The moment Mu Chen woke up, he smelled the familiar Du Hengxiang.

Shiyin handed the gold-cut ball in her hand to the palace maid, and quickly sat down on the edge of the couch, with a trace of restrained excitement in her voice, "Your Majesty, are you awake?" ”

Mu Chen moved, as if he wanted to sit up, but was dissuaded by Shiyin: "Your Majesty, don't move." The Imperial Doctor said that your injuries need to be recuperated. ”

She tucked the corners of the quilt for Mu Chen, suppressed her emotions, and said in a low voice: "You have been in a coma for ten days...... Inside and outside the palace, I tried my best to cover it up, but the news still spread...... The courtiers and concubines above the second rank have been waiting outside the Chengji Palace. ”

Mu Chen's deep gaze paused for a moment on Shiyin's face, "What news?" ”

"Huh?" Shiyin's eyelashes flickered quickly.

"The ...... that got out What's the news? ”

"Oh,"

Shiyin lowered her eyes, unable to see joy and anger, "Your Majesty...... Injured by Qing Ling. After a pause, she raised her eyelashes, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes, "Qingling she...... How could such a thing be done? ”

Mu Chen's gaze examined her for a moment.

The various scenes before fainting, the voice of the green spirit complaining, and the death of the Holy Monarch...... Piles are connected in thoughts.

After a while, Mu Chen spoke: "Isn't that kind of thing what the queen wants to see the most?" ”

Shiyin was stunned and stammered, "Your Majesty...... Concubine ......"

Mu Chen looked away, and he only felt very tired.

Aware of the changes in his body, he lowered his eyes and probed his inner sense, and after a while, he raised his hand and said to Shiyin, "That's it, you go out." Let people summon Yan in. ”

Shiyin straightened up, distanced herself from Mu Chen, and her teeth biting her lower lip trembled a little.

She stood up and kept looking at Mu Chen, and finally, she hesitated and said, "Concubine doesn't understand, what did Your Majesty mean by what she said just now?" The concubine is His Majesty's wife, and her joy and anger are all related to Her Majesty alone, how can she be willing to see Your Majesty hurt by others? ”

Mu Chen's deep pool-like eyes didn't show any emotion, and for a while, he seemed to pull the corners of his lower lip slightly, but he didn't have half a sense of pleasure, staring at Shiyin and said, "Yu'er was kidnapped from the palace. ”

Ten words lightly and lightly said it slowly.

No matter how calm and forbearant Shiyin was, in the face of Mu Chen's cold gaze, she couldn't help but dodge for a moment.

"Your Majesty is suspicious of the concubine?"

She raised her voice slightly, "How the concubine Su Ri treated that child, Your Majesty will not fail to see it." Although he is only a nephew, the concubine understands that His Majesty is raising Xiu Gongzi as his own child. How could a concubine not think about His Majesty and truly love that child? ”

Speaking of this, her eyes gradually reddened, don't look over her head for a moment, and only then turn back when her mood is a little stable, and look at Mu Chen with teary eyes.

"Your Majesty probably doesn't know yet...... The concubine's elder brother died at the hands of Qing Ling outside Xianxia Pass ten days ago......"

Shiyin's words were choked, but her demeanor still maintained the dignity and elegance that a queen should have, and raised her head slightly, "With this one thing alone, even if the concubine has formed a blood feud with Qingling." But these days, it has been the concubines who have been trying to dissuade the clansmen and make them give up their plans to hunt her down...... It's just because the concubine understands," she bit her lower lip and said it a little hard, "She is a person that His Majesty values very much." ”

Mu Chen suddenly heard about Ning Hao's death, and couldn't help but lose his mind for a moment, and the already dull look in his eyes became more and more gloomy.

Finally, he raised his hand, "You go down." ”

Shiyin looked at Mu Chen steadily, with unwillingness, resentment, and sadness in her eyes.

She knew his temperament, she knew his habits, so she knew that no amount of explanation she could give was useless......

She turned around and walked slowly outside.

"Queen."

Mu Chen's voice sounded behind him, cold and warm, "No matter who Qing Ling hurts or kills, as long as I am alive for a day, I will not allow anyone to hurt her in the slightest." ”

Shiyin stopped, but did not look back, for a while, bent her knees slightly, and walked out.

Mu Chen looked at the curtain that was lifted and fell, he was stunned for a long time, and coughed violently.

The wound in his chest was pulled, bringing out a sharp pain that was heart-wrenching. There was a hint of fishy sweetness in his throat, and he was forced to swallow it back.

The imperial doctor, who was waiting outside the curtain, bowed in when he heard the sound, but was waved back by Mu Chen.

By the time Chun Yuyan entered, he had already gotten up and sat on the purple bamboo couch by the window, his clothes neat and calm, as if he had not been hurt at all......

Chun Yuyan saluted, sat on the opposite side of the purple bamboo couch at Mu Chen's signal, and after a moment of silence, he judged his words and said, "Your Majesty's injury ...... But what does it matter? ”

Mu Chen was noncommittal, and asked instead, "Mo Nanhao, what's going on?" ”

Chun Yuyan's eyebrows tightened, and he understood that Mu Chen already knew about it, so he carefully organized the language, and carefully explained how Qingling appeared in Xianxia Pass and how he killed Mo Nanninghao.

He knew that Mu Chen was meticulous and would never let go of any details, and the only thing he could do was to put more effort into the use of words, so as not to make the incident sound too bloody and crazy.

