Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

There was nothing serious about Sheng Yan's shoulder, it didn't fall on it, but pulled the muscle on the shoulder blade.The military doctor prescribed ointment for her. Sheng Yan looked at King Rui, frowned slightly, and said, "Prescribe some medicine for me to take internally. I can't apply ointment for myself, and I guess you don't have any accompanying women here." .” "It's true that there are no women in the army, but if Concubine Shengde doesn't mind, I'm willing to do it for you." He took the ointment, motioned the military doctor to go out first, and then sat down by the bed, staring at her with burning eyes, "Could it be Said Concubine Sheng De's memory is so bad, have you forgotten that we have done more intimate things?"

Sheng Yan turned her head to look at the lights in the tent, but said nothing. How could I forget.In Yuncheng Palace, the waterfall outside the small pavilion kept rattling and rattling, and the lips he kissed on her neck and chest were scorching hot like fire in the dark night. Seeing her hesitation, King Rui stretched out his hand to caress her neck, regardless of whether she was willing or not. His right palm was inserted into her collar, and his wrist was turned over. Her left lapel had slipped off, and the area around the shoulder blades was indeed slightly swollen. She was shocked, but before she could stop it, the swollen and painful area suddenly became cold. He was already applying the ointment, and the coolness soaked in, making her feel very comfortable.She had no choice but to turn her back stiffly and let his fingers slide over her shoulders, rubbing them lightly.

In the dark night, the only sound left was the beeping and peeling of the lanterns. Neither of them spoke, and the sound of Diao Dou was heard not far away. After the ointment was applied and she pulled up her clothes again, she turned to look at King Rui, and found that he was sitting in front of the bed, looking at her silently. Seeing her turn around, she stood up to wash her hands, and slowly wiped her hands. Dry, ask: "Is Concubine Sheng De going to start talking about business?" Sheng Yan said lightly: "Since King Rui knew that I would come to you tonight and came to pick me up in time, I think you must have known what I was looking for you."

"It's been hard work for the imperial court. It's been so long that no news has come out, yet they still have to work for Concubine Sheng De to go there in person." He said sarcastically. Sheng Yan slowly got out of bed, went to sit in front of him, and said: "After King Rui left, the emperor became seriously ill, and people's hearts fluctuated. Now that the court's talents are withered, there is really nothing to do." He raised his eyes to look at her: "I heard that Concubine Sheng De has supported the imperial court with all her strength, and she has made great achievements through hard work, which is really admirable."

"I'm just a woman. Where can I get involved in the affairs of the court? It's the right way to rely on King Rui to come back and preside over the affairs of the court." King Rui laughed and asked: "Why is there anything wrong with me? Didn't the court want to kill me, a traitor, a few days ago? If I, a rebellious minister and traitor, return to the court to make trouble, I'm afraid there will be a lot of people in trouble." Bar." Sheng Yan said in a low voice: "Everything in the past, you and I have been wronged by each other, but now the court is in trouble, we can only let go of everything..."

"Between you and me, it seems that you are sorry for me more." He said coldly. Before he could hold the paint, he actually said this about himself. Her hands under the table unconsciously clenched into fists, and her nails were deeply embedded in her palms, almost piercing her skin. He killed her husband and mother, and now he says this. But, in his heart, he must feel that she broke her promise to marry Shang Xun, and then murdered him together with Shang Xun, which is a more serious and heinous crime.Just because he is the one who is superior to others, treating others as worthless, and not being able to stand up to him for a little bit of others, is a great sin.

She took a deep breath, finally slowly let go of her clenched fist, took a deep breath, looked at him squarely, and said, "Shang Xun's current situation must be known to King Rui... Now the country is shaken." Even someone like Xiang Yunhuan dared to rebel. After all, this world belongs to your family. How can there be any reason for it to fall into the hands of people with foreign surnames? After you help the court to punish the rebellious officials and thieves, you will naturally take over the government. All the people who wronged you at the beginning are all at your mercy."

He looked at her a little funny: "However, Concubine Shengde, the capital is already in such a mess, and I believe the soldiers are out of food. If I join forces with Xiang Yunhuan, it will take only a few days to easily capture the capital. Immediately." You can wipe out everyone who was sorry to me before, so why bother to help you wipe out Xiang Yunhuan, and then wait a year or so before disposing of you?" When he said this, he suddenly laughed again, stared at her for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It's just like you, who have already fallen into my hands, but still want to negotiate with me, isn't it fantastic?"

