Chapter XXXIV

I remember what I said at the time, and the light of hope in Ziyu's eyes disappeared in an instant, and it never lit up again.

It was a pain from the heart.

I said at the time:

"It's better to wait, my father will definitely take back his fate, I see that he is afraid, afraid that he will not be able to speak clearly."

Ziyu was silent for a long time, and the two stood looking at each other, crying without a word.

The future is at a loss, why not give it a go and ask for your life desperately!

Liu Xiu clenched her fists and smashed it out of thin air, as if she wanted to smash herself at that time, she was sad in the past, what did she do!

He remorseful and continued to think.

I remember that I was manic and hesitant at that time, hesitating whether to see my father or not, painful but looking forward to it, expecting that things would turn around.

He couldn't bear to see Ziyu's sad expression, walked to the window and opened the window, a gust of wind blew in, and the fragrance of flowers outside the window took the opportunity to drill in, and at that moment, the room was full of fragrance.

Even Ziyu was attracted by the fragrance of flowers, and turned her head silently, her eyes seemed to light up.

She did not hide from the debris on the ground, let the ink stain her white clothes, and went to the window, closed her eyes, and inhaled deeply.

Under this firmament, between heaven and earth, a beautiful woman stretched out her head out of the window, closed her eyes and breathed, what a moving picture.

Such a thrilling beauty.

I stood there for a long time, I didn't dare to make a sound, I wanted to have it forever, and I didn't want to give it up.

But deep down, did you ever have the courage to break through and spend your life with her?

As if inexplicably attracted, a colorful butterfly gently landed on Ziyu's head, and cautiously, it seemed that even it couldn't bear to disturb this beautiful scenery.

At that time, he was hesitant and timid, and he only expected a miracle in his heart, and when he was troubled, he saw a butterfly flying in, so he bent down and held his palm, and then grabbed the butterfly in his hand with a sharp pocket.

Just like when he was a child, he pinched the two wings of the butterfly and shook it in front of Ziyu, and said:

"Ziyu, see what I caught for you?"

Ziyu turned his eyes, it was a colorful butterfly, the slightly red transparent wings were pinched between his fingers, it struggled desperately, it didn't seem to know what was going on, it didn't understand why it couldn't move, it tried to fly forward, but the place where it had just stopped was still so far away.

What is it that binds it and can't let it fly freely?

Ziyu looked at the butterfly in a daze, watching her struggle desperately, but the butterfly was pinched very tightly by herself, and no matter how she flew, she couldn't fly out of her hands.

cannot be freed from the mercy of fate.

Ziyu's tears flowed down again, this butterfly that wanted to fly away must have made her heart hurt fiercely, the inexplicable and deep pain made her eyes dark, and she couldn't even breathe.

She looked at herself and said softly:

"Xiu, you put it away."

I glanced at her at the time and said in surprise:

"What's wrong? Didn't you love butterflies the most when you were a kid? ”

Ziyu looked at the butterfly as if she was appointing to stop struggling, just staying quietly in her hands and not moving, she took a deep breath, did not let the tears fall, she said to herself softly:

"Xiu, I will never catch butterflies in the future, you see in this garden, the sun is shining, it is the season of butterflies flying in the garden, you catch him, her lover will miss her, their two butterflies love each other, if you are harmed, never see each other again, the remaining one, sad and lonely, how can you bear it?"

Liu Xiu shook her head, she didn't know why Ziyu suddenly said these words, looking at her poignant and pleading eyes, her heart felt an inexplicable pain.

Stretch out your palm and spread it out.

Ziyu smiled, quiet, holy, she quietly looked at the butterfly in Liu Xiu's hand, watched her flutter her wings and fly, escape from the "clutches", and go to find her lover.

However, the butterfly did not fly as she thought.

When you let go of your hand, it just falls off.

A light breeze blew from the window, and the butterfly's body fluttered in the wind a few times, and finally, it fell to the ground.

Ziyu stood stunned as if she had been shocked.

The life that was still fresh just now, at this moment, it was like a bright little flower that was broken by someone after it bloomed, withered and crushed into mud!

Ziyu screamed sadly, tears flowed down in strings, she covered her face with her hands, turned around and staggered out.

He screamed "hey" at that time, but he didn't keep her, and watched Ziyu run out.

On the ground, that small patch of colour stood still, motionless.

It's just one step away, regret not being at the beginning!

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu stood up irritably, picked up the teacup and took a sip, the hand holding the cup turned pale because of excessive force.

But after a while, the cup was gently lowered, and the water in the cup rippled and did not move.

At night, Luojing City is empty and lonely because of the curfew.

Huge and wide streets were shrouded in darkness and lifeless.

At night, the rain fell down, making the already silent streets look a little desolate, and the wind blew, and the slightly earthy air revealed a coldness.

The entire imperial capital was immersed in a drizzle, just like the current situation.

Standing in the rain, wet with water, but hesitant to do not know where to take shelter from the rain, and when the rain will fall.

At the moment, a small road a few blocks away from the palace, lined with low houses.

In one of them, faint yellow candlelight came through the window.

Liu Rui, the crown prince of the empire, sat alone at the table, looking out the window, the drizzle fluttering.

His line of sight, behind the rain curtain, was the direction of the palace.

The current owner of the palace, it's time to sleep, right?

He just thought like that, his brow furrowed.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the voice of the guard outside the door interrogating him in a low voice, approached the attendant and came in, and said in a low voice:

"Your Highness, Lord Fang Fang asks to see you."

The person who seemed to be waiting for the prince finally came, his eyes were delighted, and he nodded and said hurriedly:

"Invite him in!"

