The internal officer laughed, and then smiled strangely and said, "I'm not a loyal servant, do you think the master will keep him until the end?"
"The situation in the court is changing, either friends or enemies, but there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies in this world, only shared interests!"
The faint blue flames were approaching them layer by layer. The speed was not fast, but it surrounded them tightly, and there was nowhere to retreat.
The purpose of these people is very clear, to kill all the people here, and to release the eldest son is to take advantage of them.
Li Mingcheng knew that there was no way to escape today, so he stopped arguing with those people and looked at Zhaohua beside him.
"I'm sorry to bother you!"
Li Mingcheng has always been submissive in front of Zhaohua, which is quite different from his cynical attitude in front of others.
He dotes on Zhaohua very much, she can do whatever she says, no matter how angry she is or what she does, Li Mingcheng always faces it with a smile, which contains helplessness and doting, but he has never said these words to her in such a formal tone.
For a moment, Zhaohua felt a little uneasy.
"What are you talking about? Since I'm married to the Prime Minister's Mansion, I'm from the Li family. Why don't I get involved or not?"
Zhaohua was a little unhappy when he heard this.
"you… "
Li Mingcheng looked at Zhaohua in surprise, he never thought that Zhaohua would say such a thing.
"Father, mother..."
Behind them, the wet nurse was holding a child about one year old, looking at the sky full of flames, crying and reaching out to Zhaohua and Li Mingcheng.
Zhao Hua looked back with tenderness in his eyes.
This is their son.
Zhaohua took him over and held him in his arms.
"It's okay, don't be afraid!" The child doesn't understand anything, but fortunately, this kind of flame has no temperature at all, and he can't feel the hot breath, but the momentum is a bit scary.
Naturally, when the Second Young Master Li also had children, the only people left here were their two families and a few children.
The flames continued to shrink, trapping them within an inch.
"Okay, don't waste time, do it quickly!" The internal officer seemed to appreciate enough of your family's panic and fear, and waved his hand to order.
The faint blue flames shot up into the sky, directly connected to the top of the stone room, and surrounded them all.
The two people standing on the outermost edge were burned to death by the fire.
It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid, but the second son of the Li family held a big knife in his hand but was powerless, protecting his wife and children behind him, but the space behind him was getting smaller and smaller, and there was still the remains of Prime Minister Zuo and his wife, and there was no way for them to retreat.
There is nothing they can do if they want to rush forward, because they can't cross this blue flame at all.
"Zhaohua, if, I said, if there is an afterlife, would you still marry me?"
Li Mingcheng protected Zhaohua and his son in front of him, while he turned his back to the blue flame.
He hugged their mother and child tightly, his voice was low and trembling slightly.
Zhaohua has long been at peace about life and death, after so many years of chasing, Yuchi's chilling refusal and her father's actions have made her disheartened.
The reason why she is still alive in this world is because of this accidental son.
And her responsibilities as a royal princess.
So death should be a relief to her.
However, hearing Li Mingcheng's words at this moment, her heart was shaken.
Except for what Li Mingcheng said when he proposed to marry him in the Golden Palace, there were no more sweet words after that.
Zhaohua can feel his carefulness, his careful care, his pampering, and his deep helplessness. She knows everything, but she can't do anything about it.
The heart that loves a person is never controlled by oneself.
Seeing Zhaohua staring at him blankly, Li Mingcheng smiled lowly.
"Enough is enough, this life is enough, in the next life, I will still guard you in the next life, how about being your brother?"
Let you be free and never force again, so that you will never be so unhappy when you marry the one you love.
There was a thick flame in front of him, and the cold stone wall behind him was surrounded by shouts and curses, but in Zhaohua's eyes, this man was the only one at this moment.
He is her husband and the father of her children.
Other couples are talking about their affection at the moment of life and death, promising to be together in the next life.
But her husband just wanted to guard her and give her freedom.
She has enjoyed the most noble humans and animals in the world, and also lived the most luxurious life in the world.
Loved someone and hated someone, had friends, and experienced all the things a woman should go through.
There should be no regrets in this life.
However, looking at the thin and slightly trembling body of the man who shielded her from the wind and rain in front of her, she suddenly felt shocked.
Exuding the slightest distress.
He is a head taller than her.
None of the jade crowns, clothes, belts, accessories, shoes, and socks on his bun were the most familiar to her.
There was nothing in this man that belonged to her.
She never bought anything for him, and never gave him anything.
But his body, including a small earring, was chosen by him out of thousands of choices, and the patterns on his clothes were all in accordance with the styles she liked, but he never repeated them.
This man's heart for her is true.
But she never felt any emotion and turned a blind eye to him.
"not good!"
