Do not kiss the king

"Your Majesty, it's still early..."

Luo Xiang held the lamp for Chi Jinnian, bent over to protect him as he walked up the steps.

The emperor didn't speak, and walked up the tower in the night.

He stood at the place where Young Master Xiaoqiao disappeared in his dream, quietly looking at the sleeping palace.

Suddenly, the light at the corner over there rushed into the field of vision involuntarily.

Chi Jinnian frowned slightly and walked over there.

The maid who was holding the lamp over there trembled when she heard the footsteps, almost smashing the lamp to the ground.

Behind the uneasy flickering light, there was a slender figure wearing a white cloak.

She turned around, her clear eyes filled with surprise.

Chi Jinnian's gloomy gaze went over, and he saw a small Buddha statue in the dark corner.

The threads of memories trembled and were cut off by him abruptly.

"what are you doing here."

he asked.

Yigui was already kneeling on the ground, she kowtowed to the ground in fright,

"Concubine sees... sees the emperor..."

"I know that I have no face to face the emperor, so I didn't mean to disturb Shengjia..."

she said, and wept,

"That's why I chose... At this time, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it..."

Chi Jinnian was expressionless, and fiddled with the white jade wrench with his index finger,

"I asked what you were doing."

Yigui was still trembling, like a frightened little rabbit on this snowy night,

"My concubine...is begging...to Buddha...."

"My concubine is single and weak, so I dare not bother the emperor... I can only... I can only pray to the Buddha..."

The silk thread of memories struggled again, and the little man wrapped his neck around him, feeling extremely warm.

The tip of the nose was covered with a layer of snow, but it was cold.

He remembered that Mr. Xiaoqiao had said similar things that day, and he remembered that Mr. Xiaoqiao's wish to the Buddha was related to him.

Chi Jinnian took a deep breath, bent over with pain in his heart, and helped Yigui up with one hand.

"What are you asking for, tell me."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yigui cried uncontrollably, and continued after a while,

"Back to the emperor..."

"My concubine's elder brother is missing."

She choked up a few times, "A letter from my concubine's mother said that my brother could not be found. It has been a long time..."

"My brother has been stubborn since he was a child, and he often goes to and from the land of smoke and willows..."

"After that time, I couldn't find anyone..."

Chi Jinnian's expression was a little serious, and the fingers pinching her arm gradually tightened.

"What else do you know."

Yigui wiped away tears, "I heard from my servant that my brother was spotted by an oiran, and after he entered that room, he never came out..."

"As for that place, the embarrassment is no longer once or twice..."

"A lot of priests have been there, and they said yes, there are evil things..."

She desperately controlled her emotions, stopped crying,

"The concubine is worried about my elder brother, she lost her composure, and asks the emperor to punish her."

Chi Jinnian didn't look at her, but looked deeply through the memories, looking for something carefully.

The land of smoked willows, oirans, evil spirits...

He closed his eyes, let go of Yigui's thin arms,

"Luo Xiang."

"Send the nobleman back to rest."

After speaking, he put his hands behind his back and walked away.

"Hey." Luo Xiang answered, handed the lamp to a court lady, and followed Mrs. Yigui away.

Chi Jinnian stood still at the previous position, thinking of the ferocious bloodstains on the back of Mr. Xiaoqiao's hand, and Mingying's enchanting face.

Mingying's target is him.

On the way, the little demon brought back by Li Wuyue also targeted him.

Who is the power behind these demons?

Other than Gu Cong, there are also people who have connections with demons...

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and the distant figure of a certain person imprinted the wheels of the car on the snow.

"Notify the General Guard Banner that he will accompany me to drive to Luozhou in the near future."

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Fang Shiyun pushed open the door, and the petite young man was sitting by the window.

The long eyelashes hang down, and the white cloth is wrapped around the neck, just like before.

He was wearing clothes prepared by himself, with simple pearl hairpins on his head.

Back in time, he and this young man turned back into those two children in an instant.

It's just that this young man never spoke to him again.

Fang Shiyun's eyes trembled slightly, she approached, put the things in her hands at the foot of the bed, and sat on the bed by herself.

"Ying'er, I'm here to see you."

He smiled, grabbed the young man's hand and held it in his palm,

"How long has Ying Er been sitting like this?"

"Tired or not, do you want to relax?"

Ruan Yuan didn't answer, didn't look at him, and let him hold his hand, the eyes that were always clear no longer had light.

He is like a puppet, at the mercy of others.

Fang Shiyun looked at him, with indescribable emotions circulating in his chest.

Even if it's a puppet, as long as it's still him, it's still this face, these eyes, this red lips...

"You used to be dumb in front of everyone and only talked to me."

"Now you talk to everyone but me... be dumb."

Fang Shiyun let go of his hand, with a desolate smile on his face,

"That's it."

"As long as I can see you well, it doesn't matter if you blame me or hate me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the things at the foot of the bed,

"Listen to them, you like white pigeons."

He lifted the cloth covering the birdcage, lifted the cage with a smile,

"I brought it back for you."

"Look, if you like it."

Ruan Yuan was stunned for a moment, his gaze finally crawled back from nowhere.

