Your Highness - Blooming

Lie was sitting at the dining table waiting for someone, and the butler was standing aside anxiously wiping his sweat with his sleeves. After a while, there was a burst of small footsteps outside the door, "The young master said that he has a bad appetite today, so he won't come to accompany him." The general has eaten..." the servant girl reported tremblingly.

After hearing this, Lie slowly picked up the spoon, and the maid beside him immediately stepped forward to serve him with vegetables, "Huh..." He scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it in his mouth, breathed out the heat and didn't drink it, "Mr. What are you doing?" He poured the soup back into the bowl and turned to ask the maid who was still standing at the door.

"Master had a bowl of almond porridge in the morning and ate a few pieces of snacks..." the servant girl replied cautiously, and inadvertently raised her head to see Lie staring at herself with a gloomy face and frowning. She was so frightened that she immediately fell to her knees and hurriedly reported: " The young master has calmed down in recent days, and he is willing to go to the garden with the servants to relax. Today...today, the servants were asked to find the crutches that His Majesty bestowed many years ago, saying that they would try to restore the strength of their legs..."

"If I don't ask today, you won't report it?!" Lie suddenly stood up, slammed the porcelain spoon in his hand on the table, and yelled loudly.The servant girl was so frightened that her whole body trembled, she fell on the ground and did not dare to make a sound.

"I ordered her not to talk about it!" At some point, Zhu'er leaned against the door, leaning on the wooden wheelchair.

For a while the hall was quiet and strange, Lie drove away a group of servants and looked at Zhu'er in a daze, he just lowered his head and hugged the little milk dog to tease.After a long time, the dog jumped to the ground and ran out to play. "I am also a human being, not a bird in the general's cage! Why do you have to bother the general to send some servants to watch me all the time?" Zhu'er took out the handkerchief in her arms and wiped her hands carefully, then looked up at Lie Mian He asked each word with no expression, and when he finished speaking, the right corner of his mouth slowly curled up to reveal a wicked smile.

Lie felt goose bumps all over his body, and couldn't help shaking his head.His Soo-er was never like this before!In the past, no matter what small moves he made, Lie could read his mind.But now the person leaning in front of the door—he is different, he seems to be far away from him, so far away that people can't see his face clearly.

Lie calmed down and walked slowly to Zhu'er, lightly held Zhu'er's shoulders, stared at his eyes and said to him: "How could I treat you as a plaything? I'm just worried about you..." Lie hadn't finished speaking yet .

Zhu'er moved away calmly and smiled lightly: "Oh...worry about me? I'm worried that I know too much. If it gets out from my mouth, it may be harmful to His Majesty?!" Zhu'er sat down slowly with the help of the wheelchair , took out a handkerchief and gently wiped off the dust that did not exist on his shoulders. "General, don't worry! I, who is half buried in the loess, will not dare to expose the current Holy Majesty at the risk of the world's disgrace!"

"Well, where did you start with this? How could I be on guard against you..." Lie was stunned by Zhu'er's words.

"General, there is a message from the palace that the general is urgently summoned..." The guard hurried in from the door to report.At this moment, the Holy King summoned him, and Lie turned his head to look at Zhu'er. There was no wave in his eyes, and he looked indifferent.Lie knelt down and put his hands lightly on his knees and looked up to meet his eyes, "I just say 'wait for me, trust me!' okay?"

Zhu'er looked at the person in front of her, no matter how much she wanted to say in her heart, she didn't want to express it, she just said calmly: "Go, don't keep His Majesty waiting!" Then she turned the wheelchair and went to the back hall.

Xuanhe Hall

The holy king still guarded the couch, and the people on the couch did not wake up.

"Your Majesty." Lie bowed his head and called out.

"You've seen him already, haven't you?" The Holy King's tone could not hear any anger.

"Yes."

"Why didn't you report it?" The Holy King turned his head and stared straight at Lie, his eyes became scarlet and ferocious because of crying for too long.

"..." Lie stopped answering.

"You bastard!" The Holy King couldn't bear it any longer, he slapped the edge of the table viciously, picked up a small incense burner and threw it towards Lie, it happened to roll to Lie's feet. "General Lie! You are really ruthless now, are you getting bolder?!" The Holy King got up and walked to Lie's side, grabbing Lie's collar and forcing him to look at him. "Don't forget, who will be promoted to the general position that you can rest easy on now!"

Lie already knew that the moment when those scarlet eyes were expected to look at him, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Heh... I don't dare to forget!" Lie chuckled, stretched out his hand and opened the fingers of the Holy King.

