She leaned against the window, waiting from sunrise to sunset, but the person she was waiting for still didn't show up. She became more and more uneasy. Three days, three days already. Where on earth have you been, Sister Yanran? Why didn't you come to see Shu Ning for three days
Squeak—
The door was pushed open, and she turned back happily, but the smile on her face faded before it even bloomed.
"Princess." The person who came in was her personal maid Xiaolian, not her sister Yanran.
"Princess, please eat something. These are what I just asked the imperial kitchen to prepare specially for you. They are all your favorite dishes." Xiaolian took out the food from the food box one by one, placed them on the table, walked to the window, and said softly.
"Xiao Lian, let's go. I have no appetite." She had already ordered that no one was allowed to come in and disturb her. Only Xiao Lian, who grew up with her, dared to disobey her orders.
"But Princess, you haven't eaten anything all day—"
"Xiao Lian, please go down. I want to be alone for a while." She dismissed Xiao Lian, turned her head, and looked back at the sunset outside the window. She remembered that when she was six years old, she first met Sister Yan Ran on a certain evening. That day, she mischievously left all the palace maids and eunuchs behind, sneaked to the Imperial Garden to play, and climbed up the rockery in the Imperial Garden, but accidentally stepped on empty air and fell down from the rockery. The rockery was so high that she closed her eyes in fear. She thought she would be badly hurt, but she unexpectedly fell into a soft embrace, and a pleasant voice gently coaxed her in her ear: "Don't be afraid, open your eyes, you are fine now."
She carefully opened her eyes, and then she saw a face that was much more beautiful than her mother's, like a fairy sister who had descended from heaven: "Sister, you are so beautiful, are you a fairy from heaven?"
The fairy sister smiled, with an expression in her eyes that she couldn't understand. She nodded for a long time and said to her very gently: "Yes, sister is a fairy from heaven, but Shu Ning, do you know that you were also a fairy from heaven?"
She blinked her eyes, not quite understanding, but when she heard that the fairy sister actually knew her name, she felt very happy.
"Princess-"
"Princess-"
She was about to ask where the fairy sister lived, but her father sent someone to the imperial garden to look for her. The fairy sister put her down, touched her head, and said, "Shun Ning, I have to go."
She anxiously pulled Sister Fairy's sleeve and asked her, "Sister Fairy, will you come to see Shu Ning again?"
Sister Fairy leaned over and asked her with a smile: "Shu Ning still wants to see me?"
She nodded quickly.
"Why?"
"I like Fairy Sister."
The fairy sister was stunned for a moment, and looked at her quietly. For some reason, a faint mist slowly rose from her eyes, but a bright smile appeared on her lips.
"Princess-"
"Princess-"
The voices of the palace maids and eunuchs were getting closer and closer, and they were about to find her. She became a little anxious because she had not yet received an answer from the fairy sister.
"Sister Fairy, Sister Fairy, you will come to see Shu Ning again, right?"
"Yes." Sister Fairy actually nodded and agreed to her. "From now on, I will bring Shu Ning's favorite lotus to see Shu Ning every morning. Shu Ning, remember to wait for me, okay?" Sister Fairy leaned over and kissed her cheek gently, then climbed over the wall of the Imperial Garden and left.
The next morning when she woke up, she really saw a lotus flower lying quietly on the windowsill, with crystal dewdrops on the petals.
"Fairy sister—" Holding the lotus, she leaned out of the window to look, but she didn't see the fairy sister in white clothes from yesterday. She felt disappointed and pouted, and couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "It's a lie. She said she would come to see me, but now she's gone. It's a lie."
"How could I lie to you? I'm here." Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded behind her. She was overjoyed. She turned around and saw the fairy sister who was looking at her with a smile. Her mood improved instantly. Later, she learned that the fairy sister's surname was Mu and her name was Yanran. She came from a place called Baihua Valley. Baihua Valley, just by the name, is a very beautiful place. She begged Sister Yanran to take her to Baihua Valley. Although Sister Yanran agreed, she insisted on taking her there after she grew up. When she asked why, Sister Yanran just said that she would know the reason naturally. So she stopped asking questions and just hoped that she could grow up quickly in her heart, so that Sister Yanran could take her to Baihua Valley.
Just like that, ten years passed in a flash.
For ten years, regardless of wind or rain, Sister Yanran would appear in her room every morning, holding her favorite lotus in her hand. She often wondered how Sister Yanran could come into her room so easily, as a princess of the Song Dynasty, living in the imperial city, with heavy guards outside her room. Could she really be a fairy, so that neither the high walls nor the heavy guards could stop her? But do fairies really exist in this world? Just as she was thinking about this question, her father sent a message to summon her. She was very surprised that her father, who was always busy with state affairs, had time to specially summon her.
"Ning'er is grown up, it's time to find a good family... Yesterday, the Liao envoy proposed marriage to your father on behalf of their third prince, saying that they want to form an alliance with our Song Dynasty and marry the eldest princess of our Song Dynasty. Your father thinks this proposal is worth considering. I heard that the third prince of the Liao Dynasty is deeply loved by the Liao King and has a great chance to inherit the throne in the future. If Ning'er marries the third prince, I think she will not suffer. What do you think, Ning'er?"
