Qin Xiuzhi's heart sank, but she still came. He bowed his head, like an ordinary person, and gave a big gift, but his voice was so flat and emotionless, "Shang Huang."
The emperor? He still refused to call her the Empress Mother, seeing that this child she had been thinking about for more than ten years was extremely indifferent to her, and Xi Lie Qinghua's heart ached like being stabbed by a needle. He has the same stunning handsome face and warm temperament as his father, but he has more clear love and hate than his father.
After all, having been a king all his life, he knew that the pain in his heart could not be shown on his face, Xi Lie Qinghua no longer looked at Qin Xiuzhi, but said to Xi Lieyue: "If you want to make an army, how can the emperor show the ministers Explain, why do you explain it to the people?"
Xi Lieyue smiled secretly, she clearly cared about her life, otherwise her old man would have rushed from the palace in the evening, but now she looks like it is difficult to cultivate. Xi Lieyue bowed her head slightly, did not speak, and waited to see which one the Queen Mother played.
Xi Lieyue smiled and remained silent. Qin Xiuzhi was silent, and no one answered her for a long time. Xi Lie Qinghua had to cough lightly and continued: "The army must not move rashly. However, it is feasible to dispatch a thousand elites from the Guards to go abroad. However, the mission of the Guards is to protect our members of the royal family of Xilie. "
It turned out that Xi Lieyue understood the mother's intention, and she was forcing Xiuzhi to admit her identity. Sure enough, Xi Lie looked towards Qin Xiuzhi and asked coldly, "Xiuzhi, what's your surname?"
Qin Xiuzhi kept his head down. Xi Lieyue couldn't see his expression, but the fists between his sleeves were tight and loose, loose and tight, and the resentment in his heart was self-evident. If the Empress forced him like this, I'm afraid that the extreme will be reversed!
If he doesn't agree, she won't borrow soldiers, she's forcing him! If it wasn't for his father's last wish, he wouldn't come back to see her. He hates this cold and dirty palace, and he hates the so-called prince. , Shang Jun—
After a while, Xiu Zhi finally raised his head, his eyes filled with indifference, "Three thousand, I want three thousand."
"Okay, only three thousand!" Xi Lie Qinghua also bet again, this time is her last chance to keep this son.
"My son, Xi Lie Xiuzhi." The name he had long abandoned was squeezed out of his teeth, which also explained his choice.
"Okay!" Anyone can see Xiuzhi's reluctance. Xi Lie Qinghua deliberately ignored it, took Xiuzhi's hand, turned away from the seriousness just now, and laughed softly, "Get up, my son."
Xi Lie Qinghua was in a good mood, and smiled at Xi Lieyue: "What does the emperor think about the deployment of troops?"
The Queen Mother has already agreed, what else can she say. Xi Lieyue said to the close-fitting female official beside her: "Pass my word, quickly dispatch three thousand elites, and go to sea with the prince tomorrow."
"Yes." The female official took a few steps when Xi Lieyue suddenly stopped her, "Wait, try to choose a man."
"Yes."
Xiu Zhi gratefully said to Xi Lieyue, "Thank you, Your Majesty." In any case, he finally borrowed soldiers and horses.
"My son, remember that since you are a prince, you should return to the country immediately after saving people, understand?"
Don't look too far, but Xiu Zhi politely replied coldly: "My son, lead the order. I have to go to sea tomorrow, and my son will retire first."
Xi Lie Qinghua nodded in satisfaction and replied, "Go ahead."
Xiu Zhi turned around and walked away quickly. The long, long back that has gone away shows melancholy and disappointment.
After Xiu Zhi retired, Xi Lieyue shook her head and said in disapproval, "Why is the Empress forcing him so much?"
"If I really want to stay with Xiuzhi, he will never be able to leave the sea. What I want is that he is willing to stay here. Among so many children, I owe him the most, and I hope to have more opportunities to compensate him." Xiuzhi's face, she always thought of his father, she owed him.
Is this even willing? Does compensating him mean trapping him? This is the sadness of being a royal family. Xi Lieyue was unhappy in her heart, but she didn't want to argue with her, so she slowly turned her back.
"I'm back to the palace, the emperor should rest early." It's really useless when she's old, she just ran around a little bit, she was so tired, sighed softly, and Xi Lie turned around and walked out.
"Yes."
Xi Lie Qing Hua only walked out of the hall, and Zi Zhu came up to greet him and replied from behind Xi Lieyue: "Your Majesty, Zuo Xiang asks to see you."
