Refusing to marry the king of broken sleeves

Looking at the jade pendant in the box, Huangfu Yi could only feel a surge of excitement spreading in his heart, and his thin, graceful lips also raised upwards involuntarily, revealing a smile of ecstasy, with an unconcealable smile on his face excitement.

At this time, he was like a child who got the toy he had been thinking about. All his emotions were expressed in words, without the slightest concealment.The hands holding the box are even more cautious, as if they are holding their own world.

"Ruoyao." Looking up at Ling Ruoyao, he was almost speechless with excitement, "You know what? I...I...I'm really...so happy!"

Seeing him like this, Ling Ruoyao just raised the corners of her lips slightly, smiling calmly, but there was a complex emotion in her heart, and she didn't know how to describe her mood at this time.

she decides

Definitely hand over the jade pendant to him, and let him fight for the throne.She also knew that after getting the jade pendant, he would most likely ascend the throne as emperor in the future, so in the future, she would have to bear a lot of pressure that she had never endured before.

Moreover, once he ascended the throne, he would have many involuntary things, and there would be many women around him.

However, since she has given him the jade pendant, she will not regret it. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles there will be in the future, she will advance and retreat with him. As long as he does not abandon her, she will never leave him.

Stretching out his ape arms, Huangfu Yi pulled her into his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head, still unable to restrain his excitement, he said in a low voice: "Ruoyao, do you know? I'm looking for this Yupei, it was so hard to find. But I didn’t expect that it was in your hands! It seems that God has treated me kindly! Not only did I get you, but also Yupei. Ruoyao, I feel so happy, So lucky!"

Wrapping his arms around his waist, Ling Ruoyao leaned her head on his broad chest, with a dignified look on her pretty face, she said softly: "Now that you have got the jade pendant, you can do what you want , and what should be done.”

Huangfu Yi didn't make a sound, but his brows could not help but frowned slightly: "Ruoyao, why do you have this jade pendant? Could it be that Shen Wuying gave it to you?"

It was rumored back then that Shen Wuying stole the jade pendant, and he had been sending Ye Yuan to search for it all the time, but there was no result, but he never expected that the jade pendant would be in her hands, and finally it was still in his own hands.

Shaking her head, Ling Ruoyao raised her head and glared at him, and said angrily, "I told you this is my mother's dowry, how could it be given to me by the hall master?"

"Then what's going on?" Huangfu Yi really had too many questions, and despite being excited, he still had to ask clearly.

Smiling lightly, Ling Ruoyao began to babble about her mother, her relationship with Concubine Shu, and how Concubine Shu stole the jade pendant and gave it to her mother to let her mother leave the palace.

But why Concubine Shu stole the jade pendant became the most puzzling thing for the two of them.

"Unexpectedly, the jade pendant was stolen by Concubine Shu." With a long sigh, Huangfu Yi frowned and said, "But why did she steal the jade pendant? What is the reason for doing so?"

Ling Ruoyao also frowned delicately, and on her fair and pretty face, there was a puzzled look on her face: "I don't know either. The hall master didn't say anything either."

Without continuing this topic, Huangfu Yi let go of her, picked up the jade pendant, and looked at it eagerly, as if he was afraid that he was dreaming, as if he was afraid that the jade pendant he was holding was a fake , not the piece he was looking for.

After looking at it for a while, he was sure that he was not dreaming, and this jade pendant was real.He really got this jade pendant that symbolizes power and status.He finally had chips in his hands.

There was still excitement and joy that could not be concealed on his face, he carefully put the jade pendant back into the box, but found that there was still an envelope in the box, so he picked it up and said puzzledly: "What is this? Why is there another letter?"

Snatching the envelope from his hand, Ling Ruoyao held the envelope tightly in front of her chest, glared at him, and said warningly: "This is a letter from my mother, you are not allowed to read it!"

"Why can't I read it?" Pretending to be displeased, Huangfu Yi complained, "You have already given me your dowry, why don't you allow me to read that letter? Besides, this letter is not related to this jade pendant." Being together is considered a dowry!"

"You speak too much!" Suddenly dissatisfied, Ling Ruoyao pursed her lips and cursed angrily.

"I'm just telling the truth!" Holding back a smile, Huangfu Yi raised his chin and said nonchalantly, but it was undoubtedly adding fuel to Ling Ruoyao's fire.

Glaring at him, Ling Ruoyao clenched her teeth and put on a fierce look. After a moment of stalemate, she snorted coldly through her nose and said coldly, "I don't want to talk to you, I'm leaving!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out of the study.

