Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen: The King of Chu

I remember the voice of the man in white. It was this man I met outside the teahouse that day. He also looked at me with a smile: "This is the empress?" He said, turning his head to Xiao Huan, "Speaking of which, after meeting the emperor that day, I once had a moment with the empress What about fate?" Next?When he spoke to Xiao Huan, he did not call himself a low-ranking minister or a grassroots citizen, but called himself "the next", and called himself "the next" to the emperor, which was the privilege granted by Emperor Taizong to the descendants of Dawu Xiao's offshoot.

Xiao Huan supported the tree trunk and stood up slowly. His movements were very slow, as if something would be alarmed if he moved a little faster. He lowered his head and coughed, but his voice was clear, word by word: "It's been a few days. Can't you wait...His Royal Highness the King of Chu." The man in white laughed, narrowing his phoenix eyes slightly, with a slight smile at the tip of his eyes. His eyes are as dark as the vast and distant mountains, and there is nothingness in the depths of the pupils, making people want to immerse themselves in the sparkling pool of water, corresponding to his strange eyes. Yes, a flattering face.If Xiao Huan can only reveal a little seductiveness unconsciously when he loosens his hair, then the seductiveness of this man in white seems to be natural, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows are all natural coquettishness, this is simply a face bestowed by God to charm all living beings .

He is Xiao Qianqing, king of Chu——when he was still young, he was famous for his beautiful appearance. It is said that the people of Chu were willing to wait for three days on the official road he was going to pass in order to see his peerless appearance. Wherever they pass, there are crowds of people, which can be called a grand scene. Smiling lightly, Xiao Qianqing's elegant voice was unhurried: "Yes... I can't wait, if the emperor himself doesn't die, then whose throne shall I sit on?" Xiao Huan didn't answer, he leaned on the tree trunk and buried his head deeply. Although he tried his best to calm down, his shoulders could not help trembling slightly.

There was a constant buzzing in my head, and I shouted suddenly: "Leaving the fief without an imperial decree is a death penalty! Xiao Qianqing, you are so brave!" No matter how ridiculous and boring the words are, let me say a few more words, as long as I say one more word, it will buy Xiao Huan a little time to recuperate his inner breath. "What?" Xiao Qianqing laughed, a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes, his pale black pupils flickered, and he smiled slightly, "Empress...are you crazy?" "Do you think you can escape from the heavily guarded forbidden palace with your own strength?" I clenched my fists and continued to say loudly, "Even if you escape, you will no longer be a noble man from now on." Your lord, but a heinous traitor, you should think about it carefully, put Wang Feng down and get away from the emperor!"

Xiao Qianqing smiled, winking like silk: "If you lose, you will be a traitor, but if you win, this forbidden palace will be mine." He paused, and suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, "Of course including you, who loves to play tricks!" Empress who has become a little palace maid, although I don't think you are very attractive, but on a whim, I may reluctantly keep you by my side to clean and wait." I said coldly: "Who do you think you are? Let me tell you, in this world, apart from Big Brother Xiao, even if other people kowtow to me on the ground, I wouldn't bother to serve him."

"It's really loyal." Xiao Qianqing really put aside Xiao Huan and chatting with me, and smiled lightly, "Is this the so-called sticking to the end?" I snorted coldly: "I don't care what you think, I don't bother to explain to you, I like Brother Xiao, so I am willing to do anything for him, it's that simple." Speaking of this, the tip of my nose suddenly became sour, and the eyes were sore In the side light, I saw Xiao Huan supporting the tree trunk and looking up at me, raised the corners of his mouth to me, and smiled. This idiot, I worked so hard to buy him time, how could he still have time to laugh at me, idiot!

The cheeks were wet, and the tears flowed down again at some point, which was really embarrassing. With a sound of "Puchi", Xiao Qianqing on the side actually laughed. His eyes didn't know whether he was fixed on my face or somewhere else. If the two fight against each other, even if he is not injured, I will still beat him." "You're not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue if you talk big!" I snorted coldly and raised my eyebrows, "Since you are sure you can beat Brother Xiao, why don't you be upright and insist on arranging a trap to harm him? Afraid of him!"

