Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 125
Chapter No.17: Flowing like water

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," amidst the confusion, she vaguely heard a voice: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is calling for you, and he is waiting for you to watch the fireworks with him."

She struggled to raise her head, and saw a group of palace people surrounding her from afar.

watch fireworks?
She wanted to free herself from the bondage, but she had no strength at all.He was just dragged and supported by those palace people in a daze, and walked in an unknown direction.

It wasn't until she was blocked by a high wall in front of her that she stopped in a daze and looked up.

It was a tall city tower, so high that she couldn't see the end, so high that she almost thought she had touched the stars on the sky.

It is Shenwumen.

she thought vaguely.

Looking up, the tall tower of Shenwumen has been decorated with prosperity and richness by the dedicated officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Rites, just like the endless nine-fold palace behind it.The light composed of countless lights makes it sacred and solemn in people's sight.

In such a brilliant red light, in this eerily brilliant night, the snowflakes all over the sky seemed to become scorching hot.

Then she felt that she fell into an embrace as cold as ice and snow.She turned her head and saw his pale face behind the snowflakes and lights all over the sky.

"Mi'er, didn't you agree to watch the fireworks with me just now?" It was Qi Taki's handsome face as before, with an indifferent and strange smile.

Su Mi watched blankly as her husband took her hand, and then walked towards the tower of Shenwu Gate.

When Su Mi tried to recall that night many years later, she found that she didn't even know what kind of mood she should use to recall it.

She only knew that she had already experienced too much cruelty that night, but what she was about to experience next was more cruelty.

As she walked forward in a daze, there was a strange fragrance in the air that made her intoxicated like in a dream.

She lowered her head reflexively.

In this unusual night, she thought that any accident could not shock her.But when she saw the bright blood on her dress again, she was still shocked and screamed.

On her dress, the originally bright red and dazzling bloodstains have turned into a strange blue, a pure blue like the sky in early spring, and a misty blue like the ocean in summer.

At this time, it was attached to Su Mi's dress, but it was strange and frightening, like the deepest nightmare.

On this night that shocked the whole world and was remembered by the entire history of Daqi, Su Mi screamed in shock on the high stairs in the aisle of the Shenwu Gate tower.

The voice was so far away that the palace guards waiting under the tower raised their heads in shock and looked halfway towards the tower where there were only two people.

Su Mi's whole body was trembling, like a dead leaf falling in this winter.

The blood turned blue, and the fragrance was hard to suppress. It was a sign of being poisoned by Tai Tianshui, the number one poison in the world, which had already become a myth in the rivers and lakes.

Qi Taki stretched out his hand gently, and he stroked her face, just like the days and nights when the two of them were intimately together, "Everything is going to end, and tomorrow, we will also close our eyes, At that time, you will be my queen and be buried with me in the imperial tomb."

Su Mi backed away in horror, staggering and leaning against the back wall to avoid falling to the ground. She raised her head and looked helplessly at Qi Taki's extremely joyful face.

"This world, if you want to take it away from me, no one can." He laughed softly, with a strange look in his eyes, and then said word by word: "At least not while I am alive."

It's the jug of wine!

Su Mi suddenly realized that it was the pot of wine that she personally filled at the banquet of the officials in the front hall just now.

She could no longer think about when Qi Taki obtained such a strange poison as Tai Tianshui, and when he carefully arranged that pot of poisoned wine.

All she knew was that it was she who poured the pot of poisoned wine into the cup and served it in front of the four people with her own hands.

Herself!Her husband!Her enemy!And him!
He also drank the jug of wine! ! !
The idea suddenly came to her mind.Where is he now, is he still in this palace?how is heDid he know he was poisoned?

His martial arts are very powerful, and he may be able to force the poison out of his body. By the way, as long as he is told about the poisoned wine in time, as long as he is told now.Thinking of this, she turned around, desperately mustering up her last strength, and was about to run towards the front hall of Qianqing Palace.

