Before going to the prison, I first sneaked into the Forbidden Word Pavilion to meet Cen Xi.

The emperor has never ordered Cen Xi to be pardoned, and after the end of the send-off, he can only return here.

Although the Forbidden Word Pavilion was located in the Imperial Palace, it was so quiet as if it didn't exist at all, and there was nothing around it except for the bamboo forest surrounded by layers.

It's a lonely place, but it's also very clean, and even the birds that pass by become a gorgeous scenery.

The Forbidden Speech Pavilion is divided into twelve layers, and the layers are tight, only this twelfth layer can live in one person, and Cen Xi has received it on this floor.

"The emperor is critically ill, why are you still so indifferent?" I looked at him coldly.

Cen Xi didn't say anything, just waved his hand casually, and smeared the last ink on the beautiful rivers and mountains he painted.

"What did you do when you came to me?" Cen Xi put down his pen, looked up at me, and suddenly smiled again, "You didn't come here just because of your father's affairs, right?" ”

I snorted coldly and looked away, "I've done enough for you, acting in front of the emperor, covering in front of the courtiers, and ...... Yuhe's ......"

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but pause, and the guilt that I had finally suppressed in my heart came back to my heart.

If it weren't for the fact that those rebellious ministers and thieves could let down their guards, how could I be like a madman, so openly contradict the emperor and let him send me to death row?

I can marry her, as long as she wants, but the current situation does not agree, the emperor does not agree, and even Cen Xi tries every means to obstruct it.

Is this destiny? No matter what I do, I can't escape it, and I can't change it.

"So what?" Cen Xi looked at me quietly.

I was silent for a moment, then turned my head to look into his eyes, "There has always been a deal between us, what I did for you, I only need a reward, let Du Rong go, and let him go back to Qizhou." ”

Cen Xi's eyes were chaotic and even blurry for a moment, but when I looked closely, there was only gloom and clarity in his eyes.

This is his usual look, and it is also the most familiar and unfamiliar to me.

"You say, it's just a deal between us?" Cen Xi flicked his sleeves and smiled contemptuously, "Too little, too little." ”

My eyes flickered, and I narrowed, "What do you mean?" ”

"Qingzhi, how many years have we known each other?" Cen Xi cleaned his hands in the blue shaken female flower pot on the side, and then wiped it with a dry handkerchief.

I didn't answer him that question.

Over the years, he seems to have become more and more withdrawn, more and more cold, and I can't even see what he used to be.

Is time the creation of all this, or is it the nature of the emperor's family?

I don't know, and I don't need to know.

"Seventeen years plus thirty-three days." Cen Xi put down the dry handkerchief in his hand and slowly approached me, "Isn't it a long, long time?" How many seventeen years are there in a man's life? ”

Frowning slightly, I didn't speak,

I don't understand what he meant.

"Shen Qingzhi, don't you feel a little bit? You should know me best. "He stood still in front of me, his eyes dark and dark, and I could barely see the light inside.

"I... I don't understand what you're talking about. I was a little frightened and quickly looked away from his face.

Cen Xi sneered, walked past me, walked to the window, raised his hand and pointed to the smoky pavilion in the distance, "I have lived in this palace for more than 20 years, and you have stayed here for countless days and nights, the palace has always had a fatal attraction, and there are also white bones that you can't avoid, if you want to survive here, seeing the sunlight overhead, 'involuntarily' has always been just the most ridiculous excuse." ”

"Qingzhi, if this is really just a transaction, you will give too little." Cen Xi turned to look at me, "No one will willingly let go of the prey they have already obtained, I think, my father should have issued an order to execute him in private by now, right?" ”

"What did you say?" I was shocked, but when I thought about it, it should be.

The emperor's decisiveness and ruthlessness, I have always understood.

"Now you go, maybe there's a turnaround." Cen Xi took a deep look at me, turned around and sat back in his seat, slightly folded his sleeves, and continued to add ink to the splendid mountains and rivers in his hand.

I gritted my teeth and glared at him, but secretly I was angry.

Dare to be fooled by him again, and before he could fight, he had already lost.

Maybe I shouldn't have come to him in the first place.

Jumping down from the window, I closed my eyes and landed gently on one of the eaves.

Looking back at the Forbidden Word Pavilion again, I pursed my lips and flew away.

"Master, let Shen Xiang go so much, maybe the next disaster will not be far away." Lu Ding appeared at the top of the pavilion, he leaned down and knelt in front of Cen Xi, his expression was full of puzzlement, "Why do you want her to save Du Shaocheng Lord, if he is executed by the emperor, wouldn't we save some effort?" ”

Cen Xi glanced up at Lu Ding, who was kneeling on the ground, and sneered lightly, "Whoever succeeds needs to look forward, and the momentary benefits are just a flash in the pan." ”

Lu Ding was stunned for a moment and looked at Cen Xi blankly.

Isn't the master's intention to take advantage of Shen Xiang's affection and righteousness, and take advantage of this to forever cut off the back road of the Du clan and avoid this disaster of the Qin country? 31

Isn't the affection of Shen Xiang becoming self-contained? Shen Xiang believes in his master so much, once this matter is done, it may be difficult to get along well in the future.

