Do not kiss the king

Chapter 38

"My lord."

Li Wuyue lifted the curtain and came in, Gu Cong glanced at her and exited the tent.

She walked to Chi Jinnian's desk, and her gaze fell on the man's face after a long absence.

The candle was flickering, and she couldn't see his expression clearly.

"My lord."

She called again, as if to explain her leaving without saying goodbye.

The man behind the table raised his hand to stop her from continuing.

Li Wuyue opened her eyes wide, staring at him, watching him raise his eyes to meet her gaze in the dark, her voice was still so deep,

"I don't care why you left, and I don't want to know why you came back."

"I just need you to promise that you and Ronaldinho will never do anything to the princess again."

The pain swelled in the blood vessels, every part of the heart ached, Li Wuyue's eyes began to shake, but the man's expression did not loosen a bit.

The bumps along the way, the rain on the body, the mud on the corners of the skirt, and the burden on the shoulders all rushed into my mind at once, rotten and broken.

It's a pity that she pretended to be deaf and dumb, deceiving herself and others.

She calmed down and only remembered the words of Taoist Sanqing.

With a strong heart, everything can be done.

So she took a step back quietly, so that the light of the candle could not sweep her away, nor could it sweep away the redness of her nose.

She put her hands on her sides, slightly bent her knees and saluted,

"I promise, I won't do anything to the princess."

"My lord, please take Xiao Luo and me in, and allow us to stay in Youtong."

Chi Jinnian still looked at her like that, cold, distant, and emotionless.

Then he nodded,

"Yeah. You're going to rest in the afternoon, so you can live there."

Li Wuyue nodded and pulled a smile,

"Yes."

After she finished speaking, she stood up straight and took a few steps back. As soon as she turned around, she heard the person behind the table say, whether intentionally or not,

"After so many years, you have returned to You Tong."

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she stood there with her back to Chi Jinnian, the past twisted together and torn apart in her heart.

She didn't reach out to wipe away her tears, she clenched her palms against her side into fists, and it took a long time to gather the strength to reply him,

"Yeah, I'm back again."

Yes, I have followed you for so many years.

It's a pity that you don't remember that when you were 14 years old, it was the youngest daughter of the Xiangfu, who has shed tears all her life since then.

She took a few steps forward and lifted the curtain.

The moment he walked out of the tent, he raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

When she looked up again, she saw a figure similar to her figure standing in front of her, with a high bun tied on her head, a fair face, and clear eyes.

The princess, holding the tea that was about to be sent in, stood there and looked at her.

Li Wuyue couldn't understand his eyes, and didn't want to understand.

After all, he is different from her. He has Chi Jinnian, but he took everything from her.

She quickly looked away, strode forward, and when she brushed the princess's shoulder, the tears no longer flowed down on her own.

The moon in the desert, eight years later, is still hanging high in the sky like this.

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"what?"

"Missing people?"

Chi Chengqi was wearing a dragon robe and sitting in Qi Cheng Hall. The blood of that night had already been cleaned up, and the hall belonging to that emperor had also changed owners.

"She is a woman who just gave birth, how can she run far, how can she run fast?"

"You don't know how to chase, don't you know how to check!"

The boy in charge of the report knelt on the ground, trembling in the face of the angry new emperor,

"Report...report to the emperor... I chased it, and I also checked it..."

"I have searched more than ten surrounding cities and turned them upside down. They are also strictly guarded, but, but..."

Chi Chengqi took a deep breath, holding back his anger,

"Where is the child, and there is no child?"

"Your majesty... little prince, the little prince is gone, I only found a piece of cloth wrapped in a baby in the palace, and there was a big stone in it..."

"Bullshit! Bullshit!"

Chi Chengqi slapped the desk suddenly, and the boy was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.

"Which time, when did you do something for me, and found someone!"

"Princess Jin, imperial concubine, two women and a child, it's so difficult to find!"

He closed his eyes and lifted his chin, as if trying to catch his breath.

Suddenly, an eunuch hurried in and knelt on the ground with a plop, not daring to lift his head.

"Your Majesty, the late emperor's body was... stolen!"

Chi Chengqi opened his eyes abruptly, and the anger burned the entire hall through the threads in the air, and all the maids and servants present were spared.

"Lost, lost everything..."

He stretched out a hand, raised it in the air, and clenched it, grasping nothing but emptiness.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…"

He suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly, and the rest of the people were all trembling with fright, watching the young emperor standing on the top of the steps and laughing like crazy.

"Chasing, won't you go chasing!"

"If you don't go, do you want me to go in person!"

The servant who came first and the eunuch who came later crawled and ran away together, while the rest only chanted the blessings of the Buddha.

