From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 938

The moment he walked out of Ziwei Palace, Zhou Yuan was a little stunned.

Under the dim light, snowflakes fell one by one, and the first snow in Shenjing this year came quietly.

The cold invaded him.

Empress Zhaojing murmured: "No, no, I can't go out, I'm still wearing a dragon robe."

Zhou Yuan held her hand tightly and whispered: "There is nothing you can't go out, and it doesn't matter what you wear."

He pulled Empress Zhaojing up and ran out.

Red palace walls, golden tiles, dark sky, white snow.

A young man, pulling the haggard woman in a dragon robe, ran forward with all his strength.

Run, run out of this cage made of gold and stone.

Run out of the shackles of this power structure.

Run out of the original territory of life, run to an uninhabited place, run to an unknown secret place.

Zhou Yuan was desperate, and Empress Zhaojing stopped shouting.

The female officials saw them, the imperial guards saw them, and many, many people saw them.

They rushed out of the palace without hesitation and ran along the ancient streets.

Bluestone road, goose feather snow, late autumn, dark night.

All was silent, the people of Shenjing had fallen asleep, and everyone in the world seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

But the world was awake, the slippery ground, the whistling cold wind, still ravaged the two fleeing souls.

"Open the gate! Open the city gate!"

Zhou Yuan took Empress Zhaojing's hand and shouted to the guards on the northern tower.

The guards on duty looked down, and immediately became energetic and ran down in a hurry.

He stuttered, and forced himself to encourage his momentum, and shouted: "Meet the Grand Marshal!"

It was not until this time that he saw the figure in the dragon robe behind Zhou Yuan.

Then the heart seemed to stop beating, and it fluttered and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Open the city gate."

"Open... open..."

More than a dozen guards pulled the city gate open with force.

Zhou Yuan pulled Empress Zhao Jing out of Shenjing City.

The snow was getting heavier, and the white color was faintly visible around. They had deep internal strength and were not afraid of the cold. They just kept moving forward.

Moving forward, towards the wilderness, towards the mountains, towards unknown places.

"Where are you taking me? My dragon robe is dirty."

Empress Zhao Jing finally couldn't help shouting.

Zhou Yuan said, "My clothes are dirty too."

Empress Zhaojing said, "This is my dragon robe."

Zhou Yuan said, "I don't think it's any different from my clothes."

Empress Zhaojing said anxiously, "You are unreasonable."

Zhou Yuan said, "It's not the first time you are unreasonable. I'm going to take you away today."

Empress Zhaojing said, "Where are we going?"

"Elope."

"What?"

She looked at Zhou Yuan in astonishment and glared, "You have so many family members, and I have so many court officials. Are we going to elope?"

"Yes! We are going to elope!"

Zhou Yuan said, "Let's live in seclusion, go to a place where no one knows us, and become a pair of immortals. Couple. "

Empress Zhao Jing said: "I don't want it, and you are lying to me, you can't bear to leave Jianjia and the others."

Zhou Yuan said: "I am sick, I want to find a miracle doctor to save my life, you accompany me."

Empress Zhao Jing was startled and said in a trembling voice: "Don't joke, is it injured on the battlefield? Where is it, let me see."

Zhou Yuan said: "It's a heart disease, I killed too many people, and I have nightmares every night. I can't live anymore."

"Don't scare me..."

Empress Zhao Jing hurriedly said: "Quick, go find a miracle doctor, I will go with you."

The two walked forward in the dark world, walked to the mountain, and shuttled through the dense forest.

One day, two days, three days, they crossed many mountains and walked to an unknown place.

Empress Zhao Jing collapsed on a boulder.

She trembled and said, "It's no good. We haven't eaten for three days. No matter how strong our internal strength is, we can't stand it just by drinking snow water."

"Breathing wind and drinking dew, not eating grains, that is the realm of immortals, we can't reach it."

"Where is your miracle doctor, little brother, you don't look sick."

Her face was pale and she was shaking all over.

After three days of snow and three days of hunger, she couldn't stand it anymore. Her internal strength was almost exhausted.

Zhou Yuan was not much better. His internal strength was almost exhausted. He was so hungry that his eyes were dizzy and he could hardly stand.

He panted and said slowly: "Divine doctor, I don't know where it is. I just know that we have been walking for three days without sleeping or resting. We are on the verge of running out of energy."

