I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

After lightning and thunder for a long time, the heavy rain finally fell. Qin Yun sat alone in front of the window of Changchun Palace, staring blankly at the darkening sky, and called out: "Lu He, it's getting dark, hold the lamp in your palm."

She didn't hear Lu He's response, only a little palace maid timidly replied: "Taufei, Lu He is no longer in the palace, this servant is going to light the lamp."

Qin Yun came back to her senses and murmured: "Yes, Lu He is no longer in the palace..."

When the light came on, the little palace maid exited the door. Qin Yun stared out of the window again in a daze. She didn't turn her head when she heard the door again, until a deep male voice sounded behind her: "Toffee."

Qin Yun's body trembled slightly, she turned around slowly, looked at Chu Yuzhao standing in the middle of the room, and said lightly, "Your Majesty, you are here."

The wind and rain were whistling outside the window, and the rain and mist rushed in from the open window lattice, splashing on his body, carrying the coldness of late autumn, Chu Yuzhao sat down at the Eight Immortals Table, looked at Qin Yun quietly, without saying a word.

Qin Yun walked to the table, picked up the teapot and poured two cups of tea, one cup was placed in front of Chu Yuzhao, while she sat down opposite Chu Yuzhao with the other cup.

"I remember that many years ago, it was also such a thunderstorm night. The side hall where I lived leaked rain. All the basins were used, but they still couldn't be connected. The mattresses were all wet and we couldn't sleep. We Sitting at the table in the same way, listening to the sound of rain, waiting for the dawn."

Chu Yuzhao spoke suddenly, and the light shone on his jade-like side face, with a little melancholy.

Qin Yun was also caught in the memory, with a faint smile on her pale face: "At that time, meals were often skipped and served cold in our hands, so we secretly built a stove and a small kitchen in the backyard. You can also eat hot soup and rice during the day.”

"Sister Yun, I seldom say those words of gratitude to you. It's because I feel that you don't need to say something, and you understand it in your heart. But I still want to say, thanks to your care for me in those years, I can be safe Live till now." Chu Yuzhao put his hands on the table, staring at Qin Yun with his dark eyes: "Sister Yun, thank you."

A gleam of water suddenly flashed in Qin Yun's eyes, and she turned her head to look aside: "You are my younger brother, the only bloodline of my aunt, and my responsibility is to enter the palace and take good care of you. What's more, you can get to this point, In fact, it’s all up to you, and I’m useless, just accompanying you to suffer.”

Chu Yuzhao still looked at her without blinking, and said: "Sister Yun, I don't want you to spend your whole life in the palace, wasting away your years. I can send you out of the palace to live the life you want to live."

Qin Yun moved her finger on the table, she took a few deep breaths, and then said in a calm tone: "This is the life I want, peaceful and happy, and don't have to worry about those mundane things. Anyway, everything is up to Your Majesty."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Chu Yuzhao's eyes, and the light dimmed instantly. He lowered his head in silence for a moment, and finally raised his hand to take out something from his arms, put it on the table, and slowly pushed it in front of Qin Yun.

It was Zhang Supa, with a pentagon embroidered with flat gold thread at one corner, shining golden streamer under the light.

When Qin Yun saw the veil, she didn't show any surprise, nor did she ask any questions. She just stretched out her fingers and stroked the pentagon lightly.

"Sister Yun, what are you doing all this for?" Chu Yuzhao asked hoarsely.

"Why, why..." After Qin Yun murmured several times, a sad smile appeared on her face, and then tears poured out of her eyes.

She covered her face with her hands, tears spilled from her fingers, and her thin shoulders trembled.After a while, he raised his head and said in a trembling voice, "Because I hate you, your father, and your mother."

Chu Yuzhao opened his mouth, but his throat was so dry that he couldn't make a sound.

Qin Yun stared at the candles on the table with tears all over her face, and said: "The night before, my mother said she would take me to a temple outside the city to offer incense, but my father called me into the study the next day and asked me to come into the palace to take care of her." You. I was only 15 years old at the time, and I have been imprisoned in the palace wall since then, and later became a concubine of your father."

"Why do I have to sacrifice myself, just for you, for your mother, and to keep my family's power and wealth. Why?" Qin Yun's lips trembled: "I also have my own dreams and people I like, but all I have All my dreams were ruined in the palace, in the hands of your family."

