last time

Chapter 137
Zhuo Ran took the gauze that Li Yanchuan had replaced from the wound out of the room, and Wu Song took it out and threw it away.

Wei Xun seemed to have something to say, but saw that Zhuo Ran was about to turn around and go back to the house, so he took a few steps back. Unexpectedly, Zhuo Ran just looked at Li Yuchuan with his head, and stopped him after closing the door.

Zhuo Ran rolled up her cuffs and sweated a lot in the room. She lowered her head and pinched her wrists, raised her eyes and said, "Let's talk about anything."

"Gong...does Zhuo Siye want to go back to Gaodu too?" Wei Xun looked at Zhuo Ran and said.

Zhuo Ran was slightly taken aback, she was still hesitating.Going back with Li Yuchuan, I don't know what storms will be caused, but if she doesn't go back, there will be no place for her.Besides, according to what Wei Xun said, Yan Chengxuan had been waiting for someone to go to Gaodu, maybe he was waiting for Li Yuchuan, and she couldn't hold back as a burden.

"Where are you going next?"

Hearing her question, Wei Xun still didn't guess whether Zhuo Ran would go with Li Yuchuan or not. This sentence directly distanced her, implying that she still didn't recognize her identity and didn't want to have any more entanglements with him.He said, "Go to Yongzhou..."

The corner of Zhuo Ran's mouth curled up, and said, "You are really persevering."

"Master's long-cherished wish, I will definitely do my best." Wei Xun looked at Zhuo Ran and said, "Wei Xun will definitely find that imperial edict!"

Zhuo Ran said: "Now Yongzhou is full of ancient Qiang people, and I don't know if the General's Mansion is still there. Is it useful for you to look for it now?"

"That's not something I should worry about."

"If you want to go, I won't stop you." Zhuo Ran took two steps back and said, "It's just that there are so many people in Zisha Hall, don't think that you can do whatever you want because they are all human lives..."

Wei Xun lowered his eyes, staring at the mud spots on the hem of his clothes in a daze, Zhuo Ran was silent for a long time, and for some reason, when Yongzhou was mentioned, she remembered the reason for the defeat in the Battle of Luxi.

"Wei Xun." Zhuo Ran said softly, "I want to ask you something."

Wei Xun looked at Zhuo Ran and heard her say: "Your master is Fan Siqiu. He sent Princess Nanxiang to the General's Mansion, which means he knows my father. Has your master mentioned anything about the Battle of Luxi? "

Wei Xun shook his head and said, "Master seldom mentioned General Zhuo Ting. At that time, not long after the Battle of Luxi, when Si Ye first entered the capital, Master passed away, so he didn't say anything."

Zhuo Ran sighed deeply, even though Zhuo Ting's crime was notorious, she still wanted to clear her father's name, there must be some reason.Furthermore, it is impossible for Empress Yu Jing to make orders for Zhuo Ting for no reason, and it is impossible to predict that Zhuo Ting will be the general who protects the country in the Chu family, and it is even more impossible to expect that there will be a big battle in Luxi.

What if Zhuo Ting and Empress Yu Jing are old acquaintances?Or there is some secret between them, and Emperor Nanhuan must know about Empress Yu Jing's will, if he didn't stop it, it means that he acquiesced.It is also possible that he was kept in the dark and didn't know anything.

It's just that now that Han Congzhong and Fan Siqiu are gone, these things are naturally like a mystery, she can't guess anything, let alone prove it, what's going on?

Zhuo Ran was rarely so anxious. She used to think that this matter was very simple, as long as she found out who was behind the trouble, but it actually involved Emperor Nanhuan and Princess Nanxiang.

"I knew..." Zhuo Ran was a little helpless, she turned around and supported the pillars under the porch, and suddenly felt that these things were really endless, and she wanted to give up.

Give up finding the truth of the year, give up looking for Nanxiang, give up the imperial decree that can turn things around, and follow Li Yuchuan to be a little lady, why not do it?
Wei Xun pursed his lips, paused for a while, and said, "Si Ye, are you alright?"

Zhuo Ran shook her head and said, "It's nothing. How much do you... know about Empress Yu Jing, can you tell me?"