Qi Hao should still be there now.

However, the body that was about to rush down the stairs was grabbed by a decisive force.

"Where are you going?" Qi Long held her wrist firmly, with a smile that was not a smile on his face.

"You will be my queen soon. Shouldn't you go up to the city tower with me to participate in the sacrificial ceremony that all people are looking forward to? When we climb up the city tower together, we can see Da Qi's infinitely vast land and mountains. See Da Qi's loyal support My people, all of these are my achievements, and they are all my imperial ambitions that have never been seen before or since." Qi Taki had a dreamy smile on his face.Like an immature child, full of anticipation describing his bright future.

He took Su Mi's hand and continued to walk up the tower.

Su Mi wanted to scream, but she didn't even have the strength to scream. She wanted to struggle, but she could only stagger and be pulled forward by him.

On the other side of the high Shenwumen city wall, there are thousands of people and troops of Daqi who are looking forward to it. They are waiting for the person who appears on the tower, no matter who it is, Ni Yuan or Qi Long, they All will cheer him up, celebrating the belated celebration of victory.

On the other side of the wall, there are endless nine-fold palaces, a dense fog that makes people unable to break free, and a muddy abyss that makes people sink into despair.

Su Mi followed Qi Taki's movements dully and pulled her up the tower.Right in front of you, the platform for holding sacrifices has been built high, and the vast sea towers are hundreds of feet of ice.

A look of ecstasy appeared on Qi Taki's face, he raised his foot, but followed by a violent cough.

Blood splattered through the cracks between his fingers that were tightly covering his mouth.

He turned his head, looked at Su Mi, and wanted to say something, but only made the blood flow faster and more violently.

The bright red blood splattered on Su Mi's plain white dress again, intertwining with the original blue-purple spots.

Su Mi could no longer distinguish the colors in front of her eyes, she only saw endless blue, endless snow, and endless gray.

On this bleak background, she watched him slowly fall in front of her, just one step away, and he did not walk up to the tall tower in the end.

Time seemed to freeze at this scene.

Behind the two of them, endless fireworks began to bloom in the bottomless darkness of the night.

The high-spirited cheers of the people could be vaguely heard from the other side of the tower.

And the emperor they were looking forward to would never be able to climb that tall tower.

At the end of that night, Su Mi turned around, she turned towards the bottom of the tower,

Then she felt herself falling slowly, all the strength that had been sucked away by this cruel night.

There were exclamations one after another in the distance, and countless figures in front of her ran towards her.

She struggled to raise her head, everything between the sky and the earth turned into an indifferent background, in the haze, she only saw him standing within reach of her,

Remember that he will always appear where you need it most, and always appear at your most embarrassing moment,
but,

But this time,
He didn't come near her.

He just stood there, quietly, looking at him with a look that made both her and him exhausted.

It turned out that everything was over.she chuckled softly.

Wouldn't such an ending be just right.

She used to be afraid of such a day, how she should clean up the mess, how she should face such a broken heart.

It turned out that when everything was already doomed, she no longer needed to worry about those entangled confusions, and she no longer needed to worry about those pains intertwined with love and hate.

Somewhere, it seems that God's will has arranged the lifeline of their progress.

The last ruin in her heart collapsed in this cold winter, turning into ruins and debris all over the ground, leaving only the sadness of the ground.

Everything was over, and her tiredness had no need to hide.

The tiredness of this life is accumulated in this moment.

She fell slowly along the high wall behind her...

Before falling into endless darkness, she only felt the despair penetrating her heart and the coldness all over the sky.

When will this long winter come to an end?
The day after tomorrow, the last chapter and epilogue of volume nine will be updated, ending the main body of this book.

The second half of the month will be some supplementary extras

So, let me shout at the end, monthly pass, monthly pass, come here as much as you want~~~~~~~ Support the author, support genuine reading!)
(End of this chapter)