Chapter 42: The Wasteland
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Don't let me go, don't drive me away...... Your Majesty!"
Mu Yanzhen opened his eyes, his dirty clothes were soaked with sweat, and his left chest seemed to be pressed with a big pebble, even if he breathed hard, he couldn't relieve this strong feeling of oppression.
"Don't inhale so hard, what if the wound opens again?"
"Rain, Rain-sama?"
The young man let out an 'um' and brought him a bowl of medicine.
"You...... Why are you here?"
"What? You don't want to see me so much?"
"No, it's not. ”
Yutong is the chief official of Yongqian Palace, all the chamberlains and supervisors in the palace obey him, this person has always only been on duty in the main hall of Yongqian Palace, in addition to serving Xiao Qiyu, he is to deal with paperwork and some important housekeeping, and he will never serve tea and water for himself, and now that he appears here, isn't he going to prepare to leave the palace by himself, right?
"Lord Yutong, you are ...... today. Why ......"
"Naturally, His Majesty asked me to come. ”
"Your Majesty, he, he wants me to go back to Muyan's house?"
Yutong smiled 'poof': "What nonsense is Ah Zhen talking about, you are begging Your Majesty like this, is Your Majesty's heart made of stone?"
"So, Your Majesty, he agreed?"
"Or else?"
"Really!" Mu Yanzhen half-sat up from the bed, and this action caused a sharp pain in the wound.
"What are you doing, what are you doing? If you let it break again, you will be disabled in two places, you are an errand and not a master, will it be difficult for Your Majesty to send someone to serve you in the future?"
Mu Yanzhen obediently fell on the bed, and after a while, his eyes turned red again.
Yu Tong wiped her tears for this person with a smile and a smile, "Why are you still crying so much when you are almost nineteen? Are you still red-eyed and tearful at every turn after performing the crown salute in the future? You are the one who works on an errand beside Your Majesty, so where does this make Your Majesty lose face?"
"Yes, I'm sorry. ”
Seeing Mu Yanzhen drink the bowl of black medicine, Yu Tong said: "You kid doesn't know what kind of temperament you have, you obviously want to stay in the palace so much, why do you always do something that makes Your Majesty unhappy? There is also the Mu Yan family, Your Majesty treats you as his own and doesn't want you to have anything to do with the Mu Yan family." Today, His Majesty is constrained by Mu Yansheng everywhere in the court, if it weren't for His Royal Highness King Ning, His Majesty would have been so popular with the Mu Yan family that he didn't want to go to court. ”
"I know that. ”
"Do you know that you still speak for the shepherd's family everywhere?"
"I am a member of the Shepherd's family, how can I ignore it?"
Mu Yan is still so stubborn, Yu Tong said: "Your Majesty and the Lord of the Snow County have set the wedding date, and now all the ministries will prepare for His Majesty's marriage as a top priority, and when the Lord of the Snow County becomes the queen, he will naturally say a lot of good words for the Mu Yan family, and when the time comes, you will not be more useful than the queen." ”
By the way, when Mu Yanxue came to see him before, she also said about the wedding, but she forgot about it in a daze.
"You, you're right, I'm just a minion, and I'm really soft-spoken. ”
"Joke, I don't dare to say that you are a minion, otherwise just breaking into Shuoyang Palace alone is enough for you to die a few times, how can Your Majesty take the opportunity to promise you?"
Speaking of Shuoyang Palace, Mu Yanzhen suddenly thought of Su Jue and Yue Qianlong that night.
"Lady Rain, ...... that night. Yue Qianlong and that person, how are they?"
"Them?"
"I, I saw the person who stole the rhino beads in Shuoyang Palace, why did he still appear in the palace?"
Yu Tong's eyes lit up, "Don't tell anyone else about this matter, especially to the people of the Mu Yan family, and you can't mention it to Mu Yanxue, otherwise, you will really make Your Majesty feel cold." ”
"Your Majesty, what does Your Majesty want the two of them to do?"
"Ah Zhen, your old mistake has been done again. ”
"I ......"
There was a sudden rumor outside, it was Xiao Qiyu who came back from the next court. Xiao Qiyu, who had already changed into court clothes, glanced at Yu Tong, and the man retreated, leaving only these two people in the room. This time, Xiao Qiyu was very quiet, and only sat outside the window drinking tea.
"Your Majesty. ”
"That one called Su Jue is kind of interesting. ”
Su Jue?Mu Yan Zhen frowned, he had never heard of this name.
"In two days, he and Yue Qianlong will go to Canglang Plain together, if you can stand up by then, I can let you go and say goodbye. ”
Farewell?
"Su Jue, who is he?"
Xiao Qiyu turned his head in surprise, "Didn't he ask him to go out of the palace with you last night?
He was talking about the person who stole the rhino beads in the palace? It turned out that the young man's name was Su Jue?
"Your Majesty, did you let them go to Canglang Plain?"
"What, you want to intercede with them again?"
Canglang was a cursed place, and the royal family had kept it in order to prevent others from breaking in, and only the most heinous felons had been thrown into it for all these years to be punished. Although the imperial court stipulates that the winner of each year can be exempted from crime and given an official position, since the founding of the country, only a few have been able to come out of the waves.
"Your Majesty, but Yue Qianlong didn't make any ......"
