don't fight the general

The secret passage is dark, only the halo of the lantern in his hand barely illuminates the path under his feet.

Yan Jing stopped in her tracks and looked forward. After all, this secret road leads directly from the Yongshou Palace to the outside of the imperial city, so it is extremely long. They have been walking for a long time, but they still can't see the end.

Yan Jing lowered her eyes slightly, and found that Yan Jue in her arms had fallen asleep unknowingly, her long eyelashes drooping down, casting a small shadow under her eyes, sweet and happy.All of them felt sad for the unknown road ahead, but only Yan Jue, who knew nothing, would not be affected in any way.

He didn't know what happened on this day, and he didn't understand that from the moment he was carried into the secret path, he would lose the two most important people in his life.

Thinking of this, Yan Jing couldn't help stretching out her fingers, and lovingly touched Yan Jue's head, Yan Jue was still sleeping peacefully, ignorant and ignorant.Yan Jing couldn't help but think, it would be great if this child could be so romantic forever, like his uncle, simple, kind but firm.It's just that I was born in this day's family and caught up with such a critical time, all of this probably became a delusion.

Seeing that Yan Jing stopped, the guards walking in the front also stopped: "Your Highness, we should reach the exit in a while, the signal hasn't come yet, we can rest for a while."

Yan Jing glanced sideways at Concubine Wei Shu who had been silently following behind her since she entered the secret passage. After all, she had been pampered in the deep palace for many years. Nodded: "Concubine Mu, let's rest for a while."

Concubine Wei Shu responded, and slowly sat down while leaning against the cold wall, leaning her back against the wall, looking into Yan Jing's arms: "Is he... all right?"

Yan Jing knelt down in front of her and showed her Yan Jue in her arms, with a gentle tone: "Fall asleep."

Concubine Wei Shu lowered her eyes and looked at the young baby in Yan Jing's arms. Since the child was still in his mother's womb, Concubine Wei Shu had always been disgusted with him. Until now, she had the opportunity to look at it seriously for a while, and then He said softly: "After all, there is the blood of the Cui family. The eyebrows and eyes are very similar to their family."

"Well," Yan Jing replied, her eyes fell on Yan Jue's closed eyes, and another face appeared in her mind again, "Yes, it looks very similar."

Concubine Wei Shu was silent for a while, and then said: "But the bridge of the nose is very similar to the Holy Majesty." Speaking of this, she raised her eyes to Yan Jing, "It also looks like you."

Yan Jing couldn't help but raised her hand and touched the bridge of her nose, then glanced at Yan Jue, and couldn't help smiling: "Really, I haven't noticed it yet."

Concubine Wei Shu looked at Yan Jing quietly, her complexion looked extraordinarily gentle: "Jing'er likes this child very much?"

Yan Jing didn't answer directly, but looked down at Yan Jue, and said after a while, "I should protect him."

Concubine Wei Shu lowered her eyes slightly, and stretched out her hand towards Yan Jing: "Let me hug him, at least let him sleep more comfortably."

Yan Jing was surprised, but she still handed Yan Jue over. Concubine Wei Shu took it gently, with a gentle expression, she stretched out her hand to tuck the small quilt that wrapped Yan Jue, and shook her arm lightly, as if it would be okay. Let Yan Jue sleep more peacefully, Yan Jue tilted his head in his sleep, and slept more and more soundly.

Yan Jing squatted in front of Concubine Wei Shu, turned her gaze and looked around, unexpectedly felt a little bit of warmth and tranquility in such an environment.

"Your Highness!"

"Huh?" Yan Jing turned his head and found that the guard behind him had become extremely serious. He listened carefully, only to find that the bell was faintly coming from the ground, one after another, as if knocking into his heart, the expression on Yan Jing's face The smile faded away slowly, fingers tightened slowly, and eyes closed slowly.

"What... is that sound?" Concubine Wei Shu's voice sounded faintly, her eyes slightly opened, and she looked at Yan Jing blankly.

Yan Jing opened his eyes, his eyes flickered slightly, and looked at his mother and concubine: "I have an appointment with the empress." He pursed his lips, hiding the emotion in his eyes, "Mother and concubine, it is the father who has gone .”

Concubine Wei Shu's figure wobbled, and she could hardly hold Yan Jue in her arms. Yan Jing stretched out his hand to support her, wrapped her arms around her shoulders, took Yan Jue back from her arms, and hurriedly said: "Mother concubine!"

Concubine Wei Shu was in a trance, but still shook her head: "I'm fine, I'm fine." Tears still couldn't stop pouring out of her eyes, she raised her hand to cover her face, "It's all predestined, this moment will come sooner or later ,I see."

The guard looked at the mother and son, lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, it's time for us to go out."

"Okay," Yan Jing helped Concubine Wei Shu stand up, lowered her eyes, and found that Yan Jue had woken up from the movement just now, and was looking at him with a pair of bright black eyes, with sparkling lights shining in her eyes.Yan Jing suddenly felt that his throat was tight. He supported the back of Yan Jue's head with his palm, pressed him gently against his chest, turned around, knelt down in the direction they came from just now, and led Yan Jue Together, they kowtowed three heads slowly.

The secret passage was eerily quiet, only the sound of Concubine Wei Shu's low sobbing.Yan Jing stood up straight, changed hands, hugged Yan Jue tighter, and looked at Concubine Wei Shu: "Mother Concubine, let's go."

