Xiao Mubai's pupils suddenly narrowed. He held Cheng Ying and tried to draw his sword back. Xia Chu stepped forward and slapped Zhong Guo on the shoulder.
Although the force was not strong enough, it was enough to make Zhong Guo retreat.
Xia Chu looked at Xiao Mubai suspiciously, and felt that his sudden attack on Concubine Li was too strange.
Xiao Mubai's thin lips pursed into a tight line, and his eyes led Xia Chu to look at the golden hairpin on the ground.
With a look of surprise on her face, she stepped over and gently picked up the golden hairpin, and walked towards Concubine Li who was held in Zhong Guo's arms.
Although Zhong Guo was in a state of despair and pain, with no desire to survive, he still resisted her approach and blocked her with a bloodied sword in his hand.
Xia Chu shook the gold hairpin in his hand: "I just want to put this back into my mother's bun. Since you said that she wanted to die today, she must have carefully selected every hairpin."
Zhong Guo's hand paused for a moment, then finally dropped it.
Xia Chu leaned over and carefully inserted the gold hairpin into Li Fei's bun without disturbing her carefully taken care of her hair.
The poison quenched on the silver needle gave Li Fei's pale complexion a hint of blue. She looked at the small fatal blood spot condensed on Li Fei's eyebrows. It was not obtrusive but added to her original gorgeous appearance. A bit charming.
"The empress just tried to kill you with the golden hairpin, so Mu Bai had no choice but to kill her with a fatal blow." She stated the facts in a gentle tone.
But the moment the words fell, apart from Zhong Guo who pointed his sword at her heart again in complete disbelief, Xiao Mubai also stretched out his hand to pull her wrist in confusion.
Concubine Li was dead, and Xiao Mubai had no intention of telling Zhong Guo this chilling thing.
Xia Chu put his hand on Xiao Mubai's hand and patted it twice to reassure him, and then said to Zhong Guo: "I'm talking about attempts. Do you understand what I mean?"
Zhong Guo's face was ashen. He gritted his teeth to prevent the moisture in his eyes from filling his eyes, which caused his jaw to tighten and reveal a twisted arc: "You are just saying that in the desperate situation just now, you still can Want to kill someone who is unconditionally for her? Don’t you think it’s ridiculous?”
Xia Chu's voice was soft and low, and she emphasized to him again: "Zhong Guo, what I'm talking about is... an attempt."
Zhong Guo's bloodshot eyes showed a dazed look, but there was still endless sorrow in his eyes: "What on earth do you mean?"
Xia Chu's eyes fell on Li Fei's delicately made-up face, looking at the slightly raised corners of her lips, she whispered: "She is trying to kill you to draw a clear line with you. Maybe in the end, she hopes that Mu Bai can still remember her." Regarding the past relationship, I will give you a way out and give you your true freedom."
The sword in Zhong Guo's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and the tears he had been holding back until now burst out at this moment.
He held Li Fei in his arms and let out a heart-rending cry, which made the birds fly and the pear blossoms falling from the tree.
a long time.
Zhong Guo staggered up while holding Concubine Li, and said hoarsely to Xia Chu: "Thank you."
He stepped down the pavilion step by step. Mo Mansion had already been surrounded by Su Qian'an's troops, and the remaining people in the mausoleum gate were also subdued by Raven.
Under Xiao Mubai's tacit approval, everyone made way for Zhong Guo.
He looked at the back of Zhong Guo holding Concubine Li, and asked Xia Chu: "Do you really think that Concubine Li is doing this to drive a wedge between Zhong Guo and me and fight to the death in the end?"
"Mu Bai, I just suddenly understood what it means when the two stars fall into the shadow of the moon." Her smile was clear and transparent, and there was a hint of emotion in her voice: "When the raven first said this to me , I didn’t feel like it was a code word, and I suddenly realized it after witnessing Zhong Guo’s deep love for Concubine Li. This sentence is just the word ‘Li’.”
Xiao Mubai looked slightly dazed: "So you think Concubine Li understood this sentence and that's why she 'tried' to kill him in the end?"
Xia Chu took Xiao Mubai's arm and said, "Who knows what that woman was thinking before she died, but Zhong Guo believed it, didn't she?"
Xiao Mubai was hesitant to speak, and finally said slowly: "Don't you hate him?"
In any case, Zhong Guo was the murderer who indirectly caused Zhao Lansheng's death. At this time, he had already carried Li Fei into a side courtyard, where the remaining explosives were originally stored.
It was also Concubine Li who told him that if something unexpected happened in the end, Xiao Mubai must be brought to the place where they would die together.
"Ali, I can't bring the prince in." Zhong Guo kissed her boldly for the first and last time on her smooth forehead, then took her slender and tender hands and held them tightly, and used his other hand to He took out Huozhe from his arms and swung it down.
In a huge explosion, the entire courtyard was ablaze with flames.
Concubine Li was very prosperous in her life, and she originally planned to lead the people in the city to die in a brilliant fire.
Now Zhong Guo has fulfilled her last wish.
Xia Chu looked at the tongue of fire that devoured everything in an instant and rested her head on Xiao Mubai's shoulder: "I am very grateful to him for bringing you back to the palace when you were thirteen."
In Xia Chu's view, Zhong Guo's life was very miserable. He served the court in the first half of his life, and died for Concubine Li in the second half of his life.
Everything he did was not what he wanted to do, but the only time he disobeyed orders and saved Xiao Mubai that year was because of his true intentions.
She hated him, but also thanked him sincerely.
The firelight in the courtyard connected with the sunset in the sky. Seen from a distance, it was so brilliant that it illuminated both of their faces extremely brightly. Behind them, there were also shining and scattered figures, which were intertwined together and looked very special. illusory.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you okay?" Han Sa was originally comforting the people in the city. When he heard the explosion, he left the matter to Lou Hongfang and hurried to the courtyard, arriving before anyone else arrived.
When he rushed up to the pavilion in one breath, he happened to see Xiao Mubai hugging Xia Chu gently, with his head still pressed against her hair.
Han Sa: "..."
He hurriedly turned around and pointed at the fire soaring into the sky as if unintentionally: "What's going on?"
Han Sa waited for a long time after asking, but there was no answer, nor was Xiao Mubai's overwhelming anger after being hit and ruined, so he secretly turned his head to look with a sly look.
I saw Xiao Mubai's eyes fixed on him, and the firelight diffused into his eyes, flashing with a cold and incomprehensible look.
"Have the people in the city been appeased? Have the remaining Shi's troops been surrendered? Have the lost soldiers been mobilized and replenished? The damaged city walls have been repaired..." Before Xia Chu's crackling words could be finished, Han Sa had already bowed and hurriedly wiped his hands. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and receded.
Xiao Mubai lowered his eyes in silence until Han Sa's figure walked away before speaking in a low voice: "It's better not to let him know, just let him think that Zhong Guo, who treated him like a teacher and a father, died six years ago. "
(End of chapter)