Startled, Huangfu Yi quickly stretched out his hand to grab her, put on a flattering smile on his handsome and resolute face, and raised his hand in surrender: "I don't want to read, I don't want to read the letter your mother left you. .I swear, if you don't want to show it to me, I won't even look at it in my life!"

After finishing speaking, he raised two fingers in a serious manner, making a gesture of swearing.

The corners of her lips were slightly raised, and a sly smile spread out, Ling Ruoyao turned around, but she still put on a dissatisfied look, and said humbly: "You said this, without my permission, you must not look!"

"I swear, I will never watch it!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Ling Ruoyao suddenly handed the envelope in front of him: "Here, you can read it."

The corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, Huangfu Yi suddenly felt speechless, did he really think she was playing with him just now?

Seeing that he didn't take the envelope, Ling Ruoyao glared at him, and said impatiently: "Why? Don't you want to read it? Just forget it if you don't want to read it." Saying that, she took advantage of the situation to put the envelope away.

"Don't, don't, don't." Huangfu Yi hurriedly came back to his senses, quickly reached out to take the envelope, and said with a smile, "Why don't I want to read it?"

Stuffing the envelope into his hands, Ling Ruoyao couldn't help but smile, there was a bit of joy of victory and a sense of satisfaction in the smile.

He pulled her to the wooden chair behind the desk and sat down. Huangfu Yi stretched out his arms and pulled her to sit on his lap.

He opened the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and began to read, his expression was very focused, his brows were slightly frowned, his eyes stayed on the letter paper, and he quickly scanned the pages of the letter paper.

After reading two pages, I saw that there was no important information mentioned in it, only the importance of this jade pendant was mentioned, and Ling Ruoyao was told to take good care of it.

Immediately feeling a little disappointed, Huangfu Yi didn't continue to look down, but looked up at Ling Ruoyao, and asked with a little doubt: "That's all?"

Looking at the letter paper in his hand, Ling Ruoyao nodded, and said calmly: "Yes, otherwise, what do you think you will say?"

This was the second time she read the letter.When she read it for the first time, she didn't read the entire letter, and this time, because Huangfu Yi didn't continue to read, she couldn't finish it either.

Smiling embarrassingly, Huangfu Yi hurriedly said: "Let's continue to read." After speaking, he turned his attention to the letter paper again.

But after reading two lines, he looked away at Ling Ruoyao, and said very puzzled: "Since this jade pendant has always been in your hands, why didn't you give it to me until now?"

It made him find it so hard.This woman should be hit!

Staring at him pretending to be dissatisfied, Ling Ruoyao said angrily: "Don't you think about how you treated me before? How could I give you such an important thing? In case you will become a foolish or tyrant in the future, then I will Didn't it kill all the people of Cheyuan Kingdom?"

His eyes looked a little dim, of course he could hear the complaints in her words, recalling the harm he had caused her before, his eyes were stained with a layer of deep guilt.

Noticing his strangeness, Ling Ruoyao realized that what she said made the atmosphere solemn and depressing, so she hurriedly broke the awkward atmosphere: "Oh, I didn't expect that I would be responsible for the future of the entire Cheyuan Kingdom. , this task is too important, I am a weak woman, how can I afford it!"

Putting away the feeling of guilt in his heart, Huangfu Yi reached out and pinched her nose, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, from now on, I will complete this important task with you."

Wrapping his arms around his neck, Ling Ruoyao leaned her head on his shoulders, and said earnestly, "The eldest prince and the third prince have been framed to such an extent, I don't want you to be framed too. I'm not some savior Lord, I don’t have a noble heart, I just want the people I love and the people I care about to be happy and safe.”

Hearing her heavy and distant words, Huangfu Yi frowned immediately, his face was solemn, and he couldn't help but increase his strength with his big hand around her waist: "Don't worry, I will protect you, protect everything you have. people who care."

"Tell me, why is he so cruel? He actually treats the First Prince and the Third Prince like this. They are his brothers, aren't they?"

Dazed for a moment, Huangfu Yi turned his head, looked at him with some surprise, and subconsciously said: "Do you know who framed the boss and the third child?"

Squinting at him, she said angrily, "Please, I'm not an idiot. Although the third prince has a bad temper, a grudge, and an arrogant attitude, he doesn't have such deep scheming. Besides , the conflict between the third prince and the eldest prince happened after Yubi entered the palace, how could he have planned this series of conspiracies before the conflict between the two?"

"But there is only one prince. Except for the elder brother, we all may plan to frame the elder brother in order to compete for the position of the prince. It doesn't have to be after the two have conflicts that the third child may design to frame the elder brother."

