When Li Xiuye sat firmly on the high platform and heard the news of Qu Xiaonan's death, he only felt his heart twitching a few times, and an indescribable emotion filled his chest, which was difficult to describe!
"How could she die? Can't you tell who is who? Even she could be killed by mistake?" Li Xiuye clenched his hands into fists and dug his nails deeply into his palms, but he couldn't feel the slightest pain.
Many ministers in the audience lowered their heads and said nothing.
One of them spoke boldly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. As Concubine Qu, as a concubine, since she is getting married, a fight between the two countries is inevitable..."
"Shut up!" Li Xiuye interrupted the other party and looked at him with sharp eyes, "How did you target this person?"
"Your Majesty, we haven't found Concubine Qu's body yet. We only know that the tribe she lived in was burned clean by us, and now... now... it's been... shattered to pieces..." When he said this, the minister was obviously confident.
Not enough, there were beads of sweat on his forehead, and his voice trembled.
"You bastards!" Li Xiuye slapped the table and stood up, shouting angrily: "What do you do for a living? Let a living person disappear under your noses?"
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Li Xiuye was restless and restless. He got off the high platform and a group of courtiers retreated. The victory in this battle was a good thing and should be celebrated by the whole country, but he could not be happy at all.
It was obviously his personal will to marry her into that dangerous place and let her fall into the tiger's mouth, but why is he the one who is anxious and agitated now?
Li Xiuye kept walking in place, feeling confused and thinking of the bitter smile she last looked at him.
Li Xiuye's eyebrows were furrowed, and there was a strong sadness in his eyes.
"Xiu Ye." Suddenly a gentle voice came over.
Li Xiuye looked up and saw Zhao Qingshuang standing by the door, looking at him with a smile. Zhao Qingshuang walked in slowly, hugged Li Xiuye's arm, and asked softly: "Xiuye, are you thinking about Xiaonan?"
Li Xiuye shook his head: "I didn't think about her."
Zhao Qingshuang's smile was as bright as a flower, "Xiu Ye, the matter is over. The victory of this battle has eliminated our serious worries. Why are you still depressed? No matter what, Xiaonan has made up for it. Her spirit in heaven can be regarded as resting in peace. You should be happy.
yes!"
Li Xiuye pushed Zhao Qingshuang away, feeling as if something was blooming densely in his heart. He was a little breathless, but he quickly suppressed it, "Don't worry about it, I'm just worried about other things."
Zhao Qingshuang's face was a little surprised, but she immediately returned to normal. She deliberately got close to him, hoping that he would pay more attention to her.
Zhao Qingshuang looked at Li Xiuye with a smile: "Xiuye, although we won this battle, Xiaonan is no longer here. I wonder if we should replace her title."
"Can you please stop mentioning her all the time?" Li Xiuye glared at her, his tone extremely cold.
Li Xiuye rarely loses his temper with her. Zhao Qingshuang was frightened by him like this. Her face turned a little pale, but then she braced herself up, bit her lip lightly, and her eyes became moist: "I'm sorry Xiuye, I didn't know you didn't want to mention it.
Xiao Nan’s…”
Zhao Qingshuang bowed her head and admitted her mistake obediently, not daring to show any disobedience.
Li Xiuye also felt that his attitude just now was a bit wrong. He took a deep breath and softened his tone, "Shuang'er, it was my fault just now. I shouldn't have talked to you like that. Don't mind, okay?"
Zhao Qingshuang nodded vigorously, with a sweet smile on his face.
"Shuang'er, I still have some things to deal with. Can I accompany you later?" Li Xiuye coaxed Zhao Qingshuang in a gentle voice, with a gentle smile on his face.
Zhao Qingshuang agreed obediently and then retreated. Li Xiuye's smile fleetingly disappeared, and his eyes were full of gloom.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to see Qu Xiaonan still standing in front of him, smiling brightly at him.
But the next moment, the face disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by darkness, which weighed heavily on his heart like a boulder.
He felt suffocated, an indescribable feeling of suffocation spread from his heart, as if all the wrong things Qu Xiaonan had done were unimportant at this time, even if the child she was carrying was not his, even if the person she loved was not
Him, even if she betrays him.
Li Xiuye felt as if he had fallen into an abyss, and the whole world became blurred. In this world, there was only Qu Xiaonan's pretty face. He looked at Qu Xiaonan's smiling face and suddenly stretched out his hand to touch it.
Unfortunately, before his hand touched Qu Xiaonan's face, Qu Xiaonan's expression suddenly changed, and she kept backing away, deliberately avoiding herself. Li Xiuye's pupils shrank violently, and he called her name in panic.
It turned out that just a short time ago, he had had a ridiculous dream. When he woke up, he found that there was no one around him, leaving him sitting alone on the high platform he wanted most.
"Your Majesty, the tonic soup is ready." A father-in-law brought a bowl of tonic soup and placed it on the table. Li Xiuye's thinking seemed to be frozen, and he sat blankly on the chair, looking at the tonic soup on the table.
It was Qu Xiaonan who reminded him every day to take good care of his health.
His mood was actually much calmer, but his heart was still heavy.
After much thought, he picked up the bowl of soup and drank it.
The father-in-law suddenly took out a secret envelope from his sleeve: "Your Majesty, Concubine Qu gave this secret envelope to me before the wedding, so that I can deliver it to Your Majesty in the future."
Li Xiuye took the secret fold dubiously. After opening it, he saw the contents of the secret fold. His expression became a little strange and he couldn't help but murmur to himself: "Xiao Nan, after all, I wrongly blamed you."
Li Xiuye sat alone on the dragon chair, staring blankly at the secret fold in his hand, with inexplicable emotions flashing in his eyes.
Finally, he closed the secret fold.
"Your Majesty, where are you going?" The father-in-law asked with some confusion as he watched Li Xiuye stand up.
Li Xiuye said nothing and walked straight outside, his back looking lonely and sad.
"To atone for one person's sins and to abide by one's agreement." He murmured, not loudly.
It was drizzling in the sky, and it was pouring down. Drops of rain fell on Li Xiuye's body. He didn't feel the chill at all, because the pain in his heart was even worse.
Li Xiuye's cold lips were pursed tightly, and his dark eyes were bottomless. He came to a place, but this place had become ruins and was desolate.
"Xiao Nan, I was wrong."
When Li Xiuye saw this, everything from three years ago seemed to be still fresh in his memory...