Fengming Emperor Pavilion

Chapter 62 Xu Qing I Chang'an

At that moment, Shen Hualou's whole body collapsed. She had endured it for so long, and at that moment, she really hit her bottom line.

Growing up, Dongchen saw Shen Hualou crying for the first time. She was punished to kneel on the ice for three days and three nights many years ago. She refused to admit that she was wrong. She felt distressed, but she didn't cry, not a single tear fell.

In the year when the queen mother died, she was very sad. She was hangover outside the palace for a long time, but she didn't cry.

The year she lost her legs, she couldn't even stand up with crutches. They saw her miserable, so she threw down the crutches in her hand and drove them all away. But a month later, she tidied herself up. , sat in a wheelchair, and walked out again. At that time, she didn't cry.

In the year she had no child, he still didn't see her tears and breakdown.

Dong Chen wondered if he cried at the moment when he was drugged, when Dong He said to give her a ride?

He didn't know, did he cry at the moment when Donghe said the cramp?

But at this moment, Shen Hualou cried like a child.

Shen Hualou said that tears are exclusive to the weak. In fact, Dong Chen wants to say that tears are exclusive to women. In comparison, women are more emotional and it is normal to shed tears.

Dongchen sat here and stayed with the painting building until late at night.

Wake up tomorrow, and it might still be snowing, or it might just be another sunny day.

Whether Hualou will return to the palace or leave, everything can only be said after she wakes up.

After crying, she seemed to be asleep. The sound of steady breathing sounded in the silent room, and Dong Chen walked out of the room.

The moment Dongchen closed the door, Hualou's eyes slowly opened. When the annual rings of the years are turning round and round, half of this life has passed.

In the dark night, she vaguely heard someone singing a cappella, the voice was ethereal and melodious.

Who watches for whom becomes an eternal monument, and who for whom condenses into a thousand-year-old tear.

Who guards the sea to the mulberry field for whom, and who waits the night for the day.

Who boiled the blue hair into white hair for whom, and spent youth into flowers for whom.

Who made someone laugh, who made someone cry, who held whose hand, who married whom?
It doesn't matter who is who's who, whether you know the answer or not, don't force yourself to be who's who!

In the last life, she was to help him dominate the world, but in this life, she was to kill him!

At this time, Shen Hualou hadn't noticed it yet, no matter what, she still lived around Donghe for another life.

She was lying on the bed, with the small lattice windows showing through. At this time, the outside was a vast expanse of whiteness, and the entire imperial capital was covered by the sudden heavy snow.

The little prince died without warning.

In her ears, she could vaguely hear Rong Xi's mournful cry.

Just like her in that year, it seemed that there was nothing in just a moment, and after waking up, no one could make up for all the emptiness.

Dong Chen didn't sleep. He was playing the piano in the pavilion in such a cold and snowy day.

Hualou got up slowly, opened the door and walked out. After crying, she was still Qianji, just like she was just possessed, really just possessed.

The ups and downs of this imperial capital are like the flowers scattered by a goddess. The plum blossoms on Dongchen's mansion bloomed. Because of this heavy snow, it seemed that all the red plums bloomed in such an instant.

Surrounding the pavilion, red and white contrast each other, so beautiful that it is bloodthirsty.

The heavy snow has stopped, and what is left now is just a little snow like a cow's hair, pattering like a patter.

She was standing in the forest of red plums, and Dong Chen was sitting under the pavilion at the moment, her slender fingertips slightly touched the white snow, a burst of cold hit every pore of her body, and the faint fragrance of red plums floated.

After the encounter that day, Hualou heard that Dong Chen had gone to the mass grave to look for her, but he couldn't find her. Hualou wanted to say that even if she was found, it would have rotted into a pile of bones by now, but she knew that the fact is, She didn't turn into a pile of bones, but in Donghua's mansion, and Donghua still wanted to resurrect her.

However, Hualou didn't know how to say such words to Dongchen. It's better not to say it. If Qianji is destined to never come back to life, and she can't return to her body, it will be like this for so long. The shifted path continues like this.

Hualou has never seen what her body looks like after death, but she knows that the one that has been burned by the fire is probably beyond recognition.

Donghe, Donghe, this person she loves to the extreme, will give her the extreme pain of death in the end.

Dongchen's Mei Lin was set up in a ecstasy formation, and she couldn't get in no matter what she was feeling at the moment.

