When watching Wei Jinchao's figure disappear under the star-catching platform, Mei Xueyi didn't feel too reluctant to leave. She knew that he needed time to heal and recover, and the quiet and eerie place of reaching for the stars and falling down the tower was perfect.
She walked back slowly along the corridor.
When I turned around the first palace wall, I suddenly started to feel uncomfortable.
Habits are the most annoying. Subconsciously, I looked back and smiled, only to find that the place around me was empty. I was slightly shocked and suddenly realized, and inevitably felt a little disappointed.
She pursed her lips and stood in the corner, dazed.
Looking at the Chao Mu Palace in the distance, she hesitated slightly, unable to move forward. There, the memories are more intense.
How could you be willing to leave him alone on the star-catching platform
I just felt guilty about being possessed and didn't say goodbye to him properly or say a few heartwarming words, so I just let him go... He was so seriously injured, but he behaved coldly and indifferently...
After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't let him go after all, so she turned back and crossed the palace wall, intending to go back to the outside of the Star Reaching Platform to guard him.
After taking a few steps, he met a Confucian general.
He was wearing official uniform, tall and tall, elegant and handsome. After saluting, a pair of slightly slender eyes looked over with restraint.
Shen Xiuzhu.
Mei Xueyi found black and white, and now she sees Shen Xiuzhu again, and her heart is full of emotions.
This person pays great attention to his appearance and demeanor. In his previous life, his throat was cut by Zhao Rong. When he was about to die, he must have been covered in blood and in a miserable state. After becoming a puppet, he still has obsessions. He loves to be clean and is extremely stinky.
At this moment, his hair was tied up meticulously, there was not a single wrinkle on his official uniform, and his whole body was upright, with no faults to be found.
Mei Xueyi sighed like an old mother.
Shen Xiuzhu misread the love in her eyes, and when he saw her staring at him, her autumn eyes seemed to contain a thousand words, and for a moment, his throat was choked and he felt sad.
"Queen...how are you doing lately?" Her voice trembled slightly, suppressing overwhelming emotions.
Whether it's good or not, it's really hard to say.
She looked leisurely at the towering star-catching platform: "Okay, it depends on your majesty. If your majesty is good, I will be good."
Shen Xiuzhu's eyes trembled and he lowered his eyes: "Yes."
She raised her eyebrows and smiled brightly: "Your Majesty is the right one, so naturally everything is good for you."
Shen Xiuzhu's eyes were shaken by her smile.
These days, he kept dreaming back to the beginning, reliving bits and pieces of the past that had been buried deep in his memory over and over again.
He suddenly realized that when his cousin was alive, Mei Xueyi was not like a lady. She was very naughty. She often secretly broke branches and used them as swords. As a little girl, she danced the 'wooden sword' gracefully.
After her biological mother passed away, she changed. In just a few days, she grew up, and her words and deeds were impeccable. She became an upright and elegant lady. She was very fond of her aunt. The concubine was polite and distant, full of defensiveness.
What's sad is that at that time, I foolishly thought that she had become independent and sensible, but instead, the weak and cry-loving Me Qiaoqiao deceived a lot of attention. If he could go back in time, he would definitely beat himself up, and it would be best if he could control the water in his brain.
Now I know that she has never changed. With King Wei doting on her and protecting her, her eyes have regained their original light. She turned back into the innocent, cunning and willful Mei Xueyi.
Bright and dazzling.
She is really good now.
'I don't deserve it. Shen Xiuzhu suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest, and then she suddenly felt relieved, "She and King Wei are made for each other!" '
He exhaled and smiled brightly and freely: "My king may live forever!"
After Mei Xueyi was stunned for a moment, she felt proud of herself.
Seeing her eyes curled up with pride, Shen Xiuzhu couldn't help but cough slightly, reminding her to pay more attention to her image.
Mei Xueyi stopped smiling: "Shen Shizi is in a hurry, is there something urgent?"
Shen Xiuzhu said seriously: "In the past few days, people from outside the country attacked our capital. Jinling and Qishu took the opportunity to form an alliance to seize our border. My father led his army to the western front to meet the enemy and fell into a bitter battle."
Mei Xueyi understood: "You want to invite me to fight."
