Chapter 13: Suspicion
His body seemed to fall apart, and he staggered as he walked. Mu Ling's words lingered in my ears and lingered.
She said that if she didn't die, Liuyun and Haoxuan would definitely die, and when I asked, she was still unwilling to answer me.
Now, I'm left to find out on my own.
At night, the rain finally stopped, I sat at the table, one hand on my cheek and looked out the window, my thoughts were completely disrupted today, I needed to calm down and sort out some of the things I knew.
Mu Ling's words were vague, but I vaguely guessed that the open and secret battle between Haoxuan and Liuyun had something to do with her.
She will take poison, and she must have something to do with it, but she is reluctant to say it.
Come to think of it, she also has a last resort.
I was still thinking deeply, but I was suddenly called back by Ru Ping's anxious knock on the door, I got up and opened the door, and she shouted at me: "Side princess, it's not good, it's not good." "It was like I was frightened by something.
I looked at her face full of panic, and my heart followed up, grabbed her shoulder and asked, "What's going on!" ”
"The princess vomits blood, go and take a look!"
Secretly frightened, I pushed Ru Ping away and ran to Bai Li Xuan.
Mu Ling, don't be fine. Haoxuan, he hasn't come back yet.
I rushed into Mu Ling's room without hesitation, Mu Ling kept coughing up blood, and the doctor next to her was at a loss, I squatted down by her bed, held her hand, and told her over and over again: "The prince will come back soon, no matter what, you have to hold on until that moment!" Then he looked at the doctor behind him, begging for an answer, but the doctor shook his head at me.
I looked back at Mu Ling, who looked uncomfortable, and I didn't know when, I burst into tears.
Mu Ling smiled at me, "Actually, I have always known that my life is short, you don't have to feel sorry for me, as the daughter of the prime minister, I have a lot of last resort, Zhen Luo, can you forgive me?" ”
I shook my head slightly, and kept encouraging her, "You can't be fine, Haoxuan will be back soon, don't be fine!" After the words fell, he turned to look at the trembling group of subordinates behind him and scolded loudly, "The princess is fine during the day today, how is it so serious now." ”
There was a plopping sound, and the subordinates all knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and they were so panicked that they forgot to reply.
Mu Ling waved her hand, she now has to make a lot of effort to even speak, "Zhen Luo, it's none of their business, don't blame more, it's my own fault!" ”
I sobbed quietly, I didn't want to cry in front of her, but I couldn't help it, and said to the doctor in a choked voice: "You... Isn't there even a way to do it? ”
The doctors were also very embarrassed, and I knew that they didn't want to save them, and there was really no other way. After all, Mu Ling is the princess of Ding'an and the royal family, and if they don't save them when they see death, they will definitely not be able to stand the disaster of prison. But I still have a fluke mentality, even if there is only a glimmer of hope.
"Zhen Luo, I just want to talk to you." Mu Ling spit out words weakly, and the fleeting light of the black pupils still fell into my eyes, she has something to say!
I bowed my head and let the room go down.
"Mu Ling, I asked the minions to invite the Prime Minister over." No matter what, the prime minister is her father after all, and he should at least see him one last time.
But I didn't expect that Mu Ling shook his head at me, thought for a long time, and then said slowly: "I don't want to see anyone, Zhen Luo, I just want to see the emperor!" ”
This is the second time she has said that she wants to see the emperor, but I don't understand why she wants to see not the closest person when she is dying, but the ruthless and unrighteous emperor Rong Chenxuan, and the indifferent Helian Liuyun.
She closed her eyes and spit out words again, "Your Majesty, since he was a child, he has been different from other children, probably because he has no mother's relationship, he is calmer than other children. Even if Feng Zhaoyi is just using him, on the surface, he looks like he is doing his best to help Liuyun, but secretly he is with his aunt... Zhen Luo, you said, how hard it must be for such a child to live in the palace! ”
I looked at her in amazement, "You mean, the original Empress Mu and Feng Zhaoyi were just superficially discordant?" Secretly, he has been helping Haoxuan. And Liuyun, has he been deceived by their illusions? ”
Mu Ling nodded slightly, "In the entire palace, only Ziqian and the emperor are really good to the emperor." Back then, Feng Zhaoyi and her aunt teamed up to kill Concubine Jin, and our Mu family killed your whole family, we all owe you and Liuyun..."Her voice became smaller and smaller, but with a strong sense of guilt.
"Stop talking, rest for a while." I put her hand back in the brocade quilt, and she couldn't say much now.
"I want to see the emperor!" She spit out again, "Zhen Luo, you go and ask the emperor to come up, go and ask the emperor to come up..."
At this point, I can't take care of it too much, this is her request to me, and I should agree to her.
Nodding vigorously at her, he promised her with a smile as much as possible, "I'll go into the palace and invite the emperor to come up, you have a good rest, I'll enter the palace now!" ”
Listening to me say this, she relieved her heart, showed a satisfied smile, her smile made me very sad, I remember the first time I saw her, although I knew that she was a member of the Mu family, but it did not make me hate her.
At that time, she gave me a different feeling from the Mu family.
