Chapter 17: The Truth
Xiyun nodded heavily, and my heart suddenly became as cold as ten thousand years of ice.
Haoxuan, he had already prepared this letter of resignation, and he actually wrote a letter of resignation for me. The purpose is just to draw a line with me in a critical moment, because this is the only way to save me!
It turned out that what he just said that the emperor didn't want him to die was all a lie to me, just asking me to leave the cell and leave him.
My eyes were filled with tears, and I grabbed Xiyun's hand and asked her over and over again, "Where is the emperor... Where is the emperor... I want to see him. ”
She just shook her head, "Song Liu, you calm down, now, we can't see the emperor, and when the political affairs are dealt with, the emperor will naturally come to see you." ”
As soon as Xiyun's words fell, the door of the Zhaoren Hall was opened, and looking at the person standing outside the hall gate, I rushed forward desperately, grabbed his wrists tightly with both hands, and asked him with pleading: "Where is the letter of resignation?" Where..."
"Presumptuous, don't be rude to the emperor!" Father-in-law Yu beside me stopped me sharply, Liuyun just waved his hand, and he and Xiyun retreated outside the hall and closed the hall door with great interest.
The empty hall was terrifyingly eerie at this time.
"Zhen Luo, you have nothing to do with him, his rebellion has nothing to do with you!" Liuyun's expression was very calm, and he couldn't see a trace of waves.
"Unrelated?" I sneered a few times, and then continued: "Your Majesty, all of this is arranged by you, right?" You're afraid that Haoxuan poses a threat to your throne, so you're going to kill him! You also know that he will compromise anything for me, including death, so you want me to marry him. In order to strengthen your position, do not hesitate to take advantage of anyone, any feelings. Is there a person in your heart who is important? ”
"Yes!!" He spit out the word without hesitation, and then looked at me with a firm gaze, and said heavily: "It's you!" ”
I smiled disdainfully, "Me? You're just using me, and now you're still using my feelings? ”
"Zhen Luo!" Liuyun encircled me with quick movements, and no matter how much I struggled, it didn't help.
"In my heart, only you are the most important, and only you can make me mess up. When Concubine Feng threatened me with a letter from your adoptive father Song Yan, I knew that Concubine Feng must die, and Haoxuan must also die! They live for a day, and it's not just a threat to me, it's also to you. Liuyun no longer hid it from me, and said something that surprised me.
Looking up at his face full of unbearability, my whole body gradually became cold, "You... What do you say..."
Liuyun's dark eyes were filled with anger, "Concubine Feng forced your adoptive father to write this." He handed me a letter.
I took it with trembling hands, and was silent for a long time before slowly opening it to look.
The handwriting of just a few sentences, as well as the signature of the adoptive father when he put pen to paper, are so familiar, and any word on this blank piece of paper is indeed written by the adoptive father.
The content is nothing more than that I am the daughter of General Chu, who was rescued and raised by my adoptive father eight years ago.
I looked at Liuyun puzzled, "Why did Concubine Feng force her adoptive father to write this." ”
"Zhen Luo, this is a paper supply, do you understand? Paper supply! Liuyun raised his voice a little.
We reacted suddenly, stared at his frowning face, and cautiously asked him, "Adoptive father, has he been arrested?" Isn't it? ”
Liuyun walked towards the center of the hall, and turned back to face me, his eyes were covered with a shadow, but his voice was surprisingly calm: "I have sent someone to kill him!" ”
As if giving me a thunderbolt from the blue, his eyes widened and he took a few steps back, and even felt that he had heard the wrong word, and stared at him for a long, long time with teary eyes, before he burst out, rushed to him and slapped his chest hard, "Are you crazy, why did you kill him, why... He is the one who saved me and raised me... How can you send someone to kill him, how can you! ”
"Zhen Luo!" Liuyun roared, "If he doesn't die, you'll die!" ”
I ignored it, and I couldn't calm down at all as if I had lost my mind, and no matter what Liuyun explained, I couldn't listen to it anymore. Eventually, a pain came from the back of my neck, and I collapsed to the ground and fell into endless darkness.
When I woke up, I was still in the Zhaoren Palace, Liuyun sat on the edge of the bed and looked at me, when I saw him, I was crazy again, he held my hands tightly, and said to me very calmly: "Zhen Luo, Concubine Feng sent someone to arrest your adoptive father's family, and forced your adoptive father to write a confession, the purpose is to use you to blackmail me, and ask me to issue a decree to marry you to Haoxuan, because she knows very well that although you are the person Haoxuan loves, you are also the best person to protect him." As long as you marry him, whatever he does in the future, you will also be implicated. She also knows that I will never let you die, so I will definitely find a way to let go of Haoxuan, Zhen Luo... My painstaking efforts, can you understand? ”
Shocked, I was stunned by his words, and looked at him suddenly, at this moment, it seemed that everything had stopped, and it took a long time before I muttered: "Let me marry Haoxuan, isn't that what you meant?" ”
Liuyun let out a long breath helplessly, and then spoke: "What I always care about most is your safety, as long as you are safe, I am willing to do whatever you want me to do." ”
"But you, so indifferent to me, so ruthless, is it all because..." I didn't dare to continue, for fear that I would be soft on him.
He closed his eyes slightly, and his tone was much lower, "Since Concubine Feng has your adoptive father's confession in her hand, then I want to make Hao Xuan think that I am not as good as I used to be to you, so I must be indifferent to you, and I must be ruthless to you." I admit that I took advantage of you, stirred up your hatred, and made Haoxuan want to act for you. ”
I shook my head in disbelief, I didn't believe it, I still didn't want to believe it.