"yes."
Mei Xueyi thought seriously for a while: "You go back and wait for the news."
"Queen," Shen Xiuzhu looked embarrassed, "The battle situation on the front line is urgent..."
Mei Xueyi knew that he was worried about his father and wished he could fly to the front line. But she couldn't fulfill his filial piety - if she took him with her, wouldn't she make Wei Jinchao angry to death
She waved her hand: "No need to say more, just go back and wait. Your Majesty and I will handle it ourselves."
"… yes."
After sending Shen Xiuzhu away, Mei Xueyi returned to the star-catching platform openly.
She didn't leave and come back because she missed him, but she had something serious to say to him.
In fact, the two of them were separated for less than a quarter of an hour.
Mei Xueyi put on an expression of no desire and went down the dark tower steps. Her steps were very light, with some slight shame in her heart, and some secret joy that grew wantonly.
You'll see him soon. Meeting again so soon, I don't know if he will be frightened or surprised.
As he quickened his pace, a gash suddenly opened in his left calf, and a burning pain intertwined with a trail of warm blood that slid down to his ankle.
Mei Xueyi paused slightly, closed the wound, and quietly raised her right foot and rubbed it to prevent blood from flowing to the steps.
After all, she has been practicing this magic skill for thousands of years, and she is really used to it. The familiar pain reminds her of some past emotions. At that time, her attitude towards pain was to break the pot and throw it away. There is only hatred and murderous desire in her heart. She is like a duckweed, so it hurts.
It's different now.
If she is in pain, someone will feel sorry for her. Thinking about it this way, the pain seemed to be mixed with honey. Itchy, scratching my heart.
She quickly descended to the bottom of the fallen tower.
At a glance, he saw him sitting in the center of the tower. His face was a little pale, but other than that, there was nothing wrong with him. Yin energy surrounded him, and he slowly opened his eyes, with a smile flashing across his eyes: "Does the queen miss me?"
Mei Xueyi said sternly: "Shen Xiuzhu came to report that Jinling and Qishu dared to join forces to invade our border with David. They are really outrageous! Your Majesty, I want to take the dragon with me and unify the country for your Majesty!"
She cupped her hands gracefully.
He coughed lightly: "I can't stop you. Go ahead."
She glanced at him furtively and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely come back before you leave seclusion. I... When I come back, I won't come in to disturb you. I will wait for you in the palace."
"Yeah. Okay." He closed his eyes.
Her eyes fell on him for a long time, until he opened his eyes again, his eyes helpless and funny: "Queen?"
She bit her lip for a while, her heart skipped a beat, and she said calmly: "I feel very sorry for Your Majesty, and I hope His Majesty can recover from his injuries soon."
Just like the diplomatic dialogue between the two countries' envoys.
After that, he ran away without waiting for his reply.
Halfway through the run, I suddenly remembered that I hadn’t replied to the first question he asked when they met. I pursed my lips, formed a trumpet with my hands, and shouted from afar towards the bottom of the tower: "Yes!"
I miss him.
He ran out of the fallen tower and flew all the way on the dragon, but the burning feeling on his face still couldn't go away.
No matter how I thought about it, I felt that my performance just now was extremely stupid.
Really useless! Wei Jinchao didn't know how to laugh. Mei Xueyi covered her face with her hands melancholy and fell on the dragon's head.
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What she didn't know was that at the moment she was escaping from the Fallen Tower, Wei Jinchao could no longer hold on, and his body swayed slightly and dispersed into countless ghostly fires.
The dark fire swayed in clusters, and the gloomy voice couldn't hide the smile: "It's so clingy... In fact, I trust the queen. Even if the queen goes with Shen Xiuzhu, it's not a big deal! It's because she doesn't want to have more contact with him, I But I never restrained her!"
As for why this sentence was not said in front of the queen, only someone himself knows.
Duke Shen Pingcheng of Dingguo defended Jiangling and struggled to support him.
This is a large fortress close to the hinterland of the Wei Kingdom. If Jiangling is breached, the enemy can march straight in and plunder thousands of miles.
The fight was not originally going to be so brutal, but the rumors finally disturbed people's hearts. A deputy general led his confidants to rebel, set fire to the food and fodder, and destroyed a side door.
