The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 452 The Real Reason
Led by the maid, Qin Wan and Ning Xizhao came to the flower hall of the elegant courtyard.Surrounded by sweet-scented osmanthus trees, the fragrance is bursting, and the sky is covered with layers of clouds, which seems to be raining faintly.

There is a pair of small couplets in the flower hall, "Osmanthus fragrans stay in the evening, and the shade of the curtain is light in autumn." There is also a screen embroidered with Dongyi Song of Autumn, which is exquisite and elegant, and there are jade vase cuttings, which are sincere and sincere.

Instead of the usual tables and chairs, the flower hall is placed on a comfortable soft couch with a square table and chess pieces on the square table, which is very similar to the layout of the side hall of Chonghua Hall. The autumn scenery of Yayuan, the lake is shimmering, there are leaves falling on the lake, and there are water birds passing by, it is too beautiful to behold.The meticulous layout here is based on Qin Wan's aesthetic point everywhere.

At this time, the maid served sweet-scented osmanthus tea and pastries and fruits.

Qin Wan sat on the edge of the soft couch, took a sip of tea, and was pleasantly surprised: "The environment here is very good, and the tea is really good."

Standing aside, Ning Xizhao saw the joyful look in Qin Wan's eyes, and couldn't help but also had a faint smile in his eyes.

Qin Wan saw that Ning Xizhao had been standing obediently, she didn't dare to sit down even if she didn't say anything, so she immediately said, "Sit down quickly, Xizhao, you are always so reserved in front of me."

Ning Xizhao nodded in agreement, and sat face to face with Qin Wan.

"Xi Zhao, what do you want to say to me when you come to see me in person?" Qin Wan asked.

Ning Xizhao: "The minister is here to pick up the empress and return to the palace."

Qin Wan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that. She lowered her eyelashes and said slowly, "Xi Zhao, I don't want to go back."

Ning Xizhao: "I dare to ask your mother why?"

Qin Wan smiled: "Ning is not here, the palace doesn't mean anything to me."

Ning Xizhao's heart was clenched suddenly, and the feeling of suffocation strangled his throat.He tried his best to make himself look calm, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, Hancheng, Your Majesty, Qingchi, and Shu'er Youer's two children... These family members are waiting for you to go back."

When Qin Wan heard Ning Xizhao mention the word family, she felt ashamed and sighed: "It stands to reason that I shouldn't keep these memories and be reborn, and I shouldn't have these fetters anymore, Xizhao, I want to start my life anew." , I don’t want to disturb your life, let alone interfere with your court and power, so I hope you can understand and fulfill my idea.”

Ning Xizhao listened quietly to Qin Wan's words, drooping her eyelashes to hide the pain in her eyes, and nodded: "I'm worried that you are alone outside the palace... Your life is not good."

Qin Wan never thought that Ning Xizhao was so caring, and felt a warmth flow through his chest: "Xizhao, thank you for still caring about me, it feels really good to be remembered."

"I have always..." Ning Xizhao was about to blurt out his miss, but it stuck in his throat again, and turned it into a sentence: "I have always been grateful for my mother's care back then."

Qin Wan: "With you here, I have nothing to worry about whether it is the court or the country. I just maintain the status quo. Let the world just think that I died in the heaven 15 years ago and slowly be forgotten. "

Ning Xizhao: "..."

At this time, it was really raining outside the flower hall, Qin Wan stood up and walked to the eaves outside the hall to watch the rain: "People often say that there will be an autumn rain and a cold one, and I guess there will be no more heat after this autumn rain."

Ning Xizhao walked to her side, and watched the autumn rain fall on the Pinghu Lake side by side, causing ripples.

"Xi Zhao," Qin Wan said, looking at the sky, "Miao Miao was looking for me last night."

Ning Xizhao was stunned, his expression changed instantly.

Qin Wan: "She wants to send me out of the country."

Ning Xizhao was stunned. He knew that Ning Miao had his own intelligence network and secret guards, but he didn't expect her to move so fast.He was glad that he arrived one step earlier, otherwise he probably wouldn't even be able to see Qin Wan's face.

Qin Wan folded her arms and turned to Ning Xizhao: "Xizhao, tell me, is there something wrong between you and Miaomiao?"

Seeing Qin Wan's scrutinizing gaze, Ning Xizhao's gaze dimmed for a moment, and he replied, "No, we are fine."

