After being together for so long, how could Zhou Xuan not tell whether he likes her or not.
Since you don't like him, but you force him to swear not to marry anyone, there must be something wrong.
Zhou Xuan reached out and grabbed her back, stopping her from retreating and staring into her eyes.
"Chen Danzhu." He said, "Answer me."
Chen Danzhu lowered his eyes: "I just know that you and Princess Jinyao are not suitable."
Zhou Xuan no longer sneered like before, his expression was calm and serious: "I, Zhou Xuan, come from a famous family, my father is famous all over the world, I am young and promising, and Princess Jin Yao is as beautiful as a flower, dignified and generous, and is the emperor's favorite daughter. I
I grew up with the princess as childhood sweethearts. The two of us got married and everyone in the world praised it as a good match. Why do you think it is inappropriate for you alone?"
Chen Danzhu murmured: "Or, maybe I still like you, so I'll fight for your love."
This was what Zhou Xuan had been asking her to say, but now Chen Danzhu finally said it. Zhou Xuan did not smile, but there was some pain in his eyes: "Chen Danzhu, do you think you are telling the truth?"
To put it bluntly, is it more terrifying than letting me like you?"
Yes, Chen Danzhu lowered her gaze. She knew such a secret thing about Zhou Xuan. If she told it, Zhou Xuan would kill her to silence her, and she was even more afraid that the emperor would also kill her and silence her.
"I'm not afraid of death," she whispered, "I can't die yet."
The hand on her back shook slightly, pulling her closer, and Zhou Xuan's voice whispered in his ear: "How do you know? Do you know?"
His voice was also trembling and smelled of blood, as if he had bitten the tip of his tongue, but it did not have the murderous intent that Chen Danzhu was most worried about.
He was just in pain.
Chen Danzhu raised his eyes and looked at him, almost touching the young man in front of him. There was anger and sorrow in his dark eyes, but there was no evil spirit.
Chen Danzhu reached out and held his wrist: "Let's sit down and talk." Her voice was soft, as if she was coaxing.
Zhou Xuan took back his hand behind her and broke away from Chen Danzhu's hand: "My injury is not healed yet, how can I sit down? Chen Danzhu, are you always uneasy and kind?"
Chen Danzhu smiled: "I forgot." She pointed to the room, "There is an Arhat bed in my room, you can lie down on it." She took the first step.
Zhou Xuan slowly followed behind.
Watching the two people enter the room one after another, Qingfeng and Zhulin on the trees on the roof also put away their previous stagnation.
Although the two of them were so close that they could not hear what they said clearly, and their movements were not tense, Qingfeng and Zhulin felt danger at a certain moment, causing their bodies to tense up.
"Young people are all like this." Qing Feng moved his body and smiled at the bamboo forest on the tree. "It's like a cat. It's hair will explode at every turn, but it will be fine again in the blink of an eye. You see, we are so harmonious together."
Zhu Lin glanced inside. The doors and windows were wide open, and he could see Zhou Xuan lying on the Arhat bed. Chen Danzhu was sitting next to him with a cup of tea, as if asking him if he wanted to drink again——
Who knows what these young people are thinking!
Zhou Xuan didn't drink tea, he rested his arms on his head and stared at her: "Do you really know that my father——"
Chen Danzhu hissed at him.
Zhou Xuan stopped talking, but Chen Danzhu's action had already answered him. Zhou Xuan's arms tightened and he clenched his hands.
"I'm not very sure." Chen Danzhu said hurriedly. In fact, she really didn't know. She looked a little helpless and helpless. After all, she knew it from him in her last life, and it was a drunken remark. What was the truth? She really didn't know.
Know.
"My father said that King Wu never wanted to assassinate your father." She made up a reason casually, "Even if the other two had the intention to do so, it would definitely not be possible because the princes and kings at this time are no longer the same as before. Even if they could
Once you enter the imperial city, it is difficult to assassinate him at close range, but your father is still dead, so I guess there may be other reasons."
Her explanation was not very reasonable, and there must be something to hide, but Zhou Xuan didn't want to force her anymore. He was already satisfied that she was willing to open half of her heart to her.
"Your father is right or wrong." Zhou Xuan whispered, "The King of Wu has never thought of assassinating my father. Other princes and kings have thought of it, and -"
He smiled lowly when he said this.
"They didn't want to assassinate my father, they wanted to assassinate the emperor directly."
Chen Danzhu was a little surprised and asked: "How do you know?"
"Because I saw it with my own eyes." Zhou Xuan whispered, his eyes a little distant, "When the emperor was assassinated, I was right next door."
