Hyakki Night Walk: Rejuvenating Incense (3)
"You know, I only like you, but pity for Yan Chan."
Yan Yu withdrew Rou Yi from his palm and gently placed it on his (chest): "Ah Yao's world is so crowded...... It makes me, who was already lonely, even more lonely. β
The last sentence was as weak as a moan of a falling flower, and Long Qingyao suddenly heard it clearly after countless lovesick nights.
Yan Chan's fate was really as bad as she said, and not long after becoming a concubine, she actually suffered from evil. Sickness, often sloppy. Blood, the hospital was helpless, Long Qingyao hurriedly ordered someone to post the emperor's list to seek God to heal the disease.
Finally, when Yan Chan was terminally ill, a doctor in the rivers and lakes unveiled the emperor's list and said that he could cure the disease.
"This disease requires the use of a secret technique called 'change. Does this lady have brothers and sisters of her compatriots? It's best to be sisters, and the blood of the two yin is better integrated. β
ββ¦β¦ I have a younger sister, but is this secret art dangerous? Long Qingyao asked worriedly.
"It won't hurt your life, but your body will be weaker after using blood, so you should pay attention to recuperation in the future."
"It doesn't matter, you are pampered in the palace, and you are afraid that you will not be able to recuperate in the future. No matter how much you complain about us, it is impossible for you to see death and not save your own sister, so go and invite your concubine Niangniang over. Without waiting for Doctor You to finish speaking, Mrs. Yan hurriedly instructed Gong E.
"Your Majesty, my sister-in-law will save me, right? But what if she won't save me...... I'm so afraid that my mother will be sad, and I can't bear to ...... emperor" Yan Chan grabbed Long Qingyao's hand like grasping a life-saving straw, and her beautiful eyes were like a rabbit falling into a trap, weak and helpless, and pitiful.
"No, I won't save you, she won't let us down......" Long Qingyao saw Yan Chan's weak and sad appearance, felt pity in his heart, and kept comforting, and after a long time, he realized that Yan Chan was already standing behind him.
"Sister-in-law, mother begs you, you can't be so ruthless, don't care about Chan'er's life." Mrs. Yan saw that Yan Yan's expression was gloomy, and she was afraid that she would not agree, so she hurriedly spoke first.
The identity of the secret guard has already made her suffer from gossip in the palace, and no matter how many ruthless and ruthless infamy she has since then, even Long Qingyao, the only reliance, will collapse.
Yan Wu didn't pay attention to Mrs. Yan, and only looked down at Long Qingyao, Long Qingyao's expectant and firm eyes made her lips pull a blank smile.
"I'll go back to the palace to change my clothes, and after half an hour, let the doctor come to collect blood." Yan Wu's tone was indifferent, and she turned to leave.
"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I've asked the doctor, and it'll be fine." Long Qingyao chased after him and held Yan Wu's cold hand.
Yan Wu withdrew her hand: "I'm not afraid, I'm cold." β
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"Change. The blood is quite successful, but the blood of Concubine Chan Niangniang is relatively weak, so although Concubine Chan's life is saved, she still has to stay in bed to recuperate in the future. β
Long Qingyao nodded: "Well, what is the reason for the weak blood and qi of the woman, the doctor went to her dormitory with me,"
"The emperor doesn't have to go." Yan's personal maid walked in and handed a scabbard to Long Qingyao: "Our mother has left." β
"What, what do you mean!" Long Qingyao looked at the tears on the maid's face, and his heart suddenly felt as frightened as if he had fallen into an abyss.
Yan Wu was dressed in plain white and lay quietly on the bed, she finally took off her red prison clothes, but she no longer had any breath. The maid covered her delicate body with a snow feather cloak, and her last words were only one word: "Cold ......"
Doctor You seemed to think of something, rushed to the side of the couch, lifted Yan Wu's sleeve, and saw that there was a shallow scar on her left elbow: "She used to change it when she was very young. Blood art, this secret art can only be used once in a lifetime, even if she doesn't remember, her mother should remember it, how can this be. β
"Our mother remembers it, that's why I went back to the dormitory alone. She said to leave clean and not have anything to do with them. β
"Daughter-in-law, why are you ......?"
"Niangniang said, will the emperor believe it? A secret guard who has been trained since childhood, who would believe it? It's just an excuse for ruthlessness. β
Long Qingyao trembled and hugged the woman in her arms, she was really, so light that there was only a lonely soul left. A sharp pain gushed out, red blood on her white clothes, the seal that burned her life, the red tears of Manzhu Sawa on the bank of the Lethe Riverβ
Long Qingyao twitched, waking up from the nightmare, the orange palace lamp was like a ghost fire, he felt that he was floating on the Styx, but the slightly cool soft wattle would never lead him ashore again.
"There are still a lot of things you don't know here, my sister can't bear to tell you, I can bear it." The woman looked at Long Qingyao coldly, tears fell one after another, and she was as miserable as cold rain.
"My name is Yan Yan, and when I say sister, I naturally mean Yan Yan. As for Yan Chan and that woman, I don't recognize them. β
"When I was three years old, I had a nose that I couldn't figure out. Blood, the whole person is sick, my father asked the doctor everywhere, and was told that it was incurable, and only one charlatan said that it could be exchanged. The art of blood continues to live. At that time, Yan Chan was ten years old and her sister was five years old, and the warlock said that with Yan Chan's blood, he was sure of success, but his sister was too young for him to guarantee it. Dad hurriedly discussed with the woman, but was severely reprimanded by the woman. β
"Are you crazy, how can you take Chan'er to take risks, even if she barely survives like this, what's the use, our Chan'er will marry a high-ranking official in the future and enjoy glory, how can she lose her body in order to save her."
