Revlon

The twilight makes people worry, and the flowers and trees in the numerous houses are deep.

Looking at the city from Langfang, it is quiet and prosperous.

This is the royal city that all the people in southern Guangdong yearn for. Every inch of land is precious, and there are dignitaries everywhere. There is no Yao mountain at the foot of the emperor.

But no matter how Xiaoyue looks at it, this place is like a huge cage, and he has been deeply trapped in it when he first came here. The light he sees here may be just to illuminate the cruel reality, just like Xiaoyue's dream...

Xiaoyue began to doubt his choice for the first time, maybe it was wrong for him to stay.

He looked at the night sky, the moon in the sky was eternal white, clear and bright from ancient times, only by looking at the sky like this, Xiaoyue could briefly feel as if nothing had changed, as if turning around, he could see the brightly lit city, and The light strips where the continuous flow of vehicles gather.

Once Xiaoyue thought that he had nothing to worry about in that world, and regarded Qi Chen's side as a fortress to escape the pain, but the fact is that this fortress made of copper and iron is far ten times more painful than that reinforced concrete forest.

Xiaoyue always asks himself, why he and Qi Chen have such a hard time, is it because of his own weakness?Or is it because of Qi Chen's ambition?

Only now did he understand that there was nothing wrong with his weakness, nor was there anything wrong with Qi Chen, it was Xiao Yue who was wrong, maybe...his existence itself was a kind of fault.

This is a world built on the ladder of power, where power and ministers compete, and the weak eat the strong. Xiaoyue knows that Qi Chen and Fang Yuwu are the tigers in the mountain, and the two are bound to die. He still chooses to help Fang Yuwu fight against Qi Chen. He knew that doing so might kill Qi Chen, but he did it anyway.

That betrayal of Qi Chen with pain made him almost fall into a situation beyond redemption, but in the end, Xiao Yue still wanted to hurt the people he saved desperately for Qi Chen.

In Xiaoyue's life, there were few people who treated him well, and there were only a few who died or were injured, and Ye Zhao was one of them.Xiaoyue knows that he is incapable, but he still wants to protect them with his life. Is this wrong?

Xiaoyue had asked himself this question countless times, but human nature instinctively cherishes what one desires, which is not wrong, but only now did he realize that he was wrong.

In this world, his existence itself is a kind of fault.

But can Xiaoyue still escape?Does he have a way out?

He is like a prison bird whose wings are broken, he can't get out of this cage no matter what, once he couldn't leave the high-walled Xinwang Mansion, and now he can't leave the flower boat surrounded by Surabaya...

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Xiuxiu finally called softly: "Xiao Shanqing, Lord Hou won't be coming today, will my servant take you back to your room to rest?"

All around was quiet, not even the sound of the gong for the watchmen, Xiaoyue shook his head, his voice was mixed in the wind and said lightly: "Wait a little longer."

Xiaoyue said very little, and hardly communicated with anyone. Qin Xiuxiu could only speculate boldly, and said: "If you still want to beg Lord Hou to let you leave this Langfang, then you will disappoint Lord Hou's intentions. In order to save you, Lord Hou But even the secret whistle was sacrificed."

Dark whistle?

That's right, the secret sentry who rescued him that day were all from Fang Yuwu, and they all died...

After all, Qin Xiuxiu is a careful daughter, and he can see a little bit of Xiaoyue's thoughts: "Master Hou has sent someone to monitor the movements of Prince Xin's Mansion. Your friend is safe now, so please don't think wildly, lest you hurt yourself."

Qin Xiuxiu's eyes were tactile, she looked decent like a lady from a great family, Xiaoyue looked at him, and suddenly asked, "Aunt Qin, do you have any family?"

Qin Xiuxiu was slightly taken aback: "Master Hou is the master of the maidservant, and the Hou Mansion is the home of the maidservant."

Xiao Yue asked again: "Then what would you do if Lord Hou fell into a situation where he wanted to believe in the king today?"

Qin Xiuxiu smiled slightly, and changed another cup of warm tea for Xiaoyue: "The servant girl should swear to follow Lord Hou to the death."

Xiaoyue's gaze was indifferent, and the tea was slanted out from the slender spout with the sound of dripping water.