Now that rebel army has joined the coalition forces of Jinling and Qishu, claiming to be the army of justice, they are making a lot of noise.
"The strength to defend the country is exhausted!"
"The King of Wei is tyrannical and unruly, and it is destiny to destroy the guard!"
"The King of Wei will kill the loyal ministers. Generals Jiang and Ma have spirits in heaven and will definitely protect our rebel army and kill the faint king!"
After a bloody battle, rounds of verbal wars continued in the city.
The soldiers guarding the city were filled with anger, but there was nothing they could do against these rebellious traitors.
Others may not know it, but those who witnessed the rebellion a few days ago all know how the rebels killed their own people.
The giant dragon hovered above the clouds, and Mei Xueyi swept down quietly and appeared next to Shen Pingcheng.
The last time I saw Duke Dingguo, this general who was nearly fifty years old did not look old at all, but today I found that the gray on his temples could no longer be concealed.
This offensive and defensive battle left him mentally and physically exhausted.
"Cousin." Mei Xueyi called.
Shen Pingcheng trembled all over, turned around with a bound, and his eyes were bigger than bull's eyes: "Xiao Meizi?!"
Before Mei Xueyi had time to speak, he hastily stretched out his hand as big as a cattail leaf fan and pushed her back.
"Nonsense! What are you doing here! Come on, come on, I'll have someone escort you back! How dangerous it is - are you bringing food and grass? Leave your things behind and leave quickly! I knew you girl couldn't stay idle for a long time! , try every means to get into dangerous places, the bigger it is, the less worrying it is... "
There was nothing like the air of a famous general in his nagging look.
Mei Xueyi: "..."
She was about to open her mouth when she was ruthlessly interrupted by Shen Pingcheng: "There is a cousin here, and with just Jinling and Qishu, they won't even be able to invade in a hundred years! Go back in peace, ah!"
Before he finished speaking, there was only a loud bang, and the ground beneath his feet shook violently.
It was the siege engines hitting the city gates.
Shen Pingcheng strode toward the city wall, pointing vaguely behind with one hand: "Go back quickly!"
Mei Xueyi followed in his footsteps and climbed up the wall. The city wall was very busy. Rockets were fired at the giant siege vehicles. The boiling oil poured down and was ignited by the flames, causing a wave of flames several feet high.
The opponent's shield soldiers were temporarily forced back, waiting for the flames to extinguish before surrounding them.
Mei Xueyi took a closer look and saw that there were countless centipede-like cracks on the wall around the city gate. If it were hit like this, the iron city gate might not be broken, but the city wall would be unable to withstand it. Once the city wall is broken down, the iron gate will no longer be able to hold it. The city will be broken down sooner or later.
The iron arrow reserves in the city were obviously insufficient. When the opponent did not launch a real attack, no arrows were fired on the city wall, allowing the shield soldiers to come and go as they pleased.
Taking advantage of this gap, the rebels below started a new round of yelling.
"Why do people who have done wrong things have the dignity to jump up and down here? If I had done something wrong, I would definitely want to find a hole in the ground to hide." Mei Xueyi was puzzled.
When Shen Pingcheng saw that she hadn't left, he glared at her fiercely.
Seeing her shameless look, the veteran sighed helplessly and explained: "Wouldn't it be possible to gain notoriety by hiding? If you shout loud enough, you can always deceive one or two idiots!"
Mei Xueyi: "It makes sense! But it's really shameless."
"Hmph!" Shen Pingcheng exhaled through his nostrils, "How can a shameless person do such a thing as rebellion?"
Mei Xueyi listened to the yelling below becoming more and more unbearable, but a smile appeared on her face.
She asked: "Cousin, is there any wine here? After this fight, I want to have a few drinks with my cousin."
Shen Pingcheng rolled his eyes at her: "You are so old at the age of three, you are such a kid, you have never been in shape!"
Mei Xueyi pursed her lips.
He stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "How can there be no alcohol in the army!"
Mei Xueyi smiled briskly and jumped onto the wall.
