across mountains and seas

After the spring warbler made a few noises around the tree, they flew together, swept up the eaves of the palace, and disappeared into the depths of the green trees outside the palace wall.

The sound of the piano is leisurely, and a piece of "Long Lovesickness" flows from the fingers, and the deep and deep feelings are not spoken.

Chu Xi lay by the window and looked outside the palace wall. When she heard the emotion, she couldn't help turning her head and smiling at Shi'er who was playing the piano.

Shi'er chuckled and bowed his head, brushing the strings with his fingertips, the sound of the piano was like a whisper, and the sound was pleasant.

Before the Lantern Festival, Chu Xi only knew whether the music was pleasant or not, but after the Lantern Festival, she suddenly realized that the emotion in the piano is really touching.

"Sauvignon Blanc..." Chu Xi pursed her lips and muttered, and slowly approached Shi'er with her hands behind her back.

Shi'er pretended not to see it, and continued to play the piano.

Chu Xi's slightly cool palm covered the back of Shi'er's hand, and her fingertips caressed the back of her hand consciously or unconsciously.

Shi'er raised his eyes and said with a smile, "Your Highness, it's daylight now."

"So what about the daytime?" Chu Xi tilted her body, sat in Shi'er's arms, and wrapped her arms around Shi'er's neck, "I understand Shi'er's piano sound."

"Understand what?" Shi'er hugged Chu Xi's waist.

Chu Xi approached Shi'er, rubbing the tip of her nose lightly, "Shi'er is thinking of me."

"Where is Your Highness?" Shi'er asked warmly.

Chu Xi proudly raised her face and said with a smile, "I don't want to!"

Shi'er smiled dumbly.

Chu Xi pinched Shi'er's chin, and said enthusiastically and affectionately: "Shi'er, do you know? I wish I could give you the best things in this world."

Shi'er said softly, "I already have the best Your Highness."

Chu Xi opened her arms, hugged Shi'er tightly, and whispered in her ear, "I have asked my father for a fief, and in a few days, you will accompany me to live in the fief forever. Leave After we leave Ziji Palace, we two can live happily ever after, okay?"

Shi'er was slightly startled, "Your Majesty agreed?"

Chu Xi nodded, "Father always loves me, so he naturally agreed!"

"Okay." Shi'er lowered her eyes. Although the princess of the Tian family is loved by thousands of people, there is no princess in the world who can really live happily for a lifetime.

She never dreamed about anything, she just wanted to accompany Chu Xi quietly, even though she knew that Chu Xi's marriage was not up to her to decide.As long as she can be given an inch of space, as long as she can see the princess every day, as long as she can take care of the princess's daily life with her own hands, she would rather be a palace servant for the rest of her life.

Chu Xi noticed Shi'er's sad face, she held Shi'er's cheeks, and said firmly: "I'm not a prince, I live happily in my fief, and I won't hinder anyone."

"I hope His Highness is a prince."

Shi'er didn't say this. If Chu Xi was a prince, it would be a matter of course for him to enter the East Palace in the future based on the emperor's love for her.With power, maybe you can love your lover and live as you want.

Shi'er looked at her with a forced smile, "Is Your Highness hungry?"

It's good that she didn't mention it. After mentioning it, Chu Xi felt a little hungry.

"I'll pass the meal to Your Highness." After Shi'er finished speaking in a warm voice, Chu Xi obediently climbed up from her body, but her hand was still tightly held.

Shi'er smiled and patted the back of her hand, "I'll be back soon."

"I'll wait for you, come back quickly."

"Ah."

Chu Xi reluctantly watched Shi'er step out of the palace gate, she couldn't help laughing.It turned out that liking someone, but being so obsessed with it, I felt lost when I saw him for a rare moment.

Shi'er followed the old road, walked out of the courtyard gate, raised his eyes and saw three guards guarding outside the courtyard.

She prostrated herself, and was about to go around when she was stopped by the three guards.

"Shi'er, take a step to speak."

perturbed.

But as a palace maid, she has no right to resist at all, so she can only pay her respects and follow the three guards to the most secluded part of the palace.

The chill hit her heart, and Shi'er felt that something was wrong, even if she struggled to escape back to the princess, she was doomed to die.

