Pour the glass

Not long after, Zi Yuan and Chu Shan arrived outside Ye Huan's palace.

"Your Highness, why are you here!" Gong'e at the gate of the hall exclaimed, and quickly stepped forward to salute.

Ye Lingxi waved her hand to signal her excuse, but said coldly, "You guys wait here!" After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Zi Yuan, "Captain Qi, please."

"En!" Ziyuan nodded heavily, thinking that she would be reunited with her sister soon, she couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

"See Her Royal Highness!"

Gong'e, a servant in the palace, saw Ye Lingxi coming in, and quickly knelt down on the ground.

Ye Lingxi was still the same, and said lightly, "You are all waiting here." As she spoke, she looked around the hall, seeing nothing unusual, and then said, "Qi Duwei, you just go in and look for it. If the emperor asks, I will be able to answer it myself."

Zi Yuan clasped her fists in gratitude, "No!"

Ye Lingxi sat down leisurely in the palace, watching Ziyuan rushing into the backyard excitedly, but a deep sourness rose in her heart, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she deliberately shifted her gaze to Gong'e , asked: "I heard that the emperor recently hid a beauty here, what is it called Xue?"

"His Royal Highness, her name is... called Xue Lianying." Gong'e replied hastily.

"Lianying?" Ye Lingxi read it carefully, shook her head and said, "It's indeed a good name."

"Strange!" Just as Ye Lingxi finished speaking, Ziyuan's voice of surprise came from the backyard, and she walked into the hall slumped, and sighed, "Sister... my sister is not here..."

Ye Lingxi was slightly startled, she turned her head and asked Gong'e, "Where is Xue Lianying now?"

Gong'e said urgently: "His Royal Highness, Miss Xue has missed her relatives very much recently, so at noon today, His Highness allowed her to leave the palace and return home. I am afraid she will not come back until some time later."

I didn't expect Brother Sanhuang to have such a move!

Ye Lingxi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zi Yuan apologetically, she never expected such a result, "Captain Qi, Bengong..."

"Oh, His Highness is really impeccable, I am willing to bow down." Ziyuan sighed, and couldn't help clenching her fists. She didn't expect to push Ye Huan away, but also let Ye Huan hide her sister.

"Captain Qi..."

"Your Highness, don't take it to heart. Although my sister has disappeared for a while, it must be An Ran. The most important thing now is not this. If Her Highness doesn't have any orders, I will leave first." Ziyuan respectfully said Ye Lingxi bowed, and the bottom of her heart was full of disappointment, making her feel suffocated like never before.

"Go." Ye Lingxi could only signal Ziyuan to back down.

Ziyuan saluted again, turned around and left the palace.

She just stepped out of the palace threshold, looked up at the night sky, sighed a long time, and murmured: "Sister, where did you go?"

The sky is dim, only a crescent moon, lonely in the sky.

A paper kite flutters in the air, but it adds a touch of loneliness.

At the same time, Ye Lingxi walked into the backyard, raised her eyes to the sky, her eyes fell on the kite, and sighed: "In this palace, Xuanhua, you are at ease. From the beginning to the end, this kite is with you after all." In this hand, it is only yours." Lowering her head sadly, Ye Lingxi felt a little embarrassed, so she could only shake her head mockingly.

The paper kite flutters, on the other end of the silver thread, there is a familiar gentle smile on the familiar face, who is it if it is not Su Zhexue?

Princess Xuanhua sat in the courtyard with her face in her hands, and looked at Su Zhexue, who was dressed as a maid, with a smile on her face. Protecting Su Zhexue, Xuanhua felt that he seemed to be possessed by a demon, so he firmly agreed to the request of the third brother, and hid and protected a brother's favorite concubine with the dignity of a princess.

The beauty is picturesque, holding the line and smiling.

Everything in front of me is like a dream, the beauty is not disfigured because of her, it is just a little trick of the emperor's brother.

When Xuanhua thought of this, the guilt in his heart finally dissipated, and even his breathing slowed down, for fear that she would accidentally make any noise and break the beauty of this moment.

Su Zhexue noticed Xuanhua's scorching gaze, and immediately turned her face with a smile, and said with a smile: "Does Your Highness want to play with Lianying?"

Xuan Hua was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he nodded his head heavily.

Su Zhexue waved to her, "Come."

Xuanhua got up and ran over, stretched out his hand to hold the silver thread, held the same thread with Su Zhexue, turned his head with a smile, "Look, the kite is flying so high—"

Su Zhexue nodded and smiled lightly, watching the kite flying high, the original scene gradually appeared in his mind——

At that time, Ziyuan was still a small captain of the imperial guard camp, and Su Zhexue at that time was the first-time oiran, Zui Jinyan, who became a popular beauty.

The willows are green and the grass is green, it should be a good time to go out for a spring outing, but the old bustard is afraid that the two of them going out together will cause some unnecessary troubles, so he insists on not letting them go out.

Was Ziyuan at that time an obedient Ziyuan?

"Sister, look—" Ziyuan flipped into the small pavilion from the eaves, shaking the paper kite in her hand, "Mom won't let us go out, we still have fun!"

"Heh, you were accidentally caught by your mother, and she snatched the paper kite from your hand and burned it!" Su Zhexue covered her mouth and smiled lightly, her eyebrows and eyes were full of doting.

Ziyuan smiled unconvinced: "Don't be afraid! As long as I put the paper kite in the sky first, no matter how long my mother's hand grows, it won't be able to reach the sky!" Ziyuan happily jumped in front of Su Zhexue, Reaching out to hold her hand, "Sister, come!"

"slow……"

Before Su Zhexue could finish speaking, Zi Yuan led her down from the small pavilion.

