Binding the Dragon for the Empress

The robe draped over his shoulders slipped to the ground, Xuanlong stood up with difficulty with his own strength, and walked towards the bed.

He didn't want to show his weakness in front of Yan Yuan, although he walked slowly, his pace was still steady.

Yan Yuan picked up the black robe on the ground and chased after it.

Xuanlong bent down and took out a white porcelain bottle in the dark compartment beside the bed. He had been suffering from abdominal pain recently, and there were only a few pills left of the medicine given to him by the medical sage last time. He poured two pills into his palm and clumsily put the Carefully put the extra grain back into the narrow mouth of the bottle.

"what are you eating?"

When Yan Yuan passed by, Xuan Long had already swallowed the medicine, and lay on the bed with his back to Yan Yuan.

"..."

Xuanlong seemed unwilling to talk to him, and curled up slightly without moving.

Yan Yuan threw away the black robe in her arms, opened the secret compartment and took out the small white porcelain bottle, frowned and said, "What is this?"

"If you don't tell me, I'll throw it away."

I don't know if it's because of taking too much medicine to develop resistance, and the pain in the abdomen has not diminished at all, Xuanlong turned around in a daze, stretched himself up to grab it, and said in a low voice: "Give it back to me."

Yan Yuan held up the medicine bottle, as if about to drop it.

Xuanlong frowned slightly, looked at him with bewitching green eyes, and didn't move.That look is like looking at a mischievous child.

Yan Yuan felt guilty, she put down her hands, and said forcefully: "I said it, I hate it when you keep things from me."

Xuan Long breathed a sigh of relief, and lay down: "You haven't been honest with me either."

"So you are arguing with me now?" Yan Yuan raised her eyebrows.

"I know I'm not qualified." Xuanlong closed his eyes, covering all his emotions.

When he said that, Yan Yuan couldn't continue to challenge him, she sat down by the bed, looked at the man's heroic face, and said: "It's not that you are unqualified, you are my man anyway."

"..."

Yan Yuan wanted to flatter him, so she grabbed Xuanlong's sleeve that was stained with yellow paint, turned out the little wooden figure that was bigger than a palm, held it casually in her hand, glanced at it, and said.

"Since this is the birthday present you are going to give me, then I will reluctantly accept it."

Xuanlong opened his eyes and looked at the handsome person beside him: "...it's not done yet."

"It's okay, I like it very much." Yan Yuan raised the wooden figure and smiled warmly.

It seemed that he hadn't smiled at him like this for a long time.

Xuanlong was naturally happy, and looked away uncomfortably.In fact, every time Yan Yuan asks for something from him, she will be extra gentle, and he has known this for a long time.

He told himself not to care, since he didn't have much time to live anyway, why should he care about things that made him sad.

As long as Yan Yuan is willing to accept their child... that's enough.

The rest are not very important.

"What do you want me to do?" Xuanlong heard his deep voice sounding in the hall.

Yan Yuan was obviously stunned, acting like how did you know I had something to say.

After a moment of relative silence, Yan Yuan spoke.

"I want...you kill someone for me."

Xuanlong looked at him sideways, moved his lips: "Who is it?"

"My brother, Yan Fuheng." Yan Yuan's eyes gradually darkened. "He is not satisfied with the power of millions of soldiers in his hands. He has repeatedly sent people to assassinate me and wants to replace me."

"No matter how powerful Yan Fuheng's martial arts are, he's just an ordinary person. If you have thousands of years of skill, if you want to use an invisibility technique at will, you can kill him by surprise."

He didn't know that Xuanlong had lost his way for thousands of years, and he couldn't even fly as an incarnation, and he couldn't use invisibility anymore.

Xuanlong was silent for a long time, and said:

"...Okay, I'll help you."

"Bento...is the first one for you, a birthday present."

Yan Yuan approached him in a good mood and asked, "How many gifts do you have for me?"

"Only two pieces." Xuanlong knew that Yan Yuan didn't like the wooden figure, so he didn't count it.

"There is one more..."

Yan Yuan was not interested at all, interrupted Xuanlong and said: "Then leave a suspense and tell me when you come back."

"He arrives in Chang'an tomorrow, you go to ambush outside the city tomorrow morning, take the opportunity to attack."

"En." Xuanlong replied.

"It would be useful for you to keep the inner alchemy, at least it can remove the thorn in my side."

Yan Yuan was thinking about Ning Zhiyu in her heart, so she left after achieving her goal.

Xuanlong has long been used to Yan Yuan's fluctuating hot and cold, he is not in good spirits and always wants to sleep, so he has no time to think wildly.

In the middle of the night, when there was a thunderstorm outside the window, Xuanlong woke up drenched in cold sweat, his calf spasmed badly, and he couldn't fall asleep after waking up from the pain. He picked up the unfinished wooden figure beside the bed and rubbed it in his hand.

Yan Yuan said that she liked his birthday gift, but she didn't take it with her when she left. When he was in front of him, she didn't even know how to act properly, so that people could see the flaws at a glance.

There is a raised wooden button in the hidden compartment at the head of the bed. After pressing it, there is a smaller hidden compartment inside.

This is the side hall, and Yan Yuan's things are not well placed here, so Xuanlong has always used it.

