"Do you know why you were locked up in the attic?"
Dai Ruyan lazily leaned against Gong Yu, lightly touched Gong Yu's hand with her fingertips, and replied in a low voice, "Maybe it's because I'm so useless."
Gong Yu looked sideways at Dai Ruyan and asked, "Where did that cat go?"
"I don't know, the cat and the maidservants have been carried away."
The cold wind was blowing outside the window, Dai Ruyan looked up at Gong Yu and smiled with eyebrows bent: "Does Xiao Jiu have any questions?"
"You like to lie, don't you?"
"No, Xiao Jiu doesn't believe me?"
Dai Ruyan distanced herself, her bright eyes looked at Gong Yu without hesitation, as if guessing what Gong Yu was thinking about.
"You once said that Ayan didn't know the existence of the other sister, which meant that you could see the other sister, but why didn't you tell Ayan?"
"I'm afraid." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu timidly, and stretched out his arms to encircle Gong Yu.
That's really a good excuse.
Gong Yu wrapped her arms around Dai Ruyan lightly, and whispered in her ear: "The two maidservants and the cat died in front of you, if it was your mother who killed them as you said, then the maidservant is okay." It's hard to explain, but since your mother likes the cat, why do you want to kill it?"
Dai Ruyan rubbed against Gong Yu's cheek, and responded without any fear in his eyes: "I don't know, mother is sick, sometimes it can be very scary."
"Madam Qing Ji doesn't look like she can kill two maidservants at the same time without alarming anyone."
"I don't know. At that time, the maidservants fell down quickly."
Gong Yu slightly distanced herself, stared into Dai Ruyan's eyes and asked, "Why didn't you call?"
Dai Ruyan blinked innocently, pulled Gong Yu's sleeve with her fingertips and replied: "I'm afraid."
"Did you really not call because you were afraid?"
"Well, I won't lie to Xiao Jiu." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with a smile in his eyes.
Gong Yu looked seriously at how genuine this smile was.
The candles in the hall flickered slightly, Gong Yu looked at the chain in the hands of the two and said, "Okay, then I will untie the chain now."
"Why?" Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's arm tightly and asked with a frown, "Didn't Xiao Jiu promise to wear this chain all the time?"
"I promised Ayan, not you."
"I won't allow it!" Dai Ruyan hugged Gong Yu's arm tightly, his eyes full of doubts.
"Why not?"
Dai Ruyan asked hesitantly, "Xiao Jiu, are you angry?"
Gong Yu's heart sank, she stretched out her hand to pull out her arm, but Dai Ruyan seemed to use all her strength to hold Gong Yu's arm tightly and said: "Don't untie it!"
The voice was loud and harsh, Gong Yu paused to start, and saw Dai Ruyan's eyes were scarlet.
"Why can sisters have Xiaojiu, but I can't?"
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with empty eyes, but the corners of his mouth were raised, which seemed weird no matter how you looked at it.
"Xiao Jiu... don't leave me like that cat, okay?"
Gong Yu stared blankly at the approaching Dai Ruyan, but she really couldn't pull her arm out.
The wind outside the window was whistling, and it seemed to be magnified in this empty hall.
As if looking through Dai Ruyan in front of her eyes, Gong Yu could even imagine that if Mrs. Qing Ji, Dai Ruyan's mother, killed the maidservant and the black cat, then the young Dai Ruyan was really silent because of fear? ?
The small attic is usually not big, if it was an assassination with a sharp knife, the blood would probably have been splashed everywhere.
Is it possible that Dai Ruyan was not afraid to keep quiet, but on the contrary, everything was what she expected, so if she wasn't the one who did it, she was at least an accomplice.
"Xiao Jiu, don't be angry, okay?" Dai Ruyan approached and carefully kissed the corner of Gong Yu's mouth, with a soft voice as if coaxing a small animal.
"Why...why did you kill that cat?"
"No, it was my mother who killed it." Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's hand tightly without any trace of sadness in his eyes.
Obviously Gong Yu no longer believed her words.
After a few days like this, the heavy snow outside finally subsided for a while, and when the early morning morning ended, Gong Yu was checking the topographic map of Gongguo.
The guards suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the body of the princess of Sangzhu Kingdom was found in the courtyard where the acting queen lived."
Gong Yu's heart skipped a beat and she asked, "Can you verify your real body?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, there are only a few bones and broken bones left, which are really hard to identify."
"Then handle the corpse carefully."
"Yes."
At this point in time, someone deliberately shifted their attention to Dai Ruyan, obviously throwing oil on the fuse.
Ruyan walked over dissatisfied, raised his hands and asked, "Why did Xiao Jiu tie up both of my hands?"
The chain that locked Dai Ruyan's hands was set by Gong Yu to prevent her from falling asleep if something went wrong.
Gong Yuman looked at Dai Ruyan seriously and said: "You have been out for a long time, why are you still unwilling to let Ayan come out?"
"Does Xiao Jiu despise me?" Dai Ruyan sat aside, holding the tea in front of Gong Yu with both hands and drinking it by herself.
"But, I don't want to leave Xiao Jiu."
Dai Ruyan put down the tea, stretched her arms, pulled the arms until they were straight, but responded with a smile on her face: "Even if it's uncomfortable, as long as it's Xiao Jiu, I will be very good."
Gong Yu looked at the tea she had just taken a sip of, and replied helplessly: "If you are really obedient, your two elder sisters should not try to stop you from appearing."
"Xiao Jiu is biased." Dai Ruyan leaned forward slightly, laying on Gong Yu's pillow and said in a low voice, "But I still like it."
"I asked you how did the princess of the Sangjiao Kingdom die?"
Dai Ruyan rested her head on Gong Yu's arms, leaned her cheek closer to listen to Gong Yu's heartbeat, and said with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "I don't know."
Gong Yu raised her hand and lightly pinched Dai Ruyan's cheek, "You're lying again?"
"If Xiao Jiu kisses me, maybe I will remember it."
"Are you threatening me?"
"No." Dai Ruyan smiled and reached out to hold Gong Yu's hand, carefully kissed the back of his hand and said, "I just want Xiao Jiu to treat me like my sister and the others."
"But Ayan has spent all these years in regret for you."
Dai Ruyan raised her fingertips and lightly pressed Gong Yu's lips that were about to speak, and said seriously: "I don't like Xiao Jiu mentioning people other than me, he will be very angry."
"Don't you understand that you are Ayan, and Ayan and the others are you?" Gong Yu said angrily, holding Dai Ruyan's hand tightly.
"Xiao Jiu, what are you talking about?" Dai Ruyan blinked and looked at Gong Yu in confusion, her eyes were as clear as before, reflecting Gong Yu's tense face.
Gong Yu responded calmly and intentionally: "Dai Ruyan has never had a younger sister."
Dai Ruyan's eyes were puzzled, he sat up a little bit, and the delicate skirt was slightly wrinkled due to the movement.
The hall fell into silence for a while, Gong Yu let go of Dai Ruyan's hand, then picked up the map beside him and said: "If the two countries go to war, I must go to war with those aristocratic families, you stay in the palace well, Stop making trouble."
"I don't want it!" Dai Ruyan put his arm around Gong Yu's arm and said in a low voice: "You are not allowed to leave me."
With this sudden force, Gong Yu didn't set up defenses, and fell straight to the side, and even the memorials piled up on the side also collapsed to the side.
Gong Yu hurriedly stretched out her hand to protect Dai Ruyan in front of her, and the memorial was scattered all over the floor.
Dai Ruyan stared blankly at Gong Yu in front of her, smiled and leaned closer to kiss Gong Yu's cheek and asked: "Sure enough, Xiao Jiu is still worried about me, right?"
Poor Gong Yu's half arm hurts, but this brat is still struggling with this problem.
Really don't know what to do.
"My arm hurts." Gong Yu frowned and said while looking at Dai Ruyan who didn't want to move away at all.
Only then did Dai Ruyan get up quickly, and Gong Yu sat up, really wanting to get angry and didn't know how to get angry.
Gong Yu could only calm down and ask: "Now that the Gong Kingdom and the Sanggu Kingdom are about to go to war, do you know how Ayan usually mobilizes those people?"
"I don't know." Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand and carefully lifted Gong Yu's sleeve robe, only to find that the arm was still bruised, looked at Gong Yu with panic eyes and asked, "How did you get hurt?"