"Then what do you mean, do you believe that the third prince framed the eldest prince?" Ling Ruoyao glared at him, and said in a deep voice, with a bit of threat in her tone, as if warning him that he had to go along with his own words. .

Without thinking too much, Huangfu Yi immediately shook his head and said, "I don't believe it."

Couldn't help rolling her eyes, Ling Ruoyao said helplessly, "Since you don't believe it, why do you refute me?"

"Everything needs to be based on evidence. Before there is no conclusive evidence, we can't make a decision lightly."

Choked by his words, Ling Ruoyao opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.After being silent for a while, she sighed and said, "Your Majesty is true, why did you dispose of the eldest prince and the third prince so easily? Even the jade concubine died."

"You must not say this to others." Huangfu Yi hurriedly stopped her, and said nervously, "If your words are heard by others, maybe it will be misrepresented. Even if the father did something wrong It’s over, but it’s done, and it won’t help.”

Ling Ruoyao remained silent, lowered her head, her expression was extraordinarily serious, and her heart was very heavy.

That's right, that's the emperor. The emperor's words are the imperial decree. Once the imperial decree is issued, is there any reason to take it back?It's just pity for Huangfuyan and Huangfuxi, who were framed and ended up in such a situation.

However, it is a blessing in disguise.They went to Luoyan Island and stayed away from the strife in the world. Maybe they can spend the rest of their lives in peace.

Seeing her sullen look, Huangfu Yi sighed almost inaudibly, pulled the corners of his mouth, smiled slightly, raised his hand to pinch her face, and said with a light smile: "Okay, don't Think about those things again. Leave these things to me. Watch out for wrinkles."

Glaring at him dissatisfied, Ling Ruoyao pouted and said, "What? Are you starting to dislike me now? If I really develop wrinkles in the future, will you not want me?"

Embracing her with both hands, Huangfu Yi hurriedly said with a smile: "How come? Even if you become an old woman in the future, I will not despise you. Because I am also a bad old man! The old woman and the old man are also a match made in heaven! "

The corners of her mouth could not help but rise upwards, with an indescribable sweetness spreading in her heart, Ling Ruoyao buried her head on his shoulder, smiling very happily.

"Okay. Let's continue reading the letter." Huangfu Yi said, then picked up the letter paper again, and continued to read.

But at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, followed by Cai Zhi's panicked shout: "My lord, miss, it's not good. Someone from the palace said that something happened to the emperor."

The two who were planning to continue reading the letter were stunned when they heard Caizhi's shout, and both of them had nervous and puzzled expressions on their faces.

Standing up hastily, Ling Ruoyao looked at Huangfu Yi and said urgently: "Don't look at it yet, you'd better go to the palace quickly."

Nodding his head, Huangfu Yi put the letter paper back into the envelope, locked it together with the jade pendant, opened the drawer and put the box in the drawer.

The two walked out of the study room together, Cai Zhi rushed up to meet her, and hurriedly said: "My lord, someone from the palace said that the emperor suddenly fainted, and he is still in a coma. He said that he wants you to go to the palace quickly."

"What about the second and sixth? Do they know?"

"The second prince and the sixth prince have also entered the palace."

"This king knows." Nodding his head, Huangfu Yi turned his head to look at Ling Ruoyao with a serious face, and said in a deep voice, "Go back to the prime minister's residence first, I'll go into the palace to have a look."

Seeing her nodding in response, he hurried towards the gate of the front yard.

After Huangfuyi left, Ling Ruoyao led Caizhi to leave the palace.Rong Pei is emperor.

Along the way, neither the master nor the servant spoke, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat silent.

The hands hidden in the wide water sleeves clenched into fists unconsciously, her heart was extraordinarily heavy, and she was even a little worried.

It's really eventful now.

Although Ling Qinglian repelled the invasion of the Sky Kingdom last time, the tension between the two countries has not been eased, and the Sky Kingdom will attack at any time.In the court hall, Huangfu Yan and Huangfu Xi had just been escorted to Luoyan Island, and Huangfuxuan had not yet been formally canonized as the crown prince. Now, the emperor has fallen again.

If something really happened to the emperor, I'm afraid there will be a bloody battle for the throne.

"Miss, what are you thinking about?"

Caizhi's worried questioning voice interrupted her meditation, Ling Ruoyao hurriedly recovered, shook her head and said, "It's okay, let's go back quickly."

I'm afraid Ling Yan was also summoned into the palace, right?As the prime minister, how could he not enter the palace to guard it?

***

Royal Palace.

