Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 163

Zhong Liye asked with a smile: "Why didn't you speak? What did you think of?"

Yu Shaoyun answered truthfully: "I think your words are unlucky."

"It's serious." Zhong Liye held her hand and walked out, "I want to see Marquis Yongping, and I want him to send me some people. I'm so tired of the life in the palace, so I might as well go outside Let's go and see Jinxiu Rivers and Mountains."

Yu Shaoyun couldn't help being surprised, "Is it true?"

"It's true that I often break my promise to you, but I always keep my promise when I go on tour." Obviously, this topic made Zhong Liye feel happy, and he joked at this moment, "If you don't believe it, just read carefully." Think back."

Yu Shaoyun chuckled, "No need to think about it, this is indeed true."

"Don't say anything about this matter, let alone let the queen mother know before I leave."

Yu Shaoyun nodded slightly, "I just pretend I haven't heard these words before."

"That's good." Zhong Liye looked into the distance leisurely, "It's been too long, we haven't walked the palace hand in hand, are you interested today?"

"It doesn't matter what."

Zhong Liye smiled wryly at her reaction.As a queen, she should indeed be like this, never being surprised; but as his woman, she is a bit colder and colder.But this is also expected, he was the one who hurt others first, and he never gave her enough support, room for dependence and absolute trust.

Maybe he couldn't give her this in his life.

That night, when Ye Xizhao heard about Zhong Liye's incognito tour, he was in a complicated mood and didn't know how to react.

Now that I think about it carefully, the emperor intentionally helped Yu Shaoyun in many things.And if the emperor leaves the palace, Yu Shaoyun will probably face the entire harem in the future.No matter how much eyeliner there is, there are too many people to guard against. Can you handle it?
Seeing her worry, Yu Shaoheng comforted her softly: "Don't worry. Just judge the situation in the future. If the Queen Mother and the sisters of the Qin family let their hands and feet go because the emperor leaves the palace, we don't need to worry about anything."

"That's the reason." Ye Xizhao fell into a struggle when he thought of Zhong Liye, "What are you going to do? But... it's a good thing to go out and wander for a while, otherwise, if it continues like this, it will inevitably happen." It's a dead end." Saying this, he became more cheerful, and asked, "Have you ever said the date of return?"

"At least I won't come back until after the New Year's Eve." Yu Shaoheng smiled, "I said I'm going to visit some eminent monks—this point coincides with Tang Hongxiao, the difference is only in Buddhism and Taoism."

"Then you say—" Ye Xizhao guessed, "Is it possible for the emperor to go out and find someone to help him?" He denied it as soon as he said the words, "He wants your subordinates to accompany him, so it must not be the case."

Yu Shaoheng joked, "Even if he really has such a plan, let him do it. If he wants to turn against himself, who can stop him?"

Ye Xizhao couldn't help laughing out loud.

The next day, before dawn, Shen Xing went outside the screen, and said respectfully: "Master Hou, Madam, the servants have inquired about some news: Concubine Hui recently ordered her confidants to grab some herbs before leaving the palace. However, if they are combined together, they are poisonous, and if people take them for a long time, their lives may be in danger.”

Ye Xizhao and Yu Shaoheng couldn't help looking at each other—there was already a clue about Zhong Liye's poisoning, but these alone were not convincing.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xing said again: "After Mr. Xiao learned about the movements of the servants, he simply asked Concubine Hui last night to ask them frankly."

Ye Xizhao smiled heartily.Only Xiao Xun could do this kind of thing, even if he couldn't draw a conclusion by observing words and demeanor, he could shake mountains and shake tigers, making the Qin family nervous, and people were prone to make mistakes when they were nervous.

Yu Shaoheng ordered: "Continue talking."

Shen Xing continued: "Unexpectedly, Concubine Hui admitted it outright, and said... that if Master Hou wanted to know the ins and outs, he would have to see her. This made Mr. Xiao a little embarrassed, so he ordered his servants to inform Master Hou. "

In fact, this matter can be found out sooner or later - the clues have been traced, just follow the clues, and a conclusion will be reached within a few days.But—what Ye Xizhao was thinking was that the emperor would go on a tour in disguise someday, so before he left the palace, it would be better to find out as much as possible about this matter.There are shortcuts in front of you, and there may be unexpected gains, why not continue to waste manpower, material resources and time instead?
Therefore, Ye Xizhao suggested to Yu Shaoheng: "Why don't you meet Concubine Hui—is there any difficulty?"

"There is no difficulty." Yu Shaoheng just felt baffled.

"Then make arrangements as soon as possible. It will save time and effort to verify the truth of her words than to check step by step." After Ye Xizhao finished speaking, he got up, put on his clothes and went to the ground to wash up.With his arrangement, she no longer needs to waste energy on this matter.

At the same time, Zhenggong.