"It happened a while ago." Gong Yu put down her sleeve robe, Dai Ruyan seemed to be about to cry when she saw Dai Ruyan, she couldn't help feeling distressed and tried to comfort her, "It doesn't hurt much anymore, it just looks scary."
"Really?"
"Well, I applied the ointment myself, and it will be fine after a few days."
"Then Xiao Jiu is going to go to war?"
Gong Yu paused and replied: "I don't know either. If I have no choice but not to go out, then those who hide in the court and want to make trouble will not clearly show their flaws."
"Going out is fighting, right?"
"Well, but I'm the emperor, and I usually just sit and don't want me to actually go to the battlefield."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu suspiciously, her eyes were still red, her thin lips were tightly pursed and she said nothing, obviously she didn't believe Gong Yu's words.
Gong Yu sat cross-legged in front of Dai Ruyan, gently rubbed Dai Ruyan's cheeks with her palms and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, my martial arts are not bad, and self-defense is enough, besides, I still have tasks to give to Ayu."
"I don't want you to go."
"I haven't left yet, how can it be so easy to start a war?"
Dai Ruyan blinked her eyes lightly, slightly tilted her head and pressed her cheek against Gong Yu's palm, and said with reassurance, "Xiao Jiu will always be with me."
Gong Yu responded slowly: "Well, I will try my best."
"Then what if the Sangrui Kingdom wants to go to war, the jade pendant will be useful." Dai Ruyan pulled the jade pendant worn by the two, and held it in front of Gong Yu with both hands.
"What can it be used for?"
"I do not know."
"do not know?"
Dai Ruyan's eyes showed disappointment, and he lowered his head slightly to respond: "I only know that my sister attaches great importance to this jade pendant, so it must be useful."
Gong Yu couldn't bear to see her so disappointed, she lightly scratched her nose with her fingertips and said, "It's okay, are you hungry?"
"Ah."
"I'll accompany you to dinner."
Dai Ruyan's mood suddenly improved, he carefully held Gong Yu's hand, and followed Gong Yu into the inner hall.
As New Year's Eve approached, the heavy snow that had finally stopped began to fall one after another, and the situation became increasingly serious.
Gong Yu tripled the number of the previous firearms battalion, intending to use it as a contingency.
Although a little unskilled, this is already the fastest speed that can summon the training team.
Infantry and cavalry are relatively easy, but if you have soldiers and horses, you can only open your mouth. It is not so easy to raise an army.
The funds raised by Gong Yu in the past are almost exhausted now, and the state treasury after years of tossing is now barely enough to meet the court's expenses.
Daily food and clothing needs money to turn around, not to mention that there are so many pairs of eyes in the capital waiting for Gong Yu to make mistakes.
Every night when Gong Yu was about to rest, Dai Ruyan was already sleepy and snuggled up to sleep beside her.
In winter, it was cold and freezing. In order to save money, Gong Yu strictly demanded the expenses of each palace, and the rest of the palace still provided floor heating all day long.
Dai Ruyan used to manage the harem, and was given a generous salary every day, but Gong Yu searched the palace and found no money, apparently transported out of the palace through secret channels.
But up to now, Gong Yu has not been able to find out how Dai Ruyan communicates with his subordinates on weekdays.
That night, she fell asleep drowsily, and when she woke up, her head still hurt badly. Gong Yu stretched out her hands and rubbed her head, and sat up slowly.
Dai Ruyan next to him has already woken up, smiling and laying in Gong Yu's arms, chanting lazily: "Xiao Jiu slept for a long time today."
"Maybe I'm too sleepy."
"Well, the snow outside seems to have stopped." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu and said with a smile, "Will Xiao Jiu accompany me to see the snow?"
Gong Yu was a little tired and lay down without moving, stroking Dai Ruyan with her palm lightly and replied: "These days are busy, wait a few days."
"No."
Dai Ruyan shook her head, raised her hand to touch Gong Yu's, the chain rang, and then sat up very dissatisfied.
Helpless, Gong Yu had no choice but to respond: "Okay, I'll lie down first."
But still being dragged to sit up, Dai Ruyan turned back and forth in front of Gong Yu, holding various styles of clothes in her hands, looking very serious about choosing clothes.
Gong Yu half-reliantly looked at Dai Ruyan who was busy, and couldn't help sighing that she was really a child.
"Xiao Jiu..." Before the person could reach his eyes, the chain had already been pulled.
"Well, what happened?"
Dai Ruyan Fu leaned closer and said, "Why are you asleep again?"
"It's not because you are always dangling in front of me, my eyes are dazzled."
"No." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puffy cheeks and stretched his arms and said, "I want to change clothes, this thing is uncomfortable."
Gong Yu took out the key from one side and untied Dai Ruyan's chain, only to see Dai Ruyan hugging her like a bear, really even the elderly couldn't bear it.
"Are you still awake?"
"No."
Dai Ruyan leaned against Gong Yu, Gong Yu had no chance to fight back, so she could only sigh, "Do you still want to see the snow?"
Sure enough, there was a little reaction in this way, Dai Ruyan opened a little distance, looked at Gong Yu inexplicably and strangely, lowered his head and kissed the corner of his mouth, and said with pride in his eyes: "When New Year's Eve passes, I will be an adult oh."
Being looked at like this, Gong Yu inexplicably felt that Dai Ruyan's gaze was so eager that she really wanted to eat her.
Gong Yu sat up a little, opened the distance and said: "Don't you want to change clothes?"
Dai Ruyan didn't respond, lowered her head and kissed Gongyu's cheek, then chose a dress and asked, "This one?"
"pretty good."
"What about this one?"
"It's pretty good." Gong Yu concealed her panic, and looked at the candlestick that was about to burn to the end.
"Little Nine!"
Gong Yu shifted her gaze to Dai Ruyan, who had reddened cheeks, only to see Dai Ruyan holding the clothes in front of her very dissatisfied and saying, "Why don't you look at me?"
"Aren't I looking at you now?"
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips, apparently not knowing how to get back to Gong Yu, and threw the skirt in her hand on Gong Yu and asked, "Am I not as good-looking as my sisters?"
Hey?
Sometimes Gong Yu is really a bit confused, she is obviously alone, why is it so complicated.
Gong Yu tidied the skirt aside and said in a low voice, "Maybe."
"Hmph!" Dai Ruyan snorted softly, reaching out to mess up the dress that Gong Yu had arranged.
"Since you don't change, then I'll go to sleep."
"Don't sleep!"
Dai Ruyan reached out and tugged at Gong Yu's sleeve, "I... want to go out to see the snow."
Gong Yu lay flat and closed her eyes, saying: "Then you just go."
"Won't Xiaojiu accompany me?"
"I'm tired and don't want to be with you anymore."
The words stopped suddenly, Gong Yu couldn't hear any sound beside her, thought that Dai Ruyan had really gone out, so she opened her eyes.
I saw Dai Ruyan sitting quietly by the side, with tears in his eyes, this pitiful appearance really made Gong Yu's original thoughts of ignoring her disappear in a flash.
Gong Yu had no choice but to sit up, reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of Dai Ruyan's eyes and comforted, "Don't cry, I'm just teasing you."
"Xiao Jiu is a bad guy!"
"Well, I'm a bad guy, don't cry."
Dai Ruyan grabbed Gong Yu's hand and bit it lightly, "As long as you accompany me to see the snow, then I will forgive you."
Hey, this little action is really cute!
She clearly knew in her head that the younger sister Dai Ruyan in front of her had a difficult personality, but as long as Gong Yu was a little cruel, her tears would fall faster than the rain from the sky.
Dai Ruyan in the past was never like this, Gong Yu felt distressed and helpless watching it.
When the two left the palace, the garden was covered with heavy snow, and Dai Ruyan couldn't walk because of her complicated skirts, so Gong Yu carried Dai Ruyan on her back.
Dai Ruyan leaned close to Gong Yu's ear and said, "The snow is so white and so cold."
"Well, let's go back to the palace."
"No, I want to stay longer."
The white snow fell on every corner of the palace, Gong Yu walked very slowly, occasionally she had to respond appropriately, otherwise the little girl behind her would cry again.
When they entered a flat snow field, Dai Ruyan behind him suddenly said, "I want to go by myself."
"it is good."
