Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 236 Starlight
Lin Zisu was jumping for joy, and looked in the direction Xie Xi was pointing at. Wherever her eyes went, there was a mass of black shadows, distinguished by the moonlight, it seemed to be a not-too-high rockery.

Xie Xi pointed to the rockery and said, "When I was young, whenever I was bullied by my second and third brothers, I would come here. As long as you find my treasures and stay there for a few hours, you will forget any unpleasantness."

Lin Zisu was very curious about the "treasure" Xie Xi said, but Xie Xi smiled mysteriously and said no more.

Until Xie Xi dragged Lin Zisu to climb to the top of the rockery, Xie Xi sat down directly, stretched out his hand for a few breaths in an inconspicuous hole, and took out a box with a square foot from it.

Xie Xi held the box in one hand, took out a handkerchief from his bosom with the other hand, and spread it beside her, then said to Lin Zisu, "Don't you want to see my treasure? Get up and watch."

Lin Zisu hesitated for a moment, but sat down anyway.Xie Xi said proudly: "In the past, this was my personal treasure, but in the future it will be our company's personal treasure!"

As he spoke, he opened the box vigorously, and handed the box to Lin Zisu.

There were no rare items in the box, mostly slingshots, stone beads, and other children's toys, and some unrealistic things that seemed to be wood carvings, clay dolls and the like.

Lin Zisu picked up something that looked like a wood carving, and asked, "Fourth Brother, is this your previous masterpiece?"

"That's right. I was learning carving from an eunuch in the palace. I heard he said that I need to practice hand strength first, so I found a lot of wooden blocks to practice."

Lin Zisu thought of her elder brother who loved natural craftsmanship, and became interested in it, and said, "I haven't heard you mention this. I have practiced since I was a child, and I should have learned something."

Xie Xi laughed, and said: "Later my third brother saw that he told my father that I was practicing the art of witchcraft, and then my father sent someone to find some unfinished pieces in my residence. The wood carvings, and scolded me so badly again, since then, I haven’t touched this one.”

Although Xie Xi laughed heartily, there was a sense of sadness in his laughter.

Lin Zisu felt sad for him, and wanted to relieve his unhappiness, picked up the small slingshot again, turned it around in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Fourth brother, you made this yourself, right? If you buy this thing, the birds in the palace will suffer."

Xie Xi seemed to have thought of something happy, this time she smiled brightly, and said: "This slingshot is a long story, I moved to the East Second School when I was seven years old, and my mother sent me two nuns, It is said to take care of my daily life. There is a nanny who keeps blowing her nose and staring at me with the support of her mother, so I made this slingshot."

"What happened later? You made this slingshot to hit her?"

Xie Xi glanced at Lin Zisu, and said, "That's too much fun, besides, that nanny has been at my residence all the time, if I do it directly, everyone can guess right away that I did it."

Lin Zisu was right after thinking about it, but Xie Xi went on to say: "In those days, I put some stray cats in while she was sleeping soundly, and then hit her doors and windows with a slingshot."

"In the beginning, she said that the wind in the yard was too strong. After a long time, she was suspicious all day long and lost the trust of the queen mother. Then I greeted her with confidence."

"Later, she was demoted by the queen mother, so the slingshot was of course useless."

Listening to Xie Xi's words, Lin Zisu looked at the slingshot in her hand again and again.

Over the years, the tendons on the slingshot had rotted away. Lin Zisu pulled it lightly, and then put the slingshot back into the box.

Lin Zu silently flipped through the other items in the box. Originally, she thought that Xie Xi was just an unpopular prince.

After listening to Xie Xi's story tonight, Xie Xi's childhood situation was even worse than she imagined.

The palace was originally an extremely cruel place. It is hard to imagine how a prince without foundation like Xie Xi has spent the past ten years.

Xie Xi said it was a "treasure", but in fact there were only a dozen items in the box. Xie Xi told Lin Zisu about the origin of the things one by one.

Lin Zisu listened to Xie Xi's childhood experiences with great interest, and occasionally asked a few thoughtful questions.

Xie Xi didn't stay idle, his eyes kept rolling on Lin Zisu's face.

At the end, he put away the box, and solemnly said to Lin Zisu: "The nanny who has been by my side has always said something to me, and I think it makes sense."

Lin Zisu turned her head, put away the shyness on her face, looked at Xie Xi and asked, "What did she say?"

Seeing the infinite tenderness in Lin Zisu's eyes, Xie Xi immediately laughed and said, "As long as you are willing to look up, you can always see the stars in the sky."

Lin Zisu looked up at the sky, and sure enough, she saw a sky full of stars, all shining brightly against the hazy moonlight.

"Fourth brother, look, the Taibai star next to the moon is a bit brighter than the moon, and the Ziwei star over there can be said to complement the Taibai star."

Xie Xi glanced at the sky along Lin Zisu's fingers, and then put his gaze on Lin Zisu's face. Seeing that Lin Zisu was still looking up at the sky, he stretched out his hand to wrap her shoulders.

Lin Zisu froze, pretending to be nonchalant, still pointing at the sky and talking and laughing with Xie Xi.

Xie Xisheng was afraid of his own illness, and he was also extremely nervous. Although his hands were on Lin Zisu's shoulders, only he knew that his arms were as stiff as wood.

It was not until more than ten breaths later that Xie Xi confirmed that he would not get sick again, and then he was relieved, and the hand on Lin Zisu's shoulder relaxed.

While speaking, Xie Xi leaned against Lin Zisu again. Lin Zisu hesitated for a moment, but still leaned her head on Xie Xi's shoulder.

The breath of the two overlapped, filling the warmth of the autumn night at night.

Time seems to be silent here.

Sitting on the rockery and looking far away, you can have a panoramic view of several illuminated palaces in the Forbidden City.

Compared with the starlight, those lights are extremely bright, but also extremely strange.

"This place does not belong to us, I will give you another world."

Xie Xi touched Lin Zisu's hair and said, "How about we go to Dunzhou together and stay away from this land of right and wrong?"

Lin Zisu remembered the entrustment made by the emperor and herself, and wondered if Xie Xi's words had any connection with the emperor's entrustment.

But from Xie Xi's words, she could hear the great pride, no matter what the future is like, she will always be with him.

"The sea is wide enough for fishes to leap, and the sky is high for birds to fly. The capital city is a square inch of land, which will only kill people's ambition. The vast world outside belongs to our sky."

(End of this chapter)