The world before Xiao Lun's eyes suddenly became extremely gorgeous.
Those ferocious and cruel people suddenly disappeared, and what he saw was the colorful clouds in the sky. What he saw was a girl in red smiling in the sea of flowers under the bright sunshine. Her smile was as beautiful as a flower, and anyone who saw her would have all the gloom swept away.
He suddenly remembered that outside Yangzhou, she said she would wait for him to return victoriously, and he had confidently agreed. But… why did the woman in red go further and further away? She looked at him sadly and stretched out her hand. Xiao Lun immediately reached out to hold her and hold her tightly in his arms, but he couldn't reach her.
The woman's clear laughter still lingered in his ears. She was calling him with a smile: "Liu Zhen!" She said: "I'll wait for your triumphant return!" But he broke his promise. In this life, he missed it after all.
The moment he lost his balance and fell, Xiao Lun opened his mouth to call her name for the last time. What came into his sight was the gorgeous clouds in the sky.
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"Pepe!" A shrill call came to Zhao Pei's ears, waking her up from her dream. Zhao Pei suddenly sat up and gasped for breath, and then she realized that she was already sweating coldly. Just now... she had a dream. She dreamed that... she returned to her youth, in that sea of flowers, on that cliff... Zhao Pei stood on the edge of the cliff and almost fell off. Xiao Lun hurriedly pulled her back, but he fell into the abyss. Zhao Pei reached out to pull him, but couldn't reach him. She could only watch him walk away like a butterfly with broken wings.
Later, I could no longer see him. I could only see the enchanting Lycoris radiata, red as blood...
Zhao Pei slapped her face hard to wake herself up. Perhaps she was too nervous these days, she always had some strange dreams. However... some ominous signs slowly crept into her mind.
The surroundings were silent, and six layers of plain cloud-patterned gauze curtains hung down from the beams, covering the ground like frost and snow. Through the thin curtains, the night was boiling silently, and the sky in the distance was dyed with a strange red, as if... announcing something. Such a hazy and quiet night was actually hiding murderous intentions.
The door was opened with a bang, Zhao Pei tensed up and had already pressed the dagger under the pillow. A vague figure ran straight towards Zhao Pei, and Zhao Pei felt like her heart was about to jump out and hang in her throat.
"Princess!" The curtain was lifted, and Ji Jijiang's pale face appeared in front of her, "Let's go!"
"What happened?" Zhao Pei was startled and had already grabbed the clothes on the bedside and put them on. It was already five o'clock in the morning, the sky was gradually getting brighter, and the sky was rolling with golden light. But she was feeling gloomy in her heart.
"I just got the news that the Xiangdong King's army is almost in Jiankang. It seems that Hou Jing is ready to take action. Princess, if you don't leave now, you will be in danger. I will find a way to send you out of the palace." Ji Jijiang reached out and grabbed her anxiously, "Princess, please pack up quickly. Forget it, don't pack up, just go."
"Wait, wait..." Zhao Pei saw that he was extremely anxious, so she stopped and hesitated: "Where is Ziye? And... how can we leave the palace? If we could leave, we would have left long ago."
Ji Jijiang shook his head and almost dragged Zhao Pei out of the door: "Princess, leave these to me."
Zhao Pei was dragged by him, and her feet were completely shaky. "Wait... Ji Jiang, I must see the prince, I must." She stared at Ji Jiang for a long time, and under her firm and irresistible gaze, Ji Jiang finally compromised.
Xiao Gang sat quietly in the dim side hall, his figure was lonely and desolate. Ziye stood opposite him with her head down, Xiao Gang seemed to be talking to her, and Ziye nodded and replied from time to time. In return, Xiao Gang gave her a gratified but complicated smile.
Zhao Pei walked in hurriedly, her footsteps were particularly messy.
"Third brother!" Zhao Pei called out, still panting. Ji Jijiang didn't give her any time this time. At this moment, Zhao Pei's hair was loose, and her body was only covered by a dark and wide outer robe.
Xiao Gang saw her and smiled softly: "You are here."
"What happened?" She glanced at Ziye beside her, "Ziye?" Ziye nodded, his face was indescribably pale, and he didn't say anything but just smiled warmly at her.
Xiao Gang lowered his eyelids and said calmly: "The situation is not peaceful anymore. I can't let you fall into danger. It just so happens that my seventh brother has already arrived outside the city. You should escape first."
Zhao Pei frowned deeply, and her voice rose several degrees involuntarily: "What about you, Third Brother? What will you do if I leave?"
"I...?" Xiao Gang was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Of course I'll stay here."
"Third brother, let's go together. We must go together." Zhao Pei said firmly, took a few steps forward and held his hand. There was not a trace of warmth in those slender and plain hands.
Hearing this, Xiao Gang shook his head mockingly and uttered a few words very calmly and slowly: "What if Peipei thought... she had escaped from Hou Jing's control? Do you think... Seventh Brother can tolerate me...? My ending is already determined, so there is no need to worry about it." He raised his eyes and looked deeply at Zhao Pei. His clear and transparent eyes were three parts calm, three parts helpless, two parts lonely and two parts fearless.
Zhao Pei was stunned, and her heart suddenly ached. Xiao Yi… His purpose was very clear. It was not to rescue him, but to plunder him and become emperor.
Without thinking, she said, "In that case, Pepe will stay with Third Brother." She didn't want to lose someone again.
Xiao Gang finally frowned, with a worried and complaining look on his face, and murmured: "Pepe, you can't be willful. I promised him that I would protect you."
Before Zhao Pei had time to think about who the "he" in his words was, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck and cried out, "Ji Jijiang!" and then her body collapsed. (To be continued)