Chapter Seventy-Five: Leaving Beijing
My mind was filled with this sentence, Qi Ao killed Li Xuan's mother, and he was my enemy.
I panicked, lost my mind, suddenly pulled my legs and ran, opened the door of the house, I didn't think that the lights outside the house were bright, and all the guards standing in front of me were guarding the imperial city, the queue was neat, they saw me running out in disheveled clothes and bowed their heads in unison, I ran all the way forward despite my own cloak, the cold wind blowing on my body should be biting cold, but I couldn't feel it.
I just hate that I can't fly to Li Xuan's side immediately, he has lost his most important relative, and he needs me at this time.
He didn't run far before he was hugged by Long Xiao from behind, his strength was amazing, in order to stop me from losing control, he roared angrily: "What are you crazy about? ”
I tried hard to break his hand, but he simply grabbed me by the shoulder, forcing me to face him, and when he saw my distressed appearance, he said with pain in his eyes: "If you are injured again, won't Xuan be even more sad?" ”
I burst into tears and cried, "What should I do? Li Xuan's mother died, he must be very sad at this time, but I can't be by his side to share it for him, woo-"
I prayed to him like a person who was about to drown: "Long Xiao, let me go, okay, I'm going to see him, I don't want to be separated from him anymore, I will die without him, Long Xiao, I beg you, you are the emperor, you must have a way to escort me to Yancheng." ”
Yes, the place where Daqi and the south are handed over is in Yancheng, the place I want to go to is Yancheng, I want to go to Li Xuan's side, I want to accompany him, whether this war is won or lost, I have to stay by his side and accompany him to experience, if he dies on the battlefield, I will not live alone.
I cried and shouted and begged Long Xiao without dignity, but he was also uncomfortable, hugged me tighter, and promised with a solemn face: "I promise you, we will leave tomorrow, and I will definitely do it." ”
I fell weakly in his arms, without the strength to struggle: "Okay, I'll leave tomorrow, we'll leave as soon as it's dawn." ”
He coaxed me gently, like a child: "I am the Son of Heaven, you have no jokes, I will let you leave the palace at dawn." ”
I believed his words, he saw that my mood was a little calmer, bent down and picked me up, with his wide body to block the cold wind, strode indoors, into the house, he carried me to the edge of the bed before letting me sit down, I ran out all the way barefoot, and only wore a thin bedclothes, he just hugged me and felt that I was shockingly cold, hurriedly pulled the quilt and draped it on my back, and then squatted down to lift my smooth feet, he actually wrapped my whole foot with the palm of his hand, trying to transfer the warmth of his palm to my cold feet.
He is the king of a country, and he is the only person I can rely on at this time, in the absence of Li Xuan, it is the man in front of me who protects me, and his thoughts turn a thousand times for a while, and he can't speak.
The woman's feet can only be seen by the husband, I think it is inappropriate, and subconsciously retract his feet, he stubbornly said: "Don't move, I will warm you up for a while." ”
His head was lowered, I couldn't see his expression at this time from my point of view, he was the emperor, I was inevitably awkward, he carried me back to the house is what so many Praetorian Guards have seen with their own eyes, if it was done in a hurry just now, then why did he still do such a thing now?
I couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty? ”
He raised his face and replied, "Huh? "The voice is very soft.
His angular face fell into my eyes, and I actually remembered what he said about Mrs. Tilting Moon being forced to die on the battlefield because she was favored by the Southern Emperor, and I couldn't help but shudder, and secretly said that I thought too much, and he immediately cared: "Is it still cold?" I ordered the men to add a few more pots of charcoal. ”
I tugged at his cuffs to stop him: "Don't go, it's warm enough." I said softly: "Your Majesty, I want to leave quietly tomorrow morning, please keep my departure from the palace secret for me, he has lost his mother, I don't want him to worry about me anymore, he is the commander of the Qi army, he should not be distracted." ”
Long Xiao's eyes dimmed: "Take a good rest, we will set off tomorrow, the road is far away, the carriage is tired, I am afraid you will not be able to bear it." ”
I nodded, lay down, shrunk into the quilt, I saw that Long Xiao did not mean to leave immediately, so I turned around and turned my back to him, he pulled the brocade quilt up for me, and spread out a thin blanket to cover me, so careful, where is it like an emperor who is used to being served? Li Xuan once said that Long Xiao traveled to various countries when he was young and endured hardships, and the first queen also died before he was an adult.
It was destined to be another sleepless night, I slept in chaos, my brain was groggy, and when my consciousness was a little clearer, I opened my eyes suddenly, and the glimmer of the morning light passed through the window, and it was already dawn. I got out of bed in a hurry, and before my feet hit the ground, Long Xiao, who was sleeping lightly on the low floor on the side, woke up, his hair was not messy, it was still the same clothes as last night, I didn't think he slept here all night.
