In late autumn, the weather suddenly became much cooler, and when I woke up in the morning, there was still a white mist outside the window.
Because of the war, the people's autumn harvest had no grains, and they couldn't fill their stomachs, so they once again made troubles in a mighty way.
Gong Yu sent local officials to appease the victims, and raised food to set up a porridge shed to donate food. The ministers in the court did not dare to make any further troubles because Dai Ruyan set up a separate criminal department.
This criminal department created out of thin air emptied the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and even had amazing powers.
Moreover, Dai Ruyan admired the style of reporting, and was good at harsh criminal laws. In the past, the extravagant style prevailed in the palace, most of which were related to the collusion of ministers with factions.
Therefore, in the criminal law revised by Gong Guo, there is a clause that those who collude with parties and gather crowds to plot wrongdoing will be executed.
Nowadays, the ministers are doing their duty every day, and after leaving the yamen, they avoid living in the mansion one after another, for fear of being reported anonymously by the spies hiding in the capital.
This is naturally beneficial to government affairs, but people are in panic all day long, and the prosperous capital in the past seems to be shrouded in a layer of black mist.
When Gong Yu was reviewing the memorial in the outer hall, Dai Ruyan came out of the inner hall with a black cat in his arms.
Because Dai Ruyan didn't like it, or because Gong Yu had sent guards to burn down the side hall.
Since then, there was no bodyguard, and the hall was very empty, Dai Ruyan stopped at the side while Gong Yu was in a daze, and said, "It's time for dinner, why don't you enter the inner hall?"
"I'm not hungry." Gong Yu looked at the memorial, not at Dai Ruyan.
The chain sounded crisply, and the black cat jumped out of Dai Ruyan's arms and landed on the table full of memorials.
Gong Yu frowned, stretched out her hand and waved lightly, trying to drive it away, without knocking the memorial to the ground.
But he didn't expect that the black cat, which looked obedient, suddenly opened its fangs and looked at Gong Yu fiercely. When Gong Yu recovered, it suddenly bit Gong Yu's arm fiercely.
As the stinging blood quickly dripped down the back of Gong Yu's hand, the black cat quickly fled away.
In the past, I heard that the black cat likes to bite people the most. The palace people have been bitten in all likelihood, but now Gong Yu knows that the black cat is very fierce.
"Does it hurt?" Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's hand and said, "This cat can't stand your teasing."
Where is this funny?
Gong Yu withdrew his hand from Dai Ruyan's palm, looked at Dai Ruyan in puzzlement and asked: "This black cat has already bitten many people. Didn't Ah Yan think that this black cat has a violent temper?"
"Xiao Jiu, don't get angry with the cat, the cat is docile in my arms."
Dai Ruyan frowned slightly, watching Gong Yu's drooping hands dripping with blood, and said, "Come on, I'll bandage the wound with you."
"No, I'll take care of it myself." Gong Yu got up and walked to the inner hall alone, the chain pulled extremely fast.
The sound became much louder, Dai Ruyan watched Gong Yu's back, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the chain tightly.
Gong Yu turned around in confusion, only to see Dai Ruyan smiling and saying: "Xiao Jiu, do you hate me?"
The black cat lying low beside Dai Ruyan's skirt was calling obediently, as if it was the only voice in the hall.
When night fell, Gong Yu reviewed the memorial and raised her hand to look at the gauze-wrapped hand.
Dai Ruyan sat beside him and read a book, while the black cat was locked in an iron cage. It was crazy at first, but then became much quieter.
"I want to go outside to get angry secretly." Gong Yu raised her hand, motioning to untie the chain.
Dai Ruyan closed the book and said, "The night is getting dark, it's cold outside."
Gong Yu pursed her lips tightly, got up and walked to Dai Ruyan's side, reaching out to get the key placed in front of Dai Ruyan.
Dai Ruyan's hand was tightly restrained, Gong Yu endured the pain and held the key and said, "I am a human being, not a cat you raised."
"Xiao Jiu, are you making trouble with me?"
"You let go!"
Dai Ruyan's eyes became even more angry, and the hand that had been bandaged with great difficulty once again seeped bright red blood, soaking the white gauze.
The two were at a stalemate, and the palace servants who were arranging food outside came out of the inner hall, happened to bump into this scene, and they all lowered their heads and stopped for a while.
Gong Yu shook off Dai Ruyan's hand, untied the chain on his wrist, and a crisp sound came out.
The heavy chain fell to the ground crisply, Gong Yu turned around and was about to leave, Dai Ruyan asked: "Where are you going?"
Did not get a response from Gong Yu, Dai Ruyan called out in a panic: "Someone hold her for me!"
"Who dares!" Gong Yu pulled out the sword she was wearing, angrily scolded the guard who was about to step forward, looked sideways at Dai Ruyan and said, "Ayan, don't you realize that you are seriously ill?"
Dai Ruyan stepped forward, Gong Yu raised his sword and shouted: "You are not allowed to come over!"
"Xiao Jiu... are you going to kill me?" Dai Ruyan didn't stop, but walked towards Gong Yu slowly, her eyes full of desolation.
Gong Yu tightened her sword hand and responded, "I won't kill you, it's a big deal...I'll commit suicide."
"Are you crazy?" Dai Ruyan wanted to step forward, but Gong Yu stepped back vigilantly, "Don't stop me anymore, I just want to go outside to get some air, otherwise I really don't know how to get along with you."
The blood dripped down, and the smell of blood lingered in the hall, Dai Ruyan replied hesitantly: "Okay, you put down the sword, I will go with you."
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "I want to be alone for a while."
In these years, Gong Yu has never said a word to Dai Ruyan in a loud voice, and even the whole city has heard that Gong Yu is afraid of guilt.
Walking around the palace alone with a sword in hand, in the depths of the night there is nothing but palace people carrying palace lanterns.
With the full moon in the sky and the surrounding silence, Gong Yu hoped that all this was just a dream, and when she woke up, Ruyan still had the gentle appearance she had when she was discussing the marriage with her.
That is what Gong Yu wants to protect with all his efforts, so no matter how insidious and cunning the court is, Gong Yu never hides from Dai Ruyan, and the troops and even the firearms he arranges are exactly the same as Dai Ruyan.
But now Dai Ruyan is using it to restrain Gong Yu. When he walked to the gazebo, Gong Yu remembered that he had met the female assassin a long time ago. After the edict, Gong Yu was placed under a potted plant, and there was no more been here.
Stepping into the gazebo, Gong Yu moved potted plants and found that the edict had disappeared, guessing that the female assassin should have left the capital.
Gong Yu was leaning against the pillar wearily, the lotus in the pool beside her had already withered, and it seemed to be withered in late autumn.
There was no light on in the pavilion, the moonlight was very bright, the sword in Gong Yu's hand, the gauze was already half wet with blood, and the wound bitten by the black cat was deep.
In the past, Gong Yu only heard that the black cat had a bad temper, and the palace people were very afraid when they saw it. Now Gong Yu suddenly worried that she might get rabies.
But there should be no rabies in this world, Gong Yu ignored the wound on his hand, and when he was drowsy, a person entered the pavilion.
"Who is it?" Gong Yu held the sword vigilantly, although she couldn't see who it was.
Only after leading that person to the front, Gong Yu regained his composure and said, "Why haven't you left yet?"
The woman stopped aside with a long sword in her hand and said: "After the Jinzhou attack, the capital was blocked, and I couldn't get out when I found the edict."
"But now the city gate should have come?"
"The people of the palace state are talking about the queen of the palace state being crazy. How could you, as the emperor, end up in this gazebo alone in the middle of the night?"
Gong Yu replied with her back against the guardrail: "An emperor who has no soldiers and horses and no power is similar to a beggar on the street."
"Although you are not suitable to be an emperor, the palace country is improving little by little under your governance." The woman stood quietly aside.
"is it?"
"However, I never thought of being emperor, but it's impossible to retire now."
"Do you want me to help you?"
"Help me with anything?"
The woman lightly turned the sword in her hand and said: "Kill the queen, and you can regain the emperor's power."
"no!"
Gong Yu didn't expect this female assassin to be so straightforward, and hurriedly responded: "Ayan is just sick, so some behaviors are not normal."
"Sick?" The woman turned her head to look at the moonlight and said, "There are no normal people in this world, and it is my duty to act for the heavens."
"What do you want to do?" Gong Yu held the sword vigilantly.
