Chapter 18: Life and Death

I looked at him in astonishment, my heart was confused, any thought stopped instantly, and I couldn't wait to run to his side to help him up, but I was still powerless. I could only crouch down and hold him in my arms, and the blood gushing out of his mouth soon stained my clothes red.

"Someone! Come on..."I urgently called for help outside the hall, but Hao Xuan interrupted me angrily, "Zhen Luo, don't scream, stay with me for a while, just for a while..."

Beads of sweat came out of my forehead one by one, and in the face of life and death, I had always been in a fearful attitude, asking him over and over again, "Haoxuan, Haoxuan... What's wrong with you...", his voice was so anxious that there was no trace of composure at all.

He pulled out a very miserable smile at me, even if I knew he was uncomfortable, he didn't show it on his face, "Zhen Luo, if I die, can you promise me one thing." ”

His eyes widened in surprise, his words seemed to be saying goodbye to me, and I kept shaking my head at him, "You won't die, Haoxuan, you won't die..."

"Zhen Luo, I shouldn't expect everything I can't get, whether it's that position or you, it doesn't belong to me after all. I once promised you that I would clear your father's name, but now, I can't do it, Zhen Luo, I'm sorry..."He held my hand tightly, but his eyes were full of pain, that kind of pain was not from his own discomfort, but from the kind of heart that he couldn't let go.

There seemed to be a cold liquid sliding across his cheeks, staring at his close face, I begged him: "Haoxuan, don't tell me I'm sorry, I'll go ask the imperial doctor to come over, you'll be fine, hold on!" ”

He, however, laughed, as weakly as his voice, "It's useless..."

My hand suddenly loosened, and the whole person was stunned for a long time, then suddenly looked at him and muttered, "Haoxuan, are you taking poison, aren't you?" ”

He closed his eyes slightly, but did not answer my question. But I knew better than anyone that he acquiesced.

"Haoxuan, spit it out, spit it out, spit out all the poison..."I pinched the corners of his mouth with both hands, but he closed his lips tightly and refused to let go.

He didn't even want to give me a chance to save him.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes suddenly, then grabbed one of my hands, and said seriously: "Zhen Luo, you promise me that from now on, you must protect yourself, don't think about other people, really only think for yourself!" ”

I always shook my head at him, "Haoxuan, spit out all the poison, I won't let you die, you don't want to die!" ”

"Zhen Luo, you must live well...", his voice began to turn low.

"Haoxuan, why do you want to take poison? Why? Didn't we say that if you want to die, you will die together? Did you forget? I'm your side princess, we're a family..."I shouted at him, I didn't want him to lose the slightest consciousness, at that moment, I just wanted him to live well.

He looked at me for a long time, and then he closed his lips. I knew he had something to say to me, but he swallowed it back.

"Haoxuan... Hao Xuan..."I whispered his name over and over again.

The flame in his eyes gradually extinguished, and after a long time, he whispered to me: "My rebellion is a capital crime, Zhen Luo, you no longer have anything to do with me, that letter of resignation is an ironclad fact, even if it is the imperial court, it can't help you, promise me, live well!" ”

The chaotic thoughts in my mind instantly cleared up, and I put his hand on my face, so that he could feel my temperature, and let him know that he was not alone, "Haoxuan, did you expect today?" That's why you wrote the letter of resignation early to make a clear relationship with me. However, I don't understand, since you already knew that you had today, why didn't you stop, why did you jump into that fire pit, since you knew that you couldn't fight the flowing clouds, why didn't you leave yourself a way out..."

His eyes gradually ignited a hot flame after I spit out these words, and his face returned to a little blood, but he never spoke.

It seemed that it took a long time before he spoke, although his voice was very weak, but that firmness did not weaken a point, "Zhen Luo, I have never been rare for that position, and I don't want to fight for that position." However, being born in an imperial family, even if you don't have that kind of heart, it's hard to believe. Born in the emperor's family, he can't decide the path he wants to take, and he wants to protect the people around him, so he can only sit in that position, otherwise, everything will be in vain... Now, I have lost, I have lost completely, I have lost convincingly, and I should apologize with death. It's just that I can't let go of you and my mother..."

His face began to blur in my eyes, and the surging tears drowned me, and he told him with a trembling voice, "You can't die, since you can't let us go like this, don't die... Haoxuan, it's a big deal, we stay away from the palace, stay away from the court, don't ask the facts, Liuyun won't kill us, he won't..."

"You don't have to say these kind words to comfort me, what a great sin it is to rebel. Zhen Luo, as long as you can live well, I will die without regrets, and I am very grateful to have you by my side in my last days! Now, I can't save my mother, but I can still save you, is this an arrangement of God..."His eyes gradually dimmed, no longer as clear as before.

Those unstoppable tears, the sound of sobbing, made me so uncomfortable that I couldn't say a word.

