When Xie Xingyun dragged his heavy body to Bai Xianyu's yard, the scorching sun above his head had not yet set.

Xiao Zheng glanced at the closed door and said strangely: "Miss Bai Wu doesn't seem to be here."

The man's eyes briefly paused, "Going out?"

"It seems so." Xiao Zheng was a little confused. Miss Bai Wu had never been out when the young master came to the house. Every time the young master came back to Miss Bai Wu's yard, Miss Bai Wu would prepare fresh tea and refreshments. Some

From time to time, the young master would also have meals with her.

Why didn't I say hello today? The whole courtyard was empty.

"Sir, we don't know when Miss Bai Fifth and others will come back. Should we wait and go back to the Marquis' Mansion first?"

The sound fell into silence.

The leaves are dense, covering the setting sun, and the noisy chirping of cicadas has already reached my ears.

There was blood dripping from the man's fingertips, "Wait."

…

After Bai Xianyu ordered the maids, the lanterns were lit in Lixiangyuan.

The maids wiped, carried water, swept fallen leaves, and walked very lightly, everyone was in good order.

Suddenly the quiet courtyard became popular.

Bai Xianyu walked to the room where the candles were lit and closed the door. Her head felt like a ball of paste. She tilted her head and swirled her forehead with her fingers.

Before I reached the screen, I saw a man sitting behind the screen.

Bai Xianyu stopped her steps. Even though she didn't make a sound, the pressure on the man's body expanded to the extreme. The moment she discovered it, she felt like she was suffocating as if she had fallen into the water.

"Back?" Xie Xingyun's voice was a little tired. He stood up and walked out of the screen.

Bai Xianyu slowed down his tone, trying to ease the inexplicable tension, "Well, it's so late, why haven't you left yet?"

Xie Xingyun said: "I want to see you."

He took the girl into his arms, his tall and straight body slightly lowered, and his arms wrapped around the girl's slender waist.

The man's embrace was like sweet rain, and she was like a traveler after a long drought. When he embraced her, Bai Xianyu couldn't muster the strength to resist.

"Where have you been today?" Xie Xingyun's heart finally dropped after being empty all day, "Why did you come back so late?"

"I took a stroll on the street and repaired my mother's painting by the way."

"Yeah."

It needs to be from early morning to midnight.

There was no words for a long while.

Xie Xingyun narrowed his eyes, "Aren't you avoiding me?"

Bai Xianyu's heart was slightly choked.

She moved her lips and said, "No."

Xie Xingyun stared at her for a while, making Bai Xianyu feel a little uncomfortable. Just when she was about to look away, he smiled softly and said, "Just kidding."

"Xiao Yu'er likes me, so why would he avoid me, right?"

"……Um."

Bai Xianyu felt as if his heart was going to jump out of his chest.

The girl raised her head to look at him, her eyes reflecting his appearance, and her fingers tightened on her sleeves.

Xie Xingyun's eyes paused for a moment, then moved away calmly, "Don't go shopping for so long next time, it will be very tiring."

Bai Xianyu nodded.

"...I'm leaving." He finally turned around, "Today's test has been passed, and I will come again tomorrow."

Bai Xianyu said, "Okay."

Xie Xingyun added: "After we get engaged, let's get married as soon as possible."

In the final analysis, the matter of heart disease was just her speculation without any evidence. This was what she had said to Xie Xingyun before.

Bai Xianyu moved his fingers slightly and nodded, "Okay."

【...What does it have to do with Xie Xingyun.】

The voice in my heart said.

Watching the man leave the house, Bai Xianyu stood there for a while, and when he turned around, there seemed to be a flash of bright color.

She paused briefly and looked at the man's intact brocade robe. Was that blood?

Xie Xingyun left the mansion, and Xiao Zheng pulled out a carriage from somewhere, "Sir, are we going back to the Marquis' mansion now?"

Under the night, the boy's angular face was half hidden in the light and shadow, "Yeah."

He stared blankly at his left arm. When he was "contesting" with Bai Tanshen today, the opponent's cold blade left a wound on his forearm. This wound was insignificant, but now that it opened again, it was unbearable.

pain.