"Whatever you say," Xiao Qianqing was not provoked by me, he pointed casually, Wang Feng in his hand was pointing at Shi Yan, and chuckled, "Stop the gossip, Commander Shi, please go back and tell the Queen Mother to listen to everything." My orders, otherwise," he smiled, "the Xiao Clan's Vermilion Bird Branch will really be extinct." Veins popped up on Shi Yan's face, he clenched his fists, and froze on the spot, neither intending to retreat nor daring to move. "Shi Yan!" Xiao Huan held on to the tree trunk and forced himself to stand, his face pale as paper, he gave a soft drink.

Shi Yan knew that Xiao Huan was telling him not to be brave, so he hurried to inform the queen mother, lowered his head and answered in a low voice: "Yes." He turned around and ran out of the yard without looking back. Xiao Qianqing looked at Xiao Huan with a smile: "The emperor is also a sensible person." Xiao Huan's chest rose and fell violently, and he glanced at Xiao Qianqing lightly: "You are welcome, King Chu." At this moment, Hong Qing walked up to Xiao Qianqing and knelt down on one knee: "My lord, what should the queen do?" Xiao Qianqing smiled: "Li Hongqing, back then you begged me to spare the Queen's life, and I agreed to you, but I don't like this woman, so you gouged out her eyes and broke her tendons. .” He said casually, as if he was disposing of a rag doll that he detested.

Hong Qing's shoulders trembled violently, and finally he lowered his head and said inaudibly: "Yes." "If you dare to touch her," Xiao Huan said suddenly, he took a breath and continued, "you don't have to think about the throne anymore." Xiao Qianqing raised his eyebrows and said "Oh": "My life is in the hands of others, why does the emperor think that I should listen to you?" "If you want to take the throne, you need me to issue an edict to pass on the throne to you. Otherwise, the throne will be wrong. Do you think the other vassal princes of the Qinglong branch of the Xiao clan will be willing to obey you?" Xiao Huan took a deep breath and finished speaking, raising his head His deep pupils pointed at Xiao Qianqing, and he chuckled, "You have to know... besides you, there are old man Qi Wang and that fat Liu Wang who want to be emperor..."

"Nonsense!" Xiao Qianqing's white face suddenly turned red, grabbed Xiao Huan by the collar, and pushed him to the tree trunk, "Those idiots, are they worthy?" Pushed by him, Xiao Huan suddenly coughed up a big mouthful of blood, Xiao Qianqing quickly let go to dodge, but there were still a lot of blood splashed on the snow-white sleeves, like a blooming red plum. Leaning against the tree trunk, Xiao Huan covered his mouth and coughed, while sneering coldly: "What a coincidence... If you... still think that I can write you an imperial edict alive... you better be polite to me...by your subordinates... ...Before I was injured...my cold poison had already attacked...my heart...now...ahem...may break at any time..." Hearing the words "your men", Hong Qing's shoulders trembled again, and she buried her head deeply. Xiao Qianqing frowned and looked at the blood on his sleeve, and said to Ying who had been sitting on the roof watching the show: "Give him some life-extending pills, I don't want a dead emperor." Ying shook her head, still smiling: "Why do you think I have life-extending pills? I only care about killing people, but I don't care about saving them, but there is some bliss incense here, and even the seriously injured people will suddenly recover after inhaling it. Strength, it's like a different person, do you want me to suck it for my brother?" I couldn't help yelling loudly: "That kind of medicine will only anesthetize people's nerves temporarily, but it will aggravate the disease after the effect of the medicine wears off. Do you want your brother to die early?" Ying's expression was still innocent: "I was seen, I was going to kill my brother." "You..." I got angry. "Don't make noise!" Xiao Qianqing frowned, stared at the bright red blood on his clothes, and waved his hands, "Okay, the queen's eyes don't need to be dug out, you can go..." Before he finished speaking, I hurriedly said, "I'll stay as your hostage too. One more hostage is better than one less." Xiao Qianqing snorted lightly: "Follow you." Without waiting for him to finish speaking, I hurried to the locust tree to support Xiao Huan. He was still covering his mouth and coughing continuously, his body shaking violently. "They say you'll be fine if you rest, why did you come out?" My eyes were sore, I hugged him and said.I can't cry now, Xiao Huan has suffered such serious injuries, I can only rely on me to find a way to escape from Xiao Qianqing's hands with him. "The smell of blood in this courtyard is too strong. Let's