Kunning Palace.

The crown prince entered the main hall and saluted the queen, "I have seen the queen mother." ”

"Why are you free today?" The queen laughed.

"Queen Mother, my son-in-law happened to be free today, so I came to see you." The prince smiled gently.

The queen looked at the appearance of her emperor in the wind, and was satisfied, and said with a smile: "It's rare that you have this heart, sit down." ”

After the prince took his seat, he said, "How is the queen mother coming in?" ”

"Good body. It's you, who have lost a lot of weight, and have suffered a lot during this trip. The queen asked.

"I have gained a lot of knowledge, and my health is also very good, so the queen mother does not have to worry." The prince answered.

The queen said: "During your travels, the mother concubine chose a few women suitable for you to be the crown princess, you go back and see, if you can see it, you can also ask the emperor to give you a marriage and get married earlier." If you can give birth to an heir earlier, it can also make your position as the crown prince more stable. Your younger sister is much younger than you, and they are all married, if it weren't for the harm of others. I can be a mother after a while. ”

"Queen Mother, my son just has something to say to you." The prince didn't answer, and said with a smile, but his expression was obviously extremely positive.

"You say." Seeing this, the queen also restrained her emotions and said seriously.

"In the future, the affairs of Qingyang, the queen mother should take care of it less." The prince said.

The queen was slightly stunned when she heard this, "Why is this, she is your cousin anyway." She is my brother's favorite daughter. ”

"Does the Queen Mother know how bad her reputation is out there now? It's not wise for you to protect her in everything, to make her lawless, and to wear down your reputation. The prince said calmly.

"What did she do again?" The queen also knew Jiang Qing's troublesome nature, so she hurriedly asked.

The prince told all the rumors in the market, and also talked about the rumors of the people about the queen, and finally said: "The rumors of the people cannot be ignored, if they reach the ears of my father, I am afraid that it will be another storm." ”

"There is such a thing." The queen was shocked.

She has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and if she didn't deliberately inquire about the rumors outside, she naturally wouldn't know, but after listening to the prince's words, she naturally knew the seriousness of the matter.

She originally felt that she owed Jiang Qingxin, so she would tolerate her in everything and let her, but now it seems that what the prince said is not unreasonable, and she can't go on like this in the future.

"You are right, the queen mother knows, and she will definitely pay attention to it in the future." The queen said to the crown prince.

"When the queen mother said this, the sons were relieved." The prince still smiled kindly, paused and said: "When the sons and daughters traveled, they got a lot of folk gadgets, and they have been sent by the palace people, and the queen mother still likes them when she looks back." ”

"Well, you have a heart." The queen nodded and said, "It's just that you are the prince of a country after all, don't bother with these little things, it is important to assist your father and emperor in handling government affairs." ”

"My son understands." The prince answered.

The two talked a little more, and the queen seemed a little distracted because of Jiang Qing's matter.

The prince came today for Jiang Qing's business, and after finishing speaking, he didn't stay long, and left after a while.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a little eunuch hurrying towards this side, still holding a letter in his hand.

"Stop." The prince stopped the little eunuch.

"I've seen Your Highness." When the little eunuch saw the prince, he hurriedly saluted.

"What are you holding in your hands?" The prince asked.

The little eunuch said: "It is said that it is a letter sent by the Qingyang County Lord Tuoguo Mansion, and the little one is about to present it to the queen." ”

The prince's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he said: "Letter to the palace, the palace is just about to go to the queen mother to say goodbye." ”

Hearing this, the little eunuch hurriedly respectfully handed the letter in his hand to the prince. said: "Then it will bother His Highness." ”

The prince waved his hand, motioned for the eunuch to leave, looked at the letter in his hand, and smiled playfully.

Putting the letter in his sleeve, he left Kunning Palace with his hands behind his back and headed towards the East Palace.

When he arrived at the East Palace, the prince took out the letter, and he had no intention of opening it and reading it, so he lit it directly and threw it in the brazier on the side and burned it.

It's just a daughter of the Guogong Mansion who is married outside, and she always asks the queen for help with a shy face. I really don't know what to say.

And the queen too, it's too good for this niece. Too good to be true.

