flower dust

Chapter 14

Inside the palace, there was deathly silence.

Xiao Yun stayed beside the unconscious Liu'er, looked at his thin face, and remembered how sweet it was when he was by his side.

"My lord, Liu Er, he never thought of sitting on the throne. Li Ren made a mistake. Li Ren shouldn't have reported the news that the crown prince will ascend the throne in three days. Please punish Li Ren, please punish Li Ren!" On the side, tears are already streaming down the face.

Xiao Yun remained silent, how could he have imagined that Liu'er would not care about the throne he had painstakingly calculated, how could he have imagined that Liu'er would use his life as the price to teach him how to cherish it.

"Yun'er, what are you doing? For a useless crown prince, you don't even want the throne. When is it now, you don't care about all the troubles outside, but stay here instead? You really want to piss me off!" The queen heard about what happened in the tower, and although she was taken aback by Liu'er's jumping off, the ending was considered satisfactory, at least Xiao Yun could ascend to the throne in a justifiable way without gaining the reputation of being a regicide.

She was in a hurry to see Xiao Yun, but saw that he was guarding Liu'er, not doing anything, and ordered several imperial physicians to cure the prince, otherwise they would be buried with him.I can't figure out what is the meaning in Xiao Yun's mind, could it be that Liu'er has been fascinated by Liu'er, and he doesn't even want the throne.

"Auntie, please take care of the outside affairs first. When Liu'er's condition stabilizes, I will ascend the throne as planned." Xiao Yun is no longer in the mood, and has to deal with his aunt who is the queen. Most of his power lies with her. Under the control of the mother, the mother and the child may turn against each other, not to mention their own relationship, if it is not because of the relationship of the same surname, how could the queen support her so much.

Although the queen was angry, she didn't want to turn her face at this time, so her tone softened, "Okay, I will take care of it for you first, but you still have to deal with some things yourself."

Walking out of the bedroom, the queen couldn't help sighing, the Xiao family has such an extraordinary talent, don't let it be ruined by this disaster, you have to find a way to solve it thoroughly.

"Li Ren, don't kneel down, come here and wait." Seeing a few maidservants coming to help Liu'er wipe her body, Xiao Yun told them to back down, and ordered Li Ren to come over.

Li Ren's eyes were red and swollen, and upon hearing King Yi's order, he quickly got up and came over, knelt down in front of the bed, and gently wiped Liu'er's body drenched in cold sweat, with guilt in his eyes.

"Reporting to the lord, the prince's life is fine. It's just that he has been too worried recently, and he fell into a coma after such a fall. The minister has already prescribed a prescription. As long as he recuperates slowly, nothing will happen at all." The imperial physician finally said He breathed a sigh of relief, his heart trembled just when he heard King Yi said that he would not be rescued and wanted them to be buried with him. Fortunately, Liu Er was young, and although he suffered some abdominal injuries, he was already fine.

"Well, go down and cook the medicine and bring it up." King Yi said, the imperial doctor ordered to go down and cook the medicine for the prince himself, it's okay to work hard, as long as the prince gets better soon, his own life will be saved.

After watching for a day and a night, Liu'er woke up slowly, although his eyes were opened, but his mind was not clear, Liren coaxed him to drink some porridge, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing that Liu'er did show signs of getting better, Xiao Yun felt relieved and went to solve the external affairs.The crown prince's life and death were unknown, and the ministers didn't know what to do. They suddenly heard about Xiao Yun's enthronement, and there were many discussions.

The faction that originally supported Xiao Yun naturally clapped their hands in favor. The faction of Prime Minister Wu knew that the prime minister had been imprisoned and the situation was over. In order to protect themselves, no one dared to stand up against it.

Xiao Yun's sharp eyes swept over the ministers, and a sneer appeared on his lips. They were all a group of people who were greedy for life and afraid of death. I don't know why the old emperor chose these people.It was also thanks to his old eyesight that he was able to ascend to the throne so easily.

"Easy?" Xiao Yun closed his eyes, and sighed softly, this is so easy, it almost cost Liu'er's life.