She bit her lower lip and looked up at him, but she was not afraid: "Even if you successfully capture the capital now, in the eyes of future generations, you will always be a usurper, but if you work with the imperial court to destroy the rebel party and bring the world back, The emperor can no longer be in charge of the government, and it is justifiable for Zen to be in your place, I believe that for you, the world will be much easier to rule in the future." "Even so, it's all trouble anyway. Why do you think I should choose to face Xiang Yunhuan's trouble now?" He asked with a smile.

She clicked on the marching map on the table with her own hand, pointing to the south: "Xiang Yunhuan is now a rebel, and naturally has plans for the world. Now that you are joining forces, what are you going to do in the future? Divide up the world. You are in the north and he is in the south." Is it?" After a pause, seeing that King Rui didn't speak, she also smiled slightly, "Since, you will one day deal with him, instead of being infamous for treason against the court and killing allies, Why don't you take advantage of the time when the imperial court asks you to come to make peace, and clean up your confidant's troubles in advance, and ascend the throne cleanly, wouldn't it be the best?"

King Rui looked at her smile, folded his arms, and said: "But I came here for the Qing emperor. I went all the way south and fought many battles with the imperial court. Now I suddenly represent the imperial court to fight against the army. Will it change too much?" quick?" "The Qing emperor's side is peaceful and rebellious, all for the sake of the world, what's the difference?" she asked. "The world... Concubine Sheng De has been in the court for a few days, and she has even learned the ability to pun. It's really admirable." When he said this, he suddenly stood up, walked to her side, and Sheng De Yan was still sitting, not knowing what he was doing here, she was in a daze, but felt her chin move, it turned out that he reached out to lift her chin, and their eyes instantly met. The night was silent, the candles were flickering, and everything was silent. "So, how about adding a beautiful add-on to our collaboration?" He gazed at her, his eyes burning. Sheng Yan was stunned, not knowing why, but heard him say again: "For so long, there have been many women around me, and you have also become Shang Xun's concubine. But I am also very strange, why sometimes I dream back at midnight, I am serious Think about what you want most in your life, or what you lack...sometimes it's the throne, sometimes it's my mother, but more often, I always think of you." He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Maybe it's because you were the first person to make my heart flutter." In the heavy rain, under the peach blossoms, the sky is full of pink color, delicate and bright.How to make people not be moved. "There are still many funny thoughts, just like a child." He let go of her, went back to sit down, leaned back on the chair, and seemed to be talking to himself, "For example, when we first met , since you got into my car, I should take you away without any explanation; for another example, after I proposed to you that time, by the Sansheng Pond, since I had already kissed you, why did I let go? A horse doesn’t necessarily only fit two people; also, when the Empress Dowager allowed you to leave the palace, why did I avoid suspicion and wait for you at the gate of the palace, so what if I just took you away? Or, in Yuncheng When I was in the palace, I should not try to seduce you, but should get you out directly, and when you wake up, everything is a foregone conclusion, and you can no longer refuse me..." His words sounded softly and slowly in her ears in a trance, so lingering in the dark night, but in Sheng Yan's ears, she could only feel a burst of blood in her chest, resentment and sadness, as if My heart is tormented and steamed. He killed her husband and mother. If it is said that he murdered Shang Xun again and again, it was for the royal family, but why is her mother guilty?But he just died in his thoughts.Now, he said these words in front of her like nothing happened, how could she not be resentful. Could it be that in this world, she was the only one who swore in her heart that her purpose of living was to be his enemy? She took a deep breath and couldn't help interrupting him: "Lord Rui, we have never been able to." He sneered slightly: "Yes, of course it is impossible. My memory is not bad enough. I forgot that someone once personally wrote the edict to kill me, and personally prepared the sharp knife to kill me for my younger brother." "So what do you want?" She stared at him intently. "How? The emperor is already like this. I'm about to get what I want. Even if the taste is not very good, should I try it?" He asked coldly. She was a little desperate, and after a long time, she asked: "Don't you really care about the opinions of the government and the public? The emperor is not dead yet!" He sneered, "I don't believe anyone dares to talk about me." She had nothing to say, and looked down at the table, where the world was laid out, with great rivers and mountains. Rui Wang Shangjie looked at her drooping cheeks, walked to her side for a long time, stretched out his arms to hug her, bent his face and whispered in her ear: "Sometimes I really feel that it is easy for me to get this world, Because I am sure of myself. But getting you is really the most difficult thing in the world. " Because he was really not sure about her. Things in this world are often like this, no matter how powerful a person is, they are always emotionally powerless. "Then, Concubine De, when you came here to be a lobbyist, didn't you think about what would happen?" He lowered his head next to her ear and asked in a low voice, "Or, in fact, you have already prepared, what are you going to sacrifice? ?” The fourth watch was over, Diao Dou's voice came, and the soldiers outside began to change their whistles. Sheng Yan seemed to have woken up, pushed him away, and said in a low voice: "I thought Lord Rui was dedicated to your family." He looked at her amusedly, and said, "Even so, but now you are asking for me, shouldn't I ask for a deposit? You don't think I'm really stupid enough to let you make a condition?" "But... I'm your brother's concubine..." She looked at him almost pleadingly. "I don't think he'll wake up again," he said casually. Sheng Yan was startled when she heard his tone, and was about to speak, but felt that he had already kissed her lips, and she had no chance to speak again. She froze and wanted to push him away, but she didn't know whether it was because of the shoulder injury or something, but she was powerless. Her hand was on his chest, powerless to resist, so she could only let him pry him obediently. Opening his lips, entangled with the tip of her tongue, as if he had tasted the essence of taste, he increased the strength of his arms fiercely, bringing her closer to him and kissing her deeper. Sheng Yan was dizzy and short of breath, and closed her eyes helplessly, only to feel a golden and red swirl in front of her eyes, the candlelight was flickering, and the world was in turmoil. It was not until she was out of breath and was about to faint that King Rui let her go, looked down at the blush in the corners of her eyes, the eye waves shimmering under the candlelight because of a layer of tears, and the delicate cheeks in her weak panting It's so bright, so soft, it's really fascinating. He picked her up and walked towards the bed.After being placed on the bed, Sheng Yan seemed to have just woken up. She looked at him with wide eyes, half sat up stiffly, and whispered: "I can't stay here." But he ignored it, his right hand slid up her neck, inserted into her thick and messy hair, held her face up, and kissed her skin, soft, sweet, and trembling.He couldn't help but push her down on the bed, his lips lingered on her chest, rolling along the round contour of her chest, leaving scarlet marks. She firmly grasped the quilt under her body, took a deep breath, and forced herself not to sink into it. But the outside is still frozen in darkness, no one will see her and come to her side to save her.She bit the tip of her tongue hard to keep herself awake, then slightly propped up her upper body, and slammed her damaged shoulder blades hard against the edge of the bed. In the severe pain, she trembled all over, and cold sweat broke out quickly. Although she bit the tip of her tongue, she still groaned in pain. He was hugging her waist tightly, but felt that all the muscles in her body were tense, and she was covered in cold sweat.He was a little annoyed, but he still hugged her who was curled up in pain, let her lie prone on the bed, carefully looked at the wound on her back, and said in a low voice: "It's really accidental, I hit the wound again." Perhaps because of the confusion just now, his voice was hoarse and low, and he deliberately lowered it, speaking close to her ear, which made her tremble all over. She bit her lower lip, buried her face in the pillow, and remained silent. "In that case..." He was a little annoyed, let her go and stood up to the door of the tent, whispered something to the guards outside, then came back and sat down by the bed, suddenly asked an unimportant question: "Follow Is the one you came here Jun Rongyu, the son of Jun Lanxie?" "Yes." She whispered. He said flatly: "You don't have anyone capable of protecting you right now, so that something like this happened to you just now. I'll let Tie Fei continue to follow you." Of course she refused: "No need, Tie Fei is your confidant, and being by your side is more useful than being by my side." He smiled, and then said: "He is outstanding in martial arts, but he is a little lacking in marching and fighting. I can trust him to be by your side, and..." He suppressed his smile, paused, and then stared at her and said, "I can't trust you. I don't think you are a trustworthy person. At least, you have never kept your promise to me. If Tie Fei is by your side, I can always know what happened to you." Yes, she never thought about keeping her word, so she could only acquiesce. After a while, Tie Fei came in, and after seeing King Rui, she turned to look at Sheng Yan, saw her lying on the bed with disheveled temple hair, she froze for a moment, hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look again. King Rui said lightly: "She is injured, and the original guards are not strong enough, so I want you to stay with her to protect her for a while. Now that the court is in turmoil, remember to stay close." Tie Fei was stunned and asked, "My lord, this..." "I'm going