Is the emperor cremated today?

Xu Miaoyin and Qi Yue discussed it and decided to start from Yangzhou. After all, she knew the Jiangnan area very well, so she decided that no matter whether the trip to Liyang was successful or not, she would go directly to Yangzhou from Jiangnan. So a few days later, Qi Yue took Xu Miaoyin's earnest instructions led her on her way to Liyang.

In order to facilitate business negotiations, Qi Yue always dressed up as a man. This time he went to Liyang on a horse for the convenience of traveling. After running for a few miles, Qi Yue slowly reined in the reins and slowly stopped halfway. .

She turned the horse's head and faced the way she came: "You've followed us all the way here, why are you still hiding? Come out!"

After a moment of silence, they saw a horse slowly walking out of the dense forest not far away. The man on the horse was Qin Zhan.

He got off his horse and walked towards Qi Yue.

Qi Yue also dismounted and waited for him beside the horse.

Qin Zhan came to her, handed her a baggage, and said, "Here are some things for self-defense, as well as a map. Although Li Yang is now under His Majesty's control, it is not ruled out that there will be Duke Rong Guo." The forces exist, so be careful along the way."

Qi Yue took the baggage, raised her eyes and met his expectant eyes again. She was at a loss for a moment and looked away.

"I know, take care of yourself, I'm leaving!"

Qin Zhan suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms with a little force.

Qi Yue's head buzzed, and she subconsciously wanted to push away, but Qin Zhan hugged her tighter, so she had no choice but to lower her hands.

Qin Zhan didn't say anything, and just hugged her quietly for a while before letting her go with some reluctance.

Qi Yue felt that the atmosphere was a bit ambiguous, so she turned around and got on the horse, saying simply: "I'm leaving."

Qin Zhan smiled and said, "Okay."

Qi Yue glanced at Qin Zhan, turned the horse's head, and lightly kicked the horse's belly. The horse started running slowly, gradually getting farther and farther away from Qin Zhan.

Qin Zhan just stood there, watching her slowly go away until she could no longer be seen.

Time flies to the end of the year.

It's the end of the year, and when the royal banquet on New Year's Eve is over, you can rest inside and outside the Yamen.

In previous years, there were no concubines, and the emperor was deserted. Now there is Concubine Xu and Concubine Fang Xian in the harem. His Majesty will not be lonely. According to His Majesty's love for Concubine Xu, the seat at this royal banquet must be next to His Majesty. Yes, the imperial concubine is currently resting in the Xishan Villa, leaving only Concubine Fang Xian. But on the day of the royal banquet, Concubine Fang Xian only showed up and said she was ill, leaving His Majesty alone. I thought it would end early like previous years, but this time it ended at the end of the day.

On the palace road at night, two inner chambers holding lamps bent down and walked on both sides of Duke Rong Guo.

The Minister of the Ministry of War was supporting Fang Zhiyuan, who was walking a little frivolously, while bowing his head and saying something.

"My lord, please save me. After the Chinese New Year, the incident in Liyang will definitely be reported."

Fang Zhiyuan glanced at him with somewhat distracted eyes, hummed slightly, but said nothing. After a while, he arrived at the waiting carriage in front of the palace gate.

Zhang Yu stepped forward to support Fang Zhiyuan. The Minister of the Ministry of War could only let go of his hand and wanted to beg for mercy again, but was frightened by Fang Zhiyuan's faint glance and did not dare to say any more. He bowed and saluted. He frowned and left.

Fang Zhiyuan had just stepped onto the carriage and before he got in, he heard the sound of horses trampling. After a while, two horses ran out of the palace gate one after the other and then went away.

Who else can ride a horse in the inner city at this time? Fang Zhiyuan's eyes were distracted just now, but now he is extremely sober.

"The emperor often leaves the city during this time?"

Zhang Yu glanced in the direction of the two horses going away and said, "Yes, His Majesty goes to the other courtyard every night. It's just that the New Year is approaching and he didn't go a few days ago."

Fang Zhiyuan squinted his eyes, opened the curtain, and got into the carriage.

