Ruan Lu reached out to touch her cheek, but she, who was originally sluggish and numb, slowly ducked back.

His hand stiffened there, and it took a long time to slowly retract it.

The light outside the window slowly shone in along the edge of the window, and the last remnant snow on the green bricks outside slid down the tiles, and then fell on the steps with a "bang", falling all over the ground.

Her eyes blinked slowly, "What about the bodies of my brother and the Beiliang people?" ”

Lian Zhi'er's voice was a little blurry because he hurt his tongue, but he still understood it, this was the first thing she said to him, which made the strings that he was tightly pulling in his heart loosen at once, and then he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Hongwu has prepared a coffin and buried him on the grassland of Beiliang, as well as those soldiers, all of whom are brave people, and they must be buried thickly." He explained in a panic.

Lian Zhi'er's eyes rolled, but she didn't shed half a tear, just said slowly, "Take me to him." ”

Ruan Lu was afraid that she would be sad when she saw her, but he couldn't find any words to refuse her, and even his voice was a little cautious.

"Okay."

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After the white snow melted away, it was the best time to bury the bones, and the land of Beiliang was almost turned over, and the corpses were buried at the foot of the snow-capped mountains.

At this time, the custom of Beiliang, but all the warriors who died on the battlefield. They all have to hide under the snow-capped mountains, so that they can be liberated in the next life.

However, the body of the King of Beiliang was to be burned on the snowy mountain, so that his soul could return to the sky, and he could still protect the people of Beiliang in the next life.

Lian Zhi'er personally changed Lian Kong's royal robe, sent his sideburns to him properly, and then watched him lie quietly on the firewood, as if he was asleep.

She personally lit the firewood and grass, and the rolling tongue of fire would soon take away the most ill-fated king of Beiliang.

Lian Zhi'er was dressed in a snow-white shirt, and her jet-black hair was covered with a white bird's tail. She was wearing no shoes and socks, but under her skirt there was still a pair of feet that were red from the cold.

saw that she was holding a bell in her hand, only dancing the requiem dance of Beiliang, and her mouth was still humming, disappearing into the cold wind one by one.

On the high platform, I saw her thin and thin body like a lonely bird, with a strange poignant.

When her requiem dance stopped, she saw that the fire had gradually been extinguished, and the lonely moon appeared in the night sky of Beiliang, and the wilderness was low, still so beautiful.

Ruan Lu walked over with her boots, then leaned over and half-knelt in front of her, put her dirty feet on his lap, and slowly put on her shoes and socks.

She didn't refuse, she just let him do it.

Finally, he slowly stood up, looked at her pale cheeks, and finally opened his lips and said, "I know why you refused to agree to go back to the Central Plains with me." After I asked Shi Ran to take Ah Kong away that day, he disappeared without a trace, and there was not even the slightest news. ”

Hearing Shi Dye, her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

His voice was hoarse and difficult, even with a bit of temptation, "I will find him for you, and I will return you to his side, as long as you are happy, I am willing to fulfill you in anything." ”

Lian Zhi'er slowly raised her head, and finally said slowly, "Didn't you say that you would take me to the capital?" Could it be that all the things that the prince said are not counted? ”

Ruan Lu never dreamed that she would say such a thing, but in his heart he couldn't suppress the ecstasy, he couldn't control her in his arms, almost wanting to embed her in his body.

"Count." His cold tears fell down his face and finally disappeared between her dark sideburns, missing a trace, "I know what ridiculous things I did, but you have to believe that I will spend my life to make it up to you." ”

The way back is very far, the carriage is running on the grass of Beiliang, this place in Beiliang, there are no more herds of cattle and sheep, even if it is a warm spring and water, those who escaped have gone to the bitter cold land of the far north.

Lian Zhi'er seemed to be a little tired, just leaned on the carriage, and slowly closed her eyes.

Ruan Lu sat beside her, put her to sleep, and gently pulled her head down on her shoulders and let her lean on herself, so that she could sleep more comfortably.

