Ning Wanwei turned her head, with surprise in her eyes.
Li Huailin was a little dazed, and by the time he realized it, he was already holding on to his hand like a fool.
There was a moment of silence in the side hall.
Lord Ziyang had taught him since he was a child that being an emperor should be respectful, and such gossiping behavior like ordinary people is absolutely unacceptable. However, it was too late to regret now, he could only stand stiffly, waiting for her reaction.
If...if she softened her brows and pulled him to the soft couch to say a few words gently, his long face would not be lost in vain.
Ning Wanwei had no idea what he was thinking, after all, the face in front of her was indifferent and annoyed, so she withdrew her hand as usual. He bent his knees and said, "If you don't need an imperial doctor's consultation, then the concubine will ask someone to boil some lotus seeds to clear the heart."
There was no soft word, no backhand pulling him, an emperor stretched out his hand twice, but she broke away both times.
Li Huailin was silent, then sneered.
"No need." Gathering his sleeves, he raised his chin, regaining the aura that an emperor should have. "I still have something to do, you can keep it for yourself."
After finishing speaking, he stretched out his clothes and left the side hall with strides.
"Your Majesty." The palace maid was about to burst into tears, and she came up to help her, "Why do you bother to get angry with His Majesty? It won't do you any good."
Ning Wanwei shook her head, her eyes were filled with ashes: "Go and prepare lunch."
"Ma'am..."
"Go if you are told." Ning Wanwei waved her hand.
The palace maid had no choice but to swallow what she wanted to say, and bowed back.
From this day on, the emperor and the imperial concubine had a quarrel, and no one went to see each other. The emperor even ordered the imperial concubine to move to another courtyard.
Years of favor and love seemed to be wiped out in an instant. Li Huailin didn't mention Concubine Ning Guifei again. Why would a man have no wife? Everyone is cold. Can he stick it up
Liu Yunlie came very quickly, Feng Yijun didn't seem to have the intention to resist tenaciously, seeing the large number of Liu Jun, he wanted to fight for two days, and opened the city gate.
It was too late for Li Huailin to leave at this time, and was blocked in the palace by Liu Jun's people, stubbornly refusing to hand over the jade seal.
"The escort came late, and I hope His Majesty will forgive me." Liu Yunlie stood outside the palace door and saluted with a smile, "Your Majesty ran too fast, I really can't catch up."
"You traitor!" Li Huailin yelled angrily, "From the first day you served me, you have been lying to me!"
"Your Majesty, calm down." Liu Yunlie glanced at the guards in front of him who would rather die than submit, and said with a smile, "If I don't tell some lies, why is Your Majesty so determined to execute the eldest princess and then take charge? It will take another eight years to touch the jade seal."
Liu Jun had surrounded the main hall completely, but he still didn't dare to act rashly if he wanted to capture the emperor alive.
Li Huailin sneered: "Let me be in charge? You are clearly seeking to usurp the throne for yourself!"
"Don't say it so harshly." Liu Yunlie snorted, "Who is interested in this throne? The Northern Wei Dynasty was ruined, wars broke out, and the royal family did not exist. Sooner or later, it will be swallowed by Xiliang. The jade seal is still useful, why don't you talk to Wei Chen?"
People outside the hall dared not go in, and those inside couldn't get out. Li Huailin was silent for a long time and asked him, "What do you want to talk about?"
"It's very simple. Your Majesty only needs to hand over the jade seal and write an edict ordering the lords of all places to execute Lord Ziyang, and the minister will offer you ten thousand taels of gold and silver for your Majesty to spend the rest of his life in peace."
The calculation was excellent, he couldn't defeat Jiang Xuanjin now, so he waited for Jiang Xuanjin to return to the capital when Jiang Xuanjin defeated the Xiliang people, took out the imperial decree, and reaped the benefits.
It is easy to fight wars, and it is also easy to bring peace to the world, but if those lords sit down and share the spoils, there will be more conflicts. It was this opportunity that Liu Yunlie pinched, using the imperial decree to restrain Jiang Xuanjin. The princes everywhere will definitely respond.
At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty will really be a country without a country.
Holding the jade seal in his sleeve pocket tightly, Li Huailin said, "Let me think about it for two more days."
The smile on his face was slightly gloomy, and Liu Yunlie said: "Your Majesty thinks there is still room for negotiating conditions?"
"Yes." He calmed down and said, "If you don't agree, I will break the jade seal and kill myself to thank the world. In this way, you will not even have the last chance of winning."
His expression froze, Liu Yunlie grimaced and laughed: "I don't believe that His Majesty is willing to commit suicide. You are a selfish person, and selfish people are afraid of death."
