Chapter 207 I Want to Live for You

After he said this, Huangfu Chengyu turned around and looked over.

Not far away, under a tree, stood a woman in white clothes. She kept wandering around the tree, and even seemed to be muttering something.

The wind blew through her hair, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

Jian Yue's voice trembled a little: "Your Majesty, is that... a ghost?"

Huangfu Chengyu also turned around and looked over. He said to Jian Yue: "There are no ghosts in this world."

Jian Yue's voice was about to waver. He asked, "Then, what is that?"

Huangfu Chengyu walked over directly. The closer he got, the more Jian Yue felt that he seemed to hear the sound of crying and sobbing in the wind. Until Huangfu Chengyu stopped in front of the woman, he opened his lips and called out, "Madam Li."

The woman in white stopped crying.

Huangfu Chengyu said: "It's late at night, you should go back."

Only then did Jian Yue see the face of the crying woman clearly. She should be quite old, with some fine lines at the corners of her eyes. Her hair was tied up with a hairpin. Her black hair was tinged with white and looked a little messy. Her eyes were a little bloodshot. When she looked at people, there was always a feeling of horror in people's hearts. But when she looked at Huangfu Chengyu, she suddenly changed.

"Your Highness?" Nanny Li suddenly murmured, "Your Highness is back?"

Huangfu Chengyu said: "Yes, I'm back."

Nanny Li seemed a little excited. She smiled and said, "That's great. Your Highness is back. The Queen will definitely be happy. Your Highness, please have some candy."

She is very thin and looks like she would fall down if the wind blew.

There is a candy in his hand.

Huangfu Chengyu took it slowly, and Jian Yue asked, "What kind of candy is this?"

"It's candied date candy." Huangfu Chengyu said, "My mother used to love making it and would give it to me every year on my birthday. Later, my nanny would also make it for me and give it to me every year on my birthday."

Huangfu Chengyu ate one and said, "Only mother and nanny can make this kind of candy."

Jian Yue smiled. She didn't expect that the emperor would also like sweet food.

Huangfu Chengyu said to Nanny Li, "It's delicious. Thank you, Nanny."

"As long as Your Highness is happy, as long as Your Highness is happy, I'll go and report to the Queen right away." She stood up a little staggeringly, and then Jian Yue watched her looking for the imperial concubine everywhere, and she almost fell off the stairs. She said in a daze: "Why is the Queen missing, Your Highness... This slave can't find the Queen..."

Huangfu Chengyu stood under the tree and looked at her for a long time without saying a word.

Nanny Li suddenly looked at the tree beside him and smiled a little crazy. She suddenly took a deep breath and shouted in a shrill voice: "The queen is dead! I remember! The queen is dead!"

She rushed forward and was about to hit the tree, but was held back by Huangfu Chengyu.

Jian Yue saw that it was not good, so he knocked the man unconscious and caught him. He said, "Your Majesty, do you want to ask the imperial physician to take a look?"

Huangfu Chengyu shook his head: "No need, Nanny Li has been ill for many years. She usually refuses to talk. She only comes to the courtyard on my mother's birthday, but she only repeats these few questions over and over again. I can't get anything else out of her."

Jian Yue never expected that the nanny who took care of the imperial concubine when she left was still alive.

Huangfu Chengyu said: "I thought about sending Nanny Li away at first, but Nanny Li would never leave here. Once she left, she would go crazy and hurt herself. In the end, I placed her in the backyard of the palace."

Jian Yue looked at the fainted old lady in his arms and said, "She must have been greatly shocked at the time, and she has deep feelings for the Imperial Concubine."

Huangfu Chengyu seemed to be lost in some memories: "She was my mother's dowry nanny. She took care of my mother when she was very young and always treated her as her own daughter."

Jian Yue understood it. This was equivalent to watching his own daughter hang herself. How could he not go crazy?

He sent the person back to the backyard. The entire palace was very quiet. There were palace maids and eunuchs taking care of Nanny Li in the backyard, but both of them seemed to have been knocked unconscious. Jian Yue simply settled the two of them down.

