Chapter 77
Chapter 77
"Master...Master..."
Zhenzhen spoke in a very low voice, his young face was full of sadness, and there was something shaking in his eyes.
The voice fell in Shangguan Chen's ears intermittently.It was really clear that he was right in front of Shangguan Chen, but his voice was far away from Shangguan Chen.
"Owner……"
Zhenzhen leaned forward and shouted a few more times.Shangguan Chen didn't speak, his body didn't move, he just lay on the bed with his eyes closed, as quiet as a sleeping baby.
The long eyelashes spread out casually, and the candlelight fell on Shangguan Chen's eyes through the moonlight, casting a thick shadow on the bottom of the eyes.
"Master." Zhenzhen lay down in front of Shangguan Chen, and a wave of guilt welled up in his heart, "Master, in fact, I have long since discovered that you and Dongfang Yinqi are too close. I was careless and didn't take this matter Putting it to my heart, it led to the current catastrophe. Now, the boss has already implemented the punishment for the master, and the master's doom is like this, and there is nothing I can do."
Shangguan Chen was lying on the couch, the air was breathing in and out from the tip of his nose.His breathing was very light, so light that if one didn't listen carefully, one wouldn't even feel his breathing.
"Owner……"
The door was pushed open with a creak, and Dongfang Yinqi walked in with the tray in person.After entering, he carefully closed the door, and the eyes that fell on Shangguan Chen were quite sad.
Putting the tray on the small wooden table next to the bed, Dongfang Yinqi sat down on the edge of the bed, and reached out to wipe the fine sweat off Shangguan Chen's forehead.Dongfang Yinqi slowly lowered his head, leaned against Shangguan Chen's ear and said softly, "Ah Chen, it's time to drink the medicine."
For a while, no one responded.
Dongfang Yinqi tightened his grip on the quilt, his gaze fluctuated, and after a while, he called out again in a low voice, "Ah Chen, it's time to drink the medicine".
Naturally, the only response to him was silence.
The big hand with slender fingers walked slowly along Shangguan Chen's eyebrows, and Dongfang Yinqi's voice fell into the empty room with a sense of self-comfort: "Ah Chen, the imperial doctor said that although you are weak, you will wake up , It's just a matter of time." He lightly tapped the tip of Shangguan Chen's nose, "Don't worry, I will stay here with you."
With you until you wake up.
During the period when Shangguan Chen was in a coma, Dongfang Yinqi was not only worried about Shangguan Chen's condition, but also began to arrange the specific matters of facing Dayuan Kingdom and Xiaoyuan Kingdom.
It was late autumn in a blink of an eye, and the sky was getting colder and colder. Occasionally, the autumn wind would blow by, and the fallen leaves on the ground could not help turning around a few times.
"Your Majesty has decided?" Ding Yun shook his wheelchair and stopped behind Dongfang Yinqi, his eyes filled with worry, "What chance does Your Majesty have of winning this battle?"
At this moment, Dongfang Yinqi was standing under the eaves, looking deeply at the distant sky.Hearing Ding Yun's words, he turned his head and squeezed out a seemingly indifferent smile towards Ding Yun: "Is there a chance of winning? About [-]%."
"Thirty percent..." After uttering the words, Ding Yun suddenly stopped talking, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Dongfang Yinqi chuckled: "Are you wondering why I still have to fight since the odds of winning are so slim?"
Ding Yun raised his head again, fixedly looking at Dongfang Yinqi: "That's right, I do have this doubt."
"In recent years, the national power of Dayuan Kingdom and Xiaoyuan Kingdom has become stronger and stronger. Now the two countries are joining forces to attack our Lieyun Kingdom. The neighboring countries are so weak and weak. I have sent many envoys to the neighboring countries to ask for help. The neighboring countries are without exception. Use various reasons to evade." Dongfang Yinqi put on a moderate smile, "Although there is nothing to gain from seeking help from other countries, my Lieyun Kingdom's hundreds of years of foundation must not be handed over to the enemy. Therefore, this battle must be fought."
