A few days later, after saying goodbye to Master Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, and Qian Yu, Li Sha and I went to Nanyang City, but Liang Yi avoided us.
I heard that Princess Yuning is not doing well in Cangdu. Not long ago, she was seriously ill, and she has seen the imperial doctor many times, but no improvement. And her husband only cared about her in name.
Hearing these rumors, Liang Yi must have felt very sad, besides, there was the life and death of a country before him.
Liang also arranged us in the most secluded and secluded Gulan Garden in the palace. Apart from drinking tea with Lisha, I would occasionally go out and walk around the neighborhood, listening to the passing maids talking about trivial matters.
A long time passed like this. One day I heard some rumors about Cangdu mentioned by a passing court lady.
The next day, Liang Yi suddenly said that he wanted to see me.
I gently opened the door, and Liang Yi was standing with his back facing me, I called him, and he turned around quickly.
"Why did you suddenly want to find me?"
At this time, the door behind me was pushed open, and I turned my head, a little surprised.
Wen Ruojing came in with tea, and looked at me with a slight smile, "Wen Yi, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you?"
"So you are the Concubine Wen they were talking about!" I couldn't help blurting out.
She laughed softly when she heard the words, and I looked at her and asked quickly, "Are you in good health?"
She gave a "hmm", glanced at Liang Yi and said, "Everyone is making such a big fuss, how can I not live up to it?"
Liang Yi heard the words and reprimanded: "I am weak, I don't take good care of it, and I always go to the back garden to toss back and forth, if there is anything I can ask my servants to do it?"
Wen Ruojing smiled helplessly, "Those flowers are hard to grow, I don't feel at ease unless I look at them myself."
She poured her tea and left. And what Liang Yi said next shocked me.
This year's Cangdu has experienced shocks that have never been seen in history. The He family attempted to usurp the throne, and a country was replaced by another person. Outsiders took control of Cangdu's people's livelihood and took charge of its rise and fall.
After the emperor was murdered, all the troubled imperial relatives were imprisoned in the largest prison in Cangdu City, including Yu Ning.
Liang Yi looked at me for a long time before slowly saying, "I can't save Yu Ning."
"It's not your fault." Looking at the helplessness in his eyes, I felt a sore nose.
"I still remember that when we first arrived in Cangdu, you got the plague. Do you know when you got it? You drank the well water that that child scooped up. The plague was terrible, and all the residents around there died. Empty."
"Lisha spent a lot of effort to find the medicine for you. The medicine was picked from a cliff. He accidentally fell off the cliff. Fortunately, there was a deep pool at the bottom, so he saved his life. When he brought the medicine back, he was covered in injuries. , the cold enters the body, leaving the permanent root of the disease.”
"Why are you telling me now?" I asked in a trembling voice.
"Let's go. Get out of here and go where you want to go."
I shook my head, "I'm not leaving."
He suddenly smiled, but his expression was so gloomy that it made people feel distressed.
"Liang Yi, do you still remember that I told you that I want to marry someone who is willing to take me around the rivers and lakes. That's because when I was young, that child with eyes as clear as water once said that to me , I don’t know why I remembered it until now, but he has long forgotten it.”
Surprise flashed across Liang Yi's eyes, I smiled at him, and said softly: "I didn't expect that I would say these words suddenly, originally, it had been buried so deeply in my heart that I almost forgot gone."
Back at Gulan Court, I saw Li Sha standing in a daze in the courtyard, so I walked over and hugged him from behind.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing... just want to hug you."
"Li Sha, thank you for choosing to stay by my side, we will be together forever, right?"
"Well, Wen Yi, I will never leave you."
His palm gently caressed my head, and I leaned on his shoulder, feeling very warm and contented in my heart.
One night, I was suddenly woken up by Lisha. I opened my eyes dimly, he looked as usual, and said to me in a gentle tone: "Wen Yi, I'm going to take you out of the city now, the carriage is already waiting outside the door."
"Why? Did something happen?" I tried hard to wake up, but my mind was still dizzy.
"I'll take you out first, be obedient." He said and picked me up, I looked up, it was still dark, and there was some noise outside.
The speed of the carriage was very fast, I leaned on Li Sha's shoulder drowsily, suddenly the car body bumped violently, I came to my senses, looked up at Li Sha's face and asked, "Where are we?"
"Just out of town," he replied.
"Why out of town? Where are we going?"
He didn't answer me again, and I faintly felt that something was wrong, so I shouted loudly: "Stop!"
Li Sha grabbed my hand and said, "Be obedient, Wen Yi, we must leave first."
"Did something happen to Nanyang? Where is Liang Yi? Where is he?"
