"Because... I feel sorry for you."

When I heard this, Chang Qing's expression was still very calm. The calmness was not calm, but just a kind of emotional withering, but I still saw the ripples in the eyes that looked like autumn water.

"You... feel sorry for me..."

Yes, I feel sorry for you.

I feel sorry for your peace, your indifference, I feel sorry for your years of being in a painting, I feel sorry for every step I take, and I feel sorry for your love.

The room was very quiet, and you could almost hear the sound of the scent of smoke rising from the incense burner. After a long time, she reached out and grabbed my fingertips and held it hard in the palm of her hand. The burning made the skin more sensitive. I felt a little painful when I was grabbed by her, but I didn't say anything, just looked at her.

"I didn't expect that you would say this first."

"..." I was slightly stunned, looked at her soft eyes and smiled softly.

In fact, I have known her for many years. I have never talked seriously once, nor have any sisterly scenes. But every time I meet her, I feel a sense of deep conversation and reassurance.

There is a kind of person who does not need to be with him for too long, nor does he need to experience any separation and death with him. Maybe just a sentence, a smile, and a heart-to-heart look, you can know that he is the person who is in harmony with your heart.

Chang Qing, to me, is such a person.

She reached out and gently tucked the quilt for me, and said, "Then, I have something to say to you, and I hope you can agree to me."

"What is the queen going to say?"

"You..." She looked into my eyes and said, "Stay in the palace and stop thinking about leaving the palace."

When I heard this, my heart suddenly sank and subconsciously said, "No!"

She didn't seem surprised that I would answer this way, but just looked at me calmly. I was also panicked for a moment, afraid that even if she said it, she said breathlessly: "No, I can't..."

"I know that you have a daughter who is still outside the palace. You have endured it for more than two years and are so devoted now that you are so busy just to get out of the palace to find her, right?"

"Since the queen knows, why don't she let me leave the palace?"

"I am telling you not to think about leaving the palace, not to let you leave the palace."

"..." I was stunned when I heard this, as if I felt something, and looked at her in confusion.

Chang Qing said: "On the second day after I followed the emperor to Taimiao, the emperor... and the Shen family all transferred back people from outside the city to Baima Temple..."

“…!”

I suddenly opened my eyes wide and looked at Chang Qing.

In White Horse Temple, the Buddhist scriptures copied by the Empress Dowager usually sent to White Horse Temple. They transferred back the people from the way to White Horse Temple. Could it be that the emperor and the Shen family guessed that I would use the carriage and horses that transported the scriptures to sneak out of the palace, so they all ambushed the people there, intending to intercept me there?!

Looking at my astonished expression, Chang Qing said lightly: "Yue Qingying, you should understand what this means."

“…”

"If you want to leave the palace, everyone knows that you want to leave the palace."

“…”

What she meant was that my purpose was already known to everyone, so what I wanted to do was naturally people guess, guess, and then block my way, and even ambush the trap on my way, waiting for me to crash into it!

If this time, I did not promise her to stay and take care of Nianshen, but actually hid in the carriage where the Queen Mother transported the scriptures out of the palace, then I—

When I thought of this, I couldn't help but shudder.

If it falls into the hands of the Shen family, maybe I am already a corpse now.

If it was caught by Pei Yuanhao - he was waiting for me to make a mistake, and when I left the Linshui Pagoda and fell into his trap without any warning, at that time, I had no room for struggle.

Feeling my trembling slightly, and cold sweat was spreading on my forehead. Chang Qing looked at my eyes and said calmly: "What I mean, you should understand. It is the same as asking me not to think about leaving the palace. It is the same as asking me not to draw that painting again."

“…”

"You're right, it's too dangerous."

“…”

"You have to protect yourself. The first step is not to show everyone the weakest part of yourself."

My mind was completely confused for a moment. I lay on the bed motionless, but I felt like the sky was spinning in front of me, as if the world was about to collapse. Although my breath was hot and my whole body was hot, I felt that I was in the deep ice pool, and a bone-broken cold penetrated into my heart, making me almost frozen.

I shivered and curled up in the quilt.

"You think about it carefully, this is all I can say."

