Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 103
Chapter 13: Moon Maze Ferry

Ni Tingxuan also saw his figure, looked at his expression, and couldn't help asking a little eagerly: "What's the matter, is there any news from my father?"

"My lord is fine..." Dou Feng walked into the corridor, glanced at the two of them, he hesitated to speak, with indescribable bitterness and resentment in his expression.

An ominous thought suddenly came to Ni Tingxuan's mind, "Is it...in the capital..." He asked tremblingly.

"Yes... it's Miss and Madam..."

"What's wrong with Madam and sister?!" His voice suddenly rose, filled with unbelievable fear.

"They were all killed by the Liao people..." Dou Feng lowered his head with tears in his eyes.

Concubine Ni and Princess Jingchang are dead!Ni Yuan's wife and daughter...

Hearing the news at first, Su Mi next to her was also in a trance for a while, and then thought that when Ni Yuan left them in the capital, he must have expected the worst.

"How did you die?!" Ni Tingxuan asked tremblingly, his voice hoarse and dry.

Dou Feng had a look of grief and indignation on his face, but he didn't speak, but the deep hatred and shame in his expression had clearly told Ni Tingxuan and Su Mi what happened to them.

Ni Tingxuan felt dizzy for a moment, and his body shook uncontrollably a few times, but thanks to Dou Feng's sharp eyesight and quick hands, he didn't fall down.

Su Mi's heart felt cold, thinking of the brutality of the Liao army, thinking of the many tragedies he saw during the time when he was trapped in the palace.

She suddenly thought that if she and Ge Chengming hadn't made up such a plan to blame Jiangdong, if she and Qi Hao hadn't teamed up to kill Gao Yuanwen, the poisonous genius doctor, their mother and daughter would not have fallen to such a state.

just like my own...

This kind of cognition made Su Mi feel deep fear from the bottom of her heart.The misty water vapor in front of her eyes seemed to turn into a stagnant blood-colored mist, rolling towards her violently, lingering.

She is avenging her family, and she has successfully made her enemies feel the same pain as herself.At this moment, she should be laughing, she should be satisfied, she should be hearty.She thinks day and night, she racks her brains, she bears the burden of humiliation, she plans schemes, isn't this moment what she wants?

However, when she heard such news at this time, why couldn't she laugh?

Ni Tingxuan hadn't been freed from the bad news he had just received, but he saw Su Mi's body swaying beside him, almost on the verge of falling.

She leaned on the railing on one side, raised her head, the expression on her face was devastated, and then she started to smile, she seemed to be laughing, but the smile was perfectly lifeless.

He stared blankly at that pale smile, couldn't help but stepped forward to support her, and asked in shock, "You...what's the matter?"

Feeling a pair of hands supporting her crumbling body, Su Mi struggled to raise her head to look at Ni Tingxuan, but only felt a blur in front of her eyes.

What is he saying? !What is his expression now? !Does he hate me?I put his mother and sister in this situation.Su Mi wanted to open her eyes to see clearly, but no matter how hard she tried, his face was always blurred. ,
As soon as she struggled hard, she broke free from his shackles, walked down the steps, and the raindrops fell on her body, filling her whole body with a deep coolness.

In the yard, the fiery red maple leaves are like flowers in full bloom, condensed with a gloomy blood color, the autumn wind blows, mixed with raindrops falling on them, making a low sound of sobbing and weeping.Unable to bear the force, a few leaves fell silently, and landed on the muddy ground washed by the heavy rain, like pearls and jade falling to dust, and a brocade skirt splattered with blood.

She thought of the gorgeous figure surrounded by gold and jade, radiant and colorful, like a blooming peony, gorgeous and proud.She also thought of the silver-purple glowing faintly under the dim light, haggard and desperate, but like a strong silver-white magnolia, standing straight and independent in the storm.

It's all over, it's all over.

Why did she only feel pain and bitterness in her heart when she heard that the relatives of her enemy had suffered the same as her own family, and she didn't have the smoothness and pleasure of getting revenge as she imagined?What did she get from such painstaking revenge?
Chill.

In the dimness, she saw him approaching her quickly, with nervousness and anxiety on his face, he seemed to be shouting something to her, but she couldn't hear a word, only felt that there was something heavy and oppressive that made her unable to The thing that bears is pressed down, unable to dodge, and unwilling to dodge.

Then, she felt a pair of hands hugging her, holding her tightly, keeping her from falling dust, covering her from raindrops.She barely raised her head, and at the last glance, she only saw that he seemed to be calling out excitedly, and she fell into darkness.

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That night, Su Mi fell ill. This was the first time she fell ill after entering Yongzhou.

The following days Su Mi lived in a muddle, as if she had fallen into an endless dream.In the dark, she would always dream of that proud and gorgeous figure. In a trance, that gorgeous and fierce face would turn into Wei Qinger's sad and sad expression, and then suddenly turn into her sister's desperate and bleeding face... ...staggered and interspersed, and they cannot be distinguished from each other.

