You Yuji walked to the bed and sat down, reaching out to touch Si Que's long hair. He had just taken a shower, so his black hair was still a little damp.
Si Que raised his eyes and looked closely at You Yuji's profile. He was immediately filled with her unique fragrance, wrapped in the snowy feeling of just returning from outside.
You Yuji arched her brows at Si Que and said softly, "It's not good for your health to stay in the house all the time. You should go out and walk around more often."
Oh, I'm afraid he's dead.
Si Que frowned, a little reluctant. He said, "I don't want to go out. Unless..."
You Yuji tilted her head slightly and looked at him, waiting for what weird idea he would come up with.
Their eyes met, and Si Que pursed his lips.
You Yuji laughed at his childish nature, but she still leaned over lovingly and kissed the corner of his mouth. She asked with a smile, "Are you willing to go out with your sister now?"
Si Que laughed.
You Yuji touched his head.
"I'll get you a cotton coat." You Yuji said, turned around and went to the small room to get clothes.
The smile on Si Que's face disappeared instantly. He rubbed the place on his head where You Yuji had touched him and whispered, "She's a very courageous vixen."
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Baisui sitting nearby playing by himself, and suddenly felt that when You Yuji touched his head, her movements and expressions were exactly the same as when she touched Baisui.
He added slowly, "A vixen who is pushing the envelope and doesn't know when to stop."
Of course, when You Yuji came out of the small room holding his cotton coat, he put on a clean and bright smile and called her "sister" all the time.
You Yuji did not leave the palace with Si Que, but just walked around the palace. After the heavy snow, everything was clean as snow washed. You Yuji held Si Que's hand and walked up the stone steps to the observation pavilion on the high rockery.
She frequently glanced to the side to check Si Que's expression. She also often reminded him, "Be careful," as she stepped onto the snow-covered stone steps.
Si Que raised his eyes and glanced at You Yuji. He curled the corners of his lips invisibly, and then coughed twice.
You Yuji immediately stopped and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Are you tired from walking for too long?"
"It's okay, don't worry about me, sister."
You Yuji pulled the collar of his fox fur coat and said, "We're almost there."
The two men walked up to the pavilion on the top of the mountain and sat down.
"If you feel well enough, can we go out for a walk every afternoon?" You Yuji asked softly.
"Okay. I'll listen to you, sister."
You Yuji smiled and put the stove in Si Que's hand. Then she turned her head and looked down at the large plum forest below. With the snow as a backdrop, the red plums seemed to become more spiritual all of a sudden.
Si Que shifted his gaze away from You Yuji's face, followed her line of sight, and looked down at the magnificent plum forest below with her.
It had been a long time since he had appreciated the scenery of heaven and earth so simply.
He turned his head and told Liu Feng to go back and get his piano.
You Yuji thought for a moment, and told Liu Feng who had followed him, "Go get some writing brushes and ink, and my copy of 'Collected Sounds'."
The two little maids trotted back to get something, and they were the only two in the pavilion on the rockery.
"Sister, how did you know I was going to play a new song?" Si Que asked.
"I guessed it." You Yuji had a gentle smile on her face and habitually reached out to straighten the collar of his fox fur coat.
—She was always worried that he was cold.
On his way to Tanxiang Yingyue, Chen Anzhi heard Si Que's piano playing. He immediately stopped and listened carefully, realizing that it was a new piece of music, and could not help but listen more attentively to the music.
Chen Anzhi had some knowledge of music. He stopped and listened for a long time, a smile appeared on his face.
"The princess's song has a slow melody, but it carries a cheerfulness like the sound of spring water. It seems that the princess is in a good mood! When I was in the Kingdom of Si, the princess's songs always sounded lonely and sad, but I didn't expect that after the princess came to the mansion, the songs she played became more cheerful than the last..."
The smile on Chen Anzhi's face became happier and happier.
