In the corridor, He Zhilin looked at Jiang Xue's uneasy expression and said:

"Why don't you stop shopping today? You can take the medicine I've prepared for you first, and then come out when you feel better in a few days."

Jiang Xue nodded.

He Zhilin said to Fu Dong: "You go up first to find your cousin. I will help His Highness down and wait for you to go together."

Fu Dong agreed and was about to go up when Jiang Xue stopped her and said, "How many banknotes do you have on you?"

Fu Dong was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to take out the banknote from his sleeve and look at it, Jiang Xue said again:

"Give it all to Madam Suyu and ask her to tell Na Jiyan that no matter what that person buys, I will pay for it."

"If it's not enough, let Madam Su Yu tell Brother He, and I'll make up for it later."

Fu Dong nodded in agreement and ran upstairs in small steps.

He Zhilin helped Jiang Xue up and said, "Can I leave by myself?"

Jiang Xue was a little dumbfounded and said: "The fall just now was not real, and I didn't hurt my hands and feet. Why can't I walk?"

He Zhilin's hand holding her arm stiffened and he slowly lowered it.

"Then I'll walk in front, Your Highness, walk slowly."

After that, he walked in front of Jiang Xue, and the two of them walked down the stairs in silence.

Jiang Xue didn't know why she thought of Xiao Qi because of a back figure.

Even though she knew that person was definitely not Xiao Qi, she was in a daze at the moment.

She began to unconsciously recall scenes from many years ago in her mind.

I don’t know if I was too remorseful and sad after learning that Xiao Qi killed the eldest brother three years ago. The memory of Xiao Qi became increasingly blurred from the moment I heard the news of his death.

Over the years, she had not taken the initiative to think of every detail of her time with Xiao Qi.

When she was a child, she couldn't walk very well and often fell on the ground. The Second Emperor's brother would laugh at her and even dislike her for delaying everyone's sneak out of the palace to play.

Xiao Qi, who came from the Kingdom of Qian, was usually taciturn, but he would gently pick her up when she fell and follow Jiang Yu and the others.

She was only five or six years old at the time, Xiao Qi was three years older than her, and the little boy was carrying Jiang Xue when he was a child.

Little Jiang Xue lay on his back and imitated Jiang Yu's call to him, "Aqi."

Xiao Qi, who was usually dull, turned around and smiled slightly.

Although Xiao Qi was a hostage from another country, the three children of the Jiang family treated him very well. Jiang Chen was the elder brother and took good care of him. He led him and Jiang Yu to the prince's school together; Jiang Yu felt that he was the same as Xiao Qi. Qi had a close affinity with each other, and they called him brother-in-law from the first time they met him. No matter whether they were climbing up a tree to pick out bird eggs or going into the water to fish for carp, they would always call him with them.

When Xiao Qi first arrived in Jijing, Jiang Xue was still very young. The queen did not take her to see Xiao Qi. Instead, little Jiang Yu secretly took Xiao Qi to Yi'an Palace at night and picked up the toddler Jiang Xue. She said proudly to him: "This is my sister, isn't she cute?"

Xiao Qi came closer to look at her. Jiang Xue was still babbling and slurring her words. She stretched out her little hand and touched his face.

Xiao Jiang Yu taught her to call her brother.

"elder brother--"

Xiao Jiangxue shouted: "Uh-uh-"

Xiao Qi only felt that the baby Zhuyu in front of him was cute, which made him want to snatch it from Jiang Yu and hold it in his arms.

When she grew older and could run and play, Jiang Yu took her out of Yi'an Palace and hid her in the school. After class, he took her around the palace to have fun.

Xiao Jiangxue has an inexplicable feeling of closeness to Xiao Qi. She likes to play with Jiang Yu, but she prefers to play with Xiao Qi.

While Xiao Qi was reading, she sat next to him, holding her round cheeks and looking at him in a daze.

When he went out to play in the palace, wherever Xiao Qi went, she would follow him.

Xiao Qi climbed over the wall, and she pulled on his clothes and begged him to help lift her up.

Xiao Qi often sat gloomily and looked at the sky, so she sat next to him and watched with him.

Jiang Xue liked Xiao Qi. At first, everyone thought it was just a child getting close to his brother. Later, when Jiang Xue got older, she read a poem in a book.

Lang rides a bamboo horse to get around the bed to get green plums.

Living together in Changqian, the two little ones have no doubts.

She held the book and went to Xiao Qi, pointed to the poem, and asked him: "Ah Qi, is this what we are like in the poem?"

The young man took the book and read a few words. A blush quickly spread from behind his ears to his cheeks.

For a long time, the loneliness in his eyes overshadowed the joy.

Xiao Qi said softly: "Your Highness, the situation in this poem is different from ours."

Jiang Xue didn't understand. She just felt that childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts had obviously been together like this since childhood.