"No matter what your majesty intends, the humble official will support your majesty."
Dongfang Yinqi patted Ding Yun's shoulder in relief, and the smile on his lips grew bigger: "I am very happy to have your words."
Ding Yun slowly raised his arm, wanting to touch the hand on his shoulder, but before he raised his hand, Dongfang Yinqi's hand was already retracted.The half-raised hand froze awkwardly in the air, and after a pause, Ding Yun pretended to withdraw his hand naturally: "It's a humble job to be by His Majesty's side..." His gaze slowly moved up, and fell on Dongfang Yinqi's face. superior.Looking at the familiar and handsome side face, Ding Yun's eyes suddenly became a little dazed. He found that Dongfang Yinqi didn't seem to pay attention to his words, so he didn't say anything later.
I am very happy to be by His Majesty's side.
In late autumn, even though the sun was shining high at noon, it didn't feel much warmer.
"Your Majesty, the deployment of troops is almost done."
Dongfang Yinqi nodded lightly: "En."
"Your Majesty." Ding Chuan asked after a little hesitation, "The spies report, the enemy army will leave in a few days."
Looking at Ding Chuan, Dongfang Yinqi spoke in a calm tone: "Flying Pigeon passed a letter to General Liu Li, reminding him to be prepared to defend against the enemy."
"Yes." After Ding Chuan finished speaking, he didn't mean to leave, his gaze would skip Dongfang Yinqi from time to time and land on the palace door behind him.
Because Shangguan Chen was still ill, Dongfang Yin stayed in the bedroom except for the early court, even when dealing with political affairs.
From the very beginning, Dongfang Yinqi noticed Ding Chuan's gaze, and he knew the reason for Ding Chuan's behavior: "Ah Chen has not woken up, if you are worried, go in and see him."
A bright light rose from Ding Chuan's eyes and quickly spread to the whole cheek. Ding Chuan looked at Dongfang Yinqi gratefully, and the joy in his voice was undisguised: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
In the room, Shangguan Chen lay quietly on the couch.His breathing was very shallow, and he just lay there quietly, making people unable to bear to disturb him.
Ding Chuan tried his best not to make any noise from himself, he walked very slowly in front of Shangguan Chen, bent down slowly, just like that, quietly looking at Shangguan Chen.
From the eyebrows to the corners of the mouth, you can see it very carefully.
Shangguan Chen's eyebrows and eyes are still as handsome as he remembered, but now Shangguan Chen's eyes are tightly closed, and Ding Chuan can't see the usual clear gaze in Shangguan Chen's eyes, which makes him unable to hold back his lips. Angle slightly raised eyes.
In the past, when he was alone with Shangguan Chen, Ding Chuan paid great attention to his propriety, and never did anything inappropriate.Now, Shangguan Chen was lying quietly in front of him, neither happy nor sad, just lying quietly.Looking at that overly quiet face, Ding Chuan couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress the man's cheek.
Palms are warm.
Ding Chuan's heart skipped a beat, and then he felt that he had offended Shangguan Chen, so he withdrew his hand suddenly.A blush quickly appeared on his face, and Ding Chuan felt his whole body burning hot, and felt deeply guilty for his behavior of taking advantage of others' danger which was not a gentleman's.
But even so, Ding Chuan still couldn't bear to look away from Shangguan Chen's face.
"The Queen Mother is here!"
Outside the door, the eunuch's shrill voice sounded.Ding Chuan immediately turned around and left the hall, and naturally stood not far behind Dongfang Yinqi.
Dongfang Yinqi glanced at Ding Chuan casually, touched the unnatural blush on his face, his eyes tightened and then quickly loosened.
"My son has seen my mother."
"I have seen the queen mother in a humble position."
Both of them saluted Qu Yu at the same time, after the salute, Qu Yu directly sent Ding Chuan and the others out: "I have something to say to the emperor, you should step down first."
"Yes."
Soon, only Dongfang Yinqi and Qu Yu were left in the yard.
Dongfang Yinqi guessed the purpose of Qu Xuan's trip, but he didn't say anything, just stood aside and waited for Qu Zhen to speak first.