After getting drunk, he bravely came to the princess with flowers in his hands to pay his respects, and then stayed in the princess's room for no apparent reason... After waking up the next day, he was very worried, fearing that his drunken rudeness would disgust the princess.
Fang Qingyi tried to test him several times to see if he had asked Princess Que to take the contraceptive soup, but he just answered casually every time. Although he had no memory of being drunk, he knew in his heart that nothing had happened between him and the princess. When he woke up, not only were his clothes neat, but his waist was not sore, so it was impossible for him to have done anything the day before. Moreover, he knew in his heart that he was drunk... No way.
But even so, he is still ashamed to face the princess.
After so long, he still couldn't treat the princess as his own woman. In his eyes, the princess was still the lofty and pure goddess of the Nine Skies, an existence that a mortal like him could not even dream of.
Sometimes he would feel lucky that he had the courage to save the princess when the emperor was furious. Otherwise, he would not dare to imagine how the noble princess would be treated shamelessly if she was reduced to a slave and fell into the hands of others.
Sometimes he would blame himself, blaming himself for his limited ability, and for only being able to let the princess be his concubine. It was really humiliating to let the noble princess be a lowly concubine.
Chen Anzhi followed the sound of the piano and walked into the plum forest.
He could not give the princess status and freedom, so he could only try his best to give her freedom. Knowing that the princess did not have him in her heart, he was willing to leave a warm home for the princess in his backyard.
As for his deep love for the princess, it didn't matter if it was buried deep. As long as the princess was happy and he could see her from afar.
He finally saw Princess Que.
Chen Anzhi raised his head and looked up at Princess Que, who was wearing a snow-white dress in the pavilion on the rockery. A happy smile appeared on the corner of his lips. He thought to himself that his choice was indeed the right one. The heart of the zither is the voice of the heart. The joyful sound of the zither under the fingers of the princess he loved deeply proved that she was very happy living in the mansion now, even happier and more comfortable than when she was in Siguo.
When Si Que finished her song, You Yuji, who was standing at the railing and looking into the distance, turned around with a smile, walked to Si Que and sat down. She personally poured him a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.
The rocks and red plum blossoms on the pavilion just now obscured You Yujie's figure. Only when she returned to Si Que did Chen Anzhi see her.
Chen Anzhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately became angry, blaming You Yuji for bringing Si Que outside. She knew that the princess was in poor health and wanted to go out, so why did she drag the princess to suffer with her
Clearly, before he saw You Yuzhi, he thought Si Que was out alone to relax and didn't find anything wrong.
He wanted to scold this jealous mistress who treated her concubine harshly, so he took two quick steps forward and then stopped abruptly.
When people are scolding, their expressions are definitely not very nice. The princess is still in the pavilion. It would be bad if she saw his angry face, right
Chen Anzhi touched his face.
I don’t know if even he himself realizes that the only thing he can show off is this face…
"It seems that I have to talk to her alone next time..." Chen Anzhi frowned slowly. He thought of the princess's instructions to her to get pregnant with a legitimate child as soon as possible and then tear up the divorce agreement, and he felt annoyed. This woman, You Yuji... It's not that he didn't have feelings for her, but he couldn't let him coax a grassland girl.
I don't know what she is so angry about.
Chen Anzhi stood under the shade of the plum forest, looking at the two beauties in the observation pavilion on the rockery from afar. He turned away reluctantly until his legs became numb and cold, and he saw that the two people in the observation pavilion were about to come down.
You Yuji and Si Que returned to the house and immediately told Zhenxu to prepare hot water. It was still early, so she was not in a hurry to take a bath. However, she touched Si Que's cold hands and was afraid that he would catch a cold, so she urged the servants to boil water quickly so that Si Que could soak in hot water as soon as possible.
"Are you cold?"
You Yuji didn't know how many times she had asked this question.
Si Que leaned over and whispered in You Yuji's ear, "You won't feel cold if you hug me, sister."
You Yuji glared at him and quickly turned to look at the pillow.