Zhaohua directly refused, watching helplessly as the trace of hope in Li Mingcheng's eyes gradually disappeared.
"I know you don't want to see me anymore, so let's not make an appointment for another life!"
As long as it is what you want, what you want, what you wish, I am willing to achieve it for you, even if it makes my soul fly away and I will never be born again.
"Why? Why are you being so nice to me?"
Zhaohua felt a soreness in her heart, she lowered her eyes and leaned on his chest, asking softly.
The eye sockets became hot, and the moisture in the fundus of the eyes had already hit.
She put one hand through Li Mingcheng's waist and hugged him tightly.
Li Mingcheng's body tightened, this was the first time Zhaohua took the initiative to hug him, although he didn't know why.
"I just want to treat you well, I want to give you all the good things in this world, I want to see you laugh, be happy, and live freely and recklessly!"
"Woo..." Zhaohua couldn't control the tears anymore, and Li Mingcheng's clothes were soaked.
"Don't cry, idiot, the last thing I want is for you to cry."
"I swore that I would never let you cry in this life, and everything goes according to your heart, but now it's me who made you cry, I'm sorry!"
He helped Zhaohua smooth over and over again.
With a satisfied smile on his face.
"Don't say sorry again, you have never been sorry to me, I am sorry to you."
Zhaohua shook his head violently, but stubbornly refused to look up at him.
Suddenly Li Mingcheng let go of her hand and pushed her back. The flames had already burned to his side.
"Zhaohua, you never know how happy I was at the moment you agreed to marry me. I secretly promised myself that I must let you live a better life, be happier, spend my life, and treat you well, but I can't do it!"
"I'm sorry, let me go first this last time. I'm selfish and scared, and I can't face the world without you!"
All this happened between the electric flint light, Li Mingcheng was eroded by the blue flame, and slowly disappeared into thin air.
There was helplessness and unwillingness on his face, but the most was reluctance.
His eyes have been quietly looking at the woman.
He has been in love with him for more than twenty years, and at first he married the woman who became the mother of his son, but he never loved him.
It may look sad to others, but he feels at ease.
"Goodbye, Zhaohua!"
Zhaohua was pushed and fell to the ground, she saw this scene the moment she looked up.
She was about to rush forward like crazy, but was stopped by the second lady.
"Princess, don't go there."
"Li Mingcheng, Li Mingcheng, come back to me..."
Zhaohua was like crazy, he didn't care about anything, he didn't care about anything, and was held back by the second lady, she pushed and patted her, and wanted to rush over.
"Princess, princess, let's go!"
Zhaohua was taken aback for a moment, then followed the eyes of the second lady, and there was a small hole on the stone bed behind them.
The remains of Prime Minister Zuo and his wife have long since disappeared, along with the two children of the second wife and his own child.
Zhaohua was overjoyed at first, and then glared at the second lady.
"You, since you know there is a secret way, why didn't you tell him?"
Li Mingcheng's figure had already turned into a bubble, but Zhaohua subconsciously looked at it, hoping to see that person still standing there and leave with them.
"Princess, we can't leave, or they will find out!"
The second lady looked firm, and exchanged glances with the second son, and finally forced Zhaohua into the small secret passage.
"Princess, father and mother will entrust you to bury them, and our children will be entrusted to you!"
After the second lady said this, she dropped the stone slab at the entrance of the secret passage, and there was no trace of it anymore.
Zhaohua was unable to accept all this.
She was talking to Li Mingcheng just now, and the second wife and the second son had already arranged everything.
With her came down only two guards, two wet nurses and three children.
"Princess, let's leave!"
These two guards were married to Zhaohua by the emperor.
Zhaohua's heart seemed to be empty, and he couldn't recover for a while.
It wasn't until her son's cry sounded that she slowly raised her head.
The son's wet nurse is hugging him and coaxing him. The other two children, a boy and a girl, are the son and daughter of the second son.
Everyone looked at her eagerly.
Zhaohua was frightened and powerless, but in the end she could only stand up and lead them to escape.
Two guards were in charge of carrying Prime Minister Zuo and his wife's remains.
This passage is not long, and they came to the exit after a while.
"Maybe you can get directions? Do you know where this is?"
Zhaohua seldom leaves his yard on weekdays, so he doesn't fully understand the layout of Zuo Xiangfu.
The two guards behind them frowned and thought for a while, looked at the terrain and orientation, and finally confirmed that this was a desolate and abandoned courtyard in the North courtyard.
"Princess, please wait a moment, and the subordinates will go up and have a look."
One of them begged himself.
Zhaohua thought for a while and said, "Wait a little longer, maybe they will leave when they are sure that there is no one else in the room!"
(end of this chapter)