After a long while, Qu Xuan found that Dongfang Yinqi had no sign of opening his mouth, so he slowly walked forward a few steps and stopped opposite Dongfang Yinqi: "I think the emperor has already guessed the purpose of this palace's visit."
Dongfang Yinqi stood there calmly, without any emotion in his voice: "Is the empress mother talking about the establishment of the empress?"
"Exactly."
"The son-in-law and the queen mother have already said that the son-in-law will not have a queen and will not have a harem. The mother should not mention this matter again in the future."
Qu Zhen's face froze, and then his eyes turned cold: "If so, then the emperor will talk to this palace, who should inherit the future of Lieyun Kingdom, is it possible to give it to the heirs of King Jing or King Jiang? "
Dongfang Yinqi also said in a cold tone: "If the heirs of Prince Jing and King Jiang can make good emperors, it's okay to give them to them."
"Shut up!" Qu Xuan looked at Dongfang Yinqi coldly, his phoenix eyes seemed to burst into flames.Fortunately, Qu Zhen is the empress dowager, she is very well-trained, even if she is in a hurry, she still does not forget her proper bearing.Her chest heaved violently, and after a long while, most of her anger finally went away, and she said again, "Long Chenglong, Phoenix begets phoenix, what kind of good son do you think a father like Jing Wang and Jiang Wang will teach?" After a pause, Qu He added, "Besides, even if God opened his eyes and let King Jing and Jiang teach good sons, they are not qualified to inherit the throne. I am the queen mother, and I am the master of the harem. Only my sons to inherit the throne."
"But……"
"No but, I will never allow the future of Lieyun Kingdom to be destroyed in your and my hands." Qu Zhending looked at Dongfang Yinqi with a firm tone, "Never allow it."
The yard is very quiet, with the harsh wind blowing, you can hear the rustling of leaves sweeping across the ground,
After a long time, Dongfang Yinqi took out a jade pendant from his sleeve and handed it to Qu Zhen: "In the future, how does the queen mother feel about handing over the throne to the master of the jade pendant or his descendants?"
Qu Zhen took the jade pendant and observed it carefully for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes wide.Two lines of hot tears fell silently from the eyes, and the tears ran across Qu Zhen's cold and glamorous cheeks, and finally fell on the ground, converging into dots of big water: "This is Ruize's jade pendant?! Ruize, he still... Alive?!"
Dongfang Yinqi nodded: "Yes, brother is still alive."
In Lieyun Kingdom, Empress Dowager Quzhen originally had two sons, the eldest son Dongfang Ruize, and the youngest son Dongfang Yinqi.Dongfang Ruize Da Dongfang Yinqi is eight years old, gentle and kind-hearted by nature, and dislikes court disputes.However, because of his position as the prince, Dongfang Ruize was poisoned many times in the palace since he was a child.Finally, after being poisoned again, he lost his life.
Therefore, the crown prince's seat fell on Dongfang Yinqi.
The fact is that Dongfang Ruize's death was planned by him alone.The purpose is to escape from this intrigue, dark and dirty court battle.
Dongfang Yinqi also learned about this by chance a few months ago. Later, Dongfang Yinqi went to meet Dongfang Ruize in private, and he was fine.
"Empress mother, elder brother planned to cheat his death because he was tired of the intrigue here. Now elder brother is in Chenggu country, staying with his cousin."
Excited tears fell one after another, Qu Zhen looked at Dongfang Yinqi in disbelief: "Since the emperor knows about this matter, why didn't he tell this palace earlier?"
"Brother doesn't want to be the emperor, that's why the son-in-law didn't talk to the queen mother, so as to prevent the queen mother from having a happy time in vain, it would be a waste of energy."
Qu Zhen swayed, a little unstable, Dongfang Yinqi quickly stretched out his hand to support her: "Mother, be careful!"
She slapped Dongfang Yinqi's arm away, arched her thin back high, and said with tears in her voice: "Even if he doesn't want to be emperor, how can I, the queen mother, force him to death? Why is he like this? heartless?!"
