Chapter 8: The Beginning of War
"Princess ......" Ruyue almost couldn't stand steadily, and Yuan Gonggong and Donghua hurriedly stepped forward to support Ruyue.
"Princess Xuan is a knife mouth, a tofu heart, don't take it to heart." Yuan Gonggong comforted Ruyue.
Ruyue didn't say a word, pushed away Yuan Gonggong, and staggered out of the dormitory, and Donghua hurriedly followed.
"Go and get the queen mother out." Ruyue said to the winter flower who was following behind her, "If you lose, you will also lose with dignity, and now they are preparing to pack their bags and escape, what kind of system will they become?" Ruyue looked at the chaotic scene in front of her and had a headache.
"What about the princess?" Donghua opened her mouth a little worriedly, and thought about it, "Niangniang has not cared about the affairs of the palace for a long time......"
"I'm fine." forced herself to calm down, her hands and feet were cold, as if she was completely unconscious, "If she doesn't stand up today and scold these six gods and masterless minions, she won't be the queen of the world." ”
Donghua looked at Ruyue's serious expression, and had to speak: "Yes." ”
Watching Donghua walk away, Ruyue sorted out her clothes, and was about to turn around, when Yang Lin, who was dressed in armor, was standing behind him with a mace in his hand. The exquisitely crafted helmet made Yang Lin look heroic.
"Uncle Huang, this is ......" Ruyue was slightly surprised.
"Lao Ji Fu Fang, as long as there is wine~" Yang Lin patted the wine pot that was still tied to his waist towards Ruyue, and laughed, "The people of my Yang family are not dead yet, how can it not be the turn of a hairy boy to take all the work." ”
Seeing that Ruyue didn't speak, he spoke again: "These soldiers on the ship are ostensibly spending time drinking, and in the dead of night, they don't know where to hide and practice, let's take the lead first, General Yuwen took the opportunity to get out of the ship, gather his troops and fight back." ”
Seeing that Ruyue was still stunned, he walked over and patted Ruyue angrily: "Don't have this expression, maybe it will be indefinite." ”
"Uncle Huang's life is long gone, isn't it?" He should have been the first merry prince in Chang'an, with a handsome appearance and a heroic personality, how can he not get close to women every day, worship Buddha and burn incense?
"Ha Lu Ha ......" Yang Lin showed his signature big smile, "Xiao Yue, if the half-life you left comes back, how about the old man tell you a story?" ”
"Ruyue doesn't like to listen to stories." Ruyue turned around and walked towards Lu step by step, "If you hear too many stories that you shouldn't hear, you know too many secrets, and in the palace, there are too many people who don't know the way, only the dead." ”
Yang Lin didn't answer again, he looked at Ruyue's departing figure, as if he saw that twenty years ago, he was also like this, standing in front of the Zhonghua Palace, watching the woman go down step by step.
He should have had a wife like a flower and a well-behaved child like a jade, but many years ago, he was disturbed by a pipa sound, and he never recovered.
That's it, he sighed, it's a thing of the past after all.
Ruyue Zhidao Yuwen Chengdu must have something to say to himself, and he glanced at himself before leaving, including too much.
From a distance, she saw Yuwen Chengdu dressed as an ordinary soldier, not wearing a handsome uniform. He leaned over and whispered something to a few soldiers dressed like him.
When I saw Ruyue, I ran straight over.
"The princess is really smart, Chengdu only glanced at the princess one more time, and the princess knew it."
"If the general has something to say, he might as well say it directly. Maybe the general will go and never return, don't rot in the stomach, only that handful of loess knows the general's mind. Ruyue unceremoniously replied to Yuwen Chengdu's ridicule.
"The front foot praised the princess for being smart, and the next second the princess guessed the meaning of Chengdu correctly, how can she be smart enough to describe the princess?"
"What is the general's purpose?" Ruyue's face sank.
"The last general, this battle can't come back." Yuwen Chengdu looked at Ruyue and said in a relaxed tone, as if he was talking about today's weather.
"The general doesn't want to come back, it's not that he can't come back, if he doesn't make it clear, it means a lot." Ruyue immediately heard that Yuwen Chengdu was not referring to death in battle, but she still didn't understand why he didn't want to come back.
"Like the moon." Yuwen Chengdu did not call himself "princess" as usual, but used an affectionate title, "Help me protect Xuan'er, okay?" ”
Ruyue finally understood his intention to find himself, and to put it mildly, it was just a word "love".
"Not good." Ruyue replied very bluntly, "It's your business to protect Xuan'er, such a troublesome matter, Ruyue doesn't want to interfere." ”
"Princess." It reverted to his previous cold tone, "How about making a deal?" ”
Ruyue looked at Yuwen Chengdu with a puzzled expression.
"The last general promised the princess that the world in the future will not fall to my Yuwen family, the Yuwen family has been loyal and good for generations, and Yuwen Chengdu died in exchange for a promise to protect Princess Xuan? How is it? Yuwen Chengdu's expression had never been so sad.
"I ......" Ruyue did not answer.
"What are you doing?" A familiar voice came, and Xuan'er, who was stunned, stood behind the two people.
"Princess, don't forget your agreement with the last general." Yuwen Chengdu repeated in Ruyue's ear as if he didn't see Xuan'er.
"What agreement?" Xuan'er ran to Yuwen Chengdu with teary eyes and grabbed Yuwen Chengdu.