With a sound of "clang", the long sword was unsheathed across his neck, Li Huailin raised his eyes and said, "You can take a bet."
The inside and outside of the hall fell silent, Liu Yunlie looked straight at the emperor in the hall, and when he saw the bright red blood flowing from his neck, he made people take a few steps back.
"Why didn't I find out that the emperor still has such integrity before? He has the demeanor of Ziyang Lord's direct disciple." The deputy general followed behind Liu Yunlie, and couldn't help but whispered a joke.
Liu Yunlie said expressionlessly: "It's just a plan to slow down the army. He can afford it, but we can't. Go and bring Ning Guifei here."
"yes."
Li Huailin didn't hear anything else clearly, but the word "Concubine Ning" made him shudder.
"Do you think a woman can blackmail me?" He was a little anxious in his heart, but his face remained calm, "Ning Wanwei has fallen out of favor, didn't you see that she is not in the palace? Even if you tie her up, there is no harm use."
"Whether it's useful or not, you'll know when someone comes." Liu Yunlie chuckled, "Your Majesty can hide it from others, but can you hide it from my minister? This minister is your confidant. How good have you treated Concubine Ning? Can the minister not understand?"
"Lord Liu is indeed not very clear about what happened recently." Clenching his hands tightly, Li Huailin said, "I have broken with her."
"Then why are you nervous?" Liu Yunlie raised his eyebrows.
Yeah, what are you nervous about? Ning Wanwei's extreme love for him has turned into extreme loathing for him, and she hasn't seen him for more than half a month. It's good if Liu Yunlie brings someone here now, he can at least take a look at him.
"Zuo Long." Lowering his eyes, Li Huailin whispered to Wei Wei beside him, "You are loyal, I know, but this time I may not be able to protect myself or you. When Concubine Hui Ning comes, You surrender, tie me out, and still save your life."
"Your Majesty?" Zuo Long was astonished, "There is still Yuxi, why did you come here?"
Li Huailin didn't answer, just said: "Remember what I said."
Zuo Long didn't understand very much, but thinking about what Liu Yunlie said to His Majesty just now, he suddenly realized, and then became more anxious: "Your Majesty, the overall situation is the most important thing, you can't give up the dragon body just because of Concubine Ning!"
"It's not a dragon body." Li Huailin murmured in a low voice, "I'm not a real dragon emperor, and I'm not a man of destiny. I'm just an ordinary person with a mortal body."
The general situation has long gone, it's just that he stubbornly refused to let go, Feng Yijun didn't regard him as emperor anymore, only these loyal generals still regarded him as emperor. If... If Liu Yunlie really threatened Ning Wanwei, what would he do? He couldn't let her die in front of him because of these things.
After thinking about that scene, Li Huailin felt that he couldn't bear it. The Northern Wei Dynasty was destroyed in his hands. He could kill himself for it, she was innocent.
However, the people sent by Liu Yunlie failed to bring Concubine Ning. Liu Yunlie heard a few whispered words and laughed loudly: "Is it really a deadlock? The concubine used to be so worried about His Majesty's safety, but now she heard that His Majesty was trapped and escaped." gone."
Li Huailin was stunned, unexpectedly, he didn't feel angry, but heaved a sigh of relief.
It's so smart, it can run away.
"Your Majesty, let go of your sword and come out. If you think about it for another two days, there will be no other results." Liu Yunlie said, "Come out now, if you have any other requests, I can agree to them."
The stone hanging in my heart was put down. Li Huailin laughed instead, holding his sword and said, "Master Liu and I will wait together."
Liu Yunlie clenched his fists.
What can we wait for here? Obviously - Mr. Ziyang.
Jiang Xuanjin expected that Liu Yunlie wanted to capture the emperor alive, but what he didn't expect was that the emperor was able to delay for two days, just in time for him to arrive, and surrounded the Liu army who had no time to retreat.
Liu Yunlie was furious, and while ordering people to attack the hall to kill the emperor, he led them away.
Jiang Xuanjin single-handedly crossed the battle of thousands of people. He rushed to the main hall and protected Li Huailin.
There were already a lot of injuries on his body, Li Huailin reluctantly raised his head, and said: "I really don't want to see you, but... I am glad to see you."
After all, he lost too much blood and passed out.
Jiang Xuanjin asked Zuo Long to carry him expressionlessly, turned around and fought, fighting a bloody path, and joined Jiu Wu and others who were blocked outside. Fortunately, seeing that the situation was not right, Liu Yunlie retreated extremely quickly. The fight did not last too long, and the loss was not too great.
Chengxu counted the casualties in Feng Yi City, frowned and reported something to his lord, Jiang Xuanjin's face darkened, and he glanced at Li Huailin who was pale on the bed.
