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It was not until the middle of the night that the lady Fangyi was sent out.When she went out, she covered her face with a fan. It was not known whether it was to hide her love or to hide her joy. Chu Yu stood with her back, deliberately not to look at her.But hearing her hurrying away, she still let out a long breath unconsciously.

The magnificent palace above the dragon boat has quieted down, and the night is as bright as water. Chu Yu looked at the bright moon in the heart of the river, but felt in a trance, not knowing where to go.

At this moment, a court lady came to report that the queen had something to discuss with the general and invited him to come over.

Chu Yu felt that he had never met the empress, and he was startled when he heard the words, and said: "It's so late, I don't know why the empress is looking for me?"

The palace maid said: "I don't know, but the empress only said that it's about His Majesty's business."

Chu Yu's eyes turned cold, and he said calmly: "Got it."

He followed the court lady across the pontoon bridge and boarded the Xiangchi boat where the queen lived.There were no guards or maids along the way, as if they were deliberately sent away.The gauze curtain hangs down in the Qinggui Pavilion, vaguely revealing a dignified figure.

She only heard her soft voice: "I haven't seen you for many years, is the general still okay?"

When Chu Yu saw her for the first time, he felt that her figure was familiar. When she opened her mouth, she was stunned: "Aren't you..."

He would never remember this voice wrongly. The one sitting in front of him was Mrs. Zhao Rong who risked her life to enter the palace with Wu Shan and told the truth to herself. I can't forget it until now, and when I thought about it, I was even more surprised: "Jing... Your Majesty's queen is you?"

There was a moment of silence behind the veil, and Chu Yu's thoughts were in turmoil. Although he knew that he had nothing to say, he didn't care about pleading guilty at this time.Many thoughts flashed through my mind, but I didn't dare to think about each of them. In the end, there was only one confusion: "Why does Jinger... make her queen?"

The person on the opposite side seemed a little surprised, and then calmed down again: "The general seems to be ignorant of the affairs of the palace. You can return to Beijing for His Majesty's edict, and you chatted with my two maids about His Majesty's daily chores all night long. , I think it's not that you don't care about His Majesty."

Seeing that Chu Yu was silent, she smiled to herself, and said: "The general must be very strange, why did your majesty appoint me as the empress who has no virtue?" She said softly: "That's because your majesty will never forget the general. Over the past few years, His Majesty has seldom been in or out of the harem. Even when he came to my Hall of Renming, he just sat and walked away. For the concubine's sake, the ministers repeatedly made reports, but he completely ignored him. Your Majesty never mentioned the general to anyone. But every night, he would always stare blankly at the lotus lantern that the general gave him. I... I can understand from the look of His Majesty that he misses the general more than he knows."

Chu Yu's face was hidden behind the beaded gauze like light smoke, and his expression was unreal.

A voice like a queen's sigh sounded from the opposite side: "Since your Majesty came back, his temperament has been very different from before. The ministers can't figure out his thoughts, and neither can I. Sometimes seeing him, it feels like watching him. When the first emperor came, he would become like a child when it came to the general. A few days ago when the general returned to Beijing, although His Majesty didn’t say a word, even my Cheng’er could see the joy in his heart gone."

Chu Yu's chest was full of emotions, and even his eyes became darker. He thought patiently: "...But His Majesty doesn't seem to want to see me, and tonight..." Thinking about what he saw before, he felt a little bitter in his heart According to the current relationship between him and Yuan Jing, even if he wanted to ask a question, he might not be qualified.

The queen said in a desolate tone: "Even if you care about it, you may not be willing to let people see it. Human nature seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages. I am afraid that if you pay the wrong heart and use deep affection, you will hurt yourself instead. The general will not understand this feeling. Besides..." She paused: "Based on what the general has done in the past, it is inevitable that His Majesty will not be able to let go."

Chu Yu looked at the slightly shaking pearl hairpin on her temples, and said bitterly: "Yes, I know he hates me in his heart."

The queen said indifferently: "Hate is true, but when you look at it carefully, you care more. Otherwise, today, His Majesty would not be furious because the general stayed with these two maids in the Palace."

Chu Yu said: "The reason I stayed with them is..." His pupils shrank suddenly, and his voice became hoarse: "My lady means that he thought I was having fun with others, so tonight..."