When he was moving people, his waist was injured and he needed to use more strength. Huangfu Chengyu stopped his hand and said, "I'll do it."

Jian Yue saw him pick up the person easily and place him on the bed not far away. He was the emperor, but it seemed natural for him to do such things.

"Madame Li has taken care of me since I was a child." Huangfu Chengyu said, "Even though she has gone mad, I will also let her live in peace for the rest of her life."

Jian Yue stood at the door and said, "Mammy will definitely get better."

Huangfu Chengyu turned around and walked out. He said, "Her illness is a mental illness."

Jian Yue was silent for a moment without refutation. The two walked to the steps in front of the hall. Huangfu Chengyu sat down on the steps and Jian Yue sat beside him. They both looked up and saw the moon in the sky.

The silent moonlight illuminates the sky and earth.

The tree with a swing not far away stood quietly in the yard. It turned out that the tree was the tree where the imperial concubine hanged herself.

Jian Yue looked at the tree for a moment, then asked, "Your Majesty, have you heard a story?"

Huangfu Chengyu asked: "What story?"

Jian Yue said: "It means that if a person leaves, he will become a star in the sky to protect his loved ones."

Huangfu Chengyu looked up at the sky. The moon was very bright, and not many stars could be seen. He could only vaguely see a few dim lights. He said, "Mother probably doesn't want to see me like this, covered in blood and accomplishing nothing."

"No." Jian Yue said: "Although I have never seen my mother, I know that mothers all over the world love their children very deeply. If the imperial concubine saw Your Majesty like this now, she would only be very proud and distressed."

Huangfu Chengyu asked: "Really?"

Jian Yue nodded, and he suddenly thought: "Your Majesty, there is a custom in our hometown for celebrating birthdays. The birthday star is the most important. On the birthday of the birthday star, you can make a wish, and the wish will come true!"

Huangfu Chengyu looked at Jian Yue's bright eyes, but he didn't feel happy. A faint smile appeared on the handsome face of the man, but he refused and said calmly: "My birthday is my mother's death anniversary. If it weren't for me, my mother wouldn't have died on this day. I don't have the face to make a wish to her."

Jian Yue was silent. In such silence, he slowly raised his hand and held Huangfu Chengyu's hand.

"Your Majesty, do you know that my birthday will be coming soon?" Jian Yue said, "Then I will give my chance to make a wish to Your Majesty."

Huangfu Chengyu was stunned.

He glanced sideways and met Jian Yue's dark and bright eyes. Jian Yue looked at him with a smile, her eyes sparkling and clearly reflecting Huangfu Chengyu's reflection. Huangfu Chengyu had always known and understood that his little eunuch was a timid, money-loving, a little clever, greedy and a little lustful person.

But this is the kind of person who, although timid, is willing to risk his life for himself.

He is greedy for money and has a clever mind. He seems to be the most selfish person, but he is willing to give the chance to make a wish to himself. He could obviously use the chance to wish for a better and broader future, but he didn't. He just gave this opportunity to himself.

Huangfu Chengyu said slowly: "I don't need you to give way."

Jian Yue was stunned.

Huangfu Chengyu raised his hand and slowly tucked the scattered hair around Jian Yue's eyebrows behind his ears, then whispered: "What I want, I will get with my own hands, and your wish is left to you."

Jian Yue's heart trembled slightly, and he lowered his eyes. Huangfu Chengyu saw him clasping his hands together, looking at the bright moon and clear sky, and then said: "My wish is that Your Majesty can live well."

Huangfu Chengyu's eyes widened.

Jian Yue looked at him in the night wind, smiled gently, and said, "This is my wish."

Huangfu Chengyu looked at him without saying anything.

Just as Jian Yue was about to speak, a "gurgling" sound suddenly rang out in the silent night. Jian Yue reacted and felt a little embarrassed. He said, "Your Majesty, I'm hungry."