"Princess, please stop." Yuwen Chengdu broke Xuan'er's fingers one by one indifferently and detachedly, leaving Xuan'er, turned around expressionlessly, and led his brothers away.
Ruyue seems to be able to hear the sound of Yuwen Chengdu's tears falling and his heart breaking, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, presumably he must have endured the torture between loyalty and filial piety day and night, and now he finally made a choice, is it sacrificing himself? Ruyue's tears were about to fall, and she knew that from now on, there will be no more General Yuwen in the world, and he will not be able to come back in this battle, no matter whether he wins or loses. After all the planning for so long, I was reluctant to give up my beloved girl in the end.
"What's the agreement between the two of you?" Xuan'er ran to Ruyue again, her eyes crimson.
But Ruyue could only be ruthless: "I can't say." ”
"Smack-" Before the words fell, Ruyue's face left five bright fingerprints.
"If you two do anything to be sorry for me, I won't let you two go!"
It's a resolute back again, Ruyue only feels that she is light, Xuan'er, you will never know what kind of affection is hidden behind a person's pretended dislove.
Before falling unconscious, I vaguely saw a familiar figure rushing towards me......
"Princess, princess......" A familiar voice seemed to be heard in her sleep, and Ruyue opened her eyes with great effort, seeing that the sky outside was already a little dark.
"Huh" got up: "When is it now?" ”
"Princess, don't worry." Donghua patted Ruyue's chest, "General Yuwen, they said that it is more advantageous to take advantage of the hidden moonlight, and they have no plans to set off yet." ”
I saw Donghua holding a bowl of water in her hand. Seeing Ruyue's gaze, he hurriedly explained: "The death order given by the queen mother." Before the end of the war, no one was allowed to take half a step out of their houses, and only some food and water were distributed in each house. ”
"Is my mother feeling better?" Ruyue opens.
"Good looks." Donghua said, "I really reprimanded those minions just now, and now I am hiding from this disaster in my own room." ”
"Where's Princess Xuan?" Ruyue asked.
Winter Flower hasn't had time to reply yet.
The door creaked open, and a person dressed in purple wore a mask and carried hot porridge and plasters, and the treasure seemed to be presented in front of Ruyue.
"Shimin?" Ruyue said in surprise.
"It's really a good idea!" Li Shimin took off his mask to reveal his face, Donghua pushed the door and walked out of the door in a playful manner, and hurried back to his room. "How did Yueyue recognize me?"
"I can recognize you even if you become this bowl of porridge." Ruyue rolled her eyes a little weakly.
Li Shimin carefully took the hot porridge, scooped a spoonful, and carefully blew and blew before sending it to Ruyue's mouth.
"Where did it come from?"
"Stolen from the kitchen." Expected answer.
"What are you doing here? Don't you fight side by side with your Li family's army? Ruyue was moved in her heart, but she was still hard-mouthed.
Sure enough, "Xiao Yueyue has no conscience!" Li Shimin put the leftover porridge on the table and picked up the ointment.
The slender fingers dipped the crystal ointment and carefully rubbed Ruyue's face without a trace of pain.
Ruyue looked out the window anxiously, night fell, but there was no strangeness around, quiet and unreal.
"I'm going to go out and see ......"
"Shh~" As if expecting Ruyue's reaction, Li Shimin made a booing motion, walked over and extinguished the oil lamp in Yuru's room, and the moonlight was faintly oozing out of the window, and Ruyue couldn't see Li Shimin's face clearly.
"Why are you ......," Ruyue wondered.
"Do you want to be a live target with the lights on?"
Ruyue stopped talking, and Li Shimin took care of himself to the edge of the bed.
There was only the sound of two people breathing in the darkness.
"Are you afraid of death?" Ruyue suddenly spoke.
"I'm afraid." Li Shimin replied softly.
"And you're still here?"
"But I don't want you to be alone, I'm afraid you'll be afraid."
In the dark, Ruyue groped Li Shimin's face, and her fingers slowly ran over Li Shimin's handsome outline.
"If I die, I will remember what you look like, and in the next life, I must find you."
Li Shimin followed Ruyue's hand and slowly put her hand on his heart.
"You remember the sound of my heartbeat, it will only beat so strongly for Yang Ruyue, in the next life, let Mu Qingyang enjoy this jade skin alone, the people of the world only want to live a normal life with an ordinary skin."
"Fool." Ruyue Liangjiu spoke, "No matter how many people you look like, I can recognize you." ”
The two men cling to each other in the dark, waiting for the outbreak of war.
And at this moment, the big ship, the screeching sound of the plywood rowing the iron chain, slowly landed. Yang Lin stood at the front and drew his sword: "Brothers, the Holy Lord is waiting for our celebration wine, don't let the Emperor down!" ”
After that, he glanced at Yuwen Chengdu and yelled: "Rush!" ”
Countless shouts were remembered, and the whole people of the big ship were terrified to hear it.
That night, no one slept. They waited quietly for their fate to come.
This night, Ruyue and Li Shimin stayed in their rooms and listened to the fighting outside.
On this night, Empress Xiao knelt in front of the Buddha statue to burn incense and kowtow all night.
This night, Xuan'er stayed in the room by herself, covering the quilt and crying bitterly until dawn.
This night, the emperor did not have a sheng song for the first time, sitting in the empty hall, his expression under the candlelight was unpredictable......