"He's the crown prince and the future monarch, even if he uses me to do something, it's okay." I lowered my head and spoke softly, almost self-hypnotizing.

Du Rong looked at my gradually pale face, shook his head and sighed.

"Whatever you want, but you must remember what I just said to you, and keep a distance from him at all times.

I barely managed to squeeze out a smile and smiled at him. Nodding his head, "I understand." ”

What should be reminded has also been reminded, and what should have been said has been said, Du Rong closed his eyes slightly and thought about it, probably there is nothing missing.

"It's going to be cold again soon, you don't always remember to add more clothes, even if you have deep internal strength, you can't stand such consumption." He tightened the blanket on his body and said to me softly.

I nodded, "It's cold and hot, I still know, and I will add or remove clothes on time." ”

When Du Rong saw me being so obedient, he immediately bent his eyebrows and laughed.

"Don't be so cheerful, I haven't finished yet."

"What else?" I looked at him suspiciously, "Do I have so many bad things about me?" ”

Du Rong raised his eyebrows, pointed to the dim sum on the stone table and asked me, "Have you eaten all this morning's breakfast?" ”

I was stunned and shook my head reluctantly.

"What are you going to do?"

"I ......"

"I'm looking for your little subordinate, right?"

I was silent.

It's always been like this, and I can't hide it from him.

"I asked him to send someone to seal up all the Guixia Valley, I don't want to ......" lowered my head, I stared at the ground expressionlessly, "There will always be people walking around her bones in the future." ”

Du Rong's heart moved, and his lips opened and closed several times, but he was speechless.

It was a knot, and it was destined to be a dead knot, and he couldn't ask me to untie it so easily.

In life, there are always some regrets and sad regrets, which can no longer be recovered, so we can only let it gradually rot in the deepest darkness in my heart, not to think about it, and not to mention it again.

"If you go to bed early at night and stay up so late, your body will collapse even if you are beaten with iron." Du Rong tilted his head slightly, raised his voice, and advised, "And the wind is cold at night, if you are not careful, you will catch a cold, and the cold will invade, and it will always be difficult to cure it." ”

I was silent, stood up and looked at him, "It's not me who is in the worst body now, it's you, you should take care of your injuries with peace of mind is the right way, and always worry about those who don't...... I'll serve you some medicine. ”

With that, I pressed the gap on the edge of the blanket and turned to go to the pharmacy.

Du Rong watched me leave, and his heart rose and fell, but he didn't know whether it was death or sorrow.

Xiao Qingzhi, can you really take care of yourself alone? If one day, all the people you know leave you, how can you survive in this cold world?

Still have to ...... Rely on him.

"I know what kind of coveting you have for Qingzhi, I warn you, you are just the son of a small city lord in a remote corner, do you think you are worthy of the appearance of a country? Her life should stand above everyone and stand at the top, no one can pull her down from above, you can't, and neither can Gu Yuancheng of Qi Kingdom. ”

"Do you think I'm going to be afraid of you? Or do you think she cares about this prime minister? As long as I want, do you think she will choose you or me? Cen Xi, what is your position to say these words to me? ”

"Heh, I never need her to make a choice, only pain, will choose, I will pave a way for her, she just go forward, as for you, even if it is gorgeous, it is just a fleeting firework in her life, as soon as the wind blows, it should dissipate cleanly."

"The way you paved for her? Haha, only God can arrange people's fate, you and I are just ordinary people, do you think I am her passerby? As everyone knows, you are the one she sees the most. ”

"Then let's go and see, and see if in the end, whether you let go or I let go, but Du Rong, I have to remind you that my father has already transferred troops to Qizhou, Qizhou is the most important and best place to attack Qi State, the two countries are about to go to war, and your Du clan is just an inch of dust on the king's hegemony."

"Dust?" Du Rong looked up at the blue sky in the distance, and there was a moment of confusion in his eyes: "One will be successful, ten thousand bones will wither, one inch of mountains and rivers will be three inches of gray, the common people will be smeared, and the people will mourn...... Wang Tu, hegemony. ”

To be honest, I really can't figure out what Du Rong is thinking in his head these days.

He obediently took medicine every day, and drank medicine on time, but Ai Shenzhi didn't sleep in the middle of the night, nor did he look at the moon or the stars, I observed him several times, and I only felt that he was thinking about something.

But what could bother him so much?

Until the fourth day, when I couldn't find him up and down the Cai Mansion, the palace issued an edict to exempt me from the crime of robbing the prison, restore the position of prime minister, and immediately enter the palace to thank him.

"He went anyway." I looked at the falling ginkgo biloba leaves outside in despair, and my heart was empty and cold.

