Chapter 66 Heart to Heart "Brother Xun."
A cool temperature fell on my eyelids and cheeks.
Yan Shu's eyelashes trembled, and when she heard Xiao Yu's voice, tears rolled down her face.
She lowered her head and leaned it against Xiao Yu's shoulder, wiping her tears with his clothes as if to vent her anger.
Xiao Yu simply picked up a silk handkerchief from the wooden rack beside the couch, then held the girl's ankle and carefully wiped the dust off her ankle from stepping on the ground.
In fact, the hall is covered with embroidered carpets that are cleaned every day. Even if you stand barefoot on them, you won’t get much dust on them.
But at this moment, Xiao Yu was wiping her feet carefully, as if he was doing something extremely important.
Inexplicably, the memory of the past in Yan Palace emerged in her mind. She got her shoes and socks wet because of stepping in the water by the lake, and the fourteen-year-old boy Xiao Xun wiped them for her with his sleeve.
She was still mumbling and complaining about this and that, until Xiao Xun, who was always clean, took off his outer robe and wrapped her wet feet. The little girl was stunned.
Although she doesn't understand love at her young age, there are still some shy feelings in her heart.
The Xiao Yu in front of her at this moment gradually resembled the young man from that year, and Yan Shu inexplicably calmed down a lot.
She raised her head and stuffed her feet into Xiao Yu's arms again, acting somewhat like a spoiled child.
Xiao Yu also raised his eyes to look at her, his dark eyes were fixed, and his emotions were unclear.
Yan Shu bit her lip, but did not look away. Instead, she softly called out to the handsome man in front of her, "Brother Xun."
Xiao Yu's pupils shrank slightly, and there was shock and hesitation in his eyes.
Yan Shu, however, was much calmer.
Now that I have called out this, the next words will not be so difficult to say.
She raised her hands and hooked them around his neck, her clear eyes full of seriousness.
"I don't want to avoid what happened six years ago, and I don't want us to continue to have misunderstandings like this."
Xiao Yu did not interrupt Yan Shu this time. He just lowered his eyes and used his long eyelashes to hide the emotions in his eyes, waiting for the girl's final judgment.
Yan Shu bit her lip. "That year, I deliberately tricked you out. I also deliberately tricked you into losing my hairpin and asked you to find it for me. Finally, I deliberately pushed you down when you were not paying attention..."
The girl's soft voice echoed in the hall one after another.
There was a grayish death in Xiao Yu's eyes.
Even though it was a fact I already knew in my heart, my heart ached when I heard her admit it with my own ears.
He didn't want to humiliate himself by asking why, and he didn't want to hear her express her hatred for him in person.
"Shushu, that's enough." Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and stopped looking at her, his tone calm and cold.
He already knows it all.
Yan Shu, however, turned around and held his face, forcing him to look at her, her tone somewhat stubborn.
"No, I'm going to say it!"
Xiao Yu looked at the girl, his eyes filled with misty gray.
"I did do all those things, but Yan Ruxue used my mother to blackmail me into doing them!" Yan Shu's eyes were sore, and tears rolled down her cheeks. "And that cave? I didn't even know it was a snake den. I thought it was just an ordinary cave. It wasn't until I pushed you in that I saw those snakes. I was really scared..."
The girl sobbed again as she spoke. "I wanted to pull you out, but the rocks at the entrance suddenly collapsed. I couldn't move anything by myself, so I had to go back to the palace to find someone to help. But when I came back, you were gone. There was only blood on the ground."
Yan Shu finished speaking, tears rolling down her cheeks. "They all said you were dragged away by a wild beast in the forest. I searched for you for a long time but couldn't find you..."
"I really regret that I shouldn't have lied to you like that, but I really have never had the intention to kill you." Yan Shu shed tears and finally poured out all the words that had been accumulated in her heart for many years.
The dark pupils suddenly shrank, as if in disbelief.
Xiao Yu looked down at the girl whose eyes were filled with tears, and his Adam's apple moved slightly.
"I thought Shushu hated me at the time..."
That day, she had fled from his courtyard, and had been avoiding him day after day. Xiao Yu knew she had panicked after seeing her sucking snake blood, and like the other palace servants, he had also decided that he was a monster.
But Xiao Yu was unwilling to let go just like that. After she avoided him, he pestered her every day.
So when she asked him out and asked him to find the hairpin, he was completely off guard.
After she pushed him into the snake den, he thought she hated him after all, and that was why she treated him like this.
When Yan Shu heard Xiao Yu's words, her cat-like eyes, which were still filled with tears, froze slightly, and pearl-like tears swayed in her eyes.
She sobbed, a little panicked: "At that time, you pestered me every day, and I was really scared and panicked. So when Yan Ruxue came to me, firstly, I was threatened by her, so I had to agree. Secondly, I really wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of your pestering. But I just wanted you to hate me and stop pestering me every day in the future. I never thought of taking your life."
