Chang'an knew that this day would come. But when it actually happened in front of her eyes, she was caught off guard.

When He Sheng's voice reached Chang'an's ears with the faint breeze, she was much calmer than she imagined.

The night is vast, there is silence all around, and only the sad voices of the palace people are endless. Chang'an dressed up and sitting in a sedan chair, she gently lifted the curtain and silently looked at the night of the Great Chu Palace. The sedan chair approached the Mingde Palace, and Chang'an suddenly saw the Chonghua Hall that had been burned down.

Suddenly, she remembered the first time she entered the palace.

was also sitting in such a sedan chair, Chu Luo sat beside her, her hands trembled slightly, he thought she was afraid, so he held her hand tightly in private, and said in a deep voice, "Chang'an, with me, you don't have to be afraid of anything." ”

With me, you don't have to be afraid of anything.

Chang'an stood at the gate of Mingde Palace, looking up at this Qionglou Yuyu for the last time, and in an instant, tears poured down.

The palace people in the palace knelt on the ground, and Chang'an stood in a daze, but saw that Zhu Zheng had already walked to her side, and said in a low voice, "Queen Mother, the emperor has woken up." ”

The sadness in Chang'an's eyes was even more than one layer, but his voice was so calm that there was no trace of waves, "Thank you." ”

Chang'an lifted the hem of his skirt, step by step, gently passed between them, and walked to Chu Luo's couch.

She reached out to take his hand, and found that his hand was surprisingly cold. It had been a long, long time since she shook his hand, and his palm had always been warm and strong, and for the first and only time, his palm was frighteningly cold.

Thinking like this, her heart felt sad and almost burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, I'm here."

She knelt beside him and whispered to him.

This was the only time in many years that she did not call herself a concubine.

Only at this time did she feel that she was still the same Shen Chang'an as before.

Chu Luo opened his eyes slightly, and unconsciously put a warm smile on his face, "Chang'an, you are here." ”

With just this sentence, Chang'an's heart swelled with endless tenderness and pain, and she lowered her voice, as gentle as usual, and said in a low voice, "They told me that you want to see me." ”

He stretched out his hand and looked for her hand to hold it, frowning and saying, "Your hands are so cold." ”

This sentence was about to force Chang'an's tears out, she tried her best to endure it, and hung her head silently, "When I came, it was a little cold outside." ”

He sighed and said, "It's still spring cold, and you're afraid of the cold, so you need to add more clothes." ”

Such a familiar and warm tone, as if he was still the prince of the old mansion of Lin'an that year.

Chang'an lowered his eyes, but a tear inadvertently slipped through the corner of his eye.

He took in her expression, and sighed unconsciously, "I'm not sick for a day or two, sooner or later it will be this time, why are you crying." ”

Chu Luo raised his hand, wanting to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, but it was still difficult in the end, when he touched her cheek, he couldn't help but smile slightly, "Chang'an, I have been in a coma for so long, and I remembered many things in the past, I thought I had forgotten them, but now that I think about it, it is still so clear." ”

She lowered her head deeply, tried her best to hold back the tears in her eyes, and smiled reluctantly, "What did the emperor think of?" ”

"I remember that when I was young, I competed with the fourth brother in swordsmanship, and it was obvious that I had won, but my father always praised the fourth brother for his intelligence. Later, I became the prince and settled in Lin'an, where the landscape is the place I have longed for all my life. I thought I could indulge in the landscape like this and live a free life, but later, I met you......"

Chang'an listened silently and asked softly, "When you meet me, won't the emperor be at ease anymore?" ”

"I used to be a person with no scruples, but after I met you, you became my weakness. In addition to taking care of myself, what is more important to me is you. Chu Luo opened his eyes, the bottom of his eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer, hazy and luster, "In Taoyuan Village, it is you and I who live the life of ordinary people together, when you enter the palace, you are also by my side, a peach tree in Chonghua Palace, I planted it for you, the last night of the palace, I sat beside you, and swore that there is only Shen Changan alone in this life and this life......"

Chang'an smiled slightly, but the tears were hazy, "It turns out that the emperor remembers." ”

"But after all, I lost you, I'm sorry, Chang'an, I'm sorry ......"

His tears dripped down the back of Chang'an's hand, and there was a burning pain.

Her heart softened, and tears rolled down uncontrollably, "Your Majesty, don't say such things, it's also my fault, it's my fault, if I promised you not to enter the palace from the beginning, we wouldn't have become like this......"

"Chang'an, don't say this kind of thing again."

She closed her eyes heavily, but she couldn't stop choking in her words, "In your heart, am I still the original Chang'an?" ”

He smiled slightly, his expression calm, "You have changed so much, but in my heart, I often think of Shen Chang'an, who was dressed in red in the past." ”

Chang'an knelt beside him, crying, "But what I did, if you knew about it, you would hate me......"

He smiled indifferently and said in a clear voice, "Why did you decide to tell me now?" ”

"If I don't say it, I won't have a chance again, and I don't want to live my life with guilt for you." Chang'an raised his head, and his voice was extremely heavy, "I will marry you, first as a side concubine, then as a virtuous concubine, as a noble concubine, and finally as a queen." For more than 20 years, I am really not a generous wife, I really can't do it when I see other women laughing beside you, so I have also done something sorry for you, Chu Luo, I don't ask you to forgive me, but if I don't say it to you, I ......"

