Chapter 116. Zhao Xuan
In the dark dream, the footsteps of being pulled, An Lingrong walked alone in the dark, involuntarily walking towards the place with a light gray light in front of him, I don't know how long he walked, before he walked into the light.
Looking at the shallow light of the river under his feet, An Lingrong hesitated for a moment, and slowly raised his feet to prepare to step in.
"Come back soon......"
"You can't go over there......"
"If you go, you won't be able to come back......"
It seemed that countless hands grabbed her, and the jade bracelet on her wrist emitted a dazzling white light, pulling her back from the ghost gate, and falling into a deep sleep again into endless darkness.
Under the dim candlelight of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the Duchess of Meng Guo took out the sharp arrow from An Lingrong's heart, and the moment she pulled it out, the jade bracelet on An Lingrong's hand broke in response to the sound and broke into several pieces.
"This object is very spiritual, I don't know where I found it." Duchess Meng Guo threw the arrow on the tray on the side, muttered in a low voice, and turned to quickly medicate An Lingrong.
The night sank again.
When the first rays of light fell in the early morning, An Lingrong woke up from a long dream, and the noisy sound in the dream seemed to be still in her ears, making her temples hurt for a while, and then the sharp pain in her body swept over, An Lingrong couldn't help but cry out in pain.
"You're awake."
A pair of plain white hands pressed An Lingrong's shoulders, and then, a jade-like face appeared in front of him.
Duchess Meng Guo reached out and tested An Lingrong's forehead and neck, and after confirming that she had no symptoms of fever, she said lightly: "Niangniang has passed the dangerous period safely, and it will be fine if she is carefully raised for a period of time." ”
Cuiyin and Dill voices sounded at the same time: "Great. ”
"Niangniang, you can be regarded as awake, you have been in a coma for half a month, which makes the slaves and maids worried." Cuiyin knelt at the head of the bed with tears in her eyes, and said, seeing An Lingrong raising her eyes to look at Duchess Meng Guo, she hurriedly introduced, "This is Duchess Meng Guo, she pulled out the arrow for Niangniang, and guarded Niangniang for half a month." ”
"Thank you, Duchess Guo, for coming to the rescue." An Lingrong weakly thanked him.
"No need, the emperor has already thanked Niangniang." Duchess Meng Guo is a cold beauty, she is dressed in plain clothes, and she doesn't even smile when she speaks, "In order to save the mother, the emperor specially gave the Meng Guo Mansion a gold medal for avoiding death, such a generous reward, the concubine did not dare not go all out to save her." ”
An Lingrong nodded, didn't say anything more, and turned to look at Cuiyin: "Is everything okay with the emperor?" ”
Cuiyin was so worried that her eyebrows were about to fall: "Because Niangniang has been unconscious, the emperor ignored the opposition of the ministers and gave Prince Dun to death, if it weren't for the Guan concubine Niangniang to stop him, I'm afraid that Princess Gongding and Hongxuan Beizi would not be spared." ”
"Then you, hurry up and tell the emperor, just say that the palace has woken up." An Lingrong said intermittently.
"The dill is gone." Cuiyin nodded.
Seeing that An Lingrong was in good spirits, Duchess Meng Guo left Cuiyin alone to take care of her, and she went out to decoct the medicine, so that the master and servant could talk alone.
An Lingrong didn't have much strength, so she only asked Cuiyin to carefully explain everything that had happened during the time she was unconscious.
"For the past half a month, Niangniang has been living in the Heart Cultivation Palace." Cuiyin didn't dare to make a mistake or miss a single thing, and said to An Lingrong one by one, "After Niangniang was hit by an arrow, the Imperial Forest Army chased most of the palace, or let the assassin run away, the emperor was furious, and all the guards who stood guard at the Qianqing Gate that night were dropped, and the next day, the emperor was going to issue an order to divide the five horses of Prince Dun, the queen mother and the queen knew that they hurriedly came to persuade them, no one could persuade them, at that time Niangniang's life was in danger again, Imperial Doctor Zhou and Imperial Physician Wen were helpless against Niangniang's injury, and because they were men, taking into account Niangniang's reputation, they only cut the tail of the arrow, The arrow has not been able to find a way to pull it out, and the emperor has been guarding his mother for three days, and his eyes are red. ”
An Lingrong was sick and weak, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but redden his eyes slightly.
