Retreat, Retreat, Retreat! - Chapter 31

At first sight, there was a faint figure behind the screen, Xiao Changning was really startled, and he let out a low ‘ah’, stepped back several steps, and leaned his back against the door with a slight bang.

Soon Xiao Changning realized who was standing behind the screen, and only Shen Xuan could appear here at night.

Her face was embarrassed, her sleepiness was frightened, she subconsciously raised her hand to cover her eyes, and for a moment she couldn’t help but open a gap between her five fingers, peeking through the gap, and wondering: Shen Xuan, this is…Standing little untie?

The Shenxuan behind the screen was noticed when Xiao Changning entered the door. At this time, she was bumped into a small solution, and there was no panic. She still fastened her clothes calmly, and turned slightly to the cold and perfect side face, across the misty screen. He looked at her and said dumbly: “His Royal Highness also gets up at night?”

The atmosphere is indescribable.

Xiao Changning was embarrassed suddenly, his mind was filled with doubts about whether the **** was standing or squatting. He was dizzy and opened the door with his hands back. He squatted and said: “My palace will go to the South Pavilion to solve it, no, don’t bother you! “

Shen Xuan tidied her hem, and turned out from behind the screen in a loose robe. She happened to see Xiao Changning flashing out of the door. She was absent-minded and almost tripped over the threshold.

On such a cold night, she didn’t even wrap a silk.

Shen Xuan squeezed the bridge of her nose, and there was something deep in her eyes. It was only a momentary wave, and she soon returned to peace. He immersed his hands in the copper basin of the washstand, wiped his hands calmly, then opened the door and strode out.

Xiao Changning rushed back to the middle of the South Pavilion in a hurry, but awakened Dong Sui who was on the night.

Dong Sui rubbed his eyes and opened the door with a candlestick in his hand. When he saw Xiao Changning, he said in surprise: “His Royal Highness, why are you back at this hour?”

“I am in a hurry in the palace, you sleep with you.” Xiao Changning responded vaguely, rushing to the clean toilet inside to release water.

In her mind, she recalled the scene just now irresistibly, and doubts swept across like a tide, pushing her to touch some unknown truth: the faint apple knot, the suspected beard behavior, the posture of standing and resolving…If Saying it once was just a coincidence, then three doubts surfaced one after another, and Shen Xuan’s secret was already revealed.

He is most likely… not an eunuch!

No, no, this conclusion is really absurd! The palace system is so strict, how did he get through it? If he is really not an eunuch, what about the record of the bidet room and the “baby” that was swallowed by a dog?

Speaking of this’baby’, Xiao Changning suddenly recalled a detail: when she frankly lost his’baby’ to Shen Xuan, Shen Xuan’s performance seemed to be more surprise than anger… My parents, for every eunuch, that is more important than life, how could Shen Xuan be so indifferent?

The more he thought about it, the more scared Xiao Changning became, rubbing the goose bumps all over his body and whispered in a low voice: “Heaven! What on earth does he want to do?”

As he was thinking, a black shadow flashed in front of him, Xiao Changning was caught off guard, and screamed: “Who?!”

“Your Majesty, don’t panic, it’s a slave servant.” Dong Sui was also taken aback by her, holding the copper basin, the water in it was almost spilled out, and whispered, “The slave servant saw you haven’t come out for a long time, and I am worried that you are unwell. !”

With that, Dong Sui put down the copper basin and knelt on the ground to arrange clothes for Xiao Changning. Inadvertently bumping into Xiao Changning’s hand, Dong Sui said in shock: “His Royal Highness, why are your hands so cold? But are you catching a cold?”

Xiao Changning realized that his fingertips were almost numb. She rubbed her stiff and cold hands, and breathed a sigh of relief, Fang Puyi stood up, shook her head and said, “It’s okay, maybe the wind was a bit strong when I came over.”

Dongsui didn’t doubt that he was there, and hurriedly said, “The servant girl will go and fetch you the light apricot-colored woven gold fox fur cloak.”

Xiao Changning nodded absentmindedly, and slowly sat down on the round table, soaking his cold fingertips in the warm water basin, staying there for a while, even without noticing that his cuffs were almost soaked.

