bantayden Chapter 266
Chapter 266
just a sad couple
Naturally, the cold memorial tablet cannot give any guidance to Nangong Jingnv, and this point is also clear to Nangong Jingnv.But she still made this special trip, because some things were too heavy in her heart and she needed a vent.
I am the king of a country, the empress above tens of millions, what else is not allowed?
The voice of "Release Qi Yan", this thought echoes in Nangong Jingnu's mind countless times every day...
But precisely because she is the king of a country, invisible shackles are placed on her body, which are more terrifying than laws and regulations. I don’t know how serious the consequences will be if I make a mistake...
Besides, there is a more serious problem between them: revenge for killing their father!
Release Qi Yan, how can I be worthy of my father? !
Even if... he forcibly releases Qi Yan, how will the people of the world poke the back of this empress?
It's not easy for a woman to become a woman, and now she doesn't even care about her father-killing enemy, and stays with her own father-killing enemy... Can this world still be peaceful?
Every decision made by the emperor is heavy. If there is a civil uprising, I don’t know how much blood will be shed and how many people will suffer. Can I really be so selfish and sit back and watch the blood of the people flow into rivers for my own selfish desires?
Throughout the ages, there have been many fools who only love beauties but not the country, but this person must not be me.
I promised my father that the country of Wei will never perish in the second generation.
Nangong Jingnv cried for a while, tidied her appearance and left the Taimiao.
It's just... She seems to have forgotten a very important thing.
The blood feud between her and Qi Yan is mutual, even if Nangong Jingnv did not participate in it personally, she still carries the same original sin in her body.
On the same issue, Qi Yan's choice seems to be completely different from Nangong Jingnv's.
It was this hesitation and shackles that made Nangong Jingnv regret it for many years...
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On the other hand, Qi Yan's high fever persisted, and Gu Ruolan tried her best to restrain Qi Yan's illness, and Gu Ruolan found that due to Qi Yan's weakness, the watery disease in her body had the tendency to flare up.
Gu Ruolan hadn't closed her eyes for two days and two nights. She had just given Qi Yan the acupuncture treatment and rubbed her limbs with shochu to cool down the temperature. She was so tired that she slumped down beside Qi Yan's bed. A medical book was published.
This was left to her by Gu Ruolan's grandfather, because it contained folk remedies and legendary prescriptions for serious illnesses, which were not used in daily medical practice, and Gu Ruolan never read it.
Now the idea of saving Qi Yan is extremely urgent, Gu Ruolan has tried all available methods but with little success, so she can only pin her last hope on this medical book.
The hard work paid off, and when Gu Ruolan was disappointed, she found a way to restrain the "water syndrome" in the last "Strange Diseases" of the medical book.
But there is no exact prescription on it, only a legend is recorded: According to legend, in the extremely inflamed land thousands of miles away, there lives a kind of toad with a red body that is not afraid of the heat, called the fire toad.This toad is highly poisonous. If a healthy person eats it, he will be infected with fire poison and die from sores.
But if a person suffering from water disease eats it, all water diseases in the body can be eliminated.
Gu Ruolan jumped up excitedly, but the last line seemed to pour a basin of cold water on her head.
The fire toad only exists in legends, and ordinary people can't set foot in the extremely hot place. Unfortunately, I have never seen it in my decades of practice.
Gu Ruolan turned her head to look at Qi Yan who was lying unconscious on the bed, and based on her medical skills, she deduced that the reason for Qi Yan's persistent high fever was probably due to water syndrome.
She squatted beside the bed and touched Qi Yan's forehead again, it was still warm...
Since this morning, Qi Yan has stopped talking indiscriminately, from calling "Your Majesty" at the very beginning, then calling "Mother" and finally saying something she doesn't understand, and now only sleeping, Gu Ruolan knows this Not a good thing.
She looked at the contents of the medical book again, suppressed the fear in her heart and ran towards the door of the cold palace with the medical book...
Since Qi Yan moved in, there were new guards at the gate of Lenggong, common people like Gu Ruolan were a little afraid of these people.
