Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 241 Were You My Wife?

As soon as the word "bride" came out, Shi Xuanling's breathing suddenly stagnated, her heartbeat accelerated rapidly, and even the sound of the flute became disordered.

However, I don't know whether Tuo Xuanyu didn't hear it or ignored it intentionally. He just continued to recall his dream behind the screen:
"The bride was covered in the glow of the sunset, and her wedding dress was dazzling and extremely beautiful, but I couldn't see her face clearly. I only knew that she was crying very sadly. I wanted to ask her why she was crying, but I couldn't move or make a sound. It was like being trapped in a sea fog, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get out..."

Listening to the scene in Tuo Xuanyu's dream, Shi Xuanling blinked in a daze, as if she had returned to the day when she personally sent him away. She was a little dazed for a moment.

"Later, I fell into the vast ocean for some reason. I was filled with despair, and my dreams began to become chaotic and upside down. When I opened my eyes again, I was in an unfamiliar courtyard. There was a flower bed in the courtyard, which was full of many bright yellow flowers. Those flowers were bright and swaying gently in the wind. I felt vaguely familiar with them, but I couldn't remember where I had seen these flowers. After all, there were no such flowers in Gumo Country..."

Shi Xuanling fluttered her eyelashes as she saw the brilliant bright yellow flowers. The flowerbed in Lan Xin's courtyard appeared in front of her eyes again. The flower that Tuo Xuanyu saw in his dream was... it was the Jie Yan flower. It was the Jie Yan flower that she had watered with her blood for him!

There was a trace of mist in her eyes, and Shi Xuanling's heart seemed to be immersed in the sea water, with ups and downs and bitterness. When she was feeling lost, she heard Tuo Xuanyu continue to say behind the screen:

"I walked around the courtyard and vaguely saw the figure of a woman. She was watering the flowerbed, drying clothes in the sun, and humming a tune while cooking soup in the evening breeze. The courtyard was full of traces of her, and those scenes flashed before my eyes, making the familiar feeling in my heart stronger, until -"

At this point, Shi Xuanling's heartstrings suddenly tightened, and she never expected that Tuo Xuanyu would stand up and walk towards the screen in front of her step by step. He spoke as he walked, and each word was very soft and slow, but it made her face change and her breathing suddenly disordered!

Because what he said was: "Until the dream became upside down and chaotic again, there was a bright moon in the sky, and under the bright moon, I actually saw her hugging a young man. I suddenly realized that there was not only one hostess in this courtyard, but a loving young couple living there. However, when the man turned his head under the moon, I discovered..."

After a pause, Tuo Xuanyu continued word by word: "I realized that the face was exactly like mine. No, to be exact, that man... turned out to be me."

"As for that woman, I still can't see her face clearly. I only remember that she had a pair of beautiful eyes, clear and shallow, with pupils a rare brown color, just like..."

As he spoke, Tuo Xuanyu had walked around the screen without anyone noticing and stood silently in front of Shi Xuanling. He stretched out his hand to her as if possessed by some mysterious force.

"Just like your eyes, Miss Qianli."

Such a special and moving pair of eyes, made more prominent by the veil, are impressive and unforgettable at first sight.

The sound of the flute stopped abruptly. A trace of surprise flashed across Shi Xuanling's brows. Without thinking, she pressed down the hand. The two of them looked up and down, and as they looked at each other, it seemed as if there were waves surging and rolling endlessly.

Finally, Tuo Xuanyu slowly raised the corners of his lips and chuckled: "Miss Qianli, do you know? I am a person without a past, because I have lost... the memory of the first half of my life."

Everyone said that he was the adopted son of an old general. He accidentally fell off his horse while killing the enemy on a battlefield, causing a head injury and losing his past memories.

He had to learn everything from scratch after he woke up. At first, he couldn't even understand Gumo language. Princess Fengzhou was always by his side, teaching him little by little. Fortunately, he was very talented and could learn anything quickly. It didn't take long for him to adapt to his identity.

His name was Tuo Xuanyu, a native of Gumo State. He was a young general who had followed his adoptive father to the battlefield several times and had made numerous military achievements.

It seemed as if everything had returned to its correct starting point, but somehow he always felt that something was wrong and wanted to retrieve some memories of the past.

