Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 14
The sound of horseshoes, the smell of blood brought by the mountain wind, it was almost at the place of the brigade.Ouyang Ruo sat in front of him, and he could feel the strong body of the man behind him with a slight touch.When she was isolated and had no chance, only he stood in front of her like a god again and again.It made her feel slightly in a trance that only this man was the one she was destined to truly save her from fire and water.

"Madam, let's lead the horse away. Madam, please help me." Su Yanqing said suddenly, and got off the horse.

Ouyang Ruo looked at him in surprise.Su Yanqing tightened the reins in her hand and said nothing more.He just silently pulled the horse forward.Faintly, there were already some Chu troops busy cleaning the battlefield in twos and twos ahead.Ouyang Ruo immediately understood.

"General Su, can I ask you something?" Ouyang Ruo hesitated and asked after thinking for a long time.

"What is it? If it can be done in the end, I will definitely agree to Madam." Su Yanqing raised her head, with sincerity in her clear eyes.

"General Su, please don't tell Lord Hou about that person just now." Ouyang Ruo stammered.

Su Yanqing's faint eyes revealed a sense of righteousness, and his uprightness made her feel ashamed of her humble thoughts.Before she finished speaking, she stopped and patted the long brown hair on the horse's back uneasily.

"Ma'am, don't worry." Just when she thought he was going to refuse, Su Yanqing suddenly said.

Ouyang Ruo looked at him in astonishment, but saw that his face returned to a cold and serious look into the distance.Ouyang Ruo followed his gaze and looked over.In the distance, the frame of Chu Huotian stood in the most conspicuous place, shining golden light, and it was even more gorgeous under the setting sun.Chu Huotian was standing on the shaft of the chariot, wearing a purple robe and jade crown, inlaid with gold and embellished with jade, like a god-man.Seeing Ouyang Ruo on Su Yanqing's horse, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Ouyang Ruo was led forward by Su Yanqing.In front of the car, Ouyang Ruo just wanted to turn over, but Su Yanqing subconsciously wanted to help.Chu Huotian suddenly stepped out of the carriage and hugged her down.Ouyang Ruo huddled in his arms like a tired bird returning home late.Looking out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a trace of loneliness flashing across Su Yanqing's pale face, which had lost a lot of blood.

"Zixuan, go and bandage it up. This time is thanks to you." Chu Huotian said to Su Yanqing, his eyes were full of concern.Su Yanqing hurriedly said that she didn't dare, glanced at Ouyang Ruo quietly, then turned and retreated.

"How is it, did you get hurt?" Chu Huotian wiped away the wet tears from the corners of her eyes, and put her in the car.Ouyang Ruo was as light as a feather in his hands.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your concern. I'm fine now." Ouyang Ruo lowered her head and said, then suddenly raised her head again, smiling at him.

Chu Huotian saw that her temple hair was disheveled, and there was not a single hairpin on her head.The pale little face seemed to be crying but still squeezed out a smile, and suddenly there was a love and pity that even he didn't understand.He stroked her messy hair pityingly and said, "If you want to cry, you can cry. It's my fault. I let you sit alone in the carriage at the back. From now on, you can stay with me."

Ouyang Ruo relaxed, and lay down in his arms sobbing softly: "Master Hou, I'm afraid I will never see you again, Lord Hou."

There was the smell of ambergris in his arms, and the nobleness approached her mind, a slight reassuring dizziness.Chu Huotian waited for her to calm down a little before calling someone in to help her change and freshen up.

Ouyang Ruo remembered something, hurriedly tugged on Chu Huotian's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, I want to see Ling Xiang. I wonder if it is possible?"

Chu Huotian thought for a while, and said: "Ask someone to carry it for you to see, can you still walk like this?"

After a cup of tea, Ling Xiang was carried by someone.As soon as she saw Ouyang Ruo, she rushed over to ask her to hug him.Ouyang Ruo was surprised to see that she was fine, and couldn't help sobbing again.The panic in my heart disappeared without a trace, and I just wanted to hold her and never leave.

It was the first time for Chu Huotian to see Ling Xiang, and he only thought that Yuxue was cute and innocent, so he couldn't help smiling at her.When Ling Xiang saw him, he hid in Ouyang Ruo's arms at first, only staring at him with big eyes.Chu Huotian untied the jade pendant inlaid with golden rims inlaid with dragons around his waist and teased her.Ling Xiang grabbed it and smiled "giggling".Ouyang Ruo saw the word "Heaven" engraved in ancient seals on the back of the jade pendant, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, this matter is very important, so we can't let her play with it."

Chu Huotian smiled meaninglessly: "It's just an object. What are you afraid of, and how can she damage it?" Just as he was talking, he saw Ling Xiang actually put the jade pendant in his mouth and began to bite, with crystal saliva flowing out. Pull out the old long thin line.

Chu Huotian was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.Ouyang Ruo had never seen him so happy, and didn't know what to say for a while.Seeing him laughing, Ling Xiang also giggled, and even climbed on top of him, Yi Yi.Ouyang Ruo was both surprised and delighted. In the past, she and Wan Hui had carefully hidden Ling Xiang, not even daring to let him see things about children.He was afraid that he would regret sending her away after being annoyed for a while.Now it seems that there is no need to worry anymore.

Chu Huotian teased Ling Xiang and hugged her in a very skillful posture.

Ouyang Ruo couldn't help but tentatively asked: "Master Hou is very experienced with children."

"This Marquis already has a son and a daughter." He said calmly.

Ouyang Ruo was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his eyebrows.

