"Painting the Heart as a Cage" Jiuzhou Haimuyunji Emperor and Empress colleagues

It was night, and the queen moved suddenly.

Nan Ku Mingyi woke up from the dream, bleeding profusely.His Highness Hanzhang was in a mess, but fortunately the imperial physician arrived in time to save the fetus.

The news of the queen's acute septicemia spread to the emperor's bedroom, and now the doctor Xu is kneeling on the ground, reporting one by one.

"Although the queen has lost a lot of blood, she is out of danger." Although the silver-haired old man looked calm, he was worried. recoverable."

"Very good." The emperor murmured, suddenly paused, and asked slowly, "The child...is he alright?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the emperor is well." After finishing speaking, he said cautiously, "Fortunately, His Majesty gave the queen only half a bowl of anti-abortion medicine. If there is more medicine, I'm afraid..."

This morning, the emperor sent someone to fetch the anti-fetal medicine.Little did they know that Imperial Physician Xu had already received a secret decree to secretly add safflower, notoginseng, and Chuanxiong to the queen's decoction.Although it is a good medicine for invigorating blood circulation and dredging menstruation, pregnant women should not take it - otherwise it may lead to blood collapse or miscarriage in severe cases!

Imperial Physician Xu saw that Mu Yunqin had stopped talking for a long time, worried that what he said would offend him, and hurriedly added a few words, "According to His Majesty's will, the old minister has been quietly guarding outside the Hanzhang Hall. If the Empress moves, I swear to protect the mother and son. If His Majesty hadn't made arrangements earlier, otherwise the veteran would not have been able to treat the Empress in time. Now that the Empress mother and child are safe, it is because of His Majesty's benevolence and wisdom!"

This time, the emperor was determined to get rid of the emperor's child in the empress' womb, but...he changed his mind and saved it.

Thinking back to that afternoon, the accomplice could have relaxed a little bit in the matter of removing the emperor's descendants, but unexpectedly the emperor suddenly appeared in front of the imperial hospital secretly to overthrow the previous edict and asked for help in person, the silver-haired old man didn't make a sound and could only complain secretly I have set myself up as a crazy emperor-always contradicting myself, indecisive, wanting to kill but still staying!

"Doctor Xu—"

When he was full of curses and grievances in his mind, he heard the emperor's call again, which made him tremble, "The minister is here!"

"Everything today needs to be kept secret, especially for the queen."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, no one knows about this matter." He still knelt down and replied, "The empress is very jealous. There are many imperial physicians, but they only trust the old ministers and only order the old ministers to prepare medicines. Just now, the empress is only weak and cold. , thus causing miscarriage, never mentioning that there was a mistake in the medicinal diet. Furthermore, the situation was dangerous at that time, and no one doubted why the old minister could appear in the queen's bedroom early..."

"That's good." He heard the emperor talk again, "In the entire palace, you are the most skilled in medicine. I am relieved that the queen will be under your care."

"Your Majesty speaks seriously. It is the duty of a veteran to keep the descendant of Emperor Muyun. The veteran really dare not accept such absurd praise!"

"Forget it, it's dark and windy at night, you'd better leave early." The tiredness in the emperor's tone was easy to detect, and perhaps he was also tense for a day, "In short, I am very grateful for what happened today."

Doctor Xu still had lingering fears about the emperor's loss of control when he learned that the empress was pregnant that day. He didn't expect the emperor to express his gratitude suddenly, and he was a little staggered when he got up.

"Then... old minister, I will leave now."

After bending over to make a bow, he raised his head just now and exchanged a glance with the half-human, half-charming prince sitting beside the emperor.

That alien has been with the emperor since the afternoon.Whether it was the emperor who came to ask for help, or whether the emperor and his ministers were talking in person, he always looked calm and kept silent.At this moment, he suddenly raised a wicked smile at him, and Doctor Xu was quite surprised again!After finally leaving safely, he still didn't forget to criticize in his heart that the emperor's family was full of lunatics!

After the imperial physician left, Mu Yunqin breathed a sigh of relief as if breaking free from shackles.He also didn't mind that Mu Yunsheng was sitting next to him just now, revealing everything he had done.

Because Sheng'er is the only person in the world he can trust so far.

"If you want to ask, just ask." He said to his son who had been staring at him for a long time, and he picked up the tea that had been brewed for several hours before the case, and finally drank it with peace of mind.

Mu Yunsheng paused for a while, then finally knelt up and raised his hands in a bow.Although he has broken out of the cocoon full of doubts, he is still respectful and thoughtful as before.

"Father messed with the queen's decoction, but secretly called the imperial doctor to treat him..." He stated the facts without emotion, as if he had seen through it long ago, but he insisted on it. , You banned the queen, blocked all news about the queen's pregnancy, and prohibited talking about it in the palace, is it really another protection?"

