The weak star crawled in front of them almost half-walked, tears pooling on her face, flickering in the candlelight, like a pure glass mirror. Lin Yueyuan hugged her body that was about to fall, she turned her head indifferently, looked at the two of them resolutely and sadly, wanted to speak and stopped, and said in a dumb voice with difficulty for a long time: "Master Hou, Miss Lin, Your Highness invites the two of you in." ”

The two of them hurriedly ran to the inner room.

Li Tan seemed to have just woken up, his worried eyes only opened a small slit, his frost-white lips trembled slightly, Lin Yueyuan and Li Can had to lie on his lips to hear what he said.

"Ah, are you feeling better?" Li Can asked anxiously.

He shook his head from side to side twice, and asked in a low voice, "How's it going outside?" ”

"Don't worry, it's calm outside, nothing happened." In order to ease his heart, Lin Yueyuan and Li Can frequently assured.

Illness can sometimes cause confusion in the awake brain, while other times it can cause the confused to wake up instantly. No one could see the firm and clear determination hidden under Li Tan's painful and weak appearance.

He looked at the candle flame in front of the bed, which was about to burn out, and muttered, "There is still a little time." He tilted his head and tried to lift his eyes wide, and cast a surprisingly clear and peaceful light on them. There was a smile in his eyes, it turns out that when you give up your dreams, but have unattainable dreams, the ease is greater than the loss, those fears, jealousy, hatred of gains and losses, in the moment of real let go, is warm and happy.

He curled his fingers slightly towards Li Can, Li Can willingly put his hand in his palm, and he smiled sincerely, without a trace of hidden sadness, loneliness, and self-abandonment. He opened his mouth and said in a low voice, Lin Yueyuan could smell the rich medicinal fragrance coming from his mouth, just like Lin Risheng, Yang Jinlan, and Chu Yunxi, Li Tan was also a person wrapped in medicinal fragrance, but Lin Risheng's medicinal fragrance made people happy, Yang Jinlan's medicinal fragrance made people sad and angry, Chu Yunxi's medicinal fragrance added more elegance, and his medicinal fragrance only increased sadness.

His voice was as thin as a mosquito sound, and Li Can came closer, just blocking Lin Yueyuan.

"Take good care of her." Li Tan said that although he did not name names, Li Can already knew who he was talking about, "Making her happy is the only wish in my life." Li Can subconsciously looked back, but it was Lin Yueyuan's ignorant and dazed gaze.

Li Can couldn't help but say something to Lin Yueyuan, but Li Tan squeezed his palm hard, he stopped suddenly, bit his lip, the moisture in his eyes surged, paused for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Don't think nonsense, only you can take care of her in this world." ”

He pulled the quilt on his chest for Li Tan, but Li Tan held his hand with all his strength and said loudly: "Promise me!" ”

Lin Yueyuan was stunned by his sudden outburst, and Li Can said as if he was depressed: "Okay! ”

Li Tan's heart was relieved, his body was soft, he smiled satisfactorily, let go of Li Can's hand, and whispered: "It's so good!" He closed his eyes and said softly, "I'm tired and want to rest, don't wake me up." ”

Li Can pulled Lin Yueyuan out in response, and Xingxing came in crying, almost bumping into the two, Lin Yueyuan told her that Li Tan's condition was not as bad as she imagined, which reassured her, but her tears were like winter rain in the first half of the night, and she couldn't stop it. She lowered her voice and insisted on going in to serve, but Lin Yueyuan couldn't persuade her even after a lot of saliva, so she could only go.

Outside the house, Lin Yueyuan grabbed Li Can, who was worried, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "

What were you talking about?

Li Can didn't make a sound, just stunned for a moment, and asked instead of answering: "Lin Yueyuan, let me ask you who is the best person in the world for you?" ”

Lin Yueyuan tilted her head and said while thinking: "There are many people who are good to me, brother, sister-in-law, mother, aunt, Yunxi, Qingshuang, Amin Biyin, and cousins. ”

Li Can's face was gloomy, and he looked faintly angry, Lin Yueyuan pursed his lips and waved his hand reluctantly: "Okay, okay, you are good to me." ”

"I mean, who's best for you?" Li Can repeated the question.

"The best?" Lin Yueyuan was a little dumbfounded by the question, and after thinking about it seriously, she was still very embarrassed: "Most of the people I know are good to me, how can this be calculated clearly?" ”

Li Can turned around with his hands down, stared at her firmly, and said solemnly: "Remember, the only person who is best for you in this world is your cousin." ”

After speaking, he took a big stride, his clothes fluttering, and walked out of the hall in a chic and calm manner, and walked into the melting night to welcome the morning light.

When Li Jin got the news, it was already dawn, and he hadn't closed his eyes all night, both tired and excited. But when he heard the news, he was still stunned, and as if he didn't believe it, he asked again. Under the guidance of the chamberlain, he hurried to the Tanxiang Hall non-stop, and only when he walked halfway did he suddenly remember, and called the chamberlain to go to the Imperial Doctor's Office.

