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Leaving the teahouse, the Seventh Prince felt uneasy. He couldn't understand what kind of poison was sold in Qi Xiao's gourd. Now he was worried that Princess Jinyi would be too late, and the Ministry of Punishment would not return, so he rushed directly to the princess' mansion.

The Seventh Prince came out secretly. After thinking about it, he didn't leave the main entrance of the Princess's Mansion, but went around to the side. His behavior was almost the same as having an affair, so that the servants of the Princess's Mansion didn't dare to open the door for him, but It's not good to keep the majestic Seventh Prince out, so I can only let him in first.

Fortunately, Princess Jinyi is a dispensable existence in Yuanjing City, very inconspicuous, and there are not many servants in the mansion, and they are all old people who follow Old General Fu. They speak very tightly, and the Seventh Prince comes and goes. No outsider will know.

Princess Jinyi couldn't help being surprised when she saw Qi Ting, the seventh prince: "Why is Your Highness here?"

Princess Jinyi is not considered the most beautiful woman. Among the many noble ladies in the Yuan capital, she is very outstanding. She has neither the jewels and jade clothes nor the support of the Gaomen clan. She is like an ordinary lady, quietly living her own life. little days.

In the eyes of Qi Ting, the seventh prince, such an inconspicuous princess of Jinyi is like a snow-white camellia in a Zen courtyard, with a pure heart and few desires, blooming alone, which makes him want to stand in the courtyard and stare at it all day long. people.

As soon as Qi Ting saw the flustered Princess Jinyi, his mind suddenly calmed down, and he was slightly relieved.

"Has His Royal Highness the Prince looked for you? Or sent you something?"

Qi Ting reached out to shake Princess Jinyi's hand, but she gently dodged it: "Your Highness? The last time I saw His Highness was at His Majesty's birthday banquet. I'm afraid His Highness doesn't even know who I am. Well, why did you come to find me?"

Qi Ting's hand hung in the air for a moment before he took it back. Jinyi knew his intentions, but he didn't understand Jinyi's thoughts. Why did he refuse to give him a chance? Did he really not like him at all... …

"Haven't anyone delivered anything to your house?"

Jin Yi shook his head.

"Well, I was being rude.

Don't tell anyone about today's affairs, don't accept anything from anyone in the past few days, especially the things from His Royal Highness. "

"What's wrong?"

"fine."

Qi Ting paused and said, "Then, I'll go first."

Just as Qi Ting turned around, he walked out a few steps when he was suddenly called by Jin Yi: "Your Highness..."

"Ok?"

"..." Jin Yi hesitated to speak, and after a moment of silence, he saluted Qi Ting, "Jin Yi respectfully sends His Highness off."

"..." Qi Ting clenched his fists unconsciously, as if someone had forcefully poured a pot of bitter medicine. The bitterness was from his heart to his throat, and this bitterness would linger on the tip of his tongue for a long time, killing everything. The taste becomes bitter.

If what Qi Xiao said is true, his death date is not far away, don't drag Jin Yi into trouble.

He must find out what happened today as soon as possible, and he must not let anyone know, otherwise, even if Jinyi doesn't know anything, he will inevitably be implicated. Don't let go.

***

The day before Qi Xiao left Yuanjing City, he went to Taihe Temple to pay homage to Concubine Lin. On the way, the carriage passed an alley, and Seventh Prince Qi Ting jumped into the carriage.

The Seventh Prince had neither the time nor the mood to exchange greetings with Qi Xiao, and asked before he sat down in the carriage, "Well, what do you want me to do?"

"Have you checked everything? Did you not alarm others?"

"……Um."

The Seventh Prince hardly slept for the past two days, his face was haggard and full of resentment, he never thought that his own brother would be so bold, he would just use unscrupulous means, he was afraid that he would be caught by Qi Xiao for being so unscrupulous!

"I told you last time what I want you to do, to stop Lao Liu from bringing troops back."

"It's that simple?"

Qi Xiao sneered: "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"You don't need to worry about that."

Qi Xiao looked at Lao Qi and nodded slightly: "That's right."

"But I still don't understand, what do you want to do? Divide Sixth Brother and me?"

Qi Xiao smiled, but didn't answer.

On the contrary, the Seventh Prince shook his head himself, and continued: "You don't have to worry about it. Although Sixth Brother and I are brothers, we are not close at all."

Not getting close is a euphemism. The two brothers hate each other, and they feel uncomfortable sitting at the same table eating.

Didn't Qi Xiao tell him about the sixth child because he knew about it?

"So, why? Just let me die in peace."

Qi Xiao was silent for a moment, and asked: "If Princess Jinyi told you that you can only be with her if you give up everything, what would you do?"

"Ah?" The Seventh Prince frowned, "Give up everything?"

"Yes, give up everything, give up your status as a prince, give up your rights and status, give up your name, and leave Yuanjing City. From then on, you will be wandering around the world, worrying about your livelihood, and living a miserable life."

"What are you talking about? I said, don't involve Jinyi."

The Seventh Prince did not answer Qi Xiao's inexplicable question.

"Don't mention Princess Jinyi, Brother Seven probably wouldn't be able to find out everything so quickly."

"...You, never thought of giving Jinyi any evidence, just to lure me into the game?"

Qi Xiao laughed and shrugged slightly.

"You!" The Seventh Prince's heart was burning with an unknown fire, and he couldn't help asking sharply, "What are you planning?!"

