Chapter 10 He's Your Cousin, You Can't Be Together
On the eighth day of the seventh month, it is advisable to get married.
When I got up in the morning, the inside and outside of Xiao Guogong's Mansion were lit up, and I was very happy.
But in this joy, there is always coldness.
Lime sat at the dresser and let the maids dress her.
Today was her big day, but there was no joy on her face, and the maids who groomed her did not dare to say a word until the grooming was completed.
"Xue'er, what's going on over there with Jinnan?" As the maids exited the room, Lime asked.
"All of our people were evacuated ten days ago, and on the day communication was restored, Xiuyi received the news. Now, it should have passed the Longhai Customs. Manxue held Lime's shoulders and adjusted the position of the hairpin for her, and in the mirror, her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque.
"If he arrives early, send some people to hold him back, and don't let him enter the capital before I leave Langhuan." Lime picked up her eyebrow pencil, traced her eyebrows for herself, and sighed, "How can a woman not love beauty, but this is not my face after all." β
"My sister is so beautiful, she really shouldn't wear this mask to cover her face of the country and the city." Man Xue looked at the lime in the mirror, both familiar and unfamiliar, and suddenly remembered something, Man Xue said again, "Sister, he has been on the road day and night, and he has already killed seven fast horses." β
"Hmm." Lime looked at herself in the mirror, suddenly feeling a little unfamiliar, and her tone was not confident.
"Sister, your sudden weakness of heart is very intriguing." Manxue chuckled, "My sister is probably distressed." β
Lime's eyebrow hand paused, but didn't speak again.
At this time, the Xiuyi in their mouths was galloping on the official road into Beijing. Although his face was full of exhaustion, he never stopped for a moment.
Ten days ago, the Prince Hotel in Liuzhou, Jinnan.
"What did you say!" Xiu Yi raised his hand and grabbed the shirt of the man kneeling on the ground, and his angry voice was almost like a roar, "Such an important matter, you only came to report it now?" β
"Damn it, someone broke through our secret stake, and someone pretending to be us filtered the news." The man was holding the placket of his clothes, shackled and out of breath, and his voice became hoarse, but he still said vigorously, "It wasn't until last night that the following found out the clues." β
"Idiot! Take the penalty yourself! Xiu Yi suddenly let go of his hand, threw the man in his hand out, his face was gloomy, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Prepare the horse immediately!" β
"But my lord, tomorrowβ" The man forced his cough, his flushed cheeks almost suffocating.
"Will you use me to teach you tomorrow?" Xiu Yi was furious, and when he turned his hand, he split a book case made of fragrant sandalwood, and his anger almost swallowed all his reason.
"Subordinates obey." The man did not dare to speak again, only responded, and quickly left to carry out the order.
"Zhuo Lime." He gritted his teeth and pronounced her name, his deep voice surging with anger, "You dare! β
"Cher, what time is it?" Lime sat down at the table and took a sip of water. There are many complicated etiquette for royal marriages, and in order to avoid internal urgency, Lime only drinks a sip of water in the morning.
"It's almost time." "His joy should have already set off." β
Although she was also named a noble concubine, she was different from Xiu Hanyan, who was in charge of the phoenix seal, no different from the queen, so she needed to sacrifice to the heavens and ancestors, and she had no qualifications to sacrifice to the heavens.
"Cher, take care of yourself." Lime said suddenly.
"Hmm." The emotions in Manxue's eyes were very complicated, and she was reluctant and heartbroken. After a long time, she replied in a muffled voice.
July was a sunny day, and there was no one on the wide official road, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, bringing up billowing dust and smoke, and galloping away. The official road without trees was illuminated by the scorching sun, and even the air became very hot.
Large beads of sweat gathered together and dripped down the resolute cheeks.
At this moment, everyone is exhausted.
Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared on the road ahead, Xiu Yi frowned, his right hand was already holding the hilt of the sword, this was no longer the first batch of assassins he had encountered in the past few days.
There were many men in black, and Xiu Yi was already exhausted. In this battle, swords and swords are flying, and flesh and blood are flying. When he went on the road again, Xiu Yi had a lot of bloody injuries on his body.
Suona played joy, and the sound came from afar. Lime straightened his body, knowing that it was Fang Han's joy.
When the auspicious time came, Xiao Shiqian personally covered the lime with a complicated look, and sent the lime to the wedding ceremony.
