Chu Yeli turned his head, his expression almost frozen on his face.
I can understand each word, but when they are put together, why do they sound so harsh and unfamiliar?
Could it be that he was too tired and had auditory hallucinations?
"What did you say? Say it again."
Cai Ping fell on his face, his face turned pale with fear, and he could not tell whether the emperor was happy or angry, so he stammered:
"Early this morning, when the imperial kitchen staff went to deliver breakfast, they saw the Empress lying on the ground, motionless. They thought something was not right, so they made an exception and went in to check on her. The result... the result..."
There is no breath anymore!
“Nonsense!”
The man shouted,
"I have taken good care of her in Fengyi Palace, how could something go wrong? It must be because you guys didn't serve her well enough!"
Cai Ping said hurriedly:
"Your Majesty, you forgot that you ordered the closure of Fengyi Palace, not allowing anyone to enter or leave, and there is no one to serve the Empress."
"What!"
Chu Yeli's eyes were dazzled and he took two steps back.
"I actually gave such an order... When, when should I..."
No!
Nothing will happen to Xiaojiu!
She was a warrior, tough and intelligent, so she must have been lying to him, just like the cup of poisoned tea, she was testing him and taking revenge on him.
This can't be true!
The man held onto the edge of the table, and just as he steadied himself, he ran out.
"Master!" A Yuli hurriedly chased after him.
Caiping wiped the tears from her face, got up, and hurried to Fengyi Palace.
The palace gate was half open, and the guards were still guarding their original positions, but they all lowered their heads slightly, with suppressed expressions. When they saw the emperor running towards them, they lowered their heads even more, not daring to breathe.
"Xiao Jiu!"
"Xiao Jiu!"
Bang!
Chu Yeli ran over quickly and broke open the palace gate, then saw a thin figure lying on the steps. A night of heavy rain had soaked his clothes, which were sticking to his body, outlining his increasingly thin and frail body. He was resting his arm on his side, with wet hair sticking to his pale cheek.
Close your eyes and be silent.
In that instant, Chu Yeli was struck by lightning. He stood stiffly in place, a mouthful of blood choked in his throat, and he lost his voice.
Xiaojiu...
No……
He staggered a few steps, just approached her, wanted to reach out his hand but didn't dare to touch her.
Her lips, her face, her hands... every part was so pale and dead, like a broken painting that could never be put together again.
A night of heavy rain hit the crabapple trees, leaving them in ruins.
She lay quietly on the steps, exuding a cold and distant aura. She would never look at him with a pair of starry eyes and call him "Fifth Brother" as she used to.
Never again...
The beauty in his childhood memories disappeared in an instant, dragging him into an endless abyss, never to see the light again.
The man staggered a few steps, then fell to his knees.
"Xiaojiu, don't scare me..."
He hurriedly crawled over and held her cold and weak cheek with trembling hands, "Wake up! Wake up! Don't sleep anymore..."
He held her hands, held them in his arms, and tried desperately to warm her with his body temperature.
But no matter how warm it was, she couldn't feel even a little angry.
"Don't sleep, Xiaojiu, I was wrong. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have hit you. I didn't mean it..."
His lips trembled and his words were incoherent.
"You can hit me or scold me if you want, but don't punish me like this, don't do this to me...Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu...wake up, wake up!"
Cai Ping watched this scene and couldn't stop her tears from flowing:
"Your Majesty, the Empress has been saying that she is not feeling well for the past two days, but the guards will not allow me to come in to visit her."
"I just let the queen stay in Fengyi Palace peacefully, and I didn't let the guards imprison her like a prisoner!"
Caiping fell to her knees in fear.
The guards felt their backs stiff and they lowered their heads, fearing that something bad would happen to them.
"The imperial physician also said that without your order, he dared not come to Fengyi Palace to treat the Empress..."
“Asshole!”
The man was furious.
"They're all bastards!"
"I have never punished the Queen. How dare those old men in the Imperial Hospital disrespect the Queen and fail to report such a serious matter to me!"
He's going to kill them all!
Don’t leave any one behind!
Color screen is terrified:
"Your Majesty, we want to report, but...but...you locked yourself in the imperial study. Anyone who came close was severely punished. All those who went to report were driven away by you..."
