Chapter IV. Burning branches

In this world, there are many things that are addictive. For example, I rely on sachets to sleep soundly. For example, I can't do without Yuwen Qiye's love. Addiction is a dangerous thing, and once you fall into it, you can't extricate yourself and want more, until it suddenly disappears, only to realize that you have already put yourself in danger.

As I stepped down from the altar and received the praise of the tides, the singing of all the people that resounded through the nine heavens, even if it had nothing to do with Zhaoyuan, did not stir my heart.

I lifted my chin and swept over the people below, my heart pounding under my calm countenance, about to burst through my chest. The light of the sky gave birth to a flood of colors in front of my eyes, and I knew that from this moment on, I fell in love with the feeling of being at the top.

The ceremonial official played the chapter of Xiping, the ritual music of a hundred phoenixes hovered for a long time, and the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky gradually came to an end.

"The phoenix is singing, and it is in the high post." When she walked by Xiao Guifei's side, she smiled coldly at me, her raised red lips opened lightly, and slowly spit out a sentence in my ear: "No matter how high the princess flies, neither you nor the East Palace can escape." ”

I generously saluted her and said, "The phoenix burns branches and nirvana, perches on the sycamore, and swims above the nine heavens." ”

The time will come, and I will be alone, and I know that I will not be able to escape.

The sky suddenly became overcast, and the sun was obscured by heavy dark clouds. The mighty procession of worshipping the heavens returned home, and the onlookers scattered one after another. The wind picked up and ruffled my sideburns.

"Princess, why don't you leave?" Lotus Witch had changed into her usual clothes and walked with her magic tools, and I was the only one standing here on the Qitian Platform.

I looked up at the altar, the fire burning in my pupils. My mind flashed the image of myself in a sea of fire, which almost consumed me, and a man in white hugged me tightly.

"Princess?" Lotus Witch whispered in my ear, and I came back to meet her tentative gaze, knowing that I had been mentally turned upside down when I first arrived in Yizhou, and that the next two days would be better but still worrying.

I was about to speak, but the way Lotus Witch looked at me became more and more strange, I was stunned, and I fixed my eyes on her dilating pupils, and my breath stagnatedβ€”a man in brocade robe leaped out of the flames of the altar, and with a tap of his toes, he opened his arms and flew straight behind my back!

I turned my head from the start, only to feel a gust of wind blowing in my face, and I was about to dodge but he grabbed me by the shoulder and lifted me up.

"Princess, borrow a step to speak!"

My eyes flickered, and he carried me away. Lianwu followed closely and chased two steps, but was left behind by the foot strength of the man in brocade.

I was very quiet all the way, which surprised him. It wasn't until my vision gradually widened, the deep apricot forest reflected a vast pool of water, a white shirt was independent, and from a distance I looked like a fairy outside the world, I asked: "When did the prince arrive in Yizhou?" ”

The Jinyi people didn't want me to expect it, so they were stunned at first, and then replied: "I entered the customs last night and didn't alarm others." King Yan is sick, the affairs of the country are indispensable, the prince should not stay longer on this trip, the princess ......"

His words were vague, but I understood the meaning, smiled indifferently and pretended not to understand, turned around and walked towards the lake.

The trees are shady, the new branches of the apricot trees in early spring are delicate, and the humid air in the mountains has the fragrance of earth, and you can vaguely smell the slightest fragrance. The sky was gloomy, and a few rays of sunlight sprinkled through layers of dark clouds on the layers of apricot leaves, finely spread on his elegant white clothes, and melted into a shimmering glow.

I approached him, but did not speak. His straight back almost wanted to stand like a tree, growing alone in the forest sea that covered the sky and the sun in the Qiwu Palace.

"Ah Yan, are you okay?" He didn't look back, a cold voice sounded, and just a few words struck my heart.

Inexplicably, I felt sour in my nose, and I couldn't tell the myriad thoughts that I had suppressed in my heart. It seems that just like now, everything is there, everything has changed. Shen Zhan and I are in response to the Buddhist sentence "Don't say", if you say it, you will be wrong, and if you say it, it will be a disaster. His sentence of "Ah Rou" has broken the knot that I have not untied for many years.

After a while, I walked to his side and spoke: "I don't know if the prince's 'Ah Yan' is calling me, or is he calling the eldest princess of Chengyang?" ”

The contemplative eyes lingered on my face for a long time, and suddenly a smile was aroused, and the world was instantly overshadowed: "So you should also remember that there is only one of my Ah Yan." ”

His gaze was not half hidden, and it made me want to dodge for no reason. The image of me and him falling off a cliff flashed to my mind, as clear as it happened yesterday.

"My father and I both have a 'Rouge' living in our hearts, but they are two women." A gust of wind rose, the calm surface of the lake was wrinkled, and the mellow words came to my ears, as if telling a story that had been sealed for years.

"The prince and the princess, how can they be 'loved'? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the world? When I asked this sentence, my heart was already bottomless, and the words of Helan Lin lingered in my mind that night, like a nightmare.

There is always a silence in the world, which makes people feel uneasy and uneasy. As I stood with Shen Zhan, I read the absurdity of what I was asking in his deep pupils.

The emperor and King Yan fell in love with a woman, and in the end, one of them sat in the world, and the other was in front of the prince, but the woman went to another country, took away all the love and hatred, and left me alone. Men use portraits to remember their former love, hide their own hearts, and then move on with their lives.

I recall the lush sycamores of the old days, which hid all my ugly gestures and buried my sinful debts entangled with Shen Zhan's love. I don't know if I ever loved him back then, but I remember that at this moment, I was still afraid of him and avoided him, but I had to beg him.

"Shen Zhan, are you here this time for the covenant of the day?" I called his name carefully, and I felt that it was very rare in my memory.

He stared at me, his eyes became sharp, and he said for a long time: "I heard that you were kidnapped by the Turkic prince, and Yuwen Qiye fell off the cliff to save you. Yizhou is dangerous, you are alone, if you go back to Yan with me, the prince's affairs can also be discussed in the long run. ”

The deep sycamore in my mind became more and more gloomy and thick, and I listened to the words of Shen Zhan, and my heart gradually became cold.

"Help me...... Help me......"

"In the month of high interest, today we will go to the Shura Hell together. I will be with you in hell, and no one will dare to kill you! ”

……

It all started with a fire and ended with a slaughter. Every sentence Shen Zhan gave me was a devastating loneliness. And if it is Qi Ye today, seeing that I am alone, how will I agree?

…… High interest month, Hell Yellow Spring, I'll go for you......

A drop of rain hit my eyelids, and I looked up, feeling the cold rain dripping down my face. The apricot leaves rustle and the coolness seeps through.

"King Yan is sick, and the emperor is sick with the dragon, so it's rare to see such an opportunity. If you are a little more ruthless, the throne of Yan is yours now. But I can't, I still have to protect the imperial power of the Gao family and the safety of my father. On this trip, even if Zhaoyuan is lonely and difficult to sing, he must make his father change the crown prince and vow to bring down the Xiao family! I looked at Shen Zhan, my eyes suddenly cold, "The road ahead is treacherous, one wrong step is the Yellow Spring of Hell, I don't know if the son of the world will advance with me, or will he retreat alone?" ”