He raised his head and looked at the Holy King, "I don't even dare to forget who gave Zhu'er's legs!"

"Presumptuous!" The Holy King raised his hand to slap Lie, but Lie Yi grasped it in the next second.

"Did Your Majesty forget?" Lie waved down the Holy King's hand and said slowly, "Zhu'er! Emperor Xuan Xuan! Empress Xuan! Concubine Qi! First Prince! Seventh Princess! Thirteenth Prince! Many concubines in the harem, Princes, eunuchs, palace maids... There are hundreds of poor beggars in the imperial city, and more than a thousand people are scattered in the mass graves! Which one is not thanks to you?! And the person lying on that couch now... ..."

"Shut up!" The Holy King slapped Lie's cheek in anger, and immediately a fiery mark appeared on Lie's face, and a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth. "Are you really tired of living?!"

"Hahahahaha! Yes! I'm tired of working!" Lie Fuxie wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, raised his head and laughed loudly: "You think I'm willing to be your executioner? Willing to kill for you? You have no conscience, Concubine Yu The empress (Hao Wang's biological mother) will not let go, so why did she ever think about letting me go? Let Zhu'er go? Let sir..."

"Shut up! Shut up for me! Shut up!" The Holy King grabbed Lie by the neck and slammed him against the wall, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"Cough...I, I advise you to kill me now, otherwise, cough...or you will regret it in the future!" Lie saw that his murderous intention had already started, so he stopped struggling, wishing he could find relief at this moment.

"Want to die? Heh... this king will fulfill you now!" The holy king let go of Lie's neck, turned around and drew out a sword in front of the case to stab him.

The Holy King has indeed improved a lot in martial arts over the years. Lie was so pinched that he could no longer breathe. The moment the Holy King let go, Lie slid along the wall and half knelt on the ground. He suddenly looked up and saw the Holy King stabbing himself with a sword. In an instant, Zhu'er's tearful face appeared in Lie's mind, and he remembered the promise he had made to him, "From now on, I will be your leg!" '

"Holy Son..." At some point, Nan who was lying on the couch had already woken up. He supported his upper body with difficulty, leaned against the pillow and softly called out to the Holy King.

Hearing Nan's call, Sheng Wang suddenly woke up, and the sword deflected and pierced Lie's shoulder.Looking back to the south, the moment the four eyes met, the holy king almost fell to his knees and crawled to the bed.

"Xian! Xian, it's me, I'm here, I'm Sheng'er!" Seeing Nan waking up, Sheng Wang excitedly called himself 'I' again.Holding Nan's thin hands, looking at his eyes, tears welled up again.Sheng Wang gently wrapped his arms around Nan's waist, hugged him, buried his head on his neck and shoulders and sobbed, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I made you suffer!"

Nan Ren was embraced by the Holy King, but he never responded.He had already come to his senses when the Holy King summoned Lie to the palace to meet him, but he couldn't believe that the person in front of him had done these outrageous things in order to fight for the throne, he couldn't face the reality, and couldn't bear to open his eyes.It was only after hearing the dispute between the Holy King and Lie that he realized that all of this was true and had actually happened.Until he drew his sword to kill Lie, he finally couldn't bear to stop him.

Lie, who was still kneeling on the ground in the distance, saw that Nan had woken up, so he pulled out the long sword on his shoulder, knelt down with difficulty and called out: "Sir."

Nan looked at him and nodded slightly, signaling him to leave.Hearing the noise, the Holy King turned his head and saw Lie was still kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, and shouted loudly: "Get out!"

After Lie left the dormitory, Nan slowly pushed the Holy King away, put his hands on his shoulders and asked slowly, "Sheng'er, did you really...really do these things?"

Sheng Wang lowered his head and sobbed silently, never daring to look up into Nan's eyes, and it took him a long time to say a word. "I did!"

Nan heard the answer he was most unwilling to hear in his life, his hands slipped from the shoulders of the Holy King, he clutched his sleeves tightly, his nails pierced through the clothes into his palms, and it hurt so much, big tears slid down his cheeks However, it smacked on the arm of the Holy King. "Why? Why is this?" Nan couldn't believe it. He grabbed the arm of the Holy King with both hands and asked him, "Is it because of the supreme throne? You... Poof..." Nan gasped out a mouthful of blood.

"Xian!" Sheng Wang hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and wiped the blood from the corner of Nan's mouth, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't get angry..."

"Get out!" Nan pushed the holy king away, "Nie Yi! When did I teach you such a rebellious son? Killing the father and killing the king! How can you do it? You...you...cough, cough, cough, puff... ..." Nan Yue became more and more excited, and coughed up two mouthfuls of blood.