I didn't have time to think about anything else, so I immediately ordered my subordinates to prepare a carriage and escort me into the palace.
I passed through the palace gates with Haoxuan's waist card in my hand, but I was stopped at Chonghua Palace. Liuyun's dormitory is not something that anyone can enter.
I kept begging the guards at the palace gate to inform me on my behalf, but they refused to pass it on on the grounds that the emperor was resting.
Mu Ling's body didn't know if she could wait, she kept opening her mouth to see Liuyun, I couldn't help her do it, thinking of this, I actually magnified my courage and shouted loudly to the palace: "The concubine is the side concubine of the king of Ding'an, if you have something to meet the saint, please ask the saint to meet the concubine..."
"Presumptuous, how can you be so noisy in Chonghua Palace." When the guards saw that I was so presumptuous, they strictly stopped me, but I did not think so, and they finally took me down.
At this time, I seemed to be a crazy woman, without a trace of ladylike demeanor at all, and there was no virtue to speak of. I also know that this is not in line with the palace rules, but for the sake of Mu Ling, I really can't take too much care of it.
At the gate of Chonghua Palace, I got entangled with the guards and finally quarreled into the Zhaoren Palace.
"Let her go!" The guards who took me down were startled by an angry voice, and immediately let go of me, and both knelt on the ground and spoke: "Your Majesty..."
"Needless to say, let her in!" Liuyun interrupted them without hesitation, glanced at me, and then turned back to the palace.
Staring at his back, I had an indescribable sense of sadness, and he was still so indifferent to me.
Father-in-law Yu walked up to me and said softly: "Princess Fang, please go in with the miscellaneous family!" ”
I bowed my head and followed him closely.
There is a faint scent of sandalwood in the Zhaoren Hall, and with the cool breeze of the autumn night, it surrounds the entire hall.
Liuyun kept his back to me and never spoke.
I bowed down to him and said lightly: "The emperor is blessed, and the concubine has something urgent to report!" ”
Liuyun slowly turned around to look at me, and his originally calm eyes suddenly flashed with anger, "I think you are Haoxuan's side concubine, don't care about you, kneel down!" ”
I sneered, "I didn't come to the palace to see you, nor did I want to entangle with you. Your Majesty, it's the princess she wants to see you! ”
Liuyun showed a different kind of smile, and his tone was a little contemptuous, "Joke, will the princess want to see me?" If she really wants to see me, why should you tell me? ”
I lowered my eyebrows and said in a trembling voice: "She doesn't even have much strength to speak now, how can she still enter the palace to see you." Your Majesty, the princess is seriously ill, please move to the Ding'an Palace, and the concubine begs you. With that, I knelt straight in front of him.
He was startled and took a few steps back.
"The princess is seriously ill!" He spat out these words heavily, his face full of surprise.
I nodded, and Liuyun was silent for a long time before he spoke: "You get up!" I will move to the palace. The tone became much softer.
I suddenly raised my eyes and stared at him, I didn't expect him to agree, I didn't have any hope when I entered the palace this time, because I knew that he would not go.
But now, he agreed, which confirmed my suspicion that Mu Ling must have also participated in the battle between Liuyun and Haoxuan.
So, is Mu Ling on Haoxuan's side, or Liuyun's side! I already have the answer, because the person she wants to see is Liuyun!
Although Haoxuan is not Queen Mu's biological son, he has a little relationship with the Mu family, besides, Haoxuan has always loved Mu Ling from the bottom of his heart, although it is just a brother and sister. Could it be that Mu Ling resented Haoxuan for not loving her, so he would help Liuyun?
But these are just my guesses at present, and if Liuyun moves to the palace to see Mu Ling, maybe the truth will be revealed.
This time I went to the palace, Liuyun didn't alarm anyone, only Gonggong Yu was accompanied by him, and he didn't take a step, only took the carriage that came with me.
We sat opposite each other, but we were silent and silent, which made me very uncomfortable, but fortunately the palace was not far from the palace, and we had arrived at the palace gate in less than half an hour.
I didn't alarm the people in the palace, after all, he is the emperor, it is better to reduce some trouble.
I took him all the way to Baili Xuan, and dismissed all the subordinates and doctors, Mu Ling's coughing never stopped, I opened the door for him, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the princess is not in good health, and it is not easy to talk for a long time!" ”
Liuyun said "um", and stepped into the door, the moment I closed the door, Mu Ling's voice came, "Brother Liuyun..."
She actually called him "Brother Liuyun", and my heart suddenly tightened, staring at the two of them in the crack of the door.
Liuyun sat down on the edge of Mu Ling's bed, looking at the person lying on the bed with heavy eyes, his eyes a little unbearable.
"Side princess, side princess..."Father-in-law Yu lightly called my current title, and suddenly came back to his senses, I closed the door and retreated down the jade steps, feeling a sense of loss that I had never felt before.
What is the relationship between the two of them, why does Mu Ling call him like this, and Liuyun doesn't seem to be very ordinary to Mu Ling. To be able to let him move to see her in person, Mu Ling must have an immeasurable position in his heart.