Half-dead paulownia

Gently closing her eyes, Ling Zining was drunk in this pool of spring water, with waves of ripples stirring her heart.

Gradually taking off his clothes, Anling Yuhao's predatory kisses began to encroach on his fair skin, the fragrance of women gradually diffused, and the whole atmosphere became more emotional.

Finally slowly lowering the gauze curtain, An Ling Yuhao's eyes only glanced at the direction where the curtain fell, but at that moment, all movements suddenly stopped, as if frozen there forever, completely motionless.

Ling Zining's already flushed face was full of shyness, but she also looked at Anling Yuhao in surprise, and her slender hands couldn't help untiing his slightly messy clothes, but she was also imprisoned by him for no reason, as if It's normal to stop your own actions.

"What's that?" Anling Yuhao finally looked at the wooden table in the center of the room through the tulle, and asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about?" Ling Zining followed Anling Yuhao's gaze suspiciously, but only saw a palm-sized object standing on the wooden table.

"It just feels familiar." Anling Yuhao said in a low voice, as if talking to himself.

"Your Majesty??" Ling Zining looked at Anling Yuhao's earnest appearance at this moment, and couldn't help calling out coquettishly, trying to grab the fine silk quilt with her jade hands, so as to cover the jade-like skin that had already been exposed to the air .

Anling Yuhao regained his composure, looked at Ling Zining evilly, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, grabbed Ling Zining's slender wrist abruptly, and pressed the top of his head as if she was not allowed to resist, listening to her strong breathing , Can't help but bend down again.

A gust of cool wind blew up and gently rolled up the fallen gauze curtain, Anling Yuhao inadvertently saw the items on the table again.

Immediately, as if he had been stimulated by something, he got up from Ling Zining in panic, and tore off the gauze as if with a burst of anger, but he also walked towards the wooden table without any scruples.

"What is this and why is it here?" Anling Yuhao finally saw the object in front of him clearly, it was a wooden sculpture the size of a palm.

Ling Zining tied up his clothes in a hurry, and then walked down from the bed, carefully looked at the lifelike sculpture in his hand, and said in surprise: "Isn't this you?"

"Didn't you make the sculpture?" Anling Yuhao looked at Ling Zining who was also surprised, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Such a superb knife skill, the concubine still doesn't have such ability." Ling Zining couldn't help feeling, she was actually even more surprised, why there is such an object in the emperor's room, how subtle is it to Anling Yuhao Observation is the only way to carve so exquisitely, "Could it be a gift from some small countries to the emperor?"

Anling Yuhao just looked at the sculpture in his hand in a daze, but after a while, he hurriedly left the room without leaving any words.

"Your Majesty??" Ling Zining looked at his leaving back helplessly, but her voice also seemed weak. (in prison)

In the dark and damp dark corner, Xiao Jinmo sat quietly on the ground alone, with bursts of cries, grievances, and abuse. It was also a place full of fear, but even in such an environment On the contrary, Xiao Jinmo felt that his heart was much calmer. He thought of the father who cared for him in every possible way, the mother he had never met, the Anling Yuhao who had forgotten him, and the people around him who came and went in a hurry. Friends, life is nothing more than that.

"I don't know how long the newly enthroned emperor can last." The voice of the man in the next cell came to Xiao Jinmo's ears, like an old man with some vicissitudes.

"Hmph, that arrogant Anling Yuhao? I don't think he is as good as his father. The country is like a child's play in his eyes. It's better to let Lord Luo take it away." Another shrill voice continued. Come on.

"I don't think so. He is as wise as a fool. Why did he welcome the imperial concubine in person today? It's just to win over the Huanzhao Kingdom. After all, it won't be fruitful if he provokes them at this time." The old man thought. with.

"Isn't that a matter of turning against each other? If the imperial concubine becomes unhappy one day and gives her father a chance to participate, then Anling Yuhao may have to fight alone. This ghost has always been in the heart of the late emperor." Geda, without the alliance of the Huanzhao Kingdom, I am afraid that the ghosts will lean towards them and join hands to deal with us Anling Kingdom." There seemed to be a trace of worry.

"It depends on what kind of people the emperor makes friends with. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. If the emperor is blinded by some trivial matters, then the country will be ruined in his hands. The consequences will be disastrous." The old man couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Xiao Jinmo listened to their conversation quietly. Although he couldn't see the person who was separated from him by the wall, he heard it clearly. His firm heart finally began to waver. Maybe his persistence was too selfish. Since An Lingyu Hao forgot about himself, why didn't it just end like this?

How could I, who had wanted to leave countless times for the sake of the country's righteousness, become so greedy?Not to mention the life that is already depleted, even if everything is awakened, what will be the meaning?If you can't grow old together with him, how can you bear to live up to his youth?

