Chang Anqing

Chapter 299
When Chen Zhiyan came to Shangguan Ling's courtyard and walked into the hall, he saw that the table was already full of delicacies. At this moment, Shangguan Ling was wearing twelve monofilament flower and bird painting skirts, and rolled up his sleeves with silk. He came in with a plate of steamed single-cage golden custard. Behind the layers of mist on the custard were her bright smiling eyes. The breath of fireworks at this moment wiped away all the worries in his heart like an instant. .

"The hour is just right."

Watching Shangguan Ling put down the golden and shiny single-cage golden soufflé, Ruizhu beside him had already called someone to bring water mixed with flower juice, and helped them wash their hands.

"Husband, try it, how about it."

Seeing Shangguan Ling's expectant gaze, Chen Zhiyan glanced at the ceiling on the table, the golden corn flat chai spread with caviar, the gold and silver sandwich flower flat cut with the fragrance of crab meat and crab roe, and the immortal pork belly stewed with milk. , chicken and venison minced porridge Xiaotiansu... there are more than eight or nine kinds.

"Today, why have you done so much—"

Received Chen Zhiyan's unexpected gaze, Shangguan Ling said with a smile: "Today the palace sent a lot of ingredients, so I made more."

Hearing this, Chen Zhiyan was silent, how could he not understand the sanctimonious appearance of the current emperor, and his Yang family's decoration.

"Come."

Seeing the porridge served by Shangguan Ling, when Chen Zhiyan took it, he happened to see faint burn marks on the back of his fair hand.

"How did this happen?"

Seeing Chen Zhiyan's concerned frown, Shangguan Ling smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's okay if I lost my mind while cooking—"

At this moment, Chen Zhiyan took Shangguan Ling's hand hidden behind his back, and soon Lin'an also willingly took out the wound medicine he carried with him and handed it over.

A woman's hands are as precious as her face, and seeing Shangguan Ling pretending to be innocent, Chen Zhiyan felt even more guilty.

"Let the little kitchen do these things in the future—"

"it is good."

Hearing Shangguan Ling's blurted answer, not consolingly declined as usual, Chen Zhiyan couldn't help raising his eyes, but he met her gentle smiling eyes.

At a short distance, Chen Zhiyan could almost see himself from those eyes, and could feel the meeting of each other's breaths.

If it was in the past, she would always bypass the topic by making jokes, always thinking that he and making soup for the elders washed their hands for fun.

Even though he was surprised at this moment, Chen Zhiyan didn't think much about it, he just lowered his head and dipped some ointment from the small porcelain medicine box, and gently applied it to the wound for Shangguan Ling.

The cold touch overflowed with the fragrance. Looking at Chen Zhiyan, who lowered his head and carefully applied the medicine, Shangguan Ling felt uncontrollable greed and reluctance for a moment. Tears, a slight smile on the lips, but half bitter, half sweet.

From the wedding night, she had been looking forward to his liking, his love.

She always believed that as long as she loved him all her life, one day he would turn around and see her, and even fall in love with her.

But now, looking at him who is infinitely gentle and close in front of him, and feeling that the alienation between them is no longer as it was at the beginning, Shangguanling felt sour happiness in his heart.

If you can stay together, will you fall in love with me——

In the silence, Shangguanling felt that he who was applying the medicine froze, and at the moment when he met Chen Zhiyan's eyes, she suddenly realized that the question from the bottom of her heart couldn't help overflowing from her mouth.

In the silence, Shangguan Ling withdrew her hand first, she didn't want to embarrass him, and she didn't want to embarrass herself, so she smiled and took a piece of Jin Suping and said: "If it's cold, it won't taste good."

Faced with this situation, Chen Zhiyan silently withdrew his hands and said: "Okay." Then he also picked up the chopsticks, and put the dishes that were far away into Shangguan Ling's bowl.

After the meal was over, Chen Zhiyan stayed behind and talked with her for two rounds under the persuasion of Shangguan Ling, until the night was getting dark and when the curfew drums sounded, Chen Zhiyan glanced at the treetop hanging outside the window. Yue said: "It's getting late, go to bed earlier."

Facing Chen Zhiyan's gentle gaze, Shangguan Ling nodded with a smile, then got up and sent him outside the door, until he saw the gentle and jade-like back going away with the moonlight, then he turned around and said: "You guys also go down and rest. "

In the lonely room, Shangguan Ling sat alone in front of the dressing table, looked at himself in the mirror who had carefully dressed himself, quietly picked up the hair comb and combed his temples, then smudged the lip balm with his fingers, tapped his red lips, Sip it little by little.

On the last side, she wanted him to see her most beautiful appearance, so that he would not leave any regrets.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Ling lightly raised his hand and brushed the golden hairpin by his side of his hair. He was obviously smiling, but his brows and eyes still couldn't help revealing an indescribable sourness and sadness.

After all, she still has to take this step.

Even for this step, she was already prepared.

Now she knows very well that she is the source of recent gossip, if she is not dead, after careful investigation, all the targets will eventually be on her.

She is not afraid of all of this, what she is afraid of is that it will implicate him and all the people in the mansion.

In fact, from the moment Shangguan's family was punished, she deserved to die, or in other words, she had already died once.

So facing the imminent death, at this moment, her heart is as calm as water, without the slightest fear, only relieved.

She understands that today's Emperor Yang is caught in this poisoning turmoil, trying to save some of the appearance of the sage, but compared with the appearance and benefits, he will only choose the latter.

Even if the thorough investigation is clear this time, there is no guarantee that the emperor will not continue to murder the Chen royal family with two faces. If she dies this time, it will be able to push the turmoil to a higher and more eye-catching wave. It forced the world to question him, forced him to let go, and forced him to leave the Chen royal family alive for the sake of stability.

