

He repeated, stressing: "They say the paintings are good, but I don't think they look like you......"

"I've never seen you before, so how do I know if they look like you, and how do I know if they do it well."

From the moment Nan Liujing walked into this door studio, a huge sense of weightlessness completely overwhelmed Yao Rong.

The scene that came to her mind was not the present, but an incident that had happened in the original historical line.

When the young emperor named Nan Li decided to build the Star Picking Palace, he also did another thing - the best painter in the country to paint a portrait of his late mother.

In the original historical line, the first floor of the Star Picking Palace was definitely not what it is now.

But what about the second floor of the Star Picking Palace?

The second floor of the Star Picking Palace still houses her relics.

Those painted portraits, did he also put them here?

So when he was determined to die for the world, he chose the Star Picking Palace as his burial place......

A tear slipped from his eye socket with Yao Rong's blink. She raised her hand, covered her eyes, and buried her entire face in her palm.

Her cold palms were wet with warm tears, and her shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly.

[Star Picking Palace......]

"Huh?"

[Why was this palace named the Palace of the Stars?] ]

Nan Liujing took out the wishing star he had hidden in his sleeve.

"Because of this star."

The brilliance of the stars sprinkled on Nanliujing's body, and he stared at it quietly: "I've noticed it since the first time I opened the system mall, and I've been accumulating points since then. ”

[So the wish you want to make is ......]

Yao Rong had actually guessed the answer, but she still asked.

"I want to use the wishing star, and make a wish to see you today, in this star-picking palace, for your birthday."

This wish, which has been repeated countless times in the bottom of my heart, was finally said by Nan Liujing for the first time.

But the moment his voice fell, he answered another cautious question.

“…… Can this wish be fulfilled? ”

Yao Rong's emotions that had been calmed down surged again.

If Nan Liujing made a wish for a long life, or made a wish to bring back to life someone who only had one breath left, there was a fifty percent chance that the wishing star would fulfill his wish.

But its effect was not against the sky, allowing her to break through the barriers of time and space and the limitations of the Time and Space Administration.

Looking at the anticipation and apprehension on Nan Liujing's face, Yao Rong took a deep breath and tried to show a smile: [I think, there is no problem. ]

What the wishing star can't do, she can do for him.

Legend has it that every person who dies turns into a star in the sky. What the owner of the Star Picking Palace wanted to take off was never a wishing star, but the star that had already returned to the sky.

From beginning to end, whether it was his life as Nan Li or his life as Nan Liujing, he just wanted to see her.

The system sat aside, listening to the conversation between Nan Liujing and Yao Rong, and stopped talking.

At the beginning, its host chose to use the "Mingjun Cultivation System" to carry out the task, and the Time and Space Administration took into account her special situation, so it opened a lot of permissions for her.

Therefore, Nanliujing, a non-member of the Time and Space Administration, can enter the system space gate and use the system mall.

There are benefits to be enjoyed, but of course there are limitations. Under normal circumstances, Yao Rong would not be able to cross the barrier of time and space to see Nanliujing.

Of course, since we talk about normal situations, there are naturally some special circumstances.

For example, kryptonite, using some extremely precious and rare special props, must also be careful not to be discovered by the space-time administration and the main system.

In the end, the pigeon face of the system revealed a very humane melancholy.

has spent so many worlds with its host, and it can be regarded as having roughly figured out the character of its host. Typical of eating soft and not hard, it is simply impossible to refuse the child's request.

So the system not only did not persuade Yao Rong, but also took the initiative to help the abuse: [I will help you block the special props of the space-time administration and the main system, but can break through the space-time barrier, do you have it? ] 】

Anyway, this kind of thing,There is absolutely no such thing in the system mall.。

[I have a way to get it.] ]

Yao Rong didn't have this thing in her hand, but she knew which tasker had it. As long as she pays enough price, the other party will be willing to trade with her.

After reaching a consensus with the system, Yao Rong said to Nanliujing: [Stars need to appear at night, if it's not too early today, do you want to use something first, and then wait until night to use the wishing star?] ]

"Okay."

Nan Liujing's face regained his smile, and there was a kind of relief that had settled.

"When the time comes, I will take the queen mother to the third floor of the Star Palace to admire the moon."

"I built a very large observatory on the third floor, and I went up to see it in advance, and the view is excellent." ：，，