She stood far outside, and Dong Chen's purple figure disappeared in an instant.

And the moment she was in a trance, she woke up again, already in the grove of red plums, and a large memory came from her mind.

Dongchen and she used to stand outside here, and Dongchen said, "Hualou, let's see who goes through this forest first, shall we?"

Hua Lou looked up at him, and replied, "Compared to what?"

"It's up to you to choose, as long as I have it."

She smiled slightly: "You said, don't go back on your word."

"A real man keeps his word." After Dong Chen's words fell, neither she nor he left Mei Lin.

The ecstasy array requires a person's mind to be clear of distracting thoughts, and also to have firm willpower. Otherwise, if you go in, if the distracting thoughts in your heart are too deep, everything inside can become a weapon to attack you, and you will be powerless to parry. If the illusion inside confuses you, then you also cannot get out.

That time, Hualou came out, and Dong Chen also came out, but both of them were seriously injured.

Hualou thought to himself, he likes to make mistakes for himself, he set up this ecstasy formation himself, he can completely avoid going through it like this, but he did it.

That time, the painting building was attacked by countless petals inside, and when it came out, there were many fine scars on its body, and the phantom inside was so beautiful that she didn't want to come out.

Hualou never told Dongchen what kind of phantom she had seen. She fantasized that Donghe would rule the world, and she would also be the mother of the world. They had a pair of lovely children. In the phantom, her legs were healed.

Dongchen gave her a dream for the future, which is so beautiful.

When Merlin came out, the corner of her mouth was smiling, but she was sitting in a wheelchair.

At this moment, she also strayed into Merlin, but last time she was sitting, this time she was standing, she was disturbed by memories, her heart was full of distracting thoughts, how could it be possible for her to be pure?She still hates it so much!So hate!
When the red petals were flying, all attacking the foreign intruders, Hualou sat quietly on the ground, and the white snow around her was also flying, red and white, shooting down the petals that were attacking her, and the red petals fell to the ground one after another. She wanted to fight back with breathlessness , otherwise it will only become more and more powerful. Gradually, a red and white formation is formed. The painting building twists countless pieces of red plums, and finds the breakthrough of the ecstasy formation. A crisp voice sounds: Break! "

Accompanied by her slamming words, Merlin moved one after another, giving way to a long road. She walked forward slowly, and the petals and snowflakes behind her fell to the ground one after another, forming a sea of ​​flowers on the ground. The purple figure stood there quietly, with ink-like eyes, hair fluttering in the wind, clothes fluttering, and Hualou's gaze became deeper and deeper.

A wisp of voice slowly drifted past my ears, and instantly drifted away with the wind: "If you are in a painting, the country will lose its color."

Hualou watched her lips rise and fall, and she actually said such a sentence. She vaguely remembered that many years ago, Dongchen practiced sword here, and she also said the same words: "If you When it enters the painting, the country loses its color."

That's right, he is a prince, and he should be like those ordinary people, running around the court and fighting for power and profit, but he is light-hearted, with a white brocade robe and a beautiful long sword.

Hualou closed his eyes heavily, and finally smiled with broken eyes. Dongchen in front of him walked step by step, with a smile on his mouth, warm and eye-catching, as if he was meditating on heaven and man, and did not allow the world to blaspheme.

She returned to normal, looked at Dong Chen and said, "You have wasted my great petals."

Dong Chen said, "Turn back."

Hualou listened to her words, and looked back slowly, those peach forests behind her were moved into a heart-shaped formation, and the road she walked was a sea of ​​flowers, converging into a heart-warming word .

"May love be fearless, and Xu Qing will be safe forever."

Hualou froze in place, tears welling up in his eyes.

One life of Chang'an, the one life of Chang'an she wants is not so easy. It took her whole life to get it in her previous life, but in the end it was just a dream.

This time, she will never have any extravagant hopes for it.

Hua Lou slowly raised his head, swallowed back the tears in his heart, and said slowly with a smile: "Fourth brother, now I just wait for the world to comfort me, that's enough."

Dong Chen looked at her faint expression, as if there were thousands of imperial gifts stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a thousand words. After a long time, he nodded and said, "Let's go, there are people waiting for you outside."

She took that step, let the vows behind her be blown away by the wind, let all the tenderness be covered by indifference, she, Yan Ran, how could she have extravagant hopes, how could she become a burden to everyone?Being able to give her the last company is already her last selfishness.

