NABC Chapter 486 Strangers
Chapter 486 Strangers
Yizhen has always been with Long Mohan, how could she know what happened in the Dong Congfei Palace. Suddenly hearing the name "Zhao Ji", she always felt her chest thumping, and a sense of uneasiness rose faintly. Her eyes could not help but dim, and she thought pessimistically: "Xiao Zhao must hate me now..." Not only did she replace her and gain the emperor's favor, but she also caused her child to reveal his true colors and could not gain a foothold in the palace.
Lai De is the opposite of Yi Zhen. He thinks Zhao Ji's release from prison is exciting news. He said with hope: "I knew that Concubine Zhao was blessed with great fortune and would definitely survive this disaster. If the Ghost King can really be summoned, I hope he can save her so that she won't have to suffer in the palace. I have long felt that she is not like an ordinary person, and I was right. But I never thought that she is actually a fox demon... Although she is a demon, I have never seen her use magic..."
"Why hasn't she used any magic?" Yizhen suddenly interrupted Lai De angrily, "She uses magic all the time, even you have been bewitched by her!"
Lai De blinked in confusion, unable to guess what Yizhen meant.
"If she didn't have magic, how could the emperor be so devoted to her? Why would the people in the palace protect her? Every time she was in trouble, there was a noble to help her through the difficulties. If this isn't magic, what is it?" Yizhen said, and subconsciously clenched her fists, her body trembling slightly. Zhaoji always survived the disaster, and there was always someone by her side to help her through the difficulties, but what about herself? Alone and facing the sinister Concubine An who forced her to drink the infertility drug, how could she fight back, and how could she find someone to trust?
"Your Majesty, have you caught a cold?" Lai De saw Yizhen shaking all over and her face turning pale and bloodless. He couldn't help but stare at her worriedly.
"I've been out for too long. I have to go back." Yizhen got up, put on her clothes, and walked along the porch in the direction she came from. She bit her lip tightly and thought: But that's all in the past. Now that she knows that the power of black water is so strong that it can interfere with the other person's thoughts by just looking at each other, she will certainly not make the same mistake again. What Zhaoji can do, she can do too. Because now, she, like her, is already a monster.
The image of her eyes glowing red remained in her mind. There was still a hint of fear in her heart, but Yizhen told herself firmly: Now that things have come to this, we can only move forward, not back. Since we have made such a sacrifice, we must get the same return. Lai De saw that the rain was getting heavier outside and Yizhen's clothes were very thin. He was afraid that she would get sick and catch a cold, so he hurriedly called out to her a few times, wanting her to take shelter from the rain for a while. But Yizhen seemed not to hear it, and continued to trot forward with her head down.
Subconsciously, she clenched the ghost-faced jade in her hand, still feeling a little scared. Fortunately, she dug out this piece of ghost-faced jade, otherwise, how could she escape from Lai De. At this time, Yizhen had already arrived at the entrance of the eaves corridor. She glanced at the heavy rain outside the corridor, raised her hand to block her forehead to prevent the rain from blinding her eyes, and then rushed out without hesitation. How many secrets does this huge palace have that she doesn't know? In the rain curtain that chilled the sky and the earth, she was like a tiny flying insect, spreading her wings wet by the rain, stumbling and trying her best to fly forward, even if there was a dark abyss ahead...
Yizhen, soaking wet and in a state of disgrace, could not return to Long Mohan, so she had to run back to the Dong Congfei Palace. Fortunately, the night patrol guards were blocked by the heavy rain, and Yizhen returned to her residence safely. It was late at night, and the Dong Congfei Palace was already pitch black. Yizhen rushed into the corridor of the palace in one breath, and then she found that she was dripping with water all over her body. She stood at the entrance and wrung the rain off her clothes a little, and looked up at her room inadvertently.
At this moment, she suddenly found that there was still a candlelight next to her room - it turned out that Ji Anni had not gone to bed yet. Yizhen had to pass by Ji Anni's window to go back to her room. In the dead of night, even the sound of a pin drop could be heard. Yizhen knew that she could not avoid Ji Anni's eyes and ears and sneak back to her room, so she had to bite the bullet and walk forward. When she passed by Ji Anni's window, she clearly saw her shadow reflected on the window. Ji Anni in the room looked up and looked out the window.
At that moment, the two sisters, who were once good sisters, looked at each other through the thin window paper; at that moment, their hearts skipped a beat; at that moment, they suddenly felt the alienation and the fate of being unable to return. When did they start to go astray in their lives? If Ji Anni hadn't met Yun Zhen, or if Yi Zhen hadn't met Ji Anni, perhaps they would not have lost themselves like they are now.
Ji Anni sat at the round table in the middle of the room, and moved her eyes from the window to the candlelight on the table. She hoped to dispel the random thoughts in her mind by staring at the candlelight, but the candlelight in front of her gradually became blurred, and finally split into many candlelights, spinning constantly in front of her eyes. Then there was a "click" sound, and a teardrop hit the table with a force heavier than the heavy rain outside.