Lisha looked at me with a tense face and said nothing.
"I want to get out of the car, if I don't stop, I'll jump!" I said as I lifted the curtain, and then, Li Sha yelled "Stop", and the carriage stopped suddenly.
I jumped out of the car and walked back, Li Sha caught up and stopped me, I looked at him and asked, "Li Su really attacked Nanyang, right?"
"Why? Lisha, you and Lisu are brothers, can you tell me why he did this?" I tugged on his sleeve, tears welling in my eyes.
"Wen Yi, don't get excited. Nanyang City is in chaos right now, and you won't be able to help if you go back at this time."
"Where's Wen Ruojing? Did she escape too?" I quickened my pace and walked back.
After walking for a while, from a distance, I saw the chaos outside the city, and the gate of the city had been captured.
I ran, the wind was blowing in my ears, and the dust was flying in front of me. At this time, I heard Lisha calling my name non-stop behind me. I was distracted and accidentally fell to the ground with blood on my arm. At this time, not far away, a body fell from the city tower and fell heavily on the ground. I raised my head. At this time, the genius was dimly lit. At the gate of the city with corpses scattered all over the field, I clearly saw a familiar profile, quietly Lying on the land he swore to defend, his blood slowly seeped from his head and spread.
I let out a piercing cry from the depths of my throat. The sun that had just risen shone on everyone. It was the light of despair, the light leading to hell. It witnessed this shocking scene and the destruction of Nanyang Kingdom.
"Wen Yi!" Li Sha hugged me into his arms and softly comforted me: "Don't look, I'll take you home."
"I don't want to go back." I cried and said, "Li Sha, this is Liang Yi's home. I can't just watch it be destroyed. Can you help me? I can't do anything now."
I struggled to stand up and run in, but Li Sha followed up and grabbed my arm, shouting: "It's dangerous here, don't run around!"
"I can't care about these things! I'm going to find Wen Ruojing, she must still be in the palace, I'm going to save her!" I shook off Li Sha's hand and continued walking.
At this time, I saw a large number of soldiers coming from the city to the gate of the city. Li Sha vigorously pulled me aside, and someone shouted outside the door, "The emperor has ordered that all troops withdraw!"
I sneered, "Haven't conquered the entire city, what did he suddenly withdraw his troops for, isn't it a failure?"
Outside the hall, I saw Wen Ruojing walking out alone. Her face was pale and her movements were somewhat inconvenient. I ran over to help her, and when she saw it was me, she quickly asked, "Where's Liang Yi?"
I didn't know how to answer her, a smile suddenly appeared on her pale face, "I haven't had time to tell him, the imperial doctor checked it out yesterday, I am happy." She lowered her head and touched her stomach, I stared blankly Looking at her flat belly, tears flowed down unconsciously.
"Wen Yi, why are you crying?" She looked at me in surprise, then realized something, and asked, "Where is Liang Yi? Take me to see him!"
I was sobbing, I knew I couldn't hide it, but I couldn't say it myself, I just kept shaking my head.
She grabbed my sleeve, her face was as white as paper, and she couldn't help muttering: "Impossible, impossible..."
I tried my best to support her crumbling body, but suddenly I felt the world spinning, my head became dizzy and I lost consciousness.
When I woke up, I found myself in Gulan Garden. I ran out barefoot, and Wen Ruojing was in the next room. She was still asleep, breathing evenly.
I looked at her sleeping face for a long time, my eyes were extremely sore, I reached out to touch the tears that flowed down, it was very warm, reminding me that everything was true.
I couldn't find Li Sha anywhere, and he didn't come back until noon.
I stood at the door and watched him walking towards me step by step.
"Wen Yi, are you okay?"
Before I could answer, he stretched out his hand and touched my forehead, his brows relaxed, and he said, "The fever is gone."
"Isn't it dangerous for us to stay here?" I asked, looking at him.
"The day I took you away, Liang Yi left the soldier talisman here, and I came back to get it. The other half of the soldier talisman is in Mo Juenian's hands. I just met him. He has gone to gather all the remaining troops in Nanyang. After a few days, the enemy army will come again, so we must always be ready to fight."
I sniffed and looked at him without saying a word.
"Wen Yi, I asked the imperial doctor to see it. Concubine Wen's body is extremely weak, and it is impossible to give birth to a child. I think she should understand in her heart. The longer the child is kept, the more her body can't bear it... I have ordered people to fry it, and you must take care of her to drink it after she wakes up."
Looking at his expression, I suddenly understood, and said in a trembling voice: "Li Sha, this is Liang Yi's child... How can you make me bear it."
"This child can't stay, Wen Yi."