After saying that, Chang Qing sighed and was about to put down my hand and get up and leave, but I grabbed her hand tightly. She looked back at me in shock, and I said softly: "Don't leave."

"..." She thought about it and sat down and let me hold her hand: "Okay, I won't leave."

“…”

"I am with you."

“…”

.

That night I got hot again, my whole body was burning hot as if I was suffering from repeated torture on the fire. I felt very uncomfortable, but I don’t know who I should tell you, I have been working hard for myself and desperately wanting to live a better life, but these years have passed, and I just made it harder for myself.

Tears were flowing down from the corners of their eyes as if they were uncontrolled, and the coolness brought by them was quickly dissipated by the scorching body temperature.

I'm so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable...

Just when I was in great pain, I felt that the hand holding me seemed to be a little cold. The temperature made me feel very comfortable. I subconsciously pulled it into my arms. The hand froze slightly, and I still held it tightly, like the last straw in my life, murmured: "Don't leave... don't leave me..."

Then, I heard a low voice in my ear: "Okay, I won't leave..."

“…”

"I won't leave, and you won't leave..."

“…”

The sound seemed to come from a dream in a daze. I didn't even figure out who the sound was, but I felt inexplicably relieved and felt my other hand stroke my cheek. The slightly cool temperature made me feel very comfortable. I subconsciously leaned over and rubbed it against my palms with my cheeks.

The hand also stroked me gently, and the rough thumb gently rubbed my cracked lips. Even in the dream, I felt a scrutiny look at me, and I kept entering the deepest dream.

.

I don't know how long it took, but I finally woke up.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the light in the room. It was broad daylight. The sun shone through the window, making me close my eyes suddenly.

But at that moment, a tall figure appeared in my eyes.

This figure is—

I was stimulated for a moment. When I opened my eyes wide, I saw Pei Yuanhao sitting by the bed, one hand was tightly held in my arms, the other hand was covered on my cheek, and looking at me silently.

“——!”

My heart hopped hard, subconsciously trying to retreat, but the hand that covered my cheek moved slightly and slid onto my neck.

I suddenly froze.

I was already very thin and my neck was even thinner. Under his wide palm, my neck seemed to break with a slight movement. Every time I breathed, my skin was trembling slightly, ironing his palm, and the same temperature as last night slowly invaded.

His breathing slowly became cramped, and I looked at him nervously like a hunted animal.

I don’t know how much he knows about having sex in the palace these days, but he released me to check and balance Nangong Lizhu and Shen Rou. Now Nangong Lizhu has a miscarriage, and it is unknown who he has accounted for this account.

I squeezed the bed sheets under me tightly.

Seeing that I stopped moving, his originally dark eyes slowed down slightly, and the hand slowly moved to my forehead and gently touched it. The nervousness just now made me sweat, but the temperature was not as hot as before. He said, "Have you recovered from the illness?"

“……I thank the Emperor for your concern.”

My heart was beating in my chest. I don’t know when Chang Qing left or when he came. I kept holding his hand. I felt my scalp numb just when I thought about it. What made me even more uneasy was why he came?

At this time, he should be guarding Nangong Lizhu who had just had an abortion.

Besides, Yuwen suddenly attacked Concubine Li while welcoming her. Chang Qing held her in prison. This was originally a case and should be tried as soon as possible. I am sure that it will not involve Shui Xiu and me, but what they can find is something I have always been worried about.

But, none of this went as I expected, and he actually came to me.

Thinking of this, I barely struggled to sit up, but as soon as I was holding up, Pei Yuanhao's hand slid on my shoulders. With a slight force, he pressed me back, and he stood up and bent down to look at me.

Our distance was not very close, but not far away. His breath brushed on my face from afar. I don’t know if it was because I had been burning or for some reason, but his eyes were even more burning. When he looked at my eyes, he seemed to see through it.

My breathing became more and more disordered, and my voice trembled as I opened my mouth: "What are you going to do?"

He didn't say anything, but just kept looking at me. After a long time, he heard his low voice ringing in his ears: "Yue Qingying, you really..."

"..." What exactly?
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