He thought that after what happened to Xiao Duo, His Majesty would have a rift with Xu Miaoyin, so he let him do whatever he wanted. It seemed that His Majesty still couldn't let go of that woman!
  The night wind was biting and cold, making people's faces freeze. Qin Zhan looked at Xiao Qi in front of him who was still urging his horse. He gritted his teeth and whipped his horse whip hard, and followed closely behind Xiao Qi.

Since the imperial concubine moved into the Xishan Courtyard, His Majesty has become more and more unpredictable. He originally said that he would not go to the Courtyard tonight, but as soon as the banquet was over, he changed his mind. Tonight is New Year’s Eve. Xu Miaoyin took Ah Wan and Xiao Lin to post couplets and hang up lanterns. After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Ah Wan was clamoring to keep up the New Year’s Eve. Just after Haishi, the little girl couldn’t hold on and fell asleep.

Xiao Lin looked at Ah Wan who was lying on his lap and said, "Mother, I'll take Ah Wan home and come back to accompany you."

But Xu Miaoyin shook her head and said with a smile: "You are interested. Send Ah Wan back. You can also go and rest. You don't need to accompany me. I'm a little sleepy too."

Xiao Lin carried Ah Wan on his back and sent him back to Ling Yuexuan.

Seeing that the two children were gone, Xu Miaoyin asked people to clean up and prepare to go to bed.

After washing up, I woke up and couldn't fall asleep while lying on the bed, so I got up and picked up a book to read. When I felt sleepy, I blew out the lamp and lay down.

As soon as I closed my eyes, I heard familiar footsteps outside the window.

Xu Miaoyin frowned slightly, pulled the quilt up again, wrapped herself tightly and closed her eyes to sleep, not intending to care about the people outside the window.

But Xu Miaoyin didn't sleep well at all, and there was some unknown fire in her heart, which made her half-asleep and half-awake dreams full of strange things.

In a daze, she felt someone coming up behind her, and a cold hand gently wrapped around her waist.

"Cold..." Xu Miaoyin murmured with her eyes closed.

As soon as she finished speaking, the hand on her waist slowly retracted, and he moved further away from her. He pulled the quilt up and wrapped her tightly.

Not long after, Xiao Qi, who was behind her, leaned forward again, his hands tentatively surrounding Xu Xu.

Xu Miaoyin sighed secretly, how could he let her sleep like this over and over again?
  "Are you still asleep?"

Xu Xu's hand around her waist stiffened before slowly tightening it, pulling Xu Miaoyin into his arms.

"Sorry for waking you up."

As he spoke, he smelled her warm-smelling hair.

"I miss you……"

In fact, he really wanted to ask her if her anger had subsided after such a long time and if she missed him, but he didn't dare because he was afraid that once the words came out, there would be another quarrel.

He didn't want to hear hurtful words.

Xu Miaoyin was really sleepy and didn't pay attention to him anymore. She closed her eyes and fell asleep again, but the person behind her was not honest. The hand around her waist slowly reached into her pajamas.

How could she sleep?
  The person behind her was breathing erratically, and then she turned over and fell on top of her, kissing her. While kissing, she said hoarsely: "I really miss you..."

Xu Miaoyin's hand against his chest slowly softened, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes slowly filled with spring color and slowly closed.

Snow slowly began to fall outside the window, gradually getting heavier and heavier, making a rustling sound, but the house in Lanyinyuan was filled with spring.

It snowed so hard at night that it dyed the entire Yujing city white the next day. In the Xishan Villa, Awan had just woken up when she heard from Yuqin who was serving her that there was a thick layer of snow outside. She excitedly took Xiao Lin, who came to see her, to Lanyinyuan and asked her aunt to accompany her to have a snowball fight and build a snowman.

But when he arrived at the gate of Lanyin Courtyard, he saw Qin Zhan guarding there. Xiao Lin grabbed Ah Wan and said, "A Wan, I think your empress is still asleep. Let's build a snowman first, and then come to see your empress after she's done." ?”

Xiao Lin persuaded Ah Wan, looked at Lanyin Court again, and then pulled Ah Wan away.

In the room, Xu Miaoyin had already woken up, but was restrained in Xiao Qi's arms and was not allowed to get up.