Lan Yuying looked puzzled by Xia Chu's hidden secret. What else could be hidden about something that the emperor himself admitted
She saw Xia Chu's eyes, which were dim and deep, falling on the tea she was sipping gently, as if she saw something distant and illusory through the clear tea.
She had been lying quietly and obediently on the couch, looking back and forth between the two of them. Ever since Xia Chu walked over and hugged Lan Yuying, she seemed to be full of energy, wagging her big red tail back and forth between them. Sweep.
Lan Yuying touched it casually, and it twitched its ears gracefully, then rubbed it against her palm.
Seeing such a warm scene, Xia Chu felt soft in her heart. She put down the tea cup in her hand and took out the silk handkerchief from her waist.
For the first time, she felt that a silk handkerchief on her dress was useful. She raised her hand and gently wiped the wet tears on Lan Yuying's cheeks: "Let this matter be settled here. You are still my Meng'an."
A gust of night wind blew in, causing the grass and trees outside the window to rustle, and fallen flowers all over the ground.
Just when Lan Yuying lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, remaining silent, Xia Chu suddenly broke the brief silence with a "Ah" sound.
She took out the purse that Xu Wenlan had specially given to her before leaving Beijing, and handed it to Lan Yuying: "I almost forgot, I told you I had something good for you."
Xia Chu didn't say who gave it to her. Lan Yuying looked at the narrow smile on her face and knew who the hand was from. The hand that took it was slow and trembling.
However, Xia Chu had already put her head forward, leaving no time for her to lament and shed tears. She urged her to speak: "Open it quickly, I didn't peek all the way."
Lan Yuying was interrupted by her, and the sadness that had just risen in her heart subsided slightly. She glanced at her with feigned anger. At the same time, she opened the purse, took out a folded paper river lantern, and returned it. There was a broken string.
The first time Lan Yuying caught sight of her, she looked a little startled.
Xia Chu couldn't figure out what it was yet. Seeing her stunned, he simply took it and helped her unfold the folded thing. After restoring it to its original shape, he turned around and exclaimed: "This is not the night of Chinese Valentine's Day. Let's look for it." Is it the magnolia lantern that Zi Mu painted?"
A bitter smile appeared on Lan Yuying's lips: "I don't know when he... went to find this exiled magnolia lantern."
Xia Chu clicked his tongue twice: "Good guy, there must have been tens of thousands of lanterns placed under the moat that night. I'm afraid that after Han Sati slipped away that night, he left the house overnight. Went to look for this lamp.”
Lan Yuying only felt ripples in her heart, and the sea of joy in her heart stirred up large tracts of sadness, just like the spring water outside the window, gurgling and full of sadness...
Xia Chu watched her pick up the broken string with a confused expression. Although she wanted to ask, he thoughtfully planned to withdraw silently and leave her alone.
Xia Chu left Diandian to accompany her. Lan Yuying originally wanted to let her live in the palace, just like when they were children and they were whispering in a quilt, but Xia Chu had the idea of running away in her heart and could only politely decline.
She walked out of the palace gate, but Ziluo was not outside the palace. Waiting outside were Yin Yao and Yu Xiang, and Xia Chu felt even more secretly happy.
The two of them led her and Bian Xiang to the side hall that had been prepared. When they arrived at the door of the room, Xia Chu deliberately separated one of them to prepare a supper, and the other to fetch water and purify the noodles.
Upon seeing this, Bian Ding knew in his heart that she must have given orders. When he saw the two palace maids disappearing, he immediately asked: "I wonder, Master, what are your orders?"
Xia Chu suddenly spoke first, his face still a little stunned.
Bian Ding continued to tease with a condescending expression: "I wonder if this is considered a good thing for a subordinate to take the initiative to care for the master?"
Xia Chu looked startled, then realized that this guy was still thinking about what she said to Zi Luo when she echoed Lan Yuying's words of persuasion to Yue Fengwan...
"Stingy." Xia Chu rolled her eyes at him, and then continued: "I want you... to leave the palace and leave the Western Region now, immediately, immediately!"
Bian Ding originally had a playful smile on his face, and he was used to being rolled at by her, but what he said next really frightened him, and he instinctively replied: "This... who of us is stingy? "
Xia Chu's face became solemn and his tone was particularly serious: "I told the regent that I will not prevent you from leaving the palace. You leave the Western Region now and I will catch up later."
Although Bian Ding understood what she meant, he still stood still and said reluctantly: "I'm not as powerful as the raven, but I'm not that bad."
Xia Chu stretched out her index finger and poked his chest, deliberately showing contempt: "Don't you have any idea about my Qinggong? Leave quickly and don't let this be a burden to me."
Midnight has passed early, and the bet between Xia Chu and Yue Fengwan will last until sunset today.
If she planned to run away early, once Yue Fengwan noticed it, he might pursue her with all his strength.
By then, it will be easier for her to leave alone.
Bian Ding's mouth twitched, and he was left speechless by her ridicule. Strength speaks for itself. In terms of lightness alone, he was indeed thrown away by Xia Chu.
As far as escaping is concerned, if he forcibly stays with Xia Chu, he will really be a burden...
"The secret guards of the Hou Mansion will listen to the order. I order you to set off immediately without stopping on the way. Go to Jiancheng and wait for orders!"
Bian Ding heard his unquestionable tone and saw his decisive look, so he had no choice but to bow his hands and say, "Yes."
Xia Chu didn't turn around and enter the room until she saw his figure completely disappearing into the night.
Not long after, Yin Yu and Yu Xiang also came back. Xia Chu ate all over the streets and alleys of Fengcheng. Not only was he not hungry, but he was very full. However, he ordered a midnight snack. In order to avoid suspicion, he still gritted his teeth and showed up. Dip two chopsticks.
After she had cleansed her face, Yin Tao planned to help Xia Chu undress, but she waved her hand to politely refuse and did not persist. She even did not go to the arranged room to sleep in the room next to her, so they left without asking any questions.
Yue Fengwan's attitude made Xia Chu feel guilty.
He made an upright bet with her and was very elegant, but she had such unsavory thoughts in her heart. Wasn't it too shameless
Although she originally planned to run out of the Western Region, the sky would let her fly, and the moon and the wind would not be able to do anything to her.
But being treated so openly by him, I kept condemning myself in my heart. It would be too much if I really ran away.
She just sat there on the couch by the window and kept struggling, whether to keep her promise and wait until sunset to decide the outcome, or to run away with 100% assurance of her own life.
It wasn't that Xia Chu didn't want to complete the bet, but that she learned from Lan Yuying tonight that the emperor's poison was not poisoned by the Empress of the Western Regions, so who was it
She hasn't solved this mystery yet. If she really loses to Yuefengwan, she will really not be able to rest at ease until she dies.
(End of chapter)