Chapter Twenty-Four: The Road to the Palace Gate
Is that the man in black you?
Zhuang Meiyan's puzzled gaze fell on Xiao Xuanchen's face, and the latter's impassivity was obviously a tacit acquiescence. Shu Ji Piggyback
"Why? Why did you knock Qin Fengyang unconscious?" Zhuang Meiyan's eyes appeared in front of the situation at that time, she remembered very well that at that time, the man in black started to fight Qin Fengyang as soon as he entered the door, as if there was some deep hatred between the two.
"I'm saving him!" Xiao Xuanchen said without hesitation.
Knocking people unconscious and saying that they are saving people, what kind of truth is this!
Zhuang Meiyan's eyebrows frowned slightly, full of doubts.
"And where is he now?"
"He must have been imprisoned in a prison by his sister Queen Mother. Xiao Xuanchen's tone was very relaxed, and he didn't care about himself.
His arms were firmly encircled around Zhuang Meiyan, and the little woman's body was already a little stiff, although she still pressed her forehead against his chest, but she stopped talking and no longer looked at herself. He looked down and couldn't help but laugh.
"Are you angry? You want to say, if I took him out of the palace with you, why did you knock him out? Now it's okay, the queen mother must think that her brother brought someone to save you, and I am obviously framing you. What will happen to a good person if he goes to prison? Even if he doesn't die, he will be sentenced to exile or something. β
Xiao Xuanchen teased in a relaxed tone.
"Humph!"
Zhuang Meiyan was greatly dissatisfied, she finally tilted her head and glanced at the guy, and then sighed: "I understand! Because at that time, you already knew that Duanmu Hao's army would soon rush back to the capital, and the queen's conspiracy had been exposed, and such a terrible crime would be charged to the Nine Clans." If Qin Fengyang was sent to the prison by the queen at that time, then now, it will become the best proof that he did not go along with his father and sister, and his charges will be offset. β
"You say, will the prince let him go?" Zhuang Meiyan said, and finally hesitated.
"Whether Duanmu Hao wants to let him go or not is probably not the key, the current pattern is no longer something that Duanmu Hao can control alone. β
"But as you just said, he's already the regent. β
Zhuang Meiyan is a smart person, he only argued a sentence, immediately understood something, and hung his head slightly.
"Xiaobai. β
"Hmm. β
"I want to enter the palace. β
"Now?"
"Hmm. β
From the moment she lowered her head and called "Xiaobai" softly, Xiao Xuanchen knew that this girl had no good intentions, and there was really a problem. Not to mention the current situation in the palace, it is not suitable for outsiders to enter, just say that her current injury has not healed, and he is reluctant to let her run around.
"Do you have to go?"
Xiao Xuanchen sighed and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you." β
Feng'an Castle, the inner courtyard of the Imperial Palace.
The Queen's Palace, tall and splendid, is as it always was. The woman in costume sitting on the high main seat is the queen mother of the day. Or such a comment is not accurate enough, it should be said that it is the former queen mother. Just yesterday, Duanmu Hao, the prince of Ruixiang, led the army to enter Feng'an City smoothly in the name of "Qinwang Zheng, Qingjun Side", which received almost no resistance, and the troops on the periphery of the capital surrendered when they heard the news.
One of the main forces is the southern troops of Changxinhou, Changxinhou said that he was sick and recuperating, and the southern troops could not be deployed at all, and Chu Yifan's army in the north directly declared that he would assist the prince of Ruixiang, "Only the prince is the first to look forward." β
The capital is finally hopeless.
This is a war without suspense, it has ended before it has even begun, and the only innocent thing is the two thousand Praetorian Guards buried in the mountains, they were originally ordered to supervise Duanmu Hao, but they were annihilated by Duanmu Hao and Wuyang Guo in one fell swoop.
It's so quiet now! She was the only one left in the palace. After the news of Prince Ruixiang's return to Feng'an, the people in the palace were panicked, or ran to ask for a reward from the winner, or took advantage of the chaos to sneak away.
She can't do either of these things, she's a queen, a former queen.
Yesterday, Prince Ruixiang entered the Qinzheng Palace, convened hundreds of civil and military officials, and announced the world. Because of his advanced age and long-term illness, the former emperor was really unable to deal with state affairs, so he was willing to give up the throne to his youngest son, and he himself became the happy emperor.
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
A loud message came intermittently, echoing through the empty hall.
