The carriage stopped suddenly, as if it had reached a place.
It's just that even with the soundproof board, Tong Ye heard something wrong in the room early, and when he got there, he didn't urge Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong, waiting for Li Rong's answer, Li Rong took a deep breath, raised her hand to get dressed, and whispered, "Let's go down first."
Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong put on clothes together, and after they got out of the carriage, they found that Tong Ye had already sent someone to carry the sedan chair, and Li Rong had an injury on her foot. Take her into the bedroom.
After tossing around all night, Li Rong looked very tired. After Pei Wenxuan helped her lie down, he immediately asked the doctor to come over to see if there was anything serious.
The doctor was already prepared, and he waited at the door as soon as he entered the house. After the two entered the house, the doctor followed.
Pei Wenxuan was waiting for the doctor's pulse. After waiting for a while, he saw Tong Ye standing at the door and whispered, "Young Master."
Seeing that Tong Ye didn't come in, Pei Wenxuan knew that things were not good and said in front of Li Rong. He nodded, said hello to the others, took good care of Li Rong, and then turned his head and walked out.
When he reached the door, he saw Zhao Chongjiu standing in the courtyard, Zhao Chongjiu's face was not very good, and Pei Wenxuan knew the result.
"What about people?"
"Ran."
Zhao Chongjiu said with a stern face: "Eldest Young Master Su brought people too fast, I didn't have time."
Pei Wenxuan was not surprised. At that time, there was Su Ronghua in mind, and it was right to find Su Rongqing.
He replied softly, nodded and said, "Go back to rest first. This matter... "
"My subordinates must inform His Highness."
Zhao Chongjiu interrupted him, as if he had misunderstood something, Pei Wenxuan smiled and said, "I didn't tell you not to tell His Highness, you are a member of the Inspectorate, and I know it clearly. I mean I'll tell her about it, You don't have to report anything else."
This request is not excessive, Zhao Zhongjiu nodded.
"But is there anything else?"
Zhao Chongjiu shook his head, Pei Wenxuan remembered to hang Li Rong, and waved: "Go on."
After speaking, Pei Wenxuan turned back to the room.
The doctor had already checked Li Rong's pulse, and Pei Wenxuan came in. The doctor was packing up and going to the next room for consultation and prescription. Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong said hello and went to the side room together. The doctor watched Pei Wenxuan enter the door. With a little nervousness on his face, Pei Wenxuan's heart hung up, but he still raised his hand: "If you have something to say, just say it."
"Sir, the princess has some trauma, but it's not serious, please rest assured." One of the doctors walked up to report, and Pei Wenxuan nodded, "What else?"
If it was just this sentence, these doctors shouldn't react like this.
"And..." The doctor hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "Your Highness, I'm pregnant."
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, and the doctor said the most difficult thing to say, and continued: "This bump has caused the fetal position to be unstable. "
Pei Wenxuan listened without saying a word, everyone was waiting for him, and his heart was up and down.
Princess Pingle has now reconciled, but was diagnosed with pregnancy. The first thing she knew was the former concubine. Whether the princess was pregnant or the former concubine knew, either one was enough for these doctors to be uneasy.
Pei Wenxuan was silent for too long, all the doctors looked at the leading doctor, and the leading doctor bite the bullet: "Sir?"
"Oh," Pei Wenxuan finally came back to his senses after hearing this. He nodded with a calm expression on his face, and immediately ordered, "Don't spread the matter, is your Highness okay?"
"Don't worry, my lord," everyone felt relieved when they heard Pei Wenxuan's tone, "His Royal Highness rests well, it's not a big problem. I will keep this matter tight-lipped and never let outsiders know."
Pei Wenxuan nodded, seeming absent-minded: "You guys start the prescription first, if anyone has any taboos, and how to do it better for pregnant women, please tell me."
The doctor nodded again and again, and the group talked to Pei Wenxuan for a long time. After Pei Wenxuan asked carefully how to take care of Li Rong, he finally went back. When he walked out of the door, he turned back and frowned, "Whether you were suspicious, sensitive, sentimental, emotional during pregnancy. Ups and downs, irritable and uncontrollable?"
Everyone was stunned for a while, not understanding why Pei Wenxuan asked such a question, but all nodded in unison, and then instructed: "Sir, just bear with it."
