Unable to see the shadow of the lotus lantern, Xiao Wanyan turned her head, she saw Chu Huairan staring at her motionless smirk, stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "You used to laugh like this." ”

Chu Huairan hurriedly smiled, and returned to a polite smile: "Aren't I usually like this?" ”

Xiao Wanyan pondered: "It's different, your smile is very fake in the mansion, and you almost don't laugh in the palace and outside." It's like a cold machine. ”

Icy machine! This is the first time Chu Huairan has heard a different self from other people's mouths, in the past, Chu Huairan in other people's mouths was a murderous demon, bloodthirsty, wolf-hearted, and dog-hearted, but in Xiao Wanyan's heart, he was just a machine that couldn't laugh.

He lowered his eyes and sighed: "What's so good about laughing, others will only see you as a bully, think you're weak, like me, others are afraid of me, you don't have to go against your heart to please anyone, isn't it?" ”

Xiao Wanyan didn't answer, but just asked him, "Aren't you tired?" ”

The word tired never seemed to be within the scope of Chu Huairan's actions, he was not tired, and he didn't dare to be tired, he didn't speak, and looked at Xiao Wanyan with a deep look.

Xiao Wanyan paused: "Actually, you look good when you smile." ”

There was an awkward atmosphere in the air, and Xiao Wanyan felt as if she had said the wrong thing again, so she changed the topic: "It's too late, let's go back." ”

Chu Huairan nodded, took Xiao Wanyan's hand again, took two steps, and muttered, but told himself as if he had sworn an oath: "I will always believe you." ”

Xiao Wanyan didn't know what she should use to suppress the hesitation in her heart at this moment, she warned herself countless times: You are just Xiao Wanyan's stand-in, just bear the love that Xiao Wanyan deserves, if he knew that Xiao Wanyan was dead, he would definitely kill everyone without hesitation.

Chu Huairan felt that Xiao Wanyan was distracted, and called softly: "Wanyan, Wanyan? ”

Xiao Wanyan immediately came back to her senses, she looked at Chu Huairan's clear gaze, and blinked after shaking her eyes: "What's wrong?" ”

Chu Huairan was a little worried about her body, after all, she was weak in the past, and she never left her body, he was really afraid that those illnesses would come back: "You have always been in a restless mood these days, is there something uncomfortable, or ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look at you." ”

Xiao Wanyan hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, no, the doctor is so busy, what kind of doctor do you want, I'm really fine." ”

Chu Huairan was still a little worried: "You used to be weak, I'm afraid that those illnesses will come back one day." ”

What he was worried about was the real Xiao Wanyan, who was just a fake person who was just deceiving him with her lover's skin.

Xiao Wanyan seemed to be a little unwilling, Dye stopped, looked at her intently, and blurted out: "Chu Huairan, do you like me now, or me before?" ”

Chu Huairan didn't know why: "Is there anything different?" ”

Xiao Wanyan paused, raised the corners of her mouth again, and smiled like a heartless child: "I just want to see you, whether your heart has changed for me." ”

Chu Huairan swore solemnly: "I will always love you, and I will never change." ”

Pretending to deceive Chu Huairan, Xiao Wanyan is also powerful, but in fact, she is best at pretending to be stupid, no matter what she has experienced, she can already face everyone and everything indifferently, but since she came into contact with Chu Huairan, she found that she was no longer the invulnerable person, but she still thought that she had no weaknesses and could not care about anything.

She let go of all her emotions and bent her eyes with a smile.

The two gradually walked away.

Xiao Wanyan's delicate tone echoed in the air: "Xiangye, did you make that lotus lantern?" ”

"What do you think?"

"I think you must have done it."

"Ma'am, I'll give you another chance to answer again."

"The lotus lantern is very chic, and there is no one more ingenious than Xiangye in the entire Prime Minister's Mansion."

……………

Time is like a white horse passing by, and in a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day agreed between Chu Huairan and Qi Jiulu, on this day, everyone's nerves were tense, and Qi Jiulu also specially ordered Chu Huairan and Wei Chiyan to directly kill the thief on the spot.

Xiao Wanyan had already woken up when Chu Huairan got up, and she was awakened again in her sleep, maybe because Feng Ruyi was still in Da Zhou, she always couldn't calm down.

Chu Huairan picked up the handkerchief, wiped the cold sweat from the corner of her forehead, and said softly: "Have a nightmare again?" ”

Xiao Wanyan panted and breathed rapidly, leaning on Chu Huairan's arms: "You must not be fine." ”

She knew in her heart that since ancient times, courtiers who knew the truth about the emperor's eradication of usurpers would generally not end well, not to mention that the emperor had long known Chu Huairan's rebellion, and he would definitely not indulge him to approach the throne step by step.

Chu Huairan touched his head and comforted: "You can relax and wait for me in the mansion, I have been through a hundred battles, I will be fine, and Wei Chi is still here, and we are not our opponents when we help each other." ”

Xiao Wanyan has always warned herself in her heart: "I just want to take revenge with my own hands, you can only die in my hands, not in the hands of others." ”

Her breathing slowed down, and she nodded, "I'll wait for you to come back." ”

She got out of bed and helped Chu Huairan put on the armor, the armor on this battlefield was very heavy, no wonder she was tired and out of breath after walking a few steps, she took a lot of effort to help Chu Huairan clean up, and she looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction.