Empress Qin's face showed a mocking smile, not only laughing at the other party's hypocrisy, but also laughing at her own downfall.
Surrounded by many palace maids and eunuchs, Jiang Fubai, who was wearing a yellow phoenix robe, slowly walked into the palace.
"Sister is good, why doesn't my sister go to accompany the Emperor Taishang? The Emperor Taishang will soon leave for the warm and humid Du'an City in the south to recuperate, my sister has been married to the Emperor Taishang for many years, why don't you go to see him off?"
Jiang Fubai said slowly, with a faint sound of gold and stone in his voice.
Qin sneered and said, "It turns out that you still can't help it, and you want to come over to see the jokes of the mourning family." β
"Bold! dare to be rude to the Queen Mother. β
A eunuch stepped forward in a pretentious manner and accused.
"Smack!" the minion who wanted to get a jackpot in front of his master got a slap.
This slap was given by the Qin family.
"Well fought, sister, this minion turned out to be someone next to you, ungrateful thing, good fight!" Jiang Fubai said with a smile.
The eunuch didn't get any benefits on both sides, covered his face and cried: "The queen mother spares her life!
He opened his bow left and right and tried desperately to beat his mouth, and his voice was loud.
Jiang Fubai didn't even look at it, but smiled at the Qin family: "Sister, I have to be angry with him for such a thing, and I hit him carefully and dirty my sister's hands." You guys go out first! The mourning family has a few words to say to my sister. β
The crowd withdrew.
Jiang Fubai raised his head and looked around the whole hall, which was golden and brilliant, tall and empty.
Qin laughed coldly, the more he laughed, the more he laughed, he couldn't control it, and finally even laughed with tears in his eyes. Jiang Fubai looked at her quietly, waiting for her to stop. Jiang Fubai said softly: "Is my sister laughing at your life's calculations, but in the end, you are not empty-handed." β
Qin's maniacal laughter, which had been hard to stop, finally became hysterical again.
"Hahaha...... You're talking about yourself. If you come to see me off today, who will see you off in the future? There has never been a winner in this harem!"
"Don't think that if you force me to death, no one will know about your ugly deeds. Your child, little emperor, hahaha...... Retribution! Retribution! Your Majesty, the evil deeds you did 32 years ago have finally been retributed today. β
Jiang Fubai's face changed suddenly, and he frowned: "You really don't repent! No wonder the Emperor is unwilling to take you to Du'an City." The mourning family originally wanted to ask the emperor for a favor for his sister for the sake of getting acquainted with his sister, but it seemed that it was too much. β
"That sister has gone all the way, and the mourning family is gone!"
"You're scared! Hahaha! You're scared, you're afraid! Even if you kill me, how can you block the mouth of the world?
Jiang Fubai slowly walked out of the hall door but saw Zhuang Meiyan standing at the door, Zhuang Meiyan's face was pale, and he leaned weakly on the black-clothed man beside him, the palace door was not completely closed, and there were voices coming from inside one after another.
β...... He is not the emperor's flesh and blood, he is by no means the emperor's ...... Hmm, let go of the mourning family...... You minions...... Hmmm!"
Several palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly squeezed into the palace gate, and the voices inside became quieter and quieter, and finally disappeared.
Zhuang Meiyan quietly looked at Jiang Fubai who was standing on the top of the steps, dressed in gorgeous clothes, wearing a phoenix crown, what a mother of the world's queen mother! The memories of her youth gradually faded away, and the smiling Sister Fubai, the generous Sister Fubai, finally could no longer coincide with the woman in front of her.
Zhuang Meiyan had a lot of things to ask her, but in an instant, the two of them could only look at each other, and neither of them knew what to say.
There was a terrible cry in the distance, and a woman stumbled over, walking in such a hurry that she nearly tripped over the corner of her skirt several times. She cried and screamed, her eyes looking at the queen's palace with an anxious expression.
"Queen Mother...... Queen Mother!"
"Queen Mother, Qing'er is back!"
"Mother, Mother, what happened? Why did they say that my father would not see me? I went to my father's palace, why wasn't my father there? Where is my father? Why didn't they let me see him?"
Duanmu Qing's eyes were already red and swollen from crying, it was obvious that she had been running around the palace for a long time, her chest was rising and falling sharply, and her previous arrogant posture was gone, replaced by panic.
Duanmu Qing hurriedly walked into Zhuang Meiyan's side, she ignored all the others, and several palace maids around Jiang Fubai stepped forward to stop her, but she rudely pushed her away.
