A cold dream is not a dream come true

In the early morning of the second day, Su Zimo and I bid farewell to King Danan.King Da Nan prepared a carriage for us with a wry smile, patted Su Zimo on the shoulder and said nothing.Affected by the incident between Lu Jingyan and Shen Yuxue, King Danan still looked haggard.Since Lu Jingyan disappeared in Shenyuan Village, there has been no news.King Danan and King Dongzhu sent more than a hundred officers and soldiers to search the city, but nothing came of it.Shen Yuxue has not yet recovered her memory about Lu Jingyan, and she serves Yunxin, the prince of Dongzhu all day long, firmly believing in her feelings for Yunxin.

Let's keep the book short and gossip less, and I took Wanxia and Su Zimo into the carriage to Luoyang.Stopping and stopping along the way, it took half a month to return to Luoyang City.Before the carriage drove into the gate of Luoyang City, I smelled the atmosphere of prosperity.After eight months, I came here again, only to find that Luoyang City has undergone earth-shaking changes in the days without me.

Golden autumn and October are the harvest season, but there are few pedestrians in the Luoyang market, and occasionally a few merchants are seen, but they are all listless.The business of taverns and inns in the city is very bleak, and small shops such as drugstores have almost disappeared, replaced by buildings such as brothels.I looked at Su Zimo suspiciously, and Su Zimo sighed: "Since Concubine Li has been in charge of the government, Luoyang's business has begun to decline... Especially the medicine shops are hard to escape from Concubine Li's clutches... Concubine Li used to be a dancer before. , so she has a soft spot for singing and dancing, so she opened many singing and dancing buildings in Luoyang City..."

As soon as Su Zimo mentioned Concubine Li, I thought of my younger sister, Meng Di. It seems that Di'er really wanted to destroy Pingyang Kingdom herself.I really wanted to run to the palace right away to see for myself whether the so-called cruel concubine Li was really my sister, but the most urgent thing was to find Prince Xi. The alley of the Prince's Mansion.

The familiar path has become deserted now, the willow trees on both sides of the road have lost their leaves, and the withered yellow grass and fallen leaves depend on each other in the cold wind.The business that was booming eight months ago has also declined because of the departure of Prince Xi and Prince Cheng. Several small shops selling goods have closed down.There were almost no pedestrians on the road, and occasionally a few biting autumn winds blew, which made me tremble all over.

In a short while, I saw the familiar gate of the Wangfu. The lacquered red gate was covered with dust, and the plaque above the gate engraved with "Prince Xi's Mansion" was crooked due to years of disrepair.From a distance, it looks like an abandoned old house.

I handed Wanxia to Su Zimo, walked up to check it quickly, and found that the gate of the palace was closed and no one was guarding it.I took a deep breath, tried my best to control my excitement, and knocked on the door lightly, but no one responded for a long time.I'm a little confused, it's already past the morning time, where will Prince Xi go?Didn't Prince Xi return to the mansion?I pushed hard and found that the door was tightly locked with a lock. The lock looked relatively new. I hadn't seen it when I lived in Prince Xi's Mansion. It seemed that it must have just been bought.

Su Zimo came to me with Wanxia in his arms: "Qigu should not be at the mansion, why don't we go to Prince Cheng's mansion first and come here later?"

I sighed, took Wanxia's hand, and nodded in agreement.

We turned a street and saw Prince Cheng's Mansion.When I got closer and took a closer look, I found that the situation of Prince Cheng's Mansion was much better than that of Prince Xi's Mansion. At least a pair of lanterns hung in front of the door, indicating that there were people living in the mansion.No one was guarding the front door, but the door was unlocked. I pushed it lightly, and the door creaked open.

"Is anyone here—" I called softly to the yard.

Su Zimo followed me, pointed to Prince Cheng's room, and said, "The prince should be there."

The door of the room was ajar, and I quietly put my ear on the door to listen, but there was no sound.I nervously pushed the door open a gap, only to find that it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything.

I bit my lip, pushed open the door forcefully, and asked in a trembling voice, "Someone—"

"Hush!" Suddenly, a girl in green clothes appeared in front of me. This girl was pale, her eyes were tired, and she was putting her index finger to her lips, beckoning me to keep quiet.

I was startled by the girl who appeared suddenly, I took a step back while covering my heart, looked at the person in front of me intently, and found that this person was Chu Qingwu who was temporarily living in Prince Cheng's Mansion.Seeing that it was me who came, Chu Qingwu was really startled, and asked softly, "Princess Meng?"

Chu Qingwu's words "Princess Meng" reminded me of my identity, so I gave a wry smile.Chu Qingwu looked at Su Zimo behind me and understood what was going on. He opened the door and let us enter.

"The prince has already fallen asleep, please don't wake him up." Chu Qingwu pointed to the bed next to him and said softly.

