I wish for a long time

Hou Mansion, at the gate of the bamboo garden.

"Young Madam, here are the dishes and location map of the banquet, please have a look."

The whole family walked over and handed two pieces of paper to the woman in plain clothes and brocade robes.

Qi Shaoan took it over, glanced roughly, and asked, "Where's your young master?"

The servant was stunned by the question, he pointed to the yard, "The young master is playing chess with Miss Song and Mr. Xue inside."

Qi Shaoan nodded, "Go and do your work."

The servant saluted and retreated, Qi Shaoan put away the paper and stepped towards the threshold of the bamboo garden.

"Three belts and one, big you!"

"Wait, bomb!"

"Boy, can you do it, what do you care about me, let's make a wave..."

"Huh?? I forgot..."

The chattering noise inside easily penetrated the dense bamboo forest, Qi Shaoan paused slightly, then smiled helplessly.

"I would like to bet and admit defeat, ten taels of silver, bring it here."

Song Chuxun rolled up his sleeves, and stretched out his hands happily towards the two of them. Ye Jiu and Xue Jingning looked at each other, and each other reluctantly took out a silver ingot.

Leaning on his cheeks, Ye Jiu said weakly, "It's boring, I'm not lucky today."

Song Chuxun pouted, "With your little skill, you can just lie to Xue Er. With me, with all due respect, everyone here is hot chicken."

Ye Jiu ruthlessly rolled his eyes, waiting for the time to shuffle the cards, only feeling thirsty, so he reached out to pick up the teacup next to him.

It's just that before the teacup was brought to his mouth, he was restrained by something.

"The tea is cold, it's not good for your health."

Ye Jiu turned around in a daze, and found that Qi Shao'an had come to him at some point.

"This is the pear soup I just made, you have to try it."

Qi Shaoan bent his lips and smiled, and handed the small stew pot to Ye Jiu's hand.

Ye Jiu blinked blankly, unable to react for a while, "Shao... Shao'er..."

Song Chuxun felt that the tribute tea in her hand suddenly became stale, she puckered her mouth and stretched it to the side: "I am also a sick person."

Xue Yuning, who was reading seriously on the stone bench next to her, took the cup without looking at her, and filled it up like flowing water.

"It is most beneficial to leave it cool and open."

Qi Shao'an raised his eyes, and happened to meet Xue Yuning's eyes through the book. The two looked at each other for a moment, and they both smiled.

Ye Jiu, Song Chuxun, and Xue Jingning looked at each other, momentarily at a loss for words, especially Xue Jingning, heaved a long sigh and rolled his eyes fiercely.

"Ah, let's go on, go on."

Ye Jiu scratched his hair with his fingertips, signaling to the two of them not to stand still, saving a scene is like putting out a fire.

Qi Shao'an stretched out his hand to touch Ye Jiu's forehead, and said to himself, "I don't have a fever."

Feeling the coolness on his forehead, Ye Jiu chuckled, suddenly took her hand, stretched it out, and brought it into his arms.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Qi Shaoan didn't expect Ye Jiu to be so bold, she didn't realize it until she fell on Ye Jiu's lap:

"Ajiu!"

Ye Jiu tilted his head, blinked his innocent eyes, and held Qi Shaoan's two tender hands, sticking them to his face, "Let you feel it, whether I have a fever or not."

There was a whimper in his ears, Qi Shaoan stared at him angrily, moved his lips lightly, and said in a very small voice that only two people could hear:

"You owe it to me again."

Ye Jiu swallowed his saliva, and kissed her gently against her palm, "You can't bear it."

Qi Shaoan got angry in his chest, wrinkled his nose and blew air at her, pushed her away and stood up.

Ye Jiu bent his lips and raised his eyes slightly, only to find that the two people on the opposite side were looking at the sky and the ground. After feeling her gaze, Song Chuxun waved his hands, "Just pretend we don't exist."

Ye Jiu pouted, "It's not like I haven't seen it before."

Hearing this, Qi Shao'an stretched out her small foot and kicked Ye Jiu's calf quickly, her fingertips fiddled with the hair on her forehead at random, her face flushed slightly.

Although the two of them went from getting to know each other to staying together, from secretly falling in love to getting married, all under the noses of these people, but she still panicked when they were so intimate in public.

Song Chuxun straightened up suddenly, frowned and nodded, "Yes, why are we shy."

She looked at Qi Shao'an very seriously: "Don't worry, even if you two make out in front of us, we can do it without blushing or heartbeat."

After all, she folded her hands on her chest with a sincere face, "Trust us."

Qi Shaoan's ears turned red in an instant, her eyes flickered twice, and she quickly said: "Mother wants to discuss something with me, I'll go there first."