"Or the queen remembered that the concubine was still thinking about it in Penglaizhou, and asked to take her back to the palace, and the emperor remembered it, so he also agreed, and sent Gonggong Xia to pick up the concubine back to the palace." Cuiyin continued, "With the persuasion of Concubine Guan, the emperor calmed down a little, only gave Prince Dun to commit suicide, and named Hongxuan Beizi a false lord, and the Queen Mother promised Prince Dun Fujin and Hongxuan Beizi to continue to live in Prince Dun's old residence, and Princess Gongding was still raised in the palace, so she blocked the mouth of Youyou and preserved the emperor's reputation for thousands of years. The rest of the affairs of the remnants of the attached party, the slaves and maids don't know much. ”
An Lingrong nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. She saved the emperor out of instinct, and if the emperor left a stain on history because of this, wouldn't it be her sin.
After a pause, An Lingrong asked again: "The things that you were asked to do, but they have all been done?" ”
"The slave doesn't dare to forget." Cui Yin lowered her voice, "Niangniang explained before, in the Seven Divisions and Three Courtyards of the Internal Affairs Office, and the North Fifth Institute, a few capable and clever minions have been selected, and their family backgrounds have been figured out, and they will only be trained after Niangniang's palm." ”
This is when Shen Meizhuang started to check the palace people, An Lingrong explained to Cuiyin, she always knew that the biggest enemy in the palace was the queen, if you want to fight her, you must firmly root in order to grow into a towering tree, while the queen has not noticed her yet, she has to quickly cultivate her own power.
"I'll be better after a while, and you can arrange it." An Lingrong nodded and said, "This matter is very important, don't tell anyone first, and when the time is right, you can tell dill and cardamom." ”
"Yes, slave understands." Cuiyin nodded, and then said, "Also, Lord An is going to prepare to enter Beijing." ”
"What is it for?" An Lingrong asked.
"This encirclement and suppression of Prince Dun's forces, Lord An has a lot of credit, plus the credit for the seizure of illicit salt by sea, it is enough to be rewarded." Cuiyin's face was full of joy, "Although it is only a second-class baron, it is also a serious second-class baron, and his status is extraordinary. Mrs. Zhao entered Beijing first, and only entered the palace the day before yesterday, took care of her mother for two nights, and was resting in the compartment at this time. ”
"This time is really dangerous, and my father is also rich and dangerous." An Lingrong also smiled a little, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart. Since the emperor ascended the throne, there are not many heroes with different surnames who have been knighted, and the former Nian Qianyao has reached the peak, and his father must not follow in his footsteps.
Having said that, Cui Yin thought about it for a while, and suddenly said, "There is one more thing." After Prince Dun subdued the law, Miao promised to hang himself in the Xiuchun Pavilion, and the slave felt unlucky, so he made the decision to seal the Xiuchun Pavilion first. ”
"Miao promised to die?" An Lingrong was a little surprised, and wanted to make good use of Miao Kexin's chess piece, but she didn't expect that she would kill herself so eagerly, but she was convicted of Prince Dun's crime of spying on the holy will.
But after thinking about it, she didn't feel surprised, Prince Dun was dead, whether it was Miao Kexin's own weak heart, or the emperor deliberately couldn't tolerate her, her fate couldn't escape a death, after all, Miao Kexin's previous things were just thinking that she was hiding it well, and just one message out of the palace was enough for her to die thousands of times.
Maybe the emperor secretly arranged for someone to finish her off.
An Lingrong closed her eyes, feeling that her spirit was a little short, and Duchess Meng Guo came in with the medicine, and after drinking it, she couldn't help but fall asleep again.
In the hazy sleepiness, it seemed that someone was talking.
"Is she better?"
"Yes, the mother woke up for a while, drank the medicine, and just fell asleep."
"Then let her sleep a little longer."
It's a deep dream.
After a good night's sleep, when An Lingrong woke up again, he saw Zhao Xuan sitting at the end of the bed.