In the dormitory, Liu'er woke up again, much more sober, looked at Li Ren, and spent a long time before uttering a word, "Li Ren, am I still alive?"

"Well, Liu'er, don't talk, save some energy, and talk about it when you recover." Li Ren felt happy, distressed and guilty, and wished he could suffer this for Liu'er.

"I..." Liu'er opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by a sharp female voice.

"Yo, our Crown Prince has woken up, but this palace is really worrying to death, come and take him to the dungeon!" Taking advantage of Xiao Yun's absence, the queen decided to deal with this Liu'er properly this time, directly It would be too cheap for him to die, once she saw his face that looked so much like Concubine Lian, she would be angry, if she didn't ruin this face, it would be hard to dispel the hatred in her heart.

"Queen, queen, no, Liu'er is still sick!" Li Ren held Liu'er tightly, not letting the guards take him away, the queen looked at Li Ren, and ordered again, "Take this one away too! "

The two were taken to the sky prison, locked together, their hands and feet were bound, and they were hung in mid-air.Li Ren was not worried about himself, but he was afraid that Liu'er would not be able to bear such a torment, "Queen, please spare Liu'er, please spare him!"

"Gag him!" Li Ren was gagged, all voices became muffled, and no one paid any attention to him.

The Queen didn't even look at Li Ren, and went straight to Liu'er.He reached out and pinched Liu'er's chin, forcing him to raise his head, "Look at this face, it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful that I want to destroy it, you and your mother are relying on this face to confuse people, after seeing it destroyed, you can still look at it. Is there anyone who cares?"

"Bring it here!" The queen ordered, and a guard had already handed over an iron rod, the front was burning red, and the handle was wrapped in cotton cloth.The queen held the iron rod, with a smug smile on her face, "How about it, have you never tasted this before?"

Looking at the red-hot iron rod, Liu'er was unavoidably afraid, death was only for a moment, he didn't understand why the queen tortured him like this, he opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word, he couldn't think of what to say .He didn't want to beg for mercy, and knew that begging for mercy would be useless, so he simply closed his eyes and let her do what she wanted.

Seeing Liu'er's unyielding expression, the queen felt even more angry, snorted coldly, raised her hand and pressed the iron bar on Liu'er's face.

Liu'er couldn't help letting out a miserable cry, severe burning pain spread throughout her body, and the smell of burnt flesh filled the entire cell.Li Ren was stunned, his heartbeat seemed to have stopped, and then he struggled violently, trying to break free from the restraints on his body, but he couldn't move.

Liu'er almost fainted from the severe pain, but was always on the verge of being awake and comatose. The continuous pain came from his cheek, which made him moan.

"How is it, does it feel good? If you want to blame it, blame your mother for giving you such a face." The queen smiled coldly, "By the way, what else is there, and that birthmark, you will be born, However, I can no longer be an emperor, so what's the use of having this royal birthmark!"

As soon as the voice fell, the queen had already tore off Liu'er's collar, and the iron rod landed on her right shoulder without hesitation.

Another severe pain, after Liu'er screamed, she passed out completely.The queen was still angry, and ordered someone to wake Liu'er up with cold water.

Liu'er hangs there with a faint breath, and she doesn't even have the strength to breathe.Suddenly the pain of tearing flesh came from her body, the queen was holding the horsewhip in her right hand, her eyes had a fierce wolf-like light, and the corner of her mouth smiled horribly.

"Shua!" Another merciless whip, Liu'er's suspended body swayed, there was no way to avoid it, Liu'er could only grit his teeth and endure the pain of the whipping.The clothes were torn apart by the horsewhip, and the rough whip hit his body, and his skin was immediately ripped apart.

There were so many whips that fell, Liu'er couldn't tell where the pain was, her whole body was in pain, it was very painful, her head was blank, and she could only feel the endless pain.

Cold sweat seeped out and soaked in the wound, and there was another burst of piercing pain.

"My lord, come and save Liu'er, save Liu'er, it hurts so much..." Liu'er shouted out the last bit of reason, but only he could hear it.

