He told everyone that it was his sister-in-law, who had been hidden in the world because of her complicated background, and because of her weak body, she was sent to the Valley of the Evil Doctor to recuperate since she was a child, and she only returned to visit her home a few times a year, so she was able to escape the disaster of the Murong family. ∮ Yan Moxuan ∮ ad-free ∮

When he told me, although I was a little confused, I didn't think too deeply, after all, Murong Qinggui was the empress of the Southern Dynasty, and she was still in the Fengzao Hall of the Bauhinia Palace, and although he had never mentioned this righteous sister who suddenly appeared as if she was born out of nowhere, I really couldn't think of any motive for him to deceive me.

Therefore, I just asked with a little curiosity, with the status of the Murong family in the Southern Dynasty at that time, how complicated is the identity of your righteous sister that needs to be hidden like this?

He didn't look at me, but said lightly, I have known that I have such a righteous sister since I was sensible, and as for her life history, my parents never said it, and we were not allowed to ask, so I didn't know.

Now is the critical period when the two countries are about to fight, and he attaches no one more importance to this war, so he went to the front line early, planned the layout, and ordered troops on the battlefield, all of which were strategizing and dedicating his efforts, I knew that he wanted to complete the battle, and he would not let himself take any wrong steps.

But I didn't expect that at this juncture, he would personally go to the Evil Doctor Valley to pick up his righteous sister back.

Green Sleeves didn't feel any problems, maybe I was the only one who was secretly confused and uneasy, everyone thought that under the bloody disaster, he would have extraordinary concern and protection for his few surviving relatives, which was a normal thing.

However, I looked at the great joy and longing in his eyes, and it had not been a long time since such an outward emotion had appeared under the perfect and impeccable expression of my husband, and in a trance, I even thought that time was going backwards, and in front of me was still the young general who was as satisfied as the whole world with his sister's letter.

After all, he didn't completely abandon his mission and responsibility at the moment, he set off for the Evil Doctor Valley only after he had arranged everything.

I know that in his heart, he has never completely abandoned the shadow of the honest and upright man in the past, and I am not worried that he will never return, he is not such an irresponsible person.

When he said goodbye to me, I knew that it was just a formality, and I knew that I couldn't stop him, so I just smiled and urged him to get on the horse, saying, "Go and go back quickly, tell Sister Yi, I will prepare the most beautiful room and dress in Qi Yue and wait for her to come." ”

"She doesn't care about that. ”

He laughed, and as he said that, there was a softness in his eyes that was what I wanted.

I watched his back on his horse, disappearing so quickly, that I suddenly felt frightened for no reason. There is an inexplicable premonition of absurdity lingering in my heart, and it is becoming more and more obvious.

Perhaps, the righteous sister in his mouth is the current queen of the Southern Dynasty, the Murong Qing who has no blood relationship with him, and it is rumored that the outside world is so weak that he is sick in the deep palace all year round and does not show up.

So, when she really appeared in front of me, I was able to control all kinds of emotions that I shouldn't have.

Or maybe it was because I was desperate to share the news of my pregnancy with him, and the great joy overtook everything for the time being.

But I didn't expect that after he heard the news, the most direct and real reaction was to look back at her, although it was only for a moment, I didn't have time to pick up the coldness in my heart, he had already hugged me gently, and then formally introduced our acquaintance.

News came from the palace that my father's illness had worsened again, and I had to hurry back to the capital.

Before leaving, I said to Yun, Rongcheng is in a remote area, and the environment is so bad, it is better to let Sister Yi and I go back to the capital first, I have ordered someone to clean up Chonghua Palace, just wait for her to live.

He shook his head with a smile, and gently and skillfully shirked the past, only saying that she didn't care about this, but there were many rules in the palace, and she was used to being idle outside, so she should get used to it in Rongcheng for a while.

I don't know if his refusal was out of reluctance to part with her, or if he was worried about her safety and wanted to keep her by his side at all times, or if it was both at all.

I only know that I can't change his decision, I only know that he asked Qing Jing to bring all the Qin Zheng that he has collected over the years to Rongcheng.

I don't know if what he said to her that day was to reassure her, or if he did it on purpose knowing that I was outside the door.

I only know that if I was still hesitant and hesitant in my heart before, then when I heard him say in person, he wanted to repay me with the world, I clearly felt that my heart was softening inch by inch, even if it was really a plan, I was willing to let him succeed.