Chen Danzhu reached out and covered his mouth. Only in this way could he suppress his exclamation. He actually saw it with his own eyes, so he knew the truth from the beginning.
The indoor room was fresh and warm in spring, but Chen Danzhu felt that his eyes were white and cold, as if he had returned to the snow in that life, looking at the drunk man lying on the ground with a confused expression.
In that life, he only uttered one sentence, which was interrupted by her gagging his mouth with snow. In this life, she sat next to him again and listened to him tell this terrible secret.
Zhou Xuan looked at his arms, his black clothes with gold embroidery, solemn and gorgeous, like the windows in the Imperial City of Xijing.
It was snowing heavily that day, and the princes in the school were no longer interested in studying and were noisy. He was impatient to fight with them and told his husband to go to the library.
But while walking on the road, I thought that the library was very cold. As the youngest son in the family, although he worked hard at studying, he was still a spoiled nobleman. So he thought that his father had a study specially gifted by the emperor in the outer hall. Behind the bookshelves in the study
There is a small cooling pavilion, which is secluded and warm, and can be easily accessed if you want to read a book.
At this time, his father must be discussing something with the emperor, so he happily came here. In order to prevent the eunuch guarding here from complaining to his father, he climbed in through the small window at the back of the study.
Hey, he is actually not a person who likes reading very much, and often uses this method to skip school. But he is smart, he learns quickly, and he can learn everything in one go. If his elder brother wants to punish him, his father will still smile and protect him.
He said he would learn it later when he wanted to study seriously.
He climbed into his father's study and didn't study well. The inn was too warm. After reading for a while, he lay down on the couch and fell asleep.
He was awakened by his father's laughter.
Through the gap in the bookshelf, I could see my father and the emperor walking in. The emperor's face looked very ugly, but my father smiled and reached out to pat the emperor's shoulder. "Don't worry, if your majesty is really so scrupulous, there will be something to do."
of."
The emperor's frown did not ease.
The affairs of the court have indeed been unfavorable recently. Regarding the Cheng'en Order, more and more people in the court are opposing it. The high-ranking officials and dignitaries are living a very comfortable life, and the princes and kings do not threaten them. On the contrary, the princes and kings often give them
Giving gifts - some officials sided with the princes and kings and blocked it from the perspective of the emperor's decree and clan ethics.
The father advised the emperor not to be impatient, but the emperor was impatient and there were some disputes between them.
He knew all this, so he knew that his truancy at this time should not be discovered by his father and the emperor, otherwise their anger would be vented on him, and he might get a beating.
He held his breath and remained motionless, watching the emperor sit down, watching his father rummaging around and taking out a memorial, watching a eunuch holding tea and walking towards the emperor with his head lowered, and then——
The father's figure flashed, and he shouted "Your Majesty, be careful!", and then heard the sound of the teacup breaking.
He saw his father lying on the emperor through the gap in the bookshelf. The eunuch held a knife in his hand, and the knife was thrust in front of his father. Fortunately, it was blocked by the memorial that his father was holding, and it did not penetrate too deep.
The emperor was not a weakling either. He had been practicing martial arts in order to strengthen his body. He also reacted very quickly. When his father fell on him, he kicked the eunuch away.
Eunuch Jin Zhong also rushed in at the same time. This eunuch was not old and weak. He was as flexible as a rabbit. He jumped on the assassin eunuch and wiped the whisk on the eunuch's neck——
"Don't be alarmed!" Father shouted, "Stay alive!"
But it was still too late. The eunuch's head had been cut off by Eunuch Jinzhong. People like them who protect the emperor have only one purpose for the assassin, which is to kill him.
But Eunuch Jinzhong still listened to the previous sentence and did not shout that there were assassins to attract people.
All this happened in an instant. He hid behind the bookshelf, covering his mouth with his hand, watching the emperor supporting his father. The two stood up from the chair. He saw the knife inserted in his father's chest. His father's hand was holding the blade, and there was blood.
Welling up, I don’t know if it’s a hand injury or a heart injury——
The emperor also held the handle of the knife. He supported his father, and his father's head hung on his shoulder.
"Call the imperial physician -" the emperor shouted, his voice almost crying.
This call also made him wake up, and he was about to rush out. At this time, he was not afraid of his father punishing him. He really hoped that his father would beat him severely with his own hands.
But the next moment, he saw the emperor's hand moving forward, sending the knife that had not been inserted into his father's heart into his father's heart.
His voice, movements, and his whole person disappeared at that moment.
