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Chapter 76 Empty Shadow

In fact, as soon as he started, Yuan Jing had already guessed who was behind the scenes, but he didn't give up until he heard the name clearly.

For a moment, it was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly.There is only one thought in my mind: "So you have been scheming against me." The gift of the knife is fake, the rescue is fake, and even a long time ago, he sent himself to see the Tai Tuo at night... Maybe it was just a show?

As soon as I thought about it, my heart felt as if someone had stabbed it through, and the pain was so painful that I couldn't even breathe.The person kneeling on the ground saw the prince clutching his chest with red eyes, his fingertips were trembling with pain, and his face was pale as paper, he couldn't help saying in panic: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Yuan Jing closed his eyes for a long time, then stood up staggeringly with the help of the table, gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to Beijing! I want to ask him clearly! I ask Father, let Brother Huang stay..." At the end of the speech, he was ruthless It turned into sadness, and the voice was full of tears.

The man hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Lord Hou has made up his mind to go, and the imperial decree has been issued, and everyone in the government and the public know that if you insist on interceding for him, it will only cause a rift between you and the emperor and his son. The most filial person of Lord Hou, he will never look at him." Seeing this scene. He sent me here because he was afraid of the son's ruthless methods, afraid that you would continue to be deceived by him, and wanted to invite you to return to Beijing secretly with his subordinates, and we will see the result when the time comes."

Yuan Jing hissed: "That's right, I've seen his methods now." As soon as he slapped the table, several guards came in after hearing the sound, Fang Qing was among them, Yuan Jing hated him even more when he saw him Dripping blood, thinking to himself, he must be sent by Chu Yu to monitor him, trying to calmly say: "It's none of your business, go and call Cao Ruyi."

Fang Qing saw that his expression was not good, and saw that the people kneeling on the ground were also staring at him. He knew something was wrong, so he wanted to ask a question. He didn't want the prince to look like a different person today, and he wouldn't give him a chance to speak. He patted the table and said, "Go!"

Helpless, had no choice but to obey orders.Cao Ruyi was the most obedient to Yuan Jing, but after what happened last time, when he heard that he was going back to Beijing secretly, she shook her head again and again.Yuan Jing glanced at him, and said dumbly: "If you don't want to, I can go back by myself."

How dare Cao Ruyi respond?I had no choice but to quietly count a group of guards with high martial arts skills. The Shenwu Army heard about this and vowed to accompany them to the death.Cao Ruyi was worried about them, and reported to the prince, Yuan Jing said expressionlessly: "Let them follow." Before leaving, he ordered the army to continue walking slowly, and detained Fang Qing, not to let him go unless he entered the capital.

He only stood outside for a while, his head and body were covered with snowflakes, Cao Ruyi put the hood on him worriedly, under the fluffy white fur, the prince's dark eyes were all gray, and he couldn't help worrying: "Your Highness ?”

Yuan Jing pushed him away, got on his horse, swung his silver whip swiftly, passed through the endless snow curtain, and went straight to where he came and went.

It was almost the first month of the lunar year, and the whole capital was full of joy, and even the people on the street were more than usual.A Chinese car passed through the busy city, and finally stopped slowly in front of a secluded teahouse.The groom opened the curtain door, bowed and said, "My lord, you have arrived."

There was no one in the teahouse, and the presumed guests and the host had already been invited away.At the end of the roof, a wooden door opened wide, and Chu Yu walked in without stopping.When she got inside, she saw that Yuan Xi was the only one in the room, she was slightly surprised, and sat down on a round chair nearby.Yuan Xi clapped her hands and ordered someone to come in and serve tea.The tea came into the bowl, he took it and tasted it.Yuan Xi saw that he had no fear in his every move, and hated him from the bottom of his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty planned to harm me to this point, but I'm not afraid of poisoning me."

Chu Yu finished drinking, and said: "If you have the courage to act in front of me, I will respect you."

Yuan Xi was ridiculed by his blunt words, unable to respond for a while, suppressed her resentment, and sighed: "Yes, you even disregarded Brother Jing's life to frame me. In terms of cruelty, I am far inferior to you. It's just you With my brothers designed like this, have you ever thought about how to face him when he comes back?"

Chu Yu was unmoved, and said indifferently: "You are traveling thousands of miles, the road is long and dangerous, what you encounter on the road, what happens, you still don't know, why not put your mind on yourself, the matter between me and him, Don't bother you."

