He's always been this crazy.
Le Zhi told himself over and over again in his heart.
Gradually, she stopped crying. Then she raised her hand to remove his palm from the top of her head and stood up slowly.
"His Royal Highness has a good plan." Le Zhi commented calmly, "The queen's plan, the riots in Shengyang City, the emperor's verbal decree, everyone and every step are in His Highness's plan. Even my reaction, You expected it all, right?"
From the joy of Huo Xu being punished, to the shock after hearing the oral order, to the self-blame and low-pitched whining after he suddenly woke up, are they all in his plan
- It's a no-brainer.
Huo Du frowned and remained silent, the color in his eyes darkening.
Le Zhi took two steps back and stared at his face seriously.
Snow falls at night, fast and silent. Snowflakes fell on the top of their hair, on their eyelashes, on their shoulders...
"Angry?" Huo Du asked.
Le Zhi looked at him and laughed slowly, the snowflakes on the crow's eyelashes gradually melted, and the eyes were wet, making it impossible to see the emotions in the bottom of the eyes.
"What? According to His Highness's prediction, how should I react?" Her smile grew brighter, her eyes turned slightly, she glanced at his injured leg, and said, "I have to get up early tomorrow and go back to my bedroom to rest. ."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked in the direction of the mansion gate.
"Where?"
"Can't your Highness guess it?" Le Zhi asked with his back to him with a smile.
After being choked twice in a row, Huo Du felt like he was shooting himself in the foot. Knowing her temper, she really deserves it now.
Seeing that the person behind him stopped talking, Le Zhi paused for a moment and continued to walk towards the mansion gate.
In the snowstorm, the person sitting on the white jade wheelchair stared at the direction where she left for a long time with deep eyes.
There's nothing left to do.
Can't he never guess her mind
As the night grew darker, a carriage galloped out from the back door of the Prince's Mansion.
Le Zhi sat in the car, his mind became heavier. Not out of anger, but out of unease.
-Why does Huo Du have to go to Shengyang City
After this incident, she deeply felt that she didn't know him at all. She didn't know what he was thinking, what he was doing, let alone why he did it...
These days, apart from her own affairs, she really cares too little about Huo Du.
It's not so much that it's too little, it's too superficial. She avoided it, afraid and unwilling to ask him. Even now, she subconsciously chose to ask Uncle Yin instead of asking him directly.
Where does she have the right to be angry
Essentially, they are the same people.
"Call-"
Xia Ming tightened the reins, the horse let out a neigh and quickly stopped.
"Master, here we are."
When Xia Ming's remarks came from outside, Le Zhi tightened his cotton cloak, lifted the curtain, and got off the carriage.
Le Zhi frowned. If it wasn't for the lack of time, she would never have chosen this time to disturb Uncle Yin... She pursed her lips and was about to raise her hand to knock on the door, when she saw the lights in the bamboo hut turn on. . Then she saw Uncle Yin open the door and came out, smiling at her—
It seemed that she knew she was coming.
I saw him wave his hand, and the courtyard door opened automatically...
Without being surprised, Le Zhi stepped in, and after taking a few steps closer, he bowed solemnly, "Uncle Yin, I..."
"It's cold outside, come in quickly."
Uncle Yin's voice was as gentle as ever.
Le Zhi nodded and brought Xia Ming and the others into the room together. A lot of refreshments were prepared in the front room, and Le Zhi left them here, and followed Uncle Yin into the tea room by himself.
"Uncle Yin knows I'm coming?" Le Zhi sat on the soft cushion and took the hot tea from Yin Changshuo.
Yin Changshuo said with a smile, "I heard the sound of hooves."
Le Zhi looked suspicious. If it is said that you only know when you hear the sound of hooves, then how can you explain the refreshments in the front room and the fragrant tea that has been brewed here long ago? These things are not ready in an hour and a half.
unless... ...
She suddenly remembered that the emperor had said that a person with a unique skill could hear voices from a hundred miles away. At that time, she was only bluffing her as the emperor's brother. It turned out that there were such people in the world.
Looking at Le Zhi's surprised expression, Yin Changshuo smiled. If he didn't have the ability, how could he survive until now? I'm afraid it wasn't already destroyed by the heavy troops sent by Huo Changyun...
"Have you quarreled with Xiaodu?" He asked directly without beating around the bush.
Hearing this, Le Zhi's cheeks turned red, she shook her head: "No, I just don't understand him..."