The emperor's bedroom was already full of people.Concubines in the harem, three princes, and several high-ranking ministers.Everyone stood guard in front of the dragon bed, nervously watching the imperial physician who was treating the emperor.

The imperial physician also had a serious face at this time, making the diagnosis extremely cautiously, frowning tightly, with a dignified expression, and would stroke his gray beard from time to time.

After several tense minutes passed, the imperial physician finally stood up and came in front of everyone.

"Doctor, what's the matter with the emperor?" Concubine Zhen stepped forward, her brows knit into a ball on her undiminished glamorous face.

The imperial doctor's expression was still serious, and he sighed softly and said: "The emperor's body has been ill for a long time, and it was damaged by fatigue before, and many things have happened in recent days, and the fatigue has increased. Only when you get angry and attack your heart will you fall ill."

"Emperor doctor, you should hurry up and find a way to cure father's illness!" Huangfu Xuan also took a step forward, and said in a deep voice, with unconcealable worry in his tone.

"The minister will, together with the people in the Imperial Hospital, do their best to take care of the emperor's health."

After hearing the imperial physician's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Huangfu Yi stood aside, looked at the emperor who was lying on the bed, and saw that his face was pale, his lips were so white that there was no trace of blood, he fell into a coma and did not move at all.

But all of a sudden, he noticed that the emperor's fingers resting on the quilt moved slightly, and even his eyelids moved a little. He was overjoyed and just wanted to tell everyone "Father is awake", but he didn't. Thinking of it, the emperor suddenly coughed loudly.

His violent cough immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone turned their attention to him. On everyone's faces, there was a burst of joy and excitement at first, but immediately there was intense tension and worry.

Concubine Zhen stepped forward first, helped the emperor up, and while stroking his back, said aloud: "Your Majesty, you have finally woken up."

However, the emperor didn't seem to hear her words at all, and he didn't seem to notice the many people around him at all, he was already coughing violently.

After coughing for a while, he took a few breaths, raised his head and glanced at the crowd, but saw a hint of disbelief in their eyes.

Just because, at the corner of his mouth, there was a trace of bright red blood, and even on the quilt, there was a pool of dazzling bright red.

"Your Majesty?!" Looking at the pool of scarlet on the quilt, Concubine Zhen exhaled subconsciously, her eyes full of horror.

No one thought that the emperor's illness was so serious that he coughed up blood.

The emperor also saw the blood on the quilt, and his face was a little ugly, but after a while, he regained his composure.

Twirling the corner of his mouth, he raised a weak smile, looked at the crowd, gasped heavily, and said weakly: "What are you doing? I'm still alive and well! Or, you all Can't wait for me to die?!"

Everyone was startled, and hurriedly lowered their heads, and hurriedly explained aloud to prove their loyalty.

"I'm tired, I want to take a rest, you all step back, I'm fine, I don't need so many of you guarding me." With a wave of his hand, the emperor pushed away the concubine Zhen who was supporting him.

Now that the emperor has issued an order, who dares to resist it?Although there was still deep worry in their hearts, everyone retreated obediently.

"Second prince." Just as everyone was about to leave, the emperor suddenly called out to Huangfu Xuan, "You stay."

Dazed for a moment, Huangfuxuan hurriedly stopped, turned around, nodded slightly and said: "Yes." Then he walked back to the dragon bed.

Huangfu Yi looked back at the father and son, his deep and narrow phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, his eyes seemed a little sharp, but it was only in an instant that he regained his composure.

After everyone had left, the emperor beckoned to Huangfu Xuan and asked him to sit in front of him.

Sitting on the side of the bed, Huangfu Xuan tucked the quilt for him, and said worriedly: "Father, please rest well, your body is important."

Grabbing his hand that was tucking the quilt for himself, the emperor coughed twice, and said weakly: "I know my body very well. I also know that my time is numbered."

"Father won't." Huangfuxuan quickly interrupted his words, "Father will definitely live a long life, this disease can't defeat Father."

Twitching the corners of his mouth, the emperor smiled weakly: "You don't need to comfort me, only I know my own body. I let you stay because I have something to tell you."

Nodding his head, Huangfuxuan didn't speak any more, and listened to him very seriously: "The emperor of our Cheyuan country must be a person who holds a jade pendant to be enthroned. Even though I made you the crown prince, you can't be careless about it. You must find Yupei. Also, when you ascend to the throne in the future, you will release your elder brother and third child, and give them freedom. They are also my sons, and I will feel sorry for you."

Huangfuxuan nodded, but in the depths of his eyes, there was a hint of cruelty that was hard to detect.

Set them free?How can it be!