Binding the Dragon for the Empress

The bleeding from the scaled arm hadn't stopped, the blood loss caused a dull pain in the abdomen, dizziness, the black dragon had no strength before flying out of the palace, he had no choice but to stop in the imperial garden, transformed into a human form under a towering tree , holding on to the trunk, barely standing still.

The cramping pain in the abdomen gradually became more severe, Xuanlong covered his lower abdomen, and slowly slid on the ground: "Mmm..."

"Hey, are you okay?" A half-blank light flashed, and the fox demon who had been with Xuanlong for a few days finally couldn't help showing his figure, and bent forward anxiously to help him.

Xuanlong turned his head to look at Que Le after realizing it, and said dumbly, "Why are you here?"

Seeing his pale face, Que Le tightened her heart, and said angrily: "Why can't I be here, only you can be here?"

Xuanlong lowered his eyes silently, he was not feeling well, and he didn't have the energy to argue with others.

Yu Le frowned tightly: "You are also a profound dragon with ten thousand years of practice, you can't even feel that I, a fox demon who has just reached 200 years of practice, is hidden by your side. You made yourself like this for a human race, you ...you are stupid."

"As stupid as my brother."

Xuanlong withdrew his hand from the crook of Que Le's arms, and stood up with difficulty while supporting the tree trunk.

"You believe me now."

"It's not good for the human race to get close to the demon."

Xuanlong didn't pay attention to him, turned around and was about to leave, his footsteps were flimsy, and he walked extremely slowly, as if he would fall down in a moment.

The night was pitch black, and light rain fell from the sky, hitting Xuanlong's shoulders and hair, and staining his eyelashes.

Que Le hurriedly followed and grabbed Xuanlong's arm: "Hey! I'm talking to you!"

"I heard it all!"

"That person betrayed you and lied to you! Why didn't you react at all?"

He happened to hold the wound on Xuanlong's left arm, Xuanlong snorted and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Que Le held on tightly until Que Le felt the warmth and stickiness of his palm.

Yao's night vision is a hundred times better than that of humans, and Que Le looked down at his palm, which was covered with blood.

"You are hurt?!"

Before Xuanlong could reply, he grabbed his arm and pulled up his wide sleeve robe. The coat was black, so it was not easy to see the injury, but the inner garment was pure white. The not-so-smooth cloth directly stuck to the flesh and blood, dyeing the entire white sleeve bright red.

Que Le rolled up the sleeves of Xuanlong's obscene clothes a little, and saw the pockmarked arm after losing the dragon scales, and his eye circles instantly turned red: "How could this be?!"

"..." Xuanlong withdrew his hand silently, he didn't want to discuss this with him, he just wanted to leave this place earlier.

Previously, he was worried that his tracks would be discovered, but Que Le never dared to get too close to the Xuanlong. Even the corner of the listening wall was hidden far outside the hall, so he couldn't hear very clearly, but it was enough for him to know the important news. .

Que Le remembered that Dragon Scale seemed to be mentioned many times during the conversation between the two, his eyes turned cold, and he knew immediately: "It's that human race, isn't it?"

"He pulled out your scales again?"

"..."

Xuanlong didn't answer, and his figure gradually moved away in the rain. Que Le stared at his back, and said bitterly: "I'll kill him and avenge you!"

Que Le turned into a nine-tailed white fox and ran in the opposite direction. Xuanlong used the body shifting technique to block him, saying hoarsely.

"do not go."

Quer Le turned back into a charming and unparalleled man, gritted his teeth and said, "Why?!"

"He has treated you like this, do you want to continue to love him?!"

The rain fell on Xuanlong's face wearing a bronze dark gold mask, like a delicate and lifeless sculpture, his dry lips moved slightly, and his voice was very weak and hoarse, and he needed to concentrate to hear him what are you talking about.

"It has nothing to do with love or not."

"Dragon scale, I am willing to give it to him."

Quere: "Are you crazy?!"

Xuanlong didn't move at all, only his eyelashes drenched in rain trembled slightly.

"He saved me in the previous life, so it will be evened."

"From now on, we will meet each other on different roads... nothing more to do with each other."

After Xuanlong had said that, it was hard for Que Le to say anything more, Xuanlong walked in front, and Que Le followed behind him.

"You go."

"Don't follow me again.

Que Le raised her eyebrows, and said angrily, "Do you think I want to follow you, Young Master?"

"...I'm not afraid that you will die on the way."

At this time, the door to leave the palace is closed, but a mere human door can't stop the demon. Xuanlong has no strength to fly, so he walks slowly. Anyway, no one is waiting for him when he returns, so there is no need to go with him anymore. Hurrying back so desperately before, she was worried that Yan Yuan would wait in a hurry.

Fortunately, it is possible to go back to the lonely, cold and dark thousand-year-old pool at any time.

Knowing that Xuanlong was stubborn, Que Le didn't dare to carry him and left, but couldn't help chattering with him.

"Hey, I heard that there are many delicious snacks in Chang'an. I used to live in Xihong, and it's the first time I came back to Chang'an. Why don't we just buy a house in the city after we leave the palace? When we have eaten enough Chang'an delicacies Go travel the world."

"I promise you, I will never poach people's hearts again, and I will definitely correct my way."

"...Do you think it's okay?"