"I don't know how to do anything, but if your queen is really sick, you should ask a doctor to treat her."
"But her disease is not a disease that ordinary people see, and I have not found a famous doctor in private inquiries, not to mention that if this disease is spread, the people will definitely go crazy."
A dignified lunatic turned out to be the queen of the palace. The strange eyes of the common people might anger Dai Ruyan, and then I don't know how much blood would be shed and sacrificed.
The woman sighed and said: "You blindly protect her, which is why the empress will act recklessly again and again. If it continues like this, one day your life may be in danger."
"So... did I pamper her too much?" Gong Yu asked hesitantly.
"I have to go, otherwise those hidden guards will definitely notice the abnormality when they wake up."
The female assassin retreated into the dark, only Yu Gongyu was alone, at dawn Gong Yu only felt that her eyes were extremely dry.
The pavilion was as quiet as before, and the morning glow in the distance was faintly visible. Gong Yu turned his head slightly and saw Dai Ruyan stepping into the pavilion.
The palace people behind them are holding dragon robes and crowns in their hands, obviously preparing for the court.
Dai Ruyan approached, his eyes showed a light blue color, but he didn't look too tired on his face.
Gong Yu blinked her eyes lightly and said, "I don't want to go to court today."
"Does Xiao Jiu feel unwell?" Dai Ruyan touched Gong Yu's forehead and asked.
Gong Yu said at the beginning: "I want to go back to the palace to rest, please trouble the queen to go to court today."
"Okay, I'll re-bandage your hands and go to court."
"No, I can let the palace servants take care of me." Gong Yu withdrew his hand from Dai Ruyan's palm.
Dai Ruyan frowned and looked at Gong Yu in puzzlement, "Xiao Jiu is still angry with me?"
Gong Yu smiled but said nothing, got up and walked out of the pavilion with a slight stagger.
From then on, Gong Yu ignored the government and only hired court musicians and painters outside. He demanded to be in good shape, and men who were not seven feet tall would not be seen.
In the early winter, the weather became much cooler. When Gong Yu woke up from the bed in the morning, Dai Ruyan was already reviewing the memorial.
Hearing the people in the palace talking secretly, it was only then that Dai Ruyan brought in a group of pharmacists from outside the palace to smelt the elixir.
Gong Yu was wearing the big red robe that was put aside, and reached out to pick up the jade flute on the side to leave the inner hall.
"Let's eat first." Dai Ruyan put down the memorial and looked at Gong Yu and said, "For the past few months, you have eaten with those musicians every day. We haven't eaten together for a long time."
"Today I learned a new piece of music with Wang Yueshi. The lingering sound is lingering and pleasant to the ear. I want to learn it earlier, or wait until later to have dinner with the queen."
Dai Ruyan looked at the smile on Gong Yu's face, and the memorial held at his fingertips was already deformed, and said in a low voice: "The musicians in the palace have their own music halls. It is really inappropriate for you to openly recruit many men into the palace. Palace rules."
"What's more, I don't care about political affairs all day long. I only know that I am in the same room with those musicians. I have neglected government affairs. Many ministers have already participated in the play."
The Gong Yu who stood by the window had a fair complexion, and this bright red robe made her even more elegant and noble. His eyes were full of bright smiles, and he was no longer the cowardly young man who pretended to be indifferent to the world.
"I have always been weak, and I think the ministers are also aware of this matter. Please take care of the empress." Gong Yu held the jade flute with her slender fingertips, smiling brightly.
Dai Ruyan shook his head slightly, and said with a dark expression: "Why doesn't Xiaojiu call me Ayan anymore?"
Gong Yu clenched the jade flute tightly between her fingers and said with a smile: "Ayan is also the queen of Gong Guo."
The palace servant outside the curtain whispered, "Your Majesty, the musicians in the side hall are waiting for Your Majesty."
"Hey, I'm here."
Not even looking at her anymore, Gong Yu opened the curtain and walked outside, the chain connecting the two seemed to be in vain.
Sitting by the window, Dai Ruyan looked sideways at the thick fog outside, and the memorial in his palm had already been twisted into a ball.
In the middle of the night, Gong Yu had a few drinks with the musicians, and when the bells, gongs and drums sounded, it seemed to be the only lively place in the silent palace.
Gong Yu just put down the wine glass when Dai Ruyan sent someone to urge the palace people to come for the third time.
The palace servant prostrated himself on the ground and said in a timid voice: "Your Majesty, the Empress sent servants to invite Your Majesty back to the bedroom."
"I know."
When waiting for the ugliness, it was already late at night, and it was much warmer because of drinking wine.
Gong Yu stepped into the inner hall, walked with a slightly swaying figure, without looking where Ruyan was, and fell down on the bed.
When the bead curtain sounded, Dai Ruyan came out from the inside wearing thin clothes, Gong Yu blinked slightly sleepy and turned over, lying on the inside.
When the footsteps from the other side approached, Gong Yu pretended to be asleep and didn't make any movement.
Until Dai Ruyan was lying on the side, and even spoke a few words, Gong Yu fell into a drowsy sleep.
When she woke up the next day, the candles in the hall were still burning, and Gong Yu sat up lazily.
Dai Ruyan reviewed the memorials as usual, and the meals had already been set aside.
Gong Yu got up to take a bath in the inner room, only to find that all the bright-colored robes in the wardrobe had disappeared.
Helpless, Gong Yu had no choice but to change into a bright yellow robe and go out of the inner hall, as if she didn't care.
Unexpectedly, there are a large number of palace people moving the objects in that side hall, and the stage that took more than a month to build has been burned to ashes.
That Wang Yueshi went to the side and knelt down: "I don't know why it suddenly caught fire last night."
"Are there any casualties?" Gong Yu gasped and asked.
"Fortunately, most of them are only minor injuries."
Gong Yu had no choice but to return to the hall, Dai Ruyan was still looking at the memorial, as if the fire last night had nothing to do with her.
"I want silver."
Dai Ruyan closed the memorial and asked, "What does Xiao Jiu want to do?"
"Repair the stage and hire musicians again."
"It's rare to live in peace these days. If you spend a lot of money to repair the stage, wouldn't it be criticized?"
"I don't care, the queen has silver, doesn't she?" Gong Yu stepped forward and asked, "Just a word from the left and right, and I can get the silver."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puzzled eyes and said, "Xiao Jiu, why don't you want to call me A Yan?"
Gong Yu showed a smile, looked at the serious Dai Ruyan with bright eyes and read: "Ayan...Ayan..."
"Can you give me money in this way?"
Almost instantly, the light in Dai Ruyan's eyes suddenly went out, and he looked at Gong Yu with a tense expression and said, "You..."
"Is it really Xiao Jiu?"
"I'm Xiaojiu." Gong Yu said with a smile, "I'm also the emperor of Gongguo."
"I can give whatever queen I want, can't I?"
Dai Ruyan looked away from Gong Yu's piercing smile and said in a low voice: "Whatever Xiao Jiu wants, I will naturally give it."
"But if you recruit musicians again, you must cleanse yourself before entering the palace."
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "Isn't that the same as the eunuchs in the palace?"
"Other men are not allowed in the palace, doesn't Xiao Jiu know?" Dai Ruyan replied without rebuttal.
The hall fell silent for a moment, Gong Yu got up and sat at the dining table, eating by herself.
Seeing that Gong Yu seemed to have compromised, Dai Ruyan frowned slightly, put down the memorial in his hand, got up and sat aside.
This scene was very common in the past, but now it is the first time in several months.
"Today the imperial chef stewed ginseng soup, Xiaojiu try it?" Dai Ruyan handed the soup to Gong Yu's hand.
Gong Yu didn't reach out to pick it up, but just ate the grilled chicken with some sauce.
Until the end of the meal, Gong Yu never drank the ginseng soup, Dai Ruyan held the porridge bowl and said nothing.
"I'm full." Gong Yu got up holding the saber she carried with her.
Dai Ruyan was puzzled, "Where are you going?"
"I suddenly want to learn swordsmanship, so I want to recruit famous swordsmen. Since the queen forbids men, I will recruit female swordsmen."
"But shouldn't Xiaojiu stay with me in the hall today?"
Gong Yu looked puzzled and said: "There are still many memorials over there, and the queen is also busy with business, so I won't bother you."
"Xiaojiu, don't you... have you ever thought about accompanying me?" Dai Ruyan asked hesitantly while holding the chain.
