"Your Majesty, that is Miss Xu."
Hearing this, the woman who was leaning against the railing and looking into the distance turned her head and followed her sight. She saw a girl with a smile on her face, greeting guests in the bustling and noisy long street decorated with lights.
At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he wore coarse linen clothes and tried hard to sell heart-shaped knots to customers.
Sun Li hurriedly said, "Today is the Qiqiao Festival, and the streets are crowded. Miss Xu made a love knot and brought it to the street to exchange for money. Her father died early, and her mother seems to be feeling unwell recently..."
Xihe nodded: "Well, let's go and take a look."
The group went downstairs and after a few steps they saw Miss Xu's stall and stopped.
She was protected by four guards with swords, and the attendants around her were white and beardless. Miss Xu noticed the woman before she even approached. When she got closer, she saw that the woman was wearing a yellow robe and had a stern look on her face, and she couldn't help feeling uneasy.
"Guest, guest."
She spoke timidly.
Xihe didn't say anything, his eyes swept from top to bottom, inch by inch from her crescent-shaped eyebrows to her rosy lips - exactly the same as Song Chenyin.
Even after a lifetime, this face remains unchanged.
Xu Qingluan was frightened by the look: "Guest, do you want to tie a knot?"
She quickly lowered her head, grabbed an exquisite, bright red heart knot from the stall, and handed it to Xihe, forcing a smile: "Take a look at this, do you like it?"
For some reason, she felt an indescribable fear and terror towards the woman in front of her, and at this moment she just wanted to escape.
But the woman didn't say anything. She continued to look at her quietly, her sharp eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Xu Qingluan so hard that her scalp tingled. Just when she was about to lose control, the woman finally opened her mouth: "Hmm."
Xu Qingluan was instantly pardoned: "Then..."
Sun Li quickly stepped forward, took the knot, and handed over the silver ingot: "Is it enough?"
Xu Qingluan was stunned: "It's too much." She didn't have that much money to exchange, and she couldn't help showing embarrassment on her face.
However, Xihe had already turned and left. Sun Li smiled and said, "The young lady's craftsmanship is extraordinary. My master likes it. You can take the remaining money. No need to change."
As soon as Miss Xu was born, her master sent people to keep a close eye on her.
Her family was poor, but she had never really suffered any hardship since she was a child. Her neighbors were all very kind to her. Although this was also because Miss Xu had a gentle temperament and was kind to others, most of it was arranged by her master.
Sun Li couldn't help but take a deep look at Xu Qingluan's young yet familiar face.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that there were people in this world with such identical appearances... He couldn't help but think of two other equally familiar faces.
The group came and went quickly, and soon there were no traces of them left in the crowd.
Xu Qingluan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
At this point, she no longer had the heart to continue selling, so she packed up casually and walked home with the basket. Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached an alley, she bumped into a young man.
“Ouch!”
The basket fell to the ground and its contents were scattered everywhere.
Xu Qingluan fell on her buttocks, frowning in pain. She couldn't help but say, "Gu Shang! How many times have I told you to watch where you're walking? Why can't you remember?"
The boy was startled, then his mouth drooped and he said aggrievedly: "I can't find you~"
No matter how angry Xu Qingluan was, she couldn't lose her temper at this moment. Why was she arguing with a fool? She supported herself and got up from the ground. Gu Shang hurried to help her.
Two people picked up the scattered love knots.
Gu Shang was clumsy and accidentally caught the silk thread. Xu Qingluan was heartbroken and slapped his hand away: "Don't do it, I can do it myself." Gu Shang stood aside obediently.
Covering with a blue cloth, Xu Qingluan stretched out her hand and looked at Gu Shang.
Gu Shang's eyes lit up, and he immediately took her hand and walked home happily. The moonlight stretched the shadows of the two people very long.
the Imperial Palace,
As soon as he returned to the palace, Xihe went straight to the bedroom.
In the distance, palace maids and eunuchs were standing outside the bedroom. The room was lit by a dim yellow candlelight, and the tall figure of a man was reflected on the window.
Xihe quickened his pace and strode to the door.
The palace maids and eunuchs bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Your Majesty."
The man sitting cross-legged in the room paused, then closed his eyes again and muttered to himself.
Crunch,
The palace doors opened,
Steady and sharp footsteps approached.
The next second, someone sat down next to me, and the warm breath gradually became louder in my ears.
The man's eyes were tightly closed, but even so, he could still feel how hot the gazes falling on him were. His heart couldn't help but beat faster and faster, and the heat burned from his neck to his face.
His expression became more serious, and his mind became calmer as he recited faster and faster.
Xihe was not in a hurry either. She supported her chin with both hands and looked at him with interest. His forehead was sweating and his face was serious. The more she looked, the more interesting he found it and she couldn't help laughing out loud.
The man couldn't help it, opened his eyes, and said angrily: "Your Majesty!"
Xihe smiled: "Yes, I'm here." Her brows were relaxed, and there was a sincere smile in her eyes. She was completely different from the majestic empress who was intimidating without even getting angry in the court.
The man choked and said angrily, "It's late at night. Your Majesty, why are you here with me instead of going to rest?"
Look, I played a trick on him and he doesn't feel the slightest bit of guilt.
"I came to see you."
Xihe took out a love knot like a magician and placed it in front of him. "Today is the Qiqiao Festival. I saw men and women on the street expressing their love by buying this knot, so I bought one for you too. Here."
The man didn't take it, his expression regaining its composure. "Your Majesty, why would you send me off? If you had to send someone off, it should be General Yuan."
Xihe was stunned and looked at the man's face carefully. He had thin eyebrows, long eyes, a straight nose, and lips that were neither thin nor thick. Everything about him met her aesthetic standards.
However, at this moment, the corners of his mouth were slightly lowered, and it was easy to see that he was unhappy.
As Xihe looked at him, a smile appeared in his eyes. He leaned over and slapped the man on the face. The man jumped three feet high in fright.
He pointed at her with trembling fingers, feeling angry and embarrassed: "What are you doing!"
Xihe smiled brightly: "Why, are you jealous?"
The man suddenly became furious: "Why am I jealous? Your Majesty, please stop talking nonsense and ruining my reputation!"
Xihe blinked, her face full of confusion: "You live in my bedroom, sleeping with me day and night, and you actually have such a thing as a reputation?"
"Yuanbao, come here quickly. I'll help you tie the heart knot around your waist."
Yuan Bao was so angry that he jumped up and down: "You forced me to do that. The immortals in the sky obeyed your orders, and you still forced them. If I don't agree to enter the palace, you will clean up the Heavenly Palace!"
"What can they do? They can only force me. What else can I do?"
He still remembered that he had just woken up, and a room full of immortals, the Emperor of Heaven and the Queen Mother were talking at once. He was packed up and sent to the gate of the palace before he even understood the situation.
The more Yuanbao thought about it, the angrier he got. After all, he was a celestial official, a celestial being, so why was he stuck in this tiny world? He even had to watch her marry someone else! Damn it!
Yuan Bao snorted: "I want to leave the palace!"
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