He never knew that the noble status he was so proud of was actually nothing in her eyes, and she never even looked at him.
My heart feels a little uncomfortable.
Qu Le didn't notice anything strange about her at all. He was still immersed in his own world of complaints, and continued to spit under the influence of alcohol: "He treated me like a canary, locked me in a cage and raised me, with fine clothes and fine food.
Glory and wealth... He said he could give me everything, but he could not give me freedom and dignity. If a person doesn't have these two things, what's the difference between living in the world and being like a dog?"
Suyue tightened her mouth and said nothing, with a forbearing expression. Her hands were clenched into fists, and her nails dug into the palms of her hands. It hurt. He said unconsciously: "It's not that he doesn't give you freedom, he's just afraid of losing you..."
"Can he just ignore my feelings because he is afraid of losing? In the final analysis, he is a selfish person who likes to be self-centered. What he loves is not me at all. What he loves is the feeling of falling in love with someone else."
Qu Le paused, then burst out laughing again, "The most damn ridiculous thing is that in the end, Labor actually fell in love with such a selfish bastard like him!"
Su Yue was stunned again, her dull expression making her look like a fool.
Qu Le smiled, her eyes turned red, and she murmured softly: "People say that birds of a feather flock together, and he and I are both selfish. We may like each other, but no one is willing to do anything for this love.
Concession. We like to stand still and expect the other party to compromise first. We are too confident and too naive..."
He can love her, but he will marry other women for the sake of imperial power.
She can love him, but she will leave him alone for the sake of freedom.
In the final analysis, their love is too selfish. They always want to change the other person's mind in the name of love and turn the other person into what they want most, but they forget that the essence of love is actually tolerance.
Su Yue was silent for a moment and asked: "Do you regret leaving him?"
"No, I have never regretted it," Qu Le paused and laughed at himself, "I believe he is the same."
Suyue stopped talking.
At night, Qu Le was so drunk that she didn't even bother to wash her face, so she just rolled onto the bed and fell asleep.
Suyue cleaned up the mess alone. She was obviously not used to doing such rough work, and her movements were very unfamiliar. She almost dropped the dishes several times when cleaning up the dishes. Fortunately, she had quick eyes and quick hands and caught the dishes in time, so she did not throw them away.
Qu Le woke up from his deep sleep.
After finishing cleaning up without any danger, Su Yue sat alone by the bed and looked at Qu Le deeply, still thinking about the drunken words Qu Le said just now.
In Suyue's eyes, obsession was as thick as the night: "You guessed wrong, I already regret it."
...I regret it so much that I want to kill myself.
What responded to her was Qule's still sleeping face.
Su Yue gently placed a kiss on her forehead. The warm and delicate touch was like a poppy flower. Even though she knew it was poison, she still loved it and refused to let go. She gently helped Qu Le press the corner of the quilt, then stood up and quietly
Leave the room quietly.
Under the black night, a tall and muscular figure jumped out from the high wall of the palace and landed steadily on the street. It was the middle of the night when everyone was sleeping soundly, and the street was empty, and the sound of a watch was heard in the distance.
People's shouts, one after another, seemed particularly distant in this silent night.
After Suyue left the palace, she quickly crossed two streets and came to a secluded courtyard.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw a woman sitting in the room.
When the woman saw him coming, she immediately stood up, knelt down and saluted: "My slave, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Su Yue waved her hand casually: "No need to be polite."
The woman was born with sparse eyebrows and a stern expression. Even though she was wearing the most ordinary long mat of coarse cloth, she still maintained the habits she had developed in the palace for many years. Her back was slightly curved, her hands were overlapped on her abdomen, her eyebrows were lowered and her eyes were lowered.
As quiet as a transparent statue.
If Qu Le were here, she would be able to tell at a glance that this woman was none other than Nanny Qi, who helped her escape from the palace and then disappeared.
Aunt Qi said: "Your Majesty, what you want has been prepared."
Suyue: "Take it out and have a look."
Aunt Qi turned around and took out a wooden box, opened it gently, and carefully took out a human skin mask as thin as cicada wings. She said: "This is the work of my slave after repeatedly repairing it for dinner.
It allows you to become anyone you want to be, including the 'Li Changfeng' you used to be."
She asked again: "Do I need to put it on for you now?"
Suyue: "Yeah."
Suyue sat on the chair, closed her eyes, and let Aunt Qi play with her face.
Not long after, Aunt Qi took off a layer of human skin mask from her face. At this moment, she opened her eyes, revealing a pair of dark eyes as deep as ink, and a beautiful face that resembled an iceberg and a cold lake.
Su Yue... no, it should be said that it was Xiao Feng who was pretending to be "Su Yue". He touched his cheek lightly and felt it was wet. It seemed that Grandma Qi had applied a layer of medicine on his face. He asked
:"What is this?"
Aunt Qi replied: "It is a special concoction to protect the skin to prevent the human skin mask from harming your Majesty's skin."
Xiao Feng: "You mean, the human skin mask will hurt the skin?"