"I just went outside to practice swords, and I didn't leave this palace, so naturally I didn't leave the queen."
After finishing speaking, Gong Yu turned around and walked out of the inner hall, the chain was slowly pulled farther and farther from Dai Ruyan's fingertips.
But within three days, a female swordsman was summoned, and Gong Yu drank tea with a long sword in her hand, waiting for the female swordsman to enter the palace.
"Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time." The female swordsman had delicate features and a slim figure holding a long sword.
It's just that Gong Yu still couldn't hide her surprise, when the palace people retreated, the female swordsman frivolously said: "Why is Your Majesty so surprised?"
Gong Yu swallowed the tea, stood aside with her sword in hand, looked around and asked softly, "You...you didn't leave?"
"I heard that Your Majesty rewarded a hundred gold for recruiting female swordsmen. Although my aptitude is still low, I still want to fight for a hundred gold."
"You are really bold." Gong Yu sideways hid the sword, and the two slowly exchanged ideas
The female swordsman looked serious and said: "Man dies for money, and bird dies for food. Could it be possible that your majesty thinks that your minister is a fairy who does not eat the fireworks of the world?"
Gong Yu waved his sword and said, "You don't mean to kill people, do you?"
"The palace is heavily guarded, Your Majesty really values this humble minister."
Before the words finished, the sword in Gong Yu's hand had already fallen aside, sweat dripped down her cheeks, and she couldn't help but sigh that this person might be a master hermit.
In the next few days, every time Gong Yu went back to practice, she couldn't lift her whole arm. In the evening, Gong Yu lay tired on the wooden board.
It was getting dark outside, but the female swordsman didn't even take a breath, and stopped by the open door like a normal person.
There is a pool of water outside the door, and you need to cross the bridge to get in and out. Gong Yu originally set it up to prevent Dai Ruyan from sending people to stare at her all day long.
When the breeze hit, it was very cold, Gong Yu sat up and asked, "Where are you from?"
The female swordsman looked boredly at Gong Yu and said, "It's just a nobody."
Hey?
Seeing that she refused to speak, Gong Yu stopped asking, got up and put on the sword, walked to her side and said, "You have searched all over the world, but have you ever heard of any miracle medicine that can cure madness?"
"If your majesty is treating the queen's illness, there should be no cure for it."
"Why do you say that?"
The female swordsman lightly held the sword in her hand, looked at the chain on Gong Yu's wrist, and said, "It's hard to get rid of the demons in the heart. Right now, Your Majesty is surrounded by people arranged by the queen. The queen is so vigilant against those close to her. It can be seen that there is no medicine left." Can be saved."
Gong Yu remained silent for a long time and said in the dark, "I thought about what you said that day, maybe you are right."
"I accepted her good and evil frankly, but I didn't let her look directly into her heart, but made her more determined that she was right. To this day, her fault is inseparable from me."
"Your Majesty, do you still want to practice swords?" the female swordsman asked suddenly, looking sideways at Gong Yu with a serious expression.
"it is good!"
In fact, most of the time when practicing swords, Gong Yu was forced to have no ability to fight back.
After half a month, Yu Gongyu's swordsmanship has not improved, but on the contrary, there are many bruises and swellings on her body.
At night, Gong Yu rolled up her robe to reveal the scary-looking bruises, Dai Ruyan sat on one side, smeared ointment and whispered: "Do you want to practice tomorrow?"
"Well, that female swordsman is highly skilled in martial arts, and her swordsmanship is very good."
"It's freezing cold in winter, it's too dangerous for you to practice swords with that unknown female swordsman in just this thin robe."
Gong Yu put down her sleeves and lay flat on her side, responding: "It's okay, that female swordsman is bold, I'm very happy."
Dai Ruyan stopped wiping the ointment, looked at Gong Yu, and said with thin lips, "Xiao Jiu, are you still angry with me?"
"Nothing, it's late at night and I'm sleepy." Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan and smiled, then closed her eyes.
Suddenly, he noticed that his eyes had darkened, a delicate kiss fell from his lips, and his warm eyes were fixed on Gong Yu.
Even though Gong Yu pretended to be asleep and closed her eyes, she could still feel Dai Ruyan's undisguised gaze.
The palm that was lightly holding the cheek felt a little cold, Dai Ruyan kissed Gongyu's brow and cheek softly on the corner of his mouth.
"Why would Xiao Jiu prefer to pretend to be asleep rather than get close to me?"
Gong Yu still didn't respond, until the sudden sharp pain forced Gong Yu to open her eyes.
Blood quickly filled the whole mouth, Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan puzzled, only to see that Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with empty eyes, and the thin lips were still stained with blood.
"What are you doing?" Gong Yu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her arm.
Dai Ruyan responded with a raised mouth: "We haven't been close for a long time."
Gong Yu looked up at Dai Ruyan and said, "I'm tired."
"Xiao Jiu, I don't like you calling me in front of me."
"I am the Emperor of the Palace Kingdom."
"But you are also my little nine."
Dai Ruyan Fu lowly kissed Qin Gongyu's cheek, his eyes flickered slightly and said: "The former Xiaojiu would not ignore me like this and neglect me."
"Empress, if you are sick." Gong Yu stretched out his hand and gently pushed Kai Dai Ruyan and said, "I can find a good doctor in the world for you."
"I'm not sick." Dai Ruyan smiled and took Gong Yu's hand, kissed the back of it and said, "I'm fine now, Xiao Jiu doesn't like it?"
Gong Yu turned her head to look at the burning candle and said, "If the queen is not sick, then I am sick."
"I am troubled by the empress to issue an edict tomorrow. The emperor is seriously ill, and his expression and behavior are all abnormal. I will reward ten thousand gold for recommending a famous doctor."
Dai Ruyan looked puzzled and said: "If such a disease spreads, the entire palace people will think that Xiaojiu has entered the body with an evil disease, and even the emperor of the palace will be pushed to the forefront."
"Does the queen mean that you have to hide your illness?"
"Xiao Jiu, my illness has been cured a long time ago, don't you think I'm fine now?"
It felt like Dai Ruyan was deceiving herself and others, and she even deceived Gong Yu.
The cold wind outside the hall blew against the windows, Gong Yu looked sideways at Dai Ruyan and responded: "I'm sleepy, let's discuss this matter later."
"Xiao Jiu?" Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's cheek and called in a low voice: "Why do you neglect me like this?"
Gong Yu's hand that stopped in mid-air finally just fell aside and said: "I didn't snub the queen, I'm just a little tired."
Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Yu, and Gong Yu let her watch like this.
The stalemate lasted to the end of the night, when Gong Yu passed in a daze, she didn't know whether Dai Ruyan had fallen asleep or not.
When she woke up the next morning, the hall was surprisingly cold, Gong Yu huddled on the side of the bed and looked aside, only to see Dai Ruyan sitting quietly in thin clothes.
The candles in the hall had already been extinguished, and the closed windows were opened at some point, and it was snowing heavily outside.
Gong Yu noticed that there was no heating in the hall, so she sat up and asked, "Did the palace people snooze last night?"
Dai Ruyan blinked her eyes lightly and responded: "Last night it was very windy and snowy, didn't Xiao Jiu hear it?"
"Perhaps you are too tired." Seeing Dai Ruyan's expression was a little off, Gong Yu got up and wanted to call the imperial physician.
"Xiao Jiu..." Dai Ruyan stretched out his arms to imprison Gong Yu, and whispered on his pillow, "Are you really going to ignore me like this from now on?"
Gong Yu couldn't break free, so she had to let Dai Ruyan restrain her quietly.
"Queen, you think too much."
"Did I think too much?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with red eyes and said, "Xiao Jiu, you said you would love me forever."
"I will love you forever." Gong Yu replied.
But Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu suspiciously and asked, "Is love like this?"
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan and replied: "Is there anything the Queen wants, is there anything I won't give?"
When the words fell, Dai Ruyan let go of the hand that imprisoned Gongyu, and smiled like a sneer.
Only this laughter echoed in the empty hall, Dai Ruyan stopped laughing and said, "Xiao Jiu, you are really sick."
"The love I want it shouldn't be like this."
When the heavy snow fell quietly, it seemed that Dai Ruyan's last hope was also buried, and even the black cat that was locked in the cage disappeared.
The news that the emperor of Gongguo had a strange disease spread in the capital, and Dai Ruyan also moved back to the queen's palace.
The only time the two meet each other every day is because it is time for Gong Yu to drink medicine.