Gu Ruolan rushed to the door and was stopped by the guards: "Mr. Gu, tell us to do whatever is needed. No one in the Leng Palace is allowed to leave without His Majesty's order."
Gu Ruolan grabbed the guard's horizontal arm: "Jun Qi Yuan is ill, very seriously ill, I need to meet His Majesty!"
Guard: "This..."
Gu Ruolan: "As far as I know, His Majesty just issued an order to lock her up, not to let her die, right? She is in a very bad situation now, and if it's too late, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
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As soon as Nangong Jingnv came back from the Taimiao, she saw a strange guard kneeling thirty steps away from the Imperial Study Room, so she sent the servant over to inquire. The servant took orders and went back to Nangong Jingnv after a while, knelt down and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, it's the doctor in the Leng Palace who said... Mr. Qi Yuan is in a critical situation and asked to see His Majesty in person."
Nangong Jingnu's mind went blank for an instant: "You said her...what's wrong with her?"
Internal servant: "The guards didn't report it clearly. According to the slave's judgment... he should be sick."
Nangong Jingnv: "Show me the cold palace."
The muscles on the servant's face twitched, and he did his duty, persuading him: "Your Majesty, you have just been to...that place in the Leng Palace..."
Nangong Jingnu: "Let's drive!"
Waiter: "...Yes."
The sedan chair carried by 16 people rushed towards Lenggong. On the way, Nangong Jingnv sent her servant to the imperial hospital to announce that the imperial doctor would come with her.
This time, a group of people rushed into the Leng Palace, and Nangong Jingnv ordered the sedan chair to be carried directly outside Qi Yan's bedroom. Nangong Jingnv pushed the door and rushed in before the servants finished singing.
Nangong Jingnu: "How is she?"
Gu Ruolan: "It's been burning for two days and two nights, and I can barely control it with all my strength, and I can't make her wake up."
Nangong Jingnv's eyes flickered with sullenness, and her heart was even more dissatisfied: Could it be that this medical girl is not as clever as the spies reported?
Nangong Jingnu: "When I came last time, wasn't I still in good condition? What happened?"
Gu Ruolan shook her head: "I don't know."
Nangong Jingnv came to the bedside, looked at Qi Yan on the bed, her nose sore.
She just lay there quietly, white and pale, motionless.A dead air lingered all over his body, only his chest rose and fell slightly.
Nangong Jingnv stared blankly at Qi Yan, she had never seen Qi Yan like this...
There was no trace of pain or struggle on her face, but it was a little more dead silent than when she was asleep. Nangong Jingnv was extremely flustered when she recovered. Since she saw Qi Yan last time, Nangong Jingnv's heart Then there was a feeling that there seemed to be something missing in Qi Yan's body.
It's just that the matter of Qi Yan has become a dark wound in Nangong Jingnv's heart. Avoiding harm is everyone's instinct, so everything about Qi Yan...Nangong Jingnv doesn't want to think about it.
Today in the Taimiao Temple, Nangong Jingnv was somewhat relieved of the depression in her heart. Looking at Qi Yan again, she suddenly realized... Maybe she had really done too much, as if she forcibly took away a very important thing from Qi Yan. Things, what are they... Nangong Jingnv didn't have time to think.
Nangong Jingnv sat on the side of the bed, took away the cleaning cloth and touched Qi Yan's forehead, the temperature was still abnormal.
Nangong Jingnu: "How long did she burn?"
Gu Ruolan: "Two days and two nights..."
Nangong Jingnv felt another pain in her heart. Isn't this just not long after she left?
Nangong Jingnu: "Come here."
Chamberlain: "See Your Majesty."
Nangong Jingnu: "Where's the imperial doctor?"
The waiter: "It's already on the way, and it will be there in a while."
Nangong Jingnu: "Remind me again."
Gu Ruolan frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable, and summoned up her courage to say: "My medical skills are no worse than those of the royal doctors in the palace. Her illness is caused by water sickness. To completely restrain the water sickness, you need a fire toad." OK!"
Nangong Jingnv stared at Qi Yan intently: "What is that?"
Gu Ruolan: "It's a legendary creature left in my grandfather's handbook. It's a toad that lives in an extremely inflamed place. Its body is fiery red, and it can restrain some water diseases in the world."
