The sky was still a little bright, but the lights in Zhuya Courtyard were already bright.
Just the walk from the servant's room to the front was several times brighter than usual.
Song Jinyin raised her eyes and looked ahead from a distance.
The rows of flashing lamps are like the fireflies that fill the mountains and plains in Anyuan County in summer. They pass by, making people feel trance-like in their hearts.
There is music falling in the front yard.
Before he stepped in, the female voice that he hadn't heard for a long time came out, with a nonchalant tone.
"The prince's backyard is indeed deserted, but speaking of which, the prince still keeps Song Jinyin by his side. Is it possible that he is really moved?"
The cicadas and birds that were supposed to be chirping were buried in early autumn together with the yellow leaves. At this moment, except for the sound of wind, there was no other sound in the courtyard.
Song Jinyin's steps didn't stop. In just a few steps, she could go from the arch to the corridor and appear in the sight of several people.
It took a long time for the man to react.
"Tempted?"
The low-pitched rhetorical question was accompanied by a slight smile. I don't know whether it was sarcastic about the question asked by others, or the person mentioned in the sarcastic words.
Song Jinyin heard clearly that he said never.
"I never like people who hide things. Your Majesty, please don't try to trick me."
"When you become the Crown Princess, you will be able to see if I am attracted to her."
What fell into Song Jinyin's ears along with these words was a burst of sweet laughter, "I haven't seen him for more than a year, and the prince can actually joke with others. I thought before that all the things you do in this courtyard are murderous things. "
After the sound of the piano fell, it stopped playing. The lamps everywhere in the courtyard were lit one by one by the maids, and the red clouds on the horizon were completely covered by this bright light.
The further Song Jinyin moved forward, the stronger the fragrance of wine became on the tip of her nose, making her feel dizzy even when she smelled it.
It wasn't until she reached Xu Youyi that she realized that her curled fingertips were completely stiff.
"This slave has met the Crown Prince and Miss Xu."
There was no response for a long time, only two eyes fell on the top of her head.
Song Jinyin could feel those two glances. She was hunched over and her eyebrows were lowered.
"The lanterns in Kyoto still look different. I will pick two to hang up later."
"You can do whatever you want, it's all decided for you. If you like it, it doesn't mean I didn't receive the wine you brewed in vain."
The sake poured into the cup, and the jade cup overflowed with a clanking sound, as if no one saw her.
"I casually learned this craft from you before. I thought I had learned the essentials. I didn't know until I went to the border that I was deceived."
After saying this, Xu Youyi raised her head and drank the wine in the glass, then stood up and walked to Song Jinyin.
The curved lips gradually fell, and the expression gradually turned cold, "Now that I think about it, you, Song Jinyin, are the only one who is better at fooling people."
Song Jinyin had been injured a few days ago, and Song Jinyin had long lost her previous strength. Her knees were trembling a little, and her lips moved for a long time, but she did not say a word.
Pei Yanzhou could see how thin she was now.
Looking away from her stiff finger bones, he saw that she was silent and becoming more and more lifeless, and he couldn't help but feel annoyance in his heart.
"Why don't you talk? At any rate, you and I have had quite a friendship."
Xu Youyi touched the black whip around her waist with her right hand, her expression half-smiling but not smiling filled with coldness.
"Miss Xu."
The face of her old friend flashed before Song Jinyin's eyes, and she suppressed the sourness in her heart, "I have never deceived Miss Xu."
"Never? You'd better think it over before you speak."
Song Jinyin was not sure whether Xu Youyi would crack the whip at this time, but she did not take a step back. She just raised her eyes from lowering her eyes just now to meeting that gaze.
I haven't seen Xu Youyi for more than a year, but she is still as bright and charming as before, but compared to her previous liveliness, she is a little more aloof now.
Song Jinyin took a breath and wanted to run away, but forced herself to continue to look into those cold eyes.
"Long time no see, Miss Xu... are you okay?"
"Of course it's good, but if you die, I will be better off."
Song Jinyin's ears instantly buzzed, and her already bloodless lips turned completely white.
After a moment, Song Jinyin smiled at her, no longer looking at her, and lowered her eyes politely: "Miss Xu, just live well."