"Mrs. Zhao, long time no see." An Lingrong held Cuiyin's hand and slowly sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, smiled weakly, waved Cuiyin to retreat, obviously had something to say to Zhao Xuan alone, "Last time before parting, Madame said that when the time comes, I will inform the palace of your true identity, but now, what Madame said about 'timing'?" She lowered her eyes and looked at her empty left hand, "When I was dying, it seemed that many people reached out and pulled me back, and the jade bracelet you gave me connected them to me, and then it shattered, and at that moment, I felt as if I had cut off a lot of things." ”
Zhao Xuan sat silently and looked at An Lingrong for a while before slowly speaking: "I am not Zhao Xuan, nor am I from this world, or rather, I am not a human being. She raised her eyebrows and smiled, "After your mother Lin Yun's soul was scattered, her obsession with you lingered for a long time, floating in the void realm, and after several tosses, she condensed into a new soul body, and got the opportunity, and sensed the powerful thoughts from another world, they are the same as your mother, I hope you can be safe and happy, and the soul and mind are combined, and they become me." ”
After a pause, she said again: "An Lingrong, I was born for you, so I will never harm you." After you died in your previous life, in addition to your mother, there are many people who hope that you can live another life, they say, the laws of the world cannot be reversed, but you can use the loopholes of time and space to give you a lifetime of rebirth, but, it takes a price, and this price, your mother has already given, as for your father, it is the person who was chosen by them after thousands of choices, in order to pave the way for you, you must have a strong family background. ”
"Who are they?" An Lingrong looked at Zhao Xuan blankly.
"I don't know." Zhao Xuan shook her head, "At the beginning, they were still in contact with me very frequently, but slowly, it became less and less. At the beginning of the year, they sent the jade bracelet and told me that I must deliver it to you, and there has been no news since then. The last time I heard them speak, it was after the accident with Niangniang, they said, "She looked at An Lingrong, her voice seemed to overlap with thousands of voices, "Your fate has completely detached from your previous life, go forward boldly, An Lingrong, the past can no longer hinder your steps." ”
There seemed to be a light in front of him, which made An Lingrong's eyes sour.
"It's been a long time since Niangniang remembered the events of her previous life, right?" Zhao Xuan stepped forward and wiped away An Lingrong's tears with a handkerchief, "Every day will be a new day in the future, and my mother will be overjoyed." ”
An Lingrong was in tears and nodded vigorously.
After nightfall, Fang Chunyi woke up from the nightmare again, sitting at the head of the bed in a cold sweat, panting heavily.
"Little master, you're having nightmares again." Su Yun, who was keeping vigil, also woke up, lifted the curtain and looked at Fang Chunyi, his eyes full of worry, "Slave maid, let's go boil a bowl of soothing soup again." ”
Fang Chunyi's face was pale, a little out of shape, his lips trembled and asked Su Yun: "Have you dealt with everything that Miao promised to be clean?" ”
Su Yun's face was also pale, but he still nodded calmly and said: "According to what the mage said, the slave maid took a complete set of close-fitting clothes and jewelry, put it in an iron box, sealed it with four long nails, found a dry well and threw it in, and pressed a stone on it, which was foolproof." She swallowed her saliva and comforted Fang Chunyi, "The little master is at ease, she will never come to the little master again." ”
Fang Chunyi shook violently, folded his arms, buried his head between his knees, and remembered the lightning and thunder that night, like a nightmare that he couldn't escape.
Miao Kexin's frightened expression, pinching her nails fiercely when she was dying, and her rolling eyes and bruised face after slowly losing her breath, scene by scene, frame by frame, pestering her every night and night.
"She brought it on herself." Fang Chunyi gritted his teeth and trembled, excusing himself, "If it weren't for her making fun of me as a maiko, and sarcastically mocking me for not even wanting face in order to make friends with Guan Concubine, how could I have strangled her to death." Anyway, she won't live long anyway, the emperor had planned to let Gonggong Su pass a decree to kill her, but I just ...... It's just to share the emperor's worries. She was in a cold sweat, "It's useless for her to come back to me, I, I ......"
"Little Lord!" Su Yun hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Fang Chunyi's mouth, met her frightened flickering eyes, forced herself to calm down, and said in a deep voice, "Little master, you just ran into Miao Promise to kill herself when you went to Xiuchun Pavilion, you were just frightened, her death has nothing to do with you, but you must remember!" She helped Fang Chunyi and disguised Miao Yi as if she was hanging, if Fang Chunyi said this matter in a gaffe, she would also suffer.
Fang Chunyi slowly calmed down, and slowly, desperately, nodded.
Since then, every night has been her nightmare, and she has stepped into the abyss, and there is no turning back.
Who are they?
It is thousands of you who hope that An Lingrong will come back again.