112. Killing (1)
Wangsheng lowered his eyebrows, "What if you remember it so much, he won't remember, let alone think of you." ”
"Niangniang......" Gonggong Ye sighed at Wangsheng, "After the fire, in the days when you disappeared, the emperor poured his sorrows with wine all day long, his face was full of melancholy, and he never smiled once, but since he found Niangniang, he smiled from time to time...... Niangniang is special to the emperor, and the slave believes that the emperor will take Niangniang back to the palace. ”
"Exceptional...... Is it? ”
She caressed her belly and looked out the window at the endless sky, which was originally blue and clear, but suddenly dark clouds covered the sky, the drizzle began to drift obliquely, and the rustling green leaves were gloomy with the sound of the rain, and it was desolate all over.
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The drizzle fell for three days, and on a sunny day, Su Wusheng paced alone in the courtyard for a while, sitting on the swing, shaking gently, and raising his face to feel the warm breeze blowing on his face.
The dim sky became blue and beautiful, and when I squinted my eyes, I felt that the sky was close to the blue.
The white clouds floated one after another, and all you could hear in the quiet world was the sound of the wind blowing in your ears and the sound of birds chirping.
Forget Sheng closed his eyes, raised his face high, and let his body swing in the air, swinging higher and higher, swinging farther and farther away.
She opened her arms and felt the sound of the wind looking at her, sweeping across her face, the air warm and fresh.
The clothes are flying, the hair is fluttering, the body is getting lighter and lighter, and the lighter and lighter with each high swing, forgetting life and giggling, stretching out his hand to the sky, as if looking for something.
The swing is drawn into a graceful and rounded semi-arc, and when you open your eyes, the sky is so close and so close, as if you can stretch out your arms, and your fingertips can touch the smile that is so familiar and urgent.
"West Overnight ......"
She called softly, smiled and leaned forward, her body was almost in the air, she unconsciously let go, and her body was swung out, flying forward.
His face turned pale in shock, and he fell down from a high place with a scream.
She subconsciously covered her abdomen with her hands, closed her eyes and prepared to bear the blow, but she landed in a warm embrace.
"West Night-!" A cry of surprise rushed out, and Wangsheng opened his eyes, his face changed, it wasn't him!
It was a completely strange face, a strange and extremely ordinary man.
He caught her as she fell, and they both fell on the green grass.
He looked blankly at his lifeless face, his face flushed red.
"It hurts, mother", he scratched his head and said with a smile for a while.
"Presumptuous! If you don't help your mother up, what will it look like! Ye Gonggong ran over from the side, and with a loud shout, he went to pull the guard.
Wangsheng woke up for a while, pushed him away and stood up, raised his head, and saw many maids and inner eunuchs in palace clothes standing opposite, and the person standing in the middle was the queen mother.
took a step forward, bowed in front of the Queen Mother, and hooked his pale face in shock, "Knock on the Queen Mother." ”
The Queen Mother waved her hand, and the guards all retreated to the door, and the palace maids came to help Wangsheng in front of the Queen Mother.
Wangsheng raised her face to see, the Queen Mother's face was dark, not as radiant as before, and she was a little more tired under her gentle and beautiful face, she saw that Wangsheng's body was getting thinner and thinner, and grabbed Wangsheng's hand.
"It's back, and the mourning family hasn't seen you yet, it's really ...... I've wronged you. ”
Wangsheng raised his head, his face was surprised, "The Queen Mother, the concubine was originally a criminal concubine, because the emperor did not have permission to enter the palace without authorization, the Empress Dowager Lao came to visit the concubine in person, it is already a crime to die." ”
The Queen Mother sighed, "The mourning family has brought the imperial doctor and the best supplements in the palace, you are now carrying a dragon, and you must take good care of your body." ”
Wangsheng nodded in thanks, and entered the house with the Queen Mother.
