Si Que slowed down his pace. Si Lang was completely unaware of it and only realized it after taking two steps forward. He turned sideways to look at Si Que and asked, "What's wrong?"
The cold wind blew the white veil of Si Que's veil, slightly lifting a corner of it. Before Si Lang could see his expression clearly, the veil slowly fell down again.
"Nothing." Si Que continued walking forward.
Arriving at Si Lang's study, the two of them sat down. The maid came in with tea, respectfully placed it on the table, and quietly walked out. When the maid reached the door, she couldn't help but look back and saw that the two people sitting opposite each other raised their teacups at the same time, even the angle of their wrists was exactly the same.
They both took a sip at the same time and then put their teacups down.
Si Lang turned around and asked him to brew a new pot of tea with less tea leaves.
The maid responded and hurried out to make tea again. Needless to say, the prince thought the tea was too strong, and Princess Que would also think it was too strong.
Even their tastes are strangely similar.
"It's just right that you're here. I have something I want to ask you." Si Lang said, "When you first arrived at the Jinnan Palace, Si Hua went to look for you, but he disappeared on the way to look for you and his whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Did you see your second brother that day?"
I have seen it before, and it turned into a pool of water.
“No.”
Si Lang sighed and said, "It's been such a long time since we've had any news. I'm afraid it's not good."
Si Que had taken off his veil when he came in. He half-closed his eyes, with no expression on his face, and did not respond.
"I almost forgot to get you the fake death medicine." Si Lang stood up with a smile and walked to the bookcase not far behind him. While searching in the box, he joked, "The owner of this Poison House is really asking for a lot of money. He asked for 20,000 taels of gold for just one pill of this medicine."
He found the small duck egg blue porcelain bottle and placed it in front of Si Que, chuckling and mocking himself: "Fortunately, I bought the medicine from him when I was in Si State. If I change it to now, I can't afford it at all."
Si Que pulled out the cork and glanced at the pill inside.
Si Lang said: "Okay, using this medicine will be more comprehensive and save a lot of trouble. When you plan to leave Jinnan Palace, do you need your brother to arrange someone to meet you outside?"
“No need.”
Si Que put away the medicine, picked up the veil on the table and stood up.
"Do you know her?" he asked.
"What?" Si Lang was puzzled. Before Si Que could answer, he had already reacted. He smiled and said, "I am very happy. I heard that she is not doing well after getting married. We are both Si people. If we can rescue her from the cage of Jinnan Palace, it will be a good thing."
A lamp was hung between the branches of an apricot tree in the courtyard, and the tassels under the red light swayed gently in the winter breeze.
Si Que looked at the flickering red light and listened to Si Lang's words. After Si Lang finished speaking, he did not respond and walked out.
The maid who was supposed to make fresh tea had not yet returned.
Si Lang still sat there, watching Si Que's back as he left. When he was far away, a figure quietly walked out from behind the screen. The man frowned and said, "Your Highness, have you found out?"
"That's about right." Si Lang picked up the slightly cold tea on the table and drank half a cup.
"He killed Si Hua. He did have a relationship with that woman." Si Lang put down the teacup in his hand, supported his forehead with his hand, and lightly pressed the end of his eyebrow with his thumb.
"Hmph." The man snorted, "He can even kill his own second brother. How cold-blooded! Your Highness was so kind to him just now, but he was so cold-faced from beginning to end, and refused to say a few more words!"
"No." Si Lang shook his head. "Compared to the years when he was mute, he now talks a lot more."
Si Lang waved his hand and asked the personal guard to leave.
Si Lang felt a little annoyed.
Indeed, he could see through Si Que accurately. But was this a good thing? No, Si Que could also see through him at a glance.
These are the twins.
It was not until nightfall that Si Que returned to the Prince of Jinnan's Palace.
He walked into the room and turned to close the door. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong. A familiar smell seemed to be there and not there. He paused for a moment before continuing to close the door.
"Where have you been?"
You Yuji's voice came from behind.
Si Que turned around, and his face, which had been expressionless all day, broke into a smile the moment he turned around.
"Sister!" He walked quickly towards You Yujie who was leaning on the beauty couch, the soft and warm candlelight reflected the smile on his face.
Si Que sat down on the beauty couch, leaned over to hug You Yuji, and buried his slightly cold cheek in her neck: "Why did you come back early? I thought I couldn't see you until tomorrow night. It's great to see you today."
He raised his head and looked at You Yuji with a pair of clear eyes, and asked expectantly: "Sister, did you come back early because you missed me?"
You Yuji opened her mouth, but the question she was going to ask was not uttered for a moment. Her frown slowly relaxed, and she gradually showed a gentle smile, saying, "I originally planned to stay overnight because I thought it would snow, but I didn't expect the sun to shine brightly all day. I was worried about Yingying, so I came back early."
Si Que's bright eyes dimmed all of a sudden, he lowered his long eyelashes, and his voice became low: "Oh, so sister is thinking about someone else, not me."
You Yuji smiled and took his hand off her waist. She sat up and said, "I haven't asked you yet, where did you go?"
"Sister, are you worried that I will go out with other girls to enjoy flowers, drink wine, count stars and watch the moon?"
You Yuji shook her head helplessly: "Don't be naughty, okay? You are not in good health, and now you are in this situation... Try not to leave the house if you can."
“I went to Lianshui.”
"What are you going there for?" You Yuzhi asked.
"Because in Lianshui, everywhere is filled with memories of being with my sister."
You Yuji smiled and pushed Si Que away. She got up from the beauty bed and said, "Don't walk around by yourself in the future. Even if you want to go out of the house, tell Zhenxu and ask her to arrange a few guards to follow you."