If she died in front of Chu Xi, Chu Xi would be sad for a long time.

"Shi'er, a maidservant in the palace, seduced the princess, and his crime should be punished."

Two guards suddenly grabbed her arms, and the other guard drew out his sword and spoke out about her crimes coldly.

"My lord, can you agree to the servant?"

The guard sneered, "When you are about to die, what else do you want to do?"

Shi'er smiled reluctantly, with reddish eye circles, and looked towards the dry well in front, "It is a good thing for His Majesty not to let the corpses of slaves appear in front of His Highness, and it is also a good thing for the adults."

The guards looked at each other and understood what she meant.

"That will fulfill you."

Jianfeng pierced through the heart, and the pain pierced the heart.

For Shi'er, the pain of flesh and blood is not enough to overcome the regret of saying goodbye to his sweetheart.

I only hope that in the next life, I will be an ordinary girl, stay together for the rest of my life, and the years will be peaceful.

The imperial guard drew his sword and gave the two brothers a wink, and the two carried Shi'er into the dry well.There are many wells in Ziji Palace, and there are also several dry wells in secluded places. Most of the palace women who are missing on weekdays are thrown into these places and slowly rot at the bottom of the wells.

God does not know, ghosts do not know.

Later, Shi'er's disappearance made Chu Xi go crazy for half a year. She begged the emperor and concubine mother to return her Shi'er like crazy. She also led the palace people to search for Shi'er's trace in Ziji Palace like crazy every day.

It wasn't until one day that the guards dragged out an unrecognizable bone from the dry well. Chu Xi fainted immediately when she saw the familiar clothes. She slept for more than a month before finally waking up.

From then on, Chu Xi seemed to be a different person. She became quieter, more indifferent, and more thoughtful.

The emperor suddenly died in his prime, leaving only Chu Xi and the little prince Chu Xin as heirs.The court was in turmoil and wars broke out in Kyushu. Seeing that the Daliang Building was about to collapse, Chu Xi suddenly issued an edict in the name of the little prince to marry Cao Yang, the son of the Cao family in Lidu.

In the next few years, the eldest princess Chu Xi was a well-known name in the hearts of courtiers.If she is not a woman, she will be able to rule the world as the emperor, and slowly clean up this broken country.It's a pity that she is a woman, how can a woman be called emperor, how can a woman make all the men in the world bow their heads?

Just because of this ridiculous word "Gangchang", the eldest princess can only be a woman who assists her younger brother as a regent, and circles among the various forces in Lidu, leaving behind many gossips that are despised by literati and written by historians.

Every word about the rumors about the eldest princess fell into Cui Shiniang's heart, and it was a pain in the heart.People in the world only know that she is brazen, but no one knows how difficult it is for the eldest princess to maintain the current situation?

"Your Highness... don't be afraid..."

Cui Shiniang murmured, looking at her reflection in the water, it was a face that she couldn't be familiar with no matter how many times she saw it.For this beautiful face, she had just walked through the gate of hell, and she accepted the face-changing technique of Qianzhulou Jianghu veteran doctor without hesitation.She just snorted twice for the bone-piercing pain, because she knew that there was someone in this world who was in more pain and suffering than her.

Go back quickly, go back to help her, protect her, this has become the obsession rooted in Cui Shiniang's heart.Later, she became a spy of Qianzhulou, and became famous in Shili Firework Lane as Cui Shiniang. She was looking forward to the reunion with Chu Xi, no matter what kind of reunion it is, as long as she can still see her.

Cao Yang was just bait for Chu Xi.

Now that the fish has taken the bait, Cui Shiniang swears that she will not let her suffer alone, she will use her ability to help her pave the entire Lidu step by step.

Because, she really misses the innocent and romantic little princess Chu Xi.

"It will be fine……"

Cui Shiniang took a deep breath, poured hot water on her body, and after taking a bath and changing clothes, she was still the most beautiful girl in the Ten Mile Fireworks Lane, quietly waiting for her goodbye with Chu Xi.

Spring rains are lingering.

The paper umbrella was opened, and the raindrops hit the ink landscape, blurring a touch of mist.

Xue Qingxian stood outside the building for a long time, shaking his head and sighing, and chose to leave.

