Chapter 56: The Ice Heart Opens for the King (1)
The cold wind converged into a terrible sound wave whistling on the edge of the cliff, like a ghost crying in the shadows, and like a soul laughing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 InfoCotton wool-like snow is swept into the whirlpool of the wind and dances wildly in the deep valley. Large snowflakes smashed on the doors and windows of the attic, like continuous drums, shaking the hearts of the people.
Chu Yunxi and Chu Yunlian sat face to face, silently listening to the sound of the wind and snow outside. After a while, Chu Yunlian came back to his senses from his wandering state and said quietly: "You can disdain, but this is also a way to revitalize the family." Just like the battle of Wu and Yue back then, you can have Gou Jian's lying salary and taste the gall, Fan Li's resourcefulness is unparalleled, and naturally there can also be Xi Shi's beauty, thinking that although Xi Shi finally ended up with a red face and trouble, but for the revenge and hegemony of the Yue country, Xi Shi can also be said to be a great contribution, and her sacrifice can not be rated as inferior. ”
Chu Yunxi smiled helplessly, nodded and said, "And the Yue Kingdom will be difficult to survive forever after all." I didn't despise your efforts, sister, I just didn't think it was worth it. ”
"It's up to you and me to judge whether it's worth it or not. All right. Chu Yunlian rubbed his eyebrows and said categorically: "Everything that should be said has been said." How are you going to end up? ”
Chu Yunxi took out a packet of things from her arms, she opened the yellow paper, there were some thin black medicinal powders inside, she held it in her palm and showed it to Chu Yunlian: "Sister, this is a Chinese medicine that I just discovered not long ago, named Qi Han." It is the nemesis of heat poison, but it is a taboo of cold poison. I was suffering from cold, as long as I quietly added this medicine to the medicine I am taking, I can change the properties of the medicine, aggravate the condition, once the cold disease deteriorates into cold poison, I will have no cure, I will die, will not be clean, so that you and I will have an explanation in front of the prince. ”
Chu Yunlian was shocked, frowned and asked, "So, you have already made a plan." ”
"I have no intention of arguing with my sister." Chu Yunxi smiled faintly and said, "I don't want to marry the prince." Shi Gongzi has a deep affection for me, and I have no way to repay it, so I have to die with me. However, how easy it is to die, compared to my sister's perseverance, I am probably a useless member of the Chu family. I can save myself, but I can't save those who died because of me, and I can't save my sister's sorrow and bitterness and the decline of the Chu family. In this world, only a strong person like my sister deserves to survive, and I can't abandon my conscience, and I don't want to give up my body and mind, because I have seen too many beautiful things, and I don't want to fall into darkness, so for me, it is not suffering but supreme perfection. ”
Chu Yunlian didn't know if Chu Yunxi, who was smiling, was talking about life and death so easily to comfort her, or if she was really ready to let go, but she also noticed that Chu Yunxi's face flashed with a calm and soft beautiful brilliance, as if a cultivator was at ease when he broke through the Zen machine. And she also had to admit that she said that the last sentence really touched her heart.
But only once, her "crooked thoughts" were immediately corrected, and she returned to her boxy suit.
"Okay." Chu Yunlian raised his eyes to look at the sky outside the window, got up and said, "Maybe you and my sister should have talked about it a long time ago, and they wouldn't have carried so much hatred." Things have come to this point, and I must honestly tell you that I am ashamed of you, but only ashamed. ”
Chu Yunxi chuckled, "That's enough." ”
Chu Yunlian finally took a closer look at her, and couldn't help but feel gloomy in her heart, it turned out that she had never really opened her heart to understand her sister for so many years, her infinite hatred and jealousy, and her perception of her sister's viciousness was just her imagination and speculation. She swept Chu Yunxi's face carefully, she had never been hateful, but so gentle and amiable, and understanding. Her heart was filled with sour feelings, for her and for herself, what people say is not credible, what she sees may not be true, maybe only what she perceives with her heart can be regarded as true.
The two walked out of the Dongfeng Pavilion side by side, the wind on the cliff mountain was very strong, blowing the clothes and hats crooked, and the eyes could not be opened, and the cold snow melted on the warm skin of the face, piercing the cold touch under the skin. Chu Yunxi stretched out his hand to help Chu Yunlian put on his hood, and said with a smile: "Sister, little sister has said goodbye first, take care." ”
Although Chu Yunlian's face was silent, there was a strong sourness on the tip of his nose. She nodded a little stiff in her neck, which was a final goodbye.
Chu Yunxi walked in the direction of the carriage, and as soon as she took two steps, a large wave of guards with knives burst out from the slanted thorns behind the rocks on the mountainside, and the guards were divided into two groups, one rushing towards her. She looked back at Chu Yunlian with a slight stunnedness, she didn't expect that her heart-wrenching words would not be able to disintegrate the thick ice wall in her heart, she had clearly expressed her willingness to die, but she still had to do it herself.
