Fengming Emperor Pavilion

Chapter 148 Why Is Your Body So ​​Cold?
Donghua looked at the painting building that hadn't reacted for a while, frowned slightly, walked slowly from the corridor, and stood at the stairs, the painting building raised his voice and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Why can't I come here?" Donghua raised his eyebrows and said lightly.

The group of people standing behind the painting building, the well-known Prince An Donghua, how could they not know each other, and there were no outsiders in this inn, they all shouted in a deep voice: "See you, the prince!"

"You don't need so many formalities outside, everyone quickly go back to your house to change clothes and go out to eat!" Donghua's words were flat, but with a certain degree of deterrence, only after hearing a crisp answering voice, he went out. It's all gone.

Hualou stood in the lobby, and Donghua walked down from the top step by step in a slow manner: "Why? Surprised to see this king here?"

Hualou frowned, she just suddenly felt uncomfortable in her heart. If it wasn't for Donghua, they might not have been able to raise so much silver and send it to the city so quickly. Although the means are shameless, but this is The most effective and convenient way.

"My lord's appearance here really surprised me." Hua Lou looked at him and said calmly.

Donghua stopped and stood in front of her, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the broken hair on the front of her forehead, and said lightly: "This king is actually just a gambler, betting on whether you will come, I didn't expect, You are still here."

"Then I'm here, how is the prince's mood?" Hualou asked lightly.

Donghua glanced at her, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, with an indescribable evil charm: "You came here when you came, what kind of mood can this king have?"

Hualou's heart was already overwhelmed and he couldn't calm down, maybe he really couldn't calm down. In a short while, those soldiers had changed their clothes and walked down, and Hualou didn't say anything else to Donghua The only thing to do is to quickly prepare dinner for them. After a long day of driving, everyone is tired and needs to rest for a while. They have to set off in the middle of the night and then hurry on their way.

At lunch, Hualou was supposed to be with them, but in the end Donghua pulled him to a side table. There was a boy inside, just like the one who was taken by Lu Yi on the street not long ago. Ji Yun who left, he looked at the painting building and heard many rumors, but this time he was sent by Lu Yi to follow him to the south, Shen Hualou is a special existence in his heart, this time he That is, I want to see what kind of strange woman this is.

She didn't talk much along the way, but she could see her anxiety and melancholy from her brows and eyes, which was worry.

Hualou sensed that someone was looking at her, so he frowned slightly, then turned around suddenly, and saw the boy in the crowd.

She frowned for a moment, this person looked familiar, it took a long time before she suddenly realized that this person was the boy from that day.

Originally, she was the one who was taken away by Lu Yi, and she didn't even notice that he came to this team when she set off.

During the meal, Donghua looked at her quietly, as if he wanted to see a hole in her. His eyes were deep and cold, and Hualou couldn't bear such eyes at all, so he just avoided them calmly. .

"If you come like this, aren't you afraid that the man in the palace will tease the emperor and stab you in the back?" Donghua asked, and Hualou laughed: "Is the prince worried that I will go back to take revenge on her, or is he worried that I will take revenge on her?" Am I out of favor like this?"

Donghua looked at her unscrupulous appearance, sighed heavily, seemed to be quite helpless, and said in a deep voice: "I have nothing to worry about, but I just think that if you fall out of favor, then The pension money will also be useful.”

Hualou chuckled and said nothing, it was still drizzle outside, and the rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. Donghua and Hualou were sitting by the window, and through the gap in the window, they could still hear the flowing water flowing on the tile eaves outside. The sound of raindrops falling, a gust of cold wind hit, the painting building trembled slightly, Donghua took off his outer robe and handed it to her, and none of the guards who were eating at the side dared to speak, if Donghua was not there, Maybe it's better with the painting building, but it's another matter if Donghua is sitting here.

Hearing the sound of rain, Hualou slowly felt melancholy: "Donghua, a long time ago, I always thought that I could have a moment of free time and sit under the eaves with the one I love. Listen to the rain by the window?" , But I didn’t expect that today, as if in a lifetime, I would be sitting here with you listening to the sound of raindrops hitting bamboo outside, and I also didn’t expect that it would be in such a night, it’s so cold.”

Donghua frowned slightly, and then said, "What's the point of what you said? Is it me, or is it full of regret that I didn't do it before and now I do it?"

"All of them." Hua Lou raised his eyes to look at Dong Hua and said with pursed lips.

"Why?" Donghua asked.

