Chapter 53
I sat on the swing in a daze, tossing and turning all night, barely sleeping. All my mind was Haoxi's appearance, but I was awakened by a nightmare for a moment, in which Haoxi was tied up and knelt on the prison platform, desperately shouting at me: "Go back!" Get back! ”
I rushed forward as hard as I could, trying to catch him, but I couldn't catch him anyway.
I sighed, thinking about him day and dreaming at night, and now it is imperative to get him out as soon as possible.
I leaned on the swing woven by the flower branches, and suddenly felt that the swing was slightly faster, and when I looked back, it was Ling Haoqian who came. He stood behind me and gently pushed the swing, and the sun poured down on him, as if he had been trimmed with gold. Looking back at him, he looked at me with a smile and warmth in his eyes.
I hurriedly jumped down, and he was startled, and he hurried over to block the swing that was coming in my direction, and helped me.
"Come down before you stop, fall carefully!" He held me up, his tone worrying.
I pursed my lips slightly and sat down on the stone bench beside me.
"Why did you have time to come here today?" I asked him.
He smiled: "I should have come here a few days ago, but there are many things in the court that are chaotic, and there is no way, so it has been delayed until today." ”
I can't blame him, I poured him a cup of tea.
"I went to see Hao Xi yesterday!"
He was stunned, pinched the cup in his hand, and looked at me gently: "I'll deal with something, you have just been injured, your body has not healed yet, the prison is damp and cold, in case the wound is affected again, how can it be good!" ”
"I just can't put my mind at ease, I had a nightmare yesterday!" I pressed my eyebrows and said weakly.
He sighed, stood behind me, and gently pressed my temples for me: "Everything has me!" I'll always find an opportunity to bring the third brother out, don't worry about it anymore! ”
I nodded, leaned into his arms, and he hugged me, and at this moment I realized that I was not working alone.
But after a moment of warmth, I thought of another matter, I hesitated for a while, I didn't know whether to tell him or not, but I thought of the day I left the palace, the scorching gaze that was glued to my body, and my heart hung in the air again. I tugged at the hem of his shirt.
He gently "Huh? The end note went up, but I thought it sounded so good.
"Have you ever thought about what to do if the emperor does not agree to our marriage?" I looked up at him slightly in his arms.
He was stunned, and laughter rang out in my ears: "How come! The royal brother has been urging me to take a concubine, if I have a crush on him, it's too late for him to be happy, how can he not agree. Afraid that I wouldn't believe him, he straightened my body, looked into my eyes, and said softly: "Don't worry, leave everything to me, I will never let you down!" ”
I looked at his serious eyes, which were so bright and scorching, that I thought I really believed it.
"Ahem!" A light cough sounded in my ears.
I immediately pushed Ling Haoqian away, and when I looked back, it was really the second brother, he coughed pretentiously, as if he had just seen us, and walked over.
"Ruo'er, I was looking for you everywhere, but I didn't expect you to be here!" He came over with a smile, turned around and asked Ling Haoqian again: "I don't know that His Royal Highness King Jing has come to the mansion, and he has missed the welcome, and he hopes to atone for his sins!" ”
Ling Haoqian didn't dare to slack off, and returned a salute: "This king is uninvited, and I hope that Master Su Haihan will be disturbed." ”
"Your Highness, why did you say this, the door of our Su Mansion is always open for you at all times!" He turned to look at me with a smile and teased, "Isn't it, little sister? ”
My face turned red, and I glared at my second brother fiercely, but when I looked back, I saw him looking at me with a smile.
The second brother left Haoqian to eat together, he didn't refuse, and at the dinner, the second brother retired all his subordinates.
He looked at me and Hao Qian, I don't know which one was moved, he suddenly sighed, and faced Hao Qian with a cup: "Your Royal Highness, our Su family only has such a daughter, who can be delivered to you, and we will be relieved, Ruo'er has been spoiled by us too much since she was a child, with a cheerful temperament and no scheming, we can't be by your side in the future, and I hope you will be more considerate and forgiving." ”
The second brother said solemnly, Hao Qian's face also became serious, he raised his glass to face the second brother, and shouted with me: "Second brother rest assured, it is my blessing to be able to get Su Ruo's favor, I should cherish it, and I will never let her suffer half of the grievances." ”
The second brother smiled, but the sadness on his face didn't seem to completely dissipate.
Hao Qian looked at the second brother solemnly: "Is there anything else that the second brother can't rest assured?" ”
The second brother hesitated a little, and only after a while did he make up his mind and said: "I know the affection between the two of you, you have resigned several times for Ruo'er over the years, and we all remember it, but the older Ruo'er gets, I hope you will ask the emperor for marriage as soon as possible to prevent changes!" ”
Hao Qian was stunned, he looked at the second brother deeply, as if he understood something in his words, his eyebrows frowned slightly, but he did not hesitate at all: "Second brother rest assured, as soon as the deadline for the emperor's wake is up, I will immediately ask the imperial brother for marriage." ”
The second brother finally nodded with satisfaction and raised his glass to drink.
