Cold Palace’s Abandoned Consort

Chapter 766: Can you give up Yangzhou?

When I got home, it was already dark.

After Ruxiang left, I did not leave, but turned around and walked back, walked along the river, and walked slowly, several times because of carelessly stepping into the water again, by the end the skirt skirt was already wet It had to be screwed, and my shoes and socks were wet, dragging some cold ankles, I pushed the door and went home.

The manpower in the yard seems to have increased a lot, and even the manpower surrounding my home has doubled significantly.

I naturally knew what this arrangement meant, but I just smiled.

As soon as I pushed the door, I saw a lonely lamp on the table in the center of the room.

The candlelight swayed with the wind that suddenly opened the door, and the extinguished candlelight reflected the handsome face. It seemed that even the expression on that face was a little dull and unclear. Clear his mood.

I stood at the door, stunned, and said gently, "You haven't slept yet?"

Pei Yuanxiu was holding the table and seemed to want to stand up, but as soon as I saw how he was struggling, I immediately passed over and grabbed his arm: "Don't stand up, watch your wounds."

He smiled and sat back again, looking at me and saying, "I'm waiting for you to come back."

"You should rest early."

I said so, but did not help him return to bed. Pei Yuanxiu didn't seem to mean going to bed or rest, but instead sat back. I also sat across the table and poured myself a cup of tea. The warm tea drank, which also warmed up my cold body.

When he looked up, he was looking at me.

"where did you go?"

"Going by the river."

"So long?"

"Just walk around."

"Walk away casually? I was just afraid of you, so I went to Yangzhou." He said with a smile, and a smile on the corner of his mouth added a lot of things that he hadn't announced before.

Looking at him with such a smile, I thought about it and opened my mouth.

"I have something to tell you."

The two spoke at the same time. I froze and saw his gaze fixed, but he hadn't responded yet. He had heard him say, "You say it first."

At this time, I was a little hesitant.

Speak with him at the same time, but don't know what he is going to say. I even have some doubts, should he let him say it first.

At this moment, the two were so close to each other that it was just an ordinary conversation, but suddenly it seemed to be a gamble, betting on the happiness of a lifetime, and betting on this great river.

I stunned for a while, the candlelight in front of me seemed to sway with my uneasiness, as if the sparkling light in the river I saw today reminded me of it, I came back by the river, as if not Hovering at the end before finally making that decision.

No matter what his decision is, what I have to do will not change for others.

Thinking of this, I took a deep breath and solemnly said, "Can you, give up Yangzhou?"

His eyes flashed with the candlelight.

He didn't seem to respond, or maybe he didn't think about what to say, but at this moment's silence, I spoke again, saying, "Then I will cross the river with you."

"...!"

He suddenly widened his eyes.

I watched the astonishment in his eyes across the flickering candlelight, as calm as ever: "All right?"

...

This time, I was silent for a long time.

I couldn't hear his breath or hear his heartbeat. Only the sound of the wind blew through my ears. After a while, I realized that it was not the sound of the wind, but the blood that I heard was flowing sound.

It turned out that my heartbeat was already fierce as if to be out of breath.

The pain and depression made me feel a little uncomfortable, but no matter how uncomfortable I was, I didn't change my face, and didn't even disturb my breathing, just looked at him like that.

I have made this bet!

I didn't know how long it took before I finally saw him trembling with pale lips, and he opened his mouth, but there was no sound for a long while, and he didn't realize that his throat was a little broken until he coughed lightly.

"You said, you would--"

"..."

"Aren't you—after—?"

I smiled slightly: "Did Yao Yao tell you, I regret it?"

He was speechless for a moment, only looking at me, but his eyes were full of cautiousness, and he seemed worried that his eyes would be heavier and he would crush this moment.

"I do regret it, but regret does not mean that I will break my word." I looked at him and said seriously: "Even if I am a woman, I also understand the truth of people's unbelief. Yinuoqianjin said the promise of export , I will not take it back easily. "

He looked like he couldn't believe his ears, looked at me a little, and looked at his hands. After a while, he looked up, looked at me with expectation, and said gently, "You are really willing. Come with me?"

"Ok."

When I heard this word, I clearly saw that there was endless joy in those eyes.

For a time, it seemed as if the winter night had turned into a spring blossom.

Seeing him like this, I also laughed, but in the smile, there was a bit of sourness for some reason, whether for myself or for him.

After laughing, I said gently, "Yuan Xiu, tell me, if I really regret it, what would you do?"

"..."

"Do you make me regret it?"

"..."

He looked at me calmly for a long time, his eyes were gentle, but he didn't say a word.

With his gentle gaze, I felt a little clear in my heart.

In fact, even if I did n’t ask, I understood it—as he had said to me before, as long as I said "No", he wouldn't do anything to me, but that night, he never let me say "No "word.

And now, even if I really regret it, he won't change my way.

Because to me, he never intended to turn back.

Thinking of this, there was a little sorrow in my heart, I smiled slightly, and he smiled.

Then I said, "But I still want to discuss it with you."

"You said."

"I hope you can give up Yangzhou."

"... This is the condition?"

"No, this is hope."

The corner of his eyes was still unfazed, but his expression was clear and dignified, and he pondered for a moment and said gently, "Why?"

I said, "In fact, what I hope more is that you can give up Jiangnan, give up those swordsmen, give up those powers, give up-everything you have been a prince in."

"..."