go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Li Hongqing, you lead the way ahead." Xiao Qianqing ordered calmly, intentionally or unintentionally, his pale dark eyes rolled over my face twice more. Before we arrived, all the maids and servants of the Hall of Mental Cultivation were kicked out, and the whole courtyard was quiet and deserted, looking extremely bleak under the cold sky. After finally helping Xiao Huan to the East Nuan Pavilion to lie down, his coughing sound continued, and there were spots of blood in every coughing sound. Xiao Qianqing didn't expect Hong Qing to injure Xiao Huanhan's cold poison just in time, he felt a little regretful, and was afraid that he would be given a pretext for killing the king, so he ordered Hong Qing to pass on the word and ask the imperial hospital to send an imperial doctor over. Li Mingshang was not here, and the Imperial Hospital sent the Imperial Physician Yang whom I met at the Compassion Ning Palace a few days ago. Physician Yang was also calm, and retreated without saying a word after giving Xiao Huan the pulse. I grabbed him and asked, "How is the emperor?" Physician Yang looked at Xiao Qianqing who was leaning against the door, and said calmly: "Forgive me to say bluntly, the emperor had the cold poison of ice and snow in his body when he was young, and this poison was concentrated between the heart and lungs. Ordinary people are much weaker in the first place, so how can they withstand such repeated injuries? If the humble minister's guess is correct, then the emperor's body has suffered a serious injury recently. Although his life was saved, the damage to his heart and lungs The damage was especially severe, it was beyond control, but today he was injured by someone's heavy hand, it is really..." He stopped and shook his head. "My minister is bold," Imperial Physician Yang said after a pause, "From my point of view, it is true that destiny has come to an end, and a great journey is imminent." "Nonsense! If Doctor Li was here, would he say the same thing as you?" I couldn't help cursing, and after I finished speaking, I realized that Xiao Huan was still resting inside, so I quickly covered my mouth. Physician Yang shook his head: "The emperor is Li Yizheng's disciple, and his medical skills will not be lower than that of a humble official. I'm afraid he knows better than anyone else about his own illness. Don't be careful to hide it from the emperor." He paused, and then He also said, "Your Majesty, I don't dare to say that Li Yizheng is as helpless as I am, but the reincarnation of the heavens cannot be controlled by human power. In the final analysis, one's own power will always be exhausted. Ma'am, don't be too persistent." I waved my hand, not wanting to talk to him: "Stop talking nonsense, what medicine can you prescribe to relieve the symptoms, at least to relieve the cough, please prescribe it to me." Imperial Physician Yang paused: "The manpower is exhausted, not to mention that the root cause of the disease cannot be cured. Just antitussive is just drinking poison to quench thirst, which will only increase the suffering." "You mean you're going to die?" I didn't know whether to sneer or calm down, and raised my hand to hold my forehead, "Tell me, how long is it?" Imperial Physician Yang was silent for a while: "It may take three to five days at most, and at least... within one day." I put my hand down from my forehead, my body seemed to be shaking uncontrollably, I raised my arm and pointed to the door: "You can get out." Imperial Physician Yang didn't speak, but bowed and walked out with the medicine box. The night was already dark, the cold wind of the twelfth lunar month blew in from the open door, the shadows of candles flickered in the majestic and almost empty Hall of Mental Cultivation, and through a door panel, Xiao Huan's light coughing in the Nuan Pavilion could be heard indistinctly , for a while, it seems to be gone for a while. I put my hand on the oak door, the cold air leaked out from inside, and then slowly seeped into my heart, I squatted down, buried my head in the crook of my arm, my eyes and throat were dry, sore and burning the taste of. "I said you..." A voice came from a warm hand on my shoulder. I slammed him away: "You go too, you all go away! You are all looking forward to his death, and now that he is really going to die, you are all happy, comfortable, and satisfied? Go away!" "I said you," the voice laughed, "the hairpin fell off, you don't care about your appearance, I don't want to see people with disheveled hair like a female ghost." Xiao Qianqing's voice was still elegant, like a clear spring, calm and pleasant. I calmed down a bit, looked up and saw that he really had a silver hairpin in his hand, took the hairpin, and I thanked him.My mind