Meeting her was an accident.

Since it is not destined, but just an accident, the ending can only be a passing guest.

Under the tutelage of the third elder of Qianzhulou, Xue Qingxian used the name of a luthier to infiltrate the palace, looking for the legendary treasure of Ziji Palace.It is rumored that there is an underground palace under the Ziji Palace in Lidu, and there is a black dragon Lizhu hidden in the palace, which absorbs the dragon energy of the thousand-year-old capital, and if you get it, you can gain the world.

That day Xue Qingxian sneaked into the dry well to search. The underground palaces are always built along the underground river. If you go into the well to search, maybe you can find some clues.

Not long after she entered the well, she was surprised to hear footsteps on the top.

Not long after, a maid was thrown and fell heavily at her feet.

Blood splattered on the hem of her clothes, and the maid raised her eyes weakly, looking at her without any fear or panic, only tears.

At that moment, Xue Qingxian felt inexplicably distressed.It was as if someone broke the neck of a lively and cute little rabbit in an instant and threw it at her feet.

save her!

Without the slightest hesitation, she bent down and touched her acupuncture points, first stopped the bleeding, then tore off her sleeves and wrapped them around her wounds.

Must come alive!Must come alive!

Because of saving her, Xue Qingxian delayed her return to the music hall, which alarmed the father-in-law in charge, so she couldn't stay in the deep palace anymore.Fortunately, the Gonghe River was connected to the long river outside the palace, so she found a dark night, carried the injured girl on her back by water, and returned to Qianzhu Tower.

She was punished for not completing the task, and was given thirty lashes by her master.

She was whipped, but felt happy.

At least one grievance can be spared in the palace, and she has done a good deed.

There was a faint guqin in the room, Xue Qingxian's wound was burning and painful, she could only play the piano to distract herself, and endured the most painful days.

Shi'er slowly opened her eyes, she looked at the strange but warm place, the pain in her heart made her realize that she was not dead.

"Your Highness..." She subconsciously went to Chu Xi, pulled the sore spot, and couldn't help coughing while clutching her heart.

"Hiss!" Xue Qingxian stopped playing the piano, reluctantly approached the bedside, and said in a warm voice, "What's wrong?"

Shi'er stared blankly at her eyebrows, she remembered that she had seen this person before, when she was dying, "You...you...saved me?"

"It seems that he didn't break his head." Xue Qingxian smiled.

Shi'er frowned, "Where is this...?"

Xue Qingxian said softly: "This is my home, my name is Xue Qingxian, what's your name?"

"Shi'er..."

"Stone of stone?"

"Pick up flowers in the morning..."

"It sounds good."

Xue Qingxian felt pity in his heart, looking at her warm eyes, he couldn't help feeling a little more fond in his heart.

"me……"

Seeing that she was getting ready, Xue Qingxian quickly held her down and said seriously: "Don't worry, this is not the Ziji Palace. You have already left that ghostly place. Don't worry, the court will not pursue it."

Shi'er frowned even more tightly, her highness was afraid that she would be very sad.

What about going back?

The person who wants her life is the emperor, and his highness is the princess, how can he argue with the emperor over a maid?

If Chu Xi found out that she was seriously injured, Chu Xi would definitely cause a catastrophe in the palace.

"You...would you like to be my junior sister?" Xue Qingxian asked in a low voice.

Shi'er looked at her in astonishment.

Xue Qingxian said seriously: "If you recover, you will no longer be able to live with me. So, if you become my junior sister, I will be able to take care of you legitimately."

"..." Shi'er didn't answer immediately.

Xue Qingxian thought that he had said the wrong thing, and explained: "I am worried that you will be homeless. After all, all court ladies have palace registrations, and if they disappear for no reason, even if they go back to their families, they will not dare to stay."

"Learn... what?" Shi'er asked weakly.

Xue Qingxian said with a smile: "If you want to learn Qin, I will teach you Qin; if you want to learn martial arts, I will ask Master to teach you..."

"Okay..." Shi'er answered simply this time.

Xue Qingxian couldn't help laughing and said: "You can rest in peace of mind, I will ask the master to accept you as a disciple, you believe me, you can definitely be my junior sister!"