Qin Xiuxiu held the teacup with her jade-white finger: "Xiao Shanqing, are you homesick?"

"Home..." Xiao Yue was taken aback for a moment.

Where does he have a home? If he had to talk about home, it would be the apartment he lived with Ye Zhao in the past. It is 120 square meters and has a large balcony full of succulents and calla lilies. The afterglow at dusk can always shine through. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the balcony, the light shines into the living room, and the golden warm light spreads on the marble dining table.

But even such a warm and small home was lost by his willfulness.

"I don't have a home." Xiao Yue smiled wryly.

Qin Xiuxiu saw the sadness in Xiaoyue's eyes.

Looking at the sparkling East Lake, Xiaoyue fell into a distant memory: "I once had a lover, but he left before we had a real home."

Qin Xiuxiu listened carefully: "Where did he go?"

"…far away."

"Can we see you again?"

Xiaoyue didn't know that he and Ye Zhao were separated not only by life and death, but also by hundreds of years, but he still said, "Yes."

Qin Xiuxiu smiled knowingly: "That's luck."

Fortunately...

Xiaoyue once thought so too.

"Aunt Qin," Xiaoyue's eyes were full of moonlight, "You said that if I find him, he has completely forgotten about me and even fell in love with someone else, what should I do?"

Qin Xiuxiu looked at Liu Shaoyue, thinking: "Then you have to ask yourself, a person who has lost his memory has no past, and without the past, he is no longer that person."

Xiaoyue just looked at her.

Qin Xiuxiu said: "People themselves are the fruits of memories. It is because of those indelible memories and pasts that we become ourselves. There is a bond between people and talents, isn't it?"

"Without memories, is he not that person?" Xiao Yue lowered his eyes and murmured.

Qin Xiuxiu was noncommittal, but said: "If you forget Lord Hou, then even if King Xin kills him, won't you be indifferent?"

If you completely forget it, you will naturally be indifferent. There are so many people dying every day in this world, and Xiaoyue will care about a person who has nothing to do with his own world.

Xiaoyue was silent, but Qin Xiuxiu saw the answer in his eyes.

She also seems to think of the old things that are deeply engraved in her heart. Her bright eyes are helpless but not sad: "Memories are the soul of a person. Time will always add new colors to the blank soul. If the memories are gone, the once Those vows and fetters, even the love, no longer exist."

no longer exists.

Is that right?

So Qi Chen... is different from Ye Zhao?

Xiao Yue was in a daze, Qin Xiuxiu called him: "Xiao Shanqing? What's wrong with you?"

Xiaoyue restrained her thoughts, and with a faint smile, she pressed the stories in her heart that could not be told by outsiders.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he straightened the conversation: "Aunt Qin, how many men were there in the Marquis's house before?"

Qin Xiuxiu chuckled: "Xiao Shanqing misunderstood, Lord Hou didn't like men before."

Xiaoyue: "..."

"If you think about it, you should also know that Hou Ye wanted to use you to compete for the reserve at first, so he approached you, but..."

Xiao Yue looked at her.

Qin Xiuxiu tilted her head: "It's just that later, somehow, I really fell in love with it."

Xiaoyue didn't know how to answer the words, so he opened his mouth and stopped for a long time before he could speak, "I'm sorry."

Qin Xiuxiu shook her head at him: "Don't say I'm sorry, these three words are too hurtful."

Xiao Yue smiled wryly.

It is the three most hurtful words, Xiaoyue has said it countless times.

Suddenly, Qin Xiuxiu stood up.

Someone on the far bank of the river jumped onto the ferry and drove towards the center of the lake.

Qin Xiuxiu stepped onto the bow and watched the ferry come closer.

Xiaoyue didn't know the person on the boat, he was dressed like a commoner, he said something hastily in Qin Xiuxiu's ear, and left on the ferry again.

Xiaoyue vaguely heard the word "Hou Ye", and it wasn't until Qin Xiuxiu turned around again that he was sure that something happened to Fang Yuwu.

Xiao Yue got up to meet him: "What happened?"

Qin Xiuxiu was in a daze, and looked at Xiaoyue dully: "Huh?"

really.

Xiao Yue's heart hangs: "Did something happen to Lord Hou?"

