However, he always believed that Suzaku had a reason for this. In retrospect, it was common for Yiyi to live outside from time to time, even for months without paying attention, if it wasn't for Suzaku really not thinking that Yiyi mattered, it was intentional. In the eyes of others, it was naturally the same: Suzaku seemed to be more special than other women, but not so special—which also made her live alone and stable all the time, and no one dared to mess with her easily, and no one was stupid enough to think that she could deal with Suzaku with her. At the moment, Suzaku may also feel that if she is allowed to live outside early, no one will notice that he has a child. In this way, Yiyi only has to live in seclusion for a few months and give birth to the child, and the child may be much less in danger in the future.

"Isn't it...... What's going on in the Forbidden City?" Xia Yan still asked, "So Master thinks it's not safe here?"

Suzaku glanced at him, "The Forbidden City is so chaotic, and there are so many opponents, you didn't know it for the first time." ”

Xia Yan couldn't hear the reason, and thought for a while: "I still think it's better for Yiyi to stay here." But if Master really makes up her mind that she wants to go outside, I can let her live in a drunken pavilion. ”

Suzaku sneered, "A drunken pavilion?" obviously remembered the Ahe and the others he met that day, and sneered.

Xia Yan smiled, "Isn't Master going to attract attention? I guarantee that no one will find out about her hiding in a drunken pavilion - there will always be less attention from the neighbors than when she goes back to her home." If the master feels that Yidrunken Pavilion is still not at ease—I'm afraid that there is no more reassuring place outside, it is better to keep her down. If you want me to say, it will be cold next, and if you wear more clothes and go out less, and only ask one or two people who are the most intimate and reliable to follow, you may not let people see anything. When it came to the next spring, the child also came out. ”

Suzaku was silent for a while, and said, "I didn't think about it in detail, but I saw her look different a few days ago, and I always felt very weird in my heart." After a pause, "Since you and okra mean the same thing, let her stay with me first." ”

Xia Yan smiled, "Yes." Otherwise, Okra and I just came back, Yiyi is gone again, and the house is a little lonely. Master is really worried, then in the future, this forbidden city will go on patrol, I will go for Master, and Master will only accompany her. ”

Suzaku was silent again.

The two of them walked for a while, and the night was cool, and the whole forbidden city became more and more quiet under the light cold.

"I've always wanted to ask-" Xia Yan took advantage of this, "Is Yiyi Yuan a master? I see that she has nothing to rely on in the inner city except for the master, and even in the capital, she has no relatives or friends, I really can't think of it—how did she get to the master in the first place?"

He was curious. Yiyi's personality is of course excellent, but he knows Suzaku's temperament - Suri is just looking for a pleasure, where will he have time to understand a woman's personality? If it is said that people are judged by appearance, Yiyi's appearance is good, but it is not particularly beautiful than others; she knows the qin, or the meaning of the Suzaku, but the piano skills are only a Chinese person-far from being outstanding, Suzaku but has the heart to carefully choose a few piano girls to accompany her, in this huge capital, most of them can't choose her.

Unless, she has a background.

"It's not anyone. Suzaku replied. "It's not surprising which woman I left behind, and you might as well ask why she wants to stay with me. ”

Xia Yan was slightly stunned. In the eyes of women, Suzaku should be a hideous person, especially a young woman like Yiyi, it is hard to believe that she can have any real affection for Suzaku. - Where does Yiyi want to stay, she is obviously afraid and does not dare to disobey.

He always felt so, and he never asked more. Until the Suzaku was stabbed three months ago - Xia Yan can still remember Yiyi's eyes that were blown red by the wind and dust, and he suddenly found out that Yiyi was not only afraid of Suzaku on that day.

Later, he was busy saving Suzaku, and he never calmed down to think about it. But if he were to believe that Yiyi was malicious—it was not true. If this woman is even half malicious, even if she doesn't dare to do anything, she can just ignore Suzaku's serious injuries and poison, and she will definitely be able to put him to death. At that time, neither he nor okra were in Lin'an, and no one knew what had happened.

Suzaku looked sideways and saw that he was only walking but was stunned, and couldn't help laughing, "You think far." ”

Xia Yan came back to his senses, "Master never doubted Yiyi?"

Suzaku didn't answer, but said, "Don't you know how to look at the face?

"Where it came from—you can tell it from anywhere. Xia Yan smiled bitterly, "However, I think she should have a very hard background, and before she met the master, she wanted to come - far from being as good as now." ”

It was Suzaku's turn to be silent.

"Am I right?" Xia Yan looked at him.

Suzaku took a breath. "I told you that five years ago, when I was still in prison, Emperor Zhao Gou suddenly came to see me one day. He was still emperor at the time. He said slowly, "He just heard about Ping'er at that time, and came to me to inquire about the truth of the matter, and said that he didn't want to pursue the rebellion back then—if this matter is true, he wants me to get this grandson back for him." ”

Xia Yan heard him suddenly talk about the past, and he didn't know what to do with Yiyi, so he only said "um".

"Don't say that Zhao Gou has imprisoned me for more than ten years, even if it is not for this, I don't want to answer him. Suzaku said, "He sent people to set up food and drinks for several days, and personally came to the prison to entertain me, and asked me what I wanted, but I opened my mouth to mention it to him." As long as I tell him the truth. ”

Xia Yan said "um" again.

