In the evening of that day, the ship had just set off and had not yet left the boundaries of Suzhou. Suddenly, dozens of people emerged from the water, and while frightened, they found that the boat was also mixed with those assassins.

The Imperial Guards and the Yulin Army were taken by surprise, and in their panic, many of them were killed by the Assassins, so they had to protect the Emperor first.

Bu Niannian, Qingyu and Gu Xiang were not together at the time, most of the assassins went for Gu Xiang, and a small number of them went to kill Bu Niannian and Qingyu.

Qing Yu quickly finished dealing with the assassins on her side, and was just about to rescue the besieging Bu Niannian, but Bu Niannian asked her to save Gu Xiang first.

Qing Yu couldn't, so he walked towards Gu Xiang with a ruthless sword. As an emperor, Gu Xiang actually knows some fists and kicks, but it is nothing compared to professional assassins. Qing Yu quickly joined the panicked battle, and the assassin gradually lost his opponent, just when everyone thought that the assassination was about to end. On the ground not far behind Gu Xiang, an assassin who had already been stabbed several times and was covered in blood suddenly opened his eyes, got up and picked up the sword at his feet and stabbed at Gu Xiang.

Qing Yu blocked the sword for Gu Xiang, and the assassin fell straight to the ground after stabbing the sword, as if he had suddenly returned to the light just now.

When Bu Niannian hurriedly came to find it, Gu Xiang's assassination was already over, and the Yulin Army was searching for the remnants of the assassins on a boat. When Gu Xiang saw her, he strode up to her side and nervously checked whether she was injured.

Both of them were only slightly injured, Bu Niannian didn't see Qing Yu, so he asked Gu Xiang.

Gu Xiang's face was very ugly, he frowned, and his voice was deeper than before: "Yu Zhaoyi is seriously injured, and the imperial doctor is still saving Ye." ”

At this time, the door at the back of the cabin opened, and the imperial doctor's hands were bloody, and he walked in front of Gu Xiang, trembling and pleading: "Back to the emperor, that sword pierced straight into the heart, and now the minister can only use hemostatic medicine to delay the speed of blood loss." But Yu Zhaoyi lost too much blood, Weichen was incompetent, and Yu Zhaoyi couldn't last up on a cloudy day, so I'm afraid it won't happen. ”

Bu Niannian suddenly felt a sweet taste in his mouth, and then spit out a mouthful of blood directly. Gu Xiang panicked directly, helped Bu Niannian to sit down next to him, and the imperial doctor trembled under Gu Xiang's murderous gaze to take Bu Niannian's pulse.

"Back to the emperor, Niangniang is fine, it's just that the blood is surging for a while, just drink two pills to recuperate."

Only then did Gu Xiang put back the heart that was hanging in his throat, and at this time, Qingyu's maid came out and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, our Niangniang invites the two of you in." ”

Bu Niannian walked to Qingyu's bed in a trance, and the room had been simply cleaned up, but there was still a faint smell of blood. Qing Yu changed into clean clothes, but the blood stains on her chest still did not slowly ooze out, and the red was dazzling.

She first sat up forcefully, bowed her body and saluted Gu Xiang, Gu Xiang asked her to get up, but she refused.

Qing Yu kowtowed on the bed, and her previously clear and powerful voice lost its strength, "The concubine has the courage to ask the emperor for an honor." ”

"You say."

"The concubine was born in the Marquis of Qiyang, she is the daughter of the family, and her father and brother have been loyal to the country all their lives and fought on the battlefield. A few years ago, my brother met a woman, and the two fell in love at first sight, but this woman was the daughter of my courtier, Yu Yuan. Now the concubine has the courage to ask the emperor to forgive the woman's sin and fulfill the two. ”

Gu Xiang thought for a moment and agreed. Qingyu thanked her, and she couldn't bear it anymore, she looked at Bu Niannian. Bu Niannian understood and said a few words to Gu Xiang, and Gu Xiang took everyone out, leaving only Bu Niannian and Qingyu in the house.

Bu Niannian was red-eyed, and she didn't dare to look at Qingyu with self-blame, but Qingyu comforted her: "Niannian, don't blame yourself, I've been waiting for this day for a long time." Now that my brother's matter is over, I have also seen my father and mother, but unfortunately, I can't see Ah Yan's child born. ”

Bu Niannian grabbed Qing Yu's hand, she wanted to save Qing Yu, but she didn't have the medical skills of Gao Taiyi, and she didn't have Mu Yi's medicine that could bring the dead back to life. She regretted it very much, if she hadn't eaten the medicine that Gu Xiang gave her, she would have been able to save Qingyu now.

But many things didn't have what they were at the beginning.

