A man in armor was lying on his back, breathing heavily. He was held in his arms and lying on his body.
She immediately wanted to pull away and saw that face covered with dust.
The man with messy hair and breathing in pain...
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty...?"
Her voice also became hoarse.
Lu Fusu opened his eyes slightly and wanted to say something, but couldn't help coughing, but a smile appeared on his lips.
"……Ah!"
...finally saw it...
Shui Xinyuan's wide eyes were filled with tears, and they immediately flowed down.
The tears kept flowing, and it was hard to imagine that she had been without water for a long time.
After Lu Fusu's breathing calmed down, he slowly sat up and hugged Shui Xinyuan tightly again.
"...I'm late."
Shui Xinyuan shook his head desperately and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry."
"...Next time you dance, you should find a lower place. I will be frightened to see you."
"...No, no...yes, I...blame...yes..."
"I don't blame you, it's not your fault."
Lu Fusu stroked the back of Shui Xinyuan who was crying and buried his face in Shui Xinyuan's hair.
"...It's not your fault, it's all my fault."
"no……"
"I didn't eradicate the root cause...you suffered, I'm sorry."
Shui Xinyuan wanted to continue to apologize and ask for forgiveness, but all the words were taken away by tears and nothing could be said.
However...it turned out to be such a joy to be in Lu Fusu's arms.
"...Shui Xinyuan."
Fingers wiping away tears, hands caressing cheeks... each other's dry but gentle lips couldn't help but kiss each other.
I originally wanted to apologize with my own life, but when their lips kissed each other, I couldn't give up easily.
"sorry……"
"Shuixinyuan."
"...I...can't...do anything...like me..."
Lu Fusu smiled bitterly.
He shook his head quietly.
"I just want you to be safe and sound... I can't fulfill any of your wishes right now. Maybe you think I'm unreliable, but please don't leave me."
"I never thought so..."
……wish?
Shui Xinyuan suddenly raised his head.
"Did I...make any request before?"
"Didn't you say you wanted something?"
"What?"
Lu Fusu laughed and put his mouth to Shui Xinyuan's.
"...I want a baby."
Shui Xinyuan straightened up suddenly, his eyes widened and he was speechless.
...that's true.
It seems like I said it a long time ago.
"I...remembered..."
"I haven't forgotten it."
"..."
Shui Xinyuan wanted to cry again.
Not because of despair, nor because of relief, but because I was so shy that I wanted to cry.
Lu Fusu breathed a sigh of relief and hugged Shui Xinyuan tenderly.
"That's great...I miss you so much."
"I also……"
Shui Xinyuan put her cheek against Lu Fusu's neck.
Lu Fusu was wearing cold armor, but his body was very warm and you could feel the flow of his blood slightly.
……emperor……
"...Excuse me for disturbing you, can I come over?"
Hearing this helpless voice, Shui Xinyuan couldn't help shouting and looked back.
"Zhuge Qing?"
"...What? You came up so early?"
"I've been waiting for a long time."
Zhuge Qing walked up the stairs leisurely, looked at Shui Xinyuan and shrugged.
"Empress, it's been a long time since I paid my respects to you."
"They... each other."
"I don't want to disturb you two, but there is still something unresolved. We will finish it as soon as possible and return His Majesty to you immediately. Can you wait a little longer?"
"No, no problem."
Shui Xinyuan broke away from Lu Fusu's hand and hid behind him. Lu Fusu stretched out his hand to her with a look of regret.
"Can you stand up? Are you injured?"
"I-I'm fine...Is the Emperor injured?"
"I'm fine at all. It's just that I rarely run up the stairs and I'm a little out of breath."
"Where's Zhuge Qing...?"
"Thanks to my mother-in-law, I'm fine too."
However, Zhuge Qing was holding a sword in his hand, and the sword Lu Fusu dropped on the ground was also stained with blood.
"Did you just fight...?"
"Thanks to a certain queen who is not afraid of death, the fight has been completed."
"ah?"
Shui Xinyuan raised his head and pricked up his ears.
The sky unconsciously spits out white, the wind blows quietly, there is no sound of swords, and no sound of fighting can be heard.
……it's over?
Shui Xinyuan looked out from the city wall and couldn't help but scream.
"emperor……"
"What's wrong?"
Lu Fusu and Zhuge Qing couldn't help but take a breath when they saw the scene in front of them.
Behind the position... there was darkness near the horizon where the white rising sun was spitting out, and countless military flags were flying.
Not just a few hundred or a few thousand people, but tens of thousands.
"...the Royal Guards?"
"Have they... caught up?"