Xi Lieyue was startled and couldn't help laughing, why is she so lively here tonight? Even Shu Qing, who had been hurrying to hide from her for a while, came. With a light wave, Xi Lieyue said, "Xuan."
After a while, Shu Qing's thin figure appeared in front of him. Because the body is too thin, the belly is particularly obvious, but three months pregnant, it looks like six or seven months. Didn't he say that Xuanyuan Yi would make up for her all day long? Why are you still so thin
"You don't have a good baby at home, why are you hanging around with me in the middle of the night?" With teasing, Xi Lieyue took a step forward and helped Shu Qing to sit down on the chair.
Shu Qing smiled and said nothing, looking left and right. Xi Lieyue asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
Not seeing the expected person, Shu Qing smiled disappointedly: "I thought Xiuzhi would be there."
"You also know he's back?" After thinking about it, Xiuzhi might have come on her family's merchant ship. She knew it was not surprising, and smiled, "He's gone, what are you looking for?"
As expected, Xiu Zhi came to look for Yue, so it is possible that he came back this time for the sake of Lord Shang. Shu Qing shook his head with a smile and replied, "I didn't come to him, but to you."
"What's the matter?" You can't say it during the day, but you have to say it at night
"I'm going to leave the sea for a while." Looking at Xi Lieyue's surprised eyes, Shu Qing added without fear of death, "Leave tomorrow."
"Why?" Staring at Shu Qing's bulging belly, Xi Lieyue frowned and said worriedly, "Can you walk like this now?" Now is not the best time to go to sea, how can she survive with such a small body? From the toss of the sea.
Good boy, you accompany your mother to jump the waterfall, and you will be fine in the cold pool. This time, in order to save Aunt Jun, you will definitely survive, right? His hand slowly stroked his slightly round belly, and Shu Qing's face glowed with a soft light, but he said firmly, "I have to go."
Qing is not the kind of person who doesn't care about importance. Xi Lieyue was really driven mad by her, and her tone was a little impatient, "Give me a reason?"
Shu Qing raised his head and replied with a half-smile, "Just like Xiuzhi, for that person."
That person? It's that person again! "Who is that person?" Let Xiuzhi willingly admit his abandoned identity, come back to the palace where he is eager to escape, let Shu Qing go out with such a big belly, no matter the cost. Xi Lieyue was slightly annoyed: "Why do you two ignore him like this?"
why? Shu Qing didn't think much about it, only replied lightly: "Because, he deserves it."
A worthwhile sentence made Xi Lieyue dumbfounded, but still unwilling, "Xuanyuan Yi promises?"
Shu Qing nodded slightly and replied, "He will accompany me."
Xuanyuan Yi agreed? It's so strange, what kind of holy place did they save
It seemed that Shu Qing would not tell him, and when Xiuzhi came back, she must ask to understand.
After walking back and forth in the imperial study for several times, Xi Lieyue felt uneasy no matter how she looked at Shu Ming's thin body, she thought for a while, and finally said: "I have already promised to transfer three thousand elite soldiers to Xiuzhi, since even you If you have to go, I will transfer another two thousand to you."
It turned out that Xiuzhi came back to invite soldiers this time. Although she did not intend to take the soldiers out of the sea, since Xiuzhi came to invite soldiers, there must be a reason. Shu Qing did not refuse, and smiled: "Thank you."
"It's just that these 5,000 people, from the shore of the East Sea, have to cross the East corner to enter the Cang Yue, I'm afraid there will be troubles." If the East corner was disturbed, Xuan Tiancheng would never let Shu Qing go. She is not afraid of any country, the navy in the sea is invincible, and she is afraid of causing trouble to Shu Qing.
"Don't worry." Shu Qing said with a calm smile, "I naturally have a way to make them enter Cang Yue without knowing it."
Seeing how confident she was, Xi Lieyue felt a little relieved. She said that if there is a way, there must be a good plan. No longer stopping, Xi Lieyue stroked Shu Qing's shoulder lightly, and warned, "Be careful."
"Yeah." Patting Xi Lieyue's hand, Shu Qing's heart warmed.
In the closed room, the tables and chairs are high beds, although simple, but there is no shortage of everything. It's a pity that the quilts on the bed were neatly stacked, and there was no sign of sleeping, while the sloping wooden chair, the low table, and the broken bowls of tea stains all over the floor showed the owner's anger. A tall figure, with his back against the wall, sat stunned, his face was dull, his lips were chapped, his eyes were full of red threads, staring straight at one place, motionless.