Concubine Wei Shu gently let go of her hand, tears remained on her face, her eyes were faintly red, she followed Yan Jing and walked forward for a while without saying a word, until she saw the stone door at the end of the secret passage, she suddenly stopped and turned back Looking at the way we came from: "After this walk, will we never come back again?"

Yan Jing's footsteps also stopped, but he didn't turn around. He lowered his head and looked at Yan Jue in his arms, and then heard himself say slowly: "I will come back, concubine mother, I will bring you back again."

After saying that, the guard in front had already pushed the stone door open, and the light shone into the dark secret passage, Yan Jing couldn't help closing her eyes, bowed slightly, and walked out without looking back.

The sky is already bright outside, and the bleakness and chill of the night before have dissipated with the dawn, and what is waiting in front of you is new hope.

The morning wind was bitter, and Yan Jing subconsciously stretched out her hand to tighten the quilt for Yan Jue to ensure that he would not be blown by the cold wind, then stopped and looked around, and all she could see was a low thatched house—— Yan Jing It was only at this moment that they were convinced that they had really walked out of the imperial city.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a series of footsteps suddenly came from not far away, as well as undisguised laughter. Then, several tall figures walked around from the alley in front—it turned out to be a rebel on patrol. army soldier.

Almost at the same time, people on both sides drew their swords, and the cold light was cold, adding a bit of chill to this bleak winter day.

Yan Jing held Yan Jue with one hand, and put the other hand on his waist. His fingers touched the slightly cool hilt of the sword, and suddenly he regained his composure. However, although the opponent has the numerical advantage, at this point, they have no other choice.

Yan Jing stuffed Yan Jue into Concubine Wei Shu's arms, turned around and unsheathed her long sword, which could barely resist a broad knife that was slashing at his shoulder and neck. Her steps were slightly wrong, her waist twisted, and she slipped herself out of the knife's edge. After being rescued, he turned his wrist horizontally, turned the blade, and pointed it straight at the throat of the comer. The next moment, the sky was filled with blood.

Yan Jing's wrist couldn't stop trembling, the warm liquid splashed all over his face, and the next moment, a long knife slashed at him again, Yan Jing didn't dare to stop at all, and it seemed that the mental parry would never stop rest of the attack.

A suppressed muffled hum came into Yan Jing's ears, he barely distracted to look, and found that the guards who had just protected his mother and concubine behind him were surrounded by two people, and a long knife was slashed on his arm holding the sword. He endured the pain and swung his sword straight into this person's heart, but the sword in the other person's hand had already pierced Yan Jue who had been crying since just now without hesitation.

Yan Jing's eyes were cracked, he cut down the soldier in front of him, turned around, and found that his mother and concubine had fallen down in front of the secret passage, curled up to protect Yan Jue in her arms, blood gurgling from behind her The back gushes out, dyeing the white gown with red.

"Mother concubine!"

Yan Jing let out a shrill cry, staggered towards Concubine Wei Shu, knocked down the soldier who was holding a long sword and was about to stab again, hugged Concubine Wei's shoulders, and probed for the wound on her back with trembling fingers ——The sword pierced through her body.

Concubine Wei Shu moved slightly in his arms, struggled to glance at his arms, the continuous flow of blood slowly pulled her energy away from her body, she tried her best to raise her hand, and wiped away the splashed blood with her fingertips. The blood droplets on Yan Jue's face patted his young body lightly, trying to stop his crying, but Yan Jue seemed to be frightened, so he continued to cry, and Concubine Wei Shu couldn't help sighing.

She opened her mouth and said softly: "After all, my Jing'er is better."

Tears blurred Yan Jing's vision, he put his arm around Concubine Wei Shu's shoulder, and rummaged around in his arms with the other hand, he wanted to find something, even if it was a brocade handkerchief, as long as it could stop his concubine's bleeding... But his chest was empty, and he found nothing.

A white palm stained with blood gently held Yan Jing's hand, and Concubine Wei Shu leaned in Yan Jing's arms and shook her head with difficulty: "Jing'er, it's okay, she rescued my son from the imperial city. She killed her son, so I don't owe anything, and I can continue to hate her with peace of mind."

"Mother Concubine..." Yan Jing's fingers couldn't stop trembling, blood and tears were intertwined on his face, his handsome face was extremely embarrassed at this moment, "I, I will take you to the doctor now, near here, near here There must be..." He raised his head and looked around blankly, a few guards and the rest of the soldiers were still fighting, and there were only dilapidated thatched huts, no one was there.

"Actually, I don't want to leave your royal father." Concubine Wei Shu gently raised her finger, pointing her fingertips towards the secret passage they had just walked out, "Leave me there, until I die, I will still be in the imperial city. I have never left your father one step in my whole life."

Yan Jing held that finger tightly, sobbing and replied: "What about me? Don't you want me?"

Concubine Wei Shu slightly bent the corners of her eyes, with a slight smile on her face: "My Jing'er has grown up, the sky is high and the sea is wide, she can go alone."

As she spoke, her eyelids became more and more heavy, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her voice was barely audible.Yan Jing lowered her head, leaned close to her face, and heard her whisper: "I also died on the same day as your father, will he have me in his heart in the next life?"