was in a mess, I put my hair up in a bun and stood up. Xiao Qianqing walked to the imperial case in the hall, tapped the table with his fingers, and shook his head: "It's just a rosewood table, and the material is only medium." Under the candlelight, the water was blurred, "My clothes are dirty, how about you find some clothes for me to change?" I didn't know what I was doing at all, so I nodded and agreed: "Follow me." For a moment Xiao Qianqing acted obediently like a child, nodded and followed me. There is a small room in the side room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation to store Xiao Huan's daily clothes. I lit a candle and went in to find clothes for Xiao Qianqing to replace. Xiao Huan likes plain colors, so most of his daily casual clothes are simple and clean. Xiao Qianqing is about the same height as Xiao Huan, and he can wear many clothes. The clothes were given to Xiao Qianqing, and finally he grabbed a crimson gauze five-dragon coil-neck and narrow-sleeve gown that he wore at the banquet and handed it to Xiao Qianqing: "Change it." Xiao Qianqing's complexion was very bad for a moment: "You bring me such gaudy clothes?" "Don't you want to be the emperor? This is not a dragon robe? Let you have fun in advance, isn't it good?" I looked up at him. Xiao Qianqing snorted: "I'd rather wear this dirty one." He said, suddenly looked at me and smiled, "Do you know Luo Xianxue?" "Do you know Xianxue?" I was a little surprised why he suddenly mentioned this, so I asked. "Three feet without flowers, three lives of blood, no gold will come out, no kills will never return, it's really a good swordsmanship." Xiao Qianqing smiled lightly, "When Feng Yuanjiang killed him, it took a lot of effort." I stared blankly at his smiling face, that frown and smile, as if walking from a painting, even in the dark without losing the color, I repeated in a low voice: "You are the one who initiated this matter?" Xiao Qianqing nodded calmly: "Yes, not only my envoy, but I was also there that day. That Luo Xianxue was holding a white jade fan pendant before he died. You gave it to him, right? Your name is engraved on it." I took a breath, and there was still a trace of calm in my mind: "Why did you kill Xianxue?" Xiao Qianqing said casually, with a light tone: "Who made him too ignorant of current affairs, I wanted to take him under my command, but he only did something for me once, saying that he wanted to retire from the world. So I let Feng Yuanjiang Go and kill him." He said, covering his mouth with a smile, "By the way, I was the one who let Luo Xianxue enter the palace to assassinate our emperor. I didn't understand how he would agree to enter the palace to die , now it seems that around that time he wanted to commit suicide..." There was a buzzing in my head. I couldn't hear what he was saying behind me. I raised my hand and slapped him hard on the face. The crisp sound echoed in the small room, he didn't seem to expect that I would hit him, he covered his face and looked at me, a little dazed. I staggered away from him, walked out of the room, and threw the candlestick in my hand to the floor. What am I still asking about these things?What was it that I cared about before?Did Xiao Huan send someone to kill Xianxue?Was the person who killed Xianxue punished?Why did Du Tingxin say those things to me?What is the relationship between Xiao Huan and Du Tingxin? To actually care about that kind of thing... It's ridiculous, it's too late. It's too late... I suddenly understood the meaning of the queen mother's words. She said that one day, I will remember the mistakes I made when I was young and frivolous, and those who will never come back. But it was too late before the day when I was no longer young, and before I caught the person I thought I could still catch. The cold wind blows through the empty courtyard and rolls up the withered and broken leaves on the ground. Why is it always so desolate in winter. Xiao Huan coughed intermittently all night, and I stayed by the side all night. In the middle of the night, he asked me to take a rest too. I shook my head and refused, and squinted on the edge of the bed holding his hand for a while. Dimly, I heard the sound of a flute outside the window, very ethereal and ethereal.It kept ringing for a long time, and it didn't stop until the sky turned pale. In the morning I raised my head from the edge of the bed, and Xiao Huan had already sat up, half-closed his eyes, listening to the sound floating outside the window. I smiled at him: "No rest?" He shook his head, coughed twice, and said with a smile: "The sound of the flute is very good, the king of Chu is an elegant man." Xiao Qianqing is playing the flute?I nodded and said nothing. The sound of the flute stopped abruptly, Xiao