The veins on the back of Yuan Xichuang's hands bulged, and she stared at him firmly: "I know that since I entered Beijing, you have disliked me, probably because you are afraid that I will expose your true face in front of Brother Jing. My life and death alone are not worth mentioning. It's just that you took advantage of my younger brother's youth and ignorance to deceive him and use him time and time again, and you didn't hesitate to deceive him and you..." Flicking your sleeves, your tone became more and more angry: "I just wish I could expose your true face."

Chu Yu said coldly: "If you invite me here just to show off your tongue, then I won't accompany you." His figure flickered, and he got up and wanted to leave.

Yuan Xi stood in front of him, looked up and said, "What? Are you guilty of being exposed by me?" The conversation changed, and she said with extreme disgust: "You abducted my brother for a trip, ambushed an assassin on the mountain, and wanted to blame him after hurting him Did you ever feel guilty when you gave it to me? In order to put me to death, you colluded with the Western Wei Dynasty and sent him to the land of tigers and wolves. Did you ever feel guilty? My brother treats you with deep affection and loyalty, and you are completely defenseless, but you repeatedly harm him. Thanks to you You still pretend to be affectionate and righteous in front of him. If you have a little sincerity towards him, you will never be willing to do so. Do you think I don't know your thoughts? You want to cooperate with General Shenwu to murder my brother Two people! Use this to take away the world from my Yuan family!"

Chu Yu saw that he was cowardly, he spoke harshly, and his expression became even more agitated. His heart trembled, and he looked at the door: "Who's there!" When the voice fell, the tea bowl in his hand flew out, and only one sound was heard. There was a loud noise, and a deep hole was smashed into the wooden door, which was more than an inch wide, and it opened lightly with a creak.Yuan Jing stood at the door, his hair was wet by the splash of tea.His face was pale and almost transparent, his black and white eyes were lifeless, and his body trembled slightly, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.He lifted his chin slightly, and looked at Chu Yu lifelessly.

Chu Yu was taken aback, and rarely dodged.Seeing his reaction, Yuan Xi suddenly pulled out the dagger and stabbed at him: "Instead of telling you to harm my brother, why don't we die together!"

The blade stopped an inch from his chest, Chu Yu held the dagger between his fingers, and looked at Yuan Xi coldly.Yuan Xi's face was flushed red, she held the scabbard tightly with both hands, trying to go further, but how could she move?As soon as the person in front of him exerted a little force, the blade broke off at the root, and he was immediately sent flying by a strong force.His back hit the wall hard, and when he was about to speak, he spat out a mouthful of blood.Yuan Jing's body shook, and finally there was some vitality on his face. He stumbled to Yuan Xi's side: "Brother Huang!"

Yuan Xi held his hand and comforted him in a difficult voice: "I'm fine." When Yuan Jing turned his head, he showed a sinister smile to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu knew his way, and was furious at the moment. He slapped the tea table beside him to pieces. He was about to explode, but when he met Shang Yuanjing's hostile gaze, his whole body was full of murderous aura, and he hesitated for a moment. , sitting back to his original place with a grim expression.Yuan Jing waved his hand, and Cao Ruyi walked in with five or six guards. When they saw the tense scene, they all looked at each other in blank dismay.Yuan Jing took a few deep breaths, and said expressionlessly: "I still have something to say to this person, you send my brother back to the mansion, there is no need to come here."

Cao Ruyi glanced at Chu Yu with great concern, and whispered, "Your Highness, I still..."

Yuan Jing was already extremely depressed, and squeezed out a few breaths from his throat: "Get down!"

It was the first time Cao Ruyi saw him so sad, and she was stunned. Seeing the guards behind him lift Yuan Xi up, she realized that she hurriedly followed him to help. When she went out, the prince's unwavering voice sounded behind her. "Close the door." His heart trembled, and he glanced back quietly, only to see that the prince had already walked in front of Chu Yu, and a screen separated them from the outside world. He knew that a storm was coming, but he didn't know what to do. How to cover for the prince.Standing there for a while, he saluted towards the inside and quietly closed the door.

Chu Yu sat still, because he hadn't gotten out of the anger planned by Yuan Xi, his face was especially ashen.Yuan Jing's expression was dull, and he looked at him without blinking: "Is what my brother said true?"

Chu Yu looked at him slowly, his eyes took a panoramic view of his appearance, his heart ached, and his expression calmed down: "This is his plan to divorce, don't listen to his nonsense. I didn't know you were outside just now, Come here, brother wipe it for you."