Xu Youyi's hand still clenched the handle of the whip tightly, and her protruding finger bones showed her uncontrollable anger at the moment.
Finally, the wine pot touched the jade cup, and Pei Yanzhou said lazily, "This wine is indeed a bit strong. I think you have a good drinking capacity now."
"Nowadays, I have no one to drink with, so it's natural to drink alone. But in the future, when I have the crown prince, I guess my drinking capacity won't have to be so good anymore."
Xu Youyi loosened his hand on his waist, turned his head and smiled lightly at the man next to him. There was a little tenderness hidden in the changed title, but also a little deliberate.
"If it gets later, there will be a curfew. You Yi will go back to your home first and wait for the crown prince's brother to come to your door tomorrow."
"Okay, as for the Sun Palace Banquet, I will ask someone to pick you up."
Pei Yanzhou has a deep voice and is gentle and patient when speaking.
Song Jinyin didn't know the purpose of calling her here from beginning to end. She only knew that the past that had been buried deep in her heart was completely brought out again because of this scene.
The tall figure of the man walked beside Xu Youyi, and the two of them walked slowly outside the hospital.
The brilliance of the lights completely fell on the two walking people, and the beauty of the man and the woman might not be enough.
Song Jinyin had a severe headache and her vision was a little blurry. She tried her best to walk stiffly to the big tree next to her and slowly squatted down.
Her face was dry, and she realized that the blur in front of her eyes was not because of crying, but because of the dazzling lanterns.
She finally saw the stunning bright colors in the story, and even though none of the lights were turned on for her, she felt that what she had longed for in her heart was finally fulfilled.
And Xu Youyi.
She didn't expect that she would see Xu Youyi again.
This girl who now wanted to let her die was once like Zhou Yanan. Because he couldn't bear it, he extended a helping hand to her and became the light that illuminated her in those years.
Memories came flooding back.
That year Xu Youyi was twelve and Zhou Yanan was fourteen.
Although the two of them didn't know about her past with the Duke's Mansion, they still felt sorry for her experience. However, although they were young and had a good temper, they couldn't defeat the prince, so they could only become friends with her in private.
Occasionally, under the pretext of looking for Pei Yanzhou, he would secretly get together with her.
In fact, the number of times the two of them met in a year was not considered too many, but in those four years, the two of them did give Song Jinyin a lot of warmth to persevere.
Until Zhou Yanan's sudden favor completely broke all this.
Maybe he saw that she was living too cautiously. When Song Jinyin was fourteen years old, Zhou Yanan had his thoughts and asked Pei Yanzhou for her, hoping to wait for her and her hairpin to take her back to the mansion.
Everything started to change from that day on.
Xu Youyi whipped out a long whip at her, and it was Zhou Yanan who stepped forward amid the questioning.
Even though Song Jinyin had completely rejected her, the young man still had the urge to fight against injustice and wanted to save her from danger.
Song Jinyin's gratitude and dissuasion were endless, and it seemed that everything was no longer up to her.
It wasn't until the young man gradually calmed down that Song Jinyin vaguely guessed his true intentions.
But everything seems to have reached the worst situation.
In order to stop thinking about Zhou Ting'an, to prevent Pei Yanzhou from being angry, and to prevent Xu Youyi from hating herself, Song Jinyin finally went to the irrevocable date.
But the fire swallowed up the last trace of clarity, and completely covered the young man who finally saw his heart clearly under the scorching heat.
At this point, she seemed to have lost half of her three souls and seven souls.
She doesn't seem to be a lucky person.
The father who loved her left her early, the mother who loved her also chose to stay away, and the friends she treated sincerely were also killed by her in a sea of fire, while the other stayed away from Kyoto.
She even began to feel that it was the best and wisest move for Liu to sell her back then.
Later, Song Jinyin rarely got close to others, for fear of getting involved in unnecessary bonds and harming others. Even Xueyu now, she always held on to her innocence.
But now Xu Youyi is back.
Even if he wants her life, as long as she lives well, Song Jinyin doesn't seem to care whether he hates it or not.
A splitting headache.
The past seems to be rushing out of my head.
A figure appeared in front of her from far to near, stopping in front of her, shrouding her whole body in shadow.