I saw his eyes chill, and he grinned bitterly, and then said, "But I moved away, I know this is impossible. The relationship between you and the emperor, I have always seen very clearly, let you give up Jiangnan, it's like letting the emperor take your life. "

Having said that, I smiled slightly: "Since I can't regret it, I certainly don't want to be a widow."

His eyes flickered, as if to laugh, but he didn't dare to act lightly, just looked at me like that.

"But—" I looked into his smiling eyes and said seriously: "If you have Yangzhou in hand, you are destined to fight against the emperor."

More likely, more than one battle.

When I first heard about the rebellion in the six provinces of Jiangnan, and Yangzhou ’s attitude was ambiguous, we have seen through this layout. The reason why he did not let Yangzhou publicly break away from the rule of the imperial court was to make Yangzhou break into the heavenly body like a Nails, advance can rely on Yangzhou to attack the Central Plains, retreat can rely on the Yangtze River to defend the south.

Yangzhou exists for the offense.

Listening to me, he remained silent until this time he looked up and looked at me, his eyes burning: "Green baby, who is this-hope, for whom?"

For whom?

Seeing the uneasy light flashing in his eyes, I immediately understood.

Although he has always been so light and windy, how can a person's heart really be so light and windy, and how can he really care nothing. Even if he is like him, there will be anxiety and anxiety, not to mention that today, when I got the news of Yangzhou, I suddenly proposed to cross the river with him. How could he have no idea?

I smiled and said, "Are you worried, my hope is for someone?"

"..."

"Because he has arrived in Yangzhou, I want you to give up Yangzhou; because he is here, I want to cross the river with you."

"..." He looked at me silently, and then slowly said, "Green baby, I know I shouldn't ask, because-your heart is not yet on me. But because of this, I There is no way to care. "

There is no way to care.

When I heard these words, it was just a very light tone, but it made me inexplicable.

Suddenly, I think of what Nangong Lizhu once said. She said that she always felt that Pei Yuanxiu was a person without emotion. His moods and sorrows always seemed to be in front of him through a layer of veil, which could never be seen What was he thinking, just when they were on their wedding night, when she heard my drunk Pei Yuanxiu shouting my name and saying that she wanted to give me happiness, she suddenly felt that this person was so real.

At that moment, her feeling seemed to me to feel the same at this moment.

He said he couldn't care less.

Even if he can calmly say that I don't love him, even if he can still calmly hope that at the moment of life and death I will give him a chance to let the seed grow, but in fact, he is not as indifferent as he is on the surface. . He will also have urgent expectations, he will also have concerns, and there will be things that cannot be let go.

He couldn't help not care, for whom I now hope for him.

I smiled instead.

Looking at my faint smile, he was a little hesitant and seemed helpless. I looked at his eyes and said seriously: "Do you remember the words that I said to you when I left Jiangnan? "

"... If you are the only one within ten steps, do you want me to take ten more steps?"

I shook my head gently.

"With the flames of war, the people have left, and the corpses have swept across the wild, so innocent.

"..."

"I'm not asking for someone."

"..."

"I'm begging you for everyone who may be in flames."

"..."

"Yuan Xiu, exempting a war is equivalent to saving thousands of people in water and fire. It is a greater merit than you making billions of floating slaughterhouses."

He was silent, and from his dark and dull eyes, I couldn't see what he was thinking about. He could only say to him with a softer voice: "You said, I hope I can raise your one Seed, but whether this seed can grow, and how long, I do n’t know. But I think if you can cultivate these merits, God will not lose you. Longer. "

He was silent for a long time and repeated: "Do you want me to give up Yangzhou and return to Jiangnan?"

"Correct."

I nodded and looked at him anxiously: "You have occupied the Yangtze River, and the emperor didn't dare to move you just because of this best natural barrier. Besides, your court in the Shuijun camp, the court has always avoided three points. You return to Jiangnan, he is not good at fighting, he dare not hit easily; you do n’t want to go north again, okay? "

From ancient times to the present, there are also many examples. Across the river, there are two completely independent regimes. Although this may seem to split the dynasty, it is more disastrous than their brothers than war. Tens of thousands of people have fallen into the flames of war, and I still want to keep the peace in front of me.

If in the future, there can be some easing methods to unify the North and the South, and create the prosperity that Pei Yuanzhang and Pei Yuanfeng expected, it will naturally be the icing on the cake, but for now, I just hope that it will not be worse.

Pei Yuanxiu was silent.

Just now he has been silent, listening to me, and now the silence is thinking.

I could even see the fierce collision of light in his eyes through the swaying candlelight.

The two were facing each other. I did n’t know how long it had been. The night was deep and the cold was hitting. My fingertips were already cold. I subconsciously lifted it up with a candlelight. When I felt a little warm, Pei Yuanxiu raised his head look at me.

"Green baby."

"...!" I looked at him nervously.

"I promised to return to Jinling."

"Really ?!" I overjoyed and grabbed his sleeve subconsciously: "Do you really promise me ?!"

"Um." He nodded. Compared to my ecstasy, he smiled, but with a calmness: "However, he will go south and do what in Yangzhou, who can guarantee?"

"..."

I froze and let go of the hand holding his sleeve.

Yeah, who knows what he will do next?

Killing everyone in Pei Yuanxiu's Yangzhou government and issuing a new decree is his start. What next for him?

Wen Fengxi also followed the south. Is a general going south just to open the city gate?

As the anxiety rising in my heart became more and more serious, Pei Yuan Xiu said, "Actually, you also want to see him, don't you?"

I nodded subconsciously, and suddenly felt that this sentence was wrong, and looked at him suddenly: "What?"