The prince thought that this letter was sent to the queen by Jiang Qing, but he didn't know that it was given to the queen by Jiang Guogong in the name of Jiang Qing.

originally told the queen that he suspected that the jade pendant had fallen into Huo Chen's hands, and Huo Chen was now gaining power, and the emperor intended to let Huo Chen take charge of the army, and he planned to do something to Huo Chen.

However, the prince misunderstood, and burned the letter, which also caused the arranged things to deviate.

At midnight that day, Yun Xiangrong had fallen asleep, but she felt that someone was shaking her body, and she hurriedly opened her eyes.

The star-like eyes seemed to flash a dark streamer in the night, looking straight at the person beside the bed.

"Wake up Miss late at night, I really have something urgent to ask for, and I ask Miss for forgiveness." Zhao Xi, who was beside the bed, suddenly knelt on the ground and said in a low voice.

Yun Xiangrong knew that if it wasn't for an urgent matter, Zhao Xi wouldn't dare to break in late at night, rubbed his jumping eyebrows, and said in a hoarse voice: "What's the matter." ”

"Ask Miss to give me a token that can invite Dr. Sun, and the slave maid will ask Dr. Sun to go to the palace, if there is no token from you, I'm afraid I won't move him." Zhao Xi said hurriedly.

Yun Xiangrong froze when he heard this, the medical hall had already closed at this time, and Sun Yi must have rested, but Zhao Xi wanted to invite him to go to the doctor, or go to the palace, could it be that Huo Chen had an accident?

"Who's in trouble? Is that him? When Yun Xiangrong asked this, he felt that his heartbeat was much slower.

"It's not the prince, it's the prince's mother who has been poisoned, miss, it's a big delay." Zhao Xi urged.

Hearing that it was not Huo Chen who had an accident, Yun Xiangrong breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly took his waist card, and handed it to Zhao Xi: "You give this to Doctor Sun, and he will naturally go with you." ”

"Thank you, Miss, the slave maid will go first." Zhao Xi took the waist card and left in a hurry.

Yun Xiangrong got up and closed the window, and lay back on the bed, his eyes open but not sleepy.

Zhao Xi came in a hurry and left in a hurry, so anxious that he didn't even close the window, which shows that things are in a hurry.

Huo Chen's mother didn't know why she was poisoned in the middle of the night, and she wanted to find Sun Yi directly, which showed that it was an extremely tricky poison. I don't know if it can be cured.

This night, Yun Xiangrong's head was full of thoughts, and there was no moment of peace.

Early the next morning, when Chu Er saw the blue and black in Yun Xiangrong's eyes, he was surprised for a while.

She was painted with a light makeup, which covered up the past.

Yun Xiangrong personally went to Sun Sheng's Medical Hall.

"The owner is here." Seeing Yun Xiangrong enter the door, the guys in the medical hall greeted him with a smile.

Yun Xiangrong responded with a smile, raised his hand and beckoned the guy who often followed Sun Yi over.

"Is Dr. Sun here? Did you come back from the midnight visit last night? Can you say what the result is? Yun Xiang asked in a low voice.

"Dr. Sun came back and rested in the room, but the results of the visit were not said." The man answered.

"I see, you go get busy." Yun Xiang agreed. took Chu'er to the backyard again.

When he arrived at the door of Sun Yi's room, Yun Xiangrong raised his hand and knocked on the door.

After a few knocks, the door opened, Sun Yi was wearing a middle coat and a coat, yawning and looking up at her.

"Wait for me in a moment." Sun Yi said and slammed the door shut.

Yun Xiangrong didn't care, sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard and waiting.

After a while, Sun Yi came out and had already taken care of himself properly.

It was still a simple kaftan with a belt around the waist. Covered with a robe of the same color, it is neat and neat.

"Sun Yi, did you save the person you rescued last night?" Yun Xiangrong asked.

"Dead." Sun Yi replied calmly.

He has been a doctor for some years, and he is used to seeing birth, old age, sickness and death, and he doesn't think the word death is terrible.

But Yun Xiangrong's face turned pale when he heard this.

Huo Chen's mother died, so how sad did he have to be? How are you doing at the moment?

