forget the river

Chapter 5

The gongs and drums are noisy, and the happy lights are hung high.Although the sky had already dimmed, the entire imperial city was lit up with red flames, reflecting the sky with a red glow, making it look extraordinarily festive.At this time, many officials who were waiting for the start of the imperial banquet and were allowed to walk in the palace, all exchanged auspicious words in their mouths.There are also those palace people who are in a hurry, no matter how high or low they are, they are all very happy.

Especially the Queen Mother was even more delighted.Although the emperor was not his own, he loved him very much when he was brought up.On this day, when he saw the emperor, he couldn't even speak with open eyes and smiles, even when he asked Ann in the morning and asked Ann in the evening.She just grabbed the emperor's hand and shook it, wanted to say something but didn't know where to start, looked at the emperor, caressed his face and smiled, like an ordinary mother.

Kyung Luo didn't refute the old man's face, and also said something with the Queen Mother.After bidding farewell to his adoptive mother, the emperor went to Yihui Palace to offer incense to the Queen Mother.Eunuch Li, who was accompanying him along the way, just stuck close to the emperor's side to protect him. He bent over and was very short of the emperor.Followed by the emperor, while watching the face of the master, while listening to people laughing and playing.

Xiao Lizi only felt that in this vermilion palace wall, no one would not like it.In other words, in this capital city or in the whole country, they are completely beaming with joy.But the emperor, who was in the middle of a happy event, looked as usual, neither sad nor happy.Xiao Lizi, who knew the emperor's temper well since he was a child, couldn't help trembling.He knew that the more the Holy Majesty was as usual, the more unhappy he would be.

"I'm going to Yihui Palace to talk to my mother for a while, you don't have to follow me and retreat by yourself." Xiao Lizi heard this, and hurriedly responded and wanted to retreat to avoid suspicion.But the emperor hesitated for a moment, and then said, "You don't have to follow me all day today, just arrange for other people to follow. Today...you just go to the side palace to take care of it. Come to think of it, he might not be very happy." convenient."

Xiao Lizi made up his mind, he didn't want to ask more questions, so he hurriedly left.From childhood to adulthood, even from a shrunken eunuch to the prince's playmate, finally entered the palace and became a servant eunuch, and finally became the chief eunuch in the palace all the way, even if Xiao Lizi has been respectfully called "Grandpa Li", he is still the "Little Li" of the Thirteenth Prince.

He is someone who can be trusted around Kyungro.

Xiao Lizi obeyed the emperor's order and took advantage of the approaching night to avoid the crowds along the way, and carefully walked a large circle from the winding path behind Guangren Garden to the side palace alone.

The side palace at night looks different from yesterday's visit, although they are both oozing with gloom, but today it's just that the sun has set, and it looks scary.

Because it is an unnamed palace that has been abandoned for a long time, there are layers of weeds in the small courtyard and there is no special palace man to repair it. Occasionally, when the wind blows, I can only feel someone's footsteps rustling.There are no hanging lights in the courtyard, apart from being cold and desolate.Xiao Lizi was worried about being discovered, so he didn't carry the lantern.Now I was very scared, and when I looked up again, there was no light reflected on the thin layer of window paper, and I guessed that there was no light in the room.

For no reason, Xiao Lizi held his breath and stared at the two closed doors, feeling a little depressed.Although the situation at this moment is the same as yesterday, but coming back today, it feels very different from yesterday.

He tapped on the thin wooden frame with his fingers, but no one answered.Slow down, and knock three more times.After a while, there was a low voice coming from inside, "May I ask which palace lady it is, the guilty minister can't get up, if there is no urgent matter, I hope to talk about it another day."

It was still the same voice as when he spoke yesterday, although he tried his best to hide it, but Xiao Lizi was not an ordinary palace man, he knew it immediately.The man must have been ill again.Xiao Lizi didn't understand, he had already fallen to this point, so what was there to be stubborn about? How could dignity be so important even if ants survived stealthily?

