In fact, the first thing I did when I returned to Huancheng was to think about whether to go to the General's Mansion to see Lu Huai's parents, and I still couldn't make up my mind after thinking about it, I was afraid of seeing them sad, there were too many things in Huancheng that I didn't dare to face. Every time I woke up in the middle of the night, I thought about leaving this hellish place in one fell swoop.

The pothos in the Kunning Palace has been going back and forth at the door several times, and the queen feels a chest tightness and headache when she sees it, she said impatiently, "Pothos, can you let me do it quietly?" ”

The green pothos was anxious: "Niangniang can still sit still, it's been three days, Your Majesty hasn't decreed to lift the grounding, Niangniang is really not in a hurry at all?" ”

The queen just sighed that time flies so fast, the queen mother doesn't like the queen, so she used to always pick her thorns in a different way, and the queen has also experienced these things, but it was only two or three days. Because every time His Majesty will intercede with the Queen Mother for the queen, sometimes the Queen Mother will not let go, and His Majesty will kneel on the ground for several hours, and the Queen Mother can't bear it, and every time she will compromise and release the Queen in the end.

But now three days have passed, and there is no news from the palace. The queen is not worried that she will not be able to get out, she is afraid that Her Majesty will be cold. It wasn't until she broke his heart that the queen faintly realized that she didn't like Chu Muxiu so much, and what she was obsessed with was just a feeling, a thought. In the few years that he got along with His Majesty, his care for her and his love for her, the queen could clearly feel it, she just couldn't get past the level in her heart, the longer she passed, the farther away she was from him, and then the distance between them was like a big mountain, and they couldn't get closer. Maybe there is a place in the queen's heart that is reserved for Her Majesty, but it's a pity that she came to her senses too late. She had done a lot of stupid things for Chu Muxiu, but in the end, she was empty and nothing.

Finally, when the 15th day of the lockdown ended, the queen took the first step out of the palace gate, and what she heard was that His Majesty had newly canonized a noble concubine, who was the daughter of Lord Shangshu Zhou of the Ministry of Households. And this time it was not forced by the Queen Mother, but His Majesty himself took the initiative to ask for it.

This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the queen, if it had been before, she might have been happy in her heart, but now she realized how much her heart hurt, piercing the pain in her heart.

Luluo helped the queen and said: "Your Majesty must be confused, who in this palace doesn't know that Your Majesty is the only one in her heart, and she is too self-conscious to dare to climb to the ......."

"Don't talk about pothos!"

The pothos pouted and lowered her head silently, not daring to say a word again.

After a while, the queen asked Luluo, "Luluo, are you happy with me all these years, do you want to go back to Xiliang?" ”

"Pothos dreams of it." After a long time of infarction, the green pothos cried again and said, "But Xiliang has been destroyed, and we can't go back, and even if we go back, we won't be able to see those people again." ”

The pothos never said or cried, but the queen knew in her heart that the pothos was actually as sad as herself, she just didn't show it excessively.

As soon as the battlefield was parted, I never saw Lu Huai again, and that day I mustered up the courage to dare to step into the gate of the General's Mansion. More than half a month has passed, and there are still strips of white cloth hanging on the gate and pillars of the General's Palace. The general's mansion was bleak, and although those subordinates had never seen me, they had heard of me, and they were respectful to me.

When General Lu came out of the courtyard, I saw that his eyes were bloodshot, his hair was a lot grayer, the previous domineering had completely dissipated, and now he was just an old father who had lost his child.

General Lu came over and sat down heavily, and I sat beside him, but as if he couldn't see me, his eyes were bulging and he didn't know what he was thinking. It took him a while to come to his senses and pour me tea, and then he asked me, "Is there anything wrong with Ah Candle coming?" ”

General Lu had never called me like that, he hadn't even looked at me squarely, and I didn't feel flattered, but my heart was peaceful.

I took the teacup from him: "Just to see you." ”

"It's rare that you have this heart."

