Later, I finally became a white lotus in the flourishing age [Quick time travel]

In a blink of an eye, it is New Year's Eve, and the palace is full of lights, which are very beautiful.

The palace where Xie Yi was located also hung up lights.As long as he stood on the porch, he could hear the sound of firecrackers outside, crackling together, making it very lively.

The two taciturn maids also showed a rare smile at this time, Xie Yi saw them and asked them to go out to play.He knew that when there was such a big banquet in the palace, many palace people would take turns to watch the excitement.

The two girls naturally wanted to go very much, but they were still thinking that they had to serve Xie Yi, so they shook their heads and refused to go.

When Xie Yi was the prince in the past, on New Year's Eve, he would seal money for the palace people, so he should ask for a happy celebration.It's just that now, not to mention Feng Yinzi, Qin Zhi's own food and lodging still belong to him.

He didn't want to treat the two girls badly either, so he said, "You guys should take turns to go, just leave one person here."

The two maids looked at each other, saluted together, and said happily, "Thank you, my lord."

Xie Yi waved his hand, put on a fox fur and stood in the corridor.This fox fur was sent by Qin Zhi. It is snow white in color and is made from the softest, thinnest and warmest fur under the fox's armpit. I don't know how many white foxes were hunted to get it together. It is very precious.

Xie Yi knew that the clothes were expensive, but he didn't feel reluctant to wear them - after all, clothes were meant for people to wear.

Wang Jingming walked through the long palace road and finally came to the steps of Chonghua Hall.It's very remote here, even with the lights on, it's not lively, but it looks more and more deserted.

He stopped at the bottom of the steps and looked up.Only one figure was seen, lonely and thin, standing in front of the palace, covered by the clear light.

Wang Jingming hesitated for a moment, then walked up.As he got closer, he finally saw clearly.

I saw the shadow of the lamp on the corridor falling down, covering Xie Yi's body, dyeing the snow-white fur cloak on his body with a thin layer of dim yellow.He is like a bird caged by soft pampas grass, delicate and beautiful, so that people want to break his wings when they see him, but they are reluctant to hurt him even a single bit.

Wang Jingming didn't know if Qin Zhi had the same thoughts as himself.

Right now Xie Yi was looking up at the busiest direction in the palace, so a part of his neck was protruding from the fox fur.Wang Jingming only felt that his neck was like a crane, white and slender, and the part wrapped in the fox fur was warm and soft.

Tonight is New Year's Eve.Wang Jingming thought, maybe Xie Yi was homesick.

"My lord." He called Xie Yi.

Xie Yi was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was calling himself.Turning his head to look over, he saw Wang Jingming's smiling eyes.

"Today is New Year's Eve." Wang Jingming approached him, took out a red paper from his pocket, and handed it over, "Here you are."

Xie Yu was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand to take it.The thing wrapped in red paper was heavy, but not very heavy. He squeezed it, and it was flat and hard, which seemed to be copper coins.

Xie Yi held the thing, his long eyelashes were like crow's feathers, fluttering slightly.He laughed lightly and said, "Young Master Jingming, I don't want this."

Wang Jingming was taken aback, a little surprised, "What do you want?"

Xie Yi lowered his head, the light was like water, wearing his eyelash feathers, casting a small shadow on his face.He curled the corners of his lips, laughed, and looked up at Wang Jingming again, with an astonishing brilliance in his eyes: "I want your personal jade pendant."

He just stood there, and there was a kind of indifferent Qingyuan arrogance, and he didn't see the weakness when he was sick.However, he is not so aloof and arrogant, and does not allow people to get close to him. On the contrary, he is very gentle, and the corners of his lips only need to be slightly curved, as if he has fallen from the sky, and is tainted with fresh smoke and fire.

He just smiled like this, and it made Wang Jingming's heart tremble, wishing he could give him what he wanted immediately.

But the next moment, Wang Jingming calmed down again.

Gu likes him very much - he still remembers, not long ago, Qin Zhi still said this to him.

Wang Jingming only felt a prick in his heart, as if he had been pricked by a needle, and an indescribable soreness filled his heart, as if filling his entire chest cavity.He asked Xie Yi: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Xie Yu blinked his eyes, as if he was puzzled.

