Ci Jinzhi

Chapter 434 You are like a lonely bamboo
"Ayou is leaving the capital!" Emperor Xingyuan hurried out without saying anything.

Princess Zhaoyang's expression changed.

She wasn't surprised that Ayou would leave, but she didn't expect that the imperial brother would keep an eye on her so closely.

"Brother Imperial, what are your plans?" Princess Zhaoyang quickly chased after her.

Emperor Xingyuan didn't stop: "I will chase Ayou back."

On the official road heading west from the capital, Xinyou refused the request to change horses and rode back slowly.

The horse was already exhausted after running for so long, so it happened to be that it slowly regained its strength at this speed.

The officers and soldiers did not dare to rush, and followed behind, blocking the retreat road tightly.

For them, they did not dare to provoke this aunt, and it was a great achievement to hand the person over to the superior smoothly. As long as Her Royal Highness the Princess is safe and sound, she can ride them all, even if she doesn't want to change horses.

A team from the front came at full speed, and when they got closer, they reined in their horses and stopped. The leader was none other than Zhao Feifan, the commander of the Beijing camp.

"Miss Xin." After confirming that it was Xin You, Zhao Feifan cupped his fists and saluted.

Xin You said calmly: "I didn't expect Commander Zhao to come too."

Zhao Feifan showed a subtle expression after hearing this. With the purpose of making Xin You stop thinking about escaping, he said: "The last general should come here. I'm afraid Miss Xin doesn't know that there are 100,000 troops in Beijing. In the past few months, tens of thousands of soldiers have been on standby for Miss Xin." . We have just received the fireworks message, how dare we delay for a moment."

With such strength and arrangement, if Miss Xin was allowed to escape, he would have no choice but to raise his head to see the emperor.

At this moment, Zhao Feifan actually felt as relaxed as if a big stone had fallen to the ground. There is no precise time, so being on guard all the time is the most frustrating thing. Now that Miss Xin knows that the Guanjin and the main roads in Gyeonggi have long been blocked like copper walls, she can't still think about running away, right?

"A few months ago..." Xin You murmured, and suddenly asked Zhao Feifan, "Did Commander Zhao receive the mission in October?"

Zhao Feifan was stunned, and although he avoided answering, the change in his expression convinced Xin You that he was right.

Xin You licked her lips, and her heart felt cold.

October was the time when the man proposed to establish a queen.

By establishing the Zhou family as his successor, he showed his intention to establish the third prince as the crown prince to all officials and nobles. He knew that she would be disappointed and leave him. He understood everything, and the action he took was to use tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp to set up a dragnet to lock her in a cage for the rest of her life.

Xin You said nothing.

By this moment, she had nothing to say, only despair. This frustration is not because I may be trapped in the capital in the future, but because of that person.

From west to east, the scenery along the way that I didn't pay attention to when leaving the city is now full of endless brown soil and dead branches that have not yet sprouted new buds.

Not as green as Jiangnan in winter, the first month of the Gyeonggi region has not yet faded away from the desolation and decay of the cold winter.

It’s not spring yet.

Xin You held the reins hard, her palms tingling.

Zhao Feifan was riding beside Xin You and saw a group of people in the distance. He looked shocked at first, then hurriedly got off his horse and met them on foot.

Xin You watched Emperor Xingyuan getting closer and gradually stopped.

The soldiers headed by Zhao Feifan knelt down and shouted long live the mountain.

Xinyou sat on the horse and did not move.

Not to mention the imperial guards, Emperor Xingyuan did not come alone. He was also accompanied by Princess Zhaoyang and He Qingxiao.

Emperor Xingyuan also rode a horse.

The father and daughter looked at each other, and everyone else fell silent. Only the cold wind came from all directions, blowing the hem of Emperor Xingyuan's clothes embroidered with dragons, and also blowing the men's clothes worn by Xin You. Emperor Xingyuan felt depressed when he looked at his daughter who had returned to her original appearance but dressed in men's clothing.

"Ayou—" he shouted and drove his horse forward, "Why do you have to leave?"

At this time, Xin You was too lazy to maintain that false warmth and said coldly: "I can stay, but you didn't give me what I wanted, right?"

"Ayou, reality is not a story. I understand what you want, but I really can't give it to you..."

"So I didn't force you, right?" Xin You raised his head slightly, "I just want to leave."

"I know." Emperor Xingyuan was silent for a moment and chose to make it clear, "But I don't want you to leave. When your mother left me, I regretted it many times. I will not make the same mistake again."

After hearing this, Xin You curved her lips and sneered: "Your Majesty regrets that you allowed my mother to run away successfully, not why she turned into a behavior that made her displeased and made her give up on you."

So now, he is guarding her tightly and will never let her go.

"The only thing you really care about is yourself!" The respect and obedience that he had to maintain due to the imperial power no longer existed at this time, and Xin You finally said these words happily.

But she mentioned that Queen Xin had stepped on Emperor Xingyuan's painful foot, which made him furious: "Xinyou, are you determined to leave?"

Xin You replied coldly: "As long as I can still move. Does Your Majesty want to use the 100,000 troops of the Beijing Camp to guard against me every month and every year?"

"Are you threatening me?"

"No, I am just answering your Majesty's question just now."

"Okay, okay, you don't have to care about me as a father or as a princess. What about Marquis Changle?" Emperor Xingyuan pointed at He Qingxiao.

He went out of the city in person and specifically called on Congratulations Qingxiao to accompany him.

Only then did Xin You have the courage to look at He Qingxiao.

He Qingxiao was wearing a crimson uniform with narrow sleeves and a long black sword with an ebony scabbard. He was riding on a black horse and looked at her quietly.

Emperor Xingyuan's harsh words struck Xinyou's ears: "Ayou, if you don't care about Changlehou's life, you can leave."

Xin You bit her lip: "Your Majesty, are you threatening me?"

Emperor Xingyuan returned the same words: "No, I'm just telling you the consequences of your leaving."

Emperor Xingyuan knew that saying this would make it difficult to repair the rift between father and daughter, but he had to say it.

As Ayou said, it is impossible for the 100,000 troops in the Beijing camp to defend themselves like this. He could only say this to stop Ayou from thinking about flying away.

There was a clear clang sound, which was the sound of a knife being unsheathed.

The imperial guard instantly protected in front of Emperor Xingyuan, drawing his sword and aiming it at He Qingxiao, who was holding a long sword.

Emperor Xingyuan looked shocked: "He Qingxiao, are you going to kill the king?"

His mood at this time was not fear, but incomprehensible.

Even if He Qingxiao was extremely skilled, trying to commit the crime on his own would be like using a mantis' arm as a chariot or a cricket shaking a tree.

"I have no such intention." He Qingxiao said calmly, "But I also absolutely do not want to be a bargaining chip for Your Majesty to manipulate Ayou."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Xin You, and in her horrified eyes, he slashed the long knife across her neck and stabbed her neck hard.

With blood splattering, he stared deeply at the girl he loved, and fell off his horse as he leaned back.