I couldn't help being a little angry, but the person inside clearly refused to allow anyone to enter, so he said stiffly, "I have followed the emperor's orders to take care of Lord Mu——"

Suddenly there was no movement inside, and then he said as if he couldn't bear it anymore and gave up, "Then... there is Mrs. Lao."

Xiao Lizi snorted coldly, pushed the door open and stepped inside.There was a bloody smell coming towards his face.He couldn't help being startled, and he didn't care to get angry with the sick man, he looked into the room under the moonlight.The crescent moon's light did not reach the inner room, so Xiao Lizi quickly reached into his arms and took out a handful of torches, found the ashes on one side of the lantern, lit it, and strode into the room with it.

Mu Yan, who was tossed all night yesterday, woke up early in the morning and felt that his bones were about to be broken, and his whole body was full of soreness and pain.In the morning, when no one was around, I picked up the well water and barely cleaned it up. I also threw all the blood-stained bed towels into the well and cleaned them up. Finally, I took a breath and spread them back on the bed, unable to move.

During the whole day, the dumb boy came twice and brought him food, but seeing that he hadn't moved, he sent him back again.It is true that Mu Yan was not found lying on the bed alone.A sick person falls asleep and wakes up again, and wakes up as if in a dream again.His body felt cold, then hot again, hot and cold again.

Not long after noon, there was a sudden bone-shattering pain, and the pain was so tearing that it made people unable to scream.As if passed out from the pain, the bone-piercing pain was still in the dream, and the embrace of Kyung Luo once.I don't know how many times it happened. For three years, the poison has been eroding in my body for a moment. I only know that my body is getting weaker and weaker, as if suddenly seeing the time when the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dying.

When Xiao Lizi came, he was just recovering.Just wanting to fall asleep, I suddenly heard a knock on the door.The confidant next to the emperor walked to the bed step by step, condescendingly examining himself, the lantern was right in front of his eyes, making his eyes dizzy.Even so, Mu Yan still didn't want to be too embarrassed, and smiled at the dim and misty place.

Laughing too bitterly, no matter how resentful the viewers are, they can't help but feel distressed.

"The Holy Majesty asked the little one to take care of you. He said... You must be in a lot of trouble today." Xiao Lizi hung the lantern far away, enveloping the two of them faintly.

Mu Yan didn't reply, and after a long time, she said "Thank you", I don't know if it was for Xiao Lizi or Kyung Luo.

The auspicious time has come, the gongs and drums are loud, and the bustle outside can be heard from a distance.Xiao Lizi felt that the room was very solemn, and being alone in these days was even more desolate.I couldn't help but get up and lit another lamp.It was reflected on Mu Yan's face from a distance, not as pale as before.

Mu Yan closed her eyes tightly, cold sweat dripped from her forehead.He didn't seem to be able to feel the hustle and bustle outside, he gritted his teeth and carried the pain on his own.

"Master Mu, do you need to call a doctor for you?" Xiao Lizi was restless.

"You don't need to work too much...but it's Eunuch Li, you..." Mu Yan closed her eyes and curled the corners of her mouth, "Today is a great day for the Holy Majesty, you should have waited on him. You don't have to guard a criminal like me. "

Xiao Lizi didn't answer, but just opened the window to let out the air. I don't know what kind of flower fragrance came into the room, and it also attracted the lively energy to come in together.Hearing the sound of gongs and drums, it was really a wall, two situations.

It was then that Mu Yan seemed to have really heard the outside world, she opened her eyes involuntarily, turned her head, then sighed and smiled.That face is really exuberant, especially the smiling Mu Yan.Xiao Lizi stared at Mu Yan intently, but Mu Yan didn't seem to notice other people's eyes at all.

Maybe it was too quiet and too embarrassing, Mu Yan couldn't help but speak, "Eunuch Li," Xiao Lizi heard it, and quickly sat up and answered, only to hear Mu Yan ask lightly, "Is it so late at night and the sky is dark?" It’s so dark? I don’t like candlelight, but you don’t have to spoil me, you can light a lamp.”

