Upon hearing this, Princess Zhaoyang smiled and said slowly, "Since Your Majesty is in love with Qin Xi, you should give it a try. When she says she doesn't have feelings for you, she's just complaining that you were too busy with other things in the past few years and neglected her. I am a woman too, so I naturally understand what she's thinking."
"Really?" Emperor Yuxian's eyes widened slightly, as if he had seen a traveler on the road at dawn.
“Absolutely true.” Princess Zhaoyang raised her eyebrows affirmatively. “It’s just a trick of playing hard to get. If Your Majesty truly likes her, I have a plan, it just depends on whether Your Majesty is willing to follow it.”
Emperor Yuxian stared blankly at her. Sister Qi... was she really just playing hard to get?
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In Qihuai Courtyard, Qin Xi sat on the bed, her hands supporting her weight, her lips tightly pursed.
"What's wrong? Why are you frowning?" Lu Huai came in looking like this. He put down the green fruit he was holding, walked up to Qin Xi, bent down and leaned close to her.
"Huh?" She came back to her senses and saw that it was Lu Huai. She pressed her temples wearily. "I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy. My right eyelid keeps twitching too."
"Hmm..." Lu Huai stroked his chin. "Is he about to strike it rich? Shu Zhan said that a twitching left eyelid means bad luck, while a twitching right eyelid means good luck. Every time he's about to get rich, his right eyelid twitches. I bet he'll lose every time it twitches."
Qin Xi looked at him, both amused and exasperated. "Everyone says that jumping to the left brings wealth and jumping to the right brings disaster, but why is it the other way around for you?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Huai arrogantly exclaimed "Oh dear!" and sat down next to her, saying, "Anyway, jumping to the left means disaster, jumping to the right means fortune."
"Okay." Qin Xi shrugged. "But as soon as you finished speaking, my right eyelid stopped twitching and it switched to my left eye."
Lu Huai: "..."
He looked at Qin Xi suspiciously. "Is it really such a coincidence? You're not lying to me just to refute me, are you?"
"What are you saying?" Qin Xi laughed and scolded him a few times, and the frustration in her heart dissipated a bit.
Seeing this, Lu Huai brought over the green fruit and peeled it for her.
Two people, or rather three, since there was a baby in her belly. Qin Qi and Lu Huai were flirting and teasing each other, completely unaware that a huge conspiracy was about to befall them.
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That night, the moon was bright and the stars were few.
Autumn nights are always accompanied by the chirping of insects. In her memory, Qin Xi had not seen such bright moonlight for a long time, as beautiful as the poems of Li Bai.
White clouds reflected in the water sway the empty city; white dew drips like pearls onto the autumn moon.
She had gone to bed early, hoping to fall asleep quickly. However, although her eyelids had stopped twitching, she still felt uneasy. Seeing the moonlight streaming in, she put on a robe and went to the window to feel the breeze.
"What's wrong?" Lu Huai had just finished bathing and came out of the bathhouse. As soon as he entered the room, he saw her standing by the window, her face full of worry.
"Ah, you're back." Upon seeing him, Qin Xi's eyes crinkled into a smile.
"Why are you standing here instead of sleeping?" Lu Huai nodded, took another piece of clothing from the bedside, and draped it over her shoulders. "You're going to be a mother soon. Aren't you afraid of catching a cold? You should think about the baby in your belly, even if you don't think about yourself."
He put his arm around her shoulder, and Qin Qi leaned against him, her eyes crinkling with a smile. The dimples at the corners of her mouth seemed to hold the gentlest moonlight, sweet and intoxicating.
The gentle moonlight shines, and my beloved is by my side.
The two stood there for a while, then Qin Xi suddenly called out to him, "Lu Huai."
Lu Huai: "Hmm?"
Will something separate us?
Hearing this strange question, Lu Huai frowned, and after a moment he said, "Yes."
Qin Qi wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him, "What is it?"
"You've fallen for someone else, and that's all."
Qin Xi pouted in dissatisfaction, "Don't you ever fall for someone else?"
Lu Huai: "I don't know how."
Qin Xi: "On what grounds?"
Lu Huai: "I won't, I say I won't."
Qin Xi: "Hmph, I'm too lazy to argue with you."
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At this moment, Qin Xi had no premonition of what was about to happen. She would have to wait for tomorrow's update to truly understand the meaning of the chapter title, "Only the moon in the spring courtyard is sentimental, still shining on the fallen flowers for those who are parting."
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