Prime Minister Wen glared at me almost bitterly and said: "Princess, you know that the righteous sister of the concubine is probably the current queen of the Southern Dynasty, and she looks exactly like the little statue I found for the princess a few years ago, but why do you want to let her go? You should know that with her in our hands, it is a weapon that is a hundred times more useful than a sword!"

"If I make the colt hate me because of this, even if he doesn't turn against me—and frankly, I'm not even sure of that—I'll feel more than I gain. And Prime Minister, you also said that today's Murong Tong, no one will want to be an enemy of him, he will do anything for his sister. I watched Prime Minister Wen speak quietly word by word: "And I believe that even if it doesn't rely on Murong Qing's identity, my husband has the ability to win the whole world for me!"

Although Prime Minister Wen no longer persuaded him, he finally let out a long sigh and shook his head: "Princess, have you thought about it, maybe this is the purpose of what the horse said." ”

I lowered my eyelashes and smiled at myself: "I just need to know, even so, but his words are not against his will, it is enough." ”

Prime Minister Wen Cheng retired and began to arrange the manpower and route, and Green Sleeves couldn't help but ask softly in my ear: "Since the princess has decided to give up using the identity of the empress of Murong Qing's Southern Dynasty, why not do it again and again, and simply pull out this thorn in your heart forever and ever?"

I said lightly: "Do you want me to fall out with the horse, or do you want Qi Yue to be at peace from now on?"

Green Sleeves hurriedly knelt down: "The princess clearly knows that the maid doesn't mean this." Besides, there are many ways to make a person disappear without leaving any trace, and the colt will never know that it has something to do with the princess. ”

"Do you think that at this time and now, there will be something he wants to know that he can't detect?" I smiled self-deprecatingly: "Actually, if I let Murong Qing leave, this matter may not be able to hide from him, I only hope that when he finds out, everything will be a foregone conclusion." ”

I know that death will always make something eternal, and I have always believed that I will win his heart one day, so I will not take her life and let her be the only one that cannot be surpassed in his heart.

I want him to know that she chose to leave, that she gave up on him, that such a woman is not worth his insistence.

I didn't hurt her, or did any unforgivable wrong, and he still needs my royal legitimacy, so I'm sure he won't break with me just because I let her go.

This is actually a gamble, but my chances of winning are much greater, I know that if he knows, he will blame me, but he will not do anything to me, I know, he will never forget in his heart, hugging him that day, saying to him "I will give you a home" heavenly love.

What's more, at this moment, I still have my flesh and blood with him in my belly.

I stood at the top of the official office in Rongcheng, looking at the path she was about to leave, and Green Sleeves asked me, "Princess, will she listen to our arrangement?"

I smiled faintly: "Green Sleeves, do you know, when I went to look for her, I found out that she had already left her mind, and with her cleverness, she would not fail to see my intentions, so don't worry, she will definitely come." ”

As if in response to what I said, two faint figures appeared on the cold and lonely path, although I couldn't see it really, but I knew that it was her and Like.

I watched their figures on horseback fade away, and my heart had not yet been completely put down, but I suddenly noticed that there were a few more black-clothed figures on the path, and they rode their horses to follow them in the direction where they had gone.

I was shocked in my heart, turned around and looked at Green Sleeves, and said angrily: "Are you or Prime Minister Wen making your own opinions?"

Green Sleeves hurriedly knelt down: "Since the princess has already ordered, how dare the maid and Prime Minister Wen disobey the yang and the yin? These people, the servant really doesn't know what's going on!"

I was about to speak, but my eyes suddenly fixed on the towering ancient tree in the official office of Rongcheng, and under the dense branches and leaves, there was a faint figure.

I subconsciously pulled the green sleeves and hid behind the pillars, afraid of being seen by him.

After a while, he smiled self-deprecatingly, his eyes have been falling on the figure in the distance, gradually moving away, as if everything around him does not exist, how can he notice it, a little me.

Besides, since he will be here to watch her leave, then he must know everything, and I want to cover it up, but it is only in vain after all.

In the bottom of his heart, a thought suddenly flashed through him—those men in black were sent by him to stop her back? In that case, why didn't he go himself?

Suddenly looking back, I realized that the speed of those men in black was not very fast, and they always kept a certain distance from the two people in front of them, as if they were worried about being detected.

I closed my eyes, and my heart was as clear as a mirror.

He knew what I was doing, and he didn't want to fall out with me, so he fulfilled me and let her go, and those men in black were arranged by him to protect her.

Yes, that's what I thought at the time.

He let her go, I thought it was because of me, and it wasn't until a long, long time later that I realized that he had been the only one for her.