Hua Lou curled his lips into a wry smile: "The person I loved was not you. This is one. Second, I always thought that there would be a heater next to me. I didn't expect that it would be so cold to listen to the rain by the window."

"Maybe it's just that your heart is cold, and I don't feel cold just sitting like this." After Donghua finished speaking, Hualou's eyes changed slightly: "My lord, I am different from you."

"It's not the same, you are a woman, and this king is a man." It's not that Donghua doesn't understand the meaning of Hualou's words, but he just doesn't want to talk about it directly. After a while, Hualou glared at him: " nonsense!"

"I know it's nonsense, but the dishes are cold, and I don't eat cold dishes." After Donghua finished speaking, Hualou suddenly remembered something. It was a joke when I was a child. She is also ignorant, how can she say that casually?

When I was in Yongshou Palace, Donghua's grandma, who was also the empress dowager at that time, Donghua came to pay her respects to the empress dowager, and just happened to meet the empress dowager eating, so she called Donghua to eat together , but after Hualou served him the food, he said it was cold, and Hualou said it was still warm, so eat it quickly so it won't be cold, but Donghua said coldly: "My prince doesn't eat it to cool it down quickly. of."

Hua Lou stared at him, and said viciously: "You go to the toilet and watch it, and eat hot food!"

But after Hualou finished saying this, the expressions of the people in the Yongshou Palace changed. Hualou who reacted stared at the big eyes beside him, and hurriedly stuffed the bowls and chopsticks into Donghua's bowl. He turned around and said sorry to the empress dowager, and ran away.

But what Hualou didn't know was that the empress dowager didn't blame her after she left, but just looked at Donghua and asked him not to make trouble frequently.

In the same scene now, Hualou suddenly laughed, and Donghua asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Hualou looked at Donghua's appearance, lowered his voice and said slowly: "My lord doesn't like to eat cold food, you can go to the latrine and watch over."

But after Hualou finished saying this, Donghua's face changed. He took the chopsticks in his hand and hit Hualou on the head. He picked up the chopsticks in front of him and started to eat, only to hear Donghua say in a cold voice, "Who taught you to say that?"

"Actually, everyone in Xiliang knows that there is a common saying in the peasant family, but I won't say it. If the prince wants to know, he can ask." Hualou raised his eyebrows and lowered his head to eat, while Donghua watched Raising the chopsticks in his hand, he smiled faintly, with a trace of wry smile and a little bit of relief. No one could understand the smile in his eyes and the corners of his mouth, maybe only he could understand.

When both of them were about to finish their dinner, Donghua asked, "There is still a long journey from here to the city, what are your plans?"

"No matter how hard they are on the road, they have to rest, otherwise they will not be able to persist in the city, so tonight they will rest until Maoshi, and then get up and go on the road." After Hualou finished speaking, Donghua slowly stretched out his hand and opened the window. It didn't stop all the time, after the window was opened, a gust of cold wind hit, it was really like the coldness in winter, and the painting building shivered for a while.

Donghua closed the window and said, "I don't know when this rain will stop. Besides, if it continues until Maoshi, the road will be muddy and difficult to walk, adding to the darkness." , it’s better to let them rest enough, rest until dawn at Yinshi, and then go out on the road. In this way, they will also rest well. If they get up at Maoshi, but it’s raining too much and they can’t go, let them sit here and wait.

Hualou pondered for a moment after hearing this, and it's okay, one hour, just hurry up during the day, then nodded and said: "Alright, I'll explain after dinner later."

The guards just now changed out of their wet clothes, but Hualou didn’t enter the house because of Donghua’s delay. Ah Jiu said that she was a little tired and fell asleep inside the house because she didn’t want to eat. She prepared something to eat, and she was caught in the rain, so it is not certain what will happen at night.

After dinner, everyone went back to their houses to rest, and all the money was carried to the next door to Donghua's room. The Hualou lived next door. There were no night watchmen, but the Hualou did it. With a touch of hands and feet, as long as there is any movement next door, Hualou will be able to detect it immediately.

After everyone went back to the house, the painting building came out to inspect it. She looked at Donghua behind her and asked in a deep voice, "Is the prince leaving tomorrow morning?"

"When did this king say he was going to leave?" Donghua asked with a frown.

"Then are you going to live in an inn?"

"Could it be that you are the only one going to the south?"

Hualou heard what Donghua meant, and seemed to want to go with them: "You want to come with us?"

"Your tone sounded a little displeased. You go your way, and I go my way. It's just a way." Donghua took it for granted, but Hualou was speechless.