"Get out of here, you sluts! I'm Princess Qing, I want to see the queen mother!"
The princess still maintained the last bit of arrogance, and the door of the palace slammed shut before her eyes, and she got up in a hurry, and stepped forward and slapped the thick door panel hard.
"Open the door, Queen Mother, I'm Qing'er! Don't you even want to see me?"
"Qing'er is wrong! Qing'er shouldn't be willful! Queen Mother, let someone open the door!"
Duanmu Qing whimpered, no matter how hard she tried, the two huge door panels still stood silently, closed, and would never be opened for her.
Jiang Fubai and Zhuang Meiyan invariably chose to be silent, Jiang Fubai seemed indifferent, and Zhuang Meiyan stopped talking and sighed softly.
From the clouds to the silt, fate is so fond of mocking the world.
"The Queen Mother's dictation: Princess Xiandeqing, the seventeenth daughter of the emperor, has married Chu Yifan, the general of Qiyang, as his wife, although she is the princess's respect, she should also abide by the woman's way, and leave Feng'an immediately, set off for Qiyang, and will never step into the palace without being called. β
A eunuch chanted aloud to Duanmu Qing.
Duanmu Qing was as stunned as a wooden chicken, as if he didn't hear what he said at all, his hands clasped the door panel tightly, tears flowed out, and he muttered: "Queen Mother, Qing'er is wrong, Qing'er shouldn't be willful, shouldn't leave you, shouldn't run to find Brother Chu by herself." Qing'er marries Brother Chu, won't the queen mother want Qing'er?"
The eunuch laughed dryly twice and said, "Mrs. Chu, the Queen Mother is merciful, she will not pursue your crime of fleeing from your relatives, but will remember your affection for General Chu and allow you to marry General Chu." Since the day you left the palace, it has nothing to do with this place, please go back!"
Duanmu Qing has no master, and the amount of information is more than she can bear.
"Queen Mother, do you mean my queen motherβ"
Seeing Duanmuqing's dejected appearance, the eunuch laughed contemptuously and said: "The Empress Dowager is right in front of you, don't hurry up and thank you! The former empress colluded with foreign ministers and intended to rebel. β
Duanmuqing heard this last sentence clearly, she screamed, and banged on the temple door even more frantically.
"Mother, mother...... Don't!
After a few strokes, she suddenly realized something, looked back at Jiang Fubai, her eyes were resentful, and then she became pitiful. Duanmu Qing took a few steps forward, "Puff" knelt on the ground, and cried: "Niangniang, please save your mother!"
"Bold! this is the current Queen Mother!" the eunuch scolded.
Duanmuqing bowed to the ground, trembled for a moment, and then said in a muffled voice: "Qing'er begged the Queen Mother to be kind and let my mother live." β
The stubbornness of the past finally lost to others.
Even so, she still didn't get the answer she wanted, not even a word, and the other party stood there indifferently.
Duanmuqing gritted her teeth, kowtowed again and again, and her forehead hit the stone steps hard, and blood flowed sideways. She didn't seem to know the pain, and she pounded her head like garlic.
"The Queen Mother, Qing'er is young and ignorant, she has offended you, please don't remember the villain, please let my mother go!"
Repeat it every time you knock it, and there are blood stains on the stone steps.
Jiang Fubai was still indifferent, as if he hadn't seen anything.
Zhuang Meiyan couldn't stand it, sighed, and said, "The matter has come to this, even if you let their mother and daughter see each other again, why don't you be so hard!"
"Yes, how could the heart of the mourning family harden? At the beginning, the mourning family was also a woman who was reluctant to step on even an ant to death!" Jiang Fubai's smile was a little tired, and she said softly: "The mourning family is just strange, when the mourning family was bullied in the harem, why didn't anyone stand up and say to them: Take a step back, why is your heart so hard!"
"Now, the mourning family understands! If the mourning family is not hard-hearted, the person kneeling here is the mourning family!"
Zhuang Meiyan was finally speechless, Jiang Fubai was sent into the harem by her father Yan Yanyuan, a woman who had no power at all was living in the palace, although she didn't understand, she could guess a thing or two.
"What are you going to do with Qin Fengyang?" Zhuang Meiyan asked.
Zhuang Meiyan's eyes no longer looked at the woman who kept kowtowing, but at Jiang Fubai.
Jiang Fubai looked at the eunuch beside him, and the latter immediately understood, and said loudly: "The Queen Mother has returned to the palace!"