After pouring the tea and handing it over, the queen mother withdrew others, and ordered the imperial doctor to check the pulse before saying to Wangsheng: "The body is weak, eat more supplements, but the mourning family ignored it, and only sent some guards to protect you, but I didn't expect the emperor to withdraw even the people who were waiting......"
The Queen Mother wanted to speak and stopped, forgetting her life, she just nodded and smiled at the Queen Mother, "The concubines will cherish their own bodies, and the Queen Mother cares and forgets to be grateful." ”
After a pause, neither of them spoke again.
After thinking about it, he finally broke the silence, lowered his face and said, "The concubine has something I want to ask the Empress Dowager Yu about ......."
"You...... Call the queen mother of the mourning family", the queen mother sighed again, "In the harem, only the mourning family is left, and the emperor never sets foot in me, the mourning family only hopes that you can return to the palace soon, and I will be a companion after accompanying my mother!" ”
"Queen Mother", Wangsheng raised her face, her face was slightly transparent in the sun, "Your Majesty, do you know that your concubine is pregnant?" ”
The Queen Mother paused and nodded.
Wangsheng put his hands on his abdomen, smiled slightly, and turned his face away, "I'm afraid that the concubine, it will be difficult to enter the palace." ”
Xi Lian night, killed Ye'er, without a word of explanation, and threw himself back.
Xi Lian night, knowing that she had his child in her belly, never thought to take a look.
She really doesn't understand...... But even if you don't understand...... She still believed in Xi Lian Night, and fell asleep with the jade pendant he gave her every night, waiting quietly.
By the time the two met, she would be able to hear Xilian's explanation.
Thinking of this, she got up suddenly, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to the queen mother, "Queen Mother, the concubine took the liberty to ask, can you take the child into the palace this time, the concubine wants to see the emperor, and there are very important words to say to the emperor." ”
"Silly boy......"
The Queen Mother reached out to help her, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "I can't take you to the emperor's side, the emperor has changed, if you get close to him now, maybe you will ......"
"What will he do to me?" Forgetting his life and stubbornly raising his little face, he was reluctant to get up, "The concubine believes that no matter what the emperor becomes, he will be ......" Biting his lip, extremely firm, "It's all my Xilian Night." ”
The beautiful eyes are covered with a layer of mist, the thin body under the cloud smoke shirt is hidden in the fog veil, no one can take away the resolute eyes under the charming face like the moon, the breeze blows, and the peach blossom hairpin hanging next to the bun is crumbling, and the pale face is reflected in the crimson light.
The Queen Mother stared at this face, stroked her temples, and spoke quietly, causing the cold hairs on Wangsheng's body to stand on end.
"Nowadays, the court is in turmoil, and the people's livelihood is uneasy. The emperor not only arrested some innocent people and beheaded them, but now, even the courtiers in the court have not let go, since yesterday, I don't know how many courtiers have been imprisoned, waiting to be beheaded.
Mourning family thought, Yan ...... The country is gone. ”
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The Queen Mother did not agree to Su Wangsheng's request, leaving a few maids and a imperial doctor, and after ordering to take care of Hou Wangsheng's body, she returned to the palace in a sedan chair with a gloomy face.
Forgetfulness sat down on the swing again, and after a while, it was getting dark, and her hands and feet began to be cold, so she jumped off the swing, walked towards the house, hastily ate her meal, and lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
At night, my head was dizzy, my forehead was hot, and my whole body was so cold that I began to shiver.
The doctor hurriedly came to diagnose, saying that he was infected with a cold, stayed up with medicine overnight, and ordered to add a bed and bedding, and then he forgot to lie down again.
She lay on the bed, breathing heavily, frowning and falling asleep with nightmares.
Forgetting life and having many, many dreams.