Wei Xun nodded, and said: "I heard all these things from my master. Empress Yu Jing was brought back by Emperor Nanhuan when he set out on an expedition. I heard that they respected each other as guests, and Emperor Nanhuan even made her queen directly. Dissatisfied, but Queen Yu Jing has a gentle temperament, dignified and prudent, those ministers can't find any faults, they all changed their views later, and admired Queen Yu Jing very much. At that time, Gu Qiang was still a small tribe, and Emperor Nanhuan was benevolent. When they attacked, they kept thinking of making friends with Gu Qiang, and finally they seemed to be friends, but not for a long time. At that time, Gu Qiang seemed to have found a way to strengthen himself, and it became a disaster for a while. Emperor Nanhuan dealt with him for a long time It didn't work. After a few more years, Emperor Nanhuan controlled the strength of Gu Qiang, and finally got a few years of peace."

Zhuo Ran frowned slightly: "Who taught the ancient Qiang people?"

"I don't know. It was strange that the ancient Qiang people broke the contract at that time, and the reason was also very strange. They said that they felt that they were bound by Emperor Nanhuan, which violated his promise of freedom and peace. But it is also very surprising. The Qiang people can really grow in a short period of time, and the original scattered team has formed ten divisions, and the momentum is like a broken bamboo."

Zhuo Ran heard from Li Yanchuan that Agamula was the leader of the Xianling Department, and he wondered if Bayer was like his father now.She has no news from there, but Beili must know that Li Xunchuan has gone back, and it is necessary to deal with him.

"When Emperor Nanhuan went to war, Empress Yu Jing was already pregnant with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The battle lasted for more than half a year. Empress Yu Jing replaced the courtiers of Emperor Nanhuan to take care of the interior very well, and Prince Nanxi was born. At that time, Emperor Nanhuan’s great victory happened, and the news spread all over the imperial city. By the way, Taifu Han was directly called to the palace at that time, and asked him to teach His Royal Highness carefully. The war gradually subsided, and the ten ancient Qiang tribes retreated to the desert to cultivate. I lived a peaceful life for a few years. But Chu Lian and Li Chengru took advantage of the loopholes, and what happened later was like this..."

Zhuo Ran's eye feathers trembled, and asked in a mysterious way: "Does Prince Nan Xi know that he has a younger sister?"

Wei Xun didn't seem to expect that Zhuo Ran would ask this question, and said, "Empress Yu Jing is going to hide the news, and His Royal Highness probably doesn't know about it. His Highness was only six or seven years old at the time, and I'm afraid he didn't know... The most regrettable thing is that, His Royal Highness was persecuted by Li Chengru at that time, no one thought that he would find a quack doctor to directly kill His Royal Highness, if there were no Li Chengru and Chu Lian, these things would be fine."

"If I were Nan Xiang," Zhuo Ran looked at a place in a daze, and said slowly, "If we can all survive, he will treat me as well as my brother, right?"

"Si Ye..." Wei Xun tilted his head and said, "I heard Master say about Si Ye's elder brother. I think he must be very good to you."

Zhuo Ran smiled slightly, and said softly: "Yes, very good. He and my father treat me as my own, so I resist the news that it is not their relatives. I hope you have found the wrong person, and I hope this It's not true..."

Wei Xun looked down at Zhuo Ran and said, "Regardless of whether these are facts or not, Wei Xun just hopes to complete what Master told him, and not leave any regrets for the old man."

Since Han Congzhong is the grand tutor, he will naturally have many regrets.When he met Zhuo Ran, he was determined to make Zhuo Ran his own sharp blade. This was no coincidence, it was written in the script of the horoscope a long time ago, and she was asked to act it out, and it was performed with real emotion.At the end of this drama, there is an absolute purpose. Either the vicious people will subdue the law, or everyone, no matter good or evil, will have to go to hell?
Why bother?
Zhuo Ran smiled, Wei Xun couldn't see any smile on her face, and felt that this expression was a bit creepy.Zhuo Ran lowered her head, tucked the red rope on her wrist into her sleeve, and said: "You are right, Master's regrets must always be made up for by someone. Since Master wants me to find Nan Xiang to protect her, I will definitely do it. "

Wei Xun raised his head.

Zhuo Ran stood up and said in a deep voice, "I will go to Yongzhou with you."

"Really?" Wei Xun stared at Zhuo Ran's eyes suddenly brightened, he asked again in disbelief, Zhuo Ran answered him seriously.

Zhuo Ran looked at his excitement and said, "Don't get excited, I don't plan to tell anyone about this matter. They will return to Gaodu in a few days, and we will set off with them."

