chasing autumn

Inside the door, a lamp is like a bean, and the whole room is dim.

Zhan Hao, who was dressed in a silver silk black robe, was standing by the table with his back facing him, and he didn't turn around when he spoke just now.

"Father!..." Yu Huolian rushed forward in a few steps, wanting to say something, but looking at the back of the person exuding a cold aura, she couldn't come up with a word amidst a thousand thoughts.

Zhan Hao turned around slowly, with a calm and calm expression, and a trace of light in his eyes, Yu Huolian saw that he was holding a delicate short knife in his hand, with a gold-plated sheath and a handle inlaid with colorful gems. Sparkling.

"Come here." Zhan Hao said solemnly.

After hearing this, Yu Huolian couldn't help taking a deep breath, her body stiffened and she took two steps back, staring fixedly at the dagger in Zhan Hao's hand.

Dad, are you going to kill me? ! ...

When Zhan Hao saw his stunned and terrified appearance, he was really angry and funny, his brows were slightly frowned, and he raised his face and scolded: "What are you nervous about?!"

"I..." Yu Huolian was full of doubts, and looked up at Zhan Hao blankly.

A trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, Zhan Hao said irresistibly, "Come here, take it."

Yu Huolian hesitated and stepped forward to take the dagger.

"This knife comes from the Liao royal family," Zhan Hao said meaningfully, "their totems are on it..."

Liao? ...Dad wants me to go...

"Princess Xixia is in your hands, isn't it?" Seeing him nodding, Zhan Hao's face tightened slightly, the corners of his mouth curled up cruelly, and he raised his head, "Go and kill her."

Yu Huolian was shocked, and hurried forward to argue: "But she is just a girl, a girl who is not even 20 years old!..."

"Fang Xu, or Li Chengsong..." Zhan Hao cut off coldly, with a cold look in his eyes, "Kill one and keep the other, you make your own choice!" After finishing speaking, Zhan Hao went out without looking back , disappeared in the night in a blink of an eye.

The door of the room was still flabbergasted, and Yu Huolian sat at the table, staring straight at the flames of the oil lamp fluttering in the gusts of night wind in a trance, the dagger in her hand was clenched tighter and tighter.

That's it, that's it! ——Since Dad went to Fang's house to propose marriage, he must have intentionally let Fang Xu go... Dad went to find Xiaoli, in fact, to threaten me to kill Princess Xixia... But, just to threaten me...

But she is a girl, how can she attack an innocent girl? ! ...

The next day, the mist locked in the early morning.

Yu Huolian sat in the room with Yi Duan, listening to the sporadic sound of drumming from outside, her mind was vague.He didn't know whether he got up too early or stayed up all night, but his face was a bit tired that could not be concealed.

A gust of cold wind blew in, and the open doors bumped into each other wantonly, making annoying noises, disturbing his mood.

Frowning slightly, her empty eyes gradually regained their expression. Yu Huolian picked up the short knife in her hand, looked at it solemnly, and put it in her arms carefully. He stood up, tidied his clothes, stepped out of the house, and closed the gate with his backhand. Almost submerged in the thick fog.

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In the Lotus Pavilion,

Gently lifting the tulle curtain, Yu Huolian slowly approached the bed with almost imperceptible steps, and sat quietly on the square wooden stool beside the bed.

Li Chengsong, who was lying on his back on the bed, his lips were trembling slightly due to a faint illness, his complexion was pale, and his whole body was lifeless.

Once the princess of Xixia dies, the battle between Liaoxia and Xia Dynasty will inevitably affect the Song Dynasty... This is what father wants...

An ethereal bird song came from outside the window, breaking the long silence in the attic.

"I like you,"

At some point, Li Chengsong had already woken up, she sat up slowly with her arms propped up, a deep light shone in her clear eyes, "...you always knew about it, right?"

Hearing this, Yu Huolian glanced at her, but Yu Huolian didn't seem to hear her words, his face was still as silent as water, he raised his hand to feel her pulse on her wrist, and asked softly: "You...woke up a long time ago..."

After a long silence, Li Chengsong said, "Are you going to kill me?"

A hint of sadness flashed across Yu Huolian's lowered eyes, he took a deep breath, and asked, "What did you say?"

"I feel the murderous intent..." A tear flowed silently on Li Chengsong's cheek, "You want to kill me?..."

Yu Huolian was silent for a while, without replying, he took out an exquisite celadon medicine bottle from his arms, took a pill, and brought a cup of tea from the table.After putting the medicine into the tea, he handed the teacup to Li Chengsong, and said calmly, "Then what do you think?...Do you think I will kill you?..."

Li Chengsong's eyes were a little distracted, and it took a long time to focus on the teacup in front of her. She slowly reached out to take the teacup, and stared at Yu Huolian.

It was only then that Yu Huolian realized that her eyes had lost the look of staring at her in the past due to the torment of the illness, and now they have long since lost their light.He looked at it, and couldn't help feeling an unspeakable sorrow in his heart, surging in his chest like waves. He paused, and said solemnly: "Don't ask anything, just trust me."

The sun was rising, and the morning light outside the window gradually penetrated into the room, and sprinkled on Yu Huolian's tall and straight body, as if setting a dazzling golden border on this high-spirited figure.With tears in his eyes, Li Chengsong took a deep breath, and slowly raised his hand to bring the teacup to his mouth.She was about to raise her head and drink the tea in the cup when she saw a woman running up the stairs in a panic.

The woman said anxiously: "Don't drink!"

"Xiao Li?!" Yu Huolian turned around in surprise, looked blankly at her running over, and snatched the tea from Li Chengsong's hand.

Fang Li anxiously said: "Huo Lian, stop doing stupid things!"

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