Xiao Yun had just settled the affairs of the ministers, and hurried back to the bedroom, but found that there was no one there. He grabbed the guard next to him and asked him, only to find out that he was taken to the dungeon by the empress.Xiao Yun thought in his heart that something was wrong, falling into the queen's hands, he wondered if Liu'er was still alive.

When he arrived at the prison, he saw the queen beating Liu'er as if venting, and Liu'er, who was hanging there, had already passed out.

"Queen!" Xiao Yun shouted anxiously, the queen stopped, her breath was a little short, but her expression was a sinister smile.

"Yun'er, you're here, why, my heart hurts? Don't forget, he is the authentic prince, and without him, you don't want to be on the throne justifiably." The queen handed the horsewhip to the guards and told them to leave first.

"This nephew has his own arrangements!" Xiao Yun's heart was burning, and his voice was cold.

"Arrangement, I'm afraid I want to arrange it on my own bed, let me tell you, it's okay to save his life, it's best to let him get away, otherwise don't blame me for being rude." Xiao Yun has never used such an expression Facing herself, the queen gritted her teeth and looked at Liu'er, but she didn't dare to break the skin with Xiao Yun. After all, it was he who would ascend the throne and be the emperor in the future, not herself.

After saying harsh words, the queen left angrily, Xiao Yun put Li Ren down first, and Li Ren fell to the ground as soon as he took a step, before he could get up in time, he crawled to Liu'er's side several times, but stopped suddenly.

Xiao Yun also came over, stood beside Liu'er, stretched out his hand, but didn't know what to do.Liu'er's whole body has no intact skin, especially the burns on her face, which are even more terrifying.

Xiao Yun didn't know how to keep Liu'er from hurting, but he couldn't let Liu'er hang like this all the time, so cruel, he hugged Liu'er with one hand, and cut the rope with the dagger with the other hand.

Just this time, Xiao Yun's hands were covered with Liu'er's blood. He laid Liu'er flat on the ground and called softly, "Liu'er, Liu'er!"

Liu'er seemed to hear her call, her eyelids moved, but she didn't open them.A sound came out of his mouth, Xiao Yun lowered his head to listen, but tears welled up all at once.

"My lord, save Liu'er, Liu'er is in pain..."

Li Ren didn't hear what Liu'er said, but suddenly saw the tears rolling down King Yi's face, he could only kneel and sit aside.

Xiao Yun took Liu'er back to the bedroom and asked the imperial doctor to treat the wound well.Fortunately, they were all traumatic injuries. Although they were shocking, they did not hurt the muscles, bones and spleen.

Xiao Yun stretched out his hand, but it stopped on Liu'er's cheek, not daring to move again.On the extremely handsome face, there was a blood-red scar, and the burned skin fell off, revealing a ferocious red that did not match the snow-white skin.He didn't even have the courage to look at Liu'er's broken body, fearing that he would impulsively run to kill the queen to avenge him.

"Liu'er, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Xiao Yun whispered in Liu'er's ear, feeling the pain in his heart.Although he couldn't bear it, he still decided to send Liu'er out of the palace first, away from the capital.With his current power, he can't compete with the queen. If Liu'er stays here, he will be killed by the queen sooner or later.

"Liu'er, I will definitely take you back to the palace in the future, wait for me, wait for me..." Xiao Yun clenched his hands tightly, watching Liu'er being sent out of the palace gate.

Li Ren was so stimulated that he fell into a coma for a few days. When he woke up, he went to look for Liu Er, only to learn that Liu Er had been sent away. He understood King Yi's intentions, but he seemed to have lost his soul, and stayed there In the empty bedroom.

After Liu'er left for more than ten days, Xiao Yun had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.Originally thought that this was the end, but found that this was just the starting point. After getting the throne, the battle with the aunt who is now canonized as the queen mother has just begun.

"What!" A roar came from the emperor's study, which made the eunuch outside the door tremble. Although the new emperor didn't kill innocent people randomly, the chill on his body made him shudder when he saw it.

