"This... what's going on?!"
Qiu Yutong's eyes widened, her mind went blank.
He had already prepared himself mentally, even if he saw some monsters with green faces and fangs, or sissies with rouge and powder, he would not be surprised.
But, but this face in the mirror...
This face was clearly his own!
This extremely familiar face, the complexion is so white that it is almost transparent, the eyes are as black as spots of paint, the lips are very light in color, the curve of the jaw is sharp and perfect, even the small bright red tear mole under the left eye is in the same place. exactly the same.
This, what is this...
Qiu Yutong stared at the mirror stiffly, her mind was in a mess.
After a long time, he slowly came back to his senses.
He managed to gather his composure, and moved closer to the bronze mirror, looking at it carefully, trying to find some differences.
Looking closer, there are still some subtle differences between the face in the mirror and his original face. The outline of this face is softer, the tip of the nose is slightly raised, the chin is sharper, and the temperament is more cold and weak, rather than casual.
Qiu Yutong really didn't know what to say, and the many questions before were finally resolved.
It turned out that the "that person" that the little eunuchs said mysteriously, Zhang Defu's muttering "too much alike", and Lu Xiao's sharp questioning "You have such a face", all of them meant this.
The so-called "that person" is the past him, Qiu Yutong.
This boy's body has his face...
Qiu Yutong only felt a splitting headache, almost speechless to ask the sky.
He rubbed his temples, and suddenly remembered a very serious problem.
Since this male favorite's body has his face, so to speak, "that person" that Lu Xiao hates to death is Qiu Yutong.
But, but... how is this possible
Back then, Lu Xiao respected his master very much, and he was very well-behaved and sensible... How could he hate himself? Or was he too slow back then to notice Lu Xiao's hatred
Qiu Yutong couldn't help thinking of Lu Xiao's sentence just now, "The thing I hate the most is that other people look like that person.", feeling uncomfortable for a while.
Does he hate himself so much? As for
At any rate, the two of them were also mentors and apprentices, and they had depended on each other for a full ten years, and he even saved this kid's life more than once.
But just now what Lu Xiao showed was clear hatred.
Qiu Yutong stared at the bronze mirror, thinking wildly for a long time, but remained silent.
Perhaps seeing that his complexion was not very good, Xiao Xizi said cautiously: "Young Master, what's the matter?"
"... nothing." Qiu Yutong came back to her senses and shook her head.
He put down the bronze mirror, only to feel the pain in his head, and couldn't help rubbing his temples again: "Um..."
Xiao Xizi hurriedly said: "Alright, it's already so late, young master is also tired, right? Little one, please help young master to rest."
Qiu Yutong was indeed tired, so she nodded, "That's fine."
Although Xiao Xizi couldn't speak well, her hands and feet were very nimble. After a while, she brought hot water and towels, and waited on Qiu Yutong to wipe her face, wash her hands and feet, help her to bed, and then retreated with the light on.
Qiu Yutong lay quietly on her back on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep.
Perhaps because this is a cold palace, the quilt on her body is not soft, but the starch is still clean, with a faint smell of saponin.
Looking up at the dark curtain above the bed, Qiu Yutong smelled the faint fragrance of saponins, and her heart was in a mess, full of thoughts.
He actually fell into this situation... He failed to ascend, but somehow became the disciple's male favourite.
So bad luck, so embarrassing, so humiliating.
Moreover, Lu Xiao seemed to hate him as a master very much.
I hated it to the point where after five full years, I still felt angry when I saw someone who looked similar.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yutong turned over a little annoyed, he couldn't figure out why Lu Xiao hated him so much.
Anyway, he did his best to treat Lu Xiao back then.
It is his first time to be a master, so there must be deficiencies, such as putting on airs, being impatient at times, and being too strict at times... However, Lu Xiao never expressed any dissatisfaction, never complained, always Well-behaved and sensible, hard-working.