When it was freezing cold, there was no charcoal basin and no heating in the hall, so Dai Ruyan untied the chain with his own hands.
As if being abandoned, Gong Yu was confined in this huge palace.
The female swordsman's visit was refused by the soldiers outside the palace, and even the maids were not allowed to enter.
In the middle of the night, Ruyan entered the hall with soup and medicine, and Gong Yuzheng was holding a fat rabbit in his arms, leaning against the window alone.
The cold wind was raging in the hall, Dai Ruyan put the soup and medicine aside and said: "Your Majesty, it's time to drink the medicine."
Looking at Dai Ruyan's smiling eyes, Gong Yu reached out to pick up the soup and frowned and drank it down.
The candles in the hall were not lit, so it looked a little dark, Dai Ruyan reached out to close the window, and lit the candlestick with a fire pocket as if he was not affected by the darkness at all.
The sudden bright light was a bit dazzling, and Gong Yu was a little stiff from the cold.
"What do you think of this medicine, Your Majesty?" Dai Ruyan stood beside the candlestick and asked softly.
Gong Yu gasped and responded, "It's a bit bitter."
Dai Ruyan smiled and said, "Good medicine tastes bitter."
"Now it's just the first frost and it's snowing heavily. Your Majesty is going to suffer for being so stubborn."
"It's okay, thank you Queen for worrying."
Probably this is punishment, Ruyan said in the past that if she is not good, she will naturally be punished.
The wind was blowing against the window, until Dai Ruyan left the hall, Gong Yu couldn't help the stomach toss and vomited out the medicinal soup.
What kind of thing is it that a sick person gives medicine to a healthy person?
Gong Yu wiped her mouth in her robe, and lay on the low couch. When the heavy snow stopped, her eyelids became sleepy.
The window was suddenly blown open by the wind, and the female swordsman jumped into the hall and sighed: "You... want to leave here?"
"Leave?" Gong Yu thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid she will become even crazier."
"But it's no use for you."
"Yeah, then I have to find someone to find out the truth."
The female swordsman asked in surprise, "Can you go out?"
Gong Yu sat up and said: "Of course, it's just that I have to date you to do something for me."
The wind outside concealed the conversation in the silent palace. Two days later, in the middle of the night when it was snowing heavily, Dai Ruyan was flipping through ancient books on medicine in the palace.
The wind and snow outside the window rattled the window, but it couldn't stop Dai Ruyan from concentrating.
The ancient medicine book was so fragile that it couldn't be flipped through by hand, and the candle beside it was shaking slightly.
The curtain was lifted suddenly, Biyu knelt down with a pale face, and called out in a trembling voice: "Empress Empress, something has happened...Your Majesty..."
Dai Ruyan didn't seem to be slowed down, her obsessive eyes still stayed on the ancient book, she looked sideways at Biyu and asked, "What happened?"
Biyu lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty's palace has been burnt down."
The window on the other side was blown open, and even the candle holder fell to one side, the ancient book was on fire, Dai Ruyan stared blankly, looked at Biyu with confusion in his eyes and said: "What do you mean by burning out?"
"I don't know if it's because of the strong wind, or why the palace burned too fast. There are not many guards in His Majesty's palace, and the gate of the palace seems to be locked from the inside."
Dai Ruyan got up slowly and looked at the ancient books that were mostly burned, but she didn't recover, and Biyu didn't dare to make a sound.
Until Dai Ruyan suddenly took a quick step, Biyu and other palace attendants hurriedly followed behind.
The huge palace could still faintly glow with scarlet flames, and the queen's palace was very close, but there were still a few palace roads to bypass.
The palace people carrying the phoenix chariot followed behind Dai Ruyan, the sky was getting whiter, Dai Ruyan's expression was dull, his eyes were empty and lifeless, but his pace did not stop.
It wasn't until he stopped in front of the collapsed palace that Dai Ruyan seemed to have regained his composure, and turned around to inspect the surroundings. The guards knelt in the snow one after another.
The falling snow fell on Dai Ruyan's skirt, but Dai Ruyan didn't see the person she wanted to see.
"This must be just a prank on her part." Dai Ruyan murmured as if deceiving herself.
Tears falling from the corners of his eyes silently dripped into the snow, Dai Ruyan left the already ruined palace without turning his head, but the guards behind him called out: "Empress Empress!"
Dai Ruyan pulled out the sword of the accompanying guards and angrily reprimanded: "Whoever dares to bring up this matter again will be executed."
Afterwards, a group of ministers came and knelt on both sides of the palace road in mourning clothes. Dai Ruyan stared blankly at the white sky, feeling a little at a loss what to do.
Gu Qing rushed to the ruined hall wearing heavy armor, the door was already guarded by heavy soldiers, Biyu waited by the side and dared not speak.
"What's wrong with her?" Gu Qing called anxiously.
Bi Yuhong replied with eyes wide open, "His Majesty's corpse is still inside."
This once glorious hall is now burnt to the point that only one main pillar remains. When Gu Qing stepped into it, he saw Dai Ruyan dressed in bright red clothes, and the delicate makeup on his face was glamorous and charming.
On the other side of the eyes of such a delicate beauty is a corpse, as usual, the eyes are very calm and peaceful.
Gu Qing held the hilt of the sword in his hand, but his heart was unbearably excited. Finally, the person in front of him would belong to him.
It's just that there was a soft humming in the hall suddenly, the tone was sad and desolate, but Dai Ruyan was full of smiles, and raised his hand to touch the corpse whose limbs were curled up and deformed due to the scorching.
This action was seen by others as crazy, Gu Qing paused and walked forward and said: "The ministers have been controlled in the side hall, and the capital is strictly guarded, so there should be no trouble."
But these words did not get any response, Dai Ruyan looked intently at the corpse beside him and murmured in a low voice: "How could she think of dying?"
Gu Qing stepped forward hesitantly: "Ayan?"
Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gu Qing, as if looking at another person through Gu Qing, blinked her clear eyes and said, "Do you want to burn yourself to death?"
"Me?" Gu Qing shook her head and replied, "Of course I wouldn't act so cowardly."
"Then she won't either." Dai Ruyan smiled but tears dripped down her cheeks, as if she was extremely depressed and said, "Why did you leave me?"
The smile was full of desperation and desolation, as if he was extremely tired, Dai Ruyan knelt down on the side in a daze.
Seeing such a scene, Gu Qing didn't dare to approach. The cold wind was blowing, and the pitch-black wooden pillars were tilted to and fro. It was obvious that this place was not a safe place.
"Ayan, this place is not safe, why don't you leave?"
Dai Ruyan's eyes fell on the corpse in front of him, as if he was thinking about something, or he seemed to have lost his mind to the point of madness.
"Gu Qing, do you believe in longevity medicine?"
"Although I don't believe it, maybe there are." Gu Qing moved closer carefully.
"Yes, but why doesn't she believe it?" Dai Ruyan lightly rested his palm next to the head on the charred corpse, as if he could still feel a little warmth, and whispered: "The elixir of life is real. "
Gu Qing was a little surprised to hear this and asked: "Has Ayan developed it yet?"
Dai Ruyan smiled, his eyes seemed to be lit with hope, and answered: "Yes, it's almost there."
"Then this is a great thing, who doesn't want the longevity medicine?"
"But she doesn't want it." Dai Ru said as if the light in his eyes was destroyed in an instant, "Why doesn't she wait for me anymore?"
"Ayan?" Gu Qing couldn't bear Dai Ruyan's sadness and comforted him, "Your Majesty already..."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gu Qing with red eyes, and said with murderous intent: "She's not dead!"
This was a rare time when Gu Qing would be intimidated, Dai Ruyan in front of him had a ferocious expression, like a demon in hell that was being burned by fire.
When the heavy snow stopped, it was almost evening, Dai Ruyan raised his hand to gently wipe off the snow that fell on the corpse, and caught a glimpse of the ring that had been embedded in the flesh and blood.
The whole person was crying like a madman, reaching out to take out the ring.
"You hate me, so you would rather die than see me again?" Dai Ruyan looked at the person in front of him flushedly, his palm was cut with too much force, and blood dripped silently.
But Dai Ruyan didn't seem to feel the pain, holding the ring full of treasure and questioning: "You said this ring is a pair, why did you leave me alone?"
The wind whizzed by his ears, but there was no response. Dai Ruyan held the ring in both hands, as if his heart had been gouged out, and laughed unconsciously in pain.