Wei Xun nodded hastily, but he suddenly looked back into the room and said, "Then... where is the governor?"

"He will definitely not rest assured that I will follow you, and I don't want to delay his return to Gaodu," Zhuo Ran said, "Don't tell anyone that it's okay, by the time they find out, they probably won't be far away from Gaodu. "

Wei Xun nodded: "Wei Xun understands."

"Go down and make arrangements first," Zhuo Ran slowly opened the door and said softly, "I'll go in and see him."

When Wei Xun left, he looked around. Thanks to the fact that he spoke in a low voice, they were all busy and no one heard them.It's just that Zhuo Ran finally let go and decided to go with them, which was really exciting, Wei Xun couldn't help smiling, and rushed out to help Xiong Zhenghao.

When Zhuo Ran entered the door, she found that Li Yanchuan was still asleep, so she took off her shoes and went to bed beside Li Yanchuan.The man slept soundly, but seemed to sense something, so he made a gesture to stretch out his arms and turn around to hug her.

Zhuo Ran pressed his right shoulder and said softly, "Don't move, it hurts you."

Li Xunchuan replied vaguely, and lay back down again. Zhuo Ran turned to hug him, carefully avoiding his wounds, buried his head in his arms and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she said that she never wanted to leave him, but now in this situation, she needed to do something. It was absolutely impossible for her to give up on finding out the reason for Zhuo Ting's battle at Boxi.Perhaps all of this has to be excavated from the dark history and exposed to the sky. It is not only a matter of time, but also human will.

Zhuo Ran stared at Li Yanchuan's sleeping face and did not move. If he knew his plan, he would not be angry. The only thing that is unlikely is that Li Yanchuan was angry at her for not coming to find her.Zhuo Ran has a deep bottom line in Li Yuchuan's heart, she is confident.

***
The rainy night was damp and cold, the cool wind rustled, and the bluestone slabs hit by the raindrops made an angry sound, crushing the remaining flowers and leaves, and rendering it into blackness in an instant.Yan Qingyao walked around the path with an umbrella. The rain soaked her clothes and she suddenly felt cool. She looked around and saw that there was nothing but the noise of rain in the dark night, so she glanced behind her in relief.

The hall door was knocked suddenly, Ye Lanyi frowned slightly, walked to the door alone and heard a familiar voice, and then opened the hall door.

"Where are the guards outside?" Ye Lanyi didn't have time to change Yan Qingyao's drenched cloak, when she saw Yan Qingyao pull the people behind her to the front, making her stop immediately.

"Miss..." Xia Qiong was wearing a black windbreaker. Ye Lanyi didn't recognize her for a while, but she knew it was her by the voice.Xia Qiong took off his hood, couldn't bear the tears in his eyes, looked at Ye Lanyi and couldn't even speak.

Ye Lanyi pushed back the wet hair on her forehead, and comforted her: "Don't cry, just come back."

Yan Qingyao also breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, and said: "This girl is also stupid. She ran out when she had the opportunity, but she was timid. She said she didn't dare, and it took a lot of effort to bring her here."

Xia Qiong lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, imperial concubine..."

"Bring Xia Qiong here, what if he sees you?" Ye Lanyi didn't hear the guard's movement, and said, "Now you go back before he comes here."

Yan Qingyao nodded and said: "Don't worry about me, I have my own way to deal with it, but don't worry, I will tell you if there is anything."

Ye Lanyi sent her out of the palace gate, carefully looked out until Yan Qingyao disappeared into the sound of rain.

Ye Lanyi found some clean clothes for Xia Qiong to change into, and then asked her what happened recently.Xia Qiong looked into the screen and said softly, "Your Majesty and the little prince..."

"They are resting, we whispered that, you don't have to worry." Ye Lanyi pushed the water glass in front of her and said, "Drink some hot water first, so that you don't catch the cold in such a cold day... This is not the old palace. Now, be careful in everything."

Xia Qiong was holding the cup, her hands gradually warmed up, she looked at Ye Lanyi, and said softly: "Miss asked me to go out of the palace to buy some gadgets, and when I returned to the palace, I was taken to a place where They are all serving Miss and Your Majesty, we are locked up, I want to escape, but I dare not..."

Ye Lanyi smiled when she heard this, and said, "It's good that you're fine. I was still worried if you encountered any difficulties, but you're fine when you're back."

