Chapter 49: Wishes "Three wishes..." His thin lips slightly closed, and then...
Xiu Yu smoothed her long hair and said sweetly, "Wishes...can't be spoken out loud. If you do, they won't work." After she finished speaking, she pursed her cherry lips and waved her hand.
Xuanye clasped his hands together, resting his elbows on the tea table. He looked at Xiuyu and said, "My words are as good as gold. Once I speak, whether they work or not, they will definitely come true."
"Then..." Xiu Yu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then tell me what you mean. I want to hear it." Seeing Xuanye was about to speak, she held up three fingers, leaned forward slightly, and said with a smile, "Close your eyes and say three."
"Okay." Xuanye's eyes were filled with doting, a hint of 'I really can't do anything about you'. He then closed his eyes and made a wish: "May the world be at peace and everyone be united!"
Xiu Yu nodded, thinking that he was worthy of being an emperor, and he cared about the world after all.
Xuanye added, "Secondly, I wish Mama good health and freedom from disasters."
Xiu Yu raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking that the emperor was quite filial, and that the good intentions of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang were worthy.
"Three wishes..." He closed his thin lips slightly. After a moment, he opened his eyes and asked, "But do I have to blow out this candle?"
Xiu Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "Your third wish..."
"Didn't you say that it wouldn't work if I said it out loud? So I simply won't say it." He acted like a rogue and ordered, "Liang Jiugong, light the lantern." Then he blew out the candle.
"You're being unreasonable!" It went without saying how curious Xiu Yu was about Xuanye's third wish. His first wish was for the whole world, his second for his closest family, so what would the third be? Xiu Yu didn't dare to dwell on it, so she simply said, "Forget it. If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. It's like someone really wants to hear it." She turned slightly away, no longer looking at Xuanye.
Xuanye smiled, picked up the knife that had been prepared on the side, and asked, "Here, cut it up and eat it?"
"You can eat whatever you like." Xiu Yu ignored him, her eyes fixed on the clock. The pendulum swung back and forth, and the minute hand moved slowly.
It was almost midnight, and Xuanye would not have eaten anything at this time. However, since this fresh food was a gift from Xiuyu, he took a bite and praised it, "It's really extraordinary."
But then Xiu Yu said, "The time has come, Your Majesty, happy birthday!"
Xuanye was stunned. The first person to call him "Third Master" was Xiuyu, and the first person to call him "Third Brother" was also Xiuyu...
Liang Jiugong and Xiao Tao tactfully left the warm room and slowly closed the door.
Xuanye held Xiuyu's hand and pulled her up. Looking into her sparkling eyes, he said, "Today, you are the first one to wish me a happy birthday, and you are also the last one to wish me a happy birthday."
Xiu Yu Yanran: "I am the first one to bring you food, and the last one to bring you food."
"Yes." Xuanye nodded, looking at Xiuyu's cherry lips, his eyes filled with affection.
Xiu Yu lowered her eyelids and thought for a moment, then asked, "Uh... what did they give you? Tell me, and I'll learn from them."
"Don't talk about them, and don't imitate them!" Xuanye held Xiuyu's hands and said, "Here, there are only you and me, only Xiuyu and her third brother." Xuanye raised his hand and gently stroked Xiuyu's cheek, smiling, "You don't look like a Manchu princess."
Xiu Yu said: "My father and mother are both orthodox Manchus, but I came from outside the Great Wall."
"I know." Xuanye kissed Xiuyu on the forehead and said softly, "Thank you. I like the gift you gave me very much."
Xiu Yu hugged Xuanye's waist, raised his head to look into her eyes, and said with a smile: "They are not worth anything."
Xuanye laughed out loud: "Yu'er, I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty! Silver..." He hesitated: "It is true that the war cost some money, but I am not short of valuable gifts. What I lack is your heart."
"I don't need it now." Xiu Yu stood on tiptoe, leaned close to Xuanye's ear, and whispered, "I was angry during the day, but after a nap and a dream, I wasn't angry anymore."
Xuanye picked her up by the waist and asked, "What did you dream about?"
"Hmm..." Xiu Yu frowned slightly, as if she was really thinking hard, "I seem to have dreamed about you and me, but I can't remember clearly."
"Forget it." Xuanye had already put Xiuyu on the bed. "Everything in the dream was fake, but this moment is real."
The candlelight is dim, and under the gauze tent, the spring scenery is charming... In the clouds of Wushan, one does not know how many hours have passed.
"Are you tired?" Although he was still unsatisfied, Xuanye felt sorry for Xiu Yu after all, so he stopped at the right time when his passion was at its strongest.
Xiu Yu nestled in Xuanye's arms and nodded, "Go to sleep. You still have to practice martial arts and attend government meetings early tomorrow morning."
"Those are just everyday things." Xuanye gently stroked Xiuyu's back and said, "This morning, I went to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, and she gave me a big gift."
"Oh?" Although Xiu Yu was tired, she still cooperated with Xuanye and asked, "What treasure did I give you?"