I had said I wanted to eat when I woke up in the afternoon, but after experiencing so many things in the evening, I completely forgot about eating!

Huangfu Chengyu took his hand and stood up: "Let's go."

Jian Yue said: "This place is very close to the imperial kitchen. It's too far to go back. I asked Xiao Yanzi and the others to prepare the meal a long time ago. Let's go directly to the small kitchen to eat."

Under the cover of night, Jian Yue pulled Huangfu Chengyu across the garden to the small kitchen. The imperial kitchen was also occupied at night, but the chefs on duty were all resting in the front, and there was no one in the kitchen at the back.

Jian Yue slipped in through the small door at the back.

Huangfu Chengyu never imagined that one day, he would have to steal food like a thief in his own palace. Jian Yue brought out the bowl of warm noodles with very small movements.

Jian Yue said: "It's hot and just delicious."

Huangfu Chengyu asked: "Noodles?"

"Yes, longevity noodles." Jian Yue held the bowl and said, "There is a custom in our hometown that the birthday person must eat longevity noodles on his birthday."

Huangfu Chengyu looked at the bowl of noodles in front of him. He wanted to laugh. He was a short-lived person, but he was eating longevity noodles. Jian Yue poked it with chopsticks and said, "The noodles seem a little soft."

"No, it's not chewy enough." Jian Yue said, "It is said that longevity noodles need to be chewy and longer to be good. I'll go get another bowl."

Huangfu Chengyu wanted to stop him.

Jian Yue had already stood up and walked back to the kitchen, wanting to find some noodles again. Huangfu Chengyu stopped him and heard the rumbling sound of Jian Yue's stomach. This man was obviously so hungry, but he was still thinking about himself. He even left the meal in front of him and still wanted to make himself eat better longevity noodles.

Huangfu Chengyu held his hand and said, "No need, just eat from the bowl."

Jian Yue was dragged by him to the small room next to him. This room was very simple and should be a corner room for people to rest. Huangfu Chengyu sat down and took clean bowls and chopsticks and put them on the table and said, "Let's eat together."

Huangfu Chengyu picked up the noodles and put them into the bowl, then lowered his head and took a bite seriously.

Jian Yue didn't expect that he would actually eat this bowl of lumpy noodles. Huangfu Chengyu even looked up at him after taking a few bites and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

"No." Jian Yue shook his head gently. He said softly, "I just didn't expect that Your Majesty would really want to eat it."

Huangfu Chengyu held the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Jian Yue and said, "I didn't want to eat it at first. From childhood to adulthood, I don't believe in ghosts and gods, nor do I believe in fate."

Jian Yue was about to speak.

"However." Huangfu Chengyu looked at Jian Yue and said, "Just now, I am willing to believe it. I want to live longer."

His words fell quietly.

The bright moonlight outside poured in through the window and fell on people. The moonlight was quiet and soft, as if it could melt the hard ice. The iceberg in front of Jian Yue, which had been solid, indestructible and immovable before, slowly finally revealed a side that was not easily shown to others.

"I want to live." Huangfu Chengyu said, "For you."

*

night.

Inside the main hall.

There was another urgent message coming from the border. The emperor had already returned to the imperial study to deal with the urgent matter. Huangfu Chengyu took into consideration that Jian Yue still needed to recover from his injuries, so he asked him to go back and rest first and let Xiao Yanzi take over.

Jian Yue had no time to stay there, so he went straight back to the imperial concubine's courtyard.

The time-limited task required him to find the imperial concubine's relics. Jian Yue pushed open the door and walked into the palace along the memorized route. The whole courtyard was still very quiet. There was no wind in the yard, but the swing under the tree was moving automatically without wind, as if someone was sitting on it playing. The swing creaked, making the prickly sound of old wood, which seemed to grind on people's hearts in the silent night.

Jian Yue was so scared that her legs went limp. She clasped her hands together and started mumbling, "My Lady Concubine, please don't blame me for bothering me. I am doing this for the Xue family. If not for the Xue family, please do it for your son. We are all family now. Please let me go!"

