His voice was so weak that it was barely audible. Before he could finish speaking, his eyes had already closed.
The veins on the back of Huo Wujiu's hand bulged, and his lips began to tremble.
He couldn't say what he was feeling right now.
He had suddenly heard the words that he had been dreaming of all these days, words that he didn't even dare to think about. However, his heart was fiercely clenched by these words, and his fragile organs were crushed to pieces. It was so painful that he almost stopped breathing.
He couldn't speak. He only focused on using his trembling hand to feel Jiang Suizhou's breathing.
It was so weak that it was almost imperceptible. However, Huo Wujiu could feel that weak but steady breath amidst the burning heatwave beside him.
It was as if he had finally found a life-saving straw in a hopeless situation. Even though it was only a thin thread, it was enough to support his rapidly falling heart.
His voice was low and hoarse, and it trembled slightly. He said to Jiang Suizhou, "It's okay. Nothing will happen. Don't worry. No one will let anything happen to you."
His tone was very urgent. He was clearly talking to Jiang Suizhou, but the confusion and empty fear in his voice could not be concealed. He was clearly trying to persuade himself.
After he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked around. He saw soldiers running all the way, dragging the stumbling imperial physician past the palace gates.
Huo Wujiu carried Jiang Suizhou and stood up. He turned his head to instruct Wei Kai, "Quickly have the imperial physician follow."
The expression on his face was still as solemn and calm as usual, as if he was deliberately hiding his panic. However, his pair of red and watery eyes could not be concealed.
Wei Kai hurriedly acknowledged and turned to provide support. Huo Wujiu carried Jiang Suizhou, turned around, and walked straight to the undamaged palace room.
After taking two steps, he stopped and turned around to look at the Empress.
At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground, completely paralyzed. His face was flushed red from drunkenness, but his eyes were fixed on Jiang Suizhou, who was in Huo Wujiu's arms, full of venomous hatred.
Huo Wujiu lowered his eyes and glanced at him, then turned and left.
`Tie him up and throw him into the fire, 'he said.
— —
There was a commotion outside the window.
As soon as the army entered the Imperial City, they detained all the palace servants and concubines. At this time, Huo Wujiu's subordinates were all outside. Their late master was dead, and everyone was busy putting out the fire.
However, the atmosphere in the hall was cold.
The imperial physician's hand trembled as he took her pulse.
At this time, there were heavily armored soldiers all around, strictly spread out in the surroundings. The general standing beside the bed, his armor still stained with blood, was staring at him with a pair of cold eyes.
It was as if if the person on the bed was in any danger, he would immediately twist his head off.
He was actually capable of doing such a thing.
The imperial physician knew that this was the person who had just led the army into the Imperial City and killed the emperor.
After the imperial physician finished taking her pulse, he finally let out a sigh of relief. He knelt on the ground with a thud and buried his head in front of Huo Wujiu's feet.
"General, don't worry!" he said. "Although His Highness Prince Jing was tortured, his injuries aren't too serious. He just lost a lot of blood, his body is weak, and he overused his strength just now. That's why he fainted! This humble one will prescribe medicine for His Highness Prince Jing and treat his wounds. After that, we can wait for His Highness to wake up! "
There was a faint sound.
Huo Wujiu, who was standing there, was too tense. He suddenly let out a sigh of relief, and his whole body felt weak for a moment. He leaned against the bedpost and made a sound.
"Are you alright?" Huo Wujiu asked.
The imperial physician nodded repeatedly. "He's fine! General, don't worry! "
Huo Wujiu slowly let out a sigh of relief.
"Go and apply the medicine," he said. "Wei Kai, quickly go to Prince Jing's Estate and bring Li Changning here."
Wei Kai acknowledged and hurried out.
Huo Wujiu leaned against the bedpost and looked down at Jiang Suizhou.
His tattered court robes were stained with blood, and his hair was scattered across the pillow, staining the bedding and pillow with the smell of blood. A few strands of his messy hair were stuck to his cheeks, and there was even some blood on them.
His face was extremely pale, which made the color of blood seem very conspicuous.
Therefore, when the imperial physician came back with his medicine box, he saw this scene.