Chu Yeli was shocked.
W-what…
These days...
He felt as if he was falling into an abyss and his vision was dizzy.
In recent days, he has been locking himself in the imperial study, blocking out everything from the outside world, whether it was eunuchs, palace maids, ministers, official business... everything was blocked out.
So, it was him...
Did he kill Chu Li with his own hands?
The man's face suddenly turned pale. "No...it's not me...it's not..."
He never thought of harming her!
Never!
He didn't know that she was in pain, and he didn't dare to imagine how she must have been suffering and desperate in the heavy rain last night...
"ah!"
Chu Yeli hugged the woman tightly in his arms, and her cold body pulled him, a living man, into hell, to fall into endless suffering.
"ah!!"
Xiaojiu!
He had been chasing after the beauty he wanted to keep for years, but due to a series of coincidences, it was destroyed in his own hands.
This guilt and self-blame will haunt him for the rest of his life and he will never be forgiven.
He didn't mean it!
If he could do it again, he would definitely treat her well with his life, for the rest of his life, and never leave her.
If I could do it again...
Chu Yeli hugged Chu Li tightly, screaming towards the sky in pain, his eyes full of blood, looking so horrible that he was on the verge of collapse and explosion, his chest was full of breath and he spat out a mouthful of blood!
He is wrong!
It's all his fault!
-
The sun is scorching, the birds are singing, and the scenery of the country is beautiful.
The long sword was stuck diagonally into the ground, reflecting a sharp cold light. Chu Dichi took the handkerchief, wiped the blood from between his fingers, and threw it on the ground arrogantly.
Another city was captured.
"I heard that Tuoba Mingyue is on his way back."
King Yin raised his eyes lazily, "Really?"
He didn't take it seriously:
"A person whose mind is filled with sentimentality is not worthy of being my opponent."
Chu Di glanced at him hesitantly: "Then why did you lose to her in the first place?"
"..."
King Yin felt a slight pain in his brain, and some images flashed by rapidly. But when he tried to capture them, he could not remember anything.
Why?
Why did he lose in the first place?
Could it be that he also failed in love?
absurd!
He has never married or had a concubine, so how can he have such romantic feelings?
A black eagle flapped its wings in the air and flew past. Its sharp cry echoed for miles, scaring away the birds on nearby branches, and it landed steadily on a dead branch.
Chongfeng strode forward and took off the small bamboo tube on his ankle.
Open the note.
His expression suddenly became tense and he subconsciously looked at Chu Dichi who was not far away.
The man's eyebrows jumped, and he felt as if a piece of wood had been pulled out of his heart. He was at a loss, "What did the letter say?"
Chongfeng clutched the note tightly, feeling it weigh a thousand pounds. A few words stuck in his throat, but he dared not say them.
"The letter... the letter..."
Chu Dichi's eyes darkened:
"explain!"
Chong Feng's words were difficult to pronounce: "Master, please accept my condolences..."
-
The death of the queen was a national tragedy and the whole country mourned.
Tianling Temple is a national temple. When the mournful bell was rung, the heavy and mournful atmosphere spread for miles, lingering in the air for a long time.
Buddhist temple.
In the yard, a gentle figure in a cassock was sitting under a tree, fiddling with the chessboard leisurely. The black and white pieces were intertwined in a bloodless fight.
Outside the courtyard, a young monk came over:
"Master Guiyi."
Master Guiyi raised his head. His face was severely burned, without even an eyebrow. It was wrinkled and looked particularly scary, but a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"What's up?"
The young monk put his hands together:
"General Xie sent someone to report that Concubine Wen has passed away. Please go and chant sutras for her soul to rest in peace."
"Dead?"
He was surprised and shocked, "How could he die out of nowhere?"
The young monk thought about it and shook his head again.
He doesn't know either.
When General Xie sent someone over, he only said, "Please invite Master Guiyi," and said nothing else.
"I already know about this, please leave first."
"yes."
Master Guiyi retracted his gaze, twisted a black piece on his fingertips, looked at the chessboard, suddenly raised the corner of his mouth, and placed a piece.
Bang!
Naturally, he had to go and pray for Concubine Wen's soul.
after all……
Concubine Wen raised his daughter herself.