The wind blew past, blowing away the memory, but brought a voice that seemed to be from another world. Marrying ten miles of red makeup, Xu Qing lived in Changan. It was her dust that settled.

Just looking at the present, the years are empty, the vows are empty, and those years that have passed, she has already been covered with scars, countless times, she can only tell herself that when it happens again, she will never be soft-hearted.

"Painting building." Dong Chen, who was walking by her side, suddenly called her softly, interrupting all her thoughts.

"Ah."

"Tell me, how can we practice to achieve the best of both worlds in life?"

Hearing the sound, Hualou suddenly felt sour and unbearable, but still showed a faint smile: "Fourth, you asked the wrong person. I used to think that if it is not good, it means that the time has not yet come. I have been waiting with hope." , I will always wait for what you want, but later, slowly, I will never wait again. "

Dongchen's mind is very simple, he just hopes that Hualou will take this opportunity to leave, but it is obviously impossible.

Lu Yi is waiting outside the mansion. He will finally bring Hualou back to the palace. Is she Shen Hualou or is she possessed?Donghe will definitely check clearly and clearly.

But at the same time, there was someone waiting for her at the back door, it was Donghua.

When Hualou walked out of Merlin, he said: "I borrow your room to sleep, I haven't had a peaceful sleep for a long time."

"Go, sweet dream." Dongchen stopped, watched her go back into the house, turned around and walked towards the door, Lu Yi knew that Dongchen had found him, so he didn't hide when he thought about it, he was frank He watched Dong Chen come out of the house.

He stood at the door, wearing a red and black palace uniform of the Forbidden Army, his hands and feet were cold.

Dong Chen's face was ugly, and his eyes were full of hostility.

"Come in." When Dong Chen was talking, he hesitated slightly. He thought that Dong Chen would not talk to him.

He was slightly taken aback, and only heard Dong Chen say: "What are you doing so awkwardly? Did you not hear me or something when I let you in?"

"Thank you, Fourth Prince." Lu Yi said, but his footsteps did not move. Dong Chen turned around and was about to close the door, but saw that Lu Yi didn't follow him up. Dong Chen frowned slightly, turned around and saw that he was still standing where he was, Somewhat unsatisfactory.

He rushed out of the door in an instant, pointing the long sword at Lu Yi.

Dong Chen's sudden attack surprised Lu Yi, but he was taken aback for a moment, and he didn't fight back, but quickly retreated far away. If he didn't dodge, he might have died under Dong Chen's sword.

"Aren't you stubborn? Why are you still hiding!" Dong Chen's words were a little cold in the dark night.

Maybe that's why, Lu Yi's face finally loosened a bit: "I'm sorry!"

Dong Chen withdrew the sword in his hand, looked at Lu Yi with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, it's like sending me away, and I'm too cheap."

Lu Yi was not afraid of death and said, "Did Fourth Master forget Miss Fourth's famous words?"

Dongchen frowned tightly, and didn't say anything for a long time. When he mentioned Shen Hualou, Lu Yi also had no intention of mentioning it. He just mentioned it in passing. Dongchen once said such words, and sent me away with a single sorry. , Isn't it too cheap.

Shen Hualou replied that his words were as follows: "Fourth, the housekeeper went out to buy things today, and when he came back, he was very happy to tell me that the price of pork was reduced, so he bought some more! Do you want to eat pork stew tonight?" ?”

Dong Chen's face turned dark at the time, but Dong He, who had always been unsmiling, burst out laughing. The most interesting thing was not this, of course, some people said very unpromisingly: "Eat!"

Immediately, everyone burst into laughter. In the eyes of outsiders, everyone is different. It seems that if you want to see Dong Chen laughing like this, you can only do it when Shen Hualou is around.

At that time, they were still so happy. The meaning of Hualou is that the price of pork is only at this price!
Hualou's mouth is not forgiving, but his heart is still very good.

At least a few of them often ate and drank at Shen Hualou, not often, but 30 days a month.

She had never been kicked out with a broom, but half of her monthly salary was taken away by Shen Hualou before she got it!
Lu Yi laughed a little thinking about it, especially Dong Chen, who was often the target of robbery by Shen Hualou.

Thinking of those times, both of them were a little silent.

Dong Chen said coldly: "Let's go into the room and chat."

Lu Yi didn't speak, and followed Dong Chen into the house.