The inside and outside of the city wall were full of smoke and flames of war, and the enemy troops were like a tide, covering the bottom of the city and stretching to the end of the field of vision. The sharp cold spear is unstoppable.
There is no need to take action, the aura that destroys everything is enough to make one's two limbs tremble and lose one's fighting spirit.
Mei Xueyi was naturally not affected at all.
She stared around, but what she was thinking was, this isn't fair.
It is so unfair for monks to meddle in human affairs and easily destroy the centuries-old or millennium-old foundations of mortal countries!
It shouldn't be like this.
In just a few breaths, Mei Xueyi's mind went through countless thoughts.
Below, the rebels were still shouting.
Mei Xueyi pondered for a moment, then spoke loudly to the wall: "Destiny, what is destiny! I, the king of the country, am destiny!"
Qing Ling's sweet voice echoed up and down the city wall, like an irreversible will.
The rebel leader immediately grabbed the bow and arrow from his subordinates, pulled the string to full length, and tried to shoot the woman on the wall.
"You and other rebellious ministers and traitors should all be punished here! However, the King of Wei is benevolent and will only kill those who are rebellious today." Mei Xueyi's voice clearly spread throughout the formation of the three armies.
The rebel leader loosened his fingers.
"call out-"
The moment the long arrow was shot, the field of vision suddenly became dim.
I saw a giant fire dragon slowly emerging from the black clouds above the city.
Its body was too huge. As soon as it appeared, the golden iron city below was lined up as if a child had piled it up with sand. A single claw or tail could cause it to collapse.
Fortunately, its target was not the city, but the army surrounding the city.
"Dragon... that's a dragon!" Someone screamed in horror.
Mei Xueyi laughed loudly: "Now you know what a true dragon is and what destiny is!"
With a thought, the giant dragon raised its head and hissed, then leaned over and spit out blazing fireballs.
"boom-"
The rebel army was wiped out.
The extremely arrogant lava dragon swept towards the tide of enemy troops, circling around above the military formation like a demonstration.
Wherever they passed, traces of flames were left in the air, and the smell of sulfur fire stimulated everyone's nerves. Not to mention the enemy troops below, there were even many young generals on the city wall whose legs were so frightened that they clung to them with both hands. The walls did not collapse.
The menacing coalition forces of the two countries receded like the tide, and the Great Plains was like a beach after the tide ebbs, leaving behind countless foreign objects - armor, weapons, stove pots...
The dragon chased the army and disappeared into the sky.
Mei Xueyi jumped off the wall and looked at Shen Pingcheng. The veteran's expression was complicated. The old man and the young man looked at each other, and they both sighed softly.
Such power is unsettling after all.
But anyway, the war is finally over. The power of the dragon is too terrifying, and it will be a matter of time before the two countries surrender completely.
As night fell, the soldiers lit bonfires, drank meat and wine, and the three armies had fun together.
An old man and a young man were sitting cross-legged in the military tent. On the table were a pile of pointed roasted meat, a few crispy dishes for drinking, and a large clay pot half a man's height filled with sorghum wine. .
Shen Pingcheng scooped out the wine in a large shallow bowl and waved it: "I'll do it, Xiao Meizi, you can do whatever you want!"
Mei Xueyi smiled, raised her neck and drank all the strong wine in the bowl.
The hot wine burned down her throat and into her stomach, which immediately collapsed, and the wine seeped all over her clothes.
Like she leaked wine on purpose.
"It's okay, it's okay, Xiao Meizi, do whatever you want, do whatever you want!"
The more Shen Pingcheng comforted him, the more unconvinced Mei Xueyi became. She drank wine with him, trying her best to keep all the wine in her body.
With a slight shake, I felt like I had turned into a wine bag.
Shen Pingcheng's face gradually turned red, his voice became louder and louder as he got drunk.
"Cousin, tell me about my mother." Mei Xueyi poured wine for him.
She could never remember what that woman looked like.
When he mentioned Mei Xueyi's mother, Shen Pingcheng almost couldn't help but smash the table: "Your mother is blind! She is not kind to others!"
Amidst the deafening roar of the veteran, Mei Xueyi sketched out the appearance of the woman bit by bit.
Beautiful, gentle and knowledgeable. Like many young women who are not familiar with the world, she is attracted by the talent of the white-faced scholar and will not marry him unless she is the one.