She looked at Chu Yuzhao, with resentment no longer concealed in her eyes, and said word by word: "My dear brother, do you know? Although I took care of you at that time, I often wanted to poison your meals, or At night, I set the side hall on fire, and everyone is done. You are the ones who killed me, my whole life, my whole life!"

The words behind her were almost shouted out, and every word she uttered was like a sharp sword piercing into Chu Yuzhao's chest, and then pulling it out fiercely, turning up the bright red flesh and blood.

Chu Yuzhao's face showed pain, and red threads appeared in his eyes: "Actually, I know it all, so after I got the throne, I immediately asked you if you want to leave the palace and live the life you want, but why didn't you leave then? Why don't you leave?"

"Why don't you leave..." Qin Yun was stunned, and after a while, a strange expression appeared on his face, "Maybe I'm not reconciled. I'm not reconciled that these years are gone like this, I'm not reconciled..."

"So, so you want to kill me and replace me?" Chu Yuzhao asked hoarsely.

After a moment of silence, Qin Yun spit out two words: "Yes."

"But even if you kill me, it's not your turn to take this position. You should be very clear in your heart."

Qin Yun smiled sadly and said, "If you don't try, who will know?"

"Do you really hate me that much?"

Qin Yun's hand covered by her sleeve was trembling all the time, and her fingernails sank deep into her palm. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and said in a hoarse voice, "Yes."

A flash of lightning flashed across the night sky, followed by muffled thunder, as if it was exploding right above his head. Chu Yuzhao didn't ask any more questions. There were some things that he didn't need to ask any more. He just stood up silently and walked towards the gate of the palace.

His steps were slow, but his figure was straight, like a pine on the top of a mountain, no wind or snow could knock him down.

"Yu Zhao, I usually go to the east and west camps more often, and also pay attention to the movements of those vassal kings. The weather is cold, so wear more clothes, and be careful of old injuries on your body. Sister Yun will not be able to accompany you to endure hardships in the future. I hope that it will be the end of suffering, and there will be no more suffering.”

Qin Yun's desolate voice came from behind, using the address he used when he was young. He didn't look back, but paused slightly.

Just when his fingers were on the door frame, there was a loud sound of the chair tipping over, accompanied by the sound of the tea cup breaking.

Chu Yuzhao turned his head suddenly, and saw Qin Yun lying on the ground, with the lid of the teacup beside him still spinning.

He rushed over and squatted down, hugged Qin Yun in his arms, and saw that her face was as pale as paper, and black blood was slowly dripping from the corner of her mouth.

Chu Yuzhao was about to call someone, but Qin Yun stopped him at this moment: "Don't call someone, it's too late, I took the medicine before..."

Chu Yuzhao picked up her wrist and put it on her pulse, his expression changed, and he asked quickly, "Have you taken Pluto powder?"

"Yes, there is no cure for Pluto powder, so...so don't call me..."

A stream of black blood gushed out from the corner of Qin Yun's mouth. Chu Yuzhao wiped it with his palm tremblingly, but Qin Yun raised his wrist and grabbed it.

"Yu Zhao, Yu Zhao, forgive my sister, forgive... my sister..." She looked back and forth eagerly on Chu Yuzhao's face, and said vaguely.

Chu Yuzhao's throat trembled and his voice was hoarse: "Why are you so stupid, why are you so stupid, I will let you go, why are you so stupid..."

"Sister knows, knows Yu Zhao, and has always been the softest..." Qin Yun spat out blood, and stretched out her hand to caress Chu Yuzhao's face.

Chu Yuzhao took her hand and stuck it to his face, a tear overflowed his eyes.

"I don't actually hate you, Yu Zhao, my sister doesn't hate you, I don't hate you, forgive me..."

Chu Yuzhao choked up and said: "I know, I know, Sister Yun, I don't believe that you did it, I don't believe..."

"Sister, I'm sorry for leaving you alone. From now on, take care of yourself more. You must be wary of others and be careful... Luo Bai, Luo Bai's child is very good, just let him, let him accompany you .”

"I know, I understand." Chu Yuzhao clenched his teeth, two veins bulged out on his neck due to restraint.

Qin Yun turned her head with difficulty, facing the closed palace door, as if she was expecting to see someone.She stared at that place for a long time, her gaze gradually lost, and she murmured.Chu Yuzhao endured his grief and listened carefully, and heard her humming a song.

"On the pear tree...the pear blossoms are blooming, holding the flower branches...waiting for Lang to come..."