The attendant answered, bowed back, and gave the order.

After a while, heavy footsteps were heard, and then the door was opened a small slit, and a man squeezed in through the slit.

He saw Liu Rui sitting at the table at a glance, bowed, and closed the door with his backhand.

The prince pretended to be calm, glanced at him coldly, turned around and stood up, faced him, and said:

"How?"

The person who came was the dialect of the envoy of the Shu Kingdom, he seemed to have walked for a long time, he was holding his big belly, trying to take a good breath, when he heard Liu Rui ask him, he hurriedly dressed up, straightened his complexion, and replied:

"His Royal Highness has not been able to catch him in the past three days, and Ouyang Yunzhong, the prime minister of our country, is very angry."

Liu Rui snorted and said:

"What is his identity? Dare to press me! ”

Fang Yan smiled faintly and replied:

"It's the villain's gaffe, but now Ouyang Cheng is willing to exchange the truce for His Royal Highness's support, and he has good trust in His Highness, and the whole country does not understand, the Prime Minister is under great pressure, and he can't sleep all night, and he looks forward to His Highness's good news day and night, but His Royal Highness has failed three times and twice, and the Prime Minister is anxious, and the villain has been scolded a lot, so his temper is a little bigger, and he hopes that His Highness will forgive his sins."

Liu Rui glanced at him deeply, changed his smiling face, and said:

"Okay, Ouyang Cheng is very helpful to me, and I, Liu Rui, keep it in mind, after I ascend the throne, the benefits he will get will be ten times the investment!"

Dialect Zhengse replied:

"The foreign minister thanked His Highness for the prime minister!"

Liu Rui smiled and said:

"You're here this time not just to bring this sentence to the prime minister, right?"

Fang Yan's eyes rolled, smiled slightly, but without speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to the prince with both hands.

He took a step back and bowed his head in silence.

Liu Rui's face sank, and he said in a low voice:

"You're so daring! Dare to privately clip letters in Luojing! Once discovered, you and I will have no place to die! ”

Fang Yan smiled and said:

"After Your Highness reads the letter, you will know that only His Highness, the Prime Minister and the villain can understand the content of the letter."

Liu Rui frowned and said:

"Is Prime Minister Ouyang planning to eat me?"

Fang Yan shook his head, without talking, Liu Rui snorted coldly, shook his hands, tore open the letter, glanced at it a few times, pouted and smiled:

"Prime Minister Ouyang has a good calculation! Initiating a palace revolt? Hmph, not to mention whether I have the ability to do this, as far as my father is concerned, he has long been suspicious of me, after the Lantern Society assassination incident, he did not summon me, but met Liu Xiu, I helped your prime minister search Luo Jing and find out the whereabouts of that person, he has offended the entire court, and now he is so despicable and shameless! ”

Fang Yan frowned, and then returned to normal, and said with a smile:

"Your Highness, this is a bad word, although the prime minister has selfish intentions, he is also thinking about His Highness."

Liu Rui smiled coldly and said:

"Thinking about me? Okay, you say. ”

The dialect said calmly:

"Your Highness is right, my prime minister is indeed despicable and shameless, and when things in your country are in turmoil, he came up with this plan, but His Highness thinks about it, and initiates politics. Who is most benefited by change? ”

Liu Rui sneered and said:

"Ill-intentioned, do you still need to ask?"

Fang Yan shook his head and smiled:

"It is in the best interest of His Highness!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and continued:

"Your Royal Highness, let the minister give you an analysis, today's Han Dynasty, although the emperor is not in good health, but the body is healthy, it is not a problem to sit on the dragon chair for another three years, before the prime minister helped you to make Luo Huo lose power, to fight for military power, and to help you in addition to the biggest fetters of the second prince, I thought that the world would be worry-free from now on, and you can also plan with peace of mind, and wait for another three years, but the world is unpredictable, King Liu Xiu is so hidden, not only has a great strategy, defeating the Yan Kingdom, but also will win the hearts of the people, King Wei, the Shadow Army, the exodus and even Luo Huo have secretly taken refuge in him, And there is still a force behind him, secretly protecting, so that the Lantern Society will assassinate the matter, and it will be a failure! ”

Liu Rui snorted and said angrily:

"Liu Xiu has been hiding the knife for more than ten years, this show of the edge wants to kill me, this time for your prime minister, in order to catch that person, I made a storm in Luojing, Liu Xiu saw his father yesterday, and he must have said bad things about me! Have you ever considered your wolf ambitions for me? ”

The corners of Fang Yan's mouth moved after hearing this, but he continued lightly, and said:

"His Royal Highness pursued the assassination, the three-day period has passed, and there is no result, but the Holy One has not punished him, which is not a good sign, and he does not guess the emperor's thoughts, but the officials and the people, in their hearts, His Highness's image of wisdom and wisdom is greatly reduced, not to mention that His Royal Highness is not clean in the matter of the assassination of the Lantern Festival, but the King of England is brave and resourceful in the assassination, and the masters who appeared at the last moment of the day are all his subordinates, he has just shown his edge, and he has such a great power, is Your Highness not afraid?"

The prince was suffocated, his face tightened, his brows were furrowed, and he said in surprise:

"The Lantern Festival assassination fell short, and I already saw that Liu Xiu was difficult to deal with that day, but I don't know what the prime minister can do? Can you get rid of Liu Xiu? ”

There was a smile on the corner of Fang Yan's mouth, and he said:

"Your Highness, you are wrong, we will not kill Liu Xiu."