Marriage... She felt a little bitter in her heart. She knew that as a member of the imperial family, her marriage was never her own decision. But she never expected that she would marry a foreigner far away from her own country. Her father came to ask her at this moment, but in fact, he was just saying hello to her. Whether she agreed or not, she would eventually be married to the Liao Dynasty. Suddenly, she missed Sister Yanran so much. At this moment, she hoped that Sister Yanran could be by her side, but Sister Yanran did not show up this morning. For the first time in ten years, she could not see that familiar face when she opened her eyes. Her heart was suddenly so confused. She didn't know how she got back to Jingning Palace. Lying on the bed, she felt that she had no strength in her body. She kept repeating Sister Yanran's name in her heart. She thought that if Sister Yanran was really a fairy, she would definitely know that she was thinking about her and looking forward to seeing her....
However, for three consecutive days, the familiar figure did not appear. She could not help but smile bitterly. It turned out that Sister Yanran was not a fairy after all. She never expected that she was so eager to see her.
The marriage between the two countries was quickly settled, and a month later she put on the phoenix crown and bridal robe and was about to set off to the Liao Kingdom with the Liao Kingdom's wedding procession.
"You all go down, I want to stay alone for a while." She said lightly, and dismissed the serving maids. She looked around her room, feeling empty in her heart, "Sister Yanran, why haven't you come to see me for so many days? Do you know that Shu Ning is going to marry far away in the Liao Dynasty? Maybe after today, you and I will never see each other again." She walked to the window, looked at the sky outside the window, and murmured, her voice suddenly choked up: "Sister Yanran, Shu Ning doesn't want to marry far away in the Liao Dynasty, and doesn't want to never see you again, do you know?"
"Then... just follow me." Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind.
"Sister Yanran." She turned around and suddenly burst into tears of joy: "Are you finally here?"
"Shunning, don't marry into the Liao Dynasty. Come with me, come with me to the Hundred Flower Valley, okay? Haven't you always wanted to go to the Hundred Flower Valley? I'm here today to take you there." Sister Yanran approached her, gently placed her hands on her shoulders, her eyes full of affection. "Let me take care of you in the future. This time I won't let you leave me again, Qinghuan..."
"Qing Huan?" She was slightly startled, a little confused, and just wanted to ask Sister Yanran who Qing Huan was, but before she could say anything, her lips were covered by Sister Yanran's lips. She was stunned until Sister Yanran's lips left her lips, and she suddenly woke up. She looked at Sister Yanran, with a look of helplessness in her eyes, but more of shyness.
Oh my god! Sister Yanran actually kissed her... And at that moment, not only did she not want to push her away, but she was immersed in that kiss. Could it be that without realizing it, her feelings for Sister Yanran had slowly changed from simple liking to love between lovers
"Qinghuan, please come back to Baihua Valley with me. That's where you should be." Sister Yanran held her face and said softly. She thought her face must have turned red with shame.
"Qinghuan?...Sister Yanran, why do you call me Qinghuan? My name is obviously Shu Ning." The name Qinghuan looked so familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Shun Ning, you are Qing Huan. Qing Huan was your name in your previous life. You were called Feng Qing Huan, and you were the Lotus Fairy in the fairyland."
"Lotus Fairy? How is that possible? Sister Yanran, what is going on? How could I have been a Lotus Fairy in my previous life? And how did you know that I was a Lotus Fairy in my previous life?"
"Qinghuan, come with me to Baihua Valley. When we get there, I will tell you everything about your past life."
"Hundred Flower Valley..." She felt a yearning in her heart. "Ever since you first mentioned Hundred Flower Valley to me, I have always wanted to go there to see what a beautiful valley it is... But, I am going to marry to the Liao Dynasty today, so I am afraid I can't go to Hundred Flower Valley with Sister Yanran."
"No, Qinghuan, I won't let you marry into the Liao Dynasty. That's not the place you want to stay. Baihua Valley is your home."
"But the marriage between Song and Liao is known to everyone. If I leave now, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty and Liao will go to war—"
"Qinghuan, I can assure you that your departure will definitely not cause any disputes between Liao and Song. You don't have to worry." Sister Yanran interrupted her and assured her.
"real?"
"Really, I won't lie to you. Qinghuan, come with me." Sister Yanran stretched out her hand to her. Looking into Sister Yanran's eyes, seeing the tenderness in those eyes, she no longer hesitated and put her hand in Sister Yanran's palm, "Okay! Sister Yanran, I will go to Baihua Valley with you."
Holding Zhao Shuning's hand tightly, Mu Yanran knew that from now on, she would never let go of the person in her hand again...
A few days later, an imperial edict was posted in the capital, announcing to the world that the eldest princess of the Song Dynasty had suddenly fallen seriously ill and died, and the whole country was in grief.
The author has something to say: I originally wanted to put the extra chapters in the customization, but I found that it was very tiring to do the customization, and editing and typesetting was more tiring than writing a new article, so I will put the customization on hold for now, and put the extra chapters I have written here up. If I don’t put them up again, I will have forgotten to thank this one. . . . . . There may be extra chapters about Xiaoqing and Xiaobai later~~ Well, there should be some, but I don’t know when they will be written, so don’t worry about it. If you are interested in the extra chapters, then you can take a look at them when you wander here next time to see if there are any more extra chapters.