Qianqing pushed open the window and sat leaning against the window sill. He was dressed in white and snowy, with a green flute clasped in his fingers, against the bleak winter scenery outside the window, he looked even more beautiful, like Immortal. He smiled at Xiao Huan: "Just by the sound of the flute, you know it's me who played it. Could it be that the emperor is my bosom friend?" "After blowing all night, the breath is still full, and there is no lack of strength. Except for King Chu, Hongqing and Ying should not be able to do it." Xiao Huan said with a smile. "So it was deduced... I thought the emperor understood my thoughts," Xiao Qianqing rolled his eyes and smiled softly, "That's all." Xiao Huan also smiled, lowered his head and coughed a few times: "The King of Chu is not only in Beijing, is he?" The smile on Xiao Qianqing's face remained unchanged: "That's natural, if I don't bring some dead soldiers and win over a few courtiers, how dare I come to oppose the emperor?" Xiao Huan coughed lightly, and smiled: "If it's an accident... I just didn't expect that the king of Chu, who has never asked about common things, would want this throne?" Xiao Qianqing jumped down from the window sill holding the flute, and laughed: "Why do you want the throne? It's very simple, as long as it's your thing, I'd be happy to fight for it." Xiao Huan nodded and coughed a few times: "I see... Speaking of which, the King of Chu and I haven't seen each other for more than ten years." Hearing what he said, Xiao Qianqing suddenly narrowed his eyes, and sneered: "I am a vassal king who has been released from abroad. Of course, I cannot return to Beijing without an edict. The emperor has never thought that there is Xiao Qianqing in Chudi for more than ten years. I had to force the emperor to return to Beijing." Think about it." When he said that, even I could hear the resentment in his words, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment. Xiao Huan lowered his head and was silent, then smiled: "The King of Chu doesn't have to think so." Xiao Qianqing was a little impatient, patted the flute pipe in his hand, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, you should hurry up and write the edict of passing on the throne, or you may die at any moment, who do I go to? " Xiao Huan nodded, smiled at me and said, "Cang Cang, go get a pen and paper." I couldn't help but say, "Brother Xiao, do you really want to pass the throne to him?" Xiao Huan nodded: "A country cannot be without a king for a day. Among the princes of the offshoot of the Xiao family, regardless of literary talent and martial arts fame, King Chu is the best choice. I originally planned to pass on the throne to him, but now it's just early." After hearing this, Xiao Qianqing laughed even colder: "So it seems that I am too impatient?" Xiao Huan was about to write an imperial edict to pass on the throne, and when he still said that, I couldn't help but retort: ​​"Where do you have it, you are just killing the king and seizing the throne for your own selfishness!" Xiao Qianqing choked on me for a moment, unable to speak for a moment. I ignored him, got up and went to Xinuang Pavilion to get a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, moved a small table and put it on the bed, and spread the paper. Xiao Huan wrote the imperial edict with Xiaoji, which was not long, and was interrupted several times by his coughing. I replaced the blood-stained handkerchief in his hand and handed him a clean one. handkerchief. After finishing the imperial edict, I picked up the jade seal and was about to hand it to Xiao Huan when Hong Qing from outside the hall rushed in with a panicked expression: "My lord, the Queen Mother ordered people to surround the Hall of Mental Cultivation and attack it by force. Fortunately, Yingzao Incense was scattered outside the wall, and they couldn't get in for a while." Before Hong Qing finished speaking, Xiao Huan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood on the edict he had just written, and he hurriedly covered his mouth with a handkerchief. Xiao Qianqing was also taken aback, and then laughed in a low voice: "Your majesty, it seems that your mother doesn't care about your life and death, and insists on arresting me, a traitorous official." I moved the table away in a panic, and supported Xiao Huan to make him lie down. He shook his head, removed the handkerchief from his mouth, coughed and said, "Get out of the palace... go out..." Xiao Qianqing frowned: "Going out of the palace? What can I do when I go out?" "Maybe there is still a chance of survival when I go out of the palace...cough cough...do you want to stay here?" Xiao Huan said with difficulty, and suddenly grabbed my hand tightly, "my life is not long, mother