Chapter 53: Too Late
The idea is good, but it's a pity that I'm trapped in this dark room, with no water to drink and no food to eat, and I may not be able to make it out and hang myself on the southeast branch.
I am like a drowning fish, on the verge of death struggling to breathe, there is no pain in my body, no pain in my body. Although the blood flowing from the wound on my face had coagulated, every time I breathed, it hurt from the pulling of the skin, and after a while, blood oozed out, and I must have looked ugly and embarrassed now.
Actually, I'm not worried at all that Li Xuan will abandon me because of a scar, if he is such a superficial man, he is not worthy of me Qin Xi. Even if all the men in this world are the people who covet beauty as Concubine Li said, Li Xuan is definitely an exception.
The enchanting dream like a peony, the hibiscus like Sun Yarou, Li Xuan has never lacked beautiful women around him, and he didn't choose me because of my skin. In his eyes, I am just me.
The wall behind me was amazingly thick and soundproofed, and I didn't hear the slightest sound outside for so long after Concubine Li left, and I could only tell from a small window on the top floor of the dark room whether it was day or night.
Fever can make people's appetite worse, but I haven't eaten for a day and a night, and my stomach is screaming at this moment, I look around, this whole room is nothing but floor tiles or floor tiles, nothing else blocks the view, what the hell is Concubine Li doing in the darkroom?
Headaches, aching limbs, hunger and sleepiness, no one was worse than me, I fainted in a drowsy state, until a bucket of cold water was poured over my head, I had to open my heavy eyelids, the autumn day was already cold, I knelt on the ground, soaked again, my hair was messy on my face, I couldn't even breathe.
Concubine Li asked a palace maid to bring a bronze mirror and put it in front of me, the woman in the bronze mirror was pale, her eyes were bruised, she was weak, and she had no vitality, no different from a female ghost, especially the bloody scar on her face, which made her whole face miserable and white.
"Look at the way you look, which man would be interested in you?" Concubine Li's vicious voice buzzed in my ears, and I had a terrible headache, and I couldn't hear it clearly.
Seeing that I didn't react, a timid palace maid whispered in Concubine Li's ear: "Niangniang, she looks like she's dying." β
Concubine Li was angry, raised her hand and rewarded the palace maid with a slap, and said meanly: "A cheap life, how can it be so easy to die!" Even if he dies, he will also be buried with the children of the palace, will the emperor still take care of Li Xuan now? β
My chest was tight, and I coughed violently, until a strong smell of blood surged up, splashing on the plain palace clothes, and the red was terrifying.
"Don't play dead for Hongu here!"
Before Concubine Li could finish speaking, the door of the dark room collapsed, startling everyone present.
I couldn't tilt my head to see who had entered Zixuan Palace, only to hear the palace maid beside Concubine Li shrink and read: "Xuan-Xuan-King Xuan-isn't he imprisoned--how-how-"
I suspect that I heard it wrong or hallucinated, Li Xuan came to Zixuan Palace? Isn't he still imprisoned by the emperor in the prison, how can he come to save me? Did he reach an agreement with the emperor and get out safely?
When I heard his name, the fright, grievance, and heartache I had suffered in the past few days were mixed with the pain in my body, and I wanted to cry.
Concubine Li's fear is no less than that of the palace maids around her, she dared to attack me only when she saw Li Xuan's loss of power, and now that Li Xuan has appeared in a good manner, the situation has taken a sharp turn, and she has to pretend to be calm. No matter how big a mistake she makes, she is still the emperor's concubine, Li Xuan is a courtier, is it possible that she dares to kill her?
"King Xuan, you are so bold, dare to trespass into the harem?!"
Listening to Concubine Li's scolding, I couldn't help laughing, helplessly pulled the wound on my face, and grinned.
Concubine Li's courage is commendable, Li Xuan is such a proud person, can he use the rules and regulations of the palace? As long as he wanted to, it would not be difficult to pull Long Xiao down from the throne. This woman, do you think Li Xuan is as easy to bully as me?
Li Xuan didn't let me down, he only waved a palm, and Concubine Li's slender body fell to the ground like a fallen leaf, and immediately vomited blood and fainted, seeing me so unhappy. Several palace maids standing in the corner were scared half to death, and Li Xuan didn't even care about the emperor's concubines, so naturally he didn't take their lives seriously.