When Gu Ruolan saw that Nangong Jingnv didn't even look at her from the corner of her eye, she felt a little nervous. After all, it was just a legend...
Just when he was thinking of some way to argue, he heard Nangong Jingnv ask softly: "Do you have any pictures?"
Gu Ruolan thought she heard it wrong, and was startled...
Nangong Jingnv still put all her attention on Qi Yan's body, and touched Qi Yan's hand beside the bed and held it in her palm...
Gu Ruolan: "Is Your Majesty talking to me... Caomin?"
Nangong Jingnv took Qi Yan's hand and put it on her cheek, then turned her head to look at Gu Ruolan, and asked, "I ask you, do you have a picture of the fire toad?"
The moment Nangong Jingnv turned her head, Gu Ruolan saw her red eye sockets and dark blue eyes.
Nangong Jingnv's expression was very calm, and even her voice was flat without sadness or joy, but for some reason... Gu Ruolan could read the feeling of sadness from the eyes of the empress. She did not shed tears, and her eyes were only slightly red. don't even notice...
But Gu Ruolan felt: the mood of the emperor in front of him was extremely sad, even sadder than tears.
Gu Ruolan was stunned for a few breaths, shook her head, and whispered back: "This is just a legend recorded in my grandfather's notebook."
Nangong Jingnu: "Lusheng."
The inner servant trotted all the way to the outside and knelt down at Nangong Jingnv's feet: "Your Majesty."
Nangong Jingnu: "Send someone to bring over the 'Kyushu Universal Map'."
Waiter: "Yes."
Half an hour later, the imperial doctors arrived.A total of four people came. Before the imperial doctors entered the palace, Nangong Jingnv got up first and stood beside the bed.
Royal Physician Wang: "See Your Majesty."
Nangong Jingnv: "She is ill and has a persistent high fever. You can ask this medical lady about her specific condition. I want her to live."
Doctor Wang: "Yes."
After Nangong Jingnv left the dormitory and came to the outside room, Gu Ruolan glanced at Nangong Jingnv's back, and then began to describe Qi Yan's pulse condition to several imperial doctors.
After another half an hour, the situation was almost explained, the four imperial doctors took over Gu Ruolan's work, the servant came to Gu Ruolan's side and said in a low voice: "Girl, Your Majesty ordered you to go there."
Gu Ruolan followed the servant to the outer room, and saw Nangong Jingnv standing in front of an incomparably huge map.
Gu Ruolan: "Your Majesty."
Nangong Jingnv: "This is the most comprehensive map in the whole world. Take a closer look and recall whether your grandfather told you about the fire toad. There is a pen and paper next to it. Write down all the things you think may appear on the fire toad. place, and leave it to me."
Before, Gu Ruolan thought that Nangong Jingnv looked down on her medical skills, but now she doesn't think so at all.
Instead, he explained again with a guilty conscience: "Your Majesty...that's just a legend. The grassroots don't know if there are fire toads in this world."
Nangong Jingnu: "I know. After a while, the Dasinong Association will send some officials who are familiar with the climate of various places to assist you."
After finishing speaking, Nangong Jingnv left the bedroom directly, and the sound of a sedan chair being carried away came from outside the palace a while later.
Doctor Wang frowned, and he also made a diagnosis for Qi Yan, and the condition was exactly as described by Gu Ruolan.Doctor Wang marveled at Gu Ruolan's superb medical skills at such a young age, but at the same time felt a little tricky...
How long has it been?Qi Yan's body has deteriorated to such an extent.
However, in Doctor Wang's opinion, it's not helpless. It's not that Gu Ruolan's medical skills are not good, but that she comes from the folk, so most of the prescriptions she prescribe are also common medicinal materials in the folk, which have certain limitations.
Behind Royal Doctor Wang is the entire Baicao Garden and the treasures of heaven and earth in Zhenbao Pavilion as support. There are more natural choices and bolder medications.
Doctor Wang came to the table to prescribe a prescription, but Gu Ruolan walked over curiously...
