Ning Chen Ling Xiao

"The emperor is dead..."

Ling Xiao felt his mind go blank for a moment. He had received Shi Pei's secret letter a long time ago but still couldn't accept it. He hurriedly turned his head to look at Chu Yifeng. Chu Yifeng's face turned pale, and he froze there immediately.

"My lord... my lord?!" Ling Xiao was worried, and supported Chu Yifeng's shoulders and shook. In the big tent, he turned his head and said loudly to Fu Jieqin: "My lord is in a bad mood! All the soldiers obey General Fu, and General Fu will send the order of the imperial city to the big tent later!"

"Understood!" Fu Jieqin managed to hold back tears, wiped his face, turned and choked up and said to the soldiers: "Go to my tent!"

As soon as Ling Xiao entered the tent, he immediately picked up Chu Yifeng and put him on the couch, took off his armor for him, and whispered with his arms around Chu Yifeng: "Feng'er? Are you uncomfortable? Talk to me..."

Chu Yifeng raised his head and looked at Ling Xiao, tears streaming down his face, and he cried out with a "woo" after a while, choked up for a long time and said in a hoarse voice: "Grandpa Huang is dead..."

Ling Xiao felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer in his heart. Chu Yifeng in front of him was crying like a child. He knew that Chu Yifeng had been loved by the old emperor since he was a child. Chu Yifeng hugged him into his arms, and coaxed in a low voice: "Your Majesty is also a mortal, and at this age he has already lived a long life... The old man has suffered a lot in the past year, if you think about it..."

"Didn't the father say... didn't you say that the emperor's grandfather is in good health?" Chu Yifeng choked up with tears in his eyes, "Why... did you go so soon? I still want... to give him back How about making double-skin milk..."

Ling Xiao felt a great pain in his heart, God is pitiful, how should he explain it to his children?Since they came out of the imperial city, the emperor's body has been bad and bad. Naturally, the crown prince will not tell Chu Yifeng, who holds the army, this kind of news. It allowed Chu Yifeng to return to the imperial city when the accident happened, but it was a step too late.

Ling Xiao rubbed Chu Yifeng's back lightly, wiped his face with a handkerchief, and coaxed him softly: "The Holy One is old, and suddenly... it happens, so you have suffered a lot less, you Look at the old man who has been lingering on the sick bed all year round, if that is the case, his life will be really miserable... Don't cry, Feng'er?"

Chu Yifeng shook his head, tears still flowed down uncontrollably, choked up and said: "When I was thirty, I went to the palace to kowtow to the emperor's grandfather. He...he cried because he missed the emperor's grandmother. At that time, he asked me if I missed Yingying. Concubine, do you know what it means to never be seen again after death... I don't understand that the soul of the dead does not enter the dream, but now I understand..."

Chu Yifeng buried his face in Ling Xiao's arms, Ling Xiao could feel the hot and humid tears through his clothes, Ling Xiao sighed, and gently stroked Chu Yifeng to comfort him, Chu Yifeng choked up and trembled all over, Ling Xiao couldn't bear the distress , pushed aside the wet hair on Chu Yifeng's face, and coaxed: "Feng'er... just, cry, don't hold back, cry out loud..."

Chu Yifeng couldn't cry anymore, he just kept crying.

"Great General, Young Lord, the imperial city's will..." Fu Jieqin asked for instructions outside the tent, Ling Xiao said: "General Fu, wait a moment." He took off Chu Yifeng's boots, hugged him and let him lie down On the couch, she pulled the quilt to cover him again, and coaxed softly: "Don't hold back, I'll go out and have a look, and I'll see you later..." After speaking, he kissed Chu Yifeng's forehead again, and turned to leave the tent.

"What about the will of the imperial city?" Ling Xiao took the filial piety dress and put it on, pulled a white cloth and tied it on his head, seeing the embarrassment on Fu Jieqin's face, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Fu Jieqin sighed, handed the letter from the imperial city to Ling Xiao, and said in a deep voice, "You... read it for yourself."

This time the letter from the imperial city was sealed in a black envelope, and Ling Xiao opened it with a sinking heart. From the very beginning, he explained when the emperor died, who he saw and what he said when he died, Ling Xiao took a glance at ten lines , the old emperor did write down the imperial edict to the prince before his death, and the following are the orders from the prince to the soldiers in the north... After reading it, Ling Xiao's eyes were tearing apart, the anger in his phoenix eyes was almost bursting out, and his fingers unconsciously tightened Grab the letter paper...

"Young Lord... the prince won't let us go back to court, what does this mean?" The Fu clan received a lot of favor from the late emperor, and now Fu Jieqin knows that the emperor has passed away and the prince doesn't allow them to return to the court to guard the spirit of the late emperor. Blood was all over him, and he said angrily, "Let us only focus on national affairs and not be too sad. What are you talking about?! There is no war, and the prince is not ignorant of the Xiongnu. The situation is not so critical. , there are still many people in the army who have titles, and it is considered an old practice to send some people back to the court, but now the prince does not allow it! I am a rough person, I just want to go back and kowtow to the emperor and cry to repay the emperor's great favor, I don't understand What's the point!"

Fu Jieqin blushed and said fiercely: "Now that the emperor is here, the crown prince is afraid that His Highness the King of England will..."

"General Fu, please be careful!" Ling Xiao interrupted Fu Jieqin coldly, and said in a low voice, "General Fu speaks quickly, but if the prince knows this, what will the general do to trap His Royal Highness the King of England?" land?!"