The queen said: "Gu Fangyi has been in the palace for two years, and today is her first time meeting the saint. I think your majesty is just trying to get angry with the general. The general doesn't need to care about it. If your majesty is so easy to empathize, now in the harem, there is no Cheng'er won't be the only child."

Chu Yu was speechless for a moment, and a gust of breeze blew into the curtain, but he saw the shadow of the candle flickering.The queen got up and walked to the window of the pavilion, looking into the distance, the watery moonlight fell on the roof of the dragon boat hall, illuminating the standing stone horse very tenderly: "After the general quelled the war in northern Xinjiang, someone once suggested to His Majesty The southern tour was rejected by His Majesty, the general knows why His Majesty is going to make another southern tour today?"

Chu Yu thought about something, as if he had a premonition, and as expected, she turned to look at him, and said lightly: "There used to be a white horse named Xue Cong in the imperial stables. His Majesty liked it the most. When he left Beijing, the white horse was still there. When he returned from Heqi, the horse disappeared inexplicably, and it was not until a few days ago that His Majesty found it back."

Chu Yu's heart was shocked, and the long river painting boat hidden deep in his heart suddenly emerged in his mind.Under the shock, even the shadows on the ground trembled a little, and there was still a sliver of reason, so he didn't go to Yuan Jing immediately: "He is your husband now, why did the queen tell me this?"

The Queen murmured in a sleepy voice: "Of course it is for Your Majesty. There are so many frustrated people in the deep palace. I don't want Your Majesty to taste the torment and waiting year after year."

Chu Yu was silent for a while, and said slowly: "The last general was a little... sorry, I will remember what happened today, and I will repay it in the future."

He saluted, turned around and walked down the pavilion, stretched his arms and leaped back to the dragon boat as if flying.Xu is afraid that the night trip will be unstable, and the dragon boat will come to a standstill at some point.As he approached the Palace of the Son of Heaven, his mood was high, but his pace slowed down instead.The light in the high place was quiet and ambiguous, like a dream. He looked up, only to feel his chest burning hot, and the emotional tide that he had suppressed before roared and surged, almost drowning him.Holding his breath, he walked up slowly, and when he finally came to the front of the hall, his clenched palms were already covered with sweat.

At this time, the door of the palace was half closed, and someone could vaguely hear someone speaking in a low voice, the voice was urgent and fast, and there was a faint tendency to raise it.He pushed the door open and entered, only to see the court ladies and eunuchs gathered together, Xiao Liu was standing in front of people talking, when he saw him, he suddenly became dumb, he didn't even know where to put his raised hand.

Seeing that everyone was terrified, Chu Yu knew something was wrong, rushed into the inner hall a few steps, opened the door and saw that there was no one inside, and there was no figure of Yuan Jing, the window was wide open, and the gauze curtain blown by the wind stirred Looking around, he saw that the river was vast and boundless, as if a white wave was passing by, and it was calm in a blink of an eye.

He suddenly turned around and said sharply, "Where's Your Majesty?"

Xiao Liu had always been afraid of him, but at this moment, under the reflection of the night, his expression was so gloomy that his knees gave way in fright, and he tremblingly said: "No... I don't know... Your Majesty, after Miss Fangyi passed by, It’s gone, and Commander Cao has brought people to look for it..."

Chu Yu's face was livid, and he strode out of the palace gate, commanding in his mouth: "Don't tell the outside world what happened tonight! Go and tell the parade envoys, the dragon boat is moving slowly, prepare the boat!"

Xiao Liu didn't dare to say anything, she ran out to pass the message, and forty Shenwu Army guards came out in response, and went to prepare.Before leaving, Chu Yu went to the residence of Empress Fangyi.

Standing outside the door and waiting for a moment, she came out slowly, but seeing the rain on her pink face, reddish almond eyes, and a half-wet towel in her hand, she seemed to have just cried.

As soon as she heard about Yuan Jing's disappearance, she let out an "ah" and said in a panic, "I don't know..." When talking about what happened tonight, her eyes turned red again: "When I saw His Majesty at night, he was still amiable." , talking and laughing with me, and then Commander Cao sent a letter, after His Majesty read it, he became a little depressed, and he drank all night, so he asked me to come back first..." She Biting his lip, he was so wronged that he couldn't help but shed tears.

