Chapter 449 Hello, hey, hey! I'm the Queen Mother. Who are you?
The evening breeze rustles, blowing the clothes fluttering.
Like the dancing butterflies in spring and the falling yellow leaves in autumn.
Shi Li and Qi Changchuan stood side by side on the observation deck, looking at the lights on the moat in the distance.
Half Jiangsesu and half Jianghong.
Before we knew it, the sun was setting, the stars were shining, and the moon was as white as snow.
In the inky night sky, brilliant fireworks rise, blooming for an instant, and lasting forever.
The blended starlight fell into Shi Li's eyes, which was full of astonishment.
Qi Changchuan turned his head and looked at her silently, his face revealing an unconcealable tenderness and affection.
"It's so pretty."
Shi Li turned her head and smiled at him gently.
I don’t know whether “beautiful” refers to the fireworks or the handsome young general in front of me.
She wanted to say this to him from the first time she saw him.
Qi Changchuan slowly stretched out a hand towards her, opened his palm, and revealed the silver hairpin that he had hidden all the way.
The hollow bell on the hairpin sparkled in the moonlight, as if it was quietly hiding in the bright stars.
"I can't see where it would look good on me. Please help me put it on."
Shi Li stretched out her hand, touched the bell on the hairpin in disbelief and surprise, and looked at Qi Changchuan with expectation.
Her long hair, set off by the silver hairpin, was as dark as ink, just like the fireworks blooming in the night sky.
It was a silent promise made by the young man.
Later, there was unrest in the southern region.
Qi Changchuan, who had just recovered from his injuries, was urgently needed to rush back to stabilize the situation.
On the day Qi Changchuan left the imperial capital, Shi Li accompanied him all the way out of the city.
"I'll be on the lookout when you come back, and I'll make sure I see you first!"
The girl's face was full of reluctance, and she didn't say a word to try to keep him.
Qi Changchuan bowed his head in silence.
half an hour.
"Okay, I'll come back and marry you."
He mustered up the courage to say this unethical statement, then turned around and rode away.
I thought it would be a short separation, but soon after arriving in the Southern Region, I heard that the emperor was getting married, and the empress was actually his own niece.
The big joke of slipping the world.
Qi Changchuan only knew that the situation in the Southern Region was treacherous, but he was unaware of the undercurrents in the Imperial Capital.
Within half a year, Shi Li's grandfather and grandmother passed away one after another.
She inherited everything from the Shi Mansion, and at the same time became a real orphan.
Originally, with the protection of his uncle who was the emperor, life was not that difficult.
However, Empress Dowager Mu was too ambitious and directly dragged her into the palace, so that even her uncle could not disobey her.
The Queen Mother ordered her to be held down and fed with a drug that softened her tendons and bones, and then she was tied up and taken directly to the palace, leaving her no room for any detours.
Fortunately, my uncle and Aning were in the palace, so life was not more difficult.
After silently enduring for a while, the Queen Mother probably thought that she had accepted her fate, so she deliberately came to see her in person with the antidote and wanted to say some comforting words.
But who would have known that the people below would come in and report to the Queen Mother in front of Shi Li that something went wrong in the Southern Region and Qi Changchuan's life was in danger.
Shi Li's face suddenly turned pale.
Queen Mother Mu was a shrewd person who had fought in the harem for many years. She was very good at observing people's words and expressions, and she saw the clues in just one glance.
He immediately sneered at Shi Li, gave her the antidote, and then asked two palace maids to watch her while he knelt outside.
"Let her recognize her identity!"
Later, she had a high fever for four days.
Not only did she scare her uncle and Aning, but even Empress Dowager Mu was completely disappointed in her and simply let it go.
I finally made it through the fifth day, but somehow I forgot a lot of things that happened before.
Including all acquaintances and past experiences with Qi Changchuan.
But some habits will not change just because you forget them.
For example, she would wear a silver bell hairpin when dressing up every day, and on her birthday she would timidly ask her uncle to take her to the highest place to watch the fireworks all over the city.
Once again climbing up the Lutai and seeing the man's familiar figure and face, those deep-buried memories finally came back.
Shi Li quietly looked at the man who turned towards her.
Different from before, he is handsome, dignified, mature and experienced.
Just like before, there was a strong feeling hidden in Danfeng's eyes, exactly the same as the boy back then.