Because of the war, the people's autumn harvest had no grains, and they couldn't fill their stomachs, so they once again made troubles in a mighty way.
Gong Yu sent local officials to appease the victims, and raised food to set up a porridge shed to donate food. The ministers in the court did not dare to make any further troubles because Dai Ruyan set up a separate criminal department.
This criminal department created out of thin air emptied the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and even had amazing powers.
Moreover, Dai Ruyan admired the style of reporting, and was good at harsh criminal laws. In the past, the extravagant style prevailed in the palace, most of which were related to the collusion of ministers with factions.
Therefore, in the criminal law revised by Gong Guo, there is a clause that those who collude with parties and gather crowds to plot wrongdoing will be executed.
Nowadays, the ministers are doing their duty every day, and after leaving the yamen, they avoid living in the mansion one after another, for fear of being reported anonymously by the spies hiding in the capital.
This is naturally beneficial to government affairs, but people are in panic all day long, and the prosperous capital in the past seems to be shrouded in a layer of black mist.
When Gong Yu was reviewing the memorial in the outer hall, Dai Ruyan came out of the inner hall with a black cat in his arms.
Because Dai Ruyan didn't like it, or because Gong Yu had sent guards to burn down the side hall.
Since then, there was no bodyguard, and the hall was very empty, Dai Ruyan stopped at the side while Gong Yu was in a daze, and said, "It's time for dinner, why don't you enter the inner hall?"
"I'm not hungry." Gong Yu looked at the memorial, not at Dai Ruyan.
The chain sounded crisply, and the black cat jumped out of Dai Ruyan's arms and landed on the table full of memorials.
Gong Yu frowned, stretched out her hand and waved lightly, trying to drive it away, without knocking the memorial to the ground.
But he didn't expect that the black cat, which looked obedient, suddenly opened its fangs and looked at Gong Yu fiercely. When Gong Yu recovered, it suddenly bit Gong Yu's arm fiercely.
As the stinging blood quickly dripped down the back of Gong Yu's hand, the black cat quickly fled away.
In the past, I heard that the black cat likes to bite people the most. The palace people have been bitten in all likelihood, but now Gong Yu knows that the black cat is very fierce.
"Does it hurt?" Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's hand and said, "This cat can't stand your teasing."
Where is this funny?
Gong Yu withdrew his hand from Dai Ruyan's palm, looked at Dai Ruyan in puzzlement and asked: "This black cat has already bitten many people. Didn't Ah Yan think that this black cat has a violent temper?"
"Xiao Jiu, don't get angry with the cat, the cat is docile in my arms."
Dai Ruyan frowned slightly, watching Gong Yu's drooping hands dripping with blood, and said, "Come on, I'll bandage the wound with you."
"No, I'll take care of it myself." Gong Yu got up and walked to the inner hall alone, the chain pulled extremely fast.
The sound became much louder, Dai Ruyan watched Gong Yu's back, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the chain tightly.
Gong Yu turned around in confusion, only to see Dai Ruyan smiling and saying: "Xiao Jiu, do you hate me?"
The black cat lying low beside Dai Ruyan's skirt was calling obediently, as if it was the only voice in the hall.
When night fell, Gong Yu reviewed the memorial and raised her hand to look at the gauze-wrapped hand.
Dai Ruyan sat beside him and read a book, while the black cat was locked in an iron cage. It was crazy at first, but then became much quieter.
"I want to go outside to get angry secretly." Gong Yu raised her hand, motioning to untie the chain.
Dai Ruyan closed the book and said, "The night is getting dark, it's cold outside."
Gong Yu pursed her lips tightly, got up and walked to Dai Ruyan's side, reaching out to get the key placed in front of Dai Ruyan.
Dai Ruyan's hand was tightly restrained, Gong Yu endured the pain and held the key and said, "I am a human being, not a cat you raised."
"Xiao Jiu, are you making trouble with me?"
"You let go!"
Dai Ruyan's eyes became even more angry, and the hand that had been bandaged with great difficulty once again seeped bright red blood, soaking the white gauze.
The two were at a stalemate, and the palace servants who were arranging food outside came out of the inner hall, happened to bump into this scene, and they all lowered their heads and stopped for a while.
Gong Yu shook off Dai Ruyan's hand, untied the chain on his wrist, and a crisp sound came out.
The heavy chain fell to the ground crisply, Gong Yu turned around and was about to leave, Dai Ruyan asked: "Where are you going?"
Did not get a response from Gong Yu, Dai Ruyan called out in a panic: "Someone hold her for me!"
"Who dares!" Gong Yu pulled out the sword she was wearing, angrily scolded the guard who was about to step forward, looked sideways at Dai Ruyan and said, "Ayan, don't you realize that you are seriously ill?"
Dai Ruyan stepped forward, Gong Yu raised his sword and shouted: "You are not allowed to come over!"
"Xiao Jiu... are you going to kill me?" Dai Ruyan didn't stop, but walked towards Gong Yu slowly, her eyes full of desolation.
Gong Yu tightened her sword hand and responded, "I won't kill you, it's a big deal...I'll commit suicide."
"Are you crazy?" Dai Ruyan wanted to step forward, but Gong Yu stepped back vigilantly, "Don't stop me anymore, I just want to go outside to get some air, otherwise I really don't know how to get along with you."
The blood dripped down, and the smell of blood lingered in the hall, Dai Ruyan replied hesitantly: "Okay, you put down the sword, I will go with you."
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "I want to be alone for a while."
In these years, Gong Yu has never said a word to Dai Ruyan in a loud voice, and even the whole city has heard that Gong Yu is afraid of guilt.
Walking around the palace alone with a sword in hand, in the depths of the night there is nothing but palace people carrying palace lanterns.
With the full moon in the sky and the surrounding silence, Gong Yu hoped that all this was just a dream, and when she woke up, Ruyan still had the gentle appearance she had when she was discussing the marriage with her.
That is what Gong Yu wants to protect with all his efforts, so no matter how insidious and cunning the court is, Gong Yu never hides from Dai Ruyan, and the troops and even the firearms he arranges are exactly the same as Dai Ruyan.
But now Dai Ruyan is using it to restrain Gong Yu. When he walked to the gazebo, Gong Yu remembered that he had met the female assassin a long time ago. After the edict, Gong Yu was placed under a potted plant, and there was no more been here.
Stepping into the gazebo, Gong Yu moved potted plants and found that the edict had disappeared, guessing that the female assassin should have left the capital.
Gong Yu was leaning against the pillar wearily, the lotus in the pool beside her had already withered, and it seemed to be withered in late autumn.
There was no light on in the pavilion, the moonlight was very bright, the sword in Gong Yu's hand, the gauze was already half wet with blood, and the wound bitten by the black cat was deep.
In the past, Gong Yu only heard that the black cat had a bad temper, and the palace people were very afraid when they saw it. Now Gong Yu suddenly worried that she might get rabies.
But there should be no rabies in this world, Gong Yu ignored the wound on his hand, and when he was drowsy, a person entered the pavilion.
"Who is it?" Gong Yu held the sword vigilantly, although she couldn't see who it was.
Only after leading that person to the front, Gong Yu regained his composure and said, "Why haven't you left yet?"
The woman stopped aside with a long sword in her hand and said: "After the Jinzhou attack, the capital was blocked, and I couldn't get out when I found the edict."
"But now the city gate should have come?"
"The people of the palace state are talking about the queen of the palace state being crazy. How could you, as the emperor, end up in this gazebo alone in the middle of the night?"
Gong Yu replied with her back against the guardrail: "An emperor who has no soldiers and horses and no power is similar to a beggar on the street."
"Although you are not suitable to be an emperor, the palace country is improving little by little under your governance." The woman stood quietly aside.
"is it?"
"However, I never thought of being emperor, but it's impossible to retire now."
"Do you want me to help you?"
"Help me with anything?"
The woman lightly turned the sword in her hand and said: "Kill the queen, and you can regain the emperor's power."
"no!"
Gong Yu didn't expect this female assassin to be so straightforward, and hurriedly responded: "Ayan is just sick, so some behaviors are not normal."
"Sick?" The woman turned her head to look at the moonlight and said, "There are no normal people in this world, and it is my duty to act for the heavens."
"What do you want to do?" Gong Yu held the sword vigilantly.
"I don't know how to do anything, but if your queen is really sick, you should ask a doctor to treat her."
