Everyone thought he was dying

Empress Dowager Xu personally went to the prison to interrogate the key criminals Hong Shengtao and Mei Fuzhi. After that, one of them gave a glass of poisoned wine, which ended their lives.

When Ye Yunze rushed to the Empress Dowager's palace, Empress Xu was painting patterns on her green nails, she was in a good mood, her hands were white and clean, it was completely impossible to see that she had just killed two people.

When Ye Yunze came in, Empress Dowager Xu didn't raise her head: "Your Majesty, are you here? Come and help Empress Mother to see if this trick looks good!"

Ye Yunze walked up to the Empress Dowager with a gloomy face, thinking of Ji Chen's pale face when he first heard the news, his mood couldn't be relaxed at all.

He knew that what he was most worried about had finally happened.

"Mother, why did you interrogate those two important criminals behind my back? Who gave you such power? And who asked you to kill them!" Although Ye Yunze tried his best to restrain himself, there was still an unavoidable expression in Ye Yunze's tone. Anger comes.

Empress Dowager Xu stopped drawing flowers, put her wet fingers to her lips and blew for a while, then raised her head, and it was the graceful and luxurious Empress Dowager again.She restrained the smile on her lips, showing her majesty: "Are you questioning Aijia?"

For the first time, those Danfeng eyes, which were exactly the same as Ye Yunze's, reflected a sharp light.

"Mother, you have surpassed." Facing the queen mother's pressing question, Ye Yunze did not back down.

"Heh!" The queen mother seemed to hear some funny joke, with a mocking arc on the corner of her mouth: "If the Ai family doesn't give them to death, do you want to see my emperor let them go for a man? The two of them One is a rebellious minister and traitor, who committed the great crime of punishing the nine clans, you actually want to let them go, have you thought about how to explain to the people of the world!"

Ye Yunze paused, and after a while, he finally said, "You know...you really do know."

"If you can pretend to be deaf and dumb, the Ai family doesn't want to know that your son is getting confused with a man! Now it's even more for this man, regardless of right and wrong, disregarding your own safety, and questioning the relatives who care about you." mother!"

"The queen mother doesn't have to speak so righteously. Why did Hong Shengtao and Mei Fuzhi turn against each other...you and I know it well." Ye Yunze looked at the queen mother wearily, and his eyes were full of scrutiny and alienation: "Although my people I haven't found anything yet, but I have a rough idea of ​​the role you played in this matter, Queen Mother, so you don't need to treat your son as a fool!"

The fact that was not very certain at first, after meeting his mother, has become very clear.

The queen mother knew clearly that as long as Ji Chen was on top of her, no matter how much dissatisfaction they felt towards Da Qi, the two of them would not turn against each other.But she still made a move.

Ye Yunze suddenly didn't want to explore why his mother forced Hong Shengtao and Mei Fuzhi to fight against him. Under the truth, there were probably all kinds of embarrassing things hidden.

"Mother, for the sake of calling you Queen Mother, I don't care about all the things you have done. But, don't make Ji Chen's idea, otherwise, I don't know what I will do .”

It's not that he doesn't know that Empress Dowager Xu has various selfish intentions, but Ji Chen is his bottom line.

Empress Dowager Xu looked at Ye Yunze fixedly, with a faint smile: "Are you warning Aijia?"

"If you think it is, then so be it. Queen Mother, you--do it for yourself."

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Ji Chen walked into the dark prison, which was messy and dirty, without sunlight all year round, and the smell of rot and mildew came over his face in the air.

This is not the first time he has entered such a place. After every war, there will always be a group of prisoners who will be imprisoned, and a group of secret workers who will be tortured.But this is the first time he has come to this kind of place to meet his brother.

Before returning to the capital, they obviously fought on the battlefield together, drank strong wine and blood, all of them were good men who were loyal to the country, but after returning to the capital, heaven and man were separated forever. Being branded as sinful, even death is not a good death.

Had they known that there would be today's ending, I'm afraid they would have preferred to leave their lives on that open battlefield, at least where they were free and innocent.

This idea suddenly appeared in Ji Chen's mind.

Even though there is his most beloved person in this bustling capital city, it is still inevitable for him to feel disgusted here.

Conspiracies, scheming, and power struggles have never been his favorites, but the person he is in love with and wants to protect with all his heart is standing in the center of the whirlpool, and he cannot avoid it.

After collecting the bones for Hong Shengtao and Mei Fuzhi, Ji Chen found a remote hillside and buried them.Ji Chen deliberately found a place facing the border as a sleeping place for the two of them.Compared with the bustling capital, they should prefer the remote battlefield.

Because the two were criminals, they couldn't even erect a tombstone, so they could only erect two monuments without words.

Ji Chen stood on the top of the mountain for a long time, it was dark and then white, white and then black, as if he didn't feel hungry at all.I don't know how long it took before Ji Chen came back to his senses.

As early as when he made the decision to send them to Ye Yunze, he should have expected that such a day would happen to them.

