I couldn't help but frown.

As if she felt me ​​becoming alert, she glanced at me again and said lightly: "You don't have to be afraid."

“…”

"What can I do to you and her now?"

“…”

"I'm nothing."

After I was silent for a while, I said, "But you are still the Imperial Concubine. His Majesty the Emperor has arrived here from Xi'an Prefecture thousands of miles away because he saw the words you left behind - he said, he must find you back."

Nangong Lizhu smiled faintly, with an indescribable bitterness in her smile: "Do you look at him, it seems like he is here to look for me?"

“…”

"After I appeared, did he say something to me to save me?"

I thought about it and said, "I can only say that you appeared in the wrong time. No matter who appears, he would not care about it."

Nangong Lizhu didn't say anything, but her eyes became quieter, and she stared blankly at the flames that kept thrusting upwards.

The two of them sat quietly for a long time. The dead branches that had just been broken were almost burning out. I wanted to make a little more, but as soon as I moved, Miaoyan muttered twice uneasy. I was afraid of waking her up, so I didn't dare to move around for a while. Nangong Lizhu glanced at me and said, "I'll do it."

She walked over and clumsyly pulled off some dead branches from the dead tree. When she came back, I saw that several bloody holes had been pierced in her palm, and her eyes were red due to pain.

I silently threw the dead branches into the fire and said softly: "Thank you, I took care of Miaoyan during my coma."

She lowered her head and looked at her palm. When she heard me say this, she raised her head and looked at me, then looked at the beautiful words in my arms. She didn't say anything, but the cold smell like a pool of stagnant water finally warmed up a little, but she still said stiffly: "You don't have to thank me, I, I don't know what I'm doing."

I smiled faintly.

I don't believe that when she was already cold around her, she took off her clothes and gave them to Miaoyan, and she would not know what she was doing.

Although she didn't want to talk about this again, I knew in my heart that my hatred for her had completely disappeared at this moment and was nothing left.

Nothing is more important than wonderful words.

Thinking of this, I lowered my head again and gently stroked Miaoyan's face with my already-warmed fingers. After thinking for a while, I raised my head to look at her and said softly: "Nangong Lizhu, how could you come here?"

“…”

Although since I woke up, her body had been exuding the aura of not entering the world and being ashamed, I knew that she was not really dead. If she was really dead, she could do anything in everything without having to come to the imperial tomb. She only saw the emperor once a year, and her heart was still alive, even beating violently than anyone else.

Sure enough, after I asked, I immediately saw her eyes becoming dazed.

After a while, she spoke, her voice trembling slightly and hoarsely: "Because, I have nowhere else to go."

“…”

I wanted to persuade her a few more words, but I knew very well that it was useless to say more at this time, and it would only stimulate her sensitive heart. After hesitating for a while, I whispered: "Forget it, don't think too much now, you can sleep for a while. Tomorrow, we must find them and meet them, otherwise-" I looked around and didn't continue.

Otherwise, we will really die of thirst or starve to death in this vast Gobi Desert.

Nangong Lizhu looked at me for a while: "What about you?"

"I can't sleep now. No one guards the fire, the fire will be extinguished."

"Can you do it?"

"It's okay, I can."

“…”

She didn't say anything, but just hugged her knees tightly and looked at me with wide eyes. I felt a little uncomfortable with her focused gaze. She subconsciously wanted to ask her, but she heard her murmuring, "You, you weren't like this before."

"……What?"

"You were obviously very weak before, and anyone could—"

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and I understood and smiled faintly: "Everyone can hurt me, right?"

She didn't say anything, but her eyes clearly agreed.

In fact, my nature has not changed much from that time, but I was a helpless little palace maid in front of them, and I could kill me with just moving my fingers; but now, my status and the power behind me make them unable to act rashly towards me, but the most important thing is that I have a wonderful statement.

Being a mother is strong, and for her, I can bear any burden.

What's more, there is Qinghan. Before his poison was cured, I could not fall down no matter what!

I took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Stop talking, that's all the past. Go to bed quickly. In the middle of the night, I will wake you up and watch the fire."

She was quiet for a while and nodded.

That being said, I didn't move all night. I held my knees and watched the flames fluttering. I added firewood several times in the middle, and finally it lasted until dawn. When Miaoyan woke up, I felt a little stiff.

She yawned and immediately said, "Mom, aren't you sleeping? Your eyes are so red!"

Nangong Lizhu was also awakened by her voice and opened her eyes to look at me.

She was probably thinking, why didn't I wake her up, I just smiled.

The three of them couldn't wash, and they couldn't even eat breakfast. When the sun rose and the earth gradually became a little warm, they left the sandstone and walked forward.

Although I can judge my position now, I don’t know how much we deviated from our original position, so I could only choose to continue to walk northwest with luck. Fortunately, after walking for half a day, we found a camel behind a sandstone. It should have been separated from us yesterday. I held Miaoyan and rode up, holding the reins, and holding Nangong Lizhu’s hand and continued to move forward step by step.

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The sun was like a fireball, scorching a piece of Gobi Desert that was barely grassy. I watched the heat in the ground in the distance, and the scenery was a little distorted.

Nangong Lizhu took off the clothes I gave her again and said weakly: "I, I'm almost unable to walk..."

"Persevere, and when the camel is thirsty, it will take us to find the water."

"But I-"

Before she could finish her words, she fell to the ground.

"I really can't walk..."

I was so hot that my head was blowing fire, and my sweat was so hot that I could not wait until the drips came down. I felt very uncomfortable. Nangong Lizhu obviously did not have the hardships I could endure. This way, she had reached her limit.

However, you must never stop at this place, just like not setting fire when you went to bed last night, you will die!