Being pushed by Nan, the Holy King staggered and knelt down on the edge of the collapse. Seeing Nan coughing up blood excitedly, he said with great heartache, "Xian, I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong, don't get excited, okay? I'll go, right away." Just go..." The Holy King got up and left Xuanhe Hall in a state of embarrassment.

Nan watched the person in front of him run away in desperation, his heart ached like being torn apart by the monster of Wanyao Lake, sweat mixed with tears flowed down bit by bit, Nan covered his chest in pain and couldn't breathe, hunched over, his eyes suddenly Light and dark, his hands lost strength and he fell on the couch.

"Axian, come and play a game of chess with me!" Emperor Xuanxuan sat in the main hall as if he was in the early court, surrounded by civil and military officials, Nan didn't understand why Emperor Xuanxuan called him to play chess at this time.He took a step forward, and all the surrounding scenes disappeared immediately, and turned into the newly established Imperial College, "Ah Xian, look, this king made this specially for you! In the future, you will teach me here. Sons!" Nan turned his head to talk to Emperor Xuanxuan.The surrounding scene changed again, this time in a dark dungeon, with mice running around from time to time, "Axian, I believe that you will not harm me, but I also want you to give civil and military officials a Confess!" Nan knelt in the dungeon, raised his head and looked at Emperor Xuan Xuan again.The surrounding scene changed again, this time he saw his dragon tail soaking in the Tianchi, his upper body was bare, his arms resting on the edge of the Tianchi platform, he looked up and saw a figure slowly walking towards him, he did not leave for a long time Being close to him is like walking in place. "Axian, this king is gone! Take care!" Nan watched the figure gradually become blurred, and couldn't help calling loudly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty..."

Nan woke up from the dream and saw that he was holding the left hand of the Holy King tightly with both hands. His eyes were red and he was staring at Nan's cheek. His eyes seemed to be surprised and hated.Nan slowly let go of his hands, and stood up with difficulty. The Holy King wanted to reach out to help, but he hesitated to put down his hands. The spoon scooped up the decoction and blew it to Nan's mouth. "Drink the medicine."

Nan didn't open his mouth, and stared at him viciously. The person in front of him was not the boy he was back then. He was a murderous maniac, and everyone could punish him. "Get out!" Nan reached out and grabbed the medicine bowl and threw it on Shengwang's face. The porcelain bowl collided with his golden mask and broke immediately. The fragments scratched Shengwang's cheek, and bright red blood slowly seeped out.Nan couldn't help but feel distressed, knowing that this behavior was too reckless.

The holy king was stunned for a while and didn't react. Tears mixed with medicine slid across the wound, soaking in pain. He reached out to wipe the stains on his face, which made the wound on his cheek bleed much faster.He knelt down to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, the sharp porcelain pieces scratched his fingers again, he no longer cared about those, wrapped the broken pieces in his clothes and walked out of Xuanhe Hall slowly.There were four beeps from the bell tower, and Nan finally realized that it was already the fourth watch.

After that, the Holy King sent two court ladies to guard Nan day and night, but he himself did not appear in the Xuanhe Hall for four or five days. He seemed to hide from Nan intentionally.

General House

Lie was seriously injured, the sword was pulled out by himself and thrown in the Hall of Xuanhe, blood flowed profusely from his shoulder, and it was already [-]:[-] when he stumbled back to the General's Mansion from Liuyu Gate, he had expected that Zhu'er would never come back. Waiting at the gate of the general's mansion, the housekeeper panicked when he saw the general was injured, ordered the doorman to carry Lie into the bedroom and called two maidservants to serve him.

"Uncle Wang, you don't need to tell Zhu'er what happened today." Lie instructed the butler.

The butler didn't dare to say anything, so he had to order his servants to clean the courtyard quickly, and went out to invite the doctor himself.

At four o'clock at four o'clock, Zhu'er came back from the street after listening to the storybook, and happened to meet the servants sweeping the courtyard, so she asked casually, "Why are you so busy today? Could it be that there will be a distinguished guest tomorrow?" The servants naturally dare not tell the truth , I have to answer yes. "It seems that I can't go out to listen to books tomorrow, I still want to hear tomorrow's talk." Zhu'er turned her head and chatted with the maidservant, "If you want to hear it, my lord, please invite the storyteller to come to the house some other day. "The maid replied, pushing the wheelchair to send Zhu'er to the side hall. "That's not necessary. I just stayed in this mansion for too long and wanted to go for a stroll. Do you remember the restaurant today? Let's go there in a few days." A branch of wintersweet was picked from the branch and inserted in front of the skirt. "Of course I remember, it's called Tongzhai Inn." The maid stopped in front of the wintersweet tree, tiptoed to pick a few lush branches of wintersweet blooming on the top of the tree, and handed it to Zhu'er.

