Six-tailed love

Chapter 56
Rong Ying made a mistake, even though she was wearing men's clothing, Dongfang Tuo did not shy away from "handling" her.Pedestrians on the road looked sideways, these days, Duanxiu are really blatant!
The two walked all the way to the Shu River, Dongfang Tuo jumped into a small boat floating on the river, and motioned for Rong Ying to come up as well.After Rong Ying jumped into the boat, Dongfang Tuo punted the boat upstream.

Rong Ying asked, "Where are we going?"

"Liuyun Peak."

Rong Ying was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Why don't you call a boatman, and you row the boat yourself?"

Dongfang Tuo smiled: "Don't worry, my punting skills are very good, you just need to sit still."

"Why bother? I'll just fly you there."

"It's not that you are in a hurry, don't you think the scenery on both sides of the river is very good?"

When Rong Ying heard this and looked at it, the picturesque green hills on both sides of the strait really made people feel happy.So she didn't say anything, and let Dongfang Tuo go.

"I heard you play the flute that day, how about playing a tune now to add to the fun?"

Rong Ying agreed, and conjured up a fife and placed it near her mouth.The green hills hug each other, the sound of the flute is intoxicating, and the beautiful woman is by your side. Where can I find such a good time?
After the two arrived at Liuyun Peak, Dongfang Tuo led Rong Ying to a hut on the mountainside.The people living in the deep mountains and lush forests are all hermits. Rong Ying thought that Dongfang Tuo was bringing her to meet someone, but when she entered the house, she found that no one had lived here for a long time.Dongfang Tuo skillfully found a dust whisk in the room, and asked Rongying to sit down after brushing the dust off the chair.Rong Ying sat on a chair and looked at this house. It was a very ordinary house, even though no one lived in it all year round, the furnishings in the house were arranged in an orderly manner.

"What is this place?" Rong Ying finally asked.

"It's the place where I used to live with my mother and concubine."

Rong Ying was a little surprised, the prince of a country lived in such a place?
Dongfang Tuo sat beside Rongying, and slowly said: "When I was ten years old, my concubine was framed by Empress Duan Jing, who was also the mother of the late emperor, and almost lost my life. That time, my concubine was lucky to save her life , but was disheartened, spent a lot of money to buy a palace guard she had favored, and took me out of the palace secretly. After leaving the palace, the concubine mother took me here—her hometown, and lived in seclusion in This is deep in the mountains. After arriving here, our mother and son seldom go down the mountain and have no contact with people, but the mother concubine taught me to read, especially some ways of governing the country, and urged me to practice martial arts. I understand the intention of the mother concubine , She didn't really want to escape from the palace in despair, but she knew that there were traps everywhere. If our mother and son continued to stay there, maybe we would die one day without knowing what was going on. She brought me to To live in seclusion here and teach me carefully is to lie dormant here and wait for the time to come. The concubine mother is a smart woman, she will not be willing to spend her whole life in this deep mountain forest, and I am not willing to, I swear One day I will return to Sheng'an and take back everything that belongs to us, mother and son."

Dongfang Tuo got up and fetched the freshly boiled water, made a cup of tea for Rong Ying after scalding the cup, handed it to her before continuing: "But because the concubine mother was severely tortured in the palace that time, The root of the disease has fallen, and I need medicine to take care of my body every day, so I go to the mountains to collect herbs every day. Later, I read a prescription in an ancient book that uses bear bile as a medicine, so I went to the mountains to find bears without telling my mother and concubine. , I was seriously injured when I was fighting with a black bear. At that time, I thought I was going to die, but I met you..."

Rong Ying was taken aback, it turned out that it was because of this that he...

"Later, I took the bear bile back home, and the medicine made made my concubine's health better, but unfortunately she left after three years. After the concubine's death, I went down the mountain and returned to the Sheng'an Palace. My appearance shocked everyone, and the most shocking one was probably the empress Duan Jing who poisoned our mother and son. At that time, I was no longer the ten-year-old doll I used to be. When I stood in front of them, everyone dared not look down Look at me. Queen Duan Jing must be afraid that I will snatch his son's throne, but she is wrong, I am not interested in that high position. In this regard, I have also violated the intention of my mother and concubine. She hopes that one day I can become The master of Chen Kingdom, but I don't want to be an emperor. I don't want to be unable to protect my own woman, and I don't want to watch my sons fight each other for a cold throne. I know that in front of the world, I am a person who will do anything to gain power, and maybe everyone thinks that one day I will usurp power, but they don't understand what I really want in my heart."

Rong Ying's heart was shaken, and she couldn't help blurting out: "What do you really want in your heart?"

Dongfang Tuo stood up, walked to the window, stretched out his hand to open the window, pointed to the endless mountains outside the window and said: "Where the sun shines, there is no disturbance of war, no worry of disaster, the country is stable and the people are rich, and life is endless." .”

At this time, Dongfang Tuo looked firmly into the distance, as if there was light surrounding him at this moment, Rong Ying instantly felt that he was as high as a god.I'm afraid no one would have imagined that what Dongfang Tuo, who played tricks in the court and killed people like hemp on the battlefield, really wanted in his heart...

"Why don't people know what you really think in your heart?"