Xiao Zheng noticed something was wrong with the young man's expression and asked, "Master, has something happened?"

On the empty street, Xie Xingyun walked out of the darkness and said in an unclear tone: "She didn't notice that I was injured."

Xiao Zheng thought about it, but felt it was nothing, "Maybe Miss Bai Wu was tired from playing, so she didn't notice it."

He felt surprised in his heart that the young master would actually be depressed because Miss Bai Wu didn't notice that he was injured. The injury was on his forearm, which looked like just a small cut. It was nothing compared to the injuries he suffered in previous training.

Xie Xingyun half-raised his dark eyes and asked cryptically, "Really?"

He hugged her for so long, and she hugged him back.

Was it not long enough for her to notice it?

But Xiao Yu'er, Xiao Yu'er would be discovered by her even if he cut his finger on the rice paper. Is he really tired or... doesn't care.

He was closer to her than ever before, but he felt like she was getting further and further away from him.

Xiao Zheng consoled him: "Young master, you don't have to think too much. I can see that Miss Bai Wu likes you."

…

Nanzhao.

The book boy fell asleep lying in front of a book table. Next to him, Gu Yu had a kerchief tied on his forehead. He twisted it into a twist and tied it into a knot, and pushed up all the fine bangs on his temples.

At this moment, the handkerchief was wet, and there were four prescriptions in front of him. The medicinal materials on them looked very similar.

The book boy was bitten by a mosquito and woke up in a daze, "Brother Gu, aren't you going to sleep yet?"

Gu Yu said nervously: "I haven't tried these four medicinal materials, so I can't sleep even if I want to."

"Did the previous ones fail?" The book boy rubbed his eye sockets, "What if adding these four medicinal materials also fails?"

Gu Yu: "..." That means God is going to kill me.

"No, we can definitely make an antidote." He comforted himself.

"By the way, Senior Brother Gu, who are those people outside?" The book boy's attention quickly moved away. He glanced at a group of guards in black clothes and black boots outside. They all had serious expressions, as if they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

An assassin who steals people's lives in the dark moon and the wind.

Gu Yu wiped his hands with a clean handkerchief and said, "Thank you Xingyun."

"Thank you..." The book boy paused and opened his eyes wide, "Is he the prince's person?"

Gu Yu focused on refining the medicine, mashing the medicinal materials, and hummed absentmindedly.

The King of Nanzhao is still alive, and although Xie Xingyun has not yet inherited the title of King of Nanzhao, he has a very high prestige in Nanzhao, so everyone calls him the Crown Prince.

"Then Prince Xie is back too?" the book boy asked excitedly.

"He probably won't come back." Gu Yu frowned and thought deeply, while Lang Hao wrote notes on the paper.

"Why?" The boy seemed to be discouraged all of a sudden, "This is also his home. Is Kyoto so nice?"

"That's because Mrs. Xie Xingyun is from Kyoto." Gu Yu was a little tired. After putting everything away, he sat on a chair and rested for a while. "And that person's family is in Kyoto, so Xie Xingyun will naturally stay in Kyoto."

"Madam!" the boy said in surprise: "Prince Xie has a wife? Why haven't I heard any news about him?"

Gu Yu kept thinking about the time in his mind, shaking the scissors in his hand from time to time, "This is a long story, but as expected, that person is Xie Xingyun's wife."

"Who is it?"

"Bai Xianyu, have you heard of it?"

The book boy took a breath of cold air, stood up suddenly, and then sat down again. The smile on his lips was surprised and happy, "Have you ever heard that the concubine of the Zhenguo General's Mansion is Bai Xianyu of the Bai family?"

"Um."

"I have heard her name a long time ago! I didn't expect that she and Prince Xie are actually a couple!"

Gu Yu had a subtle feeling of guilt, and he didn't know whether the antidote he had researched was good or bad.

"Mr. Gu, how much longer do you need?" The leader of the guards walked in with a knife on his waist.
To be continued...