already knew ...she is going to kill you." "Me?" I froze. Xiao Huan suddenly coughed up another mouthful of blood, and he blocked his mouth with a handkerchief. The blue silk scarf was soon soaked in blood into a dark red color, and he stretched out his convulsive hand towards Ying by the bed, with a piercing light shining from his deep pupils. : "Your...the fragrance of bliss...cough cough...give it to me..." Looking into his eyes, Ying actually took a step back, and then she said, "Okay." She took out a small porcelain bottle from her pocket. I quickly hugged Xiao Huan's body: "Are you crazy? You will die if you use that thing!" He paused, looked at me and smiled: "I said that I would protect you for the rest of my life..." Protect me all my life?I was stunned. In this case, why does it sound familiar?When did I hear it? He looked at me with gentle eyes in those deep pupils: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect this life to be so short." Then everything was messed up. Ying hurriedly handed over the vial, Xiao Huan took it, drank the whole bottle of concoction, leaned over to pick up the jade seal, and stamped the big seal on the imperial edict without using ink pad. He threw the imperial edict to Xiao Qianqing, took my hand to stand up, and ordered without hesitation: "Hongqing led Ying to open the way ahead. After the king of Chu died, he left the Hall of Mental Cultivation and headed towards the Hall of Yinghua. At this moment, the turret is on guard. It will not be strict, go out from there." Hong Qing was probably used to hearing Xiao Huan's orders, and immediately responded: "Yes." He went out with Ying, Xiao Huan pulled me and followed them closely, Xiao Qianqing was stunned, and took Bi Yuxiao and the imperial edict into his arms , followed up. Jin Yiwei's soldiers had rushed to the courtyard at this time, Hong Qing and Ying made a path through the crowd, Xiao Huan stood in the crowd and shouted: "Who dares to block the way!" Seeing Xiao Huan, the soldiers were all stunned, not daring to move the sword in their hands. Taking advantage of this time, Xiao Huan pulled me through the crowd and out of the Zunyi Gate. The northern end of the corridor was densely packed with black-clad imperial guards, and a big bright yellow umbrella was erected in the middle of the road. The Queen Mother stood under the umbrella, Beside them are Du Tingxin and Shi Yan standing with their heads down. Seeing Xiao Huan, the Empress Dowager's body shook, she took a step forward, her voice trembling: "Huan'er, for this woman, are you really going to lose your life?" "My mother has asked this question many times, no matter which time, my answer is the same," Xiao Huan stopped, smiled, and squeezed my hand, "As long as I am still alive, I will protect her well." , Queen Mother, I want to take her out of the palace, please get out of the way." "It seems that we have nothing to say," the Queen Mother sneered, "Twenty years of mother-child love can't compare to a promise to this woman. You forgot how this woman threw herself into the arms of other men, forgot How did she treat you so coldly? Ask her if she still remembers the promise back then? For a promise that was long forgotten by others, you can give up your life, Xiao Huan, you When did you become so stupid?" The Empress Dowager shouted with a stern voice. "It's not because of that agreement," Xiao Huan still smiled, "Don't you understand, Empress?" After a dead silence, the queen mother's voice trembled: "You are so much like your father, Huan'er, why do you want to be so like him?" She raised her hand, also trembling, and she said to the imperial guard behind her, " Listen, your emperor is dead, take down these rebels, and if you encounter resistance, shoot them to death!" Standing at the front was Shi Yan, the commander of the accompanying battalion. He cupped his fists to receive the order, drew out his long sword and walked over slowly. Over there Xiao Qianqing and Hong Qing fended off the soldiers who surrounded them, Xiao Qianqing still had time to smile: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has fallen out with you, is your will still valid?" He came and went freely in the formation, his clothes fluttered, and he was still elegant. "Just put it away, it's too long-winded." Xiao Huan shouted lightly, Shi Yan raised his sword and slashed at him, Xiao Huan slumped his shoulders to avoid his sword, stretched out his two fingers, and had already clamped his long sword. "The opening is too big," Xiao Huan smiled at him, "Being soft on the enemy is the most stupid thing." Before he finished speaking, Shi Yan's long sword snapped in two with a clang, and Xiao Huan's fingers turned around, holding the half-cut sword in his hand.The broken sword was neither long