Before she could finish speaking, she stopped when she saw Uncle Yin gesturing at her. Then she saw Uncle Yin pushing open the low window on one side, picked up an empty teacup, and threw it into the dark night...
With a few muffled sounds, a few black shadows fell from the eaves.
"Go back and tell that stinky boy. Bai Chang opened his mouth and couldn't say anything, so he deserved to get angry with his daughter-in-law."
Several black-clothed guards looked at each other, not daring to answer.
- Who would dare to say this
Yin Changshuo picked up another tea cup, "Aren't you going yet?"
It was just now that he was bored, and when he heard this, several dark guards quickly got up and left.
The bottom of the cup touched the wooden table, making a soft sound, the low window shuddered shut, and the outside returned to silence.
Looking back, Yin Changshuo glanced at Lezhi's calm expression, and said, "Have you gotten used to it? That's how stinky brats behave."
Lezhi nodded. It was no surprise to her that Huo Du would send someone to protect her in secret. He was always like this, arranging everything, but never telling her in advance.
Although she didn't blame him, she still felt stuffy in her heart.
"Zhizhi, do you know? In fact, you are very similar to him." Yin Changshuo smiled, "You are smart and dexterous. Emotions are never revealed, are they?"
His heart was stabbed, Le Zhi lowered his eyes and was speechless.
Those unspeakable suffocation were all seen through by Uncle Yin.
Yin Changshuo continued: "You don't say it, and he doesn't say it either. The more you pretend to not care, the more he wants to make you angry. Don't think he seems to be very powerful, but he's just pretending to be good. It's hard to like someone. Girl, you still can't see through the girl's mind, so you can't rush him to death? He can't think of a good way, so he has to make you angry. In his opinion, if you are angry, it means you care about him."
Hearing this, Le Zhi raised his eyes blankly.
She suddenly understood why Huo Du was so angry with her a few days ago, it turned out to be this reason. They're all so old, so... naive.
"To put it bluntly, it's stupid." Yin Changshuo took a sip of tea, his tone quite disgusting.
"I-I don't know..." Le Zhi lowered his head and whispered. If Huo Du was said to be stupid, she wouldn't be much better. She couldn't see the reason behind his anger, and she couldn't speculate on his intention of not telling her.
They were so stupid together.
"Hey, no." Yin Changshuo shook his head disapprovingly, "You did the right thing, how could you let the stinky boy succeed so easily? Now that you come out, the stinky boy must be very depressed. That's how it should make him feel uncomfortable."
"But Uncle Yin, why does he have to go to Shengyang City?" Le Zhi finally asked, she frowned, her face full of doubts, "The queen must have ulterior motives and set up traps in the city to wait for him. Since he knows all about it, why Are you still determined to go?"
Shengyang City...
Yin Changshuo's eyes darkened a little, he slowly raised his hand, opened the low window again, and looked into the distance.
Le Zhi turned his head and looked at the distant mountains just like Uncle Yin. If she remembered correctly, that was the location of the Daqi Emperor's Mausoleum.
"Want to hear the old man tell a story?" Yin Changshuo said lightly without moving his eyes.
"Appreciate further details."
"Once upon a time, there was a country that had friendship with a small tribe for generations. Generation after generation passed, and the tribe grew stronger..."
And the bridge that maintains the two sides is the conclusion of marriage. In a certain generation, the tribe was blessed with the twins of the dragon and the phoenix, the little prince was high-spirited, and the little princess was all over the country.
The little princess had a childhood sweetheart since she was a child, and she has always admired the princess but dared not say anything.
Originally thought that it was just a move of marriage, in order to maintain the friendship between the two parties, the princess had an uneasy mood about this marriage. It was not until the night of the wedding, when her red hijab was provoked, that she could see the appearance of the prince of the friend country and her husband.
Her husband was born handsome and smiled softly at her.
At a glance, the little princess lowered her eyes and smiled.
And the bamboo horse who sneaked into the East Palace, listening to the whispers and chuckles and the light touch of a glass of wine, finally felt at ease and drifted away.
The days after marriage were joyous and happy, until the side concubine entered the mansion... Although I knew early in my heart that her husband would not be the only one. But in the end it was painful.
Fortunately, Concubine Side is a gentle person, and she is a good partner. After entering the mansion, she also got along well with the princess.
Soon after, the princess became pregnant, perhaps with tribal blood, and the princess gave birth to a pair of very cute twins. Two years after the birth of the dragon and phoenix, the side concubine also gave birth to a son.
