Embers

I thought that life would finally calm down, and it was not bad for the two of them to live the rest of their lives in peace and stability.

And an imperial decree changed the trajectory of Ember's life once again.

When people from the imperial court appeared at the gate of the small courtyard, the final ending would have to be rewritten.

Li Mei subconsciously looked at Ember, who was standing at the door behind him, without saying a word, the emotions in his eyes were changing and unfathomable.

No one expected that Shao Yunqi would make such a decision in the end.Unconsciously, I feel a little cold. Is it the loneliness in the deep palace or the bewitching power that changes people?

In the past, Shao Yunqi, even though he was a bit persistent, never forced him to do anything regardless of Ember's intentions.

But now, knowing that Ember wants a peaceful life and doesn't want to be bumpy again, he still insists on going his own way, and even uses the imperial power to suppress him and force him into the palace.

Today's Ember is just an ordinary peasant.Although he can still easily resist the edict with his martial arts, it means that he will have to fight against the court for the rest of his life.

The stable life will be broken no matter what.

Li Mei couldn't help thinking of Shao Yunqi's last letter, he said that he would see them soon.At that time, they thought that he was going to come back secretly, and the two even discussed what to cook for him, but they didn't expect that such a situation would be ushered in.

The imperial decree was held in front of him, Ember stared at it, and did not raise his hand to receive it for a long time.

Li Mei just stood aside and looked at him, neither making a sound nor showing any hints in his eyes.No matter what choice Ember makes, he will follow.

After an unknown amount of time, Ember's eyelids finally lifted.

Li Mei's heart rose to her throat in an instant.

His eyes were dark and black, and the calm lake was full of turbulent waves, full of precarious wind and rain.

a long time.

"Grassman, lead the decree."

When the low and hoarse voice sounded, the air almost froze.

Li Mei watched helplessly as Ember raised her hand to receive the imperial decree, without a trace of expression on her face.

"Bold, don't kneel down to thank you after accepting the imperial decree!"

The official delivering the decree was about to get angry, but the moment he touched Ember's eyes, he shrank.

How could this look be more like the emperor than the emperor!

Sharp and cold.

In the end, he didn't dare to mention the matter of kneeling to receive the decree.

The official left first and went back to the inn to stay, and the two of them would follow them to the capital tomorrow morning.

"Why did Yun Qi become like this..." Li Mei took a deep breath and looked at Ember worriedly.

Ember gave him a gloomy look, didn't say anything, just stood in front of the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

Li Mei had no choice but to follow.

"Are you okay? If you don't want to, we can leave here tonight! At least the court can't catch us..."

The rest of the words were stopped by Ember's eyes.

He drank the cold tea in one gulp, and said calmly: "Let him go."

"But—" Li Mei almost wanted to cry, "Are you willing?"

Ember got up and entered the room without saying anything.

More than half of his life has passed, there is almost nothing he is willing to do, but he has to do it, so what is the point of talking about whether he is willing or not?

Looking at his slightly raised white hair, Li Mei slowly raised her hand and covered her eyes.

Early the next morning, a carriage appeared silently at the gate of the courtyard.

If he wants to leave this place permanently, there are many things that should be taken away, but neither of them brought anything, Yu Jin only brought a Jieyou Sword, and a few clothes that Li Mei personally sewed for him, and Li Mei also Just a few simple things.

And that peerless sword, the number one in the world, was buried deep in the dust by embers when it first arrived in this small courtyard.

I have long since lost ties with Jianghu, so why leave the past to add to the sadness.

Eight days later, the three arrived in the capital.

Before he had time to rest, he was taken to the palace to meet the emperor.

Seeing Shao Yunqi again at the gate of the palace, Li Mei truly realized that the environment can have such a great influence on a person.

It has only been a few months, and the young man with a smile on his brows and eyes has turned into a calm and prestige superior, wearing a bright yellow robe, smiling slightly, impeccable.

Ember slowly walked in front of him, and looked at him expressionlessly, her eyes were as deep and indifferent as when she first saw him.

"I've been waiting for you for too long, Yu Jin!"

Shao Yunqi lowered his voice, but he couldn't suppress the burning in his eyes.

Ember raised his eyes slightly, the alienation and indifference all over his body directly extinguished his enthusiasm.

"Grassman, see the emperor."

Having said that, it doesn't even mean a piece of luggage.But the meaning of these words is already very obvious.

"You..." Shao Yun hesitated for a moment, and his tone still couldn't help showing a trace of panic, "You, don't be angry, I just miss you so much...There are too many government affairs in the court, I can't go out of the palace often, so I can't see you often... But my thoughts about you are like a river running endlessly, and the pale words are far from enough to fill this kind of missing, and the feeling is going to drive me crazy..."

Ember didn't even look at him, she just asked Li Mei indifferently: "Have you got everything?"

"Take it."

Ember nodded slightly: "Go in."

After finishing speaking, he strode into the palace gate without saying a word.

Shao Yunqi hurriedly called out to him, but it didn't make him turn around, so he had to stop Li Mei.

Li Mei stopped and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the journey is tiring, Yu Jin must be very tired, please forgive me."

Shao Yun's words choked in his throat.

"Take the two of them to Qinghe Hall."

After explaining in a low voice, Shao Yunqi took a deep breath and said, "Get up and go back to the imperial study!"

Until they arrived at Qinghe Hall, neither of them said a word.

Here, Shao Yunqi had already asked someone to clean it up, waiting for them to move in at any time.

The first thing Li Mei did when she came in was to dismiss all the palace servants.

He knows that embers like to be clean.

"Do you want some water?"

Ember lightly said no need, found a stool and sat down, not even intending to look at the layout here.

Li Mei sighed, put away the luggage brought by the two of them, and started wandering around to get acquainted with the place.

As soon as it got dark, someone brought food over. They were all excellent meals, but neither of them had much appetite.

Thinking of Ember's body, Li Mei could only persuade Ember to eat.

"Let's all eat something. I've been on the road all day these days, and I haven't had a good meal. If you continue like this, your body won't be able to handle it."

Ember paused for a while, then got up and walked over.

Li Mei set the table and chopsticks for him, but Ember stopped suddenly.

The man frowned slightly, and suddenly lowered his head.

A trace of bright red blood trickled down the corner of his mouth.

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Come on for the college entrance examination~