"If I had known that was a snake cave, I would never have pushed you in..." Warm tears rolled down one by one.
Yan Shu didn't know whether Xiao Yu would believe what she said.
Perhaps these words came a little late, and perhaps they seemed a little hypocritical to Xiao Yu, who was actually hurt.
But Yan Shu never had the intention to kill Xiao Yu.
The tears on her cheeks were wiped away one by one by the cold big hand. Yan Shu caught the bony hand that was caressing her cheek, and there were still a few wet tears hanging on her eyelashes.
She tilted her fair and rosy little face upwards and leaned slightly towards the hand.
"Brother Xun, do you believe me?"
Xiao Yu's heart suddenly trembled.
It was as if he was back to the day six years ago when the little girl tilted her head and playfully called him "Brother Axun" under the willow tree by the Yangong Lake for the first time.
Xiao Yu didn't know what that feeling was.
It seems pleasant, yet strange.
But the more than ten years of muddy life that he had lived suddenly had a hint of sweetness.
After all, ever since he could remember, he hadn't known what warmth and affection was for a long time.
And Yan Shu was the first one who made him experience the taste of love.
So he was unwilling to let go, even if she hated him, he was unwilling to let go.
At this moment, the girl who should have hated him actually said with tears in her eyes that she had never hated him so much as to hurt him.
How could Xiao Yu not believe it?
The little face under his palm was warm and soft, unlike his body temperature which was always cold.
A hint of obscurity flashed across the dark pupils.
Xiao Yu finally lowered his eyes and wiped away the tears from the girl's cheeks with his fingertips.
"Shushu, can you please call me Brother Xun again?"
The low and hoarse tone fell into Yan Shu's ears, making her stunned for a moment.
Wu Run's eyes widened in surprise. Although he didn't know why, he still called out with his mouth slightly opened.
"Ah...Axun brother——"
Before Yan Shu could finish calling out "brother", the cool scent of snow-covered pine trees instantly enveloped her.
Her petals were crushed hard, and her teeth were pried open by She Jian, and she was fucked wantonly in her mouth.
Eager yet extremely stable.
Xiao Yu closed his narrow eyes slightly, and his thick and long eyelashes hid the extremely passionate infatuation in his eyes.
I feel like sighing in my heart.
His Shushu did not hate him, nor did she push him into the snake cave because she hated him.
But after this sudden joy, my heart was filled with endless complexity and obscurity.
If she didn't hate him, why would Shushu hand him the cup of poisoned wine with a smile in her previous life, and why would she rather commit suicide than be entangled with him every day after he died?
Confusion shrouded Xiao Yu's heart like a fog.
At this moment, Shushu was sincere and lovable, not at all resolute and hateful towards him.
Could it be that the entanglement between the two lives finally made Shushu moved by him?
The dark ink in the dark eyes gradually gathered together, and the haze in the eyes gradually appeared.
Shushu didn't hate him now, but when she knew about his humble childhood one day, would she still call him Brother Axun with such affection as she does now, and would she still come to him in the rain in the middle of the night to confide in him even if she was afraid of thunder?
Xiao Yu didn't dare to ask.
He didn't want to disrupt the peace at this moment.
His thoughts were churning, and his emotions were even more churning. He pinched the girl's chin with his long fingers, and his tip hooked her pure teeth tightly, as if he wanted to swallow up the sweet and fragrant breath.
Or maybe he wants the girl to be scented with his scent and belong to him alone.
Yan Shu raised her head, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and could only endure it all helplessly.
Even if they let go for a moment, a silver thread was pulled apart between their lips.
After a long time, the intense anger finally subsided.
The rich sweet fragrance and the scent of cedar wood were entangled delicately, and Yan Shu finally got a chance to breathe.
She lay in Xiao Yu's arms, with her moist red lips slightly swollen from being sucked, breathing softly, and a mist in her eyes.
After finally speaking out the knot in her heart that had been hanging in the air for years, Yan Shu felt a lot more relieved.
She looked up at Xiao Yu's face, and his handsome face, like white jade, finally turned a faint blush of excitement, just like hers.
Yan Shu's heart moved slightly, thinking that Xie Heng's matter had not been explained clearly yet, so she continued to look at Xiao Yu.
"I'm pleading for Taizhu Xie this time simply because he helped my mother so much in the past. If Yan Ruxue were to be punished in Xiao State, Prince Yan and Queen Yan would definitely not let him go, and my mother's situation would then be even more precarious."
Yan Shu had nothing to remember about her time in Yan State. Her only concern was her mother who loved her like a treasure since childhood.
But she is now far away in Xiao Country, and she is afraid that she will never see her mother again for the rest of her life.
Sensing the loneliness in the girl's words, Xiao Yu's eyes flashed with darkness.
No matter what Xie Heng was like, or what happened in his previous life, it was enough that his Shushu had him in her heart at this moment.
As for his past, he would never let his Shushu have the chance to know.
