40. Chapter 40

When Yan Wenhao's words fell, Mu Ziling's eyes widened, and he instinctively felt scared, so much so that he didn't even notice that he was gently kissed on the corner of his mouth by Yan Wenhao.

He couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, "What do you mean by that?"

Yan Wenhao stepped back, but his eyes still fell on Mu Ziling, and his hand was still holding Mu Ziling's hand tightly: "You listen to me, I will sue you...... All to you. ”

As he spoke, Yan Wenhao's eyes suddenly became a little profound, and his gaze also passed over Mu Ziling and fell into the distance in vain.

After being silent for a while, Yan Wenhao's voice slowly sounded, and he said in a gentle tone: "Qian, before, you used to talk to me about your mother, this time, I will tell you about my mother...... And my past, okay? ”

Mu Ziling didn't want to hear it, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, but he had just opened his lips, and before he could speak, Yan Wenhao had already chuckled lightly and said to himself.

"My queen mother, is the Yan Yunyun family's Miss Yan, when she was fifteen years old, my father fell in love with her at first sight, and begged the first emperor to marry him, the first emperor agreed, and the next year the queen mother was ten miles of red makeup, and the scenery was married to my father."

Although he smiled, there was no smile in his eyes, his eyes were as cold as a deep tan, and his voice was very soft, as if he could make people travel through time and go back to many years ago, and see a story buried by time.

"At that time, my father had not yet ascended the throne, and he was only a prince, and they had been very affectionate for a few years after they got married, but after my father ascended the throne, they began to change their ......"

After a pause, a mocking smile appeared in Yan Wenhao's eyes, he snorted coldly, and continued: "My father once made a promise to my mother for the next life, but his so-called love can't match his desire and attachment to imperial power after all. ”

In fact, don't blame Emperor Yan for breaking the agreement, who can resist the temptation of holding the whole book of life and death in his hands, and thousands of people prostrate under his feet?

"In the third year after my father ascended the throne, the Xiongnu came to invade my border, my grandfather Yunchen and brother-in-law Yunjing, with the strength of the Yun family, defeated the 500,000 army of the Xiongnu with only 50,000 troops, so that the Xiongnu were defeated and retreated, and had to send envoys to negotiate peace."

Speaking of this, Yan Wenhao stopped, he gently rubbed Mu Ziling's palm, and raised his eyes to look at him, "This battle, do you know about Qianhe?" ”

Glancing at Yan Wenhao with a complicated expression, Mu Ziling didn't know what it meant for him to talk about this, but the uneasiness in his heart still didn't decrease in the slightest.

Pursing her lips, Mu Ziling hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Well, I know." ”

Resisting the enemy's 500,000 army with 50,000 troops, even if it can win, it should be very tragic, but the casualties in that battle are very few, it can be said that the victory is very beautiful, he was still young at that time, and when he heard his father talk about it, he could not remember much, but he only remembered one name, Yunjing.

Yunjing was the youngest child of Yan Yunyun's family, and back then, he was only a weak crown. The reason why that battle was won so beautifully and the casualties were minimized was that Yunjing came up with a strange trick.

"Yes," Yan Wenhao bowed slightly, and there was some meaning in his words: "Everyone knows it, and they won't forget it." ”

Lowering his eyes, Yan Wenhao's voice was still continuing, his tone was light, and he told the story unhurriedly: "The Yun family has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and the soldiers of the world have surrendered to them, not to mention that the Yun family has a strict family education, never bullying others, and even being kind and charitable, whether it is in the people or the court, it is quite prestigious." ”

"Seeing that the Yun family is gradually growing, my father is worried that the power of the Yun family will pose a threat to him, so his love for his mother is becoming less and less, and he is becoming more and more defensive about her.

"When I was six years old, there was an enemy on the border again, Yunjing was seriously injured and did not recover, but my father personally ordered that Yunjing, who was still injured, be sent to the battlefield, although this battle was won in the end, but my brother-in-law Yunjing, he stayed on the battlefield forever."

Yan Wenhao's thoughts seemed to go back to that year, when the news reached the capital, he saw his mother crying sadly for the first time.

He lowered his voice, and there was a trace of pain in his eyes: "Since that day, the queen mother has been sick, and in less than three days, she has been sick to the point where there is no medicine and stone, and the doctors are helpless, so they can only watch my mother's life gradually disappear, and she is powerless to return to heaven." ”

Yan Wenhao said, holding Mu Ziling's hand tightened suddenly, and a strong hatred suddenly erupted in his eyes: "The queen mother did not die of illness, but someone took advantage of her sadness for her uncle's sudden death and relaxed to poison her." ”

With pity in his heart, Mu Ziling couldn't help but raise his other hand and gently patted the back of Yan Wenhao's hand as a silent comfort.

Maybe it really worked, Yan Wenhao's feelings gradually eased, but the chill in his eyes still did not fade at all.

"The poison in the queen mother is a strange poison, which can make the poisoned person's connections look like they are suddenly seriously ill, and when the amount of this poison is small, it will not kill people immediately, but will be latent in the human body for more than ten years, making people linger on the sickbed and very painful; When the amount is too high, it is like a serious illness and sudden death, without any warning, and it is difficult to find out the root cause. ”

"Therefore, even if my father ordered a thorough investigation and a full month of investigation, in the end, it could only come to a heartbroken transition and a depressed result."