In the hall that had not yet entered, he had heard the cry at the door, Li Jin stood at the door and paused, and stood thoughtfully for a while.

The maidservants in the hall knelt on the ground in rows, and the sound of whimpering and crying was endless. The eunuch sang a promise, and everyone cried and knelt to greet each other. Li Can heard the movement and came out of the inner room. His eyes were red, his expression was haggard, he knelt down, Li Jin raised his hand to help him up, with a look of concern: "My father is still asleep in the palace, and the seventh brother is ......" He seemed to be very uncomfortable, raised his sleeves and rubbed his eyes, and couldn't say any more.

Li Can arched his hand, his voice was hoarse, with a heavy nasal voice, and replied: "The prince's day mourns, please don't tell Concubine Shu Niangniang about this matter for the time being, so as not to make her too sad and difficult to continue to take care of Your Majesty." ”

"It's nature, it's nature." Li Jin looked reasonable, "So, take me to see the seventh brother." ”

In the inner room, Li Tan lay quietly on the bed, his face was peaceful, but his face was as white as frost and snow, without any vitality. His messy hair had been neatly combed, he was wearing his most solemn moon-white python robe, his chest-length brocade was covered by the jade belt around his waist, his hands were crossed on the brocade quilt, and a string of stars and moon bodhi with black dots on a white background on his wrist shone softly.

Zhu Xing had already fainted from crying, Li Min was about to faint from crying, and the grumpy Lin Yueyuan was locked in the wing room by Li Can, crying fiercely.

The imperial doctor arrived in a hurry, and before he had time to say hello, he was ordered by Li Jin to go to investigate. Li Can pretended to help, but in fact secretly pinched the hand of Imperial Doctor Du, who had been in the palace for most of his life, naturally understood the meaning, and after casually checking Li Tan's pulse and breath, he confirmed that Li Tan died of illness last night.

Li Jin bowed slightly, and suspiciously, he lifted the brocade quilt on Li Tan's body again and looked at it. There was only his well-dressed body, and nothing else. With the assistance of Li Can, he covered the brocade quilt, and the chamberlain took a white cloth and put it on Li Tan's face.

Li Tan's coffin and mausoleum had been selected and built a long time ago, and his sudden death would not cause much panic. The coffin was about to be sent into the palace, and Li Jin took advantage of the chaos to order people to carefully search the Tanxiang Hall and the Linjiang Palace, but still found nothing. Only then did Li Jin feel at ease to deal with Li Tan's funeral.

But Li Tan's death did not completely dispel Li Jin's vigilance, Tanxiang Hall and Linjiang Hall were still under the surveillance of heavy soldiers, and Li Can's range of activities was only limited to these two places.

Li Tan's mourning hall is located in the main hall of the Tan Xiang Palace, the hall has been torn with white cloth everywhere, white lanterns hang under the eaves, there are ghosts floating in front of the door like a soul flag, the white background and black characters of the couplet are hung left and right, the incense case in the middle is placed on Li Can's heavy tablet, the incense burner in front, the incense candle is burning, coupled with the sad cry of the palace people in uniform snow-white mourning clothes in the hall, it is really a group of sad clouds and miserable fog, sad and broken soul.

Li Tan's body has been moved into a huge coffin large enough to lie down three people side by side, he fell asleep quietly, his unstained face was just like the new bloom of Youtan at night, quiet and leisurely, pure and quiet, and there was no dispute with the world.

She had not run out of water and rice for two days, cried and fainted three times in a row, and vomited a mouthful of blood halfway, but she still insisted on kneeling in front of the hall to guard Li Tan's spirit. Li Min simply fell ill due to excessive grief. Since the death of her mother, Lin Yueyuan has never been so sad, although she has been trying her best to support her emotions by pretending to be strong, but the pain in her heart is still reflected through her body after all, she wants to eat to maintain her strength, but she vomits so weakly that her limbs are weak, she wants to stay calm, don't cry, but the tears can't be closed at all, like a spreading flood, flowing wantonly.

A girl's sadness and weakness can be unrestrained, but as a man, Li Can has to restrain his emotions at such a critical juncture. He continued to use indifference to cover up the loss of his childhood companion, both a relative and a close friend. His heart was dug into a big hole, empty and deep, and it was full of bleak wind and cold rain.

Three days are fleeting, and tomorrow Li Tan's coffin will be carried out of the palace and sent to the imperial mausoleum outside the city for burial, which is also authorized by Li Chengxun, because he is always worried about this son who is suffering from a serious disease, and he is reluctant to let him go away before his death, and he wants him to be by his side after death.

Just after the hour, Li Can, who had disappeared for a long time, had not returned, Lin Yueyuan was a little worried, and thought in his heart that he would go out to look for it after half a stick of incense.