"Is he okay?" Yun Xiangrong looked up at Sun Yi.

Sun Yi looked at her, thought carefully for a while, and then said honestly: "I don't care." I was sure that the man was dead and unsaved, and I came back. ”

Yun Xiangrong looked at Sun Yi, and was a little speechless.

It's really a mess of concern, knowing that Sun Yi is single-minded when he saves people, and he won't pay too much attention to the things next to him, it's really stupid to ask like this.

Yun Xiangrong smiled bitterly, stood up and said, "Thank you for last night's incident." You rest, I'll go back. ”

Sun Yi looked at Yun Xiangrong's somewhat lost back, shook his head, said nothing, and turned back to the room.

Yun wanted to see how Huo Chen was doing now, but he couldn't, so he had to wait.

Since Huo Chen's mother is dead, she will definitely mourn and mourn, and she will take the opportunity to take a look at him to make sure he is okay.

I just waited for three days and didn't wait for the news of the funeral in Zhennan Wangfu.

It is rumored that Huo Chen, the king of Zhennan, was crazy with grief due to the death of his biological mother, and he locked himself in his biological mother's room all day long, with the corpse as a companion, and did not get a drop of water.

But if anyone approaches, they will be driven away, and they will be forced to prevent people from mourning.

Even if the rumors from the outside world are biased. But it still shows that Huo Chen is very bad at the moment.

Yun Xiangrong was a little restless after hearing the news.

But there was nothing she could do.

She couldn't do anything but wait.

For the first time since she was reborn, she felt powerless.

On the sixth day he came in a hurry from the king.

Liwang, who has always been red, is wearing plain clothes, and looking at his face, it is not very good.

Yun Xiangrong's heart suddenly twitched.

"How is he? Those rumors in the market "Without waiting for the king to speak, Yun Xiangrong asked anxiously.

"It's true, he's bad. Since his mother's death, it has been six days since he died. If he continues like this, I am afraid that he will not wait for his mother to mourn. It's time to prepare for his aftermath. King Li's face was full of coldness and worry, revealing a cold and tough bearing.

Yun Xiangrong sat down on the chair when he heard this, and the blood on his face faded clean.

"You're his best friend, why don't you persuade him." Yun Xiangrong asked anxiously, his lips pale.

"Why didn't you persuade, it didn't work. He can't listen to anyone now, so I'm looking for you. Liwang said solemnly.

"Me?" The cloud wanted to humble lowly.

"That's right! You are the person he puts on the tip of his heart, and if you persuade him, he may be able to listen. Liwang said affirmatively.

Yun Xiangrong hesitated: "How do I go, it's not appropriate." ”

She has no name or part with him, and now the palace is not mourning. In what name is she going to see him at his house!

"Do you have anything to prepare? If not, come with me now, and I'll take you to him. The king said.

Yun Xiangrong was worried about Huo Chen's situation, knowing that no matter how detailed the situation relayed by outsiders, it was not as good as seeing it with his own eyes, so he found a black cloak and put it on, and followed the king away from the prime minister's mansion.

Zhennan Palace, Huo Chen's mother's room.

The doors and windows of the whole room were closed, and the curtains were closed, so that you could not see the slightest scene inside.

When Wang Li came with Yun Xiangrong, he saw such a quiet room that seemed to be lifeless.

Yun Xiangrong felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Thinking about how cold and noble Huo Chen is, an indifferent and calm person, this time he succeeded in suppressing bandits, and he was so high-spirited, who would have thought that he would suddenly encounter great changes and lose his mother suddenly, so he could only lock himself in his dead mother's room and refuse to face the reality.

"He was in it for six days, and he never came out, nor let anyone go in. I don't know what the situation is inside, but now it's up to you to open the door, if not, I'm afraid you can only break in. Liwang looked at the closed door and said solemnly.

"I'll try." Yun Xiangrong didn't say anything full.

Although she and Huo Chen have love, but love is a thing, and she is not sure how much weight she has in Huo Chen's heart.

In the face of anyone, she can be calm and calm, and only in the face of him, she is always a little uncertain.

That's exactly what happened. She's going to be afraid to be with him.

In the previous life, she gave up a heart, in exchange for betrayal and death.

