The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

The desolation and dilapidation of Prince Liang's mansion really made Yan Xun's heart twitch.He couldn't help but asked Qiu Ye, "Why did this happen? Where did those servants go?"

Qiu Ye said: "Reporting to the general, they have all been dismissed by His Highness."

"How can I do that? At least it's the palace..." Yan Xun closed his mouth at this point, and after a while he opened his mouth stiffly, "I'm just afraid of losing face to the emperor."

Qiu Ye lured Yan Xun to the door of Bai Yu's room obsequiously.He knocked on the door, but no one came inside.

"Your Highness, the general came to see..."

Yan Xun gritted his teeth and interrupted him, "Passing by!"

"Yes, yes, the general came to see His Highness."

Yan Xun: "..."

Bai Yu still didn't say anything.

Qiu Ye got used to it a long time ago. He pushed open the door and made a gesture of invitation, "General, go in."

It was broad daylight, but the light in the room was very dim. Bai Yu used several layers of window paper to cover the windows, leaving only one window for ventilation.He curled up on a chair in the corner by the window, put his hands on his knees, and looked outside earnestly.The clothes on his body were messed up, like a few pieces of sacks, and his whole person was described as sluggish, like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Yan Xun almost couldn't recognize him.Bai Yu always loves to be clean, she tidies up everything neatly everywhere, when was she so unbearable.

Distressed and angry at the same time, Yan Xun didn't know what position he should take to care about him now.Bai Yu stared out the window motionlessly as if there was no such a big living person beside him.

Yan Xun opened his mouth first to break the strange silence, "Why do you want to spoil yourself like this?"

Bai Yu was silent.

"Those things are in the past, the emperor will not pursue it anymore, Qin Ran and the others have also returned to their posts, we all know that you don't really want to rebel, no one blames you."

Still silent.

Yan Xun looked at his absent-minded look, as if he understood something, "Are you feeling sorry for Yuchi Yuanhe?"

Hearing these words, Bai Yu's gaze shifted to Yan Xun's face.His eyes were empty, as if he was just looking at a cloud of smoke.

His silence made Yan Xun's heart sink to the bottom.Why not refute?Is this the default?He tossed himself like this just for that Yuchi Yuanhe? !

"Are you really in love with him?" Yan Xun took a few steps closer, and before he knew it, his hands were covered in cold sweat.

Bai Yu looked at him calmly, then looked away after a while, and continued to look out the window.

Qiu Ye originally thought that Yan Xun would stay there for a long time, and he might even hear some discordant voices, but he didn't expect that Yan Xun opened the door before he finished choosing dishes, and his expression was exactly as Qiu Ye expected no the same.Did they not speak clearly?Qiu Ye couldn't help but wonder.

"General." Qiu Ye hurriedly put down the basket and walked over, "Why..."

Yan Xun had a gloomy face and walked quickly.

Qiu Ye was confused, turned his head and glanced at the door of Baiyu's room, followed Yan Xun out and said, "Did the general quarrel with His Highness? His Highness has been feeling unwell recently, he didn't mean it."

Yan Xun suddenly stopped, looked at him and said, "He saw me feeling even more uncomfortable."

Qiu Ye was at a loss.

Yan Xun gritted his teeth, stopped talking, and asked instead: "Is there anything missing in the mansion?"

Qiu Ye was taken aback, and thought about it: "It's getting hotter, Your Highness has a little less summer clothes, um, and..."

"Make a list and take it to the general's mansion. Don't tell him." Yan Xun said briefly and left without looking back.

With the things that Yan Xun sent, Bai Yu's life was much more comfortable, but Qiu Ye found helplessly that his mental state was getting worse and worse.

One night, Qiu Ye was awakened by the sound of knocking on the door. He thought someone had broken in, but just as he grabbed the handle of the knife next to his pillow, he heard Bai Yu's voice panicked, "I saw someone next to my bed just now!"

Qiu Ye was startled, and hurried to check in the white jade room, but found nothing.

"Maybe he ran away." Bai Yu said.

But Qiu Ye didn't think it was like this.If that person is an assassin, can Bai Yu escape from this room unscathed?He thought for a while and asked Bai Yu, "Your Highness, was the door locked from the inside when you went out?"

Bai Yu pondered for a moment and nodded, "It should be."

Qiu Ye said: "The windows were all glued up, and now they are all intact, and the row of flower pots placed by the only remaining window has not been knocked down."

The meaning behind his words was obvious, Bai Yu was stunned for a long time, his expression gradually changed from doubt to bewilderment, and then to fear.

Qiu Ye didn't continue talking, he found that what he feared the most had become a reality - Bai Yu was not simply in a bad mood.

Bai Yu sat down helplessly, staring at his fingers in a daze.After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Am I going to die?"

"Your Highness, don't say such things!" Qiu Ye frowned.

"But I heard that people will have a sense before they die, and many strange things will happen, such as a big change in temperament, hallucinations, etc. I know that I am very wrong recently, but I can't help it. I just can't be happy. "Bai Yu lowered her head, her voice muffled and helpless.

Qiu Ye sighed, "Your Highness, aren't you happy that the General came to see you a few days ago?"

