The queen leaves the court

chapter 73
While the silver light was flashing, Ji Yunshang hurriedly turned his head sideways and jumped a few steps away from An Zongbai. The hidden weapon emitted from his palm was hit by the silver light, making a slight sound, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Jin Xiaotong's red dress floated like a delicate rose, her figure was nimble, and with the help of her feet, she jumped to An Zongbai's side in a few moves.

"Zong Bai, are you okay?!" She asked him eagerly.

"Xiao Tong!" An Zongbo saw her, "How are you?" He held her hand suddenly as he spoke, his usually serious and calm voice trembling slightly.He was careless and ignored Ji Yunshang.

Jin Xiaotong smiled and shook her head, "It's okay." Then she turned to look at Ji Yunshang with cold eyes.

A thin wound was cut on Ji Yunshang's cheek. He raised his hand and touched it and couldn't help sighing, but he didn't see any irritation. He even smiled more happily than before, and looked at Jin Xiaotong with transparent eyes.

"Princess Zhennan is really powerful, I underestimated you."

"I am best at concealed weapons, and I especially like to use poisonous ones for treacherous villains." Jin Xiaotong also laughed along with him, "You still dare to hurt my marshal, I want your life is not an exaggeration! "

Ji Yunshang only felt that half of his face was numb, but he replied disapprovingly, "No amount of poison is better than Liren's tears. It seems that all my painstaking efforts have been in vain." He took out the porcelain bottle in his sleeve and dumped the medicine powder Immediately blown away by the wind, he clicked his tongue in regret.

Seeing this, An Zongbai had no time to stop him, his anxious eyes were blood red.The saber in his hand slashed at him, Ji Yunshang's footsteps were a little unsteady, but he still avoided the knife narrowly.

When he jumped down from the tower, Jin Xiaotong shouted, "Let the arrows!"

An Zongbo stared at the fragments of the porcelain vase on the ground, it was empty, and he squatted down slowly.

"I won't let you go!" He gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

"Forget it, Zong Bai can see you..." Jin Xiaotong said as he was about to walk towards him, when his body softened and he fell forward.

An Zongbai quickly turned around and hugged her body that was about to fall to the ground, frighteningly cold, her face was as pale as paper, but Jin Xiaotong still smiled at him, and before An Zongbai could speak, she said, "I'm fine, I'm fine ..."

There was a fishy sweetness in her throat and she couldn't hold it anymore, she hurriedly raised her hand to cover her lips, but the blood gushed out continuously like water, quickly seeped out from between her fingers, dyed the whole palm of her hand red, and dripped onto her rosettes. As fiery red clothes.

The Tiger Pass fell, and the door was closed and wide open. When An Zixun arrived at the Guanzhong military camp, An Zongbai's upright figure was slightly hunched, as if he had aged for more than ten years in an instant, with half a hundred temples, and the black battle suit was made by Jin Xiaotong himself. He sewed, reflecting his pale face, his brows and eyes were always cold, but he stared into the distance with nothing.

"Where is my mother?" An Zixun's voice trembled involuntarily.

Finally, An Zongbo's eyes moved to her, he opened his mouth, but he didn't speak, as if he remembered something again, he ran towards the tent at one side, his footsteps were unsteady, he staggered and almost fell, he was never in such a mess.

The attendants around him wanted to help him, but An Zongbo threw them away fiercely. When he stood up, his body shook heavily, and he turned to kneel in front of the tent, pulling a long shadow behind him.

The military doctor came out, and An Zongbo hurriedly raised his head to stare at the military doctor when he heard the sound, but the military doctor said softly: "The princess wants to see Miss Xun."

An Zixun hurried in after hearing this, while An Zongbai kept his kneeling posture, keeping his eyes fixed on the tent, as if he couldn't see anything else.

Such a cold and arrogant person seems to have lost his soul...

Candles were lit in the camp, and charcoal fires were lit in the late spring weather. There was an unspeakably sultry heat, and the air smelled of blood. The people on the couch seemed to be afraid of the cold and were covered with thick quilts, with pale and bloodless faces. , scattered like ink hair.

Her heart sank into a trough, An Zixun's throat couldn't help tightening, the smell of blood made her stomach uncomfortable, she was so cold that even her fingertips were trembling, she approached step by step, she heard her own breathing in the quiet here, then As urgent and tense.

"Mother, I'm Xun'er." She knelt down and whispered in her ear, she could see more clearly when she got close to her, Jin Xiaotong's face was ashamed under the candlelight, and her breath was weak.

Jin Xiaotong probably heard the voice, her deeply sunken eyes moved and slowly opened, she narrowed her gaze bit by bit, and then slowly turned to look for it.

The moment her eyes saw An Zixun, the previous dimness was swept away, and they became brighter with joy.With a slight tug on her dry lips, she opened her mouth with difficulty, "Xun'er..."

The voice was thin and indistinct, and she seemed to expend a lot of energy every time she said a word.

The fingers sticking out of the quilt were light blue, and she tried her best to grab something.

