Huo Du admitted that Old Man Yin's proposal was really tempting.
Lezhi under the sun, warm and bright. He was stunned for a moment, and even really started to seriously consider this suggestion.
However, only for a moment.
How can two people who survived by hatred allow themselves to be immersed in fantasy
Huo Du laughed and did not answer Yin Changshuo's words.
And his silence and expression already gave Yin Changshuo the answer.
After a pause, he raised his legs and walked to Lezhi's side, quietly following her line of sight to the snow bone lotus depicted in the medical book. A shadow covered it, and the bright snow lotus on the page instantly dimmed...
The fragrance of mint blew along with the breeze, Le Zhi closed the medical book, then stood up and looked at Huo Du. Xu is because of Uncle Yin's words, let her take a closer look at his eyebrows unconsciously, and she subconsciously painted in her mind what his twin sister would look like.
Le Zhi will never forget the blood holes in the imperial brother's body. Every time she thinks of it, she is in constant pain... Are brothers and sisters really connected by blood and can feel each other's pain
So is the bond between twins deeper
"gone."
Huo Du's voice pulled her thoughts back, she nodded and walked towards the back room with him.
"Okay Uncle Yin, let's send it here." Le Zhi said goodbye to Uncle Yin with a smile.
Yin Changshuo sent them to the door and watched them leave. He sighed silently until the carriage disappeared from sight.
He wished that these two children could stay away from right and wrong and have a happy life. But he could also see that they had too many things on their backs, and they couldn't just walk away.
He looked up at the sky, the sun was covered by thick clouds, and the worries in his heart became heavier.
On the way back, the emotions of the two seemed to be reversed.
Le Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at the medicine bag beside him. This time, Huo Du took a lot, which could probably be used for a long time. Maybe before the herbs were used up, my sister would have recovered.
Her heart was erratic, and she had no strength, so she could only sway gently with the carriage.
The wandering gaze inadvertently caught a glimpse of Huo Du's right leg, and the image of the snow bone lotus instantly appeared in his mind. Is that flower really that hard to find
Huo Du stared at her silently, and it was not difficult to tell from her sullen expression that Old Man Yin must have said something to her. But he knew even more that old man Yin knew his senses and would never tell her everything.
Le Zhi's head was in a mess, he didn't know what he wanted to do, let alone what he should do. My heart felt uncomfortable for a long time, and I didn't know why. She raised her eyes blankly, looked at the person sitting opposite, and said what she was thinking without thinking—
"Can I hug you?"
The carriage fell silent, and even the sound of their breathing seemed to disappear.
Huo Du's lacquer eyes gradually deepened, and his heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment. He stared into her reddish eyes, forgetting to answer her words for a while.
The quiet time was a bit long, Lezhi turned his face unnaturally, reached out to lift the car curtain, and let the cold wind outside blow his cheeks.
—If only I could blow away the messy emotions.
"come over."
The hand on the car curtain fell, and Le Zhi followed the voice and looked over, setting his eyes on his heavy eyes. She couldn't see through his emotions, and only regarded his words as permission.
She moved to his side and hugged him tightly around his neck.
The carriage happened to pass through a road covered with gravel, and the body shook a little. Huo Du raised his arms and wrapped his arms around her waist, so that she could hold him firmly.
Feeling the power around his waist, Le Zhi burst into tears. She didn't know why she was crying, but she couldn't stop feeling sour. She buried her face in his shoulder, rubbing her tears down his neck.
She cried for a long time, as if she wanted to cry out the grievances in her heart.
But how could she cry over her grievances
Gradually, Le Zhi stopped crying and raised his head a little embarrassedly. She pulled back from his arms and lifted her sleeves to wipe the tears from his neck.
—Her tears stuck on his neck, making his neck wet.
"I'm sorry..." Her voice was hoarse and weak.
Huo Du looked down at the corners of her red eyes, raised his hand to touch the back of her head, and asked, "Why are you crying?"
Le Zhi lowered his head, his eyes flickered, and lied in a soft tone, "I'm worried about my sister's body..."
Huo Du's expression was light, and he hummed in a low voice.
- not to expose her lies.
He put his hand on her head, asked her to rest her head on his shoulder as he had come, and said in a deep voice, "Sleep for a while."
I don't know if she was tired from crying, but after Lezhi closed her eyes, it didn't take long before she actually fell asleep...
Shallow breathing lightly brushed her neck, Huo Du stared sideways at her cheek. Then he raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears that remained at the end of her eyes with the pulp of her finger.
As for the tears on Crow's eyelashes, he bowed his head slightly and kissed them gently.
The taste of the tears touched the tip of the tongue. It turned out that her tears were bitter.
The bitter taste gradually diffused and spread to the heart. He carefully hid the taste to the bottom of his heart.
When the two returned to the Prince's Mansion, it was already twilight.