"But her disease is not a disease that ordinary people see, and I have not found a famous doctor in private inquiries, not to mention that if this disease is spread, the people will definitely go crazy."
A dignified lunatic turned out to be the queen of the palace. The strange eyes of the common people might anger Dai Ruyan, and then I don't know how much blood would be shed and sacrificed.
The woman sighed and said: "You blindly protect her, which is why the empress will act recklessly again and again. If it continues like this, one day your life may be in danger."
"So... did I pamper her too much?" Gong Yu asked hesitantly.
"I have to go, otherwise those hidden guards will definitely notice the abnormality when they wake up."
The female assassin retreated into the dark, only Yu Gongyu was alone, at dawn Gong Yu only felt that her eyes were extremely dry.
The pavilion was as quiet as before, and the morning glow in the distance was faintly visible. Gong Yu turned his head slightly and saw Dai Ruyan stepping into the pavilion.
The palace people behind them are holding dragon robes and crowns in their hands, obviously preparing for the court.
Dai Ruyan approached, his eyes showed a light blue color, but he didn't look too tired on his face.
Gong Yu blinked her eyes lightly and said, "I don't want to go to court today."
"Does Xiao Jiu feel unwell?" Dai Ruyan touched Gong Yu's forehead and asked.
Gong Yu said at the beginning: "I want to go back to the palace to rest, please trouble the queen to go to court today."
"Okay, I'll re-bandage your hands and go to court."
"No, I can let the palace servants take care of me." Gong Yu withdrew his hand from Dai Ruyan's palm.
Dai Ruyan frowned and looked at Gong Yu in puzzlement, "Xiao Jiu is still angry with me?"
Gong Yu smiled but said nothing, got up and walked out of the pavilion with a slight stagger.
From then on, Gong Yu ignored the government and only hired court musicians and painters outside. He demanded to be in good shape, and men who were not seven feet tall would not be seen.
In the early winter, the weather became much cooler. When Gong Yu woke up from the bed in the morning, Dai Ruyan was already reviewing the memorial.
Hearing the people in the palace talking secretly, it was only then that Dai Ruyan brought in a group of pharmacists from outside the palace to smelt the elixir.
Gong Yu was wearing the big red robe that was put aside, and reached out to pick up the jade flute on the side to leave the inner hall.
"Let's eat first." Dai Ruyan put down the memorial and looked at Gong Yu and said, "For the past few months, you have eaten with those musicians every day. We haven't eaten together for a long time."
"Today I learned a new piece of music with Wang Yueshi. The lingering sound is lingering and pleasant to the ear. I want to learn it earlier, or wait until later to have dinner with the queen."
Dai Ruyan looked at the smile on Gong Yu's face, and the memorial held at his fingertips was already deformed, and said in a low voice: "The musicians in the palace have their own music halls. It is really inappropriate for you to openly recruit many men into the palace. Palace rules."
"What's more, I don't care about political affairs all day long. I only know that I am in the same room with those musicians. I have neglected government affairs. Many ministers have already participated in the play."
The Gong Yu who stood by the window had a fair complexion, and this bright red robe made her even more elegant and noble. His eyes were full of bright smiles, and he was no longer the cowardly young man who pretended to be indifferent to the world.
"I have always been weak, and I think the ministers are also aware of this matter. Please take care of the empress." Gong Yu held the jade flute with her slender fingertips, smiling brightly.
Dai Ruyan shook his head slightly, and said with a dark expression: "Why doesn't Xiaojiu call me Ayan anymore?"
Gong Yu clenched the jade flute tightly between her fingers and said with a smile: "Ayan is also the queen of Gong Guo."
The palace servant outside the curtain whispered, "Your Majesty, the musicians in the side hall are waiting for Your Majesty."
"Hey, I'm here."
Not even looking at her anymore, Gong Yu opened the curtain and walked outside, the chain connecting the two seemed to be in vain.
Sitting by the window, Dai Ruyan looked sideways at the thick fog outside, and the memorial in his palm had already been twisted into a ball.
In the middle of the night, Gong Yu had a few drinks with the musicians, and when the bells, gongs and drums sounded, it seemed to be the only lively place in the silent palace.
Gong Yu just put down the wine glass when Dai Ruyan sent someone to urge the palace people to come for the third time.
The palace servant prostrated himself on the ground and said in a timid voice: "Your Majesty, the Empress sent servants to invite Your Majesty back to the bedroom."
"I know."
When waiting for the ugliness, it was already late at night, and it was much warmer because of drinking wine.
Gong Yu stepped into the inner hall, walked with a slightly swaying figure, without looking where Ruyan was, and fell down on the bed.
When the bead curtain sounded, Dai Ruyan came out from the inside wearing thin clothes, Gong Yu blinked slightly sleepy and turned over, lying on the inside.
When the footsteps from the other side approached, Gong Yu pretended to be asleep and didn't make any movement.
Until Dai Ruyan was lying on the side, and even spoke a few words, Gong Yu fell into a drowsy sleep.
When she woke up the next day, the candles in the hall were still burning, and Gong Yu sat up lazily.
Dai Ruyan reviewed the memorials as usual, and the meals had already been set aside.
Gong Yu got up to take a bath in the inner room, only to find that all the bright-colored robes in the wardrobe had disappeared.
Helpless, Gong Yu had no choice but to change into a bright yellow robe and go out of the inner hall, as if she didn't care.
Unexpectedly, there are a large number of palace people moving the objects in that side hall, and the stage that took more than a month to build has been burned to ashes.
That Wang Yueshi went to the side and knelt down: "I don't know why it suddenly caught fire last night."
"Are there any casualties?" Gong Yu gasped and asked.
"Fortunately, most of them are only minor injuries."
Gong Yu had no choice but to return to the hall, Dai Ruyan was still looking at the memorial, as if the fire last night had nothing to do with her.
"I want silver."
Dai Ruyan closed the memorial and asked, "What does Xiao Jiu want to do?"
"Repair the stage and hire musicians again."
"It's rare to live in peace these days. If you spend a lot of money to repair the stage, wouldn't it be criticized?"
"I don't care, the queen has silver, doesn't she?" Gong Yu stepped forward and asked, "Just a word from the left and right, and I can get the silver."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puzzled eyes and said, "Xiao Jiu, why don't you want to call me A Yan?"
Gong Yu showed a smile, looked at the serious Dai Ruyan with bright eyes and read: "Ayan...Ayan..."
"Can you give me money in this way?"
Almost instantly, the light in Dai Ruyan's eyes suddenly went out, and he looked at Gong Yu with a tense expression and said, "You..."
"Is it really Xiao Jiu?"
"I'm Xiaojiu." Gong Yu said with a smile, "I'm also the emperor of Gongguo."
"I can give whatever queen I want, can't I?"
Dai Ruyan looked away from Gong Yu's piercing smile and said in a low voice: "Whatever Xiao Jiu wants, I will naturally give it."
"But if you recruit musicians again, you must cleanse yourself before entering the palace."
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "Isn't that the same as the eunuchs in the palace?"
"Other men are not allowed in the palace, doesn't Xiao Jiu know?" Dai Ruyan replied without rebuttal.
The hall fell silent for a moment, Gong Yu got up and sat at the dining table, eating by herself.
Seeing that Gong Yu seemed to have compromised, Dai Ruyan frowned slightly, put down the memorial in his hand, got up and sat aside.
This scene was very common in the past, but now it is the first time in several months.
"Today the imperial chef stewed ginseng soup, Xiaojiu try it?" Dai Ruyan handed the soup to Gong Yu's hand.
Gong Yu didn't reach out to pick it up, but just ate the grilled chicken with some sauce.
Until the end of the meal, Gong Yu never drank the ginseng soup, Dai Ruyan held the porridge bowl and said nothing.
"I'm full." Gong Yu got up holding the saber she carried with her.
Dai Ruyan was puzzled, "Where are you going?"
"I suddenly want to learn swordsmanship, so I want to recruit famous swordsmen. Since the queen forbids men, I will recruit female swordsmen."
"But shouldn't Xiaojiu stay with me in the hall today?"
Gong Yu looked puzzled and said: "There are still many memorials over there, and the queen is also busy with business, so I won't bother you."
"Xiaojiu, don't you... have you ever thought about accompanying me?" Dai Ruyan asked hesitantly while holding the chain.
"I just went outside to practice swords, and I didn't leave this palace, so naturally I didn't leave the queen."