She dreamed that on the rattan chair under the tree in the courtyard, Xi Lianye was dressed in lilac clothes, lying on the chair on her back, holding a book in her hand, one foot on the edge of the chair, a pair of snow-white boots, a red peach blossom, slender fingers resting on the purple clothes, phoenix eyes glanced, and moved her fingers, "Ugly, I have really good luck today, and I have drawn your brand again." ”
She dreamed of the smooth and handsome side of the night, flashing with a staggered sentimental expression, the autumn wind flew his black hair and the corners of his clothes like a life, and looked at her demon eyes with a persistent and pure smile, "I like peach blossom brewing, this brew is like an ugly." ”
She dreamed that Xi Lian was pinching a table full of glutinous rice pastries overnight, lifting the mandarin duck and the partridge, with an expression like a child, "Ugly, come and see, which one is you, okay?" ”
She dreamed that Xi Lian was wearing a bright yellow robe and hugged her all night, and muttered in a low voice with drunken eyes, "Ugly, I pinched a pair, and I missed you once, and I missed you every day, but Ugly, but I threw it to the ground and didn't even look at it......"
The crazy catkins go with the wind, and the light peach blossoms flow by the water.
Who's whispering, who's singing?
She trembled her lips and ran forward, peach blossoms, peach blossoms all over the mountain, the light blue clothes of the night blended with the sky, he surrounded her, and comforted her over and over again, "Don't be afraid, I'll be fine, I won't leave Ugly alone......"
She closed her eyes, the wind blew the peach blossoms, blowing beside the two of them, on their shoulders, feet, and hands, and even the tips of their noses that touched each other, and a peach blossom also fell.
The fragrance of peach blossoms spread richly on the tips of the noses of the two, and the palms of their hands grabbed forward, a piece of nothingness.
When I opened my eyes, it was empty.
She began to run wildly throughout the Peach Blossom Dock, and there was no trace of Xi Lianye anywhere, and she burst into tears and sat down on her knees.
"West Night, West Night, where are you, where are you......"
She breathed painfully, cried and almost fainted, her eyes went dark, and when she opened her eyes again, she was already sitting in a rocking chair under the peach blossom tree in front of the wooden house.
Squeak, squeak......
A peach blossom fell on the tip of her nose, and she held her breath as she watched the peach blossom remain motionless on the tip of her nose.
From dawn to sunset, from spring to summer, from autumn to winter, she maintained that posture and remained motionless.
She dreamed of her gray hair, and the peach blossom still waiting quietly on the tip of her nose.
A gust of wind blows, and the aroma of peach blossoms fills the nose, just like the taste of the night.
The peach blossoms fell to the ground at his feet, still pink and moving, and he smiled softly, "Night, you lost." ”
Only the sound of the wind echoed in his ears, and when he opened his eyes, his slightly trembling thick eyelashes were covered with a moist crystal light, and a light smile stuck to his face for a long time.
"In the west, the peach blossoms fell because of you, so, in the future, you are mine."
She seemed to see his black hair hanging down his waist swaying in the wind, and the extremely bewitching eyes on his fair face were bent into a seductive arc, "Ugly......"
Reach out and touch it, turn into smoke, and disappear.
West overnight, gone.
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A cold wind blew, and Su Wangsheng suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and woke up from his dream for a long time.
Suddenly, the middle coat on his body was already wet with sweat, and his mind became extremely sober, touching his forehead, the wind and cold had receded, and his head no longer hurt badly.
She put on her coat and went down, and when she noticed that it was a little cold, she realized that the window was wide open, and she forgot to close it.
Pacing to the window, I saw the moon sinking and the stars sparse, and the young leaves of the branches hung down, and a drop of crystal dew fell.
The night air was very cool, the dark sky was dyed with a few bright stars, and the branches of the trees trembled, and a nightingale flew by, jumping onto the wood of the window lattice beside him, and his light body swayed, and sang a song with a gentle and clear voice.
She narrowed her eyes and smiled.
The feelings are hazy and come in, and I cry for you.
Tenderness wanders like a dream, and I don't want to be tears.
She took out the jade pendant from her bosom, tied it around her waist, leaned against the lattice, listened to the nightingale's song, and settled down.
In the night, even if I lose my life, I want to see you.