Dong Sui quickly took the cloak and put it on Xiao Changning, lighted another glazed lamp, carried the lamp and sent Xiao Changning to the opposite bedroom.

Unexpectedly, he opened the door and saw a tall and slender figure standing under the dimly lit corridor.

Xiao Changning was shocked again, and when he took a closer look, he knew that it was Shen Xuan.

He stood there, the bright and extinguished candlelight hit his side face, coating his overly cold face with warmth, only a pair of narrow and sharp eyes, like an abyss that cannot be seen to the bottom, looked dull and dim. Measurement. He was only wearing a thin coat, a black robe with wide sleeves, and long hair half scattered, like a **** born from the dark night, tall and majestic.

In Xiao Changning’s complicated gaze, Shen Xuan walked slowly, and said to Dong Sui, who was bowing aside: “You step back.”

Dong Sui asked Xiao Changning with his eyes.

Xiao Changning settled down and said in a low voice: “You go down first, there is Admiral Shen to take care of him in this palace.”

When the master spoke, Dong Sui said ‘yes’, and handed the glazed lamp to Xiao Changning, and he blessed and retired.

Shen Xuan stood still in front of Xiao Changning, her eyes deep, her long figure covered her like a cloud, completely covering her.

Xiao Changning looked at him steadily, the hair hanging down from the temples was floating and falling in the winter wind. She only called out: “Shen Xie…” Her tone was eager to speak and stopped, seemingly puzzled, panicking, and mixed. With more unexplainable feelings.

Shen Xuan said ‘um’, and naturally took the lamp from Xiao Changning’s hand, and said in a deep voice, “Go back to the room.” As he said, he turned and walked ahead to lead Xiao Changning.

Dengying pulled his figure to the elder, seeing Xiao Changning still staying on the spot, Shen Xuan looked back and said: “Your Highness is weak, standing in the night breeze like this, beware of catching cold again.”

Neither of them had broken the mystery, as if the scene they had just encountered was just a dream.

Xiao Changning stepped forward on Shen Xu’s shadow, staring blankly at Shen Xu’s broad and straight back. The chill of his body dissipated a lot, as if even the cold wind was blocked where he was.

When he reached the door of the bedroom, Xiao Changning suddenly stopped and called out again: “Shen Xuan!”

Shen Xuan still kept the posture of carrying the lantern and pushing the door, turning sideways, and the shadow of the lamp was plated on his handsome face, half bright and half dull.

Xiao Changning was wrapped in a light apricot-colored fox fur cloak. His pretty chin was hidden in the fluff, and his ink hair was hanging down his waist. The tender white and the extreme black complemented each other, and he was very beautiful. She looked at him, her eyes seemed to have the same look that was six years ago, and she asked seriously: “Shen Xuan, can our covenant count?”

The wind passed by silently, with the fragrance of winter plums, the shadows of the lights were brilliant, and the ground was covered with orange light.

Knowing what she was worried about, Shen Xuan suddenly laughed and said, “Before your Royal Highness breaks the contract, it will always count.”

Xiao Changning’s heart rushed straight into the sky from the mud. She let out a long sigh of relief, bent over to support her knees, and said tiredly like a traveler who had gone through a long journey: “Great!”

Shen Xuan waited for a long while, only waiting for her to say “It’s great”, she couldn’t help but raised her eyes and pointed out, “His Royal Highness has nothing else to ask the minister?”

“Nothing.” Xiao Changning looked relaxed, stepped forward slowly, raised his head and looked up into Shen Xuan’s eyes, and smiled brightly, “Because my palace has heard the answer I want most.”

As long as the covenant with Shen Xuan still counts, and as long as he can continue to stand beside him, then what is the difference between whether he is an **** or not? When Xiao Changning realized his intentions for Shen Xuan, he had already prepared for the worst. Now this result is a mixed blessing, and it won’t be worse.

If Shen Xuan doesn’t point it, she doesn’t know it. For so many years, Shen Xuan had concealed it. As long as she didn’t tell her, this secret would sink into the long river of time forever.