When Xiao Lizi heard this, he couldn't help being startled, and quickly covered it up, walked slowly to the bed, stretched out his five fingers and shook in front of Mu Yan's wide-open eyes, but the person on the bed still had a faint smile on his face, not blinking. blink.Xiao Lizi's heart skipped a beat, why couldn't Mu Yan see it?

In a panic, he wanted to go out to call the doctor, but when he reached the door with a lantern, he stopped when he was about to push the door.Today is the day of great joy for the emperor, who would care about this person with a black name on the book.Mu Yan was originally a dead person, but he lingered on until today, so what should be the explanation for the news?While hesitating, it was as if he heard a murmur coming from the inner room.

Xiao Lizi quickly threw away the lantern and ran a few steps, and stopped in front of the bed, unable to move.Mu Yan's face was covered with tears, panting and whispering "I hurt", Xiao Lizi didn't know where he was suffering, and hurriedly turned around.He raised his hand to cover Mu Yan's forehead, the forehead was burning hot, wiped off the cold sweat with one hand.

Little Lizi had never encountered such a thing, but Mu Yan started talking nonsense.Tears were streaming down his face pretending to be indifferent just now, and he looked very aggrieved, repeatedly calling out the emperor's name, "Kingluo...Kingluo...", which sent chills down the spine of those who listened.

Mu Yan was crying, but Xiao Lizi couldn't hear clearly.All I saw was that the person on the bed who had been ill all of a sudden seemed to be alive and well, waving his hands and struggling.From time to time, he could be heard crying hoarsely and laughing forcefully, "I was talking about loving each other for a lifetime, why are you forcing me to never see each other now..."

Little Lizi was terrified and couldn't help but want to run away.In this dark and gloomy place, the fear accumulated more and more.He waved his hands to run, but was suddenly brought back by the hem of his clothes, staggered and almost fell on Mu Yan.

Zhengxin wondered why Mu Yan suddenly had such great strength, turned around and saw the man crying out of breath, and couldn't bear to run away.

Mu Yan tugged at the hem of Xiao Lizi's clothes, speaking intermittently.He asked little Lizi to bring Kyunglo, and after a while he argued to himself that he couldn't do it. Kyunglo is now the Ninth Five-Year Lord, so how could he come just as soon as he said it.

Little Lizi has nothing to do with Mu Yan, he can only coax him and say, "The Holy Majesty will be here soon, so don't worry, Young Master."

Hearing what Xiao Lizi said, Mu Yan suddenly stopped arguing.He lay back on the bed quietly and let out a long sigh.Blinking his already lifeless eyes, he smiled lightly at a certain place in the void, moved his lips, and said "thank you", I don't know if Xiao Lizi heard it.Then, Mu Yan closed her eyes peacefully with a wisp of remaining tears.

In the end, Xiao Lizi still didn't go to the doctor, nor did he tell the emperor.He just covered the quiet Muyan with a quilt, and then sat on the round stool in the inner room to watch.

The moonlight is getting brighter and brighter, directly shining into the inner room, passing through the open bed, and falling on Mu Yan's face.Mu Yan is still smiling, but the tears have already dried up.Xiao Lizi thought for a while, raised his hand and lit a lamp again, wishing to cross the soul for Mu Yan, maybe when he walks like this, there will be Changming to guide the way so that he will not be alone when he leaves.

Late at night, no matter how indulgent you are, there will always be a time when it subsides.After the wedding banquet was over, Lu Mocheng drank to his heart's content, and was already so drunk that no one could hold back anymore.The emperor allowed the great general to live in the harem grandly, but he actually behaved as if he should not have sex with the new concubine.

The unconscious emperor ended up sharing the bed with Lu Mocheng drunk, and no one dared to move him.Besides, with Eunuch Li not here, the palace people had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb, making mistakes.