The stern-looking general from before was now half-squatting and half-kneeling by the bed, carefully brushing away the hair on His Highness Prince Jing's cheeks.
The strength of his hand was extremely light, and because he was being careful, his hand trembled slightly.
The imperial physician hurriedly lowered his eyes and pretended not to see anything.
At this moment, a general rushed in from outside.
It was Ji Hongcheng.
"General!" He hurriedly rushed in and said. "General Lou asked this subordinate to report that Pang Wei has brought troops and horses and is almost outside the city!"
Huo Wujiu's hand, which was on the side of Jiang Suizhou's face, paused slightly.
Then, he asked, "How many did he bring?"
Ji Hongcheng said, "I'm not sure at the moment, but at least 100,000! But looking at the situation, Pang Wei must have come in a hurry, so he won't be able to bring 300,000! "
Huo Wujiu was silent for a moment.
He wanted to stay here and watch the imperial physician treat Jiang Suizhou until he woke up.
However, he didn't forget that if it weren't for Pang Shao and Pang Wei's dangerous move, he wouldn't have been forced to leave Lin 'an, and he wouldn't have left Jiang Suizhou alone in the city, allowing Pang Shao and Jiang Sunheng to take advantage of the situation.
He had to take revenge.
He carefully touched Jiang Suizhou's cheek with his knuckles, then stood up with one hand on the edge of the bed.
"I'll go immediately," he said.
Ji Hongcheng happily agreed and was about to turn around to lead the way.
However, he heard Huo Wujiu say, "You stay here."
Ji Hongcheng was stunned and turned around to ask, "General, do you have any other orders?"
Looking at Huo Wujiu's serious and cold appearance, could it be that there were still remnants of the enemy in the Imperial City? Or could it be that there were some unstable factors in Lin 'an that would cause them to fail on the verge of success?
However, Huo Wujiu turned his head and looked at the imperial physician who was carrying a medicine box at the door.
"Keep an eye on him," he said. "Let him treat Prince Jing properly. If he dares to do anything, kill him."
—
Jiang Suizhou's consciousness returned to the cage in a daze.
At first, he only vaguely felt some changes in his body. It was a refreshing feeling that he hadn't felt for several days. It was as if his body was covered in blood and couldn't be cleaned. Then, the smell of medicine lingered at the tip of his nose. It was very bitter and mixed with the smell of blood.
His eyelashes fluttered and his eyes felt a little light.
He frowned and immediately heard a slight sound from the side.
It seemed that someone was guarding the bed. At this moment, the person was leaning against the edge of the bed and moving closer.
He moved his eyelids and struggled to open his eyes.
In an instant, the light from the surrounding candlelight illuminated his vision and his eyes closed again. However, he immediately heard a familiar but slightly hoarse voice.
"You're awake?"
It was Huo Wujiu.
Jiang Suizhou's muddled divine sense immediately cleared up. He opened his eyes with great effort and saw Huo Wujiu standing guard beside the bed in the middle of the bright candlelight and layers of curtains.
"You …"
Jiang Suizhou was about to speak when his throat felt uncomfortable and he immediately coughed. The coughing affected the wounds on his body and caused pain all over his body. In between coughs, he gasped for air.
Huo Wujiu immediately panicked.
He was flustered. He wanted to help him breathe but was afraid of hurting him. For a moment, he held him in his arms and his body stiffened. He didn't dare to move.
"Li Changning!" Huo Wujiu anxiously called out.
Immediately, the sound of panicked footsteps approached from afar. Li Changning hurried over and checked Jiang Suizhou's pulse and his wounds.
"General, don't worry. It's nothing serious," Li Changning said. "It's just that he choked in the fire just now. He'll be fine after taking some medicine and resting for two days."
Huo Wujiu reluctantly heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. Is the medicine still boiling on the stove? Quickly go back and take a look. "
Li Changning acknowledged and retreated.
After a bout of coughing, Jiang Suizhou's consciousness and memories gradually returned to him.
He thought of his drunken successor and the raging flames that filled the hall. At that time, he was really exhausted. He only cared about retrieving the few pieces of evidence of Huo Yuyan's betrayal of Huo Wujiu. He fell beside the dragon throne and watched the roof collapse from the flames.