Seeing my two closest people raise their glasses and drink, my heart suddenly became extremely soft, this is what I have always wanted most, and now, I have finally caught it......
With a flick of the fingers, the years are gone. Winter is coming. In the night of wind and snow, the moonlight seems a little blank, and the lights outside the window are not as bright as before. Only I am still like this, through the window lattice, I can see the snow falling thousands of pieces, and the cold is sowing the sky.
The deadline for filial piety for the emperor is coming soon! I look forward to it day by day, almost counting the days. It's not that I'm unhappy in the house, it's just that I'm more and more worried. Ling Haoxuan has been here a few times in the past few years, but I always can't shirk all kinds of arguments, and the second brother is becoming more and more worried. Even though he and Hao Qian are brothers of the same mother, but now that he is the son of heaven, how can he give up his beloved woman to others!
I know that Hao Qian will never abandon me, otherwise he would not openly resist the decree of the first emperor when he repeatedly gave him marriage, but Ling Haoxuan is not the first emperor, and this is not the past......
"Why don't you sleep at such a late hour?"
I was so shocked that I almost knocked over the teacup on the table, and when I looked back, it was Ling Haoxuan. He wore a moon-white brocade robe, covered with a silver-gray feather veil and a crane in a white fox skin, and wore a purple and gold crown with a bundle of hair on his head. He is particularly handsome in the light of candlelight.
I quickly got up and greeted him: "Why did the emperor come here so late?" ”
He smiled faintly and waved me to my feet. I sighed helplessly, walked over to pick up the crane, and patted the snowflakes on it, fearing that the water vapor would seep through. He looked at me hanging the crane on the hanger, with an interested expression, I followed his eyes, only to find that his silver-gray crane and my aqua blue crane hung side by side, adding a bit of ambiguity out of thin air. I secretly slandered in my heart, I really can't stand the ancients chewing on small details like this.
He looked at me and seemed to be in a good mood. I walked up to my couch and took a sip of tea from my teaglass, I was a little surprised, although I used to drink water from a kettle with my partner when I went on missions, but I had never encountered such a situation since I came here. He can notice such small details as hanging clothes, can't he notice these things? I have some mind in my heart.
He saw that I ignored him, sat down silently, and flipped through the book I had just read.
I saw that he didn't mean to speak for a while, and I had no choice but to sit aside, since he didn't treat himself as an outsider like this, why should I treat him as the emperor! Besides, this is my territory!
"Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with coming here so late?" After waiting for a while, I couldn't resist him, and finally asked first.
He smiled and put down the book in his hand: "It's been a busy day, and I'm idle at this time, so I can't sleep and go out of the palace for a walk!" ”
You've gone too far! Although the Su Mansion is not far from the palace, it will take at least half an hour, and I secretly slandered him, but I didn't dare to debunk him.
I looked down at my fingers and made up my mind to ignore him. Thinking that he will leave after a while, can he still rely on me?
Sure enough, he hesitated for a moment and glanced at me, his eyes flashing lightly, like a misty dream: "The time for my father to keep filial piety is coming soon!" In the past few days, many ministers have written to me, asking for the decree to be established. ”
I listened to it and my heart hung in my heart, but there was only a faint "oh" on my lips.
He looked up at me with a smile, "Don't you have anything to say?" ”
I thought for a moment and said, "Then the emperor should conform to the will of the people and make the princess the queen as soon as possible!" ”
His face instantly became ugly: "Is this the answer you gave me?" ”
I carefully organized my language and said, "Yes! ”
The dim candle flame flickered at this moment, making a peeling sound, and enveloped his face, emitting a gloomy light.
"Don't you want to marry me so much?" He grabbed my hand and asked.
I looked at the anger in his eyes, shrunk my neck, and didn't understand where his anger came from, even if he was the emperor, should all the women in the world look forward to marrying him? Where does this come from?! I felt a little angry in my heart, what the hell did he want to do? Is it difficult to marry forcefully? Sure enough, the problems are all used to by those minions around me! I just wanted to get angry, and then I thought that the person who knows the times is Junjie, and now, I really don't have any capital to reason with him. But the time for the emperor to keep filial piety is coming, Hao Qian will have to ask for a decree sooner or later, if I don't pick it out now, it will be even more difficult for him to accept, I thought about it, and finally said: "I don't want to!" ”
He never seemed to expect me to give him such an answer, his face turned pale, and he held my hand so tightly that I suspected that in a moment my hand would be crushed and fractured.
"Why?" He asked through gritted teeth, word for word.
I thought about it for a while, and found a reason that was not very embarrassing: "You already have a wife, and I don't want to share the same husband with others!" ”