The farmer glanced at the gold in his hand but didn't take it. A simple smile appeared on his face. "No need. Alas, she is pitiful. Although she is crazy, she is very well-educated. Even when we give her food, she will thank us. But this winter, it was extremely cold, and she froze to death."
Yan Chou stuffed the silver into the farmer's hand and said in a heavy voice, "Yes."
The farmer returned the silver to Yan Chou, picked up the portrait, and looked at it a few more times, sighing several times in succession: "We can't help her find her daughter, and we can't accept this money. I do remember her saying that she dreamed of her daughter next to a man in yellow court robes. That man was the current emperor. She was indeed crazy, but we felt sorry for her, so we buried her over there..."
The farmer pointed in a direction not far away.
Xie Shizhu's vision was blurred by tears. When he heard this, he stumbled towards that place. Because he was anxious, he fell down and got up again.
Yan Chou slowly closed his eyes, feeling as if something was pressing on his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.
The farmer wanted to say something, but when he caught sight of the jade pendant on the man's waist, he was stunned and his expression suddenly changed.
Yan Chou opened his eyes, turned around, and followed Xie Shizhu.
Xie Shizhu saw a raised surface of earth, and there were many similar earthen graves next to it.
She couldn't even find her mother's grave. Xie Shizhu knelt down on the weed-covered ground, her shoulders shaking.
When Yan Chou came over, what he saw was Xie Shizhu kowtowed several times, his whole body heaving in convulsions, the back of his neck rising and falling, and his crying voice reaching his ears.
Yan Chou stared at her back in a daze, his narrow eyes filled with pain.
He was no better off than Xie Shizhu.
At this time, he didn't want to disturb Xie Shizhu.
After a long time, Xie Shizhu had cried until he had no more tears left. He stood up shakily, wiped his tears with his sleeves, and suddenly calmed down.
She brushed the dust off her skirt, looked at Yan Chou, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for helping me find my mother."
Yan Chou was somewhat incredulous and murmured, "You don't blame me?"
Xie Shizhu smiled lightly, his red and swollen eyes unable to distinguish his emotions: "Don't blame anyone, it's useless to blame anyone now that things have come to this."
Yan Chou thought Xie Shizhu hated him even more, and he had never expected her to be so calm. He breathed a sigh of relief, took Xie Shizhu's wrist, and said, "It's getting late, let's go back to the inn first and leave for the palace tomorrow."
Xie Shizhu did not pull his hand away from him and nodded obediently.
Yan Chou's handsome face was filled with joy, and surprise showed on his brows.
When the two returned to the inn, the waiter had prepared dinner. Yan Chou went upstairs first, while Xie Shizhu sat on the first floor, waiting for the food to be served.
I went out for a while on the way and returned to the inn in less than ten minutes.
When she came back and just sat down, a waiter who was unfamiliar to her served her the food, stuffed a note into her hand, and left in a hurry.
Xie Shizhu spread out the note, the handwriting on it was as elegant as Yan Xiuran himself: I heard that you left the palace. When you and Yan Chou return to the palace tomorrow, I will find a chance to take you away.
Xie Shizhu looked at the words on the note, raised his eyebrows, and when he heard footsteps, he hurriedly stuffed the note into his sleeve.
Yan Chou took his time sitting down beside her, picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of food for Xie Shizhu, saying softly, "Eat."
Xie Shizhu lowered his head and chewed slowly.
Yan Chou didn't move his chopsticks, but stared at her quietly with his pair of auspicious eyes.
After dinner, the two went upstairs.
There was a bathtub in the inn. Xie Shizhu bathed herself calmly. When she came out, she saw Yan Chou's dark eyes. She curled her lips and said, "I have to go back to the palace early tomorrow. I'll go to bed first."
Yan Chou said, "Okay."
The two of them squeezed on the narrow couch, Yan Chou reached out and hugged her waist. Xie Shizhu did not struggle, but kept her eyes open in the dark. Hearing the man's steady breathing, she pushed Yan Chou's arm away and slowly sat up.
The moonlight poured in through the window lattice, vaguely revealing Yan Chou's outline.
Xie Shizhu looked at Yan Chou's face for a long time, hatred gradually filling his eyes.
She really didn't blame Yan Chou, because she hated him so much that she wished he was dead.
The system was shocked: [Host, what do you want to do? ]
Xie Shizhu raised his eyebrows, took out the dagger he had bought from outside from under his pillow, and said, "Of course it's to complete the mission."
The system took a deep breath: [Host, please don't do anything. We are all good citizens who abide by the law.]
Xie Shizhu gently brought the dagger, which was shining sharply in the moonlight, close to Yan Chou's neck. At this moment, the malice value began to decrease, and then stopped at 75.
She said, "As long as I deal with Yan Chou, this malicious value will drop directly to fifty. Do you believe it?"
The system stammered in fear: [I believe it, but isn't this too reckless?]
Xie Shizhu held the dagger in her hand, and the sharp tip of the dagger was close to Yan Chou's Adam's apple. As long as she exerted a little force, the violent emperor would end his life in her hands.
After a moment, she chuckled, took the dagger away from Yan Chou's neck, gently hid it under the pillow again, lay down and closed her eyes.
After she closed her eyes for a moment, the man beside her opened his eyes, his eyes as dark as ebony.
The system screamed: [Host, he didn't sleep! ! ]
Xie Shizhu smiled and said, "Hmm? I've already told you that Yan Chou is not a fool."
The system was surprised and asked: [So you didn't intend to attack Yan Chou at all?]
"Of course," Xie Shizhu said lazily, "I just played him for a moment. Look, hasn't the maliciousness value dropped?"
The system was amazed: [Awesome!]
Yan Chou's whole body was stiff, and his breathing was intermittent. As he expected, Xie Shizhu was so calm when he was outside, but he actually wanted to kill him.
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