"Xi'erβ" His voice trembled as he called me.
He is no longer the cold and self-contained King Xuan, he walked towards me so hurriedly, so panicked, not like him at all. He's so extraordinary, so handsome, he shouldn't be like this for me.
Li Xuan squatted down in front of me, looking at my injuries, he was in so much pain that he didn't know where to put one hand so as not to hurt me.
"You're finally here." I was so painful that I couldn't say a complete sentence, and I was afraid that he would blame himself, so I said forcefully, "Iβnoβit hurts." "Actually, I hurt to death, and I didn't want him to be sad when I said something against my will.
"I came too late." In just a few words, he took all the fault on himself, such a man is worthy of my Qin Xi's love.
I guess I must have scared him by the way he saw me, his eyebrows were locked tightly, and I wanted to raise my hand to smooth his eyebrows, but my arm was so heavy that it fell down before I could raise it, and then it was endless black.
He called me again and again, but his voice was getting farther and farther away from me, and I couldn't grasp it, until at last I lost consciousness completely, and I couldn't even feel the temperature of his arms.
Li Xuan gently picked up my light body, his heart was so distressed, his eyes were blood-red like a mad lion, and he cruelly spat out words to the guards behind him: "The people of Zixuan Palace, all of them will be killed, and no one will be left!" β
Walking out of Zixuan Palace, Long Xiao stood on the long palace road in a bright yellow dragon robe, with a dark expression. When Li Xuan passed by him with me in his arms, he saw me covered in injuries, and his expression was very complicated. Long Xiao pressed Li Xuan's left shoulder with his hand, blocking his way, and there were screams from Zixuan Palace not far away, he looked at Li Xuan's sharp eyes in disbelief, and had to believe: "You actually did it for her-"
Li Xuan's eyes were as cold as ice, and he couldn't hide his anger: "Outside the Longteng Palace, you used me to punish her for kneeling in the rain all night, I can ignore the previous things, but if you hurt her again, don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings." β
"Xuan, I'm just-"
Li Xuan didn't listen anymore, and quickly hugged me and left, leaving Long Xiao alone looking at the direction of the palace.
As soon as the carriage arrived outside the palace gate, Li Bo and Aunt Yun, who had received the news first, greeted me, Li Xuan carefully carried me out of the carriage, and Aunt Yun's eyes were red when she saw me like this: "Princess This is-when you left the mansion, you were fine-"
Li Bo persuaded on the side: "Don't say a word, it's important to let the doctor treat the princess's injuries first." β
Aunt Yun cried and nodded, and hurriedly dodged away to make way for Li Xuan, Li Xuan carried me all the way to Mozhuju, he ordered Aunt Yun to prepare hot water to clean my body, and then put on clean and loose clothes for me, and then he invited Imperial Doctor Zhang, who had been waiting outside the door, into the house, and ordered people to burn medicinal herbs in the house according to what Imperial Doctor Zhang said.
When Imperial Physician Zhang called for me, Li Xuan stood on one side from beginning to end, like a standing stone statue, refusing to leave half a step.
After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Imperial Doctor Zhang say a word, Li Xuan was a little angry: "Old Zhang, what is her situation?" β
Imperial Doctor Zhang stroked his snow-white goatee, and his expression was a little ugly: "According to the diagnosis of the old minister, the princess's jade body was damaged after being drenched in the rain, and she was depressed in her heart with a high fever, and her physical and mental exhaustion coupled with not eating for a long time caused her qi and blood to be weak and unconscious. If the fever can go away, there will be no major problem, and it can be recovered after taking a few medicines and then eating some nourishing food. β
Li Xuan went straight in: "What will happen if the high fever does not go away?" β
Imperial Physician Zhang swallowed and vomited, and his wording was extremely careful: "The old minister is foolish, if the high fever does not improve after tonight, there is nothing the old minister can do." β
The more Li Xuan listened, the more gloomy and uncertain he became, he was not willing to hurt me when he was angry with me in the past, this time I was so seriously injured just because he was negligent for a while, almost half of his life, if he appeared a little later, I don't know if he can see me again.
"Bai Yi, this king doesn't want to see Concubine Li's relatives appear in the capital again, you bring someone to make it more beautiful for this king." Li Xuan was terrible when he was angry, it was too cheap to kill Concubine Li, and her death a hundred times would not be worth the suffering I suffered.