"You..." Su Zhexue took a deep breath pretending to be terrified, but made a grimace at Zi Yuan, "You scared my sister to death!"

"Sister, don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! Look, I'm holding you tightly! Even if you fall, I'll be there to cushion you!" Ziyuan tightened her fingers and held Su Zhexue's hand even tighter. , smiling warmly at Su Zhexue.

Su Zhexue stared blankly at Ziyuan, her eyes were full of tenderness she hadn't noticed, and before she knew it, the smile on the corner of her mouth became three points thicker, and seven points more charming, "Aren't you down there?" To be crushed?"

"Then... If my sister is reluctant, why not, my sister is down there?" Ziyuan replied poorly.

Su Zhexue only felt that her cheeks were hot, and they suddenly burned hotly. She couldn't help but pulled out her hand and poked Ziyuan's head with her finger, "You're talking to my sister again!"

"Haha, why am I willing to let my sister sit on the bottom? Come on, sister, you take the thread reel, and I'll take the paper kite." Ziyuan sent the paper kite to Su Zhexue's arms, and blinked her left eye, "But Remember to loosen the thread, otherwise the paper kite won’t be able to be put away!”

"Got it!" Su Zhexue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully Ziyuan didn't understand the deep meaning of those words just now.

After a while, the kite finally flew into the sky.

Su Zhexue grabbed the long string, looked far away, looked at the free-spirited kite in the sky, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid my mother will come to clean you up soon, idiot, aren't you afraid?"

Ziyuan patted her chest and said with a smile: "Come here! Who is afraid of whom?"

"You stinky girl, are you really not afraid of my old lady?"

As soon as Ziyuan finished speaking, she heard a stern shout from behind her, she held her head and begged for mercy, "Mom, please forgive me! The little one is wrong! It's wrong!"

"You don't know what's wrong? Let's see how my old lady will deal with you today!" The old bustard glared angrily, with one hand on her hip, the other hand was twisted towards Ziyuan's ear.

Ziyuan was so scared that she ran behind Su Zhexue, "Sister, save me! Save me!"

"Hehe, okay, okay, mother, just let her go!" Su Zhexue protected Ziyuan with one hand, and held the long string with the other, and said with a smile, "Look, you scared her."

Ziyuan poked her head out from behind Su Zhexue, and looked innocently at the old bustard, "That's right, if you scare me again, you will lose your wits!"

"The scourge has lasted for thousands of years, how could you lose your wits so easily, you stinky girl!" The old bustard didn't intend to let Ziyuan go, even if Ziyuan hid behind Su Zhexue, it wouldn't help.

So, in the backyard of Zui Jinxiao back then, only the sound of Ziyuan begging for mercy and the old bustard beating and cursing remained.

The catkins floated in silently, almost landing on Su Zhexue's cuff.

The corners of Su Zhexue's mouth twitched slightly, and she raised her eyes to look at Ziyuan, who was avoiding the madam at the moment, and found that some snow-white catkins had been smeared on her temples at some point.

"Idiot, are you willing to still accompany me to release paper kites when you and I are both gray-haired?"

A question from the bottom of my heart, but I didn't ask it at the beginning.

Tonight, I can only ask quietly in my heart.

Su Zhexue suddenly raised her hand to stroke her temples, and murmured sadly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to accompany me anymore even if you have the heart."

Xuan Hua was stunned, confused, "What were you talking about just now?"

Su Zhexue came back to her senses, shook her head and said with a smile: "I made the princess laugh, just now Lianying suddenly remembered an old friend."

"Old man?" Xuan Hua looked at Su Zhexue in confusion.

Su Zhexue nodded and smiled, "A very important person to Lianying."

Xuanhua nodded half-understood, and asked again: "Then... where is this person now?"

"Close at hand, but far away in the sky..."

"Is he not alive anymore?"

The only result that Xuanhua could think of was this.

Hearing Xuanhua's answer, Su Zhexue shook her head and said with a smile: "No, she is still alive. Even if I am no longer alive, she can still live well, because I believe that person can take good care of this idiot..."

"No! No!" Xuan Hua shook his head again and again, "You are wrong."

"No?" Su Zhexue was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xuanhua in bewilderment, "Princess please enlighten me."

Xuanhua thought for a while, and said seriously: "If you are no longer alive, how do you know that she can live well?"

"..." Su Zhexue's body shook, and she didn't know how to answer Xuanhua's words.

Xuanhua continued: "Even if someone can take care of him, you can guarantee that that person will take care of him better than you?"

"..." Su Zhexue did not expect Xuanhua to say such enlightening words at such a young age.

Xuanhua didn't hear Su Zhexue's response for a long time, thinking that he had said something wrong, he didn't know how to break the silence at this moment, thought carefully about what Su Zhexue said just now, and couldn't help asking, "That person ...But your crush?"

"It's Lianying's disgrace today, and please forgive me, Your Highness the Princess." Su Zhexue didn't answer Xuanhua's words directly, and quickly let go of the silver thread in her hand. The moment she bowed to Xuanhua, she didn't notice Xuanhua at all. There was a faint look of loss in his eyes.

The silver thread broke suddenly from Xuanhua's hand, and Xuanhua's words of courtesy suddenly turned into an exclamation, "My paper kite!"

Su Zhexue raised her head in surprise, and said anxiously: "Let the slaves find it for Her Highness the Princess!"

"This……"

"Princess, please don't worry, this servant will definitely go and come back quickly, and won't let Her Highness Princess lose her trust with His Highness Third!" Before Xuanhua could agree, Su Zhexue got up and lifted the corner of her skirt, and quickly ran after the falling kite— —