She wanted to leave, so he made it happen.

She wanted to be free, so he giving.

He married me, and felt that he was no longer qualified to give the woman he once wanted to bring to the woman he loved, such pure and unreserved happiness, and he was unwilling to wronged her in the slightest, so he let it go.

He didn't want her to be in a dilemma between him and her husband in the war between Qi Yue and the Southern Dynasty, so he let her go, and just secretly sent people to protect her safety.

His feelings for her were deeper than I could have imagined.

In fact, her figure had already disappeared from the sky, and even the shadows of those men in black could not be found, but he was still motionless, looking fixedly into the distance.

I don't know how long it took for him to leap down from the tree, stretching out in the air, "Zhan Lu" out of the sheath, the sword light like lightning, dazzling flowers.

"Nine heavens, the intention is late, the hand sends the seven-string tong, and the sword leans against the sky. Sihaiping, ** receiving, drunk and laughing on the battlefield, drinking wine in the sky......"

This is the second and last time I've seen him dance this swordsmanship.

I remembered that in the daytime, in the courtyard, in the same place, the amazing sword intent of the heart of the qin, every note, every sword momentum was perfectly coordinated, as if it was a match made in heaven, and it had coexisted for thousands of years.

And at this moment, without the sound of "Si Gui", he danced alone under the cold moonlight.

Every movement is done to the extreme, perfect, but there is always a very shallow and faint aura around his figure, is it sad, or fragile?

After a set of sword dances, he stared at the long sword in his hand for a long time, and his expression was too far away for me to see really.

I know that "Zhan Lu", it is the famous sword that he never leaves his hand, when I married him, I gave him the "jade handle dragon" that has been passed down from generation to generation of the Qiyue royal family, and he accepted it with a smile, but it is still this "Zhan Lu" for personal use.

Qing Jing didn't know if it was because he heard the sound and came to him, he seemed to have told him something, Qing Jing turned around and went back to the room, and after a while, he actually took the "jade handle dragon" out.

He took it, holding "Zhanlu" in one hand and "Jade Handle Dragon" in the other, and slowly paced in the courtyard.

Then, with a sudden increase in arms, before everyone could react, the "Zhan Lu" and "Jade Handle Dragon" in his hands had already shattered into two with a loud "bang".

Qing Xun was completely stunned and did not move, and he was alone, holding the broken "Zhanlu", and went to the ancient tree, where he had last resonated with her sword, and buried the sword deeply.

Turning around, he said a few more words to Qing Jing, Qing Jing hesitated, but he couldn't resist his insistence, he still turned around and went back to the room, and after a while, he moved out of the room one after another Qin Zheng.

When he lit the Qin Zheng with his own hands, I didn't know why my heart was so painful.

He faintly stopped Qingjing who wanted to rush forward to grab the kite and the official guards who came to hear the movement, and watched the raging fire unusually quietly, but after all, he didn't hold back, flew into the flames, and snatched out a Qin Zheng that he couldn't let go.

His fingers slowly rubbed against the surface of the scorched rosewood kite, as if he couldn't feel the scorching heat at all.

That zheng, he had personally wound and polished it, and she had plucked the strings and played it with her own hands.

In fact, at this moment, half of the zheng in his hand has been destroyed by the fire, and he can no longer continue to play.

However, it doesn't matter, he wouldn't let anyone touch this kite again.

I slowly closed my eyes, not wanting to look any more.

I went to tell him that when I asked my sister to leave, he was sending the broken "Jade Handle Dragon" to Qi Yue's best swordsmith to repair it.

I told him that whether he believed it or not, his sister had been leaving.

I told him that I didn't want any estrangement between us about it, so I came and confessed to him myself, and if he wanted to blame me, or wanted to know something, I wanted it to be answered by me, not through the mouth of someone else.

He looked at me, his eyes were calm, and he didn't see any superfluous emotions, and only after a moment did he slowly speak, I made you feel uneasy, it's my fault, but you believe me, I have always tried my best to be a good husband, and in the future, I will try my best to be a good father. I will hold the whole world before you.

It's not that I'm not moved, but the sourness in my heart can't get rid of it.

It's because you'll never be able to love me as much as I love you, that's why you want to compensate with the whole world, right?

I didn't let that emotion show up on my face, and I didn't let it occupy my heart for too long, I just smiled at him with tears in my eyes and said, I'm sorry, I understand, I've always believed it.

I told myself that no matter what, I was the one who owned him at this moment, I was the one who gave birth to his children, and I would only be the one who would overlook this beautiful river and mountain with him in the future.

