Chapter 534
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The heavy vermilion gate of the Phoenix Algae Palace opened and closed. It had only been an hour, but it seemed to have been half a lifetime. Jiu Si helped Xiahou Qing out of the high threshold. His back was already soaked in cold sweat.
When they were finally far away from the richly ornamented but seemingly man-eating palace, Jiu Si whispered, "Young Master, who was the person the Empress was referring to just now?"
The summer night was full of stars, and the sky was full of stars. Xiahou Qing walked down the steps with Jiu Si's help. Behind him, the hundreds of millions of fireflies seemed to be chasing him. His skin was so pale that it seemed like it would disperse at any time under the starlight.
"She has been dead for many years. A piece of charcoal, worthy of the emperor and the Empress's personal inspection. Many years later, when I think of her name, Empress Cao will be frightened. There is only one such person in twenty-five years." He raised his fingertips and gently wrote a word on Jiu Si's elbow.
Zhou?!
Jiu Si almost cried out in surprise. His heart was in turmoil. He lowered his voice and said, "But that person has long ascended to immortality. Even if she had the ability to steal from heaven, she was lucky enough to survive. Now that many years have passed, she has long become an old and decrepit person. The person who confronted us in the rainy night obviously doesn't match."
Perhaps it was a descendant of the Zhou family? In the past twenty years, the court had never stopped strangling the descendants of the Zhou family. The century-old giant family disappeared overnight. Even if there were a few broken branches and withered leaves, they could only hide in the deep mountains and old forests and beg for food in the shabby alleys. That was why there was the case of Zhou Yu Zao sneaking into the palace and pretending to be Concubine Ruan. So it didn't make sense.
Xiahou Qing stretched out his palm and motioned for Jiu Si to hand over the bamboo stick. "If I am right, the other party has been planning for many years. The last move is finally about to be made. At that time, whether it is a human or a ghost, we will know at a glance. What we need to do is to be patient. "
Jiu Si clasped his hands and bowed. "Yes."
He blindly followed behind and watched as his Shizi Ye tapped his bamboo cane lightly, testing the road ahead step by step. He turned around and looked at Ning Shu, who had been walking quietly behind him. After following him for a long time, she bit her lower lip and finally mustered up her courage. She lifted her skirt and ran over, running behind the Crown Prince. Jiu Jiu slowed down his pace and kept a distance between them while looking around.
On the long palace road, Ning Shu obediently stepped on his shadow, walking step by step. The two rows of fairy palace lanterns by the roadside emitted a warm orange light, sticking their shadows together and then separated, and then stuck together again. Every time they were together, Ning Shu would be secretly happy, but every time they were apart, she would be depressed.
If it was before, she would not have any misgivings. If she wanted to throw herself at him and talk to him, she would. But after these few days of indifference, she suddenly felt timid. She was like a little rabbit that had been doted on by its master but was suddenly thrown to the side. Her heart was filled with endless loneliness.
After being followed for a long time and becoming impatient, Xiahou Qing finally stopped and spoke first. "What is it?"
Ning Shu wasn't paying attention and almost bumped into his back.
Xiahou Qing's fingers moved, but in the end, he didn't reach out. He squeezed it tightly into his sleeve and didn't say a word as he waited for her to respond.
Ning Shu finally steadied herself after being flustered for a while. She looked at him expectantly. "Just now, thank you for protecting me." Even though her mind was still a mess, she still had her reason. She could see that just now in the hall, when the Empress wanted to kill her, he had protected her.
Xiahou Qing turned his head and calmly said, "I said before that we are allies and we use each other. If you were hurt, it would not be a good thing for me. So, helping you is helping myself. There is no need to be polite."
His simple words caused the light in Ning Shu's eyes to dim.
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