Seeing that I was in a hurry, he comforted me: "Don't worry, I have arranged everything to go to Yancheng, Qingluo will escort you all the way, and I have sent dozens of dead soldiers to secretly protect you, and I will definitely send you to Xuan's side safely." ”
"Although Yancheng is the border between the two countries, it has not been affected by the war, and you can meet him in as little as twenty days or as much as a month."
I was grateful, and there was only one sentence on my lips when a thousand words came to my mouth: "Long Xiao, thank you." ”
He smiled bitterly, and then ordered someone to serve me to freshen up, all the way to Yancheng on me and Qingluo, naturally can not be too conspicuous, Long Xiao prepared for me is a cyan men's clothes, plus a delicately embroidered hairband, I changed a set of clothes, and tied three thousand green silk into a man's hair bun, the whole person is fresh and refined, clean and refreshing.
Three thousand beauties in the harem of Longxiao, when I saw me, my eyes were still bright, there was a moment of distraction, I was embarrassed by him, he came over, holding a moon white belt in his hand, around my narrow waist, carefully dressed for me neatly, with his hand brushing the jade that fell on my belt, the texture and style of the jade is very special, and it is rare to see someone wearing a similar style among the royal family and nobles, I glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, the pattern of this jade is a phoenix." ”
The emperor is a dragon and the queen is a phoenix, how could he be so confused?
His face was not different, and in his eyes this was just an ordinary thing: "Daqi only has this one, this is a gift from me." ”
I thought he didn't understand: "It's not in order." "The queen and me, the monarch and the ministers, the status is there, and it cannot be surpassed.
"I'm the rule."
I was speechless, I couldn't grasp his intentions, he twisted his eyebrows, and tied Peiyu's rope into a beautiful knot: "Okay, I'll take you out." ”
I followed behind him, I couldn't see a fleeting chuckle on his face, maybe a long time ago, at the Lantern Festival, when I took down another phoenix lantern with a few light ups and downs, he had the idea of giving me this piece of peiyu, but he couldn't find the right time, not to mention that there has been tension between him and me, and it has only eased in the past few months.
Long Xiao took me to a secret passage outside the imperial city, the secret passage was built under the rockery in the backyard of the Hidden Moon Palace, he walked in front of me, and every time he turned around, he took out the flint in his clothes and lit the torch on the stone wall, obviously very familiar with the secret passage.
I was surprised that he was not the slightest wary of me, he had let me live in the Hidden Moon Palace, did he know that one day I would leave the palace from here? Many originally prosaic details came together, which made me worry, I just wanted to see Li Xuan sooner, and I was relieved to see him.
After walking for about an hour, I saw the light in front of me, and Long Xiao and I were relatively speechless, he stopped at the exit of the secret passage and said two words: "Take care." ”
He is the emperor, and it is not easy to send me here, so I nodded solemnly: "I'm leaving." ”
Out of the secret passage, I walked forward without looking back, the exit of the secret passage was not far from the moat on the outskirts of the city, ten zhang away, a man in a gray robe jumped from an ordinary-looking carriage to the ground, I knew that the person was Qingluo, so I walked towards him, he bowed his head and respectfully said: "Princess, please get in the car." ”
Qingluo helped me into the carriage, which was ordinary on the outside, but full of internal organs and had been specially modified. There is a thick soft blanket on the board, a small stove on several cases, and the candied fruit that the girls love to eat, and there is no shortage of food and clothing.
In the corner of the carriage was a bamboo bookcase, and I gently opened the drawer, and there were books lying neatly inside. I sat on the warm soft blanket, curiously took a few herbs and flipped through them, and smiled dumbly. Before I got married, I lived in my father-in-law's house, and often went to the Star Picking Tower to listen to the people of the rivers and lakes tell stories, telling these absurd and funny folk tales, Long Xiao prepared this for me all the way to relieve boredom, I have an indescribable touch.
I leaned over and lifted the airtight curtain, and saw Long Xiao still standing in place like a pine, so far away, I couldn't see his expression at the moment, he was standing so lonely, like he had long been accustomed to the loneliness of the cold in the heights, which made people sad. This parting, I don't know when I will see you again, I turned my face away, put down the curtain with my bare hands, and said to Qingluo who was driving: "Let's go." ”
"Driving", leaving the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels between the vast heaven and earth, Qingluo's car was very stable, I looked through the gap in the curtain, the unfamiliar scenery moved back little by little, and I left the capital like this, and went to Yancheng, which I didn't know anything about.
The blood jade bracelet on my wrist glowed with a demonic red light, and I stroked it lightly with my index finger, like caressing Li Xuan's cloudy face.
This time I went to Yancheng, I didn't see Li Xuan as I wished, before leaving the palace, I asked Long Xiao to keep it secret for me, Li Xuan learned that the news of my departure from Beijing was ten days later, and Qi Ao intercepted me on the road first, maybe it was fate, I missed Li Xuan again.
It was this miss that cut off the last love between us, so that we could never go back to the past. I met Li Xuan at the best age, I was so innocent in love with him, I thought he would wear a bright red dress to marry me, and go to the world with me, but no, he gave me one nightmare after another, I would rather I never meet him.