Her hot breath fell on his neck, and the sleepiness slowly spread, and his body was exhausted after these days of running.

And at this moment, they heard a rumbling sound outside, as if a stone was rolling towards their carriage, and then the voice of the guard came from outside, "Quick, protect the prince." ”

Ruan Lu didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly picked up Lian Zhi'er beside him and quickly jumped out of the car.

They only rolled around a few times in the icy mud, and he protected her head with his elbow for fear of hurting her.

His arm was already injured that day, and he was only barely wrapped, and the broken bone was only afraid that the injury would become more and more serious, and soon his face was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, and his teeth were also clucking, and he only tried his best to hide the pain in his body.

And at this moment, they saw that the carriage they were sitting in was smashed by the stones rolling down from the mountain, and if it was a little more night, I was afraid that both of them would die in Huangquan.

She shrunk in her arms, but there was no fear in her eyes, he couldn't help but be afraid, so he quickly helped her up, "It's okay!" But where did it hurt? If it hurts somewhere. Tell me ......."

In a hurry, he was about to come up to check if she was injured, but she looked at him with a wary face.

He had to sigh, but he didn't dare to make any more transgressions, for fear that he would be angry and angry.

And at this moment, I saw the guard shouting, "There are people on the mountain, go and catch them." ”

The people who followed Ruan Lu were all people who could fight ten with one, so they hurried up the mountain, and after a while, they saw a few Beiliang people coming back with a few big ties.

Lian Zhi'er raised her eyes and saw Lian Yan at first sight.

And Lian Yan also saw her beside Ruan Lu, and seemed to be a little incredulous, with a sluggish and stunned face.

After she ran away from marriage that day, she took the opportunity to secretly go to other tribes to play, only thinking that the anger of King Yan Cheng for ten days and half a month was gone, and she came back.

Who knew that it had only been a few days, but his father had been poisoned to death, and he didn't like his brother but inherited the position of King Yan Cheng, and Lian Mou was even more painful to kill them, and even her mother, Mrs. Mei, was killed.

And she naturally didn't dare to come back, who knew that it didn't take long to hear that Beiliang was defeated, 50,000 iron horsemen were killed, and the king of Beiliang and her brother were also killed, and she had no home and no relatives overnight. I just wanted to risk this life, but I wanted to take revenge on the people of the Central Plains.

Today, when she saw such a luxurious sedan chair coming to the snow mountain, she only thought it was an official from Beijing, and she only thought that she could kill one, but she didn't expect to see Lian Zhi'er, and the people around her who were dressed in luxurious clothes and extraordinary weapons didn't know who it was.

"Regent, these are the people who assassinated you." The guards were already turning pale and bowing back and forth.

Everyone in the world knows that Ruan Lu is very strict in governing the army, but now it is their mistake that Ruan Lu almost died, if he deals with it, I am afraid that they will definitely be implicated.

Only then did Lian Yan know that this person turned out to be the world-famous regent, hadn't he already returned to Beijing? Why are you here?

But what she secretly hated was that she had just missed, and if she could kill him, her great revenge would be avenged.

She looked straight at Lian Zhi'er, her eyes could almost spew fire, and Lian Zhi'er also looked at her, without any waves in her dead wood-like eyes.

"You slut, you have simply lost the face of our Beiliang people, and now you are with our enemy, you are shameless, you are willing to be cheap......" Although Lian Yan was bound, she still scolded Lian Zhi'er.

"Presumptuous." Ruan Lu had already recognized Lian Yan, but he didn't expect her to say such poisonous words. 12

"Ruan Lu, you are a despicable villain, you calculated my father, you were not his defeated subordinate at the beginning. You're just going to make a shady trick, shameless. "Even Yan's work is very good, and now there is nothing to be afraid of, just thinking of something, scolding something, and there is no loneliness at all.

When the surrounding guards saw that she was scolding the regent, they were immediately frightened, and they quickly grabbed a handful of dry grass and stuffed it into her mouth to prevent her from talking nonsense.

