King's Landing GL

Chapter 47 Oath

Longevity Hall

When Murong Bai came back from Qingyaxuan, it was already ugly time, she walked that road for two full hours.

When she returned to the Hall of Eternal Life, Little Taozi came up to meet her, and asked anxiously:

"My lord, where have you been today?"

She shook her head:

"I'm lonely, let's all retire."

"promise."

Xiao Taozi looked at her with a disturbed expression, Murong Bai frowned and waved his hands:

"Go down."

"......promise."

She pushed open the door and entered the inner room. Under the dim light, her shadow fell in Nuo Da's room, which seemed a bit lonely.She looked around, she was the only one here... She stood at the door for a while, then entered the room, closed the door, and walked in slowly.

The teacups on the table were still casually arranged, a coat was still draped over the screen, and the fruit plate was still messy—this place was still the same as three months ago, although she tried her best to maintain its original appearance, but in fact It is no longer what it used to be: the half cup of warm tea in the teacup has been changed and changed by the servants, and it has been completely cold; the coat hanging on the screen has been washed and washed by the palace servants, Everything turned white; the things in the fruit plate were placed again and again, trying to return to the original scattered appearance;

She walked to the desk, and there was still the book that the person was reading here, and the number of pages was still the same, but the person who read the book was no longer there.

Last time, she left for a long time like this, and then she came back...but what about this time?Would she still like to come back?

She sat where the man used to sit, with her chin propped on her left hand, leaning sideways, imitating how the man waited for her every night when she came home late, and looked up, facing the door.

A smile flashed in her eyes:

No wonder that person can see her at a glance every time, and then greet her happily and ask her:

"came back?"

She paused, and laughed at herself, when did she become so hypocritical?She thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that she seemed to have become like this since she saw that person, a person with feelings... She frowned, thinking about it after she calmed down, suddenly There was a chill behind her back: it turned out that she was no longer so unlike herself.

She raised her head and looked ahead, she was facing the door of the inner room, but there was still a long distance between the desk and the desk, only the gauze curtain hanging from the ceiling separated it, nothing else There is no decoration at all, and the red wooden boards have a dark color indistinctly under the light. In this open place, she once danced a startling dance for her.

Again, they had broken up here.

Because she once told her herself:

"The ghost valley is crisscrossed, and I will never fall in love with you."

But when she went to look for her today and saw her walking side by side with Su Yu, with such a beautiful appearance, she suddenly understood the difference between herself and her.

Su Yu is her uncle, but she can smile and ask Su Yu to help boil the bath water.She is her wife, but she is polite and polite to her.

She sat there quietly, she thought, she must hate herself for being a king.

She also hated herself for being a king.

There were many moments when she looked back and saw the man staring at her with gentle eyes, when she heard the man laughing and talking to her about the outside world, when the man's tone was full of longing for a simple future with her , how much she wanted to tell her: If I don't want to be the king anymore, I will accompany you on a leaf boat to see this great river and mountains to my heart's content!

—but she couldn't.

She can't say it, she can't say it, some responsibilities must be shouldered from birth.She has a lot of insincere words, just like when the man asked her if she loved her, she could only reply indifferently, "I will never fall in love with you".

Many images flashed through her mind, including her father's teaching to her when she was a child, the astonishment when she saw that man at the foot of Guigu Mountain for the first time, and Murong Wen leaning on her shoulder with a smile and telling her that as long as she wanted, he Give everything, including his life... She slowly raised her hand, lowering her eyes, she couldn't remember how many people's blood had been stained on these slender white hands, but she still remembered that The body temperature when someone holds her hand. ——That kind of temperature is like a poisonous poison that erodes people's mind, and can turn her into a fool. Although she is willing to become a fool in her heart, she knows that what Daqin needs is a cold-blooded and ruthless king, and Not a woman who was eroded into a fool by love.

Without her Murong Bai, Daqin is still Daqin, but this country no longer belongs to her Murong family.Before the king died, he asked her to kneel under the bed and swear. She still remembered the oath, the oath that prevented her from responding to that person's love directly and clearly, and made her push away the person who loved her the most.

she says:

"I, Murong Bai, swear by Murong's bloodline that I will take Qin as my responsibility in this life. If the world does not belong to me, Da Qin, I will not find a lover for a day. If I violate this oath, I will accompany the person I love for life and death!"