"Give me and you a palace." Xuanye looked at Xiu Yu's profile and said, "The Queen Mother said that it's not good for me to keep a beautiful woman in a golden house. She suggested that I settle you in the Yikun Palace. Are you happy with that?"
Xiu Yu had already been spoiled by Xiao Tao, so she wasn't surprised at all. She just said, "Is Yikun Palace far from you?"
Xiu Yu's unintentional words warmed Xuanye's heart. He rubbed Xiu Yu's forehead and said, "Not far, very close to me."
"That's good." Xiu Yu murmured.
The girl in his arms had already fallen asleep, but Xuanye couldn't fall asleep for a long time. There were so many women in his harem, and every woman was extremely gentle when she was with him, but no woman had ever made him feel so warm as Xiuyu did now.
"Don't worry, I will treat you very well, very well." Xuanye promised in a low voice.
Perhaps the sleeping Xiu Yu also heard Xuanye's promise. She snuggled into Xuanye's arms again and put her arms around him.
The next morning, when Xiu Yu woke up, Xuan Ye was sitting cross-legged beside her in meditation. She stood up and said with a smile, "Why did the emperor stop practicing martial arts and switch to spiritual cultivation?"
"This is also a form of training." Xuanye opened his eyes and looked at Xiuyu: "Master said that letting go is also a form of training, but it is much more difficult to practice than fist and foot kung fu."
"Really?" Xiu Yu also imitated Xuanye and crossed her legs. "Is it difficult to let go?"
"Of course." Xuanye explained, "As a person, selfish thoughts will accompany you throughout your life. If you can't get rid of them, your body will inevitably suffer. Before I practiced this kind of exercise, I was just like you, thinking, how could it be difficult..."
"Then I'll give it a try!" Xiu Yu said, closing her eyes. But after a moment, she gave up: "It won't work! I have too many selfish thoughts and distractions. I'm afraid I can't cultivate like this."
Xuanye laughed and said, "Who said I practiced martial arts to cultivate immortality? I clearly practiced to make myself more pure and free from desires, so as to avoid..."
"What if?" Xiu Yu asked casually, then got off the bed sideways.
"How do you think I can avoid this?" Xuanye yawned. "I didn't get much sleep last night. I'll need you to cover my dark circles for me later."
Xiu Yu had already taken out the small box. Looking at Xuan Ye's dark circles under his eyes, she wanted to laugh, but she held it back. "You, who told you not to sleep well last night?"
Xuanye didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and casually put the blame on Xiu Yu: "I don't know who it is because of me that I couldn't sleep well. When I go to Mama to pay my respects, I will have to make up a lie to cover it up."
Xiu Yu snorted softly and muttered, "You are the emperor, everything you say is right."
Xuanye held Xiuyu's wrist, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yu'er, do you prefer to live here or move to Yikun Palace as soon as possible?"
"That's not up to me." Xiu Yu continued to cover Xuanye's dark circles. "Isn't it you who has the final say?"
Xuanye looked at Xiu Yu in the mirror and continued, "Living in the Yikun Palace has its advantages. You'll get familiar with it sooner, and it will also establish your status. However... I've already set a date with the Imperial Observatory. The empress will be crowned in August, and you will be enthroned at that time. If Mama hadn't suggested this yesterday, I would have wanted you to stay here for a few more months."
"So now, the Emperor wishes Yu'er to move to Yikun Palace?"
Xuanye nodded. "Madam is right. I am not Emperor Wu of Han, and you are not Chen Ajiao. Keeping a beautiful woman in a golden house for too long will not be good for you. After a while, I will allow Yanlan to move to Kunning Palace first, and then move my cousin to Chengqian Palace. You can then live in Yikun Palace. I think it will be less conspicuous."
Xiu Yu was startled and asked, "Did you just come up with this arrangement?"
"Of course not." Xuanye felt that his dark circles were mostly covered, so he stood up and asked Xiuyu to change him into casual clothes. "After Mama said yesterday that you could move into Yikun Palace, I spent the whole morning thinking about it. I have to admit that my actions these days have almost put you in the spotlight. To make up for it, I have no choice but to let the harem riot for a while to divert everyone's attention."
Please, can this kind of attention be diverted just by saying so? Xiu Yu pulled the corner of his mouth: "You are the emperor, Yu'er listens to you."
"Unsatisfied?" Xuanye saw Xiuyu's expression and felt helpless: "If you want to be with me for the rest of your life, you will always be in the spotlight. But don't worry, no matter what, I will always stand by you. I never joke."
While Xiu Yu was tidying up Xuanye's clothes, she said, "Don't worry, I'm not someone you can easily mess with. Since I entered the palace, I've made full preparations. I'm not afraid of either civil or martial arts, and I can fight very well!" As she spoke, she raised her eyebrows slightly, looking playful and cute.
"That's amazing." Xuanye pinched Xiuyu's nose lightly. "In a few days, I'll order people to clean up the Yikun Palace. When you feel satisfied, you can move there. As for this place..."
"How about here?" Xiu Yu crossed his arms and jokingly said, "You won't let me come here from now on, will you?"
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