Princess Jinghe snapped her fingers: "You know what, Third Sister's suggestion is pretty good! We can try to match them up after the war is over!"
Gu Hui and Gu Xin said in unison, "No!"
Princess Jinghe and He Sanniang looked at Gu Hui and Gu Xin with puzzlement.
Gu Xin calmly said, "When it comes to relationships, let's see how things go! Sister Zhen, Sister He, let's not do anything or say anything. Let them develop their own relationship. If they're both interested, we can try to match them up. If not, then let's just forget about it! If you don't handle things well, two perfectly good people can become awkward and their interactions will feel very unnatural."
Gu Hui nodded: "Xin Xin is right, let's not cause any trouble."
Gu Xin pulled the group to the sand table: "Alright, let's talk about serious matters!"
Meanwhile, in the royal palace of the Flowing Sand Kingdom.
Xie Zhiyi and Gu Yingxue washed up and lay in bed. The two had been sleeping together since the first night Gu Yingxue arrived.
Gu Yingxue often had trouble sleeping and had nightmares about the tragic Cheng Huaiyu. She would often wake up in fright, and Xie Zhiyi would always stay with her.
Their relationship progressed rapidly.
Gu Yingxue was awakened by a dream again. She dreamed of Cheng Huaiyu, who flattered the housekeeper and sacrificed himself to save her. She also dreamed that Cheng Huaiyu was beaten by Peng Mu in order to hide her.
She woke up with tears in her eyes.
Xie Zhiyi woke up at the sound and held Gu Yingxue's hand: "Xue'er, did you dream about Xiaoyu again?"
Gu Yingxue hugged Xie Zhiyi: "Yiyi, I'm so sorry, sister. I'm so sorry, sister. If I had jumped off the carriage while we were being tied up, would you have been saved? Back then, I was afraid of the dark, I was cowardly, I wasn't brave enough. I should have jumped off the carriage and died. I deserved to die. It's all my fault, all my fault..."
Xie Zhiyi gently patted Gu Yingxue's back: "Yes, it's all your fault, all your fault. Don't cry, crying won't bring back the past. Didn't we agree to live well, protect ourselves, and then take good care of Yun-ge'er!"
Gu Yingxue cried softly, and finally stopped crying altogether.
Xie Zhiyi sighed and said, "Xue'er, let's live well, okay? Don't torture yourself. What's past is past. In this life, there will always be many things that are hard to let go of, but what's done is done. We have to look forward instead of stopping in our grief."
Gu Yingxue did not speak.
Xie Zhiyi continued, "Xue'er, no one wanted this to happen. No one thought it would happen. Don't blame yourself for everything. Actually, no one blames you. You are innocent. You are also one of those who were implicated."
Gu Yingxue sniffed.
Xie Zhiyi released Gu Yingxue and stood up: "I'll go get you some hot water. Drink some hot water to calm down."
A short while later, Xie Zhiyi brought over hot water, and Gu Yingxue sat up and drank it.
The two of them didn't blow out the light and fell asleep facing each other.
Xie Zhiyi wiped away her tears: "Xue'er, you've lost all the flesh on your face. I've heard that children all like pretty girls. If you go back looking like this, I guarantee you'll never get close to Yun-ge'er in the Gu family, where there are so many beautiful women. Look at Ren-ren, he always tries to get close to pretty girls. Before, Aunt Gu said that Ren-ren has always liked pretty girls. Apart from his older sisters, he especially loves Han-han. He doesn't even look at other girls! I bet Yun-ge'er is the same way."
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