He fell asleep peacefully, with an innocent and innocent face, not like an emperor who had gone through a thousand sails, but like a child who was still pampered.
first-tier city.
Huaiyu happily chatted with Chu Niang, and then went to find Lord Baihua, who was in a hurry, and raised his chin to provoke him: "How about a fight? If you lose, go back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty."
Murong Qi was in a bad mood, so he rolled up his sleeves when he heard the words: "Come on, come on, I won't give you a sesame seed today. You really think I'm a bully!"
The two opened up in the courtyard, and Qingsi squatted beside her and watched silently.
Murong Qi's attack was ruthless, her highness borrowed someone else's body, and she was soon at a disadvantage, but she had no intention of retreating at all, so she went forward with a hard head, and then was punched on the shoulder by Bai Huajun.
Blowing his fist very proudly, Murong Qi put his hips on his hips and asked, "Are you convinced?"
Li Huaiyu took a few steps back, blinked at her, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Huh?" Murong Qi was stunned, thinking that her eyes got sand, who would have thought that the next moment, this person squatted on the ground directly, sobbing and crying.
no? She looked down at herself: "Can I make you cry with one punch?"
Qingsi shook her head and said calmly: "Your Highness just wants to cry, but there is no excuse, so I rely on you."
Holding the jade carving in her arms every day, she still couldn't wait for a letter to come back. Huaiyu woke up this morning feeling depressed. She held it in for a long time, and she was about to die if she held it in again, but it was not in line with her style to cry directly, so she just Can find an excuse.
Tears fell into the soil patter, Li Huaiyu choked up while wiping his face: "If you touch porcelain, you will be exposed by the most trusted girl around you. There is no way to live this day!"
Murong Qi rolled his eyes, and lightly kicked her butt: "Didn't Lu Jingxing give you a jade carving? Why didn't you hold it?"
"Holding it is useless!" Huaiyu said angrily, "It's been more than forty days, and there is no news of him coming back! I'll smash it later!"
Upon hearing this, Murong gave up, rushed to her room and took out the jade carving and stuffed it into her hand, then sat next to her and crossed her legs: "Smash it, hurry up. I'll watch you smash it!"
Li Huaiyu: "..."
"Hey, don't just talk and don't do it, it's useless anyway, so why keep it?" Murong Qi laughed so badly.
Glancing at her fiercely, Huaiyu stood up holding the jade carving: "It's better for me to give it away than smash it. There are many refugees outside, so why bother with silver?"
After all, he left angrily.
However. In the middle of the night, Li Huaiyu fell asleep in Li Huaiyu's arms on this jade carving that she was going to give away.
Standing by the bed, Qingsi looked at the tear stains on her highness's face, couldn't help but sighed, and tucked the quilt for her.
Lovesickness is the most painful thing in the world, and it is difficult to read with pen and ink.
Turning over, Li Huaiyu let go, and the jade carving rolled twice on the mat and fell off the edge of the bed. Qingsi was so shocked that she hurriedly reached out to pick it up, but only grabbed the base of the jade carving, and the carving body knocked on the ground with a "click".
Qingsi turned pale.
Li Huaiyu slept peacefully, as if she didn't know what happened, so she smacked her mouth twice and whispered someone's name.
In the Princess Mansion where the lights had been turned off, except for the main courtyard, all the people in the other courtyards were picked up by Qingsi. The lights were bright, and everyone gathered around the table solemnly, staring at the jade carving that had been broken in two.
"What should I do?" Qingsi's lips turned white, "If His Highness sees it, it will be over."
Murong Qi yawned and said, "It's just a jade carving, it's not Lord Ziyang, if you see it, you'll see it."
Everyone's eyes fell on her in unison, with obvious reproach.
Slightly choking, Murong Qi pursed his lips: "Your Highness still believe in something unlucky?"
"Normally I'm not superstitious." Lu Jingxing said, waving his fan, "but when it comes to Jiang Xuanjin's matter, let's talk about it."
"Can you find another one that is exactly the same?" Xu Chuning asked anxiously.
Lu Jingxing shook his head, "If there were, I wouldn't be sitting here."
Everyone was silent, Chi Jin thought for a long time, and said: "Make some big noise tomorrow to distract Your Highness, so that she can't find the jade carving in time."
"But, what about after tomorrow? You can't hide it for too long."
"It's a day to be able to hide it." Chi Jin said, "Your Highness is very smart, so you must do your best, and don't let her notice any flaws."
The broken jade carving lay innocently on the table, while the people around the table stretched out their hands and overlapped each other to encourage each other.