"A woman can also be an emperor? How could Brother Yu have such a strange idea?" Xiao Yuwan glanced sideways at Xiao Yu and smiled lightly, "I am not someone as ambitious as Lu Fei or Empress Dowager Xuan. If it weren't for your Majesty, I would I prefer a quiet and elegant life rather than greed for power."
"Haha... That was a joke, yes... How can a woman become the emperor?" Xiao Yu smiled casually.
Xiao Yuwan carefully observed Xiao Yu's expression at this time. There was not much sadness on that handsome face, but more of a kind of transparency and relief that saw through the world.
"Is Yudi afraid of death?" Xiao Yuwan suddenly asked.
Xiao Yu lay down with his arms as pillow, looking at the dark roof and thinking for a moment.
"I don't know if I'm afraid... If Sister Yuwan knew about my previous experience, she would naturally have such ambiguous thoughts as mine."
Xiao Yuwan frowned slightly: "Yu Di was crazy for a while. Could it be that Yu Di had some enlightenment at that time and was really taken away by the gods?"
"It's not that mysterious, but I can't explain clearly..." Xiao Yu closed his eyes, "I came here naked, why are I afraid of leaving naked? It's just that the longer you stay, the more people and things you care about. , if I am killed by His Majesty... I only feel more regret than fear..."
"Buddha talked about reincarnation, nirvana...three thousand worlds, but Yudi thought clearly. He has no fear of life and death, but he doesn't want to spend this life well. If he wastes his time like this, isn't he afraid that he won't accumulate good fortune and will fall into the animal realm in the next life?"
When Xiao Yuwan said this, she laughed first.
Xiao Yu knew it was a joke. He opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yuwan. He seemed to have never thought that this dignified and quiet princess would make such a joke on him.
Xiao Yuwan also suddenly realized that she had lost her composure, but it seemed pretentious to try to act like a princess at this time. She could only glance to one side, pretending not to see Xiao Yu looking at her.
The two sides fell into silence again. After a while, Xiao Yu seemed to suddenly think of something again, and he suddenly sat up again.
"By the way, there's something!"
"what?"
Xiao Yu put his hand under his collar, and after a while he pulled out a hairpin and handed it to Xiao Yuwan's hand.
In the dim light, Xiao Yuwan looked at the hairpin curiously. It was neither gold nor silver, and it was not a royal object. It was engraved with a peony, and it was more like a female item from an ordinary small family.
"This is..." Xiao Yuwan asked.
"This is something Yang Hua gave to Yu Rong...a token of love..."
"Alas... how can it be in your hands..."
Xiao Yu did not answer, he was silent for a moment: "How is Yu Rong..."
"She was sentenced to death a few hours ago." Xiao Yuwan paused, "I didn't expect that she would embark on a path of no return. I... I can't do anything to help her..."
Xiao Yu smiled faintly: "The age of a flower is about to bloom just now, but it has faded away like this."
"Brother Yu, don't blame your majesty. Your majesty doesn't want to, but the national law cannot tolerate it. Yu Rong... Yu Rong has committed a heinous crime!"
"Yu Rong wants to avenge King Luling and Concubine Lu, right..." Xiao Yu sighed, "The whole thing is over like this. If a piece of paper is lifted, there won't be any more big killings? Maybe... Your Majesty is Huang who is behind you. Bird, everything is under his control..."
Xiao Yuwan turned her head and took a serious look at Xiao Yu.
"Yu Di, don't speculate on the holy will. Stay here now and don't care about what happens outside. After a while, when the storm has passed, I...I will find a way to rescue you!"
"Outside... there will still be mountains of corpses and seas of blood outside! After killing so many people, when will they end!"
Xiao Yuwan narrowed her eyes: "I don't want your Majesty to commit murder again, but your Majesty can't hold back. If he shows cowardice, what will happen to the entire empire... and my Xiao family..."
"Is there really no turning back?"
"The country of my Xiao family is full of holes, and I can only work hard to repair it. But the country is so precarious, I..."
Xiao Yuwan sighed, but tears fell down her face, crystal clear and shining in the dim light.
Xiao Yu was stunned when he saw such a beautiful woman. At that moment, he even had the urge to hold her in his arms.
This impulse does not come with any evil thoughts, but simply comes from the courage and love of a seven-foot-old man who wants to protect a weak woman from the wind and rain.
Xiao Yuwan put the hairpin into her wide sleeves and said, "Brother Yu gave me this hairpin because he wanted me to return it to Yang Hua!"
"This is something Yu Rong has assigned me. Whether I can get out of here is still unknown. I can only ask Sister Yuwan to do it for me."
Xiao Yuwan glanced at Xiao Yu: "Does Yu Rong have anything to say?"
Xiao Yu raised his legs, buried his face between his legs, and stared at the only light in the dark prison for a moment.
"There's nothing special to say. Maybe Yu Rong just wants Yang Hua to live well!"
Xiao Yuwan nodded, stood up, and prepared to leave.
The iron chains rustled under his feet, and Xiao Yu also stood up, wanting to take a few steps.
Xiao Yuwan seemed to have thought of something and looked back at Xiao Yu: "Brother Yu, I don't understand what you are going to do?"
"What do you want to ask me?"
"The incident at Chaogou Mansion... I only found out about it later. It's just that... it's not a big deal, it's not a small thing. It's a mixed bag of dragons and snakes. It's too complicated. You shouldn't have anything to do with it. But why do you want to get involved?"
"To save people..."
Xiao Yuwan frowned and looked at Xiao Yu with squinted eyes: "Who are you trying to save?"
"A child...and his tribe..."
"Those Northern Dynasties people?" Xiao Yuwan felt a little incredible.
Xiao Yu nodded.
Xiao Yuwan said nothing, just turned and left.
…
Jiankang Palace, side hall.
Xiao Ziqian slowly walked out of the dilapidated palace gate and came to the courtyard outside the house. He raised his head and looked at the sky. The dark clouds in the distance had not dissipated and happened to cover half of the sky.
He sighed, shook his head and was about to go back to rest, when suddenly there seemed to be a subtle voice coming from the darkness in a corner of the courtyard.
Xiao Ziqian didn't light the lantern, he just thought it was a wild cat or a small animal like a mouse moving there.
Just when he had turned his back halfway, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and he quickly turned around.
There was a thin figure vaguely looking at him in the darkness.
Xiao Ziqian narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who is there?"
"kitten."
A little girl's clear voice came over, and then the thin figure moved forward.
Xiao Ziqian walked a few steps forward, went down the stairs, and came to the kitten. It took some effort to squat down. There was not much light in front of him, only a thin silhouette standing quietly in front of him.
"You...you brought my son, right?" Xiao Ziqian asked.
"Um……"
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
The little girl replied: "I am a kitten. I want to know how the little prince is doing now. Is he good or bad..."
