sick man

Yuanxi still remembers how she spent the night of the emperor's wedding.

He stood outside Li Chengyan's bedroom, hugging his knees and watching the fireworks exploding in the sky.There are colorful clusters, like gorgeous flowers blooming everywhere in early spring.

Beside him was a red paper lantern with big happy characters pasted on the paper, and the candle inside was also red, and occasionally the orange flame jumped a few times, making a small pop or two.It's already autumn weather, but there are still many moths fluttering around the lanterns.

Yuan Xi waved them away tirelessly, but one or two always slipped into the lantern and burned to death after a while.

Yuan Xi didn't understand, why did he bump into him when he knew he was going to die?Don't you feel pain when the fire burns on your body?

As he thought about it, he stretched out his index finger out of nowhere, paused on the fire, and then retracted it abruptly.

It hurts!

The pain of scratching his heart and liver in a hurry, the pain made him cry, why can't that person feel it?

Yuan Xi simply buried his head in his knees. He closed the thick red curtains in the inner room with his own hands, and he also closed the door of the outer hall tightly, so as not to let out any sound that he should not have heard.

But he still felt that he heard, very low, very light, very suppressed whimpering, and panting/breathing.

From now on, he will be able to see Su Hongrui every day, but he will not be happy at all.

He had an ominous premonition that something bad would happen.

I hope that I am worrying unnecessarily...

Unlike the former emperor who advocated rule by doing nothing, Li Chengyan is a very diligent and self-disciplined king. Even if he is newly married, he still goes to court on time on the second day at the turn of Yin and Mao.Yuan Xi led a row of maids in to wait for him to get up and change his clothes. Li Chengyan sat on the edge of the bed, the curtains behind him were closed together, so he couldn't see what was going on inside.Yuan Xi only saw the wedding clothes piled up randomly on the ground in front of the bed, and the maids also saw them, they blushed and picked them up and folded them, and also cleaned up the wine glasses and jugs scattered on the ground.Li Chengyan put on his dragon robe and straightened his crown in front of the bronze mirror. Yuan Xi bent over halfway, and helped him straighten the folds on his belt and clothes.

In fact, from today onwards, Yuan Xi shouldn't be doing this kind of thing.Now that the emperor has a queen, his daily necessities should be taken care of by the queen, but Yuan Xi didn't see Su Hongrui who was supposed to wake up with Li Chengyan.

When going out behind Li Chengyan, Yuan Xi couldn't help taking a peek at the bed. The not-so-thick bed curtain, reflected by the night pearl and the candlelight, vaguely reveals the outline of a human lying on its side.

There is also only one outline.

When Li Chengyan came back from court, Su Hongrui got up for a while.

He sat on the recliner in the corridor, holding a book of war in his hand and read it intently. It wasn't until Li Chengyan approached that the sunlight cast his shadow on the table next to the recliner where the tea bowls were placed, and Su Hongrui didn't notice it.

"His Majesty……"

The moment he looked up and saw Li Chengyan, his face turned red, with a light layer of pink, mixed with embarrassment and annoyance.

"Sorry, I overslept."

Li Chengyan's indifferent face was like breaking ice, with a cracked smile, and a gentle halo was also covered in the eyes looking at Su Hongrui.

"No problem."

He put his arms around Su Hongrui's waist and brought him into his arms. At some point, Li Chengyan had already grown as tall as Su Hongrui. When they first met, he only reached Su Hongrui's ear.

Su Hongrui was in a trance, only felt his ears heat up, and Li Chengyan came in with a deep, magnetic voice.

"I should be the one who said I'm sorry. I made brother Su tired last night."

Speaking of last night, Su Hongrui was still a little apprehensive.

His father and father taught him since he was a child that he was born as a general, that he must work hard and self-motivate, and take it as his duty to defend the territory of the imperial city.You must not be greedy for comfort, indulge in extravagance and enjoyment, let alone linger in the flowers and regard feelings as trifling games.

Over the years, he has always kept in mind the teachings of his parents, studied and practiced martial arts, and did not dare to be lazy in the slightest.Every time he returned home from the military camp, he also helped his father to raise the younger brother in the family. As a result, Su Hongrui had not married yet after the crowning ceremony, and had no way of knowing about love/love.

On the eve of the wedding, Li Chengyan's father went to the room to chat with him, vaguely mentioned this matter, and handed him a box of ointment with a blushing face.

"Hongrui, since you are married to the emperor, you naturally have everything you need, and daddy doesn't know what to give you. But you must keep this box of ointment. Your majesty is the son of heaven, and he is used to being served by others. Maybe they won't be so considerate for you. At that time...you must learn to protect yourself. "

At that time, Su Hongrui didn't understand what he meant, nor did he know the usefulness of the balm, but after last night, he finally understood.

However, the box of balm that he put beside his pillow still didn't come in handy.Li Chengyan, who was drunk, deviated from his usual gentle and polite manner, like a beast that had been hungry for a long time, screaming and almost tore him apart.

When he regained consciousness, it was already daylight, but the hard/to/open/tooth spot on his body was still in pain, and blood oozes out when he moves a little.

He knew that he was injured, and the injury was not serious. When he got off the ground, his feet were weak, and every step he took pulled the wound, and a thick layer of cold sweat broke out from his body.He didn't feel better until after taking a bath and applying the medicine given by his father.

Dad said, the first time will be very painful.

Su Hongrui took this bone-piercing pain for granted and didn't think about it any more.

So when he saw Lee Seung-yeon's apologetic eyes, he felt even more relieved, shook his head and said,

"I'm fine now, thank you Your Majesty for your concern."