Later, the old emperor passed away, leaving a will, and the crown prince succeeded the throne, and the princess' son must be quickly established as the heir. So, on the day the prince took the throne, he made his eldest son as the heir.
After the young emperor ascended the throne, his hidden ambitions were undoubtedly revealed.
He launched a war against the neighboring Three Kingdoms with the strength of the whole country, trying to annex the Three Kingdoms. However, they were repelled by the joint efforts of the three countries, and finally had to agree to send their parents and children into other countries as a pledge.
But he was thoughtful, cunning and cunning. Although he promised, he would not be convinced. There was still some time left before the time limit agreed upon by the son as a pledge, and he came up with a method—
Leveraging the power of the queen's mother clan, they made a final counterattack.
At that time, the princess' tribe was succeeded by the elder brother. Tribal people are all kind and righteous people, and they do not want to be evil with other countries. But thinking of the princess, they finally agreed to the emperor's request to help him.
But still failed.
But the emperor still did not give up, he was red-eyed and borrowed troops everywhere.
He does not admit defeat, and he will never admit defeat.
The princess blamed herself for causing so many people to die in the war because of herself. She had long been disheartened by what the emperor had done. She began to feel unhappy, did not eat or drink, and lost weight day by day.
And her bamboo horse has been silently watching her life. What he thought was that if she lived a peaceful and happy life, he could never show up; however, she was getting less and less happy.
So, he appeared. He told the princess that as long as she wanted, he could take her and the child out of this icy palace.
The princess agreed.
But somehow the emperor found out about it. The emperor was not angry, he just calmly begged the princess to forgive him and give him another chance. He is no longer obsessed with fighting, and no longer has a false dream of dominating the world.
Sincere words and deep affection.
After so many years of being a husband and wife, plus the princess is a soft-hearted person. So, believe him. Didn't go to that bamboo horse appointment.
And that Bamboo Horse knew what she meant when he saw that the princess had not come to the appointment for a long time. Since it was her choice, he naturally respected it.
Unexpectedly, those earnest assurances were nothing but coaxing words from the emperor. He loves the princess, so the moment he learned that the princess wanted to leave him with Zhuma, the jealousy that grew wildly grabbed his heart.
He would never let her leave him.
Since she wanted to fly, he would break her wings.
So, the emperor pretended to accompany the princess to go back to the mother's clan to visit relatives and friends of the clan, but actually secretly deployed troops to capture the tribe in one fell swoop when it was unprepared...
He wants to hold her mother clan firmly in his hands, so that she can never leave him.
He even included the cousin of the princess' mother family into the palace as a concubine. The princess knew that he did it on purpose. He deliberately humiliated her, humiliated her mother family. This warns her never to leave him.
The princess was distraught and almost wanted to die. But remembering that the two children are young, she can't be so selfish and leave them alone. Even if she died, she had to send her two children out of this cruel palace first. She doesn't want her children to be stuck here like her, at the mercy of others for life.
She knew that she had no face to look for that bamboo horse, but who else could she turn to for help besides him? She sent letter after letter, but no reply. She thought, he must be very angry
When she wanted to give up, the side concubine came. The side concubine, who was as friendly as ever, has now become a Wenxian imperial concubine. She kindly told her the truth—
It turned out that it wasn't that the bamboo horse ignored her, but that her letters couldn't get out of the palace at all.
The emperor sent people to monitor her every move, and no matter how cautious she was, her carrier pigeon would be caught.
After learning the truth, the princess collapsed.
Fortunately, the imperial concubine had a good heart. She offered to help the princess pass the letter, and she was more willing to help her send the two children out of the palace and bring them to the bamboo horse...
When the two children were handed over to the imperial concubine, the princess' heartache was bleeding. But she had to do it, she had to set her two children free. However, the two children did not seem to be very close to the imperial concubine, especially the youngest son, who was the crown prince.
He seemed to smell the danger and cried a lot, "The mother will take us away, otherwise I won't go... I don't, don't go with her..."
The princess only thought that he was crying because he couldn't bear his mother, so she reluctantly pulled his hand away. She looked at her daughter on the side, reached out to touch her head, and said in a trembling voice, "I want to be with my brother, do you know?"
The soft little princess nodded with red eyes, and her tone was sweet.