"thanks……"

"Heal your wounds, we'll talk about it later!"

Xue Qingxian happily tucked the quilt for her, turned and left the room.

Shi'er endured the pain and sat up. She looked at this strange place with gloomy eyes.The palace wall separated not only the distance, but also the possibility of her seeing His Highness again.

She doesn't need to learn piano, but she must learn martial arts.

After learning it well, maybe I can sneak into the palace and see her beloved Highness, is everything all right?

After that day, Xue Qingxian had a little junior sister, and also had a little surprise.

Shi'er's piano skills are very good, every time she plays with her, Xue Qingxian just feels at ease, and feels even more grateful that she saved her life and found a rare confidant for herself.

However, she is always preoccupied, even when she smiles, there is a trace of bitterness hidden in her smile.

Xue Qingxian could always see Shi'er lying in front of the window, overlooking the Ziji Palace, her eyes were always clear at that time, quietly stained with tears.

"Junior Sister, you are in the palace...is there someone you miss?"

Xue Qingxian finally couldn't help asking her.

Shi'er smiled, but never answered.

But is there anything that Qianzhulou wants to find out?It took Xue Qingxian half a month to find out who Shi'er misses.She was amazed by the relationship between Shi'er and the princess, and even more amazed that she felt sour about this matter.

From then on, Xue Qingxian took care of her in everything, she thought, if he treated her better, one day Shi'er would be able to let go of that person in the palace, right?

Shi'er's smile increased a lot, the way she smiled made people feel inexplicably happy, like the spring breeze smoothed the ripples, and could make people calm down instantly.

Until that day, the news of the princess' wedding spread throughout Lidu.

Shi'er stood at the window, crying and laughing again.

Xue Qingxian quietly accompanied Shi'er, those comforting words stuck in her throat, she didn't know if she should say it or not?

"Sister..."

"I'm here."

"Play a song with me?" Shi'er turned around, as if begging.

"it is good."

Xue Qingxian felt distressed watching it, not to mention playing the piano, if Shi'er asked her to snatch the eldest princess at this time, she would give it a try with a knife.

Hook the strings and play the piano.

"Sauvignon Blanc" sounded again, very different from usual.

Xue Qingxian never thought that the sound of the zither could also be like weeping and complaining. The strong lovesickness turned into the sound of the zither at the fingertips, one by one, shattered in the evening wind, and it was hard to find.

"Senior Sister, my sweetheart has married a beloved man."

At that time, Shi'er felt that the son of the Cao family in Lidu was a son like a bright moonlight, and he would definitely treat Chu Xi with the utmost care, and would definitely help Chu Xi clean up this broken country, right?

Xue Qingxian's heart stabbed, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Yes."

Shi'er actually knew a long time ago that the senior sister knew who her sweetheart was. Since she knew that Master was from Qianzhulou, and since she came into contact with the Jianghu, she knew that there are some secrets that cannot be hidden from the spies of Qianzhulou.

"That's great..." Shi'er bowed her head dumbly, weeping unceasingly, her shoulders trembling.

Xue Qingxian felt sad, got up, walked to her side and sat down, stretched out his arms to embrace her in his arms, and said softly: "It will be fine... both you and her... will be fine..."

Shi'er thought the same way at the time, as long as Chu Xi gets better, then she can get better too.

Qianzhulou doesn't support disabled people, she finally got the first mission, and when she was performing the mission, she quietly went to the son-in-law's mansion, just wanting to take a look at that person from a distance.

That night, the moonlight was dim, the autumn wind was rustling, and the moonlight shone mistyly on the eaves, casting a lonely shadow.

Her sweetheart stood in the courtyard, looking up at the moonlight quietly, what was he thinking?

As the eldest princess, she has great power in her hands, but she has long since lost the person she wanted the most, and the life she wanted the most.

"Your Highness." The servant girl walked over quickly, hesitated for a while, and then said, "My son-in-law said, I won't be coming back tonight."

"I didn't send you to invite him!" Chu Xi turned and shouted angrily, "If he doesn't want to leave, then I will carry him back!"

"The son-in-law... the son-in-law said..." The maid bit her lips in embarrassment.

Chu Xi raised her eyebrows, "What did you say?!"