Bu Niannian didn't speak, Qingyu continued: "Niannian, I'll tell you a story." ”

Bu Niannian turned his head away, choked up and said, "When is this happening, I don't listen to any stories, you have to get better quickly." ”

Qingyu ignored Bu Niannian's words, she said slowly: "I entered the barracks with my father at the age of fourteen, and I have been on the battlefield for five years, and I am used to seeing life and death. One day I was red-eyed on the front line, and when I returned to the camp, I was covered in blood, and the soldiers in the barracks said when they saw me, Qiyang is also half of the Jiangnan water town, how can I give birth to an ungentle woman like me, I am afraid that no one will dare to ask me in the future. I was used to hearing such words, so I ignored them, and after returning to my father, I went back to the tent.

I found a letter behind the curtain of the tent, and there was only one sentence in it, Qiyang's daughter is the most gentle, able to write and martial arts, and is unparalleled in the world. There was no signature, people came and went outside the tent, and I couldn't find out who put it. Every morning after that, I would see a letter outside the tent, sometimes with a bouquet of flowers on it. I have never been able to find out who that person is, in fact, I can confess if I think about it a little, if I wasn't ordered not to say it, how could I not find out. It was a long time later, and on the day I was 17 years old, my father gave me two days off.

There was only one sentence in the letter that day, the ten-mile long pavilion Marquis. I went, I was wearing aqua blue clothes that day, he praised me and said that this aqua blue clothes were very flattering to me, and sure enough, the Qiyang woman was the most gentle. ”

Bu Niannian had never heard Qingyu mention these things, let alone know that she still had such a past, Bu Niannian didn't dare to think about the next thing: "But, but you entered the palace, what should he do?" ”

Qing Yu shook his head with a smile, and then said: "I led him to see my father that day, but my father seemed to know about it a long time ago, and he was even very satisfied with this son-in-law. Later, my brother told me that the reason why he was able to send letters so blatantly without fear of being discovered was because he had begged his father for a long time before his father agreed to him. On the day I was eighteen years old, he told me that when the bandits in the southeast were cleared, he would go to Qiyang to propose marriage and marry me. On the day I turned nineteen, he gave me an aqua blue outfit. He said that the bandits will probably be calmed down by the end of this year, and he will go to Qiyang to propose his relatives at the beginning of the spring of the lunar year. When the time comes, he will want me to wear this outfit and wait for him to marry me. He also said that he grew up in Shengjing and had never been to Suzhou. When we got married, we settled in Suzhou, which is the granary of Xichu, with convenient transportation and close to Qiyang. ”

Speaking of this, Qingyu's eyes shone brightly, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes, diluting the blood at the corners of her mouth.

"Niannian, you know what? He buried his bones in the battlefield and said that I was nineteen years old when he married me in the spring, and eight years later, I am now twenty-seven years old. I stayed in Shengjing for eight years, but he never came to me, so I couldn't even dream of seeing him. ”

Qing Yu's heart was oozing blood, and a large area of red burned Bu Niannian's eyes. She hurriedly wiped away the blood gushing from the corner of Qingyu's mouth with a handkerchief, but to no avail, the blood soaked her clothes and stained the handkerchief red.

"It's fine." Qingyu grabbed Bu Niannian's hand, pulled her, and said with a smile: "Niannian, don't be sad, my heart has long been dead, I died on the battlefield when I was nineteen years old, and ten thousand swords pierced my heart." Now I'm going to go to him and ask him why he didn't come to marry me. ”

Qingyu looked down at the large blood stains on her chest, she frowned, and said very dissatisfied: "I can't go to see him like this, it's too dirty." Niannian, I don't have the strength, you can do me one last favor. You saw that day, that aqua blue dress, help me change it, I'm going to see him cleanly. ”

Bu Niannian suppressed the sadness in his heart, found the dress, and helped Qingyu change it. Qing Yu didn't speak during this process, clenching her teeth, and cold sweat was on her forehead.

After changing, Qingyu lay on the bed, and finally patted Bu Niannian's hand gently and comforted her.

Then he looked at the bed curtain above his head, smiled slightly, and slowly closed his eyes.

It's been eight years, I've come to you, wait for me.

In the eighth year of Hongning, Emperor Nan was assassinated in Suzhou. Yu Zhaoyi Qingyu was meritorious in saving the driver, but unfortunately was stabbed to death, and the emperor posthumously named her Concubine Yude, nicknamed Yirong.

In order to show his loyalty and bravery, the emperor rewarded Qiyang Houfu, and all men were added to the official ranks, and Mrs. Qiyang Hou was given a second order. Pardon Yu Lixing, the daughter of Yu Yuan, the former courtier, as the official slave of the emperor, worship as the righteous daughter of the emperor Bu Yuan, and give marriage to the eldest son of Qiyang Hou.