Could it be that Lu Xiao was respectful on the surface, but in fact he was holding a grudge in his heart
It wasn't until after he ascended that Lu Xiao vented his resentment
Qiu Yutong felt a little panicked.
He has always been casual and loose, but at this moment, it is impossible to say that he is not uncomfortable.
After all, he has only one apprentice.
After all, although he has little experience, he still tries his best to be a good master.
Lu Xiao in the end...
Alas, whatever, whatever.
It's pointless to worry about these things now. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. He must rush back to Shimen Shuo Xuecheng as soon as possible, first solve this physical problem, and then slowly consider Lu Xiao's affairs.
However, Shuo Xuecheng is far away in a bitterly cold place outside the Great Wall, and it is more than ten thousand miles away from the capital. This body is so delicate, maybe he can't even ride a horse, so how can he go back
I don't know what happened to the senior brothers and the others, do you think you have ascended
Qiu Yutong thought wildly for a long time, and gradually, her eyelids became heavier and heavier.
…
The next day, when Qiu Yutong opened her eyes, it was almost noon.
It was raining patter outside the window.
"Yesterday, in the middle of the night last night, there was a huge thunderstorm, which scared people to death." Xiao Xizi waited on Qiu Yutong to wash her face, "Master, did you wake up?"
Thunder last night
Qiu Yutong was taken aback for a moment, he was in a deep sleep and didn't hear anything.
Lu Xiao... Are you okay
Lu Xiao has been very afraid of thunder since he was a child, and he must hide under Qiu Yutong's bed on a thunderstorm night, otherwise he won't be able to sleep all night. With such a big thunderstorm last night, he...
Qiu Yutong thought about it again, and couldn't help laughing again. This kid is twenty-three now, and he has been the king of a country for five full years, so he must not be afraid of thunder. Now, he is a mud bodhisattva who can't protect himself when crossing the river, so why is he still messing around here
After serving Qiu Yutong to wash up, Xiao Xizi suddenly slapped her forehead: "Oh, little one, I almost forgot, it's time to go to the big kitchen to get the meal! Go, if you go late, it will be gone!"
He ran out in a panic, took a coir raincoat from the corridor, and disappeared into the rain.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, beating the plantain leaves in the garden "crackling". Qiu Yutong looked at the dense green plantains outside the window, but her mind had already flown far away, thinking about the problem from last night again.
The most urgent task now is to return to Shuo Xuecheng, seek help from the senior brother in charge, and reshape my innate sword body... However, Shuo Xuecheng is thousands of miles away. It is really troublesome to go back to the mortal child.
what can we do about it
Qiu Yutong was contemplating when she suddenly heard a loud "bang!", and the door was knocked open.
He was slightly startled, and looked up, only to see Xiao Xizi lying on the threshold, tripped by a dog eating shit, drenched like a drenched chicken, holding a food box tightly with both hands, looking pitiful again, It's funny again.
Qiu Yutong shook her head helplessly, and walked over to help the hapless little eunuch up: "Did you fall?"
Xiao Xizi's face was covered with rain, with big teardrops rolling in her eyes: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... lord, lord..."
Qiu Yutong softened her voice: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Xizi cried: "Soup! Food, there is soup in the food box... One, it must have been spilled!"
Qiu Yutong opened the food box, and there was indeed a bowl of vegetable tofu soup, four vegetarian steamed buns, a plate of salted radish, and a plate of boiled peanuts.
Of course, more than half of the soup has been spilled.
Xiao Xizi whimpered and said, "I, why am I so stupid!"
Qiu Yutong comforted: "It's okay, just spill it if you spill it. Don't cry, ah."
"Young Master, Young Master, you are so kind." Xiao Xizi wiped away tears embarrassingly, put the bowl on the small table, waited for Qiu Yutong to sit down.
Looking at the young couple in front of her, Qiu Yutong couldn't help sighing.
Half a bowl of vegetable tofu soup, four vegetarian steamed buns, a plate of salted radish, and a plate of boiled peanuts... Although he likes food in the human world, he has a picky mouth, and he really can't arouse his appetite for these things.
