The guard apologized profusely and peeked at his expression from time to time.
I jumped down from the carriage and saw that the city gates seemed to have been heavily guarded. Two years ago, there weren't so many guards at all. "Eunuch, what's wrong?" he asked the eunuch. There are so many guards?"
The eunuch immediately replied respectfully," The people of Nubian have been restless recently. The Emperor has ordered people to guard them strictly. Our Emperor is really wise!"”
"Eunuch, should we enter the palace or find a place to stay first?"”
"Grand Lord and Young Lady, please follow us to the Third Prince's residence. The Emperor said that an old friend once lived there and Grand Lord will like it.”The eunuch had a flattering expression.
I glanced at Shui Xuanyue. If he didn't know that I was still alive, he would probably be angered to death by Li Xijue. However, this time, he would only accept this suggestion with great interest.
"The Emperor has made such thoughtful arrangements. Please thank the Emperor for me."”
Then, he strode forward.
He stuck out his tongue and followed behind him. The eunuch immediately stepped forward, slightly behind him, but could point out the direction. It seemed that the people around Li Xijue were all very perceptive.
Seeing the Third Prince's residence again, it was especially intimate. I've stayed here for a period of time, so I still have a lot of feelings for this place. Even though I was threatened by Xue Ning here and even learned that the Third Prince was the person who was about to become my husband.
The eunuch led us to the room I was staying in. Everything in the room had been restored to its original state. Even the lost book,"History of the Four Directions," had been bought and placed beside my pillow.
The eunuch sent a servant girl to serve him before returning to the palace to report.
I sat on the bed I slept on back then and picked up The History of the Four Directions."Mystic Moon, look. This is how I hid in the Third Prince's estate back then and read my books in peace.”
"When you were living in peace, you didn't know that I was sad.”He smiled, took the book from my hand, and put it back on the bed.
"What are you doing?" She glared at him and asked.
" Since this is his memory, let him hide it." Shui Xuanyue sighed." It's a pity that he's the Emperor. If it was an ordinary person, you would probably still be by his side. I should thank him."
She flipped over and threw herself into his arms."What's wrong? You rarely thank others!"
"You don't have to thank me," he asked with a smile.”
She rolled her eyes and pulled him into the garden."Look, the flowers have withered, but there was a greenhouse in the garden back then. The temperature in winter was still very high, and the flowers in it bloomed all year round. It was very beautiful. I wonder if there are any now.”
"There must be. Let's go and take a look." He seemed very interested.
She had no choice but to bring him to the greenhouse. She didn't expect that there would be another greenhouse. She pushed the door open and entered. The heat immediately rushed in."Look, look, there's really more." She looked at him excitedly.
He walked inside and suddenly frowned.
"What's wrong?" Seeing him frown, she couldn't help but worry. She followed his gaze and couldn't help but exclaim," Oh my god!”
" You've really put in a lot of effort…" His words were sour.
Seeing that he didn't seem to be too unhappy, she walked in and was almost stunned when she saw the blooming roses in the room. Actually, I don't like flowers very much. It's just that this rose looks very much like a rose, and roses are a token of love. Every Valentine's Day, there will always be many happy girls holding a large bouquet of roses with happy smiles on their faces.
"But seeing flowers reminds me of the past. Are you really unwilling to leave?”The temperature started to drop again…
" How can that be?" I plucked a bright red rose and handed it to him." From now on, every February 14th, you must give me this flower, and it must be red, bright red!"”
He took the flowers." Other women like peonies. Why do you like this flower?"”
" No, it's just that the meaning of these flowers is different," I explained to him in detail." February 14th is Valentine's Day. Every Valentine's Day, roses should be given. However, we don't have roses here, and the Chinese roses look very similar, so we can only use Chinese roses instead.”
"Valentine's Day?" he laughed. Roses? Ji 'er, when did you come up with these ideas? How did you decide on the 14th of February?”
"None of your business!" She pouted and glanced at him." Just listen…When the time comes, give me some flowers…hehe…" She giggled. No one had ever given me flowers before.
" Lord, Miss, dinner is ready." A servant girl came over to call us.
I responded and she left.
" Ji 'er," Shui Xuanyue held my hand and said," I'll definitely celebrate Valentine's Day for you every year."”
My face immediately turned red.
The two of them held hands and walked all the way to the hall.
When the servants saw this, they covered their mouths and laughed. I glared at them."What are you laughing at?"
They immediately kept quiet. Seeing that they were afraid, he could only tease them."This is my lover. There's nothing funny about us holding hands. When you get married in the future, of course, you have to hold hands with your husband!”