He turned his head and looked at the bird with snow-white wings in the cage. Some long-lost memory rushed into his heart and exploded.

He remembered how he watched the prince disappear into the edge of the desert with the cage, the sword he danced under the poplar tree, the letter he opened, and how he and Gu Cong looked forward to the return of the white dove.

Is what he likes really white pigeons?

What he likes is the prince.

Ruan Yuan was stunned for a moment, holding the corner of his sleeve tightly with one hand, tears pooling in his eyes.

Suddenly, he grabbed the cage and opened the door.

The white pigeon fluttered its wings and flew out of the window under the watchful eyes of the two.

Seeing it disappearing from sight, Young Master Xiaoqiao suddenly burst into tears.

Crying that he is trapped here and cannot find the prince.

Fang Shiyun listened to his cries, and threw the empty cage on the ground.

"Do you think it can fly off?"

He suppressed the anger in his heart, let the young man's tears wet his clothes,

"This yard has an enchantment."

"Everything without my permission...even if it's just a bird, will be wiped out when it touches the barrier."

He stood up, watched the son cry until he couldn't straighten up, and left a cold sentence,

"Ying'er, you killed it yourself."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left the room.

Ruan Yuan clutched the quilt tightly, breathing irregularly and trembling.

Are there still few people who died in front of him?

But their death, in exchange for such a situation.

He and the prince are separated by mountains, rivers, and the terrible unknown.

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In the Luozhou prison, the leader of the man knelt in front of the normally dressed man,

"See Your Majesty..."

"I don't know that the holy driver is here, and I am far away from welcoming you."

Chi Jinnian was dressed like a son of a wealthy family, with a serious expression on his face,

"Flat body."

"I want a personal file."

The leader did not dare to raise his head, his body trembled,

"Back to the emperor, there was a fire in Luozhou City earlier, and it burned... a lot of files were burned."

"I don't know which one the emperor is looking for..."

With a sullen face, Chi Jinnian stepped across the dark prison floor,

"Fang Chenggang's son, Fang Shiyun."

The man kneeling on the ground immediately replied,

"Back to the emperor, the files of Fang Chenggang's family are very important. Once the fire is extinguished, the villain will confirm it..."

"It's... burnt down."

The majestic emperor pursed his lips, and the air sank.

The already dark and damp prison was covered with a layer of cold air.

The warden took a deep breath,

"Emperor... Your Majesty... the villain generally remembers everything about Fang Chenggang's family."

"Is there anything the emperor wants to know, the villain's answer is..."

General Guard Flag brought a chair and placed it behind Chi Jinnian.

Chi Jinnian sat down, looking sharply through the stakes.

"Four members of Fang Chenggang's family were imprisoned. Lian Junqiu assassinated Princess Jin and executed them on the spot. There were three remaining. Why did only two leave in the end?"

The steward swallowed, but still didn't dare to look up.

"My villain remembers that the mistress...was weak and sick...and went to prison."

"Frail and sickly." Chi Jinnian leaned forward slightly, his eyes almost on the back of the steward, "Are there no doctors in the Luozhou prison?"

"Then Fang Shiyun, will you just leave Mistress Fang seriously ill, and don't care about it?"

"What exactly... did you do?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the steward kowtowed again and again, blood was seen on his forehead instantly,

"Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

"You little ones have blind eyes... think that the Fang family is a defeated soldier, so they can bully them at will..."

"That Fang Shiyun, in the prison, shouted to save Fang's mistress... but no... no one rescued..."

Chi Jinnian's eyebrows were lowered, and the picture of the little boy crying hysterically on the tower reappeared.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were sharp enough to kill,

"Did you fight the battle in the northern kingdom?"

"You are eating the food of the northern kingdom, bearing the identity of the people of the northern kingdom, but you don't think about how to serve the country, all you can do is bully the people of the southern region!!!"

"Are people from the Southern Region lower than you! Are they not worthy of being human!!!"

He sat firmly, and just by the sound, he whipped the steward all over his body.

The steward kowtowed to make amends, only his trembling begging voice was left in the prison.

Chi Jinnian took a deep breath, stood up abruptly, and strode out of the prison without saying a word.

"emperor…"

The deputy general has now become the general of the bodyguard flag, but he still cares about the emperor so much that he chased him out.

Chi Jinnian raised his hand to signal him to shut up.

Then he raised his head and looked at the night sky of Luozhou for a long time.

He has seen countless appearances in the night sky, one of which is glowing with fire.

There is another kind, stained with the blood and tears of the man in the prison, which incidentally aroused the sadness of the other son.

Today he finally understood why Fang Shiyun wanted to kill him.

Because he is from the Northland, because he forcibly married the young master of the Ruan family, who originally belonged to his childhood sweetheart.

He also knew that the prelude to a new war was quietly unfolding.

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The author has something to say:

Author: "Fang Shiyun called Ruan Yuanying'er again...It's scary."

Ruan Yuan: "In his heart, I have always been Ruan Ying."

Fang Shiyun: "Ruan Yuan is you, and Ruan Ying is also you." [Firm]

The author: "sos..."