After resigning, I switched to fortune-telling

Chapter 82

This is indeed a good proposal for everyone, and the maids and servants will be spared the pain of running around in the snowy night.It's just that the green terrace has just been repaired. Except for the main hall, all the other rooms have been put on hold for the time being. There will be no suitable rooms to clean up for a while. If Shang Qingyao wants to stay overnight, he can only stay in the main hall.

——In other words, Shizi Xie has to divide his room into half for him.

After listening to the maid's hesitant speech, Xie Shizi raised his eyebrows, apparently he did not expect such a situation to happen in the palace where there is no shortage of houses.But this is not a big deal, Xie Tangru said "hmm": "Then ask people to prepare an extra quilt."

Probably the wine he drank before had played a role. After he finished speaking, he felt drowsy, closed his eyes halfway, and said nothing more.

Shang Qingyao noticed that he was not interested, so he smiled and said to the maid: "That's all, don't bother you, and go to rest earlier."

.........

Xie Tangru's breathing was steady and long, and he had already fallen into a deep sleep.But Shang Qingyao couldn't sleep - this was the first time he and Xie Tangru were so close, and he could barely touch the temperature of each other's body.He was a little confused for no reason, maybe that Gu still had some influence on Xie Tangru, otherwise how could Xie Tangru fall asleep so peacefully with their current relationship.

The emperor's mood was disturbed for no reason.

——There is nothing wrong with this. When ordinary people find that the treasure is only one step away from them, they will always feel excited and confused for a while.

Turning his gaze slightly, he caught a glimpse of Xie Tangru's defenseless and peaceful sleeping face from the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but let out a long breath silently, but he never looked back.

Not far away, the branch of white plum is offered in a delicate white porcelain bottle, with a dark fragrance filling the room.

The snowy night outside the window is silent.

On the second day when the sky was dim, Shang Qingyao woke up, and saw a piece of pure white outside the window, but there was no one beside him.Only the bedding, which has dissipated the remaining temperature, is left.

Shang Qingyao looked at the glazed world outside the window for a moment, and then asked nonchalantly, "Where are the others?"

The head servant who had been waiting outside the screen early in the morning walked in and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty Xie went out before dawn. He said he wanted to take a walk to enjoy the snow. A large number of people followed."

It was said that Cao Cao Cao Cao had arrived, and as soon as the head servant finished speaking, there was the sound of bead curtains moving outside.The curtain was raised, and a slender figure appeared in the field of vision.Xie Tang approached with a smile, the hem of the clothes flowed with his steps, and the pattern of folded branches embroidered on it was lifelike, as if it had opened from the clothes.

Shang Qingyao stared at him for a long time, until Xie Tangru stopped, and then he noticed that he was holding a branch of red plum in his hand, the flower was still stained with snow.

"Is it because of this plum blossom early in the morning?" Shang Qingyao raised his eyebrows, and his tone was nonchalant, "It's so cold outside, so I don't worry about a single flower."

Xie Tangru smiled slowly: "Your Majesty gave me a flower yesterday, I should give back one or two. It's a pity that I don't have anything else, so I can only pick a plum to express my heart."

Speaking of Xie Tangru handing him the plum blossom branch, Shang Qingyao touched the plum blossom with his fingertips, and at the same time touched Xie Tangru's hand. The next moment, he directly held Xie Tangru's hand and the half of the plum blossom that he would not be able to hand out in the future.

A hint of surprise flashed across Xie Shizi's face, but he didn't break free. Instead, he smiled a little more lightly: "I didn't break this plum blossom. When I went to the imperial garden in the morning, it happened to be broken by snow and fell on it. In front of me. I brought it back."

"Why did you choose it?"

"Because it took the initiative." Xie Tangru's eyes fell on the blooming red plum, and after a while he raised his face and said to Shang Qingyao, "Actually, any plum blossom in this world is no different to me, but it It fell before my eyes first, so it became the only special one for me."

He seemed to be talking about this flower that bloomed in the deep snow, but he seemed to be talking about something else.

It's just that it's impossible to ask him to be more honest.

Shang Qingyao just smiled in a low voice: "If you say that, you should have seen that branch of white plum first."

Xie Tangru thought for a while, then nodded in approval of his words: "What you said is not wrong."

"..." Shang Qingyao stared at him for a while again, without saying anything more, the strength in his hand was slightly loosened, allowing Xie Tangru to pull his hand out smoothly.

And that gorgeous red plum blossom was firmly held in Shang Qingyao's hand: "Then this plum blossom is mine."

"What is given to you is yours."

"It's mine, and it's mine for the rest of my life." Even if it's not completely sincere, even if it's a moment of insanity.

Shang Qingyao's voice was extremely soft, like snow that was about to melt on the branches, light and cold, disappearing silently under the sun.

Carefully, as if afraid of disturbing something.