A person's death is either heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.

If she can save the lives of so many people with her own body.

What is she afraid of?It's better than living in the world, and the days of greed are few and far between.

In the silence, Shangguan Ling Hanxiao took out a wooden box smaller than the palm of her hand from the drawer of the dressing table, opened it and took out the red pill the size of a rice bead, and her whole life also appeared in her mind.

The pampering of the grandfather, the love of Aye and Auntie, the protection of the brothers and sisters, and an imperfect but perfect marriage.

"Ah Weng, I'm sorry, Qiniang only came to accompany you today—"

At the moment of smiling but crying, Shangguan Ling handed the pill to his lips, his eyes were warm and fuzzy, but somehow she recalled her wedding night with Chen Zhiyan again, recalling their day and night together.

Thinking of his gentle face, gentle words, and those warm eyes like a spring day, she couldn't help but want to stay and take another look.

"Speaking of a gentleman, warm him like a jade. In his wooden house, mess with my heart..."

Accompanied by the chants of insects rustling outside the window, Shangguan Ling murmured and sang a cappella, then slowly passed the small pill into his mouth and rolled it down his throat.

"Seventh Mother!"

Almost at the same time, with a hurried sound, Chen Zhiyan pushed the door in, with an expression of nervousness and panic that had never been seen before.

"Husband—"

While laughing and talking, Chen Zhiyan saw the pale face and bleeding lips under the light of the moonlight, and the already crumbling Shangguanling slowly stretched out his hand to him, his eyes were filled with relief after joy, and reluctance.

"Qiniang, Qiniang—"

At this moment, Chen Zhiyan was no longer the gentleman he used to be. He stepped forward to embrace Shangguan Ling in a panic, watching her gurgling dark blood stain her lips, cheeks, neck, and... placket.

Chen Zhiyan's pupils trembled, his brows were frowned, he clenched his fists in pain, he shook his head endlessly and said hoarsely: "Why, why, why did you do this—"

"I'm sorry, it was me, I was the one who asked the Crown Princess for help, that--"

While the words were ambiguous, Shangguan Ling forced his blurred eyes and said with all his strength, "Don't cry—"

Trembling words spilled out of his throat, Shangguan Ling stopped his body that was gradually convulsed by the cold, held back the bloody surges in his throat again and again, tried his best to reach out his hand to attach to Chen Zhiyan's profile, and said with a smile: "It's really, really good , at least I can, I can leave in your arms—"

Hearing these tear-jerking words, Chen Zhiyan shook his head vigorously, choked up in despair and said: "I will protect you, I said I will protect you, even if it means taking my life—"

Chen Zhiyan's uncontrollable remorse could be heard in his ears, and Shangguan Ling wanted to caress his temples fondly, but finally fell down exhausted.

It was also at that moment that she felt his hand tightly grasping her falling right hand, as if she would disappear completely once he let go.

"I, I have been weak for the rest of my life, and have troubled you for the rest of my life. I, I want to be brave once. Promise me, okay, live a good life, live for me and for them, okay—"

Hearing these words, Chen Zhiyan shook his head, his eyes were red with tears, and his hands were already trembling, but he heard her whispering in his ears, and smiled comfortingly as usual: "If there is In the next life, I only wish, wish that I meet you before her—"

At this moment, Chen Zhiyan suddenly understood everything, and his pupils moved, but he saw this pure, kind and beautiful woman, closing her eyes wearily little by little, and said in pain but relief: "Husband, I'm so tired, I'm so tired." I want to ride with you again—”

"Okay, okay, I'll ride with you, and we'll go tomorrow."

Hearing Chen Zhiyan's choked-up words, Shangguan Ling smiled weakly, and managed to utter a word from between his teeth.

"You and her are very good, very good—"

At the moment when the ending sound fell, the tightly clenched hand in the palm was also completely loosened, seeing that the person in her arms seemed to be speaking without the slightest breath, and seeing the tears just dripping from the corners of her eyes.

Chen Zhiyan was in pain so much that he raised his head and closed his eyes, no matter how he restrained himself, the tears burst like a bank, and he couldn't control it anymore.

"If you can stay together, will you fall in love with me—"

The words of anticipation faintly rang in his ears again, Chen Zhiyan clasped his hands, hugged her tightly into his arms, wept uncontrollably and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry——"

It seems that there is no end.

She loved him for half of her life, and even died for him, for their Chen clan.

But what he has always given her is the love of husband and wife who respect each other as guests.

Even at the moment when she was taking poison at the end of her life, she failed to notice her abnormality early and watched her leave.

He, how to be his husband——

Under the cold moonlight, Chen Zhiyan smiled sadly, his eyes were full of self-mockery and grief, his face was already wet with painful tears, at this moment he seemed to have returned to that nightmare again.

He seemed to have seen A Yu's unyielding attitude again.

The head, and the appearance of His Majesty dying in depression.

……

The next day, the news of the death of the former Shangguan's daughter, who was married to the Bohai County King as his concubine, shocked the government and the public, both inside and outside Chang'an.

The poisoning was discovered just now, and the Shangguan family died under the poison, which was exactly the same as the immortal's drunken poison.

All of these have spread the rumor of the emperor poisoning, making people more convinced.

And after that, it was natural that the old ministers who still missed the Zhou family and the new ministers under the emperor's command had conflicts, almost irreconcilable conflicts.

　No matter before the death of Concubine Shangguan or Empress Yang, they both said that they did not want to meet Chen Xuan again in the next life.However, Shangguanling died in the arms of the person he loved all his life. He only hoped that he could meet him again in the next life.It can be seen that waiting should be reserved for those who deserve it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)