Suo Diling

After writing the edict word by word, I picked up the pen and wrote the letter to Xiao Du. The pen tip hung on the paper for a long time, but I didn't even know the first word.Sending out this letter may be a farewell. The more I write, the more I am afraid that he will be more disappointed when the time comes, so there is no need to say more.

After hesitating for a long time, I just wrote a sentence on the paper: I accept your betrothal gift.

After only writing a few words, a layer of sweat has already appeared on the palm of my hand, as if this pen is worth a thousand gold.

A promise of gold.

Also write, see the characters like people, foreign enemies are attacking, there is no delay, I hope you will return triumphantly.

Waiting for you to come back...always be by your side.

After watching me finish writing intently, Xiao Yu gave a half-hearted smile: "Uncle Emperor, don't you think you really have a crush on this little bastard?"

I didn't answer, I folded the letter, turned the finger, and finally didn't take it off. Seeing some broken hair that Xiao Yu cut off just now fell on my leg, I picked up a strand, and took off the evil hair on my wrist. The agate bracelet was attached to the letter and handed to Xiao Yu.I watched him take the letter and edict coldly, squinting my eyes: "It is not difficult for me to write these things, how can you prove that it is my intention? Xiao Du is the regent, you think he is so easy to deceive?"

"I've already expected this." Xiao Yu smiled, and put something on the back of my hand. The cold seal was stuck to the skin, and the chill pierced my bones.

The jade seal was clearly kept in the Duobao Pavilion in the imperial study, and Xiao Du's secret guards must be watching nearby. How did he get it without alarming Xiao Du?

Could it be fake?

I snatched the jade seal and inspected it carefully, but saw that the jade seal was transparent and clear, with a dragon-shaped bloody pattern inside, and the eight characters at the bottom of the "ordered by the heavens, longevity and eternal prosperity" were also derived from fine conclusions. Combining Yin and Yang engravings, there is no trace of forgery.

Could it be that the one in the imperial study room is fake?

Seeing my doubts, Xiao Yu took the jade seal, pressed the ink pad, and stamped on the edict: "It's a surprise, Uncle Emperor? This jade seal will be in my hands, it's the father's intention. I am the eldest son of the emperor." , was born with auspicious omens, born with luan eyes, and has the appearance of an emperor. My father's favorite prince is me. Even if I am disabled, he has never changed his original intention. Because that little bastard is too sharp, my father wants to protect me. I made him the crown prince. On the surface, he didn't care about me, but secretly he took good care of me. Before the northern tour, he handed over the real jade seal to one of his cronies, and told him that if there was a change in the court, he would protect me. Superior. Uncle Emperor... In these few years, you have not only underestimated Xiao Du, but you have also underestimated me."

My teeth clenched.I know that Xiao Yu is a hidden danger, and I will definitely get rid of it in the future. I just thought about retaining his power to check and balance Xiao Du, so I didn't want to take action against him immediately, and wait until the situation stabilizes before making any plans. My lifeline.

A few days ago, I issued an edict at the court meeting, and now I make an edict, Xiao Du has no choice but to go.

The crisis that endangers the imperial city is imminent, and it is more important than my own safety.Xiao Yu is a kid, I have to deal with him slowly, and I should go with him first.

Xiao Yu put the letter away and put it in the mailbox, then handed me another piece of paper: "There is one more, Uncle Emperor, if you know who it is for, how should you write it?"

I looked at him coldly, tightened my fingers, picked up the pen and wrote a few words, the last three characters were written one by one, very slowly, the tip of the pen wandered, like a knife carving, piercing through the back of the paper.

Kill, no, pardon.

After writing the last stroke, my heart suddenly felt hot, a mouthful of blood came up, I swallowed it forcefully, and only when I heard Xiao Yu's footsteps going away, I suddenly coughed up a big mouthful of blood.

I can't tell if it's caused by the decline of Lovesickness Gu, or because of the rush.

But the pain in my heart is so real and so strange, I have never had it before.

