The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 319 Finale (I)

Seeing this, Emperor Liang De sneered: "Why are you panicking? Although I am extremely angry, I will not kill her."

His eyes passed Dou Ruyun, but did not fall on Xue Qingyin.

Emperor Liang De did not care, and continued: "You said this just because you are also angry."

"Qingyin, have you ever thought about what you would do if King Xuan really died?"

Xue Qingyin's eyes hurt.

She wanted to say that King Xuan would not die.

But this sounded like she was just trying to show off...

She pursed her lips coldly: "Of course, we should live well and let the bloodline of King Xuan ascend to the throne. King Xuan's son is also the descendant of Prince Zhang. This is what you least want to see, right? Then I will make it happen!"

The Black Armor Guard gritted his teeth and squeezed out a voice: "Yes... Even if we die, we will definitely ensure the safety of the princess and the heir, and they will ascend to the throne in the future."

The elite guards could not help but move closer to Emperor Liang De when they heard the voice, and said sternly: "How can the heaven tolerate a son killing his father to seize the throne?"

The Black Armor Guard sneered: "Didn't you hear clearly? King Xuan is not the emperor's biological son!"

The elite guards gritted their teeth: "So what? We only know that King Xuan was born in the palace and raised by the emperor. He has always enjoyed the title of prince!"

After a few days of stalemate, they finally took action.

Xue Qingyin's heart ached.

She really couldn't bear it...she couldn't bear to see the people around King Xuan get hurt and die.

At this moment, several figures were seen climbing down from the wall.

They were fearless and headed straight for Emperor Liang De who was surrounded by the elite guards.

Their body shapes and movements... resembled the guards, but they were not the guards.

They were supposed to be used to defeat King Xuan and his subordinates.

Emperor Liang De recognized them at a glance... These were the dark troops he had raised.

Why did they come to assassinate him today?

These... These idiots!

Emperor Liang De looked at Xue Qingyin who was firmly protected by Dou Ruyun and others.

It must be her handiwork.

"Don't be bloody." Dou Ruyun pushed Xue Qingyin into the sedan chair.

Thinking about lifting the person away first.

"Since you are in a desperate situation, you should abandon life and death!" The leader of the guards shouted, "Kill!"

Xue Qingyin heard the deafening shouts of killing, and her chest hurt a little, and her fingertips were numb, and her belly was a little tight.

She asked Dou Ruyun in a trembling voice: "Are these people guarding the emperor... powerful?"

Dou Ruyun knew what she was thinking and said: "Are you worried that we will lose?"

Xue Qingyin: "Well... Is it too late for you to go down the mountain to mobilize the Xuanwu Army?"

Dou Ruyun said in a deep voice: "We won't lose. Because the princess is sitting here... we will never lose even if we die."

In a sense, it's actually a good thing that Xue Qingyin is here.

She replaced the meaning of the backbone of King Xuan.

A burst of horse hooves suddenly approached.

Xue Qingyin is now very sensitive to this sound. She got out of the sedan chair: "... reinforcements?"

"No, it's not." Dou Ruyun said, squinting her eyes and staring at the figure walking over.

I don't know when it started snowing again.

It was all white, and staring at a figure for a long time would make your eyes hurt.

The figure was getting closer and closer.

Xue Qingyin finally saw it clearly first.

A man was riding alone on a horse, his hair was untied, his black hair was draped over his body, his armor was removed, and only a bloody shirt was left.

The horse neighed and stopped at the bottom of the steps.

He got off the horse, staggered towards Xue Qingyin, and stretched out his hand: "...Yinyin. Am I dreaming?"

Xue Qingyin's chest was choked, tears welled up in her eyes, and the breath in her throat made her feel very painful...

She opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.

She knew... No matter what, he would definitely come to see her.

"Your Highness is back!" Someone in the Xuanjia Guard shouted.

"Your Highness!"

Xue Qingyin went down the stairs without thinking.

"Don't move." King Xuan said, as if he was afraid that she didn't hear him, or that he was afraid that she would not listen, and murmured twice: "Don't move. ... Yinyin, don't move."

His eyebrows were covered with blood and snow.

He went up the stairs.

He walked towards her step by step.

Emperor Liang De stood among the guards, watching the stumbling steps of King Xuan.

In a trance, he seemed to remember that when he was a child, he first learned to walk in the Purple Palace, and he also walked towards him like this...

Now King Xuan walked towards his princess.

Finally, he stopped and took Xue Qingyin into his arms.

Carefully, he did not dare to hold her too tightly.

He just pressed his palm tightly on her back. It seemed that with such strength, he could confirm that this was not a dream.

"It's okay, it's okay Yinyin." He whispered.

It seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be coaxing her.

Xue Qingyin buried her face in his shoulder and was about to wipe her face, but was pushed away by King Xuan: "... Don't wipe it, it's dirty."

Xue Qingyin looked at his shoulder.

It was also soaked with blood.

"It's not my blood, it's someone else's." King Xuan whispered.

Xue Qingyin felt so uncomfortable that her head hurt a little, as if someone had drilled a needle into it.

She panted and couldn't make a sentence: "Do you think... I'm easy to fool? You..."