Manxue followed Xi Yuan, listening to the joy of the day, being congratulated by the people, trying to maintain a smile on his face, but his heart was complicated, he kept his promise to give himself a prosperous wedding, but it was not her who sat in Xi Yuan.
Xiu Yi changed another horse, facing the sun, with hastily treated wounds, galloping at great speed.
At this moment, his face was pale and his lips were chapped, but he did not want to stop to take a sip of water. He had never felt that time was so precious.
Lime was carried into the palace, worshiped heaven and earth with Fang Han, and in Shenshi, he came to Langhuan with Fang Han to enter the family tree.
Standing at the door of the library, she had never been so nervous. Inside is the truth that she is obsessed with, and genealogy does not lie. Her clenched hands were covered with fine sweat.
The moment she opened the family tree, her heart seemed to be clenched tightly, making it impossible for her to breathe.
The sun moved westward, and on this empty official road, the shadow of a man and a horse was stretched for a long, long time.
The horse's hooves were exchanging more and more slowly, it was tired and hungry, and the person on its back hadn't stopped it for a day.
Feeling that the speed of the horse slowed down, Xiu Yi raised his hand and whipped it again, and the hand holding the reins had turned white, and he was anxious at the moment.
When the lime came out of Lang Huan, the unitary time had passed, and the sky had already darkened. Fang Han ordered someone to send the lime to the Begonia Palace, and he went back to the Shanqing Pavilion to deal with political affairs.
Lime was like a puppet, and she was helped by the maid to lead her out of the library, and her face under the mask was no longer bloody.
The sky is getting dark, and the capital is near.
The blood on the Xiu Yi sword had solidified, and another group of black-clothed people appeared in his field of vision.
His hand tightened as he held the sword, and along the way, he met many people, some who wanted to hold him back, some who wanted to seriously injure him, and some who wanted his life.
Now that it is close to the capital, this batch should be the last batch.
By the time he had fought his way out, the moon had risen. He was running out of time, he had to rush before the cave and take her.
Begonia Palace.
"Sister, eat some, you haven't eaten for a day." Manxue was holding a plate of pastries and standing beside Lime, not knowing what to do.
After entering the palace gate, she did not follow Lime anymore, but came directly to Lime's dormitory, Begonia Palace.
After being back for so long, she had never been in front of him, and she had never seen him. Because she was afraid, afraid that she would not be able to control her emotions the moment she saw Fang Han.
"Sister, what did you see in Langhuan?" Man Xue put down the pastry and sat aside, very worried about pulling the lime's hand, but she didn't want those hands to feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave without the slightest temperature, which made her more and more anxious, "Sister, you say something, you haven't said a word since you entered the gate of this Begonia Palace." β
Lime's eyes are hollow, and her whole person is like a walking corpse. For a long time, for a long time, her eyes were full of tears.
"Plotting to rebel and exterminate the Nine Clans." Lime opened her mouth slightly, two lines of tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, she couldn't hold back any longer, and choked softly.
The cold hands clenched the sleeves of his shirt, and the eight words "plotting to rebel and exterminate the nine clans" on the family tree were deeply imprinted in his mind and lingered.
The door squeaked, Man Xue hurriedly covered the lime, and stood aside with her head bowed deeply, this was the first time she had seen Fang Han in ten years, and it was also the first time she appeared in front of him.
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her petite body couldn't hold back the trembling.
"Yu'er." He read her name lightly, looking at the woman sitting on the edge of the bed, Fang Han's heart was filled with happiness, he finally married her.
Suddenly seeing a maid on the side who was trembling like chaff, Fang Han felt familiar inexplicably, and couldn't help but look at it twice, but he didn't want the maid to tremble even more because of his gaze.
He put aside the strange feeling in his heart, only when she was facing the saint for the first time, he was afraid in his heart, "There is no need for anyone to serve here, you can go down." β
Hearing Fang Han's words, Manxue was like an amnesty, immediately saluted, and left the room as if fleeing, the moment she closed the door, she could no longer maintain the calm on her face, she suppressed her tears vigorously, ran back to the room prepared for her in one breath, and finally cried bitterly.
Ten years later, she finally saw him, but he didn't recognize her.
Fang Han picked up the wedding scale and uncovered the hijab on the lime noodles, revealing a cold and gorgeous face.