I looked in the direction of Chu Qingwu's finger, and found that the prince on the bed was covered with tears, and fell asleep helplessly hugging the quilt. "I heard that the crown prince has the stupidity disease? What kind of disease is it?" I asked.

Chu Qingwu didn't answer, but looked curiously at Wanxia in my arms.I saw her eyes were red, as if she had just cried.

Probably because our conversation alarmed the prince, the prince suddenly turned over, opened his eyes, and looked at us.

"Sister Zimo is here? Oh! Isn't this Miss Meng?" The prince sat up suddenly, pointed at me and shouted happily.

Seeing that the prince is conscious and can recognize me, I couldn't help being overjoyed, stood up and saluted the prince: "Good luck, prince, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing recently?"

The prince laughed loudly and wanted to get out of bed to meet me, but he fell to the ground as soon as he took a step.

"His Royal Highness!"

"Prince!"

"Brother Prince!"

The three of us exclaimed together, and Chu Qingwu hurried over to help the prince up.

The prince returned to the bed, and said with a smirk: "I may be too tired recently, and I blame the bastards of Xinfan for robbing Muhai City..."

"His Royal Highness, stop talking, and rest more." Chu Qingwu respectfully covered the prince with the quilt.

The prince looked at Chu Qingwu suspiciously, frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Chu Qingwu bowed his head and replied, "The maid, Qingwu, is here to serve the prince."

"Oh." The prince didn't say much, and nodded to show that he understood.

Seeing this, I am a little surprised, this Chu Qingwu and the prince have also been together for several days, why doesn't the prince know Chu Qingwu?Besides, Chu Qingwu was originally the younger sister of Vice General Chu, when did she become the maid serving the prince?

I looked at Chu Qingwu, and found that she was expressionless, while Su Zimo was frowning.It seems that there must be something else hidden in it.

The prince looked around, as if he was looking for someone, but he couldn't find it, and asked with some disappointment, "Where did Uncle Eighth Emperor go?"

The Eighth Emperor Uncle is Prince Cheng.When I heard the prince's question, I couldn't help feeling a pain in my heart.But a big question came up, the prince returned for a few days, didn't he know the news of Prince Cheng's death in battle?I looked at the two people beside me and found that they were silent.

"Don't the prince know where Prince Cheng has gone?" I asked cautiously.

"Uncle Eight Emperor said in his letter that his hand was slightly injured, and I don't know what's going on recently. When I came back, I specially bought some wound medicine in Muhai City. I don't know if it will help." Prince Edward She chuckled softly, "Miss Meng, look in my luggage, it should be there."

I followed the direction of the prince's finger, and saw a dilapidated package.The package had already been opened, but there were only a few tattered clothes inside, and there was no so-called wound medicine at all.I looked at Chu Qingwu, Chu Qingwu shook his head, hesitant to speak.

I handed Wanxia to Su Zimo, got up and walked to the package. I searched for a long time but couldn't find anything similar to wound medicine.The crown prince became impatient and urged: "Miss Meng, don't look for it anymore, just bring the package here."

When I was hesitating whether to take the package, the prince said again: "Where did the eighth emperor go? The prince just arrived in Luoyang, and he hid. He really doesn't take me seriously. "

I couldn't hold back my emotions when I heard this, walked quickly to the bed, and asked loudly: "His Royal Highness, don't you know that Prince Cheng has died in battle?"

Chu Qingwu didn't expect me to speak like this, so he called my name softly to stop me, but stopped in the middle of speaking.Su Zimo sat on the side holding Wanxia and sighed, but didn't say anything.

The prince looked at me with puzzled eyes, expressing that he did not understand what I said.It seems that the prince really doesn't know anything. When a group of us wept sadly for Prince Cheng's departure, the prince was at ease with Murong Ranshu in Muhai City.

Unable to control my emotions, I shouted loudly to the prince: "His Royal Highness, Prince Cheng has died in battle! The day after you and Murong Ranshu went to Muhai City, Prince Cheng was sent by the empress to Goryeo Battlefield! Afterwards, Prince Cheng was taken hostage by the enemy, and he committed suicide by biting his tongue!"

"What did you say?" the prince looked at me incredulously, shaking his head and asked.

"Prince Xi was laid out by the Koryo Army in order to rescue Prince Cheng. Then Xifeng County fell, and we lost the battle!" I shook my head and shouted.

"I don't believe it... I don't believe it..." The prince inserted his hands into his hair and tore his hair vigorously.

Seeing that the prince still reacted like this, I shouted loudly: "Prince, Prince Cheng is dead, Prince Cheng is dead! You have to accept the facts!"

