Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

"Xiao Tao, prepare the carriage and follow me to the Shadow Palace!"

"Ah? Oh, yes! Princess!"

Xiao Tao was puzzled, but immediately realized that she couldn't refute her master's words. She was about to prepare, and Wei Yang just stood up, and happened to see Xiao Zuochen and Chu Yao walking towards her. The two were talking and laughing about something.

Seeing Xiao Zuochen coming back, Wei Yang's tense face finally relaxed a little. Even the maid behind her breathed a sigh of relief and said secretly, "Thank God."

I don’t know if it was because of the “bad words” he heard about Wei Yang today, but the smile on Chu Yao’s face suddenly disappeared the moment he met Wei Yang’s line of sight. Then he tilted his head, greeted Xiao Zuochen, and went straight back to his room.

Wei Yang was originally planning to say hello to Chu Yao, but she didn't expect him to leave without even looking back, which made the corners of her smiling face freeze for a second.

"Sister."

Xiao Zuochen greeted her, and Wei Yang quickly adjusted his expression.

"Achen, I thought you weren't coming back."

As Wei Yang spoke, he put the cloak that he had prepared long ago on Xiao Zuochen.

"It's late at night and the dew is heavy. Although your health is better than before, you still need to be more careful."

Xiao Zuochen did not hide, but just stood there and looked at Wei Yang quietly. He could see the tenderness in his elder sister's eyes, but there was a touch of possession in this tenderness.

"What are you staring at me for?"

Wei Yang shyly turned her head away, she could feel Xiao Zuochen's eyes on her. Compared with the past, that gaze made her feel a little hotter, she even ignored the unbuttoned cloak, she just let go and stood aside.

Xiao Zuochen realized that his sister had misunderstood and hurried to explain.

"I'm just curious. It's already late at night. Why hasn't Sister returned to her room to rest?"

I was thinking of asking some ordinary questions to ease the atmosphere, but Wei Yang's answer...

"Don't you know why I didn't go back to the house?"

"Forehead..."

Xiao Zuochen was speechless. He already knew why, and now he knew it even better. However, he didn't know how to reply to his sister. He remembered that he had made it clear before that he only regarded Wei Yang as a sister.

Wei Yang didn't hear Xiao Zuochen's reply for a long time, and turned around again.

"Ah Chen, I know that for so many years, you have treated me as your own sister, and I also treat you as my own brother. But as time goes by..."

"Sister! Do you know that people's emotions will be amplified late at night? At this time, people's words tend to be more irrational, so you should go back to your room and rest early~"

Xiao Zuochen interrupted Wei Yang, and after he finished speaking, he did not give Wei Yang any chance to speak, and turned around and prepared to go back to his yard. Seeing that he was about to leave his sight, Wei Yang's brows had already frowned, but he did not expect Xiao Zuochen to suddenly stop, turn back, and speak to Wei Yang very seriously.

"I think people's emotions are really magnified after dark, so sister, I have something to tell you!"

Wei Yang was a little shocked by Xiao Zuochen's serious expression, but he nodded twice obediently.

Although most people in the mansion had gone to bed at night, there were still servants patrolling the night and some maids still busy walking around. Xiao Zuochen didn't want too many people to know about his relationship with Wei Yang, and this was also for Wei Yang's reputation.

The two came to the artificial lake in the garden. Although it was late at night and everything around them was dark, the ripples on the lake still made the path beside the lake relatively clear. Xiao Zuochen and Wei Yang walked side by side on it.

"What do you want to tell me?"

Wei Yang spoke first. It was not because she couldn't keep her cool, but if the two of them continued walking in silence like this, it would only make the atmosphere more awkward.

Xiao Zuochen suddenly stopped, and Wei Yang slowed down and staggered her position with Xiao Zuochen, but when she turned around, she was face to face with Xiao Zuochen, not too far away. Wei Yang raised her head slightly and looked at Xiao Zuochen, waiting for him to say something.

"Sister, how long have we known each other?"

Wei Yang didn't know why Xiao Zuochen asked this, but he still thought about it seriously.

"Seven or eight years, right?"

"Seven or eight years..."

Xiao Zuochen looked at the deep sky in the distance and sighed.

"Seven or eight years may not be a long time, but it accounts for a quarter of my life now, and it will take up even more in the future."

Wei Yang took a breath.

"So what do you want to say?"

"I want to say that we still have a long time to be siblings, so we shouldn't be trapped by the trivial matters in front of us."

After hearing this, Wei Yang smiled bitterly.

"Hehe, the days of being siblings..."

"Sister, I don't know why you suddenly have the desire to control me, but I want to say that I am your brother and I will never abandon you. If you encounter any problems, you can tell me and I will do my best to help you solve them. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine, but I hope you can be carefree like before and just do what you like."

After hearing this, Wei Yang retorted directly with a cold face.

"What I'm doing now is what I like! I don't have any desire to control you! I hope you can care about me a little bit for everything I do!"

Seeing that Wei Yang's emotions were a little fluctuating, Xiao Zuochen hurriedly comforted him.

"Sister, I have always cared about you, and I also care about..."

"You know I'm not talking about the so-called care between relatives! What I want is your unique care!"

Wei Yang was already angry, and she almost yelled at Xiao Zuochen angrily. But as soon as she said that, she realized that she had lost control, and she could only face the lake and kick the flowers and plants on the shore to vent her inner dissatisfaction.

Xiao Zuochen also stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do. He was not shocked by what Wei Yang said, but he had never seen his elder sister angry before, so he was really a little scared.

"Achen, I..."

"Sister..."

Just as the two of them were about to speak again, wanting to say something to ease the atmosphere, a maid suddenly entered the garden holding a lantern. She seemed to have heard some noise by the lake, so she entered the garden and headed straight for the lake. However, due to the dim light, she could only see two figures by the lake, so she leaned forward and asked.

"Who is there!?"

When Xiao Zuochen saw a maid coming, he didn't want others to see him and Wei Yang here, so he turned around and wanted to leave, but Wei Yang directly grabbed Xiao Zuochen's sleeve.

"it's me!"

When the maid heard it, she realized it was her master's voice. She looked to the side and saw that the figure did look like His Royal Highness Prince Yun, so she quickly lowered her head.

"I didn't know that the prince and princess were here. I'll take my leave now!"

Xiao Zuochen felt somewhat helpless. Wei Yang deliberately let the maid know that he and she were here so late at night. He seemed to be able to foresee how these servants would spread gossip among each other tomorrow.