Qin Xiuxiu quickly shook her head: "No, Xiao Shanqing, don't think too much, it's late at night, and Lord Hou may not come back today, you should rest earlier."

His expression was in a trance, his complexion turned blue, it seemed that he had something to hide.

Xiao Yue's expression turned cold: "Aunt Qin, how can I sleep peacefully if you don't tell me, don't hide it from me."

Xiaoyue's eyes are not forceful, but they are full of compelling light, making it hard to defy.

Qin Xiuxiu knew she couldn't hide it from him: "Something happened in the palace."

Palace?

It is said that the emperor held a family banquet and invited princes and earls to give Qi Chen a farewell party.

Could it be something happened at the family dinner?

Xiao Yue's heart tightened suddenly: "Who happened?"

Qi Chen? ?

Or Master Fang? ?

Qin Xiuxiu shook her head: "It's the emperor."

Xiao Yue: "Your Majesty?"

"Hmm." Qin Xiuxiu said, "The Emperor was poisoned, Concubine Zhang died, King Xin fought with an assassin... he lost one eye, Lord Hou... he won't be able to come back for a while."

Xiao Yue was stunned.

Qi Chen, he...

How could this happen, who, who dared to murder the emperor in the palace, Qi Chen, his...his eyes...

Qin Xiuxiu saw Xiaoyue's fear, and said, "King Xin's life is safe, but Lord Hou..."

Xiao Yue's breath was a little unsteady: "What's wrong with Lord Hou?"

Fang Yuwu is the future prince. Before the family banquet, he received the surrender of Qiao Sishan from the imperial dining room, and he also graciously presented the recipe for the family banquet. There are many people in the court who know about this. Fang Yuwu is afraid that it will be difficult to pick it. clear.

But Qin Xiuxiu chose to hide Xiaoyue at the last moment.

She took a deep breath and smiled: "But...Xiao Shanqing, you don't have to worry too much, Lord Marquis will definitely take care of everything and come back to see you safely."

Xiao Yue couldn't listen at all: "Can I enter the palace? Can I see Lord Hou? Can I see Qi... King Xin?"

Of course not.

Xiaoyue was just impatient, at this time the palace must not even be able to fly in.

But...but...

Xiaoyue looked at the ferry boat going away, and his heart became cold.

Qi Chen's eyes are blind, what about Qi Delong?Where is Chu Yu?Will they be implicated too?

No, no, Qi Chen is a rescuer, the emperor will not do anything to him, but... But what about Master Fang?

Now he is the No.1 candidate for the crown prince. The emperor and Qi Chen had an accident at this time. He is the biggest beneficiary. Will the emperor doubt him?

Qin Xiuxiu pushed Xiaoyue into the cabin: "You can't go anywhere now, you go to rest, and the servant girl will go out to find out news for you."

Xiaoyue: "But..."

"Don't let Master Hou worry about you anymore." Qin Xiuxiu rushed to the maid who followed, "Take good care of Xiao Shanqing."

Before Xiaoyue finished speaking, she was forcibly dragged into the room by several maids.

Qin Xiuxiu put on her cloak and left Langfang in the dark.

The entire capital city of Li was turned upside down by the sudden bad news. Only the East Lake was still peaceful, as quiet as an eternal painting.

Qin Xiuxiu never came back after going there.

Xiaoyue was trapped in Langfang, terrified and restless all day long, so he could only comfort himself that "no news is the best news".

The morning sun shines into the dock, Xiaoyue dismisses the maid beside him, and sits by the window, looking at the shore in the distance, which is heavily guarded by soldiers.

Xiao Yue didn't know whether those people were protecting him or imprisoning him.

He thought for a long time, but he still didn't understand why the people behind the scenes wanted to murder the emperor at the royal family banquet when Qi Chen was about to leave the palace, until the early morning three days later.

Xiaoyue woke up from the screams of fighting all over the sky. The collision of weapons and swords was accompanied by heart-piercing screams, which cast a heavy shadow on the originally peaceful morning.

Xiao Yue hurriedly wrapped up his clothes, pushed open the window sill, and everything that came into view made his heartbeat suddenly stop for a few beats.

The coast of the East Lake turned into a battleground. Jin Yiwei and the Imperial Army fought to the shore. The Iron Clothes of the Supervisory Office were outnumbered. Their chests were pierced and the Iron Clothes kept falling into the water, blood staining the lake along the shore.

