A single tree becomes a banyan

Zhong Li turned his face away, took out his handkerchief to cover his mouth, and coughed violently.Dan Xiao held her other hand, trying to give her some strength, but she wanted to refuse, but she couldn't pull it out.

"Ahem...cough...you don't need to pity me..."

"It's not pitiful, your eldest brother also hopes that Ben Hou will marry you." Dan Xiao didn't let go of Zhong Li, raised his other hand, and said with a smile: "You bite, remember?"

Zhong Li turned his face, looked at the slender hand in front of him, and felt a little moved-the veins were protruding, the joints were distinct, it was clearly the hand of a warrior, but it was neatly trimmed and fair-skinned.

Seeing her turn her face, Dan Xiao pointed at the tiger's mouth and smiled wryly: "I just want to test you, who knows that you don't know any martial arts at all, you can only bite people... Your bite is too cruel. A few days ago, this hand was holding chopsticks. It's all exhausting."

"You scared me back then." Zhong Li retorted, thinking that he, a martial arts practitioner, must value martial arts, and apologized: "I will pay attention next time."

"No, you're doing fine."

Zhong Li blinked, thinking he heard it wrong, and reached out to touch Dan Xiao's forehead, "Are you sick? What nonsense are you talking about?"

Dan Xiao was startled, quickly grabbed Zhong Li's hand and got up, dragged her into his arms, and hugged her horizontally.

Zhong Li let out a cry, and was at a loss in Dan Xiao's arms, begging for mercy: "I'm still sick, I'm so dizzy, let me down quickly."

Dan Xiao carried her back to the bed, put her down gently, and sighed: "It's not that you are sick, but we are."

Sincere people can have different positions, but they should respect each other.It's a pity that there are too many temptations in Xuanyuan City, and too many people have lost their principles and bottom line. It is actually Dan Xiao's luck to meet Zhong Li.

"Among the intrigues, a real girl like you is rare." The more Dan Xiao looked at Zhong Li, the more he felt that it was a treasure, and he was reluctant to let go. "This Marquis likes real people."

"I hate you, don't come here!" Zhong Li punched out.

Zhong Li had no strength at all, Dan Xiao grabbed her hand, leaned closer, saw her biting her lips nervously, smiled triumphantly, and whispered in her ear: "Save your strength, wait for someone Come and call again."

There was a sound of footsteps approaching outside the door, Dan Xiao tore off Zhong Li's collar without hesitation, and quickly said: "I will leave the best hidden guards to protect you, you should get well soon and wait for me to come back! "

"When will you come back?"

"boom!"

The door was opened vigorously, and a battle of men and horses stood at the door.

Murong Xing was dressed in court clothes, walked in front of everyone, and looked at the scene in the room with cold eyes.Suddenly, her eyes focused—on the bed, there were vaguely two figures overlapping each other.

"Snapped!"

After Zhong Li raised his palm, he struggled weaker: "Let me go!"

Shi Yao came out from behind her, screamed "Miss!" and threw herself on the bed, but she was blown away by a gust of palm before she got close.

"Who!" Dan Xiao seemed to have not reacted yet, and the moment he lifted the curtain, he was happy.

Dan Xiao licked his upper body, the maids lowered their heads to avoid, and the palace people also stopped in place, not knowing what to do.Lying on the ground, Shi Yao saw Dan Xiao's sturdy figure, lowered her head and swallowed secretly.

Murong Xing raised his sleeves to cover his face, Zhong Li's messy bun on the bed flashed before his eyes, his eyes froze, and he waved his hands to order everyone to go out.

The palace servants and maids retreated quickly, but Shi Yao didn't dare to leave, she yelled and threw herself in front of the bed, determined to fight Dan Xiao desperately.Dan Xiao snorted coldly, and before turning over and landing on the ground, he quickly put on a coat, turned around and hit Shiyao's back with a palm.When Shi Yao received this palm, her internal organs were stirred up, and she immediately spit out a mouthful of blood, which was spraying on Zhong Li's chest.

With a wave of his sleeve, Murong Xing picked up a glass of water from the table and poured it on Dan Xiao's head.

"Dan Xiao!"

Dan Xiao turned around when he heard the sound, and was thrown straight, without any momentum.Murong Xing smashed the glass, walked up to Dan Xiao, raised his hand and slapped him, "So bold! How decent!"