Dai Ruyan got off the ground, holding her skirt slightly in her hands and carefully stepping on the soft snow, her eyes were clear and bright, as if she had never seen snow before.
However, it is clear that snow is most likely to be seen in the territory of Ming Palace, so Gong Yu stopped and took a breath.
Dai Ruyan, who was walking in front, suddenly turned his head to look at Gong Yu, with a bright smile in his eyes, and then trotted to Gong Yu with his skirt.
Before Gong Yu could react, Dai Ruyan turned over and the two fell into the snow.
The cloak and robe were covered with snow, and Gong Yu looked at the pale sky with a dizzy head, as if snow had started to fall again.
He obviously wanted to reach out, but found that his eyes were dizzy, so he had to slow down his breathing as much as possible.
Dai Ruyan in front of her looked at Gong Yu with reddish cheeks and called out, "I like Xiao Jiu the most."
The voice was infinitely amplified and circulated in his head. Gong Yu wanted to answer a word but couldn't do anything. When her breathing became heavier and heavier, her eyes suddenly fell into darkness.
All I could hear was Dai Ruyan's crying voice, which sounded like a tear, and even Gong Yu's heart ached.
After all, this younger sister Dai Ruyan may have a cruel personality, but she has never harmed Gong Yu.
Probably because she was ill, Gong Yu couldn't remember how long she had been lying down, and when she woke up, there was a large group of palace people waiting beside her bed, and even a lot of ministers, but Dai Ruyan was the only one missing.
Why is this scene a bit like the scene when the emperor is about to die?
Gong Yu had a severe headache, and wanted to speak but found that her throat was also very uncomfortable.
After tossing like this, she fell asleep, and when she woke up, the hall was as quiet as before. Gong Yu looked at the empty hall and couldn't help calling out a little uneasy: "Ayan?"
The chain in his hand was pulled towards the outer hall, Gong Yu reluctantly sat up, reached out and shook the chain lightly, but did not get any response.
Her voice was so dry and hoarse, Gong Yu stood up in her outer robe, the hall was a little dark, and the candlesticks were not even lit.
The sound of chains could be faintly heard from the long corridor leading to the outer hall. Gong Yu held a candlestick to illuminate her sight, and saw Dai Ruyan casually walking over with a sword in one hand.
Before Gong Yu could speak, Dai Ruyan trotted over, hugged Gong Yu intimately and called softly, "I miss you so much."
For a moment, Gong Yu thought that A Yan was coming back.
"Well, why did you come out with your sword indiscriminately again?" Gong Yu asked hoarsely.
Dai Ruyan rubbed Gong Yu's cheeks, pulled away a little and said, "I want to protect Xiao Jiu."
Looking at the blood dripping from the sword edge, Gong Yu couldn't help feeling helpless, if Dai Ruyan continued to go crazy like this, would he have to keep protecting her like this?
The longer she thought about it, the sadder she felt, Gong Yu reached out and snatched the sword from Dai Ruyan, threw it aside forcefully and asked, "Who did you kill this time?"
"Xiao Jiu?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puzzled eyes, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Jiu, what's wrong with you?"
"Stop killing people, okay?"
"But they want to kill you, I can't let them hurt Xiao Jiu."
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "If you didn't want to, you wouldn't have set up layers of guards in the palace, but pretended that you didn't know how to control them. It can be seen that you have never trusted me for so long."
"Xiao Jiu, are you angry?"
Dai Ruyan gently pulled the chain between the two with her fingertips, slightly tiptoed and kissed the corner of Gong Yu's mouth, and said seriously: "Xiao Jiu, don't be angry, they deserve to die."
"Even without my sisters, I can always protect Xiaojiu."
Gong Yu dodged backwards, but Dai Ruyan refused to let go, the two were in a stalemate, and when they stopped, there was only the crisp sound of chains colliding in the hall.
Dai Ruyan tightly wrapped her arms around Gong Yu and said: "No one can separate Xiaojiu and me."
"You... crazy."
"Crazy?"
"I don't know."
Gong Yu lowered his arms weakly and responded: "Right now among the people in the palace country, there are rumors that the empress has killed innocent people indiscriminately. If you make such a fuss now, what if Wanmin invites the book to abolish the empress?"
Dai Ruyan frowned and shook his head, "I am Xiaojiu's wife, the queen of Gongguo, no one can destroy me."
"What if it was me."
"Xiao Jiu?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu in bewilderment, tightly grabbed Gong Yu's hand and said, "Xiao Jiu, you can't destroy me!"
The wind and snow outside were blowing against the window, Gong Yu held his breath and looked at Dai Ruyan, who seemed to have gone crazy, and stroked the slightly cool cheek of the previous generation Ruyan with his palm, and said, "Maybe you are more suitable to buy the old lady from Changzhou Dai's family." Stay in the small attic of the house."
"I don't want to stay in that little attic." Dai Ruyan Hong said in a low voice, "I promise I will never do anything that Xiao Jiu doesn't like again, Xiao Jiu don't hate me, okay?"
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan's slightly red eyes, rubbed her fingertips lightly and replied, "The only one I like is your sister, you are not her."
Dai Ruyan lowered her head and suddenly there was no sound. Gong Yu was a little scared and wanted to distance herself, but Dai Ruyan pulled her arm tightly.
"Xiao Jiu said angry words, right?" Dai Ruyan asked with a smile, but her eyes were full of threats.
"What do you think?" Gong Yu grasped the chain subconsciously, only to see Dai Ruyan suddenly take out the dagger from his sleeve pocket.
Gong Yu hurriedly pulled the chain to control Dai Ruyan, and Dai Ruyan, whose hands were bound, stared at Gong Yu with killing intent and said, "Why do you all want me to disappear?"
"Xiao Jiu!" Dai Ruyan called out in pain, but there was a strange smile on his face.
"Maybe it's because you only take advantage of other people's sympathy for you." Gong Yu untied the chain from her wrist, and bound Dai Ruyan Ying tightly.
Dai Ruyan looked at the untied chain and looked at Gong Yu with tears in his eyes, saying, "Don't leave me!"
"I will not leave you."
"really?"
Gong Yu nodded, kissed the next generation Ruyan on the forehead and said softly, "I'll go outside and have a look."
"do not leave Me!"
"You stay here."
"Xiao Jiu!" Dai Ruyan said seriously, "If you leave me, I will really...kill you."
Quickly rushing to the outer room, Gong Yu just saw that these people were all maids serving the palace on weekdays, and even Bi Yu was tied up among them.
Gong Yu untied the rope, and Bi Yu panicked and said: "Your Majesty, the empress is... crazy!"
"Calm down!" Gong Yu said as calmly as possible: "She is just sick, and I ordered these palace servants to be sent for treatment. Don't reveal anything about the inside of the palace, or you will be shot!"
Biyu nodded and looked fearfully at the long corridor leading to the inner hall. Dai Ruyan's hissing could be clearly heard inside, her eyes revealed fear and she replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you have to be careful."
"Since your majesty fell ill, the empress has been thinking that someone is harming your majesty all day long."
"I know, you should hurry up and invite that female doctor."
After the outer hall was taken care of by the guards, it returned to its usual tranquility, and the palace people silently wiped the blood on the ground.
Gong Yu stopped in the outer hall and listened to the wailing mixed with resentment, and didn't stop until late at night.
The emperor of Sangrui Kingdom sent an envoy, and Gong Yu originally thought it was for peace talks, so she hosted a banquet to entertain him.
The bells and drums sounded, and the envoy of the Sangshu Kingdom uttered wild words: "Gongguo prides itself on being a big country, but it is not even willing to bear the death of my Princess Chao. It is really ridiculous!"
Gong Yu replied rigorously: "Princess Sangrui Kingdom left the palace a while ago, but she didn't want to go back to Sangrui Kingdom. Now that something happened, I also express my deep sympathy."
"It's absurd. Everyone in the palace is jealous of the queen. The emperor of the palace has no concubine in the harem. I admire the princess, but I died because of it. Your majesty even tried to cover up the sinful queen!"
"Come here!" Gong Yu threw down her wine glass and called out, "The envoy of the Sanggu Kingdom is already drunk."
The envoy of the Sanggu Kingdom said, "If Your Majesty does not abolish the crime, we will wait for the soldiers of the Sanggu Kingdom to step into the territory of the Palace Kingdom in the future!"