I will not let any other irrelevant people and things interfere with me and destroy my happiness.

Our lives were as peaceful as ever, so calm that I often wondered if the woman had really ever broken into us.

If it hadn't been for that time, I would have bumped into him alone in front of the burnt half-faced kite, and he would have been obsessed for a long time.

I asked Qingjing, "Is this often the case with a colt?"

He hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and explained for his young master in a hurry: "Princess, don't blame the young master, he is just because of ......"

I stopped him with a smile: "I understand, I don't blame him, all I'm thinking about now is how to win this battle, that's all." ”

This war between Qi Yue and the Southern Dynasties was harsh and mighty, lasting for many years.

Every small battle, we have won all kinds of difficult battles, but fortunately, we have been moving forward.

I don't know why Nan Chengyao, who is the emperor, is so careless about this war?

I once heard that he is a once-in-a-century famous general, but in the midst of the war, when we are approaching the capital of the Southern Dynasties step by step, he still lives in the Bauhinia Palace in Shangjing with an indifferent attitude, as if he has never had any intention of driving in person.

According to the news from Shangjing, even if he is above the court, he has always been allowed to play and not make any decisions.

I don't know if it's because of this, even if we keep winning again, it's hard to dye the face of the smile.

In a battle he poured his heart and soul into, he thought that he could fight with an evenly matched opponent in a dignified manner, but he didn't expect that the other party was not the same thing at all.

However, even so, at this moment, all the people can't stop.

In front of us, from Shangjing, there is only the last barrier left, Yanzhou.

And the generals of the Southern Dynasty guarding Yanzhou rushed over from Mobei, Qin Zhao.

Qin Zhao, this name is not unfamiliar to me.

is the name he mentions the most except for his second sister.

Although I have never seen it, I can also feel that the friendship between them is extraordinary, and I know that in his heart, Qin Zhao is also a teacher and a friend.

I left my son in the palace, handed over to the care of Green Sleeves, and left for Yanzhou by myself.

I know how uncomfortable it will be for him to meet Qin Zhao's blade, so at this time, I must be by his side.

At that time, he had been attacking Qizhou for three months, and it could be said that Qin Zhao alone could steadily resist Qi Yue's wave after wave of offensives.

When I arrived at the barracks, he was feasting, but I didn't expect that this guest was Zhao Tianyi, the prefect of Yanzhou, who came to return to Shun.

“…… The master of the horse persuaded Qin Zhao several times, and his feelings were sincere, but that kid didn't know how to lift up...... Today, those who know the times are handsome, and it is already the destiny of heaven for Qi Yue to dominate the world...... If the master does not dislike it, Zhao is willing to present Qin Zhao's head to show his sincerity......"

Zhao Tianyi chattered endlessly, with a faint smile on his face all the time, and only people who knew him well would notice the disgust in his eyes.

It wasn't until he listened to Zhao Tianyi's last sentence that he asked dispensably: "Oh, how can Lord Zhao do it?"

Zhao Tianyi said: "If you talk about martial arts and people's hearts, Zhao is naturally not as good as Qin Zhao, but Qin Zhao is a gentleman, Zhao is just a villain, the so-called open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, besides, Zhao came today, no one knows, Qin Zhao trusts me and will not guard against me." In short, the horse master doesn't care how Zhao did it, he just needs to believe that Zhao will definitely do it. In fact, I mentioned in my previous letters, the master of the horse always did not respond, and today Zhao came in person, just to express my sincerity to the master of the horse. ”

I didn't speak, and quickly counted Zhao Tianyi's words in my mind.

The Southern Dynasty has the advantage of the terrain and waits for work, and our army has been fighting for a long time, and the supply of grain and grass has gradually been unable to keep up, if it cannot capture the state as soon as possible, it can only turn back and rectify, and start again, and this undoubtedly gives the Southern Dynasty a chance, and the victory we have achieved before is likely to come to naught in an instant.

And the reason why Yanzhou has been able to survive until now is largely because of Qin Zhao's presence, and once he is removed, then the opportunity to break the city will be just around the corner.

I know that Qin Zhaozhi is also a teacher and a friend, but the severity of the war does not tolerate the slightest mercy, let alone any gentleman's way, either you die or I die, there is no third compromise option.

I can't let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I don't want my husband to bear the shackles of guilt, so all the decisions are made by me, and all the blame is also borne by me.

"Lord Zhao only mentions the horse in every word, doesn't he put the palace in his eyes?" I smiled at Zhao Tianyi.

