As night fell, Hong Xiaoduo couldn't fall asleep. She dressed in her robes and leaped onto the tallest building in the palace—a three-story library.
Sitting there, I looked at the twinkling stars in the night sky and the bright moon.
Suddenly, he heard a strange noise, and his hand instinctively reached for the brocade pouch at his waist.
"It's me." With Quan Jinghuai's voice, he was by her side the next moment, handing her a cushion.
Hong Xiaoduo took it and sat down on it.
"Big brother, you're becoming more and more like a caring older sister," Hong Xiaoduo teased.
After Quan Jinghuai sat down, he handed her a wine pot.
Hong Xiaoduo then realized that he had actually brought two jugs of wine.
"Don't talk nonsense. Feiyan was worried you'd catch a cold, so she asked me to bring this up for you. But this wine is mine. This pot of yours is pomegranate wine brewed by the Prince's Mansion. I saw you quite enjoyed it at dinner." Quan Jinghuai said, tilting his head back to take a sip from the wine pot in his hand.
Hong Xiaoduo took the wine pot, sniffed at the spout, and said, "Actually, if you don't come up, I'll sit for a while and then come down."
After saying that, he tilted his head back and took a big gulp of wine. The pomegranate wine was fragrant and mellow, and it was indeed delicious.
"You're a good older brother, aren't you? I'm in such a high position, and you're bringing me wine. Aren't you afraid I'll drink too much and fall down?" Hong Xiaoduo said, taking another sip.
Quan Jinghuai didn't even look at her and said, "Isn't there an old saying that evil people live a thousand years? Don't worry, drink it, it'll be fine."
Hong Xiaoduo wasn't annoyed to hear herself being called a scourge, because that's what she'd always been told.
Drinking alone always felt like something was missing, so Hong Xiaoduo used her mind to retrieve two Harbin red sausages from her spatial storage and handed one to Quan Jinghuai.
Although he was already used to her being able to produce things out of nowhere, Quan Jinghuai was still taken aback. Every time, he wanted to look more closely to see how she conjured them up.
This is not an illusion at all, because every time she takes out food, it really fills you up.
The two men each had a pot of wine, which they quickly finished off with the sausages.
"Do you want more? I'll go get some more." Under the moonlight, Quan Jinghuai looked at the girl beside him, who still seemed preoccupied, and tentatively asked.
Hong Xiaoduo shook her head and said, "No, thank you. If you still want to drink, there's no need for you to go down and get it, brother. What kind of wine do you want, and how much? I can't provide it."
Quan Jinghuai thought to himself, "That makes sense!"
"Xiaoduo, don't be so worried. Go home if you want. I'll take care of the seven little ones and Feiyan. Even if Yaoguang's family isn't found, don't worry, I'll keep her with me."
And then there's Feiyan. If she doesn't care about gossip, I can keep her around and treat her like a younger sister.
"You've done enough for them. Go do what you want to do. Even if you never come back, even if we never see each other again, it's okay. I'll remember you all in my heart, that's enough." Quan Jinghuai hesitated for a long time before finally speaking.
These words had been bottled up all the way to the fiefdom.
He noticed that as her disciples began to find their families, she often seemed distracted and preoccupied.
"That Feiyan, she clearly promised me," Hong Xiaoduo muttered softly.
Quan Jinghuai had excellent hearing, and upon hearing this, he looked at her and asked, "You told Feiyan? You told her but not me. Do you think I'm not as reliable as her, or do you think she's stronger than me?"
"Huh? Didn't she say that?" Hong Xiaoduo realized she had let something slip. She had just said that drinking could lead to trouble!
Quan Jinghuai looked at her with a half-smile, without saying a word.
"Ahem, actually, it's like this. I was trying to persuade her to consider marriage, but you know I'm not good with words and didn't know how to give her the right advice, so I could only say this to her," Hong Xiaoduo said, feeling guilty and a little embarrassed.
Hearing her explanation, Quan Jinghuai laughed in exasperation: "You're tongue-tied? Heh, I really don't know that. But, your older brother is still single too, why don't you ever bother to ask about my marriage prospects?"
"Brother, you're wronging me. How could I not care about your marriage? When have you ever listened to me? Besides, it's not appropriate for me to urge you too many times about this. What kind of younger sister chases after an older sister to pressure her into marriage?"
"I was thinking that it would be perfect if you and Feiyan got together. It's good to keep the good stuff in the family, right? I would be most at ease if you two got together... Ouch, why did you hit my head? If you knock me silly, will you take care of me?" Hong Xiaoduo covered her head, which had been hit on the head, and said aggrievedly.
But Quan Jinghuai looked like he was seriously considering it, then raised an eyebrow and sneered, "Knocking you out of your mind and keeping you as a pet doesn't seem like a bad idea."
Feiyan and the seven younger ones won't mind that you're silly; they'll definitely take good care of you.
Hong Xiaoduo also imagined herself as a fool, being taken care of by Feiyan and the seven little ones. Strangely enough, she didn't actually see any scene of them disliking her.
On the three-story rooftop, after a pot of wine and some laughter, Hong Xiaoduo really felt her irritability dissipate, and the stars in the night sky seemed even brighter.
He told Quan Jinghuai to jump down and go to sleep early to get enough rest and wait for tomorrow's answer.
If Princess Yuening is indeed Yaoguang's biological mother, as I suspect, then my biggest worry will be over. Next, I'll go to Tian Shu's house to see if I can find another answer.
If Princess Ruoning is not Yaoguang's mother, it doesn't matter. At worst, we can just continue to help Yaoguang find her family.
Old Luo didn't say that once she completed her mission here, she would immediately disappear and return to the modern world.
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