The guards in the study were even more frightened and trembled, "Return, report to the emperor, the former prince was infected with the disease, and has already... died."

The last two words were almost silent, but Xiao Yun heard them clearly, as if his strength was suddenly taken out of his body, he raised his hand to let the guards go out, otherwise he would definitely strangle this guy who dared to tell the news of Liu'er's death.

Liu'er is dead, no, how could it be.The epidemic, how could he not have thought that the place to send Liu'er would need to pass through the area where the epidemic was spreading.Why, why didn't I think about such an important matter, why was I neglected by myself, how could Liu'er's weak body escape the attack of the epidemic.

If he had known this, he might as well have stayed by his side. Now, he couldn't even see Liu'er's body.Those who contracted the disease would be cremated immediately after they died. Liu'er lived a miserable life, and in the end she didn't even have a whole body left.

"Liu'er, Liu'er, no, how could you die, no, no!" Xiao Yun's tragic howl came from the study, no, he couldn't accept this fact, Liu'er is alive, Liu'er must be alive , he must be angry that he sent him away, so he refused to see him again, it must be like this, Liu'er will not die, no!

I kept thinking like this in my heart, but the remaining rationality reminded him over and over again that Liu'er died, died of the plague, and would never come back again. Such a fairy-like person has really become a puff of smoke now, flying Get up and fly away...

Aunt, he still can't move, but there is someone who can be a scapegoat, no, he is the heinous sinner.Xiao Yun exuded a murderous aura, rushed into the prison, staring fiercely at Prime Minister Wu who was wearing prison clothes.

Prime Minister Wu was startled by the murderous aura at first, and then laughed indifferently. Anyway, he has no way out, and now, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Why, the lord wants to kill me, haha, my old life, if I want to kill it, I don't need to be so angry!" Prime Minister Wu sat cross-legged on the ground and said indifferently.

"You will pay for Liu'er's life today!" Xiao Yun's eyes turned blood red, and he drew out the dagger in his hand.

"Liu'er? He's dead? Poor boy, he loves you so much. At the beginning, I said that if he refused to allow me to enter the palace, I would report your relationship with him to the emperor. Haha, he did it for you. Fate, but you are very obedient!" Prime Minister Wu stared at the expression on Xiao Yun's face with a pair of cunning eyes, and sure enough, he saw the expression of pain and guilt on the latter's face.

"Haha, it's worth it to see the famous King Yi suffering so much before he dies, haha..." Prime Minister Wu laughed complacently, even if he died, it wouldn't make Xiao Yun feel better.

"Okay, come here, let me scrape him!" Xiao Yun gritted his teeth with hatred, wanting to go up and tear him apart piece by piece.Prime Minister Wu was not afraid at all, instead he laughed, "Okay, okay, even if you chop me up, your Liu'er will never come back, Liu'er is dead, he is dead, he is dead... ..." The voice stopped abruptly, and a dagger pierced his throat.

After all, it still didn't make him suffer, just because Xiao Yun couldn't bear to hear the news of Liu'er's death.He really wanted to lie to himself, but Liu Er just hid in a fit of anger, but he knew in his heart that Liu Er was gone, and in this world, there was no more Liu Er's breathing, no more seeing Liu Er's smile, no more listening to Liu Er. Hearing Liu'er's gentle voice, it's gone, there's nothing left, that Liu'er who loved her wholeheartedly has gone, and in this world, only herself is left, suffering the heart-piercing pain alone.

It never occurred to him that a separation would become a permanent separation between life and death. If he could go back to the time when they first met, Xiao Yun would rather give up everything and just stay by Liu'er's side.

"If you fail Liu'er, you will regret it in the end!" Xuan Ying's words suddenly sounded in Xiao Yun's ears, he beat himself in pain, obviously he had so many opportunities, but he didn't cherish them, he only thought about the throne , Now I got it, but lost the most precious Liu Er, I regret it, I really regret it.But, what's the use of regretting, there are thousands of ways, but in the end I can't get Liu'er back...