Chu Yu bowed without saying a word, and quietly backed out.A guard of the Shenwu Army came to report: "General, the boat is ready."

Chu Yu jumped down, and in a short while, the boat with the lanterns tied up took advantage of the night to go away, and there was only a quiet breeze and water marks on the river.

Where the dragon boat passes, there is a small town named Lanjiang, surrounded by mountains and water, and the folk customs are simple and simple.

It's the Qixi Festival, and the high-rise buildings in the city are ostentatious, and the stone bridges are clustered with flowers, and the dark fragrance is soaked in the wind.The stalls of street vendors are filled with multicolored silk threads, flowers, melons and Qiaoguo.Children in lotus-leaf half-arm skirts held lanterns painted with Weaver Girl and Cowherd in their hands, competing for joy.Before the sunset, the largest and tallest Jiuyin Building near the river was full of young women waiting to pierce needles and beg for cleverness, and the laughter was endless.

They saw a young man with red lips and white teeth and a jade-faced brocade shirt coming from a distance on the stone bridge. They gave a low cry, or covered their face with a fan, peeping out with a pair of eyes full of youth; or whispered, snickered and joked. .Even more daring people saw the young man approaching, squeezed the handkerchief and threw it towards him.

It's a pity that Xunfeng didn't understand people's intentions, and the boy had gone away before the veil was dropped.

Yuan Jing was walking alone on the street, and saw a string of colorful glazed and carved masks hanging on the roadside stalls, and he was curious, so he went up to ask.

The stall owner said: "Young master, are you a foreigner?" Seeing Yuan Jing nodding, he said with a smile: "No wonder young master doesn't know, this is called face-to-face relationship, and it's a unique custom in this city. They will wear this mask, go to Yejie Road, and then go in different ways, bypassing Wangxiang Road, Dry Leaf Forest, Qibo Hall, Wangchuan Ferry, and finally if they can find each other in Huayuetai, they will be able to live together in this life. Hand in hand until old age, life and death will never leave. If you have a sweetheart, you can buy two and take her for a stroll."

Yuan Jing looked at it for more than a moment, and when night fell, he still bought the purple pattern Shexianghua mask.At this time, the four doors were about to open, Yuan Jing turned around and took a look, then turned his footsteps and disappeared into a tall building.

When Cao Ruyi chased after him with twenty imperial guards, he happened to meet a large number of tourists gathered here. Everyone was wearing white clothes and masks. At a glance, they could see the difference between men and women, but it was difficult to find someone. As above the blue sky.

Cao Ruyi squeezed back and forth in the crowd, flipping this one over, looking at that one, receiving a lot of scolding with blank eyes, but she didn't see Yuan Jing at all.

Chu Yu stood in a corner, looking up from afar, Yuan Jing was leaning against Zhulan with a mask in his hand.Chu Yu didn't dare to disturb him, and watched him quietly across a noisy long street.

However, a sharp-eyed imperial guard saw the scene above the tall building, pulled Cao Ruyi a bit, and said in a low voice, "Lord Cao, look quickly!"

Yuan Jing also seemed to realize that he had been spotted, and disappeared in a flash.

The clock rang, and the four doors opened abruptly. Boys and girls held hands, bid farewell to each other, and went away.A young man in a brocade shirt quickly ran out of the tall building, and fled away in a short while.

When Cao Ruyi saw the familiar attire, she immediately shouted, "There!" and led the men to chase after him.

When their figures disappeared into the crowd, a young man stepped out from the shadow of the restaurant. He wore the most common and simple mask on his face, and his brocade clothes were also replaced with snow-like white shirts.

He bypassed the laughing crowd and walked alone in the shadows along the street.Suddenly, someone held his hand from behind. He was startled and turned around to look.

At this time, the bright moon is gradually rising, coming from the edge of the clouds, pouring endless brilliance, illuminating the separation and reunion of the world.

Under the moonlight, Chu Yu's eyes were extraordinarily gentle, he gently pushed away Yuan Jing's mask, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "...I found you."

The author has something to say: this update will continue to send out red envelopes, and the next update will be a sweet chapter, which is also the last chapter of the main text. Finally, the couple will be able to get together soon~~