He felt Zhuge Qing's movement, and at the same time heard several sounds of swords slashing at each other, roars and muffled screams.
Finally, the surrounding area became unreal and quiet, and there were a few footsteps approaching.
"Mr. Zhuge! Things are ready here."
"Thank you for your help. I'm waiting to meet up with my companions from Donghe Hall."
"yes."
Qing'er fell to the ground, staring blankly at these imperial guards who were undoubtedly in the palace on weekdays. They dragged away the defeated imperial guards of Lu Wuxian's faction, or ran back and forth with torches to report.
Zhuge Qing's face suddenly came into her sight.
"Hey, monkey."
"..."
"You are really messing around! Can you stand up?"
"..."
"Are you even weak-footed?"
Qing'er couldn't even refute.
Zhuge Qing picked her up and walked directly over the fallen imperial soldier.
"Oh my, it looks like you are just a palace concubine, but there is still no way to change you, this perverted monkey."
"..."
"If your parents find out, they will cry and worry that no one will ask for a kiss!"
"I want you to take care of..."
"Oh, what, can you speak already?"
He looked at his face at close range, and Qing'er couldn't help but look away.
"Put me down, I was just a little surprised... I can go."
"That's it! Be careful not to fall, and hold on tight."
"...Are you listening to me?"
"Listening!"
Holding Qing'er's arm hard, Zhuge Qing said stiffly in a tone different from his usual frivolous tone: "But! I saw you were almost killed with my own eyes, can you think of me too? I was too scared to let go.
Open for you."
Qing'er finally realized that Zhuge Qing was angry.
"Well...I'm really sorry for causing you to worry."
"If you are truly sorry, don't do the same thing again."
"It's not like I like being chased..."
"Anyway, if you quit the palace, I can't let you stay in such a dangerous place anymore."
"Hello……"
Qing'er couldn't help but straighten up her upper body, and Zhuge Qing quickly hugged Qing'er again.
"Don't move too much, you may fall."
"It's so simple to tell me to resign. I came here because I was kicked out of my family! Didn't you just say that where can I, a bastard who can't change, go back?"
"Don't yell in my ear! You are my bride, just come to my house!"
"Go to your house...what?"
Qing'er froze her raised fist.
Zhuge Qing sighed heavily.
"You will mess around. I've known your personality to be like this since you were a child. But when you dance, hey, I'm thinking, it would be better not to let you stay on the street and attract strange flies. If you mess around, you will
You must be placed where I can see you, otherwise I will be worried to death."
"..."
"If you have any objections, just say it now. If you have no other objections, we will visit your parents tomorrow. As for my parents, they already know about it."
Zhuge Qing shook Qing'er in his arms as if he were treating a child.
Qing'er recalled it bit by bit, thinking about the meaning of these words.
"...Zhuge Qing."
"how?"
"Which wife am I yours?"
"What?" Zhuge Qing said in astonishment from the bottom of his heart: "Why are you asking such a strange question? Of course it's the eldest wife!"
"Big wife..."
"What a strange guy. Besides, there is no such thing as a wife. How many other wives do you want me to marry besides you? I don't do such troublesome things."
Zhuge Qing murmured unhappily.
Finally, big tears welled up in Qing'er's eyes.
Seeing Qing'er wiping her face with her sleeves and sobbing, Zhuge Qing just hugged her tighter without saying a word.
…
Shui Xinyuan, who sneaked into Donghe Hall under cover of darkness, must find a way to get rid of her pursuers first.
Because she didn't come in through the normal door, she had no idea where she was at the moment.
He listened carefully, but the voice of the Imperial Guard was no longer heard.
Just as the clouds dispersed and the full moon illuminated the surroundings again, Shui Xinyuan stopped for a moment and looked around.
This is a garden, but it's not the one Shui Xinyuan usually walks through, the one in front of Lu Fusu's room.
...It is impossible for a noble daughter to appear in the garden...
She must be inside the house, but Donghe Hall is composed of three large buildings, each connected by a corridor. Shui Xinyuan had no idea which room Bao Ji would be in.
Is this really the Donghe Hall? Is this really the garden where Lu Fusu has come to find her many times? She was filled with uneasiness.
Shui Xinyuan looked up at the moon.