After that, we didn't speak, and I took a few sips from time to time with a teacup, but General Lu seemed to treat tea as wine, and drank several cups in a row.

"Where's Mrs. Lu?" I asked him.

General Lu said: "She has been in poor health recently and has been lying in bed. ”

I went to the house to see Mrs. Lu, she looked a lot thinner, her face was also blue, she looked very sleepy, I sat in front of her with a round stool, her forehead was covered with cold sweat, her face looked struggling, and she whispered in her mouth that she didn't know what she was reading. I leaned closer, and I heard her whispering my son, my son......

Probably shouting that her mouth was dry, and Madame said that she wanted to drink water, I hurried over and poured a glass of water and carefully passed it to her mouth, she drank very incomfortably, and drank more in than it flowed out. I wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and she grabbed my hand with a sudden slam, "Huai'er! ”

Madame opened her eyes and saw me, I saw the disappointment and sadness in her eyes, I was stunned and did not break free, and then she slowly let go of my hand and turned her face to the other side.

In fact, to be honest, I have only met Mrs. Lu once, and I really don't know each other.

I put the teacup on the table and asked her, "Ma'am, are you feeling better?"

She said weakly, "It's okay to do it every day." ”

After a long time, she muttered to herself: "If only our family Huai'er were still here." Turning his head to look at the teacup on the table, "He'll pour me tea and give me a backbeat." ”

I almost burst into tears, and said, "Lu Huai...... Most of them died for me. ”

After hearing what I said, Mrs. Lu instantly lifted her spirits, straightened up half of her body and grabbed my hand again, "You were there when Huai'er died?" ”

I said, "Hmm. ”

I thought that Madame would blame me for taking Lu Huai's life, but I didn't expect her to pull my hand and ask with tears in her eyes, "Did Huai'er leave anything before she died?" ”

Her expectant look made my scalp tingle, but even so, I really didn't have much to say, so I had to shake my head and shake my head.

She said in a trance: "How can there be, how can there be...... and then gradually fell asleep, "My Huai'er is only twenty years old, he is only twenty years old, what a good age, he hasn't married yet, my father and I want the white-haired man to send the black-haired man......"

Madame's words were poking my heart, so painful that I couldn't breathe, I knelt on the ground and said, "I'm sorry, if it weren't for me Lu Huai might not have died, I can't live in the general's mansion ......"

"Yo, kid, what are you doing here?" Madame was in a hurry, so she got up and helped me, "Get up, get up." ”

Madame helped me to sit down on the round stool again, and I said sorry.

Madame also straightened up, she looked at the door, it seemed to be light and light, "Child, how can Lu Huai's death be counted on your head, there are no swords and guns on the battlefield, how many can this person come back intact?" Madame looked up at me again, "It's you, fortunately you didn't marry at the beginning, otherwise how would you live after being widowed at a young age......

I finally couldn't help it, and I was about to cry out loud, I never thought that in such a situation, my wife could put herself in the situation and think about me, I may not be able to be as great as her in my life.

"But I still failed Lu Huai."

"Who in this world fails anyone, everything is arranged by God." Mrs. looked out the window, and there was a hint of a smile, "In the past, our Lu Huai would read military books and learn martial arts all day long, and he was as dull as a turtle, but when he met you, his whole person was broadened." He actually bought me a box of rouge gouache that day, and he asked me if the girl's family liked these things. ”

But I've never been a fan of rouge gouache.

Later, we chatted for an afternoon, and Mrs. told me that Lu Huai was buried at the foot of Yeliang Mountain in the west, saying that in fact, I am also a hard-working child, so young I have no loved ones, and his family Lu Huai has been with her for at least 20 years, and I, I have no mother since I was born, and the days of having a father are only 18 years.

Madame said that after chatting with me, her mood was much more relaxed, her body was lighter, and her breath was a little easier, and I thought she would gradually get better.

