Chapter 374: Father and Son Recognize Each Other
The darkness of the night, spreading silently. The guards in the palace patrolled back and forth one by one, especially the most guards around the Heart Cultivation Palace, and it was simply impenetrable.
"Purr...... Purr ......"
The night was so quiet that a slight noise was particularly abrupt.
"What is this sound? Beware, everyone! The leader of the guards heard the voice and immediately reminded.
When the other guards heard this, they looked around on alert. Soon, as the crowd followed the source of the sound, they saw a guard in an inconspicuous corner leaning against the wall, his head drooping, and he fell asleep.
"How can it be!" Seeing this, the leader of the guards was annoyed, rushed over and punched the guard on the head.
"Oops...... Painful ......"
The guard, who had been awakened suddenly, let out a low howl, and when he looked up and saw his head standing in front of him in anger, he was so frightened that he fell asleep, and the words he had not finished were choked in his throat.
"How many times have I said it, the top has instructed that this Heart Cultivation Hall must be tightly guarded, if there is a slight mistake, we will not be able to eat and walk around!" The leader of the guards said angrily.
"Yes, yes, Chief, the little one is wrong. Don't dare to be lazy in the future! The guard hurriedly nodded and admitted his mistake.
However, at this moment, a black shadow fell silently from the roof, came to the window, opened the window lattice, and flashed in, the whole action was done in one go, without making a sound, and when the window lattice was closed again, the guards outside the hall still did not notice it.
Inside the hall, it was so quiet that you could hear even an embroidery needle falling on the ground. Situ Shaogong glanced at the dragon couch and quickly approached.
When he saw the person on the couch clearly, his body shook suddenly, and then his eyes under the mask were complicated, slightly red, and faintly shrouded in a trace of mist, so that people could not see clearly.
Situ Lei on the couch was asleep, his whole person was already skinny, his eyes were deep-set, his cheekbones were high, and his sideburns were white. Situ Shaogong couldn't imagine that he hadn't seen this man for more than a month, and he didn't expect that he was more than ten years old.
When his eyes came to Situ Lei's wrists that had not yet formed scars, Situ Shaogong's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his whole body exuded a strong murderous aura in an instant.
Concubine Ning has always been unscrupulous when she has not achieved her goal, and in order to snatch the throne, this man must have suffered a lot.
Thinking of this, Situ Shaogong clenched his big hand, and a mouthful of steel teeth grinded loudly. Concubine Ning, very good, this prince will make your life worse than death!
Next, Situ Shaogong forced himself to remain calm, reached out to probe Situ Lei's pulse, and the next moment his eyes were frightened, and his body trembled invisibly.
He couldn't believe that Situ Lei's body had been hollowed out now, to the point of running out of oil and lamps.
Once upon a time, he hated the man in front of him so much that he wanted him to die, but now when he really faced the moment when this man's life was in danger, he had an indescribable panic in his heart.
"Kyo'er...... Kyo'...... It's you...... Is that you? ”
At this moment, the low voice of the person on the dragon couch interrupted Situ Shaogong's thoughts.
Situ Shaogong lowered his eyes, and saw that Situ Lei woke up at some point, his face was full of excitement, and a dry hand trembled and stretched out to him.
"It's me, it's me." Situ Shaogong hurriedly grabbed Situ Lei's outstretched hand, and his voice trembled slightly.
Situ Lei coughed slightly: "Gong'er, my father knows that you are auspicious, and you will be fine, so I know that I will definitely look forward to you." ”
Situ Lei held Situ Shaogong's hand tightly, his cloudy eyes were extremely bright at this time, and there was a loving smile on his pale face.
Seeing this, Situ Shaogong's nose was sore, and he wanted to say something, but he felt as if his throat was stuck by something. After a long time, his throat rolled before he spoke: "Father...... It's the son's son who is not good, and the son's minister is late. ”
"It's not too late...... It's not too late......" Situ Lei shook his head, he was in poor spirits, delirious, and after a pause, he seemed to react, his lips trembled a few times before he said, "Gong'er, what did you call me just now?" ”
"Father...... The Imperial ......"
Situ Lei was overjoyed for a while, and said cautiously: "Gong'er, can you call your father again?" ”
"Father...... Father......
"Okay, well, my Situ Lei can listen to you call me 'Father' again in my lifetime, even if I am allowed to die now, I will die without regrets!"
"No, father, my son will definitely not let you die! Erchen will heal your injuries now. Situ Shaogong said with a panicked expression.
Situ Lei waved his hand to stop it, shook his head and said, "It's useless." Gong'er, what is the current situation of the father, the father knows it in his heart. Father's time is running out now. There is something important to tell you right now, you listen carefully, don't let that poisonous woman's conspiracy succeed, and let the country of the Dark Moon Kingdom fall into the hands of that poisonous woman. ”
It was night, I don't know when the wind started, the branches outside the window trembled, the bamboo shadows swayed, and the whimpering wind woke Concubine Ning from her sleep.
"Grandma Gui, Grandma Gui......" Concubine Ning got up, wiped the fine sweat on her forehead, and whispered.