In this life, she no longer has the courage to fight the fire with moths.

Yun Xiangrong walked to the door and stood still, took a deep breath, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

There was no movement in the room.

Yun Xiangrong pushed the door and didn't move.

"Get out." There was a hoarse voice in the room, with a coldness.

"Huo Chen, it's me, you open the door." Yun Xiangrong was quiet for a while, and then spoke softly.

The room was silent, and there was no response.

Just when Yun Xiangrong thought that the door would not open, the wooden door in front of him creaked softly, and the door slowly opened a gap, and the light outside rushed to drill in.

A long figure stood at the junction of light and darkness at the door, Yun Xiangrong couldn't see his appearance clearly, only heard him say coldly: "What are you doing here?" ”

In a word, the coldness seems to reveal the loneliness of only one person in the world, which makes Yun Xiangrong inexplicably sad.

Speaking again, he said in a gentle voice: "I'll come to see you." ”

"I don't need you to pity me. Walk. After Huo Chen finished speaking coldly, he directly raised his hand and closed the door.

Seeing this, Yun Xiangrong gritted his teeth and squeezed in through the crack in the door.

The door slammed shut, once again cutting off the inside and outside worlds.

Outside, Liwang and Xiao Qi looked at each other, listening to Huo Chen's words, they didn't like Yun Xiang to come.

However, only Yun Xiangrong opened the door that had been closed for so many days, to say that Yun Xiangrong had no effect on Huo Chen at all, but it was not at all.

For a while, the two could only wait quietly, hoping that Yun Xiangrong could open the closed door again.

Yun Xiangrong narrowly entered the room through the crack in the door, and the whole person stood unsteadily and threw himself into Huo Chen's arms, a little embarrassed for a while.

The room was dark, and she couldn't help but hold her breath.

However, Huo Chen, who had to move his hands and feet every time he hugged her, was indifferent this time he withdrew his hand that closed the door, held Yun Xiangrong's shoulder, and pushed her away.

In the dim space, Yun Xiangrong couldn't see clearly, and only vaguely felt that the man's figure had left his side and gradually moved away.

There was silence all around, so quiet that Yun Xiangrong felt that he could only hear his own breathing, and his heart was a little hairy.

The air in the room was also a little unpleasant, with a faint smell of decay, which was extremely pungent.

Yun Xiangrong frowned suddenly. Huo Chen's mother's body has begun to decompose!

"Achen, it's too dark in the house for me to see, so it's okay to light the lights." Yun Xiangrong spoke softly in the direction that Huo Chen had left, and his voice was softer than ever.

Not far from Yun Xiangrong, Huo Chen stood on the edge of the pillar and looked at Yun Xiangrong quietly.

He was burdened with internal strength, and the night did not affect him much, and he could see any expression and emotion on Yun Xiangrong's face at this time.

Six days had passed since his mother's death, and he had been alone in the house with her for the past six days. The head is sometimes sober and sometimes chaotic, except for the scene of the mother and the limited family of three in the past, the shadow of Yun Xiangrong that emerges the most.

But when she did appear in front of him, he suddenly didn't want to face her.

Yun Xiangrong didn't wait for a response, stretched out his hands, and groped his way forward.

Before he had taken two steps, he felt that his foot was tripped over something, and the whole person fell to the ground with an exclamation.

The expected pain did not come, and a large hand grabbed her hand and held her steadily.

"Huo Chen." Yun Xiangrong screamed and reached out to grab him.

However, after straightening her. Huo Chen let go of his hand again, and Yun Xiangrong grabbed it.

I felt a little helpless, but before she could say anything, the room was lit up by the light of an oil lamp.

Yun Xiangrong squinted his eyes to adapt to the sudden light, and then saw Huo Chen standing with his back to her.

Slowly walking towards Huo Chen, when he saw Huo Chen's appearance, Yun Xiangrong suddenly felt a pain in his heart.

I saw that Huo Chen's originally clear face was already covered with a dark blue beard at the moment, his face was pale and blue, which was very ugly, the clothes on his body were messy, and his hair was also messy, which made him look very embarrassed.

But even so, his gaze was staring straight in the direction of the inner bed, motionless.

