"He doesn't want to see you."

Hearing this, my smile froze visibly, and my long eyelashes gently fell.

Nangong Lizhu looked at me silently, and said after a while: "If you want to see him, I can help you say it in front of him." ”

I raised my eyes slightly: "Will you let me see him?" ”

"I'm not afraid of you seeing him."

“……”

Her smile was flat like a lake without ripples, quiet and peaceful, not too flamboyant and confident, but I knew that she was confident enough.

She can save my life in the dungeon, or she can beg Pei Yuanhao to suppress my case, because she knows that I am no longer a threat to her if I am alive now, especially in front of Pei Yuanhao, no matter what I say, Pei Yuanhao's person will only be her and not me.

That slap on that day, these days of prison, couldn't be clearer.

Thinking of this, I smiled again.

Although I was laughing, even I could feel the difficulty of smiling, maybe it was more ugly than crying, Nangong Lizhu looked at me quietly for a while, sighed, and said, "I really want to see your painful appearance, but I can't bear it." ”

"......" I paused for a moment and looked up at her.

"If only you made me hateful."

“……”

Just when I was more and more puzzled, she didn't want to see me again, and said briefly: "I came today to tell you that the emperor will leave for Beijing soon, you should take good care of your body, and the road is not easy to walk." With that, he got up and left.

Leaving for Beijing?!

As soon as I heard these four words, I was stunned, Pei Yuanhao wanted to go back, but the affairs in the south were still frozen here, how could I go back?

I hurriedly said, "Why?" ”

She gave me a faint look: "No why, it's time to go back." ”

With that, he turned and walked out of the gate.

Could it be that Pei Yuanhao really wants to go back, although now that Nangong Lizhu has returned to him, there is no one in charge of Shengjing's negotiations with the southerners, but the imperial court can still talk to them, although the attitude of Yao Lao and them is still unclear, but at least they can give it a try, otherwise everything they did before will be useless!

Just as she walked to the door, I suddenly said, "Are you going back?" ”

Her hand froze as she pushed the door, and she stood there for a moment, then slowly turned her head to look at me.

"Are you instigating the emperor to return to Beijing?"

"......" she didn't speak.

"What is your purpose in doing this?"

“……”

"What do you want to do when you come back to him?"

In the small room, the atmosphere became tighter and tighter because of my questioning, so tight that the whole body seemed to be oppressed, and it was a little difficult to breathe, she was silent for a while, slowly turned around and walked in front of me, leaned down to look at me, and said in a low voice: "Yue Qingying, do you know why you gave everything but ended up like this?" ”

“……”

"Some people can carry a hundred pounds of burden on their shoulders, and some people can carry a thousand pounds."

“……”

"If a person who picks a thousand catties goes to pick a hundred catties, he will easily live a life; And if a person who picks a hundred pounds goes to pick a thousand pounds, he will be crushed and injured. ”

“……”

"Everyone in the world knows how to lighten their burdens, but you are the only one who keeps increasing your burden."

“……”

"You ask yourself, is it a person who can pick up a thousand pounds?"

I raised my head and looked at the condescending, frighteningly beautiful face, and her words exploded in my mind like thunder, and the rumbling sound was endless, shaking everyone.

A thousand burdens, all the people, aren't these things I should be carrying? How heavy and heavy is what I can carry?

Or am I already crushed, but I don't know it?

After looking at each other for a long time, I looked into her eyes and said, "Then you, are you the one who picks on how much?" ”

She listened to my words, her eyes were a little dazed for a while, but her eyes softened strangely at this moment, as if she remembered something that made her heart soft, and after a while, she gritted her teeth, slowly leaned into my ear, and said softly: "I, only carrying one person." ”

My heart moved, and I looked at her with wide eyes.

At this moment, the voice of the Jade Gonggong sounded in the distance outside: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Emperor?! Pei Yuanhao is here?!

My face suddenly changed drastically, and Nangong Lizhu immediately stood up straight, hurriedly turned around and walked out.

The door opened, and the dazzling sunlight shone in from the outside, and the shadows of the two people were reflected on the ground for a long time, I watched Nangong Lizhu stop when he walked to the door, and another familiar, but also unfamiliar shadow slowly walked over, covering her slender shadow.

"Why are you here?"

"The imperial doctor said you came out without drinking medicine today."

"I'm all right."

"It's good to drink this pair."

Her voice didn't see much tenderness, and the voice that had always been cold and hard was still cold, but a strange softness could be heard, and the two of them grinded for a while, and no one spoke again.

After a while, I heard him say, "Go out with me." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Let's talk about it."

"Oh." The two shadows seemed to turn around and leave, but Nangong Lizhu paused, and said in a low voice: "Why don't you go in and see her?" ”

The shadow that turned around and left did not stay, and slowly left my sight, Nangong Lizhu stopped at the door for a moment, as if he wanted to come in and see me again, but after all, he still didn't, and turned away.