On the third day of my visit to the Lu family's parents, Mrs. Lu passed away, and I heard that she was very peaceful when she left. She tugged at the old general's hand and struggled weakly, "I can finally go to Huai'er." After saying that, he swallowed.

General Lu Lao was in pain, several good people were gone, and a good family was ruined like this.

I also went on the day of Mrs. Lu's burial, there were not many people, just a few people who were sloppy, originally Mo'er said that she wanted to come with me, I asked her to follow Xuanwu in the house, after all, it is better not to look at these things and not stick to the edge.

Madame lay quietly in the coffin, General Lu squatted in front of the coffin mouth to burn paper money, when I went in, I saw a whole pot of paper money ashes in the stove, I don't know how long he burned it.

Hearing my footsteps, General Lu hurriedly wiped his eyes with his sleeve, then got up and said to me, "It's here!" ”

I nodded to him.

Daddy once told me that when General Lu was young, he was like Chu Muxiu, the god of war in Tianyue, who fought a lifetime of battles and commanded the battlefield for a lifetime. Although he was used to seeing life and death, he still couldn't help crying like a tearful man at this time.

I burned incense in the ancestral hall, and then Chu Muxiu also came, and I didn't know what to say to General Lu Lao outside, probably some words to persuade him to mourn and change.

After a while, Chu Muxiu also entered the ancestral hall and stood beside me to burn an incense stick for Mrs. Lu.

He asked me, "You're here too." ”

I said, "It's time to come." ”

From noon to the time of the burial, there were many cannons outside, gongs and drums were noisy, a few maids sprinkled paper money in front, several family members carried the coffin of the lady in the back, and a team passed by the street in a mighty way, and the lady said that she was going to be buried next to Lu Huai.

Chu Muxiu and I followed the old general to the front, he hung his head all the way and was weak, and he didn't notice the people and things around him at all.

The knife suddenly burst out from the roof of the Drunken Immortal Residence, and when the knife was halfway out, we saw the man with his head covered, and the knife was aimed straight at Chu Muxiu. Chu Muxiu pushed us away, and dodged the knife with a flexible flash. The people on the street were in disarray, and the whole burial procession became chaotic, shouting and running.

I recognized the man's moves, exactly the same as when he was at the border, and the size was similar, they seemed to be the same person.

Chu Muxiu dismantled a few tricks with the hooded man, and when the man saw that he couldn't beat Chu Muxiu, he didn't know what secret weapon he took out from his pocket, and waved it forward, and in an instant, there were ** scattered around, as if he had walked into a big labyrinth where he couldn't see anything. I can't see Chu Muxiu, I can't see General Lu, and I can't even see myself.

The hooded man took advantage of this opportunity to use his knife and stabbed at Chu Muxiu again, and after the white smoke passed, I saw Chu Muxiu supporting the old general Lu who was lying on the ground and his mouth was full of blood. I walked half and crawled to them, looking at Chu Muxiu's painful appearance, needless to say, I understood that it was General Lu who saved Chu Muxiu.

Chu Mu held the head of the old general Lu and said to him, "Old General Lu, you hold on, I'll go find Lang Zhong for you." ”

As soon as Chu Muxiu got up and was pulled down by General Lu Lao, he opened his mouth weakly, "Your Highness doesn't have to work in vain, I'm afraid that Weichen won't be able to wait for Lang Zhong to come, His Highness is a loyal person who cares about the people, and it is worth exchanging Weichen's life for His Highness's life." ”

The old general Lu in front of me now reminds me of Lu Huai, it is really exactly the same. I couldn't speak on the side, but tears flowed, thinking that General Lu would also finish talking like Lu Huai and leave.

General Lu turned his head to look at the lady behind him with his last breath, he let go of Chu Muxiu's sleeve, and actually grabbed my hand tightly, "Ah, Ah Candle, after I die, you, you help me bury me and my wife next to Huai'er's grave, let's reunite our family." ”

I grabbed his hand and nodded vigorously.

He closed his eyes peacefully and finally walked away in peace.