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The jade produces abundant Ye, the silk grain has the spirit.

Legend has it that there was a spiritual jadestone hidden in the darkness, and it looked no different from an ordinary stone.

Luo Yi dragged her feet slowly and moved back onto the bed. The candlelight was extinguished by her blow. The room suddenly fell into a deathly silence, but the person lying on the bed was not the least bit sleepy. Her pair of eyes were wide and round, vividly depicting what it meant to be ”bright and full of spirit”.

She did not move until her eyes had become accustomed to the darkness and were able to see through the thin window paper that leaked into the moonlight. She pursed her lips and ran for a while.

This was not the first time that man came to deliver to her, he had already left the palace on the first day of their visit to the greenhouse. At that time, Luo Yi still did not know where he went, but seeing this unfamiliar new commander, she was a little surprised.

The man opposite him shook his head and took out a letter from his chest pocket, ”The thieves are jealous of our border lands. Mr. Wen, like the Emperor, has requested to go up and kill the enemy.”

Luo Yi was startled by her words, and was unable to react to what she meant.

At that time, it was also a night like today. The new commander came like a thief, wanting to cover his face with a layer of black cloth that could not be seen through.

He held a corner of the letter, and the rest of the letter fell limply to the ground. It was as if the person in front of him was not some esteemed lady with the most status, but rather a lethal poison that could seal one's throat with blood.

Luo Yi quickly regained her senses and took the letter.

Luo Yi scanned the contents of the letter and realized that it was mostly full of nonsense. As for why he wanted to write this letter, she didn't say anything about it, as if the person who wrote the letter just remembered his feelings on a whim and left a few words at the end of it in a very serious manner — — May the Mother write a peaceful letter.

”Exhibition of a letter” was a word that would normally be written on the top of a letter, but Wen Shili was extremely strange, and he insisted on leaving the letter as the last line. When Luo Yi finished reading the letter, she stuffed it into her sleeves and politely asked the man what else he wanted.

Gone.

The new commander thought seriously for a while. After confirming that he did not say a single word, he cautiously shook his head and left after bowing.

He looked honest and sincere. He was not like Wen Shili who was repelling people from thousands of miles away, nor was he like Mu Yizhou who was emitting the aura of calculation. When he retreated, he even took away the piece of debris that Luo Yi had left at the door just now.

A rare honest man.

Then, the bowl sized crescent moon rose up again, as if it had gone through several cycles of reincarnation. In the end, it stopped a few days later, and the image of the Esteemed Empress Yi, who was still running on the bed, appeared.

Presumably, it was about time. Luo Yi pulled herself out from her reminiscence, sat down on the bedside slowly, found her shoes, put on a coat she casually fished out before putting it on, and walked out.

Her room was always filled with strange people at night, so for safety's sake, Luo Yi did not arrange for the night watchmen to come to the front of her room. The palace maids that served her did not have to do so, since it was difficult for her to wake up after sleeping anyway.

He was so far away that he could not even see if the shadow was a human or a ghost. Luo Yi did not panic as he slowly walked over, and only when he could clearly see the man's face did he stop, pretending to be confused as he asked: ”You did not sleep at night, why are you running over to guard my door?”

”Furthermore, it is not the New Year, so even if you stay for the night, I will not give you the New Year's money.”

Luo Yi's expression was natural, her tone was gentle, but the air revealed a sense of nervousness, as if there was a hidden blade in her smile.

The person in front of him unconsciously pinched the hem of his robe until it turned white. Only then did he whisper, ”Empress …”

She was stuck there, as if she did not know what to do next, she secretly looked at Luo Yi, as though she was afraid, but also testing him.

Luo Yi allowed her to size him up, with her scarily patient patience. When she had the time, she would run a few steps away, and it was unknown what fun she was thinking about in her heart, which turned into a smirk when it appeared on her face.

Qing Luo worriedly asked: ”It's already so late, where is the Empress going?”

”Don't you know where we're going?” Luo Yi strangely glanced at her, but she could not hear the slightest ridicule in her voice. It caused Qing Luo's face to instantly go pale, and then, as if she was trying to pull him out of the situation, she said, ”I'll go and take a look at the crown prince … What? You want to go as well? ”

”Then follow me.” she said kindly.

Qing Luo's face became even more pale, the last bit of blood on her lips had already faded, but Luo Yi was already past her, walking forward, Qing Luo grinded her teeth for two seconds, but she still followed along.

The crown prince's room was in complete darkness. Hong Xiang stayed outside and dozed off, his head knocking down little by little. His entire body, however, strangely maintained its stability.

Qing Luo fawningly stepped forward and patted her awake. She turned her head to look at Luo Yi with an undetectable fawning tone: ”Wake up! ”The Empress has come.”

”Who?” Hong Xiang mumbled in a daze. His brain, which was invaded by heavy sleepiness, suddenly woke up at this moment, his body, which could even maintain a balance in his dreams, tilted the moment his master was awake, and almost fell to the ground in an extremely indecent position.

Qing Luo quickly supported her.

Hong Xiang raised his head and returned a grateful look, but he did not have the time to speak. In a hurry, he kneeled on the ground and kowtowed to Luo Yi: ”This servant greets the Empress.”

”Where's the Crown Prince?” Luo Yi walked over, and asked as she touched the door frame.

”Sleeping in the house! The crown prince was exhausted from his hard work today, so he fell asleep upon touching the bed. ”

Maybe because he was afraid to disturb the person inside the room, Hong Xiang lowered his voice when he said this.

”Yes.” Luo Yi replied softly, her fingertip no longer taking the next step after getting close to the door. After a while, she suddenly retracted her hand, and sighed in her heart a few times, then turned around and walked outside.

”...” ”Empress?” Qing Luo anxiously and doubtfully called out.

Luo Yi didn't pay attention to hshe, but before she left, he didn't forget to remind Hong Xiang, ”It's cold at night, so you don't have to stand guard here all the time. Go back to your own room and sleep … Before you go back, remember to make yourself a cup of ginger tea in case you catch cold. ”