Chapter 17: The Soul of Spring Returns to the End of the Soul
Winter passes, spring comes, and everything recovers.
Originally, it was just typhoid fever, but it didn't get better for several months, and the body was really dragged down.
The queen came to Qiwu Palace countless times in the past few months, but Chu Xuan refused because she was unwell.
For this queen, Shuo Nu can't talk about liking or hating, although she deliberately made things difficult for herself before, but it is also reasonable.
Let's ask what wife in this world can accept her husband's favor for other women, even if this wife is the queen of the world.
Chu Xuan's attitude towards this wife was also quite cold, which also made her a little puzzled.
In the morning, he sat lazily at her dressing table and let the palace maid tie his hair.
The peach wood comb was combed on the scalp again and again, and the palace maid's hand was gentle, and he didn't seem to have any discomfort, and even closed his eyes gently.
His face was very pale, and when he closed his eyes, he was not angry at all, and Shuo Nu's heart was torn and painful.
Seeing that the original vigorous person gradually passed away all his vitality in front of her little by little, and her heart was condemned fiercely, she knew that this was guilt, and maybe there were other emotions that could not be said.
"Come here."
The voice was soft, and the girl came back to her senses, and when she realized that he was looking at her, she hurriedly walked over.
"What do you want?" She lifted him up.
"The widow wants to go out for a walk!" He smiled faintly.
Gonggong Lin on the side immediately stopped, "Your Majesty, no!" It's cool outside! ”
Knowing that he had been bored for about too long, Shuo Nu said, "It shouldn't be a problem to take a car to the garden and ask someone to spread the mat thicker and cover it with a quilt." And, going out for a walk and getting some fresh air is also good for your body! ”
"That's great!" He agreed.
Gonggong Lin looked at him distressedly, and then said, "Minion, let's prepare!" ”
The early spring is slightly cold, but the sun is very abundant, shining warmly on the body.
Tucked the quilt for him, Shuo Nu lifted the curtain in front of him, and the light shot in at once, he was stabbed in the eye, and stretched out his hand to block it.
"Are you taking revenge on the widow for not allowing you to leave the palace?" He asked, accompanied by a gentle cough.
She chuckled, revealing her white teeth, "yes! ”
"This concubine is so bold!" His voice was soft, and his hand gently caressed her cheek.
Cold fingers stroked her cheek and almost immediately removed it, she grabbed his hand and put it back on her face.
"Don't, the widow is cold!" He struggled.
"Your Majesty......" she held his hand tightly and muttered, "Chu Xuan, will you hate me?" ”
With a move in his heart, he reached out and grabbed her, his chin pressed tightly against her head, and his voice was a little excited, "You call my name again!" ”
"Chu Xuan, Chu Xuan......" She closed her eyes and called his name heartbreakingly, if there is an afterlife, she will definitely return him.
Her voice was cold, but it melted his heart, and he felt so content.
The leaves of the willow tree were already luxuriant, and the falling willow branches rippled in the breeze, as if offering the most beautiful dance to him.
At this moment, a sharp blade with a cold light suddenly stabbed over.
Feeling that he suddenly pushed herself away, and then she heard the sound of chaos around her, and Lin Gonggong's shrill voice screamed to find the imperial doctor, and she woke up like a dream.
He was seen leaning over her, holding on to the armrests on both sides, protecting her underneath.
The blade pierced his body, bleeding profusely, and his face was as white as rice paper in the study.
"Chu Xuan......" She looked at him in disbelief.
He fell on top of her, and he kept coughing as if he was about to cough out his lungs, and after a long time, a mouthful of blood spurted out and sprinkled on her plain clothes, like plum blossoms in early spring, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shuonu, I'm so tired......" He took her hand, tightly, leaning on her weak shoulder and fainting.
It was the first time he had called her name like that, and it was the last time.
A tear just slid down her cheek, and she felt a heartache, an incomprehensible pain.
Subsequently, Chu Xuan was carried back to Qingyun Palace, and she was placed under house arrest by the queen in Qiwu Palace.
She never saw him again.
Qiwu Palace was the same as before, the palace people were busy, and she stayed in the study.
Holding a book in her hand, her eyes were looking at the desk, he was not there, and she began to miss it.
Got up and ran to the bedroom, on the dresser, where the mahogany comb lay quietly.
She picked up the comb and threw it out of the window, Chu Xuan, I'm sorry......
In the Qingyun Palace, the lights were bright, and the palace people were crying quietly, crying about their unknown future.
In front of the carved big bed, Su Qing was lying on the edge of the bed, her eyes were red and swollen, her hair was messy, and the once dignified queen looked embarrassed at this time.
Chu Xuan opened his eyes and wanted to sit up, but after trying for a long time, he only barely moved his fingers.
