Chapter Twelve: A Thought Becomes a Devil, Hatred and Resentment
"Who is making noise outside the door?"
Sima Yu gently clenched his hands, feeling that he was more energetic than before. He turned to look at Xiao Dezi who was standing not far away, with tears streaming down his face, and frowned slightly. She was quite unhappy and scolded him, "I'm not dead yet! Why are you crying!"
"His Majesty has decreed that the princess be given in marriage to the fifth prince. Today is the day for the engagement."
Hearing Sima Yu ask himself, Xiao Dezi couldn't help it anymore. He sat down on the ground and burst into tears with a cry, "Your Highness, when will you faint, but at such a critical time?" Dizzy, Xiao Dezi has tried every method to wake you up, but you just don’t wake up, you just don’t wake up..."
"Which... princess?"
Sima Yu only felt that his heart tightened, and an ominous feeling came up, but he still did not want to just believe this guess, so he opened his mouth and asked Xiao Dezi again.
"Who else could it be? There is only one princess like her in the entire Mo Country!"
Xiao Dezi touched his tears and raised his head to look at Sima Yu. His sleeves were soaked with tears, which showed that he was really crying instead of pretending, "Just now, just now , the Prime Minister has already sent people to collect the betrothal gift and carry it into the courtyard. Your Highness, even if you wake up a quarter of an hour early..."
At this time, how could Sima Yu still listen to Xiao Dezi's nonsense?
With a quick step, he rushed out the door, and sure enough, he saw a dozen or so big red dowry boxes in the courtyard, and Nalan Xue was standing next to the boxes with a beaming face, instructing the servants to open these boxes. Take out the contents and send them to the central warehouse in categories.
"Xue'er... you... agreed?"
Sima Yu froze on the spot. It took him a long time to formulate his words, and he asked Nalan Xue, who turned around to look at him after hearing the sound. He was asking knowingly.
"You're awake, Brother Yu. Before, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to catch up with Shang and I for our wedding!"
Seeing that Sima Yu's face had already improved a lot, but now he became pale again, he was slightly startled, and then hurriedly walked over to him, "Are you okay? Why do you look so bad? ?Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere? Xiao Dezi! Xiao Dezi!"
Poof one one
Sima Yu only felt that a rush of fire hit his heart, and a fishy sweetness surged up from his throat. He couldn't hold it back, so he spit out the sweetness on the ground.
A bright red.
A place of despair.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Seeing Sima Yu falling straight backward, Nalan Shu rushed over and held him up, preventing his head from hitting the hard bluestone on the ground. He twisted around and faced the people in the courtyard. He shouted, "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and ask for the imperial doctor!"
This time, Sima Yu didn't faint, but it was more unsettling than fainting. His eyes were wide open and he looked straight ahead, numb, stiff, and dead, as if the coldness of the whole winter had disappeared. , were all condensed inside, and even he himself was frozen into a piece of ice.
Not long after, Sima Qing and the imperial doctors hurried over.
Seeing Sima Yu lying on the couch like a living dead, unable to hear anyone's words or see anyone's shadow, Sima Qing just frowned slightly, then turned sideways, sat down next to him, and took a deep breath. He leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
This sentence was like a dose of good medicine. In an instant, Sima Yu, who was originally stiff, came back to his senses. He slowly sat up on the bed. However, at this moment, he seemed to be a different person.
, even the look in Sima Qing's eyes lost any respect, and was replaced by boundless hatred.
If Nalan Xue had to find something to describe Sima Yu at this time, she could only come up with one word: devil.
"Go back to the palace."
In the eyes of everyone in disbelief, Sima Yu stood up slowly, not even paying attention to the hand Xiao Dezi hurriedly handed over to help him. His back became cold and lonely, just like that
The ice that had previously condensed in his eyes spread, freezing his entire body in it.
"Brother Yu, your health is not good yet, you..."
Nalan Xue had always regarded Sima Yu as a brother. She had just seen him vomiting blood before. At this time, she had to walk without help. How could she not be worried and nervous? She hurriedly stepped forward, trying to persuade him to stop.