Until, he was entangled in this fantasy dream, deeply trapped in it, unable to extricate himself, even to the point where... he could not distinguish between nothingness and reality.

"Miss Qianli, I just want to know if we have known each other before?"

Tuo Xuanyu leaned forward slightly, as if being attracted by something, staring into the girl's brown pupils, and spoke slowly, word by word:

"Or in other words, I have an even more bizarre guess. I want to know, Miss Qianli, you used to..." He moved closer to her, his breath lingering around her, so close that they could almost hear each other's heartbeats.

"Was she my wife?"

Such a light and vague sentence made Shi Xuanling's pupils shrink suddenly, and she almost dropped the bamboo flute in her hand. Her subtle expression changes naturally did not escape Tuo Xuanyu's sharp eyes. He raised his hand again and reached straight for the veil on her face.

Shi Xuanling's heart instantly rose to her throat, and without thinking, she grabbed the boy's wrist again.

Even through the veil, she still looked up and he lowered his eyes. They stared at each other for a long time. She shook her head with a hint of pleading in her eyes.

But Tuo Xuanyu had no intention of retreating. His breathing even quickened: "Give me an answer. I just want to find an...answer."

"Not everything in this world can be answered clearly. I..."

When Shi Xuanling wanted to continue talking, she suddenly remembered the promise she had made to A Yue. She didn't want to lie to him anymore and didn't want to make up all kinds of clumsy excuses to deceive him.

Thinking of this, Shi Xuanling took a deep breath and said frankly: "I am indeed an old friend of the general."

"You, then what exactly are you..." Tuo Xuanyu didn't expect Shi Xuanling to admit it directly. The fire in his eyes became more and more scorching. "Then what is your relationship with me? Did we... live together in that courtyard?"

Facing Tuo Xuanyu's anxious questioning, Shi Xuanling pursed her lips, and finally let out a sigh through her veil:
"I'm sorry, General Yu, I can't give you the answer you want right now. I don't want to deceive you, so I can only make a promise with you that one day, Qian Li will tell you everything you want to know, including the part of your missing...memories from the past."

The melodious and ethereal flute sound continued to ring in the house, floated out of the window, and floated to the endless sea. I don't know whose dream it was carrying, and it flew to a very far place.

The moon was bright in the sky, the mountain wind was howling, and the sound of flutes rang out faintly, accompanied by the sounds of guqin and chimes in the music hall, like the arrival of heavenly music, which made everyone present intoxicated.

Perhaps no one among the envoys sent by various countries to attend the celebration ceremony could have expected that Xi Yuehan would actually hold this palace banquet in the mountains. No, to be precise, it was held in the royal hunting grounds of the Chinu tribe.

This celebration ceremony was so "unique" that the envoys from various countries secretly told Xi Yuehan that his behavior was so unruly and crazy that it was breathtaking. However, no one dared to disobey his orders, and all the envoys attended the banquet obediently.

The musicians playing in the venue now are the Shangyue Bureau musicians who came with the diplomatic delegation from Gumo Kingdom, and Shi Xuanling is naturally among them.

Tonight, the musicians of the Shangyue Bureau wore unified attire. Shi Xuanling no longer wore a veil. Instead, she let down half of her long hair and wore hair accessories to cover the birthmark on her face.

She mingled among the musicians, lowered her head and played the bamboo flute, trying her best to minimize her presence. Xi Yuehan sat on the throne, listening to the flattering words of the envoys from various countries, accepting the valuable "gifts", and was very happy among the toasts. Naturally, he would not notice her, an inconspicuous little musician.

No one could have imagined that at this moment, this young musician was planning a shocking assassination.

It was as if God was helping her. Shi Xuanling had originally planned a lot and considered how to act in the palace, but she didn't expect that madman Xi Yuehan would actually set up the palace banquet in the mountains. Doesn't this provide her with the best opportunity to perform her magic archery technique?

"Xi Yuehan, this time it was God who wanted to kill you, no, it was you who sought death, don't blame me for being too cruel to you!"

As Shi Xuanling played the bamboo flute, a strong murderous intent burst out in her heart. However, she did not notice that at the banquet next to her, a pair of eyes were fixed on her, containing a myriad of complex emotions.