If I didn't see it with my own eyes, even if the whole world said that you had changed, I wouldn't believe it.
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Su Wangsheng became more and more sleepy day by day, his appetite gradually decreased, and he didn't know how to eat.
Ye Gonggong was anxious in his heart, changed all kinds of thoughts to prepare a sumptuous meal, forgot his life and just shook his head and smiled, and put down the chopsticks after two bites.
It wasn't until she saw the almond glutinous rice cake that she smiled, it was two simple shapes, and she couldn't put it down in the palm of her hand, and after looking at it for a while, she was full of joy and used it, and only looked up and asked Grandpa Ye, "Grandpa Ye, but ...... What the emperor ordered? ”
The cicadas outside the window chirped violently, and the smiling face did not have the slightest color, but it was still smiling persistently.
Even though he saw Father-in-law Ye nodding very reluctantly, obviously just comforting himself, he was still sad and used the pastries and meals.
After the meal, Wangsheng changed into simple and ordinary plain clothes, and did not let people follow, so he left the annex and wandered around the crowded market.
Since Xi sent herself back to the garden from the palace overnight, she was only ordered not to enter the palace when no one cared about her, but she was not restricted from leaving the garden.
Yanjing is not as lively as before, it has become much colder, and it is almost noon in the morning, and the flow of people on the street is not increasing, but becoming less and less.
"It's almost noon, let's go home quickly, wronged, Yanjing is out of this evil emperor, I don't know what trouble I suffered!"
Not far away, there were a few people in the open-air tea stall whispering in pieces, and they sat down beside them, ordered coarse tea, and listened to their words.
"Shhhh If you heard those words just now, it would be a crime of murder. ”
The man's face turned pale when he heard this, and he hurriedly silenced him, let alone drank the weak tea in his hand, hid his face and fled in a panic.
Noon was getting closer, and only in this moment, the flow of people on the streets disappeared cleanly, and all the businesses were closed, and it was very cold for a while.
The owner of the tea stall quickly packed up the things on the stall, walked to the forgotten face and said eagerly: "Guest officer, it's noon, if you don't come back, your life will be in danger." ”
Wangsheng put down the teacup in his hand and wondered: "What danger can there be in broad daylight?" ”
"Noon is the time when the emperor personally beheaded the ministers arrested by the court a few days ago, our emperor heard about the capture of innocent people a few days ago, this tyrant is tyrannical, maybe he will run into it, and the next person to be beheaded is you and me......"
"Decapitation at noon?" As soon as she let go of her hand, the tea was scattered on the ground, she grabbed the man's arm, and her voice was eager, "Where is it, where is the emperor?" ”
"O city gates! Last time, it was a river of blood...... Alas, you don't want to die, that's the direction of the city gate! Silver, your money hasn't been paid yet! ”
Wangsheng took out the silver taels from his arms, threw them on the table of the little two, and ran towards the city gate desperately.
Tyrant Emperor, her West Night is not like this!
Thinking of being able to see him, the face of forgetting his life couldn't help but fly on the red glow, and he sped up his pace and ran faster, and he came to see you overnight.
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"O Emperor! Please open your eyes and take a look, the people complain, the people are not living, and they will be destroyed! ”
"Your Majesty, the old minister is not guilty, the old minister is dedicated to Yan, he has been dedicated to the court for forty years, and he has never complained, why did he kill the minister, the emperor, the emperor spared his life-!"
"Rebel son and traitor, in the west of the night, you don't deserve the title of King Yan, one day you will be punished!"
As soon as Wangsheng arrived in front of the city gate, he saw nearly a dozen ministers tied up with flowers, kneeling in front of the city gate in court clothes, and the curses and begging for mercy were intertwined together in the direction of the city gate. In front of them were three executioners, with their knives raised and expressionless expressions, waiting for orders.
Her presence did not attract anyone's attention, and she stood alone in the midst of the grumbling chaos, and walked quietly behind the guard, and walked forward.
"It's noon, slash!"