She should have known, shouldn't she?
Night gradually enveloped.The Chu army's count of the number of casualties was not too many. About 50 people were killed and more than 100 people were injured.Few of the refugees were caught, those who escaped died, and those who were seriously injured and caught killed themselves by biting their tongues.The soldiers who died in the Chu army were buried on the spot not far from the official road, and the wounded were also taken care of by military doctors accompanying the army.Everyone in the whole team is busy in an orderly manner.

On the carriage, Ouyang Ruo carefully coaxed Ling Xiang in her arms, for fear that she would make a noise and disturb Chu Huotian if she was unhappy.Chu Huotian was still lazily leaning on the cushion, looking at the official document in his hand quickly, and occasionally had to review a few words, so he asked Ouyang Ruo to wait on the pen and ink.The interior is large but limited.The innermost one is a soft bed, separated by a translucent gauze curtain, and a small desk is placed outside.

"Report to Lord Hou, we have counted the casualties of our army, please take a look at them..."

"Report to Lord Hou, the dead and wounded soldiers of our army have been buried on the spot, and the whereabouts of those pretending refugees have been found out, whether you want to continue to pursue, please tell Lord Hou!"

"Report to Lord Hou, none of the family members of Hua Palace behind the team fled, and those pretending to be refugees did not succeed."

"Report to Lord Hou..."

Amidst people coming and going, Chu Huotian's complexion remained unchanged, his handsome eyes were deep and deep, and his eyes were as deep as the sea, without a trace of waves.Ouyang Ruo watched him deal with it in an orderly manner, secretly admiring him but didn't dare to listen or watch more, and just hugged Ling Xiang for teasing.Ling Xiang is also very well-behaved, a few small things make her play very enthusiastically.

Ouyang Ruo was sore all over, but couldn't rest.Seeing that she looked tired, Chu Huotian said gently: "Let the people below serve the dinner, you can eat before going to bed." Then he asked Li Jing to pass on the meal.

Ouyang Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, quickly thanked Ling Xiang and packed up Ling Xiang, and asked his servants to find Wan Hui and Ming Ying and take them to the back to rest.Seeing Ouyang Ruo in the carriage frame, Wanhui and Mingying were both surprised and delighted, they didn't dare to reveal it in front of Chu Huotian, so they had to carry Ling Xiang down.

After everything was settled, Ouyang Ruo undressed and collapsed.As soon as he touched the pillow, he fell into a deep sleep.In the haze, it seemed that someone was gently stroking her face, the fingers were slender and cold, with a slightly rough touch.She tried hard to open her eyes, but her eyelids seemed to be hit by a heavy stone, and she couldn't open them again.

I don't know how long I have been in a coma, Ouyang Ruo only felt that he was sunk in a mist, and there were killing sounds around him, but he couldn't see a single figure, someone was calling desperately, those voices seemed familiar yet strange, Ouyang Ruo I just feel cold and hungry, and I can't see the direction I'm going, and I can't see the path under my feet.Suddenly, a war horse ran past her, and someone suddenly hugged her by the waist, laughing loudly.Ouyang Ruo screamed, and when she looked back, she saw that Su Yanqing was holding her. Ouyang Ruo was about to say something to him, when suddenly a wound appeared on his neck, dripping with blood, which was very scary.

Ouyang Ruo jumped up suddenly.At some point, a few dimly lit candles were lit in the car, and Chu Huotian was sitting by the desk and looked back at her.

"What's the matter, are you having a nightmare?" He got up and sat beside her, stretched out his hand, took a brocade handkerchief, and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

"This one scared you. Wait until Ben Hou asks Li Jing to get a bowl of soothing soup." There was a sense of reassurance in his mellow voice, and under the flickering lights, his deep facial features reflected Flickering silhouettes.

"Master Hou." Ouyang Ruo's eyes were blank, he just grabbed his cuff, and his voice was hoarse.

"Sleep for a while longer. You have only slept for less than an hour." Chu Huotian lowered his voice to comfort her, and then ordered Li Jingcai outside the car to bring water and soup.

Ouyang Ruo stared at all this in a daze, her heart beating wildly due to the nightmare gradually calmed down.She pursed her dry lips and said in a low voice, "Master Hou treats me so well..."

Chu Huotian's tall body was standing by the car door, he was stunned for a while, and then sighed slightly: "I want to treat you well after crossing the river..." He paused, "I don't even have a chance..."

Ouyang Ruo raised his head when he heard the words, only to see his deep-lined facial features regain their original stern expression for a moment.Her heart shrank suddenly, and she lowered her head again.

Chu Huotian sat beside her, took her cold hand and rubbed it gently in his big palm: "After crossing the river, let alone you, even Ben Hou himself has a lot of times when he can't help himself. So You have to be careful in everything. There are some things that even this Marquis can't take care of. I don't want to watch you hate me in the end. Although I broke your country and your home, But I still hope you can understand me. All this is irreversible." He used my word at the end.

Under his rubbing, Ouyang Ruo's delicate tenderness slowly warmed up and regained its blood color.

She slowly raised her head and said with a smile, "I understand!"

Her smile is like a lotus flower blooming under the lamp, her loose temple hair is hanging behind her head, she is only wearing a single dress, and her thin body is shrouded in the dim light of the car, making her look even weaker and peerless.Chu Huotian sighed softly and hugged her tightly.

"Why? Why did you take my concubine away?" She asked slowly in his arms, her voice was soft, but this question seemed to exhaust all the strength in her heart.The flickering candlelight dimly illuminated the two figures.

"Why? This Marquis doesn't know why either." He lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, staring at her face, his long sword-like eyebrows raised slightly, and his bright and clean forehead reflected the light, making him look even more majestic and jade-like.

Why?Who knows why?
The gears of fate take people forward without stopping, everyone is involuntary, how can we ask why?
(End of this chapter)