Wang Jingming asked again, "Xie Wushou, you know, what are you talking about?"

This time Xie Yi replied: "I want your jade pendant." He accentuated his voice and said every word, "Tie, body, jade, pendant."

Wang Jingming looked at him and fell silent.In an instant, his heart surged, and strange emotions came overwhelming, almost drowning him.However, there is still a gossamer-like rationality, which cannot be broken no matter what.

That is, the person His Majesty likes.

That is, the person you swear allegiance to, the person you like.

After a long time, Xie Yi heard him say: "I'll think about it again."

Xie Yi was not surprised.He guessed that the jade pendant should be a very important thing and should not be given to anyone casually, so Wang Jingming might ask for something.However, he now has nothing to exchange for, so he can only hope that the other party will not make any excessive demands.

So he nodded slightly.

Wang Jingming turned around and wanted to go down the steps, but turned back, took a deep look at Xie Yi, and said, "Take care tonight."

Xie Yi waited for him to walk away before opening the red paper in his hand.Sure enough, there were several copper coins sealed inside.

Float over in vain.

"Hey." It was a little disgusted, "Why is he so stingy, he only pays a few pennies... What can this do?"

Xie Yi put it into his arms, and a smile appeared in his eyes, clear and shallow: "Copper coins are lucky for the new year, suppress evil and ward off evil spirits. Very good, very good."

He said two times in a row that it was very good, as if it was really good.

Bai Bai was about to say something, but there was a burst of cheers from a distance, and immediately a huge firework bloomed in the air, and then several fireworks one after another, fiery trees and silver flowers, illuminating half of the sky colorfully.

Xie Yi watched from a distance, his dark pupils were also illuminated by the colorful fireworks.

He suddenly felt homesick.

I miss the bright lights of that season, the distance and near are full of beautiful scenery, countless colorful lights are connected into a piece, and it is very lively.

Father Huang had many sons, Xie Yi had also heard that his brothers were not on good terms, but they were all very good to him.He also has a few sisters, all of whom are very gentle and beautiful. Perhaps because of the differences between men and women, they are not very close to him, but they never hesitate to show kindness to him.

Every New Year's Eve, all brothers and sisters get together.

The fireworks in the palace are the biggest and brightest. The moment they bloom in the night sky, they are enough to attract everyone's attention.

However, in just an instant, all the beautiful faces, fragrant and beautiful shadows, fiery trees, silver flowers and night sky all fade away.

The memory stays on a dewy and cloudy night, in an empty hall, even if all the lights are fully ignited, in the darkness, there is a young child who gently pulls his finger and says: "Uncle Emperor, I am afraid .”

Xie Yi broke out in a cold sweat.

He could hardly stand still, took two steps back and leaned against the wall, and finally leaned against the wall, slumped to the ground.

Bai Bai was a little worried, and leaned forward: "The host is big?"

Xie Yi sat in a daze, as if he couldn't hear anything.

Bai Bai suddenly panicked, and his voice even carried a weak cry: "Hey... The host is big, don't scare me! What's wrong with you?"

After a long time, Xie Yi's eyes finally moved, as if awakened from a long nightmare, he gasped heavily.

"Can I go back?"

"where?"

"Qi Wei." That was his family's world, his home.

Bai Bai was stunned for a moment before realizing what Xie Yi was talking about, and nodded quickly: "Of course!"

Xie Yi bent his lower lip, but he wasn't smiling.Bai Bai always felt that from those eyes, he could see thick panic and sadness, as dark as a gloomy deep sea, with no light at all.

It was not at all calm and breezy as when they first met.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"...I just remembered..." His voice was filled with self-loathing for the first time, as if floating out of an endless abyss, "I'm sorry for many people."

Not just that one, he has too many, sorry people too.

Floating in the air in vain, he clearly felt that the host who had been calm all this time suddenly sprang up strong negative emotions that almost swallowed him whole. These emotions are very dangerous to an existence like the host, but what did he say? Unable to do it anymore, he hurriedly circled Xie Yi in circles.

It didn't even know how to comfort it. After holding back for a long time, it finally said: "They, they... all blame you?"

Xie Yi heard the words, but slowly calmed down.

"...No." He whispered.