Qin Yun's voice became smaller and smaller, but a smile appeared on her blood-stained face.The singing finally stopped, and the light in her eyes also disappeared. She lay silently in Chu Yuzhao's arms, with only a strand of hair beside her cheek fluttering slightly with the wind blowing in from the window.

Listening to the sound of wind and rain outside the window, Luo Bai was sitting in front of the desk and drawing a picture. With a secret thought, he wanted to draw a little leopard and give it to Chu Yuzhao.

After hearing what Hong Si said just now, the elder brother asked him to stay in the house and return as soon as he went.Luo Bai saw that his expression was calm, so he didn't think too much about it, he responded, and began to lay out paper and draw a little leopard.

The door of the palace was suddenly knocked open at this moment, and a gust of wind blew in, almost blowing out the candles on the table.Luo Bai looked towards the door and saw Chu Yuzhao standing at the door.

"elder brother."

He put down his pen and shouted happily, but found that something was wrong with Chu Yuzhao.His black hair hung wetly on his cheeks, his face was covered with rain, and he was so pale that there was no trace of blood.

Luo Bai ran up quickly and reached out to hold Chu Yuzhao's arm. The place where he touched was wet and cold, and his clothes were actually covered with rainwater.

"Brother, what's the matter with you? Did you go to the rain?"

Chu Yuzhao stared straight ahead, holding a blood-stained handkerchief in his hand, turned a deaf ear to Luo Bai's voice, and kept trembling.Luo Bai had seen him like this before, in the ear room of Chu Yuce's tomb, he was talking about the past over and over again, at that time it was the same as now, looking extremely painful and fragile.

Luo Bai didn't know what happened again, and anxiously caressed his cheeks with both hands, but it felt like a wet ice cube was pressed, and there was no warmth in the tentacles.

"Brother, brother." He was anxious but at a loss, he could only call Chu Yuzhao over and over again, put his arms around his shoulders tightly, tiptoe to touch his face, as if he wanted to embed himself in his arms to keep him warm.

At this time, Eunuch Cheng also chased him in, holding dry clothes and wanting to put them on Chu Yuzhao's body, but before he got close, Chu Yuzhao's bloodshot eyes stared at him, his eyes were frantic, and he also said that strangers should not approach him. It seemed that if he took a step closer, he would tear him to pieces.

Eunuch Cheng knew that Chu Yuzhao's mind was a little unclear at this time, and he didn't dare to approach him any further, so he could only resist strong pressure and said: "Mr. Luo, quickly change your majesty's wet clothes, this old servant will retreat first."

After Luo Bai nodded, he quickly exited the door.

"Brother, let's go to bed, it's too cold here."

Luo Bai carefully led Chu Yuzhao to the bedside, and there was no resistance. Chu Yuzhao let him lead him to the bedside, stripped off his wet shirt, took away the handkerchief in his hand, and pressed Lie down on the bed.

Luo Bai pulled off the whole quilt and covered Chu Yuzhao's body. Seeing that he was still shaking and his teeth were chattering, he also took off his shoes and went to bed, got under the quilt, and hugged his waist tightly.

"Is it cold? It's not cold, it won't be cold soon, be good, it's not cold anymore, pretty baby, I'm here, I'll be warm soon."

Luo Bai's body was soft and warm, Chu Yuzhao buried his face in his arms, wrapped his hands around his narrow waist, breathed in the familiar smell, like a scarred beast, after going through the wind and snow, finally returned to Let him feel at ease in the lair, relax his tense body and emotions, and let out a suppressed and low cry.

Luo Bai's heart ached terribly, while patting his broad shoulders lightly, while coaxing him, tears also fell down his face.

"I'm here, I'm here, don't be sad, I'll be with you, sweetheart, sweetheart..."

Luo Bai's gentle voice seemed to have a soothing magic power. Lying in his arms, Chu Yuzhao finally stopped trembling, and gradually calmed down.

Luo Bai still hugged his upper body and swayed gently, patted his broad shoulders, felt everything quiet after a while, then looked at his face, and found that although he was still frowning, he had already fallen into a deep sleep.

The sound of wind and rain outside the house became more and more intense, and the sound of branches breaking could be heard in the distance. Luo Bai just put his arms around Chu Yuzhao, put his chin on the top of his head, and stared blankly at the candlelight on the table.

Eunuch Cheng came in with a bowl of calming soup. After seeing this scene, he rubbed his moist eye sockets, closed the door and backed out.