And what I've been waiting for is this head-to-head confrontation.

Ah You asked again: "Then why are you in a hurry tonight... Since we are going to ambush, it is more secure to let the subordinates go to check the topography of Wanfen Mound first..."

This time, I didn't answer Ah You's words.

There was only a smile, "A shadow guard has gone beyond asking so many questions, Ah You, listen to the order."

After returning to the bedroom, I summoned Uncle Liu and asked him to instruct the pantry to get some food. He must have been frightened when he saw that I couldn’t eat in the past few days, so before I finished speaking, he burst into tears and said, “Old slave is fixed. No rǔ mission..." Then he slipped and disappeared.

So when I moved to the side hall and saw three delicious dishes from all over the world, I had a hunch that I would die when I saw pineapples.

Fortunately, I still have some sense of reason, and I only took half a bowl of rice, half a drunken chicken, half a roast duck and two Qingfeng salamanders and closed my mouth in time.

Then my stomach was so bloated that I couldn't even drink the medicine that Zhou Shenyi prescribed for me, so I had to secretly take it back to my room to water the flowers.

At present, the enemy cannot be lured by food.

I think that when Xu Fang first became Nie Ran, I was on a dead end because I ran out of silver taels. How could I repeat the same mistakes again.

When I thought of this, my writing hand trembled. Although I have a wealth of experience and practical experience in the face of death, I never knew that the suicide note was so difficult to write that I could not complete it for half an hour. If I wanted to entrust the younger brother of the prince, in the end, I had to end with a rough ending, "Sister's voice, face and smile will always be around for three days, don't think and don't be afraid", I just hope that the younger brother of the prince can patiently read to the end.

If knew today, when was learning to write articles with Wei Qingheng, should have asked more about the format of a will, and wouldn't even know where to start a letter to husband.

I don't know if I should tell the whole story. If I just die without saying anything, it's hard to imagine whether he will hate him for life; Will he guess my true intentions?

Sitting in front of the desk, I felt a sense of impermanence in the world, and I couldn't write for a long time.

At the end of Hai Shi, Ah You returned as scheduled.

She said that the thirty-eight shadow guards were ready to go, and ten of them surveyed the terrain in advance. Together with her and Azuo, at least thirty people would hide in different positions to protect me, no matter what happened. I do it myself.

As soon as she finished speaking, A Zuo jumped in from the window and said, "My subordinates have already obeyed the princess's orders to tie the honey-picking five flowers to the dungeon in the mansion."

I glanced at him and said deeply: "That's good. Tonight, the entire Mingjian Division's shadow guards are here to protect me, so don't be too nervous."

I turned my back to them and pushed open the wooden windows of the mansion's pavilion.

At night, the lights of the capital gradually fade away, and it is impossible to see the ups and downs through the dark night.

It is rare that the night sky is clear, and the starlight falls on the long bluestone road, adding a bit of tranquility.

Ranfang looked forward and saw a long row of bright lanterns hanging in the air. Those lanterns, those lanterns that Song Langsheng said he looked at when I disappeared, were reflected in my heart at this moment.

When looked back, the bright red light fell into eyes, and the flashed memory gradually became clear——

In the early morning two years ago, I woke up early, and the Ministry of Rites, which was thriving, put thousands of lanterns on the streets and alleys designated by the capital.

That day was Song Langsheng's birthday.

I painted for him, built a spectacular stage for him at Yulong Villa, and decorated the entire Kyoto for him.

But I still remember that my heart was not excited at that time.

A few days ago, he seemed to have a conflict with his father and suddenly became distant from me, and even moved away from the princess' mansion to live in the Dali Temple without returning for half a month. No matter how sad I was, he still looked at me like a floating cloud, and his indifference was even worse than when we first got married.

I can't figure out why he snubbed me.

Since the day we escaped from the fire in Chenjia Village, the knot between us has been resolved, and we wish we could stay together all the time. How could the sweetness of those days disappear overnight?

It's a pity that at that time I was all focused on investigating Xia Yanghou and Qing Gu, and when I realized that something was wrong, I had no way of knowing the source of the problem.

I couldn't sleep at night, but I didn't know what to do.

It wasn't until I opened Tang Xin's book and saw the palm-sized piece of paper maple that I suddenly recalled that when I was thirteen years old on the top of Lingshan, I watched the maple red gradually wither, and blurted out sadly for a while: "The flower has no hundred days of red. , no one is good for a thousand days."

It was rare that the big brother who was with me at the time did not have a poisonous tongue to refute me that maple leaves are not flowers.

Just before returning to the palace, he grabbed me, spread out my palm, and put a piece of lifelike paper maple on it.

He said: "There is always a desire to turn back and never retreat. As flowers are, so are people."

Such qíng words were overwhelming, and I couldn't suppress the emotion in my heart for a long time, and finally said: "This is the first gift you gave me."

He hummed, "Just take it as a dowry."

I raised my head in surprise, and he turned around as if nothing had happened, but his ears were flushed.

The setting sun elongated his back, I stared at it for a long time, and said softly: "One day, I will return to you the biggest and brightest red maple in the whole capital."

That was a promise made when was young, Feng is still the same maple, and the person is still the same person, but after a thousand turns, qíng can no longer return to the original purity.

I am determined to give him that many years late gift as his birthday present.