"It's a political marriage. Your Highness seeks benevolence, so just turn a blind eye to some things. Don't bring this princess' temper to his Cao family."

"Ah!"

"He also said..."

"Go on!"

"Other than the Cao family in Lidu, who else can His Highness rely on?"

Chu Xi sucked in a sigh of relief, her expression was helpless and bitter. Cao Yang became more and more presumptuous, all because he was sure of her, and now there was no one else available except for the Lidu Cao family.

"Your Highness?"

"Get out!"

Chu Xi waved her sleeves, like a wounded little animal, afraid that people would see her most helpless side.

"No!" The servant girl retreated in a panic.

If I could still cry, my heart would not be so uncomfortable.

Chu Xi wanted to cry, but found that all her tears were given to her former sweetheart.

"Shi'er..."

With a sore heart, Chu Xi raised her head and took a deep breath, turning her face away. There will be a long time to go before this kind of torment.

But that long-lost whisper, like a sharp knife, pierced Shi'er's heart in the dark.

How could His Highness, whom she cherishes most in her heart, be ridiculed by Cao Yang like this?How could her sweetheart, who was thinking wildly, live in such hardship?

Just when she was about to show up to meet each other, Xue Qingxian grabbed her from behind, pointed to the dark place opposite, and said silently, "There are hidden guards."

Shi'er had no choice but to give up, and followed Xue Qingxian out of the son-in-law's mansion.

"I want to help her..."

"give it to me."

"How can you help?"

"I think... Qianzhulou must need the connection of the eldest princess."

Later, Qianzhulou caught up with the eldest princess, and sent the young master Nie Guang to secretly communicate with the eldest princess.With the help of Qianzhulou, Chu Xi is indeed much more comfortable than before.

But people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, Qianzhulou always puts profits first, and asks for a large sum of gold and silver every time it sends a message to the eldest princess.These things came to Shi'er's ears, how could she sit still?Therefore, when Qianzhulou was preparing to deploy spies in Shili Fireworks Lane, Shi'er ignored Xue Qingxian's obstruction and stood up.

After the makeover, she has a new name, Cui Shiniang.

From then on, Xue Qingxian felt that Cui Shiniang was not only her new name, but also a gap between her and her that would never be bridged.

Eleven Niang only has His Highness in her heart, and Shi'er in her heart.

Thousands of threads, like today's crisp rain, densely packed, I don't know where is the head?

Since that silly girl wants to be a fool for the rest of her life, then Xue Qingxian will accompany her to the end.

The spring rain fell for several nights in a row, and Li was as calm as ever.

But in private, Qing Yuanhou scolded the eldest princess for three whole days.I don't know who broke the news to the eldest princess. Chu Xi took out the file of a Jiangyang thief, saying that he had found the news. The Jiangyang thief was hiding in the Zhuangzi in the eastern suburbs. Yin's Zhuangzi dark room was turned out.

It was not a small sum of gold and silver, and there were many insiders in the court, but Qing Yuanhou did not dare to admit this sum of gold and silver openly, and gave Chu Xi a reason to punish her for corruption.So after suffering the loss of being dumb, Hou Qingyuan became seriously ill after scolding him.

It has been a long time since Chu Xi has been so calm. After taking this sum of gold and silver, Chu Xi can expand Lidu's armaments. At least many things can be done without having to be restrained.

After a while, at the end of spring, the night rain is no longer gentle, and often intertwined with lightning and thunder, making noise all night long.

The Shili Fireworks Lane was brightly lit, and the wind and rain knocked down the lanterns under the eaves, but the young master who entered the building to have fun was never absent.

The carriage stopped outside the small building, and the opened paper umbrella of the waiter approached the curtain of the carriage.

Chu Xi, who was dressed as a son, raised the curtain of the car, walked under the paper umbrella, covered the rain by the servant, and walked into the small building.

The two accompanying guards followed Chu Xi to the outside of Cui Shiniang's room, took three steps back wisely, and stood guard outside the door.

Chu Xi slightly shook the hem of her clothes that was stained with raindrops, and motioned for the servants beside her to knock on the door.

The servant knocked on the door, "Miss Cui, Mr. Chu of my family wants to see you."