Pei Wenxuan nodded: "I understand."
After speaking, Pei Wenxuan turned around and walked on the corridor.
Everyone didn't know what he was thinking, so they watched him walk all the way to Li Rong's room. Li Rong's room was closed, but he didn't even notice it. Hold the nose on the face.
Li Rong was in the room listening to Zhao Chongjiu's report on the night of her disappearance, and suddenly heard a "bang", she raised her chin, Zhao Chongjiu immediately went to open the door, and as soon as the door opened, she saw Pei Wenxuan bowed and covered in pain Face. Zhao Chongjiu couldn't help but be stunned: "Master Pei?"
Pei Wenxuan waved his hand, gasping for breath, Li Rong looked up and called softly, "Pei Wenxuan?"
"I'm fine, I hit the door."
Pei Wenxuan replied, slowed down, and finally straightened up. He looked at Zhao Chongjiu: "Is the report finished?"
"It's almost there," Zhao Chongjiu nodded, turned his head and bowed to Li Rong, "Your Highness, this subordinate will retire first."
"Keep an eye on Li Cheng's situation," Li Rong ordered and whispered, "Go ahead."
Zhao Chongjiu saluted and left, and Pei Wenxuan was still standing at the door. Li Rong saw that Pei Wenxuan was still stunned, and raised her eyes, "What are you still standing for? Come in and sit."
Pei Wenxuan came back to his senses after hearing this, nodded, closed the door and walked in.
He sat down and Li Rong looked at him and laughed lightly: "I have a terminal illness?"
"No!"
Pei Wenxuan denied it, and quickly replied: "You are fine, don't think about it."
"Sit down without thinking about it, and I'll discuss it with you."
Li Rong took three sheets of paper from the side: "Chuan'er was assassinated last night, but it was not a serious problem. Li Cheng is now hanging his breath in the palace. Concubine Rou was called into the palace to take care of Li Cheng. In order to take action, firstly, it is estimated that he is waiting for Xiao Su, and secondly, he is also waiting for the final news from Li Cheng."
Pei Wenxuan responded, and Li Rong took out the third piece of paper: "So here is the worst news."
Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes, and Li Rong said calmly, "Xun Chuan brought news from the northwest that Cui Qinghe betrayed and assassinated Qin Lin, and took over the army under Qin Lin in the northwest."
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan's eyes widened suddenly, Li Rong put the paper on the table, and said calmly: "The army from the northwest side will not be able to come, so I have to hide this. I have informed Lin Feibai from the southwest. Adjust the army, and let Shangguanya prepare the Shangguan family's army."
"But the Shangguan family has a total of only 30,000 troops, Lin Feibai holds 20,000, I am in Qingzhou, 10,000, your Pei family's less than 20,000, and the total is no more than 80,000 troops. Originally, Qinlin in the northwest had 50,000 troops. There were 130,000 troops, but now that Cui Qinghe has defected, the 50,000 in the northwest might not be able to count on them."
"And Xiao Su has 50,000 troops, His Majesty himself has 50,000 direct descendants, and Su's hands are at least 20,000, and there are 120,000 horses."
"There are countless soldiers left in the aristocratic family, but like the previous life, they can't be moved without interest. If they were to take action, the plan would fall short. Moreover, with Su Rongqing here this time, who the aristocratic family will turn against in the end is uncertain. I guess. They are more sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight, whoever wins, whoever they listen to."
"This is the situation now," Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan, "What do you think?"
Pei Wenxuan listened and thought for a while: "Although it seems that in the whole situation, His Majesty has far more people than us, but as long as we can stabilize the situation in Huajing ahead of time, most of the world will surrender, then Xiao Su Even if he returns with His Majesty's direct line, it is still a chaotic thief, and the world will kill him. In this case, once the crown prince succeeds, it is unknown whether His Majesty's direct line will move or not. Xiao Su has been in charge of the Northwest for less than two years, and he has brought five If Wan Jun commits chaos, he is afraid that it will be scattered. As for Su Rongqing..."
Pei Wenxuan thought for a while: "Whether he can take charge of the Su family is still unknown."
"Stabilize the situation in Huajing..."