The oil lamp was flickering, and the evening wind blew in from the window, she suddenly shivered and woke up from the memory instantly.After a pause, she subconsciously reached out to pull the clothes that the man had added for her, but found nothing, her hands froze in mid-air, her head slowly lowered, her hair loosened, and half of her face was covered, making people see I don't know her expression.She felt that something was missing, but she couldn't remember it all the time. Finally, after thinking for a long time, she realized that the missing person no longer lived here.

She is the only one living here.

She sat there for a long time, in a daze, the night was long, there were many people, she had many stories, but no one had anything to say.

After that day, I seldom saw Murong Bai again, even if I did, it was because of inexcusable reasons that required me, a prince, to attend, in front of everyone, we were polite and respectful as guests.She even left the Hall of Supreme Harmony with me after the first casual banquet. Although we didn’t speak a word, the atmosphere was good anyway. However, when I saw Mr. Xie coming out to meet her at the gate of the hall, I suddenly woke up. Come here, I have never been alone with her since I saw him add clothes to her coldly.

At that time, I walked from Qing Yaxuan to the Hall of Supreme Harmony alone, and finally walked from the Hall of Supreme Harmony to Qing Yaxuan.Going and going back and forth reached the furthest distance from the palace.

If you go too much, you don't want to.

When you sweat, it doesn't hurt.

Time flies, I have lived in Qingyaxuan for a long time, and instead of being bored, the longer I live, the more I like it in my heart. In the baptism of the years, my impulsive temperament calmed down, Su Yu once laughed and teased me that I grew up , I retorted that I should grow up too, shouldn't I?After gradually letting go of those annoying things, I stopped paying attention to all the news about Murong Bai, and I didn't pay attention to the progress of the battle between Qin and Chu. In Qingyaxuan, he has really improved a lot. Among other things, the problem of coughing up blood for no reason is finally gone, but his body is still thin.

I stayed quietly in Qingyaxuan, taught Qingyan when I was free, and my life was fine.Later, when I thought about these days, the only thing I was glad was that Su Yu and 71 were with me. They were with me, and I was not alone.

I haven't asked about the outside world for a long time. The flowers bloom and fade, the sun rises and the sun sets, and I have been reincarnated several times.In that small field, I once thought that time stood still, and I would stay at the age of 20 forever. When I woke up every morning, 71 would call me to have breakfast in front of the door, and Su Yu would walk there in that blood-red gown. In the small courtyard, she asked me to show her the sword dance.However, when 71 opened the door with a heavy face and came to me and told me that Qin had defeated the Chu army and captured the Chu royal family alive, I suddenly realized that I was already 23 years old.

It was August of the 12th year of Qin Wangbai, and 71 told me that the Chu king had passed away one month ago, and the prince of Chu succeeded to the throne. The Qin army destroyed the king's capital within ten days after succeeding to the throne, and captured the Chu royal family on his birthday.When I heard this, I suddenly felt sad. The king of Chu died... The last time I saw him, he talked to me energetically, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Maybe because he sensed my sadness, Su Yu stood beside me and patted my shoulder lightly, gave me a relieved look, and I regained my composure.

71 continues:

"Sister Yi... King Qin's character, I'm afraid the royal family of Chu will be more inauspicious than good."

I fell silent, the winner is the king, the loser is the bandit, it is normal for the royal family of Chu to be more or less fortunate.But I still can't bear it. Although the royal family of Chu has nothing to say, but after all...the king of Chu...is my father.

I suddenly thought of something and asked:

"Where's Shan Hanfei?"

"I was also captured, don't forget why Qin beat Chu."

I do not speak.

Su Yu looked at me from the side with deep eyes.

"I'll go find her." I said suddenly.

"Ah Zong..." Su Yu called out to me who was about to go out, "You still have me."

My heart warmed, and I turned around and smiled brightly at her.

I went to the imperial study room and asked the palace man on duty outside:

"Is the king in there?"

Maybe it's because I haven't appeared in front of the world for a long time, the palace man was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to realize what I said, nodded hastily and said:

"Go back to Your Majesty, the king is inside."

I stopped the palace servants who were going in to report, took a deep breath, and walked forward.

Pushing open the door, I walked in, opened the gauze curtain, and saw Murong Bai sitting on the throne concentrating on writing the memorial, still the same as I remembered, without any change.