When the slight sound of footsteps approached, Yu Shaoyun woke up from his dream.

She knew it was Zhong Liye.Except for him, no one can enter the sleeping hall without a notification.

She didn't speak, just watched him approaching through the tent.

He didn't wear the usual bright yellow clothes, but a dark black brocade robe.

With a casual attitude, he paused outside the tent, then opened the curtain and sat down beside the bed.

Yu Shaoyun looked at him suspiciously.

Zhong Liye's voice was soft: "I can't sleep, come and see you."

The sickness that comes out.Yu Shaoyun twitched the corners of his mouth, slandering.Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, and thinking that he was about to leave the palace, he moved in with some reluctance, "Sleep here for a while?"

Zhong Liye nodded, took off his clothes and rested beside her.

Yu Shaoyun pulled a little distance away from him, and closed his eyelids.After a while, I felt his hand land on her cheek, and his fingertips slid across her eyebrows.

She frowned slightly and raised her eyelids to look at him.

Zhong Liye stared at her with his elbows on his side, "I'll be leaving in two days."

Yu Shaoyun was slightly surprised, "So fast?"

Zhong Liye smiled, "Take care of yourself and our children."

Yu Shaoyun nodded slightly, "When will you be back?"

Zhong Liye asked slowly, "If I don't come back, will you miss me?"

"I'll think of you often."

"Thinking is not the same as remembering."

Yu Shaoyun smiled softly, "You haven't left yet, how do I know if I miss you?"

Zhong Liye's voice was somewhat sincere, "I started to miss you before I left."

"..." Yu Shaoyun was silent for a moment, "You don't have to leave."

"If you don't leave, I will still hate you."

"..."

Zhong Liye seemed to be explaining, more like talking to himself: "I hate you for being so cold-blooded, I hate your elder brother for being more far-sighted than me, and I hate how I have come to a disadvantaged situation."

The deep sadness and desolation in the voice made Yu Shaoyun feel depressed.

She turned sideways, faced him, studied his eyes, and said softly: "Occasionally I also hate, hate how you can forget your promise, hate how you can doubt me and my family, hate how you let me fall into a lonely situation .”

"Only occasionally?"

"Only occasionally." Yu Shaoyun smiled freely, "Occasionally, I will recall the days when I was inseparable with you. Most of the time, I still have to take care of the children, take care of the harem, and face the dangers around me."

"I can't hurt you, and others can't." Zhong Liye's words seemed to be flattering, but also self-deprecating. He slid his fingertips to her lips and stroked them lightly, and then his lips fell down.

Yu Shaoyun dodged backwards.Still like before, I don't think I can accept skin-to-skin contact with him.

Zhong Liye clasped her jaw, not intending to give up.

Yu Shaoyun raised his hand to cover his mouth.

Zhong Liye simply bullied her to hold her down, brushed her hand away, and his eyes became a little more angry.

Yu Shaoyun was also annoyed.

The atmosphere between the two became tense instantly.

Immediately, Yu Shaoyun said mockingly: "If the emperor wants someone to accompany him, the concubine will send someone to serve him, concubine Shu or concubine Hui?"

"Neither one will do, I only want you."

"You want too much." Yu Shaoyun violently removed the hand that was clasping his chin, and his expression became irritable, "If you want the throne to be more stable and win over powerful officials, you need as many women as your women whether you want to or not; In the world, how many loyal ministers and good generals you need to live and die for you; if you want to sit back and relax, you have to be suspicious and jealous of the important ministers and the women around you every day; you want me, but what have you given me? Day in and day out, you want me to worry that my family and children will be murdered, and besides a famous name, that's all you can give me!"

Zhong Liye stagnated slightly, but then his anger dissipated and he smiled, "You are complaining, and you have been blaming me for so long."

Yu Shaoyun glared at him angrily.

"I admit that I am the worst and most ruthless husband, but before, no one has said these things to make me change."

"Who is not tired of living, why would you say these things?" Yu Shaoyun pushed him, "If it wasn't for now, I wouldn't say it. Go on!"

Zhong Liye bowed his head again and asked for a kiss, "I said, I want you."

"Get lost!" Yu Shaoyun turned his face away and reprimanded in a low voice, "Didn't you say so long ago? The relationship between husband and wife has been severed by you and me."

"It's so normal for me to break my promise." Zhong Liye smiled like a street ruffian, then clasped her jaw again, and pressed his lips firmly.

Things are right and people are wrong, how could he not know.Nothing in the main palace has changed, and the face and breath of the woman under him are also the same as before. What has changed is the situation and people's hearts.

He no longer wants to figure out people's hearts anymore, he just wants to ease the lovesickness in his heart.

Now he has to admit that his affection for her is far more important than he imagined.

Yu Shaoyun is full of resistance towards him now, she is really used to being in name only with him, and really wants to live on their own like this, without getting even a little closer.