At that time, I felt that the moon here was so far away, and it felt different from the moon in my hometown...
I originally thought that one day I might be able to get close enough to reach out my hand.
When he gave up resisting his own fate, he also cut off the remaining longing for his hometown.
Here, I am determined to be the best dancer and decide to live only for one person.
...I am here for you, because you are my light.
"..."
Shui Xinyuan stepped forward.
If you don't know where it is, just look for it.
Just standing there, nothing will change.
She walked through the unfamiliar garden, crossed a corridor, and came to the garden on the other side.
There is a large pond in the center, and across the pond, you can see another corridor.
One, two, or three lights were moving at the same speed as a person walking.
Shui Xinyuan crossed the railing and returned to the corridor. He held his breath and lowered his posture to avoid making footsteps, and headed in the same direction as the lights in the distance.
Eyes that have become accustomed to the darkness can see the procession. The leader holding a candle seems to be a maid, followed by a woman in fine clothes, followed by another maid holding a candle, and then a maid holding some kind of slender pot.
Woman, and some distance away is another man holding a candle? There are five people in the group.
The team then turned the corner and was about to enter the building.
"...!"
Shui Xinyuan walked through the corridor on the other side across the pond, and both parties came to the corner almost at the same time.
They faced off against the male and female teams holding lights at the ends of both sides of the corridor.
The team advanced for a while, and finally the leading maid stopped.
She held up the candle in her hand to illuminate the girl standing in front of her, blocking her way.
"who is it?"
The leading maid whispered.
Shui Xinyuan did not look at the maid, but at the young woman behind the maid.
The clothes that are still dazzling and beautiful at night, the hair that is carefully tied up... are obviously different from other women.
"That's Miss Cao over there, right?"
"Yes, we are about to pass, are you here to lead the way?"
"no."
Shui Xinyuan stared at Bao Ji's face.
Under the moonlight, her snow-white face is as beautiful as a doll.
"I am a palace concubine."
"...Gong Qi?"
The leading maid frowned slightly, while Fajie behind her didn't even move her eyebrows.
"Get out of the way. It would be too rude for the little palace concubine to block our way."
"I have something to ask..."
Shui Xinyuan was worried that he might have mistaken the wrong person.
But seeing Bao Ji up close like this, she looked more like the beautiful woman she saw in Lu Wuxian's room that day than when she cried at the banquet that morning.
Although it cannot be said categorically that she is right, Shui Xinyuan believes that she is absolutely right.
Now there is no need to beat around the bush.
"You plan to follow His Highness Wuxian's order and kill His Highness Lu Fusu, right?"
The man following the team reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword hanging at his waist.
Bao Ji still didn't move.
"Or are you planning to do this for His Highness Wuxian?"
"Back off!"
The leading maid shouted sharply.
The man draws his sword.
"This is the concubine of Lord Cao Zicheng, the Minister of Civil Affairs! You are a mere palace servant, but if you dare to speak in such a tone, don't blame us for taking action!"
"Huh, I'm mentally prepared."
After answering, Shui Xinyuan also took a fighting stance.
"Miss Cao, I have seen you in His Highness Wuxian's room... If you are willing to do anything for His Highness Wuxian, I will also do something for His Highness Fusu."
I don't know if the other party sensed Shui Xinyuan's unwillingness to give in. Bao Ji's expression did not change at all and she faced the front coldly.
A man came over with a sword.
Despite this, Shui Xinyuan's courage made the sword-wielding man unable to find a weakness in wielding the sword, and also made the maids timid.
But Baoji narrowed her eyes slightly and opened her oiled lips, which were glowing red.
"What are you doing? Get rid of her."
……no way.
If your stubborn brother is willing to give up his position, at least one life can be saved.
It's this person's voice...
That's right.
Shui Xinyuan looked at the maid behind Bao Ji...the thin pot in her hand.
It was impossible for Lu Fusu to let the man with the sword enter, and it was impossible for Bao Ji to wield the sword herself.
poison.
Shui Xinyuan intuitively felt that it was poison.
She ran straight to the maid.
Bao Ji changed her expression for the first time.
The man jumped between Shui Xinyuan and the maid holding the pot. Shui Xinyuan slapped the man's face with his sleeve and turned over.
…just break the pot…
The maid holding the pot was so frightened that she backed away.
