A few years ago, when I sent Hanyang to marry Qi, I met a killer sent by Qi Xuan. On the way to escape, Hanyang told me a story.
The name of the story seems to be "Butterfly".
Two pairs of lovers couldn't stay together for some reason. One of them was forced to die, and the other broke into a stone monument and died in love. Then the pair of fateful mandarin ducks turned into a pair of butterflies.
At that time, I was still immersed in this sad story and couldn't extricate myself, but Hanyang suddenly said something.
She said: "If I were the palace, I would definitely not turn into a butterfly."
I asked her: "Then what are you going to transform into?"
Hanyang replied: "It's so boring to transform into a butterfly. How long can a butterfly live? Why don't you turn into a turtle or something like that? That's the real eternity!"
At that time, I was thinking, when you become a bastard, don't take Qi Xuan with you. I don't want to be friends with a turtle bastard.
Now the roles are reversed, I am the 'bastard' who can live for a long, long time.
I asked with some guilt: "Qi Xuan, don't you dislike me?"
Qi Xuan quickly said: "How could it be? How could I dislike you?"
"But your expression clearly shows disgust."
"You must have seen it wrong."
The only person who remained silent was Xia Yan.
After resting, we are on the road again.
As I was walking, I saw a few shining things floating from nowhere, like fireflies, but not quite like them.
"What is this?" Qi Xuan asked in shock.
At first there were just a few scattered here and there, but as we walked forward, there were more and more shining things.
"This is the seed of the bodhi flower." Yan Xiaoqing explained calmly.
The bodhi flower is the fruit we ate before. The flowers can shine, and the fruit they produce is sweet and delicious, but the core is a good medicine that is invulnerable to all poisons. This is the bodhi seed cultivated by the Kingdom of Yama.
I just didn't expect that the Bodhi seeds were flying everywhere like fireflies.
When we got to the back, the seeds were like being possessed by a demon, floating in groups above our heads.
Everyone was shocked by this unprecedented beauty.
Qi Xuan sighed with emotion: "There are so many wonders in the world. I'm afraid we will never see this scene again in our lifetime."
"If King Qi is interested, he can row into the cave alone when he has time, and take his loved ones with him to enjoy the dazzling scenery." Yan Xitong said with a hint of sarcasm and a smile.
Qi Xuan looked at him with contempt: "Why don't you come?"
Yan Xitong said nothing.
"It seems that spring has arrived." Yan Xiaoqing said.
"How do you know?" I was curious.
It was still winter during the war. How long had it been?
"The lonely king has been here for ten years. Every spring equinox, the bodhi flowers here will release seeds, but very few of these seeds can survive, because most of them have floated into the river, and only those floating on the stone walls can survive."
There is a glimmer of hope for a year or more, but during the waiting time, some of these seeds have rotted. Only the strongest seeds can take root, sprout, and bloom on this stone wall... Year after year,
Rest." Yan Xiaoqing explained to us as he walked in the garden.
I really learned a lot today.
"Qi Xuan, don't throw away the core after eating. Take it back and dry it in the sun and eat it. It will be immune to all poisons." I suddenly thought of something and quickly reminded him.
Qi Xuan was very unhappy: "What are you doing? You want me to be poisoned, right?"