With a slight movement, Su Qing woke up immediately, she held his hand, and her eyes turned red again before she could speak, "Your Majesty, are you awake?" ”
His breath was long, but the air he inhaled was short, and his voice was weak, "What about her?" ”
Su Qing's red and swollen eyes flashed with anger, "She's very good, she's just grounded!" ”
"Put... Over her," he said, looking at her.
She burst out laughing, maniacally, and finally burst into tears.
"My five-year relationship with you is not as good as her who has been in the palace for a year, Chu Xuan, have you ever thought about it? Even if it's just a little bit? Do you only know that I am the person Du Chen placed next to you, but you can't see my feelings for you? For your sake, I killed our children with my own hands, just to save your life, and as a result, ...... Do you blame me? Do you know how much pain I have? ”
What can you do knowing her feelings? Will his children come back? He had never touched any woman since the day she killed their child, and the so-called childlessness was just a way of self-preservation.
Chu Xuan used all his strength to barely grab the corner of her clothes, "Don't hate widows, widows...... Just don't want you to get hurt. ”
His angry words shocked all her cells, and she muttered, "You deliberately alienate me and deliberately hate me, so that Du Chen would not hurt me?" In fact...... Actually, you have mine in your heart, right? ”
He sighed, "Yes! ”
After receiving his affirmative answer, her heart was ecstatic, and then she grieved again, and she hugged his body, lay on him and cried.
"Don't cry." He stroked her messy hair.
"Your Majesty, don't leave your concubine, I can't live without you!" She prayed.
"Fool, live well, such a widow...... Ahem, cough, cough," coughed up blood trickled down the corners of her mouth, but her hand was still caressing her hair, "so that all the decisions made by the widow are ...... Significance. ”
She shook her head and leaned against his chest, afraid of hurting his wounds, "Your Majesty, the concubine is sorry for you!" ”
"The widow knows that what you want is the life of the fairy concubine."
She sat up in shock, "Your Majesty...... You know the one I sent? ”
He snorted, "Don't say it! ”
She sobbed silently, "I'm sorry......"
This is fate, even if he doesn't have this knife, he is already poisonous, and he won't live long.
In his life, he really failed.
did not keep his father's country, nor did he avenge the murder of his father, endured humiliation and stole life for more than ten years, and in the end he never got anything.
His queen was sent by the enemy, and he was kind to her, but he never put his heart into it, but he just wanted to save her life.
The woman he loved, the woman he fell in love with at first sight, was also sent to him by the enemy. He knew it, he knew it, but he still couldn't control his heart.
The situation was no longer under his control, and when the Han Gong family was burned to death, he had already given up all resistance.
His cowardice was predestined long ago, and he didn't get anything he wanted.
What is so terrible about death, his imperial life for more than ten years is the most painful, and death is a relief for him.
The woman in front of him was still crying, her delicate makeup had been spent, and he couldn't hear her voice, but it felt so good, and there were still people willing to cry for him.
He closed his eyes and could no longer hear, see, or feel pain......
The rain was pouring down, and a slender figure ran through the palace.
She had never been to Qingyun Palace, she had been in the palace for a year, and she didn't even know his dormitory.
She cried bitterly, and in the dark night, she stood by the lost palace wall, helpless like a child.
"Mother, where are you going? The guards are looking for you everywhere! Jade gasped and caught up with her, holding an oil-paper umbrella over her head.
"I'm going to Qingyun Palace, can you take me to him?" I don't know whether it was tears or rain on my face, and she looked at her pleadingly, as if she had found hope.
"This ......," Jade lowered her head in embarrassment.
"I beg you!" As she spoke, the girl knelt down with a puff.
"Mother, no, how can you kneel to the slave?" She quickly knelt down as well.
"I beg you to take me to him......"
Jade looked at her movingly.
Thinking of her goodness, he hesitated for a moment, then pulled her up and said, "Niangniang, you follow the slave!" ”
The rain soaked her dress, and her long black hair stuck to her face, and she was in a mess.
Outside the Qingyun Palace, heavily guarded and blocked her way.
"The queen has a will, no one is allowed to enter the Qingyun Palace! Fairy Lady, please go back! The guard said calmly.
"I want to see the Queen!" Shuo Nu wiped the water droplets off her face, even in such a situation, she was still beautiful and thrilling.
The guard looked at her in amazement, stunned for a moment, he hesitated for a moment and said, "The slave will go and ask for instructions for the mother!" ”
"Thank you!" She is sincerely grateful.
She wanted to see him, she had to see him, she had something to tell him, her heart had already been given to him.
She regretted it......
"Your Majesty is dead!" The voice with a crying voice sounded, shrill to the ear, echoing in the rainy night.
What the? What is he saying? The Shuo Nu didn't hear clearly, looked at the little eunuch who passed the decree and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”
The eunuch knelt on the ground with a puff and said loudly, "Your Majesty has died!" ”
With a buzz, she couldn't hear anything in her ears, and her body rolled straight down the steps.
In the spring breeze, prosperous season.
The twenty-third king of Chu, Chu Xuan, died, and the whole country mourned.