Yuan Jing's eyes were red, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Divorce? Didn't you give me the dagger? Didn't you attract the people from the Western Wei Dynasty? The imperial guards who protected me are dead, and only your people are alive. How dare you Said it had nothing to do with you? Also, Chi Xiao before, yes, you said in the Golden Palace that I took the risk to lure the snake out of the hole. This is actually the truth of the day! You lured the snake, and you gave it away I did it! I foolishly thought that this was your excuse for me. Even if you sent me to see the Taifu, I am afraid it was to gather his disciples and impeach my emperor today. Brother! You have been scheming against me early in the morning. As long as you can achieve your goal, it doesn’t matter what I do except that you are a thorn in my side! My brother is right, if you really cared about me at Yanzhou River that night , wouldn’t release that arrow without blinking an eye!”

Chu Yu was obviously anxious when he heard him talking upside down. He sighed and tried to persuade him: "Yuan Xi has always wanted to seize the heir apparent since he entered the capital. It was probably because of Chi Xiao who knew about you and me that day." Contribution. After you were assassinated on the mountain, he personally admitted to me that he sent the assassin. He had secretly communicated with the people of the Western Wei Dynasty for many years. Attracted. This is the point, and I know that this person must not stay. I know that you have a deep brotherhood with him, and you will never do anything to him. For the sake of the overall situation, I removed him for you. As for what happened that night, I I have also explained that if you listen to Ran Chi's threat, we will all be in danger in the end, but you will be determined to put all your eggs in one basket to keep you safe."

Yuan Jing said bitterly: "Yes, you have always said that you are cruel to me. Even if it is not Ran Chi, even if it is a different person, it is the same if it is a different matter." Said: "You say that my brother is collaborating with the enemy country, what is the evidence?"

Seeing that he was blindly helping Yuan Xi, Chu Yu said coldly: "You don't believe me? I took great risks to make this arrangement, what good is it for me? It's not just to let you sit firmly on the crown prince! "

Yuan Jing shook his head and said, "I just believe in you too much, in your sweet words, in your saying that you like me and will protect me forever, so I have suffered so many losses, and never thought that you did all of this! Putting Chi Xiao aside, you said that Ban Jiangser was doing it for me, so you sent me to the Western Wei Dynasty to be tortured and humiliated by those people, so that I was almost taken out of Dayan, was it also because of me?"

Seeing his heartbroken expression, Chu Yu couldn't bear it, and eased his tone: "I didn't expect that Ran Chi had a good poison master with him, and I only planned to lure them to the post house, and then make a fuss after killing them all. Fang Qing didn't know my plan, so I underestimated the enemy and caused you to be taken away. When I heard the news, I left Beijing overnight. Even if you were brought to Western Wei by them, I would rescue you."

Listening to this plausible defense, Yuan Jing felt chills in his heart: "You know that the Western Wei Dynasty is all ruthless people? How can you be so sure that I can live until you come?"

Chu Yu said in a deep voice: "You are the crown prince of Dayan, they will never let you die easily, only with you as a pledge can they get more benefits."

The calmness and calmness of these words shows that he has already thought about it carefully. Yuan Jing suddenly thought of something, his fingertips trembled, and even his voice changed: "So you thought about it beforehand, right? If you don't plan well, I will be killed by them It doesn’t matter if I’m taken away, I won’t die anyway, you’ll come to save me anyway, no, no! I’m afraid you want me to be taken away by them at all, I’m injured and suffer, under the wrath of my father, my brother may be a living crime It can also become a capital crime, can't it!"

Chu Yu didn't answer for a long time, as if he had acquiesced.Looking at his face, Yuan Jing suddenly felt that this person was so strange that he had never known him before. Everything in the past had become a joke, so he couldn't help but sneered: "Yes, he really didn't want to kill me. I'm worth thousands of dollars." Li Dayan territory, how could he be willing? He just dressed me up like his group of molesters, teasing and flattering me in front of him. He just asked me to kneel beside him and lick the wine in his palm like a dog. Do you know who put on that clothes for me? Do you want to hear what it feels like to be stripped naked and thrown under the lamp, to be caressed wantonly and made into a lewd appearance for others to tease for fun? I am not dead, but I I would rather die then!"

When Chu Yu heard this, a rare shock appeared on his calm face. After a while, he stretched out his hand to embrace him: "Come here, let me hug you, we won't talk anymore."

Yuan Jing took a step back, avoiding his touch, his expression was cold, but tears were already falling: "Why didn't you say it? You feel sick? Let me tell you, he asked me to kneel in front of him and give him... ...At that time, I was ten thousand times more disgusting than you!"

Chu Yu felt a sharp pain in his heart, and his hands froze in mid-air: "You..." After only one word, he couldn't continue.

Yuan Jing looked at him blankly: "Guess why I agreed?" His lips moved, and he said softly: "He took the dagger you gave me. When you gave it to me that night, you said to me Said, I hope I don't have the chance to use it. But when I got it again and pulled out the blade, I had a death wish in my heart."