Que Le actually had a bit of a courtship intention in it, but she was afraid of being rejected, so she didn't dare to say it too clearly, she clearly seduced people and flattered her so much that she could even be charmed, but when it came to Xuanlong, she was too stiff. Those tricks can't be used anymore.

Sure enough, the IQ of people who fall in love will plummet, and the same is true for demons.

The most irritating thing is that he hinted so bluntly, Xuanlong didn't react at all, and directly regarded him as air, Que Le couldn't bear his violent temper, and was about to reason with him when Xuanlong suddenly His figure swayed slightly and fell down.

Que Le instinctively caught him: "Hello!"

"Stupid dragon! Stupid dragon!"

"Wake up!"

Xuanlong's face was as white as paper, his eyes were closed tightly, and he passed out.

"Damn it." Que Le cursed secretly, picked up Xuanlong and flew up.

……

Three days later, Xuanlong woke up with a low cough covering his lips. He propped himself up on the bed and sat up when Que Le pushed the door open.

"you're awake?"

Que Le was holding a green medicine bowl in his hand, his eyes revealed surprise, seeing that the bandage on Xuanlong's left arm was red, his complexion changed, he quickly put the bowl on the table, went over to grab his hand and put it down, and said with a frown .

"Don't use this arm, it finally got better, and the wound was burst open by you again."

The black robe on Xuanlong's body was replaced, and now he was wearing clean white obscene clothes, obviously it was Que Le who saved him again.Xuanlong raised his head and looked around.

"Where is this?"

"An inn in Chang'an City, a few days ago? You suddenly fell into a coma, so I took you to a random inn to live in."

The environment here is elegant, apart from the bedroom, there is also a living room for welcoming guests outside, which is very spacious and belongs to Room No. [-] in Tianzi.

Seeing that Xuanlong was silent, Que Le explained something awkwardly.

"Don't worry, the young master didn't steal or rob. This money was saved in the past."

As for how to save it, it was naturally after poaching the hearts of those wealthy businessmen who were full of fat in the past.Those wealthy profiteers did not know how many layers of skins were peeled off the civilians, so he could be considered as an exorcist.

Que Le carefully observed Xuanlong's expression, for fear that he would hate her because of it, but in fact Xuanlong's heart was empty and he didn't think about anything.

"Thank you."

"You don't have to thank me, young master, I'm happy to save you." Que Le turned around and went to the round table to get a medicine bowl, scooped up a spoonful and brought it to Xuan Long's pale lips, and said softly.

"I asked a doctor to look at you. He said that your health is very bad. If you don't take a good rest, let alone your child, you may lose your life."

"This is a panacea for wound recovery, drink it quickly."

Xuanlong was silent for a moment, took the medicine bowl, raised his head and drank it all.

Que Le brought back the empty medicine bowl, saw the blood on his arm, felt it was an eyesore, and muttered: "The old wound in my heart is still not healed, and a new wound has been added to my arm. People who are so cruel to themselves, you It’s also unique.”

One dragon and one fox lived in this inn for the time being. Xuanlong liked to be quiet and hated to go out. Before meeting Yan Yuan, he almost never left the thousand-year-old ancient pool, because the bright sunlight made him feel like he was in the inn. His ugliness and inferiority cannot be hidden, even wearing a mask is useless, so he hides at the bottom of the dark pool for many years, unwilling to disturb any living beings.

He thought that his long life would be spent in such endless loneliness, but the appearance of Yan Yuan brought short-term happiness to his bitter and tasteless life.

It was the first time someone said that they liked him and were willing to treat him well, even though those kindnesses were nothing to ordinary people, but to Xuanlong, it was rain from heaven, a sudden death of a traveler in the desert who was about to die of dehydration. Seeing a pool of clear water, under such circumstances, even if it is a mirage, they will rush to it without hesitation.

Yan Yuan's appearance would occasionally make Xuan Long feel that he is not that bad. Although he has an ugly scar on his face and his personality is lonely and boring, at least one person likes him, and that's enough.

But in the end, that person's liking was always fake.

Because of this, Xuanlong became even more dull, maybe because he had a fetus in his womb, he always fell asleep during the day, and at night he liked to sit by the window of the outer room, watching the lights and flowers blooming like a brocade, and the crowds surging.

Thousands of lamps are burning, but not one is lit for him.

Today is the Qiqiao Festival. The street market outside the inn is the most prosperous area in Chang'an City. Most of the vendors downstairs are selling gifts for the Qiqiao Festival. There are concentric jade, concentric knots, cattail fans, Luopa, sachets... many, many.

Xuanlong looked at the smiling faces of those men and women in pairs, his ice green eyes were slightly absent-minded.

In a trance, a familiar figure suddenly broke into his sight.

The man was dressed in a navy blue brocade robe, with a jade crown on his head, and his handsome face stood out in the crowd. It was Yan Yuan who left the palace in disguise tonight.

He carefully protected Ning Zhiyu who was wearing a white robe by his side, crossed the crowd, and stopped in front of the small stall.

The street market was too noisy, Xuanlong couldn't hear what the two were talking about, only saw them talking and laughing in front of the stall, Yan Yuan's long-lost tenderness was on Yan Yuan's face, the two of them bowed their heads to pick and choose Thinking about something, Yan Yuan finally picked up a silver hairpin from the booth and inserted it between Ning Zhiyu's hair, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Made in heaven.

Somehow, this word suddenly popped up in Xuanlong's mind.