Now it is not just the love and hatred of children, but the great plan of the country's rise and fall, how can I become a stumbling block?Xiao Jinmo finally started to think calmly again.

Suddenly he heard some panicked footsteps outside, followed by a deathly silence, Xiao Jinmo was pulled back from his thoughts, thinking that another prisoner must have been imprisoned.

But he also saw two cell bosses walking towards him, and behind them was a tall man. Because of the darkness of the prison and the light shining on the wall, Xiao Jinmo Before he could see who that person was, he had already walked into his cell.

The head of the cell respectfully moved a chair, carefully placed it on a flat place in the cell, and carefully glanced at Xiao Jinmo, "Bold slave, why don't you kneel down?"

Xiao Jinmo hadn't figured out what was going on, when he saw that the cell leader left the person standing at the door, and left the cell resentfully without locking the cell.

Looking at the gradually approaching figure under the dim light, Xiao Jinmo's expression also froze on his slightly pale face.

"Yu??? Your Majesty?" Finally, he looked at Anling Yuhao who was sitting in front of him with some surprise.

"When you see the emperor, why don't you kneel? You know, I can punish you for this alone." An Ling Yuhao looked at Xiao Jinmo coldly.

Xiao Jinmo froze for a moment, but still looked gently at Anling Yuhao who was unfamiliar to him in front of him. Even all the memories were just gone, and finally he knelt down on the cold ground slowly, biting his bones. The pain made Xiao Jinmo frowned slightly.

"Raise your head!" Anling Yuhao looked at Xiao Jinmo who lowered his head and didn't face him directly, and couldn't help but feel some nameless resentment in his heart.

Looking at Xiao Jinmo who hadn't moved, Anling Yuhao raised Xiao Jinmo's thin chin angrily, "I'll make you look up."

But at this very moment, he saw the sparkle in the deep eyes of this weak man, shining brighter and brighter like gems in this dark prison.

Xiao Jinmo didn't want Anling Yuhao to see his frail appearance, not because he was wronged by kneeling down, but because he felt more and more that all his actions were so unforgivable.

"Do you feel wronged?" An Ling Yuhao couldn't help being a little surprised when he looked at his expression, but he didn't have any tenderness.

"The guilty minister just thought about it for a long time these days, and he really shouldn't hide it from the emperor." Xiao Jinmo finally made up his mind, "I ask the emperor to forgive me. This minister has indeed committed a serious mistake and should not collude with Luo Shengchuan."

"What? It's only been one day in prison, and you figured everything out?" An Ling Yuhao seemed to have a sarcastic tone, but he didn't expect him to plead guilty so readily.

"Please forgive me!" Xiao Jinmo didn't want to give any answer, he just hoped that the emperor would give him some punishment. He clearly knew that the punishment in the capital of Anling would not be merciful to the punishment of the traitors and fellow gangsters. , the lightest thing is to be exiled to a foreign country, and go to Anling forever.

Anling Yuhao looked at Xiao Jinmo, whom everyone seemed to speak well of for the past few days, but he did not expect that he would admit his guilt, "Do you know how to deal with the mistakes you made?"

"The guilty minister doesn't know." Xiao Jinmo replied fearlessly.

"It should be asked after the autumn." He said each word forcefully, as if he was waiting for the expression of the quiet man in front of him, but he didn't see any changes. "Do you regret it?"

"The guilty minister will never regret it." Xiao Jinmo said lightly, it is true, for choosing such a path, he would rather die like this, "I am afraid that before the emperor waits for that time, the criminal minister's body will not be able to last It's that day."

Anling Yuhao looked at Xiao Jinmo intently. Although he didn't know what those words meant, he was also shocked by his indifference expression. There is no one who is not afraid of death, and no one is not in awe of life. Such a thin and thin man, unexpectedly so calm and calm, ignoring everything.

"You must wait until my execution, otherwise I will not allow anyone to take away everything from you before then, even the king of hell." Anling Yuhao especially hated the arrangement of the heavens, and he still dared to go against the heavens. frivolous man.

Glancing at Xiao Jinmo for the last time, he slowly stood up from the chair, but he seemed to be holding something tightly in his hand, unwilling to relax at all.

"However, I suddenly want to ask you a question. Since I heard that you are so knowledgeable, have you ever seen such an exquisite carving?" After some hesitation, he finally brought the wooden carving to Xiao Jinmo's eyes .

Looking at the engraving, each stroke was so familiar, Xiao Jinmo was a little lost, but he didn't understand why the things that had been on his body all the time, how could they get into his hands?

"I wonder if the emperor would like it?" Xiao Jinmo raised his head and looked at Anling Yuhao who was standing in front of him.

"That's natural. A person with such a skill must be extraordinary, but is this person really me?" An Ling Yuhao didn't continue to ask, because he seemed to see eyes full of eyes on this carved doll. Gentle and full of happiness, does he really exist like that?