When everyone was playing together, she was short-footed and not as jumping as Lu Qiongshuang. She was always the one lagging behind in the group, and Xiao Qi would silently slow down and walk behind her;

She loved to wrestle while walking, and the second emperor brother liked to tease and tease her until she burst into tears. Xiao Qi would carry her on his back without saying a word, and would rub her ankles when she got somewhere;

Because of Queen Lu's teachings, Jiang Yu was very kind to Xiao Qi. He would buy things outside the palace, such as candied haws, clay figurines, bamboo dragonflies, etc. to Xiao Qi, while Jiang Xue watched with envy. And Xiao Qi would put it away and secretly give it to Jiang Xue in private;

In addition to the school, Xiao Qi usually stayed at Qianning Residence where Proton lived. The Yi'an Palace where little Jiang Xue lived was the Queen's Palace. He never dared to step in. Only when Jiang Xue was ten years old and seriously ill with a high fever, he secretly ran away. He went to Yi'an Palace to look for her and stuffed the jade amulet given by his mother into her hand.

Jiang Xue thought at that time that this was what was written in the poem, living together in Changqianli, the childhood sweethearts guessing.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?"

He Zhilin saw the absent-minded and thoughtful look on Jiang Xue's face and couldn't help calling in a low voice.

"Huh?" Jiang Xue came back to her senses.

"We're here." He Zhilin reminded.

Jiang Xue nodded blankly.

Seeing her expression like this, He Zhilin thought of what she had just said upstairs, and he knew it all at once.

He lowered his head, a little disappointed.

Hearing the news of Xiao Qi's death that day, although he was sad about his grandfather, in fact——

In fact, he was secretly happy.

Such despicable thoughts made him look down on himself.

He Zhilin knew Xiao Qi, but he didn't want to get close to him.

That day, when he was studying with the prince for the first time and reported to the palace academy on the first day, he went too early. Jiang Chen and Jiang Yu hadn't arrived yet, so he could only walk around in boredom.

When I walked to the corner gate, I saw Xiao Qi and a palace man.

The palace servant said to Xiao Qi: "Prince An, this is a family letter from the Kingdom of Qian. Your Majesty ordered his servant to present it to you."

Xiao Qi thanked En for taking it, but after the palace man left, he tore the family letter into pieces without even looking at it, and then threw it into the pond.

When Xiao Qi walked past him, his face was expressionless and he just nodded to him lightly.

He was a little surprised.

Later, through Jiang Yu's introduction, he learned about Xiao Qi's identity, and he was even more disdainful of this person.

The autumn wind is seen in Luoyang city, and the desire to write is full of inspiration.

Xiao Qi also had parents and relatives thousands of miles away. It was not easy to send letters from home to the Prime Minister of the Qian Dynasty, but he discarded the letters from home, which were filled with affection, like nothing.

He Zhilin's biological mother died young and his father was seriously ill when he was young. He was raised by his grandfather. To him, his family was worth more than a thousand pieces of gold.

Therefore, when Xiao Qi behaved like this, he was automatically classified as an ungrateful, rebellious and unfilial person.

But Jiang Xue likes him very much.

Every time Jiang Yu and Jiang Xue escaped from the palace to play with him, there would always be Xiao Qi with him.

When Jiang Xue fell, he wanted to help her, but saw Xiao Qi had already picked her up.

He had seen Xiao Qi stuffing candied haws on Jiang Xue in private, so he secretly bought candied haws and brought it to the palace to give to her, but Jiang Xue had always just chased Xiao Qi and clung to Xiao Qi - he didn't even have a chance to give it to her. .

Jiang Xue occasionally talked to him several times. When she couldn't find Xiao Qi in the school, she would ask him:

"Brother, do you know where Ah Qi went?"

He admitted that he was jealous of Xiao Qi.

Later, his grandfather ordered him to take his father back to Jiaodong. He left, leaving behind the small umbrella.

When his grandfather retired and returned to his hometown, he asked about the news in Beijing. His grandfather only sighed and told him that Xiao Qi had returned to Qian Kingdom and would never come back again.

He was secretly happy, wondering whether Jiang Xue would think of the umbrella when she was lonely, and whether she would discover the secret in the umbrella.

No.

Even without Xiao Qi, Jiang Xue didn't think of him.

When he first returned to Beijing, he met Jiang Xue, who was now a married woman. She said to him:

"Looking at you, sir, he looks a bit like a celestial being, not like a man in the apricot forest."

She didn't recognize him.

Even after Jiang Yu recognized him, she only felt guilty about her grandfather.

And Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi.

She would have such a big reaction even when she saw someone with a similar back to him.

He Zhilin said to Jiang Xue with a self-deprecating expression: "Your Highness, thinking too much is not conducive to recovery."

Jiang Xue nodded weakly.

There was a noise from the stairs.

The two of them looked up and saw that Lu Qiongshuang had come downstairs with Yu Fudong.

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