Royal doctor Wang cherished his talent, but he didn't let Gu Ruolan avoid it. He wrote 32 herbs on the prescription eloquently, some of which Gu Ruolan hadn't even heard of, and half of which Gu Ruolan had only heard of but never seen.
But she still has the vision of a doctor. After reading the content of the prescription, Gu Ruolan was stunned, and murmured: "How much money does it cost?"
Not to mention ginseng and ganoderma lucidum, a medicinal material that is considered luxurious even when you smell it, but this "velvet blood" is a rare thing in the folks. It is said that it is the blood released from the antler of live deer in a certain month...
The process of bloodletting is very complicated, and the medicine must be used before the blood coagulates, otherwise the medicine will lose its effect.
Doctor Wang explained with a smile: "This... Lord, he used to be the master of decoctions and medicines. Every prescription he drank was much more expensive than this pair of gold. Right now, his body is too weak to make up for it... So be conservative in choosing the medicine.”
Gu Ruolan took the prescription handed over by Royal Physician Wang with both hands, and held it carefully, as if what she was holding was not a piece of paper, but a priceless treasure.
Gu Ruolan: "How much... how much money do you get?"
Physician Wang: "Silver?" Pointing to the blind medicine "Epiphyllum petals" on it, he asked, "Is this something that can be bought with silver?"
Gu Ruolan swallowed, and shook her head.
A flash in the pan, the accumulation of ten years is only a flash... how can gold and silver be measured?
Royal Physician Wang explained: "However, all the medicinal materials used on him went to His Majesty's private treasury, and not a cent was taken from the national treasury. You are not allowed to talk nonsense after you go out."
Gu Ruolan: "Understood."
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After Qi Yan took the medicine, two hours later the temperature dropped a little, and Nangong Jingnv came again at night.
Gu Ruolan didn't expect His Majesty to go back so soon. After Nangong Jingnu came in, she first asked Doctor Wang about Qi Yan's condition, and then sat in the bedroom for a while, and asked Gu Ruolan outside: "Where the fire toad might appear, where is it?" Is it marked?"
Gu Ruolan nodded, and handed a piece of paper to Nangong Jingnv: "A total of more than a dozen places have been screened, and the nearest one is hundreds of miles away from the capital."
Nangong Jingnv put away the paper, turned and left.
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After Qi Yan's condition stabilized slightly, Imperial Physician Wang left behind some prescriptions and a medicine boy, and left with the imperial physicians.
For the next three days, Nangong Jingnv would show up at Qi Yan's bedside every day after noon, stay for an hour, and then leave.
Occasionally, she would come once in the night, but this time she would not stay for too long, and she would leave after simply asking Gu Ruolan a few words. Nangong Jingnv never pretended to do things that could be done by her servants.
On the night of the third day, Gu Ruolan happily said to Nangong Jingnv: "Your Majesty, Cao Min thinks that she will wake up tomorrow, but... to make her recover completely, the water disease in her body must be cured. OK."
Nangong Jingnu's body froze, and she replied calmly: "Understood, you go out first. I want to stay alone for a while."
Gu Ruolan retreated, leaving only two people in Qi Yan's bedroom.
Nangong Jingnv caressed Qi Yan's hand, it was a hand full of bones, with well-defined blood vessels...
Nangong Jingnv turned Qi Yan's palm over and held it against her face, as if Qi Yan was stroking her cheek.
A drop of clear tears silently spilled out of the eye sockets, across the thin face, and finally hidden in Qi Yan's fingertips.
Nangong Jingnv pressed the back of Qi Yan's hand with one hand to prevent it from slipping down, and touched Qi Yan's face with the other hand in the same gesture, her thumb slowly sliding.
Nangong Jingnv said in a barely audible voice: "If I am not the princess of the Wei country, and you are not the prince of the Jing country, will we be different?"
Nangong Jingnu: "But if that's not the case...would you and I meet again?"
The white teeth brushed across the lower lip, leaving two white marks: "You appeared in my life because of the hatred of the country and the family, and it took nearly ten years in a flash. You let go of your hatred in ten years, but what about me? You ...Why are you so cruel to me? Don't even give me a moment of time? I am willing to bear the charge of disloyalty and unfilial piety and let you go...Why do you want to come back?"