They never blamed me.

The cheers in the distance seemed to be covered up by panic screams for an instant, and panic and mixed voices came from there.

Xie Yi suddenly opened his eyes wide and tilted his head slightly, as if he wanted to hear more clearly.The voices brought by the wind told him that he heard correctly.

He stood up slowly and asked Bai Bai: "What happened?"

"I don't know." Bai Bai said, "I'll go and have a look, sir, you stay here." After the sound fell, it turned into a pink-white arc in Xie Yi's eyes, and disappeared into the distance.

Bai Bai's speed was really fast, but after a while, he flew back again: "A lot of people are fighting!!! There is still a lot of blood!!!"

Xie Yi's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Who?"

Bai Bai was at a loss: "Huh?"

Xie Yu asked again patiently: "Which people are fighting?"

"Many, many." Bai Bai thought for a while, and added, "I saw the emperor."

"anything else?"

"There are more?" Bai Bai fluttered back and forth, "There is also Mr. Li San... I don't know if I read it wrong." Its voice dropped.

Xie Yi frowned deeply: "Li Kangle?"

Isn't he going to leave Jinling?Why didn't you leave?

Xie Yi was worried, he wanted to run over to have a look, but when he got up, he remembered something and didn't move.

Perhaps, the aristocratic family is really reversed.

Realizing this, Xie Yi actually felt such a slight sadness in his heart.

He stood against the wall, as if to use it to prop up his body.

Bai Bai worriedly asked him if he was okay, but Xie Yi didn't want to talk anymore.

He has always known the hostile relationship between the family and the imperial power.From the emperor's point of view, it is inevitable to eradicate the powerful family, which is more beneficial to the imperial power and the world; Will the shelter created by the younger generations be wiped out overnight?

The struggle for power has always been bloody.This war has long been inevitable.

Xie Yi covered his face with one hand, only felt that his eyes were sore and tight, even burning like pain.

I don't know how long time passed, the sounds of war in the distance finally stopped.

Xie Yi leaned against the wall and sat on the ground, the fox fur on his body had been untied at some point, his whole body was icy cold from the wind.He seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, picked up the cloak on the ground, and wrapped it up.

He began to tie the straps of his cloak.

My hands were stiff from the cold, and I couldn't tie it on even after trembling a few times.

Finally, a shadow fell over his head, and a pair of hands appeared in his field of vision, fastening the tie of the cloak for him.

Xie Yi raised his head and saw Qin Zhi.

At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and there were no stars and no moon on the blue-black sky, like a huge, boundless black cloth, covering all the blood.In just two hours, the rebellion had been quelled, and the three great families were uprooted without incident.

New Year's Eve, which was supposed to be the happiest time of the year, was filled with killings.

Qin Zhi was not surprised that the eldest princess would choose to attack at this time, but Qin Zhi still felt sad when she appeared in front of him covered in blood and being pressed down by someone.She is still very young, with a face that is five points similar to that of the dead queen mother, and her smile is bright and moving.When he was young, she gave him candy.

But at this moment, she no longer had the calmness of the past, with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, her description was ferocious like a ghost, and the hatred in her eyes was as real as it was, piercing Qin Zhi like a needle.

This is his only relative.

She hates him.

In the end, Qin Zhi just closed his eyes and waved someone to take her down.

He didn't know if Xie Yi would hate him like the eldest princess, but he lowered his head, and only saw his slightly dazed eyes, which were pitch black and ink-like.

"Thank you." He called him softly, as if he was afraid of waking up from a dream.

Xie Yu's eyelashes trembled, and he finally came back to his senses.He looked up at Qin Zhi, his face was illuminated by the palace lantern, his face was ghastly white, but he was still calm, "Is it over?"

"It's over." Qin Zhi said.

The armor on his body still had a slight smell of blood and a bone-piercing chill, which made Xie Yi shrink back unconsciously.

Then, Xie Yi stood firm and asked him: "Is Xie Ruqing here?"

Qin Zhi nodded.

Xie Yi asked him again: "What about Li Kangle?"

Qin Zhi stopped nodding, stared at Xie Yi's eyes, and slowly shook his head, "He's dead."

Xie Yi said: "I know."

Still calm.