Dongfang Tuo shook his head: "What if I tell it? No one will believe it, and I don't need others to believe it. Since I was a child, I have been used to fighting for what I want alone, and I don't trust anyone. People think I'm despicable and vicious, so they fear me and fear me, it doesn't matter, if I want to achieve my ultimate goal, I won't be afraid of rumors and infamy." He turned around, and suddenly looked at me with affectionate eyes. Rong Ying: "The path I choose is lonely. In fact, I really hope that there is someone who can accompany me through this journey, and this person is none other than you."

Rong Ying's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly felt something icy and cold was stuffed into her hand, she looked down and saw it was a suet white jade bracelet.

"This is my mother's concubine's dowry. Now I will give it to you. If you want to marry me, you can wear this bracelet. If you don't, you can break it, because it won't be worn again. on anyone else's wrist."

A sound woke up the silent water prison, and the light from outside was shining on Lin Changjing's face. He frowned subconsciously, but he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.This face can no longer be called a face, the originally beautiful outline has become unrecognizable due to the rotten flesh, and the flesh hidden under the clothes may have rotted unbearably.

Xuan Ji closed the bars, turned her head to look at Wu Xinlan and said, "Isn't the imperial concubine really not looking at it?"

Wu Xinlan's eyes flickered, she turned her head and said, "There's nothing to see."

"Hehe, it's not good-looking. A face that used to be so pretty, but now I'm afraid of ghosts, so it's better not to scare the empress."

Wu Xinlan's heart trembled violently.

"My babies bite his body every day. The pain from the bite is nothing, but the pain of this poisonous hair is not something ordinary people can bear. In addition, the pills I feed him every day make him feel sick. He will not be poisoned to death, he is now living like death, lingering on his last breath. Tsk tsk, a majestic general has ended up in such a state, how can the empress relieve her hatred?"

Wu Xinlan was silent for a while, then said: "Enough, I don't have time to play with him, let's finish him like this."

Xuan Ji raised her eyebrows, and said: "Just finish him like this? Wouldn't it be cheap for him? Empress, have you thought it through clearly?"

"Stop talking!" Wu Xinlan suddenly let out a trembling growl, she gritted her teeth and said, "Kill him! Immediately!"

"...Yes, ma'am."

Wu Xinlan stiffened and left. Xuan Ji looked at her back and sneered, "A woman's hatred can change her into this appearance, but did she finally soften her heart?"

Wu Xinlan didn't know how to get back to the carriage, and how to get back to the palace.It was she who ordered Lin Changjing to be killed. The moment she stepped out of the dungeon, Xuan Ji might have killed him.Shouldn't it be a great joy?She used to love him so much and gave him her whole heart, but he failed her, and even threw her heart on the ground and trampled on it.How could a woman have the face to live in this world after being subjected to such a terrible humiliation?But she survived, and the only force supporting her survival is hatred!She hates him, how much she once loved, how much she hates now.But when she knew that he was going to die, why didn't she get the pleasure of revenge she was expecting?Hatred supported her frail body, and once this hatred dissipated, her whole body would be empty.

Seeing Wu Xinlan walking staggeringly, Cui Er hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and asked with concern: "Ma'am, are you feeling unwell?"

Wu Xinlan numbly shook her head, not intending to say a word.Suddenly hearing a baby crying, Wu Xinlan came back to her senses and looked around.

"Your Majesty, the little prince is here!"

Cui'er pointed her hand, and saw Hong'er walking towards this side with Ye Tianhui in her arms, she smiled as she walked: "Your Majesty, you are back, the little prince wants to be kissed by his mother!"

Wu Xinlan lowered her head to look at the pink and tender baby in the swaddle. The baby was crying, but when she saw her, she smiled, and stretched out her little hand to grab her hair.Wu Xinlan's heart softened all of a sudden, her eyes fell on the object held by the child's other small hand, and she couldn't help asking: "What is this?"

Tweety said: "Madam, this is the amulet given to the little prince by General Lin. Have you forgotten? In Qingguo, if you can get the red tassel on the spear of a brave general, it means that the child will grow up to be like the owner of the spear." They are equally heroic and brave. This red-tasseled talisman was made by General Lin himself!"

At this moment, Lin Changjing's name cut through Wu Xinlan's heart like a sharp knife. Enduring the pain in her heart, she asked, "He gave it to you? Why didn't I know?"

Hong'er murmured, and said: "It was the day when the empress left the palace. As soon as the empress returned to the palace, she locked herself in the room, her face was still ugly, and the servants were all anxious. How could they remember to tell the empress about this?" thing."

A thunder flashed across Wu Xinlan's heart, and she was startled: "What did you say? When did he send it here?!"

Cui'er and Hong'er didn't understand why Wu Xinlan reacted so suddenly, they glanced at each other, Cui'er said: "It was the fifteenth day of last month, the day when the empress left the palace. General Lin came to Jinren Palace and said he was going When I returned to the palace banquet, I didn't have time to give the little prince a congratulatory gift, so I sent it specially, but it happened that the empress happened not to be in the palace."

"He... came here by himself?..."

"Yes, the little prince is so lucky. When he grows up, he will be as good at both civil and military as General Lin! Ah! Madam, what's wrong with you?!..."

(End of this chapter)