"Hong Rui, in front of me from now on, you are not allowed to call yourself a minister, and you are not allowed to call me Your Majesty."

Seemingly dissatisfied with Su Hongrui's polite address, Li Chengyan ordered with a frown.

Su Hongrui was stunned, the person who was still crying for Xue Xiaoyun last night, now showed him a gentle and seductive smile, he almost couldn't tell which one was the real Li Chengyan.

But there was still a little joy in his heart,

"I remember, Chengyan."

Li Chengyan touched his face in satisfaction, deepening that smile,

"good."

good?

When Yuan Xi, who was standing behind the pillar in front of the porch, heard that word, his heart sank.

Every time Young Master Xue got awkward, Li Chengyan coaxed him like this, just like coaxing a child.

But Xue Xiaoyun is no longer there, and the one standing in front of him is obviously Su Hongrui...

"Eunuch, Eunuch Yuan!"

Yuan Xi was immersed in his own thoughts, and he didn't notice that Li Chengyan had already brought Su Hongrui into the main hall, and the little maid who was standing at the bottom of the steps woke him up softly, so he had time to trot all the way to catch up.

Fortunately, Li Chengyan didn't notice it. After having breakfast with Su Hongrui, the two went for a walk in the imperial garden together.

It was the time when the sun was rising, and the blue sky was sparsely dotted with clouds, and the soft outline was inlaid with golden light, revealing a warm feeling.It was early autumn, and the mirabilis, hibiscus, zinnias, and asters in the garden were all in bloom, and a string of flame-like red was visible everywhere.Li Chengyan and Su Hongrui picked up a stone table deep in the flowers and sat down. They talked face to face and smiled at each other from time to time.Yuan Xi stood guard at the intersection, only to see that their faces facing each other were softened by the gradually brightening sunlight, making them a bit unreal.

When Li Chengyan came out, he changed into an indigo uniform, and his hair was tied up in a bun. Although it was neatly combed, he did not wear a crown.Su Hongrui's clothes were even simpler. The moonlight narrow-sleeved long dress had silver and white cloud patterns on the cuffs of the skirt, and his hair was tied up high with a headband of the same color, making him look radiant.

Just such two people, they sat together quietly, as beautiful as a carefully drawn painting.

At that moment, Yuan Xi felt that maybe Li Chengyan and Su Hongrui could love each other and stay together.

In the next seven years, he gradually believed that Li Chengyan was sincere to Su Hongrui.

Because except for the wedding night, he never heard any suspicious noises from the house when he was on duty.Su Hongrui also became more gentle and generous, and even the emperor's cold face often showed a smile.Yuan Xi's most common picture is the two walking hand in hand by the lake in the Imperial Garden.Those little maids who were gradually becoming more and more human were chatting in private, and mentioned the emperor and empress who they thought were perfect matches several times with their faces envious.

"The empress is really amazing! Not only is she handsome, her figure is tall and straight, her temperament is also gentle, she also does her best to help His Majesty. I don't know how many contributions she has made to Yunze. It is no wonder that the Emperor favors the Empress alone."

Although it is a compliment of the most beautiful words, but if you listen carefully, you can still catch the sour taste in it.May I ask, in this harem, is there any woman who relies on her beauty and does not want to win the holy family, fly up the branches and become a phoenix?

Helplessly, the emperor had already forgotten that he could have a harem of three thousand, and he could only see the queen in his eyes.

Maybe this kind of affection is not limited to humans, even the sky is jealous.

Just seven years after Li Chengyan ascended the throne, when he was vigorously expanding his territory, Fanguo Xiyi, which is adjacent to Yunze, took advantage of the fact that Zhenyuan General Su Hongrui led his troops to expand eastward, and successively raided more than a dozen cities on the border of Yunze. Lives were devastated, and countless people were killed or injured.General Su learned of the incident and led a group of soldiers to rush to help.After a life-and-death struggle, the arrogant Xiyi army was intercepted and retreated.

Since then, good news has frequently been sent back to Zhuangyang City, the capital of Yunze Kingdom.Seeing that Xiyi was retreating steadily and was forced to retreat to the border, the bitter battle that lasted for more than a month was coming to an end, but Su Hongrui was betrayed by the enemy's spy who inserted into the barracks, and was shot down from his horse by Prince Xiyi at the battle between Yu Yunze and Xiyi captured.

Obviously, Xiyi knew about Su Hongrui's worth. On the day Su Hongrui was captured, he could send a letter to Li Chengyan to send Yunze's queen back safely with the gold and silver city and the conditions of marriage.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides sent envoys to discuss continuously. Although Yunze flatly rejected the marriage proposal, he kept making concessions in terms of money.But Xiyi had the intention to seriously hurt Yunze's foundation, so he gritted his teeth and never let go.

This stalemate lasted for three months.

The ministers were fighting for the main battle, and they were arguing hard.In the end, Li Chengyan went to Xiyi to negotiate with the prince himself. After several hours of secret talks, Yun Ze exchanged the empress who was hidden in the Xiyi palace with almost half of the treasury's money.

Despite Xi Yi's repeated assurances that he would treat this well-known General Zhenyuan with extra courtesy, Su Hongrui, who was secretly imprisoned for three months, still haggard and lost a lot of weight.Knowing that Li Chengyan agreed to the contract with Prince Xiyi for himself, which would be tantamount to seriously injuring Yun Zegen, Su Hongrui was not only unhappy, but fell ill in shock.

But it was an illness that pushed him and the entire Su family into a desperate situation.