"Yizhen, can we go back to the way we were before..."
The more you don't want to recall a memory, the deeper it becomes. In a trance, you always feel someone knocking on the door. The hallucination always makes Ji Anni fantasize that she can see Yizhen when she opens the door. But the girl who looked like a sweet date on the first day of entering the palace, her once bright smile has quietly disappeared...
The next day, Yizhen got up before dawn. One reason was to avoid Ji Anni, and the other was to help Long Mohan prepare breakfast. These days, she has been preparing three meals a day for Long Mohan by herself. Before Yizhen was not favored, the imperial kitchen had to prepare more than 20 dishes a day. Later, after Yizhen became Long Mohan's exclusive imperial chef, the chefs in the imperial kitchen all had a much easier time, so they had a very good impression of Yizhen.
In addition, the chefs in the imperial kitchen, including the head chef, all came from Nanhu County, the capital of gourmet food, and were from the same hometown as Yizhen, so they took great care of her. Therefore, only here could Yizhen's depressed heart get a moment of relaxation. Even after Shui Furong and Concubine An jointly framed her for drugging Shui Furong, she never stopped and still came here on time every day to work hard.
At sunrise at 11:00 a.m., Yizhen came to Long Mohan's bedroom with carefully prepared snacks. Ever since Long Mohan fell ill, he had been attending court less and less frequently. Recently, he had handed over all the power of government affairs to the general and Prime Minister An, and spent almost every day in the bedroom. The guards and eunuchs here all knew Yizhen, and Long Mohan probably hadn't gotten up yet, so they let Yizhen in without notifying him.
Yizhen came to Long Mohan's room, put the prepared breakfast on the table, and then walked to the bed. Long Mohan was sleeping soundly and didn't hear any sound, but from his frowning brows and slightly trembling lips, it can be seen that he didn't sleep well, probably having a nightmare. Yizhen sat by the bed and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead and ears with a handkerchief. A closer look revealed that there was still a trace of blood on the corner of Long Mohan's lips, probably because he vomited blood again last night.
Yizhen sighed softly and stared at Long Mohan's sleeping face quietly. She didn't know whether she loved this man or not. If she loved him, why did she abandon him after hearing the general talk about Long Mohan's life experience last night? If she didn't love him, why did she feel a faint pain in her heart at this moment? She had imagined that Long Mohan really abdicated and she would live in seclusion with him in the deep palace. Just the fantasy made her constantly condemn herself.
"Your Majesty, I will accompany you to go higher and further... rather than retreating step by step with you..." Yizhen wiped the blood stains on Long Mohan's lips with a handkerchief, and the haze in her heart deepened. Long Mohan's health was getting worse day by day. Even if he didn't abdicate, how long could he last?
At this time, Long Mohan seemed to feel someone wiping his sweat, and his lips trembled even more violently, as if he wanted to say something. Yizhen pulled back her hand and quietly looked at his uneasy sleeping face. She could vaguely guess what he dreamed about. "Your Majesty, Yizhen actually had a nightmare last night..." The corners of her lips slightly raised, revealing a bitter smile. "Yizhen dreamed of Zhaoji... She asked me why I treated her like this... She kept cursing me and wanted to kill me..."
The dream was so real that Yizhen sat up from the bed in the middle of the night, her clothes soaked with cold sweat.
At this time, Long Mohan's lips moved slightly, and he uttered a weak, intermittent sound: "Zhao... Zhao Ji..."
It was indeed her. Yizhen closed her eyes, took a deep breath, leaned over and whispered in Long Mohan's ear: "Your Majesty, it seems that we are all tortured by the same nightmare..." When will we be redeemed? When will we be able to get rid of anxiety and sin.
Yizhen gently shook Long Mohan's shoulders and called softly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... wake up..."
After shaking it four or five times, Long Mohan's eyelids moved slightly, and then slowly opened. "Yizhen, it's you..." He was already used to seeing Yizhen as the first person he saw when he opened his eyes in the morning, so he was not surprised at all.
"Yizhen saw that the emperor had a nightmare just now, so she dared to wake him up." Yizhen smiled faintly. Although she is no longer as good as the little girl when she first entered the palace, and her smile has become mature and forbearing from the original immaturity, her smile has a soothing power for both Ji Anni and Long Mohan. Long Mohan, who had just woken up from a nightmare, covered his forehead and sat up with the help of Yizhen.
"I seem to have dreamed of Zhao Ji just now... but I can't remember the scene in the dream clearly..." Long Mohan rubbed his temples, trying hard to recall the dream just now, but to no avail.
"Your Majesty, there are more important things than Zhao Ji." Yizhen stared into Long Mohan's eyes and said seriously, "Yizhen hopes that Your Majesty will immediately order Xuanjizi to prepare for the sacrifice. We must meet the Ghost King before the general's sacrifice!" This was the solution Yizhen came up with after tossing and turning all night.