After hesitating for a long time, Xuan Tian nodded: "Okay."
"Thank you so much, senior." Chu Yuan said, "Then I will go back first. There are many interruptions today, so I hope seniors don't blame me."
Xuan Tian said: "I have lived and eaten for free in this palace for so many years, and I should do something to make up for it."
Chu Yuan said: "At a later date, I will send a royal doctor to come to diagnose and treat the elderly, so don't delay."
Xuan Tian sighed slightly, but did not refuse.
Duan Yao did not leave with Chu Yuan, but remained in the courtyard.
Xuan Tian said: "Is there anything else you want to ask me?"
"No." Duan Yao said, "I just want to stay with the seniors."
"Is it because I'm afraid I won't be able to think about it?" Xuan Tian smiled.
Duan Yao didn't speak, acquiesced. After all, it was such a tragic period that the scars were opened, and it could not be stopped in the future, and it was forced to face the past.
Xuan Tian fumbled around in his sleeve for a long time, and put a small porcelain bottle on the table: "This is Hedinghong."
"Senior." Duan Yao was anxious.
"Last night, I did think about ending it." The old man said, "It's just that I can't bear to worry about it. I always want to know what Chaoya Island has become after I leave."
Duan Yao took the bottle of Hedinghong back into his hands and said, "Senior wants to know, I'll find an opportunity to take a look in the future."
Xuan Tian said: "Since I have promised the emperor and you, I will no longer seek short-term views easily, so don't worry."
Duan Yao sat opposite him and said, "Aren't seniors angry with me?"
Xuan Tiandao: "You are naive at the bottom of your heart. If I'm an old man of my age who is full of evil deeds, if he really cares about these things, wouldn't it be a joke if it spreads out."
Duan Yao said: "The emperor is a wise man, so he shouldn't be too difficult for seniors."
Xuan Tian asked, "Have you seen those Chaoya people who came to Da Chu this time?"
"Well." Duan Yao nodded, "I have seen it."
"How do you think they are?" Xuan Tian asked again.
Duan Yao thought about it and said, "To be honest, it's not good."
Xuan Tiandao: "Chaoya people have always been closed-minded and arrogant, and they are greedy for gold and silver, and they don't like to stop at the merchant ships. But after the Nanyang people came to the island, the infighting became more intense. , people will naturally become more and more distorted.”
Duan Yao said: "Then senior, go back to the southwest with me."
Xuan Tian shook his head with a smile, slowly closed his eyes, and continued to doze off.
Duan Yao stayed in the small courtyard until dinner, but did not return to his residence, but went to Chu Yuan's bedroom.
"Why is Duan Xiaowang here?" Eunuch Sixi stood on the corridor, "Is there anything you need to do with the emperor?"
"Well." Duan Yao said, "Is the emperor asleep?"
"Not yet." Four Xi pointed to the roof, "Well, the emperor is still thinking about things there."
Duan Yao looked up and saw Chu Yuanguo really sitting on the roof.
"What are you looking for?" Chu Yuan was wearing casual clothes, smiling under the moonlight, looking very good.
Duan Yao jumped up to the roof.
"Sit down." Chu Yuan said, "It's much cooler here than the room, and the scenery is good."
"Can the emperor also climb the roof?" Duan Yao asked.
Chu Yuan said: "It's logically impossible, but if you don't go and complain to Master Taifu, no one will come to condemn me for losing my decency."
Duan Yao covered her mouth: "I won't say it."
Chu Yuan smiled and picked up a jug of wine from his side, and asked Sixi to bring a cup.
Duan Yao said, "Feixia?"
"Sent from the Southwest House." Chu Yuan said, "It's very sweet."
"Brother likes Xueyou." Duan Yao took the wine glass from him, "He thinks that Feixia is too light, but every year he always vacates the best ice cellar to store Feixia flowers, and Xueyou can only be ranked at the back."
Chu Yuan raised his head and drank it.
"Can I ask one thing?" Duan Yao hesitated.
"Zhen said it a long time ago, treat you as a younger brother." Chu Yuan put down the wine glass, "Of course you can do anything, you can say anything, you don't have to be so careful."
Duan Yao said, "Why did you specially prepare those Southeast Asian snacks yesterday and let me give them to Senior Xuantian?"
"Just ask this?" Chu Yuan laughed, "Is there something I can't figure out?"
"The emperor guessed his identity, but he deliberately poked it out. Aren't he afraid that he would lose his mind for a while?" Duan Yao said, "Senior has a red crane in his sleeve. If he committed suicide last night, wouldn't he be able to ask anything? "It's hard to find clues related to Chaoya, shouldn't it be well protected
Chu Yuan said: "People in this world are complicated, and it's not your question. You will definitely tell the truth when you are right."
Duan Yao nodded: "Yes."
"When you see those Southeast Asian snacks, you will guess that someone has detected his identity. So either die, escape, or continue to stay in the palace." Chu Yuan said, "The first two, even if I forcibly keep people behind. Even if he uses the person he loves to coerce, it may not be the truth. After all, Chaoya Island has been lonely for thousands of years, and outsiders can't tell the truth from what he said."
Duan Yao thought about it and said, "But even if you stay in the palace, you may still lie."
"Only half of it may be a lie." Chu Yuan said, "and the other half is that he is willing to cooperate with Zhen, so there is at least half of the chance of hearing the truth."
Duan Yao seems to understand but not understand: "Well."
"What Xuantian said today is almost the same as what I guessed yesterday, so it should be a bet to win." Chu Yuan said, "After spending a few more years in the arena, you will know how to choose and distinguish when something happens. ."