She took the helmet and handed it to Chu Huairan, it seemed to be dirty, a black mess, Xiao Wanyan wanted to wipe it but heard Han Yi outside the door to say: "Xiangye, it's all ready." ”

Chu Huairan took the helmet from Xiao Wanyan's hand and put it on, and brushed her cheek before leaving: "Wait for me to come back." ”

After Chu Huairan left, Xiao Wanyan had more doubts in her heart: "Why did you wear the armor on the battlefield to capture Qi Jiuchen in the imperial city, and he is not a general." ”

After pondering repeatedly but not being able to figure it out, she simply didn't want to, looked at the sky that was still dark outside, yawned, went back to bed, and fell asleep.

Xiao Wanyan opened her eyes, looked out the window, sat up, and called Qu Xiao Ran in: "Why didn't you wake me up?" ”

Qu Xiaoran replied: "The empress has been working hard recently, and the slave was afraid that you would be tired, so she didn't wake you up." ”

Xiao Wanyan rubbed her swollen and aching forehead, feeling that something was wrong with her body: "Xiao Ran, there seems to be something wrong with my body. ”

Qu Xiaoran's eyes fluttered, he looked at Xiao Wanyan's face, and poured her a glass of water: "I must have been tired yesterday." ”

Xiao Wanyan felt tired, she got up and walked out of bed, put on her clothes, and walked to the door, Qu Xiaoran followed closely: "Empress, where are you going?" ”

Xiao Wanyan felt exhausted, and rubbed the corners of her forehead again: "When I go out for a walk, I may have slept too much and always feel tired." ”

Qu Xiaoran's expression was a little wrong, he immediately stopped in front of Xiao Wanyan, and said with a little worry: "Empress, you haven't eaten yet, this kind of thing can't be delayed." ”

Xiao Wanyan walked out of the threshold and said, "I'm not hungry yet, I can't eat, you go out for a walk with me." ”

But no matter what she said, Qu Xiaoran seemed to be blocking her intentionally or unintentionally, because no matter how stupid she was, she could see the trickiness in it, and she had a cold face: "Xiao Ran, you are honest, is there something hidden from me?" ”

Qu Xiaoran immediately knelt down and said firmly: "Empress, how dare the slave expire for you." ”

He seemed to be frightened, Xiao Wanyan felt faintly uneasy in her heart, and she sighed: "Get up." ”

Xiao Wanyan walked into the courtyard, and when she met someone coming with Zhao Yiran, she was still smiling shallowly, and as soon as she came, she took Xiao Wanyan's hand, and her eyes revealed a gossip look: "Wanyan, I didn't sleep well all night yesterday, tell me what happened to you, King Qing and the prime minister?" ”

Xiao Wanyan glanced at her helplessly: "When I first met you, I was obviously a well-behaved lady, why are you curious about this kind of thing?" ”

Zhao Yiran sighed and looked at her in surprise: "Don't you know? Yesterday's events have been spread all over the market, and King Qing also bought the storyteller and wrote yesterday's events into a book. ”

Xiao Wanyan was dumbfounded this time, there are thousands of men in the world, she has never encountered this kind of dead-skinned face, she is angry when she talks about it, they all say that the emperor's family is cold-blooded and ruthless, look at Qi Jiuchen, that is the real temperament of the emperor, and then look at Qi Jiuyue, it is very different, just like not being biological.

Seeing Xiao Wanyan's increasingly unhappy face, Zhao Yiran didn't want to ask again, she shook Xiao Wanyan's arm and diverted the topic: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." ”

Xiao Wanyan didn't have a good seizure, she took a sip of tea to suppress her anger: "By the way, I remember that yesterday you didn't say that your brother was going to accompany you out to the Buddhist temple today?" You're back so soon? ”

As soon as Zhao Yiran mentioned this matter, she became angry, she waved her hand: "Don't mention it, my brother suddenly received an order from the palace to let him enter the palace, no way, my affairs are not important, I can only come to you." ”

What is so important, summoning so many soldiers into the palace at one time, Xiao Wanyan was faintly uneasy in her heart, she said funny: "I remember that your brother is a general of soldiers and horses, and there is no news of leading troops to fight recently, what is so important, do you have to ask your brother to enter the palace?" ”

Suddenly, Zhao Yiran's face became strange, she approached Xiao Wanyan, and whispered: "I also overheard this, you must not tell others?" ”

Seeing her suddenly nervous look, Xiao Wanyan immediately nodded: "What happened?" ”

Zhao Yiran looked at the surroundings and saw that there was no one around, so he was relieved, and whispered: "I was hiding in the study that day, and I happened to hear the eunuch who passed the word to let my brother lead the troops into the palace after today's ugly hour, and my brother went to the barracks early in the morning, I think he probably went to train the army." ”

Xiao Wanyan was uneasy, Chu Huairan and Wei Chi had already brought soldiers into the palace to surround Qi Jiuchen, it was impossible to fight those traitors, was the emperor afraid of any accidents?