"At that time, my internal strength had not been fully recovered, and I was not in a hurry to go out, and I didn't believe in my heart that he would really let me go, nor did I believe that he was really willing to respond to any of my requests, so I made provocative remarks, saying, who doesn't know that my Suzaku is the best woman, and I have been in prison for more than ten years, and it is okay to eat and drink roughly, but there is no woman who is uncomfortable and panicked. If he really wants me to speak, he will find a woman with me to come in—and I want a woman from this house. ”

Xia Yan didn't "um" this time. Of course he knew that Suzaku could say this, but he still felt a little terrifying and absurd. "The Emperor Taishang looks like he doesn't look like a person who can endure such a provocation, so Master is not afraid that he will kill you in anger?"

"He can't bear the provocation - he is a weak man after all, and in this forbidden city, he is high and lonely, and there is no one who can be trusted to face such humiliation on his behalf. Suzaku was still very proud when he spoke, "But I didn't expect that he really agreed easily, and he didn't even have a look like me." And in the afternoon, the woman came. ”

Xia Yan opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke: "Then this woman is ......"

"It's Yiyi. Suzaku took it easily, as if he didn't think there was anything to avoid about it, and he didn't think it was worth shocking.

"Yiyi is ...... In the palace?"

Suzaku scoffed, "Of course not. The emperor is not stupid to say it, he knows that I am deliberately embarrassing him, not serious. But he also knows that it's always nice to like women. So he had a woman from outside, bring me to my cell in the afternoon, and pick her up in the evening. I have no evidence that this woman is not from the palace, and of course there is no way to deny what I promised him. ”

Xia Yan didn't know how to answer for a while. Look outside - most likely from the land of fireworks. Although he had already guessed that she was born in the dust, she and Suzaku were so related, if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, where would he have imagined it.

"Anyway—Master has been thinking about her all the time. He spoke for a long time, somewhat embarrassed.

"You think I'm thinking about her?" Suzaku showed a rare hint of pity on his face.

"Isn't it?" Xia Yan said unconsciously, "Didn't the master send someone to find her later?"

"I wasn't so interested, so I went out of my way to find a woman who had a good time a few years ago, and I didn't even know her name or origin. Suzaku said, "It's just that she will meet me again and again, or I can't ignore it." ”

"That is, it happened again. Xia Yan said, "That's fate, and besides, the master must remember her and recognize her." ”

She ...... Indeed, it is a ...... A woman I can remember. Suzaku said, "At least, if you are willing to endure such humiliation and serve a 'death row prisoner' so seriously in the prison, you can't find a single prostitute out of a thousand." ”

He paused a little under the palace wall and looked at Xia Yan. "Have you ever been to Goolan in those courtyards, if you don't treat your guests well, you will be beaten, and that's the kind of place where you were born. At that time—I didn't know who they had brought me, but when she came, she kowtowed to me, and said, "You must serve me well," but begged me not to turn around and tell anyone that she had done a bad job. I didn't say a word either—I think someone always talks to her on the way, so I have to be happy. It was very dark in that cell, and she couldn't see my face, and she couldn't see the shackles and chains on my hands and feet, so she didn't seem to be afraid, and treated me like a guest on weekdays, one by one, in a wide coat. But though she could not see me, I saw that she could see clearly—if I had not seen it, I would not have known that this woman, while trying to please me, could not stop crying, but could not bear to make a sound, and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief from time to time, lest I should be conscious. Even if you can't see how dirty and gloomy this place is, you can do such a thing with a 'death row prisoner', unless you are threatened with a lot, you will not come. ”

Xia Yan coughed, "I used to follow the fortune-telling business, and I can be regarded as a wanderer, although I ...... I haven't dealt with the hook bar, but I know that there are some places where they are...... The rules are very heavy, and she can't shirk anything if she wants to, and she is timid, although she doesn't want to, she has to ...... I had to come. ”

"You haven't thought about why it's her? How many courtyards are there in Lin'an City, how many fans are in a courtyard—why is it her?" Suzaku snorted coldly, "The capital is a place for fireworks, and it is also divided into three, six, nine and so on. Although he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to find a woman, who would dare to say that such a thing was actually the mandate of heaven? I dare not say it, there is no way to come, and of course those with high thresholds should not move, and only when I go to the lowest-level military brothel and have less tongue and eyeliner to go up, I dare to call one out. You said that Yiyi was from a low background, and you are not wrong at all. When she was young, her family sold her to others as a maid, and in less than half a year, the owner committed an accident, lost her official, according to the law, the family property was confiscated, the male was filled with the army, and the female dependents were sent as official prostitutes - this is the case on the surface, but there is always a relationship in the capital to rescue, so she is the only one who has not been there for a long time, and she has not yet backed the mountain, not only can not leave, but also fell into the most dilapidated military prostitute hook bar. She learned some piano from the owner's house, and it is said that if she goes to this business, she will be considered a side, but when she goes to the last messy place, it is useless, and she is not as good as a woman who can accompany wine and boxing. You also know that Yiyi is timid, and she doesn't get any good looks on weekdays, only - no one was willing to respond to the business in prison that day, and the mother of the courtyard cried and knelt down and begged her to go, saying that she was saving her sister - and she was stupid, and other fans heard that she was going to prison, and she had already hidden, only she, standing outside the house, did not know that the fire was going to burn herself, but she was worried about others. She saves her sisters? ”