The quiet and cold of Huanqing Palace is something that Yi Huaiyu did not expect, Xu is stained with the cold air of the Qing character in the name, there are always few people here, the grass and trees are withered, and only the flickering lights in the hall can make people feel the temperature a little.

The palace maids and eunuchs have all been taken away, and when Yi Huaiyu pushed open the wooden door in the bedroom, the first thing he saw was not Sima Tulan but Shen Junfang, and after a moment of surprise, he was relieved, he asked Shen Junfang to teach the prince's homework, how could he forget it. If he is not in the imperial capital, only Shen Junfang can take care of Sima Tulan for him.

"Your Majesty." Shen Junfang, who was resting by the fireside, was woken up by the sound of footsteps, and when he saw that the person who came in was Yi Huaiyu, he was first surprised and then panicked, and his red face was at a loss, "I, I boiled medicine for the queen's mother, and I fell asleep somehow......"

Yi Huaiyu glanced at Sima Tulan who was sleeping on the bed, put his finger to his lips and shook his head gently, Shen Jun let go, covered his mouth and tiptoed out of the bedroom, leaving only Yi Huaiyu and Sima Tulan in the room.

The calloused fingers carefully caressed Sima Tulan's sleeping face, hard but gentle. Yi Huaiyu sat on the edge of the bed and watched quietly, looking at the haggard face, looking at the cruel scars carved between a woman's eyebrows and eyes for the crimes he had committed, looking at it, he couldn't bear to stare at it anymore.

Compared with the arrogant and domineering daughter of the gate back then, the current Empress Dayao is much more mature, and there is a faint tiredness mark in the corner of her eyes, Yi Huaiyu doesn't know if Sima Tulan will grow old quickly like other women, he only knows that the time he gave her is really too little, too little.

"Tu'er......" lowered her head and kissed the beads of sweat on her forehead, and she felt the bitterness of a kind of medicine, which was worse than the pain in Sima Tulan's heart, even if she didn't say it, he knew it.

A little heat in the center of his eyebrows made Sima Tulan's chaotic dream dissipate, and he opened his eyes dimly, and then closed them again.

"It's a dream again......"

The muttering that hid the sigh made Yi Huaiyu's heart twist like a knife in an instant, and he clenched the pale and cold palm hard, and buried his head deep into Sima Tulan's neck. How ridiculous, he who rarely appears in Huanqing Palace finally came, as she hoped to send tenderness and concern, but she chose to close her eyes when she saw him, preferring to believe that what she saw was just another sad dream.

Has he made her so hopeless?

If a person can still live by cutting out his heart, he really wants to take out Sima Tulan's heart to see what kind of holes are on it, and he wants to take out his heart to show her, so that she knows that he is not disgusted with her or hates her, but just ...... Can't convince yourself to approach.

He loved her, and he was destined on the night that he shouldn't have happened.

The breathing that was too real finally made Sima Tulan sober up, and when her fingers touched the cold armor that she had not had time to take off, she suddenly lost all her words and actions.

Yi Huaiyu had never been so tender to her, and suddenly how did she respond. Should I hold him close and tell him about the long period of desolation and loneliness, or should I push him away mercilessly, so that he can also taste the bitter feeling of being abandoned. Of course, she wouldn't beg for anything with tears, her character didn't allow her to show her weak side, otherwise she wouldn't have come to this point.

In the flickering candle light, the two of them were in a stalemate, until a light cough sounded outside, and Yi Huaiyu got up and sat down.

"How's your body?"

"It's no longer in the way, Shen Guoshi's magic hand is a miracle doctor, and the medicine will cure the disease."

"Hmm." Glancing at Sima Tulan's slightly thin cheeks, Yi Huaiyu wanted to persuade her to rest more, but when the words came to his mouth and swallowed back into his stomach, he sighed lightly, "I didn't expect that someone in the harem would make this dirty method, and when I caught the murderer, I had to punish him heavily, not only to make an example of him, but also to give you justice." ”

Sima Tulan snorted, holding the quilt and still lying lazily: "Justice is something." I haven't seen it in 800 years, so what's the use of giving it to me at this time. Catch someone and deal with it, I can't see such a disgusting thing in my eyes. ”

Yi Huaiyu twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly, raised his hand, and after hesitating for a moment, gently landed on the back of Sima Tulan's hand.

"Go back to sleep, I'll watch over you tonight."

Without words of gratitude or excuse, Sima Dolan accepted Yi Huaiyu's proposal indifferently, and even refused to be polite, only stared at him for a long time, and then hugged the warm hand and fell asleep quietly.

Having him and not having to share it with others, having him as gentle as a promise and not for utilitarianism is also rare for her at this moment, but Sima Tulan still has something she doesn't know, at the critical moment when she broke through Jiang Guo and drove straight into Zhao Kingdom, Yi Huaiyu, who heard the news of her poisoning, did not hesitate to choose to give up the attack and return to the imperial capital.

"I'd rather lose ten cities than lose the queen of my dynasty." In front of the Yang Soul Pass, Emperor Da Yao, who was holding a gun in silver armor, was loud.

That was his greatest wish in the first half of his life, to break through the city of Zhaoguo, replace its hegemony, and let the people who once oppressed Yaoguo pay for their blood debts. The world cannot be abandoned by one person, Yi Huaiyu understands this better than anyone else, but he understands the value of Sima Tulan better, with her, he can crisscross the battlefield without worries, without her, his heart will be one less corner, even if he owns the world, he can't remedy it.

So he returned, in order to protect her from being in danger.

"I've only loved two women in my life, but I've failed both, and all I can do now is to try not to hurt you as much as possible. Tu'er, will you forgive me? A faint voice rolled between his lips and teeth, and the deep guilt in his tone was so deep that only the person who spoke could hear it.

Yi Huaiyu waved his sleeves to turn off the lights, held Sima Tulan's hand and clothes and lay down, closed his eyes, and breathed evenly in his ears to fall asleep.

The lights in the room went out and the night was dark, and Shen Junfang, who was guarding outside, understood that Yi Huaiyu would not leave tonight. It's normal to think about it, after the king of a country and a country, they have experienced the battlefield of life and death together, how can that friendship be said to be dispersed. Laughing at himself, Shen Junfang regretted that he had spoken out in front of Sima Tulan, and his young face was full of loneliness.

"The emperor has returned to the palace, and Shen Guoshi can go to rest." The door opened and closed, and even Sui Liang stood in front of Shen Junfang with a calm face, just in time to separate the eyes of the pair of obsessively looking at the door of the inner room.

Shen Jun lowered his head and tugged at the corner of his clothes like a child: "Can General Puppet accompany me for a while?" I...... I have something I want to say to the dual general. ”

Lian Suiliang nodded, and a trace of waves flashed in his eyes.

The aura emanating from the young man seemed to be different from that before he left the palace, decadent and desolate.

The deep gaze swept over the quiet and silent inner room, and in a blink of an eye, it moved to the courtyard where there was not half a palace maid and eunuch waiting, and occasionally walked in front of him, Shen Jun didn't speak, and he refused to speak.

Walking through the winding path of the deep palace, and walking to the shadow of the moonlight covered by withered vines and branches, Shen Junfang suddenly stopped, stared blankly at the back in front of him who stopped with him, and was silent for a long time before he said a word.

"General Puppet also liked the queen mother."