Yan Wenhao didn't believe this conclusion from beginning to end, but there was no way to find out, he was too young to do anything at all.

"Your Highness."

Suppressing the shock of these words in his heart, Mu Ziling called Yan Wenhao lightly, and then looked straight at him, his eyes were full of tenderness and unconcealable pity.

Yan Wenhao looked back at him quietly, his eyes became extremely gentle, and after a long time, he exhaled deeply, and finally opened his mouth to reveal his deception and remorse.

"After the death of the queen mother, not long after, I also suddenly fell ill, and the imperial doctor could not diagnose the cause, so he could only attribute it to the death of the queen mother, which hit me too hard...... However, this is not the case. ”

Hearing this, Mu Ziling's mood could no longer be described as shocked, "Your Highness, why do you ...... "to tell me this?"

Without answering Mu Ziling's doubts, Yan Wenhao continued: "They killed the queen mother, and they didn't let me go, they gave me the same poison as the mother concubine, but they used less on me. ”

His expression was obviously extremely cold, but his tone at this time was very flat: "From the age of six to eighteen, for twelve years, I have been harmed by this poison, lingering on the sickbed, weak and powerless, and always worried about my life, if it wasn't for the time when I was nine years old, I met the master, he taught me martial arts, and passed on my internal strength, so that the toxicity was slightly suppressed, at this time, I have already had no medicine, and I have no strength to return to heaven, so I can only wait quietly for death to come." ”

"Three years ago, I accidentally rescued a healer, and he saw at a glance that I had been poisoned, which was created by his master, and he promised to detoxify me by remembering my life-saving grace...... Finally, four months ago, he found all the herbs and cured the poison for me. ”

Hearing this, the expression on Mu Ziling's face changed, and his face was very ugly - four months ago, that time, it was obviously a month before the marriage decree was issued!

"You-" Mu Ziling widened his eyes, stared at Yan Wenhao deadly, gritted his teeth, and asked word by word, "You have been detoxified four months ago?" ”

Then why did he enter the palace?

If it weren't for this decree, he wouldn't have had to ruin his career; If it weren't for this holy decree, he wouldn't have to wear red makeup, marry as a man, and become the laughing stock of the world; If it weren't for this holy decree, in the previous life, he would not have died alone in the cold dungeon.

He thought that he was reborn and compromised into the palace for himself, and he also had the heart to save Yan Wenhao's life, which was regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue...... But in the end, it turned out that from beginning to end, it was all a conspiracy, and he was just a joke!

Why did you sue him about this when he found out what he wanted?

Why don't you keep it hidden?

Anger, sadness, despair...... These feelings surged towards Mu Ziling together, making him unable to control it, the whole person was trembling, his face was extremely pale, his eyes glared at Yan Wenhao fiercely, but the love in those eyes was complex and difficult to distinguish.

Yan Wenhao has been staring at Mu Ziling intently from beginning to end, not missing the slightest expression of his expression, seeing his reaction at this time, as well as the sadness and hatred that he can no longer hide in his eyes, the remorse and guilt in his heart gushing out, so that he can no longer hold back and kneel down.

"Humble, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Bowing his head heavily and kneeling on the ground, Yan Wenhao began to apologize over and over again: "I ruined your future, it was I who made you unable to enter the office, I made you wear red makeup, married into the palace as a man, and became the laughing stock of the world, it was my mistake, it was my mistake-"

He didn't dare to ask for forgiveness, so he could only apologize over and over again.

It's been a long time.

Mu Ziling finally had a little reaction, he lowered his head, looked at Yan Wenhao kneeling in front of him with empty eyes, and his tone was so calm that it was weird: "The national teacher is your person?" ”

If it weren't for Yan Wenhao's people, then how could he make such ridiculous remarks to Emperor Yan.

"Yes."

Yan Wenhao didn't hide it, he nodded, "...... He was my mother's younger brother. ”

"Huh." Lowering his eyes, Mu Ziling's smile was extremely bitter, he pondered for a while, and muttered in a low voice: "What else have you deceived me......" His eyelashes trembled, he laughed at himself again, and asked lightly: "Is it that all your tenderness is just to deceive me and make false feelings?" ”

Perhaps it was because he was sad to the extreme, Mu Ziling was no longer afraid, and when he asked this question, his heart suddenly became extremely calm.

"No, it's not." Yan Wenhao raised his head suddenly, and explained quickly: "Maybe at the beginning, because of my long-term hatred, I tried all kinds of things to you, but after getting along with you for a day, I was already unconsciously attracted to you, I like you, humble ......."

Hearing this, Mu Ziling smiled miserably, he stood up, shook his head, looked at Yan Wenhao condescendingly, his face was expressionless, and said word by word: "If you like it, I can't afford it...... Your Highness, let me go, I want to go back to my room. ”

His tone was stiff and cold, and he could no longer find any warmth.

didn't let go of his hand as he said, Yan Wenhao grabbed Mu Ziling's hand tightly, as if he was grasping a life-saving straw, for fear that if he let go a little, the other party would leave him.

"Humble ......"