walk to the water

Chu Xiang threw his head, but couldn't get rid of the phantom and the sound, and suddenly wanted to fly to him with wings and take another look at him.Looking back, in the middle of winter, the land is pale and yellow, the city of Shangjing is far away, and the palace of Fuling is in the depths of the wind and smoke... He doesn't want to see him anymore, so what's the use of meeting him?Chu Xiang subconsciously reached out to his chest, but he touched the hard jade lock.How did he forget to ask for this back?After saying goodbye today, I shouldn't be wearing this anyway, but the jade lock that came close to my body seems to still have his body temperature...

Chu Xiang was in deep thought when he suddenly heard Chu Xu say: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Why did you fall behind?" Afterwards, thinking that Chu Xu was impatient to wait, she turned back to urge her again, feeling a little embarrassed.Chu Xu said with concern: "Brother, if you are unwell and cannot ride a horse, there is a carriage ahead, why don't you take a carriage?"

Chu Xiang smiled and said: "You really underestimate your brother. After all, he is also a person who mounts a horse and wields a knife, and dismounts to sleep in a saddle. He is not a delicate boudoir lady who wants to take a car and a sedan chair when he goes out?" He said with a wave With a whip, he galloped his horse forward, surrounded by vast wilderness, with the sound of the wind whistling in his ears, the stagnation in Chu Xiang's chest was slightly relieved, and his former pride seemed to have recovered a bit.

Chu Xu also urged the horse to catch up, and said, "Brother, at this speed, we can still catch up to go home for the New Year! Do you want to eat the glutinous rice balls made by mother?"

Thinking of the family reunion in the near future, and the old mother who was leaning on the door looking forward to it, Chu Xiang's frowning brows relaxed a little, and he suddenly remembered the song of picking flowers and a cup of old wine on New Year's Eve last year, and he was in a trance for a while .

On the night of the seventh day after Chu Xiang left, the lamps and candles in Fu Ling's bedroom, the Tianqi Hall, went on and off.Fu Ling, who was half lying on the dragon bed, had his eyes slightly closed, his face was sallow, and his cheekbones were protruding. Although he had only been around for ten days, he seemed to have been seriously ill for many years.There seemed to be a figure beside the bed, Fu Ling opened his eyes weakly, but saw that it was the queen, wiping the corners of her eyes with her sleeves.Fu Ling forced a smile and said, "Zitong, is that you? When did you come in?"

The queen brought a bowl of medicine from the table next to her: "The concubine has been here for a while, and seeing that His Majesty is sleeping, I dare not disturb each other. This is the medicine concocted by my concubine, please take it."

Seeing that her eyes were red and swollen, Fu Ling finally nodded, was helped by the eunuch, took the medicine, drank it, and lay down again.Fu Ling took the queen's hand and said: "Zitong, I'm tired of you. In my life, others are nothing, but I feel ashamed of you. Can you blame me?"

The queen shook her head and sobbed sadly, but her tone was angry: "No matter what your majesty wants your concubine to do, your concubine will be willing to do it. I only want your majesty to be happy, and I only hate that person for causing your majesty to be like this!"

Fu Ling sighed slightly: "Zitong, don't say that. You and I have been married for more than ten years, so you should understand my heart. I don't blame him, just like you don't blame me..."

Before Fu Ling finished speaking, a servant hurried in and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, Sima Ting has something to see!"

Fu Ling raised his eyebrows, a cold light flashed in his eyes, showing his usual majesty, "Let him wait for a while." Turning his head to the queen, he said, "Zitong go back to the palace first, my illness is nothing to worry about."

Fu Ling strictly prohibited the harem from interfering in the government affairs. The queen knew that he had important matters to deal with, so although she had a thousand words in her heart, she had no choice but to bow silently and leave.

