GBP Chapter 656 The Moon Falls
Chapter 656 The Moon Falls
Lan Qingwu closed his eyes slightly and called softly, "Brother Heng..."
Emperor Shenwu quickly grasped Lan Qingwu's slightly cold hand: "Weak..."
The faint suppressed cries of grief outside the hall reached Lan Qingwu's ears. Whether it was real sadness or false sadness, Lan Qingwu never cared.
The two men clasped hands, and Lan Qingwu looked at his children in front of him. Through the thin veil, he saw a group of people crying bitterly for him.
"I have spent most of my life deep inside the palace, enjoying the utmost honor and dignity, but without the slightest freedom. Brother Heng showed his love for me and finally allowed me to spend a few years free and unfettered, enjoying the beautiful scenery. However, Brother Heng, you have spent your life governing the country, pacifying the borders and eliminating enemies, and ensuring the well-being of the people. You are worthy of being a meritorious general and the people of the world, but you have let down many people because of me. Brother Heng, if there is an afterlife, let us not meet in the palace again. I only wish you peace and safety in the future..."
Emperor Shenwu said as if taking an oath, "Okay! Okay! In our next life, we'll just be an ordinary couple! No more concubines, no one else... Okay?"
Lan Qingwu breathed faintly, "Okay! Brother Heng, I hope that in the next life we will be born in a peaceful and prosperous era, and that we can meet again under the peach tree. I hope that in the next life... our parents will be healthy and long-lived, willing to love us equally. I hope that in the next life, we will no longer be trapped in the palace, but can be free, enjoying the beautiful scenery and singing songs in the wilderness..."
Emperor Shenwu couldn't help but kiss the top of Lan Qingwu's head, and his hot tears dripped into Lan Qingwu's black hair like rain. "Okay... We can work from sunrise to sunset, have a few children, and enjoy the beauty of the four seasons..."
Lan Qingwu's bare hands grasped the Shenwu Emperor's palm with a little force: "Brother Heng, it's snowing, it's snowing... Let's go listen to the snow!"
Her voice was already weak, but everyone in the dormitory could hear it clearly. But today was clearly... it was clearly a beautiful sunny day!
At this moment, the main hall's gate was blown wide open by a sudden strong wind. The wind blew into the hall, startling everyone inside. They looked over and saw the wind whistling, carrying white snowflakes into the hall, blowing onto those near the door. This strange sight stunned the weeping people in the hall. The Second Prince stared at the snowflakes in amazement. It was actually... it was actually snowing!
A single snowflake, carried by the wind, parted the curtains at the bedroom door and floated before the eyes of the Shenwu Emperor and Lan Qingwu. The Shenwu Emperor's heart trembled. Could it be that the heavens also knew that his weak daughter was about to leave him, and so sent this snow on a sunny day to allow them to fulfill their final promise to each other?
Emperor Shenwu responded softly, "It's snowing! Let's go listen to the snow!"
He picked up Lan Qingwu, let his lover lie tightly in his arms, and walked out of the hall step by step.
"Father...Mother..."
The Crown Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Seventh Princess watched their parents leave, but could only cry helplessly.
Emperor Shenwu walked through the Qianzheng Hall. The skirts of the two people brushed gently in front of the people kneeling on the ground, but no one dared to look up.
Emperor Shenwu strolled desperately on the path in the peach blossom forest, with snow flying all over the sky, covering the two men's hair and bodies.
Lan Qingwu no longer felt the slightest bit of cold. With every step the Emperor took, he seemed to see every encounter he had with Lan Qingwu, from their initial meeting and acquaintance beneath the giant peach tree... his delicate figure dancing and singing for him, their every painting, writing, playing the zither, and swordplay... until Lan Qingwu's entrance into the palace, his initial cautiousness and forbearance in facing him... their repeated testings, their heartfelt confessions, and finally, after enduring Lan Qingwu's life-or-death struggle, their inability to accept a third person... their companionship, day after day, year after year, despite the palace's numerous intricate schemes, their children were born one after another, growing up year after year...
Emperor Shenwu finally walked into the peach blossom forest. The peach blossom forest was nourished by Emperor Shenwu with the spiritual water from Qiling Mountain, and the temperature was maintained in a special way. Therefore, clusters of red flowers were in full bloom in the peach blossom forest. However, at this time, the peach petals were being carried by snowflakes and falling together. The gentle pink clouds and the icy flowers were intertwined in the cold wind, like a dreamlike picture.
"so beautiful!"
Pink and ice and snow mixed together and fell from their bodies, making them seem as if they were not from the mortal world.