Zhenxu walked out with the other two maids in the room. As soon as they stepped out of the threshold, they closed the door.
You Yuzhi turned around and hugged Si Que gently.
Si Que was a little surprised. He just said it casually, wanting to hear her scold him for being a scoundrel, but he didn't expect that she would satisfy his little request so easily.
He lowered his eyes, and stared calmly at the vixen who was hugging him.
In fact, this vixen is quite nice, becoming more and more...indulgent towards him.
Si Que raised his hand and gently touched her head.
The two maids following behind Zhenxu were not brought by You Yuji from the You family, but were originally from the palace. The two maids whispered to each other.
One said: "Madam and Princess Que have a very good relationship, they are as close as sisters, even closer than real sisters!"
Another nodded in agreement: "Yeah, the two of them held hands and never let go!"
The pillow's eyelids twitched, and he said with a straight face, "Stop gossiping!"
The two maids immediately stopped talking.
Zhenxu was worried. More and more people noticed that the lady and Princess Que were close. The abnormal relationship between the two would probably be discovered by others sooner or later. She was worried...
While Si Que was taking a hot bath in the purification room, You Yuji went to the flower hall to talk to Madam Jing.
"The Empress Dowager Cixi's carriage returning to the capital is already on the way. It is estimated that she will arrive at the palace on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month." Madam Jing reported.
You Yuji nodded slightly.
The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month was not far away. She would do her best to send Si Que out of the Jinnan Palace before the New Year.
Madam Jing reported again: "The Yi Yuhuan that Madam asked to be investigated has been found. She was originally imprisoned in a separate courtyard by King Kang Jing. When King Kang Jing was released, the palace was ransacked. The servants were all gone, and the separate courtyard was occupied by someone. When Zhuo Wu sent people to find Yi Yuhuan, she was already in a mess, mixed with a group of beggars."
Madam Jing pointed to her head and said, "There's something wrong with my brain. I'm acting crazy."
She was obviously a lady from a noble family, but she ended up like this. You Yuji felt sad for a moment. After a long while, she said, "Find a way to tell her family about her whereabouts without leaving any trace."
As for what will happen to her in the future, that is left to her family to decide.
"Yes." Madam Jing responded. She had finished what she wanted to report and turned to walk out, but You Yuji called her again.
"Madam, do you have any other instructions?"
You Yuji frowned slightly, showing some hesitation, and did not speak for a long time.
She was always decisive in doing things and rarely hesitated like this. Madam Jing had watched her grow up and knew her very well. Seeing her so hesitant, she couldn't help but wonder what was troubling her.
"Send someone back to the inn to see if the owner of the Poison Building is still there and check on his condition."
Just this
Madam Jing was a little surprised. She had never expected that You Yuji would be so troubled by such a trivial matter. She did not show any emotion and responded politely.
The next day, Zhuo Wu's people came back to report that they had not seen the owner of the Poison Tower. The owner of the Poison Tower left on the day You Yuzhi sent him to the inn.
I think someone who is so good at using poison will be fine.
You Yuji didn't think about it any more.
In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year was just around the corner. The house was decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, and the atmosphere was full of the festive atmosphere. You Yuji sat on the bed, flipping through the booklet.
Today is the last day circled in red recently. The next day circled in red will be in less than half a month.
You Yuji glanced at Si Que, who was reclining on the beauty couch and playing with a cat, and gently touched her belly. She had learned from some books that changing positions might make it easier to conceive.
"Aque?"
Si Que raised his eyes and looked over, seeing her pretty face with an intoxicating and charming smile.
"It's time to rest," she said.
Baisui stood up and pulled at Sique's sleeve, but he easily brushed it away.
The bed curtains were drawn down, and the light shone into the bed, creating a warm and charming atmosphere. You Yuji grabbed Si Que's wrist to stop him, then turned around.
The author has something to say: Chen Anzhi: Actually, the script I got was for the infatuated second female lead...
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