Chapter 2009 Tears Under the Starry Sky
Under the moonlight, Xue Yun's trembling voice came -
"emperor?"
Zhu Feng frowned slightly and slowly walked over. Sure enough, it was Xue Yun standing in front of the huge stone tablet. In the moonlight, her face looked a little pale, but her eyes seemed a little red. When she saw Zhu Feng, her eyes, which were obviously shining with light, immediately drooped.
The whole person seemed a little dull.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Zhu Feng looked at her and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk."
"You can't sleep either."
Hearing this, Xue Yun raised his head and glanced at Zhu Feng carefully: "Your Majesty can't sleep either?"
“…”
Zhu Feng did not answer this question, but just let out a deep breath.
For some reason, he always felt that this night was particularly heavy.
Perhaps it was what Mr. Wen had just said about the decades of bondage his family had endured that made him feel so depressed; perhaps it was the events of more than twenty years ago that he had described that had plunged him into a vortex of confused memories.
He always felt that this night was particularly long.
It is also very black.
It seems that there is an illusion that I can't turn my head upside down.
On a night like this, it’s not a bad thing to have someone who can’t sleep like you.
Zhu Feng didn't look at her either. He slowly walked to the stone tablet, looked at the four prophecies on it in the moonlight, and said, "Why can't you sleep?"
Xue Yun stood behind him, looking at his broad shoulders.
He lowered his head again and said softly, "I don't know either."
“…”
"I don't know why, but from the moment I entered Yumen Pass, I felt this place was very strange, as if there was an invisible force strangling me."
“…”
"My heart is in turmoil."
“…”
"I couldn't sleep, so I went out for a walk. I didn't expect that the emperor couldn't sleep either."
Zhu Feng turned around and looked at her.
After a long silence, he slowly said, "It's okay."
“…”
"Being awake isn't a bad thing."
As he spoke, he looked up at the sky above his head again.
Although the surroundings were pitch black, like a black curtain where one could not see one's hand in front of one's face, only above their heads was the brilliant starry sky and a bright moon, as frosty and jade-like, emitting a cool light.
He said, “It’s a nice night here.”
“…”
Xue Yun said softly, "Isn't the night view that Your Majesty saw in the capital a good one?"
Zhu Feng was silent for a while before he slowly said, "It's not bad."
“…”
"However, whether in Peking or Nanjing, I can only stand in the Imperial City and look up at the night. The night I see from the nine-story and three-story palace is confined. Unlike the night I see in the northwest, it is boundless."
“…”
Xue Yun was silent for a while, then smiled softly and said, "Maybe."
“…”
Hearing this, Zhu Feng frowned slightly and turned to look at her: "Maybe?"
Xue Yun said: "The emperor feels that the night scene he sees in the northwest is boundless. Perhaps it is because his heart is no longer imprisoned here."
“…”
“But in fact, the night here is not boundless.”
“…”
"If one's heart is imprisoned, even standing in a place like this, looking at a night like this, one still feels like one is imprisoned."
Seeing her somewhat haggard expression, Zhu Feng's eyes darkened.
He knew what Xue Yun was talking about.
She was in Bailong City, in the seemingly wealthy and prosperous Xue family. She seemed to be high and mighty, with no worries about food and clothing, and was probably the envy of many people. But no one knew that in order to protect the family business, she was forced to disguise herself as a man, and she didn't know if she would have the chance to restore her true identity in this life.
That's not all.
In her life, she also has to be cautious and take every step carefully, because her every move is monitored, and even her marriage is being plotted.
How is that feeling different from being imprisoned?
Her home, or rather, her life, is probably just an invisible cage.
Zhu Feng was silent for a while, then said, "Well, if you were to go to the capital, you might find the night scene there quite nice."
Xue Yun looked up at him.
Zhu Feng said: "There, your heart does not need to be imprisoned."
“……!”
Xue Yun's heart trembled suddenly.
Although she didn't know how much Zhu Feng knew about her life experience, or how much suffering and grievances she had hidden in her heart, his words were like a needle that pierced her heart.
Although it hurt, it pierced her heart.
All the emotions that she had tried so hard to hide, even to wrap up, were released by him.
At this moment, Xue Yun's voice trembled, and he whispered softly: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Feng sighed and said slowly, "Everyone has shackles in their lives, and everyone has their own prison. This is not surprising, and there is nothing to be sad about."
“…”
"What's important is whether you can get out of it."
Having said that, he gritted his teeth slightly.
He knew about Xue Yun's imprisonment, but no one knew the prison in his heart.
Even if someone knew, they would just hide it from him, for fear that he would find out the memory he had lost. Perhaps, they were afraid that he would fall into madness again. But they didn't know that the more this happened, the more calm and normal he looked on the surface, but he was always in a state of madness in his heart.
It was just like the dream within a dream he had when he came to the Northwest.
That kind of madness was suppressed layer by layer. He didn't know when it would break through this skin that looked like a human being and turn him into a bloodthirsty beast that only knew how to kill.
He doesn't want this.
He wanted to break his own shackles and free himself from prison.
And this person——
He thought that looking at Xue Yun in front of him was his only way out.
But I didn't expect that the person who could save me was also trapped in the same painful situation.
Xue Yun felt as if the countless thoughts in her mind were tangled into a ball of hemp rope, making it difficult for her to sort out the clues. At this moment, she raised her head and looked at Zhu Feng, and asked softly: "Your Majesty... Can Your Majesty come out?"
Zhu Feng said: "If I want to do it, I will definitely be able to do it."
“…”
Hearing his confident and even decisive words, Xue Yun felt a surge of strength in his heart, but also a little hesitant.
She wondered: What about me? Could I be like him, determined enough to achieve it?
Seeing her eyes flickering, Zhu Feng said solemnly, "You have to believe in yourself."
“……!”
These words instantly swept away all the hesitation in her heart.
Xue Yun lowered his head, his eyes burning with heat.
Tears welled up in my eyes.
She didn't want to show weakness in front of others, but for some reason, this was not the first time she cried in front of him, so she gritted her teeth and tried to hold it back.
But then he saw a handkerchief handed to him.
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