away from the heart

Chapter 102
The table was covered with all kinds of dishes, but Xue Yao didn't notice it. He didn't say a word, and just drank one cup after another.He didn't remember how he got to the Canary Palace, only what the maid said echoed in his mind over and over again.It was as if a glimmer of light had finally penetrated through the fog that covered the sky and the sun. If you follow it, you may be able to unravel this mess and find the truth that he has been searching for for a long time.The clue was right in front of him, but he clearly heard a voice in his heart, preventing him from moving forward.What is he hesitating about?
Chuyue leaned over: "Why do you look a little...absent?"

Xue Yao raised his eyes and looked at her.Under the lamplight, her face was like a bright moon, but that brilliance seemed to cover the ray of light that was within reach in front of his eyes.He finally spoke, with a bit of bitterness in his throat: "Do you know Concubine Yun?"

Chuyue's complexion changed: "You...you've heard it all? Don't listen to the people in the palace talking nonsense about me being possessed by Concubine Yun's ghost..."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Xue Yao became a little drunk, "Have you dealt with her before?"

"I've seen her a few times at the Guoxi Pavilion from a distance, but I can't say that I have had any acquaintance with her. I just remember that she was very beautiful and treated people very kindly. I heard that she was originally a folk girl, and she was seen by the emperor by chance. She was taken into the palace after she got married. Father seemed to like her very much at first, but it is a pity that she suddenly fell ill..."

acute disease?Xue Yao sneered, and drank another glass of wine: "Why do you often go to Xiting?"

"I can't sleep at night, so I like to go out and walk around. There are a lot of gossips in the palace, and I don't want to bump into people to make people comment. The Crossing River Pavilion is remote and quiet, so I often go there..."

"If I hadn't been with you day and night, what you said just now would really sound like gibberish, which is very suspicious."

Chuyue's eyes lit up when she heard the words: "But you are willing to believe me, aren't you?"

Her flashing eyelashes are like fluttering butterflies.Xue Yao looked at it for a while, but finally didn't know how to answer, so he sighed: "Is there any wine left?"

Chuyue snatched the empty jug and hid it behind her back: "I won't give you any! I've been out of my mind all night, and I haven't said what I want to tell you yet."

Xue Yao lacked interest: "Then tell me."

"It's a long story about me..." Chuyue was overwhelmed with excitement, and she talked about how the birthstone somehow entered her body, causing her to dream of disasters when she fell asleep at night. How many times the dream was broken, and the birthstone turned into a monster, and how did the people around her protect her...

She chattered for a long time, but seeing that Xue Yao had already lost his mind, she couldn't help knocking him angrily.Xue Yao came back to his senses, nodded and said: "You continue."

Chuyue curled her lips: "Thanks to the stars and the national teacher these years, my father didn't know about the birthstone on me. Speaking of it, I also feel sorry for him. After all, he has nurtured me for many years. Well, but not only can I not be used by him, but I also ruined the birthstone he has been thinking about..."

Xue Yao was a little dizzy, and only grasped one sentence: "You said, are you grateful for the emperor's kindness in nurturing?"

Chuyue nodded without thinking.Xue Yao lowered his head to hide the gloom between his brows: "Well, it's getting late, I have to leave the palace first."

"Wait!" Chuyue grabbed him, very anxious, "You haven't said what you think about what I just said. Are you... frightened by me?"

(End of this chapter)