He lost his mind for a while, and responded "don't dare" again and again.

I turned to Tong: "I have something to talk to Lord Zhao, please avoid it." ”

It didn't move.

I actually expected him to be like this, and I didn't care, I just smiled: "Don't forget, don't forget, now in Qiyue, it's still me who has the final say, and I won't let go of this opportunity today no matter what-Lord Zhao, do you mind following me to another camp to talk in detail?"

"No need. He closed his eyes suddenly, and then without any emotion, he said in a deep voice: "Leave him with a whole corpse, don't let him suffer too much." ”

Zhao Tianyi paused, but still nodded.

“…… One last time to persuade him before you do it. ”

Zhao Tianyi said: "If he was willing to surrender, he would have surrendered a long time ago, so why bother to ......"

"I'll go if you want to, what so much nonsense?!" interrupted him almost in a rage.

Hiding his face can't be saved, blood and tears flow in harmony.

I understand how much his heart hurts at this moment.

The deepest, the deepest, the saddest, the most painful, not because of powerlessness, but because of strength and inability.

It's not that he can't be saved, but he doesn't save him, and even has to bring about his death with his own hands.

Zhao Tianyi resigned to the "yes" and retreated, I walked in front of Yun, knelt in front of his knees, reached out to touch his cheek, let his eyes meet me, and then said to him word by word, lightly but firmly: "There is nothing wrong with your decision, the war is like this, either he dies or you die, and you know, neither I nor Yang'er can lose you, and the whole Qi Yue cannot lose you." ”

There was a hint of tiredness in his voice: "But I would rather kill him with my own hands on the battlefield than use such means." ”

I got up and gently took his head into my arms, and Wen Ning continued firmly: "The cruelty of war lies in the fact that the success or defeat of the king will always only judge the hero by success or failure, regardless of the process. Xiao, you also know that we are fighting on a long line, and the supply of food and grass is already very weak, when I came here just now, I saw that many sergeants can only eat one steamed bun for a meal, and if it continues to drag on like this, more people may die, they may not be as important to you as Qin Zhao, but they also have their own brothers, wives and children. You did this, just sacrificing Qin Zhao alone, and the thousands of soldiers and people in Yanzhou and Qiyue, but you can avoid the suffering of war, and there is nothing wrong with your decision. ”

He leaned sideways, buried his face in my arms, and hugged me tightly for a long time.

On the seventh day after Zhao Tianyi returned to Yanzhou, he fulfilled his promise, I don't know how he did it, I don't want to know, and I don't want to let Yun know.

I just buried Qin Zhao with the most honorable princely gift of Qi Yue.

As soon as Qin Zhao died, Yanzhou became a plate of scattered sand, so Zhao Tianyi, the prefect of Yanzhou, stood on top of the city tower and said with tears to the soldiers and people of the city: "Zhao has been in Yanzhou for more than 20 years, and has not made any great achievements, and has no kindness or virtue to the people of the city, and now everyone has suffered from the war for so long, how can I bear it?"

Then he opened the city gate and surrendered, and welcomed the Yue army into Yanzhou.

Before entering the city, he issued a strict order to restrain the sergeants, and not to hurt the people and disturb the people in the slightest.

I rode on my horse and looked to the north, the gold-inlaid and jade-built gate of the Bauhinia Palace in Shangjing, as if I was already in sight.

By the time we entered the Bauhinia Palace, my father had passed away, and he had become the rightful monarch of Qi Yue.

I didn't want to be an empress, but chose to be his empress, standing by his side.

Some old-fashioned ministers have repeatedly written to persuade me, but I just laughed it off, and first, I really love him and don't care about these empty names.

Second, because I have seen the situation very thoroughly, and now his prestige in the hearts of the people in Qi Yue is already above me, rather than one day, he wants to come and take this throne, or someone wants to force me to give it up, I would rather give it now.

I did this, although it is not as expected, but at least, I will be in a more stable position in his eyes, and I want nothing more than that.

Riding on the horse, he smiled at me galloping with him, and his demeanor eclipsed everything around him.

He said to me, "Heavenly Love, I said, I will win the whole world for you, and now, let's go together to create our own dynasty."

He didn't hide me behind me, and I was never that kind of woman.

I did it with my hands in peacetime, and I will not show weakness in the war-torn period.

I want to work with him to overlook this splendid river and mountain, and create a dynasty without wind and rain for our children.

Because we knew that Nan Chengyao had not left and was still in this Bauhinia Palace, we went all the way to Dingqian Palace, but he was not there.