In essence, this banquet was sent by the Sanggu Kingdom to provoke. Gong Yu wrote an edict ordering the soldiers in the palace to guard against the enemy's sneak attack and invasion. If the battle cannot be avoided, it must be fought.
In the middle of the night, Gong Yu stepped into the inner hall exhausted, and the female doctor stood guard in the corridor of the inner hall and saluted: "Your Majesty, the acting empress has been in a coma for two days. If you apply more medicine, the acting empress may not be able to support her body."
"I know."
Gong Yu opened the bead curtain, and saw Dai Ruyan, who was chained up, huddled in the corner of the wall as if sleepy.
Although the hall is warm, it is too easy to catch cold just lying down like this, when the footsteps approached, Dai Ruyan suddenly opened her eyes, her expression was as calm as before, Gong Yu paused and said: "Did you take that medicine?"
Dai Ruyan smiled, walked towards Gong Yu unsteadily, but had to stop in front of Gong Yu because of the chain.
Gong Yu couldn't tell who Dai Ruyan was in front of him?
"Xiao Jiu..." Dai Ruyan looked aggrieved.He stretched his arms but couldn't touch Gongyu.
"Why don't you eat?"
The food on the side showed no sign of being tampered with.
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with dull eyes, and stretched out his arms to reveal the wrists that were strangled by the chain due to the struggle.
This is really a trick.
Gong Yu stretched out her hand to pick up the food, sat in front of Dai Ruyan, put the soup bowl within Dai Ruyan's reach.
"I haven't eaten yet, why don't I have one."
The warm fish soup was full of richness, Gong Yu drank it slowly, Dai Ruyan in front of him seemed to confirm that there was nothing else in the meal, just now he was holding the soup bowl that Gong Yu handed over, and sipped the fish soup .
As if the two had returned to their usual peace and harmony, Gong Yu picked up the fishbone, then carefully placed the fish meat in a small bowl, handed it to Dai Ruyan and said, "Today's fish meat is also very tender, try it?"
Dai Ruyan picked up the wooden chopsticks, and the chain swayed slightly with the movement, tinkling.
Gong Yu ate green vegetables and said: "I guess this year's New Year's Eve can't be spent with you in this palace."
"Why?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu blankly.
"We held a banquet today to receive the envoy of the Sanggu Kingdom, but I didn't expect him to be provocative. If I kicked him out of the banquet, it would be like tearing the last layer of film, and we can only meet each other with ice."
Gong Yu spoke slowly, while eating the steamed chicken, dipped in sauce, the taste was really good, but it was a pity that Dai Ruyan liked bland food and didn't like these.
Dai Ruyan seemed to be deep in thought, stretched his wrist and said, "Xiao Jiu, untie it for me?"
"No."
"At least I can't untie it until I leave the palace." Gong Yu responded after taking a big mouthful of rice.
Otherwise, how could Dai Ruyan agree to Gong Yu's expedition? I'm afraid there will be even bigger troubles then.
"I'm useless, I can't help Ayan." Dai Ruyan said guiltily.
Gong Yu swallowed the rice, took a sip of the fish soup and said, "It's not your fault, it's all my negligence."
"Don't Xiaojiu hate me?"
"I don't hate you."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with cool eyes and asked, "Really?"
"Yeah." Gong Yu still tried to put the chicken in the little butterfly, handed it to Dai Ruyan and said: "Taste the chicken."
"It's not tasty." Dai Ruyan only took a small bite.
Gong Yu looked helplessly at this picky eater and replied: "Eat fish all day, sooner or later you will get tired."
"It's not greasy." Dai Ruyan took a small sip of fish soup and said, "I like fish soup the most, and I like Xiao Jiu the most."
"I'm not in the palace, you have to be obedient and don't use your sword to hurt people, you know?"
Dai Ruyan nodded in response: "I want to go too."
"If you leave this palace right now, I'm worried that you will be assassinated."
After Gong Yu was full, she cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Yu's figure with bright eyes.
"Little Nine..."
"what happened?"
"It's cold here, I want to sleep with you." Dai Ruyan stood up and looked at Gong Yu eagerly.
But Gong Yu knew that this was just the prelude to the outbreak, and Dai Ruyan, the younger sister's personality, was best at disguising and deceiving.
Gong Yu glanced at Dai Ruyan and responded: "You are soft and not cold."
Dai Ruyan's expression turned cold, and he held the chain in his hand and said in a low voice, "I don't like sleeping so far away from Xiao Jiu."
"Then you have to get used to it."
"why?"
Gong Yu straightened the quilt and responded: "You are sick and need to recuperate."
"I'm not sick!"
The sound was so sharp that it could pierce Gong Yu's eardrums, followed by the sound of something being pushed.
The fat rabbit huddled in the corner jumped into Gong Yu's arms. Gong Yu gently rubbed the fat rabbit, but without looking at Dai Ruyan, she said softly: "It's late at night, it's time to rest. yes."
"Xiao Jiu, I'm not sick!" Dai Ruyan said softly again in a soft tone.
"Well, I know, go to sleep."
"Little Nine..."
"Ok?"
"I can't sleep alone."
Gong Yu turned around, but still did not look at Dai Ruyan, but responded: "If you don't sleep, I will put out the whole hall."
"I don't want it." Dai Ruyan seemed to break something again.
"I'm very tired today, I want to rest, please be quiet?"
"Then you untie the chain, and I will be quiet."
Gong Yu turned around, looked at the person who was still standing straight in the center of the hall, and said, "The doctor said that I am not in good health. If I can't rest early, I may..."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu nervously and asked, "What will happen?"
"I will die." Gong Yu sat up cross-legged, looked at Dai Ruyan and said very seriously: "If I die, there will be no such person as Xiao Jiu in this world."
"do not want!"
Gong Yu stretched out her hands to cover her ears, only to see Dai Ruyan chanting in a panic, "I'll just keep quiet, Xiao Jiu, rest."
"it is good."
Just like that, Gong Yu lay down, and when she really didn't hear any more sound and was about to fall asleep in a daze, she seemed to hear the sound of choking.
"Ayan?" Gong Yu turned her head to look at the soft bed, but found that there was no one on it, Dai Ruyan huddled in the corner and cried like a nightmare.
Gong Yu got up and walked towards Dai Ruyan hesitantly, calling in a low voice: "Why are you crying?"
Dai Ruyan buried her head in silence, Gong Yu was a little worried that this was some kind of trap.
So she had no choice but to watch quietly until the choking sound stopped and there was no sound, Gong Yu couldn't help guessing that Dai Ruyan might have fallen asleep.
"Ayan?"
This probing didn't get any response, Gong Yu approached cautiously, until when she got close to her, Dai Ruyan suddenly stretched out her arms and held Gong Yu tightly.
Gong Yu fell to the ground and couldn't move, Dai Ruyan managed to look at Gong Yu and said, "You know Xiao Jiu still loves me, right?"
Gong Yu, who pretended to be ill suddenly, did not make a sound, Dai Ruyan didn't notice it at first, until seeing Gong Yu's face was pale as if she hadn't moved at all, she suddenly froze.
The palm resting next to Gong Yu's cheek was careful not to move, and Dai Ruyan called in a low voice: "Xiao Jiu?"
The voice was particularly clear in the empty hall, Dai Ruyan's cunning eyes were full of panic, and his cheeks rubbed against Gong Yu's cool cheeks as he said in horror: "Wake up!"
"do not leave Me……"
The calls were like stones falling into a deep well, full of despair.Gong Yu couldn't bear to open her eyes and whispered: "Don't cry."
Dai Ruyan smiled and kissed the corner of Gong Yu's eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't disturb your rest."
"Just don't do that next time."
"Xiao Jiu, will you sleep with me?"
"it is good."
The two were nestled on the bed, Dai Ruyan carefully leaned against Gong Yu, very peaceful.
Gong Yu's palm lightly touched Dai Ruyan's loose hair, and she couldn't help sighing.
"Sure enough, I'm still not as good as my sisters."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because the sisters won't be locked up by Xiao Jiu stupidly."
Gong Yu laughed dumbfounded, touched Dai Ruyan's small earlobe lightly with her fingertips and did not respond.
Dai Ruyan in her arms was silent for a while, rubbed the tip of her nose against Gong Yu's robe and said with a smile: "I like Xiao Jiu's smell.