"The master can ...... Have you ever thought about Lord Shen Xiang......"

"She will understand me, and she must understand too."

Lu Ding's expression froze.

"How's my father's illness? What did Dr. Ichiharuko say? Cen Xi glanced at Lu Ding and asked.

Lu Ding suddenly came back to his senses, he bowed his head and replied, "The emperor's illness is caused by his anger and heart, and Dr. Yichunzi said that if there is no God-given Divine Pill, the emperor may not be able to delay these days." ”

Cen Xi looked stunned and didn't speak.

"Does the master want to go to see the emperor?" Lu Ding asked tentatively.

Cen Xi was silent for a long time, and finally just faintly fell his gaze to his own painting.

"Wrongs, pay for your life."

In the past, I would never have imagined that I would come to this place again and again, the prison.

To be honest, I'm scared to come to this place, but I think there's probably no one in the world who isn't afraid to come here.

A long sword slammed into the dark depths of the earth, and I flicked my sleeves to cut through the chains that were firmly locked, and kicked over the tray of poison with my legs.

"Lord Shen Xiang!" Li Quan was shocked and anxiously looked at the medicine bottle that fell to the ground.

The vial has been shattered, the poison has been sprinkled, and it is difficult to collect it when it is covered with water.

"Come with me." I raised my sword and broke the shackles that bound his hands and feet, and with one hand I took his arm and lifted him out.

"Lord Shen Xiang, no." Li Quan saw that Du Rong was about to escape, so he hurriedly came to stop me, "He is a serious offender ordered by the emperor, you can't take him away." ”

As soon as the long sword was horizontal, I sneered, "Get out of the way." ”

Li Quan didn't want to do anything with me, he also knew that he couldn't beat me, even if all the troops in the prison were combined, they wouldn't be able to keep me and Du Rong, but even so, he had to fight to stop me.

"Shen Xiang," Li Quan lifted his clothes and knelt in front of me, "I, Li Quan, have never knelt down except for the emperor, today I kneel here and beg you, the emperor's fate is on the verge of death, and I will definitely not be able to stand this blow again, you must not take Du Shaocheng Lord away." ”

"Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me, I know, you're just trying to stall for time, and today you'll either get out of the way or die by my sword." There was anger in my eyes, and I could barely hold the sword in my hand.

God knows how frightened I was when I saw that bottle of poison about to be poured into Du Rong's mouth, I couldn't imagine what it would be like if I were one step too late.

In this life, I already owe him so much, I can't let him die here because of me anymore.

Li Quan knew that I didn't believe him, and in fact his thoughts were the same as what I said, but despite this, what he just said was not a lie.

The emperor specially ordered him to send Du Rong back to heaven, in order to prevent Shen Xiang from taking advantage of his serious illness to rob people and escape, originally all this was carried out in secret, and I don't know which link leaked the news, so that Shen Xiang knew about today's action.

"If Shen Xiangruo really wants to kill someone, I am willing to sacrifice your sword with my own blood, but if you want to take him away today, it is absolutely impossible." Li Quan straightened his back and looked at me without squinting.

"Good, good, very good." I laughed angrily, "Last time you calculated my business, I haven't settled accounts with you yet, so I'll do it together today!" ”

After saying that, the sword light in my hand flashed, and it went straight to his vital point.

"Wait, Qingzhi." Du Rong, who was breathless and unsteady, finally made a move, he pressed my hand and shook his head at me with a pale face, "You can't kill him, kill him, and you will really be the enemy of the Cen royal family." ”

Li Quan, whose heart was about to jump out of his throat, let out a long sigh of relief, he pinched the cold sweat in his hand, and looked at the sword in my hand with palpitations.

He was the one who broke out of the sea of swords and fires in the rivers and lakes, but when Shen Xiang made a move just now, the cold and almost dead killing intent actually made his heart shrink, and he felt an indescribable sense of suffocation.

He didn't believe that it was a kind of kung fu, and there would be no such kung fu in this world.

"Du Rong!" I glared at him disapprehended.

But he smiled weakly, closed his eyes and fainted.

“......”

All those who are reckless will not end well, I'm sure.

"It's a nuisance." I sighed, took out a packet of medicinal powder from my arms, and sprinkled it directly in my face while Li Quan was not paying attention.

Li Quan subconsciously covered his mouth and nose, but the area where the medicine powder was splashed was really large, and by the time he could barely see what was in front of him, there were no two of them.

"It's really ...... that the appearance of a country is so dignified that he even uses such indiscriminate means" Li Quan's face turned blue with anger, and he was speechless for a moment to express his anger at the moment.

I didn't bother to pay attention to what Li Quan's heart was feeling at the moment, I was already very merciful if I could spare his life.

He is the emperor's person, his every move represents the emperor's will, he is not wrong, even a loyal and good subordinate, but since he dares to tease me, then I will not be polite to him.

Although I was prepared in my heart.