The servant buried his head even lower, and exited silently, but at the same time, the anger that had been raised in his heart was finally released.

...and this is the perfect ending.

After that tacit conversation, the relationship between the two still subtly changed.Shang Qingyao came to Qingtai Terrace more and more times, and stayed longer and longer. It is not uncommon to sleep on Qingtai Terrace with Xie Tang on the same couch.

The peaceful days continued until the night of Winter Moon 26.

The flame instantly ignited the entire palace, and the fiery light spread across the lake. The servants of the palace maids on the green terrace woke up in a panic from their sleep and rushed towards the main hall.Xie Tangru had already put on his clothes and got up, standing in front of the window.

The white snow has not completely melted away, and the silvery white moonlight is reflected on the snow surface, which is dazzlingly bright.There is a faint light of fire on the edge of the water, and the closer fire light means that someone is approaching the green terrace.

Xie Tangru narrowed his eyes.

That's not from Shang Qingyao.Most of the people Shang Qingyao sent to guard the Qingtai Terrace were transferred away by tricks, and the few remaining, even though they were good at skills, were outnumbered and were not opponents of the comers.It didn't take long for the Qingtai Terrace's defense line to be breached, and the people left by Shang Qingyao were also eliminated, and the opponent drove straight in.

Xie Tang moved his hand resting on the window sill.

The leader held a torch, and a beautiful face under the cloak was very clear, it was Xue Ciyi.After fading her innocence and childishness, her face had a strange beauty, like a poppy flower in full bloom.

Shen Yu was not by her side tonight.

The maids and servants were driven to another hall in panic, Xie Tang sat at the table calmly and poured a cup of tea.When the tea was full, Xue Ciyi happened to sit down opposite Xie Tangru.

She held her chin with a smile: "My father in name—that is, the governor of Yuzhou taught me that the tea is full of the meaning of chasing away. Is Xie Xie so unwelcome to me?"

Xie Shizi raised his eyelids, and said in a lazy, rather languid tone, "It turns out Miss Xue still has some self-knowledge about herself."

"Xie Shizi. Correct you a little bit - my surname is Yu. As for the surname Xue." She straightened her hairpin on her temples, smiled contemptuously, and changed the subject again: "Of course I am very self-aware, but you don't seem to know it yet. to your situation?"

As she said that, she giggled, "Are you waiting for Shang Qingyao to rescue you? He is in danger right now, so how can he come out and find you?"

"Shen Yu is with the deposed prince?" Xie Tangru looked at her expression and nodded, "It seems so. You mobilized the guards from the four gates in Beijing to besiege the palace."

The commander of the four gate guards is the in-law of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has long formed an alliance with the abolished prince, and the abolished prince is controlled by the Guifang clan.The relationship between the three parties is intricate and restricts each other, and it is difficult for Shen Yu to keep the relationship between the three parties in a certain balance.

"That's right. Our troops were divided into two groups. I came to find you. The people brought by Shen Yu blocked Shang Qingyao. Shang Qingyao did send many people to guard you, but those people were too stupid. Small tricks will lead you away." Yu Sheng said, "But even if you know the whole story, it's useless."

Xie Tangru did not answer this sentence.

Of course, the people Shang Qingyao sent were not stupid, and Xie Tangru spent a lot of thought to get Xie Yuan, who was not suspicious, to transfer most of the people away tonight, with the purpose of meeting Yu Sheng.

After all, he still had some doubts and needed to get answers from Yu Sheng.

In Yu Sheng's eyes, his silence was undoubtedly an oath of admitting defeat. Yu Sheng curled the corners of his lips: "Don't worry, although the Guifang clan and the Shang clan have old grievances, I will not hurt you. I will take such a big risk tonight." The risk came to you, just want you to go back to Lingnan with us. You are my clan, my compatriots, I will not deceive you. Besides, the Guifang clan is where your blood belongs—"

Xie Shizi automatically skipped the series of nonsense behind Yu Sheng, and only slightly raised his eyebrows: "Old grievances?"

"That's right." Since he wanted to win Xie Tangru's trust completely, Yu Sheng didn't mind telling him something, "We made a covenant with the deposed prince and used the power of the Guifang clan to help him get what he wanted—this is a sum of money." Transaction. In fact, such a transaction was made once decades ago. The last time the person who made such a transaction with the Guifang clan was the first emperor, but he did not fulfill his promise after he ascended the throne, and burned the Guifang clan. The surrender treaty made by the Shang Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty, and return our due freedom."

"People from the Shang family are shameful promise breakers."

Xie Tangru frowned. Even though Yu Sheng's words were high-sounding, he did not suspect that the other party was lying, but Xie Tangru still felt that Yu Sheng's resentment towards the Shang family and the late emperor did not come from the "dignity and freedom" of the ethnic group, but more like Just from personal feelings.

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She is the one who really has "old grievances" with the first emperor.