The world became quiet at this moment, the leaves stopped fluttering, the birds stopped singing, the river stopped flowing, the fish stopped playing, and everything became still.
She was the only one left breathing and walking. She saw the busy maids in the palace stopped walking, and she saw the jailers in the prison looking at her in different shapes, but they were also still.
The only sound in the world is those words.
"You are a rare woman, with extraordinary piano skills, superb poetry, and good calligraphy. But no matter how rare you are, I can't let you ruin my two sons."
"No matter how difficult it is, I can't let you destroy my two sons."
"I can't let you destroy my two sons."
Those words kept echoing in my ears. Until Yan Yan walked to the cell in a daze, the emperor's words were still echoing in his ears.
Until the sound of "ding" hits the ears, all the stillness breaks instantly, like the shattering of glass, and all the sounds can be heard again.
The sounds of the guards shouting loudly and the cries from other cells reached my ears, making my eardrums sting. It turned out that after calming down, it would only become more turbulent and heartbreaking.
Yanyan thought she was not afraid of death. Fear had never appeared in her dictionary. However, when death really approached her, that kind of fear arose spontaneously, like suffocation during an avalanche or suffocation during a tsunami.
The suffocation during the earthquake was a heart-breaking fear. There was never a time like this when she was so eager to go home. If she died like this, there would be no hope of going back.
Yanyan stared at the guqin in front of her, and then looked at everything in the prison. Could this be her last stage? Her fingers couldn't help but clenched the strings, making this heartbreaking experience even more intense.
His fingers plucked the strings rapidly, and his hair danced rapidly with the music. The music was like thousands of troops marching on the ground, like a raging waterfall flying down rapidly. The sound filled the entire cell, whipping every particle of dust.
In the end, after the heartbreak, calm will return. Everything stopped at this moment, the jailer stopped talking, the prisoner stopped crying, the hair stopped dancing, and the dust stopped dancing.
When the last note resounded through the cell, the strands of hair instantly fell down, the dust instantly fell to the ground, and Li Yan's tears also flowed down at this moment.
Peace is always the starting point and the end point.
At this time, the silence in the Jinluan Palace was terrifying. Qi Feng was kneeling on the ground, and the emperor turned his back to him with an angry look on his face. This majestic and cold emperor was very disappointed and angry. His favorite son, the son he admired most, now
He actually impulsively broke into Tianyi Palace for the sake of a woman, and even risked his life as a guarantee.
He decided to make his second son the crown prince, and he saw that the second son was not living up to expectations. Although he was not bound by the love between his children, his mind was not on government affairs at all. He felt even more that he did not love the wrong person, and what he saw was that he was brave and good at fighting.
Lao Qi has repeatedly made military exploits.
However, now, they are actually risking their lives for the same woman.
"Lao Qi, I don't want to see you today, you go back!" A strong angry voice sounded dullly in the hall, and the emperor in front of the desk was filled with coldness.
"Father, just let Yan Yan go, she is not a spy of the enemy country." Qi Feng did not get up, but stubbornly looked at his father who was trembling with anger. He could not just let Yan Yan suffer in prison.
"If she cannot prove her identity, she will have to stay in jail." The cold voice was emotionless, and her body was shaking even more with anger.
"Father, you clearly know that Yanyan is not a spy of the enemy country, why do you still keep her in prison?" Qi Feng stubbornly knelt in the hall, "Why?" The emperor in front of the desk turned around violently, his eyes filled with tears.
Out of anger, he slapped his palm on the desk, and the memorial above was shaken to the ground, "You are a dignified brother, but now you are kneeling here for a palace maid, even risking your life. For this reason, I will not
I will let her go."
"Father!" Qi Feng couldn't help shouting, with helplessness and struggle in his voice, "You are the king of a country, and everything you do is for this world and the people of this world. Yanyan is also yours.
, why can’t you give some of your kindness to Yan Yan?”
The emperor's whole body was shaken, with a cold glimmer in his eyes, and he said in a voice without any warmth, "She may not be one of my subjects."
Qi Feng's body suddenly froze, and he raised his eyes to look at the emperor in front of the desk, and happened to meet his cold eyes under the bead curtain, and the coldness instantly penetrated his whole body.
The look in his father's eyes was so terrifying. His heart sank. This look was something he had only seen six years ago when the emperor's uncle conspired against him and the evidence was clear, and his father killed the emperor's uncle and his family. Could it be that his father had already
Have you decided to put Yan Yan to death? Is there really no room for redemption?
