"Moonlit Palace" - Chapter 67: Each with Their Own Hidden agendas

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Thick fog, everywhere was thick fog, Qifei couldn't see where she was or where she was.
The occasional chirping of cicadas drifted from not far away, and the air was filled with the fragrance of water and grass, as if I had been here not long ago.
Although she was all alone, Qi Fei didn't feel afraid, just a little lonely. Not far away, she could faintly hear voices talking. Qi Fei followed the sound, and the thick fog thinned. Just as she could see a man and a woman under the moon, the fog dissipated.
On the wide lake, a fish occasionally leaps out of the water. Frogs croak and cicadas chirp in the grass, like a beautiful melody. A crescent moon hangs in the sky, not bright, but enough for Qi Fei to see the two people in front of her clearly.
A few feet away, Yue Ran and "herself" stood.
Qi Fei finally understood; she had entered a dream again. Lately, she had been having all sorts of dreams, sometimes during the day, sometimes at night, sometimes alone, sometimes with people she knew and didn't know. There had been Brother Yue, Chu Feng, Brother Zhan Yu, and everyone around her. Their clothes were different from what she was wearing now, and they were saying and doing inexplicable things.
Qifei stood there, waiting to wake up from this dream. She had gotten used to treating dreams as stories.
Another version of herself stood by the lake, looking at the water, with Yue Ran standing beside her, neither too close nor too far.
"Brother Yue, this place is beautiful, isn't it?" The woman smiled as she bent down and scooped up a handful of lake water. "The water here is so clear, and the scenery is so beautiful. It's the most beautiful place I've ever been."
"You brought me here just to enjoy the scenery?" Yue Ran's voice was impatient and tinged with anger. "Don't forget who you are."
The woman's hand trembled, and water slipped through her fingers, leaving only a shallow puddle in her palm.
"Brother Yue, it's rare for us to leave the palace..."
"Now that famine is raging everywhere, how can you, as the emperor of this nation, abandon your responsibilities?"
The woman forced a smile, but it looked even worse than a grimace.
"Brother Yue, I know I've done many wrong things and haven't been a good emperor, but I really hope I can make amends..."
"I'm afraid the people of this world won't live to see the day you make amends."
Qifei sat on the grass, feeling a heavy weight in her heart, because of her past sadness, and also because of this fake Yue-gege. Yue-gege was always expressionless, spoke without intonation, and never yelled at her, so this one in front of her must be fake. Right…?
The woman remained silent for a long time. Finally, as if she had figured something out, she looked up at the bright moon in the sky. Qi Fei suddenly felt a pang in her heart because she knew that the woman had looked up to stop the tears from flowing from her eyes.
After a while, she lowered her head, stretched out her hands, and made a hand seal. "What are you doing?" Yue Ran frowned, trying to stop her, but the girl dodged her.
The seal transformed into a lotus flower the size of a palm, which landed in her hand, and a tiny flame rose from the heart of the lotus.
"I'm making a wish!" She put the flower in the water, but it lingered there for a long time.
The woman smiled and said, "Go quickly to the River of Oblivion and deliver my wish to it." As if it understood, the lotus flower stopped lingering and was slowly carried away by the undercurrent.
"You shouldn't have cast the spell." Yue Ran's expression grew even colder.
"Brother Yue, is Changhu Lake really the closest place to the River of Oblivion?"
"……yes."
"Will my wish come true?"
"It depends on whether the price is high enough."
"Perhaps it's not enough." The woman smiled and extended her hand to the man. "Brother Yue, let's go back."
Yue Ran stared at the small hand for a long time, his fist clenching and then relaxing: "I am not Xuan Yuan and the others." After saying that, he left without looking back.
Even after the figure disappeared from sight, the woman continued to stare at her empty palm. After a long while, silent tears streamed from her eyes and dripped onto the damp grass.
Qi Fei suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart. The woman in her dream had transmitted her pain to her, and she could no longer stop crying.
"Qifei, wake up."
Before she even opened her eyes, she heard Brother Yue calling her name, and thick fog rose around her. Then everything in front of her disappeared, and she saw Yue Ran's face.
"Brother Yue." Still half asleep, Qi Fei threw herself into Yue Ran's arms and hugged his waist tightly.
"Qifei, were you dreaming?" Yue Ran felt relieved when he saw her wake up. Qifei's sudden tears had made him feel as if his heart was being squeezed.
"Yes, Qifei had a dream. She dreamt that Brother Yue ignored her and left alone." Qifei still felt a tightness in her chest and couldn't stop crying. When she looked up and saw Yue Ran's expressionless face, she felt even more wronged and bit Yue Ran's arm.
"Brother Yue doesn't want Qifei anymore, and he was very mean to her, which made Qifei very sad." Tears kept flowing from her eyes, soaking Yue Ran's clothes.