"My sister thinks I'm a useless little piece of shit."
You Yuji had already put on her shoes. She turned around, leaned over, and gently kissed Si Que on the forehead. She said softly, "Don't say anything that I don't like to hear. Ah Que is very useful."
She stood up and walked out, telling Zhenxu to prepare some hot water. When Si Que hugged her just now, she felt the coolness on his body. In the cold winter, it is good to take a hot bath after coming back from outside.
Si Que listened to You Yuzhi instructing the maid outside. He put away his facial expression, adjusted his sitting posture, picked up an apple from the small table, and ate it lazily with an expressionless face.
When You Yuji came back, Si Que had already finished eating the apple in his hand. He changed his lazy sitting posture with legs apart, sat upright on the edge of the couch, and smiled as he watched You Yuji approaching.
You Yuji smiled at him, then looked away and continued walking inside, going to the inner room to get some clean clothes for Si Que. She opened the closet and looked at Si Que's clothes. She turned her head and looked at her jewelry table, where there were a few pieces of her jewelry scattered on it, as well as a jade button in Si Que's hair.
The snow-white jade button was lightly covered by one of her hairpin tassels.
There were more and more traces of Si Que around her.
You Yuzhi withdrew her thoughts and went out holding Si Que's clothes.
"You feel cold, take off your coat first." You Yuzhi walked towards Si Que, bent down naturally to help him take off his coat.
Her hand touched the small porcelain bottle in his sleeve and she couldn't help but exclaimed, touched the small porcelain bottle through his sleeve and asked, "What is this?"
Si Que's smiling eyes slightly condensed. He held You Yuji's wrist, pushed her hand away, and said, "Sister has been running around all day. How can I bear to ask her for help with something like changing clothes?"
You Yuji looked at him and said nothing.
Si Que raised the corners of his lips and smiled obediently: "The thing in my sleeve is a New Year's Eve gift for my sister. Now is not the right time, and I don't want my sister to know."
Si Que stood up, picked up the clothes that You Yujie had placed aside, and went to the bathroom to take a bath.
You Yuji sat on the beauty couch, wondering what Si Que was going to give her. A small bottle like that should be medicine, right? It was the first time she heard of someone giving medicine as a New Year's gift.
You Yuji smiled and yawned softly. She had just returned to the Jinnan Palace not long ago, and the bumpy carriage had already made her tired. If she hadn't been waiting for Si Que to come back, she would have probably rested long ago.
She sat on the beauty couch for a while, and before Si Que came out of the clean room, she yawned and went to the bed. When Si Que came out of the clean room, she had already fallen asleep in her arms, holding Bai Sui.
Si Que walked casually to the bed, glanced at the sleeping vixen, picked up Baisui who was curled up under her fair arms, and threw him out of the bed.
He replaced Baisui.
The next day, when Si Que woke up, he knew that You Yuji beside him had woken up even though he didn't open his eyes. He listened to her breathing and could tell that she was not as lazy as she was when she just woke up. She was clearly fully awake, but she was lying motionless outside the bed.
Si Que opened his eyes and looked at her, and saw that she had her eyes open, looking quietly at the ceiling of the bed.
Si Que followed her gaze and glanced at the top of the bed. There was nothing unusual. He retracted his gaze and spoke in a gentle tone: "What's wrong, sister?"
You Yuji stared at the top of the bed without answering or even moving.
Si Que searched under the quilt and found You Yuji's hand.
—She folded her hands over her abdomen.
You Yuzhi suddenly turned around and buried her face in Si Que's chest.
Si Que paused for a moment before placing his hand behind her back and pressing her into his arms.
"elder sister?"
You Yuji didn't say anything.
Si Que did not ask any more questions.
After a long time, he felt a little wet on the chest of his thin pajamas.
She cried.
Si Que suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart that he had never experienced before. This inexplicable emotion that was beyond his control made him frown.
For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he hated the inexplicable bitterness in his heart at this moment, or because of the novelty, which caused an inexplicable pleasure and excitement in his heart.
When his heart slowly adjusted to this wet emotion, he hugged You Yuji tighter in his arms, ran his long fingers through her slightly messy hair, and gently patted her back.
She probably didn't want him to see her crying, so he didn't look.
Time flowed slowly. Baisui strolled in and out twice. It came in for the third time, crawled into the bed, lay on You Yuji's empty pillow, yawned with its mouth wide open, then tilted its head and looked curiously at the two people who seemed to be tied together with a rope.
After a long time, You Yuji stepped away from Si Que's arms. She supported herself and sat up, smiling at him gently: "It's time to get up and have breakfast."
Si Que looked at her red eyes, smiled and said yes.
You Yuji turned around, lifted the bed curtain, sat beside the bed, bent down and put on her shoes.
When she woke up this morning, the familiar pain in her abdomen told her that her period was coming again. She remembered her mother's sickly appearance when she returned home yesterday. In an instant, she was almost overwhelmed by frustration and sadness. She couldn't help but bury her face in Si Que's arms and quietly shed tears.
Except in front of her mother, she didn't want to cry in front of others. Fortunately, Si Que didn't comfort her or do anything else, but just let her bury her face in his arms and cry for a while.
You Yuji put on her shoes, stood up, and looked back through the hanging bed curtains.
She felt a little regretful that she shouldn't have cried in front of Si Que. Although she was anxious and upset about not getting pregnant, she shouldn't have brought her emotions to him.
This kind of frustration and urgency was not pleasant, and she didn't want him to experience it. He was so weak that he shouldn't have to bear her bad mood.
She raised her wrist and gently lifted the bed curtain, looking at Si Que tenderly: "Don't sleep in, there will be deer milk this morning."
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