It's okay not to talk about it, but when he talked about it, Bai Yu became even more depressed, "I don't know, I just can't get that energy up, I'm not interested in anything."

"How about finding a doctor to take a look at it?" Qiu Ye said.

Bai Yu shook his head, "I know medicine myself, so it's useless to seek a doctor. Maybe it will get better after a while."

This "after a while" did not come, the emperor's birthday came first.The annual Longevity Festival is an indispensable celebration in the Great Zhou Dynasty. As the emperor's only younger brother, Bai Yu naturally had to enter the palace for a banquet.He braced himself up and repeatedly told Qiu Ye not to disclose these things to anyone.

At the banquet, singing and dancing were peaceful and joyful, and everyone was immersed in the prosperity of the lavish and rich.There was an invisible wall around Baiyu, which cut him off from the laughter and laughter, and the new song from Liyuan, which won applause from all the audience, couldn't arouse even the slightest interest in him.He sat there like a clay dummy, his eyes feeding back what he saw to his brain, and his brain refusing to respond.

Sitting like this, the smell of wine and meat is like chewing wax, but Bai Yu is not irritable at all, as if he can accept whatever he is asked to do, as if he has been deprived of all emotions, leaving only a dull skin.

The emperor added another daughter, which happened to be full moon on the emperor's birthday, so he loved this daughter very much, and ordered Zhang Lan to see how the little princess was doing no less than five times during the banquet.Zhang Lan always answered that the little princess was sleeping, but the emperor was still not satisfied, so he asked if he slept soundly.

A minister said with a smile: "Your Majesty really loves the third princess, her fatherly kindness is touching."

The emperor smiled and said, "Fathers all over the world love their daughters in the same way, and daughters are more precious."

"Yes, yes, I think back then when the only daughter in my family was just born, I was worried about what kind of son-in-law I should find. I can't let my precious girl be wronged!"

"Then Master Zeng can choose any son now?"

"Hey, it's hard! Master Yao, do you have a good marriage to talk about?"

Everyone was chattering, the crown prince Xu Shao suddenly said: "I know a little bit about astrology and divination. I just got up and forget it. The birthday horoscope of General Yan's son matches the three princesses. , it just happens to be good luck!"

Yan Jun immediately said: "Master Xu really flattered our Yan family, how can that child be worthy of being a dignified princess?"

Even though he said that, he had a gratified smile on his face.It's not because of the so-called good fortune, but because his Yan family finally has a queen, and ministers can no longer deliberately bypass the Yan family when they talk about children.God knows how angry and helpless Yan Jun was at times like this before.

The emperor laughed and said, "Wu An Wang, what is this saying? How can it be unworthy?"

The emperor's words were not for the occasion, he looked at Yan Jun seriously, conveying the message that the two understood each other.

Bai Yu sat at the head of the royal family, facing Yan Xun far away.Listening to them chatting and laughing happily, talking happily and proudly about the successor of the Yan family, Bai Yu found that she was not as sad as expected, she was a little bit happy for Yan, and then she was endlessly tired and tired, she didn't want to care about anything, she didn't care about anything up.

At the end of the banquet, everyone dispersed one after another, all of them shouting and hugging.Qiu Ye lit a lantern to light the way for Bai Yu, and the two walked quietly.

When he came to an arch, three ministers walking together passed by the sideways fork in the road.Bai Yu deliberately didn't want to deal with anyone, so she stopped and wanted to wait for them to pass before leaving.

One said: "Did you see King Liang's face at the banquet? Mr. Xu's words are really lofty."

Qiu Ye was taken aback for a moment, then quickly turned his head to look at Bai Yu, who showed no expression at all.

The other laughed twice, and said: "I knew that although the general was bewitched for a while, he could still see the facts clearly. Liang Wang simply has no heart, the emperor treated him with great kindness, but what did he do? ? How could he still have the face to appear in front of others? In other words, I would have hanged myself long ago, and I still have the backbone."

"I see, this is a good thing. If the general hadn't been able to see his true face, the Yan family would have killed him sooner or later."

"Hey, who do you think is the child's biological mother?"

"Who knows, it's not King Liang anyway."

"Hahaha, your mouth!"

……

Qiu Ye was so angry that his face was flushed red, and he was about to chase after him to reason, but Bai Yu stretched out his hand to stop him, "It's unnecessary. It's not like they are the only ones talking like this behind their backs."

"Your Highness is a majestic prince, what are they, gossiping behind your back! Your Highness, let's go and tell the Emperor!"

Bai Yu smiled wryly, and said, "Today is Brother Huang's birthday, don't make him unhappy. Just pretend you didn't hear."

Qiu Ye's eyes turned red all of a sudden, he lowered his head and clenched his teeth, patiently continuing to walk towards the palace gate with Bai Yu.

As he walked, Bai Yu noticed something, turned his head, and vaguely saw the two people following him not far away, his heart warmed, and he smiled at them, but tears fell when he turned his head.

Qin Ran and Mu Fengyi watched Bai Yu get into the carriage, and watched him disappear completely out of sight, then said goodbye and went home.

After they left, Yan Xun came out from the darkness, picked up the sachet that fell on the ground, and held it tightly in his hand.