For three whole days, I was trapped in this stone room by Xiao Yu. Xiao Du probably thought that I was really hiding in the Zhaixing Pavilion and didn't see him, so he forced him to go back quickly. He followed my will and chose a man from the Imperial Forest Army. Five thousand elite cavalry set off together with Lou Cang.

On the day he set off, Xiao Yu was finally willing to let me out.I didn't send Xiao Du out of the city, I just watched him go away from the high Zhaixing Pavilion.He was dressed in black armor and red tassels, and a black cloak embroidered with a corona fluttered behind him. He shot an arrow towards the scorching sun high above his head.

The gate of the city opened slowly, and the mighty iron cavalry followed him out of the city like a tide. The armored weapons shone brightly in the sun, but it hurt my eyes.

He walked out of the city gate, got off his horse, knelt down on one knee in the direction of the palace, and looked up at me.

"Quick, help me up." With a beating heart, I sternly ordered Bai Yi beside me.

"No, Your Majesty, your legs can't walk yet!"

I held on to the guardrail in front of me and leaned against it with the strength of my arms. Bai Yi hurriedly grabbed my arms, fearing that if I stumbled, I would fall.The guardrail blocks my lower body, so that Xiao Du can't see me sitting in a wheelchair, but can see me here.

He bowed to me, shouted something, and then shouted loudly.

Long live my emperor, long live, long live!

The strong wind blew across my cheeks, brushing away the sorrow that was about to fall from my eyes.

"Bai Li, you follow and protect him for me."

Bai Li knelt down on both knees: "It's hard for me to obey orders. The palace is extremely dangerous now, if I leave, what should the emperor do? The white guards have already dispatched half of him, and if I leave..."

I interrupted him: "I have my own countermeasures. Do you think I will catch you without a fight?"

"But……"

"I told you to go, so you go!"

"Your Majesty," he gritted his teeth, kowtowed heavily, and his forehead was bleeding profusely, "It is my responsibility to protect His Majesty, not for others! Because of my negligence, I left my post without authorization, and failed to find Your Majesty in time, I am sorry for your Majesty's innocence." Suffering this serious injury... If something happens to His Majesty while I'm away from the palace, I... will die! I can't leave!"

Arms trembling, I slumped back into the wheelchair, gasped, and pointed down.

"If you don't follow, just jump down and kill yourself."

Bai Li knelt still, raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face, his eyes were as firm as a blade.

"I live for Your Majesty and die for Your Majesty. If Your Majesty lives, I cannot die."

I said coldly: "Then have you ever heard that the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die? I ordered you to protect him well. If you don't go, I will kill you. How dare you disobey the order?"

Bai Li's lips trembled, and he finally stood up, the fingers holding the sword turned white.

"Chen, I would rather die than obey."

"You!" I pinched the armrest of the wheelchair, trying to kick him, but the severe pain in my knees reminded me that I had become disabled.Cold sweat dripped from my forehead, Bai Yi carefully wiped it off for me with a handkerchief, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, don't force him, Li'er is the secret guard chosen by Madam Yu himself, for Madam Yu I have made a solemn oath to live with the emperor for the rest of my life. If the emperor's life is in danger, and the dead Madam Yu knows it, how can I rest in peace!"

I was so angry that my eyes turned black, and I wanted to say something more, but suddenly lost my strength.

After that day, I was seriously injured again due to the unhealed wind and cold, and I couldn't afford to get sick.Day and night alternate, the sun and the moon rise and set, I don't know how many days passed before I wandered back from the gate of hell.

In the dark, I was awakened by a loud noise. When I opened my eyes, I saw the curtains covering the sky and the sun fluttering in the wind. Under the moonlight, a long and thin ghost floated towards me.

I vaguely thought it was Xiao Lan's ghost, and groped for the short blade under the pillow.

Suddenly, a ray of candlelight lit up, illuminating a black-gold python pattern on the chest of the person.

