Zhehua

As the full moon rises, the brilliant Chuiming Palace shines with fire, dyeing a small half of the night sky red.

A man in white clothes descended from the sky and took me to an extremely remote palace. This place should not be far from the apse. It was deserted and desolate, silent, and under the light of the fire, the tall palace walls cast a shadow in the courtyard, shaking slightly, like a huge residual candle, struggling to cast an afterimage at the end of the night .

It is only separated by a wall, which makes people feel safe for a short time.

The man in white and I rested on the ground with our backs against the wall. He covered part of his face with a white scarf, revealing only a pair of peaked eyebrows and a pair of deep eyes.

"Thank you." I thanked him softly, and then changed the topic: "Why did you help me?"

"Forgive me for not being able to tell you yet, but I hope you can understand that I am here to help you, and I have no malice toward you." His voice was calm and gentle, implying a gentleman's character, just listen to his words , it is difficult for people to set up defenses.

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"I'm sorry, it's hard for me to trust you just based on your words." I stared at him wholeheartedly. Although I just received help, I couldn't tell whether the person in front of me was an enemy or a friend, so I dared not Easily overlooked.

"But you don't have any other choice at the moment, do you?" His tone was flat, and his brows and eyes were calm, as if he had a plan in mind.

I bit my lower lip unconsciously, lost in thought.

"After a while, the queen will arrive." The voice of the man in white came faintly, and Yin Taki's name rang in my ears. Under such circumstances, I was instinctively frightened.

"That's the best time." But he continued slowly: "When the queen arrives, people outside must rush to greet her. At that time, the security here is the most lax. I will take this opportunity to send you to the apse. Go to a side courtyard, that one is near the palace gate, and someone will meet you, after that, you will be free." He looked at me as he spoke, the night was heavy, and it was difficult for me to see the depth in his eyes.

But it is undeniable that the word freedom is really tempting in my heart.

After struggling for a moment, I nodded lightly, as I agreed with his arrangement.

Not long after, the sound outside the wall suddenly dropped a lot, and the rustling footsteps moved away in unison.

It's Yin Taki coming.

At this moment, the man in white next to me made a movement. He hugged me as before and took me to the roof. His lightness skill was extremely fast. There was a whirring sound, and no other sounds could be heard.

Freedom, for me, these two words mean that I can go back to the nine heavens, and go back to the Xuanyu clan. I don’t have to look at the same scene day after day, watch the same sunrise and sunset, and wait for someone who doesn’t want to. to wait for people.

It's just that the fire light reflected in the night was too scorching, and for a moment, regret would arise in my heart.

Gintaki's eyes appeared in my mind, distant, ethereal, sad eyes.

When it settled down, I was already in the courtyard closest to the palace gate.It is very close to the apse. Because of the wind direction, this courtyard is opposite to the direction of the fire. I can feel the steaming heat in the courtyard. Outside the courtyard is the palace wall. Looking at the high wall, I suddenly thought that’s it. The thought of climbing the wall to escape, then felt ridiculous, there are heavy guards outside the Chuiming Palace, if there is no one to respond, even if you climb over the wall, you may be unable to escape.

"You change your clothes first, go out from the gate of the courtyard, turn left, and when you walk about two hundred steps, someone will pick you up." The man in white took out a package from the room and handed it to me, and I reached out to take it. However, he turned around and entered a nearby room, and changed his clothes silently.

She was dressed in the most inconspicuous maidservant's attire.

I walked out of the door, looked at the masked man in white, turned around, and walked slowly towards the door.

When I went out, I found that the scene outside was lively for a while.The scorching hot current hits my face, I bowed my head in silence, not insisting on a word.

One step, two steps.....

The heat flow on the face became more and more intense, and the sound of the burning fire was heard next to the ear,

Eighty steps, ninety steps...

The flames soaring into the sky illuminated the surrounding area, and the sky and the earth were filled with a dim red light.

One hundred and forty steps, one hundred and sixty steps...

Not far away, a maid in the same attire was walking towards me, and I could see a slight smile on her face.

"Your Highness." The man came up and nodded

To: "Follow me please."

I followed her and walked step by step towards the apse.

"The front hall is heavily guarded. Under such circumstances, only the back hall can take advantage of the opportunity. I hope His Highness will seize the opportunity and make no mistakes in a while." She walked in front of me and whispered, saying every word. The words just fell into my ears.

I lowered my eyes and thought to myself.

When she reached the palace gate of the back hall, she winked at the two guards guarding the palace gate, and the two guarded us as if they didn't see anything, and let us go.

"Your Highness, this is the moment." She whispered in front of me.

"I..." I hesitated, but I didn't have time to take action.

Suddenly, I saw not far away, a thin figure was crushed under the fallen pillar due to the burning fire.

The cry for help came, and that face full of fear at the moment had been with me for many days and nights, and I couldn't be more familiar with it.

"Help—" The normally soft and melodious voice was full of tears and despair at the moment, and at the other end of the pillar, a raging flame was engulfing her.

I no longer hesitated, turned around and ran towards Si Tao.