"Which... Mr. Chu?" The voice inside was lazy, with a trace of drunkenness.

"Eleven Niang, which family's Young Master Chu are you talking about?" Chu Xi asked solemnly.

Cui Shiniang didn't answer, the footsteps sounded extremely urgent, she opened the door with a happy face, "Please come in and talk, my lord."

The servant's face flushed, and he quickly lowered his head.

I saw that Cui Shiniang's cheeks were flushed, her chest-length skirt seemed to be lower than usual, and her belt was slightly undone, as if it would fall off from the waist that was tightly grasped at any time.

There are a lot of styles, and I'm probably talking about such a prostitute.

Chu Xi coughed twice, and closed the door with her backhand.

"I just met a guest, and I wanted to take a nap, but His Highness has come." Cui Shiniang brushed her slightly messy hair behind her ears as she spoke.

Chu Xi looked at her red earlobes, suddenly a little dazed.

picture……

She quickly put an end to this thought, how could her Shi'er fall into prostitution?It was because she wanted to pick up children so much, she must have been bewitched by the woman Eleven Niang that night, so she lost her mind.

Chu Xi sat down in front of the short table, and there was a smell of alcohol in the cup on the short table, she couldn't help frowning, "Do you usually drink such strong wine with your guests?"

Cui Shiniang put away the wine cup and jug with a smile, and made a pot of hot tea for Chu Xi with her own hands, "I'm used to it, if it wasn't for strong wine, how could I coax out what I wanted to hear?"

Chu Xi sighed slightly, a tinge of compassion involuntarily flooded her heart.

"Your Highness is here today, what news do you want to buy?" Cui Shiniang sat down in front of Chu Xi and asked with a smile.

"I just want to come tonight." Chu Xi replied lightly.

Cui Shiniang was quite happy, "Then... what does Your Highness want my servant to do for you?"

Chu Xi hated the smile on her face like this, "It seems... I shouldn't have such an idea." She really started to regret it. A witch like Cui Shiniang really shouldn't be too far away. close.

"Your Highness." Cui Shiniang grabbed her sleeves suddenly, and looked at her expectantly, "I'm here, listen to a song before leaving, maybe the night rain outside will be less." Light and gentle, that look is very much like her once.

Chu Xi was in a trance again. Normally, she would have slapped this foxy child severely, ordering him to throw it as far as he could.

"My Highness acquiesces." Cui Shiniang smiled deeply, got up and sat by the piano, raised her eyes and smiled at Chu Xi, stroked the strings, and a song "Night Rain" sounded from her fingertips.

Chu Xi stared blankly at Cui Shiniang. The first time I saw her, I thought she was good-looking. When I saw her again, I felt that she was a little familiar. When I saw her this time... look at her familiar but strange eyes, everything about Shi'er It kept popping up in her mind, making her heart sore.

"Night Rain" was originally an elegant song, but when Chu Xi listened to it at this time, there was weeping in the song, and the seemingly invisible sadness ran through the music, which seemed familiar.

"I don't want to listen to this song!"

Chu Xi felt that she was trapped. She actually wanted to find such a little shadow of Shi'er in a prostitute. Even though she knew that she was insulting Shi'er, she couldn't help but said, "How can Eleven Niang Playing "Long Lovesickness"?"

The sound of the piano stopped suddenly.

Cui Shiniang hid the panic in her eyes and asked in a low voice, "Which "Long Lovesickness"?"

Chu Xi was slightly annoyed, brushed away Cui Shiniang's hand, and played a section on the strings, "This song...is it possible?"

"..." Cui Shiniang didn't answer, but just lowered her head and touched the strings with her fingertips.

"Den!"

When the first note sounded, even though Cui Shiniang played it carelessly on purpose, it still made Chu Xi's eyes blush instantly.She didn't dare to look up at Chu Xi, afraid that she would show her feet, and even more afraid that she would call her affectionately, "Your Highness."

In order to be able to sing melodiously, her voice also endured great pain. Now that she calls her like that again, I am afraid that Chu Xi will feel that she is not worthy.

The sweetheart is a girl who is as beautiful as moonlight, how can others replace her?

Tears slid down his cheeks like broken beads.

Chu Xi suddenly pinched her chin, forced her to look at herself, and asked in a confused voice, "Why are you crying?"