Dong Chen brought hot tea and said, "Drink to warm her body, she is asleep, you can take her back tomorrow."

"Did you bring her back because she looks like Miss Fourth?" Lu Yi asked while drinking tea.

Dongchen was silent for a long time, without directly answering his question, he said in a deep voice, "Do you know the day Hualou died?"

Lu Yi held the teacup and put it down tightly, Dong Chen's thoughts sank: "You definitely don't know, if you know, you will definitely persuade her and help her."

"The day before the late emperor passed away, I told Miss Fourth that all the hard work had finally come to an end. At that time, her eyes were filled with excited smiles. I also expected her to go up to the Jiuzhong Palace with the emperor and look down at the world. It was only after I went home that day. , my father said he was very happy and wanted to have a drink with me, not only did I miss the emperor's enthronement, but also, I didn't find the fourth lady, so I disappeared!" Lu Yi's words seemed too superficial, but that was the truth, Dong After He ascended the throne, their relationship became more like a monarch and a minister. Even if they shared weal and woe, as long as he crossed the threshold a little bit, he would definitely die without a place to bury him.

Nothing else, maybe he had no intention of it, but an emperor, he might think you are proud of you!You hold yourself high!All in all, you are powerless to argue that all your fate is in the hands of that person.

He admitted that he had approached Shen Hualou privately, but to no avail, and was stopped by his father.

There are more than a hundred members of the Lu family, and they cannot be buried with the whole family just because he is alone.

At the beginning, he was puzzled, why did it become like this overnight?
But then Lu Bai still told him the cruelest thing, a fact that he knew all along but didn't want to admit.

"Ayi, you are the only man in our Lu family. In the future, when my father gets old, the whole family will be handed over to you for injury. It is your responsibility. To be honest, my father admires the fourth son of the Shen family very much. Countless men are not as good as her. But the mistake is that she is not only assisting the prince, but also the princess, which is doomed to her fate. In fact, the words that Prince An said all the time are very reasonable. If he dies, he lives, and Shen Hualou can live longer." His father spoke very slowly at that time, and his words were full of regrets, but Shen Hualou was too young to see clearly.

"why?"

"Because of using it!" Lu Bai's words pierced his heart deeply, and he froze there. Thinking of the dim candlelight in the room at that time, he only felt that there was darkness, as if there was no light at all.

"Father, they are always a married couple!"

After Lu Yi finished speaking, his father looked at him and said in a cold voice: "The royal family is ruthless. If you want to go on, you have to recognize the situation. Don't look at the truth, don't talk about the relationship between husband and wife, father and son That's all! It's probably clear whether Shen Hualou is dead or alive now, so don't investigate this matter any more, and wait for someone to come back to investigate one day."

"Who?"

"Fourth Prince!" At that time, Lu Yi still didn't understand what his father meant by his half-covered words. Dong Chen would come back to check, yes, Shen Hualou died, and Dong Chen would definitely not stand idly by.

Thinking of this, Lu Yi's heart was a little cold. Could it be that Donghe couldn't see what his father saw clearly?So, sending him to monitor Dongchen is an indifferent order?Or a deliberate arrangement?

Lu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and Dong Chen picked up a cup of tea and said, "The old man sees it very clearly."

"Yes, but I am too useless." After Lu Yi finished speaking, Dong Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I also see clearly. If I didn't see clearly, I would definitely not have left for so many years."

"Then why come back?"

"Passing by, I feel that the plum blossoms in the mansion have bloomed season after season, and I want to come back for a winter." After Dong Chen finished speaking, Lu Yi's mind sank.

She opened her lips and said, "Is she really possessed by Hualou?"

"Maybe, maybe not." Dong Chen's answer was ambiguous, and he was afraid that telling Lu Yi directly would hurt him instead.

"I was behind me at the time. You should bring her back to me. If you brought her, I'm afraid he will be paranoid instead."

The red candle in the room was burning and made a sizzling sound. After being silent, Dong Chen replied, "That's his business."

"Fourth Master, are we still brothers?" Lu Yi asked.

Dong Chen raised his eyebrows: "What do you think?"

Lu Yi laughed, and said after a long time: "When the first emperor died, he only gave the emperor a plate of tiger charms, and could only mobilize less than half of the soldiers and horses. This matter has always been a thorn in the emperor's heart."

"He thinks that half of the Tiger Talisman is with me?"

