Chapter 15 Steep Changes
My hand holding the hairpin trembled slightly, but my heart was full of doubts. The Mingjian had not returned at this moment, so how could my brother arrive first?
"Where are the people?" Now I don't think much about it and ask urgently.
"If you go back to your mother, someone will be stopped at Chonghua Gate."
I raised my eyes and looked at Che, but I saw that Che also had a solemn face. He looked at me and nodded gently.
"Teannounce him to the Yuntian Hall." Che faintly spit out a word, and the bodyguard was ordered to retreat, and the two of us also turned around and walked in the direction of Yuntian Hall.
Che and I were speechless all the way, thinking about our own thoughts, and then we went to the Yuntian Hall. Entering the hall, I saw a man kneeling in the hall and two guards standing behind him.
When I came closer and saw the face of the person, I immediately stood on the spot. The inexplicable uneasiness that had been for many days seemed to have found the source, and all of them surged into my heart. Che stood aside and frowned, as if trying to search for the memory of the person in front of him in his mind. After a moment, an expression appeared on his face, but in an instant, his eyebrows were entangled together, and his face was like ice.
"Chaomin Yanfu knocked on your majesty and the Empress."
"Get up and answer." Che Leng left a word, went up to the throne, turned around and sat down, and couldn't see a change in his mood. I suppressed the shock in my heart and sat down on Che's left hand.
"The prince is seriously ill. Please go back to Nanyuan and see him for the last time." After I sat down, Yan Fu kowtowed to me and Che Chong, and his eyes were sore.
"What?" I was shocked and stood up from the phoenix chair, and the jade hairpin in my hand fell to the ground.
Che raised his hand and held my trembling fingertips, glanced sharply at Yan Fu, and then waved his hand. Feng De ordered the bodyguard to retreat and withdrew from the hall.
"What do you mean that the prince is seriously ill?" He said slowly without any emotion in his words.
"After the prince returned to Liangcheng, he suddenly contracted a strange disease and failed to visit famous doctors. He was afraid that there was not much time left, so he ordered the people to come and invite the queen to Liangcheng just to see the Empress for the last time."
Hearing this, my body trembled like a sieve, and cold tears rolled down. Che got up and hugged me in his arms, with deep pity on his face.
"If one word of what you say is false, I want you to be the head of the head." Che's voice was as cold as polar ice, and his eyes looked down at Yan Fu for a moment, and the king's majesty was revealed.
"The cursive folk sentence is true. Please think twice." After saying that, Yan Fu kowtowed again.
Che closed his eyes slightly and seemed to be angry. He tightened his arm around me and stopped looking at Yan Fu. He said harshly, "Come on."
As soon as the voice fell, two rows of sword guards stood in the hall for a moment. I was stunned, looked at Che, and shook my head with an almost insensible range. Che ignored me, waved his hand, and Yan Fu was taken down.
"Che..." I opened my mouth quietly and found that the voice had changed.
"If you are tired, I'll send you back to rest." Che was still unmoved and hugged me to walk out.
"Let me go." I stood still and refused to leave. I looked firmly at Che. I had to go back to Nanyuan. Even if it was a conspiracy, I couldn't bet my brother's life.
"No." What Che said was decisive, and after saying that, he picked me up horizontally and strode out of the hall.
I was held in my arms and was afraid of the child in my stomach. I didn't dare to move, so I had to whisper, "Let me down."
Che looked down at me, hugged my arm tightly, and continued to walk quickly towards the Yukun Palace, as if he had not heard what I said.
Back to Yukun Palace, Che gently put me on the couch and said, "I will send someone to find out this matter. Before that, you are not allowed to step out of Yukun Palace." After saying that, he turned around and left without giving me any chance to refute.
In a hurry, I got up and grabbed Che's arm and roared, "Let me go. I want to see my brother."
"I said no." Che took down my hand, stepped out of the hall, waved his hand behind him and said, "Zhu Que, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Yukun Palace without my order."
"Yes." A dark shadow swept out and closed the door mercilessly before I reacted.
The clear back disappeared in front of me in an instant. I stood weakly against the door, trying not to let my body slip off, and my mind was in chaos.
I forced myself to sit down and think about the whole thing. From Yan Fu's words alone, there seems to be no flaws, but in fact it is full of loopholes.
I know Yan Yingchen's nature. In this case, even if his life is on the line, he will not ask Yan Fu to come to see me with a jade hairpin. What's more, this is a situation that can't be called a bureau. No matter who needs me to appear in Nanyuan, the only thing that is clear is that Yan Yingchen fell into their hands, and the exchange condition is me.
But I am now banned in the Yukun Palace. With my own strength, it is impossible to leave, and the Mingjian doesn't know where he is.