A feeling of fear arises spontaneously, Chu Yu can't stand it anymore, and pulls him again: "I didn't think carefully this time, I should tell you in advance..."

When Yuan Jing heard this sentence, all the little hope left in his heart disappeared.All of a sudden, I suddenly understood what the "should not be like this" that I couldn't figure out in my heart that night in Heqi's barracks.He tremblingly said: "Do you think I'm your cat or dog? When you're upset, you kick to the side. When you're in a good mood, you wave to me, and you think I'll come over wagging my tail again? What do you say?" If you don’t let me die, I will never die? Even if you want to kill my brother and co-contrive to murder me, I will agree?” With a wave of his arm, he threw the teacup on the table to the ground , with a crying voice: "Why do you think I will agree? Just because I like you?"

Hearing that his words were getting more and more extreme, Chu Yu's expression was even more determined, and he felt empty at the moment, stood up and forced him to hug him: "Don't think about it, how could I treat you as... I am right Your heart can be shown to the sun and the moon. This is the big brother's fault. I didn't protect you well, but now it's over, and Yuan Xi is leaving. I don't have to prevent others from harming you. I promise you, I won't do it again Next time, I will make it up to you, and we will be the same as before..."

Yuan Jingben was still trying to break free from his embrace, but when he heard this, he snorted coldly: "No one harmed me? Isn't there still you."

Chu Yu was startled: "What?"

Yuan Jing looked at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Now that my brother has been demoted to a commoner, he can no longer pose a threat to you. You only need to attack me one more time, and while my father is in a state of turmoil, fight against your disobedient brother." If the father who refuses to return will cooperate with the inside and outside, he will be able to take the country of my Yuan family into his pocket."

The blue veins on the side of Chu Yu's forehead twitched heavily, and his voice sank: "What nonsense are you talking about! Can't you see it? Yuan Xi told you this on purpose! I have already said that this time was an accident. I never I haven't even thought of harming you!"

Yuan Jing looked at him as if he didn't know him: "Really? Then I would like to thank you, but I guess it's probably because you haven't played enough, right? It's hard for you to pretend to be patient and loving to me before, and you have long since stopped Are you patient? Otherwise, I won't let Ran Chi use that method to break my prestige."

Chu Yu frowned and said, "What did you say? What made Ran Chi..." In the middle of speaking, he suddenly understood in his heart. He clenched his fists and glanced gloomyly at the place where Yuan Xi had been lying. He suppressed his anger, She comforted her and said, "I did not instigate this matter. If I knew about Ran Chi, I would never let you fall into his hands anyway. I have loved and protected you for many years, so why don't you not even trust me?"

Yuan Jing looked into his eyes, and said word by word: "I will never trust you again." She wrestled away from his arms with all her strength, turned and left.Where Chu Yu was willing to let go, he raised his arm to pull him. Not wanting Yuan Jing's temperament to change drastically, he turned around and opened his hand vigorously.A crying roar sounded in the room immediately: "Don't touch me!"

Chu Yu had never been treated like this before, and his expression turned cold: "You!" When he saw his face, he stopped abruptly: "Forget it, you feel sad, I don't care about you."

Yuan Jing sneered in his heart: "Then I want to thank you." He raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, but the tears flowed more and more, and he couldn't wipe them clean. He tried his best to calm down his voice: "It's over. So far, I will not tell my father that you gave me that dagger. But from now on, don't come to me again."

He turned around and walked out without looking back.I didn't want Fang Qing to stand there.When he saw the prince imprisoning him that day, he knew it was going to be bad, but fortunately Chizhu followed him all the time, looking for an opportunity to rescue him.He hurried on and on, and finally reached the capital with the crown prince. Standing at the door at this moment, he felt heart palpitations and wanted to make a sound, but he didn't know what to say.Yuan Jing also walked past him as if he hadn't seen him.After a long time, the room finally returned to calm.Fang Qing knelt on the ground and picked up the things they broke.Chu Yu sat behind him, watching Yuan Jing's leaving direction without moving.

Fang Qing whispered: "My lord, why don't you go after him?"

Chu Yu's eyes moved, and he sighed softly: "He can't listen now, let's talk about it after a few days when his anger subsides."

Fang Qing had never seen Yuan Jing showing such a sad and desperate expression, and felt extremely uneasy, a question popped up: "Will the prince still calm down?" , Said: "The dead man has already ambushed on the way back to Marquis Shun'an, but the crown prince heard it just now, son, do we still have to do it?"

Chu Yu was silent for a moment, then said coldly: "Do it!"

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