Cui Shiniang suppressed her tears and raised the corners of her lips, "It's just...a sudden thought of an old friend..."

"Old friend?" Chu Xi's eyes were complicated.

Cui Shiniang smiled charmingly on purpose, "It's strange to say that a seductive woman like me can be emotional." After a short pause, she sniffed, "That person has already married, and she and I... are just mortals. passerby."

Chu Xi let go of her hand and smiled complicatedly, "I didn't expect Cui Shiniang to see the wrong person sometimes."

"I didn't misread her." Cui Shiniang smiled firmly, that warm smile was reflected in Chu Xi's eyes, and that familiar feeling came over her face again, "She is the best person in the world..."

Chu Xi frowned, "With your ability, it's not difficult to live together with him."

Cui Shiniang smiled bitterly, "It's difficult."

"Disaster?"

"she……"

Cui Shiniang patted herself on the shoulder, "She can't walk because the burden is not clear."

Chu Xi looked at her blankly, "Is it from the court?"

"Oh, Your Highness, are you interrogating me tonight?" Cui Shiniang didn't dare to answer any more, so she quickly changed the subject.

Chu Xi endured what she still wanted to ask, and picked up the hot tea next to her. She did ask a lot of things that shouldn't be asked tonight.Taking a small sip of hot tea, the warm and familiar feeling came down her throat, she frowned, and took another two sips.

Indeed, it is a familiar taste.

"Cough cough." Cui Shiniang coughed twice.

Chu Xi looked over, and there was a trace of concern in her eyes, "In the past few days... I will order someone to reserve this place... Strong alcohol will hurt your body..."

"Is Your Highness distressed?" Cui Shiniang pretended to be frivolous, tilting her head and asking with a smile.

Chu Xi shouted in a deep voice: "Presumptuous! Who allows you to talk to me like this?"

Cui Shiniang smiled unabated, "Your Highness, calm down, I made a slip of the tongue."

"..." Now Chu Xi didn't know what to say. She glanced sideways at the half-open window, and it was still raining outside.

Cui Shiniang stood up, walked to the window, closed the small window carefully, turned her head and smiled and said, "It's cold outside...it's better to close the window..."

In a daze, the figure of Shi'er appeared in Chu Xi's mind.

Whenever there was a stormy night, Shi'er would get up quietly and close the window.Sometimes Chu Xi sleeps lightly, even if Shi'er walks lightly, she can still hear clearly.She never made a sound, she was afraid of frightening Shi'er, she just looked at Shi'er quietly, and closed the window carefully.Sometimes Shi'er would find that she was awake, and she would turn her head and smile at her tenderly, and come over to tuck her in the quilt.

Eye circles are reddish.

Chu Xi stood up slowly.

Cui Shiniang realized that the situation was not right, she quickly thought that she should have not shown any signs, so she pretended to be innocent and asked, "Your Highness?"

Chu Xi walked over quickly, and suddenly pressed Cui Shiniang against the window, gritted her teeth and said, "Who taught you this?"

Cui Shiniang replied, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

"What's on your mind?!"

"Your Highness..."

"You're not Shi'er! No matter how much you learn, you're not Shi'er!"

Chu Xi shouted hoarsely, and suddenly grabbed Cui Shiniang's throat, "Next time, don't let me see you with her shadow... Otherwise..." Her voice trembled, and she looked at Cui Shiniang Seeing her mother's unfamiliar yet familiar eyes, Chu Xi found that she couldn't be cruel at all.

She hates her!

Chu Xi let go, and slapped her backhand, "Eleven Niang, you've made a note for me!" After she finished speaking, she wiped the tears from her eyes and hurried out of the room.

Cui Shiniang looked at Chu Xi's back in a daze, and burst out laughing with tears in her eyes.

Her silly Highness still remembered her.

"Squeak-"

The small window that was originally covered suddenly opened, and someone threw a bottle of plaster from the outside, which was caught firmly by Cui Shiniang.

"Remember to take the medicine."

"Thank you, Sister."

The night rain was slightly cold, and she was actually not the only one walking in the rain alone in this world.

The author has something to say: Guess, will the two meet each other in the next chapter?