An Zixun stretched out her hand to hold it, and put her palm on her cheek. The moment her skin touched, her heart felt cold, extremely cold. She held back the trembling in her heart and whispered, "I'm back..." Suddenly, her throat was choked with sobs.

For more than twenty years, Jin Xiaotong gave her meticulous maternal love, and she was willing to pay any price for Jin Xiaotong to live safely in the world.She wanted to heal Jin Xiaotong earlier before sending her to An Zongbai's side, but she never expected such a result.

"Don't cry." Jin Xiaotong tapped her cheek with her fingertips, and said with a sigh of relief, "Crying too much is not good for the child, and now you are about to be a mother." Her eyes moved down to An Zi The belly is smoked, the eyes are soft.

An Zixun nodded and quickly wiped away her tears, but she wiped more and more. She covered her lips and tried not to cry.

"Mother has always been worried about your future. In this battle between King Qing and your father, there must be someone who will lose. You are the most embarrassing. Can you promise mother one thing?"

"Well, I'll promise you anything, mother, you'll be fine, you'll be fine!" She sobbed softly, her mind in a mess.

Her medical skills are shallow, and she also understands the consequences of severed tendons. Jin Xiaotong's body is weaker than ordinary people, and her ability to survive until now is already a limit.

Jin Xiaotong glanced outside the tent, she thought for a while, then lowered her voice and said to An Zixun as a last resort: "Your father is stubborn, if he loses to King Qing, he may not be able to save face, you promise mother, thank you!" Be considerate of him, he has his own unavoidable difficulties, as a general, he swore to be loyal to the emperor, but to Lord Qing, he also kept his promise to Concubine Ying, the battle at Tiger Pass, in fact, he had long planned to cease fighting at the last moment, He would rather lose his own life, but also keep his subordinates who have followed him for many years, and help King Qing when it is critical. This is his maximum limit, you, don't blame him."

An Zixun burst into tears, "I don't need to blame these, he is my father after all. No matter how unhappy I have been, I will not blame him. However, he did not protect you well. He hurt you all these years Is it not enough, I will not forgive him!"

"Xun'er!" Jin Xiaotong raised his voice a little and hurriedly said, "It's not that your father doesn't like us, he just can't let go of the past, and he has deep guilt for Beiyan Xie's family. He can't express his feelings, But you can't say that he has no feelings. When you married to Xichu, he stood in the direction of the gate tower watching you leave and got drunk all night. I rarely saw him like this. When he learned that he was about to become a grandfather, he I smirked for a long time, as happy as I was when I hugged you who was just born."

She didn't know anything about what Jin Xiaotong said, An Zixun said, "But he treats you..."

"Maybe he is not my lover, but he is the one I love the most. It is also a kind of happiness to marry the person I love the most and have children for him. It's a pity. Outsiders don't understand your father's affection for me, as long as I think it's good."

A bright smile appeared on his pale face, and a girlish look spread between his brows.

"Xun'er, tell your father to come in." Jin Xiaotong said suddenly.

An Zixun was startled, got up and went out, outside the tent, she said in a low voice: "Father, mother..."

As if awakened from a dream, An Zongbai got up abruptly, passed by her, stepped in and stopped in front of Jin Xiaotong, leaned down and hugged Jin Xiaotong, his movements were fierce, but his voice was soft, "Xiaotong Hitomi, are you awake?"

Under the bright candlelight, An Zongbai remembered that Jin Xiaotong was dressed in a rose-colored wedding dress more than 20 years ago, with black hair like a cloud, and a pearl hanging from her forehead. She bowed her head shyly and smiled, even covering her face The room is full of light.

The youngest daughter of the Dragon King of the South China Sea married him, and the world envied him.

She had been with him for three years before they got married, and during the year of their marriage they respected each other as if they were guests. He didn't mean to neglect Jin Xiaotong, such a beautiful woman, he was afraid that he would hurt her too deeply in the future.

"If I die in battle, you can remarry with a perfect body, Xiaotong, you can marry a better man!"

"If you die in battle, I will be buried in the same cave as the general, and I will never leave you for the rest of my life!" She turned pale, and her tone was calm but resolute.

He is stubborn, she is persistent, he avoids every step, she follows unswervingly.

"I will not be your beloved!"

"I will be your beloved!"

"I have a person in my heart that I can't forget, Xiao Tong, I may bear you for the rest of my life!"

"I said, I will wait for you, until the day you turn around and see me, An Zongbo, do you dare?"

She fights with him, she is a military adviser and a good friend who understands his thoughts, since when did he not see her for a moment, but he began to worry about her in his heart?
It's not that he doesn't like it, he feels sorry for Xiaotong, but he can't pass his own test.He was almost the son-in-law of the Xie clan of Beiyan, and he also had an outstanding woman, and he owed too much.

He can't let go of his past feelings, he controls himself, and won't be tempted by anyone until he lets go.

He fought in the Beihai War for several years, but at the last moment he almost made a mistake and lost everything.He was injured and almost died, but it was Xiaotong who found him and saved his life regardless of life and death. At that moment, the person in his heart was her.