Gong Yu embraced Dai Ruyan lightly, and said in a sleepy voice: "Sleep
Dai Ruyan lazily leaned against Gong Yu, lightly touched Gong Yu's hand with her fingertips, and replied in a low voice, "Maybe it's because I'm so useless."
Gong Yu looked sideways at Dai Ruyan and asked, "Where did that cat go?"
"I don't know, the cat and the maidservants have been carried away."
The cold wind was blowing outside the window, Dai Ruyan looked up at Gong Yu and smiled with eyebrows bent: "Does Xiao Jiu have any questions?"
"You like to lie, don't you?"
"No, Xiao Jiu doesn't believe me?"
Dai Ruyan distanced herself, her bright eyes looked at Gong Yu without hesitation, as if guessing what Gong Yu was thinking about.
"You once said that Ayan didn't know the existence of the other sister, which meant that you could see the other sister, but why didn't you tell Ayan?"
"I'm afraid." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu timidly, and stretched out his arms to encircle Gong Yu.
That's really a good excuse.
Gong Yu wrapped her arms around Dai Ruyan lightly, and whispered in her ear: "The two maidservants and the cat died in front of you, if it was your mother who killed them as you said, then the maidservant is okay." It's hard to explain, but since your mother likes the cat, why do you want to kill it?"
Dai Ruyan rubbed against Gong Yu's cheek, and responded without any fear in his eyes: "I don't know, mother is sick, sometimes it can be very scary."
"Madam Qing Ji doesn't look like she can kill two maidservants at the same time without alarming anyone."
"I don't know. At that time, the maidservants fell down quickly."
Gong Yu slightly distanced herself, stared into Dai Ruyan's eyes and asked, "Why didn't you call?"
Dai Ruyan blinked innocently, pulled Gong Yu's sleeve with her fingertips and replied: "I'm afraid."
"Did you really not call because you were afraid?"
"Well, I won't lie to Xiao Jiu." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with a smile in his eyes.
Gong Yu looked seriously at how genuine this smile was.
The candles in the hall flickered slightly, Gong Yu looked at the chain in the hands of the two and said, "Okay, then I will untie the chain now."
"Why?" Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's arm tightly and asked with a frown, "Didn't Xiao Jiu promise to wear this chain all the time?"
"I promised Ayan, not you."
"I won't allow it!" Dai Ruyan hugged Gong Yu's arm tightly, his eyes full of doubts.
"Why not?"
Dai Ruyan asked hesitantly, "Xiao Jiu, are you angry?"
Gong Yu's heart sank, she stretched out her hand to pull out her arm, but Dai Ruyan seemed to use all her strength to hold Gong Yu's arm tightly and said: "Don't untie it!"
The voice was loud and harsh, Gong Yu paused to start, and saw Dai Ruyan's eyes were scarlet.
"Why can sisters have Xiaojiu, but I can't?"
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with empty eyes, but the corners of his mouth were raised, which seemed weird no matter how you looked at it.
"Xiao Jiu... don't leave me like that cat, okay?"
Gong Yu stared blankly at the approaching Dai Ruyan, but she really couldn't pull her arm out.
The wind outside the window was whistling, and it seemed to be magnified in this empty hall.
As if looking through Dai Ruyan in front of her eyes, Gong Yu could even imagine that if Mrs. Qing Ji, Dai Ruyan's mother, killed the maidservant and the black cat, then the young Dai Ruyan was really silent because of fear? ?
The small attic is usually not big, if it was an assassination with a sharp knife, the blood would probably have been splashed everywhere.
Is it possible that Dai Ruyan was not afraid to keep quiet, but on the contrary, everything was what she expected, so if she wasn't the one who did it, she was at least an accomplice.
"Xiao Jiu, don't be angry, okay?" Dai Ruyan approached and carefully kissed the corner of Gong Yu's mouth, with a soft voice as if coaxing a small animal.
"Why...why did you kill that cat?"
"No, it was my mother who killed it." Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's hand tightly without any trace of sadness in his eyes.
Obviously Gong Yu no longer believed her words.
After a few days like this, the heavy snow outside finally subsided for a while, and when the early morning morning ended, Gong Yu was checking the topographic map of Gongguo.
The guards suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the body of the princess of Sangzhu Kingdom was found in the courtyard where the acting queen lived."
Gong Yu's heart skipped a beat and she asked, "Can you verify your real body?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, there are only a few bones and broken bones left, which are really hard to identify."
"Then handle the corpse carefully."
"Yes."
At this point in time, someone deliberately shifted their attention to Dai Ruyan, obviously throwing oil on the fuse.
Ruyan walked over dissatisfied, raised his hands and asked, "Why did Xiao Jiu tie up both of my hands?"
The chain that locked Dai Ruyan's hands was set by Gong Yu to prevent her from falling asleep if something went wrong.
Gong Yuman looked at Dai Ruyan seriously and said: "You have been out for a long time, why are you still unwilling to let Ayan come out?"
"Does Xiao Jiu despise me?" Dai Ruyan sat aside, holding the tea in front of Gong Yu with both hands and drinking it by herself.
"But, I don't want to leave Xiao Jiu."
Dai Ruyan put down the tea, stretched her arms, pulled the arms until they were straight, but responded with a smile on her face: "Even if it's uncomfortable, as long as it's Xiao Jiu, I will be very good."
Gong Yu looked at the tea she had just taken a sip of, and replied helplessly: "If you are really obedient, your two elder sisters should not try to stop you from appearing."
"Xiao Jiu is biased." Dai Ruyan leaned forward slightly, laying on Gong Yu's pillow and said in a low voice, "But I still like it."
"I asked you how did the princess of the Sangjiao Kingdom die?"
Dai Ruyan rested her head on Gong Yu's arms, leaned her cheek closer to listen to Gong Yu's heartbeat, and said with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "I don't know."
Gong Yu raised her hand and lightly pinched Dai Ruyan's cheek, "You're lying again?"
"If Xiao Jiu kisses me, maybe I will remember it."
"Are you threatening me?"
"No." Dai Ruyan smiled and reached out to hold Gong Yu's hand, carefully kissed the back of his hand and said, "I just want Xiao Jiu to treat me like my sister and the others."
"But Ayan has spent all these years in regret for you."
Dai Ruyan raised her fingertips and lightly pressed Gong Yu's lips that were about to speak, and said seriously: "I don't like Xiao Jiu mentioning people other than me, he will be very angry."
"Don't you understand that you are Ayan, and Ayan and the others are you?" Gong Yu said angrily, holding Dai Ruyan's hand tightly.
"Xiao Jiu, what are you talking about?" Dai Ruyan blinked and looked at Gong Yu in confusion, her eyes were as clear as before, reflecting Gong Yu's tense face.
Gong Yu responded calmly and intentionally: "Dai Ruyan has never had a younger sister."
Dai Ruyan's eyes were puzzled, he sat up a little bit, and the delicate skirt was slightly wrinkled due to the movement.
The hall fell into silence for a while, Gong Yu let go of Dai Ruyan's hand, then picked up the map beside him and said: "If the two countries go to war, I must go to war with those aristocratic families, you stay in the palace well, Stop making trouble."
"I don't want it!" Dai Ruyan put his arm around Gong Yu's arm and said in a low voice: "You are not allowed to leave me."
With this sudden force, Gong Yu didn't set up defenses, and fell straight to the side, and even the memorials piled up on the side also collapsed to the side.
Gong Yu hurriedly stretched out her hand to protect Dai Ruyan in front of her, and the memorial was scattered all over the floor.
Dai Ruyan stared blankly at Gong Yu in front of her, smiled and leaned closer to kiss Gong Yu's cheek and asked: "Sure enough, Xiao Jiu is still worried about me, right?"
Poor Gong Yu's half arm hurts, but this brat is still struggling with this problem.
Really don't know what to do.
"My arm hurts." Gong Yu frowned and said while looking at Dai Ruyan who didn't want to move away at all.
Only then did Dai Ruyan get up quickly, and Gong Yu sat up, really wanting to get angry and didn't know how to get angry.
Gong Yu could only calm down and ask: "Now that the Gong Kingdom and the Sanggu Kingdom are about to go to war, do you know how Ayan usually mobilizes those people?"
"I don't know." Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand and carefully lifted Gong Yu's sleeve robe, only to find that the arm was still bruised, looked at Gong Yu with panic eyes and asked, "How did you get hurt?"