After finishing speaking, Gong Yu turned around and walked out of the inner hall, the chain was slowly pulled farther and farther from Dai Ruyan's fingertips.
But within three days, a female swordsman was summoned, and Gong Yu drank tea with a long sword in her hand, waiting for the female swordsman to enter the palace.
"Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time." The female swordsman had delicate features and a slim figure holding a long sword.
It's just that Gong Yu still couldn't hide her surprise, when the palace people retreated, the female swordsman frivolously said: "Why is Your Majesty so surprised?"
Gong Yu swallowed the tea, stood aside with her sword in hand, looked around and asked softly, "You...you didn't leave?"
"I heard that Your Majesty rewarded a hundred gold for recruiting female swordsmen. Although my aptitude is still low, I still want to fight for a hundred gold."
"You are really bold." Gong Yu sideways hid the sword, and the two slowly exchanged ideas
The female swordsman looked serious and said: "Man dies for money, and bird dies for food. Could it be possible that your majesty thinks that your minister is a fairy who does not eat the fireworks of the world?"
Gong Yu waved his sword and said, "You don't mean to kill people, do you?"
"The palace is heavily guarded, Your Majesty really values this humble minister."
Before the words finished, the sword in Gong Yu's hand had already fallen aside, sweat dripped down her cheeks, and she couldn't help but sigh that this person might be a master hermit.
In the next few days, every time Gong Yu went back to practice, she couldn't lift her whole arm. In the evening, Gong Yu lay tired on the wooden board.
It was getting dark outside, but the female swordsman didn't even take a breath, and stopped by the open door like a normal person.
There is a pool of water outside the door, and you need to cross the bridge to get in and out. Gong Yu originally set it up to prevent Dai Ruyan from sending people to stare at her all day long.
When the breeze hit, it was very cold, Gong Yu sat up and asked, "Where are you from?"
The female swordsman looked boredly at Gong Yu and said, "It's just a nobody."
Hey?
Seeing that she refused to speak, Gong Yu stopped asking, got up and put on the sword, walked to her side and said, "You have searched all over the world, but have you ever heard of any miracle medicine that can cure madness?"
"If your majesty is treating the queen's illness, there should be no cure for it."
"Why do you say that?"
The female swordsman lightly held the sword in her hand, looked at the chain on Gong Yu's wrist, and said, "It's hard to get rid of the demons in the heart. Right now, Your Majesty is surrounded by people arranged by the queen. The queen is so vigilant against those close to her. It can be seen that there is no medicine left." Can be saved."
Gong Yu remained silent for a long time and said in the dark, "I thought about what you said that day, maybe you are right."
"I accepted her good and evil frankly, but I didn't let her look directly into her heart, but made her more determined that she was right. To this day, her fault is inseparable from me."
"Your Majesty, do you still want to practice swords?" the female swordsman asked suddenly, looking sideways at Gong Yu with a serious expression.
"it is good!"
In fact, most of the time when practicing swords, Gong Yu was forced to have no ability to fight back.
After half a month, Yu Gongyu's swordsmanship has not improved, but on the contrary, there are many bruises and swellings on her body.
At night, Gong Yu rolled up her robe to reveal the scary-looking bruises, Dai Ruyan sat on one side, smeared ointment and whispered: "Do you want to practice tomorrow?"
"Well, that female swordsman is highly skilled in martial arts, and her swordsmanship is very good."
"It's freezing cold in winter, it's too dangerous for you to practice swords with that unknown female swordsman in just this thin robe."
Gong Yu put down her sleeves and lay flat on her side, responding: "It's okay, that female swordsman is bold, I'm very happy."
Dai Ruyan stopped wiping the ointment, looked at Gong Yu, and said with thin lips, "Xiao Jiu, are you still angry with me?"
"Nothing, it's late at night and I'm sleepy." Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan and smiled, then closed her eyes.
Suddenly, he noticed that his eyes had darkened, a delicate kiss fell from his lips, and his warm eyes were fixed on Gong Yu.
Even though Gong Yu pretended to be asleep and closed her eyes, she could still feel Dai Ruyan's undisguised gaze.
The palm that was lightly holding the cheek felt a little cold, Dai Ruyan kissed Gongyu's brow and cheek softly on the corner of his mouth.
"Why would Xiao Jiu prefer to pretend to be asleep rather than get close to me?"
Gong Yu still didn't respond, until the sudden sharp pain forced Gong Yu to open her eyes.
Blood quickly filled the whole mouth, Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan puzzled, only to see that Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with empty eyes, and the thin lips were still stained with blood.
"What are you doing?" Gong Yu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her arm.
Dai Ruyan responded with a raised mouth: "We haven't been close for a long time."
Gong Yu looked up at Dai Ruyan and said, "I'm tired."
"Xiao Jiu, I don't like you calling me in front of me."
"I am the Emperor of the Palace Kingdom."
"But you are also my little nine."
Dai Ruyan Fu lowly kissed Qin Gongyu's cheek, his eyes flickered slightly and said: "The former Xiaojiu would not ignore me like this and neglect me."
"Empress, if you are sick." Gong Yu stretched out his hand and gently pushed Kai Dai Ruyan and said, "I can find a good doctor in the world for you."
"I'm not sick." Dai Ruyan smiled and took Gong Yu's hand, kissed the back of it and said, "I'm fine now, Xiao Jiu doesn't like it?"
Gong Yu turned her head to look at the burning candle and said, "If the queen is not sick, then I am sick."
"I am troubled by the empress to issue an edict tomorrow. The emperor is seriously ill, and his expression and behavior are all abnormal. I will reward ten thousand gold for recommending a famous doctor."
Dai Ruyan looked puzzled and said: "If such a disease spreads, the entire palace people will think that Xiaojiu has entered the body with an evil disease, and even the emperor of the palace will be pushed to the forefront."
"Does the queen mean that you have to hide your illness?"
"Xiao Jiu, my illness has been cured a long time ago, don't you think I'm fine now?"
It felt like Dai Ruyan was deceiving herself and others, and she even deceived Gong Yu.
The cold wind outside the hall blew against the windows, Gong Yu looked sideways at Dai Ruyan and responded: "I'm sleepy, let's discuss this matter later."
"Xiao Jiu?" Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's cheek and called in a low voice: "Why do you neglect me like this?"
Gong Yu's hand that stopped in mid-air finally just fell aside and said: "I didn't snub the queen, I'm just a little tired."
Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Yu, and Gong Yu let her watch like this.
The stalemate lasted to the end of the night, when Gong Yu passed in a daze, she didn't know whether Dai Ruyan had fallen asleep or not.
When she woke up the next morning, the hall was surprisingly cold, Gong Yu huddled on the side of the bed and looked aside, only to see Dai Ruyan sitting quietly in thin clothes.
The candles in the hall had already been extinguished, and the closed windows were opened at some point, and it was snowing heavily outside.
Gong Yu noticed that there was no heating in the hall, so she sat up and asked, "Did the palace people snooze last night?"
Dai Ruyan blinked her eyes lightly and responded: "Last night it was very windy and snowy, didn't Xiao Jiu hear it?"
"Perhaps you are too tired." Seeing Dai Ruyan's expression was a little off, Gong Yu got up and wanted to call the imperial physician.
"Xiao Jiu..." Dai Ruyan stretched out his arms to imprison Gong Yu, and whispered on his pillow, "Are you really going to ignore me like this from now on?"
Gong Yu couldn't break free, so she had to let Dai Ruyan restrain her quietly.
"Queen, you think too much."
"Did I think too much?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with red eyes and said, "Xiao Jiu, you said you would love me forever."
"I will love you forever." Gong Yu replied.
But Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu suspiciously and asked, "Is love like this?"
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan and replied: "Is there anything the Queen wants, is there anything I won't give?"
When the words fell, Dai Ruyan let go of the hand that imprisoned Gongyu, and smiled like a sneer.
Only this laughter echoed in the empty hall, Dai Ruyan stopped laughing and said, "Xiao Jiu, you are really sick."
"The love I want it shouldn't be like this."
When the heavy snow fell quietly, it seemed that Dai Ruyan's last hope was also buried, and even the black cat that was locked in the cage disappeared.
The news that the emperor of Gongguo had a strange disease spread in the capital, and Dai Ruyan also moved back to the queen's palace.
The only time the two meet each other every day is because it is time for Gong Yu to drink medicine.
