Abandoned woman's glory

Chapter 225 Stopped Breathing in a Dream

Is there a person who disappeared with the child?

I looked up and stared at him suddenly: "Who?"

"The fourth rank of imperial guards with swords, the envoy who sent you off when you got married was also the one who escorted Xuanyuan's envoys to Qinglong Kingdom back then."

what? !

The familiar young and dark face flashed across my mind, always with a reckless smile, he may be the one who stayed with me the longest, cried with me, stayed with me Laughed, accompanied me through the loneliest years of my long and desolate youth, and sent me to marry far away in a sea of ​​bright red——

"Hao-flame?"

"it's him."

"..." I seemed to be frozen for a moment, unable to react in my mind, and I didn't know how long before I murmured: "He, why did he disappear? Still with Mu Feng... What's going on?"

"The people in the palace said that after Mu Feng was sent to Xuanyuan Kingdom, he lived in the Wangyun Palace where you lived at the beginning. Except for the nanny and a few court ladies, it was this Haoyan who was always by his side to protect him. Xuanyuan Kang He was also there on the day the decision was made to send troops, but he didn't say anything from the beginning to the end, and he couldn't see anything unusual. The next morning, when the maid went in, she found that the child and him had disappeared."

"Then, did they send someone to look for it?"

Shaoyu nodded and said: "Yes. Xuanyuan Kang originally wanted to use this child to contain you, so of course he didn't want to lose this bargaining chip. After the child disappeared, he also sent a brigade to look for it, but there was still no news. , the child seems to have disappeared completely."

My heart is clenched tightly.

Could it be that Hao Yan knew that Xuanyuan Kang wanted to use the child against me, so he took Mu Feng away?

Seeing my frown, Shaoyu hurriedly comforted him: "At least now we know that the child was taken away by him, and there is another clue. Don't worry."

Yes, if Haoyan really took Mu Feng away, I shouldn't be in a hurry, because Haoyan and I are named master and servant, but we love each other as brothers and sisters, and he has accompanied me through the most difficult times all these years During the day, I even regarded him as another self, so lonely and stubborn, if Mu Feng was by his side, I should feel more at ease than ever.

However, there was an unspeakable anxiety welling up in my heart.

Mu Feng was taken away by him, so if he took Mu Feng away, he should come to me immediately, even if he can't find me, he should find a way to send me a message, but now it has been so long since the child disappeared, why does he keep He didn't show up, even Xuanyuankang sent so many people and couldn't find him, where is he now?
Thinking of this, the feeling of uneasiness became deeper and deeper, I turned around and told Shao Yu: "Send more people, we must find them!"

"Yes!"

After saying this, I felt weak and almost fell down.

Looking back at the familiar and unfamiliar scenery around me, if ordinary daughters return to their natal homes, they will feel a sense of being close to home, but which married daughter in the world will return to their natal homes like me, but It is more bitter and tiring than anywhere else.

And someone who can give me warmth and shelter...

I looked at the palace, he should be resting now, and the appearance of that person, although we didn't talk about it, still caused a strange ripple between the two of them.

Both he and I should calm down.

Thinking like this, I silently turned around and walked towards another road, but when I came back to my senses, I realized that I had actually walked to the Queen's residence, Yonghe Palace.

Inside, there are candles flickering.

Standing in front of the gate of the Yonghe Palace, I suddenly felt a little funny. Maybe all the daughters in the world were wronged outside, and they would cry in their mother's arms, asking for warmth and comfort, but how could I get it?My mother-in-law never gave me any warmth, what she gave was colder than ice in the long years.

I shook my head, laughed, and walked slowly to the side, walked to the bench in the corridor, and sat down.

Shaoyu followed immediately, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, if you want to rest, you should go back to—"

I lightly waved my hand and interrupted him: "No need, I'll just rest here."

"But--"

"It doesn't matter, just let someone guard the outside, I will be fine after sitting for a while."

Shaoyu glanced at me worriedly, but he couldn't hold me back after all, so he could only give up, turned and left.

I sat on the bench and looked at the dim and blurred scenery around me. I was tired and finally closed my eyes slowly and fell into a dark dream.

In the dream, it seemed that I was still leaning on the bench, still so tired that I couldn’t even move a finger, but I vaguely saw a figure slowly walking towards me, it was a familiar outline, a familiar figure. Breath, familiar taste, when he stood in front of me, even his breathing was so familiar.

He stood for a long time, looking down at me, I don't know what kind of emotion is in his eyes, but after a long time, I saw a big pale hand slowly raised up and stretched towards my cheek.

A warm touch came up.

I struggled a bit, wanting to move, but maybe it was just a slight trembling at best, because of this person's body temperature, his palms were warm and calloused, and there were bursts of numbness when touching the person's face It felt as if his hands were shaking uncontrollably.

Then, the hands slowly slid down and landed on my neck.

These days of running around and suffering from illness, I have indeed lost a lot of weight. In his palm, my slender neck is so fragile that it seems that if I exert a little force, it will be pinched.

His hands trembled even more.