On that day, I asked his colleagues at Dali Temple to send him a letter inviting him.

I want to let him see the most beautiful maple in the world at the place where we met, and tell me the qíng that I have hidden in my heart for many years.

I waited and waited on Lingshan Mountain until sunset, and finally saw the familiar red shadow on the winding mountain road not far away.

He didn't even have time to take off his official robe, so he came here to answer the appointment, which shows that he still has me in his heart.

I ignited the fireworks in my hand, and when the colorful flames bloomed in the night sky, the lanterns in Yamashita Kyoto were lit for a while.

The fiery red light is winding into lines, pouring out like a waterfall, and looking at it from here, it is just like a huge maple. In an instant, the world turns crimson.

At that moment, for some reason, I felt like I was back when I was young in an instant, stroking my pounding heart, and turned my back to him at a loss.

Waiting for the sound of footsteps to approach, stopping just a short distance away.

I looked at the bright lanterns under the night, "I knew you would come."

He didn't say anything, I thought maybe he was annoyed that I had invited him here for no reason, so he said: "Today is the birthday of the concubine, and I think everyone is waiting for the birthday in the villa at the foot of the mountain at the moment, some words I can't say in front of so many people. Said, that's why..." I paused and raised my head, "I just wanted to stay here with you for a while."

He still didn't say anything, I said softly: "I haven't seen each other for a long time, I don't even know how to tell you a word, from now on... will you and I become strangers like strangers?... I'm really unwilling. , I've liked you for so long, longer than you think."

"Do you know where you and I first met?" I looked up, "It's here..."

The person behind me moved slightly, I tugged at the corner of my clothes, and said in a buoyant voice: "...I wouldn't mention these pasts. Although I occasionally hope that you will think of me, after all, after all these years, I am afraid that even if you listen to me, You may not be willing to stay for me, I am afraid that you have never cared about it at all, then the past that I cherish the most will be turned into nothing..."

"Originally... After you and I separated, I met another person, and I was almost shaken..."

"But when you and I reunited in Chenjia Village, you risked your life to save me. You didn't even remember that I was the girl back then, but you were still able to say those words to me..." I flicked away with my fingertips. Tears, "At that moment, I really thought that as long as I could survive, even if the father and the emperor objected, even if I was criticized by the whole world, even if I was asked to abandon my identity as a princess, I would not hesitate..."

I stopped and took a deep breath, "...I once said that one day, I will return to you with the biggest and brightest red maple in the capital..."

"Can't you remember who I am when you look at this scene at this moment?"

With that eloquent question, no matter how dull he is, it's not hard to guess that I'm a little sister, right?

If only the person behind me who heard this sentence was really Song Langsheng.

However, when I turned around, I saw another person.

Xu Fang.

It was Xu Fang who had not yet remembered that he was the prince of Xia Yanghou.

I opened my mouth dumbfounded: "Are you Xu, Xu Fang? How, how could it be you?"

He was dressed in a simple and elegant purple robe, and he was no longer what he looked like when he was in Chenjia Village. At this moment, he stared at me dazedly, but he didn't answer me. I didn't know what to do. I just saw Song Langsheng in official robes. How could he change his head at the same time?

I was so anxious that I was going to bypass him to find someone, but I heard Xu Fang say lightly, "He's gone."

I stopped.

Xu Fang slowly turned his eyes, "When you were talking, he was listening by the tree behind us, but he left after hearing half of it."

I looked at Xu Fang in disbelief.

If Song Langsheng really left without listening, it only means that he thought my words were for another person.

I asked with a trembling voice: "You know I'm not talking to you, why don't you interrupt me without making a sound?"

Under the shining moonlight, Xu Fang Qingjun's face was cold.

Is this person the same Xu Fang who saved me in Chenjia Village?

I was in a trance for a moment, "Why did you come to the capital, why are you here... You are, you deliberately misunderstood the concubine?"

He still didn't answer me. Although I had doubts in my heart, when I thought that Song Langsheng might have misunderstood me and left with anger, I didn't bother to ask any more questions.

But Xu Fang held me. I think I probably knew why he did this, and my heart softened, "Xu Fang, I thought you would support me in pursuing what I want."

His dark eyes flashed, "It's what you said, being good to someone, not letting her mind condone her thoughts."

I was stunned and said, "So letting the people who were originally in love separated due to misunderstandings is the way you treat people in a good way?"

"But he, he didn't mean it to you!"

I was annoyed: "You are just an outsider with no memory, why do you say that?"

"He's actually—" Xu Fang said, "In short, he can't, you can't be with him... Now, now, you must stay by my side, you can't chase him, otherwise, otherwise..."

I saw that his foreword didn't match and his thoughts were very confused, "Although I don't know what your intentions are, you saved me after all. I don't blame you, we...let's just let it go."

"Fang Cai!" Xu Fang raised his voice, "You said that you met someone who almost shook you, is it... me?"

For a moment, I looked straight at him.

The original intention of saying this was to make the concubine feel jealous, but Xu Fang listened to it unexpectedly.

Now I don't know where to start.

In the dark sky, the moon was shining, he lowered his eyes and asked, "If I had rescued you one step earlier than him on that day, would you have been shaken for me?"

For some reason, when he looked like this, his heart was heavy as if he had swallowed gold.