We found him in the Fengzao Palace, and compared to the bloody wind outside, it was quiet, as if isolated from the world.

On the carved bed of agarwood, a red dress replaced its hostess, lying alone.

I saw that the eyes of the water deepened slightly.

"You didn't do your best, I don't need you to let me, and I'll win just as well. Yun said to Nan Chengyao with an expressionless face.

Nan Chengyao smiled casually: "I've done my best." ”

"Do your best, at least I know, you're not doing your best. He smiled coldly: "I know your ability too well, if you try your best, will you not drive and only stay here and wait for death? If you do your best, will you only be allowed to play at the court meeting and never make a decision in person? You dismissed the old people you served in the past, did you expect that there would be today?"

Nan Chengyao drank all the wine in the cup: "So what, you have already won, and the original purpose of I want this dragon chair is only to overturn." ”

His figure, in the glimmer of dawn, under the bright yellow dragon embroidery, was clear and indifferent, I couldn't say a word, I could only look at him fixedly with Tong.

Maybe it was because he saw us like this, he smiled faintly, and said indifferently: "There are too many people who have been martyred for this dragon chair, and all I want is the other way around, the whole country to be martyred, and that's it." ”

He didn't want to continue, and for the first time, he suppressed the indifference in his eyes, looked at Yu and asked, "What about her?"

Yun was slightly stunned, and then said quietly: "I don't understand who you are referring to?"

Nan Chengyao smiled self-deprecatingly: "I know that after she came out of the Evil Doctor Valley, she went to Qiyue with you, and the person I arranged reported that she never saw her leave, but she doesn't seem to live by your side, and there is no result in looking around, so I ask you now, where is she?"

After a long time, Xiao slowly moved his eyes from his face to the red dress on the agarwood bed: "With your character, after the defeat of the army, you will stay here until now, just to ask this, isn't it?"

Nan Chengyao didn't speak, just quietly waited for his answer.

Xiao suddenly smiled coldly, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured a vermilion pill into the wine glass, poured it full of wine and handed it over: "If you want to know, ask her yourself!"

Nan Chengyao's face gradually turned pale, and his voice sounded hoarse and tense: "You mean, she, she-"

A person like him can't even say a word.

Yu Yu said with hatred: "How strong do you think she is to withstand your injuries again and again, she has been in poor health since she fell off the cliff, I originally thought that I would take her to Qi Yue, I could take good care of her, but I didn't expect——"

The latter words may have touched his deep feelings, but his tone was slightly condensed, and he opened his eyes sideways and stopped talking.

And Nan Chengyao, because he didn't have the slightest false tone and demeanor, didn't move.

In the depths of his dark eyes, there was a dark despair, pain, and self-blame...... All kinds of complex emotions and clamor finally slowly precipitated into the emptiness after the collapse of heaven and earth, but his lips were full of self-deprecating arcs from beginning to end.

It seems that the deeper the pain, the worse the laughter, the extreme pain, the smile will also be condensed.

I don't open my eyes, I can't bear to look at it again.

I don't know why he deliberately misled him like this, I thought it was hate, but later, I realized that it was a temptation, or rather, a test.

I watched Nan Chengyao drink the cup of poisonous wine, and the bright yellow sleeves were raised, luxurious and cold.

Tong took my hand and walked out of the Fengzao Palace, someone had temporarily cleaned up the room for me to rest, helped me to lie on the bed, and personally pulled the quilt for me and wanted to leave.

I grabbed him: "Aren't you resting?"

He smiled slightly: "I still have something to deal with, you go to sleep first." ”

Maybe it was because the days of trekking and fighting had exhausted too much of my strength, or maybe it was because my long-cherished wish for many years had finally been fulfilled and I could breathe a sigh of relief, so even in a new environment, I slept peacefully and soon fell asleep.

I was woken up by the commotion outside, and I looked out the window, it was still dark.

I summoned Yiqi, the servant girl who served me with the army, and asked, "What happened?"

Yiqi responded: "Last night, the emperor and empress of the Southern Dynasty were in the Fengzao Palace*, and the fire was only extinguished until now, and they all rushed over there to see the excitement." ”

"Emperor and Empress?*?" I said in surprise.

Yiqi looked at me inexplicably: "Yes, they can't survive if they are defeated, and they can be regarded as having some integrity if they burn it themselves." ”

I suppressed the doubts in my heart, and only quietly instructed her to make up for me, and then smiled: "Anyway, it's nothing, it's better to go to the Fengzao Hall to join in the fun." ”

The golden and brilliant Fengzao Hall in the past darkened its color overnight.