As soon as he stepped into the gate of the mansion, An Xuan greeted him with a solemn expression, and he bowed to report—
"His Royal Highness, there is an oral decree in the palace, asking the princess to set off tomorrow with the concubine's family and go to Fuxi Nunnery to pray for blessings."
Hearing this, Huo Du's eyes turned cold.
He almost forgot, this Daqi tradition over the years...
Le Zhi frowned and looked at An Xuan suspiciously.
"Returning to the Crown Princess, this is a tradition in Daqi. Before the new year, the court ladies need to go to Fuxi Nunnery to pray for blessings. This has been the case over the years, rain or shine."
"Send someone to the palace to tell the Empress that the Crown Princess is not feeling well and will not go this time." Huo Du ordered casually.
An Xuan nodded and prepared to retreat.
"Wait!" Le Zhi stopped him, "Don't say no."
After thinking for a while, Le Zhi tugged at Huo Du's sleeve and said, "Your Highness, I have to go."
Huo Du looked at her for a while, and said with a blank face, "Okay, it's up to you."
An Xuan nodded, raised his feet with a wink and left.
The two walked back to the bedroom in silence, and no one spoke a word along the way. Lezhi knew what he was thinking, walking with the queen was dangerous. However, if she didn't go, wouldn't it make the queen even more suspicious
The path she chose was a perilous one.
Some things, she can avoid once, not every time.
Le Zhi originally wanted to discuss it with Huo Du, but after he got to the dormitory and packed himself up, he went straight to the couch and went to sleep, not giving her a chance to speak at all...
- Make it clear that you don't want to talk to her.
She had no choice but to lie down beside him and said softly, "I will be very careful."
Unfortunately, there is no response.
He seemed to be really asleep.
They didn't even have an appetite for dinner, both of them pretended to close their eyes, but in fact they didn't sleep all night.
the next day.
When Le Zhi left, Huo Du still kept his back to her sleeping position, without any intention of ignoring her. She sighed in her heart, walked to the side of the collapse, tucked the quilt for him, then turned around and walked towards the door of the house.
After she gently closed the door of the bedroom, within half a moment, the person who collapsed forcefully lifted the quilt, and angrily pulled the white jade crutches over the collapsed side to get up, and walked towards the bathroom step by step with a stern face.
The sound of the crutches hitting the ground seemed extremely loud in the silence...
Fuxi An is far from the capital and the terrain is higher, so the closer it is to the destination, the lower the surrounding temperature.
When a group of royal female relatives arrived, the sky was already dark, and the host of the nunnery arranged various residences for them early in the morning, so that the nobles could rest first, and then officially hold the blessing ceremony until tomorrow.
At dinner time, everyone gathered and used the vegetarian food in the temple. After a long day's journey, everyone was tired, so they all went back to the house to rest after dinner.
Li Yao walked in front of Lezhi with a lantern, illuminating the path on the ground for her. But after walking for a while, they saw someone standing not far away waiting for them—
It was Shen Qingyan and her maid.
Le Zhi frowned suspiciously, not knowing why she came.
On the side, Li Yao instantly guarded Le Zhi with vigilance. After all, Shen Qingyan was Huo Xu's person and had to be guarded. Li Yaosheng was afraid that she would do something bad to her master.
Seeing this, Shen Qingyan smiled instead. She took a few steps forward and said softly, "Don't be nervous, I just want to have a few words with you, okay?"
With the light, Le Zhi's gaze fell on Shen Qingyan's face. It has only been a short time since I met her at the last palace banquet. How did the lively girl in the Ming Huang palace dress become so haggard at that time
The tiredness between his eyebrows was undoubtedly revealed, and his face was pale and sickly.
Shen Qingyan saw that Le Zhi had not spoken for a long time, and thought that she did not want to talk to her. That being the case, she didn't force it. After nodding slightly, she said, "Excuse me."
"Wait." Le Zhi hurriedly called to her, the night was cold and cold, she tightened the cotton cloak on her body and said, "It's cold outside, go inside and talk."
The two walked quietly side by side until they entered Lezhi's house. Li Yao and Luying waited outside the house in tacit understanding, watching the wind for their master.
"Sit down." Le Zhi said softly.
Just now, Shen Qingyan didn't hold back, and Le Zhi naturally didn't hold back.
After Shen Qingyan was seated, Le Zhi asked, "Is there something important you are looking for?"
Shen Qingyan covered her heart and coughed twice, then raised her pale face and nodded. She wanted to say something, but after silently opening her mouth, she stopped again. After a moment of silence, she stood up, raised her hand and undid the tie of the dark red cotton cloak on her body.
She let the cotton cloak fall to the ground and spread it out on the ground. The cold and hard ground seemed to be stained with blood... Then she tore off the light red collar and pulled the sleeves up. shit...
The red marks on her neck and arms clearly showed in front of Le Zhi's eyes. She widened her eyes in astonishment. She covered her slightly opened cherry lips and looked at Shen Qingyan in disbelief.