I have no way to repay such a great favor, so I can only send her off personally.
-
The Imperial Palace.
Fengyi Palace was hung with white banners, and green mourning couplets with black characters displayed a mournful atmosphere. The mourning hall was furnished, but it was so quiet that no one dared to enter. Even the palace servants were looking in from afar. There was only a lonely figure leaning against the coffin, sleeping soundly.
The man was wearing a wrinkled brocade robe, his eyelids were dark blue, his eyes were closed, and his dry thin lips were mumbling something anxiously:
“No… No…”
"Xiao Jiu..."
In a dream.
A yellow chasm separated them. He was on one side and Chu Li was on the other.
There were red flowers of the other shore in full bloom, and she was running among the flowers and swinging on the swing.
He wanted to go over, but no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't even get close to the river. He tried his best, but she was still so far away from him.
"Xiaojiu!"
Why didn't she look at him?
She picked a bunch of flowers and ran away laughing.
The red spider lily, the Forgotten River, and further ahead is... the Naihe Bridge.
"No! "
"Don't go over there!"
"Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu!"
He desperately chased after her, "Xiaojiu! Look back at me, don't go!"
Without even looking back, she ran onto the Naihe Bridge.
"Xiao Jiu!"
Chu Yeli suddenly opened his eyes and his hands touched the cold coffin. He was instantly pulled back to reality from the nightmare. But when he saw the wounds in front of him, his eyes immediately turned red and his heart became even more sad.
He dreamed of her.
She went to the Wangchuan River and entered the cycle of reincarnation, and was unwilling to even give him one last look.
That bright and warm woman had really left, far away from him.
Holding onto the cold coffin, the man leaned over it, his shoulders sobbing and crying out in despair.
It seems like he can't keep anything in his life.
Family, friends, lovers...
He has nothing.
"Xiaojiu, tell me, what should I do? Why is life so difficult? What should I do..."
He is so lonely!
Having come this far, I don't even have a single person I can trust around me, as if I have been abandoned by the whole world.
"Chu Yeli!"
No one dared to step into the mourning hall, but an angry figure rushed in.
Without saying a word, he threw a fierce punch.
“You bastard!”
“Hmm!”
Chu Yeli fell to the side, and spat out a mouthful of blood from a cracked mouth.
Oh.
At that time, when he beat Xiaojiu, she must have felt the same pain, right?
It hurts so much...
"You killed her! Give my ninth sister back to me!" Chu Aotian's eyes were bloodshot. He grabbed his collar and punched him again.
"Give me back my ninth sister!"
Chu Li is dead!
She died again!
Chu Aotian walked quickly forward, climbed onto the coffin, looked at the woman lying inside, held her cold hand, touched her pulseless neck, and pressed her heart which was as calm as dead water to prevent her from resurrecting. After confirming that she was dead, he felt even more grief-stricken.
ah!
ah! !
This time he is really dead!
They grew up together and experienced all kinds of things, but had never encountered such a life and death matter. However, in just two years, the ninth sister had suffered countless tortures at the hands of Chu Yeli.
"Chu Yeli, I'm going to kill you! I'm going to make you pay for Ninth Sister's life!"
His eyes turned red with anger and he threw a punch fiercely.
Chu Yeli allowed himself to be knocked to the ground by him without any struggle. The sorrow in his eyes was like a broken and extinguished star, no longer shining.
He fell to the ground.
He was beaten and vomited blood.
Two ribs were broken.
The man seemed unaware of the pain, his pale eyes fixed on the dark and cold golden nanmu coffin.
Xiaojiu...
Chu Aotian beat him up and vented his anger, but the grief was like a surging tide that overwhelmed him. He sat on the ground with his legs spread out, hugged the coffin, and cried bitterly:
"Ninth sister!"
"Ninth sister!"
Without his ninth sister, he had no hope or expectation for the rest of his life.
Even if you make him an emperor, give him three concubines and six courtyards in his harem, and give him more gold, silver and jewelry than he can spend in his lifetime, he will never be happy again!
The wailing sound lingered throughout the Fengyi Palace for a long time.
The palace maids watched from afar and felt compassion and sympathy in their hearts.
The Queen just left like that.
The monk at Tianling Temple was right. The imperial capital has bad feng shui and is an ominous place. If the emperor does not move the capital, there will never be peace.
