The night enveloped the earth and the suburbs were pitch black. The red lanterns under the eaves of Qingfeng Yashe moved in the wind, and the night wind made the flags outside the door flutter.
Ji Lingxue stood at the door and looked up at the high-hanging red lanterns, feeling that everything had changed.
Ever since Qingfeng Yashe opened a branch in the city, business in the shops on the outskirts of the city has become much quieter.
The gongs and drums of the second watch have sounded, but the door of the shop is still open. The table opposite is serving small four-course meals with the aroma of ink. There are a few side dishes on the table, and several people are talking and laughing. The scene is quite warm and harmonious.
Xiao Si said, "Mo Xiang, I went to the street to buy vegetables today and saw an Internet cafe at the entrance of the street. I heard them say that the Prince of Chen became the emperor and our store owner became the queen. Is that true? Why didn't we come? Hey, she is the queen now. She must be in the harem. I won't be able to see her in the future even if I want to."
Mo Xiang lowered her head, picked up the chopsticks to pick up the food, and smiled without comment.
Lian Xin and Xiao Si looked at each other, not knowing what Mo Xiang's smile meant.
Ji Lingxue touched her face to make sure the human skin mask was there, and she coughed as she walked through the threshold. Xiao Si looked up in surprise at the strange woman who came in. She had thick eyebrows, dark eyes, dark skin, and was wearing an inconspicuous robe. Not many people came out for a midnight snack at the second watch, unless they were travelers passing by here and happened to miss the time when the city gate was not closed.
Xiao Si came forward and greeted him, "Sir, please take a seat here. You must have been traveling so late at night. Here is the menu. What would you like to order?"
Ji Lingxue found a seat and sat down, and ordered a few dishes. Xiao Si turned and went to the kitchen. Not long after, a tall figure stood at the door of the store. Ruge smiled at Ji Lingxue who was sitting at the table with chopsticks in her hand waiting for the dishes to be served, and strode in and sat down beside her.
"But the food tonight wasn't good enough, so you ran out to eat secretly?" Ruge knocked on the table with a smile, bringing Ji Lingxue, whose thoughts were wandering, back to reality.
Ji Lingxue smiled and said, "I'm just greedy. I heard that Qingfeng Yashe is a restaurant that the emperor wrote an inscription on and praised repeatedly. There is no other restaurant like it."
"Haha, so you came here because of our reputation..." Ruge deliberately dragged out the last syllable, implying something.
She came up with the dishes and smiled when she heard Ruge's words, "Sir, what you said is right. It would take us three days and three nights to tell the origin of our Qingfeng Yashe. The emperor was full of praise for the dishes in our restaurant. Sir, if you have tasted them, I guarantee you will still miss our dishes next time!"
Ruge smiled. He didn't come to Qingfeng Yashe very often. Xiaosi and Lianxin had never seen him. But Moxiang had been sitting in the corner, looking at their table thoughtfully.
Ji Lingxue picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the dish and nodded. The chef Shusheng and the chef Liu cooked the dish very carefully. Although the taste was not as good as hers, it was also unique.
Ruge said, "Bring me a pot of wine! How can we have food without wine?"
Ji Lingxue looked up at Ruge and said, "Brother, are you treating us?"
Ruge nodded, "As long as you finish all these dishes, it's my treat."
Ji Lingxue twitched her lips and said, "You have important things to do tomorrow, so drink less." If he was drunk, she would not send him home.
Ruge nodded, and when the wine came, he poured a glass and pushed it to Ji Lingxue, "Have a drink."
Ji Lingxue picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and the bitter masturbation instantly spread from the tip of her tongue.
After having enough wine and food, Ji Lingxue's eyes were tinged with red, and she waved her hand and said, "I... can't drink anymore."
Ruge smiled, drank the wine in the glass, raised her finger and pointed at Mo Xiang and said, "Miss, my sister is drunk, please take her back."
Mo Xiang was stunned. Ruge threw a silver ingot to him. Mo Xiang accepted the task and carried Ji Lingxue's heavy body on his back and walked out.
However, Ruge still poured a glass of wine, picked up the chopsticks to pick up a piece of cold dish, and watched Ji Lingxue and Mo Xiang's backs as they walked away.
Mo Xiang and Ji Lingxue walked to a deserted place and stopped. Mo Xiang held Ji Lingxue's hand and looked at her in the moonlight. "Master, you're back. I'm glad to see that you're okay."
Ji Lingxue nodded. Before coming out, she made an appointment with Mo Xiang to meet at Qingfeng Yashe, but she didn't expect Ruge to come with her. The two of them had no choice but to drink some wine. She was just pretending to be drunk just now. Unexpectedly, Ruge was so understanding that she directly paid Mo Xiang to take her back.
Ji Lingxue asked: "Did anything happen after I left the capital?"
She stayed in the border town for a few days, where information was cut off. Mo Xianghe didn't know how to send a message to her, so she had to wait in Guanyin Temple for news from Ji Lingxue.
Mo Xiang nodded, "On the day when Master and An Ge left, Prince Chen... No, it was the new Emperor who came to Guanyin Temple to look for me. Fortunately, Master was wise and did not let me follow you, otherwise I would have been exposed long ago."
Ji Lingxue's heart skipped a beat. She had thought that leaving Prince Chen's Mansion was the right decision for herself and Xiao Yichen. Xiao Yichen would forget about her since he still had Yiyun by his side. But she had underestimated that her heart had already fallen. The longer they were apart, the more empty she felt. She was always in a daze thinking about the past and her own faked death. Xiao Yichen held her tightly, trying to warm her body.