Fu Jieqin knew she had made a slip of the tongue, but still couldn't help but gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Now that I know I'm afraid, it's better to have made military achievements in the early years? Just know that there are intrigues in the inner court!"

Ling Xiao also knew that Fu Jieqin was wronged by Chu Yifeng, and sighed: "The misfortune comes from the mouth, General, the prince is very worried. The prince doesn't know that we have already negotiated peace with the Xiongnu, and now we will hand over the contract signed with the Xiongnu to the imperial city." Go, the crown prince will definitely allow us to return to the imperial city immediately."

Fu Jieqin smiled coldly: "Yes, I'm going to order Feng Xingjun to send a message."

Ling Xiao suppressed the anger in his chest, thought for a while and said to Wuji: "General Wu, order all the generals and soldiers to read the prince's will to them verbatim. Now that the mountains and rivers are collapsing, the soldiers should not be confused. Yes, with the prince's order, the soldiers can feel more at ease."

Wu Ji's heart moved, but he still nodded and said: "What the young master said is true, I will do it now."

Ling Xiao sneered in his heart, just how angry they are, he will let the 10,000+ army know how the prince and the emperor who is about to ascend the throne have treated them, and they are not allowed to return home after the war is settled!National funerals are not allowed to return to court!

"Young Lord..." The relatives brought up the filial piety and said, "This is from His Royal Highness..."

Ling Xiao sighed, took the filial piety clothes and said in a low voice: "I'll go and see the prince, you can go."

The pro-army bowed and retreated.

Ling Xiao took the mourning clothes into the tent, walked around the screen, Chu Yifeng was still on the couch in the same position when he left, Ling Xiao approached and sat on the couch, gently lifted the quilt, Chu Yifeng covered his eyes with his arms, tears flowed The arms flowed down.

"Feng'er...you are killing me..." Ling Xiao picked up Chu Yifeng, took the filial gown and put it on Chu Yifeng, and said softly, "I've been crying for half a day, look at these eyes..." Seeing Chu Yifeng's red and swollen eyes, Ling Xiao couldn't bear to touch them, so he turned around and twisted a cold handkerchief to cover his eyes. Chu Yifeng closed his eyes, tears rolled down his face, and choked up, "When will we return to court?"

Ling Xiao felt pain in his heart, paused and said: "We can't go back to court..."

Chu Yifeng took off the veil and held Ling Xiao's wrist, and asked anxiously, "Why?"

Ling Xiao sighed inwardly, took Chu Yifeng to his arms, and said softly, "Prince...your father is afraid that the Huns will invade us while we are in mourning, so let us stay...in the north."

Chu Yifeng lowered his head, and bit Ling Xiao's chest with a "wow", tears kept streaming down, Ling Xiao gently stroked Chu Yifeng's back, as if he was comforting a small animal that had lost its support, softly Coax...

The two of them cuddled like this until the evening, when the soldiers brought up some buns according to Ling Xiao's order, Ling Xiao took one and walked to the bed and said softly: "Feng'er, don't you like to eat mutton buns? Eat some Bar."

Chu Yifeng shook his head, his fair face was terribly red and swollen eyes, Ling Xiao sighed, sat down and said softly: "Feng'er, do you know that I happened to be four years old the year my mother died."

Chu Yifeng thought for a while and nodded: "My aunt died early..."

"Yes." Ling Xiao gently straightened Chu Yifeng's messy long hair, and said slowly, "I was not very sensible when my mother died, but I cried for days."

Chu Yifeng thought that Ling Xiao was even more lonely, nodded, and Ling Xiao continued: "At that time, I also felt uncomfortable, but it was useless to cry, my mother is already dead, and the pheasant is not yet a month old, who will come if I keep crying What about Pain? At that time, my aunt told me that from now on, Ji'er and I will be motherless children, so let me be more sensible and know how to take care of my sister."

Chu Yifeng stopped crying, Ling Xiao chuckled: "Now you have to be more sensible, and you have to take care of me."

Only then did Chu Yifeng remember that Ling Xiao also had to coax himself to deal with military affairs this day, and it must have been because the water hadn’t touched a grain of rice. Thinking of this, Chu Yifeng felt annoyed and sad, and said anxiously: “Go eat something..."

Ling Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "How can I have an appetite if you don't eat, stop crying?"

Chu Yifeng felt better, wiped away his tears and nodded: "Grandpa is gone, I still have you, you are the most important."

Ling Xiao's heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "Be obedient, come..." Ling Xiao took the still hot buns and tore them open and fed them to Chu Yifeng. Chu Yifeng took Ling Xiao's hand and asked him to eat first. Chu Yifeng wouldn't eat it for Chu Yifeng, he had to eat all the rest of Ling Xiao's food when he was full, and whispered: "Ling Xiao..."

"Yeah." Ling Xiao poured tea and the two drank it, and said softly, "I know what you're thinking, be obedient."

Chu Yifeng nodded, feeling a little better, lying on the couch with Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao pulled the quilt to cover the two of them, Chu Yifeng curled up slightly in Ling Xiao's arms, and whispered: "Don't worry... I'm much better."

Ling Xiao lowered his head and kissed Chu Yifeng's forehead. After a moment of silence, Chu Yifeng suddenly said, "I just realized how hard it is for a loved one to die... From now on, I must die behind you..."

Ling Xiao's eyes turned red when he heard the words, he lowered his head and kissed Chu Yifeng's lips, and said in a hoarse voice, "Nonsense, we won't die."

"Ah."

Ling Xiao tucked in the quilt, and said softly: "Sleep, be obedient..."

"Well, I am obedient."