He showed a faint smile again, his eyes slowly closed, and the whispered words in his mouth still came into my ears, "Zhen Luo... I've always knew... You still love the emperor... Zhen Luo... Forget about me... Henceforth... Happiness for a long time..."

His body slowly sank, the blood spilling from the corners of his mouth made his whole face very pale, I hugged him tightly, felt the warmth of his body, he didn't go far, he would still be beside me.

When, snowflakes rose outside the hall, floated into the hall, and landed on Haoxuan's body but did not melt. I sat for a long time with his body that had no resistance anymore, and what had happened suddenly came to mind...

That year, the Qixiang Palace was in chaos because of him at the concubine selection ceremony.

That year, the king of Ding'an, who was high in Yixiu Palace.

That year, for my sake, he made a big fuss in Qifeng Palace, and he did not hesitate to turn against his mother.

That year, in order to save me, I knelt in Qixiang Palace, only to take back my father's life.

Now, it's because of me that I'm dead. If I hadn't asked him to regain that position in a hurry, perhaps a man like him would not have left with such guilt.

Along the way, I didn't remember much of the past.

Looking back now, the fragments only add to the sadness.

Until Liuyun appeared, I still didn't know that the moment he pulled me up, I almost fell down first, facing him, I smiled and said: "He's dead, Liuyun, can you rest assured and happy... Don't worry anymore, he'll fight you for that throne! ”

Liuyun's body suddenly froze, and he looked at me suddenly, "Zhen Luo, he is also my younger brother!" ”

"Brother?" I sneered, in this cold hall, so bleak, "In the battle of the royal family, brothers and sisters are like enemies, and now you say the word brother, which makes me feel so sad, so sad..."

Liuyun took a deep breath of cold air, and his eyes were faintly painful, but at this time, did his pain really come from the person lying on the ground? "No matter what, he is my own brother, Zhen Luo, he will always be Ding'an Wang Rong Haoxuan!"

I slowly let out a desperate chuckle, he saw a glimmer of light in my black eyes, and his eyes gradually deepened, "Zhen Luo, you will be my wife, rightly speaking, from now on, no one can touch you, and no one can threaten you." And, stay by my side forever. ”

I hesitated for a moment, restrained my smile, and then said softly, "Wife? Can I still be your wife? With so much going on, do you think we can go back? ”

There was a look in his eyes that I couldn't see through, and he looked good at it, and then turned around and walked out of the hall. Gonggong Yu then entered the hall and slowly opened the yellow scroll in his hand, his voice louder than the cold wind howling outside.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Chu Zhen Luo has made great contributions to helping me to exterminate the chaotic party, plus he is equipped with talent and virtue, Wen Wen Xianshu, and now he is specially named the imperial concubine of the Damin Kingdom, given the number Chen, living in Guan Ju Palace, taking six palace affairs, and is scheduled to hold a canonization ceremony on the eighth day of the first month of this month, Qin this!"

I listened to this passage with a shaky twist, and it was a complete mess of nonsense.

Father-in-law Yu smiled and handed the holy decree to me, "Congratulations to Concubine Chen, it's really a great joy!" ”

After receiving the holy decree, I was stunned for a long time, and suddenly came back to my senses and rushed out of the Zhaoren Palace, catching up with Liuyun at the gate of Chonghua Palace.

He stood in the snow and looked at me, looking supreme and noble, and I threw the decree in front of him, and my tone was as cold as this ice and snow, "I will not accept this decree." ”

Liuyun behaved very calmly, bent down to pick up the scroll, and said to me calmly: "Zhen Luo, I will always tie you to my side and never leave for a moment." He took out a palm-sized bag from his waist, walked up to me, grabbed my wrist, and placed it in the palm of my hand, "This is my promise to you, if you break your promise, heaven and earth will be destroyed!" Giving me a deep look, he slowly turned away.

The moment I opened the bag, I couldn't cry, looking at the gradually blurred figure in the heavy snow, I couldn't restrain my mood after all, trotted forward and hugged his broad waist from behind, sobbing and saying: "Liuyun..."

He looked a little surprised, and stayed for a long time before he suddenly turned around and hugged me into his arms, and his heavy snort swam between my green silks, "Zhen Luo, I'm sorry... I promise you that I will not hurt you again! The voice was very bleak.

I was in his arms, as if I had returned to the past, the Helian Liuyun who was willing to give up the throne for me, the Helian Liuyun who had said to take me away and fly high.

Holding tightly in my hand the mandarin duck embroidery that I had personally shown for him, I raised my eyes to stare at him, and said softly: "I thought you had already discarded it, I thought..."

His lips fell at this moment, blocking mine.

The kiss was direct, domineering, and too strong for me to refuse.

All of a sudden, I fell silent and became silent.