Li Rong murmured, she raised her head and looked at Pei Wenxuan: "Why don't you want to, there is actually a way?"
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
"I mean," Li Rong's eyes were steady, but deep in her eyes, there was a bit of indescribable sadness, "Once Li Cheng dies, the crown prince will be the only heir, and the crown prince and His Majesty are not absolute enemies. It is not an absolute alliance with me and my mother. As long as he hands me and the Shangguan clan, His Majesty will let him go."
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, Li Rong closed his eyes: "Actually, this is the best plan. He handed me and my mother over. The Shangguan family assassinated the prince in the name of the Yi people. The pure king of the Li family."
As Li Rong spoke, she couldn't help laughing: "In this way, the world will be stable, there will be no need to make big moves, and the people will live well."
"Your Highness said it well." Pei Wenxuan replied calmly, Li Rong opened her eyes to look at Pei Wenxuan, who met Li Rong's gaze, "But, does His Royal Highness agree?"
Li Rong didn't say anything, but Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and held Li Rong's hand: "Your Highness, have you forgotten? I told you shortly after you came back from your rebirth. After power, it is the human heart. It is not a simple choice of interests, the same thing Some people choose to benefit, while others choose to lose.”
"But I can't trust Li Chuan."
Li Rong spoke directly, but Pei Wenxuan fell silent.
"You arrange a good person," Li Rong calmly instructed. "As soon as Li Cheng dies, His Majesty will start arresting people. Before that, I will leave Huajing and go to Qingzhou. Don't let anyone know about this, I will go by myself."
"Where's Shangguanya?" Pei Wenxuan looked at her.
"After I leave, you will notify the Shangguan family."
After she left, notifying the Shangguan family would mean that she had put the Shangguan family in Huajing as a cover up, so that she could leave Beijing more safely.
However, this also directly put the Shangguan family at risk. She left, and once the opportunity was missed, no one in the Shangguan family would be able to leave.
Pei Wenxuan looked at her, Li Rong looked indifferent, she turned to look at Pei Wenxuan: "What do you think is wrong?"
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan asked earnestly, "If something happens, don't you regret it?"
Li Rong didn't speak, she met Pei Wenxuan's gaze: "Do you know what I heard last night?"
"I know."
There were no waves in Pei Wenxuan's eyes: "Li Chuan killed you, Shangguanya watched you die, and Su Rongqing brought poison for you."
"Aren't you surprised?" Li Rong laughed, and Pei Wenxuan shook his head, "I'm not surprised by anything in the last life."
"Since that's the case," Li Rong said a little strangely, "what else do you persuade me to do? That's a matter of the last life, I can ignore it, but I don't care, it doesn't mean I don't care."
"People have to have power before they can choose. When it comes to power, you should not mix feelings. I used to say that I like power, but when I make decisions, I always trust them a lot and I am willing to work hard for them. So As soon as I came up, I always wanted to help Chuan’er and solve his current and future problems.”
"My mother scolded me, saying that what I thought was what the emperor thought. I am a princess. In the eyes of the future emperor, my essence is no different from a family. I thought she was stupid at the time, but now I understand that it is me who is stupid. ."
Li Rong turned her head and looked at Pei Wenxuan. She reached out and held Pei Wenxuan's hand: "In the last life, I chose them, but I didn't choose myself. This time, I want to choose myself."
"Regret or not," Li Rong stared at Pei Wenxuan, "let me go."
Let Huajing's filth and slaughter stay in Huajing, let her stay away from here, the sky is high and the sea is vast, and she has her own way back.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong calmly and calmly with a somewhat pleading look, and after a long time, he lowered his head and smiled: "I don't remember, Your Highness and I bet twice, once at the Jucai Pavilion, and bet on the presence of Guanya. There, where will the imperial edict come first?"
"Remember," Li Rong knew what Pei Wenxuan meant, "Are you going to bet with me?"
"The clothes of the Persian dancer, Your Highness has already worn it for me. There is one more thing left, please do it for me."
Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan and definitely said, "You don't want me to go?"
"Whether or not to go, it is His Highness's decision. In fact, I think it is all good, but I am afraid that His Highness will have regrets, and I want to give His Highness more choices."
