Chapter 355: Southeast
His expression was gloomy, his eyebrows and eyes were gloomy, and there was no trace of his former vigor and sunshine on his body. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He sat lifelessly in a scarlet setting, like an old man in his twilight, though his skin had not yet grown old.
This is not the Xiao Shaoyun she knew before.
That Xiao Shaoyun also died with her, did he disappear?
She lifted her skirt, knelt on the ground, and bowed:
"Courtiers Bai Chenghuan, meet the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live. β
A cold voice shattered the stalemate silence.
Xiao Shaoyun kept staring at the eyes of the woman in front of him, and then slowly fluctuated.
"Cheng Huan, come here. He whispered, holding out his hand to the woman kneeling on the ground.
There have been countless times, he has also extended his hand to her like this, and she has been running over with endless joy, running to the childhood sweetheart who grew up with her.
But as the years passed, they changed to another skin, and they could never go back.
Bai Chenghuan never stretched out his hand, or even looked up.
She took two steps back on her knees, and stood up calmly, her eyes down respectfully.
"If the emperor's name is Miss An, she is waiting outside the palace gate. β
There was a trace of trance in Xiao Shaoyun's eyes: "She's ......"
If he didn't listen to anyone's words, except for the past events that An Zhulin remembered, he felt that it really didn't look like it at all......
He stared at Bai Chenghuan: "I'm talking about you." β
His words fell in the empty Zhaoyang Palace, and Bai Chenghuan finally raised his head to look at him, his deep eyes were unwavering.
"The emperor is mighty, and the courtiers dare not be presumptuous. β
Xiao Shaoyun's hand stopped in mid-air awkwardly, and the green tendons on it jumped a few times, and finally retracted.
"Do you hate me......
"Your Majesty, the courtiers heard that the emperor misses Empress Xiaoyuan, and the courtiers and Miss An are both because they have some connections with Empress Xiaoyuan, and the courtiers, in addition to having the same name as Empress Xiaoyuan, have no other similarities, and hope that the emperor will know it. β
Bai Chenghuan simply interrupted Xiao Shaoyun's words.
Since Xiao Shaoyun means this, let's spread it out.
Xiao Shaoyun sighed, she actually has a somewhat similar temperament to Cheng Huan, Bing Xue is smart and doesn't like to pretend to be stupid.
However, why did Cheng Huan treat him so coldly?
"Well, let's make it clear, I think you have a relationship with Empress Xiaoyuan. Would you like to stay by my side?"
Bai Chenghuan's eyes moved slightly.
Xiao Shaoyun, what do you want to do?
Xiao Shaoyun looked at Bai Chenghuan who was standing far away from him, his handsome face was melancholy and pale, if other women were standing here, they might be distracted by such an emperor, hoping to get his meager pity.
But Bai Chenghuan is not uncommon.
The courtiers were unwilling. β
Her voice was clear.
"The courtiers grew up in Yuzhou since they were young, except for the name, they have no relationship with the Empress Xiaoyuan, and besides, the courtiers have been doing this all their lives, and they don't want to be anyone's stand-in, and they also hope that the emperor will be clear. β
"Mingjian?"
Xiao Shaoyun asked rhetorically, stood up, and walked towards Bai Chenghuan.
Bai Chenghuan stood in place, not avoiding or hiding, but lowered his head again, his eyes were still dead.
"On the night of Qixi Festival, I heard that you were sick, and I went to the Hou Mansion to see you, but Weibei Hou stopped me and didn't let me see you, why?"
"Mrs. Weibei Hou has a proud temperament, and she easily dislikes to associate with people, but she can be familiar with you at first sight and recognize you as a righteous daughter, and the people of Weibei Hou respect you more than Cheng Huan, why?"
"You have been crazy and stupid for sixteen years, but after the burial of Empress Xiaoyuan, you suddenly came to your senses, and your intelligence is different from ordinary people, why?"
Xiao Shaoyun's hand stopped at Bai Chenghuan's cheek, and her delicate cheeks seemed to slowly blur in front of his eyes, gradually overlapping with the face he had been thinking about for a long time.
"King Jin doesn't like to deal with the nobles in Beijing the most, he has never only listened to me and Empress Xiaoyuan, but he cares about you very much, and keeps calling you 'Sister Chenghuan', Xu Chenglin is a wicked person who loves his sister, if he really thinks that An Zhulin is Queen Xiaoyuan, he will never be so cold, and I summoned you into the palace, but he accompanied him all the way. β
"You used to like to stick the hairpin diagonally in your bun like this, and every time you lost the hairpin, you had to look for it everywhere...... In the dead of night, I would think about these things until I saw them. Do you want to know what else I've seen?"
