I wish for a long time

Qionghua Courtyard was seized.

In the past, the Qionghua Courtyard was full of flowers and feasting lights, but on the second day after Ye Jiu left, it was already sealed and lifeless.

Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice took away everyone in the building, but Yun Wan was the only one missing.

Some said they had never seen it before, some said they jumped into the river, and some said they were poisoned.

No one knows what happened, but people sigh from time to time after dinner.

And Dali Temple Minister Feng Pei listened to the old bustard saying the name "Zhenyuanhou", stroked his beard, and his eyes were deep.

……

"Ajiu?"

Qi Shao'an watched Ye Jiu stop on the street, staring at a certain place in a daze, and called softly.

Ye Jiu came back to his senses, moved his eyes away from the overlapping seals, looked at Qi Shao'an, smiled faintly, "It's nothing, let's go."

Qi Shaoan nodded, looked more at the three-storey building beside him, pursed his lips, and followed Ye Jiu's footsteps.

"Why did Xiao Shoubei think of asking us to visit the mansion?"

Qi Shao'an's eyes fell on the various small stalls on the street, and he spoke casually.

Ye Jiu was taken aback for a moment, and replied, "Oh, maybe it's because of happiness."

Qi Shao'an took a look at her, and came up with a perfect reason for her: "Maybe it's because of the meritorious service in escorting this time, the Holy One has rewarded you with a treasure, and I want to invite you to celebrate."

Ye Jiu smiled: "Shao'er is still smart."

Seeing Qi Shao'an raised his chin proudly, Ye Jiu pursed his lips and smiled lightly, and bumped her with his shoulder, "Shao'er, you haven't told me why you suddenly did so much for me that day... so much... "

Qi Shaoan glanced at her sideways, raised his eyebrows, "Want to know?"

Ye Jiu nodded hastily, and Yinguan was a little biased.

Seeing this, Qi Shaoan frowned, his eyes rolled, "I won't tell you."

After finishing speaking, she took two quick steps, and immediately fell a body distance away from Ye Jiu.

After being stunned for two seconds, Ye Jiu stretched out his hand and scratched in vain, "Hey, Shao'er..."

Qi Shaoan curled the corners of his lips and looked straight ahead, but his feet quietly slowed down.

In fact, when Chu Xun returned to the mansion that day, his expression was a little weird, and then he pulled himself to secretly say that Ajiu might have encountered something in the palace, and when he came out, he was very depressed.

She was very worried when she heard this, but she knew that Ajiu was not a person without measure.

Since Ajiu didn't want her to see him, she didn't want to get to the bottom of it either.

She can also roughly guess from left to right, what does it matter if you ask or not.

So she pondered for a moment, remembering that Wei Yu had learned some dishes from her hometown from Ajiu, and thought that if Ajiu tasted some familiar flavors, she might not be so sad anymore.

Facts proved that his thoughts were not wrong, Ye Jiu vented his emotions that day, and his mood really improved a lot.

Suddenly feeling a warm meat pad penetrate into the palm of his hand, the corners of Qi Shao'an's lips raised unconsciously, and he squeezed it hard.

"It hurts, it hurts, Shao'er..."

"You brought this to your door yourself."

"Then pinch it, pinch it hard, and see what you do if it breaks."

"What...Ye Jiu! Shut up!!"

"okay."

……

Once again standing in front of the gate of Xiao's mansion, Qi Shao'an's face was indifferent, without any superfluous expression, just looking up at the plaque, silently not speaking.

"Pinch yourself again."

Ye Jiu stretched out his hand to hold her wrist, and opened her fist.

"If you can't control your emotions, pinch your palms, and your palms will feel wronged, okay?"

Qi Shaoan took a deep breath, smiled at Ye Jiu, "Okay."

At this time, the steward of Xiao's residence hurried up to meet them and saluted the two of them.

"Marquis Lin, madam, my master is already waiting in the front hall, please come with me."

Ye Jiu nodded, pulled Qi Shaoan, and walked into the Xiao Mansion - which was once the gate of the Qi Mansion.

"Master Hou, the master told you that he has something important to discuss with you today, so please come with the villain."

The butler stopped suddenly at the fork in the road, then turned to Qi Shao'an and said, "Madam, go to the back hall to rest for a while, and we can start the banquet in a while."

Ye Jiu frowned, she didn't know what kind of tricks Xiao Lanfeng was playing again.

Qi Shao'an thought Ye Jiu was in trouble, so he quickly said, "Husband, go and do business first, don't worry about me."

Ye Jiu licked his lips, but did not refuse, and said, "Then take care of yourself."

Qi Shaoan nodded vigorously, "Don't worry."

……

Until Ye Jiu's figure completely disappeared around the corner, the smile on Qi Shao'an's face slowly fell.

She looked around, seeing the familiar bricks and tiles, even the plants and trees, the sourness in her heart gradually rose like the fog in the deep forest in the early morning.

She was walking on the bluestone slab, as if she was playing with a bamboo ball rolling in front of her, and behind her, a girl in pink was desperately chasing her.

Crisp laughter, mischievous words, and helpless scolding, every sound and sentence are engraved in every joint of the brick walls and tiles.

Qi Shaoan gradually clenched her fists tightly, the momentary tingling pain in her palms woke her up, she froze for a moment, then opened her hands lightly.

If Ajiu sees it, I'm afraid he should annoy her again.

Qi Shaoan's icy face finally cracked a gap, and the maid beside her tremblingly said:

"Husband... madam, this way please."

That appearance, as if if I hide my feet a little, the girl can immediately kneel down.

