Chapter 1 Back to square one

"Your Majesty, I checked it all here, and I didn't find anyone." Qing Yezhuo and six secret guards searched the village.

Qing Yezhuo looked around, it was overgrown with weeds and uninhabited, and he didn't know how that woman could have the guts to sleep peacefully in a place where all the villages had been slaughtered. Of course he didn't know, Tao Yaoyao adheres to the modern thinking of the 21st century, usually doesn't do bad things and is not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, she is the benefactor of the whole village, the world is impermanent, what is she afraid of.

"Your Majesty, there are traces of incense burning ahead." Another secret guard stepped forward to report.

"Let's go." Qing Yezhuo came to the house where Tao Yao lived, it was the original Xiaoshan's home, and there were some traces of incense burning at the door of the house, it seems that she should give incense to those villagers again.

Nightburn raised her head and pushed open the door, the room was tidy and tidy, a little different from the mess in front of it. First, because this house has not been inhabited for a long time, those Seamos have not found anything valuable, and second, Biyun has carefully cleaned up some of them.

Nightburn's eyes suddenly settled on the table, and he picked up the teapot and lifted the lid.

There is water! And the temperature! It should have just been gone!

"Chase!" Qing Yezhuo made a decision immediately, and immediately turned over and got on the horse with eight people. The road leading to the outside of this village is the road to Beigao, the road to the forest, and the cliff at the end.

"Mother, where are we going! There's a cliff in front of this forest! Biyun carried a bag on one shoulder, and hurried with Tao Yaoyao, and she hurriedly reminded after passing through the forest.

"Listen to me!" Tao Yaoyao didn't care to explain, that cliff was Tao Yao'er jumping off the cliff, how could she not know. It's just that when she came to Shuiyao Village from Yaowang Valley, Cheng Zinuo took her on a path.

The path is halfway through the forest to the side, and you can see a wide river, the water is particularly fast and bottomless, and ordinary people must think that it is a dead end. But along the river thirty zhang there is a soil and stone mat that can accommodate a person, and every step must be stepped on, otherwise you will fall into the river and drown. At that time, Cheng Zinuo taught the mantra when she left with the peach, and she only thought it was novel at the time, but now she has such a use.

"Young!" Nightburn's cry came this way.

"!" Biyun looked extremely nervous.

"Let's go!" Tao Xiaoyao didn't even think about it, and was ready to enter the forest.

"Young!" Qing Yezhuo came to her in a few breaths, and the two of them were only a hundred feet apart, but they were like thousands of feet.

Tao Yaoyao turned her back to him, and after Biyun pulled the corner of her clothes, she knelt down and saluted.

"I knew you weren't going to die! You'll be fine! The moment he saw the peach again, he was ecstatic in his heart, as if everything in the world had long ceased to exist, and there was only this one person in his eyes. These days are bleak and bleak, but the clouds disappear in an instant, and he even feels that God is taking care of him.

"Yes! I'd rather die for me! Tao Yaoyao still turned her back to him, and her words were sewn like ice in such a weather.

"Son, I will make those people pay for their blood debts, and you come back. All right? How could Qing Yezhuo not feel her coldness, how could he not know that the servant girl was not just a servant girl in Taoyao, he was afraid, he panicked, his tone was mixed with begging, the begging of a son of heaven.

"Where are you going? Is it to go back to that golden cage and cheat me for the rest of my life? Or do you share your husband's affection with your harem beauties? Is it waiting to be torn next time? Or are you waiting for all the people around me to die well?! Tao Yaoyao lost control, and she turned to him and sobbed.

At that moment, the mountains and rivers seemed to collapse, the heavens and the earth were colorless, only the cold wind fell between the two people's hair, like a leaf dancing.

"Xiao'er, I will protect you, I will not let you be hurt again!" Qing Yezhuo took a step forward, and Tao Xiaoxiao immediately took two steps back.

"Protection?! Hahaha! No one in this world can protect me! Except for myself! Tao Yao laughed, the flower-like girl was burned in a fire, if it weren't for Jasper, that person would probably be her! Jasper died to protect her, and this man is still talking big at the moment!

"Oh boy, it was just an accident." Qing Yezhuo lowered his outstretched arm and explained blankly.

"You never know which will come first, tomorrow or the accident." Tao Xiaoyao sneered, she could be regarded as deeply aware of this sentence.

"Son, go back with me. I will make you the queen, and no one will bully you. Qing Yezhuo thought that Tao Yaoyao was angry or sad, so he could only grind it sentence by sentence to make her change her mind.

"The monarch of Beigao, your queen can't be the daughter of a traitorous courtier, besides, this daughter is still not related by blood, this daughter is still the son of a princess of an enemy country! No one will bless, no one will agree, just like that ridiculous ceremony. From the beginning, it was destined to be just a conspiracy, just a spill of honey for my life! Tao Yaoyao's mind was clear, she laughed, Qing Yezhuo still thinks that all this is a coincidence?

"Xiao'er, you said that you want to be my queen, and you want to accompany me to see the prosperity of the world......" Qing Yezhuo's voice weakened.