I don't know how long it took, but those hands did not close on my neck after all, but slowly, slowly caressed my thin shoulders, gently hugged my body, and slowly approached a solid body. in the chest.

...!
The feeling of hugging was so real that my whole body shuddered and I woke up suddenly.

Looking at it with wide eyes, there is already a bright light in front of me, and I am being hugged by someone, the slight bumps bring a feeling of dizziness, I raise my head, look at the silver light in front of me, and I am stabbed shut. eyes.

"you're awake?"

His hoarse voice rang in his ears.

I opened my eyes again, only to realize that I didn't know how long I had been in a coma. It was already dawn, and he picked me up from the bench and was about to leave.

That feeling of hugging—was it him?

I curled up in his arms and let him carry me away in silence. Finally, I couldn't help turning my head slowly, looking over his shoulder at the Yonghe Palace behind which the door was closed.

Was it a dream last night?

If it is a dream, why should I dream of him?

If it wasn't a dream—

What did he come to Yonghe Palace for?
This battle started on the eighth day of February, and by the end of June, the outcome of the war had begun to emerge.

Shaoyu's military talent was most demonstrated in this battle against Xuanyuan. Although Yu He was not in charge, he still broke through the four major military forces of Xuanyuan Kingdom, Hangu, Tuye, Bianyu, and Huixian with lightning speed. important town.

Once the Quartet Army was defeated, the entire Xuanyuan fell into our hands.

At the beginning of July, Qinglong Kingdom's army marched straight in and stationed several important fortresses. From a military point of view, Xuanyuan had been completely occupied.

In the past few months, good news has been reported frequently. Perhaps any emperor should be the most energetic, but for me, it is the most difficult time in my life.

There was no news from Mu Feng. No matter how many troops were sent and the rewards were heavy, he and Hao Yan seemed to disappear from this land all at once.

No matter how much I don't want to admit it, his eyes, Shao Yu's eyes, seem to have told me one more cruel fact.

I lost my baby.

My Mu Feng, who used to be cautious in my body, also kept my incompetent mother, but this weak little life, I didn't even hug him well, I didn't feed him once, or even I didn't tease him to make a laugh like an ordinary mother, and he just disappeared in my life.

Perhaps because of this reason, the throbbing pain after the heart sutra was broken became more and more severe, and it could not end over and over again. I could not wash my face with tears like an ordinary mother, and I had to face the war against the motherland. It made my heart fail, and the pain during the day was unspeakable, and later, I couldn't sleep normally at night.

During these days, the Imperial City of Xuanyuan was not peaceful, and Shaoyu sent more people to patrol, and he slept in the outer room of my dormitory every night.

That night, he happened to wake up from his dream, and he came in to see me with some uneasy feeling, only to find that I had stopped breathing in the dream.From that day on, he stayed by my bedside and held my wrist every night, and even a slight tremor at night would wake him up.

I lay on the bed, feeling the warm body temperature coming up from the pulse gate, and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Why haven't you slept yet?"

"..."

"Tomorrow, aren't you going to talk to Xuanyuan Kang and your mother about the Zen position, so take a good rest."

"..."

That's right, tomorrow, it's time to talk about Zen seats.

In fact, there is really no need for them and I to talk. The current situation is clearer than when Nangong Yu and Shaoyu abdicated. The Zen position is just a nice way of saying it. In fact, I am forcing the palace.

And since the assassination failed, Xuanyuankang has completely lost the ability to resist, and drank his sorrows every day in the Wangyun Palace. On the contrary, it was my mother who was imprisoned in the Yonghe Palace, but she was as calm as ever, eating fast and chanting Buddha, as if outside The raging war has nothing to do with her.

But the opposite is true.

The imperial edict for the position of Zen has been drawn up long ago, and the jade seal needs to be affixed, and the jade seal is on her body.

I smiled lightly, what an ironic reincarnation.

Just thinking about it like this, I felt my wrist tightened. I raised my head and met the bottomless black eyes under the flickering candlelight. He looked at me and said softly, "Don't think too much."

"I can't sleep, you go out for a walk with me."

"where to?"

In the midsummer of July, the heat gradually recedes at night, and the cool wind blows from the center of the lake, making people feel comfortable.

I wore a thin long skirt and walked slowly in front. The dew was heavy late at night, and the corners of the skirt were soon soaked with dew, and wrapped around my ankles for a while, but I didn't mind it at all, and walked slowly up the stone Bridge, looking at the calm lake surface reflecting a round of bright moon in the sky, thousands of miles of clear light turned into sparkling waves amidst the sound of gurgling water, but it made the night more peaceful.

In the quiet night, only his breathing was still in his ears.

I stood on the bridge, looking at the radiance under the bridge, my eyes were in a trance, I don't know how long, I heard him softly: "What are you thinking?"

"After the Zen position, it is imperative to move the capital."

He was taken aback, as if caught off guard, and after a while, he slowly said: "Move the capital?"