Jiang Qinxue and the former noble lady Yu got together and happily ate melons:
"The Emperor wanted to promote her, but she herself was not up to the task and was a short-lived ghost who did not enjoy the blessing."
“Tsk tsk.”
"Once she dies, the Eighth Prince and that bastard Jiang Wan will no longer be able to be so arrogant."
"Good death!"
-
A national mourning was declared, but the funeral was held very simply. No one was allowed to enter the palace to pay their respects and disturb the peace. Only Chu Yeli stayed by the coffin without leaving.
From the dawn to the dusk.
From the quiet night to the rising sun.
The man lay on the coffin, his dead eyes unfocused, like a walking corpse, forgetting time, not knowing day or night, as dead as if he had died.
No one dared to enter and disturb.
After an unknown number of days, Cai Ping finally mustered up the courage to say sadly:
"Your Majesty, please let the Queen rest in peace!"
We can't keep guarding like this any longer.
Only when the dead are buried in peace can their souls enter reincarnation and be reborn, and then there will be an afterlife.
"When the Empress was alive, she loved to sit in the courtyard and watch the birds flapping their wings across the sky. She would watch for the whole day. The Empress must have longed to be as free as the birds. Please, Your Majesty, fulfill the Empress's last wish!"
Let’s bury him!
The man's eyes were dead silent for a long time before he opened his dry, cracked lips:
"I dreamed about her..."
His voice was incredibly hoarse.
"I dreamed of her... on the Forgotten River, on the Naihe Bridge. She was about to cross the bridge, and I desperately called out to her..."
Cai Ping's eyes were moist and she couldn't stop the tears from falling.
The Emperor loves the Empress, but unfortunately, the heavens will not allow it, and it is fate that makes people...
"If there is an afterlife, I believe you and the queen will be able to stay together forever."
The man looked gloomy: "Is there an afterlife?"
"Yes, there will definitely be!" Cai Ping's voice choked with sobs, "After a person dies, they cross the Naihe Bridge and enter the reincarnation cycle, and there will be an afterlife. Your Majesty loves the Empress so much, there will definitely be an afterlife!"
When the man heard this, a glimmer of hope gradually appeared in his desolate eyes.
Holding onto the golden nanmu coffin, he climbed up with difficulty and looked at the pale face of the woman who had fallen into deep sleep with pity.
"Xiaojiu, if there is an afterlife, I don't want to live such a miserable life anymore."
"In an ordinary family, parents are safe, lights are warm, and there is a close friend to accompany you, that's enough. In the next life, will we meet again like the geese every year?"
The woman closed her eyes, extremely quiet, and the only answer she gave him was peace.
His eyes were red and his tears had run dry.
"Let me take one last look at you..."
One last look.
She is still as beautiful as she was when she was young, bright like a little sun, shining in all directions.
And that memory will be forever sealed deep in my mind and will never be mentioned again in this life.
Xiaojiu...
I am sorry for you.
In the next life, I will compensate you.
a long time.
Finally, the man was filled with grief and suppressed emotion: "Close the coffin and bury it in my mausoleum."
A hundred years later, the emperor and empress will be buried together in the imperial mausoleum.
Live together and die together.
When I have taken my revenge, I will come find you.
Close the coffin!
The four eunuchs pushed up the coffin lid together, and the woman's face gradually disappeared into the darkness, inch by inch, bit by bit.
Bang——
Until the last tiny gap is covered, and the two are separated forever.
National mourning.
The whole country was in mourning. No one was allowed to get married or have any good fortune for three years. Every household hung white banners to bid farewell to the deceased, and the mournful atmosphere spread for miles.
Buried in the imperial mausoleum.
The mountains and rivers remain the same, and the generations remain unchanged. Chu Yeli stood in the sun, looking at the newly erected tombstone. There was a dead silence in his eyes, and there would never be any light in them again.
He stood there for a long time, looking dull, as if his soul had been taken away.
At dusk, a guard came running over:
"It's bad, Your Majesty, urgent news from the front, the Regent has returned..."
The man's eyes trembled slightly: "Who are you talking about?"
The guard lowered his head in panic: "Regent..."
Chu Yeli seemed to have heard a huge joke.