The swing stopped shaking instantly.

Jian Yue:?

Audience in the live broadcast room:?

The audience really burst out laughing:

"Butler Wang, aren't you accepting the change in your identity too quickly?"

"Hahaha, don't worry about it as long as it's useful."

"The wedding hasn't even taken place yet, but the parents and elders have all met, Steward Wang!"

Jian Yue heaved a sigh of relief and walked into the palace. Most of the things in there were there, so he became bolder and started looking. The light in the room was a little dim, and he rummaged through the cabinets everywhere, even the bed, but he didn't find anything useful. Instead, he broke into a sweat.

"Are there any so-called relics?" Jian Yue collapsed on the ground in exhaustion, gasping for breath: "I have searched the entire hall thoroughly."

The palace was unusually quiet.

Jian Yue's waist was aching from the injury. He searched the whole house but couldn't find anything else. He simply lay on the ground. The time limit for the task was very short. If he couldn't find anything tonight, the task would fail.

But he searched the whole house and couldn't find anything wrong.

Just when Jian Yue was about to give up, he suddenly stopped, because the moonlight poured in from outside, casting a shadow on the ground. The shadow was standing outside the window with long hair. The sudden appearance of such a shadow in the quiet night frightened people so much that their whole body froze.

He looked up.

Then he saw the figure by the window slowly turning his head to look at him. The two people looked at each other, but there was only a thin layer of window between them.

In an instant.

Jian Yue felt a boundless chill.

"Who's in there?" It was Li Ma's voice. She said slowly, "Who's in there?"

The voice was spoken slowly and gently, and coming out of her somewhat choked throat it sounded as harsh as a dead branch in the ears, but it also carried an endless chill. It was different from the crazy words she spoke under the tree when Huangfu Chengyu was there. Now Nanny Li spoke calmly, yet there was a sense of calmness that made people feel a little frightened.

Jian Yue's heart trembled inexplicably, and his gaze moved to the bottom of the window, but he found that Nanny Li was not standing there at all. Her head was close to the window in a very twisted posture, as if she had turned her entire head ninety degrees and was sticking her scarlet eyes tightly to the window!

The audience in the live broadcast room also screamed:

“Is this still a living person?”

"A living person's brain can't turn this arc."

"Sure enough, there are no living people in this copy!"

"It's a horror dungeon."

Jian Yue's heart tightened. He used all his self-control to finally suppress his trembling voice that wanted to change its tone, and said, "It's me."

"Who are you?" Nanny Li's voice was distorted again and she lowered her head even closer, as if this was the last time she asked her and she would break into the window in the next second!

Jian Yue only felt that the surroundings seemed to be colder, and there seemed to be a bloody smell in the air.

He suddenly realized that Nanny Li was asking him for an answer. If he answered wrongly, it would trigger a condition that would allow her to kill someone. Although his answer just now was also wrong, because it was not very specific, Nanny Li asked again!

This is only the last chance!

Jian Yue was already sweating all over, and felt that death was approaching.

"Answer me..." Nanny Li waited for a long time without getting a response, her voice became a little sharp, her dry voice was filled with anger: "Why don't you speak!"

"Bang!"

She opened the window forcefully.

Nanny Li climbed up along the window with a twisted posture. She cursed, "Who is it? Who dares to trespass into the queen's bedroom? I will kill you. I will kill you..."

The person with the bloodshot eyes has no consciousness at all.

But he was stunned when he climbed in.

The house was silent and empty, with only the window leading to the yard open. She realized that someone had run away, and when she turned around, she saw a man standing under the tree.

The man was wearing a white robe and standing under the swing with his long hair loose.

Nanny Li suddenly paused. Under the moonlight, she looked at the person sitting on the swing and suddenly murmured, "Madam...Madam?"

Jian Yue breathed a sigh of relief when he heard her words.

