"Bang!" Liu Fan raised his foot and kicked the dagger down on the road. He took Luo Lianyi's hand, pulled her into his arms, stroked her pale face and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
"I will only hurt you." Luo Lianyi looked at him.
Liu Fan didn't speak, he just held her hand and passed his warmth to her. Luo Lianyi felt the temperature of his palm, and her mood gradually calmed down. She quietly leaned on his side, waiting for the wind and rain to come.
"Your Highness, there is only one way to save the princess from death." Xiao Zhu was still kneeling on the ground.
"Say." Liu Fan's tone was filled with chillness.
Xiaozhu took out a small bottle from his arms, handed it to Luo Lianyi and said, "Princess, take this."
"What is this?" Liu Fan reached out and took the medicine bottle first and asked.
"Fake death. After the princess takes this, she will have no breathing or pulse for twelve hours, just like a dead body. She will wake up naturally after twelve hours." Xiaozhu said.
Liu Fan looked at Xiao Zhu distrustfully. Xiao Zhu lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, Xiao Zhu made this arrangement because he actually does not want the princess to enter the palace. Twelve hours later, Wuyou and the others will come and take away the princess."
"But her poison——" Liu Fan looked at Luo Lianyi worriedly.
"Wuyou will take the princess up the mountain. Maybe the master will have a way. Your Highness, it will be absolutely difficult for the princess to enter the palace. You have to believe that Xiaozhu never meant to kill the princess. Xiaozhu did this. I hope your highness can understand Xiaozhu.
My heart." Xiaozhu looked up at Liu Fan, with a deep look of worry in his eyes.
Liu Fan said nothing more. After being silent for a while, he handed the medicine bottle in his hand to Luo Lianyi.
"Xiao Gudong, please go back quickly. You, sister Wuyou and the others will meet the princess at Qilingpo. You take the princess up the mountain first." Xiaozhu knelt on the ground and ordered Xiao Gudong.
"Yes." Little Gudong said goodbye to the prince and said to Luo Lianyi: "Sister Lianyi, don't be afraid. The master is an expert in this world. He will detoxify you." Luo Lianyi bit her lip and nodded, and little Gudong got on the horse and said, "Drive."
He turned the horse's head with a sound and galloped away.
"Get up." Liu Fan said to Xiaozhu. There was a hint of alienation in his eyes. Xiaozhu stood up, took a look at his expression, lowered his head and remained silent.
Luo Lianyi grabbed the medicine bottle, opened the cap and smelled it. "Can this thing be eaten? Is it a fake death or a real death? Will there be pain?" She frowned and thought, she was no longer afraid of death.
What she was afraid of was that her death would be too ugly.
Liu Fan once again cast his eyes at Xiaozhu with distrust. Xiaozhu said calmly: "Don't worry, if the princess dies, I, Xiaozhu, will never live another hour."
Jiang Feng jumped down from the carriage and said, "I think Miss Xiaozhu must have her own reasons for her actions."
"Princess, hurry up, the people sent by the Tutor are about to arrive." Xiaozhu urged Luo Lianyi.
Luo Lianyi frowned, smelled the potion, closed her eyes, swallowed the potion in one gulp, and then stared at everyone in a daze, waiting for death to come.
"Lianyi." Liu Fan hugged her.
"If I can't wake up, don't be sad. I just went back to my world. I will miss you." Luo Lianyi felt her body gradually become weak and her eyelids became blurry. She held Liu Fan's hand and stared at him.
, closed his eyes.
"Ripples!" Liu Fan called. He used his hands to explore her breath and then felt her pulse. Sure enough, there was none. "Xiao Zhu!" He turned to look at Xiao Zhu in panic, fearing that she would tell him that she
He is really dead.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the Princess will wake up in twelve hours. If the Princess does not wake up, Xiaozhu will kill himself in front of Your Highness immediately." Xiaozhu looked at him and said.
Liu Fan was speechless. He looked down at Luo Lianyi, who was completely limp with cold hands and feet, and held her sideways in his arms.
"Your Highness, please put her in the carriage. After the Taifu's people come to examine the body, I will try to take the princess to Qilingpo. After joining the sisters, we will go to Sanqing Temple together."
Jiang Feng said to Liu Fan.
Liu Fan agreed, and he carried Luo Lianyi into the carriage, reluctant to put her down from his arms for a long time. Xiao Zhu looked at him from outside the carriage, with strong sadness on his face. Jiang Feng secretly watched Xiao Zhu and sighed silently.
One sound.
The killers sent by the Taifu arrived soon after, and after meeting with the Prince, they revealed what the Taifu meant.
"Princess Dongling has been seriously ill and died due to excessive fright along the way and the severe cold weather." Liu Fan sat in the carriage and calmly answered the people kneeling outside.
"This -" The people outside looked at each other. They didn't dare to say that they wanted to see the princess with their own eyes.
Liu Fan picked up Luo Lianyi, jumped out of the carriage, and said coldly: "Who is coming to do the autopsy?"
"You don't dare." Everyone knelt on the ground and no one dared to come over. However, they secretly saw that the man in the prince's arms was pale and his hands were hanging down. He was indeed a dead man.
"Go and report to the Grand Tutor. Princess Dongling has died of illness. I will help someone deal with her body. In order not to offend my father, I will not bring her body into the palace." Liu Fan looked at Luo Lianyi without any blood.
Covering her face with a brocade handkerchief, she took her back to the carriage and laid her down on the soft couch.
After the Tutor's people left, Liu Fan stared at Luo Lianyi on the carriage and refused to get off.
"Your Highness, the Emperor's team to welcome you back to the palace will be here soon. Your Highness, please get out of the car." Xiaozhu urged with a burnt look on his face.
Liu Fan had no choice but to pick up her head and put his lips on her cold lips. After a long time, he reluctantly let go. He put her down and got out of the car. He cupped his fists and said to Jiang Feng, "Please! Brother Jiang!"
"Your Highness, you are serious." Jiang Feng hurriedly clasped his fists in return. After looking at Xiaozhu, he raised his whip, turned the carriage around, and galloped away.
Only Liu Fan and Xiao Zhu were left on the ancient road. After they watched the carriage leave, they walked back to Kyoto one after another. Neither of them spoke. The close and tacit understanding in the past seemed to be gone. The atmosphere was as cold as in this snowy day.
The air was chillingly cold.
Xiaozhu looked at his back. The corners of his glazed white clothes were swaying in the wind, and his hair was flying in the wind. There was an unspeakable loneliness and vicissitudes of life. Two lines of tears couldn't help but fall suddenly. He was said to be the luckiest person.
Zhong Zhilong, but never had a day of freedom and happiness. She silently felt sorry for him.
The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard in the distance. When the two looked up, they could vaguely see green flowers waving, flags flying, and crowds of people. They knew that the carriages and horses greeted by the emperor had arrived. Xiaozhu thought of the hard journey, and the prince finally reached the emperor safely.
The tense nerves immediately relaxed, and there was a look of relief on his face. Liu Fan was thinking about Luo Lianyi, and he was not at all happy when his father greeted him in person.
"Your Highness, I saw the emperor's chariot, let's leave quickly." Xiaozhu couldn't hide his excitement.
"Yeah." Liu Fan said calmly, but his pace still quickened.
They finally stood in front of the emperor. Liu Hongjing sat on the dragon chariot with some excitement and called out "Emperor!" in a trembling voice.
"My dear father, I bow to you." Liu Fan knelt down to pay homage, while Xiao Zhu had already knelt down in the snow.