nor short, it was exactly the length of Wang Feng, and Bai Hong burst out from his hand, and the white sword slashed across Shi Yan's chest with a drop of blood, and the blood gushed out from his chest like splashed ink , Shi Yan fell straight to the ground. With a sneer, Xiao Huan lowered the dagger, pointing at the ground, blood dripping, he narrowed his deep pupils: "Who else wants to die?" Shi Yan is known as the number one master in front of the imperial court, and he is Xiao Huan's confidant who never leaves his side. Now Xiao Huan knocked him to the ground with only one move. people come out. The queen mother seemed to be stunned, and there was a dead silence in the corridor. Xiao Huan turned his head decisively: "Go ahead!" Xiao Qianqing and Hong Qing had already repelled the nearby soldiers, at this time Xiao Qianqing stood aside holding a flute, and chuckled softly: "I just thought of it too, the queen mother must have deployed heavy troops behind, why not simply walk through the Meridian Gate and kill one Caught off guard." In the voice, he should have rushed forward. Hong Qing pulled Ying and followed Xiao Qianqing, and Xiao Huan and I were behind. When I finally walked out, I looked back. In the corridor, Shi Yan covered in blood was lying on the ground, the queen mother was still silent, her expression was unclear, while Du Tingxin was standing silently beside the queen mother, when we were about to turn around the door, she suddenly lifted nod. She didn't look at me, nor anywhere else, her eyes fell directly on Xiao Huan's back. The imperial guards in black clothes passed by her and chased after her with a sword, but her gaze remained on Xiao Huan's back. There were no tears in her eyes, but I saw despair in her eyes—deep to the point of Despair that no tears can wash away. Du Tingxin is a very good woman, she is beautiful, knowledgeable and gentle, she is different from me who is useless. I even sometimes think, what could be me instead of her. Why is it me? Before the young man I met in the autumn wind in the south of the Yangtze River began to smile, from a more distant age, a boy smiled slightly at me. His face was pale and beautiful, and he narrowed his eyes as dark as the night sky. , with a smile: "Little girl, it's agreed, I will protect you in this life." It turned out that it was agreed a long time ago, and in the past, in the sinister turmoil in the world, and in the quiet life of the palace, that young man always remembered that agreement. No matter how cold-faced he was, he never really hurt me, no matter how misunderstood and complained, he never wanted to let go of my hand.He will break into the enemy camp alone when I am in crisis.Even at the last moment of his life, knowing that I was in danger, he would try his best to save me.It turned out that he just wanted to protect me again and again.It turned out that everything was agreed between that boy and that ignorant little girl. He still remembered, but that little girl had long since forgotten. The guards in the vestibule hadn't been mobilized in a hurry. It wasn't until the rear right door that a group of guards came running from the other side of the corridor. Xiao Huan frowned and pointed to the steps: "Go up." No one is allowed to approach the three halls at ordinary times, and there is no one on the platform, so we walked smoothly.I went out of the side door next to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and was about to find a way to go down to the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, when Xiao Huan suddenly stopped, and following his gaze, I saw the man in gray. The man stood on the road we must pass, with his hands behind his back.The morning sun illuminated half of his face, and there was no expression on that pale and blue face. He was wearing a human skin mask, but even if he was wearing a human skin mask, I could recognize him at a glance. Whoever it is, returns to impermanence.No one can carry a stronger bleak and lonely aura than him, that aura is extremely cold, as cold as death. "That's it, just stay here." His voice was also cold, he gently raised his right hand, the empty hand was slightly curled up, like holding an invisible long sword. Xiao Huan let go of my hand, stared at Gui Wuchang, but the words in his mouth were directed at Xiao Qianqing: "You and Hong Qing take them away, I'll hold him back." Xiao Qianqing chuckled disapprovingly: "Don't make it sound like you're going to die, how powerful is this person? Wouldn't it be nice to defeat him and go together?" Xiao Huan didn't speak, but Gui Wuchang sneered slightly: "What an arrogant boy." Before he finished speaking, he attacked Xiao Qianqing quickly. Even if Xiao Qianqing changed his moves quickly, he could only use the jasper flute in