Countless small boats were heading towards Langfang, and all the people on the small boats raised their swords and slashed and killed the people around them crazily. The entire East Lake echoed with tragic wailing and shouting.

Xiaoyue knew that the time for the final verdict had arrived.

The door was pushed open heavily, and Aunt Qin and Mo Ziwei, who was covered in blood, rushed in.

Xiao Yue strode forward: "Aunt Qin, are you still going to tell me the truth?"

Seeing that the imperial army was about to kill Langfang, Xiao Yue could already guess what happened.

Most of Mo Ziwei's body and half of his face were stained with blood: "The Marquis was framed and poisoned to kill the emperor to usurp the throne, the empress dowager ordered to copy the Mansion of the Marquis, Jin Yiwei has surrounded the East Lake, and shouted to hand you over, otherwise ..."

Aunt Qin's eyes were red, and she was sobbing faintly: "Otherwise, no one will stay in Langfang."

Jin Yiwei.

It really was Qi Chen.

Xiao Yue already knew that Qi Chen would not let him go easily, let alone Fang Houye.

Qi Chen once set up a self-directed and self-acted game in Fengyue Daguan, but now, he is probably repeating the old trick, but this time, he is betting all his wealth and life on it.

Xiaoyue: "Where is Lord Hou? How is Lord Hou doing now?"

Before Xiao Yue finished speaking, countless arrows hit the door, the window, and the deck suddenly burst into screams one after another.

"Xiao Shanqing, be careful!" Mo Ziwei caught an arrow that flew into the house with his bare hands, "Hou Ye was rescued by the dead soldiers of the Hou Mansion on the way to the Ministry of punishment...Xiao Shanqing, please go away! Otherwise That's too late!"

Qin Xiuxiu took Xiao Yue's arm: "Xiao Shanqing, you are good at water, get out of the bottom of the boat quickly, and follow me."

The boat slammed into Langfang, and during a sway, the guards on board jumped into the house through the window.

Mo Ziwei threw the arrow in his hand and pierced a man's throat.

Qin Xiuxiu screamed suddenly.

Another person held an official knife and rushed towards Xiaoyue. Xiaoyue stood in front of Qin Xiuxiu, picked up a chair and smashed the wreckage on the iron helmet.

Mo Ziwei raised his sword and stepped forward, shouting: "Go!!"

Qin Xiuxiu pulled Xiao Yue in panic: "Xiao Shanqing, go away..."

A secret door was opened in the storage room at the bottom of the ship in Langfang, allowing people to dive into the water. Qin Xiuxiu dragged Xiaoyue all the way into the boiler room while dodging random arrows, opened the wooden door on the ground, and went down the stairs to the bottom of the cabin.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the secret door on the water, the wooden secret door flew into the air, and the dripping Jin Yiwei emerged from the water with a knife in his hand.

"Aunt Qin!!"

Xiaoyue dragged Qin Xiuxiu back and ran out of the boiler room and bumped into the oncoming imperial army.

Qin Xiuxiu: "This way!"

The two got into a wing room, and the moment they pulled the door bolt, the sword fell on the door with a crackling sound.

The side door of the side room was open, connecting to the side room next door, Qin Xiuxiu led Xiao Yue to run around, and bumped into a group of imperial guards at a corner.Xiaoyue lifted his foot and kicked, several imperial guards rolled down the stairs, ran back a few steps and saw the murderous Jin Yiwei approaching.

There were wolves in front and tigers in back, Qin Xiuxiu pushed open the low porthole, the two got out of the cabin, and fled all the way in the aisle on the edge of the second deck.

Suddenly a Jin Yiwei jumped up from the lower floor and landed between the two of them.

Xiaoyue staggered and took a few steps back, seeing Qin Xiuxiu being cut in the back by the outflanking forbidden army.

"what--"

Qin Xiuxiu screamed and fell from the second floor into the lake.

Xiao Yue: "Aunt Qin!!"

Xiaoyue was stunned, the arrow came straight from nowhere, he staggered and dodged for a while, the arrow brushed the side of his neck, turned around and a dangling silver knife fell in front of his eyes.