Chi Chengqi watched them closing the palace door, and muttered a few words in a daze,

"Anyway, you can't find it either."

"What I want, I can't grab anything."

"Except for this throne, except for this..."

Kill the throne that the father seized.

He almost fell down on the dragon chair, with one hand firmly grasping the exquisitely carved pattern on the armrest of the dragon chair,

"Being an emperor doesn't mean you can do whatever you want."

Empress mother, emperor father, I have finally sat on the throne.

But, so lonely.

It turns out that this is the feeling of not being able to keep what you want to protect, and not being able to grasp what you want to destroy.

Chi Chengqi buried his face in his open palms, crying more miserable than the child under the tree back then.

The bird in the cage suddenly lost its golden cage, and sat there blankly, at a loss.

Suddenly, he remembered a long-lost face.

The battle-tested god of war collapsed on the chair, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, but he didn't even look at him.

Did he really die? Was it really that easy to die by his own hands?

How could his death be the same as the throne, without any real feeling at all.

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"Pull the bow!"

The voice of the person behind him sounded, Ruan Yuan wrapped the reins around his wrists, raised his arms and drew his bow, aiming at the crow flapping its wings and taking off from the Populus euphratica tree.

There was a "whoosh" and then something fell to the ground.

The heart that touched the throat fell to the ground, joy burst out of the spring, and the sound of the horse's hooves under him became a little more cheerful.

Ruan Yuan turned his head quickly, smiling like a child,

"Jin Lang!"

The man behind him looked back at him, and raised the corners of his mouth,

"Riding and archery is no match for Madam now."

Ruan Yuan laughed loudly, melting the hot air like a silver bell, then turned around and picked up the rein, speeding up and running towards the dying crow.

The movement of the body following the gallop of the horse was swaying, and the desert wind was blowing on his face to warm him, the young master smiled from ear to ear.

For a moment, the young master thought that he could live like this for the rest of his life.

What does it matter if there is no glory and wealth, no garden full of locust trees, no clear springs and bamboo forests.

Until the wind brings the voice of the person behind, disturbing the heart,

"Soon, I will send troops to Huajing."

"Can you, wait for me here."

The horse's hooves fell heavily on the yellow sand, and the young man's smile was replaced by surprise. The crow that was not moving was lying at his feet, but he didn't get off the horse to pick it up.

He turned his head to look at the prince's face, the prince's eyes were full of sincerity, and the sky was full of yellow sand behind him.

The young master stopped under the Populus euphratica tree, the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat.

Then the prince dismounted, walked to the side of the horse he was sitting on, bent down to pick up the crow on the ground, and looked up at him.

"You are happy here."

"You stay here and continue to be carefree like this."

"When I conquer this country, I will definitely come back to pick you up."

Ruan Yuan took his gaze in a daze, thousands of emotions were surging, swelling and collapsing in the blood vessels, some reluctance, some sadness, instantly overflowed his sight.

That's right, how could someone like Chi Jinnian allow Chi Chengqi to sit safely on the dragon chair.

Such a resolute person as Chi Jinnian, such a miserable person, such a person who bears such hatred.

The retaining words stuck in his throat, but when he said it, he smiled.

"Okay."

"Jin Lang, how long shall I wait for you?"

Chi Jinnian's pupils began to tremble, and the instability accumulated together, stuck in his heart and turbulent.

"Half a year, a year."

"Whenever I sit on the throne, I will come to pick you up."

"I said before that I will make you the most beautiful phoenix in the world."

I can't help crying anymore, the tip of my nose is sour, and the tears burst.

Young Master Xiaoqiao got off the horse and buried his face in the man's chest before the tears covered his face.

The sobs overflowed intermittently, and the turbulent mood made people inevitably say some stupid things.

"Can Jinlang... can he not leave..."

"Can we... stay like this..."

Chi Jinnian frowned, and his eye sockets were stained by the weeping of this little boy, and he didn't feel a little red.

He hugged the little boy tightly.

He rested his chin on the top of the son's hair, gently.

"Xindi has done many things to you and hurt you a lot, how can you let me let him go."

Ruan Yuan choked suddenly, stopped crying, raised his head to meet his gaze, and cupped his face with both hands,

"Jin Lang... wants to win."

"I'll wait for you here for many years."

"Wait for you to pick me up and become the most beautiful phoenix."

For you, for me.

They hugged and kissed under the poplar tree, as if they kissed long enough and deep enough, the vows that danced with the yellow sand would last forever.

Here goes, after years.

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The author has something to say:

Chi Chengqi: "I have done enough bad things, why do I feel a sudden chill behind my back?"

Chi Jinnian: "Because I'm coming."

Chi Chengqi: "Did you bring your sister-in-law with you when you came?"

Chi Jinnian: "..."

【draw sword】