Wu Mu did not raise his head, and his body froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.
"Ok, I will wait for you."
After he tied the anklet, he and Ye Chuyan sat side by side on the bed, looking at her quietly.
She had just finished bathing, and her raven hair was all scattered on her shoulders, exuding a warm fragrance.
Her eyebrows are thin and heroic, her eyes are slightly long, her nose is small, the tip of her nose is slightly upturned, and her lips are particularly round when pursed. Because of her young age, there is still a hint of childishness in her facial features, and her heroic spirit is weaker than before.
She was looking at herself dreamily, her eyes full of love.
She was describing her appearance with her eyes, one stroke at a time.
Wu Mu's heart trembled.
She was so beautiful, she shouldn't be buried underground with him, lying in the eternal darkness.
He gently kissed Ye Chuyan's brow. "Madam, go to sleep."
Then he blew out the candles, hugged Ye Chuyan, and lay quietly on the bed.
Neither of them spoke.
Ye Chuyan smelled the smell of agarwood on Wu Mu's body. This smell always makes her feel peaceful and at ease.
She seemed to have returned to her childhood, in the military camp, before she lost her memory, lying side by side with Wu Mu on the withered grass.
"Little Mumu, what do you want to do when you grow up?"
"I want to be a general and protect my country!"
"Haha, you have such a beautiful idea. The Wu family is so rich. If you become a general and the Wu family is rich and powerful, the emperor will definitely kill you."
"Oh~ that's what you said. I can't join the court and serve as an official to benefit the people, nor can I lead troops to fight to protect my family and country. Then I will be a ranger, hoeing the strong and helping the weak. What about you? What do you want to do when you grow up?"
"Me? Of course I want to marry a good man."
"Then you marry me. I won't be an official nor will I lead soldiers. I will take you around the West."
"No, no. My husband must be calm, mature and stable. I don't want to marry a brat like you who makes me angry all day long."
"Ye Chuyan! You don't look like a lady at all. Who would want to marry you except a brat like me?
"I am the richest young master of the Wu family in Dafeng, and you actually have the nerve to look down on me?"
Ye Chuyan recalled that when Wu Mu said this, his face was full of anger. It's really interesting to think about it now.
She suddenly let out a very low laugh.
The laughter was particularly abrupt in this quiet and dark room.
The brat she disliked turned out to be her ideal husband. He is unfazed by favors and humiliations, mature and steady.
Wu Mu asked softly: "Madam, what are you thinking about, so happy?"
"I won't tell you."
"Husband, please tell me again your experience of wandering in the West."
"Ah? How many times have I told you this? Haven't you heard enough?"
"Husband, please speak quickly~ Please."
How could I not hear enough? She could never get enough of his voice.
Wu Mu sighed fondly and helplessly.
"Okay, then I'll say it again."
He hugged Ye Chuyan and recounted his experience of wandering around for three years in detail.
His voice was not tired or sad at all, but clear and low.
In Ye Chuyan's heart, this voice was the most beautiful thing in the world.
The sky was getting brighter outside, and Ye Chuyan was still looking at Wu Mu with bright eyes and high spirits.
Wu Mu gently stroked Ye Chuyan's back, "Madam, go to sleep."
His hands seemed to be infected with magic, and Ye Chuyan fell into a drowsy sleep under his gentle caress.
Looking at the sleeping Ye Chuyan, Wu Mu withdrew the inner power in his palms.
He really couldn't bear to let Ye Chuyan watch him leave, so he could only use his inner strength to make her fall asleep.
He got up and got dressed, sat at his desk, thought for a while, and wrote a letter. After writing it, he pressed it piously under the inkstone.
Then, he walked to the bed again, knelt down on the bedside, and looked at Ye Chuyan seriously for a while. Seeing her sleeping peacefully and sweetly, a smile gradually appeared on Wu Mu's face.
He whispered in a low voice, "Ayan, forget me and live well."
After saying that, he took out a pill from his sleeve and stuffed it into Ye Chuyan's mouth. He kissed the corner of her lips tenderly and left decisively.
When he left the inn, he did not ride a horse, but walked slowly on the road in the biting cold wind.
The hatred of seizing his wife is irreconcilable. Pei Xiuyan's possessiveness is so strong that he will not give himself any chance to defend himself or survive.
He will kill himself in the most brutal way.
But, so what?
In this life, he finally waited until he was in love with his beloved, and they spent half a month at sea together.
No regrets in death.
What he prayed at Tilan Temple yesterday was: 【May Ye Chuyan no longer have to suffer in this life, and may he be safe and happy every day for the rest of his life】.
Thinking of this, he raised his eyes and looked at the rising sun in the distance.
The rising sun was obscured by thick clouds and mist, making it a bit bleak.
It doesn't matter, Ayan will see the brightest sunrise in the coming spring.
She is such a smart person, as long as she forgets herself, she will definitely find someone who treats her sincerely again.
For the rest of her life, she can watch the sunrise and sunset every day with another man who loves her.
Wu Mu suddenly smiled.
He stood there, smiling brightly and happily at the rising sun, and then walked quickly towards the palace.
In the inn, as soon as Wu Mu left, Ye Chuyan opened his eyes and quickly spit out the pills in his mouth.