Qin Wan nodded: "I don't ask too much about the matter between you. I believe you and Miaomiao both know that I only care about Ning Yi, and I don't care about anything else in the world. Therefore, you guard the throne and the imperial power of Sheji, Jiangshan, and I will not be yours." threat."

Hearing Qin Wan's words, Ning Xizhao was already burning with anger. He could tolerate Ning Miao's stubbornness and domineering arbitrariness in the past ten years, but he never gave in and never thought of giving in to this matter.He could do nothing but hope that Qin Wan was fine, but he would never allow her to disappear into his world again.

"Your Majesty, is it because of Your Majesty that you didn't go back to the palace?" Ning Xizhao's voice trembled slightly, "Your Majesty was still young when you left, and you might have been a little angry. I believe that was definitely not His Majesty's original intention."

Qin Wan: "Xi Zhao, you and I know Miao Miao's intelligence. What she wants to do must be carefully thought out, and it must be the best solution she thinks. But I also have my own stubbornness, so I will not leave Rong Country of."

Ning Xizhao clasped his fists and lowered his head, promising: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will persuade Your Majesty well."

"I know that child Miaomiao is not easy to persuade, I just want you to help me tell him that she is the empress of Rong Kingdom, no one can shake her position, even if I have, I will not allow such a person to live in this world .”

"I understand."

Qin Wan thought for a while: "There are a group of Miaomiao people in Zoucheng, and they said they would come to take me away in the future."

Ning Xizhao frowned and nodded: "Your Majesty, don't worry, they won't disturb your life again."

"Xi Zhao, you have always been reliable." Qin Wan finished his business, turned to look at the rain, thought for a while and said, "Does Qingchi know that I am in Zoucheng?"

Ning Xizhao: "He probably doesn't know yet."

"Don't tell him for now," Qin Wan said, "He only needs to remember that he has a sister, and he doesn't need to remember that I have such an incompetent mother."

Ning Xizhao: "Yes."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sky was gloomy. Qin Wan sighed: "It seems that I won't be able to leave for a while, Xizhao, let's play chess for a while, and you will send me back when the rain subsides."

Speaking of Qin Wan's transfer to the flower hall and sitting on the rug, she opened the chess box, squinted her eyes and smiled, "I don't know how good your chess skills are yet?"

Ning Xizhao sat across from Qin Wan, picked up the white pieces, and said, "I'm not good at chess."

"I haven't played chess for many years, let's start." Qin Wan directly placed the game.

Ning Xizhao stared at the chessboard in a daze while holding the chess pieces: "Ma'am, this is... backgammon?!"

"Yeah, what else?" Qin Wan shrugged and smiled, "I don't even count as an entry-level Go player, but if I can play backgammon, it's pretty good."

Ning Xizhao couldn't hold back a burst of laughter, and then quickly apologized: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I'm sorry."

"Oh, I told you that you can laugh whenever you want in front of me, don't be so restrained all the time," Qin Wan frowned, "I just said you were so cute and lovable when you were young, young master of the Jin family in Liyang The bigger it is, the less cute it becomes."

Ning Xizhao was stunned for a moment, his eyes moved, and he smiled bitterly and said: "When I was a child, I always wanted to grow up."

Qin Wan said, "I didn't expect Xizhao to be an adult now, but I've become a child."

Ning Xizhao: "Your Majesty is still the same as when I first saw you."

Qin Wan: "You can still remember when you were so young, I remember you were only five or six years old at that time."

Ning Xizhao: "Well, I always remember."

Qin Wan and Ning Xizhao played chess one by one. It was raining heavily outside and the lake was turbulent. Even though it was daytime, it was as dark as evening.The rainwater flows through the eaves and falls like pearls on the curled lotus leaves. The lotus pods have lost their petals and stand alone in the water waiting to be picked.In this world, apart from the sound of rain, there is also the joyful laughter of Qin Wan in the flower hall when he wins chess.

Looking at Qin Wan's smiling face, Ning Xizhao felt that this was the happiest moment since he was born.How he wished that the rain would not stop, she would not leave, and forget all the worldly affairs, only the two of them would listen to the rain and play chess together.

But the rain finally stopped, Qin Wan refused the proposal to have dinner with Ning Xizhao, and left the elegant courtyard in a carriage on the grounds that he still had homework in the afternoon.

Reluctant to give up, Ning Xizhao rode on his horse and quietly followed Qin Wan's carriage, escorting her all the way to Yunxia Academy, until Qin Wan walked into the gate of the Academy and could no longer see her figure, he still stood far away and refused to leave.

(End of this chapter)