Only then did Qi Shaoan realize the coldness in her body, so she stopped thinking about it and followed the footsteps of the maid.

……

In the midsummer of July, the Xifu Begonia has passed the flowering period, and now the tree is full of green-brown leaves and scattered petals, which are still growing firmly on the receptacle.

In the small courtyard, the ground is pink and white, accompanied by fallen leaves and soil, which is indescribably charming.

As if his hands and feet were no longer in control, Qi Shaoan walked towards the big tree surrounded by one person, raised his plain hand lightly, and landed on the rough bark with a slight trembling.

The touch was exactly the same as in the dream not long ago.

But it was a bit more thorny than the feeling in memory.

Tears welled up in Qi Shao'an's eyes all of a sudden, restraint was already impossible.

It's been two years since she left here and her former home.

The past is vivid in her mind, and the present is still the same, but her heart is very empty.

Even if I come back here, everything that has passed away will never be found again.

Qi Shao'an's nails got stuck in the crevices of the cracked bark, and he lowered his head.

"Father, mother, elder brother..."

"Shao'er."

Qi Shaoan trembled all over, as if she heard someone responding to her, just like when she woke up, she often came to pick her up in her dreams.

She closed her eyes, her tears fell on the wet soil and melted in for a moment.

Let her indulge again, even if it is an illusion, she wants to hear their voices again.

"Shao'er."

The voice sounded again, and this time, it was less hazy and more real.

Qi Shaoan raised her head in an instant, her eyes were fixed on the bark which was an inch away from her, and her ears moved lightly.

"It turns out that Shao'er still likes the old crabapple tree more, brother is heartbroken."

That voice was mixed with a trace of mourning and teasing, cynical and unrestrained.

Qi Shaoan opened her mouth, then slowly turned her head, and for a moment, she blinked in disbelief.

Not far away, a man in a light blue robe was standing in the courtyard with his arms folded, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, his eyes were moist and shiny, and there was countless tenderness, he was looking at him quietly .

As for that face, she was in a trance for a while.

The man chuckled, raised his hand quickly across the corner of his eyes, and walked towards her unhurriedly with his head down.

"I haven't seen you for two years. My Shao'er doesn't even know me as a brother. Being a brother is such a failure."

Qi Shaoan's eyes kept moving back and forth, her lips trembled slightly, and she suddenly retreated slowly, "No, you lied to me, you must be the one..."

How could this be possible, it must be my own hallucination, all hallucinations.

However, before he finished speaking, the man pulled the panicked Qi Shaoan into his arms, and tightly clasped her shoulders, preventing Qi Shaoan's desperate struggle.

"I'm sorry Shao'er, brother is late."

Qi Shaoan became quiet for a moment.

That scent of agarwood that couldn't be more familiar lingered around her in an instant, as if the smell that filled her nostrils and heart had never left when she was depressed in the past.

She blinked, slowly raised her hand, gently grabbed the robe of the person in front of her, and finally whimpered.

Then the voice gradually rose and fell into wailing.

Xiao Qi caressed her back gently, tears rushed out of her eyes and fell on the shrugging shoulders in her arms.

He raised his head slightly, and a familiar hairpin flashed into his vision.

Xiao Qi was stunned for a while, and then laughed dumbly.

Obviously the little girl's cry was miserable, but it was the most beautiful voice he had ever heard in his life.

……

"How long."

Xiao Lanfeng walked lightly to Ye Jiu's side, looked at the two people embracing in the yard in the distance, and pursed his lips.

Leaning on the pillar, Ye Jiu said flatly, "Two quarters."

Xiao Lanfeng picked out his ears and sighed, "Your wife can indeed cry."

Ye Jiu tilted his head slightly, swept his fingertips across the corners of his eyes, and said slowly, "She has suffered a lot."

Xiao Lanfeng pursed his lips, a trace of remorse flashed in his eyes, and said lightly: "Fortunately, we are finally reunited."

Ye Jiu nodded and sighed lightly, "Yes, it's all over."

She looked at the two people in the courtyard who were crying and laughing for some reason, and said softly: "I hope that from now on, the two of them will be safe and happy, and there will be no more disasters."

Xiao Lanfeng patted her on the shoulder and said solemnly, "I will."

……

In the end, Ye Jiu took Qi Shaoan back to his residence.

After experiencing both sorrows and joys and excessive output of physical strength, Qi Shao'an seemed to have exhausted all his strength, not far from Xiao's mansion, he was giggling with extreme excitement one second, and fell crookedly on Ye Jiu's body the next second in the arms.

Ye Jiu was funny and sad, and he didn't ask Hou's mansion to pick her up, just carried her all the way back to the mansion.

Qi Shaoan, who had calmed down, nestled up a small one, with red eyes, pouty lips, aggrieved and pitiful, making one's heart soften into spring water.

Ye Jiu lowered his head, touched her forehead lightly with his lips, then pulled the quilt for her, and was going to go out to cook some porridge so that she wouldn't be hungry when she woke up.

As soon as he went out, he saw Dong Fei walking up quickly.

"My lord, sir has asked you to go to Xihetang, there is a very important matter to discuss."

Ye Jiu frowned suddenly, "Very important?"

Uncle Bai told her that she would never emphasize so emphatically, she was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Did something happen to the Hou Mansion?"

Dong Fei quickly waved her hand, "Don't worry, my lord, nothing happened to the Hou's mansion, it's the master who wants to ask you something."

"what's up?"

"About Kobayashi."

The author has something to say: If the pet-sister madman knows what happened to An An, emm...Thinking about it makes my liver tremble