"Niangniang, what do you command?" A moment later, Mama Gui appeared in front of the bed and asked in a respectful voice.
"Your grandmother, change clothes for the palace and set up a palace to nourish your heart."
"Niangniang, now that the third watch has just passed, is it too early for you to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace?"
"For some reason, when I woke up, I felt a little inexplicably uneasy, and I always felt that something bad might happen. So I want to go to the Heart Nourishing Hall to have a look. Concubine Ning said with a slight frown.
At present, the other princes are eyeing the throne, and the forces of the DPRK and China are separated by several factions, and their strength is equal to each other, and the only advantage she has over other people who want to seize the throne is that the emperor is in her hands.
Now the entire palace has been arranged by her impenetrable, especially the Heart Cultivation Palace. Situ Lei was still safe under house arrest, but if Situ Lei did not hand over the Zen documents for a day, it would mean a little more change.
Yesterday, the spy reported that Situ Shaogong was not dead, but she heard that Situ Shaogong's master Dream Seeker was a master in the world, and she couldn't keep when Situ Shaogong would wake up, and when Situ Shaogong intervened, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Thinking of this, Concubine Ning felt that it was imminent to get Situ Lei's Zen position book, so she didn't dare what time it was now.
In short, she couldn't wait any longer. No matter what method she used later, she had to get the Zen book from Situ Lei.
Thinking of this, after Mama Gui waited for Concubine Ning to get dressed, Concubine Ning took Mama Gui and others to the Palace of Heart Cultivation in a hurry.
When she arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, Concubine Ning saw that the guards in front of the Heart Cultivation Hall were still standing there, everything was as usual, she couldn't help but exhale slightly, and secretly said in her heart: It seems that she is thinking too much.
When the guards saw Concubine Ning coming, they bowed down to say goodbye, Concubine Ning waved her hand, and then asked the two guards at the door of the main hall to open the door. The two opened the door of the palace, and Concubine Ning walked in with a group of subordinates.
Concubine Ning glanced in the direction of the dragon couch, walked over and snorted coldly, and said condescendingly: "Your Majesty, you can figure it out, if you are willing to obediently hand over the Zen book, the concubine can still leave your life for your retirement, otherwise, don't blame the concubine for not remembering the old love!" ”
Concubine Ning's words fell, and she squinted at the person on the couch, but she didn't wait for a trace of response for a long time. She couldn't help but be a little annoyed, but she was still patient, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, the concubine has done her best to be kind to you, don't toast and don't eat and drink!" ”
After a long time, the man on the couch still did not give any response. Concubine Ning was suddenly furious, and glanced at the noble grandmother next to her, "Your grandmother." ”
Gui Mama immediately jumped to try, nodded, walked quickly to the couch, shouted "The emperor has offended", and immediately stretched out her hand to pull Situ Lei up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Mama Gui's hand touched Situ Lei's wrist, she was so frightened that she shook her body and hurriedly let go. She softened and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, her fingers trembling as she snorted into Situ Lei's snort.
"Ah......h
Gui Mama screamed in fright, and then sat down on the ground.
Concubine Ning was so frightened by Gui Mama's sudden performance that her face turned pale, and she said angrily: "Gui Mama, which one are you singing?" ”
"Niangniang is angry, the emperor ...... The emperor is dead! After a while, Gui Mama replied panting.
"Dead?" Concubine Ning was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and reached out to probe Situ Lei's snort, and sure enough, there was no breath.
At that moment, Concubine Ning gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, you Situ Lei, I didn't expect you to refuse to hand over the Zen book when you were dying!" Situ Lei, you think about it, it's not that easy! ”
The more Concubine Ning spoke, the more angry she became, and finally she almost fell into madness, turned around and yelled at the door: "Come on, smoke this old thing hard for this palace, even if he dies, I will make him die unstable!" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present gasped, and the first thought that flashed in their minds was to whip the corpse.
While everyone was stunned, a guard with a leather whip walked in from outside the hall. The guard walked in front of the dragon couch, his face sank, and with a flick of the leather whip in his hand, he crossed an arc in mid-air, and beckoned towards the dragon couch.
Seeing that the leather whip was about to fall on Situ Lei's body, who expected that the guard suddenly let out a miserable "ah", and the leather whip in his hand fell in response.
For a while, all the people present were stunned, and when they came to their senses, they only saw that the guard had a dagger stuck in his wrist, which was two inches deep, and at this moment blood was gurgling down from the wound, and the pain made the guard grin and cry wolf.
"What kind of person dares to pretend to be a ghost in front of this palace, and he has the ability to come out! Come out! Concubine Ning was the first to come back to her senses, her eyes roaring viciously. At the moment, her hair was slightly messy, and her face was hideous, like a madman.
Hearing Concubine Ning's shout, the guards who were originally guarding outside the hall swarmed in and surrounded Concubine Ning in the middle, for fear that Concubine Ning would miss something.
"Come out, you have the ability to give the ...... to this palace"
Concubine Ning yelled, and suddenly a strong wind rose in the hall, and even the temperature around her dropped a lot. Before anyone present could see what was going on, they realized that there was suddenly another person in front of them.