Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 295 Why We Should Have Met Me Before We Meet ([-])

Ruan Jingxin doesn't want the seat above [-] people, he is cold, and he also has to worry about whether the relatives around him will murder him. He is worried and calculating day and night, it is extremely pitiful, how can he be as carefree as he is now?
In just one year, he did as the emperor wished, and became a general that the Rong people fled after hearing the news.

Yes, a year later, Ruan Jingxin was promoted to general.

General Gong died in battle, and the border town is now his world.

All the soldiers admired him and admired him. I don't know how many young and middle-aged men are willing to join the Li family army and fight against the Rong people.

Li's army grew stronger and stronger, but the emperor's health deteriorated day by day.

Ruan Jingxin heard that the emperor was seriously ill, but he still came here in person, but he curled his lips playfully.

Even though his body was almost exhausted, he was still worried about leaving the tiger talisman aside, and insisted on coming to the border town in person.

Is it to build prestige so that you can suppress your aura?

Or is it emotional, telling Ruan Jingxin to let go of her power and offer it to the emperor's confidant general?
No matter what, Ruan Jingxin was not willing.

This father, one thing after another, always makes himself feel cold.

Unexpectedly, the emperor's health became worse and worse, and he would stop after walking a few steps, not to mention the need for help, and the imperial doctor was also by his side.

He didn't order himself to give the tiger talisman immediately, but called Ruan Jingxin to the bed, held him with his big dry hands, and the emperor said earnestly: "I missed your mother's life and made you suffer a lot. You may think that I am cruel and ruthless, but I have seen too much disputes between royal brothers. Your brother's mother family is a powerful family, and even I have to give up three points. If you insist on fighting, you will end up with a lonely family. .”

The emperor coughed a few times, and Ruan Jingxin patted him on the back silently, before he recovered his breath: "I don't want to see fratricide, so that will make you back away. You are weak, how can it be them?" opponent? Your mother has passed away, so I should think about your way out. Now that you have become a famous general, they dare not touch you easily."

These words made Ruan Jingxin's icy heart rippling, maybe the emperor is about to die, so his words are kind?

As the king of a country, there is no need for the emperor to deceive himself, so he is telling the truth?
It was the first time that Ruan Jingxin looked at her biological father. The relationship between the two was weak and they hadn't seen each other for a year.

The emperor has aged a lot, and his original black hair has turned gray, I am afraid that time is running out.

He turned his face away, the tense expression on his face slightly loosened.

The emperor patted the back of Ruan Jingxin's hand, and said softly: "It's not that I don't want to love you, nor that I don't want to keep you by my side. It's just that there is a power struggle in the palace, and it cannot be reversed by just one person. I don't value you, keep you far away, but instead It is my consideration for you, can you understand my intentions?"

Ruan Jingxin was silent for a moment, but finally nodded.

Since the two had an open and honest conversation, he felt that the distance between himself and the emperor was getting closer.

No matter what, it was his biological father, and Ruan Jingxin did his best to serve medicine before the emperor's sick bed.Occasionally, he would stay with him at night and wait for the emperor to drink water and turn over.

Although the soldiers in the border town had doubts, they all understood that Ruan Jingxin was never a person who clings to the powerful, maybe it was because the emperor was dying, so he did his best as a courtier.

They are all tight-lipped people, and no one will publicize it.

So Ruan Jingxin and the emperor were like father and son in ordinary families, and it was rare for them to have a peaceful time together.

The emperor would occasionally bring up the past, talking about how he met his mother when he was traveling in private, and how he fell in love at first sight and couldn't extricate himself from it.

If there were no changes in the palace, he would not have rushed back, leaving their mother and son alone, and let his mother die in depression.

Ruan Jingxin listened quietly, as time passed, no matter how resentful he was, it was impossible for his mother to come back from the dead.

Before her mother died, what she missed the most was her biological father. Now that the emperor is about to die, how could Ruan Jingxin have any dissatisfaction when she went to accompany his mother under the Nine Springs?
He thought that fulfilling a filial piety before the death of his biological father can be regarded as complete filial piety.

After serving the emperor to drink the medicine that night, Ruan Jingxin was about to leave, but was stopped by the emperor.

After dismissing all the attendants, the emperor became weaker and weaker as he lay on the bed, and he was no longer as vigorous as before.

He firmly held Ruan Jingxin's hand, and the latter understood that the emperor's life might have come to an end, and this was a flashback.

Sure enough, the emperor's complexion gradually became better, even rosy a lot, he held Ruan Jingxin's hand, and his words were not as weak as before: "I am at the end, and I have one unfeeling request, can you agree to it? "

"Please speak, Your Majesty," Ruan Jingxin didn't let go of his hand, let the Emperor hold it tightly, and listened quietly to his last words.

"Can you call me Father Emperor at the end?" The emperor's face was full of dimples, he was already old, and the white hair on his temples seemed to prove the passage of time.

The once lofty emperor is now just a dying old man, waiting for his lost and found eldest son to call him.

Ruan Jingxin was silent, the emperor understood what he meant, heaved a long sigh, and pushed the already written imperial edict past the pillow.

Looking at it, it turns out that Ruan Jingxin was appointed as the regent, to take charge of the Qing Kingdom before the new emperor grows up, to lead all the officials, and to assist the new emperor.