“My palace will not break the contract.” Xiao Changning smiled brilliantly and said, “Never.”

When she laughed, the lights all over the world would be overshadowed. Shen Xuan felt that something hard in her heart slowly melted away, but her smile took root and blossomed slowly.

He sneered low, and stroked her delicate cheeks with his hands. He didn’t speak too much or express his attitude. The corners of his mouth curled slightly at the moment of turning around.

The cloud disappeared, the moon was pouring, and the silent night passed away quietly in the slowly swaying moon shadow.

On the second day, Xiao Changning went to the Ci Ning Palace by appointment. One was a routine greeting, and the other was to meet Xiao Huan’s future queen.

The weather is fine today, and the Queen Mother is enjoying the plum blossoms in the plum garden.

The first emperor preferred red plums, so this plum garden planted hundreds of red plums that were red like blood, which looked like sunset clouds scattered from a distance, set against the remnant snow, and the beauty was breathtaking.

At a glance, Xiao Changning saw the young girl standing next to Dowager Liang—who was wearing a scarlet velvet cloak, and the bright red was one better than the red plum in the snow. The girl’s black hair was braided into two thick braids and dragged on her chest, her face was nice, but her eyes were too cold and calm, unsmiling, with a calmness that didn’t match her age…it must be the girl.

Before he came, Xiao Changning thought that the girl from the Liang family was such a fierce dominatrix. Who knows that she is actually a beauty embryo.

Seeing Xiao Changning coming, Empress Dowager Liang showed a half-truth smile, sitting on the padded stone bench and said: “It’s rare that Changning has the heart, and remember to come back and see Laijia.”

Xiao Changning bowed and replied in a soft voice: “Changning has no teeth to remember the grace of the empress dowager. It should be a visit often.”

“Give a seat.” The Queen Mother glanced at Xiao Changning calmly, her slender eyes narrowed slightly, and if she pointed out, “Changning has a good complexion lately, so I must have lived well in the East Factory? I heard that Shen Xuan has been right recently. Your dear Youjia, presumably the great cause of the Xiao family is just around the corner.”

Hearing this, Xiao Changning’s heart sank and said: Old fox! Sure enough, I can’t hide anything from her!

Just as she was slandering in her heart, the queen mother’s tone was cold, and she said coldly: “Just, I don’t know if you can still remember the agreement with Laijia?”

Xiao Changning showed a panic expression, and said aggrieved: “Erchen will always remember that he is the bloodline of the Xiao family, and his heart will always be towards the Xiao family.”

“That’s all right.” Empress Dowager Liang stretched out her hand to hold the tea cup and took a sip. Then she waved to the girl in the red dress beside her and motioned, “Right, introduce someone to you.”

Liang Yourong understood, stepping forward and clasping his fists: “The courtier Liang, the small character Yourong, has met Her Royal Highness Princess Changning.”

In this little girl’s house, she saw the eldest princess but didn’t follow her daughter’s courtesy. Instead, she clasped his fists and arched his hands like a man. It was indeed the Liang family, with the same cold blood flowing in his bones.

Xiao Changning accepted the ceremony frankly, and pretended to ask curiously: “This younger sister has a beautiful appearance. I don’t know what she likes to do on weekdays? Female celebrity, calligraphy and painting?”

The Queen Mother Liang laughed and slowly said: “After the Liang family takes the door, there is no need to practice the female red, but the technique of killing and cutting.”

“What a killer technique!”

Xiao Changning did not answer yet, but a deep voice suddenly came from a distance.

When everyone looked around, they saw Shen Xuan in a silvery white python robe and black gauze round hat standing under the moon cave gate of the plum garden with a smile but not a smile, her sharp eyes pierced like a sharp blade, nailed to Liang Yourong’s body, and said coldly. “It’s been a coincidence that the daughter of the Nanyang prefect has been known to be good at sword dancing. There is also a chief officer under this superintendent who is well-known for being proficient in swords.

Seeing Shen Xuan, the queen mother’s face instantly became gloomy, her five fingers clenched unconsciously.

If Shen Xuan did not see the hostility of the Queen Mother, she raised her hand slightly and ordered: “Lin Huan, come here.”