Yun Xiangrong followed his gaze, and the rancid smell she smelled just now came from there.

After only one glance, she withdrew her gaze, and her soft gaze fell on Huo Chen's body without blinking.

Huo Chen suddenly reached out and hugged Yun Xiangrong, buried his head in her neck, and didn't say a word.

Yun Xiangrong was held by him, and he felt a warm liquid pass through his neck, slipping down from his neck, flowing through his collarbone, and finally becoming cold.

Yun Xiangrong's heart was sour.

Suddenly remembered that when she was young, her mother died, she was so sad that she cried, at that time, there was her brother by her side, there was a brother with her, holding her, coaxing her, but what about Huo Chen? He has nothing.

Yun Xiangrong stretched out his hand to hug Huo Chen, and could feel his body stiffen slightly.

His right hand patted his back like a mother soothing her injured child.

Time passed quietly. Yun Xiangrong stood numb, and Huo Chen's hoarse and sluggish voice sounded in the room.

"She died for me."

Yun Xiangrong was stunned when he heard this, what does this mean?

Could it be that the person who poisoned him originally wanted to harm Huo Chen, but he accidentally killed Huo Chen's mother?

"Those people were meant to harm me, but they killed my mother." Huo Chen said coldly.

She was, after all, his only relative.

"In this case, then you should live well, now that you are so decadent, won't you let your relatives and enemies be happy. The most important thing you should do now is to cheer up, bury your aunt, and then find out all those who have harmed her, and not let any of them go, avenge your aunt, and comfort her in the spirit of heaven. Yun Xiangrong said word by word, extremely seriously.

Huo Chen slowly let go of her, and the corners of his mouth hooked a sneering arc, "Relatives hurt?" My only loved one is dead and lying there, stinking from the body. Now I'm alone. ”

Yun Xiangrong suddenly felt a pain in his heart.

She grabbed Huo Chen's hand and said, "How can you be alone, you have Liwang, Xiaoqi, and Han Mi." There are many people who care about you. ”

Huo Chen looked at her indifferently, indifferent in his eyes.

Yun Xiangrong looked directly at him and said word by word: "You still have me." ”

The light in Huo Chen's eyes lit up in vain, and his gaze was glued to her face, as if he wanted to see her through.

After a while, Huo Chen said lightly: "I was wrong before. I misunderstood that your father had something to do with my father's death, and I couldn't accept this result, so I was so indifferent to you. ”

"I know." Yun Xiangrong said.

Huo Chen didn't seem surprised that she knew about this, and followed closely: "Do you know what it means for you to appear here this time?" ”

"Yes." Yun Xiangrong was silent for a moment and said.

It means that she cares about him.

"Since you've taken this step, I'm never going to let go. You later. Life is my person, death is my ghost, there is no other choice in my life, have you thought about it? Huo Chen looked at Yun Xiangrong's eyes, not allowing her to dodge in the slightest.

Yun Xiangrong didn't reply this time, the brilliance in his eyes flowed, with a firmness that could not be ignored, and the hand holding Huo Chen was a little tighter.

From the moment she saw him alone and lonely in this cold room, guarding the corpse, from the moment he held her and wept silently like a fragile child, she had already made up her mind.

In the future, she will accompany this man.

No matter how difficult and hard it is, even if she has to go against the sky, she will unswervingly guard him until he clears all obstacles.

As for how much to pay and how much to receive in return, there is no thought in my mind at the moment.

Huo Chen's hand holding Yun Xiangrong's shoulder suddenly tightened, his face was pale, and his eyes were burning, "Rongrong, you will be mine in the future, and you are not allowed to leave again, otherwise I will"

This time Huo Chen's words were not finished, but when he was halfway through, he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, his eyes were fixed on Yun Xiangrong's body, his mouth was buzzing, but he didn't make half a word.

Immediately after, the tall body fell to the ground weakly like a collapsed building.

"Achen, Achen, what's wrong with you?" Yun Xiangrong's complexion changed suddenly, and he hurriedly squatted down and patted his face hard, but Huo Chen's eyes were tightly closed and there was no movement.

Only the blood on his lips was scarlet, lining his pale face, which was extremely penetrating.