I really miss the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by Lu Xiao. It is soft and waxy, sweet but not greasy.
"Gulu..." Qiu Yutong was thinking about the soft and sticky sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but her stomach let out a growl.
Well, although he didn't want to eat these steamed radishes, his body couldn't help but eat them.
Qiu Yutong had no choice but to pick up the chopsticks, hesitantly picked up a piece of tofu, and slowly put it into his mouth.
The taste is really not good, far worse than Lu Xiao's craftsmanship.
Qiu Yutong endured it for a while before swallowing it.
Xiao Xizi watched him eat, her throat moved, and "Gulu" swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Qiu Yutong waved her hands casually: "Don't stand, sit down and eat together."
Xiao Xizi was startled, and hurriedly waved her hands: "Then, how could that happen? It's not in compliance with the rules! Wait, when you finish eating, young master, the little one can eat a little bit of leftovers, that's all."
Qiu Yutong is famous for being casual in the cultivation world, and doesn't care about these red tapes in the human world at all: "You little guy, you have a lot of rules at a young age. If you let you sit, you can sit, and if you let you eat, you can eat. Where is there so much nonsense? ?”
Xiao Xizi didn't dare to disobey, so she sat down tremblingly, took a vegetarian steamed bun, and gnawed it carefully.
The two of them ate, and the rain gradually became lighter, with little wisps.
With a mouthful of steamed buns in her mouth, Xiao Xizi mumbled: "My lord, my lord, I will go to the bedroom to tidy up later, the quilt is thin, and we don't know if this year's charcoal allowance is enough..."
"What kind of charcoal..." Before Qiu Yutong finished speaking, she was interrupted by a crisp voice.
"Yo, it's so late, are you still eating?"
Qiu Yutong raised her head, and saw a handsome young man standing at the door of the main room, looking at herself with a half-smile.
This young man was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with almond eyes, peach cheeks and pointed chin. He was dressed in a thin light yellow shirt and looked very handsome. Behind him was a stout little eunuch.
The young man looked at Xiao Xizi and said with a smile: "Why, the servants of the Emerald Academy can also serve the table? Is this the rule of Mr. Xuerong?"
Xiao Xizi stood up suddenly: "Liu, Mr. Liu."
Qiu Yutong raised her eyebrows lightly. It seems that this handsome young man is the young son Zhang Defu mentioned, Liu Bitao, who was presented by the Jiangnan Liu family.
Liu Bitao ignored Xiao Xizi, walked straight into the main room, looked down at Qiu Yutong: "Do you know who I am?"
Qiu Yutong wiped her mouth slowly, then raised her face, and smiled at Liu Bitao: "I don't know Mr. Liu is here, what's your business?"
Liu Bitao seemed to be shaken by this smile, and was stunned: "You..."
Qiu Yutong repeated it patiently: "What is Mr. Liu doing?"
Liu Bitao suddenly came back to her senses, as if she was annoyed that she had seen the gods, her face turned red and white, and suddenly she became angry from embarrassment, and kicked the little table viciously!
With a loud "crash!", Xiaoji fell to the ground, four blue and white porcelain bowls rolled to the ground, vegetables and tofu soup, dried radishes, and boiled peanuts were scattered everywhere, and a few steamed buns also rolled away. go.
Qiu Yutong frowned slightly, but she was not angry.
After all, with his state of mind and cultivation base, there are very few things in the world that can make him angry. In his eyes, this arrogant and beautiful Mr. Liu is just a brat.
He sighed: "Young Master Liu, why are you doing this?"
Liu Bitao sternly said: "Don't rely on how good-looking you are, you don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth! Your Majesty manages everything every day, and the external peace and the internal determination of the San Francisco, don't shamelessly pester your majesty..."
He babbled a lot, his voice was shrill and sharp, his speech was fast, and his content was so weird that Qiu Yutong got goosebumps when he heard it. Fu forehead.
