"By the way," Pan Shu smiled slightly, "you probably don't know that after you went to the side hall at the palace banquet that day, my mother told me that she wanted to choose a legitimate husband for me."
Qi Yu paused slightly.
After a long while, he heard his own difficult and obscure voice, low and trembling.
"Qi Yu is the son of a criminal. It is understandable that Your Highness dislikes Qi Yu. Qi Yu... Qi Yu knows it." He was almost out of breath, and his bloodshot eyes revealed that he was not at peace.
It's getting late, but not too late.
The few hanging stars emitted a faint, shaky light.
As if it would be extinguished by the wind.
More fragile than tissue paper.
Pan Shu stared at him quietly for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "You were the one who wanted to leave. Everyone in the world knows that I love you. I embarrassed myself for you and became a laughing stock. As for Jiang Zhan, it's not that I don't trust you, but you've already exhausted all my trust."
In the biting cold wind, the willow branches with new buds sway gracefully.
Her voice was very soft.
It was so light that Qi Yu's heart tightened in an instant, as if it was suddenly crushed by a big hand.
His face suddenly turned pale.
"No one will stand there waiting for you. You are the one who pushed me out."
Pan Shu paused and chuckled, "People are all made of flesh and blood. I feel pain too. I didn't care about the ways you humiliated me and took advantage of me in the past, but now I dare not love you anymore. You are really born with a cold heart."
"...Your Highness, please stop talking."
Qi Yu suddenly became panicked, as if something important was being taken away from his life, and a great panic enveloped him.
It's so cold.
Why is it so cold?
His fingertips trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to raise his hand to touch her.
But the girl dodged.
Strange, cold, and there is no longer that burning love in his eyes.
"All the properties of the Qi Mansion were confiscated and merged into the national treasury. You had nowhere to go. I bought you a villa on the outskirts of the capital. I thought that if you got tired of it and wanted to leave, you would have a place to stay..." Pan Shu sneered and said self-deprecatingly, "Look, it came in handy so soon."
Qi Yu's thick and long eyelashes trembled violently.
Pan Shu looked at him with a smile.
"Come here, escort Master Qi to the Red Mountain Villa on the outskirts of the city."
He opened his mouth helplessly, but didn't know what to say, and finally could only remain silent.
Three days later, Tianzhu came running over breathlessly, saying anxiously, "Sir, Her Highness... Her Highness is getting married today!"
The sharp needle tip pierced Qi Yu's fingertip.
Round, scarlet blood beads emerged one after another.
He turned pale.
The wings of the Nine-Sky Phoenix woven with gold thread on the red wedding dress were stained with blood.
Qi Yu tried to wipe it in a panic, but the more he wiped, the dirtier it became, as if the drop of blood had penetrated deep into his bones and blood, and even peeling off the bones and pulling out the tendons could not erase its traces.
He lowered his eyes.
Big drops of burning tears fell on the red wedding dress.
A dark mark was soaked.
Probably because of the coming of spring, the plum blossoms in front of the courtyard are gradually withering, their petals are crushed into the dust, and they are no longer as beautiful as before.
After a long while, Qi Yu's fingertips slowly tightened and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Is it Jiang Zhan?"
Tianzhu shook her head and carefully observed Qi Yu's expression. "I heard it was the only son of the military minister, Lord Shen, who just returned to the capital recently—Chen Zhuo."
Qi Yu pressed his fingertips expressionlessly, "Jiang Zhan plotted against me time and time again, and in the end, haha."
Tianzhu added cautiously, "Mr. Jiang was also taken in together."
“Pah.”
The jade bowl containing medicine nearby made a crisp sound and shattered on the ground.
Qi Yu hurriedly lowered his head to pick it up. Tian Zhu was shocked and quickly stopped Qi Yu, "Young Master, you are too delicate to do such rough work. Tian Zhu will clean it up right away."
"This is her favorite."
Qi Yu murmured softly, "I secretly took this jade bowl away, but now... it's broken and I can never pick it up again..."
Tianzhu's face was filled with anxiety. "Young Master, you are the most noble young master in Shengyuan. All the women in the world yearn for you day and night and are willing to pay millions of gold to marry you. Why are you so obsessed with just you, my Lord?"
Qi Yu forced a twitch of his lips.
"I don't love her, I just can't bear it."
"Why did she take in someone new as soon as I left?"
That's right.
Qi Yu convinced himself this way.
But the trembling and cold fingertips, the red and moist eyes, and the face as pale as paper all showed his loss of composure.
…
The night is hazy.
The mansion was brightly lit with red candles.
The maid Lan Yu held a bowl of hangover soup in her hand and asked, "Your Highness, which young master's room are you going to tonight?"
A cold wind blew in my face.
People were also made more sober by the news.
The moonlight was sparse, and the starlight was hazy, making the beautiful girl's face look drunk and flushed.
She stood in the yard, and without hesitation, she raised her foot and was about to walk to the left when she suddenly heard a slight shout from behind her.
Ban Shu turned around and saw that it was Ban Ruo. Her originally slightly frowned brows relaxed slightly.
"Why is the Imperial Sister here?"
Ban Ruo waved away the maid behind her, and Ban Shu also asked Lan Yu to leave.
In a blink of an eye, only two people were left in the empty courtyard.
One was tall, the other short, one in a grand wedding gown, the other in a casual blue suit, with dew on her shoulders.
Ban Ruo moved closer and looked down at her. "You're drunk. Why are you drinking if you can't?"
Pan Shu hummed a low “hmm” and said, “Those people’s toasts were all well-intentioned, so I accepted them all.”
Ban Ruo closed her eyes, she could think of——
They are nothing more than auspicious words about growing old together.
In the dim moonlight, Banruo's tall and slender figure cast a long black shadow on the ground. Her facial features were sharp and delicate, and she exuded a bit of evil for no reason.
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