C43

"Arise …"

A sneeze sounded, Cen Xue's soft nose as she thought to herself that there must be someone talking about her.

"Beauty, what's wrong with you? Did you catch a cold?" When Wen Qing walked in with the pastries, she heard her sneeze.

"It's fine, it's fine. It's just a sneeze. It's nothing." Cen Xue had always been very good to her little pavilion's maids and eunuchs, and everyone did their best to take care of her.

When Wen Qing heard her master say that everything was fine, she relaxed a little. She put down the red bean cake in her hand and brought a bowl of round laurel lotus seed soup over to her. She watched her master eat it with her own eyes before leaving her master to rest.

Today, she was also personally pulled by that fellow to soak in the hot spring. The hot spring could indeed let people feel better, but the current her felt even more exhausted after soaking in the hot spring for a while.

Helian Lie and Yuwen Tuo were happily chatting in the study room. They had even forgotten the time and it was already dawn. Fortunately, there were no major events happening in the country recently, so Yuwen Tuo was able to return to his residence and rest early in the morning.

Cen Xue looked at the man on the bed and crawled onto her bed. Luckily, he didn't ask her to accompany him and brought Wen Qing and Wen Xing out with him.

Helian Shan had removed her restraining order because of her words, "She is a good woman who likes freedom and is not restrained by kindness."

Anyone around her could become a pawn that threatened her. He believed that in the future, she would not run away without permission. He was very confident in that!

The harem of Lou Lan's palace could not be considered very large, and the only place she could explore was the imperial garden. She once again went to the pavilion on the small lake to cool off, hoping that she would not meet that woman again.

Just as he sat down and was about to warm his seat, a clear female voice rang out, "Beautiful, so elegant."

Cen Xue turned around to see who this woman was. She did not know this woman, and it did not matter to her.

"Greetings, High Priest …" Wen Qing and Wen Xing, who were standing by her side, greeted her respectfully. Hearing them address her as the High Priest, they assumed that she knew who she was.

Whether she was an enemy or a friend was unknown, but in order to be polite, she still stood up and smiled at her as she nodded.

"So the High Priest is such a beauty. Cen Xue thought that the High Priest should be an old woman. Seeing her today, Cen Xue felt really ashamed." He carefully observed the girl before him. Although her skin was not as fair as his, her elegant white clothes didn't affect her delicate facial features.

Her watery eyes seemed to be able to see what he was thinking when they met her gaze.

"Beauty is too modest. Actually, this is already the second time we have met. That day, there was a banquet for General Yuwen at the palace and the beauty was also there. It's just that there were too many people and the beauty did not notice me." Yiyu Wu was also carefully observing her. That night, she was too far away, so she didn't see it clearly. Today, after looking at such a close distance, she was indeed comparable to the immortals in the painting.

Although she did not have the most luxurious brocade clothes on her, her faint, yellow, and elegant voice made people's eyes light up in this scorching summer day. Her long eyelashes were matched with a pair of intelligent eyes, a pointed, small nose, and pink, tender, and liquid cherry lips.

Cen Xue thought of her words and said apologetically, "Actually, the moment I entered the hall that night, I was enchanted by a group of dancers, so I didn't pay much attention to anyone who was around that night. I'm really sorry."

"It's fine. It seems like even the grand and majestic General Yuwen and the beauties have not noticed, right?" Dan Yu teased him on purpose.

"This... "Haha, I really didn't notice it. It seems like I won't have that luck."

After these few sentences, Cen Xue felt that this renowned and intelligent woman in front of her was much more amiable than that Imperial Concubine Hui. She was indeed worthy of being a High Priest!

The two of them sat down together, and Yiyu Wu also felt that the influence she gave herself was pretty good, and believed that she wouldn't misjudge them, but sitting close to her, she seemed to feel a mysterious energy surround her, and when she used her spirit to sense it, the mysterious energy immediately disappeared.

Looking at her beautiful face with a smile, how could he suddenly have such a feeling? Was it really that strange?

"High Priest, High Priest, what are you looking at?" Cen Xue saw that she was staring at her and felt it was strange.

"Ah?" "Nothing, I was just curious about you." One-Feather Dance was suddenly interrupted by Shi Xueman. She felt a little embarrassed.

"Curious? What am I curious about?"

Cen Xue didn't understand what she was saying, but she could vaguely feel that she seemed to have discovered something in her body.

For a moment, Dan Yu Wu was silent, hesitating as to whether she should say what she wanted to say. She was an exception. In his hands, she was the first woman who could walk out of the underground palace alive.

"Are you curious about why I'm not dead?" She had heard quite a lot of rumors in the palace. Every month, a woman would die on the fifteenth day of the eighth month.

Dan Yu Wu looked at her with a smile. It seemed that she had misunderstood him, but this was good as well. She had time to investigate her.