"It happened a while ago." Gong Yu put down her sleeve robe, Dai Ruyan seemed to be about to cry when she saw Dai Ruyan, she couldn't help feeling distressed and tried to comfort her, "It doesn't hurt much anymore, it just looks scary."
"Really?"
"Well, I applied the ointment myself, and it will be fine after a few days."
"Then Xiao Jiu is going to go to war?"
Gong Yu paused and replied: "I don't know either. If I have no choice but not to go out, then those who hide in the court and want to make trouble will not clearly show their flaws."
"Going out is fighting, right?"
"Well, but I'm the emperor, and I usually just sit and don't want me to actually go to the battlefield."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu suspiciously, her eyes were still red, her thin lips were tightly pursed and she said nothing, obviously she didn't believe Gong Yu's words.
Gong Yu sat cross-legged in front of Dai Ruyan, gently rubbed Dai Ruyan's cheeks with her palms and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, my martial arts are not bad, and self-defense is enough, besides, I still have tasks to give to Ayu."
"I don't want you to go."
"I haven't left yet, how can it be so easy to start a war?"
Dai Ruyan blinked her eyes lightly, slightly tilted her head and pressed her cheek against Gong Yu's palm, and said with reassurance, "Xiao Jiu will always be with me."
Gong Yu responded slowly: "Well, I will try my best."
"Then what if the Sangrui Kingdom wants to go to war, the jade pendant will be useful." Dai Ruyan pulled the jade pendant worn by the two, and held it in front of Gong Yu with both hands.
"What can it be used for?"
"I do not know."
"do not know?"
Dai Ruyan's eyes showed disappointment, and he lowered his head slightly to respond: "I only know that my sister attaches great importance to this jade pendant, so it must be useful."
Gong Yu couldn't bear to see her so disappointed, she lightly scratched her nose with her fingertips and said, "It's okay, are you hungry?"
"Ah."
"I'll accompany you to dinner."
Dai Ruyan's mood suddenly improved, he carefully held Gong Yu's hand, and followed Gong Yu into the inner hall.
As New Year's Eve approached, the heavy snow that had finally stopped began to fall one after another, and the situation became increasingly serious.
Gong Yu tripled the number of the previous firearms battalion, intending to use it as a contingency.
Although a little unskilled, this is already the fastest speed that can summon the training team.
Infantry and cavalry are relatively easy, but if you have soldiers and horses, you can only open your mouth. It is not so easy to raise an army.
The funds raised by Gong Yu in the past are almost exhausted now, and the state treasury after years of tossing is now barely enough to meet the court's expenses.
Daily food and clothing needs money to turn around, not to mention that there are so many pairs of eyes in the capital waiting for Gong Yu to make mistakes.
Every night when Gong Yu was about to rest, Dai Ruyan was already sleepy and snuggled up to sleep beside her.
In winter, it was cold and freezing. In order to save money, Gong Yu strictly demanded the expenses of each palace, and the rest of the palace still provided floor heating all day long.
Dai Ruyan used to manage the harem, and was given a generous salary every day, but Gong Yu searched the palace and found no money, apparently transported out of the palace through secret channels.
But up to now, Gong Yu has not been able to find out how Dai Ruyan communicates with his subordinates on weekdays.
That night, she fell asleep drowsily, and when she woke up, her head still hurt badly. Gong Yu stretched out her hands and rubbed her head, and sat up slowly.
Dai Ruyan next to him has already woken up, smiling and laying in Gong Yu's arms, chanting lazily: "Xiao Jiu slept for a long time today."
"Maybe I'm too sleepy."
"Well, the snow outside seems to have stopped." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu and said with a smile, "Will Xiao Jiu accompany me to see the snow?"
Gong Yu was a little tired and lay down without moving, stroking Dai Ruyan with her palm lightly and replied: "These days are busy, wait a few days."
"No."
Dai Ruyan shook her head, raised her hand to touch Gong Yu's, the chain rang, and then sat up very dissatisfied.
Helpless, Gong Yu had no choice but to respond: "Okay, I'll lie down first."
But still being dragged to sit up, Dai Ruyan turned back and forth in front of Gong Yu, holding various styles of clothes in her hands, looking very serious about choosing clothes.
Gong Yu half-reliantly looked at Dai Ruyan who was busy, and couldn't help sighing that she was really a child.
"Xiao Jiu..." Before the person could reach his eyes, the chain had already been pulled.
"Well, what happened?"
Dai Ruyan Fu leaned closer and said, "Why are you asleep again?"
"It's not because you are always dangling in front of me, my eyes are dazzled."
"No." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puffy cheeks and stretched his arms and said, "I want to change clothes, this thing is uncomfortable."
Gong Yu took out the key from one side and untied Dai Ruyan's chain, only to see Dai Ruyan hugging her like a bear, really even the elderly couldn't bear it.
"Are you still awake?"
"No."
Dai Ruyan leaned against Gong Yu, Gong Yu had no chance to fight back, so she could only sigh, "Do you still want to see the snow?"
Sure enough, there was a little reaction in this way, Dai Ruyan opened a little distance, looked at Gong Yu inexplicably and strangely, lowered his head and kissed the corner of his mouth, and said with pride in his eyes: "When New Year's Eve passes, I will be an adult oh."
Being looked at like this, Gong Yu inexplicably felt that Dai Ruyan's gaze was so eager that she really wanted to eat her.
Gong Yu sat up a little, opened the distance and said: "Don't you want to change clothes?"
Dai Ruyan didn't respond, lowered her head and kissed Gongyu's cheek, then chose a dress and asked, "This one?"
"pretty good."
"What about this one?"
"It's pretty good." Gong Yu concealed her panic, and looked at the candlestick that was about to burn to the end.
"Little Nine!"
Gong Yu shifted her gaze to Dai Ruyan, who had reddened cheeks, only to see Dai Ruyan holding the clothes in front of her very dissatisfied and saying, "Why don't you look at me?"
"Aren't I looking at you now?"
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips, apparently not knowing how to get back to Gong Yu, and threw the skirt in her hand on Gong Yu and asked, "Am I not as good-looking as my sisters?"
Hey?
Sometimes Gong Yu is really a bit confused, she is obviously alone, why is it so complicated.
Gong Yu tidied the skirt aside and said in a low voice, "Maybe."
"Hmph!" Dai Ruyan snorted softly, reaching out to mess up the dress that Gong Yu had arranged.
"Since you don't change, then I'll go to sleep."
"Don't sleep!"
Dai Ruyan reached out and tugged at Gong Yu's sleeve, "I... want to go out to see the snow."
Gong Yu lay flat and closed her eyes, saying: "Then you just go."
"Won't Xiaojiu accompany me?"
"I'm tired and don't want to be with you anymore."
The words stopped suddenly, Gong Yu couldn't hear any sound beside her, thought that Dai Ruyan had really gone out, so she opened her eyes.
I saw Dai Ruyan sitting quietly by the side, with tears in his eyes, this pitiful appearance really made Gong Yu's original thoughts of ignoring her disappear in a flash.
Gong Yu had no choice but to sit up, reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of Dai Ruyan's eyes and comforted, "Don't cry, I'm just teasing you."
"Xiao Jiu is a bad guy!"
"Well, I'm a bad guy, don't cry."
Dai Ruyan grabbed Gong Yu's hand and bit it lightly, "As long as you accompany me to see the snow, then I will forgive you."
Hey, this little action is really cute!
She clearly knew in her head that the younger sister Dai Ruyan in front of her had a difficult personality, but as long as Gong Yu was a little cruel, her tears would fall faster than the rain from the sky.
Dai Ruyan in the past was never like this, Gong Yu felt distressed and helpless watching it.
When the two left the palace, the garden was covered with heavy snow, and Dai Ruyan couldn't walk because of her complicated skirts, so Gong Yu carried Dai Ruyan on her back.
Dai Ruyan leaned close to Gong Yu's ear and said, "The snow is so white and so cold."
"Well, let's go back to the palace."
"No, I want to stay longer."
The white snow fell on every corner of the palace, Gong Yu walked very slowly, occasionally she had to respond appropriately, otherwise the little girl behind her would cry again.
When they entered a flat snow field, Dai Ruyan behind him suddenly said, "I want to go by myself."
"it is good."
Dai Ruyan got off the ground, holding her skirt slightly in her hands and carefully stepping on the soft snow, her eyes were clear and bright, as if she had never seen snow before.
