Yes, it's all in the past.
But after all these years, he still couldn't let it go.
Liang Qingchen slowly took his arm away and looked at her for a long time. When he spoke, his voice was full of hoarseness, "Do you know? In that civil turmoil, I almost lost everything."
His father, mother, younger brother, uncle, brother, and the girl he loves most...
Everyone died, only he survived.
The moonlight shone through the window, and although his face was clearly hidden in the shadows, Jiang Muyu could still clearly feel his sadness and pain.
She held his hand tightly and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart.
Those dreams became clearer and clearer. She remembered the face that she couldn't see clearly in the fire. It turned out that it was because she was the one in the sea of fire. The feeling of her pupils being burned and her skin being scorched was extremely deep.
She felt pain all over her body just thinking about it, and couldn't help but gasp.
Liang Qingchen noticed her abnormality, sat up, opened the curtain, took down a candlestick beside the bed, and lit it. Only then could he see clearly her uncomfortable expression and the beads of sweat on her forehead.
"Zhao Zhao, what's wrong?" He held her hand and felt her body was cold.
Jiang Muyu stared at his face in a daze. Under the candlelight, this face gradually overlapped with the one in her memory. The same outline, the same eyebrows and eyes, but it became much more mature, with clearer edges and corners, and the eyes became sharper and more indifferent.
But he is that person.
"I think I remembered something."
He was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to find his voice: "You...what did you say?"
"I had a dream before. There was a big fire in the dream. I was trapped in the fire, and you seemed to be running towards me."
"Is that all?"
She frowned and thought for a while. This was really the only fragment, so she nodded.
Liang Qingchen took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her forehead, saying, "Don't think about it for now. Thinking too much will arouse the worms in your body. Once they get agitated, you will feel palpitations, which is very exhausting for your body."
After hearing what he said, Jiang Muyu gave up the idea of continuing to recall. Compared to the lost memory, she wanted to save her own life more at this moment.
Seeing that she was gradually returning to normal, Liang Qingchen put the candlestick back, lay back on the bed, tucked the quilt around her, and said, "Go to bed early. We'll talk about everything tomorrow."
"Yeah." Jiang Muyu closed his eyes, trying hard to get rid of the messy thoughts in his mind.
…
For three consecutive days, the guards in the palace were not lifted. Tangtang was the only one in the entire palace who lived a carefree life.
Jiang Muyu agreed to let her move in with Nanxing, and even specially cleaned up and renovated a new yard with two large dormitories, one for Tangtang and one for Nanxing.
When Jiang Muyu announced that they could move in, she happily ordered people to move all the things in her dormitory over, and named the courtyard Tangxing Courtyard.
Tangtang's naming method is exactly the same as Liang Qingchen's, just picking a character from their names.
"This one is in the wrong place. It should be over there. And that one can't be put here..."
Jiang Muyu looked at Tangtang standing in the middle of the room directing the servants to work, and couldn't help but smile, saying with emotion: "She is really becoming more and more stylish now."
Nan Xing, who was standing by, clasped his hands over his chest, holding a sword in his arms. Upon hearing this, he said, "The little princess looks a lot like you."
"Really?" The more she looked at Tangtang, the more she felt that Nanxing was right. "She is indeed my daughter. She is just as beautiful and elegant as ever."
"Uh..." Nan Xing glanced at her and said awkwardly, "I was talking about personality."
Jiang Muyu shook his head, "Huh? Why didn't I notice that?"
"Maybe the people in power are confused." Liang Qingchen's voice came from behind.
Jiang Muyu turned to look at him, "Did you leave court so early?"
"Well, not much to do today." He stood beside Jiang Muyu, deliberately lowered his voice, and said, "The snake was caught."
Jiang Muyu's eyebrows jumped, "Where is it?"
"Qingyuyuan."
Jiang Muyu turned around and left, then walked two steps and came back to tell Nanxing something.
Unexpectedly, Nanxing seemed to have predicted what she was going to say, and spoke first: "I will take good care of Tangtang."
"Uh...thank you very much."
Then he pulled Liang Qingchen away.
Jiang Muyu hurried to Qingyu Courtyard, her feet were almost flying, and she asked as she walked: "What happened? Did they catch the person?"
Liang Qingchen's wrist was pulled by her and it hurt, but he endured it and replied calmly: "I caught him, but I haven't interrogated him yet, but it's almost certain."
"Who is it?"
"Yun Xuan."
Jiang Muyu stopped walking suddenly, and Liang Qingchen bumped into her back without warning, causing her to stagger and almost fall out. He quickly stretched out his arms and grabbed her waist.
He said helplessly: "Why did you stop suddenly?"
Jiang Muyu had no time to pay attention to this little episode. She took his hand to steady herself and asked, "Who did you say it was?"
"Yun Xuan."
Although it was something she expected, she still couldn't react for a while when it became true, "Why did Yun Xuan want to harm me?"
Liang Qingchen said: "It's hard for me to say anything about this matter. Let's interrogate him face to face first."
"Yeah, that's right."
Jiang Muyu quickened his pace again.
When I finally arrived at Qingyu Courtyard, I saw Xu Lang and Sui Miao were there, and the person they had detained was Yun Xuan.
Jiang Muyu walked up to her and just stared at her with his head down.
Yun Xuan lowered his eyebrows at this time, his hair was a little messy, and there were some stains on his clothes, which were obviously traces of a fight.
She looked at the white embroidered shoes in front of her, without looking up, and said in a flat voice: "If you have anything you want to ask, just ask."
Jiang Muyu adjusted his breathing before speaking in a cold voice: "The parasites in my body... were they planted by you?"
"yes."
She admitted it without any hesitation.
This was beyond everyone's expectations.
Liang Qingchen's expression also turned cold, and he asked, "Tell me, why did you put a snake on her?"
"Because she disturbed your heart." Yun Xuan finally raised his head, staring at Liang Qingchen closely, and said, "You clearly said at the beginning that marrying her was a matter of weighing the pros and cons, but now ask yourself, can you really let go as you said at the beginning? Can you really give up everything about Tian Qian and give up her without hesitation for the sake of the great cause?"
Liang Qingchen's face was frozen, his eyes became stern, and his voice was even colder: "Pei Xuan, you are overstepping your authority."