his hand to hold his waving fingers. Yuxiao broke into two pieces with a "click", as if forced to retreat by an invisible sword energy, Xiao Qianqing took a step back, his chest heaved for a while, and he couldn't speak. Xiao Huan waved his palm to attack Gui Wuchang, and lightly scolded him: "Go away." Xiao Qianqing was stunned for a moment, then pulled my sleeve slowly, Hong Qing nodded to Ying: "You can go with the lord." Saying that, he raised his sword and joined the station group. Xiao Qianqing stamped aside: "What are you doing, let me take two little girls alone?" Seeing Hong Qing, Gui Wuchang sneered: "Are you Li Xiao's son? You should know the fate of betraying the royal family." As he said, he drew Xiao Huan away with one palm, and slapped Xiao Huan with the other hand. Hong Qing hit it. Hong Qing didn't care about his mighty palm like a thunderbolt, the sword slanted forward and pierced the hollow under his armpit, it was completely desperate to injure the enemy. After Xiao Huan received Gui Wuchang's palm, he slashed out, forcing Gui Wuchang to withdraw his attack on Hong Qing, and took a step back. Without turning his head, Xiao Huan shouted to Hong Qing: "Tell you to take the Queen Mother away, don't you want to disobey?" Hong Qing froze there with the sword in his hand, and after a while he murmured: "Long Live Lord." Gui Wuchang sneered: "What a magnanimous Long Live Lord, you should consider your own life first." His palm accurately passed through the gap between Xiao Huan's arms, and hit his lower abdomen. Xiao Huan jumped back a few steps, reducing the remaining force of his palm, and half knelt on the ground. He stretched out his sleeves to wipe the blood from the corners of his mouth, and stood up while leaning on the white marble railing beside him. Gui Wuchang sneered: "Your internal strength has already collapsed, and you still want to hold me back just because of your dying body?" Xiao Huan didn't speak, but looked up at Xiao Qianqing, Xiao Qianqing bit his lower lip: "Okay!" He said, and said to Hong Qing: "Listen to your Long Live Master's orders, and take Ying away." Ying was surprisingly obedient today, at this moment she quietly walked to Hong Qing's side and tugged at his lapel: "Let's go." Xiao Qianqing pulled me down the steps, I looked back at Gui Wuchang and Xiao Huanjing standing face to face, the small door next to Xuanshang's imperial guards gradually poured out, and those people had already chased after them. Xiao Huan just stared at Gui Wuchang, he didn't look at me, if I just ran away like this, we would never see each other again, right?From then on, after the end of the world, there will never be such a blue figure in sight again. I slammed Xiao Qianqing's hand away, turned around and ran back. Xiao Qianqing didn't expect me to do this, so he called anxiously from behind: "You..." Brushing Gui Wuchang's body, I ran towards Xiao Huan. Seeing me, a worried look flashed in his deep pupils: "Cang Cang..." I rushed over and hugged his body. His body was icy cold, I buried my head in his skirt, and the faint smell of herbs came to my nostrils. He panicked and wanted to pull me away from him: "Cang Cang, be obedient, don't do this." I took a deep breath and looked up at him: "Among all the people, you are the most bastard, what do you say to protect me, you think I am rare? In the end, you are going to die... If you die, I will be the only one left What should I do? I hate you, you dumb gourd who doesn't say anything!" I hugged him hard and looked him in the eyes, "I hate you! I just want to tell you, I don't feel at ease even if you die !" He looked at me quietly, then suddenly smiled, and wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes: "Even without makeup, crying flowers don't look good." "How dare you say I'm not good-looking?" I glared at him. "Don't dare," he smiled, "Cang Cang is the most beautiful, even if she's crying, she's still pretty." "That's what I want," I smiled smugly, and tiptoed to kiss him lightly on the lips, "Brother Xiao, this is the best thing I've ever heard in my life... I will remember it well I remember it until my hair turns gray and I am too old to walk, and I will never forget it.” He smiled and nodded: "That's good, I'm also very happy." I raised my eyebrows: "Then let's talk about it, I will remember it until I am too old to walk." He smiled, opened his brows, and nodded lightly: "It's agreed, until I remember it until I'm too old to walk." 有股很大的力量把我从萧焕身上拉开，归无常的手掌照着萧焕的胸口拍下，他向后倒了下去，身子翻过汉白玉栏杆，坠向平台下。 我伸手去抓，却没有抓到，那个年轻人就这样错过我的手，跌了下去。 我最后看到的，是他淡然微笑着的脸，真是个傻子，他是从太和殿前最高的云龙石壁上跌了下去，我从来没见过有人从云彩上跌下去，还能笑得那么安心。 我拼命用手支住栏杆，这个身体是这么想跟他一起跳下去，可是我不能，因为已经答应过了，要把那句话记到老得走不动，那么等到老得都走不动的时候，是不是就可以一起去了？ 眼前渐渐黑了起来，隐约听到萧千清在叫：“苍苍！苍苍！” 心里有什么东西碎开了，那个年轻人的影子变成了一团漆黑，原来我还有那么多话没对他说。