He chose the former between Ye Yunze's safety and their lives, and it seemed that he had no right to complain.

Ji Chen doesn't regret it, he is self-righteous, he still cannot avoid heartache and self-blame, as if he is carrying the shackles of sin.

In the end, Ji Chen stared at the two inscribed steles for a long time, as if he wanted to engrave the two unremarkable tombs in his heart forever, and when he had seen enough, he turned and left.

He failed to keep them, and those who are still alive should be well protected.

When we returned to the General's Mansion, it was already completely dark.Groups of people carried lanterns and searched for something on the street in front of the General's Mansion.

When the guard in front of the general's mansion saw Ji Chen, he almost cried, "General, you are back, the emperor is looking for you like crazy!"

There is no adulteration in this statement.

When Ji Chen walked into his courtyard, he happened to run into Ye Yunze who was rushing towards him. Ye Yunze, who always pays attention to his manners, was in a mess at this time, and he didn't know where a single shoe went.

Ye Yunze's eyes were red, and he just stared at Ji Chen stubbornly. In his wide-open eyes, big tears suddenly fell.He slammed forward and slammed into Ji Chen's arms, using both hands and feet, tightly hugging Ji Chen, with such strength that Ji Chen could hardly breathe: "You're fine, you're fine...I thought you..."

"Think I'll do something stupid?" Ji Chen put his hand on Ye Yunze's head, and patted his head gently, as if to comfort a child: "Okay, it's okay. I know you're waiting for me at home , how could I do something stupid?"

Ji Chen took Ye Yunze's hand and put it on his chest: "Look, it's hot. I'm a real person, not a fake."

Ye Yunze sniffled sullenly: "In the future, you don't need to run around without saying a word, don't you know that others will worry?"

"Well, no, never again."

Although he doesn't like the capital city full of intrigues and tricks, but every time he sees his lover, some kind of power will continuously flow out of his body.It is this kind of strength that supports him all the way to today.

In Ji Chen's room, the two of them were holding a bowl of steaming ginger tea and drinking in one sip.

After hearing Ye Yunze's narration, Ji Chen realized that he had been "missing" for two days and two nights.In the past, when he couldn't find his trace for a long time, Ye Yunze would jump in anxiety. It's no wonder that Ye Yunze lost his composure this time.

"The matter between Hong Shengtao and Mei Fuzhi, I am sorry for you, I failed to protect them. If you want to blame me, I have nothing to say." Ye Yunze said hoarsely: "What should I do to let you Feel better? No matter what you want to do, just mention it. I just beg you, don't hide alone and secretly sad, at least let me stay with you. "

Ji Chen was silent for a long time, and when Ye Yunze was about to lose his temper, he held Ye Yunze to his chest and said in a hoarse voice: "Fool, how could I blame you? The two of them made such a big mistake, even though It was because someone provoked them, but if it wasn't for me not being able to make them believe in me, I'm afraid they wouldn't have come to where they are today, and I only blame myself..."

Ye Yunze felt uncomfortable hearing that, and couldn't help but elbow him: "You are always like this, you like to take everything on yourself. I would rather you blame me than you think like this."

Ji Chen took his cold hand, put it into his arms and covered it: "No, listen to me. You also know that I lost my mother very early and became an orphan. The two of them beat the child Just run behind my ass. Many of their ideas are learned from me. I hate the man-eating former dynasty, and even they don’t have any concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism; I joined the u-rebels-army , they followed me to advise me, going through life and death; later when I came under your account, they still only thought of me as their master..."

Because of his emotional over-excitement, Ji Chen was already a little incoherent.

"It was I who told them not to be loyal and patriotic to the monarch, but in the end, I forced them to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism... I, I am ashamed of them!"

"I said it was my fault. I didn't protect you well. I didn't give them enough confidence to make them believe that I won't harm you. It's none of your business! We all struggled to survive the troubled times of the past. If you really taught them to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, the grass on the grave would be three feet high now!"

Ye Yunze looked into Ji Chen's eyes firmly: "Do you think they rebelled because they didn't know how to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism? But I'm very fortunate that the people around you can put you first in everything, and they can stand up for me. Where I can’t see, take care of you and protect you for me.”

He sighed: "It's my fault. I didn't expect that they misunderstood me so seriously. They failed to stop them before they were forced to turn back, and failed to protect them. I was wrong, and I will correct it. If you If you're not comfortable, you can just scold me and beat me up, don't take everything on yourself, all right?"

Ji Chen stared at Ye Yunze, and after a while, he took him into his arms.Like two hedgehogs cuddling each other for warmth, they constantly seek comfort from each other.

"Let's not blame ourselves, okay?" Ji Chen's hoarse voice sounded.

"That's what you said, whoever speaks doesn't count, who is a puppy!" Sylvia leaned on his shoulder, and kept sneaking glances at his side.

Listening to Ye Yunze's mischievous words, Ji Chen finally relaxed his tense face, showing his first smile in days, and hugged the person in his arms dotingly: "Okay."