"Du'er?" I was startled, drowsy, and stretched out my hand, but my wrist was grabbed, and the sharp nails pricked it painfully.I woke up a little bit, and saw the face clearly in the candlelight.

"He won't come back, Uncle Emperor." Xiao Yu smiled and stuffed a letter tube into my hand, "The news came three days ago that the little bastard successfully lured Wu Dun, the rebel general of the Chi clan, and subdued the three remnant soldiers of the Chi clan." Qian, however, actually allowed Wu Dun to insult Sima Lou Cang, who was marching, and even wrestled and competed with the prisoners of war in the camp, which caused mutiny in the army. Together with the prisoners of the Chi clan, they marched into the Yingzui Pass and shot arrows to kill them, Xiao Du and the two thousand prisoners of the Chi clan all died."

I was dizzy, opened the mailbox with trembling hands, and unfolded the military newspaper inside.

There are only a few lines and not many words, but the painting is so detailed that I can't even figure it out.Inside the narrow Eagle's Mouth Pass, flames filled the sky, black smoke billowed, arrows rained like weaves, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like a river. In the painting, there was a figure with a black armor and red tassels, a fire was burning on the cloak, and a stick stuck on his back. Three or four sharp arrows, he was holding a knife in one hand, looking back, the person who recorded the military situation did not draw his face, but I felt that gaze pierced the paper like a sharp sword, and stabbed straight at into my heart--

Lou Cang did not dare to lie about the military situation, this is a serious crime of beheading.This scene is by no means fake.

A fishy-sweet hot stream surged up his throat, and a few drops of blood fell on Xiao Du's body.

I stretched out my hand to wipe it, but it became more and more dirty. He melted into the firelight and couldn't see clearly.

"Okay, very good, save me a serious problem in my heart." I swallowed my mouthful of hotness, clapped my palms and smiled, but there was only a heavy panting sound from my throat, like a wild animal neighing inside my body.Xiao Yu took out the handkerchief from his arms, and gently wiped away the blood overflowing from the corner of my lips for me.

I lay down weakly, not caring what he was going to do.

Xiao Yu wiped away the blood for me, then pulled the blanket up, and smiled with lowered eyes: "I couldn't wait to tell Uncle Huang such good news, so I came here late at night and disturbed Uncle Huang. Uncle Huang has not recovered from his serious illness. Have a good rest... I will visit again some other day. The lake in the palace is already frozen, and when the emperor is well, I will show you how to play with ice at the Spring Festival."

I closed my eyelids: "Kneel down."

He touched my face like a lifeless sculpture.

As soon as the candle was extinguished, the darkness regained my sight, and the sound of footsteps gradually faded away.

There was a dead silence in the huge bedroom, without a single sound, like a huge grave.

I suddenly missed the night when I slept on the same bed with Xiao Du.It's just that such a night may never happen again in the future. From then on, the long night will be endless, and the loneliness will always follow.

The widow, the widow also.

I fell asleep for a while, and opened my eyes again.

I don't believe that this wolf cub will die like this. He is so brave and smart, how could he die like this?Where's the white guard I sent, didn't he help him?

"Bai Li, Bai Li!" I coughed and roared.

With a "crash", a person came through the window and came to the side of the couch.

"How many days have I been in a coma?"

"Back to the emperor... a whole month and a half."

I propped myself up: "Did you receive any news these days?"

Bai Li remained silent, his side face reflected the moonlight, his face was as stern as a mountain, only his jaw moved.

I raised my hand and slapped him across the face: "Tell the truth, don't lie!"

"Because of the sudden situation, Bai Yiwei was unable to follow Yingzui Pass to rescue people. After Lou Cang led his troops away, Bai Yiwei entered the pass to search and found a corpse with 29 arrows in it. Armor of the Regent, wear this on your hand."

Bai Li raised his hands and presented something under my eyelids.

Under the moonlight, the brilliance of the emerald green opal was flowing, like the eyes of the kid staring at me.