"I will be responsible for you, I will treat you well, I will..." He didn't know what to say, he panicked, but Xiaotong's face became paler, he didn't know that the promises he said were not made by Xiaotong want to hear.

"An Zongbai, I don't want you to thank me for this, do you understand!" She cried and left, she was always proud, and rarely cried so sadly in front of him.

He didn't know what to say, and watched her leave for several months.

The days without her were hard, and without her by his side, it seemed that something was missing that made him restless.

He could fight the enemy bravely and fearlessly on the battlefield, but he lacked the courage to see her.He was worried that she was still angry and missed opportunities every time.

It wasn't until another season when the wisteria bloomed that he learned that Jin Xiaotong was about to give birth, he couldn't control it anymore, the war was imminent, so he rushed back overnight.

Fortunately, he should come back, Xiaotong had a difficult labor, she wanted to see him, and called his name loudly.

Hearing this, no matter how indifferent he was, he couldn't help crying, and finally let go of the past, he was sure of his heart.

Not pity, not sympathy, not gratitude, but love...

How to love someone?He never understood...

He was sorry for Beiyan Xie, and Xie Hongying, he could die for this without complaint or regret; but for Xiaotong, An Zongbai wanted to live, survive, and stay with her.

"Well, I slept for a long time, and my back hurts badly." She smiled, and soon An Zongbo put his arms around her waist and rubbed her gently.

"Xiaotong, if you don't wake up, you will really scare me to death." An Zongbai said in a low voice, stroking her long hair with a nervous tone.

Jin Xiaotong responded softly, raised her face, her eyes flashed, suddenly became lively, her cheeks flushed a little.

"Zong Bai, I want to go home." Jin Xiaotong frowned and begged softly, "There is no one to take care of the wisteria flowers, so thank you?"

"I'll take care of it for you when I go back, okay?" He rested his chin on the top of Jin Xiaotong's head, there was a faint scent of wisteria flowers in her hair, she was petite and laughed like a silver bell, and she always stood by his side , he likes to hide her behind him, he feels that he can protect her.

In fact, he was wrong. Over the years, he had been relying on Xiaotong's strength.She helped him have children and take care of the palace, just looking forward to the few encounters he had when he came back.

He is naturally dull and incomprehensible to warmth, even if it is a few words of love, it is rare for him to say, but when she is with Xiao Tong, she seems to be able to see through his mind, and she can understand without his words.

She gave birth to Xun'er in poor health, and once wanted to have a few more children for him but was unable to do so.

"I'm a little cold, please hug me." She added in a low voice, "Just like how you hugged me on our wedding day."

An Zongbo immediately hugged her tightly, and pulled the cloak to wrap her around her.He remembered holding her through the courtyard and to the wing, with purple petals covering her body.

Nestled against his heart, Jin Xiaotong smiled contentedly, "The wisteria is so beautiful, even Xun'er got her name because of it."

"As long as you like it." An Zongbo replied.

"Where did my bracelet go?" Jin Xiaotong opened her narrowed eyes, but she didn't touch the red bean bracelet on her wrist. "You made it yourself and gave it to me. Find it for me." She said urgently.

He seldom spoke love to her, but he planted and picked red beans with his own hands and made a bracelet for her.

I don't know lovesickness in my life, only lovesickness...

An Zongbai took out the bracelet from his sleeve, and the moment he handed it to her palm, the red bean bead chain suddenly broke off, and the red beans scattered all over the place, crackling and falling all over the ground.

"My bracelet!" Jin Xiaotong cried out, frowning anxiously!

An Zongbo immediately put her back on the couch and said comfortingly, "I'll pick it up soon, and I'll string it up for you!" He didn't care what others thought, he bent down and knelt on it, or even lay on his stomach Go pick up the scattered red beans.

Covered in dust, he only focused on the red beans.

An Zixun cried and wanted to help, but he turned cold and scolded, "Don't touch it, it belongs to Xiaotong, I'll do it myself!"

He didn't pay much for Xiaotong. He wanted to do the trivial task of helping her pick up red beans for her.

He clenched his fists tightly, holding the red beans to Jin Xiaotong's side like a treasure, "You see, Xiaotong, they are all here!" He carefully wiped off the dust on the red beans, and put the red beans on the mattress Then gently opened her hands and placed them in her palms one by one.

The glamorous color gradually filled her pale and transparent palm.

An Zongbai's movements were gentle and delicate, and Jin Xiaotong kept looking at him with a smile.

Others don't understand her and An Zongbo. It's not that he doesn't love her, but he never shows it. He seldom promises. Once he makes a promise, it will be for the rest of his life.

The God of War in Western Chu, the omnipotent King of Zhennan, after this halo faded, he was also an ordinary person who closed himself in solitude.

"Xiaotong, I'm willing to live for you, don't leave me alone!" When she was in labor, she vaguely heard his voice, she didn't tell him about the child, she wanted him to know, but Afraid he would know.

She loves An Zongbo, but she doesn't want him to be together because of pity, gratitude or even pity for her.

She thought that if that was the case, she would take the child and walk away far away. At the end of the day, she thought in her heart that he would come back to see her.

(End of this chapter)