Jiang Fubai slowly walked down the steps under the crowd of people, and when she passed by Zhuang Meiyan's side, she stopped for a moment.
"His life is not what I want!"
Duanmu Qing was still bowing his head mechanically, his body and soul were numb, and the door of the temple next to him slowly opened, and there was a corpse lying in the empty hall. Duanmu Qing's movements finally stopped, she turned her head a little hesitantly, and suddenly let out a miserable scream.
"Queen Mother--"
Zhuang Meiyan didn't want to look any further, she turned around and left here, in the opposite direction to Jiang Fubai, one to the east and the other to the west.
That "Nine Fragrance Soul Rejuvenation Water" is really quite effective, the pain in the whole body has stopped, except for the fact that the body is a little weak, Zhuang Meiyan can already act on his own. Her pace was a little fast, Xiao Xuanchen didn't say a word, just followed closely behind her.
Zhuang Meiyan suddenly stopped, and her body fell into Xiao Xuanchen's arms.
"What's the matter? you don't want to go to him?" his voice was gentle, as if he were coaxing an angry little girl.
Zhuang Meiyan already felt a little tired, and she said, "If I look for him, will he promise to let Qin Fengyang go?"
"If the lady must want Qin Fengyang to live, I can do it. β
"No! no!" Zhuang Meiyan flatly refused, and even she didn't know why she would answer so decisively.
"You already know that even if you send him to the prison, some people may not be willing to let him go, right?" Zhuang Meiyan said with some sadness.
"There's only so much I can do, and I don't have the right to choose anything for someone else. There are always people who are worried that he will not die. Xiao Xuanchen said in a deep voice.
"But he saved my life. β
Xiao Xuanchen said indifferently: "Don't worry about this matter, I have my own measure." β
Zhuang Meiyan did not feel happy or relieved by the other party's thoughtfulness, on the contrary, her heart felt a little heavy, and she couldn't explain the reason.
Feng'an City, Heavenly Prison.
This is a dark dungeon, except for a small vent above that reveals a faint light, and the oil lamps lit in the aisles are like ghost fires that will be extinguished at any time, and they are dancing from time to time, and they do not give people the feeling of light at all.
The one at the end of the cell was no different from the others, the only difference was the people inside. In the open space in the center of the cell, a man in white sat cross-legged, looking indifferent, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with him. He is Qin Fengyang, who was sent to the prison three days ago.
He is the son of the prime minister of the unparalleled country, and he is also the younger brother of the current queen, but he is also in a prison situation, which can't help but make people sigh. But no one sighed for him anymore. The Qin family has been destroyed, the empress has been abolished, even the emperor has been replaced, and the entire imperial court has been renewed, all of this happened in just three days before and after he was imprisoned, the outside has changed, and he has lost his freedom forever.
The outside world's judgment of him has no meaning to him at all. When he first came in, the jailer came to drink with his uncle, and he knew a lot of people, so he couldn't remember when he had a friendship with this person. At that time, the jailer joked that he should not forget to ask him back when he was released from prison. Who would believe that the queen would kill her own brother, and she would naturally lose her anger in a few days. At that time, an ordinary jailer would not know that the sky outside was about to change, let alone what mistake Qin Fengyang had made, and even now, that jailer still didn't understand.
It is said outside that Qin Fengyang Qin Zhutou is an upright man, he is not afraid of power, does not go along with his father, and fights hard to be imprisoned by the queen.
Then you should be acquitted!
The jailer didn't understand this, he was just ordered to bring this young man a plate of wine and food, he admired this young man very much, he knew that this young man had investigated many cases, and others did not dare to investigate. He was an ordinary jailer and couldn't do anything for this man, but he still admired him, and he thought he was a man.
He respectfully placed the food in front of Qin Fengyang, and wanted to say something, but he secretly glanced at the young general who was following behind him, as well as the saber on his waist, although the general did not speak, but his body exuded the smell of the battlefield, mixed with the bloody smell of blood and the coldness of weapons, and his appearance made the air around him suddenly become cold. The jailer did not dare to stay and quietly retreated.
Before leaving, he couldn't help but sneak a glance back, and the silent confrontation between the two in the prison gave people a feeling of decisive battle.
"Childe sent you. Qin Fengyang got up slowly, put his hands behind his back, and looked indifferent.
"At the beginning, you and I were both people who were appreciated by Childe, and you yourself knew very well that when you solved the case and investigated the case, there were many times when Childe secretly supported you. Chu Yifan said in a deep voice.
