The night wind blew, and the peach leaves rustled. The Peach Blossom Demon sensed footsteps and quickly signaled Liu Qinglan to hide deeper into the branches and leaves to avoid being seen and captured.
A pair of embroidered shoes suddenly appeared before Tao Xi's eyes. She looked up and quickly stood up, saying in surprise, "Empress Zhaoyi?"
Kang Zhaoyi was wearing a plain palace dress, without any hairpins or jewelry. She held a Buddhist lamp in her hand. She hushed Tao Xi and said, "Don't disturb others. I want to borrow your peach tree for a while. Please go back to your room."
Tao Xi looked at the Buddhist lamp in her hand and knew she was secretly praying. The peach tree grew vigorously, and its blossoms in spring were dazzling and brilliant, a dazzling display of crimson, truly magnificent. Consequently, the women of the palace gradually came to regard it as a tree of blessing and often came to pray beneath it.
The peach blossom demon lived here all year round and would occasionally help them. Later, the saying that this tree was quite magical spread.
Tao Xi understood, put away her small stool, put away the half-picked bean sprouts, and went back into the house.
The peach blossom demon looked eagerly, and only withdrew her gaze when she could no longer see the other person's charming figure. She sighed inwardly, as her little peach blossom demon was driven away just like that...
Kang Zhaoyi carefully lit the Buddha lamp on the lotus base, and then placed it on the open space under the peach tree. She clasped her hands together and began to pray with her eyes closed: Peach tree, oh peach tree, please bless me to win the heart of the Empress, so that I can go in and out with her and enjoy the beauty of the palace together. I do not ask to be born in the same year and month as the Empress, but I hope to die in the same year and month with her.
When the Peach Blossom Demon heard her prayer, she let out a wow in her heart, then looked mischievously at the tense Liu Qinglan next to her, "Did you hear that?"
Of course I heard it. Liu Qinglan couldn't explain what she felt in her heart, but she was unhappy, as if someone was coveting her things.
"Are you feeling sour now, like you're drinking vinegar?" The peach blossom fairy coaxed him gently, with a mischievous smile in her charming eyes.
Liu Qinglan lowered his head and held down a flying mosquito with his claws. Without saying a word, he rubbed the poor little mosquito, his back looking aggrieved.
A furry white tail was still lingering on the branch where the peach blossom demon lived.
The Peach Blossom Fairy blew a breath of spiritual energy, blowing the cat's tail away from her body, and laughed with her eyes streaming, "Oh my, a cat is angry."
Liu Qinglan hummed and turned away completely, leaving her with the proud and arrogant back of a cat.
Kang Zhaoyi, who was standing under the peach tree, had already tied a red cloth strip for praying on the branch and smiled with satisfaction.
Liu Qinglan looked down at her, lost in thought: Was she also coveting the Queen's spiritual energy? She wasn't a demon, so what was she doing here? This was truly disgusting.
I can't explain why, I just feel uncomfortable.
Liu Qinglan felt bad again, and she hated him like this, even though he hadn't done anything wrong. She scratched her ears irritably, but they still drooped unruly, indicating that the owner was in a bad mood.
After Kang Zhaoyi finished her prayer, she clasped her hands together and worshipped the peach tree devoutly before turning around and leaving, disappearing into the dark night.
The Peach Blossom Demon looked at the sulking kitten, her smile still lingering, but her tone became awkward and conflicted. She asked, "Sister, do you think I should help Kang Zhaoyi?"
Liu Qinglan uttered an answer in his heart: Of course you are not allowed to help!
But she was unusually reserved and did not answer immediately. Instead, she asked in a pretentiously profound tone, "Do you still recognize me as the boss?"
"You say." Peach Blossom Demon suppressed a smile, seeing through her little tricks, "I'll listen to you."
Liu Qinglan coughed lightly. "One person's wish doesn't count. If one day the Empress comes and makes the same wish as her, then... then you can help. But not now."
The Peach Blossom Fairy let out a long "Oh," "So you also know that two people need to be in love and admiration with each other."
Liu Qinglan blushed, "I... of course I know a lot, definitely more than you do. You have to listen to me, understand?"