Fang Han leaned down and stroked Lime's cheek, his tone was full of distress, "Yu'er, am I late, you're not happy." β
Lime didn't speak, only looked at Fang Han's eyes and became very cold.
"Yu'er, don't scare me." Fang Han suddenly panicked, and he held Lime's cold hand tightly, as if he was afraid that she would leave suddenly. Her appearance is the same as when she first saw him, cold and detached, and Wen Cun is not there.
Lime pulled out her hand hard, frowned slightly, tears in her eyes flowed, like a helpless child, she whispered softly, "Why haven't you come yet?" β
"Yu'er, I'm here, I'm here." Fang Han said urgently.
As if she hadn't seen Fang Han, Lime left him aside, she got up and came to the window, stretched out her hand to push it open, and looked at the crescent moon hanging in the sky.
At this time, her mind was blank, as if everything she wanted in this life had turned into a dream, her father had rebelled, her brother was dead, and everything she was obsessed with was a joke.
After she is a criminal minister, there is no one to give her warmth.
She had never been so flustered, and there was only one person and one sentence left in her mind.
"I'll tell you when I get back."
Waiting for him to come back, she was waiting for him to come back, but why hasn't he come yet? Why hasn't it come yet?
Fang Han stood behind her, speechless for a long time, his heart gradually cooled, is she still her now?
The night has gone deep, and the palace maid who holds the lantern walks in the palace with the silk yarn palace lantern, and extinguishes the happy candles that illuminate the night. The forbidden army patrolled the night as usual, changed the guard, and everything was as usual.
In a corner where no one is looking, a group of soldiers and horses, like hungry cheetahs in the dark, quietly and quickly approach their prey.
Soon after, a bouquet of fireworks with its long tail rises into the night sky, and then blooms into gorgeous flowers.
Fang Han looked very surprised when he saw the fireworks through the window, and with the sound of rustling, Fang Han's face began to become solemn.
"Your Majesty, it's not good, General Xiao has rebelled!" The hurried voice of the great eunuch Zhang Jian came in from outside the door, "Now we have arrived outside the Taihe Palace!" β
"Yu'er, stay here and don't run around." Fang said in a cold voice, "Shadow Guard, stay and protect the concubine!" After speaking, Fang Han quickly walked out of the room.
Lime was instantly pulled back to reality, and the second brother rebelled, which really made her unbelievable, and before she had time to think about it, Lime also ran out with her skirt.
A dark shadow suddenly appeared and blocked her way, "Concubine, the emperor won't let you move around." β
Before Lime could react, another shadow broke through the window and immediately entangled with the shadow guard.
Taking advantage of the fact that the two of them had no time to take care of her, Lime turned around and ran out, and the man in black saw that she was going out, and shouted anxiously, "Third Miss, my subordinates were sent by the general to take you away." β
Lime was slightly stunned, paused, and still went out. She also finally understood why Uncle Xiao and the second brother would agree to marry her into the imperial city, it turned out that they had a plan for a long time, but the price of this plan was too great.
At this time, there was chaos in front of the Taihe Palace, 80,000 forbidden troops were all put into battle, the forbidden army was well-trained, with tacit understanding, a large number of people, and took advantage of it.
Fang Han was protected by the shadow guards, standing in front of the Taihe Palace, he frowned, his face was gloomy, and he was observing the battle situation.
He was not observing the battle of the forbidden army, but the battle between two men not far away.
Haitang Palace is not far from the Taihe Palace, when the lime arrives in front of the Taihe Palace, he sees two men fighting in one place, one Xuan and one blue, the battle is stale, and it is difficult to solve.
When Lime got closer, he saw the faces of the two clearly, it was Xiao Shizhi and Xiao Shiqian, the two brothers. Lime watched the situation nervously, and the rebels were outnumbered and soon withdrew from Taihemen.
And Xiao Shiqian gradually became a little overwhelmed and fell behind.
Suddenly, Xiao Shizhi's feet slipped, and a move was empty, Xiao Shiqian, who was eager to win, let down his guard and attacked in a hurry, but he didn't want Xiao Shizhi to hit him in the chest with a backhand, beating him out more than three feet alive.
He vomited a mouthful of blood and was unable to get up. And Xiao Shizhi's sword didn't care about brotherhood at all, and stabbed at him.
"Don't!" Lime shouted hoarsely, but he couldn't make Xiao Shizhi's sword stay for a moment.