Hualou sighed in a deep voice: "Forget it, forget it, just drop by the way."

"It seems that the king and you can hold you back." Donghua gave her a blank look and left on his own. After a while, they each went to rest in their own rooms.

As for Donghua, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. Qianji is no longer the original Qianji, and Shen Hualou is not Shen Hualou either.

Something happened to Ah Jiu, she was lying on the bed all the time, Ru Yang was terrified seeing her face gradually turning blue, Hualou looked at her, and asked in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if you take medicine. Have you used it?"

Ah Jiu shook her head slightly, it was the first time Hualou saw tears rolling out of the corners of her eyes.

Hualou looked at her, and suddenly there was a sense of sadness in her heart. She thought that Ah Jiu was a person who had escaped from the mortal world and would not disappear, but now, Hualou slowly pulled her Hands are frighteningly cold.

"Jiu'er, after all these years, you must know what to do in such a situation, don't you?" Hualou was burning with anxiety, but Ah Jiu remained silent, just looked at Hualou and shook his head indifferently.

Ah Jiu just looked at the painting building. After all these years, she was finally able to cry. Why was it at this time, the most rare moment in this conversation?

How dare she tell Hualou that for so many years, nothing happened to her, and she survived like a living person, all because of her, but now that her amulet is gone, there is not much time left.

But even if Xuan Ruo knew that she was going to die, he would not come to see her.

In this world, besides Xuan Ruo, the only thing she cares about the most is the painting building, so how can it make her sad?

"Sister, I'm sorry." After she said these words slowly, Hualou's whole body seemed to be stiff, and she slowly sat beside Ah Jiu, holding her in her arms.

"No, you'll be fine. Last time this prayer bead was able to save you, it should be able to do it this time." After Hua Lou finished speaking, Ah Jiu shook his head hurriedly and said, "Sister, it's not possible."

Ah Jiu's breath is getting weaker and weaker, the sound of rain outside is so loud, Ru Yang is standing aside, she and Ah Jiu have not been together for a long time, but she likes her very much, maybe this is fate between people, but like this At night, no matter how you think about it, it is sad. If she knew that her body was weak, maybe Hualou would not take her out, but it was all predestined.

Hua Lou hugged her tightly, only to hear Ah Jiu say softly: "Sister, he said he would marry me, but in the end I got married, and he never came back. I have committed many crimes in my life. , but in the end I didn’t admit it, so he said that he would never see me again! Sister, tell me, why are people so cruel? If he said he would never see me, he really wouldn’t come.”

I don't know why, but when I heard Ah Jiu speak like this, Hualou also cried. There are many people who love each other in this world, and there are many who can't be together again, but there are not many people who are as obsessed as Ah Jiu, and those who are as cruel as Xuan Ruo There were not many people, she felt distressed, and felt sorry for the girl in her arms.

"You said, we are not normal people with the same cold body, can I save you?" After Hua Lou finished speaking, he pulled out the long sword on Ajiu's back, and cut through the palm of her hand in an instant. Bright red blood gushed out.

Both Ah Jiu and Ru Yang looked at Hua Lou in astonishment, Hua Lou slowly put his hand to Ah Jiu's mouth, Ah Jiu just looked at Hua Lou like that and said in a deep voice, "Sister, I'm sorry."

"If you really feel sorry for me, don't disappear, stay by my side, and one day you will be able to wait for the person you want to wait for."

That night, when lightning flashed, thunder and rain fell across the city, Ru Yang watched a shocking event happen in front of her eyes. Ah Jiu's hand holding the painting building kept sucking blood, as if she couldn't stop, but in the end she was caught Ru Yang forcibly pulled away before she could react.

Hua Lou lost too much blood, and Ah Jiu had already fallen into a deep sleep. Hua Lou felt that there was a complicated feeling in her heart, especially when Ah Jiu was about to disappear in front of her, there would always be a flash in her mind. Some strange scenes, the red wedding dress was so lively, but she didn't know where the scene came from.

She simply bandaged herself and asked Ru Yang to tidy up the house, and walked out slowly. Inside the corridor, there was only dim light, which seemed insignificant amidst the lightning and thunder.

Hualou just looked at the dark night like this, wondering what he was thinking, Donghua couldn't sleep, so he walked out slowly, just in time to see Hualou sitting on the ground of the corridor, her expression was a little lonely, a flash of lightning It flashed, and it happened to shine on her face, which was pale and bloodless, like a dead person.