"I don't believe it... I don't believe it..." The prince's pupils were dilated and his eyes were bloodshot. Promised to build a canal in Muhai City...why...why...why did Muhai City fall...why did I flee back to Luoyang...why..."

At this time, the prince's situation was a little out of control. He supported the wall with both hands and hit his head hard.Seeing that the situation was not good, Su Zimo handed Wanxia to me, and ran forward to stop the prince.Chu Qingwu scrambled to help, and secretly wiped away tears from time to time.

It was the first time Wanxia saw such a chaotic scene, and she was so frightened that she burst into tears in my arms.The prince's shouting voice and Wan Xia's crying voice formed a tragic scene, which made me feel sad.

While coaxing Wanxia, ​​I thought to myself: What's going on?Could it be that the prince really didn't know the news of Prince Cheng's death in battle after he returned for a few days?But with the character of the prince, he will definitely go out to look for it. Even if his legs are inconvenient to walk, it's not likely that he just found out about Prince Cheng's death now?

I thought about it for a while, but I couldn't think of a reason. Seeing that the prince couldn't calm down for a while, I hugged Wan Xia and went out to avoid the limelight.

At this moment, the sun started to set, and the golden sunset shone on Wan Xia's body, making her look very peaceful.Wanxia was tired from crying, so she lay quietly in my arms and fell asleep. I stood under the sunset feeling the last ray of warmth of the day, and sighed "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's only near dusk".

I don't know if Prince Xi returned to the mansion at this time, I don't know if Dimple is by the empress's side at this time, I don't know if Su Tang and Su Cui have returned to their hometown and lived a happy life at this time.

Time passed while I was thinking wildly, and before I could react, it was getting dark.The room had become quiet, and I returned to the room with Wanxia in my arms.

The prince was tired from crying, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep. At this time, Chu Qingwu and Su Zimo were still sitting on the chairs, looking at each other silently.I sighed and asked softly, "What's going on?"

Su Zimo looked at me and didn't speak.Chu Qingwu shook his head and said: "It's hard to explain. Princess Meng will understand later..."

I thought Chu Qingwu's answer was a bit ridiculous, so I raised my voice slightly and said, "When is the future?"

"Hush—" Chu Qingwu frowned and motioned to me, and I immediately realized that my voice was a bit loud.Chu Qingwu quietly walked to the prince's bed, trying to cover the prince with a quilt, but was startled by the prince who suddenly woke up.

The prince opened his eyes, stretched himself and sat up. "Sister Zimo, you're here...um... Miss Meng, are you here too?"

When I heard this, I thought to myself, didn't I come early?

Chu Qingwu covered the prince's sister, and said: "His Royal Highness, lie down and rest."

The prince looked at Chu Qingwu suspiciously, frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Chu Qingwu bowed his head and replied, "The maid, Qingwu, is here to serve the prince."

"Oh." The prince replied, "Why didn't Luo Yu come?"

At this point, I was already stunned by the scene in front of me.These conversations obviously happened half an hour ago, why did they just happen again.I stared at the prince with terrified eyes, then at Su Zimo and Chu Qingwu, unable to accept this fact for a while.

"His Royal Highness... Isn't Prince Cheng dead?" I said with a trembling voice...

The prince frowned and said, "Miss Meng, don't be joking. The Eighth Emperor still corresponded with me a few days ago. I just arrived in Luoyang. How could the Eighth Emperor die?"

"But...just now..." I pointed at the prince, speechless.

Chu Qingwu looked at me and shook his head and said, "Miss Meng...forget it..."

Su Zimo looked at me, got up and walked to the prince's bed, and said in a low voice: "Brother prince, the eighth uncle was summoned by the emperor's aunt, and he will be back in a short time. Go to sleep for a while, and wait for you to wake up." Uncle will come back naturally."

The prince thought for a while, nodded and said, "I happen to be a little tired, so I'll take a nap first." After saying that, he lay down.

At this moment, I was standing in the room with Wanxia in my arms and watching all this, when Chu Qingwu saw my incredible expression, he pulled me out of the room.

"Princess Meng, have you seen it..." Chu Qingwu smiled wryly, "The prince's memory will always stop at the moment before he knew Prince Cheng died in battle."

"How could this be..." I shook my head and asked in disbelief.

"I don't know either." Chu Qingwu said softly, "Not only did he fail to complete the task entrusted by the empress, but he also lost Muhai City. The crown prince fled back to Luoyang overnight, and the empress was seriously ill. Concubine Li sent Murong Ran Shu was executed, and he was also implicated. Then he knew that Prince Cheng was dead, and all the things hit him too hard. "

Chu Qingwu's words made me even more sad, but after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't think of what I could do for the prince, so I could only let out a long sigh.

At this time, Su Zimo pushed open the door, walked to me, and said to me: "It's getting late, Qigu should be back in the mansion, I'll take you back."