Dongfang Yinqi felt sour in his heart, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
After a long while, Qu Zhen sorted out his thoughts, and his face once again returned to the majestic and noble appearance before.She wiped away the teardrops from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and looked at Dongfang Yinqi calmly: "Since your elder brother doesn't want to sit on the throne, you can't solve the fact that Lieyun Kingdom has no successors if you tell me about it."
"The empress can rest assured that my elder brother is married and has two sons."
Qu Zhen smiled helplessly: "Even if he has a family, as long as he is unwilling, what can I do? Is it possible to force him into a corner again?"
Dongfang Yinqi shook his head: "My mother, my elder brother is the queen of the Lieyun Kingdom, whether he and his heirs are willing or not, they must take on the important task of guarding the Lieyun Kingdom. Eldest brother is kind by nature. He definitely doesn't want to see Lieyun Kingdom fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives, and he is even more unwilling to put the people in the fire and water."
Qu Xuan snorted coldly: "If he really cared about the future of Lieyun Kingdom, he wouldn't have been killed in the explosion. At that time, he didn't want to be the prince, and he might not be willing to guard the world of Lieyun Kingdom in the future."
"He will." Dongfang Yinqi said this with certainty.
"Why?" Qu Zhen looked at him suspiciously, "Why is the emperor so sure?"
Dongfang Yinqi slowly showed a neutral smile to Qu Yu: "Brother didn't want to come back, it's just because there is a queen mother in the court. After that, the queen mother can't stand it anymore, if the son-in-law Once you leave, Big Brother will definitely not stay out of it."
Qu Yu looked at Dongfang Yinqi with an extremely complicated expression.
"If there are courtiers above the court who bring up the matter of setting up a queen, the queen mother doesn't have to worry, just leave it to the sons and ministers."
Thinking about Dongfang Yinqi's words, it made sense, Qu Zhen carefully tightened the jade pendant into his sleeve, turned and left without saying anything more.
It's just that the back looks a bit lonely and sad.
At night, Dongfang Yinqi went to bed as usual, covered the quilt, and lay down hugging Shangguan Chen.
Under the dim candlelight, Dongfang Yinqi looked at Shangguan Chen with gentle eyes, his eyes were full of affection.He tightened his arms, and slowly placed Shangguan Chen's head on his shoulder: "Ah Chen, you have been sleeping for more than half a month, are you still awake?"
For a long time, no one responded.
Dongfang Yinqi looked sideways at the person in his arms, and said helplessly: "Ah Chen, I know that the matter of the empress asking me to expand the harem and the matter of Yueliang will hit you hard. But fortunately, I persuaded the empress to expand the harem. The matter has been resolved. If you know this matter, you will be happy in your heart."
For a long while, the person in his arms remained motionless.
His eyes gradually dimmed, and Dongfang Yinqi raised his hand and patted Shangguan Chen's shoulder unhurriedly, as if coaxing a child: "Since Ah Chen doesn't want to wake up, then go to sleep. I believe, Mr. There will be a day when you wake up."
It was also a late autumn night in the Imperial Palace of the Great Yuan Kingdom.Most of the leaves on the tree had already fallen, and looking at it by the moonlight, it looked rather bleak.
It was late at night, and most of the courtyards in the harem were lit with a few lanterns under the long corridor, except that one courtyard was different from the others, and there was a faint light in the room.
"Concubine Lin, this matter is absolutely true." The imperial doctor stood by the table with a trembling look.
The face that was originally rosy and charming was now pale: "Why?"
The imperial doctor quickly took a look at Yaojin, then quickly looked away, and replied politely: "Last time, my mother had an accidental miscarriage and hurt her body. I'm afraid it will be in the future, in the future..."
The imperial doctor couldn't continue with the following words, he looked at Yaojin with sympathy, and his words were more comforting: "It's getting late, the empress should rest earlier, and I will leave first."
Yaojin didn't reply, he gave the maid a look, and the maid immediately went forward to lead the imperial doctor.Yaojin had a pale face, her nails were deeply embedded in her palm.Because of too much force, she almost burst into tears.