Seeing that he was silent, Liu Bitao snorted coldly, and pulled out a jasper hairpin from her jet-black hair: "Do you know what this is?"
"I don't know." Qiu Yutong shook her head.
In his eyes, it was just an ordinary jasper hairpin without any aura, so there was nothing special about it.
"Of course you haven't seen such a good thing." Liu Bitao smiled triumphantly, "This jade hairpin was given to me by His Majesty after listening to Yuju to spend the night."
Qiu Yutong was a little surprised, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "I see."
Hey, you know how to spend the night rewarding, this kid Lu Xiao has really grown up.
Liu Bitao said triumphantly, "What's the matter? Can't speak?"
The stout little eunuch behind Liu Bitao scratched his forehead, with a puzzled look on his face: "Young Master, when did Your Majesty come to Tingyu Residence? Why didn't you know about it? Also, we didn't bring this jasper hairpin from home. ?"
"You, you fucking shut up!" Liu Bitao became anxious immediately.
Xiao Xizi next to her couldn't hold back anymore, and burst out laughing with a "puchi".
"Why are you laughing?!" Liu Bitao's snow-white face flushed red, "Your Majesty won't even pay attention to such a bastard as your master!"
Xiao Xizi was also annoyed, and stammered: "Let it go, I don't know whether to put it in my eyes or not. But, Liu, since Mr. Liu came here, he must have heard about it. Majesty, His Majesty was here last night. In the Palace of Meditation, my young master stayed for an entire hour. In the end, it was Eunuch Zhang who sent my young master back, wrapped in a cloak, and sat on the back. This, this story has spread in the Sixth Palace of the West, big, everyone all know."
"Pfft—" Qiu Yutong almost choked on the tea.
What do you mean it has spread
He did stay in the Meditation Hall for an hour last night, and was almost chopped off by Lu Xiao's sword. What did all this say? "Wrapped in a cloak" and "sitting on a small table" are true, but why do they sound so wrong
Liu Bitao seemed to be so stunned that she couldn't even speak.
Qiu Yutong smiled awkwardly, trying to save a little reputation: "Young Master Liu, in fact, after I entered the Jingxin Hall last night..."
"So what if you entered the Meditation Hall?! It's just because of your beauty, why are you being arrogant?!" Liu Bitao became furious, and suddenly stepped forward, scratching Qiu Yutong's face with her paw!
"Don't—" Xiao Xizi screamed.
Qiu Yutong stretched out her hand, and easily grabbed Liu Bitao's wrist, with her index and middle fingers resting on the other's veins: "Mr. Liu, please be safe and don't be impatient."
Liu Bitao's pulse was pinched by him, half of his body went limp, and he lowered his hand involuntarily.
"You, what demon did you use?" He stared at Qiu Yutong, puzzled and annoyed at the same time, "Let go of me!"
Qiu Yutong frowned and looked at the other party, but said nothing.
Liu Bitao's nonsense made him very unhappy. He wanted to teach the other party a little lesson, but after thinking about it, he was just a mortal child in his teens, so why should he take him seriously
Thinking of this, Qiu Yutong slowly let go of her hand, and said kindly: "If there is nothing else, Mr. Liu, please go back."
Liu Bitao quickly withdrew her hand, and while rubbing her wrist, she said viciously: "I don't care what magic tricks you know, in short, don't try to climb up a branch and become a phoenix just because of your beauty! Your Majesty won't like it." Yours! You, you are not allowed to seduce His Majesty!"
This brat was actually warning him not to seduce Lu Xiao...
Qiu Yutong couldn't help but laugh.
He waved his hands weakly, and said dryly, "You can rest assured about this, I won't."
"Hmph, who would believe it! In the West Sixth Palace, who is not staring at His Majesty, delusional to reach the sky in one step..."
"Then what do you want?" Qiu Yutong said helplessly, "Do you still want to do it?"
Liu Bitao had suffered a loss just now, so she felt a little guilty after all. She stared at Qiu Yutong bitterly for a moment, stomped her feet vigorously, turned around and ran away.