Duan Yao propped up her cheeks and frowned.
Don't want to wander.
"Okay, let's not talk about this." Chu Yuan handed him another glass of wine, "When do you plan to leave for the southwest?"
"Originally I wanted to leave tomorrow." Duan Yao said, "But if Senior Xuantian wants to go to Wangcheng, I also want to go with me."
Chu Yuan said: "If you don't go back to the southwest, is it really okay?"
"Master will heal my elder brother, and my second elder brother will also rush back from the Chasing Shadow Palace. It doesn't make much difference whether I am here or not." Duan Yao said, "Besides, the master and elder brother should still be on the road, in the tide of the tide. After the matter of the Ya clan is resolved, it will not be too late for me to return quickly."
Chu Yuan nodded: "Well, it's up to you."
When the surroundings became quiet, Duan Yao looked at the distance in a trance, and after a while, he suddenly said, "The Southwest Mansion has even finished the red silk and satin."
Chu Yuan: "..."
Um
Duan Yao continued, "Aunt Jin and mother-in-law have been urging my brother to get married."
Chu Yuan smiled: "Where's your brother? How does he answer?"
Duan Yao said: "Brother always gets dizzy every time, and then hides in the back mountain to find Qingjing."
Chu Yuan said: "Aunt Jin, is the golden needle saint in the rivers and lakes back then?"
Duan Yao nodded: "Yeah." After a while, she added, "Everyone in the southwestern government is afraid of Aunt Jin, even Master. When she saw her pick up the comb, she would run around the yard with her head in her hands." For fear that she would be held down to comb her hair , I don't know how to be more detailed when encountering knots, and if I pull it desperately, the scalp will be torn off.
Chu Yuan smiled happily: "If there is a chance in the future, I really want to see it."
See if you can, you have to live for a long time. Duan Yao snorted and asked again, "In the future, after the emperor and his brother get married, will he call his brother to the royal city?"
Chu Yuan: "..."
Duan Yao hugged her knees and looked at him.
Chu Yuan concealed and picked up a glass of wine. He had never thought before that someone would ask such a question so bluntly one day. But in the face of the trusting eyes of a young man, if he gets angry because of this, he will be reluctant to give up, and secondly, he will appear to be a little... moody, and his mind will flood.
After a while, Chu Yuan said, "Why don't you ask your brother where you want to live in the future?"
A bright smile bloomed on Duan Yao's face: "Then I'll ask when I go back." It's not easy, but he finally got the answer his brother wanted, and the sister-in-law admitted that she will get married in the future, get married, and get married!
Looking at his bright and beautiful expression, Chu Yuan suddenly felt that he seemed to be surrounded by it. How could he think that he had planned it beforehand, maybe it was the person who specifically warned him before he left.
Who wants to get married!
Chu Yuan felt tight in his chest and drank the wine in one go.
Dig trees, dig farther.
Duan Yao is still taking care of herself, after all, it is the first time that the Empress is going to be born in the Southwest Mansion.
In the future, he will also be a member of the royal family.
Duan Baiyue frowned slightly in a drowsiness.
Nan Moxie stayed beside him and continued to frown.
Even if he can bring people back to the southwest safely, once the wax seal is removed, he has to figure out how to unravel the golden silkworm thread. It is estimated that Tianchensha will not be found in a while, so he can only retreat and practice the Bodhi Heart Sutra. But such a tall and handsome apprentice is still a lover. If he really trained to be half-human and half-ghost, it would be too cruel to break up with his sweetheart.
Thinking anxiously, Nan Moxie stretched out his hand and slapped the wax seal twice: "Bastard, let you not listen to your teacher's advice back then!"
The guards of the Southwest Mansion looked worried from outside the carriage. What happened? The prince was sealed in a wax shell. How could he provoke Master Nan
But it turned out that everyone was a little overwhelmed. The silk spit out from the white jade cocoon was extremely flexible, not to mention being shot twice. Even two days later, it was suddenly knocked out of the carriage, and it was not damaged.
…
"Your Highness!" The surrounding guards turned pale in shock, and hurried forward to catch Duan Baiyue, who was sealed with wax.
Xuanming cold iron rose into the sky, Nan Moxie scolded his mother, broke through the window and grabbed it back into his hands, and inserted it into the depths of the ground, leaving only half an inch of the hilt outside.
The earth trembled faintly, and it stopped after a long time.
"Is it about to become a fine?" Nan Moxie pointed angrily on his hips and cursed at the hilt of the sword.
A circle of guards fell silent.
Nan Moxie motioned everyone to put Duan Baiyue back in the carriage and check to make sure that he was safe, so he was relieved.
Just now, he just wanted to drink a glass of water, so he stood up and didn't reach the teapot, Xuanming Cold Iron seemed to be crazy, and suddenly knocked the wax seal out with a "bang", so fast that he didn't even have time In response, there were exclamations from outside.
In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, the guards went to a nearby farmhouse to get a pot of dog blood, and bought a peach tree branch from a Taoist priest, and used red satin to fasten it to Xuanminghan iron. tied together.
Of course, the folk customs of Dachu are simple and honest. If you buy peach branches, you will also receive a ritual ceremony without any extra money.
"Sure!" The Taoist Jinji was independent, sprayed a mouthful of incense grey water, and stuck a spell on the Xuanming Cold Iron.
"Okay!" The onlookers applauded enthusiastically, saying that they haven't seen enough, and come again.
Not far away, the guards of the Southwest Mansion were guarding the carriage, looking at each other in a daze.
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