Xia Qiong put the water glass on the table, stretched out his hand to grab Ye Lanyi, and said anxiously: "Miss, will that Yan Ershao kill us? What exactly does he want to do? I'm timid. If I can't protect the lady, I will definitely kill you." Death must be blamed..."

"What are you thinking?" Ye Lanyi held her back and said softly, "Your Majesty is still here, Concubine Yan Gui will help us, the matter has not reached the point of no return, don't be afraid."

Xia Qiong shook his head and said, "But I heard people say that they just want to lure the second lady over, and want to hurt the peace between Xiqi and Dayu, as well as the governor..."

Ye Lanyi frowned slightly: "Who did you listen to?"

"Just... the people who were imprisoned there with us." Xia Qiong said, "Miss, are they telling the truth? Will Second Miss be in danger?"

Ye Lanyi held her hand tightly, looked into her eyes, and said, "Listen to me, don't be afraid, Ye Ji is so smart, she won't know that this is a trap, as long as Xi Qi doesn't move, we and Xi Qi will be together." There's never any danger, you trust me."

Xia Qiong was silent for a while, then nodded.

Ye Lanyi patted her arm and said, "Okay, don't think so much, as long as we are together, don't be afraid of anything."

At that time, Yan Qingyao put away her umbrella and saw that the lights were still on in the hall, so she knew Yan Chengxuan was there.She sighed deeply, leaned the rain-soaked umbrella under the eaves, straightened her clothes, and pushed open the hall door with both hands.

Yan Chengxuan was indeed there.He asked someone to boil ginger tea late, which was what Yan Qingyao liked, and it was also because of Yan Qingyao that Chu Shiyu liked it.The fragrance of tea is overflowing, with a faint smell of ginger. Yan Qingyao liked this taste very much at first, but now she is full of vigilance and uneasiness about it.

She walked in slowly, Yan Chengxuan looked at her obediently: "Sister..."

Yan Qingyao stopped, without any other expression, just said: "Why are you here?"

Yan Chengxuan smiled very gently, and said: "Sister always likes to drink evening ginger tea on rainy days. I didn't know why before, but now I realize that it makes people feel warmer."

"What do you want to do?" Yan Qingyao said coldly.

Yan Chengxuan looked at Yan Qingyao innocently, and said, "Sister...I just came to see you for tea."

"It's late." Yan Qingyao took off her drenched outer shirt and put it on the hanger, and said, "You go, the tea refreshes you, and I want to rest earlier."

Yan Chengxuan took a sip of tea on his own, and said, "Sister, don't be in a hurry. Seeing that my sister is soft-hearted, and even helping others to find caring maids, you don't even worry about yourself?"

"What do you mean?" Yan Qingyao tightened her hand holding her clothes in vain, and she looked at Yan Chengxuan sideways, showing disbelief.

Yan Chengxuan leaned back, his fingertips got some water stains, but he didn't care, and said, "Sister, you won't forget Dongzhu, right?"

"What did you do to her?"

Yan Chengxuan smiled, but there was some sadness hidden in his eyes, he said: "Why would Sister think like this? How can I have someone who can touch Sister? Besides, Dong Zhu is a close friend of Sister, so naturally I wouldn't Do something to her. No, I was worried that Elder Sister would be bored in the palace, so I brought her back specially."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the back room.Yan Qingyao's eyes widened, and she ran back into the house immediately, and she saw a person lying on the couch with messy clothes, and she almost didn't recognize it.

"Dongzhu!" Yan Qingyao knelt on the side of the couch, Dongzhu was still asleep, and her clothes were still worn when she left that day, and she didn't know what happened to her these days.

"What did you do?" Yan Qingyao said sharply, "Yan Chengxuan, how dare you?"

"Sister, what do you think I did?" Yan Chengxuan approached, and said in a deep voice: "I just did this one thing, and you think I did all the bad things? She herself was targeted by bandits and bullies and I Save her, she would have died long ago if it wasn't for me!"

Yan Qingyao held Dong Zhu's hand, Yan Chengxuan snorted coldly, and said, "Sister...you shouldn't doubt me."

Yan Qingyao looked at him with slight helplessness and guilt in her eyes, but more disappointment and shock.She didn't speak, but Yan Chengxuan had already got all the information in her eyes, and his anger was overwhelming in an instant.

The door of the palace was closed with a "bang", Yan Qingyao's sight was blocked in the pouring rain, the red candle couldn't stop the strong wind, leaving a wisp of green smoke swaying silently.

(End of this chapter)