However, when he saw him suddenly turning back, his eyes were filled with a frightening red color, he was immediately frightened and froze in place!
"From now on, when I call you His Royal Highness Prince Gu, Gu is not your jade brother."
Sima Yu seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit and said this to Nalan Xue in a low voice. Then, regardless of the fact that she was so frightened by him that she stood still on the spot, he turned around and continued to walk out the door.
Go.
…
Three days later, with the sun shining brightly, Sima Shang and his people set off from the palace early to Nalan Mansion to welcome the bride.
As a result, he was ambushed by a group of masked men in black on the road.
"To inform my master, my uncle was in danger on the road. He was stabbed several times and all his followers were killed."
Seeing that it was almost noon, Nalan Xue, who had been waiting for a long time in the mansion but could not see Sima Shang coming, sent Yan Niang and a few "boys" from the mansion to look for Jing Qi along the way. Unexpectedly, after a cup of tea, Jing Qi's figure
, appeared outside her window, "I didn't want to ask my subordinates to come down and tell the master that my life is safe, but I'm afraid I won't be able to continue with the upcoming wedding."
"Tell Mo Yi to save him at all costs."
At this moment, Nalan Xue instinctively thought of Sima Yu's abnormal behavior that day, and then instinctively equated the murderer who wanted to kill Sima Shang with him... She wanted to hate him
It doesn't take long to meet someone. Often, just one breath is enough!
Nalan Xue's hands, which were shrunk in the sleeves of her wedding dress, slowly clenched into fists. Her nails pierced the palms of her hands, but she still didn't feel the pain. Sima Yu, I thought I respected you as an elder brother. I didn't expect you to be
, such a despicable and dirty person! If you hurt my husband, then don’t blame me, I will let you pay for it a thousand times!
"Snow!"
Seeing Nalan Xue opening the door of the house by herself, grabbing off the phoenix crown and hijab, throwing them on the ground, and heading straight towards the stable, Nalan Ji and Nalan Shu were stunned. When they regained consciousness,
He hurriedly chased after her, only to see that she had already mounted her war horse and was about to go out, "Today is your wedding day! If you don't obediently wait in the house for your husband to come and greet you, this is what you are going to do."
Where to go!”
"Tell Sima Yu, if Sima Shang dies, then I, Nalan Xue, will hold his spiritual throne and get married. I will remain a widow to him for the rest of my life, and I will never bow to him! He can't even think of arranging my final destination.
Don’t even think of trading me for his peaceful and prosperous life!”
After saying that, Nalan Xue whipped up her horse and galloped away in the direction Jing Qi told her before.
The people of Mo who were originally waiting on both sides of the street and planned to come to watch the ceremony, saw the bride Nalan Xue suddenly dressed up like this and walked out of the house. How could they not hold back and scream in surprise? There was the first sound, and there was.
The second sound, and then, there is a continuous sound!
Nalan Xue walked through the exclamations, tears in her eyes could not stop sliding down her cheeks... This was her wedding day. Originally, it was supposed to be the happiest day in her life.
The most memorable day, she had thought of countless beautiful scenarios of her Qianye coming to marry her, but there was no such thing. At this moment, she was filled with panic and walked fast, fearing that if it was too late, she would never see her again.
Fuck his... nightmare!
…
When Nalan Xue arrived at the place of the accident, old man Mo Yi had already bandaged Sima Shang's wounds and gave him life-sustaining pills.
"Fortunately, there were no serious injuries."
Seeing Nalan Xue coming, old man Mo Yi hurriedly stood up, approached her, frowned, lowered his voice, and said to her, "But, there is a lot of bleeding, and the vitality is severely damaged... I really need to be treated completely."
Get up, I'm afraid, it won't work without three to five months... Have you thought about how this wedding... is going to continue?"
"I'll take a look at him first."
Nalan Xue bit her lips tightly and did not answer the old man Mo Yi's inquiry. She just walked straight to the blanket where Sima Shang was lying, knelt down and called him softly, "Shang Yiyi."