"But fortunately, look, senior sister, the sky is about to dawn again."

Empress Zhao Jing looked towards the east weakly. There was already blood everywhere, and endless red light seemed to be gushing out from the other side of the mountain. The coldness of the whole world was being dispelled, and the world seemed to be waking up.

DazedStaring at this scene, Empress Zhaojing murmured, "It's so beautiful. We have been rushing on the road and have forgotten to appreciate such a beautiful scenery."

Zhou Yuan looked at her and whispered, "Isn't your whole life like this?"

Empress Zhaojing's figure shook slightly.

Zhou Yuan said, "You are busy for this, for that, for the people, for power, for everything. Have you ever stopped to look at the scenery?"

"At this moment, you and I are almost exhausted."

"Let's die here and be a pair of miserable mandarin ducks."

Empress Zhaojing said, "No, Junior Brother, I...I want to eat."

Zhou Yuan said, "What about after you are full?"

Empress Zhaojing was extremely tired and could hardly open her eyes.

She said bitterly: "I want to sleep, don't think about anything, sleep thoroughly."

Zhou Yuan sighed and said: "Only when facing the extreme limit of the body will you know the value of these."

"Are you still in the mood to think about the throne now? Are you still in the mood to think about politics? You just want to fill your stomach and sleep, just want to survive."

The first ray of sunlight shone from afar, dyeing the forests and the white snow red.

Zhou Yuan said: "Look, no matter what state we are in, it does not affect the alternation of day and night, reincarnation."

"The things you are obsessed with are nothing to life, and nothing to the world."

"Big sister, I found a miracle doctor."

Empress Zhaojing said: "Miss doctor? Where is it?"

Zhou Yuan said: "It's here, her name is Guan Miaoshan."

"But the patient is not me, but...Empress Zhaojing."

Hearing this, Empress Zhaojing was shocked, and she couldn't help covering her face and tears flowed out.

Zhou Yuan said: "Guan Miaoshan entered the palace with the best heart and the most determined will to realize her ideal."

"She gave everything and was getting closer and closer to her ideal, but her mood was getting worse and worse."

"It turned out that the throne and power had been constantly infringing on her soul for more than ten years."

"She no longer had an accurate understanding of her ideal, only a vague concept."

"Only at this moment, when her body exceeded its limits, did she finally remember that she was Guan Miaoshan, Zhaojing was just a year title, and the empress was just an identity."

Empress Zhaojing couldn't help crying out loud.

Zhou Yuan said: "I promised you that I would let you continue to be the emperor. We have the same ideal, and we are constantly approaching it."

"But you are still uneasy. The idea of ​​imperial power has been urging you to take back some things, making you anxious and uncomfortable, so that you can only rely on extreme diligence to relieve it."

"Why are you worried? Why do you think that if I get your body, I will drive you away?"

Empress Zhaojing raised her head, already in tears.

She trembled and said, "The imperial power has harmed me and made me lost, but you... But how can I not worry that you will drive me away?"

"You have already got me, what else do I have that is worth your attachment?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Why do you say that?"

"Because you don't love me!"

Empress Zhaojing suddenly shouted, hoarsely, "You love Jianjia! Love Ningyue! Love many, many people! But you don't love me!"

"In your eyes, I am just an emperor obsessed with power, a strong woman who is calculating."

"Except for my body, I have never been able to impress you in other places. ”

“No matter how much I tolerate and care about you, no matter how much I care about you, no matter how much I think about your safety all the time, and regard you as the most important man in my life, as my life-saving straw…”

“I gave you everything, but I still couldn’t get your love.”

“But I can’t say it, because I did something wrong, I betrayed you, so I have no right to say it, I can only hold it in, I can only hold it in…”

“I can only work hard, I can only show my value in other ways.”

The sun illuminated her face, which was covered with tear marks, fatigue, pain, and indescribable haggardness.

Zhou Yuan looked at him and put his hand into his arms.

He said softly: “It’s been nearly four years, and I have experienced life and death, and all kinds of ups and downs.”

“But except for going to Dongfan Island, I always carry it with me.”

In Zhou Yuan’s hand, a snow-white jade pendant lay quietly, and it emitted a soft light in the sun.

That warm white, that soft light, it was like seeing Guan Miaoshan for the first time.

Zhou Yuan said: "Big sister, do you still remember this jade pendant?"

"This is the first gift I received since I came to this world."