There were more than enough troops to deal with the hundreds of soldiers in the ruins, and they were facing off outside. The desperadoes below had given up their intention to fight.
Shui Xinyuan and others looked outside the city wall when slight footsteps came from behind.
"...Empress!"
"Chunxiang..."
"It's great that you're okay..."
Chunxiang hugged the lute, her legs went weak, she collapsed on the ground, and started crying.
"That's great... I thought you fell..."
"Chunxiang..."
Shui Xinyuan smiled and gently touched her shoulder.
"Chunxiang, thank you. You play the pipa very well. I'm fine now. Thank you for staying with me."
Zhuge Qing helped Chunxiang stand up.
"...Let Chunxiang drink some water and eat something first."
"Also to the Queen..."
"I……"
Shui Xinyuan bit her dry lips.
"...I also have things to deal with."
Shui Qiancheng, Chun Cha, Xu Gongchun and Lin Bojian also stood behind Chunxiang.
My sister’s hair was spread out, and there was dust on her face and clothes, but the figure standing next to the emperor under the rising sun was resolute and beautiful...
Shui Qiancheng has never felt that his sister is so far away from him.
Shui Qiancheng was in a particularly heavy mood. Although his eyes met Shui Xinyuan's, he could not say anything. He also vaguely felt that no matter what he said now, he could not beg his sister for forgiveness.
This is the punishment that I must bear, not because my sister is the queen, but because I let my sister show such sad eyes.
The elder sister looked away and looked at the emperor.
"He is no longer my brother. Please give him the punishment he deserves."
"...If you say that, it is the biggest punishment for him."
This annoying man actually spoke to Shui Qiancheng's inner thoughts.
"I have already thought about how to punish him. Of course, it is a punishment that is consistent with the crime... The other three people must also be interrogated carefully."
"……Why?"
Chunxiang couldn't help but mutter.
"Chun Cha, you are a maid... you usually take care of your empress, why do you do this?"
Chun Cha had a displeased face and brushed her hair on her shoulders.
"The reason why I became a maid is because I want to be an imperial concubine in the future, because the harem has been abolished. Only by being beside the emperor and the empress can the emperor notice me."
Shui Qiancheng couldn't help but look at Lu Fusu, who frowned.
"How come...the emperor loves the queen so much..."
"That's right! So I changed my partner. As long as the emperor is replaced by someone else, even if it is a thirteen-year-old little boy, the emperor will still be the emperor."
Shui Qiancheng felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him...
Are Chun Cha, who used to encourage himself so many times and always greet her with a smile, and the woman with cold eyes in front of him really the same person?
"...As long as he is the emperor." Although Shui Qiancheng knew he shouldn't ask, he still blurted out this question, "As long as he is the emperor...it doesn't matter who he is? Even if it's not me..."
"Didn't I already say it? I want to enter the harem, as long as I can become the imperial concubine. If you are not a descendant of the royal family of Xia Kingdom, if Zhao Shizhong does not want you to usurp the throne, I will not care about you, let alone
I wouldn’t come to a place like this…”
Shui Xinyuan suddenly rushed to Chun Cha and slapped her in the face.
"...What to do?"
"I'm so angry that I'm going to hit you!"
Shui Qiancheng knew very well how angry his sister was.
It was the first time he saw his sister really angry several times in a short period of time.
"Hitting you once won't vent my hatred. Can I hit you two or three more times?"
"What a joke!"
Chun Cha covered her face and stepped back, while Shui Xinyuan also took several steps closer.
"Didn't you become a palace concubine just to be a concubine? It's just that you were lucky enough to become a queen..."
"I was sold into the palace by human traffickers to work as a palace concubine."
Shui Xinyuan spoke calmly but word by word.
"Haven't you heard? I am neither a noble daughter nor a scholar's daughter. I was sold to the palace as a palace concubine because my family could not pay the taxes."
"..."
"The reason why I became the queen is because His Majesty is the emperor. If Your Majesty is not the emperor, but a farmer, I will be the farmer's wife; if Your Majesty is a businessman, I will be the businessman's wife."
Someone snickered. It was the young master of the Zhuge family.
The man who seemed to be a brother-in-law no matter what his status was, smiled shyly and looked at his sister.
"Queen, you can beat this woman until you vent your hatred, and the rest..."
Zhuge Qing looked at the two men behind Chun Cha.
Lin Bojian silently held the hilt of the sword, while Xu Gongchun hurriedly shook his hands.
"Wait...wait a minute, we are just listening to Zhao Shizhong, right?"
"Yes! So what? If Shui Qiancheng becomes emperor, what official position will he promise to give you?"
Xu Gongchun smacked his lips and glared at Lin Bojian sideways.