This palm was so powerful that Dan Xiao didn't dodge or evade, and didn't move, allowing the water to slip from the veins on his forehead to his eyes, and drip down from his chin to his chest along the corners.He suddenly smiled, Murong Xing felt both angry and hurt, quietly put his trembling hands back into his sleeves, and said coldly, "Put on your clothes."

Murong Xing bypassed him, and walked quickly towards Zhong Li. On the bed, Zhong Li's hair was in a messy bun, his clothes were disheveled, his eyes were closed, and his lips were pale. No matter how Shi Yao called, he didn't respond.Surprised, Murong Xing grasped Zhong Li's pulse with one hand, and probed under her breath with the other, anxiously said: "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor!"

"Yes!"

Shi Yao already knew that General Dan Xiao didn't care about fragrance and jade at all!She passed by Dan Xiao and took a sneak peek, seeing his face was red and swollen, she couldn't bear to complain about him again, and left in a hurry.

Murong Xing turned to look at Dan Xiao, his back was still facing her, she looked at his back and said, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"I just know what I'm doing so much that I lost so much..." Dan Xiao's words seemed to be replying to Murong Xing, but more like talking to himself.

Murong Xing threw out all his clothes on the bed, and covered Zhong Li again with the quilt, thinking that he was so sober?I am lonely and alone, and the heights are extremely cold. This winter has passed, will the next winter be colder?

"Dan Xiao will be punished by the Empress." He turned around and knelt down towards Murong Xing, lowering his head too.

Murong Xing looked at him, raised his hand, and slowly took off the golden crown from his hair.At that moment, she seemed to be much more relaxed, but she was tired again. Seeing Dan Xiao pleading guilty, she walked up to him with the golden crown and put it down.

Murong Xing raised his hand, blocked Dan Xiao's sight with his sleeve, and said calmly: "This is the imperial crown you gave me, I will return it to you today. The rest can only be returned in the next life."

The guards waited outside the door for a long time, and finally when Dan Xiao came out, he looked a little embarrassed, which made everyone secretly surprised—Dan Xiao became famous as a young man, and he was once a legend in their hearts, but now he has degenerated into this...

Although Dan Xiao's face was full of disappointment, he still did not lose his bearing, raised his hand to stop the guards from coming forward, fixed the shackles by himself, and walked straight to the outside of the West Hall.The guards did not embarrass Dan Xiao, they followed silently, walked to the gate of the palace, turned and bumped into Shi Yao who hurried back with the imperial doctor.

"Miss Shiyao." The leading bodyguard brother greeted, and left after telling him, but Shiyao stopped him and asked him, "Where are you taking Master Hou?"

"Heavenly Prison."

"Heavenly Prison?!" Shi Yao pushed away the guards and rushed to Dan Xiao, seeing him in shackles, she was shocked again and again, "Master Hou..."

Dan Xiao didn't look sideways, and walked forward, the imperial doctor saw Shi Yao stopped, and urged: "Miss, your adults are still waiting for help."

Shi Yao came back to her senses, and dragged the imperial doctor to trot all the way to the bedroom, but saw that there was no bell carp in the room, only a mess, and she was at a loss.Jian Er stood guard at the door and saw her from a distance, but did not stop her, hurriedly chased her into the room and said: "Don't look for it, Your Majesty took Master Zhong to Hou Xinting."

"Wow——" Shi Yao sat down on the ground and cried sadly, "Miss! It's Shi Yao who came back late! Wow——"

"why are you crying!"

"My lady—wow—"

The more Shi Yao cried, the more sad she became, Jian'er covered her ears, winked at the bewildered imperial doctor, sent her out, closed the door, and then turned around to pull Shi Yao up.

"Don't cry, your young lady is lucky, she has her own destiny, she can't die."

"Whoa-huh? What did you say?"

"There is an expert in Hou Xin Ting, His Majesty went down and begged her to save her..."

"Wow—Sister Jian'er! Why didn't you say it earlier!" Shi Yao cried and laughed, "I thought His Majesty was going to bury my young lady..."

"Bold!" Jian'er poked Shi Yao's head, pretending to be angry, "Get up soon."