When I found him, he was using his fingers to carefully trace the phoenix embroidered with gold silk at the hem of the red dress in his hand.

His expression was attentive and gentle, and even when I arrived, he didn't notice it.

I didn't go in, and knocked on the open door.

He raised his face at the sound of a voice, and there was still a distant remembrance in his eyes that had not completely faded.

He carefully put away the red dress I had seen on the agarwood bed in the Fengzao Hall in his hand, and then got up and walked towards me.

I told myself not to bother with these irrelevant people and things, even if the dress was hers, anyway, he had lost news of her for so long.

It didn't take long for the men he had sent to protect her to return, and I wasn't surprised that she was so clever and that Like had martial arts, and that someone was following and getting rid of her.

However, he was furious because of this, and sent people all over the world to find her, but he never heard from her.

This world is so big, especially for someone who wants to hide himself deliberately.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" he asked.

"Woken up. I bent my lips at him and chose to get straight to the point: "They all said that Nan Chengyao and his queen were in the Fengzao Hall last night*, what's going on?"

"I put the news and the fire," he said lightly: "I have hated him for so many years, but it is always difficult for the world to know that their future emperor is so narrow-minded." ”

He didn't look me in the eye and just gave me such an unassailable answer, so I chose to believe.

I didn't tell him, I went to see the two skeletons that were so charred that I couldn't distinguish the form, and I still remember that after Nan Chengyao took the poisoned wine, he fell straight to the ground, and the two skeletons were clearly curled up in their bodies, as if they were really burned by fire and died in pain.

I didn't tell him that every time he lied to me, he avoided looking at me.

I didn't tell him what I thought of.

I knew that he had received a gift from the Evil Doctor Valley before, the incense of the other side, and he had told me that it was a small vermilion pill, which could make a person breathe for a day and night, and his body would be stiff, like death. After a day and night, the effect of the medicine will naturally fade, and the person taking it is still the same as ordinary people. Back then, he relied on this "incense on the other side" to escape by cheating death.

He finally let Nan Chengyao go, I don't know if it was to repay his love back then, or just for that woman.

He didn't want her to work hard alone, and he knew that he loved her very much, so he spared his life, looking forward to the possibility of meeting outside the gloomy palace gate, between the mountains, forests and rivers.

What kind of affection should it be, and how kind of silent and helpless delivery and watching?

He didn't even hide it from me, was he worried, I knew that he would not be at ease in the future, and secretly find someone to take Nan Chengyao's life and ruin the woman's possible happiness?

I really wanted to tell him that I wouldn't.

A man who can even use the world at his fingertips as a game to subvert, any power in his eyes is just a passing cloud, and may not be as good as a shallow smile from his loved one.

And that woman, even if I don't have a deep relationship with her, but I will not be mistaken, her indifferent and quiet temperament, and she does not like the intrigue and intrigue in the court, and she will never come to plunder her brother's dynasty.

If it doesn't pose any threat to me, why should I kill them all?

Complete a good story, leave some room for yourself, and also accumulate blessings for my children, why not?

"Why didn't you speak, you were disappointed in me?" asked, perhaps seeing that I had not been silent for a long time.

I retracted my thoughts, raised my face, bloomed the brightest smile at him, and stretched out my hand to hook his neck: "What are you talking about, how can I be disappointed in you? You are the best man in the whole world, the most competent husband and father of me and Yang'er, and more importantly, you are the most loved person in my life, I love you too much time, where can I have the time to be disappointed in you?"

There was a look of emotion in his eyes, and maybe a hint of guilt, but I didn't need to.

I just took the initiative to imprint my soft lips on his, a long, delicate kiss, lingering and compassionate.

But someone came to stir up the situation without interest, and the fake cough sound of "cough cough" sounded, no matter how calm and calm I am on weekdays, I can't help but blush and bury my head in his arms at this moment.

He let go of me with a smile: "I'll go with them to deal with some things first, and I'll come back to accompany you later." ”

I nodded, smiled as they left, and wandered aimlessly alone in the beautiful Bauhinia Palace.

". "Prime Minister Wen walked up to me and saluted.

I smiled slightly: "Your Majesty and General Yun are discussing state affairs, so let's go." ”

As soon as the words came out, I saw his face change slightly and knew that I had said the wrong thing.