A high-order announcement came from the high castle tower, threw down a slashing token from above, forgot to block the dazzling sunlight with his hand, and squinted his eyes to look up.
A slender and thin figure sat on the dragon bowl, leaning loosely on the back of the chair, a crystal green handle at his fingertips, surrounded by guards guarding him.
"West Night-!"
Wangsheng was blocked by the guards, raised his face, and called up to the platform resolutely regardless of everything, "Xilian Night, don't kill again!" ”
Before the words fell, screams rang out, heads rolled to the ground, and the headless body fell, blood gushing like a spring, not extinguishing.
Ten miles in a radius was covered in blood, and Wangsheng raised his face to look at the expressionless person sitting on the dragon bowl, clenched his palms, gritted his teeth and rushed forward.
"Let go of me-!" She roared angrily, unable to rush away from the guards, only to see the innocent ministers screaming and their heads rolling off one by one.
Her stomach retched, and her mind remembered what it looked like at night.
As now, the body was divided into two petals, and the bloody eyes were open, and there was no time to exhale pain, and Huangquan died instantly.
She covered her chest, knelt on the ground and retched, and when the guards saw that she was no longer rampage, they let go of her and shouted: "Dare to interfere with the execution, and still not retreat!" ”
Wangsheng raised his face and saw that the ministers had been killed in half, and his fingers grasped the corners of his clothes weakly, "Why, you must know that I am right, just like I can see you at a glance when I am so far away." ”
"West Overnight ......"
She stretched out an arm, her fingertips following the direction of the shining light, "You said I was waiting for you, I have been waiting for you...... Always ...... It hasn't changed......"
In the distance, the tall figure slowly stood up from the dragon's belt, looking at her with slender eyebrows and eyes as if interested, and the corners of his mouth provoked a smile.
He stepped on the gray city bricks, his snow-white boots were bright and warm, and his body was light like a butterfly soaring in the air.
Wangsheng put down his hand, looked up at him who was so beautiful that he didn't dare to ignore her, grabbed his shirt, and smiled hopefully, "Night, I know, you will definitely come...... I'm waiting for you. ”
Xi Lianye's long Danfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and the snow-like pure white boots dodged Su Wangsheng's touch, stood some distance away from her, and looked at her coldly, "Wait for me, what are you doing?" ”
Su Wusheng raised her head, only to feel that she was enveloped by his shadow, blocking the dazzling red light, but this cast a shadow on his face, so that when she raised her head, she couldn't see through the unpredictable expression.
"Wait for you to pick me up," she smiled, stood up, and approached him, "No, I know, you must have something to say to me, right, I know you're not." ”
Xilian's light-colored clothes swayed in the wind, but he just glanced at her, turned around and walked in the direction of execution.
Su Wangsheng followed him closely, following him without abandoning, and stretched out his arm to pull the corner of his clothes.
"It's rare that you're interested," his body suddenly stopped, and he turned his face to a wicked smile on his face, "Let's enjoy this beautiful show with me." ”
In the middle of the words, he couldn't help but grab Wangsheng's shoulder, pull her arm, and bring her to his side, standing in front of the execution platform.
Forget Sheng was hugged by his side, leaning his head slightly, and what he felt was not the warm breath of the past, but a cold absolute.
He looked ahead without squinting, looking at the killing ceremony on the execution table in front of him, his eyes with a beautiful and enchanting divine light, as if he was enjoying a gluttonous feast.
Forget Sheng followed his gaze, his body shrank and retreated, but he was firmly unable to move at all.
"Hiding from what?" He turned to the side, and asked her with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Aren't you waiting for me, this is afraid?" ”
Forget to hold back the nausea of the bloody breath, turned his head away from looking at the scene of the slaughter, grabbed the palm of Xi Lianye's warm hand, and clenched it in front of his chest, "I'm naturally afraid, they used to have such a beating heart in their chests, and now, it has stopped in the dark...... How could I not be afraid! ”――
(Enter the countdown to the finale...... )