The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally the emperor's lips moved, as if he was about to speak, but the next moment, he suddenly closed his eyes, the rapier fell, and they also fell, and they all fell in front of Yun Fenghuang.
Touching the wound on the side of his neck that had not yet stopped bleeding, Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while and sighed softly: "It was a mistake."
If she had known earlier, she might as well have pretended to be faint and fell down first. Maybe it was the emperor who was holding on and not daring to lose consciousness and serve her now
… Emperor Chunjia was the first to see a bonfire when he woke up.
Due to the continuous injuries, falling into the water, and fever, he was still dizzy at the moment. After being in a daze for a while, he subconsciously raised his head and looked around: This is a small cave. If you raise your head slightly, you can see the Xili hanging at the entrance of the cave, like a tree. Tight curtains were hung to completely block the skylight outside.
So much so that the lighting in the cave came solely from the bonfire. The bonfire was arranged in a temporarily dug pit, and there were some decorations next to it. The design that the emperor couldn't see at the moment guided the smoke to flow out. Dissipate in as unobtrusive a manner as possible.
There are some messy objects piled up beside the bonfire, and I don't know what they can be used for.
Chunjia only stared at these for a moment, then turned to look at the opposite side. Yun Fenghuang lowered his head and leaned against the cave wall. His hair was covered with loose black hair, covering most of his face, and only a little white chin was exposed. , and half of the bright red lips.
The lips were brightly colored, as if they had just been rouged, and it was obvious at a glance that something was wrong.
The emperor sat up with difficulty and whispered: "Beloved concubine?"
Yun Fenghuang did not answer and remained motionless, which made the emperor feel a little anxious. The cave was not big, so he struggled to move over and took a look. Fortunately, this man was breathing evenly. Just raising his hand to touch it, he found that she was already as hot as himself.
And it was even more serious than the emperor's. Not only was his forehead burning, but his whole body seemed to be in a coma.
The emperor frowned when he saw this. Fortunately, after he looked around the cave again, his sharp eyes found several small porcelain bottles beside the bonfire. After some inspection, he confirmed that they were all medicines: poisons, poisons, and some pills for treating common diseases.
They should have been searched from the two assassins... The emperor crushed a pill and after carefully identifying it, he breathed a sigh of relief and stuffed it into Yun Fenghuang's mouth.
I don’t know if it was this move or the effect of the pills. Not long after, Yun Fenghuang woke up in a daze, but he was in low spirits. He stared at the emperor with his eyes open for a while, and then called out in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty?"
"I'm here." The emperor said gently, "What do you think?"
Without waiting for her answer, he added, "Don't worry, Yueting and the others should be here soon."
Yun Fenghuang had a confused look on her face. She had always been cunning and gave people the impression of being very scheming. Even at a young age, it was difficult for people who knew her to take her lightly.
But at this moment, the fever was severe, and the innocence between his brows revealed the innocence that should be expected at this age.
The watery eyes looking over him were delicate and soft, like some kind of young and helpless beast.
The emperor's heart softened, and just as he was about to continue to say a few words of comfort, he heard her say briefly and urgently: "Your Majesty, just be fine."
He closed his eyes immediately, but lost consciousness again.
Under the emperor's worried call, Yun Fenghuang woke up not long after. This time she didn't open her eyes. She only complained about the bitterness in her mouth: "It's like eating coptis... Nianxuan, make me some sugar water..."
He mumbled and muttered and then he stopped talking in a daze.
When she regained some consciousness, she felt that someone was carefully feeding her something, which was like water but thicker than water, and also had a sweetness and refreshing taste that even mountain spring water did not have.
Yun Fenghuang swallowed a few mouthfuls, and when she opened her eyes, she was not surprised to see the emperor half-kneeling beside her, holding a wide leaf in his hand, rolled into a tube shape, and there was a light color on the narrow end of the tube. The green liquid that looked like milk slowly dripped into her mouth.
"Are you awake, my concubine?" After noticing that she was awake, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Is this going to be better?"
"...Your Majesty." Yun Fenghuang pushed his arm with some difficulty, "You drink first."
She didn't recognize the leaves in the emperor's hands, and she didn't know where the juice in the leaves came from, but it shouldn't be easy. After all, the emperor's lips were still chapped at the moment.
The emperor chuckled: "I'm fine, my beloved concubine worked hard last night."
Yun Fenghuang didn't have the energy to argue with him at the moment, so he just closed his eyes and shook his hands, tightening his lips to show his refusal.
The emperor persuaded her a few words softly. Seeing her insistence, he took a sip of the juice. There should be some juice left in the leaf, but he was reluctant to drink any more. He just folded it and put it carefully. A place that is not easily knocked over.
"My beloved concubine, where are we now?" The emperor finished the matter, pondered for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "I just went out to look for water, and there are so many strangers nearby?"
"I don't know either." Yun Fenghuang closed his eyes to rest and said weakly, "His Majesty fell down after killing the two assassins last night, but I was frightened... I didn't dare to stay where I was at that time. I was worried that something might slip through the net, so I found some flint and other things on them, and quickly took His Majesty away."
Then it was late at night, and she had never been to this place before. She just wanted to hide it anyway. After wandering around like this, I discovered this cave by accident. Firstly, I couldn't walk any further. Secondly, I thought this place was quite hidden, so I came in to tidy up and settle down temporarily.
So Yun Fenghuang didn't know where the two of them were currently.
The emperor couldn't help but frown. He just said that Deng Chengzhai and the others were coming soon, but he just saw that Yun Fenghuang was not in good condition, so he casually said it to comfort her in order to avoid any trouble. In fact, it has been a whole night since the emperor and the concubine both fell off the cliff. It was still quiet around the cave, and not even a shout could be heard. This...