Oh.
Hahaha!
He is not dead yet!
You are so lucky.
He is back again!
The grudges between them started with Chu Li, and it would never end even though Chu Li had left.
"Did you hear the news and come back to settle the score with me? Oh, when you were alive, you loved each other dearly and sincerely. After you die, it's my turn now..."
If he let go, he wouldn't even be qualified to be buried with Chu Li.
He won't let go.
Being buried with her was his only wish in this life.
"Pass on my oral order, order all checkpoints to be strictly guarded, and do our best to encircle and suppress the rebels."
"yes!"
Xiaojiu, you should sleep well. I will come to accompany you soon.
Chu Yeli gently stroked the name on the tombstone, took a last deep look at it, then turned and left.
The sun sets.
A peaceful place.
The cold imperial mausoleum was shrouded in darkness, with only the sound of wind blowing grass and unknown animals occasionally running by, making the night even more dead silent.
However, a flickering candlelight, like a ghost fire, strangely lit up in the night...
"You stepped on me... Stop pushing me, stay away from me..."
"Brother, this place is so spooky, I'm so scared, this is not an ordinary grave!"
Several figures were sneaking together.
"You, look at this tomb. Doesn't it look like a bunch of ferocious mouths that want to eat us..."
"Shut up!"
The flickering candlelight illuminated several familiar faces.
The one-eyed dragon glared at a pug:
"There are no ghosts in the world, don't scare yourself, do you want to get rich?"
"think……"
"Then follow me. From now on, the eight of us brothers will be legendary figures who have robbed the imperial tomb!"
The one-eyed man gave an order and picked up the hoe.
Start digging!
"Brother, you dug the wrong grave. Miss Xie's grave is over here!"
"…You're so clever."
"Small-eyed dog, you keep the wind."
"clear!"
The eight people divided the work and cooperated, each doing their own job. Finally, after two hours, they dug through the imperial tomb and entered the inner space, which was as vast as an underground palace.
He immediately found the golden nanmu coffin.
quick!
Hammer the nails and open the coffin.
"Thank you, Miss!"
The moment the candle shone into the darkness, the sleeping woman slowly opened her eyes, her pupils were like a pool of stagnant water, without any ripples.
He sat up, stiff and speechless, only his figure was projected on the stone wall by the candlelight, casting a huge shadow, and it was as silent as ice.
Somehow, the eight people felt frightened.
this……
This scene...Why doesn't Miss Xie say anything?
Why does it feel a bit scary?
Is she... already dead?
She, she...
"Miss Xie, are you...are you okay?"
"All the funerary objects in this coffin are given to you." The woman suddenly spoke, her voice calm and without ups and downs.
Chu Li held the edge of the coffin, jumped up, and stood coldly on the ground.
The eight people squinted their eyes and looked into the coffin.
Ouch!
So many burial objects!
Gold, silver, jewelry...it is so dazzling that it looks like a mountain of gold.
It is worthy of being an imperial tomb!
Royal indeed!
Make a fortune!
The eight people were so excited that they couldn't wait to grab the burial objects and stuffed them into their arms, but they didn't notice that the woman next to them had quietly left.
Farewell to this sky, it was dark at night, but outside the city, I could breathe the breath of freedom.
Master, when you first taught me the Turtle Breathing Technique, I always thought it was useless, but I never expected it to help me so much now.
The Turtle Breathing Technique can seal the breath for up to seven days, making the person unable to breathe and as if dead, but the person can wake up safe and sound after seven days.
This kindness between master and disciple will definitely be repaid in the future!
Chu Li looked at the night sky and immediately ran in another direction.
night.
A small courtyard in the bamboo forest.
All things fell into a deep sleep. Lanterns were lit in the courtyard, gently blown by the night wind. As the shadows of all things swayed, the white banners came into Chu Li's eyes, making her dizzy and her eyes went dark. She almost fainted.
Mother!
When I first received the news, I still had a glimmer of hope in my heart, but at this moment, that glimmer of hope was gone, and I was filled with despair as if I had fallen into the abyss.
Chu Yeli, you actually did such a cruel thing!
How dare you do this!
In this life, I will fight you to the death. I will destroy everything you have and make you pay me back tenfold!
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