Miscarriage?Only Yaojin knew about this matter, that time was not an accident, but she did it on purpose.She naively thought that as long as there was no obstacle between her and Dongfang Yinqi, she would help Dongfang Yinqi more in private. In the long run, Dongfang Yinqi would inevitably feel pity for her. It might still be possible.
It's just that she never thought that she would pay a heavy price for her self-assertion that time.
Yao Jin stared at the burning candle wick, her eyes were in a trance.She originally thought that after she had sex with Dongfang Yinqi last time, God might favor her and give her an unexpected surprise, but now it seems that what she did at the beginning was really ridiculous.
"Ha...haha...hahaha..."
Yaojin laughed, loudly but sadly.She propped herself up on the table and walked out of the room unsteadily.The night wind blew, shaking her long black hair.Yaojin didn't seem to notice it, she just walked down the steps numbly and stood in the middle of the yard.
"Yaojin, Yaojin, you are so whimsical. If you are truly favored by the heavens, you will not be sent to Dayuan Kingdom by your father like a gift, and you will not be pregnant with Molian's child just because of your father's arrangement." , let alone end up like this...ha...hahaha...hahaha..."
In the huge courtyard, that thin figure stood there, laughing messily.
The maid of honor stood not far behind Yaojin, with a troubled expression on her face.The palace lady wanted to go forward to say a few words of relief, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly realized that at this moment, no amount of relief seemed to help.
After all, some things, once lost, are regrets for a lifetime.
Early the next morning, Dongfang Yinqi was awakened by a knock on the door.
"Your Majesty, I have an urgent matter to report to you."
Dongfang Yinqi got off the couch very gently, walked to the door of the room slowly, and slowly opened the door of the palace.
Outside the room was an unfamiliar guard.The guard saw Dongfang Yinqi coming out, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, someone outside the palace claims to be your old acquaintance, and wants to enter the palace to see Your Majesty."
Dongfang Yinqi had doubts on his face: "Old man?"
Dongfang Yinqi was delayed from rest, the guard was afraid that he would blame him, so he immediately explained: "Yes, it's an old man. The humble official wanted to drive him away, but that person's tone was very firm. The humble official was worried that if that person really was His Majesty For old acquaintances, it would be too reckless to drive people away like this, so I came to the palace to ask His Majesty for instructions."
Dongfang Yinqi thought about it carefully, and asked the guard slowly: "What does that man look like?"
The guard scratched the back of his head, and said with shame: "The humble...the humble only wanted to report this matter to His Majesty quickly, no... didn't take a closer look at the man's appearance."
Dongfang Yinqi frowned, with an unhappy tone: "In that case, you should bring that person here first."
The guard raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
In less than half an hour, the guard led two men who looked like merchants to Dongfang Yinqi.
Both of them were wearing long robes, but the colors were different, one was wearing blue and the other was wearing blue.
"Your Majesty, someone has brought it here."
Dongfang Yinqi casually glanced at those two people, his eyes suddenly turned cold: "Didn't you mean one person?"
The guard was sweating all over, and he knelt directly on the ground: "Your Majesty, calm down, it was originally a person. Later, when the humble official returned, another person came, and he also clamored to go to the palace to meet His Majesty, saying that he was also an old acquaintance of His Majesty, so ……so……"
Dongfang Yinqi raised his hand to interrupt the guards, and raised his eyes to look at the two behind him.The two people's appearances are fairly decent, but Dongfang Yinqi never thought of when he met such two "old acquaintances"?
Being looked up and down by Dongfang Yinqi like this, the two of them were calm, and they were not overwhelmed by Dongfang Yinqi's majesty at all.
"Are you my old acquaintances?"
The green-robed man smiled heartily at Dongfang Yinqi: "Indeed, the two Caomin are indeed old acquaintances of His Majesty, don't His Majesty remember Caomin?" After finishing speaking, the man gave the blue-robed man another look, "It seems , Your Majesty is a nobleman who forgets things too much and completely forgot about us. Hey, do you want to remind Your Majesty?"