Especially when he tried his best to go out to find water a moment ago, but found that there was no water source nearby at all, and all he could see were dense trees, as if he had entered the depths of Qishan, the kind of place that local hunters would not enter casually. If the emperor of this kind of place was intact and equipped, he might still be quite confident in retreating calmly, but now... Not to mention the injuries on both of them, even their outer robes were missing. If Yun Fenghuang hadn't got it from the assassin, Dagger, I'm afraid I'm unarmed!
How could this make the emperor feel safe
"Is that so?" Although he was uneasy, Chunjia still comforted his concubine with gentle words, "It's okay. Yueting and the others didn't find us last night, so they will definitely go to the nearby area to find helpers and bring hunting dogs. … I guess there won’t be too much delay!”
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's a bit confusing." Yun Fenghuang opened his eyes after hearing this and told him feebly, "I met an assassin last night and was unable to defeat him. I had to bite the bullet and help Your Majesty dive into the water to escape. We soaked in the water. After a long time, even if there was any smell, most likely it would have been washed away by the current. Moreover, I vaguely remember that the place where I took Your Majesty to the shore seemed to be opposite to the place where I fell yesterday. "
emperor:"… "
After a moment of silence, he said kindly, "This is just the outskirts of Qishan after all. Even if we are washed away by the water, Yueting and the others will find more people sooner or later. Moreover, if we recover a little Son, you can also take the initiative to find them."
Yun Fenghuang said "Yeah". She was really weak at the moment, and her face turned pale when she said such words, so she fell asleep again.
The emperor tended to the bonfire a little unfamiliarly, glancing at her from time to time, his brows slightly furrowed and his eyes complicated.
It was nightfall that day, but Deng Chengzhai and others still hadn't found them.
Yun Fenghuang's condition got worse. He was still unconscious and awake for a while, but the coma time was getting longer and longer, and the waking time was getting shorter and shorter. In the second half of the night, he started talking nonsense, incoherently, and the emperor lowered his voice. She coaxed her in a coaxing voice, but it was difficult to comfort her. Carefully identify what she said, and it was probably that she was calling "sister", and then "no".
The tone sounded very frightening, as if her sister was about to do something very dangerous.
This was obviously a nightmare. Later, Yun Fenghuang probably failed to stop him and gradually started to cry.
It is not that the emperor has never seen women cry. Although high-ranking concubines such as Empress Ji do not rely on his favor to live, and basically do not show weakness in front of him, the low-level concubines in the palace do. Still cautious and trying hard to please him.
In the eight years since he took the throne, he has seen all kinds of pear blossoms and rain.
However, Yun Fenghuang's crying in this nightmare was different from theirs. She was trembling and depressed. She was afraid of being discovered by someone, and she wished she could cover her crying with her hands in her dream.
There is an almost trembling cowardice in the pain and fear.
Mao Jieyu, who is arrogant and always eloquent when she is awake, seems to be two different people.
This made the emperor subconsciously recall the situation of the Xie family that had been ordered to be thoroughly investigated. It is said that although Yun Fenghuang and his concubine Xie Fenghuan had different mothers, under the teachings of their mother Jiang, the two sisters were as close as brothers and had a strong emotional relationship. deep…
It was so deep that even if Xie Fenghuan Hongxing's affair caused great harm to her parents' family, Jiang's mother and daughter, and even Jiang's parents' family, Jiang's mother and daughter never blamed her, not to mention others.
"How could my beloved concubine have such a virtuous and generous mother to teach her, how could she have such a lazy and free-spirited temperament?" The emperor lowered his head and stared at Yun Fenghuang's face. Her face was originally pale, but due to the fever, her cheeks were now... It was burned bright red, and even the ends of the eyes were tinged with vermilion, as if they were wearing peach blossom makeup.
The tightly closed eyes, with long eyelashes like feather fans, quietly covering the eyelids, moving lightly with the breathing, have a different kind of fragility and beauty.
The emperor looked at her for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his hand, plucked her eyelashes with his fingertips, and said softly to himself, "Or is it that my aunt and concubine are too doting on her and have a temper that refuses to suffer?"
Yun Fenghuang was still in a coma and couldn't answer him.
But the emperor had no intention of getting to the bottom of it. He moved his palm up and put it against her forehead for a moment. His frown became more and more intense. He picked up the bottles of pills on the assassin and looked at them carefully. He shook his head and turned to look at her. At the entrance of the cave, there was solemnity between the eyebrows.
The sleepy Yun Fenghuang didn't know how much time had passed. He only knew that when he was awakened by the emperor again, he was not only stuffed with a bitter pill and a handful of sweet juice, but also fed a mouthful of roasted meat.
She didn't care about greasy food when she was sick, let alone the meat was really unpalatable, so she pushed the emperor away without thinking and lay on the ground vomiting.
The cave was narrow and soon filled with a sour smell.
The corner of the emperor's mouth twitched, but he could only support her and pat her vest gently. When she was vomiting and could only retching, he helped her to a clean place nearby and tidied up resignedly.
"My beloved, you should try to eat as much as possible." After finally finishing the mess, the emperor took a few bites of the barbecue absentmindedly, and then gently advised Yun Fenghuang, "Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."
Yun Fenghuang didn't answer, closing his eyes as if he hadn't heard anything.
The emperor frowned, stepped forward and pushed her tentatively, but found that she fainted again.
This made him lose the mood to continue eating, and he put down the makeshift grill with a thoughtful look on his face.
After a long time, the emperor made a decision and reached out to grab the corner of his clothes. After groping for a while, a pill wrapped in oil paper and sealed with wax appeared in his hand. He looked at it quietly for a while and finally fed it. Gave it to Yun Fenghuang.