"Don't cry, don't cry." Yue Ran felt a little flustered, but didn't know what to say to comfort her.
The more she tried to persuade him, the more fiercely Qifei's tears fell, like beads falling from a broken string: "Brother Yue, will you really abandon Qifei and leave me behind?"
Yue Ran didn't know how to answer. He lived to find someone. If Qi Fei wasn't that person, he had no reason to stay. If Qi Fei was... His heart tightened, and he dismissed the thought.
"The dream... was real... Brother Yue really won't leave Qifei..." She cried harder and harder, biting her lip, her words broken as she suppressed her sobs.
The girl's crying seemed to awaken something...
"I won't abandon Qifei." The man's firm words came out, his silver hair had turned as black as ink, and his calm eyes became incredibly affectionate. With trembling hands, he held Qifei tightly in his arms.
"Never, not even in death." The warm embrace finally soothed the girl's lonely and helpless heart, and sleepiness returned, soon lulling her into a dream.
"Have you found my brother yet?" In the west courtyard of Qinxue Garden, Yuwen Changfeng sat on the windowsill, looking at the crescent moon in the sky.
"Your subordinate is incompetent."
Yuwen Changfeng didn't say anything. He had a feeling that Yuwen Qinglan was not far away from him. He didn't know what Yue Ran had done, but seeing Yue Ran now, he always felt inexplicably close to her. He had an intuition that Qinglan was alright.
"How are the preparations for that matter going?"
"The arrangements in Xishen are all in place, and we're just waiting to make our move on Lord Chu's birthday."
"Go down."
"yes."
"Qifei..." She took out the amulet she always kept to her heart and rubbed it in her palm: "Qifei..."
In the east courtyard of Qinxue Garden, the man in black knelt on one knee in front of Fan Xiao.
"Are you ready?" Fan Xiao had shed the naivety of the daytime and was now showing his true self, the Fifth Prince of Langming.
"Yes, your subordinate has made all the preparations and is just waiting for Lord Chu's birthday."
"Alright, take the kidnapped people to Langming and wait for them at the border town. I will be there shortly."
"yes."
"You must take good care of yourself; if even a single hair goes missing, we'll hold you responsible!"
"Yes, I will do my utmost to handle this matter well."
"Ah Xiao." The guards withdrew, and Fan Qing rushed in from outside: "Is it really necessary to go this far?"
"Brother." Fan Xiao stood up. He thought Fan Qing was already asleep, but he didn't expect that Fan Qing had overheard him. "I'm taking Qi Fei away."
"She is very happy now."
"Even so, I'm taking her with me. I like her, I love her, and I want to be with her, not watch her laugh and joke with others, whispering sweet nothings to them!" His voice grew louder and louder, unable to suppress his emotions any longer: "Brother, you know how jealous I am? Seeing how much she depends on Brother Chu Feng and Yue Ran, seeing them together, I'm so jealous I want to kill someone!"
"Ah Xiao..." How could he not understand? Fan Qing smiled bitterly. He was jealous, but he desperately suppressed his feelings because he was the crown prince of a country, because she was the woman his younger brother liked, because she was his brother's current lover, and now, he no longer even had the status of Qi Fei's fiancé. The only bond between them had disappeared without a trace because of his mistake. He was angry and jealous, but his position did not allow it, his status did not allow it, and he had long lost the only chance to speak his feelings freely.
"I won't stop you, go ahead and do it." Suppressing the bitterness in his heart, he said with difficulty, "As long as we get to Langming, I'll make sure they can't take Qifei away from me."
"Brother... thank you." Knowing his good intentions and purpose, only a pale thank you could express her gratitude.
"Chieftain."
"How's the matter I asked you to investigate going?" Zhan Yu sat in the pavilion in the back garden, watching Qi Fei pick flower branches from the garden that day and put them in a vase.
"As the clan leader predicted, Chu Feng has made another move. Xuan Yuanhao's men have already infiltrated Chu City, presumably planning to kidnap someone during the Chu City Lord's birthday celebration; there are also people coming and going from the Fifth Prince Langming's place, and a group of people from the Western Shen King's place have arrived in Chu City, in addition..."
"Who else?"
"In addition, a group of people of unknown origin entered the residence of the second young master of Chu Garden, and we don't know what they were up to."
"Investigate, and make sure to find out the purpose of the visitor before Chu Yan's birthday."
"Yes!" Zhan Yu's subordinates received the order and left.
"Qifei." Zhan Yu looked at the crescent moon in the sky: "From now on, wherever you want to go, whoever you want to follow, Zhan Yu will be by your side."
It was already past midnight, but only Qi Fei was asleep in Qinxue Garden.

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