"Your Highness!" The palace maid who guided me called out loudly from behind: "It's just your life. Is Your Highness willing to give up the chance of freedom and stay in this cage for life?"

I looked back at her and smiled softly: "As you said, this Chuiming Palace is indeed a cage. If I miss this opportunity, I may be locked in this cage for the rest of Yin Taki's life." But, at least staying in this cage, I know that Yin Taki will not hurt me. If I leave with you like this, how can I know whether the person waiting for me outside the palace gate is a more It's a big cage."

As I said that, I stepped up and ran towards Si Tao.

Not far away, she was held down by a pillar, her delicate face was covered with tears, her two hands were gripping the ground tightly, and she convulsively wanted to move forward. The fire had already burned to the middle of the pillar, and a beam hanging from the top was also stained. She was on the verge of being burned, and if she was not rescued, she would definitely be burned to death.

I ran to Si Tao and squatted down, grabbed her hands, intending to drag her out.

Si Tao looked up at me, and shouted in surprise: "His Royal Highness Ming Shu!"

"Si Tao, can you use your own strength?" I asked her: "The fire is about to burn, and my strength alone may not be enough."

"I... can't move." She still looked at me with a childish face: "Your Highness, don't worry about Si Tao, if the fire breaks out soon, if His Highness is injured, the king will be heartbroken because of it..."

"Si Tao..." I looked at her with complicated eyes.

"Your Highness, run away, don't worry about Si Tao, Si Tao is not blessed in this life, so she can only end here. If there is an afterlife, Si Tao would like to be born in this palace. It is enough to see her from a distance every day." As she said that, she wanted to shake off my hands holding her.

Just at this moment, the previous beam finally couldn't support it and fell down, the fire flashed in the eyes, and it was about to fall on Si Tao and me in an instant.

I instinctively closed my eyes and stepped back, a silver glow flashed by, but the expected burning did not land on my body, I raised my head, and Yinlong was standing in front of me.

The moonlight blended with the flames, reflecting her tall and slender body, and the scorching heat tossed her black hair in a flamboyant and frivolous manner.She holds a sword in one hand and wears silver armor, shining like the sky and moonlight.The wreckage of the crossbeam was knocked down not far away by her sword energy, glowing a little dark red, and the people on the side hurried forward to deal with it.

I looked up at her, still holding Si Tao's hands tightly.

She didn't speak a word either, the silver sword light carried domineering and deep power, she swung the sword and slashed down, the pillar was split from the middle, Si Tao who was pressed under the pillar was able to escape, I helped her stand up , looking at Yin Taki with an unclear expression in front of him, he couldn't help but take two steps back secretly.

"Take this palace maid down." Yin Taki ordered behind her in a cold voice, someone nodded at random, and two palace maids stepped forward to take Si Tao from my hand and took them aside.

I looked at Yin Taki in front of me. Under the radiance of the fire, she was dressed in silver armor and she was cold and cold. The queen's face was cold and beautiful, and her whole body revealed the determination of a king.I saw her approaching two steps forward, her eyebrows and eyes were a little closer to me.

"Yin Taki..." Instinctively calling her name, I wanted to step back, but she raised her hand to stop her, and her left hand closed behind my waist, I couldn't help but move closer to her, and raised my hand to rest on her shoulder Come on, want to separate some distance.But I saw her right hand lift up to lift my jaw, and those dark and black eyes were very close to me in an instant.

Very close, very close...

Her warm breath touched my face, and the soft but domineering touch on her lips made me stunned for a moment, and my mind went blank.Until there was a pain on the lip, Yin Taki bit my lip with a sense of punishment.

She held my face in both hands, and lowered her head to touch my forehead.

"It's a good thing you're still here."

Her flat and cold voice was somehow tinged with an imperceptible hoarseness.

I was still dazed, not knowing how to react.

"Bingxiao." Light hand let me go, Yin Taki raised her head, still a light and proud queen, she calmly ordered back: "Take the princess back to the inner palace to rest."

"Yes." Bingxiao woke up at some point, and came out from behind Yin Taki, and walked forward. I looked at her still calm face, let her lift me up, and walked towards the inner palace. direction to take.

The noise behind gradually faded away, the front hall of the Chuiming Palace was still glowing, the bright pearl in the night exuded a bright white light, intertwined with the orange fire reflected from the back hall, it was unspeakably beautiful for a while.

The fire was gradually brought under control after Yin Taki's arrival. In the bedroom, I lay down gently with my clothes on, and listened to the report from Bingxiang outside the house, but I stopped responding aloud.

The room is full of light blue moonlight, flowing in a dream, this brocade quilt and silk pillow, it is difficult to warm up in the dream no matter what, my hands and feet are cold, shivering on the bed, sleeping very restlessly.

In the middle of the night, when Yin Taki came back, I felt her lying lightly beside me, I was carefully embraced by her in her arms, my whole body was covered by her breath and her temperature.Finally, the bone-piercing chill began to recede, and I no longer felt the uncontrollable cold.

A night of deep dreams.