Xiao Shaoyun's whispering was like a boulder, cast on Bai Chenghuan's heart lake, stirring up thousands of huge waves!
When the hell did he start noticing this?!
Seeing that Xiao Shaoyun's hand was about to fall on her cheek, his clear breathing was even getting closer and closer, Bai Chenghuan finally took a step back unbearably and dodged that hand.
Any touch from him would make her feel sick!
"The courtiers don't know what the emperor is talking about, but the courtiers are just Bai Chenghuan of Yuzhou, not the stand-in of Empress Xiaoyuan - the emperor, the soul of Empress Xiaoyuan is already in Miss An, and the stepfather and mother have been confirmed, if you want to find someone to replace you, aren't you afraid that Miss An will be sad?"
"She's not. β
Seeing her dodging and disgusting like this, Xiao Shaoyun's face became even more lonely, but he didn't step forward again.
"I know that when Cheng Huan is gone, people in this world want to treat me as a fool and want me to listen to them...... I don't care, but I'm not really blind yet. It doesn't matter if you don't recognize it, but if you forget, it doesn't matter. β
Xiao Shaoyun said, but leaned down, picked up a few scrolls from the large porcelain vase on the floor in front of the bookcase, unfolded them one by one and spread them out on the bookcase, and looked at Bai Chenghuan quietly.
"You just need to tell me what is going on with all this? You tell me how you made these paintings if you weren't her? Why can you, a woman from Yuzhou, be able to imitate the masterpieces that I have in my library?"
Bai Chenghuan looked at it, and his pupils shrank slightly.
The ones that were all on the bookcase were the four imitations that she had ordered Shaohui to exchange for two thousand taels of silver when she first arrived in the capital.
She just wanted to exchange money to ask Yuan Hui for something to requiem, but she didn't expect that the secret would be revealed.
"Courtier's ......"
Before she could finish her excuse, she was interrupted by Xiao Shaoyun: "Do you want to say this, none of them were done by you, or do you want to say that these are all instructions from the gods, or do you want to say that they were given to you by others?"
Xiao Shaoyun's sculpture-like face approached Bai Chenghuan infinitely, and the domineering aura belonging to the emperor came to his face: "When you wanted to fool me in the past, you would blink, Cheng Huan, do you think you can fool me?"
"Or did you really forget about me?"
The sleeves of the bright yellow dragon robe brushed against her shoulders like water, and in the narrow eyes that were close at hand, there was a little pleading, a little despair.
"Cheng Huan, do you really, don't you remember me at all? When you woke up on this Yuzhou woman, did you really forget about me? Do you really, never want to come back to me?"
Bai Chenghuan took another step back.
She can't admit it, even if she dies, she will never admit it again.
"Your Majesty, Empress Xiaoyuan has unfortunately passed away, you are sad in your heart, and the courtiers can understand it, but ......"
"But you just don't want to go back to me, do you?"
Xiao Shaoyun firmly grasped the weak shoulders of the woman in front of him with both hands, and his expression was crazy and desperate.
Since you have forgotten, since you have forgotten everything, why don't you want to?!
He also had no choice, what else did he have to do?
What else do you want him to do?!
"The emperor is self-respecting!"
Bai Chenghuan suddenly used his arms to break free from Xiao Shaoyun's confinement, turned around and ran towards the outside of the hall, leaving Xiao Shaoyun standing alone with a sluggish expression.
When did she have such strength?
By the time he reacted and chased after him, Bai Chenghuan had already run out of the hall gate, and outside the door, a tall and athletic figure strode over.
"Cheng Huan!"
Xiao Shaoyun's robe fluttered and chased out.
Running out of the darkness in the Zhaoyang Palace, Bai Chenghuan raised his eyes and saw a person walking in the suddenly bright skylight.
"Brother!"
She ran over without hesitation.
Xiao Shaotang stretched out his hand to support the woman who ran towards him, stared down at her, and his heart, which had been beating wildly, finally settled down in an instant: "Bai Chenghuan, it's me." β
Behind Xiao Shaotang, Xu Chenglin looked at his sister who pounced on Xiao Shaotang, his eyes were gloomy, but he was suddenly relieved.
In fact, in this world, anyone who can protect his sister's side is better than him.
In this way, he can also go to the southeast without any obstacles.
When Xiao Shaoyun chased him out, he only saw Bai Chenghuan and Xiao Shaotang standing together, Xiao Shaotang stretched out his arm to protect her in front of her, looking at him vigilantly.
The harmony between the two of them made his eyes tingle.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"
Without waiting for Xiao Shaoyun to reprimand or Xiao Shaotang to speak, Xu Chenglin rushed ahead and spoke: "Could it be that the minister's sister is ignorant and annoys the emperor?
As he spoke, he lifted the robe of his armor and knelt on one knee.
