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The road to the banquet hall seems to have become much shorter.

Getting off the chariot, Yan Sui glanced sideways at Shen Xiu, and naturally held his hand.

Shen Xiu frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is against the rules."

In the court hall, he was wearing armor and looked like a human being, but when he came to the banquet hall, the emperor held hands and walked side by side with him. Anyone with a discerning eye could know what kind of existence he was.

He knew that the relationship between himself and Yan Sui was tacit in the hearts of all ministers, but he could not make their relationship clear in front of envoys from other countries.

Otherwise, other people will think that there is no one in his vast Kyushu, and they will actually want a ban|favorite to enter the battlefield.

No matter how great the conflict between him and Yan Sui is, he will never let outsiders look down on Kyushu and the royal family of Kyushu.

Yan Sui was silent for a moment when he heard the words, then nodded: "It's really against the rules."

He let go of Shen Xiu's hand, and then said to Qianyue behind him: "Go and invite Second Young Master Shen."

"Yes."

Qianyue subconsciously glanced at Shen Xiu, and saw that his expression had not changed, so she turned around and went to invite someone.

Shen Xiu thought of what Yan Sui had said to him when he was in Lianxin Garden, and couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Do you really doubt Jingshu?"

Yan Sui only showed an ambiguous smile, "There is nothing to doubt about the favor of the King of Kyushu, and it is too late for the King to favor him."

"Hmm..." Shen Xiu could understand what he meant, but no matter what angle he looked at his words, he felt uncomfortable.

Shen Jingshu is the second young master of the Shen family, his brother from the same father, and Yan Sui, his monarch, is also someone he cannot let go of no matter what.

In public, he should persuade his monarch not to be obsessed with beauty, in private, he should feel sorry for his own brother and himself.

But in fact, he can only watch, can't say anything, can't do anything.

Shen Jingshu came very quickly, when she approached and saw Shen Xiu standing aside, her expression changed immediately.

Shen Xiu didn't want to guess what kind of mood he was in, she lowered her eyelashes silently, and after Shen Jingshu took Yan Sui's arm and took two steps, she followed them slowly into the hall.

In a hall, a king talks and drinks with envoys from many countries, and you come and go.

As a military commander, Shen Xiu didn't need to do these verbal maneuvers, so he sat quietly in his seat and listened to these thousand-year-old foxes playing chat, from time to time, he glanced at Shen Jingshu who was sitting next to Yan, and lowered his eyes to do something in his heart. own plan.

In the center of the main hall, the veiled and masked dancer danced to the gentle music. He always felt that the more he listened to the music, the more familiar it became.

Duaner...

He raised his head suddenly, looked around, and finally set his eyes on the white gauze opposite.

Behind the white gauze sat a qin girl, through the gauze he couldn't see the face of the qin girl clearly, but he recognized her at a glance.

Shen Duan'er composed the song "Middle of the Valley of the Valley" by herself. Before that, she only played it in front of Shen Xiu, because it was originally composed for him.

When he came back from the frontier for the first time, Duan'er used this song to greet him alone.

He still remembers what Duan'er said to him when he pressed his hands on the strings after playing a piece.

"Brother, you said lily of the valley would bring me good news, so I made up this lily of the valley tune. There will always be a day when lily of the valley withers, and Duaner will keep it in his heart. As long as the song is still there, lily of the valley will be happy never die."

"Brother, Duan'er will always pray for you, may my brother live a long life without any worries, and may my wishes come true."

As Shen Xiu thought about it, his eyes began to turn sore.

Before he knew it, his eyes turned red.

Yan was paying attention to him all the time, and she was aware of his emotional changes, so she silently signaled Qianyue to remind him to pay attention to the occasion.

Qianyue understood, quietly walked behind Shen Xiu, knelt down and sat down, "Master Shen, are you feeling unwell?"

Hearing this, Shen Xiu finally came to his senses, and quickly lowered his head to adjust his emotions.

Yan Sui Yu Guang saw that he had restrained his expression, so he continued to talk with the messenger next to him at ease.