"Lord Wang, are these people going to be killed? Chop the grass to the roots. The guard said with a worried look on his face.

Lian Zhi'er said slowly, "She is my relative." ”

Ruan Lu understood in an instant, he didn't intend to hurt Lian Yan, but said gently, "Don't worry, I will never hurt you Beiliang people in the future, let alone your relatives." ”

The regent disappeared silently, and the entire capital exploded, speculating about the regent's whereabouts. And things in the court are also chaotic.

Sui Jinghou knew where he had come, but he didn't dare to make a noise, so he only wrote letters one after another, only asking him to go back quickly, just afraid that the four permanent servants in the palace would make some trouble again.

Gonggong Liu's people served the emperor in the palace, and now they have won over the ministers, and now there are a lot of people around the little emperor, who are only bent on returning the regent to the emperor.

Ruan Lu also knew that there was no delay, so he hurriedly asked Hongwu to pack up the things used on the road, and he would take Lian Zhi'er back to Beijing tomorrow.

Hong Wu saw that Ruan Lu was almost spoiling Lian Zhi'er a little too much, and he couldn't help but be horrified, and only took advantage of Ruan Lu's official business to go in and reply with a worried face.

When he saw Ruan Lu, he only knelt on the ground with a "plop", "Weichen has some transgressions, and I ask the prince not to blame." ”

Ruan Lu rubbed his forehead with his fingers, as if he already knew what he was going to say, but frowned and said, "Since it is a pass, then don't say it, the king of the province is upset." ”

Hong Wu hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, you can't take the county lord back to the capital, you killed her loved ones, how can she easily forget, she is clearly hiding some evil intentions by staying by your side, you must not take her away......"

Ruan Lu slowly tugged at the corners of his lips. But it was a helpless wry smile, "I also know that she is for revenge, and I only see hatred in her eyes, but I can't let go of her after all, and when this king dies one day, you collect the body for this king." ”

Hong Wu raised his head in astonishment, but saw Ruan Lu's face full of solemnity, he didn't expect him to do such a thing for that woman.

Ruan Lu looked out the window, his eyes shining as if a layer of helpless bitterness had been condensed. "If I ruined everything I had and could make her happy, I would do it willingly."

Only then did Hong Wu feel that the regent he once admired was now crazy like this.

After he finished speaking, he went to Lian Zhi'er's house, but saw that she was still in a daze, and the white clothes on her body had not been changed, and he only felt depressed.

Ruan Lu couldn't help but turn his gaze away. But I saw that the heat of the bird's nest porridge on the table had faded a little.

Because she had been hungry for too long, she could only eat some porridge now, and she didn't dare to give more, and she didn't even eat a small bowl like this.

He slowly picked up the bird's nest porridge, scooped some with a spoon, and then put it on his lips to taste some, but felt very delicious, then scooped some more and put it on her thin lips, and then said gently, "Eat some quickly, we will go back to Beijing tomorrow, the road is very bumpy, so we must eat more." ”

Lian Zhi'er's dull eyes turned, and he immediately opened his mouth to eat, and then he personally scooped a spoonful for her, and soon half a bowl of bird's nest porridge was eaten.

It was the first time for Ruan Lu to serve a woman to eat like this, but watching her swallow it one bite at a time, he felt that this was the happiest and most important thing in the world.

Finally finished eating, Lian Zhi'er raised her eyes to look at him, and only said slowly, "I want to be the regent of the palace, is the prince willing to give me this position?" ”

Ruan Lu said slowly, "Okay, I'll give you whatever you want, as long as I have it, you can take it." ”

Lian Zhi'er smiled, but like a ghost, "Then I want the throne, can the regent also give it?" ”

She would have opened her mouth, Ruan Lu couldn't help laughing, but she had to sigh, "The weight of the Regent's Mansion today is more than that of the emperor." ”

Lian Zhi'er didn't say anything more, "When you go back, you will tell the world." I'm the princess regent. ”

Ruan Lu smiled, "Okay, I will definitely beat the gong and drum to tell the whole world that you are my wife." ”

And the word "wife" is too heavy, Lian Zhi'er couldn't help frowning.