After all, he ran away quickly without looking back.

Xue Yuning put down the book, looked helplessly at Song Chuxun, and Ye Jiu who raised his eyebrows slightly, shook his head and stood up, "I'll help her."

Ye Jiu and Song Chuxun looked at each other, and Song Chuxun jokingly said, "It's quite courageous to provoke your wife like this."

Ye Jiu tapped between his eyebrows, "Don't worry, she won't be angry."

Song Chuxun looked outside the courtyard, and suddenly hissed, "Don't you think that Shao'an has changed a lot recently?"

Ye Jiu scooped up the pear soup, raised his eyes slightly: "Huh?"

"I have become... more open, especially my feelings for you, and I am more willing to express it."

Song Chuxun played with the cards, then thought about it and said, "According to my preliminary calculations, no matter how busy she is, she comes over at least three times every hour, either to bring tea and snacks or to ask for warmth, don't you feel it?"

Ye Jiu blew lightly, "I can feel it."

Song Chuxun frowned, so calm?

Xue Jingning was listening, picked up the herbal tea that no one wanted, and drank half a cup, "What's the matter, the relationship between husband and wife is good, why, are you jealous?"

Song Chuxun turned his head slowly and squinted at him.

Xue Jingning shook her hand and coughed twice, "Well, I still have something to do, I'm leaving first, let's play another day."

Xue Jingning left the place of right and wrong without stopping, Song Chuxun looked away, and said in a deep voice: "Is your poison really cured?"

Ye Jiu paused for a moment with the hand holding the small stew pot, then chuckled: "Of course, otherwise, how could Shao'er be so relaxed."

Song Chuxun took a deep look at her, lowered his head and licked his cool eyes, and responded lightly, "That's good."

Ye Jiu looked at the thin pear slices floating in the stew pot, a trace of silence flashed in his eyes.

She and Shao'er get along day and night, facing each other day and night, how can she not know about Shao'er's changes?

She thought that Shao'er would be depressed or frowning when she woke up, but she didn't expect that Shao'er seemed to be beaten with chicken blood. Not only did she not shed a tear, she even took over many matters of Mrs. Lin's birthday banquet , I did not forget to take care of her "patient" when I was busy.

To be precise, it was the person waiting for the onset of the disease.

She was once afraid that Qi Shaoan's behavior was so abnormal because of being stimulated, but Qi Shaoan told her clearly.

"Since there are boundaries in life, let's live each day as if it were our last, so even if that day does come, I don't regret it."

Thus, Ye Jiu never cared about Qi Shao'an again, accepted all her concerns, and also felt her unspoken dependence.

"Speaking of which, when are you going back to Yuncheng?"

Ye Jiu drank the pear soup until there was no drop left, she put down the stewing pot and looked at Song Chuxun.

Song Chuxun was silent for a long time and did not respond.

"Although the poison in your body has been detoxified, your body cannot leave Yuncheng for too long. Although the interval between your seizures has become longer, the situation still exists. I am worried that you will stay in the capital..."

"Ye Jiu."

Song Chuxun suddenly sighed.

"I know you're good for me."

Ye Jiu looked at her, pursed his lips and remained silent.

Song Chuxun swallowed his saliva, raised his eyes, the eyes were full of water, "But, Yu Ning, you, you are all here, but you want me to go back to Yuncheng..."

"You said, isn't it a little too cruel?"

……

Three days later, the middle door of Hou's mansion was opened wide to welcome guests from all over the world.

"My son, my son."

Dong Fei hurriedly ran into the bamboo garden, and after seeing Ye Jiu, she looked around again, "Where is Young Madam?"

While straightening his clothes, Ye Jiu said, "Young Madam has gone to Ziru Garden, what's the matter?"

Dong Fei took a breath: "The carriage from the palace is here. I didn't let anyone know it before, but now it has arrived at the gate of the mansion. I will hurry to find the young master and the young lady to pick him up."

Ye Jiu was taken aback: "What time is it, and is there really someone from the palace?"

Dong Fei showed a look of embarrassment, "We didn't expect the people in the palace to be so diligent. You should go quickly, and I will report to Madam and Young Madam."

Ye Jiu nodded, and hurriedly ran towards the gate.

As soon as he walked around the rockery, through the open door of the mansion, Ye Jiu saw a gleaming golden car roof.

She swallowed her saliva, trying not to be rude, and stepped out of the threshold with straight steps.

In front of that gorgeous carriage, Ye Jiu saw a familiar figure.

"It turned out to be Director Fang. Lin was unable to meet him far away, so he hoped for forgiveness."

Fang Zhi nodded happily, "It was the miscellaneous family who didn't let me know, so how can you blame Lord Hou."

