Chapter 37: Forced Laughter
Liuning swears that she is really not a person who loves to shed tears, and she doesn't want to shed tears here, but she can't control her raging emotions at all.
When Liu Ning woke up, she felt a numbness in her arm, and looked at it, only to find Tang Changyu holding her hand, lying on the side of the bed and sleeping quietly. Liuning saw Tang Changyu's side face buried in her hand, such a scene is so familiar, time passes, how many times has she traveled from the edge of life and death, and after waking up, she saw Tang Changyu by her side like this.
It turned out that he was the one who pulled himself out of the chaos and gave him a sense of security, how could this make Liu Ning believe that the person in front of him was not Tang Changyu? The past came to my heart one by one, and there were too many emotions, but things are people, and Liuning's heart was unspeakably sad, and tears flowed first.
Tang Changyu panicked when he saw Liuning's appearance, he didn't know how to comfort the crying woman at all, so he could only wipe his tears for her in a panic, comforting and saying: "Don't cry, don't cry, I won't do anything to you." But Liuning cried even more fiercely, everyone thought that she didn't cry when Tang Changyu was dead, she didn't cry during the time when Tang Changyu was missing, and the tears that broke the embankment seemed to vent all the emotions that had been suppressed for so long.
Tang Changyu was at a loss, so he could only hold Liuning in his arms, wanting to give her a little support, a sense of security, just like calming her down in a nightmare, Liuning lay on Tang Changyu's shoulder, her voice was full of crying, and she asked over and over again: "Who are you, who are you, aren't you really Changyu, everything hasn't changed, how can you not." β
Tang Changyu was helpless when asked, he was very curious, who was that Changyu, so he could only answer Liuning and said: "I am Ji Chenqing, the general of Tuyuhun, I don't know what Changyu you are talking about, don't cry first, take the medicine, if you have anything to say, we will talk later." β
Liuning raised her eyes, tears still filled her eyes, she looked at the face that was both familiar and unfamiliar, only to realize that she had lost her temper in front of a stranger, and gradually calmed down. Tang Changyu took the medicine to reheat it and brought it over, Liu Ning reached out to take it, but Tang Changyu refused and insisted on feeding her.
Liuning looked at Tang Changyu, he was as gentle as jade, intimate and meticulous, really exactly the same as before, but all kinds of signs showed that the person in front of him was really not Tang Changyu, Liuning had begun to slowly accept this fact, after taking the medicine, the two were a little embarrassed and silent, not long ago they were still opponents in life and death, but now, there is an unspeakable ambiguity in the air.
Tang Changyu looked very cramped, looked at Liuning, and then looked at the ceiling, I didn't know what to say, Liuning was cold, and there was such a big mood swing just now, lying on the bed a little tired, she didn't ask any more questions, and didn't even ask Tang Changyu, why did she bring her here, she trusted him inexplicably, and felt that he would not hurt herself.
The two were speechless for a long time, and Tang Changyu finally spoke: "When you recover some of your strength tomorrow, I will take you out of the city, whether you are an enemy or a friend, how about martial arts, we will have a duel on the battlefield again, I Ji Chenqing is not the kind of person who takes advantage of people's danger." β
"Thank you." Ryuning's voice was a little hoarse.
After another period of silence, Tang Changyu held back for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Who is Changyu, I heard you talk about him all the time, am I very similar to him?" β
"Well, it's like." After Liu Ning finished speaking, he was silent again, Tang Changyu thought that she didn't want to talk too much, but he didn't notice that Liu Ning, who was lying there, bit her lip tightly, tears flowed down silently, soaking the pillow, Liu Ning was still like this, unwilling to expose her weakness in front of others.
After a while, Liu Ning spoke again, this was the second story Tang Changyu heard after escaping death, it was his life, but he only regarded it as a shocking legend.
Liu Ning didn't know why she wanted to talk so much in the face of such a stranger, maybe she was too naΓ―ve to think that in addition to this similar face and a story, he was the real Tang Changyu.
"Changyu is my husband, he is the marshal of the Tang Dynasty, he disappeared in the war with you Tuyuhun, you now know my true identity, but unfortunately you said it, you won't kill me, but I believe in you, you won't go back on your word." After Liu Ning finished speaking, he turned his head and smiled at Tang Changyu, Tang Changyu nodded, motioning for her to continue.
"The first time we met, it was in Chang'an, my father wanted to dedicate me to the Tang Emperor as a concubine, I refused, so I escaped, surrounded by pursuers, it was Changyu who came to the rescue and rescued me, and he also gave me a jade pendant for me to pawn, so that I could escape."