The last time I saw her, it seemed that I met her in a hurry at the state banquet on New Year's Eve, but now it has been more than half a year.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, she frowned and raised her head. When she saw me, she froze for a moment, then stood up abruptly. Her face was full of surprises, and she posed helplessly. She could see me. Show her unnaturalness.

After a long time, she remembered to come out from the desk, took two steps towards me, and suddenly stopped as if remembering something, opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but she didn't say it for a long time. Just look at me quietly.

I suppressed my emotions and smiled at her, and asked her:

"Busy?"

"...No, it's okay."

"If you are busy, do it first, I will wait for you."

Hearing what I said, she turned around suddenly and pushed all the memorials aside, some even fell to the ground, then turned around and said to me indifferently:

"not busy."

"..." I was a little amused, but I couldn't laugh when I thought about the business, I was silent for a while, and asked her, "Can I ask you for a favor?"

She was startled, and nodded:

"can."

"Chu was defeated...how do you plan to deal with the members of the Chu royal family?"

"Kill him to avoid future troubles." She said flatly.

I took a deep breath and said:

"Can you... let Xiang Yao and Shan Hanfei go?"

"Xiang Yao?" She repeated the name and sneered, "If it weren't for her, the princess, Qin Jun might not have killed so many people."

I saw the chill in her eyes, my heart sank, and I paused:

"Let them go... okay?"

She looked at me fixedly, her face sank:

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

I opened my mouth, not knowing what to say.I can't tell her my life experience, and I can't persuade her, because I understand in my heart that if a country is defeated, if the members of the royal family are not eliminated, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles... How can she, who has always put state affairs as the most important thing? Because I let the tiger go back to the mountain with a few words?I was a little anxious and hesitant in my heart. I didn't know what to say, so that she could let Xiang Yao and the others go... Let go of the person who has the same blood as me.

I don't want her hands to be stained with the blood of my loved ones.Because I'm afraid that we won't be able to turn back.

She walked towards me, stood in front of me, looked at me carefully, and suddenly said:

"We haven't talked like this in a long time."

I know what she means, since she came to Qingyaxuan to find me that time, the distance between us has not been a star and a half.I thought of her joy when she saw me just now, with such a subconscious look, she couldn't put it on, and my heart ached again.

In the end how to do?

She suddenly reached out and took my hand, I looked at her in surprise, not knowing what she was going to do.But her black eyes are silent and bright, and she looks at me with clear eyes:

"I am very happy that you can come to me."

I felt a pain in my heart, I don't know how she came here in the past three years, but I know how much I longed for her temperature in the past three years, now she is pulling me, my whole heart began to tremble, Just when I couldn't bear to hug her, I suddenly remembered what she said to me three years ago:

"I will never fall in love with you."

I froze, and suddenly pulled my hand out of her palm, turned around, and said:

"I'm going back."

Before I could take a step, she grabbed my arm. I paused, turned around, and looked at her silently.

She closed her eyes, collected herself, then opened her eyes again and looked at me. I don't know if it was my illusion or what, but I saw a trace of panic in her eyes.

"I... um..." Just as I opened my mouth to say to leave, she suddenly kissed her, so forcefully.

I was stunned for a long time, and when I realized it, I immediately pushed her away, took two steps back, collected myself, stabilized my beating heart, and looked at her.She has calm brows, but she purses her thin lips, like a stubborn child who can't get her beloved candy.

"What are you...doing..." I asked her.

She looked at me, didn't speak, but got up again and kissed me. This time I couldn't push it away, or I didn't want to push it away at all.

After being frozen for a long time, I still slowly responded to her along my heart.

She held my hand tightly, closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembled slightly, I held her face in my trembling hands, and kissed her back gently.

Maybe it's because I haven't been close to anyone for a long time, or maybe it's her intention to seduce me... This kiss was like a thunderbolt. on her chest.I paused, and my eyes regained some clarity.She leaned on my shoulder and whispered:

"Go to... compartment..."

All of a sudden, I just felt my head go blank with a buzz, and a ball of anger hit my forehead directly, instantly fascinated my mind.I hugged her horizontally, and without saying a word, I carried her into the cubicle where she was resting when she was tired of writing papers.Putting her on the bed and pushing her down, I don't know why I suddenly remembered the words I heard outside the door when she and Xie Changjun got married three years ago. Staring at her who was quite confused under me: How many people has she had?