After the man in blue robe listened, there was no fluctuation in his eyes, and he didn't speak.
Dongfang Yinqi's eyes turned between the two of them a few times, then he lowered his voice suddenly, and yelled in a low voice: "Come on, pull these two swindlers down, and kill them!"
The guards on duty immediately surrounded him, and the blue-robed man snorted coldly and remained motionless, showing no trace of fear on his face.
The green-robed man smiled and walked a few steps in front of Dongfang Yinqi. The guard immediately put the knife across the man's chest and warned him not to take another half step forward.
"Haha!" The green-robed man looked at Dongfang Yinqi amusedly, "I never knew that Xiangguo, who used to play Dayuan Kingdom in his hands, has become so timid now? It's so funny!"
"Bold!" Before Dongfang Yinqi could speak, the guard on duty gave a low shout, and moved the knife in his hand to the green-robed man again.Just waiting for Dongfang Yinqi's order, he killed the person in front of him with a single knife.
Dongfang Yinqi's eyes were dark, and there were waves surging inside: "Who are you?"
"I..."
"Your Majesty! Master Shangguan is awake!" A court lady opened the palace door and ran out with a tray.
Dongfang Yinqi's pupils shrank suddenly, he turned around and hurried into the hall, ignoring the two unknown people in front of him.
The man in the green robe and the man in the blue robe looked at each other, making a gesture to follow.Seeing that the situation was wrong, the guard raised his knife and chopped it down.Unexpectedly, not only did the two easily escape the attack of the guards, but they also fixed the guards in the yard by the way.
The green-robed man casually picked up one of the guards' hair and tugged at it. He was satisfied with the guard's grinning pain before he turned and entered the hall.
"Ah Chen! You finally woke up!" Beside the bed, Dongfang Yinqi hugged Shangguan Chen in his arms, his eyes filled with the ecstasy of regaining something lost.
Shangguan Chen opened his mouth weakly, and two words overflowed from his chapped lips: "Dongfang."
"Well, I'm here." Dongfang Yinqi held Shangguan Chen's hand, his voice trembling with excitement, "Ah Chen, I'm here."
Shangguan Chen reluctantly pulled the corners of his dry lips, and squeezed out a relaxed smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
"He is so thirsty, you are still in the mood to talk about family affairs here, you really have a big heart." The blue-robed man brought a bowl of water to Shangguan Chen's lips.He rolled Dongfang Yinqi's eyes, then turned his gaze to Shangshangguanchen, his voice softened a lot immediately, "Come on, drink some water first."
Dongfang Yinqi grabbed the blue-robed man's wrist suddenly, with a cold look in his eyes: "Who are you? How dare you trespass into my bedroom?!"
"Hey, Dongfang Yinqi, use less force, don't catch him badly." The green-robed man flicked two fingers on the back of Dongfang Yinqi's hand, and Dongfang Yinqi loosened his blue robe unexpectedly man's wrist.
Dongfang Yinqi stared coldly at the man in the blue robe: "Who are you?!" While speaking, he shielded Shangguan Chen behind him, making a defensive posture, "Tell me, is it sent by the Great Yuan Kingdom or the Xiaoyuan Kingdom? detailed work."
The two men looked at each other, as if they had discussed it long ago, they stretched their hands behind their heads together.In less than a moment, the two tore off the mask.
Dongfang Yinqi couldn't help shouting: "Yueliang, Zhu Yan?!"
Shangguan Chen was originally sitting behind Dongfang Yinqi, when he heard Dongfang Yinqi calling the names of two people, he froze and looked sideways.Looking at this, Shangguan Chen opened his mouth wide in shock.After a long time, he finally woke up from the shock.There were tears in Shangguan Chen's eyes, his voice was trembling, and he spoke out the names of the two very slowly: "Yueliang...Zhu Yan..."
Yueliang, Zhu Yan.
The author has something to say: I finally finished it before midnight, and I'm about to fall asleep. Good night everyone! !what! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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