Under the high ninety-nine imperial steps, there was a tall cyan figure kneeling. On his jade-like face, there was no expression at all, he was too calm. The calmness is in stark contrast to the tension around you.

The palace people on both sides looked at his face cautiously, and outside, there were two columns of guards dressed in yellow who were waiting for him. The knives in their hands were unsheathed, reflecting the cold light.

The sky was dazzling, and the sword light was cold, but it couldn't illuminate his eyes that were deeper than Mo Yu.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and on his neck was the "Cold Snow Sword" that had accompanied him for many years of fighting, and the sword that had drunk the blood of the enemy chieftain was now standing motionless on his body.

How ironic! He Su Yanqing did not die on the battlefield, but he was about to die under this high imperial staircase, and his body was not wrapped in horse leather, maybe it would be wrapped in the most broken straw mat.

Between the cold and handsome eyebrows is gloomy and gloomy. The dazzling light of heaven seemed to reveal the last of his secrets.

He sighed in his heart, and the sword around his neck was retracted again, and if it was one inch shorter, it would cut the big blood vein around his neck, and Hua Tuo would not be able to return to heaven when he was reborn.

The palace people on both sides exclaimed in unison, wanting to step forward but not daring. The knives in the guards' hands tightened.

In the distance, a floating white cloud floated, and the man's figure was extremely fast, and in just a few strokes, it floated in front of him.

The eyebrows and eyes are like the snow of the Tianshan Mountains, cold and lonely, but that body is as bright as the autumn moon, and no one can force it. Under the wide long sleeves, he hid his tightly clenched palms.

Zhao Qingling glanced at him silently, and suddenly smiled: "Zixuan is so good Yaxing, do you want to see if you can die of blood within five steps of this sword?" ”

Su Yanqing glanced at him, and the expression in his jade-like eyes did not move: "I want to see the emperor at the end!" His voice was hoarse, but with unshakable firmness.

Zhao Qingling smiled slightly, and there was a smile of unknown meaning on her elegant and handsome face: "The emperor will not see you now." ”

"Then I'll just wait." After Su Yanqing finished speaking, she closed her eyes.

"The emperor has more important things now, Rou Jieyu Niangniang......" Zhao Qingling didn't finish speaking, paused, and Su Yanqing's upright body shook imperceptibly.

Zhao Qingling sighed in his heart, sure enough, he was in love with her. Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this......

"Rou Jieyu Niangniang was heavily blamed by the queen, and the situation is worrying......" Zhao Qingling's wind-like sigh blew in his ears, and finally shattered his determination to die.

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Qingling retreated the palace people and the guards of the Imperial Forest Army on both sides. Outside the entire empty "Qiande Palace", one stood and knelt down, looking at each other silently.

"Your Majesty, he ......" Su Yanqing hesitated for a while, and finally asked hoarsely. But I don't know what to say.

"Put your sword away. The emperor gave you this sword back then to let you rush to the battlefield, not to cut it for yourself. Zhao Qingling smiled slightly, and the palm hidden in the long sleeve suddenly bent into a claw, reaching out to his hand like electricity.

There was a soft "ding", and the sword was unexpectedly snatched away by him. Su Yanqing stared blankly at his empty hand, and couldn't help but lie on the ground, hammering the hard bluestone ground fiercely. Every blow was filled with remorse and pain.

Zhao Qingling stroked the sword in his hand and sighed again: "You go back." The emperor will persuade you, you are in this mood with the emperor today, you had better not meet. ”

Su Yanqing looked up at Zhao Qinglingyun's breezy face, and muttered, "Brother Zhao, does she want to ......" After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and looked at his palm, which had been beaten with blood marks. She must be in pain now, it's all his fault. If the sky had eyes, she would definitely know that she didn't deserve to be treated like this!

"Zixuan, since you regard me as Brother Zhao back then, I will advise you. Lead the troops well and be loyal to the emperor. She's not the woman you should think of. You're not like me, you come and go without worry. You have your ambitions, you and the emperor, one is a Ming Jun, and the other is a good general. The two of you are the foundation of Da Chu! Zhao Qingling said lightly to him: "The emperor will figure it out in the end, as long as it takes a day or two, I will take you there and explain it to the emperor." He will forgive you. ”

"He will forgive you......" This sentence slashed at Su Yanqing's cloudy thoughts like lightning, and his face turned like snow.

Forgive? His love for her needs no forgiveness.

Su Yanqing was handsome, but there was no trace of joy on his face, he slowly stood up, looked at the majestic palace, and there was a firm and calm look in his eyes: "Please Brother Zhao tell the emperor that Su Yanqing will no longer apologize for his crimes with death, from now on, the last general Su Yanqing will leave Chujing from now on and go to guard the frontier, without an edict for a day, and will not return to Chujing for a day!" ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Qingling and said calmly: "Please Brother Zhao tell the emperor again, Rou Jieyu is innocent, everything is my wishful thinking." If you want to kill or chop, please send a decree from the emperor, please don't implicate other innocent people. There will be no more complaints. ”

He turned to leave. Zhao Qingling's eyes gradually deepened, and anger was faintly churning in his eyes, and he said angrily: "You left like this?!" ”

Su Yanqing paused, but didn't speak.

Zhao Qingling's elegant face finally cracked the gloom that was about to come: "She is now unpredictable in life and death inside, are you going to leave?" That's how much you love her!? ”

Su Yanqing's shoulders trembled, as if he was trying his best to suppress his grief and pain, and he said lightly: "What should I do?" Rush in and snatch her out? Tell the emperor to fulfill my most despicable and shameless wish, the two of them can't sleep together in life, and they have to die in the same cave?! You just said that she is not the woman I should think of! You should know better than I do! She always belongs to the emperor and the harem! ”

The more he spoke, the more his shoulders shook, and under his flat voice was great pain. He turned around suddenly, his eyes were already bloodshot and red, like a beast in a desperate situation, despair with no way out gnawed at his heart, and he roared angrily: "Do you want me to do it?!" At the moment when Huaguo City was broken, it was I who sent her to the emperor's bedroom, and it was I who found her out of the chaos and sent her to the emperor again. It was still me who rescued her from Shangjing and sent her to the emperor for the third time. Again and again, do you understand my feelings?! ”

"What should I do now? If I can die, I can relieve the emperor's wrath, I would rather die. But if you tell me to confess my mistake to the emperor, I can't do it! I, Su Yanqing, can still fight on the battlefield and serve the country, my knees are not humbly kneeling down to him to admit my nihilistic mistakes. So I can only walk, and the farther I go, the better! Whether you want to live or die, it depends on the emperor's words. I, Su Yanqing, have been benevolent since then, and I have nothing to say! ”

With that, he staggered and turned away. There was nothing wrong with his love, what was wrong was that he confessed to her on that snowy night, and from then on, this was his deepest sin, the most unforgivable mistake......