She jumped out of bed with bare feet, ran to the table, and picked up the letter on the table.
There are only eight short words on it: 【Live well and cherish the rest of your life. 】
There was no title or signature.
There was also a thick stack of banknotes underneath the letter.
Ye Chuyan stamped his foot hard, his eyes filled with mist.
"Fool!"
Do you think you can just use your inner strength to coax yourself to sleep, feed yourself medicine to forget about him, and walk away?
I have forgotten him once, and I will never forget him a second time in this life.
These days, when he looked at his eyes with so much love and affection, he knew that he was not willing to let him die with him.
Today, I am always on guard against him.
They agreed to die together, but he secretly allowed himself to live.
What a fool.
If someone must go to hell alone, Ye Chuyan hopes that he will be the one who goes to hell.
She raised her head, wiped the tears from her face, quickly got dressed, put on a bright red cloak, covered half of her face with a huge hat, and hurried out.
After going out, I discovered that Wu Mu went to the palace on foot and did not ride the horse he bought yesterday.
She got on her horse, avoided the main road Wu Mu was taking, took another small road, and quickly hit the horse and ran towards the palace.
Last year, she beat her horse in the cold wind and ran wildly, watching helplessly as her father and brother were kneeling on the execution ground and being tortured.
Now, she couldn't just watch her husband being punished like her father and brother.
Her husband was only nineteen years old and should not be sleeping underground like this.
It was time for him to realize his childhood dream.
Even if he loses himself, he can still replace missing with dreams.
His life should be like the stars in his eyes, shining brightly and dazzlingly. The brilliant young man cannot just disappear.
No matter how much she paid, she couldn't let Wu Mu die like this.
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Pei Xiuyan had just gone to court and was standing alone in Zhengyang Palace, staring at the paintings on the wall in a daze.
After Yan Ke assassinated Pei Ye, he successfully entered Kyoto and became emperor just as he planned in advance. The whole process was well planned and did not affect Dafeng's government at all.
But sitting on the high dragon chair, he felt even more painful.
The people below were all lying on the ground looking up at themselves.
No one was sincere to him, they were in awe of the supreme imperial power.
Just a few days after he ascended the throne, a minister wrote to him asking him to fill the harem.
He knew that these ministers just wanted to take this opportunity to get their daughters in.
When these women enter the harem, they will constantly fight for favor and love.
No one really loves him. What they love is glory, wealth and power.
No one is like Ye Chuyan, who only loves him with all his heart, abandoning all distracting thoughts.
On the wall is a portrait of Ye Chuyan holding a candied haws of sugarcane.
The smile of the person in the painting is always bright and cunning, as if he will jump out of the painting the next second and softly call him: A Ce.
The eunuchs and maids in the palace were all guarding the door. The huge palace was lit with fine golden charcoal and incense. The warmth surrounded the aroma and spread wantonly throughout the room.
Pei Xiuyan felt no warmth at all.
My heart is cold, no matter how many charcoal fires are lit in the room, it will not warm me.
In that cold heart, there lived a woman named Ye Chuyan. She is unruly and flamboyant, and both love and hate are extremely passionate.
She once called herself tenderly: A Ce.
I once looked at myself with disgust and said: I would rather be a pig or dog in my next life than meet you again.
Pei Xiuyan felt a deep sense of powerlessness and desolation when he thought of this.
"Ayan, don't worry, I will marry you again soon. Wumu will send Heli Shu back sooner or later. When I burn Heli Shu, you will still be my wife."
"From now on, I will be the emperor of Dafeng, and you will be the queen of Dafeng."
"By the way, I heard that there is a girl named Bai Jin who looks like you in Beirong. Na Sheng wanted to make her queen, but she ran away."
"I originally wanted to kill her. Now that I think about it, forget it."
"Perhaps women who look the same as you are as stubborn as you. Faced with someone they don't like, they won't want to be together until death."
"You wait a little longer. When Zhao Yujiao gives birth to the child, and when I stabilize the government, I will go find you."
"Ayan, after going to hell, as long as you are willing to forgive me, you can do anything you want me to do..."
When he muttered here, he suddenly fell silent. It seems that he is waiting for a response from the person in the painting.
The empty room was deathly quiet.
Pei Xiuyan waited for a long time but received no reply. He stumbled and fell on the chair, covering his forehead with his hands, his face full of pain and despair.
He was really scared.
Even after being afraid of going to hell, Ye Chuyan still refused to forgive him.
He was afraid that Ye Chuyan would never see him again for the rest of his life, just as he said at the beginning. Every time he thought about this, the feeling of powerlessness and fear almost consumed him.
A high-pitched eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the palace, interrupting his thoughts.
"Your Majesty, Commander Yan came here with a woman and said he wanted to see you."
Pei Xiuyan put away all his emotions and instantly turned into a majestic emperor.
"Let him in."
The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to make Yanchi the commander of the Royal Forest Army.
If anyone in the palace was to say who was most loyal to him, it would be Yan Chi. He is the only one who is truly true to himself.
Yan Li bowed and came in. Before he could salute, the woman behind him in a red cloak took two steps forward and stood in front of Pei Xiuyan.
He lifted up his cloak and hat, revealing his heroic face.
"It's me, Ye Chuyan."
