The person in her dream seemed to hear a man's deep and sure voice saying something to her.
The wind blows, and there is a faint fragrance of green grass in the air.
The starry sky in the distance is silent, with the sadness of running water.
The leaf in the lip suddenly dropped a drop of dark red blood, falling on the fringed aqua blue cigarette dress.
The night is getting deeper.
He picked up the sleeping Liu Su and walked back to the military tent. The dark red leaf fell to the ground and no one saw it.
The moon-white light shines on the bearded gray cloth, giving it a somewhat unreal feel.
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"Big Beard, what are you going to do? Are you crazy?"
The next morning, Liusu had just woken up when Big Beard dragged her out of the tent and made her lie on the horse like a bundle of firewood.
Then he jumped up, waved his whip, and the horse galloped quickly.
"Queen Qin has been snatched away! Queen Qin has been snatched away!"
"Great Khan, that's too bad! Empress Qin was snatched away by Big Beard!"
The entire Jurchen barracks suddenly fell into chaos, and the soldiers chased after them on horseback.
"Great Khan, I take back this woman with delicate skin and tender flesh. Thank you Great Khan for the reward!" The bearded man ran away while dropping a provocative word without fear of death.
"Big Beard!! You are crazy! You dare to challenge the entire Jurchens on your own! If you don't want your life, I will, so shut up!"
"Don't you want to run away?!"
"I want to escape, I really, really want to escape! However, what I want is not this kind of honest escape method. We should carry out the escape plan quietly, instead of alarming the entire Jurchen in such a ostentatious way!!"
Liusu suspected that Big Beard did it on purpose. He was seeking revenge for yesterday's slap in the face.
"As long as you can escape! Drive!"
As the bearded man spoke, he swung his riding crop and whipped the horse again, causing the horse to run faster.
Liusu hugged the horse's belly tightly, her bones hurting from the jolting horse.
The Jurchens behind him were still pursuing her with great momentum. Sand and dust were flying, filling the air. The only sounds could be heard everywhere: "Seize Empress Qin! Seize Empress Qin...".
"Why?" Liusu asked loudly, "Why did you suddenly take me to escape?"
"Do what your husband didn't do."
The bearded voice came from the wind.
Liusu raised her head from the galloping horse, and she tried to see something from the bearded face. However, except that his face was tense because he was being chased, she could not see anything abnormal.
"You are a soldier of the Ri Yao Dynasty. You came to save me on the order of Emperor Yao, right?"
Liusu guessed.
Big Beard did not admit or deny, his expression remained the same as before.
His horse ran very fast and soon left those who were chasing him behind.
Liusu looked back and saw that the chasing horses had disappeared and they had escaped.
The horse stopped. Liusu suddenly jumped up, grabbed the bearded man's beard with both hands, and pulled it down——
That face suddenly appeared...
"Why is it you?!" Liusu couldn't believe it.
It's him?!
"What? Are you disappointed to see it's me?" he said with a smile.
Should she be happy? She didn't know.
"Why are you here?" She slipped off the horse, Emperor Zhuyao also jumped down, and took off the thing covering his eyes, and his face was completely displayed in front of Liusu.
Then he took off his coarse clothes and wore a purple robe that highlighted his slender figure.
Liusu has never seen him wearing purple.
"I'm here to save the queen." Emperor Zhuyao said.
"Afraid that I will become a hostage and drag you down?" Liusu glanced at him and said with a sneer.
Emperor Zhuyao shrugged and did not answer her question.
"Where's Qiluo?"
"In the army, with Wuya."
"You don't regret it?"
"In the palace, with Yun Ni."
"Then...where is Lu Xuening?"
"...Leng Gong." Why did his voice suddenly sound cold?
"Leng Gong? Are you suffering from the disease of wandering around now?"
He sighed, "Don't talk about that."
"Do you and I have anything else to say?"
Emperor Zhuyao suddenly stepped forward, hugged her half-heartedly, and raised his hand to touch her hair. One section of her hair was particularly short. She gave it to him when she left, as a sign of cutting off her feelings.
No more contact, "I asked Qiluo, I don't regret asking, why don't you ask me?"
Liusu pushed him away: "Why are you asking? You are right in front of me."
"As the queen, the head of the harem, it is your duty to care about the emperor."
Liusu discovered that this man had become oily at some point.
"I think you are suffering from amnesia? Have you forgotten? We have no relationship at all, and now you are asking for attention. Don't you think it's funny?"
"I want to confirm something?"
"What's the matter?" Liusu said angrily.
"Did I really love you in the past?" He looked into her eyes, trying hard to find something.
Liusu met his gaze and said, "Emperor Zhuyao, I thought you were just heartless, but I didn't expect that you also lost your memory!"
Her tone was cold and full of sarcasm, but Emperor Zhuyao seemed unmoved, and he continued -
"Some feelings are very ethereal. I seem to have a very loving feeling in my heart, but as soon as I get close to you, this feeling will slowly disappear..."
"What about now, have you figured it out? The bearded emperor..."
Fortunately, he could imagine that the big beard, the scar, and the one-eyed dragon were so incompatible with the aloof and unparalleled Emperor Zhu Yao.
Emperor Zhuyao raised his hand and caressed Liusu's face——