They used to be the best brothers, best friends, and now?
Qin Fengyang said proudly: "Fengyang is still the same sentence five years ago, I am a courtier of the Wushuang Kingdom, not a servant of the minister. β
The Tao is different, and we can only conspire with each other.
This result was originally expected by Chu Yifan, he knew this good friend of his too well, except for political opinions, their personal relationship has always been good.
Qin Fengyang smiled and picked up the wine jug, and then looked at a few side dishes on the tray, which were very exquisite, and they were all dishes he liked. He pinched a peanut and put it in his mouth, picked up another piece of beef in sauce, and chewed it and shouted hello.
"Haha! Sure enough, it's the old Fang's portion, it's full of flavor and chewy. β
He poured himself a glass of wine, held it in the air, and smiled at Chu Yifan: "Childe asked you to give me a ride?"
Chu Yifan was silent, and Qin Fengyang smiled slightly.
"Please tell your son, there are no eggs under the nest, the Qin family has been destroyed, how can I, Qin Fengyang, live alone! What I, Qin Fengyang, have done in my life, I am worthy of the sky and the earth, even if I go to see the ancestors of the Qin family now, I have a clear conscience. One day in the future, will he dare to face the emperor without shame like me, and say: I am absolutely selfless!"
The wine cup was already empty, Chu Yifan turned around slowly, and he dropped a sentence.
"You don't understand Childe, we don't understand Childe, so why do you think he doesn't dare to say that?"
The words seemed to be addressed to the clearing, and the moment he turned around, the cell was filled with the sound of wine glasses falling to the ground, as well as the dull sound of human bodies falling to the ground. Chu Yifan's footsteps did not linger, and he passed by the jailer who ran in panic without hesitation.
"The criminal Qin Fengyang died of a sudden illness, you can carry his body out and bury it properly. β
The jailer opened his mouth wide and finally nodded.
And Chu Yifan didn't see the jailer's surprised expression at all, he left the prison without looking back, the air here was dirty and dull, depressing and full of pain, he couldn't wait to get back to the ground, back to the sun.
The sun outside was a bit dazzling, and it was just noon, the time when the sun was at its most gorgeous.
On the edge of the square beyond the gates of the prison stood a woman, ordinary in appearance and dressed, so ordinary that you would not be able to recognize her as soon as she turned around and blended into the crowd. She looked in the direction of the gate a little anxiously, and when she saw Chu Yifan walking out of the gate of the prison, her little face, which had become pale because of nervousness, finally surged up a trace of blood, and she mustered up the courage to run over.
"Brother Chu, the wind blows him--" She tried to make a smiling gesture, but the other party was silent.
"The wind blows him--" she repeated as if by inertia.
"Childe wants him to die! No one can save him. A long sigh.
She suddenly felt that the world was inexplicably shaking and turbulent, causing her to stand unsteadily, she couldn't help but raise her head to see what was happening, the sky was still so blue, the sun was still so dazzling, but Chu Yifan's face was in front of her, moving back and forth, his lips moving up and down as if he was saying something, but he couldn't hear a word, she couldn't hear a word, she only knew that the man's head slowly blocked the bright sun above, and finally, the last ray of light quietly extinguished in her bright eyes.
Ruixiang Prince's Mansion.
Zhuang Meiyan was also waiting anxiously, Xiao Xuanchen said to go out, it was most of the day, it was almost dark, and the person had not come back yet. Zhuang Meiyan inevitably wants to think crankily, the more she thinks about it, the more frightened she becomes, and the more she thinks about it, the more scared she becomes. Chunju pulled her to the bed and lay down, but she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and finally her body was weak and couldn't resist fatigue, so she fell asleep in a daze.
Someone whispered in the room, and she woke up suddenly.
"She slept?"
"Yes!"
Zhuang Meiyan turned over and sat up, and suddenly pulled the wound, it turned out that the "Nine Fragrance Soul Rejuvenation Water" has a certain time limit, after all, the wound can't grow all at once, it still has to be slowly recuperated.
Ignoring the pain, she anxiously asked, "Where is Brother Qin?"
Xiao Xuanchen smiled slightly, took her into his arms, and said softly: "Isn't Xiaobai a lady at ease? I said that if I can save it, I will definitely save it, and I will not lie to you from now on, not a word." β
Zhuang Meiyan was a little ashamed, and whispered: "No! I'm just--"
"The lady is actually worried about him! This question--should Xiaobai kill him again?" Xiao Xuanchen frowned deliberately, as if he was really thinking about this question.