The servant led the order to go out, Fu Ling took a breath, sat up with support, and a eunuch was busy helping him to get dressed.Fu Ling sat in front of the imperial case, which made Xuan Sima Ting come in and let the idlers back.Sima Ting was about to kowtow to salute, but Fu Ling said: "Aiqing is exempt, is something wrong with Zhou Guo?"

Sima Ting handed over a stack of letters with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty is truly a sage. This is a secret report sent by the state of Zhou. Please read it." It turned out that Sima Ting was in charge of intelligence inside information. If there is any important news, there is no need to go through the six prime ministers. Only report directly to Fu Ling.

Fu Ling took the secret report, opened it hastily, scanned it, smiled, and said: "As expected, Wang Yun is going to attack An Lan! But I don't know that the internal strife in Zhou Guoguo will bring a lot of benefits to us and no harm... "Before Fu Ling finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and yelled that it was not good!If something happened to An Lan, wouldn't it be more ominous for Xiang'er?Sima Ting saw that Fu Ling's face changed suddenly, and his brows were tightly frowned. If he didn't understand, he called out softly, "Your Majesty?"

"En." Fu Ling came back to his senses, and responded noncommittally, "Ai Qing has worked hard, and I will send someone to investigate all the relevant situations in detail. If there is any latest development, please report it to me immediately!"

"Yes!" Sima Ting took the order and stepped back without mentioning it.

Fu Ling stood up and paced the room habitually.After he vomited blood that day, the injury wasn't considered serious at all, but because he neglected to take care of Chu Xiang for a long time after exchanging blood for Chu Xiang last time, he didn't care about treatment this time, and refused to take medicine. Can't continue.Thinking of that person's ruthlessness, he faintly had the idea of ​​self-defeating and self-defeating. He didn't go up to the court and ignore the government, and his injuries and illnesses dragged on. Every day went by. Unexpectedly, he received such a secret report tonight... Fu Ling wandered After a long time, I turned around and saw the curtain of the bed moving slightly, and the shadow of the man seemed to be reflected under the dim light, "Xiang?"

"Your Majesty!" the eunuch who was waiting on him exclaimed.

Fu Ling collected himself, leaned against a pillar in the hall, and smiled wryly, is he so unbearable?The word love hurts so far!Even if the hero is unrivaled, so what?Xiang'er, come to think of it, even if I die in front of you, you wouldn't blink, would you?But I... can't ignore your life and death in the end.Turning around, he asked the eunuch beside him, "How long has Zhou Guo's mission gone?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it has been seven days."

Seven days?Yingshang is still in the territory of Qin State, so it should be too late to set off at this time.Fu Ling had made up his mind, and before going back to the case, he unfolded a page of letterhead, thought for a while, took a pen and wrote a few lines, folded it and put it in an envelope without sealing it.Fu Ling put the letter into his bosom, and at the same time called the eunuch in charge: "Prepare the horse for me!"

"Your Majesty, it's late at night. Your Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition. Do you want to come back tomorrow..." The manager hesitated.

Fu Ling urged: "I have an urgent matter to leave the palace, and there is no need for a guard of honor, so go and prepare the horse quickly, and there will be no mistakes!"

The manager didn't dare to say more, so he was busy making arrangements.

After a while, Fu Ling walked out of the palace gate, and the cold wind blew outside, making his heart and blood tumbling, dizzy and extremely uncomfortable.Fu Ling tightened his cloak, pulled Mo Yun over, took a deep breath, and jumped up.He only brought a few personal guards with him, called open the west city gate, and ran straight out of the city.In the middle of the night, a group of people came to the former residence of Layman Jingshan.Fu Ling rolled his saddle and fell off his horse. The two guards outside the door saw that it was the emperor coming late at night, and hurriedly knelt down to meet him. With a flick of his robe sleeves, he entered the house. Someone had already lit a lamp and set up a seat. Fu Ling asked, "Where is that person?" ?”

"Your Majesty, I have fallen asleep." The guard replied.

Fu Ling said: "Go ask him to come out, I have something urgent."