Lin Zhiyu held the bottle of medicine and didn't mean to hand it to her.

"Liu'er, I want to eat cherries, can you go and get some for me." Xu Jiu'er pursed her lips and said to Liu Er.

Liu Er seemed to be fixed there, and did not move half a minute: "The current cherries are too ripe, and it is not the best time to eat." ”

This is the first time that Liu Er has disobeyed Xu Jiu'er, she is really afraid, and when she comes back, Xu Jiu'er will be gone.

Seeing that she was still unmoved, Xu Jiu'er rarely changed her tone to a non-obsessive tone: "Now I don't listen to my words?" ”

Liu Er stomped her feet, held back her tears, and hurriedly ran out.

Xu Jiu'er held Lin Zhiyu's hand holding the medicine bottle, gently broke Lin Zhiyu's fingers, smiled bitterly, and said slowly: "Instead of being painful and lonely, waiting for death in this Cheng'en Temple, I might as well find a more comfortable way to die, sister, you say, yes or no?" ”

She poured the small brown pill into the palm of her hand and heard the chanting of Buddhist scriptures outside.

"Liu Er is a sensitive person, and I will have to bother my sister to take care of her more in the future." Xu Jiu'er turned her head to look in the direction where Liu Er left, and a trace of reluctance appeared in her eyes, "I don't blame her." ”

When—

The monk rang the bronze bell hanging in Cheng'en Temple, which means peace and auspiciousness.

"According to the custom, at the end of the blessing ceremony, the bell is to be struck three times, isn't it?"

Lin Zhiyu nodded indifferently.

Xu Jiu'er swallowed the pill, and her voice was a little surprised: "It's actually sweet, like a sugar pill." ”

"When I was younger, my brother came to my house as a guest and scared me every day, and when I started crying, he reluctantly took out candy to make me happy."

"His eyes are also very good-looking, like stars, but it's a pity that I was locked up at home later, ready to enter the palace, and I will never see him again."

When—

The second bell rings, which means that everything is going well.

"Sister, the first time I saw you, I felt very kind, as if we had known each other for a long, long time."

We've met twice, but neither time has we been able to save you.

The tip of Lin Zhiyu's nose was a little sour, and he felt that something was blocked in his throat, and he choked uncomfortably.

In her previous life, she was in the cold palace and was not able to accompany Xu Jiu'er, but in this life, she had to witness her death with her own eyes, Lin Zhiyu felt that it seemed that the fates of the two times overlapped at this moment.

The effect of the medicine gradually started, Xu Jiu'er felt some strength in her body, and the headache that had been around her for a long time also dissipated, but her brain was a little dizzy, and a trace of sleepiness came up.

Lin Zhiyu helped Xu Jiu'er and asked her to lie down in a comfortable position.

Xu Jiu'er's eyelids became heavier and heavier, her eyes looked at the air in front of her emptily, and suddenly evoked a relieved smile: "Daddy, mother, ......"

When—

The third bell finally rang, begging the gods for protection, and the aftermath did not dissipate for a long time.

Xu Jiu'er also closed her eyes completely.

At the same time, Liu Er also hurriedly held a bowl of ripe cherries, and pounced in front of Xu Jiu'er like a gust of wind.

She panicked and stuffed the bright red cherry into Xu Jiu'er's gradually cold hand: "Niangniang, the cherry is here, the cherry is here, you open your eyes and take a look." ”

It's a pity that Xu Jiu'er couldn't sit up anymore and laughed with Liu Er as usual.

She looked up at Lin Zhiyu in confusion, and the latter shook his head at her slightly.

Liu Er, who finally understood what was going on, faced Xu Jiu'er, who was lying quietly on the bed, but suddenly calmed down, without tears or words, as if she had accepted it all at once, and rearranged the bowl of cherries and put it at the head of Xu Jiu'er's bed.

Seeing Liu Er's appearance, Lin Zhiyu was a little worried, was silent for a long time, and said: "Jiu'er said, she doesn't blame you, I hope that after she leaves, you can have a good home, do you want to follow me?" ”

Liu Er shook her head and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the eldest girl, but I made up my mind before, I will only serve the master of Niangniang in this life, and after Niangniang is buried, I will invite myself to the Internal Affairs Office." ”

Seeing that Liu Er was not looking for death and life like in her previous life, Lin Zhiyu was a little relieved.

Soon the news of Xu Jiu'er's death reached Zhou Tingchen's ears.

He didn't come over to take a look, but ordered someone to bury Xu Jiu'er's body in the imperial mausoleum.

For Xu Jiu'er, this is the cage that trapped her for the rest of her life, even after death, she can't return to her hometown.

Lin Zhiyu stood far away, watching the palace people scrambling to clean up, and he felt bad in his heart.

"The so-called blessing is a blessing or a curse?" She muttered unconsciously.

"It's just people's hearts."

Lin Zhiyu turned around and looked, and it was Zhou Zijin who spoke.

He had also heard about what had happened in the past few days, and in the face of Lin Zhiyu's distracted appearance, he didn't know how to deal with it, who rarely dealt with women, so he had to stand behind her and accompany him silently.

"I'll follow the army later, and you have to take care of yourself until I come back." Zhou Zijin paused, and said with relief, "This battle is not difficult to fight, but it is just to give the Xirong people who frequently harass the border a disadvantage." ”

The wind sent the crisp cedar fragrance on Zhou Zijin's body, with a reassuring power.

Lin Zhiyu turned his head to look, and the originally empty place was full of soldiers in armor, led by a man with a cold face and thick eyebrows, who must be Jiang Sheng.

Gonggong Zhang came to urge: "Third prince, it's time to leave." ”

Zhou Zijin nodded, as if he wanted to say something to Lin Zhiyu again, his eyes always glanced at Lin Zhiyu's hands folded on his chest, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back.

The two stopped talking, and it wasn't until Gonggong Zhang reminded him again that Zhou Zijin turned around and left.

Lin Zhiyu also got into the carriage with Lin Xiaolian's support.

"The third prince is really reluctant to give up on Miss."

Lin Xiaolian's condition is much better today, and she is willing to make some harmless jokes with Lin Zhiyu.

As the whip fell, the carriage slowly headed towards the palace.

It's just that it's a little strange today, the carriage that Lin Zhiyu is riding in is not fast, and even has a tendency to lag behind.

Lin Zhiyu lifted the curtain, and the dust brought by the wheels in front of her choked her coughing again and again.

"Miss, let's lower the curtain, but don't let the heat outside."

The summer was hot, so the palace people also put some ice cubes under the chairs of the carriage for the nobles to cool off.

"Let Qiaoxiu come in, it's too sunny outside, don't get heat stroke." Lin Zhiyu leaned back on the cushion tiredly.

When she got into the car, Qiaoxiu insisted on sitting in front, saying that it was the eunuch who was driving the car, and she always felt that she didn't look like a good person.

Lin Xiaolian shouted outside, probably because the "crunching" sound of the wheels was too loud, and Qiaoxiu didn't hear it.

Lin Xiaolian had no choice but to bow down and open the curtain and go out.

At this moment, there was a sound of wood breaking, and Lin Zhiyu, who was sitting in the car, was groggy and dizzy, and before he could react, the whole person fell on the wall of the carriage with inertia.

Before Lin Xiaolian and Qiaoxiu in front of them finished speaking, they saw the carriage behind them break, and in a hurry, Qiaoxiu pulled Lin Xiaolian over, rolled sideways, and jumped away from the carriage.

The two of them fell heavily to the ground, but they saw the front wheel of the carriage hit a big rock, and one of the center of gravity was unstable, and it went straight down the hillside on the side!