She suddenly began to hope that he was really protecting himself in the shadows and not letting her be hurt in the slightest, but ...... Sometimes, how ridiculous hope is, especially when a man has decided to put you as a pawn on the chessboard, is there still a way out for you? All hope is only intended to dispel your worries and make you have no turning back, so why should you let yourself despair with this hopeless hope? Did she never believe or believe that he would use her?

How can your heart not hurt? How can it not be messed up? She really couldn't figure out the joints, she just wanted to know if he really cared about her, and if he did, how could he force her to such a point? If she doesn't care, there are bits and pieces of the past that she can't erase with suspicion. And in the face of such an ambiguous situation, does she really want to take this step? Is this step worth it? Will he have a new deployment, and in case this deployment happens the next moment when everything has already happened......

She paused suddenly, but heard a voice say, "Miss Jinling, it's here." ”

As if only in an instant, the magnificent palace came into view, with lanterns and torches arranged on both sides of the road with relief patterns, and blue and black auspicious patterns on the white marble ground.

The light is so intense that it all seems to pierce the eye directly, and it is incomparably clear.

"Miss Jinling, let's go in." Wu Liuqi urged in a low voice.

I don't know where the power came from, pulling her steps forward.

As if just waiting for her arrival, the palace lights went out one after another behind him, and his heart seemed to sink with a little darkness.

There was a cold infiltration, spreading out layer by layer, condensing into ice at the fingertips.

In the end, only the two lights at the entrance of the palace were faintly lit.

The warm jade of Zhaoyang Hall is piled up, warm as spring, but it is difficult to dispel the chill in my heart.

"Your Majesty, Miss Jinling is here......"

Wu Liuqi bowed down and said.

Yuwen Rongtian was still reviewing the folds in front of the case, and he didn't raise his eyes when he heard the words, only "um".

No one spoke.

Su Jinling peeked at him.

Although I saw it in Xueyang Palace yesterday, of course, I only glanced at it from a distance, and I didn't notice anything wrong, and now in the slightly dim candlelight, it is obvious that the angular cheeks are slightly collapsed, and there are silver threads faintly between the temples, showing a haggard color.

At first glance, I can't help but be surprised.

"Your Majesty, it's not too early, it's better to rest early."

Yuwen Rong did not move at all.

"Your Majesty, Miss Jinling is not in good health, if she is ......"

Wu Liuqi's soft words came to an abrupt end just right.

It's only half a sentence, but it really works.

Yuwen Rongtian raised his eyes and glanced at Su Jinling......

The previously sharp eagle eyes were surrounded by a faint black halo, and there was a withering in the haggardness.

"Come on, wait for the emperor to freshen up......" Wu Liuqi saw the opportunity to act.

Yuwen Rongtian no longer objected, and put down the fold.

Here, two more palace maids led Su Jinling down to freshen up.

Her heart, which had just been a little sad, lifted up again.

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It was mid-autumn, and the floor-to-ceiling light yarn had been replaced by a smoke curtain, silent all around, as if sleeping.

When Su Jinling entered, the emperor had already slept, and the brocade tent hung down from the roof, enveloping the wide dragon bed.

She stood for a while, sat down silently on the toot, stroked the soft cloud silk quilt - only the first-class characters in the palace could use this kind of quilt that was warm in winter and cool in summer, and sighed.

The palace maid standing outside the curtain still retreated silently, and the palace lights were extinguished a few more times.

In the darkness, there was a few murmurs of silver garlic, and then silence returned.

She opened her eyes wide, looking at the little dusk behind the curtains, hoping that the night would pass so peacefully.

"Ahem......"

Suddenly there were a few soft coughs from the tent.

Her nerves tensed, but then there was silence, only the palinary curtain moved like a wave, and in an instant it was as calm as water.

She breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back on the edge of the bed, her arms around her knees and her chin resting on her lap.

She was so tired, so tired that she didn't even have the strength to study whether Yuwen Xuancang was true or false, only the damp sourness slowly infiltrated her heart.

The long eyelashes were lifted a few times, and finally closed them heavily.

She didn't know how long she had been asleep, it seemed to be only for a moment, but she had an extremely complicated dream. The dream vanished the moment I woke up, and only the feeling of heartache remained real and intensified. The moment I opened my eyes, there was still a little warmth and humidity slipping from the corners of my eyes.

"Ahem......"

She was awakened by a light cough in the tent. I thought that the emperor was just coughing twice, but he didn't want it to get worse.

"Your Majesty, the slave will pour you a glass of water."

"I've got you in trouble?"

The hoarse voice made her feel uncomfortable.

"Nope."

She whispered, hurriedly touched the side of the case, and blew up the fire fold again.

"Don't, don't light the lamp, ahem......"

She hurriedly put down the fire, fumbled and poured water, and brought it to the bedside.

"The slave has already tried it, and the emperor can drink it with confidence."

A chuckle caused several light coughs, and it was clear that he was trying his best to suppress it, but it was still unstoppable.

A hand stretched out between the rolling curtains, and she hurriedly handed over the tea, but it was knocked off.

"Don't, don't light the lamp, ahem......"