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Nangong Jingnu: "Qi Yan...Agula, do you know? I don't want you to die, I want you to live...Even if you are my father-killing enemy, I have even prepared myself not to become emperor after death The mausoleum's preparations, with the intention of facing the ancestors faceless, will order them to send you away...Why, why are you still pushing me so hard?"
Nangong Jingnu: "What exactly do you want me to do? Can you stop being so cruel to me, and for the sake of our past, don't die at my hands? Nangong Zhenzhen can't ask for help, but Nangong Jing Nu, please, don't die..."
Nangong Jingnv fell down beside Qi Yan's bed and cried. After crying for a long time, Qi Yan said in a strong nasal voice: "I have been married to you for almost ten years. From the very beginning, I have not been your match. Brilliant intellect, nothing left to chance, I was chasing after you like a fool, trying my best to be on par with you, but you were always one step ahead of me, even this time. I knew you were coming back The one who sent you to death, you have avenged and settled Xiaodie, you have no worries in your heart, you don't want to owe me anything, so give me your life back, right?"
Nangong Jingnv punched Qi Yan softly: "What about me? You have no plans, why did you miss me? If you die in my hands, how will I spend the rest of my life?"
Nangong Jingnu: "Are you so cruel? I would rather you and I never see each other again. As long as I know that you are still alive somewhere, I can support me to go on. Do you understand?"
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It was late at night, and the voice of the servant came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, the palace ban is coming, you should go back to the palace."
Nangong Jingnv sniffed and forced herself to calm down: "Got it."
Nangong Jingnv stood up, pulled the quilt for Qi Yan, and smoothed the broken hair on her forehead. Her fingertips couldn't help but outline the outline between Qi Yan's eyebrows: "From tomorrow onwards, I won't come here again."
Nangong Jingnv came to the outside room and saw Gu Ruolan dozing off, although she couldn't bear it, she still woke her up, Gu Ruolan rubbed her sleepy eyes: "Well, what's wrong?"
After seeing clearly that it was Nangong Jingnv, she suddenly became sober and stood up: "Your Majesty!"
Nangong Jingnv turned her eyes away, not wanting others to see her ugly appearance: "Don't tell her I've been here."
Before Gu Ruolan understood, Nangong Jingnv turned and left.
Gu Ruolan chased to the door, and asked puzzledly, "Why?"
Nangong Jing paused and said calmly, "This is an imperial decree."
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The first ray of sunlight in the morning sprinkled into the cold palace, Qi Yan also slowly opened his eyes.
Gu Ruolan, who was guarding the bed, looked surprised for a while, and said in surprise: "Are you awake?!"
Qi Yan was dazed for a moment, then moved her gaze away from Gu Ruolan's face, and looked around...
After experiencing what happened in the past few days, Gu Ruolan's state of mind has changed a lot. She saw that Nangong Jingnv attaches great importance to Qi Yan, and although this person in front of her never said anything, she engraved everything in her heart, and from time to time would talk to Qi Yan. Some stubborn behavior or eyes revealed.
For example, Qi Yan's gaze at this time is obviously looking for someone's figure.And she used to stubbornly stay by the window at noon every day, and Her Majesty the Empress also came to the Leng Palace at that time these days.
What Qi Yanming waited for, hoped for, and looked forward to every day was Her Majesty the Empress...
but……
One doesn't tell, the other hides.
The person in front of me is obviously a woman, although she has an indistinguishable face, she is a genuine woman.
two women...
Qi Yan didn't see the figure in the dream, she couldn't hide her disappointment, and she was a little bit unwilling to give up, or she couldn't believe it, she didn't believe that Nangong Jingnv really didn't come back since the last time...
Qi Yan: "How long have I been asleep?"
Did Qi Yan talk to herself?Gu Ruolan was pleasantly surprised again, and replied truthfully: "You are sick, the watery symptoms relapsed and you continued to have a fever, and you slept for three days and three nights."
Qi Yan: "...Has anyone been here?"