Zhuang Meiyan was greatly embarrassed, coquettish, and beaten, Xiao Xuanchen's apology for a while finally coaxed her to slow down.
Chunju seemed to be a little uneasy, and said with a careful smile: "I heard from the outside that Qin Zhutou died of a violent illness in the prison today, and his body has been buried, it seems that it is just a rumor." β
Zhuang Meiyan tilted her head and looked at Xiao Xuanchen, who smiled heartily and said, "I'll take you to a place." β
Zhuang Meiyan was hugged by Xiao Xuanchen into a carriage, and the three of them quietly left the Ruixiang Prince's Mansion, with brisk horses' hooves galloping in the capital. Now Ruixiang Wangye's Mansion should be renamed the Regent's Palace, but people have already called it smoothly, and they can't change it for a while.
The carriage ran for a long time, and finally stopped.
Zhuang Meiyan was carried out of the carriage by Xiao Xuanchen, she looked at the surrounding environment, this seemed to be an ordinary house in Dongcheng, from the outside, the white walls and blue tiles were not different. The two small wooden doors were wide open, and white spirit flags were hung above the wooden doors, and everyone suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little solemn.
Zhuang Meiyan was puzzled and apprehensive when she saw this situation, she didn't understand Xiao Xuanchen's intention to bring her here, she followed Xiao Xuanchen and walked towards the house with the support of Chunju.
Bypassing the stone screen, the courtyard inside is very small, and you can see the hall in a few steps. A "lay" hangs in the middle of the hall, which has become a mourning hall, and the afterglow of the setting sun falls on a thin coffin docked in the center of the room, adding to the desolation. The room was quiet, there didn't seem to be any life, Zhuang Meiyan got closer, only to see a man sitting in the corner of the coffin, his eyes were looking straight at the ground, motionless, and in his arms lay a woman in a white filial piety robe, and the corners of the woman's lips were covered with black blood stains.
"Brother Qin?" Zhuang Meiyan couldn't believe her eyes, she tentatively shouted, "Brother Qin." β
The man's reaction was very slow, he narrowed his eyes, and his godless eyes rolled blankly, and finally landed on Zhuang Meiyan.
"Your hair?" Zhuang Meiyan said in surprise.
Qin Fengyang's long black hair had slowly turned grayish-white, and the color was getting lighter and lighter, this scene was indeed surprising. Qin Fengyang glanced at the white hair scattered on his shoulders, still indifferent.
Zhuang Meiyan had no choice but to cast his puzzled gaze on Xiao Xuanchen, who sighed and whispered: "This is the sequelae of the medicine of fake death." All he took in the prison was the medicine of fake death, only in this way could he get him out of the prison, and from then on, there would be no Qin Fengyang in the world. β
"Mei Niang is dead!" Qin Fengyang muttered, his fingers gently caressing the woman in his arms, the woman's body was still soft, it seemed that there was still warmth, and death would not be too long from now.
"Mei Niang is dead!" There is no emotion in the voice, but there is a terrible sadness hidden in it, and the inability to vent is even more painful.
"Why am I alive? Everyone is dead! Why am I still alive?" the man suddenly roared like a wounded beast, his voice grieved.
Zhuang Meiyan was very sad in her heart, although she didn't recognize who this woman was, but from Qin Fengyang's expression, it could be seen that this woman must be the most important woman in his life.
"How so, what the hell is going on?" she blurted out.
Xiao Xuanchen was also a little unexpected, at this time, a man in black walked beside him, whispered a few words to Xiao Xuanchen, Xiao Xuanchen nodded. He glanced at Qin Fengyang, whose hair had turned gray, and couldn't help but let out a sigh, turned around and whispered to Zhuang Meiyan: "This woman is his wife Mei Niang. β
Xiao Xuanchen sent someone to transport Qin Fengyang's "corpse" out of the prison in a coffin, and naturally wanted to send it back to his house directly in order to hide people's eyes, but he didn't expect his wife to quietly take the poison and wanted to go to Huangquan with her husband. All this happened too suddenly and beyond Xiao Xuanchen's expectations, which made him also feel a little remorseful, he shook his head slightly and said: "I was too careless, I thought that the medicine of fake death would automatically lose its effectiveness in just a few hours, and Brother Qin would automatically wake up, but I didn't want my sister-in-law to be so strong, it is really rare in the world!"