If Yan Yuan is not interested in him, she will not know how many things he hides secretly.

The sky was bright outside the window, Xuanlong took out the blood-colored jade bottle from the concealed dark compartment, poured out the only blood-colored pill inside, and swallowed it with his head up.

This is the Lingxuan Pill, which can restore the spiritual power of a monster who has lost his way in a short period of time. Although it is very small, it is enough for him to use the invisibility technique to get rid of a mortal.

The side effect is that after the effect of the medicine wears off, his soul power will be weakened at a double rate within a day, his lifespan will be shortened, and his body's severe pain will double when he attacks.

It was originally given to him by the medical sage for his own protection.

If he found that Yan Yuan was going to harm him, he would take the Lingxuan Pill, transform into his original body and fly away from the palace.

But in fact, from the day Xuanlong decided to return to the palace with Yanyuan, he had no plans to leave.He kind of hoped in his heart that he would spend his last days with Yan Yuan and the child.

Even if that person doesn't love him at all.

Xuanlong closed the drawer of the secret compartment. He was dressed in a black robe and a black gauze hat, and passed through the closed palace door invisibly.

The sky is gray, and the rain has been intermittent for the past few days, almost never stopping. Xuanlong shuttled through the rain and fog, flying to the outside of the city.

From the palace to the outside of the city, it only takes a few breaths.

Xuanlong transformed into a human figure and landed on a towering tree, holding on to the thick branches to pant lowly. The fetus in his womb moved around unsteadily, which made him hurt. Consumed, not happy anymore.

Xuanlong's ice-green eyes showed softness, and he raised his hand to caress the slightly protruding belly under his upper robe, and said in a warm voice: "You have to be good..."

If your father is not by your side in the future, you must obediently listen to that person.

His temper is impatient, if you make him angry, maybe he won't want you...

This little thing was so mischievous in his belly, Xuanlong was worried, but he probably didn't understand these words when he said them now, maybe when he was older, he would be able to listen to them.

I don't know if it was because he was tired or for some other reason, but after making a fuss for a while, the little thing calmed down, curled up in a ball in his stomach, and didn't move.

There was no one on the muddy official road, Xuanlong looked at the hazy mountains in the distance, and whispered to the little thing in his belly.

"When I return to the palace tonight, I will tell him that we have you."

"You said... would he be happy?"

Yuan was talking to himself, but he didn't expect that the little thing would consciously bump into the palm of his stomach that was attached to his stomach.Xuanlong was slightly stunned, lowered his head, and the corners of his lips curved jerkyly.

"Although he doesn't like me, you are his child... He shouldn't hate you, right?"

"It shouldn't be..."

Suddenly there was the sound of chaotic footsteps behind the woods.

"Catch that fox!"

"Quick! Whoever catches him will be the abbot of Chanhe Temple to chant sutras, and after death, he will ascend to the immortal class!"

Xuanlong looked down, and saw a white fox running quickly from the bushes. The fox's body was originally snow-white, and the soft and beautiful fur was covered with blood and mud. Trembling, revealing the bright red flesh under the fur.

The rain washed over his body, making him look even more miserable.

Xuan Long was stunned: "Qi Le..."

The fox seemed to have heard the murmur in the tree, and stopped belatedly, raising those ice-blue eyes to look up.

Xuanlong's mind went blank, and he flew down the tree.

The fox turned into a human form and fell powerlessly on the ground. He was wearing a tattered blue robe, his body was covered with blood, and there were ambiguous traces of blue and purple on his white skin. , trembling constantly.

"Don't come...don't come..."

"Do not hit me……"

Xuan Long walked over and pulled away his hands that were covering his head, feeling extremely uncomfortable: "Jue Le...it's me..."

"I am Han Bo..."

It's hard to imagine what kind of abuse Que Le has endured. His charming face is no longer as beautiful as it used to be. There are a few light red marks on his face, the corners of his mouth are black and swollen, and his beautiful eyes are full of redness. Frightened.

"Han Bo..." Que Le stared blankly at Xuan Long, as if she had recognized him after a long time, tears welled up in her eyes. "Apo..."

"It's me." Xuan Long squatted in front of him and touched his face. "Don't be afraid... nothing will happen, I will take you away."

"Where have you been?" Big tears rolled down Que Le's face. When he looked at Xuanlong, his eyes couldn't focus and his speech was slurred. Xuanlong found that his tongue had been cut off A small cut, the wound was new, and the white tooth was covered with blood.

"I made dinner that day, and then I found you were gone... Then I went out to look for you, but I couldn't... I couldn't find you..."

"It's okay..." Xuan Long raised his hand to wipe his tears, hugged Que Le into his arms, and patted his trembling body lightly. "never mind……"

Seeing the footsteps getting closer, Xuan Long picked up Que Le and flew away.

On the way back to the palace, Que Le couldn't hold back and passed out, his hair was messy and stuck to his face, his breath was weak, Xuan Long felt that his spiritual power was completely gone, and the inner alchemy was no longer there.

Xuanlong took him back to Qiankun Palace, put Que Le on the bed, and ordered someone to bring in warm water.

He was drenched and his clothes were so torn that he couldn't see them, so Xuanlong retreated for him. When he wiped his body, he found that compared to his body, the wounds on Que Le's face were nothing.