Xiao Yu smoothed the girl's soft black hair with his slender knuckles and spoke in a low tone.
"I believe Shushu."
If Xie Heng can take care of the people she cares about, she will treat him differently.
Then he could naturally reunite Shushu with her mother, whom she cared about most.
Prince Yan, Queen Yan, and the culprit Yan Ruxue back then were all the same kind of people who bullied Shushu. He would never give them a chance to live.
Crow-feather-like eyelashes concealed the darkness and murderous intent in her eyes. Xiao Yu played with a strand of the girl's hair, his movements gentle and affectionate.
Although she didn't know what Xiao Yu was thinking, Yan Shu finally felt relieved after hearing his words.
Just tell him everything and he'll believe it.
As for the cup of poisoned wine that Yan Qingwan drank in her previous life, there must be something strange about it. Whether it was given by Xiao Yu, she had no way of asking in this life.
But it’s not bad now. Now that her worries are resolved, she won’t be as worried as before.
Yan Shu leaned on his shoulder and finally felt that the heavy rain tonight was not in vain.
The sound of rain outside the house stopped at some point, having continued all night.
It was raining, it was sunny, and they had a heart-to-heart talk while crying. Yan Shu couldn't help feeling sleepy.
But he suddenly remembered what Zhou Tong had said outside Changming Palace that day, that Xiao Yu would go on a tour of important military locations in the capital the next day, so he immediately looked at Xiao Yu and asked.
"Minister Zhou said that the king will be leaving the palace for a tour tomorrow. So what time will the king leave tomorrow morning? When will he return to the palace?"
Xiao Yu's eyes did not freeze.
"We'll set out tomorrow at 11:00 AM and return on August 10th."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shu leaned against Xiao Yu's chest and started to play with his hair, feeling indescribably uncomfortable.
Today is only July 27th. If I don’t get back until August 10th, that would be a full ten days.
Although her reluctance to part was a bit hypocritical, Yan Shu was indeed a little uncomfortable with the fact that they would be separated for more than ten days.
Moreover, she became angry when she thought that if she had not taken the initiative to come to Changming Palace to find him tonight, Xiao Yu would not have seen her for more than ten days.
Seeing that the girl remained silent and just stroked his hair, a smile flashed across the young king's eyes.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Xiao Yu's low laugh, Yan Shu became even angrier and bit his shoulder silently.
"If I don't come today, does Your Majesty really want to see me only on the day of the Queen's coronation ceremony?"
Xiao Yu instantly curved his narrow eyes, pinched the girl's slightly bulging face, and gently pressed his thin lips against hers.
"Shushu's belongings for leaving the palace are all ready, so naturally she will go on tour with me."
Yan Shu was stunned when she heard this.
"Will I go with you?"
His long fingers gently scratched the little girl's cheek, and Xiao Yu's lips curled slightly, "Shushu, don't you want to go?"
Yan Shu came back to her senses immediately, and a burst of joy suddenly surged in her heart.
"Of course I want to go!"
Although it was the emperor's tour, if he left the palace, he would definitely find an opportunity to play. From Yan State to Xiao State, Yan Shu had been trapped in the palace since she was a child and had never had the opportunity to play outside the palace.
Every time the little girl heard the palace maids who went out of the palace to purchase goods talk about interesting stories about the people outside the palace, she felt extremely envious.
So when she heard that she could leave the palace, Yan Shu was naturally very happy.
So the grievances suffered tonight disappeared immediately. The girl hugged Xiao Yu's neck and kissed his cheek with a smile.
"Brother Xun, you are so nice."
Being so proactive and calling him like that, a flame suddenly lit up in the young king's dark eyes.
Then naturally there is another wave of red, and the spring is in full swing.
Let’s not talk about the past, at least at this moment, the hearts of lovers are incomparably close.
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The next day, the news that Prince Xiao and Concubine Yan were leaving the palace to inspect important military locations in the capital region spread to the Suining Palace.
After the banquet that day, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing was so frightened by Jiang Yin's death that she was bedridden for quite some time.
When Empress Dowager Zhao Jing thought of the bloody scene in the hall that day, she couldn't eat.
I called in doctors several times and they prescribed some medicine. Only in the past few days has I felt better.
Today, when the maid was serving medicine, she heard the news that Xiao Yu had taken Yan Shu out of the palace, and she couldn't help but feel angry again.
Looking at Yan Qingwan kneeling beside him, he suddenly became furious.
"Useless thing! It's all your fault for making such a brilliant plan. You've cost me my right arm! Now that the ceremony of Yan Shu's coronation is approaching, there's nothing we can do to save the situation. I think you'd better get back to the ancestral temple as soon as possible!"
Yan Qingwan was naturally panicked when she heard this, and kowtowed tremblingly.
"I have done something wrong, I know my crime!"
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The author has something to say: The young couple is now half open, but some things must be experienced before they can be deeply understood. After all, now neither of them wants to nor dares to actively talk about their reincarnation.
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