"No …" That's not the reason why I'm curious. I'll tell you when the time is right. " It was a simple response.

"Oh." Cen Xue mumbled softly as her eyes surveyed the peaceful lake in the distance.

It was said that this lake was about two thousand square kilometers. Although it was not very, very large, in the harem of the three kingdoms, Lou Lan was the only one to have such a beautiful lake for the harem to enjoy.

"Isn't it beautiful here?" When she saw the beautiful scenery in front of her, she suddenly asked.

She nodded. The first time she came to the Imperial Gardens, she had taken a fancy to the scenery here.

The lake was surrounded by willow branches, and there were even a few small boats resting by the lake. They were said to be given to the people of the imperial harem to swim in the lake.

The clear surface of the lake reflected the beautiful scenery of the imperial garden onto the surface of the lake, especially the most eye-catching star viewing tower in the garden.

"Three years ago, this place was even more beautiful. I remember that not far from the lake, there used to be a lotus pond. Every midsummer, the people of the palace would go to that lotus pond to pick lotus seeds and lotus flowers." Recalling the happiest days in her memories, a beautiful smile appeared on her face.

Cen Xue turned her face to look at her. Her smile was very beautiful, like a flower bathed in the sun, alluring and alluring. However, she couldn't understand one thing. Why did she say 'three years ago'?

She remembered that Chunyu's elder brother also told her about the change three years ago. Could it be that it was due to that change that caused all the changes now? Including him?

"High Priest, can you answer one of my questions?" she asked cautiously, afraid that she was unhappy or did not want to tell her.

Turning around to face her, she saw the doubt in Cen Xue's heart and knew what she wanted to ask her. She would find out about this secret sooner or later anyway.

"Are you trying to ask me what exactly happened three years ago? Why did the king become like this today? " He directly met her eyes.

Nodding her head, Cen Xue calmly expressed her opinion.

Dan Yu Wu suddenly stretched out her hand to grasp her hand tightly, took a step forward to bury her head in her ear, and gently said, "I know you want to know, but now is not the right time. When the time is right, I will naturally tell you the truth, or the king himself will tell you the truth."

With that, Dan Yu Wu let go of her hand and returned to her original position …

Cen Xue stood on the spot for a while before she sat down as well. She thought back to what she had just said and wondered when it would be the most appropriate time.

"That... High Priest, I have a presumptuous request to ask of you. " Cen Xue wanted to say something, but she felt embarrassed.

"I know you want to ask about the Prince Chunyu of Eastern Europe, right?"

Hearing her words, Cen Xue felt embarrassed.

"Don't worry, he's fine. He just got whipped and was placed under house arrest in the Eastern Emperor Palace. Seeing how concerned you are for him, could it be that you're all here?" Yiyu Wu guessed boldly.

"It's not what you think, we're very innocent between us, there's absolutely no chance of going out of line. The reason why I have asked you about it is because of my brotherly affection for him. The reason why I have come to this stage is because I desire freedom. " She repeatedly explained to her that she didn't want anyone to misunderstand this relationship.

Dan Yu nodded her head in agreement. She had long since understood her thoughts, so how could she not understand her heart?

"Beauty Lin, I was just joking with you. I know that there is no relationship between you two, but if there was, then you wouldn't be able to stand here and chat with me for so long." The corner of her mouth curled up. This was the second time Cen Xue had seen her smile so beautifully.

"High Priest, has anyone ever told you that the way you smile is truly beautiful?" Cen Xue's heart was straightforward as she voiced out what she was thinking.

However, her words brought back memories of the One-Feather Dance, causing her smile to stiffen.

At that time, they were still teenagers. The two of them were riding on a small boat as they wandered around the lotus pond in front of the lake.

"Tuo, look, the lotus blossoms over there are so beautiful." The green haired girl pointed at a blooming lotus flower in front of her as she shouted happily.

The youth's gaze turned towards the direction the girl was pointing, but he didn't say anything. He continued to carefully row the oars.

The shy young girl silently looked at the youngster behind her. She sat down in disappointment, quietly admiring the lotus flowers in the pond.

The bright summer sun bathed the entire lotus pond. The youth looked at the girl in front of the boat with a smile on his face, then looked at the lotus that she had pointed to just now, and disdainfully said: "Yu Wu, your smile is better than that lotus."

When she heard this, the girl turned around to look at the boy who was rowing at the stern of the boat. She couldn't help but blush a little …

On the way back, Cen Xue's words echoed in Dan Yu Wu's mind, "Did anyone ever tell you that your smiling appearance is really beautiful?"

It was Tuo, it was Tuo who had said that too. It was as if there was a voice silently comforting her in her heart, One Feather Dance, you are very beautiful. In Tuo's eyes, you are the most beautiful woman.

When Cen Xue saw that the High Priest left the pavilion dumbly, she felt too embarrassed to go up and disturb him.