That was a downfall, and countless young talents in the capital sighed with regret.
After getting married, she was as gentle as water, generous and sensible. When her husband had second thoughts, she did not complain or be jealous and allowed him to marry him back to the courtyard. She treated her concubines and children of concubines well, and was praised by everyone for her virtue and virtue.
But after all, it was difficult to calm down. Otherwise, how could he have developed an internal disease at such a young age and left his young daughter behind.
Mei Xueyi recalled the appearance of Mei Shilang and sighed softly: "That man has low self-esteem in his bones after all. Only in front of the flattering concubine can he regain his dignity as a man."
Shen Pingcheng stroked his beard and nodded: "If a woman loves the wrong person, her life will be ruined!"
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but start shaking his head again.
"This bastard Shen Xiuzhu really makes me angry!"
Mei Xueyi filled the bowl in front of him with a smile: "Cousin, there is no need to be depressed. With a talent like Cousin Xiuzhu, I will definitely be able to marry you a daughter-in-law that you like! Your Majesty is the only one who can marry a devil like me. be able to stand."
"That's true." Shen Pingcheng held the bowl, "I'm afraid you don't remember. When I was four and a half years old, you once led Shen Xiuzhu to demolish my study room, and I almost lost my breath in anger! At that time, I was thinking about how to break off the engagement for you! Anyone who marries a girl like this will suffer!"
Mei Xueyi was happy: "It turns out that my cousin has long thought of breaking off the engagement!"
Shen Pingcheng put down the bowl and said cheerfully: "Then even if the engagement is broken off, Xiaomeizi will still be the one protected by my Shen family! Marry into other people's families and harm others at will. Who dares to say no? I won't beat you. Break his leg!”
Mei Xueyi: "...my cousin is broken."
Shen Pingcheng smiled toothlessly.
Mei Xueyi knew that he was just joking. If things like Mei Qiaoqiao hadn't happened, the old man would have longed for Shen Xiuzhu to marry her back home.
After all, it's still fate.
"That kid has learned a lesson, and he will not be stupid again in the future." Shen Pingcheng sighed, "It's a pity that what you miss is missed after all. You taught him the truth, and he will treat others well in the future, but he will have nothing to do with you. Thinking about it this way, I feel that you have suffered a loss, but for missing a wife like you, he is actually the one who has suffered a loss. Everyone has suffered a loss, and I don’t know who is getting the benefit!"
He was already 70 to 80% drunk, he spoke with a loud tongue, and his sentences became confused and confused.
Mei Xueyi was secretly happy, thinking to herself, who else could I get a deal with, but Wei Jinchao.
Thinking like this, I feel like I have needles growing under my body and I feel restless.
She missed him.
Even if you don't disturb him in the tower, it's still good to just stay quietly outside the star-catching platform and accompany him.
She wanted to be closer to him.
After making Shen Pingcheng drunk, Mei Xueyi left the camp smelling of alcohol, flew into the clouds, and flew to the royal city on a giant dragon.
It arrived in an instant.
The moonlight was like water, shining coolly on her shoulders. She walked slowly along the corridor to the high platform. When she came to the foot of the platform, she gently stretched out her hand to caress the black boulder, as if caressing his body.
"Your Majesty, I'm back."
"After all, I still didn't let the dragon destroy them all. Doing so seems to be no different from Xuanyuan Ren and his like."
"Your Majesty, I miss you. One day without seeing you is like three autumns."
"Today I heard my cousin talk about my mother. It seems that it is not a good thing for a woman to be too infatuated, but in my opinion, it is better to use all my strength. If I scare you away, it will be a long-term pain rather than a short-term pain."
She didn't use her magic breath to dispel the power of the wine. The wine raged in her body, making her dizzy.
While she was mumbling to herself, suddenly a shadow fell over her eyes. She raised her head in shock and saw the tall figure she had been thinking about standing upright in front of her.
He lowered his eyes and looked at her, stars seemed to be shining in his dark eyes.
He sighed deeply, his hoarse voice extremely seductive: "Queen..."
He said: "As long as you eat a little food, you won't get drunk like this."