Ye Jiu bowed and smiled, then his eyes fell on the hanging curtain, "Dare to ask Mr. Fang, the person in this car..."

Fang Zhi laughed lightly, then turned around and said respectfully, "Your Highness, you can leave now."

Ye Jiu frowned, she seemed to have guessed who it would be.

I saw behind the green curtain embroidered with gold patterns, suddenly stretched out a tender white hand, gently lifted the curtain, and a woman in a lake blue and dignified palace skirt bent over and walked down gracefully.

After the woman stood firm, she raised her head and smiled coquettishly, "Long time no see, Young Master."

The pretty face in front of him overlapped with the imaginary face, Ye Jiu thought it was true, but at this time Chu Sheng was more eye-catching than in the palace.

Ye Jiu smiled helplessly: "The princess is really tight-lipped."

But Chu Sheng didn't take it seriously, "Since I'm celebrating my aunt's birthday, if I disturb the birthday star, that would be my fault."

Ye Jiu was slightly taken aback when he heard her call "Auntie", and then realized that Concubine Zheng was also calling herself Auntie to him.

"Princess, please."

The servant led Fang Zhi and the others to rest in the front hall, while Chu Sheng proposed to go around the Hou's mansion, so Ye Jiu took her along the corridor.

"The princess came quite early, can I have breakfast?"

Chu Sheng walked slowly, she smiled, "Naturally."

The two were speechless for a while, and walked side by side through the long corridor. Chu Sheng looked around at the scenery in the mansion, and sighed softly, "The Hou Mansion is nostalgic."

Ye Jiu turned his head suspiciously, "The princess has been here?"

Chu Sheng frowned when she heard this, she took a deep look at Ye Jiu, smiled lightly, and said nothing.

Ye Jiu pursed his lips, and started a conversation: "The princess has helped me many times in matters in the palace, and Lin hasn't thanked her well yet."

Chu Sheng looked up at her, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and his voice was soft, "Young Master is worrying too much, I am also saving myself."

Ye Jiu pursed her lips when she heard this, she didn't deny that there was such a relationship, but if she didn't want to help, with her intelligence, she could pretty much get herself out, so why bother with these muddy waters.

Ye Jiu didn't intend to tell the truth, so he smiled and then stopped talking.

"The rockery is well repaired." Chu Sheng looked at the rockery in the yard with a bright light on his face, "Can I go up?"

go up?

Ye Jiu didn't understand for a while, she turned her head to make sure if she heard it wrong, but she was slightly dazzled by that smile.

She then reacted and nodded: "Princess, please go ahead."

Hearing that Chu Sheng didn't even bother to go to the empty space at the end of the corridor, she climbed over the railing and stepped on the pebbles with her skirt in her hand.

"Princess, be careful!"

Seeing Chu Sheng ripping off his dignified and Shuliang appearance without hesitation, Ye Jiu couldn't help but feel a pain in his brow.

You can't give this girl a good expectation, because you never know how loud the face slap is.

Ye Jiu also stepped in, but compared to Chu Sheng's monkey-like figure, she was like a toddler, stepping on the stones in the middle of the pool step by step.

She looked up at Chu Sheng who had already climbed halfway up the rockery, and gave up.

"Princess, is there any money above, are you so anxious?"

Chu Sheng emerged from behind the highest rock, his goose egg cheeks reflected the rising sun, and his whole smile radiated soft light.

She waved her hand, "Yes, rich."

Ye Jiu was stunned for a moment.

The sky blue light and shadow blended with the brown and green rocks, and the scene in front of me was extremely familiar.

[Brother Jin, where do you think Sheng'er is? 】

【Sheng'er... your head is exposed...】

【Brother Jin, can we hide this copper coin here? 】

[Okay, when I grow up, I will take this copper coin as a dowry gift. How about marrying you? 】

[Okay, okay, then I'll bury some more, so that I can produce a lot of copper coins, brother Jin doesn't need to be talented, and he can marry Sheng'er! 】

The two clear and crisp child voices in his head were like two larks, hovering mistyly in his ears, and two small fuzzy figures were constantly changing in front of his eyes. Ye Jiu couldn't see their faces clearly, only a sentence of familiar and unfamiliar words kept stimulating on her nerves.

It turns out...it turns out...

It turned out that the little girl in the blue dress on the rockery when she entered the mansion for the first time that day was not a hallucination at all, but a trace left in her... no, Lin Shijin's mind.

"Sheng'er..."

As soon as Chu Sheng's feet landed on the ground, he froze.

The copper coin in her hand seemed to be hot, burning her palm.

She clenched her hands tightly and turned her head slowly as if trying her best.