When it was freezing cold, there was no charcoal basin and no heating in the hall, so Dai Ruyan untied the chain with his own hands.
As if being abandoned, Gong Yu was confined in this huge palace.
The female swordsman's visit was refused by the soldiers outside the palace, and even the maids were not allowed to enter.
In the middle of the night, Ruyan entered the hall with soup and medicine, and Gong Yuzheng was holding a fat rabbit in his arms, leaning against the window alone.
The cold wind was raging in the hall, Dai Ruyan put the soup and medicine aside and said: "Your Majesty, it's time to drink the medicine."
Looking at Dai Ruyan's smiling eyes, Gong Yu reached out to pick up the soup and frowned and drank it down.
The candles in the hall were not lit, so it looked a little dark, Dai Ruyan reached out to close the window, and lit the candlestick with a fire pocket as if he was not affected by the darkness at all.
The sudden bright light was a bit dazzling, and Gong Yu was a little stiff from the cold.
"What do you think of this medicine, Your Majesty?" Dai Ruyan stood beside the candlestick and asked softly.
Gong Yu gasped and responded, "It's a bit bitter."
Dai Ruyan smiled and said, "Good medicine tastes bitter."
"Now it's just the first frost and it's snowing heavily. Your Majesty is going to suffer for being so stubborn."
"It's okay, thank you Queen for worrying."
Probably this is punishment, Ruyan said in the past that if she is not good, she will naturally be punished.
The wind was blowing against the window, until Dai Ruyan left the hall, Gong Yu couldn't help the stomach toss and vomited out the medicinal soup.
What kind of thing is it that a sick person gives medicine to a healthy person?
Gong Yu wiped her mouth in her robe, and lay on the low couch. When the heavy snow stopped, her eyelids became sleepy.
The window was suddenly blown open by the wind, and the female swordsman jumped into the hall and sighed: "You... want to leave here?"
"Leave?" Gong Yu thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid she will become even crazier."
"But it's no use for you."
"Yeah, then I have to find someone to find out the truth."
The female swordsman asked in surprise, "Can you go out?"
Gong Yu sat up and said: "Of course, it's just that I have to date you to do something for me."
The wind outside concealed the conversation in the silent palace. Two days later, in the middle of the night when it was snowing heavily, Dai Ruyan was flipping through ancient books on medicine in the palace.
The wind and snow outside the window rattled the window, but it couldn't stop Dai Ruyan from concentrating.
The ancient medicine book was so fragile that it couldn't be flipped through by hand, and the candle beside it was shaking slightly.
The curtain was lifted suddenly, Biyu knelt down with a pale face, and called out in a trembling voice: "Empress Empress, something has happened...Your Majesty..."
Dai Ruyan didn't seem to be slowed down, her obsessive eyes still stayed on the ancient book, she looked sideways at Biyu and asked, "What happened?"
Biyu lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty's palace has been burnt down."
The window on the other side was blown open, and even the candle holder fell to one side, the ancient book was on fire, Dai Ruyan stared blankly, looked at Biyu with confusion in his eyes and said: "What do you mean by burning out?"
"I don't know if it's because of the strong wind, or why the palace burned too fast. There are not many guards in His Majesty's palace, and the gate of the palace seems to be locked from the inside."
Dai Ruyan got up slowly and looked at the ancient books that were mostly burned, but she didn't recover, and Biyu didn't dare to make a sound.
Until Dai Ruyan suddenly took a quick step, Biyu and other palace attendants hurriedly followed behind.
The huge palace could still faintly glow with scarlet flames, and the queen's palace was very close, but there were still a few palace roads to bypass.
The palace people carrying the phoenix chariot followed behind Dai Ruyan, the sky was getting whiter, Dai Ruyan's expression was dull, his eyes were empty and lifeless, but his pace did not stop.
It wasn't until he stopped in front of the collapsed palace that Dai Ruyan seemed to have regained his composure, and turned around to inspect the surroundings. The guards knelt in the snow one after another.
The falling snow fell on Dai Ruyan's skirt, but Dai Ruyan didn't see the person she wanted to see.
"This must be just a prank on her part." Dai Ruyan murmured as if deceiving herself.
Tears falling from the corners of his eyes silently dripped into the snow, Dai Ruyan left the already ruined palace without turning his head, but the guards behind him called out: "Empress Empress!"
Dai Ruyan pulled out the sword of the accompanying guards and angrily reprimanded: "Whoever dares to bring up this matter again will be executed."
Afterwards, a group of ministers came and knelt on both sides of the palace road in mourning clothes. Dai Ruyan stared blankly at the white sky, feeling a little at a loss what to do.
Gu Qing rushed to the ruined hall wearing heavy armor, the door was already guarded by heavy soldiers, Biyu waited by the side and dared not speak.
"What's wrong with her?" Gu Qing called anxiously.
Bi Yuhong replied with eyes wide open, "His Majesty's corpse is still inside."
This once glorious hall is now burnt to the point that only one main pillar remains. When Gu Qing stepped into it, he saw Dai Ruyan dressed in bright red clothes, and the delicate makeup on his face was glamorous and charming.
On the other side of the eyes of such a delicate beauty is a corpse, as usual, the eyes are very calm and peaceful.
Gu Qing held the hilt of the sword in his hand, but his heart was unbearably excited. Finally, the person in front of him would belong to him.
It's just that there was a soft humming in the hall suddenly, the tone was sad and desolate, but Dai Ruyan was full of smiles, and raised his hand to touch the corpse whose limbs were curled up and deformed due to the scorching.
This action was seen by others as crazy, Gu Qing paused and walked forward and said: "The ministers have been controlled in the side hall, and the capital is strictly guarded, so there should be no trouble."
But these words did not get any response, Dai Ruyan looked intently at the corpse beside him and murmured in a low voice: "How could she think of dying?"
Gu Qing stepped forward hesitantly: "Ayan?"
Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gu Qing, as if looking at another person through Gu Qing, blinked her clear eyes and said, "Do you want to burn yourself to death?"
"Me?" Gu Qing shook her head and replied, "Of course I wouldn't act so cowardly."
"Then she won't either." Dai Ruyan smiled but tears dripped down her cheeks, as if she was extremely depressed and said, "Why did you leave me?"
The smile was full of desperation and desolation, as if he was extremely tired, Dai Ruyan knelt down on the side in a daze.
Seeing such a scene, Gu Qing didn't dare to approach. The cold wind was blowing, and the pitch-black wooden pillars were tilted to and fro. It was obvious that this place was not a safe place.
"Ayan, this place is not safe, why don't you leave?"
Dai Ruyan's eyes fell on the corpse in front of him, as if he was thinking about something, or he seemed to have lost his mind to the point of madness.
"Gu Qing, do you believe in longevity medicine?"
"Although I don't believe it, maybe there are." Gu Qing moved closer carefully.
"Yes, but why doesn't she believe it?" Dai Ruyan lightly rested his palm next to the head on the charred corpse, as if he could still feel a little warmth, and whispered: "The elixir of life is real. "
Gu Qing was a little surprised to hear this and asked: "Has Ayan developed it yet?"
Dai Ruyan smiled, his eyes seemed to be lit with hope, and answered: "Yes, it's almost there."
"Then this is a great thing, who doesn't want the longevity medicine?"
"But she doesn't want it." Dai Ru said as if the light in his eyes was destroyed in an instant, "Why doesn't she wait for me anymore?"
"Ayan?" Gu Qing couldn't bear Dai Ruyan's sadness and comforted him, "Your Majesty already..."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gu Qing with red eyes, and said with murderous intent: "She's not dead!"
This was a rare time when Gu Qing would be intimidated, Dai Ruyan in front of him had a ferocious expression, like a demon in hell that was being burned by fire.
When the heavy snow stopped, it was almost evening, Dai Ruyan raised his hand to gently wipe off the snow that fell on the corpse, and caught a glimpse of the ring that had been embedded in the flesh and blood.
The whole person was crying like a madman, reaching out to take out the ring.
"You hate me, so you would rather die than see me again?" Dai Ruyan looked at the person in front of him flushedly, his palm was cut with too much force, and blood dripped silently.
But Dai Ruyan didn't seem to feel the pain, holding the ring full of treasure and questioning: "You said this ring is a pair, why did you leave me alone?"
The wind whizzed by his ears, but there was no response. Dai Ruyan held the ring in both hands, as if his heart had been gouged out, and laughed unconsciously in pain.
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