"I regret it!" Tao Yaoyao refused bluntly, and it was not negotiable.

"...... Child"

"I want to ask you a question, can you answer it truthfully?" Tao asked suddenly.

"As long as the child asks...... "Qing Yezhuo's eyes lit up, and he took several steps forward.

And Tao Xiaoxiao immediately pulled Biyun backwards.

"Did you already know that Tao Wancheng was a spy?" Tao Yao knew the answer, but he didn't give up.

"......" Qing Yezhuo's eyes darkened a little, he knew what Tao Yaoyao wanted to ask, but he couldn't say it.

"Yes, I almost forgot that you are a king, above all men. You already knew that Tao Wancheng was a spy, but you just used him to pretend that he didn't know and wanted to take the opportunity to give Seamus a fatal blow, but you didn't know that you sacrificed the lives of Tao Ying and Tao Yao'er, and sacrificed Jasper's life. You already know that Tao Yao'er has a relationship with you, and you will never allow her to have anything to do with Qingtianhao, even if you watch her fall off the cliff, you won't save her life. You have long known that Concubine Mu died at the hands of the queen, and you have long known that there is a corpse of the mother of the country lined in the Lake of Forgotten Worries, but you will only use this as a bargaining chip, but you have never thought about brotherhood. It's ridiculous, you are so ruthless, I still have the luxury of your love! Qing Ye Zhuo, your peach concubine has been buried in the sea of fire, and the world knows it. From now on, there will be no Tao Yao'er in the world! After Tao Xiaoxiao finished speaking, he pulled Biyun and ran towards the forest.

"Your Majesty, at the end of the forest is a cliff—"

"The four of them stayed where they were, and the others dismounted, don't chase too closely!" Qing Yezhuo frowned and said.

"Yes!" Four of them immediately dismounted, and followed Nightburn into the woods, but always kept their distance.

Qing Yezhuo was afraid that she would chase hard, Tao Yao'er couldn't think about it for a while, and besides, she was still pregnant and couldn't run too fast.

"Niangniang, Biyun is going from this side, you go first." Biyun walked to the fork and said.

"No, let's go together!" Tao Xiaoyao disagreed, Jasper was like this before.

"Niangniang, Biyun knows that you are thinking about Biyu, but the emperor will not do anything to Biyun, otherwise we will not be able to leave!" Biyun said anxiously, seeing that the people behind him caught up.

"Niangniang, Biyun is waiting for you, come and pick up Biyun." Then, Biyun stuffed a handful of silver tickets in Tao Yaoyao's arms, took the opportunity to take off her hand, and ran to the road of the cliff.

"Jasper!" Momo was startled, but it was irreparable by this time, she walked behind a tree next to her and hid, and only cried after a few people walked by.

He just passed by her, and she even thought that if he found out or became suspicious and found her, she would go back with her. But how is this possible? She looked at the anxious expression of Qing Yezhuo's mighty body, and her heart was sour. But she was determined to escape from that golden cage, since the sky was like this, why did she have to be so entangled?

"Biyun, don't worry, I will definitely pick you up." Momo looked at the direction steadily, and walked towards the path.

"Your Majesty—" Biyun walked to the end of the cliff and knelt down with a pop.

"Where's the child!" Nightshade roars.

"The emperor can rest assured, Niangniang did not jump off the cliff." Biyun was undaunted.

"What about her!" Qing Yezhuo looked around and found no trace of Tao Xiaoxiao at all.

Niangniang went the other way, and Biyun didn't know how to go that way. It's just that Niangniang asked Biyun to convey a sentence, this life is destined to be lost, and I don't want to miss you. Biyun said softly, in her heart, no matter what Tao Yaoyao said, she felt that it was right, Tao Yaoyao was her God, her everything.

"Do you know what it is to hide the imperial concubine!" Qing Ye squinted his eyes and said angrily.

"Biyun knows, but Niangniang said that she didn't want to be this concubine, and Tao Yao'er had been buried in the world by the emperor's holy decree." Jasper didn't even frown, she was ready, if she forced her to jump again.

"Someone, bring her back to the palace." Seeing Biyun move back, he commanded.

"Yes." The two of them left from the edge of the cliff with Biyun, passing by Qing Yezhuo's side.

"Remember, Tao Yao'er is dead, you never left the palace, but you went to grab medicine that day, then went to the kitchen to boil medicine, and only returned late at night." Qing Yezhuo said softly.

Biyun was stunned for a moment, it turned out that the emperor was not ruthless, but to protect his mother!

Mother, you're not wrong! The emperor has you in his heart!

It's just that Tao Yaoyao couldn't hear it, she had already crossed the river at this time and went in the direction of the Medicine King Valley, but the roar just now made her a little dizzy. Her mind was full of Qing Yezhu's merciless orders, her mind was full of Jasper's tragic death, and after a long time, she gradually felt a little soft and hot.

Suddenly, a mouthful of blood spurted out of her.

"Is it still a seizure—" Tao Yao sneered.

There is no song in the dead branches, the birds and beasts are sad, and the body of the peach is like a floating kite falling with the wind and falling to the ground.

"Finally found it!" The worries of the visitors were swept away.