"Oh, the Queen is here!"
Liu Qinglan jumped to a higher branch with a whoosh, looking very scared. My beautiful queen, I definitely did not ruin your relationship just now!
She hugged the branch and looked down nervously, but there was no sign of Xie Xuanzhao!
The peach blossom demon chuckled softly, "Little cowardly cat."
“You…you…” Liu Qinglan’s face turned even redder, and her pair of azure cat eyes widened. She roared angrily at the Peach Blossom Demon: “Meow!”
The peach blossom demon laughed even more happily, "I was wrong just now, it's Miss Yan Mo, the maidservant beside the Queen, who is here. If you don't believe me, just look."
Liu Qinglan poked out his cat head and took a closer look. There was indeed a person standing under the peach tree.
The person who came was wearing a simple palace skirt with a belt tied around her waist and narrow sleeves reaching her ankles, looking very capable.
Liu Qinglan looked at her expression. Her eyes were calm and her expression was cold and arrogant, which was not the gentle look that Yan Mo usually had.
She suddenly remembered that Yanmo was a name shared by a pair of sisters, and the one who came should be... the younger sister?
The peach blossom demon transformed into a gentle and lingering peach-red scent, quietly enveloping the sister's body, and then retracted it after a moment.
Liu Qinglan quickly moved closer to her, "Peach Blossom Demon, what's wrong with you?"
"I saw black energy on her. It's really strange. This black energy is different from the one that tried to attack Chenxin Palace last time. It seems to be dead." The Peach Blossom Demon checked his own breath and found that he was not eroded at all, which meant that the black energy on Miss Yanmo had no attack power on him at all.
"Really? Why can't I see it?" Liu Qinglan looked at his sister standing under the tree again, and indeed did not see anything wrong with her.
The Peach Blossom Demon pondered, unable to come up with a reason. She guessed that Liu Qinglan's training was inadequate, and her cultivation was too shallow, so she couldn't see through him. But if she said it directly, the cat would probably get furious. So it was better not to say anything. She smiled and said, "Let's listen to what she's here for first, maybe we'll know the answer."
My sister stood in the cold night wind, holding her sword in both hands, standing alone, feeling very noble and isolated.
Other than that, I didn't bring anything else.
Liu Qinglan couldn't help but say, "I think she's not here to pray, but just to get some fresh air."
"I've never seen her come here to pray before, which shows that she is not someone who believes in these things. Her sudden visit tonight must be unusual." The Peach Blossom Demon was also full of curiosity.
The cat and the flower waited for their sister's next reaction with a sense of curiosity and nervousness.
The moonlight was cold, shining on my sister's pretty and delicate face, making it look a little pale.
My sister raised her head slightly, her eyes were cold and arrogant, with a bit of stubbornness and unwillingness, and she tried hard to hold back her tears.
Gradually, a line of clear tears rolled down her eyes, and then, as if a floodgate had been opened, my sister's tears began to fall like pearls from a broken string, plopped non-stop.
"Thinking of me, a young girl in my twenties, in the prime of my life, yet before I have tasted all the beauty of the world, I am about to die, passing away, and we will be separated forever..."
The younger sister began to recite the words, then walked to the peach tree, raised her hand and stroked the trunk affectionately, "I will write a suicide note for you, sister."
Liu Qinglan shuddered, wondering if she had misheard or seen correctly. Was this really the same cold, silent girl with an icy look in her eyes? And why did the idioms she was reciting sound so strange?
The Peach Blossom Demon took a deep breath: Where did this little actor come from?
She had just checked her sister's body and found nothing wrong with her. She was very healthy and could probably live to eighty years old if nothing unexpected happened.
But my sister had already started writing her suicide note while crying.
The author has something to say: The character of the younger sister is: she is aloof, sharp-tongued, and frugal with words in front of others; when she is alone, she has learned some idioms from eavesdropping on her elder sister reading, and then starts to use them to express her inner feelings. Occasionally, she is possessed by a spirit of drama and has a lot of fantasies. She is an ignorant and pure lover who knows nothing except her martial arts skills and obeys orders.
In the next chapter, the Queen continues to tease the little fairy Liu~~~~
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