But he had a big question in his heart, and he finally didn't say it.
Zhuang Meiyan was sad in her heart, secretly weeping, Chunju was also embarrassed, sobbing and choking, women will inevitably cry when they see such a sad scene, not to mention that Qin Fengyang and Zhuang Meiyan also had the grace of saving their lives, although they didn't know this Mrs. Qin, seeing that she was red-faced and thin, just a thought was separated from her husband's yin and yang, and there was nothing worse in the world than this.
Xiao Xuanchen originally wanted to plan to leave Feng'an City with Qin Fengyang, which could be regarded as protecting him thoroughly, but such a change caught him off guard, and in this state, it was probably very difficult to get this man out of this room.
He said softly to Zhuang Meiyan: "Let him be alone for a while! β
Zhuang Meiyan looked back at Qin Fengyang with some unease, she knew very well what Xiao Xuanchen meant, at this time Qin Fengyang had completely closed his state of mind, just imagine, when he crawled out of the coffin full of hope, he was originally going to hug his wife, but the result was that the grief was greater than the death of the heart, and there was no difference between this man being alive and dead.
Under Xiao Xuanchen's admonition, Zhuang Meiyan left the house full of sadness.
They walked out of the courtyard, but unexpectedly saw a general in gold clothes and armor standing in the courtyard, Chu Yifan stood there with a gloomy face, obviously he already knew what was happening in the house.
Zhuang Meiyan was sad in her heart, so she was not in the mood to be polite to him, and only hurriedly walked past him. Xiao Xuanchen opened his mouth and asked, "Brother Chu, haven't you already let him go?"
"When did the person Gongzi want to kill, when did he miss!" Chu Yifan said indifferently.
Xiao Xuanchen closed his eyes and said coldly, "You might as well kill him!"
Zhuang Meiyan had already walked past Chu Yifan, but when he heard this, he suddenly turned around, and said, "Please tell Gongzi that this account has been recorded!"
Chu Yifan was noncommittal, as if he hadn't heard it, but looked at Xiao Xuanchen and said, "I hope the lord of the country will not forget his promise." β
The corners of Xiao Xuanchen's mouth showed a playful smile, and he said, "The lord of the country will never be like you Wushuang, who has no faith in his words!"
In the carriage, Zhuang Meiyan leaned her head on Xiao Xuanchen's chest, the faint pain of the wound, the exhaustion of her body, and the pain in her heart all made her tired. She closed her eyes, but she couldn't sleep, as soon as she closed her eyes, Qin Fengyang's almost numb expression would appear in her mind, lingering.
Childe, how could Childe be such a person?
"Still thinking about that?" Xiao Xuanchen asked with concern.
"Fate is impermanent, and it cannot be saved by man. That person has always been reluctant to rest assured of Qin Fengyang! Even if I take him out of the Wushuang Kingdom, he will never appear in Wushuang, and he will not rest assured. β
That person. They seem to be subconsciously avoiding that person's name, and they know each other well.
"What conditions did you agree to him? Did I embarrass you?" Zhuang Meiyan asked worriedly.
Xiao Xuanchen smiled slightly and said, "Since the lady feels that she owes me, then she will make a promise with her body, and it will not be considered as a debt if she repays it with her life." β
Zhuang Meiyan was quite speechless, this person has such a temperament, she has long been accustomed to his cynicism.
"It's just a little thing promised him, and it's not a big deal. Xiao Xuanchen said lightly.
Zhuang Meiyan knows very well that with the current identities of these two people, the world will tremble if they stomp their feet lightly, and the smallest and smallest thing between them will be earth-shattering. Zhuang Meiyan was extremely moved in her heart, she couldn't express her feelings, so she could only close her eyes and continue to shrink into his arms and pretend to sleep.
"What I see today is the path I will take in the future, and one day, will I become like Sister Fubai?" After a while, the little woman hiding in his arms suddenly said in a muffled voice.
Xiao Xuanchen smiled, patted her on the back gently, and said, "Are you afraid? Hehe! You are the world-famous 'three girls', invincible in the business world, are you afraid?"
Zhuang Meiyan opened her eyes suddenly, she sat up straight, stared at Xiao Xuanchen's eyes tightly, and said a little nervously: "Of course I'm afraid! If I become like that, even I will hate myself, what about you?"
