General Zhao did not send anyone to convey the bad news about Zhao Xingwen to Xia Chu, but Xiao Zimu in Bingwen Palace in Beijing and the Marquis of the Hou Mansion all sent letters to him.
However, after Xia Chu entered Jincheng, he only chatted with Gu Weiyi for a few words before entering the Western Region.
Gu Weiyi received a large pile of letters from various places but could not forward them to him. Once he entered the Western Region, no living creature, let alone carrier pigeons, could break through the barrier forest.
Therefore, Xia Chu still doesn't know the bad news.
Since Bian Ding followed him into the dense forest, he no longer followed him with his head and tail hidden. He jumped down and followed him closely.
After all, after suffering several losses, Bian Ding also knew that these forests in the Western Regions looked green and full of vitality, but once they climbed up, vines chased around them to escape danger.
At this moment, he wished he could stick to Xia Chu's back and follow his steps with his hands and feet, which would be better than if he stepped even slightly wrong and would be doomed.
The ancient trees in this dense forest are towering, and their branches are entangled with dragons. They look like ghostly shadows under the cold moonlight.
Even though Bian Ding's hands had already been stained with a lot of blood, it was inevitable that his heart would feel hairy and his back would feel cold. He was obviously very scared, but he still spoke to Xia Chu arrogantly and advised: "Master, please walk slower. , what if I get caught up in something without my protection?"
Xia Chu raised his head and looked at the sky. The moon and stars were dense. Although the night was not too dark, even he did not dare to continue on the road at night.
"Have a rest for the night and hurry up at dawn." After Xia Chu finished speaking, his eyes wandered in the forest.
Bian Ding felt relieved when he heard the words, but after a moment his heart tightened again.
Where can I rest in this damn place
In the past, he could sleep against trees, but now, he didn't dare to take a nap against these trees.
"Give me the rope." Xia Chu turned around and reached out to him, but because he was too close, when he turned around, his shoulder hit Bian Ding on the chest, making him groan.
"Are you afraid?" Xia Chu raised an eyebrow at him.
Under the moonlight, Bian Ding's cheeks flushed a little, but he sneered: "Who... who is afraid? I am here to protect you personally."
Xia Chu curled his lips. There was no one else here, and he didn't know who he was pretending to be.
He took the rope Bian Ding found from the package, flew up and jumped between two trees. He was so shocked that Bian Ding neither dared to follow nor stood where he was. He was helpless and yelled loudly underneath. : "Eh? Eh! Young Master... Young Master!"
Fortunately, Xia Chu landed on the ground not long after, and Bian Ding hurriedly followed him. Under the moonlight, he could see clearly that he had just intertwined several ropes to form two hammocks.
"Really... is it reliable?" Bian Ding pursed his lips.
Xia Chu rolled her eyes at him and took the lead to fly up and lie down, climbing down from his shoulders. A touch of fiery red found a comfortable position all over his body and curled up in his arms.
Bian Ding thought for a while, then took off his coat and covered him, and then stood under him in a bold manner.
Xia Chu turned sideways and looked at him below, teasing a little bit: "What are you doing? Don't you dare to sleep? Or do you want me to tell you a bedtime story?"
Bian Ding rubbed the rope under him and snorted coldly: "What if something crawls over? I'd better guard it for the young master."
Xia Chu opened his hand and said, "Don't worry, I've tempered the things on this rope so that snakes, insects, rats, and ants don't dare to cling to it. Go to sleep quickly, we have to be on our way at dawn."
When Bian Ding heard this, he happily jumped onto another hammock without waiting for his instructions again, folded his hands on his chest and closed his eyes.
Not long after, Xia Chu heard Bian Ding's even breathing.
He lay down on his back, and had to change his position again when he was tired. He tightened the clothes covering his body, and the stars in the cold night sky in the dense forest were bright and cold.
Bian Ding had much deeper inner strength than him, so he was naturally more cold-resistant than him. Besides, he was already afraid of the cold, so he was not polite to him.
Xia Chu looked up at the sky and looked at the dense stars.
If everyone's destiny is like a star, at this moment, it seems that everyone's destiny is just an insignificant flicker.
So if he has traveled thousands of miles to pursue the truth, if his best friend turns against him in the end, and the feud from the past is revealed, will it be worth it...
Xia Chu fell asleep slowly with extremely contradictory emotions. He was afraid of knowing the truth, but couldn't help but want to put aside the love and hatred that had been accumulated for many years.
At the same time, bursts of piano music came from the Xianyu Palace in the Western Region Palace.
The sound is as clear as pearls, jumping and flowing, coupled with the clear moonlight at this time, it is indescribably pleasant.
But the beautiful woman leaning on the fence looking at the spring had a look of sadness in her eyes.
After the song ended, Zi Luo took two steps forward from behind her, lowered her eyebrows and asked, "Princess, is this piano player satisfied?"
The sound of water gurgling all around and the endless falling flowers.
Lan Yuying looked at the petals making countless ripples on the water, and said sadly: "I asked my brother not to look for a piano player for me in the future."
None of them are...him.
Naturally, she couldn't play the piano music that she was thinking about. In addition to adding sadness, no one could move her heartstrings.
"Yes." Zi Luo responded and covered her with a cloak: "It's cold at night. If the princess is tired of hearing this, she'd better go back to the palace to sleep."
Lan Yuying gently stretched out her hand and touched the direction of the moon, as if holding the crescent moon in her hand: "How did my brother live alone these years?"
Zi Luo covered her with the cloak and was about to take back her hand, and paused in mid-air. Lan Yuying followed Yue Fengwan back to the Western Region, never taking the initiative to speak, and her spirits were very low.
In order to relieve her depression, Yue Fengwan knew that she liked to listen to the piano, so she searched for piano players all over the Western Regions.
Tonight, it was the first time Zi Luo heard her speak, and she asked this question.
When Lan Yuying saw that she didn't answer, she turned to look at her. Her eyes were full of autumn water, and her eyebrows were very similar to Yue Fengwan.
Since she returned to the Western Region, Yue Fengwan has told the world that she is Yue Hua's daughter and his sister.
The empress was already under the control of Yue Fengwan, so she naturally followed his wishes and issued an edict to canonize her as Princess Qianlan.
Zi Luo had followed Yue Feng Wan for all these years, and she never knew when Yue Hua Shi had an illegitimate daughter, but Yue Feng Wan said she was, and no one in the country dared to question it.
In addition, the two people's equally stunning looks made it impossible for those Youyou to question.
Zi Luo felt a little bitter in her heart and sighed: "Your Majesty, your life was very difficult when you were young."
Lan Yuying lowered her eyes. She didn't need to say this, she knew it.
How could a man who held the supreme imperial power in his youth live a happy childhood? She had been carefree for seventeen years. She spent a lot of time confused, but she grew up in an instant.
The fused blood forced her to accept this sudden truth...
(End of chapter)