The next day, Master Lu knew that his son had messed up again, so he hurriedly sent someone to pick Lu Mocheng back home early in the morning, and Lan Li, who had been worried all night, would also follow him.The emperor was so tossed by this group of people early in the morning that he couldn't sleep well, he rested his forehead and watched Lu Mocheng get drunk, and he was insanely happy.

The Lu family didn't dare to go inside, knowing that Lan Li followed into the palace, Lu Mocheng played a scoundrel, so Kyung Luo had to ask someone to call Lan Li in to clean up this monster.Lu Mocheng saw that the person who came was Lan Li, so he twisted his body and acted coquettishly.

Xiao Lizi sneaked back early in the morning when there were not many people. He thought the emperor was still asleep, but he never thought that the whole palace would wake up early.Thinking about Mu Yan, his legs softened and he knelt down.Kyungro knew that Li Zi had been ordered by him to stay out all night, so kneeling was naturally not the crime of leaving his post without authorization.To make him speak bluntly, Xiao Lizi hesitated again when he saw that there were outsiders in the bedroom.The other palace people were guarding outside the house, only Lu Mocheng and Lan Li were friends inside, and there was nothing to hide, so the emperor asked Xiao Lizi to say it was okay.

Xiao Lizi paused, just knelt on the ground, did not dare to lift his head, and replied in a low voice, "Sin, the sinner Mu Yan has already gone yesterday..."

When Kyung Luo heard this, he just pursed his lips slightly, stood up and walked a few steps, "Then let's bury him properly, there is no more innocent minister Mu Yan in this world."

Lu Mocheng was tall and thick, and although Lan Li was a man, his figure was as slender as a woman's. Just trying to lift Lu Mocheng up, he was already sweating profusely.The emperor didn't shy away from himself, and Lan Li was too embarrassed to listen carefully. When he was about to get Lu Mocheng out, he was attracted by the word "Mu Yan".

He had heard about the story of the thirteenth prince Kyung Luo and Mu Yan, the young prince of Mu En, from Lu Mocheng.If it is true love, how can it be easily betrayed?He didn't quite believe Mu Yan's defection mentioned in the story.

He couldn't help but suddenly realized.Although Kyung Luo was poisoned by Gu poison at that time, he did not die for three years. It was not because of the unrealistic reason of the Ninth Five-Year True Dragon Emperor, but because someone was willing to risk his life and risk his life.

"Your Majesty, Xiaomin has something to do. I don't know if I should say it?" Lan Li barely supported Lu Mocheng, and asked a few steps away.Kyungra nodded, but didn't look back at him.

"The Gu you have been cast is not completely unsolvable, it's just that no one can risk their life to try it. Death Gu requires a lover to exchange blood. The person who exchanged blood will attract the mature Gu to himself. Death Gu Develop unfeeling Gu on the second person. Unfeeling Gu is hopeless. After entering the body, that person will gradually become sensitive to light, his body will no longer be healthy, and his lifespan will only be three years."

Lan Li paused for a moment, but he didn't see any strangeness on the emperor's face. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He sighed, "Three years later, love will die with the gu. If you don't give up love, you can only die."

Xiao Lizi was still kneeling on the ground, and Lan Li heard every word he said.He couldn't help but think of the scar on the emperor's right wrist, and the same scar on Mu Yan's wrist that he saw that day.However, Kyung Luo's expression just condensed suddenly, and a smile appeared on his face in an instant.

Lan Li only felt that this man could be so heartless.Armed with Lu Mocheng, he bid farewell and left.

The author has something to say: Overtime dog... My heart is bitter... The last few chapters have been written very aggrieved, but there will be more aggrieved in the future... Mu Yan will not die ← I am a real mother

I wrote it when I got home from overtime work yesterday, and I didn’t include the part that wasn’t updated last Sunday. It’s a bit messy. I’ll edit it when I have time. QAQ is so sleepy.