to have peace talks with the imperial court soon. If you return to her side, there should be no problem in reinstatement...Sheng Yan, what do you think?" He no longer called her Concubine Sheng De, but called her by her name directly. Sheng Yan bit her lower lip silently, what else could she say to this spy who blatantly arranged beside her?Now that there are requests from others, everything can only be fulfilled.So she sat up, stroked her shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Lord Rui, for your kindness. If I think about it, I wouldn't be hurt." King Rui smiled, seeing Tie Fei hesitated to speak, he asked, "Are you willing?" Tie Fei hesitated for a moment, then knelt down on one knee to Sheng Yan, and said, "Tie Fei will do her best to protect Concubine Sheng De, and will go through fire and water, and will do whatever it takes." King Rui looked up at the sky outside, and asked: "That Jun Fangwei, did you bring it back?" "The subordinate has brought it back, and it is in the subordinate's barracks." "Bring him here, order a team of soldiers to send Sheng Yan and him back to the city, so you don't have to come back, remember to protect your master well," he said. "Yes." He answered briefly, turned around and went out, leaving only the two of them in the tent.King Rui walked over and said in a low voice, "Get ready to go." She looked up at him, nodded silently, reached for a belt next to her, tied up her flowing hair, and hung it on her chest. King Rui watched her every move. Although he had a great enmity with her and should hate her, but at this moment, he felt something unknown in his heart, rippling. He couldn't help stretching out his hand and holding her hair, Gently stroke with fingertips. Tie Fei's voice came from outside: "My lord, Concubine Sheng De, everything is ready." King Rui smiled and said, "Tie Fei, you idiot, don't you know how to move slowly?" He stretched out his hand, hugged her horizontally, and let her snuggle into his arms gently and delicately. Embarrassed, Sheng Yan said, "My shoulder was injured, and my foot was only slightly injured..." "So what if it's just a serious foot injury, no one knows." He smiled, and carried her out of the tent. Outside, Tie Fei and a team of people were already waiting with their horses. They saw him hugging Concubine Sheng De When they came out, everyone was stunned, and Jun Rongyu, who was standing beside Tie Fei, almost rushed forward: "Concubine Sheng De..." Tie Fei was clever this time, she held him down calmly, and explained to them in a voice that everyone could hear: "Concubine Sheng De is injured." Sheng Yan was entrusted on the horse by King Rui like a cloud, and placed in front of the saddle. The people around her did not dare to vent their anger. Looking at her blushing face, they didn't know whether it was shyness, or it was reddened by the surrounding torches. Flow, very moving.King Rui didn't care about others peeking at her, got on his horse, and signaled Tie Fei to let Jun Rong and get on his horse. Dozens of riders rushed out of the barracks, stepped on the moon and headed towards the capital. Xiang Yunhuan, who had just fought against King Rui, has no plans to come out to snatch the enemy again. The sentries did not dare to stop them and watched them pass. When we came to the moat, the sky was gradually getting brighter.King Rui didn't get off his horse, he just took Sheng Yan off his arms, handed it to Tie Fei, and said, "Take good care of her." "Yes." Tie Fei quickly supported Sheng Yan, Jun Rongyu gave him a look, but dared not say anything in front of King Rui.King Rui looked down at Sheng Yan on the horse, and suddenly leaned down, and whispered in her ear: "Wait for me, I'll see you in the palace later." She nodded blankly, watching him pull the rein and lead the crowd away. In a daze, she looked at the dust and smoke, and suddenly remembered that last March, when the peach blossoms were in full bloom, she held the jade pendant of King Rui in her hand, and watched him lead dozens of entourages, the brocade-clothed angry horse rolled over Pinggang, and disappeared into the peach blossom forest middle. "Concubine Sheng De, where are you injured?" Jun Rongyu watched King Rui leave, and hurriedly asked her from the side. She regained her senses, turned her head silently and handed her letter to him, and then said: "I fell off the horse, hurt my shoulder, and the sole of my foot was also injured by the horse's hoof." Seeing her complexion, Jun Rongyu anxiously signaled those people to open the small side door with a letter, and after the three of them entered, he asked: "Why don't you wait here for a while, I'll go to the palace and ask someone to come pick you up. " Sheng Yan shook her head and said: "No need, you go home now and tell your father that King Rui has agreed to peace talks, and ask him to immediately call all the ministers to discuss it. Tie Fei and I can just go back to the palace." "But... this person was once a traitor to the court, why did Concubine Sheng De keep him by her side?" Jun Rongyu pointed at Tie Fei, in disbelief. Tie Fei gave him a look of "Do you think I would?" without saying a word. Sheng Yan frowned, and said: "You don't have to worry about this, go back and discuss it with your father... Let's just say, the imperial army was merged into King Rui's army. It will not be pursued." Back