"That jade pendant really came back to me after several tosses, and it was a token of our love at that time." Liuning said and took out the jade pendant from his arms, rubbed it in his hand, the luster of the jade pendant became brighter and brighter, and Liuning carefully put it back in his arms, "But that's all for later." β
"I never thought that once we met, Chang Yu left such a deep impression in my mind, but I didn't expect that the will of heaven would make people, when we met again, it was on the battlefield of the Turks, at that time he was the marshal of the Tang Dynasty, I was the general of the Turks, we also fought, in the first battle, I injured him a lot."
"Maybe I have to thank me for injuring him at the time, the distance between us can be so fast, in such a tense environment on the battlefield, he let me go, I let him go, and then, as you expect, we got married on the battlefield."
"I'm very excited, but at that time, although he liked me, he was full of a lot of uncertainty, he was a hero, he always put the country's society and the righteousness of the family and the country at the forefront, sometimes he would even ignore me, but what to do, I just like him like this."
"There are so few things that can be expected on the battlefield, we have experienced many times of separation and reunion, life and death, and finally we are together, I thought that if we returned to Chang'an together, we would be able to live a peaceful and happy life, but God does not fulfill people's wishes, and our lives are more full of dangers."
The corners of Liuning's mouth rose slightly, this sweet and bitter memory made her unable to give up. She talked about the misunderstanding between them because of the suspicion of the princess of Huajin, how they joined forces to deal with the relationship between the lord and the emperor, about their small study, feeding the carp together by the pool, and about them sitting by the window to enjoy the plum blossoms and cut candles.
Tang Changyu listened attentively, these happy or unfortunate pictures were intertwined with the only remaining pictures in his mind, and he actually pieced together a few pictures that were not particularly complete, Tang Changyu once doubted that the girl with a vague face in his memory would be the girl crying and laughing in front of him, but how to explain Mu Zhengqing's words, his mind was a little chaotic.
Liuning said a lot, Tang Changyu has been listening carefully, he was moved by the peerless and loyal love between Liuning and Tang Changyu, on the other hand, he was full of doubts in his heart, Tang Changyu depicted in Liuning's mouth, he can always find some of his own shadow.
The two chatted until the second half of the night, until Liu Ning's eyes fell asleep with tears in the corners, and Tang Changyu realized that such a relaxed day, the open-mindedness of opening his heart to a stranger was coming to an end, and he was so reluctant. Tang Changyu walked to Liuning's side, tiptoed to wipe away her tears, tucked the corners of her back, and then lay beside her, also falling asleep.
Early the next morning, Tang Changyu woke up first, looking at Liuning's sleeping face, as sweet as a baby, calm, black hair scattered at random, the sun just passed through her delicate face, she slowly opened her eyes, facing Tang Changyu's eyes staring at him, Tang Changyu's heartbeat missed a beat, and he was going to send her away today.
The two had breakfast, as if last night's chat had not happened, as always, they were silent, Tang Changyu took Liuning to take the road out of the city around the mountains, he was the general of Tuyuhun, there was no way to bring an unidentified woman out of the city openly, not to mention that this woman's identity was so special.
Along the way, in addition to the singing of birds and flowers, only Tang Changyu was chattering alone: "Miss Liuning, you must not forget to take medicine after you go back, and you must always insist on drinking ginger soup, so as to force out the moisture and poisonous gas in your body, the doctor said, your health is not very good, you must pay attention to recuperation, otherwise you will fall into the root of the disease." β
"yes, okay." Ryuning simply answered.
But Tang Changyu wanted to know more about this woman, even if there was another person in her heart who was completely filled: "You said last night that he promised to take you back to seclusion after the victory of the war, and then what?" β
Liu Ning looked at the sky thoughtfully, she knew that she was about to walk out of the mountain, and when she met again, she and this person who looked like Tang Changyu were going to fight on the battlefield, and they were strangers. Instead, she patiently replied: "Then he had an accident on the battlefield of Tuyuhun, and he didn't see anyone dead or dead, but he told me in his dream that he wasn't dead, let me go to him, and then take him home, the tacit understanding between us, I believe in him, and I also believe that I will be able to find him." β
Liuning smiled, Tang Changyu also smiled, in a blink of an eye, the two had reached the time of separation, Tang Changyu was reluctant, and there was no reason to stay behind, so he could only force his face and laugh: "Well, I believe you will definitely be able to find him, the next time we meet, we may be enemies, I ......"
Liu Ning interrupted Tang Changyu's words, and she said goodbye to him with a smile: "Goodbye, Ji Gongzi, thank you very much for taking care of you in the past two days." β
Tang Changyu's heart was inexplicably bitter, so he could only force a smile and said: "There will be a period later, Miss Liuning, take care of your body, we'll see you again." Liuning smiled again, waved goodbye, Tang Changyu watched her back leave, and she didn't look back once.