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Zheng Duo went to the border, and the troops seconded from various counties were also dispatched to Xichuan to meet up one after another. Those Xuanming people were as expected, breaking through three cities quickly.

The road was full of gunpowder and smoke, and the flames of war raged. The barbaric soldiers burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes. The people had to abandon their homes and flee to the hinterland of Longxiao Kingdom. But in this cold winter, the days of being homeless are better than being ruined. a bit?

In the Chenghuan Palace at midnight, there are still a few dim candle lights dancing, struggling and swaying in the cold wind in the middle of the night.Li Xuanyi sat in front of the table, his eyes blurred, and he drank strong wine one after another, as if he just wanted to get himself drunk.

"Xuan." Lan Jing was wearing a thin silk tunic, and stood barefoot between the slightly shaking bead curtains. The round oriental beads covered the faint candlelight in the outer hall, casting a shadow on his handsome face. Mottled shadows.

"Why are you up..." Li Xuan turned his head drunkenly, staring blankly at Lan Jing, only to see that he was holding a mahogany tray in his hand, covered with golden brocade hanging softly around.

"It's for you."

Lan Jing lowered her eyes to look at the things in her hands, pursed her thin lips slightly, but her expression was filled with sadness.

Li Xuan looked at the thick pile of things under the brocade, and frowned slightly suspiciously. When his eyes fell on the ground inadvertently, he suddenly walked over with distressed eyes, and hugged him horizontally in his arms.

The tray was placed on the table, but the person fell into the soft couch. Li Xuan was not in a hurry to reveal the mystery, but covered his red feet from the cold in the palm of his hand, and gently rubbed: "What is it?" , do you have to give it to me in such a hurry?"

"Look for yourself." Lan Jing smiled and hooked her lips, her amber eyes were full of seductive starlight.

"Okay." Li Xuan lovingly kissed his forehead, and stretched out his hand to remove the golden brocade. Under the candlelight, a delicate armor carved with complicated patterns was neatly placed on the wooden plate, and the edge of the animal face on the shoulder was shining. With a icy gleam.

Gold armor, silver thread, gorgeous texture, delicate nails, strong but not bulky, it is rare in the world at first glance.

"This is……"

Li Xuan looked at Lan Jing slightly hesitantly, but unconsciously, his hands slowly covered the icy scales, caressing them bit by bit.

"The royal grandfather left it to the royal father, and the royal father entrusted it to me when he was dying..." Lan Jing smiled at herself, but there was no trace of joy in her eyes, "He chose between me and the royal brother. , in the end it could only be passed on to me...hehe..."

"I... can't accept it..." Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab the brocade and cover it over the armor again, but Lan Jing grabbed his wrist unceremoniously, and said in a low voice seriously, " Xuan, when I was young, I also fantasized about wearing a battle armor and galloping on the battlefield, but I have been weak since I was a child, but I have never been able to do so. Now that the soldiers of the Xuanming Kingdom are overwhelming, I know that no matter whether I don’t want to part with it, you will return to the battlefield sooner or later..."

Lan Jing suddenly choked up and paused, but the knuckles on his wrist were getting tighter and tighter.

He raised his eyes and stared at Li Xuan's eyes, tried his best to raise the corners of his mouth to pretend to be relaxed, and murmured: "Take it as... Please fulfill this dream of many years for me..."

Li Xuan looked back at his clear eyes that were gradually moistening, but his heart began to throb.The destruction of the country means the death of the family, how can Lan Jing not understand this truth?Even though he was desperately grabbing his wrist and refused to let go, he still held the armor tremblingly in front of him...

The relics of the former emperor.

Li Xuan looked at such a precious object in front of him, but his thoughts suddenly returned to the rumors and speculations that had been overwhelming.

At that time, before his death, the first emperor had a private conversation with Lan Jing alone for a long time, but no one knew what he said.In the court hall before, Lan Jing once said that it was related to Lan Jin, but later she told herself that it was false...

Now this scene once again aroused his doubts for many years, what did the late emperor tell him at such an important moment?

"Lanjing..." Li Xuan gently covered the back of his hand with the other hand, rubbing it lightly, and asked earnestly in a lowered voice, "The former emperor... just gave you an armor? Do you have……"

His deep eyes were quietly condensed in Lan Jing's slightly dodging eyes, and an irresistible coercion slowly diffused in the air: "...do you have any other explanations? For example...for Lan Zheng. "

An excellent emperor must be good at checks and balances. The only two princes under his knees are soft-tempered and the other is weak. Have a day that turns the world upside down?

"..." Lan Jing trembled her lips slightly, and remained silent for a long time under his gaze, before she finally raised the corners of her lips slightly, and said in a low voice, "There is only one sentence, and... now is not the time .