The youngest regent of the Qing Kingdom can almost stand shoulder to shoulder with the new emperor. Is this the emperor's compensation for him?
"Don't blame your younger brother. He is still young, and he will eventually understand that brotherhood is the only way to make Qing Kingdom stronger." The emperor waved his hand, motioning Ruan Jingxin to leave.

At the last moment, the dignity of being an emperor would not let him see his dying face, so he could save his face by leaving so quietly.

Less than half an hour after Ruan Jingxin left, the death knell rang and the emperor passed away.

When he returned to the big tent, the guards had already brought drinks to pay homage to the emperor.

There is no extra white cloth in the border town, so they can only use the rice wine made by the people to let the soldiers drink a cup.

There are no wine glasses, only large bowls.

Ruan Jingxin stared at the wine bowl, closed his eyes, as if he could still see the emperor's voice.

He was about to pick up the wine bowl, but Shanmao rushed up, leaned against the bowl, and suddenly lowered his head to take a sip.

Ruan Jingxin was amused, tapped the tip of its nose and said, "Greedy cat, do you want to taste the taste of rice wine too? Don't get drunk, you can't even stand still..."

As soon as the words fell, Shanmao let out a stern scream, and soon fell down on the table.

Ruan Jingxin was startled, ignored the pounced wolf cub, and held up the bobcat with trembling hands.

Bobcat's nose was still moving, as if he was asleep, but his body was shaking violently, and gradually calmed down, but his body also began to feel cold.

He hugged the lynx in his arms in disbelief, and called out in a low voice, "Li'er, don't scare me, what's wrong?"

The cat's screams attracted the guards, and everyone rushed in. Ruan Jingxin glanced around, but didn't see the guards pouring wine for him: "Where are the people who were guarding outside the big tent just now?"

The guards have already seen that Shanmao died of poisoning, it is clear that someone poisoned the wine!
But everyone drank the same vat of rice wine, but nothing happened, which proved that it was aimed at Ruan Jingxin!
"My lord, that personal guard committed suicide by taking poison, bleeding to death from seven orifices."

The military doctor also said: "The poison taken by the personal guard is exactly in the adult's wine bowl."

Ruan Jingxin was still hugging the lynx, it was still warm, but it was because of the body temperature attached to him.

The wolf cub seemed to understand that the lynx would never open its eyes again. With its green eyes wet, it howled all night, causing everyone in the border town to feel heavy in their hearts.

The guards were eager to find out who was behind the scenes, but they were stopped by Ruan Jingxin.

He packed the lynx in a brocade box, sent it to the valley where he lived together, and buried it under the Liguo tree.

Bobcats like li fruit the most, wouldn't it be happier to be able to sleep under a tree?
And here is very quiet, no one will disturb its cleanliness.

Ruan Jingxin understood that the poisoner might be someone close to the emperor, or might be instructed by the empress far away in the palace.

Would the emperor really be ignorant?
Even in illness, she still didn't let go of her power, so how could she not know about the queen's little tricks?

It turned out that the so-called father-son relationship was just a joke.

There was no smile on Ruan Jingxin's face since then, he was born to kill, the emperor wanted him to stay in the border town willingly to protect the young emperor from the Rong people.

He will, but as the regent, sooner or later, he will return to Beijing.

But what's the point of fighting for power and profit without completely repelling the Rong people?
Ruan Jingxin had someone forge a silver mask, put it on his face, and never put it down again.

Even Qin Sheng's father betrayed him, who else in this world can trust him?

Until one day, Ruan Jingxin met a woman named Xie Yanniang...

Ruan Jingxin opened his eyes, waking up from a long memory, and couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality.

The warm breath in his arms made him feel like returning to the time when the lynx was sleeping peacefully in his arms.

It's just that when he lowered his head, what he saw was a gentle woman, with her small face pressed against his shoulder, sleeping soundly.

As if disturbed by Ruan Jingxin's gaze, Xie Yanniang woke up in a daze, rubbed her eyes and asked in surprise, "Husband, what's the matter, did you have a nightmare?"

"No, I had a good dream." Ruan Jingxin curled his mouth, put his arms around her, and gently stroked Xie Yanniang's loose black hair: "When I woke up, I found that I was still in a better dream, I should have woken up earlier. "

Xie Yanniang was embarrassed to hear Ruan Jingxin's rare sweet words, her cheeks blushed, and she rubbed her small face against his chest: "I also feel that this moment is like a dream, every time I wake up it feels unreal. "

The once lofty man fell asleep beside her, and found her biological parents again. Xie Yanniang was no longer the miserable self in the palace who was bullied in Xie's mansion and sold to the fifteenth prince by Master Xie.

Under the tip of Xie Yanniang's nose was Ruan Jingxin's breath, she slowly closed her eyes, with a strong arm on her waist, she hugged herself in her arms, there was no gap between them, as if they were one and very close.

Thinking of what Pang Yudi once said, Ruan Jingxin never trusts people easily after that year, and there is no one close to her besides the white wolf.Now she was lying beside her, just thinking about it, she couldn't help but smile.

Feeling Xie Yanniang's catkins entering into his palm, Ruan Jingxin's eyes softened and he clenched it tightly.

Should the mother under the nine springs feel relieved, he has found his own happiness...

(End of this chapter)