He didn't let her do what she wanted.

He sucked and bit her lips, attacking the city with the tip of his tongue.

She bites him, and he lets her bite.

She grabbed him and beat him, and he let her do whatever she wanted.

He just didn't let her leave his arms, didn't let her stop his gesture of pulling off her pajamas, didn't let her stop asking for her good wishes.

Because of her resistance and struggle in every possible way, he was gradually aroused a little bit of anger and acted stubbornly.

In the dim morning light, due to the confrontation in the atmosphere, the huge palace became a cage, and the empress became a cage during the struggle.

Yu Shaoyun thought that he had turned from a dangerous tiger into a harmless sick cat, but unexpectedly, even this sick cat could still gain the upper hand in such a close confrontation with her now——

The pajamas were torn apart and fell under the bed with a melodious but sad sound; the brocade quilt she used to cover her body was thrown by him at the end of the bed.

The smell of blood between her lips and teeth became heavier and stronger, the strength of her limbs became weaker and weaker, and the clarity of mind moved away from her a little bit.

Zhong Liye's breathing was a little short, and his voice was low and hoarse: "Where did Shao Yun, who relied on me and refused to let me go to court, go?"

Where did Zhong Liye, who had postponed the court hour because of her, go?

Thinking of this, Yu Shaoyun felt a little tingling in his heart, and when he met his gaze, he saw that his eyes were full of pain.

He bowed his head for a kiss again.

Yu Shaoyun quickly raised his hand to stop him, but at the same time opened his body in a pandering posture, "You...don't kiss me."

"Why?"

why?Maybe it's because he feels that kissing is something only people who are in love with each other will do; maybe it's because he feels that the warm and beautiful feeling when kissing, the slight trembling of the tip of his tongue and the occasional stagnation of breathing at that time come from a little sincerity.As for the others... it's just a man's desire.

There are always some beautiful memories that are willing to keep and not to be destroyed.And what he can keep her from being destroyed is, after all, too little, too little.

He seemed to understand these unreasonable reasons. He stared at her, and his voice was a little sad for no reason: "I have touched many women, and I have only kissed two people, and you are one of them."

Yu Shaoyun's eyes were full of doubts.

"The first one is a maid in the palace when I was a teenager. I was curious about it. She is my first woman."

Yu Shaoyun calmed down, and was very puzzled by his gloom, "Then where is she now? Do I know her?"

Zhong Liye's voice seemed to be sighing, "I was executed by my mother because she was restless." His smile was particularly bitter, "A lot of times in the past, I actually didn't have the right to choose who came to me. At that time, I could Make up your own mind."

It turns out that he also has times when he can't help himself.

"The only thing I can remember in my life is you and her. You are the woman I will always think of, and I don't want to. But she died because of me. She even forgot her face and name, and she can't forget that woman. thing."

Yu Shaoyun fell silent.

"Has this ever happened to you in your career?" he asked.

Yu Shaoyun closed his eyelids and didn't answer, but his heart was sore.Yes, why not.Even someone who was innocent with her lost his life because of her.Speaking of it, neither she nor he is a good person, they are both things that harm others and themselves.

Zhong Liye gently sucked and bit her lips, and his voice was a little blurred: "I like this feeling the most. At this time, I always think of the innocent Concubine Li back then. At that time, my queen was still a little girl, and she would easily Blushing and panting."

"...." Is it the reason for the imminent parting?He is no longer evasive, his words are very frank and straightforward.

"So far, I still think so. If we talk about women, you are enough." His lips slipped to her ears, and his voice became weak, "I really thought about it, but I can't, that's The favorite of the pepper house is something that ruins your reputation and makes you criticized by the officials. Later, your mother nagged all day long, and you always advised me to let someone else sleep. I know you have no choice but to do it, and I also That's it. When I was defeated, I often went to sleep in other people's palaces, but I didn't touch them. These are things you can find out at once, but you don't care about them, so you have no way of knowing. That's it A while ago, in your opinion, I was addicted to drinking, sex and indulgence, but I was just drinking and looking at people. Do you know what happened to Concubine Jing?"

Having said that, he turned his head to look at her.

Yu Shaoyun pursed his lips and shook his head again.

Zhong Liye continued: "In those days, she drew a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows, and played me some of your favorite tunes every day. At that time, I thought angrily, since you didn't pay attention, why should I Can't you find someone who can replace you? Naturally, you can't." He held her hand, "I'm ruthless, I really have too little affection for you, but I put it all on you, no more Give others nothing." He raised his eyebrows lightly with self-mockery, "But I always think, maybe it's because of the current situation that makes me take you too seriously. After a period of separation, I can think about it Sort out all right and wrong, including you."

Yu Shaoyun was sad for no reason, and an invisible cloud covered his eyes.

(End of this chapter)