my guard

Chapter 173

In the spring of the second year of Wu'an, Princess Yi'an died of illness.Three days later, the son-in-law was assassinated and died.Everyone wanted to bury the son-in-law and Princess Yi'an together, but Princess Yi'an's body disappeared.

One month later, the princess' bodyguard was found dead on the way to Yejing, the capital.When he died, he held an altar of ashes in his arms.

This is the gossip that has been passed down for a whole year in the second year of Wu'an.

The weather in summer has always been a bit muggy, but today it has become damp and cool.The rain fell in fits and starts, beating the pink petals of the trees and dew dripping along the tops of the trees.There was a lot of noise, and the flowers and leaves were soaked in rain, and slowly fell from mid-air.

The door of the wing room was ajar, the window was wide open, and the rain slanted into the room, drenching the eyes of the young man sitting alone in front of the window.He stared at the pink flower tree, not knowing what he was thinking.

There were gentle footsteps coming.

He saw an eleven or twelve-year-old girl in white clothes holding a scroll in her hand, walking in the light rain.She walked slowly, her expression was as ice-like as snow, and she quickly arrived in front of him.Through the window, the girl handed him the scroll, "My lord, this is what you want me to find in your study."

Chen Zhao nodded his thanks, but couldn't help lowering his head and coughing.His face was red from coughing, and when he put down his hand, he saw the blood on the palm of his hand.He smiled lightly, "I've been getting worse and worse recently."

Tanniang took the handkerchief and wiped off the rainwater from her hair little by little.She stood by the eaves under the window, watching the tinkling rain with Shi Zi.

Chen Zhao loved his wife the most, and his cousin the closest, but before he died, the person who accompanied him was a stranger who had nothing to do with him.This stranger was taking his life and doing the so-called life-changing thing.

Even if she will succeed, she can't guarantee him.

But it is this stranger who can let him open his heart and tell his past, without worrying that he will be used as a handle to harm the palace.

Chen Zhao coughed for a while, leaned against the window, and opened the scroll little by little with his thin hands.Tan Niang saw a young man and a woman in the painting, one of them was holding a sapling, the other was carrying a small shovel, bending over to plant a tree.

The painting is very imagery, the brush and ink are flying and agile, like flowing clouds and flowing water, I can't see where it is good, and the warmth has already reached my heart.

Tan Niang recognized at a glance that the man in the painting was Chen Shizi, and the woman next to him must be his wife.

Chen Zhao looked down at the portrait, and said softly, "This was painted in the first year she married me, and she and I planted this tree together. Acacia and jubilation, a happy marriage for a hundred years. But after five years, she never gave it away. Passed me a painting, none of them.”

Tan Niang looked at him and felt that he was a bit pitiful, so she comforted him, "You will see her soon."

Chen Shizi was silent for a while, then smiled, "Yes, thank you for that."

The two of them didn't speak for a while, they stared blankly at the faint rain between the sky and the earth together.They both knew each other well that Tanniang's claim that she could help Chen Shizi be reborn was probably a lie.They were doing an experiment with unknown results, and for this experiment, Chen Zhao had to sacrifice his life.

He has taken care of all the funeral affairs.

In order not to hinder the eyes of the new emperor, the parents have retired and returned to their hometowns, and have voluntarily resigned from the title of the king of the opposite sex.The servants in the family also disbanded and went their separate ways.Chen Zhao even adopted a child from the clan, and made his parents happy.

He arranged for everyone to leave, and he was the only one left in Nanming Palace.In the huge and empty palace, only Tan Niang is with him now, and the old lanterns dangling under the eaves in the rain.

Before the prince and princess left, facing her son's haggard face, the princess choked up, "Why do you have to do this? She is already dead, can't you let her go and let her rest in peace? Zhao'er, why are you doing this!"

(End of this chapter)