Obviously what she wants to know is whether the Empress has been here, but she hides and refuses to say... This stubbornness and humbleness makes Gu Ruolan complicated.
Gu Ruolan: "I went to the door and called the guards to invite the imperial doctor."
Qi Yan was silent for a while, then hesitantly asked: "Is there any more?"
Gu Ruolan: "...not anymore."
As soon as the words fell, Gu Ruolan's amber eyes read a tinge of astonishment, followed by a feeling of deja vu sadness...
This feeling is so familiar...
Yes!Not long ago, I read the same deep emotion from Her Majesty's eyes, which was exactly the same as that hidden in Qi Yan's eyes.
Qi Yan closed her eyes, concealing the fragility in her eyes, pulled the corners of her mouth, and instantly concealed the curvature.
This time, Gu Ruolan didn't bother Qi Yan anymore, but she didn't understand: If the reason for Her Majesty the Empress and Qi Yuanjun's sadness is the same, why can't she tell the other party her feelings?
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Hearing the sound of closing the door, Qi Yan opened his eyes, and felt a little sore all over his body after three days of lethargy, but the pain was less than one ten-thousandth of the pain in his heart.
Qi Yan raised her hand to clasp her heart, clutching the cloth on her chest hard, but it didn't help.
In Qi Yan's memory: In the years I was with Nangong Jingnv, unless I was not in the capital or where she could come... Every time I got sick or injured, whether it was deliberately planned or real, every time I opened my eyes, Eyes can see her figure.
This time...it was different, she didn't come...
Perhaps, in the future will not come again.
Perhaps, this cold palace will become a cage to imprison him for the rest of his life, and he must die.
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The ones who arrived in the capital first were Princess Zhuohua Nangong Shunu and Xiaodie.
Miraculously, a few days before entering Beijing, Xiaodie miraculously recovered, no longer having a fever and talking nonsense, Nangong Shunv breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time felt that Xiaodie's illness was a bit unusual, after all the doctor saw Afterwards, I don't know Xiaodie's cause of disease. If she was just stimulated, it would not be enough to make her sick, and she took a lot of medicines, but the effect was not good. When everyone was at a loss, Xiaodie miraculously recovered.
After returning to Princess Zhuohua's mansion, she managed to persuade Xiaodie to wait in the mansion, and then changed into the palace attire and entered the palace.
Nangong Shunv did not notify in advance when she returned to Beijing. The vassal princes who were entrusted according to the law could not return to Beijing without authorization, but Nangong Jingnv issued an imperial decree at the beginning of her ascension to exempt the two sisters from this etiquette. overstep.
Nangong Jingnv was a little surprised, and immediately understood the purpose of her second sister's visit, and sighed silently in her heart.
She didn't want her elder sister to know the truth. After all, Xiaodie was Qi Yan's younger sister. If the second elder sister found out that Qi Yan was their father-killing enemy, it might ruin a good marriage again.
I have already tasted the bitterness of the feud, and it is better to bear some things independently.
Nangong Jingnu: "You all go down, I will talk to my second sister."
Nangong Shunv came to Nangong Jingnv and bowed politely: "I hope that Your Majesty will forgive me for entering Beijing without reporting."
Nangong Jingnu: "Second sister, sit down, what are you and my sister doing with these alienating words?"
Nangong Shunv thanked her for sitting down, looked at Nangong Jingnv for a moment, and sighed quietly: "Your Majesty is relieved."
Nangong Jingnv smiled slightly: "How is Second Sister?"
Nangong Shunv: "I'm fine, but what about you?"
Nangong Jingnu was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Second sister, there are some things...don't mention it."
Nangong Shunv: "I think His Majesty should also know why I hurried back to Beijing, why are you bothering?"
Nangong Jingnv shook her head and refused to continue.
Nangong Shunv sighed again: "Now that you have grown up, you and I are separated by the status of a monarch and a minister, but I still want to ask you as a sister, is it expedient for you to do this, or... ...?"
Nangong Jingnu: "Second sister, don't ask."
Nangong Shunv: "...You, are you real?"
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Nangong Jingnu took a deep breath and replied tremblingly: "Yes, it's true."