Mu Yunqin put down his cup, and admitted without thinking, "Yes."

"Dare to ask Father, why do you want to do this?"

"Now that the empress is pregnant, the bloodline of the Nanku family can continue. If everyone knew about it, do you think my good servants would spare her and the child's life?"

"Since father intends to protect, why must we get rid of the fetus in the queen's womb?"

"Instead of letting someone else kill your own child, it would be better for me, the father, to finish it myself."

The person in front of him didn't seem to believe it, and he boldly asked, "Or does the father think that if the child is removed, the queen's life can be saved?"

"What do you mean by that?" He looked at Mu Yunsheng, secretly thinking about how much his brown-gray eyes had seen through his thoughts.

"Nan Ku's whole family was destroyed, but the father insisted on not killing the queen, and treated her like a mother. Although everyone was helpless, they did not dare to remonstrate. But now the queen is pregnant and fears that she will give birth to a son. Zi Zhong drums up the emblem of the Nanku clan and threatens the imperial power. It must be that all parties are thinking about her father's back and asking her to use her life to protect the world." His tone was already questioning, piercing the depths of his heart, "but the father is always covering up the news. , but I plan to finish it myself, I'm afraid I hope that I can keep the queen's life after all, right?"

"Don't speculate! After all, I hope that the child will not be born, and it has nothing to do with the queen." The slightly prevaricated tone was deliberately suppressed, but the remnants that were clung to in my heart were stinging, "My thoughts are no different from others. However, they were all afraid that half of Nan Rong's family's blood would flow on that child. With Nan Rong Mingyi's temperament, what kind of child would she teach? If she gave birth to a prince and became the next Muyun to join forces, what should she do? How to clean up?"

"What if the queen gives birth to a princess?"

He suddenly asked his father back, but saw his father's eyes flicker with a little panic, and he was speechless.

"Father," he asked again, "what if the empress gives birth to a princess?"

A princess—Mu Yunqin stared at him in shock—she said she would give him a little princess like Yinger...

"Father—"

"Did you get back the secret technique?" A lingering fear flashed through his heart, and he suddenly asked nervously, "Can you hear people's hearts again!"

"Going back to my father, my son didn't get back the secret technique." He looked at his father's excited appearance, his eyes darkened, "It's just that as time goes by, the secret technique is no longer needed, and people's hearts should be easily seen through."

Mu Yunqin lowered his eyes at a loss, regretting what he just said.He could already see the disappointment in his eyes.

"Father has made up his mind, but he can't keep feeding that bowl of medicine. I'm afraid he thinks that the queen might give birth to a princess, so he won't want to kill anymore? Is it true that the queen has nothing to do with all this?" Mu Yunsheng withdrew it With both hands, he sat back on the cushion sadly, "Father, you really... still have your own thoughts."

Facing Sheng'er's analysis of every sentence, he had no choice but to remain silent.

What is there to say, and what is there to say?Does he have to admit that it was Ying Er who ruined everything and also saved everything?

For the first time in his life, he realized that there is sound even when there is no sound.

"Sheng'er," he closed his eyes weakly, with endless emptiness running through everything, "let's end these conversations here."

The person on the opposite side didn't care, and still came the unyielding question, "My son is even more puzzled, my father has been sending abortion medicine every day, what is the reason why my father suddenly decided to do it himself today, and what is the reason?" Don't wait for the queen to make her own decision?"

Mu Yunsheng was not afraid, and directly asked the most doubtful question in his heart - "Or maybe the father actually has resentment towards the queen, but has...hatred love?"

He was shocked, and the way she was lying on the ground but laughing loudly and sadly flashed in his mind:

——"Mu Yunqin, so you have me in your heart..."

"Sheng'er!" He was completely annoyed, and looked up at Mu Yunsheng angrily, "What I think in my heart, you shouldn't probe anymore!"

"My son is guilty." He chose to admit his mistake, as gentle as ever.

Facing him, it was like seeing Yin Rong!

Yinrong's bright look, charming smile, and the final Tsujimu Sword Sorrow and tearful farewell, all were sealed in the Yongyin Palace and buried together in the tongue of flames burning like manjusawa in front of his eyes, and his bones are still fresh.

And he is also clearly aware that the deepest taboo engraved in his heart - Yin Rong, is the love of his life, but it seems not, the love of the rest of his life...

At that moment, a torrent of regret filled his heart again.It turned out that he couldn't escape all this time - he couldn't escape the guilt of hurting Yinrong, and he couldn't escape having a nostalgia for having a dissatisfied desire!