I sat quietly at the head of the bed, looking at the shadow that was slowly elongated and disappeared in the doorway, and was silent for a long time.

Over the next few days, the state capital calmed down.

Although my heart was tormented in a pot of oil every moment, I was locked up here, but there was not even a person to inquire about, and the women were ordered from above, and they did not say a word to me except to persuade me to eat and drink medicine.

After a few days, although my body has recovered a little, my spirit has deteriorated.

Finally, on this day, Father-in-law Yu came to visit me again, he looked at me twice, and said, "The spirit is still not very good." It's not easy for you to walk on the road like this. ”

I suddenly said uneasily: "Father-in-law Yu, are you really going back to Beijing?" ”

"Hmm."

"Yes, Miss Nangong asked for it?"

Gonggong Yu frowned, looked back at the outside, and still whispered: "Post road news, I heard that someone in Shengjing began to harass the border pass, which has never been done before, and the emperor is going to rush back." ”

Shengjing's people, harassing the border pass?!

I was stunned, how can Shengjing say that it is also the hometown of the royal family, even if Pei Yuanxiu went back after the defeat, but Pei Yuanhao ascended to the base number of years, he did not openly do anything to the imperial court, how could he now-

Thinking back to that peerless, dusty man, his smile was always so gentle, like the spring sun, would he really do such a thing?

And now, Nangong Lizhu has returned to Pei Yuanhao's side, Shengjing's people are harassing the border pass at this time, and the emperor leaves for Beijing on the same day, these things are linked......

A flash of inspiration flashed through my mind.

Could it be-

I hurriedly grabbed Father-in-law Yu's sleeve: "Father-in-law, do we really want to go back to Beijing?" ”

"The emperor has already made an order."

"But, Prince Qi hasn't come back yet, didn't he go out to run errands? Could it be that the emperor didn't even wait for him and was leaving? ”

"The emperor has already sent someone to recover the prince of Qi, but this time he has a long way to go, but I am afraid that he will not be able to come back in a short time, so the emperor's words to the prince of Qi are to let him return to Beijing from the Qujiang waterway, and he does not have to go back to Yangzhou to rendezvous."

Even Pei Yuanfeng, don't wait?

I grabbed the hand on the sleeve of the jade father-in-law, and then slowly withdrew my hand and said, "I know." ”

Father-in-law Yu glanced at me again and sighed: "You take care of your body, these things are all decided by the emperor, what is the use of you asking so much?" ”

I reluctantly smiled at him, "I see." ”

"You know, you just say yes." He patted me resentfully: "It's hard to pick up a life, don't do it again." After returning to Beijing, no matter how the emperor goes, you must remember it well, when the prince of Qi comes back, he will naturally intercede for you, just don't talk to the emperor again. ”

My heart was still a little chaotic for a while, but listening to his nagging, somehow it seemed like a warm current melted into my heart.

I glanced up at him and said, "I know my father-in-law, I will be obedient." ”

Hearing me say this, his face softened slightly, and at this moment, a little eunuch hurriedly ran outside, and he didn't have time to say goodbye, so he lay at the door and said, "Father-in-law Yu!" ”

Father-in-law Yu looked back at him and frowned: "What are you doing?" ”

"The emperor uploads you, go over right away!"

"Oh? What's up? ”

"Something's wrong!"

Listening to the little eunuch's voice, Father-in-law Yu didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly stood up and walked to the door, listened to what the little eunuch said in his ear, his face changed a little, and asked, "Where is the emperor?" ”

"I'm in the council hall!"

"Okay, go now!"

He didn't bother to greet me anymore, and walked out without looking back.

I lay at the head of the bed, but I was calmer than before.

Yangzhou, something happened at this time, I don't know what happened.

It's just that, looking at the look of the little eunuch just now, and the eager appearance of Father-in-law Yu, it shouldn't be a trivial matter.

As I was thinking about it, I saw two women who were watching me walk in from outside, carrying two large bags in their hands.

"Girl, look at what's missing, let's go find it."

I smiled: "It's hard work." Let's leave it there for now. ”

"Girl, tomorrow is the departure time, if you take something less, you won't have time to come back and find it."

I still smiled, "Okay." I'm sorry for you. ”

They looked at each other, glanced at me, and withdrew without saying anything, I sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the two big burdens on the bed, remembered what Father-in-law Yu had just said, and reached out, ready to put away the baggage.

But just when my fingers touched the burden, a sentence suddenly became clear in my mind.

The emperor's words to the prince of Qi were to let him return to Beijing from the Qujiang waterway......

Qujiang ...... Waterway......

That is, the waterway at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi!