"Your Majesty, the Queen, the Queen, the Queen, the room is ready for you, please come with the little one." It wasn't long before a young man hurried through the hall and walked in front of the three of them.

"Why are you here? What about the owner? Xia Yuan probably also felt that the person who came looked a little strange, so he asked a little more.

"Uh...... It was the owner who asked the little one to call you over. The owner of the village is now entangled in important matters and can't get out, so let the little one take you. The subordinate's face also showed a look of embarrassment.

"Oh? What is more important than the emperor? ”

"This ......" the eyes of the subordinate unconsciously glanced to both sides, still weighing whether to say this matter.

"Why don't you continue? Is there anything I can't know? ”

"Yes...... It's such an emperor, just now, the owner of the village received the news, saying that the lady was sick, and the symptoms looked a little strange, even the doctor in the town didn't know what to do, the owner was a little worried, so he rushed back, and he should still be on the way back at this time. Although the owner of the village told his subordinates not to tell the emperor before leaving, after feeling the emperor's coercion at close range, his legs trembled, and he couldn't help but say it when he was about to kneel.

"Madame, what's wrong with this?" As soon as he heard the people talk about the strange symptoms, Xia Yuan suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"This ...... This is a small difficulty, the letter sent from the town only said that the lady's illness is something that she has never seen before, and that when she walks outside the room, she will feel pain all over her body, and there will be many strange dark spots on her body. ”

"Black spots?" Xia Yuan's gaze fell on Wen Mu, who was sitting quietly beside him, "Ah Mu, why do I think this sounds a little like the kind of illness you had at that time?" ”

Wen Mu nodded approvingly, "At that time, the six poisonous Gu worms in my body were indeed like black spots. ”

"That...... Your Majesty, why don't you take you to the room first? Speak here...... Not quite right? The subordinate timidly intervened into the conversation between the two, for fear that he would accidentally provoke Long Yan and die soon.

"You take Ah Lan and Ah Yang back to the room first, you tell Madam where she lives, I am a little worried, I want to go over and see, I still have the imperial doctor, specializing in treating this incurable disease, I will go with him when the time comes, so that the owner of the village does not have to worry so much."

"Yes, Your Majesty, my wife lives in Liuhe Town at the foot of the mountain......"

"Well, you don't have to say any more, you go with me and lead the way for me." As he spoke, Xia Yuan was about to stand up and walk out.

"But Your Majesty, it's already dark now, why don't you rest here for the night tonight and then set off tomorrow?"

"No, I know how difficult this disease is, presumably my wife has already suffered a lot, if I let Chu Gongzi treat her earlier, it would be good to be able to suffer less for one night."

"Your Majesty, you're right."

Xia Yuan just wanted to get up, but a figure appeared in front of him, and it was the mandarin duck that blocked his way. She said to Xia Yuan with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, please take me with you." ”

"No, you stay here with Ah Lan and wait for me to come back." Xia Yuan refused without the slightest hesitation.

"But Your Majesty, I'm a witch from the Western Regions! If you take me with you, maybe I can help you a little! ”

"Nope." Xia Yuan's expression became stern, "Even if you are a witch from the Western Regions, you can't do it, I am the emperor, you must listen to me, you stay here to accompany Ah Lan." ”

"Your Majesty, if my sister wants to go together, let her go with her, if you don't worry about me, I will go with you." Wen Mo saw that the two of them looked like they were arguing, and hurriedly came out to play a round.

"Ah, you better rest here, if you follow, your body will not be able to bear it." Xia Yuan's eyes instantly turned into distress when he looked at Wen Mu.

The mandarin duck was a little stunned, but it was clear that he was still going to degrade himself into the cold palace, and in the blink of an eye, it became as tender as water now, and the speed of this change of face made the mandarin duck's mood fall to the bottom in an instant.

"It's okay, Your Majesty." Wen Mu shook his head, "My body is quite fine, not to mention that you still want to go to Chu Gongzi together?" What else do you have to worry about? ”

"But...... I'm afraid you'll get tired. Xia Yuan even wanted the emperor's majesty to force Wen Mu to rest in the villa, but every time he met her face, he would refuse all her requests. He was always fierce to Wen.

"No, Your Majesty, please, will you agree to my willful request this time?"

Xia Yuan met Wen Muan's slightly pleading gaze, and after hesitating for a while, he finally nodded, "It's really a defeat for you, if you can't do it, you must talk to me!" ”

"Your Majesty, you are so good to me!" If it weren't for the fact that she was still holding Xia Ling in her arms, she would even want to hug Xia Yuan directly regardless of her image, just like he used to do to her.

"But what should Ling'er do? You can't take him with you, can you? Xia Yuan looked at Xia Ling's appearance that was not affected by the surrounding sounds in the slightest, and his face was embarrassed.

"Why don't you let the emperor and your shadow guard bring Ling'er back to the palace?"

"That's all it can be."