After that, his memory became so blurry that it seemed like an illusion.
Amidst the flames, he seemed to hear Huo Wujiu's voice calling out to him. Then, he fell into a rather familiar embrace. It was Huo Wujiu's.
At that time, he thought that his obsession before his death had been detected by the heavens and thus created such an illusion.
But now, it seemed that … it might all be real.
At the end of his memories, he seemed to have desperately taken out the few pieces of evidence and said to Huo Wujiu …
When he thought of this, Jiang Suizhou's heart skipped a beat.
He actually relied on the fact that he didn't have long to live to tell Huo Wujiu the words that were hidden in his heart.
His coughing gradually stopped, and he carefully stole a glance at Huo Wujiu.
He saw that Huo Wujiu didn't even have time to change his clothes. He was wearing a heavy black armor, and his body was stained with dark red blood. At this time, it had already dried up.
At this moment, he had turned around and was pouring tea at the table. When he turned around, Jiang Suizhou saw the burned red cloak behind him. Presumably, if he didn't mention it, no one would dare to remind him to change.
At this moment, Huo Wujiu turned around.
Jiang Suizhou panicked. For a moment, he actually wanted to quickly close his eyes and pretend that he didn't wake up at all.
But it was too late. He was supported to sit by Huo Wujiu. Because of his injury, his movements were slow and he didn't have time to lie down. In the time it took to take a breath, Huo Wujiu had already returned. He held a cup of warm tea and brought it to his lips.
"Moisten your throat first." Huo Wujiu said. "Li Changning's medicine will be ready in a moment."
Jiang Suizhou reached out to take it, but Huo Wujiu grabbed his wrist and forcefully stuffed him back into the quilt.
"Don't move." Huo Wujiu said.
Jiang Suizhou couldn't argue with him. He could only hold his anxiety and drink a few mouthfuls of water carelessly.
Presumably, Huo Wujiu also didn't expect this, right? He actually went back on his words. He clearly said that he wasn't gay, and then turned around and told him that he liked him. Straight men were always disgusted by this kind of thing. He didn't know if Huo Wujiu was being nice to him because of the evidence that he found for him …
Jiang Suizhou's thoughts ran wild until he saw the bottom of the cup of tea.
Huo Wujiu lifted the teacup. Jiang Suizhou hurriedly opened his mouth, trying to find a topic that wouldn't embarrass him.
"Where are Pang Shao and Jiang Sunheng?" He asked.
Huo Wujiu turned around and put down the teacup as he said, "Jiang Sunheng was burned to death. Pang Shao is currently locked up in prison."
"Then Pang Wei …"
"He was so anxious because his father was arrested that he lost his mind. He brought over a hundred thousand soldiers and horses with him. He came this morning and was already arrested at dusk. Those soldiers and horses were tricked by him into thinking that they were coming to the capital to rescue the Emperor. In the end, when they arrived, they found out that it was General Lou who beat them up. Naturally, they refused. It didn't take me much effort, "Huo Wujiu said.
Jiang Suizhou breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. Then …"
However, Huo Wujiu turned around, "Didn't you hear what Li Changning said just now? He told you to rest well. Why do you have so much to say when you just woke up? "
It was clearly a fierce sentence, but Huo Wujiu's tone was inexplicably soft. He was clearly scolding him, but no matter how you listened to it, it sounded a little affectionate.
Jiang Suizhou only thought that it was an illusion and awkwardly shut his mouth.
In Huo Wujiu's eyes, his expression was full of grievances.
Huo Wujiu only felt that his heart had melted into a puddle of spring water.
He turned around and walked to the side of the bed. Then, he knelt down on one knee in front of the bed so that he was at eye level with Jiang Suizhou.
"Since you want to talk, why don't I ask you?" Huo Wujiu looked at him and said.
Jiang Suizhou nodded.
Huo Wujiu stared at him for a while. Then, he reached out his hand and touched Jiang Suizhou's cheek with his knuckles. He gently stroked it.
"Then let me ask you. Do you still remember what you said to me today?"
The expression on his face was serious, but his eyes were filled with a soft smile.
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