"Mu Yanzhen, I didn't let you point fingers at me when I kept you, and I forgot the pain before the injury healed?" Do you think I will give in if you don't beg me again?" Mu Yanzhen obediently shut up, Xiao Qiyu softened after reading it: "I took away your token, today Mu Yanxue will enter the palace first to familiarize herself with the etiquette and rules, until the big wedding she will stay in the Daning Palace, since you two are brothers and sisters, you can be a companion with her." ”
"Sister, is she going to live in the palace now? Your Majesty, is this not in line with etiquette?"
"Yu Li is not compatible?" Xiao Qiyu sneered: "You two had better not play any tricks in the palace, otherwise, you and Mu Yanxue will not have a good time." ”
"Yes, I see. ”
Mu Yanxue only has Xiao Qiyu in her heart, what can she do?
Soon it was two days later, Xiao Qiyu took Mu Yanzhen to the outside of the palace as he said, Canglang Yuan was in the lonely mountain thirty miles behind the Yongqian Palace, and the sun was thin on this day, but it was the middle of summer but there was a trace of cold. King Ning, Su Jue and others had already come early, they saw Xiao Qiyu's carriage and horse from a distance, and they saw Mu Yanzhen when they greeted them. A trace of unhappiness flashed in Su Jue's eyes, and he couldn't understand why this person wanted to die by Xiao Qiyu's side.
Xiao Qiyu said a few words intermittently to King Ning, and then gave some instructions to these two people, and Mu Yanzhen had been observing Xiao Qiyu's expression, as if waiting for an opportunity.
"Give you time to say a few words. After Xiao Qiyu finished speaking, he motioned for King Ning to go back to the frame together.
Yue Qianlong immediately said, "How is your injury? I see that you shed a lot of blood that day, why are you up now?" "I heard that you are going to Canglang Plain, so I want to see you off. ”
"You're the first warm-hearted person I've ever seen in the North. ”
"The Canglang Plain is full of dangers, you must be careful. Yue Qianlong patted his chest, "Don't worry, Ah Jue and I have experienced more dangers, and a small mountain forest in the northern region can't help us." ”
"Don't be careless, even birds and beasts don't dare to approach this forest, let alone the two of you. ”
Birds and beasts dare not come near? Aren't they starving to death if they have nothing to eat in front of them?
"I have some things here that you two can use in case of emergency, and some dry food, enough for you to eat for a month. ”
"A month?" "Yue Qianlong opened the baggage and saw only some wheat cakes and fruits, "Lord Muyan, these things are enough for us to eat for two days at most, and there are not many in total." "You can break a small piece at a time to last a day, and you must not eat too much, or it will break." Also, you can't eat anything in the Canglang Plain, and you can drink any water that you can see with the naked eye, so remember it clearly!"
"Then there is no water to drink, won't we soon die of thirst?"
"I don't want to say much here, there's a letter in it, you can take a look at it first, I'll go first, you two must be careful. ”
"Shepherd is really ......" Su Jue rarely spoke: "You are beside Xiao Qiyu, you should also be careful." Mu Yan really beckoned helplessly, and after getting on the frame, he still couldn't let go of the curtain and opened the curtain. This person was thrown into the Canglang Plain by Mu Yande when he was a child, if it weren't for Xiao Qiyu and Mu Yanxue who spent a lot of effort to save him, he might not even have any bones left, so he knows best how powerful this Canglang Plain is, most of the Yinqi guards and Muyan Mansion soldiers who went in to find people didn't come out alive.
"This shepherd is really good, I must make him a friend when I come out. ”
Su and Yue had just walked into the forest, but as soon as they entered, they felt that the daylight was three points weaker, and on the surface it was just an ordinary forest, with no poisonous miasma or fierce beasts, and the air was fresh and green. However, the surroundings* are quiet, so quiet that there is not even the sound of birds and cicadas, which is very unusual.
"Jue, let's find a place to camp near the water source first. ”
"Didn't you hear the shepherd's truth, the water here is not drinkable, why do you rely on the water source to camp?"
Yue Qianlong flipped through the baggage, and there was a pamphlet in it, not a letter.
"The pamphlet says that you can find such trees and camp beside them. ”
The trunks of the trees depicted in this booklet are dark brown, and the bark has blood-red veins that resemble blood vessels. However, the location of these trees is not stated, and it is not easy to find them in this vast forest.
"Ah Jue, have you seen such a forest outside the Qihuang City? I heard Qingque say that you entered the Yesha Clan's hermitage from such a forest, right?"
This person still knows about the Yesha clan, and even knows about Qihuang City? It seems that Lingxi's message is correct, and he must be especially careful with this woman.
"No comment. ”
"Then, did King Peining return that piece of jade to you?"
"That's not what you should be concerned about. ”
"I guess...... The jade pendant was given to you by someone very important to you, right? It may prove your identity, or it may be owned by your relatives, for example, your parents and brothers, your ......." Su Jue turned around and went in the other direction, just wanting to draw a line with this person. "Eh, eh, I won't say it, don't go, don't go, it's dangerous to walk alone here. ”
Su Jue turned a deaf ear, but walked faster and faster.
"Su Jue, Su Jue, wait-"
There was no sound in the back, and finally it was a lot quieter. Su Jue looked back curiously, where was the shadow of Yue Qianlong.