"Is that so?" A familiar voice squeezed into his ears." Lover! Husband!"
Everyone in the hall knelt down one after another.”
Emperor!
Li Xijue!
Why would the Emperor appear in this place? His mind spun quickly. He immediately turned around and knelt on the ground, pretending to tremble."I didn't know that the emperor had arrived, please forgive me!”
Li Xijue didn't expect me to suddenly kneel down and say these words. He was shocked."Ji 'er…Ji' er, you…why are you kneeling before me?”
Panicked, she raised her head, wanting to look but not daring to."Emperor, this woman is called Hongying, Jiang Hongying.”
"Hong Ying…?" He walked up to me and said,"Stand up!"
I slowly stood up, turned slightly, and lowered my head to avoid looking at him.
Suddenly, he smiled and asked Shui Xuanyue,"Is this the substitute you've been looking for all these years?" You look so alike, even I almost thought she was Ji 'er…Why did you think of finding someone to replace her?”
Her heart twitched. His expression made her sad. I knew that faking my death that day must have caused the Imperial Palace to be in chaos, but I didn't expect that after two years, when he thought of me, he still had that desolate expression, as if he had lost something he loved very much.
"This is my business. There is no need for the emperor to ask.”Shui Xuanyue didn't even say anything respectful and just looked at him with a poker face.
The air suddenly froze, and everyone did not dare to breathe loudly. They were all secretly wondering why this lord was not afraid of the Emperor at all and did not kneel down when he saw the Emperor.
I was worried that Li Xijue's temperament would change after being the Emperor for two years and that he wouldn't tolerate disrespect. Li
Xi Jue looked at him for a while before sitting down at the table. He thought for a while and asked me,"How do you know the way to the Third Prince's residence?”
I hurriedly knelt down again." Reporting to the Emperor, I don't know the way to the Third Prince's residence. I just wandered around with the Lord.”
"You can see a greenhouse when you walk around? Hmm? You still dare to go in?" He glared.
" Your Majesty…Your Majesty…No, it's…" I pointed at Shui Xuanyue. I knew that even if Li Xijue knew that it was Shui Xuanyue who suggested entering, he wouldn't punish him. Me…Me too…"
Shui Xuanyue raised her eyebrows and looked at me, and I secretly glared at her. What are you looking at?
" As expected, it's still not her…" Li Xijue sighed and looked at me blankly." Ever since you entered the city, I've heard that there was someone who looked very much like Miss Xia. The servant also told me that she knew the way to my Prince's Estate. I thought that she had returned…Everything was just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse…She's the only one in the world…No matter how similar she looks, it's not her!”He got up and left.
I followed the crowd and knelt down respectfully,"Farewell, Your Majesty…"
Standing up, he faced Shui Xuanyue with a radiant face and sat down on a chair. He knew that he shouldn't speak nonsense."I was really scared to death just now. The emperor suddenly came in from outside!”
He sat down with a faint smile and began to eat.
We've always maintained the habit of not speaking while eating, so I'm afraid we can't maintain the habit of not speaking while sleeping…
After the meal, the servant brought me to another room that was prepared for me. He said that the Emperor had decreed that only Shui Xuanyue could stay in that room.
She knew that Li Xijue was being petty, but she still followed his orders and went to sleep in another room.
Lying on the bed, she thought of home and wanted to go to the Xia residence to take a look. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Suddenly, the door of the room was pushed open, and a black shadow sneaked in. He sat up in shock."Who is it?"
" Shh…" The shadow approached, held my hand, and sat on the bed.”
She leaned against him and buried her head in his arms. She found a comfortable position and lay down."Why are you here? Aren't you afraid that the servants will see you?"
" It's okay." He hugged me. Autumn was already a little cold, and his body temperature was just right." I'm worried that you'll be afraid of being alone here."”
"Tomorrow, think of a way to accompany me to my house to take a look, okay?”
"Alright, I'll do it. Go to sleep." He gently patted my back, just like how Mother used to hug me to sleep.
"Young lady, young lady, wake up." A servant girl came in with a basin. When she saw two people lying on the bed, the basin in her hand fell to the ground. The servant girl covered her eyes and ran out.
I laughed out loud and leaned against the bed. I picked up the blanket that had fallen to the ground and nudged Shui Xuanyue."You've been seen by the servant girl!"
Actually, he wasn't. He was wearing undergarments.
His face was a little red. He didn't speak or look at me.
Smiling, she got up and put on her clothes. Then, she helped him put them on. The two of them cleaned up and went out to see the servant girl from before carrying a basin of water with a red face. When she saw us coming out, she immediately came up to us." I'm here to help you wash up…My lord…My lord…"
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