There was only one thick iron door leading to the outside of the secret room, and the iron door was tightly locked. This seven orifices linking heart lock is incomparably ingenious. It is made of the hardest black iron. Without a key, no one can open it, and there is only one key, which is in the hands of the Xiao family master.
The old housekeeper of the Xiao family held the food and carefully handed it in through the narrow opening under the iron gate. Seeing Xiao Zongqing's weak appearance through the small window above the iron gate, the old housekeeper said distressedly, "Third Young Master, how much have you eaten for six or seven days, how can your body bear it?"
Without looking at the hot food and dishes handed in, Xiao Zongqing still stared straight ahead, and kept repeating the sentence: "I want, I want to see second brother!"
The old housekeeper was anxious and heartbroken, and persuaded: "Second young master will not see you, why are you struggling with your own body!" He brought up several of the little masters of the Xiao family. He knows their tempers best, the third young master is stubborn in his bones, and the second young master is stubborn in his heart. How long are these two going to fight
Slowly moving his body, Xiao Zongqing simply turned his back, if he couldn't see his second brother, he would die and wouldn't take a bite.
The old butler let out a low sigh and had no choice but to leave. When he walked to the exit of the secret room, he saw Xiao Zonghan standing under the sycamore tree, his thin body as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind. The old housekeeper walked behind him, and Xiao Zonghan's low voice came slowly: "He still won't eat?"
"Yeah." The old butler nodded, carefully observed the face of the second young master, and persuaded softly, "Second young master, why don't you go see him. If this goes on, the third young master will not be able to last for many days, don't you have his temper? I don't know. You still... "
With a few suppressed light coughs, Xiao Zonghan turned around, his pale face full of tiredness. What the old butler choked in his throat couldn't bear to say any more. It is not easy for the second young master to support the Xiao family with his weak body for so many years, who has the qualifications to criticize him again
Bowing his head, the old butler gently bowed his hand and retreated silently.
It is midsummer, and the branches of the plane trees are luxuriant, swaying recklessly with the bright night wind. Lightly stroking his panting chest, Xiao Zonghan looked up at the vigorous Gaozhi, feeling more and more that he was powerless. With a sigh, Xiao Zonghan slowly stepped into the secret room.
Standing silently in front of the iron gate, Xiao Zonghan silently looked at Xiao Zongqing's back, only a few days later, he was a little hunched, as if all the anger in his body had been taken away.
Feeling the sight coming from behind him, Xiao Zongqing turned his head and saw Xiao Zonghan's face clearly. His eyes were wide open, glaring at him angrily, and asked coldly, "Why?"
Never been stared at by San'er so hatefully, Xiao Zonghan's heart was aching faintly, but his face was still so calm, he said lightly, "I'll tell you why after you eat these meals."
Xiao Zongqing didn't move, but still stared at him with a gleam of complete disbelief in his eyes.
Xiao Zongqing sighed lightly, suppressed the pain in his eyes, and was about to leave. Xiao Zongqing's cold and hard voice suddenly came: "Wait."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Zongqing wanted to get up and walk towards the food, but he had not eaten for many days, his hands and feet were already weak, and before he could stand up, he had collapsed again. Struggling to climb to the meal, Xiao Zongqing just stuffed it into his mouth no matter what he was holding, as if he didn't need to chew. Those cold eyes were full of chills, staring at Xiao Zonghan.
He turned slightly, not wanting to meet such a pair of eyes. After a while, Xiao Zonghan's dull and tired voice slowly sounded: "The Xiao family has been in charge of Cang Yue's trade for many years, and the imperial court has long wanted to find an excuse to crusade, and this army is not only the protection umbrella of the Xiao family, but also a reminder of fate. Be careful, you will definitely fall into the hands of others. Do you not care about the thousands of lives of the Xiao family? Third, the situation is still unclear. It is difficult to tell whether the victory or defeat is between the emperor and Prince Rui. This is not the time for the Xiao family to take action."
The hand holding the food froze, and Xiao Zongqing's hatred eyes gradually dimmed. Xiao Zongqing lowered his head, and his voice finally became calmer, "For the sake of the Xiao family, don't help me, I won't have a single complaint, but why are you imprisoning me here?"
Xiao Zonghan was silent for a long time.
Holding the iron gate, Xiao Zongqing finally stood up and said softly to Xiao Zonghan, "Second brother, let me out."
"no."
Xiao Zonghan firmly refused, making Xiao Zongqing mad again, clutching the iron stick on the small window tightly, and roaring: "Why?"