Emperor Shenwu climbed up the Peach Blossom Glazed Pavilion and leaned on the chaise longue while holding Lan Qingwu.
They both gently closed their eyes, and Emperor Shenwu and Lan Qingwu listened to the dual sounds of falling peach petals and snowflakes, a soundless yet powerful melody. In a moment, the entire world was clad in silver, silent and pure.
"It's really beautiful!"
In this silent and snow-white world, there is only their peach blossom forest, with flawless and pure red peach petals falling silently in the wind and snow.
Lan Qingwu opened her beautiful eyes, which were full of watery light, and said, "I really want to keep this beautiful scenery!"
Emperor Shenwu sighed softly and said, "As long as you want me to, I will leave it for you! Let it bloom all year round and never wither!"
Tears welled up in Lan Qingwu's eyes, and like pearls, they slid down his cheeks, piercing the heart of the Shenwu Emperor: "Brother Heng...Brother Heng, I miss our big peach tree so much..."
Emperor Shenwu hugged Lan Qingwu tightly: "Don't cry! Don't cry! Whatever you want, I can do it. Let's go back to the border together, back to the big peach tree..."
"Brother Heng..."
Lan Qingwu gently wrapped his arms around the neck of the Shenwu Emperor, gazing at him with sorrowful eyes: "Brother Heng, I want to go back there, back to the Little Peach Garden. Please love me one more time, indulge me and be willful one more time. After I die, don't bury me in the imperial mausoleum. Let me return to the big peach tree. I want to be buried there, back to the place where we first met! Brother Heng, there are so many concubines in your imperial mausoleum! I had to face so many concubines in the palace when I was alive. After I return, I don't want to be crowded with them anymore, I don't want them to surround me... Brother Heng, I know I am very willful, please love me one more time... Okay? Okay..."
Tears also flowed from the eyes of the Shenwu Emperor: "Wei Ruo... Are you going to leave me? I... know, I know what you are thinking, but... but..."
Lan Qingwu stretched out her bare hands and braided their black hair together: "We are married and love each other forever! Today, Ruoruo and you are married again. You can put my black hair in the coffin of the emperor's mausoleum as a cenotaph, and you can bury the real me under the big peach tree! Ruoruo is waiting for you under the big peach tree! Waiting for you to meet me again! Brother Heng, please promise Ruoruo!"
Lan Qingwu gently kissed the Emperor Shenwu's thin lips, and their bitter tears flowed into each other's mouths, causing the Emperor Shenwu unbearable pain! He wanted to kiss away the tears on Lan Qingwu's cheeks, but the tears kept coming. He kissed Lan Qingwu's delicate pink lips, and finally a vague word came out of his lips: "Okay!"
Ultimately, it was Zhou Xuheng who failed Lan Qingwu in this life. Initially, he hadn't realized Lan Qingwu's different thoughts, which had separated them from so many people and events. He owed her this. No matter how much he did in this life, he could never fulfill Lan Qingwu's heart's desire. He hoped that in the next life, they would meet sooner and stay together sooner.
"Ruo Ruo, I promise you! You said you let them down because of you, but I can give them wealth and glory. What about you? You don't care about anything else. You only want me, only my sincerity. This is the true meaning of letting Ruo Ruo down for them!"
"Ruo Ruo, I won't stop you anymore. I promise to bury you next to the big peach tree..."
Emperor Shenwu burst into tears: "Weak... my weak!"
The two kissed passionately, swallowing the bitter tears together. Lan Qingwu smiled with relief: "May we meet again in the next life, marry as husband and wife, and be together forever! May we be free and unrestrained in the next life! May all my brother Heng's wishes come true! Zhou Xuheng... I'm waiting for you!"
In the lingering and extremely bitter kiss, Lan Qingwu's white hands finally dropped gently, her eyes closed, her face calm and bright.
The Emperor of Divine Martial felt the faint breath stop, and then paused for a moment. He responded to Lan Qingwu intermittently: "Okay! Okay... I hope all my wishes come true... I hope my weakling can return to the place you want to return to. Just remember to leave a trace of your soul by my side, waiting for the day when I will find you... One day, we will meet again... Isn't it, weakling?"
"Look at the snow all over the sky... the peach blossom petals all over the sky... Ruo Ruo, take another look..."
No one responds to him anymore, no one feels him anymore, no one understands him anymore!
Emperor Shenwu talked to himself, and he was finally left alone in this world.
Emperor Shenwu faced the red snowstorm as he carried Lan Qingwu out of the peach blossom forest. As he walked through the forest, the peach petals on the peach trees beside him and flying in the sky suddenly lost all their colors in the eyes of Emperor Shenwu!
His moon finally fell!