"You don't have to say it, I know it all."

She looked up in a daze, "What? ”

"Chang'an, I'm sorry." Chu Luo had a faint sorrow hidden between his eyebrows and eyes, and said slowly, "No matter what you do, it's not your intention, it's that I can't stand you, I lose you, Yan Ji, and Changle." ”

Her eyes widened slightly in the hazy eyes of tears, "You know, why don't you say it?" ”

"Because I've always distanced myself from you, but I keep thinking of you in the past." Chu Luo's complexion was calm and gentle, his gaze met her gaze, but he couldn't leave, "I always think about how good it would be if Chang'an could be the same as before." But I've always forgotten one thing, you have changed, I am also changing, after all, it is not the deep boyish love of the palace. But it wasn't until this last moment that I finally understood. No matter what you become, you will always be Shen Changan, I have always loved you, and no one else ......"

Tears finally fell again, how many years of sadness, how many years of sadness, at this moment suddenly surged into my heart, Chang'an cried uncontrollably, "But you have turned your back on me again and again, do you think I am not sad?" There are so many women around you, and you have forgotten everything you said before. I want to hate you, but I can't, obviously I met you first, but every time the woman you love the most is not my ......"

He closed his eyes quietly, and his eyebrows were as clear as water waves, "Chang'an, do you know what one thing I regret the most in my life?" ”

The corners of her lips trembled slightly, "What is it?" ”

"I've had so many chances, but I don't always have the courage to take you out of here. Then I missed it, and I never got a chance again...... But I'm selfish after all. Chu Luo sighed softly, he closed his eyes for a moment, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "I know that you have changed your mind, but you still insist on keeping you by your side, even if it is the person who keeps you, I seem to feel that you are by your side and have never left." The palace is not for you, and you will have to leave sooner or later. It's all my fault......"

"No, no...... Chang'an's voice was anxious and frightened, her eyelashes blinked, and two lines of tears fell, "Chu Luo, even though I hate you and resent you, but I have never changed, please don't say that......"

His eyes were lowered, and the corners of his lips gradually raised a gentle arc, "That year, the two countries were at war, and the state of Chu was in danger, I stood on the city tower, looking at the rivers and mountains of Great Chu from afar, and you were the most unbearable in my heart." The country is broken, the family is dead, I am a member of the Chu family, I can die for the country, but you have to live. ”

He turned his head, met her gaze, and smiled lightly, "That's why I didn't let my ninth brother go on the expedition." If there are soldiers in the city, I can't protect you, but he can take you away. ”

"Chu Luo, don't say it, please don't say it......" Chang'an cried uncontrollably, she grabbed the corner of the brocade quilt tightly with both hands, and the tears that could no longer be suppressed burst down, "All along, as long as you say a word, I can go with you, and we can still live the previous life......"

"But we can't go back."

"Chu Luo, it has always been your mind, as long as you say that you can go back, everything can go back to the way it was before......"

"It's too late." He shook her hand and wept profusely, "Chang'an, I have lost you." ”

On that day, Chang'an only remembered that she cried for a long, long time, so long that she couldn't hear any sounds around her. The faint sunlight on the horizon shone through the window, and she only felt dazzling, but not a trace of it.

It was a long time before his familiar voice slowly reached her ears.

She had heard that familiar and gentle tone many times, but this time, it was the last time.

"Chang'an."

"Huh?"

"Do you still love me?"

"I've always loved you."

The smile on his lips was like clear moonlight, "That's enough." ”

Before the words fell, his eyes had gradually diluted, and the strength in his hands weakened little by little.

There were already imperial doctors around who rushed forward, the palace people were busy, and Chang'an sat on the ground, only to feel that the sky and the earth were suddenly gloomy.

Ignoring everyone's obstruction, she threw herself on him, crying out bitterly, "Chu Luo, please, I don't want to stay here anymore, let's go back to Lin'an, I beg you, I beg you......"

Chu Luo's eyes were hazy, only tears rippled slightly, and he tried his best to smile calmly, looking out the window with a dull gaze.

"Chang'an, look, peach blossoms...... Opened ......"

His voice gradually lowered, little by little, until there was no more breath.

"Chu Luo!"

"Chu Luo!"

"The Queen's Mother......"

Chang An slowly stood up, his feet were weak, and he fell to the ground again.

Bursts of sorrow and mourning welled up in her heart, like countless waves surging against her heart.

She looked at the peach blossoms outside the window, and this peach blossom was planted outside the Mingde Palace.

Her thoughts turned back and forth, and she suddenly remembered that year when she entered the palace, she held his hand tightly, and slowly walked through this peach forest.

He stared at her, with deep affection in his eyes, "Do you still like what this king gave you?" ”

She lowered her eyebrows and smiled lightly, shy and silent.

His smile was like the light of the first day after the snow, and it warmed her life ever since.

The peach blossoms are still there, but the old man is not there.

The gambling books were consumed with the fragrance of tea, which was only common at that time.

She couldn't hold it back any longer, and fell to the ground and began to weep.