Chapter 655 The Last Meeting
When Xiao Xixi left, Xiao Zhilan burst into tears.
Xiao Qiming didn't bother to act cool, he ran out of the door and shouted at her back as she left.
"Where are you going? I can take you there!"
Xiao Xixi stopped and waved at him: "No need, just take good care of yourself and your sister. From now on, your sister will rely on you!"
The morning sun shone on her face, making her smile look particularly warm.
Xiao Qiming looked at her in a daze.
Even many years later, when he recalled this scene again, every detail was still clear.
Not a single bit is blurred.
Xiao Xixi then went to Li Qingyan's residence.
Li Qingyan had already changed into his official uniform and was about to go out to the Hanlin Academy to take up his post when he saw Concubine Xiao coming.
He quickly bowed and asked, "Why is your Highness here?"
Xiao Xixi: "I have something to tell you. The emperor has passed away."
Li Qingyan's expression changed immediately.
"Is this true?"
Xiao Xixi: "I won't joke about this kind of thing. The prince will come to the capital today. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be the next emperor of Dasheng. If you assist him well, you will have a bright future and rise to prominence."
Li Qingyan heard something wrong in her words.
"Your Majesty, did you come all the way here just to tell me this?"
Xiao Xixi: "I need your help with something."
Li Qingyan: "My lady, please give me your orders."
Xiao Xixi took out a stack of letters from her arms.
“These letters are from me to the prince.
I may not be able to write or send letters in the future, so please help me send these letters to the prince.
Remember, don't give him all at once, give him a letter every year.
There are twenty letters here in all, enough to last twenty years.
As for twenty years later...
He should have forgotten me by now, and by then there would be no need for these letters."
How smart is Li Qingyan? He immediately understood what Concubine Xiao meant.
What does it mean that you can no longer write or send letters?
As long as a person is alive, even if his hands and feet cannot move, he can still ask others to help him write or send letters.
But she couldn't even do that, which only showed that her situation was so bad that it couldn't get any worse.
Xiao Xixi's fingers gently stroked the letters, her eyes slightly red.
"I won't hide it from you. Once I leave, we will be separated forever.
There's nothing else to worry about, but I'm worried about the prince.
Although he looks cold, he is actually very sensitive.
If he knew I was dead, I'm afraid he would miss me all his life.
I don't want him to live his whole life with this heavy heart.
He is still young and should have a brighter future."
Li Qingyan asked in astonishment, "You mean, you want me to send these letters to the prince for you, so that he will think you are still alive?"
Xiao Xixi responded softly.
"Um."
She hoped that in the prince's heart, she was not dead, she just traveled to a faraway place.
Through these letters, she wanted to tell the prince that she was living well far away and he didn't need to worry.
Li Qingyan: "The prince is very smart, I may not be able to hide it from him."
Xiao Xixi: "That's why I came to you for help. You are one of the smartest people I know. Only you can help me with this. Please."
Meeting her pleading eyes, Li Qingyan let out a long sigh.
"I will do my best."
There was nothing he could do. After all, he owed her a favor.
He really had no right to refuse.
Xiao Xixi burst into laughter and said sincerely.
"Thank you."
Li Qingyan carefully put away the letters and personally saw her out.
"Where are you going next?"
Xiao Xixi said, "I want to leave the city."
"Do you need me to give you a carriage?"
Xiao Xixi shook her head: "No need."
After saying goodbye to Li Qingyan, she walked slowly towards the city gate.
She didn't want to use a carriage because she wanted to leave the city as slowly as possible.
She wanted to take a few more last looks at this prosperous city.
There were a lot of people leaving the city today. Xiao Xixi blended into the crowd and left the city without attracting anyone's attention.
She planned to go to Yinyue Villa to pick up her junior brother first.
Not long after she walked out, she heard a familiar voice.
"Junior sister!"
Xiao Xixi stopped and looked in the direction of the voice, and immediately saw Senior Brother Fang Wujiu and Second Brother Wen Jiucheng standing not far away.
Her eyes lit up, and she ran over with her skirt lifted up, saying in surprise.
"Why are you here?"
Fang Wujiu smiled and said, "Of course I'm here to take you back."
Xiao Xixi was even more surprised: "How did you know I was going out of town today?"
Fang Wujiu spoke slowly and calmly.
"You don't have much time left.
Based on my understanding of you, you will definitely leave the prince early to avoid making him sad for you.
Today is the day the prince returns to the capital. If you don't leave now, you will definitely run into him.
By then it will be difficult for you to leave even if you want to.
So you will definitely choose to leave Shengjing today."
Xiao Xixi gave a thumbs up: "As expected of you, you are the senior brother. Your logic is perfect!"
Xiao Xixi looked at the gentlemanly young man in a green gown next to her and asked curiously.
"Why is Second Brother here too?"
Wen Jiucheng said helplessly: "It was my senior brother who brought me to find you."
He hasn't seen Xiao Xixi since they parted in Chenliu County.
During this period of time, he has been busy looking for new mission targets, hoping to make one last struggle.
Unexpectedly, before he found the target of the mission, the eldest senior brother came to his house and said that his junior sister would not live long. He was so scared that he immediately forgot about the mission and hurriedly followed the eldest senior brother to find his junior sister.
Fang Wujiu noticed the wound on the back of Xiao Xixi's hand and asked with a frown.
"What happened to your hand?"
Xiao Xixi raised her right hand, glanced at the scabbed wound on the back of her hand, and said indifferently.
"I accidentally got scratched by a needle last night, but I'm fine."
Fang Wujiu pointed to the carriage parked nearby and said, "There's medicine in the carriage. Get in and I'll give you some."
A group of three got on the car.
Fang Wujiu took out a bottle of ointment from the medicine box and applied it evenly on Xiao Xixi's wound.
Just then, there was a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds outside the car.
Someone was shouting loudly.
"The prince is in a carriage, everyone please get out of the way!"
Pedestrians hurriedly stepped back to avoid it.
After a period of chaos, the roads were soon deserted.
When Xiao Xixi heard the sound outside, she immediately lifted the car curtain and looked out.
In the distance, a group of people were riding horses and galloping towards the city gate.
The autumn sun is bright and the dust is flying.
The person riding the horse in the front was Prince Luo Qinghan.
He had a stern expression and his thin lips were tightly pursed.
Holding the reins in one hand and the whip in the other, he rode the horse at a rapid speed, his black cloak fluttering in the wind, rustling.
The moment Xiao Xixi saw him, she suddenly felt an indescribable sourness in her heart.
Countless emotions accumulated in her chest, but she couldn't release them, so she could only suppress them tightly.
Tears rolled down without warning.
She lowered the car window curtains, held her chest, and couldn't stop crying.
She clearly saw the prince for the last time as she wished, so why did she still feel so sad?
If nothing goes wrong, I will be able to finish updating the Prince volume tomorrow.
Please give me a monthly ticket. I am a sentimental ticket-seeking machine~
(End of this chapter)
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