Xiao Shaotang also knelt down and saluted, still looking tired.
The military generals did not have to salute in military uniforms, and Xu Chenglin's armor quickly diverted Xiao Shaoyun's attention.
"You came to see me to fulfill the covenant of the East Window back then?"
"Back to the emperor, the minister has repeatedly heard today that the southeast Japanese invaded my coastal border and slaughtered my people, and I am grateful that the emperor caught the assassin and avenged the minister's sister, and the minister's soul has also been recalled, the minister is grateful, and he can't repay it, so he wants to fulfill the promise of the year, and stick to the southeast portal for the emperor to repay the grace of heaven!"
"Xu Chenglin!"
"Brother!"
Two women's exclamations followed.
An Zhulin and Bai Chenghuan were both unbelievable, Xu Chenglin was actually going to the southeast?
An Zhulin was shocked because in his previous life, Xu Chenglin did go to the southeast in the end, but it was five years later, Lin Daocheng, the general stationed in the southeast, was killed by the Japanese people, and in the turbulent situation in the southeast, Xu Chenglin went, but today, the turmoil that killed Lin Daocheng has not yet come, if Xu Chenglin goes, will the person who was killed become Xu Chenglin?
And Bai Chenghuan exclaimed, because Xu Chenglin's petition was without warning, and his brother never said a word to his family!
Southeast, such a distant place, if my brother goes, when will he come back?
The emperor didn't look at An Zhulin, but he glanced at Bai Chenghuan.
If it's just a righteous brother and sister, why is it like this? As for An Zhulin, Xu Chenglin has been her fiancΓ© for many years.
"What do you mean, I understand, but Xu Chenglin, when Cheng Huan went, you drew your sword against me, and now, how do you want me to believe you?"
How can a courtier who dares to draw his sword against the emperor be reassured?
"The minister is thousands of miles away, his family is in the capital, the emperor still can't believe in the minister's loyalty?
Xiao Shaoyun was silent.
Although he is suspicious, what Xu Chenglin said is reasonable.
Whether it's true or not, the assassin has been caught, and it can be regarded as giving the Xu family an explanation. If the Xu family is unforgiving, in the eyes of the world, it will be disloyal and unfilial.
Bai Chenghuan was about to walk away from behind Xiao Shaotang, but Xiao Shaotang suddenly stood up and stretched out his hand to stop him.
I saw Xiao Shaotang turn around and walk in front of the emperor and salute: "Your Majesty, the prince of Weibei is in his prime, he is the pillar of the country, and when he contributes to the country, seeing him like this, the minister also invited himself to go to the northwest to fight the enemy for the country, and I hope the emperor will allow it!"
"You want to go back to the Northwest?"
The emperor's expression suddenly became gloomy.
This is to get out of the cage of the capital, go back to Ningzhou, let the birds fly, and the sea is wide and leap by the fish, right?
There were two people in front of him, one wanted to go to the southeast, and the other wanted to go to the northwest.
In contrast, Xu Chenglin makes people more willing to believe it.
After all, his family is still in the capital.
Weibei Houfu is not in charge of the military now, so I think I am panicking, but this sentence of "making meritorious contributions" is somewhat credible.
Xiao Shaoyun thought about it for a while, and his face turned slightly pale.
"The prince of Qin doesn't have to come to join in the fun, I know that you are also a good hot-blooded man, but you have just come to the capital, why rush back? β
After saying a few words, he looked at Xu Chenglin, who was still kneeling on the ground respectfully: "Xu Chenglin, since you are so sincere, I will allow you, I only hope that you will go here, protect your family and defend the country, and never forget your original intention." β
"Minister Xu Chenglin thanked the emperor Longen!"
A loud kowtow sounded on the gold bricks in front of the Zhaoyang Palace, accompanied by An Zhulin's pale cheeks and Bai Chenghuan's forbearance.
Just now, Xiao Shaotang told her, don't worry.
But her brother is going to the southeast, a wild place that has always been turbulent, how can she not be in a hurry?!
Xiao Shaoyun once again set his sights on the prince of Qin.
Hearing him say that, Xiao Shaotang was not annoyed, but just smiled boringly, seeing that he had indeed come to have a good time.
Xiao Shaoyun frowned: "Why did the prince of Qin enter the palace at this time? Who let you in?"
The smile on Xiao Shaotang's face remained unchanged, but his expression was innocent: "The emperor forgot, when you are allowed to see your courtiers, you can enter the palace to see you, and the token is still here!"
Xiao Shaoyun looked at the palace entry token in his hand and sighed helplessly.
This was after the news of King Ning was sent that day, he asked him for it with the credit of King Qin.
It is said that proton is difficult to do, why is he so unconscious?