The last time when Nanny Li was wandering under the tree in white clothes, he was wondering why she was wearing white clothes. Was it because she had seen someone wearing white clothes standing under the tree before?

Anyway, it's a matter of life and death, so why not give it a try.

Moreover, Jian Yue was still betting that the ghost of the imperial concubine under the swing would protect him once for the sake of Huangfu Chengyu and would cause Nanny Li to have some hallucinations. Unexpectedly, he made the right bet.

A mother's love for her son will really make her love him or her whole family as well.

Jian Yue breathed a sigh of relief. He spoke to Madam Li, and after he spoke in a softer voice, he said, "Madam Li, what are you doing?"

Nanny Li was so frightened that her head returned to its normal arc. She quickly knelt down and said, "Madam! Madam, I am guarding the palace according to your orders. I have never forgotten you for a single moment during your absence!"

Jian Yue said: "That's good, none of my things are lost, right?"

Madam Li said proudly, "Don't worry, madam. I haven't told anyone about the relics buried under the tree swing that you asked me to look after. I have been watching them carefully!"

Jian Yue coughed lightly and said, "You did a good job, Madam Li."

The audience in the live broadcast room almost burst out laughing when they saw this scene:

"Butler Wang, you?"

"Just keep on fooling around."

"Madame Li would be devastated if she knew the truth!"

Jian Yue then said, "Okay, Madam Li, you can go back and rest. I want to be alone for a while."

Nanny Li hesitated for a moment, but she did not dare to disobey the imperial concubine's order. She just felt that she had done her duty and was praised. She immediately said, "Okay, madam, don't worry, I have been helping you to look after His Highness for so many years. I have always fed His Highness the things you asked me to feed him since he was a child!"

Jian Yue's expression suddenly changed, and he asked, "What to eat?"

Nanny Li was surprised and asked, "It's the candied dates. The Queen ordered that it be given to His Highness every year. She said that only in this way can the curse on His Highness' body not fall off. How could the Queen forget it?"

The words fell.

Jian Yue stood there stiffly, looking at Nanny Li, unable to speak.

Just as Nanny Li was about to approach, Jian Yue stopped her and said, "Okay."

In the silent night, his body was trembling slightly.

"You...you go down first." Jian Yue said, "I want to be alone."

Although Nanny Li felt a little strange, she did not dare to disobey the imperial concubine's order and left in the end.

As soon as she leaves.

Jian Yue slowly came back to his senses. What does that mean? Wasn't it the Queen Mother who poisoned him? In fact, it was the Imperial Concubine who poisoned him? !

He immediately exchanged props from the mall and started digging under the tree where Qiu Qian was. While digging, he said to Qiu Qian, "I'm sorry, Concubine. I did this for your son. You have to forgive me!"

He dug for a long time, so long that his waist ached badly and he even suspected that he was bleeding again.

Finally I found a hard box.

When Jian Yue took the box out, he smelled a familiar yet unfamiliar smell. He hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to open the box. There was a lock on the box. The lock locked the box very large and required a special key to open it. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pry the lock open. This proved that the things in the box must be very important.

What is so important that it has to be hidden?

If it was a relic, he should have given it to his only son through a close servant. Why did he choose to bury it under the tree where he hanged himself?

Or is it that this is what you don't want Huangfu Chengyu to see?

Jian Yue studied the keyhole and suddenly felt that it looked familiar. He felt around and found the snake bone he had picked up in the underground palace. He tentatively aligned the snake bone with the keyhole.

Next second.

"Pah"

A crisp sound was heard.

Jian Yue saw that the key was turned and the box could be opened, but he was inexplicably afraid to open the box. An inexplicable intuition told Jian Yue that perhaps the contents of the box would overturn all his previous assumptions and completely change the fate of him and Huangfu Chengyu. If he didn't open it, perhaps he could pretend that he didn't know anything and start over from the old days...

A strange yet familiar smell came from the box.

Jian Yue gritted his teeth and opened the box. When he saw what was inside the box, his eyes widened. Damn, why is it this!