Pei Wenxuan said, and leaned forward: "His Royal Highness, come with me to see His Royal Highness Prince."
When Li Rong heard this, her hands trembled slightly, and Pei Wenxuan smiled: "Don't you dare, Your Highness?"
"Look at him, what's he afraid of? It's just that we have to arrange things out of the city..."
"I'll make arrangements."
Pei Wenxuan interrupted her: "Go to see His Royal Highness, you don't have to say anything, just chat with His Royal Highness as usual. After the chat, whether to go or stay, I support His Royal Highness."
At this point, Li Rong had nothing to say. She raised her hand and patted Pei Wenxuan's hand: "Then listen to you."
Saying that, Li Rong was about to get up, and Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to hold her down: "I'll go get some clothes, don't suffer from the cold."
After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, he went to the closet to get his clothes, and then ordered a sedan chair to be prepared outside. He turned around to put on Li Rong's clothes, and pulled her hair. When he was about to put on makeup, he paused and Li Rong lifted it Eye: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just think that your Highness has a lotus in clear water, so there's no need to be too decorative."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan put down his eyebrow pencil: "That's it."
Li Rong only thought that he was in a hurry to see Li Chuan, and didn't think much about it. He carried her out of the house and put her on the sedan chair.
The two went to the East Palace together. After the announcement, Pei Wenxuan escorted Li Rong to the door. Li Rong stood in front of the door and listened to Li Chuan coughing softly inside: "Sister is here? Quick, let Sister come in."
Li Rong didn't know what to do, but suddenly she didn't dare to enter.
She grabbed Pei Wenxuan's hand, Pei Wenxuan patted her hand, and instructed others: "His Royal Highness is not suitable for seeing guests now, there are differences between men and women, put a screen."
The servants got the order and put the screen in the room. Pei Wenxuan helped Li Rong to go in. As soon as she entered the room, she saw the screen and sensed the person behind the screen. Li Rong couldn't help trembling slightly.
Pei Wenxuan helped Li Rong to sit on the chair, and Li Rong and Li Chuan sat down across the screen. At that moment, Li Rong seemed to have returned to the previous life, and Li Chuan announced that she would be in custody of the country, and the night before he asked about the cultivation of immortality.
She put her hands on the armrests and lowered her head.
Pei Wenxuan covered her with a blanket, squatted in front of her, and looked up at her: "Your Highness, there are some Ruths alone, and Wei Chen is waiting for you outside."
Li Rong squeezed the armrest tightly, she looked at Pei Wenxuan, Pei Wenxuan raised his hand on hers, and said softly, "Don't be afraid."
After he finished speaking, Pei Wenxuan stood up, stepped back, and closed the door.
Li Rong and Li Chuan were suddenly left in the room. They were both very quiet. Li Rong slowly raised her head and looked at the silhouette on the screen. Li Chuan seemed to sit up. The soul of the dead rests on the screen.
Li Rong didn't know what to do, but her eyes suddenly turned red.
The two were silent, and after a long time, Li Chuan coughed lightly: "Is sister okay? Are you injured?"
"I'm fine." Li Rong restrained her tone, sounding as if there was nothing. Li Chuan coughed, relieved his breath, and said softly: "Sister, don't worry, I'm fine, just a little injury, and it will be better soon."
"It's fine."
After Li Rong finished speaking, she didn't know what to say. After a long silence, Li Chuan hesitated: "Sister is looking for me, but what's the matter?"
"It's nothing," Li Rong said softly, "I just had a nightmare. I want to see you and have a few words with you, knowing that you are fine."
"What dream did my sister have?"
"Just..." Li Rong hesitated and said slowly, "I dreamed that you killed me."
"How is this possible?" Li Chuan laughed, and he said decisively, "Sister, don't worry, no matter what, I won't hurt you. Anyone who wants to hurt you has to walk away from my Li Chuan's body. past."
When Li Rong listened, she couldn't help but laugh: "I know."
Her eyes were a little sour, with a few tears in her eyes: "When you were young, you said you wanted to protect me. I remember that year they said that the princess would be sent to the north to be with her relatives, and I was very afraid, because I was afraid that I would go when I grew up. Heqin, tell me, in the future," Li Rong said, her voice choked with sobs, she paused, and after a long time, she continued, "You will pacify the north and drive those barbarians all the way into the desert, you will not let This kind of thing falls on any princess in the summer, let alone me."