"Your Majesty......" A little fire flickered between her fingers.

"Don't ...... I'm afraid I'll scare you......"

Suddenly, my eyes burned.

"Come here, sit with me, cough cough ......"

She hesitated for a moment, then staggered to the side of the bed.

The curtain opened slightly, revealing a bright yellow figure blinded by the night light.

The figure reached out, and she held on, but her wrist was grabbed.

"Afraid of me?"

She was silent, she just wanted to withdraw her hand, but although the emperor's strength was not large, it was clenched tightly, so that she couldn't withdraw for a while, and finally became afraid.

chuckled: "Tell me what nightmare I just had, and I'll let you go." ”

"The slave and maid disturbed the emperor, please ask the emperor to ......"

"Someone bullied you?"

The silent struggle suddenly froze, and suddenly tears flooded his eyes, and a barely audible sob.

"Looks like I guessed right. Say, "Whoever has bullied you, I will punish him!" ”

The emperor's tone was full of pampering, like a loving father who wants to seek justice for his daughter.

She bit her lip and tried her best to swallow the sourness, but the tears rolled out uncontrollably.

"Looks like this is out of the realm of what you can tell me the truth, right? Then guess. Is it Xuan Zheng? If it is Xuan Zheng, I will beat him and lock him up; If it was Xuanlang, I would punish him to read and write, and copy the Analects a hundred times; If...... Xuancang ......"

"The Emperor's ......"

The soft wattle in his palm suddenly trembled.

Yuwen Rongxi's heart also trembled...... Still reluctant to him? Still can't bear to blame him?

My good son really planned a good way out for her and for herself!

Concubine Xian said that this son is like him, and it is true!

But this girl does not understand your painstaking efforts, and even cries in her dreams. No wonder she likes you so much......

sighed, and wanted to pull her to sit beside him, but met her silent resistance.

"You don't have to worry, I won't do anything to you." Seeing that she didn't move, her tone was unconsciously firm: "You have no jokes!" ”

She frowned, and finally sat down, but still kept a certain distance from the emperor.

Yuwen Rongtian smiled: "This disease, I know that I am really old, so I don't want to miss your ......"

My heart warms: "Your Majesty ......"

"I know you're not in good health, so I shouldn't have recruited you, but ...... I don't know how much time I can spend with Jinling like this......"

"The emperor's ......" tears have fallen: "The emperor will definitely live a long and healthy life, and live a long life......

"Heh, do you think there is an emperor in history who lived to be more than 100 years old? They all called the emperor 'Long live', knowing that it was impossible to live that long, so they used it to entertain the emperor's ......"

"How so?"

"I know my body, ahem......"

"The emperor has always been healthy, why did he suddenly ......"

Her voice stopped abruptly, and she suddenly thought that the Gu poison on Concubine Yu's body could it be......

"Kang Jian? What kind of health can a man who is crusading from the east and the west to fight against the horses and horses have? It's just taking the tonic on top, and ......" sighed, and suddenly smiled again: "Do you know why I have to go north every year to patrol the fortification?" ”

Sighing again: "You all think that I am going to visit the mountains and rivers or to show the prestige of Tianhao, although it is not bad, but ...... Actually, I'm going to meet someone. There is a great mage who can refine a kind of elixir, as long as I eat the elixir, I can keep safe for a year. ”

Su Jinling looked suspicious.

"Heh, I don't believe it either, but the great mage was very alarmist back then, and Jin Ling also said that people's greatest and simplest desire is to live. Although I am the Son of Heaven, I am also a human being, and I also want to live, so I ......" Yuwen Rongtian sat up a little, and provoked a violent cough: "After so many years, it is really nothing." It's just that the mage is really hateful, saying that the pill can only be made into one pill a year......"

Su Jinling knew that many emperors in history had summoned Quartet Warlocks to refine pills in order to seek immortality, but none of them succeeded, could Yuwen Rongtian also be deceived? Besides, what kind of mage will use this to contain the emperor with pills to achieve some ulterior purpose?

"I am the Son of Heaven, how can I be made by him? That's why I didn't look for him last year......"

Indeed, last autumn, the emperor led the princes and princes and nobles to hunt in the Yunchang enclosure, and was assassinated, which led to the Los Angeles Rebellion, but it also removed the big trouble.

"It's been nothing unusual this year, and I feel like I've been fooled before, but I don't want to...... Ahem......"

Su Jinling hurriedly brought water again and served the emperor to drink.

Yuwen Rongtian breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that I have to go north this year......"

"The emperor is like this now, if he has been tired of carriages and horses...... It is better to rest in the palace and send someone to find the mage to get medicine. ”

Yuwen Rongtian smiled and shook her little hand: "These people around me, including my children, I'm afraid that you are the only one who is really worried about me and doesn't want me to die so early......"

"Your Majesty, in fact, ......"

A sigh and a slight cough: "Actually, I really want to accept you as a righteous daughter, but I am afraid that the king of the Lie will not cut his love......"

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PS: On the first day of the Year of the Dragon, the beginning of all things, I wish you all the best O(∩_∩)O~