But she soon realized that she was wrong, because the face of Chu Yunlian she saw had a look of astonishment similar to hers, and then gradually turned into anger and panic.
The guards who rushed over did not intend to take her life, but surrounded her, apparently to protect her.
And another wave of guards suddenly moved towards the group of guards brought by Chu Yunlian, and the long knives fell, slashing and killing countless people, and soon the entire cliff edge was splashed with blood.
Chu Yunxi felt a deep fear.
Finally, the commander of the guards appeared on the edge of the cliff, with a sword hanging from his waist, dressed in civilian clothes, strong and mighty, tall and dark, and he looked like a fierce general.
Chu Yunlian's eyes were red, as if he was burning with anger, and he almost shouted his name at all: "Han Lin! ”
The Prince's Man! Chu Yunxi was completely aware of it for a moment, and screamed in horror: "Big sister! ”
Han Lin held the long sword at his waist, pursed his lips into a straight line, and announced loudly without any emotion: "On the order of the crown prince, the crown princess privately transferred the forbidden army out of the palace, and if she wants to do wrong, shoot it immediately, and there will be no forgiveness for killing!" ”
Before Chu Yunxi could react, the two rows of archers lined up on Han Lin's left and right bent their bows at the same time, and dozens of white feather arrows submerged into Chu Yunlian's body. Her body was pierced, and a wail of pain echoed over the edge of the cliff, swept into the abyss farther away by the wind. Countless wounds were bleeding, staining Chu Yunxi's sight, and she fell to her knees weakly and fell into the snow.
Chu Yunlian was full of arrows, like a bloody phoenix with open arms and about to fly high, she swayed her body, took two steps back to the edge of the cliff, and spit out the last mouthful of blood in her mouth, showing a trace of ridicule of fate to Chu Yunxi, and then fell into the endless abyss.
The marionette's thread is torn off, her body is torn apart, but the restraints and restraints are also broken, and she can be herself and reshape her life like a fire phoenix.
But Nirvana rebirth has never belonged to mortals, and even if Chu Yunlian, who fell into the cliff, was heartbroken even if it was heroic, he would pass away after all.
Last night's three watches rained, and today it is cold.
Looking at the side roller blinds, the begonias are no longer there. [Originally as [lazy] Han Hao rained last night, and now it is cold. Begonia flowers are in or not, and the side roller blinds are to see. ]
Chu Yunxi, who was full of grief and anger, desperately tried to break free from the guards who choked her freedom, she tried her best to rush to the edge of the cliff, but she couldn't rush through the human wall, and she couldn't fight the vicious heart. She was stopped in a world where life was worse than death, and she was forever separated from Chu Yunlian. This person who once hurt her was also hurt by others, both sad and pitiful, but not forgiven by cruel fate.
Chu Yunxi snatched the knife of the guards beside him, swung and slashed indiscriminately, and the guards around him scattered. Han Lin hurriedly shouted, "Fourth Miss, don't be impulsive. He was afraid that she would hurt herself and would not be able to return to the crown prince when he went back, so he shouted, "Fourth Miss, you have also seen the fate of the crown princess." The prince is also doing this to protect you, and he is determined to welcome you into the palace in a month's time. ”
Chu Yunxi held the knife in both hands and shouted wildly: "Okay, since the prince wants to welcome me into the palace, then carry my body into the palace." ”
"No, Miss Four, stop it!" Han Lin was frightened and shouted: "The prince has a life, if you dare to resist the decree, after the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely have the entire Chu clan to bury you!" ”
Chu Yunxi's hand was weak, the long knife fell to the ground, and a nearby guard saw the opportunity to kick the knife away, she gave up resisting and got into the carriage in the direction of Han Lin's hand. She sat in the car and wept silently, took out the ground Qihan from her arms and stuffed it into her mouth without hesitation.
As the snow grew heavier, the carriage drove slowly along the road, like a snow mark from a wheel, and soon it was covered with snow, as if it had not broken. The snow accumulating on the edge of the cliff will cover up all these evils, but in one night, the return peak will be as holy and pure and solemn as before.
Chu Yunlian died, the Lu family seemed to grow old overnight, and the eldest lady of the Chu family, who was strong and rigid back then, is now just a poor woman who has lost her daughter, and she is delirious and screams in pain every day.
As soon as the crown princess died, the last glory of the Chu family also died, and the brilliant Jinling Chu family, which had been glorious for a hundred years, also lasted for several dynasties back then.
Chu Yunxi was placed under house arrest, as she expected, the emperor had not been in court for several days, this was the first long-term strike of the emperor since Chu Xiaolian's death, rumors spread outside, Lu Yan heard a legend from the outside, the emperor suddenly fell into a coma not long ago, unconscious, afraid that he was about to return to the sky. When the outside world was still speculating, Chu Yunxi had already confirmed this statement, because only she knew that the prince had begun to indulge his desires.
