"Cough..." Kang Yanning took a sharp breath and couldn't breathe. She was choking. "Cough... it hurts... it hurts." Kang Yanning stroked her chest and breathed heavily.
"Miss! You're awake!" Forsythia heard Yan Ning's voice and hurriedly opened the door and went in. Seeing Kang Yanning's embarrassed appearance, she hurriedly patted her back to cheer her up. When she gradually calmed down, she turned to Bai Zhi and said, "Report quickly.
Your Majesty and Princess, Miss is awake." Seeing Kang Yanning couldn't stop coughing, he quickly brought the honey water worriedly, "Miss, you must have choked, drink some honey water to make it smooth."
When Kang Yanning saw Forsythia, she ignored her headache. She held her hand tightly and asked with red eyes, "Forsythia! Didn't I tell you to run out? Why are you still here?"
Forsythia listened to her question and said at a loss, "Miss...what? Where do you want me to go?"
Before Kang Yanning could ask more questions, she heard a familiar voice with a slightly anxious tone: "Yanning!"
Kang Yanning followed the sound and was suddenly stunned. She saw her father...mother who looked anxious and walked in a hurry...
He must be dreaming. The father in front of him has a sparse beard and a tall figure like a pine and cypress. He is not as haggard as when they last met. When he saw Kang Yanning looking at her dreamily, but there was no movement, he frowned and quickly put his hand on her forehead.
"The fever is gone..."
Her mother looked at her worriedly. Her tone was still gentle, "Is Yan Ning feeling better? Is there any pain anywhere?"
Kang Yanning didn't dare to blink, for fear that the sweet dream would disappear in the blink of an eye. But she couldn't resist the dull pain in her heart. Before she died, she recalled what Wei Jiaxiao said over and over again, "Daddy... such a proud person never closed his eyes until he died."
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She was so sad that she couldn't control it anymore and burst into tears. She just wanted to let this sweet dream last a little longer, just a little longer.
Kang Yanning held her parents' hands tightly, "Yanning is wrong... Yanning is really wrong... Don't leave... Take me away, please, take me away..."
"This..." Prince Kang and Princess Kang were startled. They had never seen Yan Ning so sad. She burst into tears, as if she was in endless pain.
As a parent, Yan Ning cried and they were heartbroken. Yan Ning has been smart and smart since she was a child, and has done a lot of things in the house. Although she is willful, she has not been hurt. She must have been frightened by the fall this time.
Princess Kang hugged her daughter and patted her back gently, comforting her and saying, "Mom and dad are always here." She frowned, "Is your body still in pain? You climb up and down with that girl from the Yang family every day.
In addition to the fall, I also developed a fever. Now I really feel the pain. I am not allowed to play with that girl from the Yang family in the future."
"Ahem." King Kang saw that his wife was getting more and more partial as she spoke, so he had no choice but to stand up and say something fair. "I see, it's your Yan Ning who has been leading the Yang girl up and down all day long."
Seeing the look in Princess Kang's direction, she changed her words and said, "No one in the whole city is smarter than Yan Ning. It's all girls from other families who follow her."
"Dad...Mother..." She clenched her hands tightly, feeling the power transmitted by her parents, and her crying gradually became smaller. "It's true...it's true."
"What's true?" Princess Kang stretched out her hand and lightly hit Yan Ning. "You are not allowed to run around recently. You are grounded." She tucked Kang Ning's quilt and saw her daughter staring at her closely.
His face was full of admiration, but he said softly, "Drink your medicine well, and you can go out to play when you feel better."
King Kang nodded in agreement, "Don't mess around. Your brother knows that you took that girl from the Yang family over the wall and fell down. He went to the Yang family to apologize. He will come to see you when he comes back."
King Kang touched his daughter's forehead and felt relieved when he realized that the fever had subsided. Then he suddenly thought, "You are so old and you are still as willful as a little girl."
Yan Ning listened to her mother's words, lay down in the quilt obediently, and watched them walk away hand in hand.
It seemed...it seemed like it was true...she really saw her father and mother...they were still there, and her brother was also there. She kept convincing herself and giving herself courage.
She looked at the curtain, and her mood calmed down after being excited. She didn't know why she came back, back to three years ago, when she had not left Yucheng.
Kang Yanning remembered what King Kang said. The people of the Wei Dynasty were simple and generous, and she was the daughter of a victorious general. Naturally, she had been a tyrant in the Western Regions since she was a child. There was always a group of friends behind her who would follow her to play horses. Before going to Kyoto, she
They are all extremely happy.
It must have been that time when I met Yang Wanrong, the daughter of Governor Yang, and went to Prince Dou's palace to pick grapes to eat. When I climbed down from the wall, I mismeasured the distance and both of them jumped down desperately.
As a result, Kang Yanning's leg was broken and she lay down for a month. As soon as her leg healed, the prince arrived...
Three years ago, when everything had not yet begun, there was still a chance for everything.
Kang Yanning, who realized that she really had another chance, was filled with hatred, and her pretty face was filled with a chilling air. She clenched her fists tightly, as if she could still feel the heartbreaking pain of breaking her nails, and she murmured
He said, "No one can harm my family. Wei Jiaxiao... I will crush you to ashes."
Kang Yanning has been nursing her injury for more than half a month. This is not the first time she has broken her leg. Naturally, she knows that in addition to nursing her leg, she also needs to walk properly to make her legs faster. Forsythia and Angelica can't help her, so they have to follow closely.
Be careful at all times.
