Chapter 9: Ambition is Hard to Reward (5)

Ming'er has always avoided Liluo since returning to the palace, and often avoids him when she hears or sees him from a distance, but at this time, after serving tea to the two of us, she stood quietly aside, bowing her head and saying nothing.

I glanced at Ming'er, although I couldn't bear to break her away, but I had something in my heart to ask Liluo in a hurry, and I didn't want her to know, so I paused and said, "Ming'er, I have something I want to ask Mr. Liluo alone." ”

Ming'er slowly looked up at me, walked out silently, and closed the door.

Liluo looked at me silently, as if waiting for me to speak. Actually, I didn't think about what to ask, but I was uneasy, and I always wanted to find something to confirm something, but what did I want to prove?

"Niangniang, your complexion is very bad today, I heard the emperor say that you had a terrible nightmare last night?" Liluo opened his mouth first.

I looked at him, pondered how to answer, and said for a while: "Yes, last night's dream was very terrible, so I would like to ask Mr. today, is there any way?" ”

Liluo looked at me with deep eyes, and said lightly: "I think about it every day, I dream at night, and I don't have to be persistent." ”

But ...... "I want to stop talking, but what do I want to ask him?" I haven't figured it out yet.

"It's like a dream, the mother's experience is bizarre, is there anything you can't see today?"

"I'm just scared."

"Today's cause, tomorrow's effect, karma has always been the same, true and true. Live in the present, why suffer yourself. Liluo's words sounded without a trace of emotion, stiff, cold, and surrounded me with a chill.

I suddenly became a little annoyed, and I didn't want to see him anymore, so I stood up and said to him, "Even if there is a destiny, I still believe in the human heart, and the destiny is comparable to the strength of the human heart?" Forget it, sir, please go back. ”

Li Luo was silent, got up to say goodbye and turned to leave, but he stood still before he was about to go out, and said to me: "Weichen advises Niangniang again, live in peace, don't force it." ”

I stiffened, my long nails were embedded in the palm of my hand, and suddenly my heart softened, I lowered my eyelids, and said quietly: "Mr. Li, if it really comes to that time, if there is really that time, can you save him?" ”

Liluo and I were speechless, his eyes were deep as if he was exploring the deep meaning of my words, and after a while, he smiled indifferently and said: "If there is really such a day, the minister should do his best and protect his mother." ”

"I don't need to, you promise me to protect him." I looked at him eagerly, hoping that he would give me a real promise right away.

"The minister can only protect the mother."

“……”

Leaving Luo bowed and left, recalling what he had just said, my heart seemed to fall deeper into a fog, he said that he only protected me, why did he protect me?

Liluo's words made me uneasy, and the predicament in the dream also made me feel deep, that dream was a sign that I would eventually lose my Baoyuan, right? After losing my grandmother and children, the next one who will leave me will be Baoyuan?

The heart is becoming more and more flustered, like a person who is chased and killed by the enemy every day, knowing that danger is around, but he does not know when he will die, only boundless horror surrounds.

For the war in Fengzhou, Bao Yuan has been discussing with the ministers in the previous dynasty for several days, and now the main battle between the DPRK and China and the voice of the main peace are frequent. In order to plan for a long time, Bao Yuan went to Li Jun, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, three times in a row, to explain to him the position of uniting against Zhou, but after all, he sank into the sea. In desperation, he had to order the three armies to defend Fengzhou and deal with the Zhou army.

The hibiscus outside the window has bloomed, but my increasingly uneasy mood makes this late autumn beauty full of confusion and uneasiness. Because of the warm weather, Zhiqiu and Ming'er were drying the bedding in the courtyard with the palace maids and eunuchs, watching them patting the thick quilts for a while, and a thin layer of dust and mist seemed to rise in front of them, their minds were a little dizzy, and the scenery around them was also a little shaky......

Is there another earthquake? I speculated that I wanted to stand up, but my head was overwhelmed by thousands of pounds, and my ears were buzzing, and it seemed that hundreds of people were arguing, and suddenly in the midst of those noisy sounds I heard a strong tambourine sound, which almost broke my already slender nerves.

"Zhiqiu, Ming'er......" I desperately kept my mind clear, trying to calm my mind.

At the moment when he was about to faint, suddenly a clear breath was injected into his heart from the top of his head, and all the chaotic thoughts returned, and those disturbances and noises disappeared in an instant.

When I calmed down, I saw Zhiqiu and Ming'er standing in front of me with uneasy faces, and Ming'er said with a concerned expression: "Sister, what's wrong with you?" Just now you called me and Mother Qiu, but it was as if you couldn't see anything. What is wrong with you? ”

I shook my head, but I didn't feel any discomfort except that I felt a little dizzy.

Zhiqiu was calmer in the end, brought me a cup of tea, and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

I smiled hard and said, "I haven't been sleeping very well lately. ”

"Yes, the slave and maid are too worried about the mother's face and expression, everything must be relaxed, and it will be fine." Zhiqiu comforted softly, and I couldn't tell the two of them about the previous dynasty, so I had to nod perfunctorily.

Fang drank half a cup of tea, and saw Jingyi coming in a hurry. Today she wore a homely apricot-colored Luo skirt with simple hairpins, thinking that she was in a hurry when she came, and her sideburns were a little loose.

After she and I exchanged salutes, she spoke out of the crowd and looked at me solemnly. I rarely saw her so solemn, and I couldn't help but feel worried in my heart, and asked with a smile: "My sister came to me today, but what is the important matter?" ”

Jing Yi didn't say a word and wept, and after a while, Fang mourned and said to me: "Sister, you must help me this time, help our Han family, and only you, only you can help us." ”

Hearing her say this, seeing her like this, I panicked, hurriedly stepped forward to take her hand, and asked carefully: "As long as my sister can help with my sister's affairs, I will not refuse, but I don't know what happened to make my sister so sad?" ”

Jingyi wiped her tears and whispered to me, "Sister, do you know the battle ahead?" ”

I shook my head blankly and said, "Recently, the emperor has been to the Changchun Palace, and I really don't know what the war was like in the previous dynasty." ”

Jingyi said: "This morning, my mother's family brought a letter, saying that the 2,000 soldiers of the Shu general Wang Luan wanted to surprise attack the Zhou army when they arrived in Huanghua Valley, and they were suddenly attacked by Zhang Jianxiong of the Zhou army. After the defeat of the defeat to Tangcang, he was ambushed, and the main general Wang Luan was killed in battle, and all his troops were captured. ”

"What?" I was shocked and said hurriedly: "This surprise attack is arranged by the emperor's own letter and secret letter, how can it be detected by the Zhou army?" "I said this in my mouth, but I was anxious in my heart, all 2,000 soldiers were captured, so how should the war in Fengzhou be good?