Hearing Nalan Xue's voice, Sima Shang, who had been closing his eyes for a while, hurriedly opened his eyes, looked towards her, and then became excited, "Princess, you, what are you doing?"
You can run out! This, this should be talked about, it's not good for you! You, you go back quickly! Go back quickly! I, I will rest for a while, rest for a while, wait, wait until I have some strength to get up,
I’m going to marry you! You, go back quickly! Go back to Nalan Mansion and wait for me!”
"You've become like this, and you're still thinking about whether or not these things exist. Why are you so stupid, eh?"
Seeing that Sima Shang was like this, he was still worried that if he ran out, his reputation would be ruined and others would laugh at him. He couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, "If others want to laugh, then let them laugh. If you use me
In exchange for your reputation, I would rather become the one criticized by historians!"
"You are already wronged enough by marrying a loser like me. How can I be willing to let you get a bad name for me?"
Hearing that Nalan Xue regarded himself as more important than his reputation and prestige, Sima Shang smiled happily, then stretched out his hand with great effort, and gently touched the rouge on Nalan Xue's face, which had been washed away by tears.
, "I'm fine now. Don't cry. I heard my grandma say it's not good for the bride to cry."
"Well, don't cry, I won't cry."
Afraid that Sima Shang might injure his wound by moving around, Nalan Xue hurriedly supported his wrist and carefully placed it back on his side. Then, hurriedly, she wiped the wet tears on her face with her sleeves.
The tears were already mixed with the powder, and the wiping made her face look even more "flowery". Sima Shang couldn't help but laugh when he saw her wiping herself into a "flowered cat".
, this smile stretched the wound, and the pain made him frown for a while.
"How dare you laugh when you are hurt!"
Knowing that her face must be miserable at this time, Nalan Xue had no time to wipe it off, so she hurriedly called old man Mo Yi over and showed Sima Shang to check if there were any wounds caused by laughter, "Is there anything funny about it?" Yes! It’s worth even risking your life!”
"Other people's wives are the most beautiful in their lives on their wedding day, but from that day on, they become more and more ugly. But my wife, on her wedding day, showed me that she is the most beautiful in her life. The ugliest look... Ever since that day, all I have seen is that my wife looks even more beautiful than when she got married... Isn’t it okay for me to make a profit and have some fun? "
After the pain subsided, Sima Shang spoke again and joked with Nalan Xue. However, his face was so pale that no one could tell that this was something worth laughing at. , "I owe you a wonderful wedding in the future. I will provide for you when I have a future, okay, Princess?"
"You still call me Princess?"
Seeing that Sima Shang was obviously in terrible pain, but he was still trying to put on a happy face and coax himself not to cry. Nalan Xue felt that her eyes were hurting from tears again, "I even lifted the hijab for you." Already..."
Nalan Xue's words made Sima Shang slightly stunned, and then he raised his hand again, gently and carefully touched her forehead, "You lifted it yourself, how can you count... You are , my princess. I have to lift your hijab... This. You have to find a time to patch it up for me in the future... Otherwise, I will lose it... You don't want me to wake you up... Your princess, from now on, I will call you Xueer, okay?"
"good."
Nalan Xue was made to laugh by Sima Shang's "stingy" look. She grabbed his hand that was touching her forehead and put it back to her side, "When you're ready, you can make up for it as many times as you want. I’ll make it up to you a few times, so you won’t have to pay for it, okay?”
While talking, Yan Niang came with a large carriage with wide wheels.
Also coming with Yan Niang were Nalan Ji and Nalan Shu. Looking at the corpses lying dead on the ground and Sima Shang who was bandaged like a man in a bandage, they both instinctively frowned.
Obviously, these attackers came for Sima Shang, and they were capable enough to kill him easily. However, they did not do so, but only killed the guards and horses around him. They stabbed him all over and left him in the snow, leaving him to die.
If Nalanxue didn't feel strange and sent Yan Niang to look for him along the road, maybe by this time, he would have been a dead person.
This painful and desperate method of death is far more cruel than directly killing someone with a knife. It will not be used unless you have a deep grudge or a bloodthirsty lunatic.