"How do you talk about your childhood, sister?"
Li Chuan sat up cross-legged and seemed to be a little happy: "Could it be that I'm not treating you well now, and you're starting to remember sweet things and think hard?"
"No, I just heard that you were hurt for me, and remembered the good things you did to me when you were a child."
"Then elder sister is not good to me?" Li Chuan's shadow on the screen carried the publicity of a young man, while talking and gesturing, "I remember when I was a child, I shared peaches with Yuanbao, and when my mother ran into it, she shut me down. Confinement, saying that I am the crown prince, you must know that I am respected and others are inferior, how can you share peaches with the servants. You also know that in the forbidden room, there is no light in the dark, and you are at the door, talking to me all the time. I was locked for three days, and you said at the door for three days."
Li Chuan said, for some reason, his voice became a little hoarse: "Also, didn't I keep a tabby cat in the palace before? That cat is very spiritual. If others don't kiss me, just kiss me, and I always hide. People went to feed it, and it was found later. They wanted me to bury the cat alive, and the queen mother said, this is a lesson for me, how can the prince prefer something, or no one has a tabby cat. "
"If I don't bury it, the mother will let the cat snatch the cat and say that it will be beaten to death. I will protect the cat in my arms. I think it's okay to beat me to death. What do you mean by this prince in front of you? Sister blocked me and blocked the stick?"
"In the end, didn't you just bury the cat alive?"
Li Rong asked. Li Chuan didn't speak. He was silent for a long time. On the screen, he sat cross-legged, and seemed to raise his head slightly, looking at something.
"Because, I don't want my sister to be beaten for me again."
Li Chuan finally said, "Isn't it just a cat? Bury it if you bury it. You can't let my sister and I bury this cat with me, right?"
Li Rong was speechless, and she felt tears streaming down her face.
She suddenly realized that, for so many years, she had not really understood Li Chuan, nor had she really understood how this younger brother grew up.
When he was young, she was also young. She couldn't understand all kinds of young Li Chuan, and she forgot when she grew up.
Just like this cat, she thought that Li Chuan couldn't endure the fight, but in fact, what Li Chuan couldn't endure at that time was not the stick in the deep palace, but the suffering of his sister.
He buried not the cat, but himself.
He didn't want to be the prince, but for Li Rong, for Shangguan Yue, and for the people he cherished, he would.
He was soft-hearted and innocent, but for Li Rong and Shangguan Yue, he learned to be tough and cold.
He restrained his tenderness and innocence, suppressed all his loves and desires, and buried himself in this palace, hoping that he would be like dirt, raising Li Rong and Shangguan Yue on it, watching them grow, blossom, and live a stable life.
This is her brother.
No matter how cruel and terrifying her younger brother is in the future, at the age of seventeen, behind the screen, he is always the young man who is willing to use this body to transform into mountains and rivers and give his loved ones a good view.
"Sister," Li Chuan lowered his head. He seemed to know that Li Rong was crying, so he said hoarsely, "What do you want to ask here?"
"Chuan'er," Li Rong took a deep breath, "If God is destined, one day, you will become a monarch like your father. No, better than him, but just as cold and suspicious as him."
"You will kill a lot of people and make the world turbulent, but you can also succeed in the northern expedition and break the shackles of the family. You will imprison your mother, kill your uncle, behead half of your clan, and finally poison your eldest sister. You will lose your love, but also Will become the honor of ninety-five. You say, what should I do?"
"You mean," Li Chuan seemed to understand everything, "Will I kill you?"
"Yeah." Li Rong smiled, "But this is just a dream, you don't have to..."
Before she could finish speaking, she heard the sound of a sword being drawn from inside. Li Rong raised her head in surprise and saw Li Chuan step out of the screen with the sword raised.
He held the sword, wet tears on his face.
"Actually, I have long discovered that my sister is different from before."
Li Chuan looked at Li Rong, he handed the scabbard to Li Rong with his backhand, pointed the tip of the sword to himself, and knelt in front of Li Rong on one knee, his eyes filled with tears, but firm and bright: "If this is the future, please Sister, kill me now."