An unpleasant smell mixed with the smell of medicine rushed towards me.

Then, a violent cough rang out in the room.

Zhilan didn't have time to frown, and stepped forward quickly,

Grandpa Lu, who was sitting on the bed, almost coughed up his heart and lungs. Zhilan held his arm and patted him on the back with her other hand.

Gonggong Lu coughed for a long time, until he coughed up a mouthful of thick phlegm, and then exhaled a long breath. Leaning on the futon tired and depressed, Chong Zhilan squeezed out a smile: "You work by the side of the Queen Mother every day, don't always worry about me." ”

The internal servant is physically disabled, and his lifespan is shorter than that of ordinary men. This disease seems to have hollowed out the energy that Gonggong Lu had accumulated for many years, and in just a few days, he showed a decadent and old state.

At this time, this smile was full of wrinkles.

He is like a fellow with decaying wood, and Zhilan in front of him is still slender, with a beautiful and gentle face.

Father-in-law Lu was relieved and felt extremely sour.

"I'll come and see you when I'm free." Zhilan said softly: "I have to be on an errand, and I can't accompany you all day long to serve you." Don't be upset in your heart. ”

When they are married, they are like worldly couples. Accompany each other, take care of each other, and rely on birth, old age, sickness and death.

Zhilan ordered to go down, and the little eunuch outside the door quickly brought a bowl of hot porridge. Zhilan fed Father-in-law Lu a spoonful to drink, and wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief.

Looking at Zhilan, who was gentle and considerate as before, Gonggong Lu's heart was even more sour. The thought that had been lingering in his heart for many days finally came out: "Zhilan, don't care about me anymore." ”

"You are the most trusted and powerful person around the Queen Mother, young and beautiful, with a bright future. Why should I be by my side, a seriously ill and disabled person? ”

"Let's go! In the future, don't come to see me again. I don't blame you, and I don't blame you......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhilan: "People who are sick will always be cranky. Don't say anything, rest for a long time, and I'll come back to see you tomorrow. ”

The cloudy old tears in Grandpa Lu's eyes were flashing: "Zhilan...... Why are you so troubled! ”

"Back then, it was I who admired you in my heart. Relying on the Queen Mother's dependence on me, I was able to marry you. I know you've been reluctant all along. ”

"I'm twenty years older than you, and I'm a crippled person, not a man at all. I don't deserve you at all! ”

"In the past few years, I have no regrets about being able to meet and talk to you from time to time, and to be able to take care of your food, clothing and daily life gently."

"Zhilan, you can go! Don't come back again. ”

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After the words hidden deep in his heart came out, Grandpa Lu's eyes turned red.

Zhilan Huoran stood up straight, and her face, which had always been gentle and calm, was also overflowing with excitement: "Okay, since you talk about it today, I want to make it clear to you." ”

"I was reluctant to eat with you that day, and you begged the Queen Mother in every way. I answered my mother's words and partnered with you. I will see you as the support of my life. I'm younger than you, I'll serve you when you're sick, and I'll take care of your aftermath when you're dead, that's all as it should be. ”

"What do you mean by these words now? Could it be that I, Zhilan, am in your heart, the kind of wolf-hearted, ruthless, unrighteous and ruthless person? ”

"You're going to get me away! I just won't go! I just want to come to see you every day, to serve you every day! You have to wait for me happily if you want to or not. ”

Zhilan cried as she spoke, tears sliding down her cheeks.

Father-in-law Lu trembled all over, and old tears were in his eyes. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say a word.

He struggled to get up and got out of the house, hugging Zhilan tightly. It seems that the only thing that can keep warm and keep out the cold is clenched in the cold winter wax moon. Or like a drowning man holding on to a life-saving straw.

Since the death of Emperor Jianwen, Gonggong Lu has been suppressed and rubbed by the new emperor in every way. The scenery of the past is no more, and in just half a year, it is down. But Zhilan has always stood firmly by his side, and the attendants have been worried about Zhilan and Jiaofangdian, but they don't dare to be too much to him. At most, it is just verbal ridicule and ridicule.

Father-in-law Lu has been in the palace for more than ten years, and once he landed on such a field, his heart was gloomy and depressed, so there was no need to elaborate. Some time ago, he was punished by Emperor Jian'an for provocation and kneeling for two hours, and after kneeling, he fainted and fell to the ground, and then he fell ill.

Most of his illness was a heart disease.

The palace maids who were good friends with Zhilan, such as Yuqiao and others, were secretly persuading Zhilan and Father-in-law Lu to break off earlier. Father-in-law Lu also knows this.

He always has a trace of selfishness, and he is reluctant to part with Zhilan. Now he has this disease, and I don't know if he can get through it. Why drag Zhilan any longer?

He endured the heartache like a cut, and pretended to let Zhilan go calmly and generously. didn't expect Zhilan to be so affectionate and righteous......

"Zhilan, all the sins I suffer now are what I deserve."

After crying, Gonggong Lu's mood calmed down a little, and he said hoarsely: "The first emperor has always trusted me, I have betrayed the trust of the first emperor, and secretly did many things that should not be done. Now, my retribution has come. ”

"I had a dream last night, and I dreamed of the first emperor. The Emperor is calling me to go underground and continue to serve. Even if I am sent to the eighteenth layer of hell, I deserve it. ”

Zhilan whispered with red eyes: "Don't say that. I should be blamed for the events of the day. ”

To be precise, Gonggong Lu did not surrender to Empress Dowager Yu. Everything that Empress Dowager Yu ordered was the father-in-law Lu she went to find in private.

For her sake, he will do things he shouldn't do again and again.

"The masters compete fiercely, and the unlucky ones are always those of us who are slaves." Gonggong Lu's tone was full of bitterness and sadness: "The first emperor has returned to heaven, and I have become a useless waste chess." ”

If Empress Dowager Yu had the heart to support him, Emperor Jian'an would never do him like this.

It's a pity that for Empress Dowager Yu, he has no use, and he has lost the value of being supported and sheltered.

That's the pathetic feeling of being a minion.

In the hearts of the masters, they are all pawns. Useful fashion can gain some favor, and when it is useless, it is discarded. Anyway, there will always be more newer and better pieces.

Zhilan frowned slightly, and said softly: "The Queen Mother also has difficulties. is the queen mother of the first palace, and it is inconvenient to meddle in everything. You have been wronged, and the Queen Mother knows it in her heart. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's approval, it would be impossible for me to come to see you. ”

Zhilan is loyal to the Empress Dowager Yu, and will never say that the Empress Dowager Yu is not half a word in front of Gonggong Lu. The sentence asked by the Empress Dowager Yu before was even more silent.

Gonggong Lu knew it in his heart, but he didn't say anything, and said according to Zhilan's words: "The Queen Mother is kind. ”

Zhilan spoke softly and comforted Father-in-law Lu a few words before getting up to leave.

Father-in-law Lu couldn't go out, so he sat on the chair and watched Zhilan's figure leave.

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