However, it is clear that snow is most likely to be seen in the territory of Ming Palace, so Gong Yu stopped and took a breath.
Dai Ruyan, who was walking in front, suddenly turned his head to look at Gong Yu, with a bright smile in his eyes, and then trotted to Gong Yu with his skirt.
Before Gong Yu could react, Dai Ruyan turned over and the two fell into the snow.
The cloak and robe were covered with snow, and Gong Yu looked at the pale sky with a dizzy head, as if snow had started to fall again.
He obviously wanted to reach out, but found that his eyes were dizzy, so he had to slow down his breathing as much as possible.
Dai Ruyan in front of her looked at Gong Yu with reddish cheeks and called out, "I like Xiao Jiu the most."
The voice was infinitely amplified and circulated in his head. Gong Yu wanted to answer a word but couldn't do anything. When her breathing became heavier and heavier, her eyes suddenly fell into darkness.
All I could hear was Dai Ruyan's crying voice, which sounded like a tear, and even Gong Yu's heart ached.
After all, this younger sister Dai Ruyan may have a cruel personality, but she has never harmed Gong Yu.
Probably because she was ill, Gong Yu couldn't remember how long she had been lying down, and when she woke up, there was a large group of palace people waiting beside her bed, and even a lot of ministers, but Dai Ruyan was the only one missing.
Why is this scene a bit like the scene when the emperor is about to die?
Gong Yu had a severe headache, and wanted to speak but found that her throat was also very uncomfortable.
After tossing like this, she fell asleep, and when she woke up, the hall was as quiet as before. Gong Yu looked at the empty hall and couldn't help calling out a little uneasy: "Ayan?"
The chain in his hand was pulled towards the outer hall, Gong Yu reluctantly sat up, reached out and shook the chain lightly, but did not get any response.
Her voice was so dry and hoarse, Gong Yu stood up in her outer robe, the hall was a little dark, and the candlesticks were not even lit.
The sound of chains could be faintly heard from the long corridor leading to the outer hall. Gong Yu held a candlestick to illuminate her sight, and saw Dai Ruyan casually walking over with a sword in one hand.
Before Gong Yu could speak, Dai Ruyan trotted over, hugged Gong Yu intimately and called softly, "I miss you so much."
For a moment, Gong Yu thought that A Yan was coming back.
"Well, why did you come out with your sword indiscriminately again?" Gong Yu asked hoarsely.
Dai Ruyan rubbed Gong Yu's cheeks, pulled away a little and said, "I want to protect Xiao Jiu."
Looking at the blood dripping from the sword edge, Gong Yu couldn't help feeling helpless, if Dai Ruyan continued to go crazy like this, would he have to keep protecting her like this?
The longer she thought about it, the sadder she felt, Gong Yu reached out and snatched the sword from Dai Ruyan, threw it aside forcefully and asked, "Who did you kill this time?"
"Xiao Jiu?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puzzled eyes, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Jiu, what's wrong with you?"
"Stop killing people, okay?"
"But they want to kill you, I can't let them hurt Xiao Jiu."
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "If you didn't want to, you wouldn't have set up layers of guards in the palace, but pretended that you didn't know how to control them. It can be seen that you have never trusted me for so long."
"Xiao Jiu, are you angry?"
Dai Ruyan gently pulled the chain between the two with her fingertips, slightly tiptoed and kissed the corner of Gong Yu's mouth, and said seriously: "Xiao Jiu, don't be angry, they deserve to die."
"Even without my sisters, I can always protect Xiaojiu."
Gong Yu dodged backwards, but Dai Ruyan refused to let go, the two were in a stalemate, and when they stopped, there was only the crisp sound of chains colliding in the hall.
Dai Ruyan tightly wrapped her arms around Gong Yu and said: "No one can separate Xiaojiu and me."
"You... crazy."
"Crazy?"
"I don't know."
Gong Yu lowered his arms weakly and responded: "Right now among the people in the palace country, there are rumors that the empress has killed innocent people indiscriminately. If you make such a fuss now, what if Wanmin invites the book to abolish the empress?"
Dai Ruyan frowned and shook his head, "I am Xiaojiu's wife, the queen of Gongguo, no one can destroy me."
"What if it was me."
"Xiao Jiu?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu in bewilderment, tightly grabbed Gong Yu's hand and said, "Xiao Jiu, you can't destroy me!"
The wind and snow outside were blowing against the window, Gong Yu held his breath and looked at Dai Ruyan, who seemed to have gone crazy, and stroked the slightly cool cheek of the previous generation Ruyan with his palm, and said, "Maybe you are more suitable to buy the old lady from Changzhou Dai's family." Stay in the small attic of the house."
"I don't want to stay in that little attic." Dai Ruyan Hong said in a low voice, "I promise I will never do anything that Xiao Jiu doesn't like again, Xiao Jiu don't hate me, okay?"
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan's slightly red eyes, rubbed her fingertips lightly and replied, "The only one I like is your sister, you are not her."
Dai Ruyan lowered her head and suddenly there was no sound. Gong Yu was a little scared and wanted to distance herself, but Dai Ruyan pulled her arm tightly.
"Xiao Jiu said angry words, right?" Dai Ruyan asked with a smile, but her eyes were full of threats.
"What do you think?" Gong Yu grasped the chain subconsciously, only to see Dai Ruyan suddenly take out the dagger from his sleeve pocket.
Gong Yu hurriedly pulled the chain to control Dai Ruyan, and Dai Ruyan, whose hands were bound, stared at Gong Yu with killing intent and said, "Why do you all want me to disappear?"
"Xiao Jiu!" Dai Ruyan called out in pain, but there was a strange smile on his face.
"Maybe it's because you only take advantage of other people's sympathy for you." Gong Yu untied the chain from her wrist, and bound Dai Ruyan Ying tightly.
Dai Ruyan looked at the untied chain and looked at Gong Yu with tears in his eyes, saying, "Don't leave me!"
"I will not leave you."
"really?"
Gong Yu nodded, kissed the next generation Ruyan on the forehead and said softly, "I'll go outside and have a look."
"do not leave Me!"
"You stay here."
"Xiao Jiu!" Dai Ruyan said seriously, "If you leave me, I will really...kill you."
Quickly rushing to the outer room, Gong Yu just saw that these people were all maids serving the palace on weekdays, and even Bi Yu was tied up among them.
Gong Yu untied the rope, and Bi Yu panicked and said: "Your Majesty, the empress is... crazy!"
"Calm down!" Gong Yu said as calmly as possible: "She is just sick, and I ordered these palace servants to be sent for treatment. Don't reveal anything about the inside of the palace, or you will be shot!"
Biyu nodded and looked fearfully at the long corridor leading to the inner hall. Dai Ruyan's hissing could be clearly heard inside, her eyes revealed fear and she replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you have to be careful."
"Since your majesty fell ill, the empress has been thinking that someone is harming your majesty all day long."
"I know, you should hurry up and invite that female doctor."
After the outer hall was taken care of by the guards, it returned to its usual tranquility, and the palace people silently wiped the blood on the ground.
Gong Yu stopped in the outer hall and listened to the wailing mixed with resentment, and didn't stop until late at night.
The emperor of Sangrui Kingdom sent an envoy, and Gong Yu originally thought it was for peace talks, so she hosted a banquet to entertain him.
The bells and drums sounded, and the envoy of the Sangshu Kingdom uttered wild words: "Gongguo prides itself on being a big country, but it is not even willing to bear the death of my Princess Chao. It is really ridiculous!"
Gong Yu replied rigorously: "Princess Sangrui Kingdom left the palace a while ago, but she didn't want to go back to Sangrui Kingdom. Now that something happened, I also express my deep sympathy."
"It's absurd. Everyone in the palace is jealous of the queen. The emperor of the palace has no concubine in the harem. I admire the princess, but I died because of it. Your majesty even tried to cover up the sinful queen!"
"Come here!" Gong Yu threw down her wine glass and called out, "The envoy of the Sanggu Kingdom is already drunk."
The envoy of the Sanggu Kingdom said, "If Your Majesty does not abolish the crime, we will wait for the soldiers of the Sanggu Kingdom to step into the territory of the Palace Kingdom in the future!"