The carriage stopped suddenly, and Zong Sheng's voice came from outside the carriage: "Master, we're here."

Qi Xiao lifted the curtain of the car to get out of the car, and finally said to the Seventh Prince: "I just hope that this matter will be dealt with before leaving Beijing, in a way as peaceful as possible."

Zong Sheng parked the carriage at the back door of the Temple of Supreme Harmony, followed Qi Xiao inside, and ignored the Seventh Prince Qi Ting.

Qi Ting sat in the carriage for a while, making sure that no one left quietly in the alley.

Qi Xiao finished paying homage to Concubine Lin at the Taihe Temple, took the two guides that Lu Fangjin had stuck under the incense table, and left.

The next day Qi Xiao's cavalry left Yuanjing, the Seventh Prince watched them leave the city from a distance at the city gate, his heart was in a mess, he seemed to be standing in a burning room, flames were flying everywhere, and Qi Xiao opened a window for him, just Standing outside the window and waiting.

He could escape from the flames by jumping out of the window, but after he got out, what kind of situation would he be in?Has Qi Xiao already dug a big hole in the window, just waiting to bury him alive?

But if you want him to die, wouldn't it be faster and easier to let him burn to death in the house?

And what does it mean that Qi Xiao is on the carriage?Give up everything for Jin Yi?

Qi Ting sighed, turned and went back.

***

The capital of Zhou Kingdom, Shaoyang.

Tang Ling was half lying and half sitting in the warm pavilion, holding a book in his hand, but his eyes were not on the book, but staring blankly out of the window.

There is a pond not far from the Nuan Pavilion, in which there are lotus flowers, and there are clumps of cattail grass beside the pond, and a little bit closer to the Nuan Pavilion is planted an epiphyllum.

Tang Ling looked out from the warm pavilion, all these were in front of his eyes.

But the person is not there.

Qing Lan walked into the room lightly, not wanting to disturb, but she had to. He came to deliver medicine to Tang Ling: "My lord, drink the medicine while it's hot."

Tang Ling reached out to take the medicine bowl, raised her head and drank it in two gulps, then returned the medicine bowl to Qing Lan.

"Young master, eat two sweet dates to get rid of the bitterness."

Qing Lan handed over a small plate of sweet dates, but Tang Ling didn't even look at it, turned her head and looked out the window, and said softly, "No need."

"Son..."

"According to the days, Xihe Princess should have crossed the Taihua River and arrived at Chenjing, right?"

"...Yes, the news that just arrived this morning said that it had arrived three days ago."

"At the latest one and a half months, I can enter the Yuan capital, and I can still catch up with the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Tang Ling thought of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Yuanjing City. He wanted to laugh. At that time, he was very happy and happy, as if he had all the good things in the world... But it was only for a moment, and the pain in his heart urged hot tears to fall.

Tang Ling quickly wiped away the tears and said, "Go down, I want to rest."

"...Master..." Qing Lan didn't know how to persuade Tang Ling, he wanted to take care of him.

Qi Xiao is a scourge!How could he be hurt like this? !Qi Xiao shouldn't have come to provoke the young master back then!

"go out."

"..." Qing Lan silently left with the medicine bowl, leaving behind the small plate of sweet dates.

A strong wind suddenly blew up at night, followed by a torrential rain, Tang Ling was already a light sleeper, and when the wind and rain came, he woke up from his dream.

Tang Ling pushed open the window, and the strong night breeze closed the window again for him. In just a moment, the rainwater poured in had already poured half of his body. Tang Ling didn't open the window again, but just sat quietly by the window , listening to the wind and rain outside.

His epiphyllum will be soaked bad.

His epiphyllum has never bloomed. Since he planted the flower seedlings three years ago, until now, he has been waiting in front of the window every year during the flowering period, but he has never been able to wait.

The epiphyllum grew very well in the first year, and in less than a year it grew into a small tree with a few flower buds, which made Tang Ling happy for a long time, but it was just a flower bone and did not bloom.

This is the case for the second year.

This is the case in the third year.

This year seems to be the same.

The storm tonight might ruin the flowers he has cared for for three years.

In the past, if encountering such bad weather, Tang Ling would immediately ask someone to set up a canopy to protect the flowers.

But this time, he didn't even have the strength to shout.

The date for Qi Xiao to marry Princess Xihe has been set long ago, it will be in September.

The whole life promised by his beloved person is actually only half a year.

None of them could stop there.

Can he really wait forever without complaining?Even if Qi Xiao becomes someone else's husband, there will be Sangong Sixth Court in the future, can he continue to look forward to it?

Tang Ling once thought that what he was most afraid of would be a resurgence of wars in Chen Zhou, and he would face Qi Xiao on the battlefield, fighting each other.

Only now did he know that what he was most afraid of was that he would not let it go, that he would not be able to get it, that he would not be able to ask for it. He was trapped in that fog, and he only wanted to deceive himself and others.

What he is afraid of is knowing that all this is his illusion, his greed, hatred and ignorance, and he should make a decision. He is afraid that he will really give up, let go, and not wait any longer.

What he is most afraid of is that after a big dream, he will wake up, the pain in his heart will disappear, and he will forget this relationship. He is afraid that he will not be able to keep his promise to Qi Xiao, and he will not be able to keep it just by waiting. .

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This time update... I'm crazy...