Ji Lingxue asked: "What did she come to ask you?"
Judging from the current situation, Xiao Yichen still doesn't know that he has faked his death. Unless Xiao Yichen suddenly goes crazy and is so desperate that he wants to dig up the grave and open the coffin, in this era, the dead are the most important, and opening the coffin or moving the grave is a very unlucky thing.
If there were no special reasons, even if the person was the emperor, he would not dare to disturb the peace of the deceased soul or dig up the grave easily. This was also the reason why she wanted to build the tomb next to the Guanyin Temple.
Mo Xiang said: "For a blade of grass..."
Ji Lingxue: “…” What kind of grass is this? It actually has such a big face that it allows Xiao Yichen, who is busy with all kinds of affairs and suffering from the pain of losing his wife, to go find Mo Xiang.
Mo Xiang explained, "Master, do you remember that morning when I went to your grave, I saw a plant. At that time, I thought that plant was very special. Its red leaves could survive the winter. After the Prince left, I read the book and found out that the plant was called the Resurrection Plant."
"Resurrection Grass? The kind that can bring the dead back to life?" This name is really fascinating. Is there really a medicine in this world that can bring the dead back to life
Mo Xiang nodded: "Master, during the days when the prince was away, I went to look for the resurrection grass. Master, the prince actually values you very much."
You don't know, when he came to her to ask about the resurrection grass that day, he looked much thinner and older, and his white hair made him look even more miserable. Master, did you go too far and lose the man who loved you so much
Although he crowned you as the queen, you also announced to the world that you were dead. Can you and the prince... no, the emperor, still be together
Ji Lingxue curled her lips, "If you hadn't picked the Resurrection Grass, he might not have looked for you. Well, don't be so sad. Now that I'm back, don't go back to Guanyin Temple. Stay with me."
Mo Xiang nodded.
Not long after they left, an unexpected guest came to Qingfeng Yashe. The elite soldiers surrounded the restaurant. The leading general strode into the house wearing a precious sword, swept his eyes around the hall, and shouted: "Who is Mo Xiang!"
Xiao Si and the waiter looked at each other, not understanding why this army came in so aggressively to find Mo Xiang. Could it be that Mo Xiang had committed some serious crime? "
Seeing no one responding, the general continued to repeat loudly, "Who is Mo Xiang? Come out if you know what's good for you."
The hall was very quiet. With a clang, Ruge's chopsticks lightly hit the plate, making a crisp sound.
The general turned to look at Ruge and asked, "Do you know where Mo Xiang is?"
Ruge looked up at the general with a serious expression, shook her head, calmly picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said slowly: "I don't know."
The general waved his hand, and the guards behind him rushed in and began to search room by room.
Ruge put down her chopsticks and asked, "I wonder what crime this Mo Xiang has committed?" These elite soldiers are the royal guards. It's interesting that the emperor is looking for Mo Xiang. Is it worth sending the royal guards to investigate a little girl
The general glanced at Ruge and said, "I advise you to mind your own business." Then he turned his back to Ruge and said nothing.
The guards quickly came back and gathered together to say that they didn't find the person. The general frowned and cursed, "He wouldn't run away, his legs are quite long. Come on, keep chasing him." After that, he took the lead and walked out.
The elite troops came and went in a hurry with such a huge momentum that Xiao Si and Lian Xin, who had never seen the world, were pale-faced.
Xiao Si asked, "What has happened to Sister Mo Xiang?" Fortunately, she left early, otherwise it would be terrible. Thinking of this, he looked at Ruge who was still drinking calmly.
Lian Xin thought: "Sister Mo Xiang is not the maidservant beside the queen, what could she have done wrong?"
"Da!" Ruge stood up, put a silver ingot on the table, turned around and walked out.
On this side, Mo Xiang, who was happily reminiscing about the past with Ji Lingxue, seemed unaware that he had just walked through the gates of hell.
Ji Lingxue held Mo Xiang's hand and talked about her experiences along the way. Mo Xiang was also broken into a cold sweat as he listened to Ji Lingxue's thrilling experience along the way.
An Ge suddenly lowered his head from the eaves, his face facing Ji Lingxue's window. From a distance, he really looked a bit like an upside-down bat.
An Ge said, "Master, the Second Prince asked me to say something to you."
Ji Lingxue turned her head and looked towards the window. "What?"
An Ge imitated Ru Ge's tone and said, "Sister, I just saw a great show at Qing Feng Ya She."
Ji Lingxue raised her eyebrows. There was no storytelling in Qingfeng Yashe, so where could the plays be
An Ge continued, "The royal elite soldiers are looking for Mo Xiang. Please change Mo Xiang's appearance to avoid unnecessary trouble when she goes to the capital tomorrow."
"Royal elite soldiers?!" Ji Lingxue raised her eyebrows and looked at Mo Xiang.
Mo Xiang had an innocent look on his face, his eyes rolled, and he excitedly held Ji Lingxue's hand and said, "Master, don't you think it was the prince... No... It was the emperor who found out that you faked your death and wanted to question me... Then I... Then wouldn't I be deceiving the emperor..."
When Xiao Yichen was a prince, she didn't feel any pressure to lie to him, but now he is the emperor who controls life and death, and she felt cold sweat on her back.
(End of this chapter)