Dawn and dusk overlapped, and she didn't know how long it had passed. In the dimness, she felt that a doctor with a white beard came to check her pulse. They had the same warm and faint fragrance of medicine as her foster father.Someone fed the bitter medicine into her mouth and wiped the sweat off her forehead.Every time I woke up, I would see Ni Tingxuan's nervous and concerned face, only getting more and more haggard every time.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Mi finally woke up. She tried to open her eyes, but felt her throat hurt like a fire, and she groaned softly.

The bead curtain around him moved slightly, and a figure lying down on the table in front of the window sill suddenly became alarmed. He woke up, stood up immediately, took three steps at a time, and rushed to the bed, looking at her with uncontrollable surprise: "you're awake!?"

Su Mi blinked her eyes, and wanted to speak, but felt the pain in her throat was unbearable, and she could only moan intermittently.

Without waiting for Su Mi's order, Ni Tingxuan poured a cup of tea from the glass cup beside the table, helped Su Mi up, and then handed it to her lips.

Su Mi wanted to reach out to take the cup, but she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand, so she just took a few sips from Ni Tingxuan's hand.

The warm water moistened the dry throat, and the warmth flowed through the body. Su Mi was fully awake. She looked up, and Ni Tingxuan was looking at her in ecstasy, with bloodshot eyes from lack of sleep for a long time. , His face was also haggard a lot.

It's just the kind of joy from the heart that refreshes the tired face.

Sensing Su Mi's gaze, he blushed slightly, bowed his head and said, "You finally woke up. The doctor said that you were exhausted, mentally and physically exhausted, and emotionally fluctuated too much, so you couldn't bear it for a while... "

"I know." Su Mi interrupted his words, she knew her illness better than anyone else.

Ni Tingxuan looked up at her, wanted to say something, but hesitated, and finally just asked softly: "Do you want to drink more water?"

Su Mi shook her head, with undisguised exhaustion on her face.

Ni Tingxuan put down his cup and said, "You haven't eaten for two days. I told the kitchen to make some porridge. Let's drink some first."

Seeing his worried eyes, Su Mi nodded hesitantly.

Ni Tingxuan got up and took the cushion, supported Su Mi to lean on him, and said: "Lie down for a while, I'll ask someone to bring it over."

Su Mi lay back on the soft cushion. She turned around and stopped looking at his distant figure. In her eyes, the auspicious silver thread patterns on the curtain shone brightly.

She knew about her condition. This was the first time she fell ill after leaving the capital. Although it was just a simple physical and mental exhaustion, it was the accumulation of all the ups and downs she had experienced in the past few years. Seeing the cause of the outbreak, he finally vented his pain unreservedly.

Similarly, she also knew what Ni Tingxuan wanted to ask just now. He wanted to ask why hearing that news made her emotionally fluctuate so violently.Presumably he also knew the rumors about the disagreement between himself and Concubine Ni.

How does this make her answer?
Su Mi smiled bitterly, her heart ached just like this body.

The moonlight outside the window is getting thicker, and the chirping of autumn insects is faintly heard, the sound is sad, and it must be understood that autumn is getting stronger, and winter is not far away.

The bead curtain moved slightly, and Su Mi turned her gaze. It was Ni Tingxuan who came back, followed by Cairu, the maid serving her, holding a cloisonné tray in her hand, and the orchid fine porcelain bowl exuded steam and fragrance.

Cairu carefully served Su Mi to drink the bowl of porridge.

The warm food flows into the body, and the tiredness seems to be driven away by this warm aroma.Su Mi felt that her physical strength recovered a little.

After dismissing the maid, she leaned on the bed, looked up at Ni Tingxuan who was standing by the bed, and asked softly, "What are you busy with these days? How are the preparations for the expedition going?" Her gaze turned to the man next to the window. On the desk, there are messy official documents piled up on it.

When did he move his office here?

Ni Tingxuan followed her gaze, smiled awkwardly, and said, "We are preparing food and grass, and it is estimated that we will send troops next month."

"Yes," Su Mi nodded.

Winter has arrived, and the northern region is extremely cold. It is really not a wise move to send troops to the Beiliao at this time. It is just that the situation is critical and we have to do it.This battle must be incredibly difficult.

She cast her eyes out of the window, and the silver hook was hanging in the sky. No matter from which corner of the world, the crescent moon she saw was so lonely.Presumably, the moonlight seen from the vast grasslands of Beiliao will be even colder and unbearable.

"Next month... I will go together too." Su Mi turned her eyes to Ni Tingxuan and said casually.

"Ah," Ni Tingxuan, who was about to pack up those documents, had a blank expression for an instant, turned around in disbelief, and asked in a voice, "What did you say?!"

"I said I would go with you too, to Beiliao." Su Mi still said calmly, her tone flat but firm.

"But you are a girl..." Ni Tingxuan couldn't help but said when he saw that Su Mi's expression didn't look like he was joking.