In essence, this banquet was sent by the Sanggu Kingdom to provoke. Gong Yu wrote an edict ordering the soldiers in the palace to guard against the enemy's sneak attack and invasion. If the battle cannot be avoided, it must be fought.
In the middle of the night, Gong Yu stepped into the inner hall exhausted, and the female doctor stood guard in the corridor of the inner hall and saluted: "Your Majesty, the acting empress has been in a coma for two days. If you apply more medicine, the acting empress may not be able to support her body."
"I know."
Gong Yu opened the bead curtain, and saw Dai Ruyan, who was chained up, huddled in the corner of the wall as if sleepy.
Although the hall is warm, it is too easy to catch cold just lying down like this, when the footsteps approached, Dai Ruyan suddenly opened her eyes, her expression was as calm as before, Gong Yu paused and said: "Did you take that medicine?"
Dai Ruyan smiled, walked towards Gong Yu unsteadily, but had to stop in front of Gong Yu because of the chain.
Gong Yu couldn't tell who Dai Ruyan was in front of him?
"Xiao Jiu..." Dai Ruyan looked aggrieved.He stretched his arms but couldn't touch Gongyu.
"Why don't you eat?"
The food on the side showed no sign of being tampered with.
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with dull eyes, and stretched out his arms to reveal the wrists that were strangled by the chain due to the struggle.
This is really a trick.
Gong Yu stretched out her hand to pick up the food, sat in front of Dai Ruyan, put the soup bowl within Dai Ruyan's reach.
"I haven't eaten yet, why don't I have one."
The warm fish soup was full of richness, Gong Yu drank it slowly, Dai Ruyan in front of him seemed to confirm that there was nothing else in the meal, just now he was holding the soup bowl that Gong Yu handed over, and sipped the fish soup .
As if the two had returned to their usual peace and harmony, Gong Yu picked up the fishbone, then carefully placed the fish meat in a small bowl, handed it to Dai Ruyan and said, "Today's fish meat is also very tender, try it?"
Dai Ruyan picked up the wooden chopsticks, and the chain swayed slightly with the movement, tinkling.
Gong Yu ate green vegetables and said: "I guess this year's New Year's Eve can't be spent with you in this palace."
"Why?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu blankly.
"We held a banquet today to receive the envoy of the Sanggu Kingdom, but I didn't expect him to be provocative. If I kicked him out of the banquet, it would be like tearing the last layer of film, and we can only meet each other with ice."
Gong Yu spoke slowly, while eating the steamed chicken, dipped in sauce, the taste was really good, but it was a pity that Dai Ruyan liked bland food and didn't like these.
Dai Ruyan seemed to be deep in thought, stretched his wrist and said, "Xiao Jiu, untie it for me?"
"No."
"At least I can't untie it until I leave the palace." Gong Yu responded after taking a big mouthful of rice.
Otherwise, how could Dai Ruyan agree to Gong Yu's expedition? I'm afraid there will be even bigger troubles then.
"I'm useless, I can't help Ayan." Dai Ruyan said guiltily.
Gong Yu swallowed the rice, took a sip of the fish soup and said, "It's not your fault, it's all my negligence."
"Don't Xiaojiu hate me?"
"I don't hate you."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with cool eyes and asked, "Really?"
"Yeah." Gong Yu still tried to put the chicken in the little butterfly, handed it to Dai Ruyan and said: "Taste the chicken."
"It's not tasty." Dai Ruyan only took a small bite.
Gong Yu looked helplessly at this picky eater and replied: "Eat fish all day, sooner or later you will get tired."
"It's not greasy." Dai Ruyan took a small sip of fish soup and said, "I like fish soup the most, and I like Xiao Jiu the most."
"I'm not in the palace, you have to be obedient and don't use your sword to hurt people, you know?"
Dai Ruyan nodded in response: "I want to go too."
"If you leave this palace right now, I'm worried that you will be assassinated."
After Gong Yu was full, she cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Yu's figure with bright eyes.
"Little Nine..."
"what happened?"
"It's cold here, I want to sleep with you." Dai Ruyan stood up and looked at Gong Yu eagerly.
But Gong Yu knew that this was just the prelude to the outbreak, and Dai Ruyan, the younger sister's personality, was best at disguising and deceiving.
Gong Yu glanced at Dai Ruyan and responded: "You are soft and not cold."
Dai Ruyan's expression turned cold, and he held the chain in his hand and said in a low voice, "I don't like sleeping so far away from Xiao Jiu."
"Then you have to get used to it."
"why?"
Gong Yu straightened the quilt and responded: "You are sick and need to recuperate."
"I'm not sick!"
The sound was so sharp that it could pierce Gong Yu's eardrums, followed by the sound of something being pushed.
The fat rabbit huddled in the corner jumped into Gong Yu's arms. Gong Yu gently rubbed the fat rabbit, but without looking at Dai Ruyan, she said softly: "It's late at night, it's time to rest. yes."
"Xiao Jiu, I'm not sick!" Dai Ruyan said softly again in a soft tone.
"Well, I know, go to sleep."
"Little Nine..."
"Ok?"
"I can't sleep alone."
Gong Yu turned around, but still did not look at Dai Ruyan, but responded: "If you don't sleep, I will put out the whole hall."
"I don't want it." Dai Ruyan seemed to break something again.
"I'm very tired today, I want to rest, please be quiet?"
"Then you untie the chain, and I will be quiet."
Gong Yu turned around, looked at the person who was still standing straight in the center of the hall, and said, "The doctor said that I am not in good health. If I can't rest early, I may..."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu nervously and asked, "What will happen?"
"I will die." Gong Yu sat up cross-legged, looked at Dai Ruyan and said very seriously: "If I die, there will be no such person as Xiao Jiu in this world."
"do not want!"
Gong Yu stretched out her hands to cover her ears, only to see Dai Ruyan chanting in a panic, "I'll just keep quiet, Xiao Jiu, rest."
"it is good."
Just like that, Gong Yu lay down, and when she really didn't hear any more sound and was about to fall asleep in a daze, she seemed to hear the sound of choking.
"Ayan?" Gong Yu turned her head to look at the soft bed, but found that there was no one on it, Dai Ruyan huddled in the corner and cried like a nightmare.
Gong Yu got up and walked towards Dai Ruyan hesitantly, calling in a low voice: "Why are you crying?"
Dai Ruyan buried her head in silence, Gong Yu was a little worried that this was some kind of trap.
So she had no choice but to watch quietly until the choking sound stopped and there was no sound, Gong Yu couldn't help guessing that Dai Ruyan might have fallen asleep.
"Ayan?"
This probing didn't get any response, Gong Yu approached cautiously, until when she got close to her, Dai Ruyan suddenly stretched out her arms and held Gong Yu tightly.
Gong Yu fell to the ground and couldn't move, Dai Ruyan managed to look at Gong Yu and said, "You know Xiao Jiu still loves me, right?"
Gong Yu, who pretended to be ill suddenly, did not make a sound, Dai Ruyan didn't notice it at first, until seeing Gong Yu's face was pale as if she hadn't moved at all, she suddenly froze.
The palm resting next to Gong Yu's cheek was careful not to move, and Dai Ruyan called in a low voice: "Xiao Jiu?"
The voice was particularly clear in the empty hall, Dai Ruyan's cunning eyes were full of panic, and his cheeks rubbed against Gong Yu's cool cheeks as he said in horror: "Wake up!"
"do not leave Me……"
The calls were like stones falling into a deep well, full of despair.Gong Yu couldn't bear to open her eyes and whispered: "Don't cry."
Dai Ruyan smiled and kissed the corner of Gong Yu's eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't disturb your rest."
"Just don't do that next time."
"Xiao Jiu, will you sleep with me?"
"it is good."
The two were nestled on the bed, Dai Ruyan carefully leaned against Gong Yu, very peaceful.
Gong Yu's palm lightly touched Dai Ruyan's loose hair, and she couldn't help sighing.
"Sure enough, I'm still not as good as my sisters."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because the sisters won't be locked up by Xiao Jiu stupidly."
Gong Yu laughed dumbfounded, touched Dai Ruyan's small earlobe lightly with her fingertips and did not respond.
Dai Ruyan in her arms was silent for a while, rubbed the tip of her nose against Gong Yu's robe and said with a smile: "I like Xiao Jiu's smell.
Gong Yu embraced Dai Ruyan lightly, and said in a sleepy voice: "Sleep
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