"By the way, my sister and I were also the children of that woman, but because we were both girls and could not inherit the family business, she only favored the first daughter. After she counted her father, she took Yan Chan back to her parents' house, for fear that her father would 'take advantage of people's danger'. β
"Just when Daddy was desperate, my sister tugged at his sleeve, 'Daddy, I can save my sister, I can.'" , this is what my father told me countless times before he died, so that I must protect my sister when I grow up, but we haven't had time to grow up yet......"
"After my father died, our family was in the middle of the road, and that woman's desire to let Yan Chan find Chenglong's fast son-in-law was getting slimmer and slimmer, but she still refused to give up. Who knows, it really gave her an opportunity, someone took a fancy to her sister's alluring appearance, and wanted to accept her as an adopted daughter, in fact, she went to the house to be a secret guard, and even took me with her, the advantage is that she can come forward to promise a good marriage for Yan Chan. β
The woman agreed, and was about to send us over, but when the nurse heard the news, she quietly fled with our sisters, but how could the gang let us go, and chased after us all the way. Later, we fled to the river, and there was nowhere to go, so my sister asked the nurse to hold me and hide in the hollow of the tree, and she went back crying, saying that the nurse and I had fallen into the water, and she was the only one left, and she was willing to accept her fate. β
"When I miss my sister, just look at the sky, we are all under the same sky, and we will meet again one day."
"These were the last words my sister said to me. But your uncle is not an idle person, although he did not find me at that time, but a few years later sent someone to find the Taoist temple on the mountain, although I missed the best age to be trained by the secret guard, but still has the effect of blackmailing my sister. But then he found out that his sister was in love with you, so he told her that I was dead, and you became her only one. β
"Of course, after you ascend the throne, there is no need for her to exist, you can spoil anyone, but spoiling her is a big taboo, because she has been forced to be a weapon for all these years, and she knows too many secrets. She will break through the sword and sword shadow in the court for you, and she will continue to face the bloody storm of the harem. The appearance of that woman and Yan Chan made her fall into the shadow of helplessness in her childhood, and there was no way to escape. And the only reliance is so unreliable. β
"Don't worry, we will always be with you and will never be separated again." It's not a promise of sisterhood, it's a curse of jealousy. In the past few years, Yan Chan has not been observing festivals, she is waiting for a good opportunity.
Looking back on the past, pieces of memories fell like snowflakes and ice cubes, covering him.
"I'm ...... cold"
Her cold softness was clenched so tightly, but she ignored it again and again, until it was really heaven and earth, and yin and yang said goodbye forever.
"For the rest of my life, I don't want to give it to anyone but you."
With the imprint of the secret guard, what courage and love it is to spend the rest of your life with yourself, but you have added too many people to this rest of your life, and it is uncomfortably crowded and empty......
Yan Yan stood up and pushed open the rhombic fan window, and the gray night sky sprinkled a little residual snow, like the withered petals of cherry blossoms. The palace lamps on both sides of the long staircase emit a dim halo, like a spirit lamp floating in the river of the underworld, and the entire palace is as gloomy as a ghost town.
"In this world, the pain that can be spoken is not painful. A lover who can be snatched away is not a lover. So, you don't deserve to love her. β
"I have worked the art of strange fragrances, and I have only wanted to be reunited with my sister, but now I can only use it for revenge. Yan Chan's mother and daughter will have nightmares for a lifetime in the cold palace, and as for your uncle, the poisonous incense will get back for them for the grievances of so many secret guards. Yan Yan smiled, but there was no trace of happiness: "But my sister will never wake up again." β
"Yan's coffin is empty, it's you,"
"Didn't she give you the rest of her life, the fate has been cleared, and even the dream doesn't belong to you."
"Do you think I came here tonight to ask for an answer for my sister? Do you still want her to go on the road with pain and entanglement? I'm here to return to the soul incense. Ning Guifei's cold appearance was somewhat similar to her sister, and her parents regretted the marriage contract and sent her to the palace in an attempt to be favored. Last month she was a childhood sweetheart. When someone died of illness, she went to the Taoist temple and asked me for incense, and wanted to reunite with the person with whom my heart was in touch, so I gave it to her. And you, why do you dream back to my sister? β
Long Qingyao only felt that his breath and breath were filled with indescribable pain and remorse, and he moved his dry lips, remembering the bitter kiss. That night, she tried to send the antidote to her mouth, and the kiss was so clumsy, how could it be the scheming of a secret guard? The purest and rare thing in this world is not the hibiscus under the moon and the snow lotus of the Tianshan Mountains, but the Manzhu Sawa who is close to hell and tries his best to protect his soul-
Yan Yan walked back to Long Qingyao's side, reaching out to look for the sachet in the sleeves and placket of his robe, but there was nothing, but the strong fragrance of the rejuvenating incense swept like a fog, making her eyes hazy for a while, and in a trance, she even saw the phantom in Long Qingyao's eyes.
"I was afraid that I would never dream of her again, so I hid here." The corners of Long Qingyao's mouth pulled up a slight wry smile, and he reached out to cover his chest: "Sister-in-law, it's no longer crowded here, there is only one dream, one you ......"