When Kang Yanning was practicing slowly with her head lowered, a figure wearing a blue robe came into her eyes. She happily waved her hand to Kang Yanyu, "Brother, you are back!"
Yan Ning was excited. She hadn't seen her brother in the past two years. She looked carefully at the man in front of her. Her brother had black hair and beady eyes. He was definitely the most handsome man in the world. So good.
My brother...but because of himself...he died with his eyes open.
However, Kang Yanyu felt that something was being done to her. She looked at her with her long and narrow eyes suspiciously, "You look like you are crying and laughing at the same time. What bad thing did you do to throw it at me?"
He turned to look at Forsythia and said, "You two, please tell me what bad thing your young lady did again."
Kang Yanning's two eldest maids, Forsythia is calm and intelligent, while Bai Zhi is more lively and playful. Bai Zhi smiled and said, "Miss has been thinking about the prince for a long time, and asks him every day when will you come back."
After her brother apologized to the Yang family on her behalf, he went straight to the military camp for training and did not return home for half a month. Kang Yanning looked forward to the stars and the moon every day, waiting for him to take a break.
"Brother!" Kang Yanning moved slowly, took Kang Yanyu's arm, and said coquettishly, "Brother, I miss you so much."
Kang Yanyu touched her head and joked, "She's still like a little baby."
Kang Yanning cherishes her current life too much. The events of her past life have become a knot in Kang Yanning's heart. She is haunted by nightmares every day, and the eyes of her father and brother who have been beheaded with no regrets gnaw out her heart over and over again.
For more than half a month, she has been clinging to her father and mother every day, just wanting to be by their side to atone for the sins of her previous life. Her father and mother are both here, and she is still laughing and playing by their side.
But she knew everything would come eventually.
In the darkness, Kang Yanning woke up from the nightmare again, sweating profusely. Her expression was indifferent under the weak candlelight. She reached out and picked up the knife under the pillow, touched the blade, then reached out and carved a knife on the beam beside the bed.
, I saw that there were many traces densely carved on the thick beams.
Counting the days, in half a month the prince would send military pay and go to Yucheng with the imperial edict. That was the beginning of all tragedies. This time she would never let Prince Kang's palace become a tragedy again.
Kang Yanning was holding her chin and watching Forsythia knotting its knots, when Bai Zhi came in holding the cake and slightly raising the curtain.
"Miss, today the princess ordered the kitchen to make the lotus seed cake that the lady praised a few days ago. I think the princess loves the lady the most, so please don't be angry about the grounding."
Yan Ning burst out laughing. She waved to Bai Zhi and picked up the lotus seed cake with her long white fingers. She saw a small lotus seed cake with a gold surface and a silver side. The skin peeled off and became crispy when she put it in her mouth. It was crispy and delicious, cooling the tongue and oozing through the teeth. It was sweet.
Moderate.
Kang Yanning's eyes were bright. It was indeed the taste she had missed the most for three years! No matter how bustling and bustling Kyoto was, she could not find any lotus paste pastry that was as delicious as the ones made at home, and it didn't taste like home.
"How could I be angry with my mother?"
"Then why is the lady so depressed these days and not going out to play anymore? Miss Yang asked someone to ask the lady several times."
Of course it's because the prince is coming soon.
King Kang had guarded the northwest for many years and was an old rival of the Turks. His father was only a mere captain in Kyoto. He was not very conspicuous in Kyoto where there were many first-rank officials.
Originally, King Kang was just a dandy who hung out in the streets all day long, but somehow he was valued by the emperor and was thrown to the frontier. Later, he fought several victorious battles with the Turkic Khan. The emperor gradually promoted King Kang to be the only emperor of the Wei Dynasty.
The second surname is Wang.
A few years ago, the Turkic Great Khan died suddenly, and the ten tribes fell apart. The borders of the Wei Dynasty also recuperated. But within a few years, Chu Mukun, the second son of the Great Khan, beheaded his brother and then ascended the throne forcefully. First Ping Nei,
He regained the troops and horses that originally followed the Turkic Great Khan, and then immediately fought against the foreigners and took over the helm of the ten tribes. His ambitions were far beyond this, and he had repeatedly tested the court's bottom line in recent years.
Although the northwest is dry and rainless, it has a vast territory and rich resources. Recently, Mu Kun used guerrilla methods to plunder supplies. He was not willing to fight at ordinary times and ran away after looting. The villagers on the border could not bear the disturbance. King Kang was determined to annihilate the Turks in one fell swoop and submitted a letter to the court.
Zhezi asked for two million taels of military pay and to send troops to the Turks.
Emperor Wei Chang of the Wei Dynasty came to the throne as a young man and worked hard to govern. Because of the war a few years ago, he implemented the policy of self-cultivation and recuperation, so the treasury of the Wei Dynasty was naturally abundant.
The Emperor of the Wei Dynasty specially ordered the prince to supervise and transport 2 million military stipends to Yucheng in preparation for the next year's campaign. Kang Yanning found out that in addition to sending 2 million military stipends, the prince also brought an imperial edict, specifically ordering the four kings of Zhenjiang to return to Beijing with their families for the New Year.
As soon as the imperial edict came out, everyone in the court marveled at the high regard that the Holy Emperor showed to the four kings.
Because according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, the king of the border area was not allowed to leave without being summoned. This time was a favor to the four kings who were guarding the border area.
Kang Yanning sneered, what kind of grace is this? It was obvious that Emperor Wei Chang was getting older and his suspicions were getting heavier.