While pushing the cups and changing the cups, the people in the seat seemed to be a little stunned, and it looked like a harmonious scene, but at this moment, the dancer in the center of the hall suddenly threw out her long sleeves and hung them on the beam, and a cold light fell on the sleeves Appeared, and stabbed straight at Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu narrowly avoided it, and casually drew the sword of the guard behind him to wrestle with the dancer girl.

There was chaos in the hall for a while, Qian Yue and several servants shouted for escort, the envoys ran around in shock, Yan Sui wanted to help Shen Xiu, but Shen Jingshu hugged her waist tightly.

Shen Duan'er behind the white gauze also seemed to be too shocked, he ran out regardless, but was pushed away by Shen Xiu who had reacted.

The dancer's moves were quite fierce, and Shen Xiu, who hadn't held the sword for a long time, seemed a little struggling to confront her. Shen Duan'er was pulled by someone, and couldn't get close to him at all, so he could only cry with red eyes.

Fortunately, there were many imperial guards around the main hall, and the dancer was quickly brought under control.

Shen Xiu dropped the sword and hurried to Shen Duan'er, asking softly if she was okay.

Shen Duan'er shook his head, but couldn't help crying.

With the Imperial Guards controlling the killer dancer, Shen Xiu relaxed his vigilance, but he did not expect that an inconspicuous palace maid rushed from behind him with a dagger in his hand.

Everyone didn't have time to react, only facing Shen Duan'er to see the maid's movements clearly, she grabbed Shen's sleeves and quickly changed positions with him, and the dagger pierced through from behind in an instant. her chest.

"Tuaner!"

Shen Xiu followed Shen Duaner, who softened his body, with his eyes wide open, as if he hadn't reacted yet.

"Brother..." The pain invaded her brain instantly, and tears overflowed from her eyes.

Shen Xiu knelt on the ground, carefully avoiding her injuries and hugged her, "Duan'er... Qianyue! Please call for the imperial doctor! Please call for the imperial doctor!"

Qianyue didn't dare to stop for a moment, and hurried out to call the imperial doctor.

Shen Xiu didn't dare to move her easily, so he knelt on the ground and hugged her.

The envoys were more or less frightened, Yan Sui had no choice but to let the imperial guards take the two assassins down first, and then ordered the servants to take the envoys and the obviously frightened Shen Jingshu down first.

After a while, the hall was quite empty, Yan Sui stood aside and looked at them, not knowing what to say for a while.

The imperial physician rushed over following Qianyue, carefully inspected Shen Duan'er's condition, frowning again and again, and finally there was only a long sigh left.

"Emperor doctor, look again, I see that the dagger is stabbing sideways, you save her! Save her!" Shen Xiu couldn't accept it, and grabbed the imperial doctor's arm with one hand, refusing to let the imperial doctor go.

The imperial physician couldn't bear to speak directly to him, so he could only keep sighing.

Still Shen Duan'er held his wrist with trembling hands, and said with difficulty: "Brother, don't, don't embarrass the imperial doctor, I, I want to go back to Jingyue Palace, you take me, take me back."

"Okay." Shen Xiu carefully picked her up and ran all the way to Jingyue Palace.

The blood on Shen Duan'er's body didn't stop, it stained the hand of Shen Xiu on her back red, dripping all the way.

She was afraid that she didn't have enough time, so she kept talking about what she said to him a long time ago.

"Brother, Duan'er is really regretful. He regrets that he didn't die with the eldest lady, so that he won't be a burden to you."

"The eldest lady once said that a gentleman should take protecting his family and country as his duty, but Duan'er only hopes that you, brother, can live happily and freely all your life."

"Brother, Duan'er still hopes that you will stop liking Jun Shang, he is not worth it at all."

"Brother, I miss my childhood so much. At that time, you were by Duaner's side every day. At that time, I thought that such a life would be our whole life."

"Brother, let me tell you this quietly. Duan'er always thought that I could marry you. Later, Ta Chun told me that brothers and sisters cannot get married. I hugged the lily of the valley you left behind and cried all night."

"Brother..."

"Brother..."