When she saw me looking at her, her face was rare and gentle. My eyes darkened, and I leaned over again, kissed her, and whispered in her ear:

"Murong Bai?"

She stretched out her hand to hook my neck, and pressed me to her side. After hearing what I said, she closed her eyes lightly, and a slight smile suddenly appeared on her brows:

"Correct."

My mind went blank, and when I heard her reply, I murmured nervously:

"You are the king..."

She fell silent suddenly, patted my back lightly with her hands, and remained silent.

I tilted my head and bit her neck. After hearing her painful voice, the redness in the corners of my eyes became more and more red, and my whole world became red.The palm followed the curve of her body continuously, and then came to the closed door, paused, rectified her mood, stepped forward and gently knocked on the door that could not be opened for a long time, and broke into a place I once owned. The world that I passed, lost later, and now I have again: that world is so warm that it instantly melts my heart that has been frozen for a long time; but it is so moist, flooding all my senses, like tears dripping on the The palm-like moisture soaks into the bones; and it is so small, all the things in the world, only allow me to break in.So natural, so right, as if it was my own.

I thought I had lost it, but the facts told me that it only belonged to me.

Because of my intrusion, her long legs curled up, she took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, the hand that was pulling the quilt turned white due to the force.

She is in my palm, and I hold her tightly.Her pain is because of me, her smile is because of me, her itching is because of me, and her tears are because of me.

All because of me.

Never before, she gave me the most enthusiastic response, coming and going, endlessly, and then sinking.

Sink, sink.As the last feast before death, we linger until death.

When the oil is exhausted, the lamp is extinguished, and time is rubbing lightly.

I looked at her sleeping face without moving, and stared at her for a long time, her eyebrows, her eyes, her lips... I have to remember them all, remember them clearly, so that I can remember them even in my dreams. Can see her clearly and completely.

"My king..." I kissed her forehead softly, "My king..."

"I'm your...your king..." She curled up in my arms, clung to me tightly, her fingertips were still hooking the tip of my hair in her sleep, and said in a hoarse voice .

That was the first time she responded to me directly, clearly and decisively. She is mine and my king.

The king who is aloof and admired by all.

I have owned, lost, feared, struggled... and finally failed in front of her.

She won, took advantage of, hesitated, and was indifferent... Finally, she was defeated in front of me.

In this game between us, before the game, we greeted each other’s approach with longing, and wanted to hug each other with love to keep us warm through this cold winter; Grind away that encounter.

She was never willing to lose, and I was never willing to give in.

So when we get close, we will find out how sharp the opponent's innate dagger is. It not only hurts the opponent, but also hurts the closest people around us.

It was her white moonlight that I stabbed with the dagger.

It was my cinnabar mole that she stabbed with a dagger.

He got up, walked to the desk lightly, wrote an imperial edict, then sealed it with Murong Bai's royal seal, put it in the clothes room and hid it next to his body.Looking back at the person who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, she slept soundly and soundly, like a child.I smiled lightly, then turned and left.

And all our roads of no return started from then on.

Palace of Longevity, Qin Palace

When Murong Bai woke up, it was already the hour of You, and the sun was setting.She sat up from the bed, the quilt slipped from her body, revealing her hickey-covered body.She paused, her usually expressionless face was a little red, she looked up and looked around, and suddenly spit softly after seeing no figure of that person.

She dressed, walked to the desk, picked up the folders from the ground, rearranged them, sat down and started working again. Unlike her back then, she had a smile on her face.At the same time, I was still secretly planning to go to Qingyaxuan tonight, can I knock on that door now?

Just as she was thinking, a figure pushed open the door and walked in.Hearing the sound, she smiled and raised her head to look at the door. When she saw someone coming, she paused, her smile faded, and said:

"Why are you here, sir?"

Xie Changjun saluted and smiled at Murong Bai:

"I'm here to find the king to have a dinner together."

She was a little restless, for fear that the man would suddenly come in and see Xie Changjun at this time, and she didn't want the relationship that had finally improved to become stiff again.But she didn't show it on the face, she got up and stood in front of Xie Changjun, smiled, and said to him:

"I'll go to dinner with you after I've approved these papers alone. Okay?"

"Are you busy?"

The same question, but she gave a different answer:

"I'm a little busy, Mr. Zhang, let's go back first. Gu Bian will come to Yong'an Hall to look for you later."

"Okay." Xie Changjun smiled.

She is also smiling.

(End of this chapter)