Qi Feng looked straight at his father, whom he had respected since childhood. The ice-cold seeping into his blood became entangled in confusion and evaporated into uncontrollable trembling. It was as if something exploded in his body, and he seemed to have fallen into an abyss.
A dark abyss.
"Father..." Qi Feng was trembling and speechless. The internal organs in his body began to hurt. If Yanyan died, then what was the point of his life?
"Do you still want to plead for her?" The emperor's voice sounded coldly, "If you still plead for her, then she will have to die."
His deep eyes flashed with struggle, fragility and helplessness. What he saw was a cold emperor, what he saw was a cruel emperor, what he saw was an angry emperor. All he saw was aloof, controlling
The emperor with the power of life and death for everyone, not the father he respected.
"Father, do you love your son's mother and concubine very much?" Qi Feng suppressed the trembling in his eyes and looked straight at the ruthlessness of his beloved father at this moment.
The emperor's body in front of the desk visibly stiffened. Familiar memories came flooding in, brushing away the anger in his eyes, which instantly softened him.
Twenty-one years ago, when he was still the prince, he met Su Minfeng outside the palace. The first time he saw her, he was deeply attracted by her talent and even more deeply by her beauty.
At this point, he fell hopelessly in love with her.
Every time he left the palace, he would go to her place to sit for a while. Even if it was just for a cup of tea, he would go there. When they were happy, they would compose poems together, and he would listen to her play the piano for him. When he was unhappy, he would go there.
She would stay with him quietly until he left happily. In this way, they had the most beautiful and carefree life.
Until one day, his queen mother wanted to choose the crown princess for him. He brought her to his mother and firmly told his queen mother that she was the crown princess he had chosen.
However, because she was of low status and did not meet the Queen Mother's standards for choosing a concubine, the Queen Mother firmly disagreed with him marrying her. He had a fight with the Queen Mother, but it ended in failure. At that time, he was already deeply in love. He had no choice but to marry her.
The queen mother chose the woman for him, and the queen mother also imposed a ban on him.
He couldn't go out of the palace to see her as before. He buried his thoughts deep in his heart every day, and a year passed like this. When he saw her again, he felt uneasy, fearing that she would blame him for not seeing her for so long.
, afraid that she had changed her heart, that she had become a wife and a mother. The worry collapsed the moment she saw her. Instead of complaining, she smiled at him, "You made me wait for a year,
It’s so hard to wait! In order to punish you, I will punish you by smiling, and punish you by never forgetting me.”
Later, he asked her why she was willing to wait for him for so long? Why didn't she blame him for not coming to her?
She only said five words, and she fell in love.
Because of her words, he decided that no matter what happened in this life, he would never let go of her hand, and he would never let her be wronged again.
It wasn't until he became the emperor that he took her to the palace and named her Fengfei after her. Even when she arrived in the palace, she didn't make any noise like other concubines. She just waited for him quietly in the palace.
.
He loved her, her demureness, her talent, and everything about her. Therefore, for her, he was willing to give her the best things. She liked tranquility, so he gave her the most beautiful palace in the palace.
Got her.
She renamed the palace he gave her Min Fengju, and said to him with a smile that the palace is a big family, and this is her little home, his and hers. There is no intrigue, only warmth.
Until she died, he still kept all her things in Minfeng Juli, as if she had never left. One day, she would come back, because this was her home, his and her little home.
Thinking of the depth of love, there was a trace of heartache in his eyes. At this moment, he was not a majestic and cold emperor, but just a husband who missed his wife.
"Father, I love Yanyan as much as you love your mother and concubine." Qi Feng looked firmly at the emperor who was in memory, his dark eyes were light and transparent but firm and burning. He has known his father's love for his mother and concubine since he was a child.
Looking at it, he thought that he would not be as lucky as his father and would meet the woman he loved most. Until he met Yan Yan, he knew that he had already met her. But now, his respected father is about to meet her.
His beloved woman was executed, and his heart felt like being whipped by a sharp arrow, which was an unforgettable pain.
The emperor, who was in the midst of his memories, was deeply struck by his words. The look in his eyes no longer held the harshness before, but was filled with deep shock.
"Father, please let go of your words." Seeing the moved expression in his father's eyes, Qi Feng felt a glimmer of hope in his heart, and he begged sincerely.
"You go down first. If she is not an enemy spy, I will naturally not kill her. During this period, you should not beg me for her again. Even if you come, I will not see you." His voice softened.
There was no ruthlessness or anger before, only disappointment and paleness. He stood with his back to Qi Feng, and Qi Feng saw the white hair on his temples when he left.