Donghua was frightened by the thought in his mind, and quickly walked over to pick her up.

It's just that the place his palm touches is icy cold.

"What's wrong with you?" Donghua asked sharply, and Hualou raised his eyes to look at him. At this moment, his eyes were full of panic.

Hua Lou slightly hooked his lips and replied: "What's wrong?"

"Why is your body so cold?"

Hua Lou frowned slightly, then said, "Because it's cold."

Donghua looked at her like this, and his brows were slightly angry: "This king didn't joke with you, what is wrong with you?"

Hua Lou was taken aback by his roar, and replied in a deep voice: "I just feel uncomfortable in my heart, I am too tired today, I just need to rest."

Donghua's face turned pale when he heard Hualou's words: "What are you talking about, you feel uncomfortable in your heart!"

Hualou smiled faintly: "I'm lying to you, I'm fine, just sleep for a while and I'll be fine."

"You..." Donghua was speechless for a while.

Hua Lou nestled in his arms, and after a long silence, he said, "Donghua, what would you think if I said that I was actually a living dead person in your arms? Didn't you always think that my body temperature was abnormal? ?”

"What did you say!"

Hualou slowly met Donghua's eyes, and said lightly: "Donghua, everything I said to you was not a joke, you heard me clearly, I am not a normal person, should I say something specifically?" I don’t know if it’s the living dead, but that stinky Taoist priest who I killed was right, I’m an evildoer!”

Donghua hugged her tightly, walked into the room slowly without saying a word, Hualou looked at him silently, with a mocking wry smile on his mouth, he could accept Shen Hualou's body, but Can't accept that Qianji is not an ordinary person?
"It's wrong, everything is wrong." Finally, when Donghua murmured a word in his stomach, the words were slightly choked.

"It's wrong, it's been wrong from the very beginning, Donghua, why do you think people are so obsessed with things that don't belong to them?" Hua Lou may have sent it because of Ah Jiu's incident, but also slowly remembered the former self.

Donghua looked at her, and held each other tightly in distress: "Don't you understand until now?"

"I don't know."

"Too persistent. At first, I wanted to own and love her, and then it gradually became a guardian. In the end, it gradually became a habit. When you get used to it, maybe you already Can't do without." Donghua spoke very slowly, Hualou's tears flowed down slowly, she closed her eyes, but tears slowly overflowed from her eye sockets.

It seems that it is really like what he said, the more time passes, the more you don’t want to let go, and you don’t want to let go, that’s why it’s so painful, whether it’s love or hate, it seems to be like this.

That night, Donghua sat with her in his arms like this all night, and Hualou fell into a deep sleep like this, maybe it was just like what she said she was too tired, and she lost blood, just like this in Donghua fell asleep in his arms.

What Hualou didn't know was that Donghua cried after she fell asleep. This was the first time Donghua cried in his life. When he was upstairs, his tears didn't fall, but the circles around his eyes were red.

Looking at Shen Hualou who was sleeping, he felt pain all over his body, the pain was like being stabbed on the apex of his heart one by one, and he couldn't pull it out no matter what, he could only block the pain like this.

When he woke up, it was already dawn, and when Hualou opened his eyes, he still saw Donghua's unchanging face, but the environment changed a bit.

"Are we on the way?" Hualou asked.

Donghua looked at her and said, "Well, we've come a long way."

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

"It's because you slept too deeply, do you still blame me for not waking you up?" After Donghua finished speaking lightly, Hualou quickly got up and came to the curtain of the carriage first, only to see Ru Yang riding along with Ah Jiudu On the horse, walking in front, seeing that her face is not bad, Hua Lou is also slightly relieved.

Although she didn't understand why her own blood could save Ah Jiu, as long as Ah Jiu was well, there was nothing to investigate.

Hualou curled her lips slightly, while Donghua's eyes were always on her.

"What's wrong? Look at me like that?"

"What did you say?" Donghua asked casually.

Hualou pouted and said, "Oh, it's all right."

Sitting in the carriage was bumpy all the way. Donghua never told Hualou that in order to chase her back, Donghe had already sent out the most personal hidden guard who had never shown himself before. Wei stopped him, this journey was not because of danger or not.

In many respects, Donghua actually knows about Hualou.

When Hualou and the others arrived at the city, it was already the evening of the fourth day, and there was a mess everywhere, and even the bodies of dead people could be seen in the muddy sewage, and Hualou's whole heart was gripped.
(End of this chapter)