The imperial concubine took the little prince and the little princess out of the palace while the emperor was busy discussing matters. In order to avoid suspicion, she brought her own children with her...
The princess thought her wish was over until the bad news came.
—Her children, one dead and one wounded.
Blood, she had never seen so much blood. Baskets of blood water came out from the East Palace.
the blood of her son.
And her daughter... stayed in the woods forever.
The blood in the princess' whole body solidified, freezing to the bone. She walked into the East Palace tremblingly, and saw the little prince in the smell of blood. The little prince's face was full of tears, but there were no tears in his eyes.
Xu is the mother and son, the little prince tilted his head and looked at her through the palace people.
The eight-year-old child has only sadness and despair and deep... resentment in his eyes.
He only looked at his mother once, then turned his head and closed his eyes.
The princess understood that her son hated her.
She felt that her son hated right. In her life, she was indecisive and credulous, unable to protect her family, and killed a pair of children. If she could, she hoped that she could exchange her own life for her daughter's life...
However, no if.
Finally, she returned to her palace in a daze. The emperor was waiting for her there.
The young emperor finally blushed, and he strode forward, hugging his queen tightly. He said, "It's my fault, it's my fault..."
The princess was like a walking corpse, being held by the emperor without feeling the slightest bit.
The emperor was afraid that she would be short-sighted, and sent the palace staff to take away all the sharp objects in her palace, even the beams were smashed, and the hard walls were made into soft walls...
However, a withered heart cannot be awakened.
There was no need to seek death, the princess's life passed little by little, and after a while, she died in a melancholy mood with guilt towards her son and her family.
She can finally go to see her daughter.
But I don't know if my daughter is willing to see her irresponsible mother.
If she could make atonement underground, she wished her son a happy life. If there is an afterlife, she hopes that her children will meet a good mother.
Never meet someone like her.
Until the princess died and was buried in the imperial mausoleum, the little prince didn't even look at her.
That Bamboo Horse just left the country for a few months because of frustration. He never imagined that these things would happen during his absence... He was in so much pain and regret that he almost wanted to go with the princess.
However, he can't.
The princess's unfinished responsibilities will be his responsibility. He took the despairing little prince out of the house and took good care of...
"You are so smart, the people in this story should all know it." Yin Changshuo turned his eyes back to Lezhi.
The cold wind from the mountains blew in from the low windows, so cold and so cold.
Le Zhi felt as if ice had formed on her face. She raised her hand and touched it, only to realize that her icy cheek was full of tears, almost covering her entire face.
She wiped the corners of her eyes hard, but the tears seemed to be endless, and the more they wiped, the more they flowed...
The people in the story are not difficult to guess at all. The emperor was Huo Changyun, the princess was Huo Du's mother, and the concubine was the current queen Lin Wanning.
In fact, Le Zhi had always wanted to know how Huo Du's leg injury came about, but now it seemed that it was not an accident. And Huo Du's compatriot sister, he never mentioned a single word, and when Uncle Yin spoke just now, he also deliberately didn't mention the cause of her death.
Come to think of it, what a... heart-shattering cause of death.
"Xiaoxiao is being, being..." Yin Changshuo choked, tried to say it several times, but couldn't.
"Uncle Yin, stop talking." Le Zhi turned around and said in a choked voice. Some things are very cruel to recall once again. If you say it, it is like tearing the wound open again.
Only bloody.
"Because of Xiaoxiao, Xiaodu hates his mother. Over the years, he never went to worship her once. Even when he was recovering here, he would occasionally see the imperial mausoleum in the distance, and he would sink his face and say nothing. Yin Changshuo lowered his eyes and looked sad, "I know, the pain of the broken tendon in the right leg is not as much as one tenth of the pain in Xiaodu's heart. He was watching Xiaoxiao in front of him...he He blamed himself for not letting go. But at that time, he was only eight years old..."
Watching his relatives die in front of him is a feeling that Le Zhi will never forget. Just because she knew it, her heart hurt so much, as if she had experienced such pain again.
Biting.
"Shengyang City is the former Shengnuo tribe."
Le Zhi raised his eyes sharply, and finally realized why Huo Du was going there.
"The deep hatred is true, and so is the love for my mother." Yin Changshuo sighed and looked tired, "That silly boy is always cold, refusing people thousands of miles away. He doesn't know that Lin Wanning is there. There are traps in the city, but he will still go. Because he is like his mother, and his heart is softer than anyone else. Even if the people there hate his mother and hate him, he will not abandon them. "
"It's all my fault..." Lezhi sobbed softly.