"Now that the Central Plains has formed a horizontal trend, if the capital is still in the east, the control over Baihu and Xuanyuan will inevitably be weakened, but these two places are the most unstable, so the capital must be moved and the center of power moved to the middle."

"You want to move the capital back here?"

"..." I thought for a while, then shook my head: "It doesn't work here either."

He frowned slightly: "Why?"

"Many old ministers of Xuanyuan Kingdom hold great power in their hands. I kept them in order to stabilize the court. But if the capital is moved to Mengjing, the power of these people will double, and even become powerful. In this case, it will be even worse. It’s easy to control; besides, I was rejected by many ministers of Qinglong Kingdom when I proclaimed myself emperor, and if I moved the capital back to my home country, they would also worry about their power being damaged, so they would definitely not agree.”

"Then you plan to establish another capital?"

"At the beginning, Xuanyuan established the country as the capital of Mengjing, because the northern barbarians often invaded the south, and the capital was set here, which was a pattern of 'the emperor guards the frontier', but now that Helian City has retreated to Shangyang, this pattern is no longer necessary. I took a look the other day, and Chang'an is the most ideal place to take care of the three places without losing balance."

"Chang'an?" He muttered these two words silently, thoughtfully, but he didn't seem to reject them.

After a while, he said, "However, if you really want to move the capital, even if you don't go back to Mengjing, the recruiters may not be willing."

"I know," I nodded: "So I plan to establish Zhaoye as the accompanying capital, so they shouldn't object too much, right?"

He glanced at me, smiled and said, "You're really thoughtful."

I also smiled, but immediately, a throbbing pain hit my heart, I bent down while clutching my chest, bit my lower lip tightly, but still let out a groan.

"Xingsi!" He turned pale with shock, and hurried forward to support me: "Are you alright?"

"..." I was holding back and couldn't speak. I managed to get through this for a while, but I was already sweating profusely, and I couldn't even stand still. He half supported and half hugged me: "Don't go, hurry up!" Go back and rest."

"I am fine."

I reluctantly spoke, looked at his worried look, and asked, "Yu He, no news yet?"

He silently shook his head.

It has been several months since Yu He left us to look for Liang Chengxin. According to his ability, it is impossible to have no clues at all.

I sighed, didn't say anything, walked forward slowly, he followed behind me, he seemed to want to stop me and let me go back, but just when I stretched out my hand, he suddenly froze.

In the quiet night, there was a whistling wind, as if——

He and I looked at each other, and seemed to sense something, hurriedly walked a few steps, turned around the red wall in front of us, and arrived outside the Yonghe Palace.

The tall palace was only a silhouette in the night, giving people the feeling of a sleeping beast. Through the window, you can still see the flickering candlelight inside, which looks so empty in the night.

And the flickering light also illuminated the outside of the gate, and those guards—— fell crookedly at the gate, all without a sound.

Looking at the scene in front of me, he and I froze all of a sudden.

Still, he reacted quickly, and immediately rushed forward to have a look. When I walked over, he slowly straightened up and said in a low voice: "The fingering is very heavy, but it is not fatal."

"Is it his method?"

"Ah."

I stood there watching this scene. I didn’t know why I suddenly felt very cold. I subconsciously turned my head and looked around. There was a heavy night all around me. I didn’t know what was hidden behind that endless darkness. I hugged His arms trembled slightly, he suddenly thought of something, he rushed forward and pushed the door open——

"Mother!"

With a bang, the door was pushed open by me, and I saw that the Yonghe Palace was still empty and cold. A thin figure knelt silently in front of the Buddhist altar, looking back at me with some astonishment: "Huh?"

Seeing that she was fine, I let go of my hanging heart, and subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: "You, are you okay?"

"what's up?"

Her tone was very calm and indifferent, and she seemed to be fine. I winked at the ghost face, and he nodded and immediately retreated, closing the door from the outside.

Only her and I were left in the hall. The queen mother slowly stood up and took a look at me, and said calmly, "It's late at night, the emperor came to my place, what's the matter?"

Her icy tone remained the same, and I just felt that the throbbing pain that had just gotten better came back again.

With my back against the door, I took a long breath and said, "Zhen, I just came to see it."

"How many hours before dawn, no matter how anxious His Majesty the Emperor is, he still has to wait until the sky is clear and everyone is watching, before asking the Ai family to get the jade seal."

I clenched the hand behind my back tightly, and the nails dug into the palm, causing a little pain.

"The queen mother is right, I am impatient."

I gave her a slight nod and said, "Queen Mother, please rest early. Tomorrow is my son's big day. I hope Queen Mother can be more energetic."

After I finished speaking, I turned around and walked out, and the door closed behind me.

After a while, the outside has been cleaned up, and more people have been sent to guard the surroundings. The ghost face came over, looked at my somewhat pale face, and said solemnly: "Are you okay?"

"fine."

I glanced around: "Have you found anyone?"

He shook his head.

This is not surprising, it is strange that it is difficult to find, but——I couldn’t help but look back at the Yonghe Palace——

Twice, he came here twice, what the hell is he going to do?
(End of this chapter)