"Because you are the third young master of the Xiao family, you represent the Xiao family, and because..." After a pause, Xiao Zonghan said emotionally, "You are my younger brother, if something happens to you, how can I tell you Brother, explain to your parents?"
Facing Xiao Zonghan's heartbroken eyes, Xiao Zongqing choked up and begged: "Second brother, I beg you, let me go. The life and death of Lord Shang is unknown, you let me find him and save him. From now on , I will do whatever you say, and I will listen to you, okay?"
San'er did these things just for that person. "So many days have passed. If he was captured, he would already be dead. You, don't think about him anymore."
"Impossible! Impossible, he's not dead, he's not dead!" Xiao Zongqing kept roaring, even though what Xiao Zonghan said was most likely true.
No, Shang Jun, you can't die, you have to wait for me, you can't die!
Xiao Zonghan didn't want to see him crazy anymore, and the thin figure disappeared in front of the iron gate.
Full of madness, Xiao Zongqing slapped the thick iron door hard, and shouted at Xiao Zonghan's leaving back: "Second brother, let me out, please, let me out—"
The slamming of the door and the roar from behind did not stop him, Xiao Zonghan supported the stone wall and walked out of the stone room step by step.
San'er, don't blame the second brother, the Xiao family is destined to be handed over to you, the second brother can't let you have an accident.
…
It is the same secret room, but here, it is a different scene. Cold, damp, dark, and bloody are the eternal keynotes here.
The man in white walked into the stone room, and the man in black immediately greeted him and shouted respectfully, "Master!"
"How about it?"
Bowing his head, the man in black still held an iron whip in his hand, and replied, "His mouth is really harder than an iron whip." He had never seen a person before, who could endure such torture, even if he didn't beg for mercy, At least beg for death. This person is like a mute, except for a few grunts when he is in extreme pain, he doesn't move!
Glancing at the unmoving Shang Jun, the man in white frowned, "Dead?"
The man in black hurriedly shook his head, and then murmured, "But it's too soon..."
Walking in front of Shang Jun, the man in white grabbed his chin and raised his face. The blood stains made him less elegant, but it still did not damage his beauty. After living, I don't know whether the kid has solved his poison.
Grabbing Shang Jun's wrist, the man in white took his pulse.
Yes, that kid really understood his Nether Dew, but why is this pulse a little strange, like…
A look of shock flashed across the cold eyes of the man in white clothes that have remained unchanged for thousands of years. Next, the men in black in the room watched in amazement as the evil and charming master kept groping back and forth on the prisoner's neck, but then again, this man was really handsome.
Sure enough, there was no Adam's apple, withdrew his hand, and in the hoarse voice of the man in white, he couldn't hide his excitement: "Wake him up!"
"Yes." The man in black hurriedly brought a bucket of salt water, and ordinary cold water could not wake him at all.
A bucket of cold salt water was poured down, and Shang Jun just moved it slightly. He is numb to the pain, or soon, he will be relieved and reunited with his parents.
The man in white walked around Shang Jun, his body was covered with whip marks, and his blood was already blurred, his hand rested on Shang Jun's face, and his hoarse voice sounded in his ears with a sharp laughter, " Unexpected, really unexpected, such a handsome young man is actually a daughter, it's interesting, it's very interesting."
The man in black in the room looked overly frightened. Is the master crazy? How could he be a woman? This kind of whipping, let alone women, even men can't stand a few whips! Although this businessman is thin, but after a few days, they have to admit that he is a tough guy!
After hearing the words of the man in white, Shang Jun, who was already confused, was shocked and his eyes widened. Seeing him like this, the man in white was in a better mood. He tsk tsk smiled and said, "If you had said it earlier, I might have been reluctant to torture you."
Panting lowly, Shang Jun only spit out two words coldly: "nonsense."
"Has a character!" The man in white was not annoyed at all, and still whispered in Shang Jun's ear: "I really don't want to torture you now, I'm more interested to know how this girl dresses up as a man? "The hoarse voice is like a rasp, grinding people's hearts one by one, and even Shang Jun can't help but tremble.
The hand of the man in white slowly stretched out to Jun Shang's chest... Shang Jun trembled more clearly, the man in white frivolously pulled the bundle of cloth that had been beaten on his chest, and pressed it against Shang Jun's ear, He chuckled: "With so many bundles of cloth, it must be very uncomfortable to wrap it around. Why don't I help you untie it for a breath!"
The man's icy mask rubbed against Shang Jun's cheek, as terrifying and disgusting as a icy snake wrapped tightly around his neck. Shang Jun didn't turn his head away and said in a low voice, "You dare!"