C43 Faint red blush

"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?" Just as Wen Qing came in with the pastries, he 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 palace maid Eunuch, and everyone did their best to take care of her.

After hearing his master say that he was alright, Wen Qing was slightly relieved. He put down the red bean cake in his hand and brought a bowl of round laurel lotus seed soup over to her. He watched his master eat it with his own eyes before leaving to let his master 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.

It was night, and the stars were all over the sky. Helian Zhi and Yuwen Tuo were happily chatting in the study room, without even noticing the time, it was already dawn, and fortunately, there were no major events happening recently. After it was morning, Yuwen Tuo could return home and rest.

Cen Xue looked at the man on the bed, and immediately crawled onto her bed. Luckily, he did not ask her to accompany him, and instead brought Wen Qing and Wen Xing out.

It was precisely because of the words Shan Yuwu had said, "She likes freedom, and is a kind and kind woman who is not restricted".

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 rear palace of the Royal Palace of Loulan was not considered very large, and the only place she could go was the imperial garden. She once again came to the pavilion at the small lake to cool off, hoping that this time 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 beside her, greeted her respectfully. Listening to them addressing her as High Priest, it was likely 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 High Priest is actually such a beauty. Cen Xue thought that High Priest should be an old lady of an old age. 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.

Actually, this is already the second time we have met. That day, there was a banquet for the General Yuwen at the palace and the beauties were also there. It was just that there were too many people, so the beauties did not notice me. Shan Yuwu also observed her carefully. The distance between them was too far that night, so she didn't see it clearly. Today, after looking at it so closely, it was indeed comparable to the deity in the painting.

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

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

"It's fine, looks like even the majestic General Yuwen, the beauty did not notice, right?" Shan Yuwu intentionally teased.

"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 wise woman in front of her was much easier to get along with than the Imperial Concubine Hui.

The two of them sat down together, Shan Yuwu also felt that the influence she had on him was not bad, he believed that she would not misjudge him, but when he approached her and looked at her, he felt that there was a mysterious power surrounding her, when she used her mind to feel it, the mysterious power 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." Shan Yuwu was suddenly interrupted and realised, and she felt 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.

Shan Yuwu was quiet for a moment, then hesitated. Should he say it out loud? 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.

Shan Yuwu smiled at her. It seemed like she had misunderstood him, but this was good too. She had time to investigate.

"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.

I heard that the lake is about two thousand square kilometers. Although it is not very, very big, but in the harem of the three kingdoms, only the Loulan State has such a beautiful lake for the harem to play with.

"Isn't it beautiful here?" Seeing her looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her, Shan Yuwu 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." Thinking back to the happiest days in his memories, Shan Yuwu couldn't help but smile beautifully.

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 the Big Brother Chunyu had also mentioned to her about an incident three years ago. Could it be that it was that incident 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 Your Majesty become like this? " He directly met her eyes.

Nodding her head, Cen Xue calmly expressed her opinion.

Shan Yuwu suddenly stretched out his hand and held her hand tightly, then took a step forward to bury his head next to her ear and gently said: "I know you want to know, but right now is not the right time, when the time is right, I will naturally tell you the truth, or Your Majesty will also tell you the truth himself."

With that said, Shan Yuwu let go of her hand and returned to his 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, I don't know ? " Cen Xue wanted to say something, but she felt embarrassed.

"I know that you want to ask me about the Second Prince of Eastern Europe, Chunyu Qian, 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 Dong Ou's palace. Seeing how concerned you are for him, could it be that you guys? Shan Yuwu made a bold guess.

"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.

Shan Yuwu nodded, she had long read through her thoughts, how could she not understand her heart?

"Beauty Lin, I was just joking with you. I know that there's no relationship between you two, but if there was, 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 really beautiful." Cen Xue's heart was straightforward as she voiced out what she was thinking.

However, her words, once again brought back Shan Yuwu's memories, 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 kept echoing in Shan Yuwu's mind, "Has anyone ever told you that the way you smile is really beautiful?"

It was Tuo, it was Tuo who had said that too. It was as if a voice in her heart was silently comforting her, Shan Yuwu, you are very beautiful, in Tuo Ta's eyes, you are the most beautiful woman.

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