at Chaoqing Palace, the sky was already twilight, and just as she entered, a figure jumped up and cried: "Mother, you scared me to death, you scared me to death..." It was Diao Lei. Seeing that her eyes were swollen from crying, Sheng Yan asked in surprise, "Why do you get up so early?" "After I sent Wu Zhaoshen back last night, I haven't seen my mother. I only saw the letter you left for the queen mother and His Royal Highness, and asked me to send it at dawn, but I waited all night, and you didn't come back. I..." She continued Crying and laughing, "Seeing that it's almost dawn, I want to go to the Queen Mother..." "Fool, these two letters are useless now." She took the letter from Diao Mu's hand, tore it up and threw it into the incense burner, and suddenly a burst of fire ignited and disappeared. She was dazed for a while, then raised her hand to help Diao Ku wipe away her tears, and said, "Don't worry, look who's coming." It was only now that Diao Mu saw the person behind her clearly, and immediately stammered, "Tie... Tie Fei?" Seeing her stunned and flushed face, Sheng Yan sighed, put her arms around her shoulders, and said, "Help me to take a bath, I just want to rest now." Diao Mu agreed, looked at Tie Fei in a panic, then helped her inside, and prepared bath water for her.When helping her undress, Diao Mu couldn't help being startled when she saw her back swollen like that, and hurriedly asked: "Mother, this is... what's going on?" "It's nothing, I was in a little danger, Tie Fei saved me." She lied casually. Diao Ku carefully combed her hair in the water, and asked in a low voice, "So, will Tie Fei leave when she comes back this time?" Sheng Yan was a little envious of her ignorance, she seemed to have forgotten why Tie Fei had absconded before, she was only happy for her sweetheart to come back, and had no interest in finding out what happened behind the scenes. She leaned wearily on Diao Zhu's arm and whispered, "Who knows." Diaoyu was silent for a while, then asked cautiously: "Will the imperial court pursue his past affairs?" "No." She said, in order to change the subject, she reached out to pick up the dried flowers that had just been sprinkled into the water, and asked, "What are these flowers?" "It's a dried flower prepared by the Imperial Hospital. Didn't the lady get hurt? There are safflower, rose, panax notoginseng, peony, lingxiaohua, and peach blossom in the middle." She turned her head to look at the ingredients written on the medicine jar. Sheng Yan kept silent, picked up a half-sunken and half-floating peach blossom in front of her and looked at it. After drying, the red color of the peach blossom faded to dark yellow, the petals fell off, and it only had a flower shape. She suddenly thought in her heart that just last spring, when she was drying the peach blossoms, someone proposed to her in front of the peach blossoms.I don't know if among these peach blossoms now, there will be one who has heard their promise at that time? But so what? For a moment, my heart turned a thousand times, and I was so sad that my heart ached sharply. After taking a bath, Diao Kuo applied the ointment brought by Tie Fei on her, massaged it for a while, and then Sheng Yan fell into a deep sleep. Diao Kuo lightly put down the bed curtain and backed out gently. He had just walked to Tie Fei's side, and when he couldn't find a topic to talk about, suddenly a trembling and urgent voice from the servant came from outside: "His Royal Highness, please wait a moment, Your Highness." !" Before Diaoyu and Tie Fei could see the servants, they saw a figure rushing in like a whirlwind. Xingren ran straight from the palace gate to the back of the palace: "Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine!" Diao Kui hurried forward and stopped him: "Your Highness, Concubine De is sleeping, the emperor has something to do, come back in the afternoon..." Xingren and Li ignored her, pushed her away, and ran into the apse. Tie Fei frowned and looked at Xingren, and asked: "Is this the prince who supervises the country on behalf of the emperor?" Diao Ku stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "The prince is only fourteen, and his personality is a bit irritable, he will be fine when he grows up." Xingren didn't pay any attention to what they were talking about, and rushed straight into the apse, shouting: "Mother Concubine, get up!" Sheng Yan was extremely sleepy, but she had to open her eyes, looked at Xing Ren who had already rushed in, supported herself and half sat up, and asked, "What happened?" Through the thin gauze curtain, Xingren said excitedly: "Concubine Mu, there is a fight outside the city, let's go up to the city wall and have a look!" Sheng Yan responded, and asked slowly: "Has the Rui Wangjun and Xiang Yunhuan started a war?" "Yeah, I heard that King Rui raided Xiang Jun at dawn, mother and concubine, isn't it strange, the court has not yet negotiated with King Rui's army, they have already started a war, and now they must be on our side Right? He won't come into the city, will he?" Sheng Yan said lightly: "Yes, he won't call in." Seeing her cold reaction, Xingren asked in astonishment: "Concubine Mu, don't you find it strange?" "Now the court may have something to look for you, you'd better go back to your own palace first." She said, lying down quietly and closing her eyes.