"Don't cry." King Xuan hugged her again, and the sound of weapons clanging in his ears was deafening. He just said to her in a gentle voice: "You are fine, so good."

"Such a bad lie... You also believe it?" Xue Qingyin leaned on his shoulder and cried twice.

"Even if there is a possibility... I dare not gamble."

"Fortunately...Fortunately you didn't think of me dying, and you and He Songning died together...Fortunately..." Fortunately, he had to come back to kill the emperor.

King Xuan let go of her and wiped her cheek.

But soon he realized that he was covered in blood and only made her face dirtier.

He quickly withdrew his hand, stood firm, and slowly turned to face Emperor Liang De.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Emperor Liang De shouted: "Stop it!"

The elite guards obeyed his orders instinctively, and stopped without thinking.

Now that the Xuanjia Guards had met their master, they naturally had to listen to their master's orders first.

Only the dark army continued to rush forward like a fool.

King Xuan grabbed a long spear and threw it forward.

The long spear pierced the wooden threshold, and the tail of the spear swayed, separating them from the emperor inside the door.

Emperor Liang De said to the guards calmly: "Let's go."

"Your Majesty?" They looked at him in disbelief.

"King Xuan is back alive, and I lost. Why do you have to put your lives on a losing bet?"

"Your Majesty, it is the duty of a minister to die for the king..."

"Do you also want to end up like the Duke of Zhao?"

After saying this, Emperor Liang De looked at King Xuan: "When did you know?"

"Very early." King Xuan said, lowered his head and coughed twice.

"How early?" Emperor Liang De asked again.

King Xuan just looked at him indifferently.

Emperor Liang De asked in a different way: "Eight years ago, when I rewarded you with a mansion, did you know?"

"..."

"Ten years ago, when I took you to the southeast, did you know?"

"..."

"Tell me! Do you know? Do you know!"

For some reason, Emperor Liang De lost his composure again.

"Aren't you going to kill me? Tell me. ... Then you can come and kill me. Come on. Come on!"

"If, I mean if... This lie will never be exposed in your lifetime. Will you still be my father and son?"

King Xuan said coldly: "Your Majesty should ask yourself this question."

"Ask yourself?" Emperor Liang De's eyes were dazed for a moment, "Yes. I am suspicious. Even if you don't know in your lifetime... In the end, you will just be killed by me in ignorance."

King Xuan pushed away the crowd and slowly walked towards Emperor Liang De with a sword.

Emperor Liang De's face did not change, and he didn't even look at the sword in his hand.

He asked: "Do you want to be the emperor?"

King Xuan replied: "Yes."

"Can you guarantee that you won't become like me?" Emperor Liang De was not sarcastic, he seemed to be really curious.

He couldn't figure out, what else could an emperor be like besides being like him, praised by court officials and the people, and feared by them...?

"Of course he won't." Xue Qingyin answered, "He inherited the bravery and fearlessness of the former Crown Princess and the benevolence and clearness of Prince Zhang."

Emperor Liang De showed anger on his face, drew his sword and strode towards Prince Xuan.

The faces of the Xuanjia Guards and others changed. Now His Royal Highness Xuan didn't look very good, how could he stop it...

Before they rushed forward--

The swords collided.

The figure of King Xuan shook, but his hand holding the hilt of the sword was steady and tough.

With a "swish" sound.

The tip of the sword pierced into Emperor Liang De's chest.

Emperor Liang De did not retreat but advanced, and the sword pierced deeper.

He grabbed the King Xuan's shoulders, blood oozed from his lips, and he said sternly: "Not only, not only. When you were young, I also taught you. I taught you to fight. You inherited their blood, so why didn't you inherit everything I taught you?"

"Their blood can last forever... yours won't." King Xuan retorted indifferently, then drew out his long sword and stabbed again.

There was more blood on Emperor Liang De's lips.

He whispered: "... How much do you hate me?"

"I have hated it for too long, I don't remember how much." King Xuan had no expression at all, "When you used Yinyin as a pawn to lure the Xu family into the trap, I hated it even more."

As he said this, he drew out his sword again.

Emperor Liang De's body swayed, but he still grabbed King Xuan's shoulders tightly, and he fell to the ground with King Xuan.

Emperor Liang De asked: "What's in the letter?"

He stared at Xue Qingyin: "What's in the letter? Tell me, tell me."

Xue Qingyin pursed her lips tightly. You see, you still care about it, you care about it to death, and you can't let it go.

Prince Xuan broke free from Emperor Liang De's hand and stood up slowly: "There is a letter that says that Prince Zhang is grateful for you defending the city for him, and he wants the Crown Princess to take good care of you for him first."

Emperor Liang De blinked gently.

He responded: "Oh."

He wanted to say, so what? Then I won't regret it. I can't regret it either. He has many, many things to say.

But in the end he couldn't make any more sounds.

He fell down and was silent.

Prince Xuan turned around and walked back to Xue Qingyin step by step.

Xue Qingyin held him and said anxiously: "Where is the imperial doctor, where is the imperial doctor?"

But Prince Xuan suddenly squatted down and touched her skirt, his voice hoarse and a little dazed: "Yinyin, why is the skirt wet?"

Xue Qingyin's mind exploded.

She trembled and said: "I... am I going to give birth?"