Aunt Qi pointed to the human skin mask next to him that had just been taken off his face and said: "This mask will hurt the skin. It was made by the slaves temporarily, and the workmanship is a bit rough, so there will be defects."
She twisted the thin human skin mask with both hands: "But this one can't. After several attempts, this is the only human skin mask that can be worn for more than half a year. In these six months
Within the period, even if you don’t take it off, it won’t cause any harm to your skin, so you can use it with confidence.”
Xiao Feng asked: "How long can the human skin mask on Qule's face be used at most?"
"It must be taken off and cleaned every three days at most, otherwise her skin will be corroded, ranging from itching to severe ulceration and disfigurement."
There are only three days... Xiao Feng frowned, seeming to be dissatisfied with this time.
Aunt Qi was good at observing words and expressions, and immediately noticed the change in his mood, and said considerately: "I can make another human skin mask for Miss Qule that can be worn for a long time, but it will take time to wait."
Xiao Feng: "How long will it take?"
"At least a month."
It took too long, and Xiao Feng couldn't wait any longer. He was worried that Qule would injure her skin from using the human skin mask for a long time, and then asked: "Can't I give her my human skin mask first?"
?”
Aunt Qi: "I'm afraid this won't work. This human skin mask was specially made by the servant according to Your Majesty's facial features. If it were to be worn by Miss Qule, the mask would not fit closely with her face, which means
Wearing disguises will lead to failure.”
Xiao Feng stopped talking.
After the death of the late emperor, Xiao Feng sent people to look for Nanny Qi everywhere, but she seemed to have disappeared from the world and never appeared again. She was an inconspicuous little person, and no one cared about her life or death, so
Her disappearance did not attract anyone's attention. After a while, even Xiao Feng almost forgot the existence of this old nanny.
It wasn't until Qu Le pretended to be dead and left the palace that Xiao Feng suddenly remembered that there was a person like Nanny Qi. He ordered the secret guards to track down this person with all his strength. The emperor paid off. It took him two full years to finally find her near the late emperor's tomb.
Aunt Qi.
The secret guard brought Nanny Qi to Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng asked her to disguise herself, but Nanny Qi refused.
Aunt Qi said: "The late emperor once issued a secret order that slaves cannot use the art of disguise for anyone."
Xiao Feng was very dissatisfied with her rejection, frowned and asked: "If that's the case, then why did you disguise yourself for Xiao Lezi and help her sneak out of the palace?"
Aunt Qi: "That is the emperor's will. I am just following orders."
"You, you mean, it was Emperor Father who asked you to send Xiao Lezi out of the palace?" Xiao Feng's cold face moved slightly.
Aunt Qi nodded and admitted.
"Why?" Xiao Feng couldn't understand what his father did. "Even if Xiao Lezi disguised herself as a man, that was something he already knew. It was not a crime of deceiving the king. Why did he send Xiao Lezi out of the palace?
go?"
"The late emperor hopes that you will become a perfect emperor. As an emperor, you cannot have any weaknesses and must be impeccable." When talking about her old friend, Grandma Qi's eyes could not help but reveal sadness, but her tone became more solemn and serious, "Little
Lezi is your weakness, she will become the enemy's weakness to attack you, she cannot exist."
Xiao Feng was silent for a moment and asked: "In that case, why didn't Father just kill Xiao Lezi? Wouldn't it be happier and cleaner?" He knew very well that his father seemed gentle and kind, but in fact he refused decisively and would rather make a mistake of three thousand dollars.
Never let one go.
"The late emperor did have murderous thoughts towards Xiao Lezi," Grandma Qi couldn't help but slow down her tone when she saw his cold expression, "But during the contact with Xiao Lezi, the late emperor was completely obsessed with this person.
The little girl who doesn't follow the rules has gained some appreciation. The late emperor once said to his slave in private... She is a little smart, but she doesn't think she is smart. She has a very stubborn temper, but she can bend and stretch. She is always heartless,
But she knew who was good to her and who was bad to her... All in all, she was a very interesting little girl. If she were placed in the palace, her life would have changed a lot. Therefore, the late emperor once let her choose by herself.
Should she stay in the palace and marry you as his concubine and enjoy all the wealth, or pretend to be dead and escape from the palace to start a new life? Unfortunately, she chose the former without hesitation, so the late emperor called his slaves back to the palace to make human skins for Xiao Lezi.
Mask and help her leave the palace."
Xiao Feng's face was expressionless: "If Xiao Lezi had chosen to stay in the palace as his concubine, would Father really have fulfilled our wishes?"
Aunt Qi's eyes flashed, and her voice was very soft and low: "No."
Xiao Feng looked at her coldly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled mockingly: "Continue to finish."
Under his gaze, Nanny Qi couldn't help lowering her eyes with a guilty conscience, and said slowly: "If Xiao Lezi is unwilling to leave, the late emperor will directly make her a noble, and in this way, she will become yours."
Elders, you will never have any chance to be together again. Even if he dies in the future, he will order her to be buried." (To be continued)