"Could it be that in your eyes, I'm just an ordinary woman?" Su Mi interrupted him, staring at him without showing any weakness and asked.After a long illness, his gaze was still full of sharpness.

Facing that clear, penetrating gaze, Ni Tingxuan was startled, and then he couldn't help lowering his head a little embarrassedly.He understood the meaning of Su Mi's words.From the moment he saw her in the mountainous village outside the capital, he knew that she was not a simple concubine.Those "simple" concubines are either dead now, or are suffering in Daqi's harem.

He secretly sent someone to investigate her and knew that there was an unclear connection between her and some hidden forces in the capital.

"How much do you know? About me." Su Mi's eyes drooped slightly, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she looked at his nervous posture with some amusement, and asked.

Ni Tingxuan blushed, as embarrassed as if he was caught spying on someone's privacy, he unconsciously picked up and put down the document in his hand.

For the first time, the two looked directly at this sensitive topic.

"...I don't know much. The Ge Hong who entered the palace to paint for you is Ge Chengming, a famous scholar in the old guard, and now he is under the command of Prince Nan Chencheng." Ni Tingxuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said the truth.

Su Mi was secretly startled, Ni Tingxuan's words obviously told her that he already knew about the existence of Donglailou and his connection with Nanchen Old Guard forces.

She never dared to underestimate Yongzhou's intelligence system.But they didn't expect that they knew such details and directness, I'm afraid that Mr. Ge's subordinates also have insiders inserted by Ni Yuanan.

It's just a simple sentence, but almost all the secrets are involved, and even the most secret point has already touched the tip of the iceberg.

Fortunately, Su Mi has absolute confidence in her true identity.
"My father is Su Weiming." Su Mi sighed softly and said calmly.

Ni Tingxuan's eyes flashed, and the same simple sentence allowed him to grasp almost all of Su Mi's secrets in an instant.

Qi Long's favored concubine is the daughter of a mountain doctor of the Wei State, which is well known to the rich and powerful in Daqi, but no one expected that this mountain doctor turned out to be Xuanji's genius doctor who had returned to the mountains.

Everything has a reasonable explanation. Ge Chengming was a famous scholar in the old guard, and it is reasonable to have acquaintance with Xuanji, a genius doctor who returned to the mountains and forests of the guard.It’s just that the miracle doctor Xuanji has passed away for many years, and only Su Mi is left alone in Weigong. When Weiguo broke the city, he was logically confiscated into Daqi’s court. Afterwards, by coincidence, he resumed contact with Ge Chengming and others. ...

On the contrary, Ni Tingxuan felt relieved. Su Mi's secret had always been a heavy burden on his heart, which made him panic and couldn't see the blurred distance clearly.The two faced each other so frankly, which made him feel relieved.

"I see." He nodded and smiled frankly.

"So, I'm not a virtuous and chaste concubine who keeps herself safe." Su Mi turned her head and asked with a mischievous attitude: "But don't you think it's very surprising to see Da Qi's villain with ulterior motives?"

Ni Tingxuan couldn't help smiling, and said slightly bitterly: "In this regard, what right do I have to say about you." With ulterior motives, who else can compare to his own father.After 20 years of concentrating on management, once an attack occurs, the world will be overthrown.

Maybe when he saw her for the first time, he had faintly felt that she was different,

At that time, she was dressed in plain clothes, standing on the shore facing the wind, her eyebrows were as light as smoke, and her eyes were as clear as water. It was clear that the two of them were very close to the ground, but they were like flowers separated by fog, hazy and ethereal.He couldn't help being intoxicated by it.

She is not a simple concubine in the harem, not one of the many colorful and resplendent flowers.There is a vast world in her eyes, which cannot be blocked by the far-reaching palace walls.When she stared into the distance, nothing seemed to break her wings and restrict her freedom.

Ni Tingxuan stared at her obsessively, Su Mi was stared at by his focused and warm eyes, feeling a little embarrassed in her heart, thinking of the lie she just told him, Su Mi felt anxious again for no reason.

Although strictly speaking, she did not lie, Mr. Ge and her adoptive father are also close friends, she just kept part of the facts and kept the secret of her blood.

But it was such a simple reservation that made her feel an unbearable guilt under the scorching gaze.

She raised her head, interrupted his thoughts, and said, "In this way, I am always qualified to go out with the army. Presumably the army also needs doctors."

"But you don't know martial arts after all. The situation on the battlefield is dangerous and changing rapidly. You alone..." Ni Tingxuan still shook his head in denial.

"No, but, anyway, I'm going to follow!" Su Mi interrupted him with a loud voice, her tone was resolute and almost willful, and she looked at him with a look of anger.

Facing Su Mi like this, Ni Tingxuan smiled wryly, with a look of helplessness on his face.

Su Mi was taken aback by that almost pampering look, and her face turned reddish.

In the end, I habitually yelled, monthly pass, monthly pass...

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