Lu Yi was silent, and Dong Chen was silent. Tonight was just the beginning, and all the chaos seemed to have just begun. Will blood irrigate the road of thorns in the future, or is it safe and sound?Seems to be predictable.

The two chatted in the dim light, and stopped talking about those heavy words. In fact, both of them had reached the age of starting a family, but they didn't see each other right.

Dong Chen asked: "The old man must have forced you to get married too. If it suits you, let's get married."

"I'll talk about it later." Lu Yi replied.

Dong Chen was silent for a moment, and then said: "Whether you can get through this winter safely is another matter, so don't make the old man worry too much."

"Isn't it all here?"

Dong Chen put down the teacup and said in a cold voice, "It's not that you're here, it's just the beginning."

Looking at Dong Chen's expression, Lu Yi asked, "Is she from you?"

This she, of course, is the court lady Qianji.

"No." Dong Chen was silent for a moment and said: "I don't know exactly what happened tonight, I chased it out just to ask, but she had fainted, so I brought her back. "

"Her identity is a mystery, and she touched him again and again, but she saved herself from danger. Also, she and Zhou Wei seem to have some kind of relationship." After Lu Yi finished speaking, Dong Chen also laughed.

"It's not that she has some relationship with Zhou Wei, it's that Zhou Wei also thinks they are similar. I didn't shoot because I thought she looked like Hualou, but because I thought she was another Shen Hualou." Dong Chen said After finishing, Lu Yi hesitated for a while, and said after a long time: "But she is still not, she is not good at talking or doing things!"

"That's what you think, time will always prove everything." There was a smile on the corner of Dong Chen's mouth, which made Lu Yi a little unclear.

Lu Yi was a little puzzled, and said, "You mean, let's protect her and see what she will do in the future?"

"Do what you can, and let nature take its course. Being too deliberate is not a good thing for her."

Dong Chen's words echoed in Lu Yi's mind, and he always felt that something was wrong. If Qian Ji was really Dong Chen's person, then he would definitely say it outright. If not, then why did he say he should try his best to protect her?

It seems that nothing can be justified. Since he said that time will prove everything, then he will wait and see.

The other Shen Hualou, the last Shen Hualou helped Donghe, so this one will not help him anymore.

They hadn't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had a lot to say, and they chatted until Yinshi.

Shen Hualou wants to sleep. After dawn, there are still too many things that need to be resolved. She still needs a lot of energy, but she can't fall asleep after tossing and turning. When she closes her eyes, countless overlapping pictures float past her eyes .

The person who suddenly appeared in the house was something she did not expect.

"Since you can't sleep, why do you force yourself to go to sleep?" Donghua's voice sounded in the darkness, and Hualou lay motionless, and did not answer his words.

Tonight, she once again saw Donghua's cruelty and determination.

She wanted the little prince to die, but before she could make a move, the little prince died suddenly. There was no other reason, Donghua had other people in the palace besides her.

Maybe he never believed her, nor did he believe that she would cruelly kill the little prince.

Some people often say that a poor person must have something to hate. Her hate is that her heart is too soft. If you want her to kill Shen Qingqiang and Donghe, she will definitely be able to do it.

But Rong Xi and the little prince were always too innocent, so they complained that Rong Xi became Dong He's concubine, and the little prince was reincarnated as Dong He's child, and all these crimes were caused by Dong He.

"Don't you want to talk? How do you know that Donghe once named Hualou's child Dongchen?" Hearing these two words, Hualou trembled slightly, and remained silent. After a while, he heard Donghua say again : "Don't think that you can escape the past without talking. I was worried that you were not familiar with this palace, but I thought about it carefully, Qianji, you have hidden too many things from me."

Hualou let out a heavy breath, straightened up slowly, and looked at Donghua standing beside the bed in the dark.

"What did I hide from you? There is only benefit but no harm. Since I want to pretend to be Shen Hualou, my premise is to save my life. I am a pawn, lest the master throw it away when he runs away in a hurry, so Always work harder." Hualou's voice revealed a trace of coldness and determination in the dark night.

Donghua smiled slightly: "So, you even found out that there is an ice store under the side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation? Even this king doesn't know that there is a mechanism in the rockery, and there is a road that can lead to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. You owe me an explanation!"

"If the prince doesn't believe me, then find someone else. My best explanation to the prince is that I wasted two chances to save my life and saved the prince's life! The prince remembers to pay me back!"

(End of this chapter)