She said a lot, and seeing that she was about to arrive at Jingyue Palace, she suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Brother, can you send back the people who are following you? I...cough cough...I don't want to See them."

"Okay." After entering Jingyue Palace, Shen Xiu asked Ta Chun to stop Yan Sui and the imperial guards who were following behind.In the name of a forbidden pet, through Ta Chun's mouth, I prayed that Yan Sui would not disturb Shen Duan'er and his sister at this last moment.

The gate of Jingyue Palace was slowly closed, and Yan casually shut the door.

Shen Duan'er was leaning on the stone bench in the courtyard, her eyes fixed on the blooming lily of the valley.

She said softly, "Listen, brother, Lily of the Valley is talking."

Shen Xiu's eyes were red, and her voice was hoarse, her voice trembling: "I can't hear you."

"Really." Shen Duan'er smiled lightly, "Ling Lan brought us good news, and Feng also said so."

When she said this, the autumn wind was curling through the tip of her hair, rippling over the lily of the valley, shaking it gently, as if to testify to her words.

Shen Xiu's heart felt very uncomfortable, and tears fell silently from his eyes.

"Brother, don't cry, as you said, it won't look good if you cry too much." Shen Duan'er put her palm on his cheek and said softly: "Ling Lan has already brought us good news, you should laugh , brother looks the best when he smiles."

"By the way, white jade tassels, I stole them back from Junshang, but...but..." At this point, Shen Duan'er suddenly started to cough violently, her breathing was very short of breath, Shen Xiu just hugged her, her heart was extremely anxious, But I don't know what to do.

"Duaner, Duaner..."

"It's okay, brother, it's okay... White jade tassel, I smashed it... Cough cough cough!"

Shen Duan'er's mouth began to gush blood, flowing down her lips, unstoppable.

Shen Xiu hastily wiped the blood from her lips with his hands, but the blood seemed to flow endlessly, no matter how he wiped it, it couldn't be wiped clean.

"Duaner, Duaner, what should I do! What should I do!!"

"Brother, promise me that you must...leave the palace, leave the emperor, okay, okay, live happily! Let's go!"

After Shen Duan'er finished speaking, her eyes widened suddenly, she just stared fixedly at Shen Xiu, unable to make a sound.

She still wants to see her brother again, one more time, one more time...

She vomited blood uncontrollably, tears finally overflowed from her red eyes, and her mouth seemed to be still shouting...Brother!

She opened her mouth, and pulled out a bloody smile while taking quick breaths.

Now that she is dead, there is nothing in this world that can hold back my brother.

Brother, you are free.

She was so happy because of this, the smile froze on her lips.

Shen Duan'er lost all strength, and his hands, which had become cold due to excessive blood loss, drooped heavily.She was reluctant to close her eyes until her breath was completely cut off, and her eyes were still stubbornly open.

"Duaner! Duaner! Duaner——!"

Shen Xiu hugged her tightly, and the blood on Shen Duan'er's body soaked a large area of ​​his clothes, but he didn't feel it.

He hugged Shen Duan'er and cried, his tears were like threads and couldn't stop falling.

It landed on Shen Duan'er and melted into the wet blood on her body.

This was the second time in his life that he cried so wantonly. The first time was when his mother died.

At that time, his mother was clearly in front of him, but all he could do was to watch his mother die in pain.

But now, Duan'er is clearly in his arms, but he still can only watch Duan'er die.

His emotions were on the verge of collapse, and he suddenly felt that all his hard work and forbearance for so many years were all like a joke.

At the age of 13, he went to the frontier with his father. He was scratched all over his body during the battle between the two armies. He never dared to cry out for pain.

Even after being forced and humiliated by Yan Sui, he was moved to give up, but after thinking of Duan'er, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

He used to think about it, and if he endured it and persisted, as long as he got through it, he would be fine.As long as he survives, he can take Duan'er and leave the palace, and then choose a Taoyuan to live in seclusion with his sister.

But his Duan'er, who he vowed to protect all his life, is now lying in his arms, with his eyes closed forever.

The author has something to say: she just doesn't want to be an accomplice in breaking her brother's wings.