He lowered his head, poured himself another cup of tea, and drank it down.

Afterwards, both of them stopped talking, and the silence lingered between each other.

Mu Yunsheng watched the cup of tea in his father's hand being emptied again and again, as if replacing wine with tea, one cup after another could not quench the sorrow in his heart at the moment.

Born as a charm, he is indifferent by nature; but he is also born as a human being, confidant, informed, and more aware of thousands of melancholy.He understands that people are born with a lifetime of pursuits—the pursuit of power and profit, fame and admiration, and a heart that can never let go!

"Please don't blame my father for offending me." Mu Yunsheng said suddenly, with a look of reluctance, "It's just seeing my father like this, Sheng'er is heartbroken."

But he closed his eyes again, without any response, unable to face it.

"Father doesn't want to keep the child, do you...don't dare to admit that I have feelings for her?" This time, he was not aggressive, his voice was very soft, but he didn't know how heavy the meaning was, "But now Father can't do anything, Is it... finally admitting yourself, to the queen..."

He couldn't say the last few words for a long time.

The father and son faced each other, clearly knowing what they knew - one was approaching the truth, but the other dared not admit it.

After a long time, Mu Yunqin opened his eyes and spoke slowly.His expression was dignified, full of annoyance, but he seemed to have made up his mind.

"Sheng'er, if you grow up to my age, you will know that this age can no longer bear any involuntary regrets."

He looked at his father quietly, watching every expression and every tiny wrinkle on his face.

"For your mother, I was wrong once." He said earnestly, "This time, I really can't be wrong again..."

No, that wasn't the answer he wanted to hear from him!

"Father, what do you mean by a monarch and a minister? A minister is the sword used by a king to gallop across the world, killing enemies and all living beings. The father is the king, and Sheng'er is the minister. No matter what the father orders." He looked at him, although he couldn't bear it. Persecuted, but still obeyed, "From the standpoint of a son-in-law, I should advocate that the child in the empress's womb should not be kept alive, otherwise it will appear that the father-emperor's affection for the mother is actually... so cold."

"Sheng'er..."

"Empress, if you can't bear to do it yourself, I'm willing to hold a sharp sword for my father." He knelt down again and gestured to him, "As long as my father is willing to be ruthless!"

He waited for a while, but his father stopped for a while, with a painful and guilty expression, and hesitation in his eyes.

His persecution had no effect.He used to be able to hear people's hearts, but he also knew that people's hearts cannot be controlled by people.

He actually knew that Mu Yunqin's heart could not be controlled for a long time—greed, cruelty, reluctance, and widowhood that he could not control himself were all because of the hesitation in his eyes at this moment——

From the moment he decided to treat her with silver eyes, Mu Yunsheng knew the words he couldn't say, the thoughts he couldn't admit.

"Okay." There was a flash of compromising firmness in his eyes, and there was no objection anymore, "My son knows what to do."

Nan Kumingyi stared blankly at her belly, which was round and round like a ball, without any movement.

The imperial doctor ordered that if she wanted to preserve the pregnancy, she should not get out of bed for five days; she was also asked to pay attention to the fetal movement at all times to ensure that the fetus in the womb was still alive.It's just that the child hasn't moved for a long time since midnight...

Suddenly, the stomach fluctuated slowly, as if a small ball was slowly wriggling and stretching the muscles and bones inside.

She smiled, and touched the bulge with her hand.

"You have to be good, you know?" She whispered to the fetus in her womb, "My queen, I can't bear the pain of losing any of you anymore."

Last night was so thrilling that she thought she almost lost it completely.I also heard that the emperor knew about it, but he didn't say anything.She couldn't help but secretly calculated in her heart—this matter was all sorts of strange, according to his abnormal behavior yesterday, there must be a reason for it...

"Miss!"

A sudden exclamation interrupted all her thoughts.

She looked at Ah Shan who was panting and ran into the inner hall, and she was not very happy, "What happened to make you panic?"

"Miss," Ah Shan knelt down, as if frightened, "The crown prince is here!"

Knowing who came, she was really uneasy, and her heartbeat suddenly leaked.

Before she could react, Mu Yunsheng had already come to the inner hall and did not attend the ceremony.He was dressed in a robe with a dark gold pattern, and with a curve at the corner of his mouth, he had an extraordinary demeanor but concealed a deep swell.

It really is a charm, with evil spirits.

"Mu Yunsheng, without my palace's will, how dare you trespass into my palace's bedroom!" She pre-empted the attack and was not kind to those who came.

"It doesn't matter if there is the Queen's will or not."

Mu Yunsheng was indifferent, regardless of the distinction of honor and the inconvenience of men and women, the person on the bed was still wearing pajamas, recovering from illness and weak, so he knelt down and sat down.