Sure enough, Prime Minister Wen Cheng said with a little lonely and sour: "Your Majesty didn't call me, and now I am just bearing the title of Prime Minister, the current Your Majesty, promote and reuse the newcomers he has cultivated himself, it is not bad for newcomers to have the courage and ability, but they should not be treated so lightly to the former Qi Yue elders......

I know what Prime Minister Wen said, but it doesn't matter, I can let him go and even help him eliminate those who disobey him, and constantly consolidate the power and prestige that belong to Murong Tong, as long as it is for the sake of my children, for the sake of Qi Yue, and for the good of our new dynasty, I will not quarrel with him over these small matters.

Moreover, he is by no means an incompetent person who promotes and reuses.

Seeing that I didn't answer for a long time, Prime Minister Wen Cheng changed the topic and said: "I came here to find Niangniang, and I want to ask Niangniang what should be done with those royal relics and concubines of the Southern Dynasty?"

I smiled: "This matter is up to Your Majesty, and I can't be the master, but you just said concubines, but I remember that Nan Chengyao only set up a queen when he ascended the throne, and it didn't take long for him to start a war with Qi Yue, so he has never been a concubine." ”

"It is the concubine of the previous emperor of the Southern Dynasty, except for a noble concubine who committed suicide by swallowing gold and following the old emperor, and now those concubines are all practicing in Puji Temple. Prime Minister Wen Cheng answered my question first, paused for a moment, and then spoke: "It was Your Majesty who asked the old minister to check these royal relics and concubines of the Southern Dynasty, I want to ask the mother first, does Your Majesty have a general disposition in your heart, if Your Majesty asks, the old minister can also deal with it." ”

I looked at his gray hair and slightly rickety body, this person who taught me how to govern the country since I was a child, and loved me like a father, is really old.

I suddenly felt a touch of unbearability in my heart, swallowed back the prevarication words that had been tossed and turned*, and sighed softly: "Those concubines can't set off too many storms, you can keep them, and in this way, they will also give the world a benevolent image of Your Majesty." But none of those royal relics can be left, and the grass must be eradicated. ”

He nodded his head again and again, and walked beside me, obviously wanting to speak.

So I asked: "Say whatever you want to say, you have always been equivalent to half a father in my heart." ”

His old eyes flashed with emotion and tears, and he said tremblingly: "Since this is the case, the old minister will also say it directly, I know that the relationship between Niangniang and Your Majesty has always been very good, but if you are unified today, and Your Majesty will always have concubines." Niangniang should understand that this harem has always been an extension of the court battle, and it is an important place for His Majesty to check and balance the power of courtiers, so although the old minister knows Niangniang's grievances, he still has to mention it......"

My smile was on my lips, and I didn't speak for a while.

And Prime Minister Wen's old voice continued to ring in my ears: "...... General Feng's niece and Lord Li's daughter are just the right age, and their character and appearance are still upright in all aspects, General Feng and Lord Li are my old ministers of Qi Yue, and they have always been loyal, and their nieces and daughters will inevitably serve His Majesty and Niangniang wholeheartedly after entering the palace, and they are better than the ladies of the rookies who don't know the height of the sky......

I took a deep breath and smiled at Prime Minister Wen Ruyi: "I understand, I am tired of the prime minister to convey to General Feng and Master Li for me, send the portraits of the school-age ladies in the palace into the palace as soon as possible, and I will find time to tell Your Majesty - by the way, I remember that the prime minister has a granddaughter who is about the right age, so why don't you draw it together and send it to the palace." ”

The old man's face showed a flattered look, but he couldn't hide the joy of getting what he wanted, and he still excused himself again and again by retreating: "My granddaughter's thin willow posture, how can she compare with the daughters of the Feng and Li families." ”

The smile on my lips became more and more friendly: "Look at what you said, could it be that you are reluctant to send your granddaughter to the palace to be my sister?"

"Where is Niangniang, since Niangniang does not dislike it, I will definitely teach Li'er to serve Your Majesty and Niangniang well!"

I watched him stagger away, lowering his eyelashes to hide the tiredness, helplessness, and shallow sadness in it.

"Niangniang, look at it, how beautiful!"

Behind me, Yiqi's exclamation sounded, I followed her finger to look over, the first rays of the rising sun rose from behind the ancient palace walls, bright sunlight, and glazed tiles and clear blue lake colors, sprinkled to every corner of this magnificent palace.

I smiled at myself in the morning light.

In any case, this is a new day, and in front of me is a new dynasty, it is so beautiful and peaceful, created by me and Tong, and will eventually grow and enrich in our hands.

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