Shi Yao stood up embarrassingly, and thanked her blushingly, Jian'er took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her little face, Shi Yao was even more embarrassed, and hurriedly took over: "Sister Jian'er, go and do your work, here I am Come clean up."

The empress didn't go to the morning court on time, she noticed something strange outside, and sent people to urge her frequently, Jian'er asked the little maid to deal with it, and then ran away to Xin Ting.

Wisps of morning light sprinkled every dusty corner like drizzle, and Jian'er did not come to Xinting afterward. Fortunately, the cold air was filled with the smell of rouge and herbs.Jian'er followed the smell, and what came into view was an apricot tree covered with frost. She walked under the tree, knelt down and gently stroked the cool ground, and found the copper ring among the dry grass.

The original dark room has long been turned into a dungeon where someone is imprisoned, Murong Xing took Zhong Li to go there, but he still hesitated in his heart.Zhong Li didn't want to live, but Murong Xing couldn't let her die, there were too many secrets she didn't figure out, she vaguely guessed one or two things about Su Rong that Zhong Li concealed.

There were no candles in the dungeon, and it was extremely cold, Murong Xing shivered, and carried Zhong Li on his back as he walked down from memory.

"Stop." A lazy voice sounded beside Murong Xing's ear, "Stop there, you are safer."

Zhong Li was pulled away by a strong force, Murong Xing lightened his back, couldn't help but staggered forward, waited for her to stand still before raising her head, Su Rong's smile was close at hand.

"Sister...you are so cruel..."

Murong Xing was in a trance for a moment, she quickly turned her face away, and said coldly: "Don't treat me like her."

"Hehehe...you are guilty...you poisoned my child...isn't my death enough...sister...do you really care about me..."

"do not talk!"

"elder sister……"

"I'm not your sister! I'm not!"

"It turns out I'm just a chess piece...hehehe..." Su Rong's laughter was piercing, Su Xing couldn't stand it any longer, she covered her head and shouted in pain, "Stop laughing! Shut up!"

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the dark room suddenly lit up. Su Xing was stabbed by the light, and hurriedly raised her hand to cover her eyes.

"Because of Su Xing's death, you hate me?"

The conversation sounded at this moment, Su Xing was startled, and slowly put down her hand in disbelief.In front of her eyes, a scene she had never seen in her life played back.

A woman had a messy bun, her clothes were blood-stained, and she was holding a knife to her neck with her hands, her behavior was extremely crazy.In front of her, stood a general who had his sword taken away, with an infinitely lonely profile, it was actually Dan Xiao.Su Xing unconsciously stepped forward to see the woman's appearance clearly, even though the appearance of these two people was very strange, she couldn't care less.

"I don't hate you..." The moment the woman raised her face, nothing could hide her beauty. She let go of all her pride, and her allure turned into determination, "...but I love Su Xing more than myself."

"do not want!"

Su Xing wanted to stop the knife, but fell into darkness.She is still in the same place, except for herself, only herself, everything is just a phantom.Su Xing's eyes were empty, and she stood there in a daze. There was pain between her brows, but she clutched her chest and couldn't utter a sound.

She was the one who left cruelly, she was the one who was unwilling, and she was the one who coveted the throne. Su Xing didn't know whether Su Rong was chasing her footsteps, or she was chasing Su Rong. Only the heartache at this moment was clear. with.

"Su Rong is no longer your chess piece..." The voice sounded again, with seven parts compassion and three parts ridicule, every word hurt Su Xing, "It will not be your Queen Su..."

……

"Your Majesty? It's time to go up... Your Majesty? Did you hear that? Your Majesty..."

Jian Er anxiously urged several times outside, and finally waited until there was a "click" under her feet-it was the sound of a switch, and Jian Er hurriedly retreated to the side and waited.The withered grass under the feet was slowly pushed up with the door, and the stone slab was hardened by the cold, and at the same time there was a harsh sound. Jian'er listened quietly, and her heart finally settled down.

The court clothes shone in the sun, even the cold morning dew on the body evaporated due to the light, Murong was lucky not to wear the golden crown with tassels, Jian'er had no intention of touching the grief and indignation in her eyes, she hurriedly lowered her head, "Your Majesty... okay?"

"No one is allowed to visit Zhong Li here."

"……Yes."

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