He opened his mouth to explain the purpose of his visit, "I heard that the queen moved last night, so I specifically asked Father for instructions and came to visit."

"Visit?" She stared at him and sneered slightly, but her hands unconsciously clenched the corner of the quilt to cover her abdomen, "I'm afraid he sent you to kill the fetus in my womb!"

She has already lost Ying'er, and she will also lose He Ge at any time, and the fetus in her arms is the only child she can do her best to protect now, and she will never allow any more mistakes!

"What the queen said is all based on conjecture." Mu Yunsheng in front of him just smiled secretly, somewhat similar to Mu Yunqin, "Killing an emperor's descendant is a capital crime, why should I risk myself? "

She was always wary of him and aggressive, "You know secret techniques and kill people invisible. After you kill, who will know?"

Mu Yunsheng was poisoned by the corpse deer needle, and the secret technique was lost. It seems that people don't know about it.In their eyes, he is still the charmer who can listen to people's hearts and make good use of secret techniques—disaster for the family and the country!

"Dare to ask the queen, why should I do this?"

"Because you are the crown prince, and I killed Yin Rong!" Nan Ku Mingyi's attitude towards him knowingly asked was obviously manic, but his tone was a lot more forbearing, "You want to prevent the position of crown prince from being shaken, and you have to do it for you. You can only kill the Meiling mother for revenge, and this palace will never let you get what you want!"

Seeing her excited and depressed attitude, Mu Yunsheng did not respond immediately.He just looked at the person on the bed calmly, but he was suspicious.

A woman who was born with a star gift and a phoenix destiny, with a peerless beauty and a body full of grace, why can't she be satisfied with the status of being under one person and above ten thousand?She is the most beautiful woman in the world, but her heart is more poisonous than snakes and scorpions.Now she is already extremely weak, suspicious and suspicious, but also struggling to die, she has not been swallowed, but she is the first to be swallowed up by others!

Could it be... just for a heart that can't be obtained?

In his eyes, she was really hateful, but pitiful and pathetic.

"Talking about revenge, I really don't have much interest. The queen should not have to worry about it anymore." He suddenly felt pity for this woman, and there was no longer any joking hostility in his tone.

She was still full of wariness, but she began to consider the truth and falsehood of what he said for no reason.

"But I'm very interested in the position of crown prince." He continued suddenly, "I've already been the crown prince, and I've been standing here for a long time. Everyone regards me as a different kind and stays far away, and fears my enchanting secret skills. And respectfully, even Mu Yun is not worthy of competing with me. So, if you give birth to another prince, what can you do?"

As the end is approaching, I feel that the tone is naturally lowered, so weird and subtle... The atmosphere that ordinary people can't match is suddenly different, Mu Yunsheng's brows are tightened, and the whole body is on alert!

Suddenly, there seemed to be a slight sound in the ear.

A soft, delicate voice lingered in my ears—it was as sweet as a silver bell in the wind, as soft as the breeze in a bamboo forest, or... a baby's first laughter.

He pricked up his ears and listened carefully, as if an invisible bond was finally connected.

The voice seemed to say something, which made him no longer vigilant, but relaxed for a moment and smiled softly.

"I'm sorry," he looked at the queen, but he was obviously not talking to her, "I promise you."

"What did you say?" Seeing the abnormal behavior of the person in front of her, she became suspicious for a while.

I saw Mu Yunsheng slowly raised his hand, pointing at her pregnant belly hidden under the quilt——

"It's... talking to me."

Hearing this, she was even more shocked!

But he comforted him, "Don't be afraid!" He stood up excitedly, and gestured slowly to Nan Ku Mingyi, "Don't be afraid, when you are startled, it will also become restless, and I'm afraid it will make a fuss."

As soon as the words fell, the fetus in the womb kicked Tuo vigorously!

Nan Ku Mingyi clutched her stomach, raised her eyes and looked at Mu Yunsheng in horror.

But he laughed a few times to his heart's content, happy to hear the baby in his womb talking.Then he caught a glimpse of the empress in a panic, and he knew that it would be inconvenient for him to stay any longer.

"Begonia flowers, bright eyes." Before leaving, he suddenly turned his head and said to her, "It will be a pure and kind child, just like..."

He didn't know a little bit at first, but at the moment when he called out that name, he suddenly realized that all the love and hatred in this world are all about deep love and shallow relationship——

"'Ying'er'." He looked directly at her and slurred the words.

After finishing speaking, he smiled again, half evil and half true, and left gracefully.Nan Ku Mingyi sat on the bed with a terrified face, unable to recover for a long time.

Because, it is impossible for Mu Yunsheng to know who Ying Er is...