Mu Chen listened very quietly, and there seemed to be no waves on his face. It wasn't until Chun Yuyan talked about the last scene, when Qing Ling killed people with his own bleeding and condensing blades, that Mu Chen raised his eyes, and a trace of complicated emotions flashed in his eyes.

Back then, Luo Heng killed Hao Chong in Wutong Town, cut off Fang Shanlei's arm, and the last move he used before evacuating was also the same technique.

When Qing Ling found Mu Chen to confront ten days ago, her eyes were golden and red, and they were the same as the devil......

What was originally a secret speculation is now finally becoming clear and true.

However, at this moment, Mu Chen couldn't tell the emotions in his heart, whether they were happy or sad......

Chun Yuyan also had some speculations, but now observing Mu Chen's expression, how dare he say his thoughts? So he chose another topic and said: "On Lieyang's side, the minister has already asked people to come forward to appease. Emperor Mu Jing also sent someone to spread the word, saying that everything was fine. Chiju is a smart man, at least not in the open, and there will be no conflict with Donglu in the open. ”

After waiting for a long time, Mu Chen didn't see him answer, so he had to pick a few more important things to make a report one by one.

"The abduction of Prince Xiu, all the relevant people in the palace have been tried. The origin and whereabouts of the Assassins have not yet been ascertained, but all towns in the Eastern Continent have set up checkpoints, and enchantments have been laid along the border. ”

"Chongwu's Moqian Holy Monarch has passed away, and I heard that the White Rainbow Sword has now been passed into the hands of the eldest disciple Chenyue."

He paused, remembering Qing Ling's sudden surge in divine power, and asked thoughtfully, "Those soldiers who banned Chongwu...... There was a conflict with the Qingling Emperor, and now there are not many people left. I don't know if His Majesty intends to send more manpower, or if he ......"

Mu Chen still remained in a state of stunned silence, not knowing what he was thinking.

It was a long time before he opened his mouth in a slow and difficult way.

"Yan, do you think Qing Ling will come back to me this time?"

As long as he lets his mind go freely, Qing Ling's tearful face will appear in front of him, and the sentence that tears his heart and lungs "I want you to die!" I want you to die! ”

She actually wanted him to die......

The blade of the sword pierced into the chest, so deep.

She was real, and wanted him dead......

As soon as she turned around, she killed Mo Nanhao with such bloody methods, didn't she just want to understand that he and her would never be able to go back to the past?

Chun Yuyan was stunned. He couldn't remember how many years it had been, and Mu Chen hadn't spoken to him in such a tone.

They were friends from their youth, and they were confidants who fought side by side, but the difference between kings and ministers finally separated them from the two ends that could not be crossed.

was distracted for a moment, and he didn't know what to answer.

Mu Chen looked away, the curvature of his lips was filled with endless bitterness and self-deprecation, "You once told me that with Qingling's temperament, no matter what, you will stand on my side...... Do you still think so today? ”

The faint glow of the clam lamp shone on his side face, gilding a faint layer of silver white, and his face looked particularly haggard and fragile.

Chun Yuyan is not a stupid person, and he knew early on that Mu Chen ordered Chongwu to be banned. But with his understanding, Mu Chen handled all the people or things related to Qingling very carefully, so as not to touch the bottom line that was difficult to make up.

Thinking of this, he hesitated and said, "Moqian Holy Monarch's health has always been bad, and now he is also passing away because his physical strength has reached the limit. Besides, if it weren't for Your Majesty...... You took Qingling's fifth senior brother to Lingxiao City, and continued your life with the famous medicine elixir every day, Moqian Holy Monarch is afraid that he will exhaust his divine power earlier, and he will not survive until now...... Qingling, she shouldn't be resentful of you for this matter. ”

Mu Chen was silent, and there was still a bitter and self-deprecating faint smile on the corner of his lips.

After a long time, he said: "But what if I killed Baili Fuyao?" ”

Chun Yuyan was stunned suddenly, his eyes raised and drooped again, his eyes full of disbelief.

Mu Chen took in his reaction, and the bitter meaning in his tone became more and more intense, "Yes...... Even you are scared. ”

He stared down at his fingers, the ring marks on his index finger pale and glaring.

"In this Suzaku Palace, you are the only one who knows my physical condition best."

After a while, he spoke slowly again, and his mood had calmed down a lot, "In the past, in order to save my life, I had to rely on the divine power of the Red Soul Bead, and I was willing to live for it. Unexpectedly, that bead was originally a spiritual thing, and it could absorb the divine power of the host body on its own, if it weren't for my will to fight against it from time to time, I am afraid that it would have been devoured long ago. ”

This trait of the Red Soul Bead was briefly mentioned by Chun Yuyan a long time ago. At that time, he was light-hearted, as if he didn't care, but after many years, he was on the pole again, and there was no shortage of famous doctors and miracle medicines around him, so Chun Yuyan took it for granted that this problem had already been solved.

And now that he heard Mu Chen mention the Red Soul Bead again, he couldn't help but seem to have an understanding in his heart, and he wanted to speak a few times, but he couldn't ask.

Mu Chen was also silent for a while.

He has always liked to expose his weaknesses to others, even the people he trusts the most.

But after a while, he slowly opened his mouth and continued: "If the situation were different, I might not force her to be so ruthless. It's just a pity that I don't have much time......

In a palace change back then, in order to hide from my father, I played a poisonous trick on myself. Later, although the poison was resolved, the body was finally severely damaged, so that it ...... Lost all control of the Red Soul Orb. ”

Mu Chen slowly raised his eyes, met Chun Yuyan's shocked and uncertain gaze, and his tone was indifferent but seemed to be difficult,

"From a very early age, I knew I didn't have much time to live."