When it was about to transfer to the side hall, the butler brought the doctor back in a hurry, and Zhu'er took a careful look.

At that time, Zhu'er walked quietly to the corridor with a cane, and it was very difficult for Zhu'er to walk with only a few twists and turns.

"Dong dong dong, dong dong dong." Knocked on the door twice, but Lie didn't respond, Zhu'er thought he was asleep, turned around and was about to leave when the door opened.Lie put on a big cloak to wrap himself tightly, opened the door and saw Zhu'er standing at the door, he couldn't help being a little surprised.Opened the mouth and said: "It's so late, why are you here?" Turning to let Zhu'er walk into the room, "It's freezing cold, and the road is icy and slippery at night, why did you come here alone?" Lie poked his head and looked out the door , really didn't even have a follower.In such a cold day, I don't know how long he walked by himself.He took off his cloak and put it on Zhu'er, then turned around to get his robe.Seeing how difficult it was for him to put on the cloak just now, Zhu'er was even more convinced of his guess. After he turned around, Zhu'er saw blood oozing from his shoulder.

"You're hurt!" Zhu'er stared closely at his shoulder.

"Where there is any injury, I just listen to the nonsense of the servants. It has never happened." Lie put on his robe and lit the main lamp.Going to Zhu'er, helping him to sit on the round stool by the table, and pouring a cup of warm tea for Zhu'er with the pot.

"I just saw blood oozing from your shoulder by the moonlight." Zhu'er picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put down the teacup and wanted to put her hand in her pocket.

"Hands are so cold." Lie took the opportunity to hold Zhu'er's hands, and sighed at his slender hands.

For 22 years, they have lived under the same roof, but they have never lived in such harmony as tonight.

Without asking, Zhu'er knew why the injury came from. Seeing that he was only wearing a coat and shivering from the cold, she couldn't bear it, so she stood up with the help of a cane and wanted to go back to her room.

"Zhu'er, can you stay with me tonight?" Seeing that he was going to leave, Lie could not help being a little anxious.Now it was midnight, the servants had naturally rested, it would be inconvenient for him to walk back alone at this time, and his shoulder was injured, and it was even more difficult for him to carry him back. "I have a lot to say to you, would you like to stay with me?"

Helping Zhu'er to sit in front of the bed, he knelt down and helped Zhu'er take off his boots with one hand. Seeing that there was thick snow on his coat and around his legs, he must have fallen when he came over.After waiting for Zhu'er to lie down, Lie folded his clothes and lay next to Zhu'er, smelling the faint scent of Zhu'er's body, Lie felt a lot more at ease.

"Cover the quilt, I can't use so much by myself." Zhu'er turned her head and stared at Lie's shoulder, feeling a little worried. "I don't sleep well at night, I'm afraid I'll touch your wound."

"It's okay!" Lie pulled a corner of the quilt over his body, and turned his head to look at Zhu'er. "Do you know? The moment the holy king's sword stabbed at me today, I was all about you!" Lie stared closely at Zhu'er's eyes, and his face was flushed red after saying this.Seeing that Zhu'er hadn't replied to him for a long time, she felt a little embarrassed, so she stood up and looked at him closer.

It was the first time that Zhu'er was so close to Lie, his breath was hot, and it was warm on his face, so he blushed and smiled and asked, "Can I think you are confessing to me?"

Lie saw that Zhu'er's long eyelashes were covered with fine fluffy snow, and as the room temperature rose, the snow slowly turned into water droplets. Lie couldn't help reaching out to help Zhu'er clean it up, and gently touched it with his fingertips. Seeing Zhu'er's eyelashes, Zhu'er closed her eyes sensitively, and as a result, all the drops of water ran to the lower eyelid.

"Is there anything on my eyes?" Zhu'er blinked her big eyes and looked at Lie and asked.

"Uh... yes." Lie grabbed Zhu'er's hand that was reaching up to wipe his eyes, and said, "Don't move, I'll help you."

Zhu'er put down her hands and obediently closed her eyes and waited for Lie to help. Lie felt his heartbeat speed up several times, thumping non-stop, and there was always a villain in his mind saying to him: "Kiss him! Hurry up! Kiss him!" Lie down immediately after finishing, and you won’t be caught.” He pursed his lips and lowered his head, “Bo.” Then, like a child who has done something bad and is about to be caught by his mother, he immediately got into bed and slept, no longer speech.