I bent down and grabbed her hand: "Nangong Lizhu, you will definitely not be able to do this, get up!"

"I really can't do it!"

She almost cried: "I'm so uncomfortable..."

Before, she was mixed in Yu Wenying's team and walked west, but after all, she was prepared. Now there are only three people walking on the vast Gobi Desert, without water or shade, which really made her emotionally collapse.

I looked at her with some difficulty. At this time, Miaoyan slowly flipped off the camel. I was startled and hurriedly reached out to support her. She stood on the ground, and then said to me: "Mom, let her go and sit."

"and you--"

"I'm much better, I'm just a little hungry."

“…”

"Let's go forward, mom, you must find something for me to eat."

I felt sorry for my daughter's sensibility and was even more trapped in the predicament in front of me. I reached out and touched her sweaty face, smiled, and then helped Nangong Lizhu up, who was a little stunned, and held her on the camel's back.

I said to her, "You sit for a while and you'll get down. My daughter is still young."

She nodded gently.

In fact, it is really not time to collapse now. After all, we already have a camel in our hands. As a last resort, I can kill it and drink blood and eat meat. However, I don’t want to tell them this. First, those who eat raw meat and drink blood cannot accept it, but they are not as hungry as they can; secondly - after all, today is the first day we are separated, and it is too early.

After walking for a while, Miaoyan started to scream hungry again. I found a earth dragon from the pile of sand and gravel, cut the head with a knife and took it to them. As expected, both of them covered their mouths with disgust. Miaoyan even put on a "Three Zhen Jiu Lie" expression: "Don't eat this even if you starve to death, it's so disgusting!"

Nangong Lizhu nodded quickly: "That's it! Yan Qingying, you are still the eldest lady of the Yan family!"

I smiled bitterly, and without saying anything, I stuffed it into the bag I carried with me.

As the evening walked, the two became more and more depressed.

I forced myself to look around. The sun was about to set. We had to find a place that was as leeward as last night. Before the cold got cold, Mr. Hunter had a fire.

However, the area was flat, so I coaxed them to the two of them: "Let's go forward a little longer, and find a place to rest."

Unexpectedly, after leaving, I walked for another half an hour. Seeing the sun set in the distance, Miaoyan was so hungry that she almost turned off the camel and grabbed me and burst into tears: "Mom, I, I am really hungry!"

“…”

"I think I'm going to starve to death."

I pulled out the earth dragon from the bag and said, "Then do you want to eat this?"

She held her mouth and tears were about to flow out.

Nangong Lizhu, who was standing beside him, looked at him and no longer had the stimulating reaction during the day, but both of them closed their mouths and stopped talking.

I don’t know how long it took, Miaoyan timidly stretched out his hand and took the thing from my hand.

Suddenly, Nangong Lizhu's eyes widened.

I didn't force Miaoyan to eat it. After all, I knew that when a person was so hungry, he would stuff everything into his mouth. Instead of waiting until then, he would have no dignity, he would rather let her make a sober choice.

She slowly took the thing and sent it to her mouth.

Nangong Lizhu stared at her without turning his eyes.

Miaoyan's fingers trembled, and he closed his eyes and just sent a little to his mouth. Nangong Lizhu immediately said, "Do you really want to eat?"

With a word from her, Miaoyan hesitated again. When she opened her eyes, she immediately took it away with pain.

I said softly, "If you are not hungry, it doesn't matter, you can walk forward."

“…”

Miaoyan was silent, gritted her teeth, and handed the earth dragon back to me.

The three of us continued to move forward. The sun had disappeared from the ground, and there was only a little light left in our sight, but the fire in my heart slowly ignited, making me more anxious. I couldn't find any trachoma, and the rest tonight became a problem. Not to mention that the wind would easily blow out the fire. If we encountered any wild beast, we would not even have a place to hide.

While I was looking forward irritably, Miaoyan called me lightly: "Mom."

I looked down at her. She was so hungry that she was a little exhausted. She gently pulled my sleeve with one hand: "I want to eat."

I said, "I only found that one."

She nodded.

I took out the earth dragon from the bag and handed it to her. This time, she didn't seem to have any struggles and was about to put it in her mouth. Instead, I hesitated for a moment and asked her: "Miaoyan, do you really want to eat it?"

She carried the thing and said softly: "Actually, when I came out of the capital, I saw many people eating this and eating dirt."

“…”

Nangong Lizhu looked at her in surprise, but I didn't say anything anymore. Miaoyan looked at the earth dragon in his hand and said softly to himself: "It turns out that people are the same when they are hungry."

After saying that, she stuffed the thing into her mouth.

Just as she brought that thing into her mouth, the last bit of light from the sun had completely disappeared and the surroundings suddenly turned black.

Nangong Lizhu suddenly pointed at the front: "Look, what is that!"

Nangong Lizhu and I both turned our heads at the same time, and saw a little flame on the already dark earth ahead, flashing and flapping in a distant place!

I haven't seen it before, because the little flame in the sun could not attract people's attention at all, but it was dark and the flame was bright.

I also shouted in ecstasy: "Someone, there are people there!"

Miaoyan's mouth was filled with the earth dragon, and he opened his eyes wide, looking at the faint flame in front of him in disbelief. I hurriedly said to her: "I'm about to vomit, I'm about to vomit. Let's go over quickly, someone there might be food!"

She was silent for a moment, but shook her head and swallowed the thing.

Then he raised his head and looked at me: "Mom, concubine, let's go there quickly!"

I couldn't help but smile gently, and Nangong Lizhu looked at her without any disgusting expression in her eyes, but instead she felt a little admiration. I asked Nangong Lizhu to sit on the camel, and the two of them held the reins below, and used their last little strength to move forward.

The sky around it was already pitch black.
Chapter completed!