"What, have you already guessed where Du Rong went?" Cai Yu saw that I looked lonely, and frowned and asked. Let's have a book

I smiled bitterly, "From the time he deliberately left the Qin Kingdom without waiting for the emperor to issue the imperial decree, I knew that he had decided to leave here forever." ”

"Leaving forever? Here? What do you mean? The more Cai Yu listened, the more confused I became, and I wanted to ask in detail, but I shook my head at him, didn't want to say more, and left Cai's mansion after bathing and changing.

It's also strange to say, the weather was good, but as soon as I arrived in the palace, it became cloudy, and the fallen leaves all over the ground didn't know who cleaned them, flying everywhere, the key is that the dust on the ground is also big, and when a gust of wind blows, I have to cover it with my sleeves, so as not to lose my eyes.

The palace maids and eunuchs were lazy, and the few officials I met along the way were all shrunken and depressed, which confirmed that this kind of weather really sent chills down my spine.

Led into the palace by the little eunuch, I lifted my clothes and knelt down, "Shen Qingzhi, the criminal minister, meet the emperor." ”

"Ahem......"

"Ahem, ahem......"

After a few violent coughs, Emperor Qin's hoarse, barely audible voice weakly reached my ears, "Qingzhi, you come forward ......"

I glanced sideways at Li Quan, who was waiting next to me.

Li Quan nodded to me with a serious expression, and with a slight feeling in my heart, I immediately got up and stepped forward.

"Long Yu ......" Emperor Qin stretched out his thin finger and pointed at me tremblingly.

I immediately took Long Yu out of my arms and put it in his hand.

Emperor Qin shook his head and shoved the dragon jade back into my hand with all his might.

"It's your talisman, my succession...... The edict of succession is also in it, and in the future... In the future, if he can't tolerate you, use it...... Use it to leave the capital. ”

"Your Majesty." When I saw his withered face now, and heard what he said to me at this time, I couldn't help but feel sad.

After so many years of kingly ministers, he has never had a different meaning to him, and now he has reached such a point that even though I am sometimes terrified, I still can't watch him step into the last step of his life so calmly.

It is said that the dead are sad, and this person who is dying in the world may be the most pitiful.

"Don't be sad, I'm just going to look for her, the peony in the yard...... Is the peony still open? Emperor Qin asked me softly, his eyes had begun to blur, but the faint shimmering light was still bright and moving.

It's the season of winter, the flowers are withering, where are the peonies in full bloom?

"It's still open, Your Majesty." My face remained unchanged and I replied solemnly.

Emperor Qin laughed in a low voice, "Qingzhi, I hate others telling me lies the most in my life, but she and you are the only ones who ...... No matter what you say to me, I can't really get angry, ahem, ahem......"

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to rest." Li Quan's face changed slightly, and he stepped forward to remind.

Emperor Qin's physical strength has probably reached the limit, but he still has something to say to me, "Aiqing, help me up." ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Quan was in a hurry and was about to speak again, but Emperor Qin only waved his hand and ordered him to retreat.

Li Quan was worried, so he could only glance at me and bowed down.

"Your Majesty, where are you going?" I used my strength to help him slowly get out of bed.

Emperor Qin pointed to a pot of green plums placed in the window.

The green plum is attractive, but the people who miss it are already old.

I helped the king, who was already weak to the limit, step by step closer to where he wanted to go, without saying a word or taking another step.

Picking up the jade spoon, Emperor Qin took a spoonful of water and slowly sprinkled it on the green plum branches that were bathing in the sun.

"Soon it will be covered by snow, and everything will eventually fall back to its roots......" Emperor Qin muttered in a low voice.

I looked at the green fruit covered with water droplets, and I was speechless for a long time.

"Aiqing, you say, am I a failure in this life?" Emperor Qin suddenly asked me, very lightly, but very solemnly.

I paused for a while before answering him, "The emperor is the most majestic monarch of the Qin country, and his life's achievements are only to be praised by future generations. ”

"Haha...... cough cough ......" Emperor Qin covered his chest and coughed violently, I quickly took the handkerchief to him, but he waved his hand and did not answer.

"As the emperor," his body is so weak that he can't stand, I can only let him lean lightly on my body" I think I am worthy of the people of the world, but I ......

"I can't be a good husband, and I can't be a good father, Aiqing, do you know what kind of blow this is? Once, she jumped down from Qizhou City for me, and she didn't even leave me a word, cough cough...... Ahem...... How I wish she could talk to me again, maybe this is the punishment of heaven......"

"Qingzhi, I knew that Pei Lu was doing things in Guixia Valley, and I also quietly told He'er, but she still couldn't escape from there......"

"Why do you say that? Is she punishing me? Punish me for refusing to find someone to replace her? ”