Liuyun's eyes were filled with deep sadness and distress, "Zhen Luo, my heart for you has never changed!" ”
"Then, let Haoxuan go!" I opened my mouth directly, Hao Xuan no matter what, it was because of me that I ended up like this, me and him, after all, we can't be regarded as Liuyun.
Liuyun's body froze because of my words, and he stared at me in a daze, "You want to save him?" ”
"If you don't let him go, I won't survive, Haoxuan has a deep affection for me, I can't be a ruthless and unrighteous person, Liuyun, he is also your own brother."
He slowly stood up from the side of my bed and sneered for a long time, "My brother? But this younger brother is bent on putting me to death, Zhen Luo, don't you understand the struggle between the imperial power? The winner is the king, and the loser is cole. ”
"As long as you let him go, I promise, he will always be your brother!" Without thinking about it, I just promised it. Although, I can't guarantee that Haoxuan will definitely give up, but in order to save him, I can only say this now.
When my voice fell, his eyes finally became faintly sorrowful, "Zhen Luo, isn't he already so important to you?" ”
"I owe him, so I have to pay it back!" I replied to him calmly.
Liuyun was stunned for a moment, a trace of subtle but intense emotion flashed, his hands suddenly clenched into fists, but he didn't speak again, and finally brushed his sleeves and left.
I knew that he would think about it, and since he cared so much about my life and death, then he would definitely let Haoxuan go.
At some point, I also became suspicious of others.
Now, nothing is more important than saving Haoxuan.
Greetings arose, and the winter clouds were dark. The morning snow is covered, and the incense of the imperial furnace is full of memories.
Today, it snowed for the first time in winter.
Ever since I entered Chonghua Palace, I have been living in anxiety.
At noon, Father-in-law Yu, accompanied by two minions, entered the Zhaoren Palace, and I stared at them with a cold face for a long time before Father-in-law Yu's loud voice sounded: "Miss Liu, from now on, you are free." ”
Secretly frightened in my heart, I slowly surfaced a faint smile, and asked him very vigilantly: "Father-in-law, did the emperor release King Ding'an?" ”
"King Ding'an?" Father-in-law Yu was a little puzzled, and pondered for a long time before he continued: "King Ding'an is guilty of rebellion, how can he say that he can let it go." The emperor issued an edict this morning, saying that you were married to the king of Ding'an at his will, the purpose was to enter the palace to be the emperor's eyeliner, and you also successfully got the evidence of the rebellion of the king of Ding'an and handed it to the emperor, this is a great achievement, and your marriage with the king of Ding'an is invalid. Today, you're still Miss Liu. ”
I was taken aback, "What do you say, what evidence?" I didn't receive any decree from the emperor, nor did I get any evidence of King Ding'an's rebellion, and I didn't understand what you said. ”
Father-in-law Yu smiled and teased in the air with his orchid finger, "Miss Liu is really modest, at the beginning, the miscellaneous family was still wondering how the emperor married you to the king of Ding'an, it turns out that you and the emperor are angry, the purpose is to go to the palace to find evidence of the rebellion of the king of Ding'an, and now, the whole court knows about it, and the girl is really happy." ”
My mind was blank all of a sudden, and now I am getting more and more confused and unable to understand.
Why is Liuyun so unreasonable, I obviously didn't do anything, these are all made up by himself.
raised his eyes, but saw Hao Xuan standing outside the palace gate, his pale face without a trace of blood, and the green silk was messy with the whirring cold wind, which made people look very unbearable.
Father-in-law Yu hurriedly explained: "King Ding'an has been asking to enter the palace to see Miss Liu, the emperor has approved, if you have anything to say, just say it quickly!" After that, he and the two minions retreated outside the temple.
Hao Xuan slowly stepped into the main hall, I rushed to him, pulled his sleeve and said, "Hao Xuan, I didn't, I wasn't instructed by anyone, and I didn't take evidence of your rebellion..."
Before I could finish speaking, Hao Xuan blocked my lips with his hand, a faint smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "I know, I know, you don't have to explain." The emperor is the emperor after all, no matter how we calculate, we still haven't been able to count him. Zhen Luo, as long as you live, it's fine! ”
I looked at him calmly, my eyes dimmed, "Haoxuan, can you tell me, what the hell is going on?" ”
He raised his head and laughed for a long time, and his voice was as cold as ice in the hall, "Zhen Luo, I lost, I didn't lose to the emperor, I lost to you." His smile was full of vicissitudes and pain.
"From the day the emperor took you back to the palace, I knew that he and I would inevitably have an open and secret fight. When the concubine held the evidence that you were the daughter of General Chu and threatened the emperor to give you a marriage to me, I didn't want you to be involved in this conspiracy. However, I thought that as long as you are by my side, the emperor will not dare to do anything to me. He turned to look at me, his eyes shining with guilt for me, "So... Zhen Luo, I also took advantage of you..."
My eyes sank, and I looked at him with a very strange gaze, and there was a twitching pain in my chest. After a long time, he spit out his words in grief, "It turns out... It's really you who want to blackmail Liuyun, it turns out... You married me to take advantage of me... Haoxuan, I always thought that you and Liuyun were different, but I didn't expect that you were all the same..."My tone was neither humble nor arrogant, nor did I have a trace of emotion.
Hao Xuan lowered his eyebrows and did not answer, but he acquiesced in my words, which pierced my heart.
Turning suddenly, I ran out of the hall, unable to squeeze out a single tear in my eyes.
"Zhen... Luo.." Behind him came his weak voice, followed by a dull thud of falling to the ground.
I paused for a lotus foot, and slowly looked back and was shocked by what was in front of me, at this time Haoxuan was already lying on the ground, and the blood overflowing from his mouth stained the placket of his chest red.