Dayong Nu sentenced to death

Four watch.

The night is like thick ink, and there are no stars.

After Surao finished handling the matter, she leaned on the pillar in the corridor and looked outside. She felt very uneasy. She wondered if Yan Yun was okay in the palace.
He was brooding over the death of the prince. The gentle and kind-hearted prince and brother did not know that he had another child in this world until his death.

Yan Yun wants to keep Yuan Bao.

However, once the imperial edict was issued, it could not be changed so easily. He knew how difficult it would be to enter the palace, but he still went.

And she knew it would offend Long Yan, so she didn't stop him.

They all have their own choices and cannot stop moving forward because of fear.

She felt a little cold around her, rubbed her arms, and was about to go back to the house, when a voice suddenly came from the darkness, "Madam, the young master has returned home."

Su Rao stopped suddenly.

At this time, the palace gate has long been closed, and no one can enter or exit unless His Majesty gives a special order.

How did he come back?

She stood on the porch and waited. After a while, a figure walked out of the deep night, stepped on the polished cobblestones, and walked across the courtyard until he was in front of her.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, Su Rao was about to ask, but Yan Yun stepped forward and took her into his arms.

"what happened?"

The strength was different from before, and it was so tight that she felt a little uncomfortable. Yan Yun said, "Don't move, let me hold her for a while."

Having said that, the hand holding her loosened slightly.

Su Rao hugged him with her back, and could feel the depressed mood. After an unknown amount of time, he whispered: "Su Ling Ling, what will happen if one day I am no longer me?"

Surao touched his silky hair, thought for a moment, and asked carefully: "What happened?"

long silence.

Yan Yun shook his head slightly, unable to speak. Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Surao didn't ask any further questions, revealing his true feelings even more. His whole body was cold all the way back.

"When I feel sad, soaking in water can help me feel better. Do you want to try it?"

"how about you?"

"I'll be with you."

The water in the bath was misty. Surao was sitting on the white jade stone with her legs soaked in the water. Yan Yun was soaking most of her body in the water, holding her hand and refusing to let go.

Surao patted his hand repeatedly without speaking.

"Su Lingling."

Yan Yun suddenly spoke out, and Surao responded with a conditioned 'hmm', and then said, "What's wrong?"

"You'll always be with me, won't you?"

Normally, the prince would never ask such a question. Surao probed blankly and cautiously, becoming more and more curious about what was going on in the palace.

She said firmly: "Yes."

After hearing this answer, Yan Yun seemed to relax a little. He leaned on her legs and closed his eyes in a posture of extreme dependence.

He seemed to be asleep.

He was motionless and breathing heavily. Surao was a little worried about whether she should wake him up. She would feel uncomfortable if she soaked for too long.

Before she could figure out the result, he suddenly shuddered, opened his eyes, and subconsciously covered his heart with his hand.

Su Rao's eyes dimmed slightly.

That location was the scar left by the knife that his mother had put in with her own hands.

Could it be related to this matter?
But after seeing Yan Yun's brief confusion, he put down his hand and stared at something blankly, wondering what he was thinking.

He rarely felt so confused.

Surao suppressed the doubts in her heart and persuaded him back into the house with a gentle voice. He remained silent. She lit the Anshen incense and lay down with him.

It was probably because of the fragrance that he fell asleep quickly this time.

But he has been unsteady, saying words like 'no', 'mother', 'I'm wrong', and sometimes frowning and pursing his lips, as if he had a bad breath.

Su Rao stayed up all night.

Soothing him.The next day, Yan Yun opened his eyes and saw the person next to him leaning his head to look at him. Thinking of what happened last night, he apologized: "I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?"

Su Rao yawned, "You really should reflect on it, your sleeping posture is too bad, snoring, grinding your teeth and talking in your sleep, you..."

"last night……"

Yan Yun tentatively opened his mouth, Su Rao stared at him and smiled, "If you think about it, don't say it."

"I……"

Yan Yun hesitated again and again, lowered his eyes and said lowly: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, I don't know what to say."

He entered the palace last night originally for the sake of Yuan Bao.

As a result, His Majesty seemed to know that he would come, so he retreated, leaving them alone in the imperial study room.

Emperor Qian Ding was wearing ordinary clothes, and he drank tea and talked with him like ordinary elders and juniors.

I didn’t say a few words and got back to the topic.

"You want to save that child?"

Yan Yun said: "Yes, Your Majesty, please have mercy."

"why?"

Emperor Qian Ding asked knowingly, but Yan Yun could not figure out what he was thinking, so he had to answer truthfully: "Children are innocent, and talking about twins harming the country is nonsense. If the destiny of the family and country is to be blamed on the two children, then the civil servants and generals of the dynasty will have to blame them. What's the use?"

"Do you know that these words are treasonous? This is the teaching of our ancestors."

"Wei Chen knows."

Yan Yun was about to stand up to plead guilty, but Emperor Qian Ding stopped him and said, "Don't take it seriously, I just mentioned it casually."

"You saved him just because of this?"

"He is of Jueyan's bloodline."

This answer was expected by Emperor Qian Ding, "He Qing, do you have to save him?"

"Yes."

"What if I don't agree..."

Yan Yun didn't say anything, and if he didn't agree, he could only think of another way. Emperor Qian Ding stared at him, seeming to understand the stubbornness under his indifferent expression, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "You, you have never let go of anything you have believed in since you were a child. , you are more like me than the prince."

After hearing this, Yan Yun felt a strange feeling in his heart and raised his eyes to look at him.

"Can't understand?"

Emperor Qian Ding asked: "Do you not understand, or do you not want to understand?"

Yan Yun felt his blood coagulated and his throat felt cold. It took him a long time to get over the tingling, and he said in a harsh voice, "What do you mean by your Majesty's words?"

"In recent years, among the four surnames and eight clans of Yiyan, other aristocratic families have been more or less suppressed. Only the Yan family is prosperous and remains honored and favored. He Qing, have you never doubted it?"

"What do you suspect..."

Yan Yun asked in a strange way. After asking, his mind went blank and he lost his ability to think for a while.

The answer that was about to break out from the bottom of his heart was like a sharp sword, stabbing his flesh and blood into mud.

Emperor Qian Ding looked at him deeply, "He Qing, you should have called me Father."

A thunderbolt strikes.

Yan Yun didn't know how he found his voice in the end, and said in confusion: "Your Majesty may have made a mistake. My surname is Yan, and my father is Yan Bai..."

"Yan Bai was once my companion."

Emperor Qian Ding said unhurriedly: "Like you and the prince, we have a deep friendship and support each other. At that time, your mother was the daughter of the Cui family. She was very loved by the empress dowager. Since she was similar in age, she often played with us. one place."

"We grew up together, childhood sweethearts."

"Gradually, we fell in love with each other."

Yan Yun seemed to be nostalgic when he heard him talk about these past events, "At that time, Yan Bai followed the Yan family's family tradition of being a gentleman and respected etiquette and rules, while your mother and I liked to make trouble everywhere. Sometimes we got into trouble and even pulled the strings. He was punished together."

Emperor Qian Ding chuckled lightly, "When I was young, I was pure and passionate. I thought this would be my life. Unexpectedly, God failed to fulfill my wish..."