At this moment, Ye Jiu seemed to be in a nightmare, his eyes were staring straight at the rockery in front of him, there was no light in his eyes.

"Brother Sumire!"

Chu Sheng panicked all of a sudden, ran over in two steps, grabbed her sleeve and shook it again and again, "Brother Jin! What's wrong with you? Wake up!"

In desperation, Chu Sheng called out the name that he had thought about thousands of times without thinking about it.

Ye Jiu finally reacted, the darkness in front of her eyes gradually faded, and the scene in front of her gradually became clear, including Chu Sheng's flustered eyes like deer.

She looked at Chu Sheng and murmured, "What did you call me just now..."

When Chu Sheng heard Ye Jiu's question, she couldn't help being overjoyed, but when she saw the faint bitterness between Ye Jiu's eyebrows, she couldn't hide the sourness in her heart.

14 years.

She waited, read, and looked forward to a full 14 years.

Ever since she heard that Zhenyuan Hou Shizi had been found, she didn't want to wait for a moment, but her status was different, she only hoped that her brother Jin would come to see her that day.

However, she waited for a long time, and it was the emperor brother who came and told her that brother Jin had lost his memory.

He doesn't remember anything about his childhood, and he doesn't even remember that he was the eldest son of Marquis Zhenyuan.

She was extremely disappointed, but she still hoped in her heart, in case Brother Jin still remembered herself...

So she waited in the imperial garden every day, but disappointment was always more frequent than hope. Brother Jin went to the palace several times, but never came to see her.

Seeing that he didn't give up, Brother Huang brought her to the Imperial Garden under the pretext of letting himself see clearly.

The day we first met was the happiest and saddest day for her.

She recognized Brother Jin at a glance, but Brother Jin's gaze was like that of a stranger, probing and alienated, except that the intimacy was missing.

Not only that, but she also knew that Brother Jin was already married.

That day she laughed for a long time in the pavilion, until she couldn't stop crying, and finally hugged her knees and cried loudly.

She was one step too late after all.

Chu Sheng looked at the familiar eyebrows and eyes close at hand, and forgot all the calmness, self-control, self-denial and etiquette all the time. She couldn't hold back anymore, and stepped forward to wrap Ye Jiu's waist.

Ye Jiu's mind buzzed, and subconsciously took a step back.

"Brother Jin, just let me hug you."

Ye Jiu's hand, which was about to reject, paused for a moment, and the fragrance just floated into her nostrils.

Different from the cold begonia fragrance on Shao'er, Chu Sheng's smell is more refreshing.

Obviously only smelled it once or twice, but it seems to be familiar for a long time.

"I was punished in the palace that day, Brother Jin was always by Sheng'er's side, and Sheng'er felt at ease."

Chu Sheng's voice was clear and soft, not like the usual girl's coquettish tone, she just spoke lightly from the bottom of her heart.

Ye Jiu's right hand gradually turned into a fist, and she became more and more confused now, she couldn't tell whether she was Ye Jiu or Lin Shijin as everyone said.

There are more and more ties here, and she can't even think about them.

If she were Lin Shijin, would every bit of her life in modern times be fake?

If she were Ye Jiu, then the people here, the things here, the images that suddenly flashed in her mind, and the involuntary softness and sourness towards Mrs. Lin, Uncle Bai, and even Chu Sheng in front of her.

Chu Sheng took a deep breath, and even though she was reluctant to part with him, she let go of Ye Jiu lightly. She raised her hand and inadvertently wiped the corners of her eyes, then lowered her head and straightened her dress.

"Young Lord, please forgive me, it was Ben Gong who was rude."

When Chu Sheng raised his head again, his eyes were bright again, except for the red eyes, there was no trace of sadness.

Ye Jiu took a step back, cupped his hands and said, "It's a humble minister who was rude, please forgive me, Your Highness the Princess."

Chu Sheng smiled lightly, and returned to his dignified appearance, not even stepping over the crossbar, but walking out slowly from the gate.

Both of them were silent, and Ye Jiu followed Chu Sheng half a step back to the right, with his head down and his expression blurred.

As he walked, the blue skirt in front of him suddenly got closer and closer. Ye Jiu stopped quickly and almost bumped into Chu Sheng in front of him.

She raised her head in a daze, and saw a figure she was all too familiar with standing quietly at the round arch, with a faint smile on her face.

The person who came was Qi Shao'an who hurried over to pick him up.

Ye Jiu's mind cleared up instantly, but before she could open her mouth, Qi Shaoan bowed gracefully, her voice as cold and calm as usual:

"Concubine Qi has met Her Royal Highness."

The author has something to say: I remember someone guessing that the girl in blue was Mo Wan?Um?

...I feel sorry for my cult.