And... coincidentally, there is a person who has an old grudge with Sima Shang, who came to welcome his bride today, and also... just went crazy!
This person's name is Sima Yu.
…
A carriage was waiting to move Sima Shang back to Nalan Mansion. The royal palace of Mo State also sent people to ask Nalan Shu why the couple hadn't left Nalan Mansion yet and went to the palace to worship heaven and earth. Ancestors.
"Do you think that the fifth prince can still enter the palace and hold a wedding ceremony in his current state?"
Carrying the chief eunuch into the room, Nalan Shu pointed at Sima Shang who was lying on the couch and asked sternly, "Does the emperor want my sister to become a widow on the day of the wedding?"
The chief eunuch was just ordered to come here and had no idea what was happening outside the palace. At this moment, when he saw Sima Shang, he was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened in surprise, "What, what is going on?
, Prime Minister? Who is it that hurt His Highness the Fifth Prince like this?!"
"If you let me know who it is, I will cut that person into pieces!"
Nalan Shu had a guess in his mind, but there was no evidence. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger. At this time, after hearing what the chief eunuch said, how could he hold it back? He slapped the table angrily and was shaken.
The ground in the room shook three times. The head eunuch was startled and instinctively took three steps back to keep a distance from him.
"Prime Minister, please calm down. I will go back to the palace to report this matter to Your Majesty!"
Shocked by the coercion emanating from Nalan Shu's body, the chief eunuch swallowed hard, took two steps back, and walked out of the house. Then, he ran out of Nalan Shu's house and climbed up.
He took the carriage and ordered the guards to hurry back to the palace.
…
Sima Shang was seriously injured, and the wedding ceremony was naturally ruined. Concubine Le was so anxious and angry that she grabbed Sima Qing's sleeves and cried her heart out. No matter how much Sima Qing tried to persuade her, she couldn't stop.
If Concubine Le dared to make such a fuss under normal circumstances, Sima Qing would be furious and would leave her alone to dry out and ignore her.
However, this time was different from the past. On the way to welcome his bride, his son was almost brutally killed. Not only Le Fei, the mother who doted on her son, but also Sima Qing, the father who did not want to see Sima Shang, also felt very uncomfortable.
Therefore, facing Le Fei's crying, Sima Qing was a little more tolerant and considerate.
"Okay, dear concubine, don't cry anymore, don't cry anymore!"
Then he handed Le Fei a handkerchief, and Sima Qing continued to persuade her gently, "I have issued an order to have people investigate this matter strictly and bring justice to both children. Please stop crying, okay?"
"On the way to the wedding, the prince was attacked and almost died. In order to save her husband, the bride took off her hijab and rode there in person. Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for our Shang'er and Xue'er... You are such a good person.
A wedding, the most precious day for a woman, was just ruined by a group of thieves... This is how my father, my concubine, can deal with his late friend..."
Concubine Le took the veil and continued to cry. She had been crying for two days. Except for sleeping, there was almost no time when she didn't cry. Sima Qing also indulged her and stayed with her every day. When she cried, he
He persuaded her to make one handkerchief wet from crying, and he would hand over another one. Not to mention her Le Fei, not even Queen Lingyu had ever enjoyed such treatment. "That girl Tan'er is not sensible, she has already suffered
I have received my retribution, and now I only have Shang'er as my support... If this is the case, if he has any shortcomings, I and I will not be able to survive..."
Le Fei's father was a candidate at the same time as Nalan Duan. To say that he is an old friend is barely enough, but to say that he would be "unable to explain" would be a bit too much. However, in this situation,
Even when Sima Qing indulged her and gave in to her, no one would find fault with her or argue with her about this.
"When Shang'er gets better, I will grant him a wealthy fiefdom and let him live there with Xue'er. This way, he will be far away from the imperial capital, unable to hear the rumors here, and it will also help him recover from his injuries.
, it can be of some help, what do you think?"
Concubine Le's crying, Nalan Shu's request for leave, Nalan Ji's resignation, and the rumors spread by the common people finally made Sima Qing have to give in, and offered to give Sima Shang a fiefdom, and put this matter
Chapter completed!