Before Xia Yuan's words about to call the shadow guard reached his lips, he heard a movement outside the window behind him, and a black figure turned in from the window and knelt in front of Xia Yuan, "Your Majesty, are you looking for me?" ”

"You're pretty clever."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Xia Yuan took Xia Ling from Wen Yan's hand, handed it to the shadow guard, and said, "Send Ling Er back to the palace." ”

"Yes! Emperor. The shadow guard carefully hugged Xia Ling, afraid that his excessive hand strength would wake up the little prince.

Soon the shadow guard walked out of the window in a familiar posture.

So why do the current shadow guards like to walk through the window so much? Obviously, there is a door that does not leave. This question had been confused in Xia Yuan's mind for a long time, and even Brother Qin seemed to be more partial to the window.

Could it be that people in the past thought that turning the window should appear to be more powerful in martial arts?

"That'...... Your Majesty, your room is still ...... Do you want more? After seeing that a few people did not have the posture of arguing, the subordinate asked weakly on the side.

"Let's keep it for now, and when Madame's illness is cured, I still want to take Ah Lan to stay here for a few days."

"Good...... Great. ”

"Your Majesty, the carriage is ready." A plainly dressed man walked in front of Xia Yuan with his head down.

"Well, did you send someone to call Mr. Chu?"

"The Shadow Guard is already on its way, and if nothing else, it should be able to reach Liuhe Town at the same time as you."

"Without further ado, let's go."

"By the way, Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to call Qin Qin's guards to come over?" The groom raised his head and looked at Xia Yuan, a young face crashed into everyone's sight, obviously not very old, but there was a kind of maturity different from that of his peers.

"No need, let Brother Qin rest a little longer, he should be a carefree young master, but he entered the palace because of me, and after following me for so many years, it's not good for him to always be so troublesome. Besides, you'll protect me, won't you? Xia Yuan, who had already walked out of the door, turned his head again, looked at the groom who was still standing in place, and smiled at him.

The mandarin duck and the groom standing beside the groom were both stunned, their eyes stopped on Xia Yuan's body for a long time, and after a while, the groom reacted, returned to his serious face, and nodded: "Of course, our shadow guards don't eat rice." ”

"That's good, let's hurry up, don't delay any longer."

"Yes!"

Xia Yuan only found out the moment he walked out of the villa that it was already dark outside, and he didn't think it was too late when he first arrived. It wasn't long before it was so dark that I could barely see the road ahead.

"It's getting dark so fast."

"Yes, after all, it's winter, and another year has passed." Wen Mu walked to Xia Yuan's side.

"Do you want to go back to the General's Mansion during the Spring Festival this year?"

"Well, I also want my father and mother to see Ling'er."

"Do you want me to go back with you and Ling'er?"

"No need, Your Majesty, you can accompany your mother occasionally."

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the groom drove slowly in front of several people in the carriage, "Your Majesty." ”

"Let's go, Ahhhhh Xia Yuan smiled and stretched out his hand towards Wen Mu and pulled her into the same carriage.

And the mandarin duck, who had been standing silently behind the two, did not bow his head in disbelief until he saw the two of them get into the carriage. Obuchi ...... I didn't notice myself at all......

"Mother, it's cold outside, you can get in the car too, and the little one will go to the front to drive." The subordinate saw the mandarin duck standing alone outside the villa, and the carriage in front of him had been moving slowly, but only she was like an abandoned child, standing in the cold wind, lonely and lonely, anyone who saw it would feel distressed.

"Let's go." The mandarin duck let out a hot breath, tightened the fox coat on his body, and stepped on the steps into the carriage.

The mandarin ducks along the way were very silent, and from time to time they wanted to look inside through the cracks in the curtain to see what the mandarin ducks were doing, but she always maintained the same movement, looking out of the window, her expression looked very sad, and he guessed that she had become like this because she had just been snubbed by the emperor.

"Mother, can the little one take the liberty of asking you a question?"

There was no response to the sound for a long time, and the air was quiet again after a little wavering. Just when he thought that he would not get an answer on the next journey, the mandarin duck's voice came out of the carriage coldly:

"You ask."

The servant took a deep breath: "Niangniang, why do you want to marry into the palace?" The emperor doesn't seem to care much about you. ”

"He doesn't have me in his eyes."

"Then why do you ......?"

"I know what you're going to ask, because I love him, and even if he doesn't love me, it's enough for me to be around him."

"The little one knows that the little one will be punished by the emperor if he says this, but the little one still has to say, Niangniang, you are clearly worthy of someone who loves you more, so why should you be obsessed with the emperor?"

"Thank you, I won't tell the emperor, although I haven't said a few words to the emperor." The mandarin duck smiled self-deprecatingly, she knew that he couldn't hear it, and she wouldn't care, and the relationship between them was more precise, as if it was an exchange of interests, "You're not the first person to persuade me like this, but I'm still like a fool, and I just want to go to the light where he is." ”

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