Shui Xinyuan reached out to grab the maid's sleeve, but the man slashed at her with his sword again.
"Well……"
His head just met the tip of the sword, and his hair was loosened.
The stabbing sword passed in front of him, and Shui Xinyuan dodged left and right in the corridor.
At this time, Bao Ji and the maid were ready to enter the house again.
……Can't!
Shui Xinyuan quickly passed by the man and caught up with the maids again.
"You woman!"
The two maids threw down their candles and rushed towards Shuixinyuan, who was about to snatch the thin pot.
"You and the lady go first!"
"no……"
Shui Xinyuan bit the arm of one of the maids, knocked the other one away, and caught up with Bao Ji's team again.
"...!"
She turned over to avoid the sword that was coming towards her, and the tip of the sword cut open the hem of her clothes.
From the corner of his eye, he saw Bao Ji taking the thin pot from the maid's hand and preparing to enter the room alone.
"no……"
...can't let her in.
Someone shouted something.
The arm was grabbed and dragged down.
The sword flashed.
Shui Xinyuan closed his eyes.
Scream.
One sound, two sounds...
"..."
I didn't feel like I had been stabbed, and I didn't expect that death could be so peaceful...
Shui Xinyuan gently opened his eyes.
I saw half of the clear moon peeking out from the edge of the eaves.
And the slender figure of a man standing with a sword in one hand.
"...Did you even bring the poisoned wine?"
A nostalgic but terrifying sound.
Shui Xinyuan stood up in shock.
Lu Fusu stood there, with an angry expression on his face that Shui Xinyuan had never seen before.
"After watching that weird scene this morning, I had already thought it was Lu Wuxian's trick... What kind of trick is this now, Cao Baoji?"
"I...I have nothing..."
The trembling voice was exactly the same as when she cried at the banquet during the day.
"I was just summoned by His Highness the Crown Prince, so I came here... but the girl over there was rude and rude..."
"She is my love."
Lu Fusu's words resounded clearly throughout heaven and earth.
"Even if others betray me, she will never... I called you here to see Lu Wuxian's plan. I didn't know you and Lu Wuxian were together, but today's crappy scene made me discover it.
Already."
"How could it be...I really don't have anything..."
"If you insist on claiming ignorance, I will ask Shui Xinyuan later. Shui Xinyuan's here is the best evidence."
Bao Ji twisted her face unwillingly, took the thin pot and prepared to leave the corridor, but was blocked by the approaching imperial guards.
"Catch the woman and check the thin pot carefully. I think it may be poisonous."
"yes!"
"Also arrest the guy and the maid who fell over there. They should be able to tell the truth more easily than this woman. For other things, just follow Zhuge Qing's instructions."
"As you command!"
The Imperial Guards picked up Bao Ji and others and tied up the fallen man Lu Fusu.
Shui Xinyuan was still sitting on the ground looking up at Lu Fusu.
"Water girl..."
Lu Fusu knelt beside her, took off his coat and put it on Shui Xinyuan.
"Sorry for being late. I was just paying attention to the chaos outside, and I didn't expect you to be inside..."
Lu Fusu combed his scattered hair with his fingers and looked at Shui Xinyuan's face.
"Are you injured? Does it hurt anywhere?"
"No……"
...I saw him at the banquet during the day, only half a day away from now.
But it feels like we haven't seen each other for years.
"...Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Is Miss Shui really not injured?"
……safe and sound.
His Highness Lu Fusu is still alive...
Shui Xinyuan stretched out his hand.
The trembling fingertips gently, really lightly, touched Lu Fusu's cheek.
…the warmth of the skin…
Still alive.
"..."
Shui Xinyuan hugged Lu Fusu's neck.
...is still alive.
Her heart was filled with joy that Lu Fusu was safe and sound.
The overflowing tears stained the shoulders of Lu Fusu's robe.
Lu Fusu hugged Shui Xinyuan tightly without saying a word.
The little hands that were once so hesitant to touch hugged his back desperately.
...enough is enough...
As long as His Highness Lu Fusu is still alive...
Shui Xinyuan's hand gradually lost strength.
"...Water girl? Water girl!"
Shui Xinyuan, who was in Lu Fusu's arms, slumped and lowered his head.