The palace maids presented a meal and begged the masters to eat, and the two were still happy. Yao'er has also moved to Tanxiang Palace to take care of Li Min in the past few days. Seeing that Lin Yueyuan and the others had been keeping vigil day and night for days, he was really afraid that they would not be able to support it, so he also came to persuade him personally.

Lin Yueyuan also knew the meaning of mourning, even if she couldn't swallow, she had to take care of her body, so she took the noodle soup brought by the ointment, handed it to the star who described it as withered, and kindly persuaded: "You can also eat a little more." ”

Zhu Xing raised his red and swollen eyes, and said weakly: "Miss Lin, my legs are numb on my knees, and I am weak, please help me into the house, lie down and come back." ”

Lin Yueyuan put down the dishes and chopsticks and carried her arm with Qiao'er into the house, and Qiao'er went to take care of Li Min after setting up the food. Lin Yueyuan took the pulse for her, and after two sentences, she also planned to take a rest, but Xingxing asked her to stay.

The two sat opposite each other, and the star suddenly spoke: "Miss Lin, you probably don't know that I actually have some resentment against you. ”

Lin Yueyuan lowered her eyes and pondered: "Because I hit you?" I know that you are also a very noble person in your bones, some people are willing to live like ants, some people are willing to die as martyrs, and personal choices are different. Although it is not good to give up everything to steal life, but death is heavier than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather, if you die so easily that day, it is a pity. ”

"No, I want to thank you for that." "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to approach Your Highness, and I wouldn't have found the meaning of my life. ”

Zhu Xing looked at her puzzled appearance, and actually smiled: "That's how you make people angry." You have no evil thoughts, no ** thoughts, respectable but also evil. You are ruthless and break the heart of someone who has affection for you, you know? ”

Lin Yueyuan was not too shocked, but a little clear, pondered for a moment, and sighed: "I sometimes know that my cousin is different from me, but I don't want to think about my children's private affairs after all. I also regret that if my cousin was still alive at this moment, I should have talked to him properly, and it would not have caused him endless troubles if I talked about it. ”

"It's a pity that Your Highness doesn't know that the girl is a psychic person, and he has been keeping this secret before he dies, so he doesn't want to trouble you." "But I can't bear to let His Highness's infatuation go down like this, even if it will bring you endless remorse, I can't let you forget him like this." ”

Lin Yueyuan chuckled, "No." Although it is not as unforgettable as the love between men and women, it is also deeply rooted in the heart and will never be forgotten. ”

The two smiled at each other, Lin Yueyuan held her hand and said, "Pick up the stars and wait for me to figure out a way, let's escape from this ghost place together." I'll show you the outside world, that's what really lives. ”

"Nope." Zhu Xing decisively pulled away her hand, and smiled faintly: "Miss Lin, you are high-minded by nature, and you come from the beautiful Shu land of mountains and rivers, and it is probably the aura of heaven and earth that has created your noble character that is not stained with vulgar dust." You belong to the vast world, and the stars are too small, and you only have Your Highness in your heart. ”

"What are you going to do?" Lin Yueyuan asked with a frown.

"How many days have I seen him wake up in the middle of the night, sit in front of the window, and quietly look at the epiphany in the courtyard. He loves epiphany not only because of its frangipani fragrance, but also because it is like his own destiny - to live in the dark night and never see the sun. He loves rain rather than sunshine, winter rather than spring, scattering rather than gathering, just because his sadness and loneliness go deep into the bone marrow and cannot be redeemed. He also knows that thou art fire and he is ice; You are the day, he is the month; You are the wind, he is the cloud; If you are the sun and rain, he is the star of the night; You and Him can never coexist. ”

She smiled and continued, "But flowers and leaves always wither together, and even small ones like roadside wildflowers are always accompanied by green leaves. I want His Highness to know that even if he feels that he is humble and humble, there are always people who know him, understand him, respect him, and love him. ”

Lin Yueyuan was slightly moved, and was speechless for a while, although the feelings in this world are much meaner and colder, it is undeniable that those beautiful words were not created by the ancients out of thin air after all, their existence is a kind of beauty.

That night, the night was as black as thick ink, and a meteor fell in the sky, breaking the silence of the night. The depths of the Yuyang Palace suddenly lit up with a red firelight, as if the sunset was falling, the red glow was shining, the smoke was rising, this huge and brilliant raging fire burned with the power of destroying the earth and the earth, as if to celebrate the dead for the living. There were shouts and wails in the temple of Tanxiang, and flames continued to gush out of it, burning everywhere and ashes all around.

The fire was not completely extinguished until noon on the second day, and most of the Tanxiang Palace had been burned, leaving only choking smoke, broken bricks, broken pillars and beams, and dark ashes.

Since then, it has been rare to see the beauty of the hundreds of epiphany flowers in the summer night palace.

As soon as the epiphany blooms, the country and the city will fall.

Once it is fleeting, it is rare to get it again in the world.