Seeing her frowning, he couldn't help but want to reach out to soothe it, but Lian Zhi'er only turned his face and dodged it, and said coldly, "It's getting late, I'm going to rest." ”

Ruan Lu only then ordered a few words, as if he couldn't see her indifferent eyes at all, and then left her room.

After he left, Lian Zhi'er fell asleep in a daze, and when she saw herself hiding in the coffin in her sleep, the feeling of despair, the unforgettable hatred for Ruan Lu.

She'd never done anything bad before, and even if he had pushed her into hell with his own hands, she'd found countless reasons to forgive. And now when he had driven her to the point of no return, that was when she had gone completely insane.

She quickly woke up from the nightmare, her wet body seemed as if she had just been lifted from the water, she couldn't forget the people of Beiliang who were slaughtered, she couldn't forget that now the country was ruined, all she wanted was Ruan Lu to pay the price.

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When the willow trees in Beijing faintly pulled out their buds, Fu Yunhuang received the news that Ruan Lu was going back to Beijing.

After Ruan Lu wanted to kill her that day, she was so frightened that she had to go back to the Hou Mansion to cry to her father.

Her father was also shocked when he heard about these things, and then said that now they are dependent on Ruan Lu, and Ruan Lu still has half a point of reason, and he will definitely not turn against them, otherwise Ruan Lu will be the most isolated and helpless.

Hearing his father's comfort, Fu Yunhuang let go of his fears, and then came back to be his regent princess with peace of mind.

And she is not obsessed with Ruan Lu, so she might as well take more care of the cherishes who are pampered in every way, after all, I don't know how many people want to send women to the palace, if she can let this simple-minded pity stand in the way, she is very willing to keep her in the mansion.

But unexpectedly, disaster fell from the sky, since the weather warmed up, the eldest princess couldn't afford to be sick, and now she couldn't even stand up.

Fu Yunhuang saw that she was lying on the bed, and most of the people were already dead, so he barely held his breath, thinking that now that she was alive and suffering in vain, he had to ask the imperial doctor in the palace to prescribe some mild prescriptions, just to hold on until Ruan Lu came back.

It's a pity to cry to death, her eyes are swollen like walnuts all day long, Fu Yunhuang had to comfort her many times, but she only cried more and more.

After the imperial doctor in the palace checked the pulse that day, he said with a worried face, "The eldest princess is afraid that she won't survive tomorrow, so she has to prepare the coffin and clothes quickly, I really don't know when I will be able to swallow this breath." ”

Fu Yunhuang only sighed, "She is waiting for the prince to come back before she is willing to let go." ”

But fortunately, Ruan Lu's carriage stopped in front of the palace on the second day, and Fu Yunhuang and Xi Xi didn't dare to dress up too much because of the eldest princess's affairs, so they only wore plain clothes and waited in the mansion.

However, when Ruan Lu appeared in front of everyone with Lian Zhi'er, Fu Yunhuang looked like a ghost,

She originally thought that Ruan Lu was going in a hurry, but she was just going to collect the corpse, how could people really survive, the nonsense she regretted at the beginning, but she didn't expect it to come true today, and Ruan Lu actually brought her to Beijing.

Everyone only hurriedly asked Ruan Lu to say goodbye, and his face was a little pale, but he quickly recovered as before.

But Lian Zhi'er just stood by Ruan Lu's side, even if she saw her, the regent princess, she didn't bow down according to the rules, and even her eyes were more disdain and contempt.

Fu Yunhuang only sneered, "The county lord is back today, I really didn't expect to see you again in this life." ”

Lian Zhi'er snorted coldly, "Soon I won't be able to see it." ”

She didn't know what she meant, but at this moment, she heard Ruan Lu open her mouth coldly, "From today on, you are the concubine of this king, and this king wants to marry Lian Zhi'er as a princess." ”