Xiao Xuanchen's expression became a little serious, gently rubbed her delicate cheeks, and said: "Lady, I have already built a ladder for my mother, and I will definitely do it if I have promised my mother." Above the clouds may not be smooth sailing, not necessarily the scenery, there are many heartaches that are not enough to be humane to outsiders, and even bloody rain, how to walk and how to deal with it, there is really no one who can tell them one by one, and no one can lead the way in front. I can promise the lady, without him, I Xiaobai will only have a woman in this life, never give up, no matter what happens, the lady will always be my Xiaobai's lady, and I will always be the lady's Xiaobai. β
"I can't promise you prosperity and peace in the future, I can only promise you that no matter what happens, I will stand with you and believe that you love you for the rest of your life. It is easy to be poor and cheap, and it is difficult to be rich and rich, and now this difficult thing is for the lady to reluctantly walk hand in hand with me. β
Zhuang Meiyan looked at the man in front of her, his majestic body, and his handsome face, everything was so familiar and so strange at the same time, this was the man she decided to give her life to. Beauty, figure, and even personal charm no longer matter, whether he loves her, respects her, misses her, and whether she is the same, life and death together, and each other, this is the most important thing.
Whether it is Wushuang, Wuyang, or the royal family, he is a family.
Zhuang Meiyan smiled, and finally made a promise that would not change for the rest of his life.
"I do!"
Xiao Xuanchen gently took her into his arms, he was going to leave the Wushuang Kingdom tonight, he was reluctant to let the woman in his arms go, but he had to leave. He is the lord of a country, how can he leave his own capital for a long time? Winkore's royal court still has many, many innumerable things waiting for him to deal with! When he thinks of those things, he can't help but feel a heavy feeling in his heart, and the sight of being close to his lover is even more precious.
"I'll be back to pick you up soon, wait for me to come back!"
"I know!" Zhuang Meiyan had a heart-to-heart with him, and naturally knew his affection.
"By the way, what about my mother?" Zhuang Meiyan only remembered this question at this time, and secretly blamed herself for being confused, and her expression couldn't help but be a little panicked.
That day, the queen sent someone to take her into the palace, and a man in black came to save her, but only her mother was saved, and I don't know where they are now, whether they are in danger or not. But she wasn't too worried, now that she thought about it, the man in black should be Xiao Xuanchen's person, and it shouldn't be dangerous for her mother to have someone else to take care of.
Sure enough, Xiao Xuanchen smiled and said: "Don't worry, mother, they are all very good, mother is with that Mr. Zheng now, I leave the Peerless Country tonight, and I will leave with them first." If you don't mind, I would like to let my mother and Mr. Cheng stay in the 'Phoenix Nest', I think the quiet life there is more suitable for them. β
Xiao Xuanchen took a "mother" in one mouth, without pretentiousness, Zhuang Meiyan was moved in her heart, and said in a low voice: "This is the best, presumably my mother's heart also likes it." I always thought that my mother's biggest regret was that she couldn't recover her memory, but now I know that even if people have amnesia, they will never forget the most important people and the most important things in their lives. Thank you!"
"How can the lady thank her husband?" Xiao Xuanchen said with a smile, "Or just make a mouth first." β
This guy doesn't have the dignity of the lord of a country at all, and he shows his true face without saying two or three sentences, looking at Zhuang Meiyan in his arms in a daze, and taking the opportunity to get his hands on it. Even if there were only two of them left in the carriage at this time, Zhuang Meiyan was greatly embarrassed. Xiao Xuanchen didn't seem to want to stop, and repeatedly attacked the city, getting more and more inches, making Zhuang Meiyan red-faced and coquettish.
The two were lingering in the carriage, suddenly the carriage shook, the carriage stopped suddenly, Zhuang Meiyan finally pushed the pervert in front of him away, but it was a headlong crash into his arms, Xiao Xuanchen was happy to sit and enjoy it, but he didn't care about the reason why the carriage stopped suddenly.
Chunju, who was sitting outside the carriage, hesitated, knocked lightly on the door panel, and said in a low voice: "Lord, Miss, we seem to have bumped into someone?"
Zhuang Meiyan was stunned, Xiao Xuanchen gently hugged her, signaling not to panic, he said in a deep voice: "Don't leave, what's going on?"
"My lord, a woman suddenly rushed from the side of the road, and it should be fine. "The ghost's voice is never hurried, unhurried, or emotionless.
"Look, and if it's all right, give her some silver. β
"Yes!"
After a while, they heard Chunju let out an exclamation.
"Oh my God, isn't this Miss, Miss, why are you here?"