Che's attitude is resolute, thinking that he saw the truth of the matter earlier than me. I almost broke my head and couldn't imagine who could control Yan Yingchen and get the jade hairpin, and knew that the jade hairpin was mine. Yan Yingchen will never say it himself, so he can only be a person who knows me well. In Nanyuan, people who are familiar with me can easily hold Yan Yingchen in their hands suddenly tightened, and fear gradually enveloped their whole heart. Obviously, things can't be more clear. Except for that gentle man, who else in the world can do it?
I smiled bitterly. Che probably figured out the whole thing, so it was impossible for him to let me leave Linsheng Kingdom. His heart gradually became cold. Did he take this step after all? Even if I hate him and blame him, will I not hesitate?
I live an extremely miserable life in Yukun Palace. Every day, people in the palace will bring food, but I don't even bother to look at it. I just drink some water. Maybe this is the only way I can fight against Che, because Mingxiao said, please wait a few more days. I saw the intolerance in Mingxiao's eyes and heard the sound of something breaking in my heart. Ming Xiao's words undoubtedly told me that Yan Yingchen had no news, and with the power of Xuan Yiwei, he could not get his news.
On the fourth day before I entered, I was already a little confused, and my already weak body was even worse. I curled up in the quilt and relied on the pain from my stomach to maintain my only consciousness.
In the haze, I felt a little noisy outside the door, as if the sound of broken utensils mixed with desolate cries. I moved my eyebrows and wanted to go out to have a look, but I couldn't move my heavy body.
The door was finally pushed open. I tried to raise my eyes, but I saw the angry face. He lifted the brocade quilt, grabbed my wrist, pulled me up from **, and roared, "What are you going to do?"
Seeing this, the eunuch behind her knelt down in horror and shouted, "Please calm down your anger, please calm down."
I touched the corners of my mouth and smiled, but I didn't say anything, signaling Feng De to back the crowd.
My wrist was pinched so much that he stared into my eyes and almost spewed fire. I struggled hard, slid from ** to the ground, knelt in front of Che, and said, "Please ask the emperor to visit my brother in Nanyuan."
After saying that, I looked up at Che. His face was extremely complicated and seemed to be trying to suppress himself. After a long time, I gritted my teeth and said, "Are you threatening me?"
I still knelt on the ground and lowered my head and said, "I dare not."
Che was silent for a moment, and finally sighed, pulled me up from the ground, stared into my eyes and asked, "Are you really going?"
"Yes, my concubine is going."
"Do you know why Nangong Li did not stand on the throne?" Che suddenly turned his head and asked me such an unrevant question.
My heart was clear, and my face changed and said, "I don't know."
Che looked at me deeply, sighed and said, "Well, let's talk about it after dinner."
"Brother Chang'an is still in danger, please forgive me for not being able to obey."
"It's still so stubborn." Che let go and took my hand, and I held the table, so I barely stopped.
"Feng De, pass the meal."
"Yes, your Majesty."
Soon, the table was full of delicious food. Che sat down at the table, looked at me and said, "Sit down. Even if you are not hungry, don't starve the child."
I looked at Che and finally sat down beside him. He stroked his slightly raised lower abdomen, and his heart was bitter.
I had my first meal in four days. Che always looked at me silently, so that I didn't know whether I did it for the child or Che. And I refused to eat, whether it was to be angry with Tong Che or to leave Yanyun. When I saw the dark eyes, everything began to become so unreal.
After the meal, Che hugged me and leaned against the bedside. The anger just now seemed to have disappeared, and I no longer resisted him like that.
"Are you on a hunger strike to see me die of heartache?"
"Did you lock me up to watch me die of guilt?" I didn't answer Che's words and asked faintly.
"You are blaming me."
"How can I not be blamed? You clearly know what my brother means to me, but you still have to do this."
"So what about you? You also know the purpose of Nangong Li, why do you insist on returning to Liangcheng?"
"Is there any other way if I don't go back?" The tone was like a sigh, and I was really a little desperate.
Che was silent and seemed to be thinking about my words, but I understood that he was helpless in this matter. After all, there are two countries, one of which may lead to a war.
"I won't make uncertain decisions." Che didn't look at me, and his tone was still indifferent.
"Do you believe me?"
"It's not under your control."
"I'm sure to come back."
Che stopped talking. After a long time, he pulled my body, looked at me seriously and said, "It's not impossible to let you go, but if you can't come back within three months, I will definitely go south and wash Liangcheng with blood."
I looked at Che, and the smile on the corners of my mouth became bigger and bigger. I rushed into his arms, hugged him and whispered, "Two months, I will definitely be able to come back."