The prince did not announce the matter of welcoming her into the palace, and everything was going on quietly. I don't know if the prince already knows about her and Shi Jiaheng's past, and the day she was selected to enter the palace turned out to be the same day as Shi Jiaheng's marriage. And the Chu family has undergone great changes, and during the days when she was under house arrest, Shi Jiaheng was also sent to Taiyuan, which is not a coincidence. Thinking of him, Chu Yunxi was afraid in her heart, she couldn't die so quickly, she was in tears, endured the infinite disgust to Li Jin, and halved the cold and took it.
Lu Yan and Bi Yin finally knew the truth of the matter, Lu Yan hugged her and cried silently, and Bi Yin scolded all day long.
Chu Yunxi has been asleep from morning to night, the bitterness in his mouth slowly melted into his heart, although Lu Yan and Biyin have not removed the mustard in their hearts, but once the matter involves Chu Yunxi, the two stand on the united front again, fortunately, the guards in the house are not strictly guarded, and Lu Yan and Biyin can still go out for a long time. After all, it is the Chu Mansion, and the prince still has some concerns, and if he besieges the Chu Mansion with great fanfare at this moment, it will inevitably attract attention. Although the emperor was unconscious, he had not yet breathed after all, and it was time for the prince to serve diligently in front of the dragon couch and pretend to be a filial son and grandson.
It seems that the emperor will not be in a long time, otherwise the prince would not be so impatient to welcome her into the palace. However, the emperor died and the new monarch succeeded to the throne, and there was also a limit to filial piety, and the prince was like this, which shows how deviant he is and how he does whatever he wants. I don't know how to restrain my desires, I always talk about my preferences, and I am vicious, suspicious and jealous, and have no mercy.
Chu Yunxi stared at a pair of eyes and lay down, feeling in his heart, there will be demons in troubled times. In this world, wicked people are rampant, evil kings are in charge, demons are frequent, and the gang often collapses, and this chaos is bound to be not far away!
The date is gradually approaching, Shi Jiaheng has also returned to Chang'an, she was afraid that he would not be able to bear the lovesickness for a while, and sneaked into the house to visit before the wedding, so she ordered Lu Yan to send a message to him in advance, saying that she was all right, don't worry, and said that he was about to be a husband, and it was inconvenient to meet her, not to mention that before the death of the crown princess, she had agreed to her request and allowed her to return to Shunan in the spring of next year, and asked him to take care.
Fortunately, the crown prince did not make public the matter of the crown princess's private transfer of the forbidden army out of the palace, but only detained the cause of death that the crown princess designed for her to be on herself. Finally retained the honor she had during her lifetime. Shi Jiaheng, who was kept in the dark, didn't know what was happening, although he regretted and suffered because the two were inseparable, but he felt a little comforted when he learned that Chu Yunxi could stay away from the struggle and live a stable life.
Lu Yan wanted to tell him the truth several times, hoping that he could take Chu Yunxi away and fly away, but in the end she couldn't help but not open her mouth, the whole world is not the king's land, how can the subordinates fight with the king, saying it is nothing more than implicating an innocent person.
Three days before entering the palace, the prince quietly asked someone to send a red wedding dress, a small phoenix crown, a pair of pearl embroidered shoes, and a pair of jade Ruyi.
Three days later, after Bai Linglin left the pavilion, the sedan chair in the East Palace would pick her up. Shi Jiaheng is also the best among the nobles of Chang'an, his wedding naturally has many attendees, and there will be nobles in the palace to participate, and the carriages and horses will not arouse suspicion when they enter and exit.
Originally, the Son of Heaven was seriously ill, and the courtiers should not hold a big wedding at this time, although Shi Jiaheng intended to use this as an excuse to delay time, but the prince was in charge of this marriage was given by the Son of Heaven, and he refused his request on the grounds that it was inconvenient to change it without authorization. Of course, Shi Jiaheng knew that these high-sounding reasons were not credible, and he knew in his heart that the prince was wary of him, and he just wanted to transfer him out of Chang'an after he got married.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, the weather is bleak. Chu Yunxi, who had not slept all night, sat alone in front of the window in thin clothes all night, and saw the moon rising to setting, and the moonlight turned from shallow to cold.
In the early morning, there was a light fog outside the window, there was no daylight in the sky, the clouds were heavy, and the air was humid and chaotic. After a month of tossing, she even needs help to walk, and she can't stand this winter. I don't know how many tears were shed behind her back, only she looked at her increasingly dry face in the mirror, and her heart was infinitely happy. Presumably, the prince will probably not be interested anymore when he sees her yellow-skinned and terminally ill appearance.
Someone knocked on the door, but Chu Yunxi didn't even have the strength to shout "Please come in", and his voice was hoarse and couldn't make a sound.
The door was pushed open and a cool breeze poured in, she rolled up her sleeves, her eyes looked weakly at the door, and a woman walked in with her feet up, smiling at her all the time.