It was all her fault. It was she who kept biting Huo Xu, but couldn't get rid of them all in one fell swoop, which gave Lin Wanning a chance to fight back, and deliberately used this trick to lure Huo Du into the tiger's den.
"Stupid boy." Yin Changshuo shook his head, "Even without you, Lin Wanning would not let Xiaodu go. Shengyang City, go early and go late, he always wants to go."
After speaking, Yin Changshuo got up and went to the cabinet to get a wooden box and handed it to Lezhi.
"It's somewhat useful to take this and go to Shengyang City."
Lezhi stood up and took the wooden box. She didn't open it, but she was a little puzzled—
Why was Uncle Yin so sure that she would follow Huo Du
The eastern sky is gradually showing white, and the dawn is beginning to appear.
Le Zhi said goodbye to Uncle Yin, walked out of the bamboo house and boarded the carriage...
Watching the carriage rush away, Yin Changshuo showed a small smile on his face. He slowly tilted his head and looked at the imperial mausoleum—
Ayu, are you happy
Xiaodu is luckier than you and me, isn't he
When the morning sun rose, Le Zhi finally hurried back to the mansion. The long-distance carriage outside had not left yet, so she could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
On the way back, her heart was hanging, afraid that he would leave without waiting for her.
She hurriedly entered the mansion door, she hurried back to the bedroom, but pushed open the door of the bedroom, but there was no one inside. Without looking for Huo Du, she hurriedly summoned the three personal girls...
Li Yao couldn't go with her, she had to stay in the capital to deal with Huo Xu's people, and help her monitor Huo Xu's movements at all times. If Shen Qingyan wanted to find her, she would naturally have to go through Li Yao.
Lin Yue and Jing Xin, she originally wanted to bring them. Thinking of An Xuan as well, she hesitated again. Although she was sure that nothing would happen, Shengyang City was in danger after all, and An Xuan would definitely not want Jing Xin to go.
"Jingxin, you stay in the mansion with Li Yao..."
"No, Master." Jing Xin shook his head, "The servant wants to follow you and take care of you."
Jing Xin had always been submissive, but this time she was unusually firm. These days, she has long been used to following her master and taking care of her daily life. The master is traveling far away, and there is only one maid, how can it be enough
"But..." Le Zhi's face was embarrassed.
"Princess."
A voice interrupted the conversation between the master and the servant.
Le Zhi turned to look outside the house, and saw An Xuan standing outside the house saluting her, "His Royal Highness asked you, would you like to go with him?"
"Let him wait!" Le Zhi deliberately returned him angrily.
Just ask, and let others ask!
An Xuan was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying yes. He pretended to look at Jing Xin inadvertently, then turned around and walked out.
Unable to beat Jing Xin, Le Zhi had to agree and bring them both. The two girls immediately began to pack for her, and soon they were ready for the trip.
After Lezhi said goodbye to Li Yao, he walked outside the mansion. When he met An Xuan at the door, he deliberately stopped and whispered, "I'm sorry, Lord An, for not being able to stop Jing Xin."
When An Xuan heard their conversation just now, he was stunned and nodded, "Thank you, Crown Princess."
He always knew what Jing Xin's temper was like...
Forget it, with him here anyway, she will be safe and sound.
With a sigh of relief, Le Zhi put on her skirt and stepped on the carriage, lifted the curtain of the car and sat in the car.
Huo Du looked at her quietly, without saying a word.
The carriage slowly started...
Le Zhi wanted to hang him for a while and ignored him. But when I saw him, my heart couldn't stop feeling sour, and my eyes filled with tears in a short while.
She turned her head, not wanting him to find out.
But Huo Du had already seen it, he moved cautiously towards her and sat beside her.
But just sitting down, Le Zhi turned around and threw himself on top of him, wrapping his arms around his neck and hugging him tightly.
Huo Du's body stiffened for a moment.
"You hide it from me and deliberately don't tell me, just want to piss me off, right?"
"Um."
"I'm really angry, very angry, very angry." Le Zhi's voice was small, but full of anger and grievance.
Huo Du hummed again.
"Apologize to me."
Huo Du stroked her back and answered her obediently, "I'm sorry."
Le Zhi didn't speak, just hugged him tighter.
There was a moment of silence in the carriage.
"Forgive you."
Finally, she spoke.
There was only a heavy cry in his voice.