"Are you really going to kill me?"

He looked down at Nangong Lizhu, not paying attention to the dazzling cold light of the dagger that was already close at hand. He just looked at her stubbornly, his eyes almost red, and when he said these words, he also felt heavy pain.

.

If you forget everything around you, ignore the dagger in Nangong Lizhu's hand, and don't look at the sad expressions on their faces, what a perfect picture it will be for these two people to stand together, handsome and beautiful, but they are from the royal family.

For them, affection is not enough, fate is the cause of everything.

They ended up on opposite sides of each other, and to this day, they are scarred.

Nangong Lizhu also looked at him. Her slender body was so weak that she seemed about to fall down at any time. The hand holding the dagger was also trembling, and the cold light on the blade kept flickering.

I felt that the light was so dazzling that I subconsciously closed my eyes.

The moment I closed my eyes, I suddenly heard her cry out sadly, raised the dagger high and stabbed her chest hard!

"Don't——!"

I shouted out loud, and as I shouted, Pei Yuanhao grabbed her wrist and stopped her just before the dagger plunged into her chest. He squeezed hard and she let out a cry.

With a groan of pain, the dagger fell with a clang on the ground.

At this moment, she finally broke down and cried, "Why, why don't you let me die! He has been killed by you, and I have nothing left. Can't I even die with him?"
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"..." Pei Yuanhao looked at the hand holding her tightly, watching her crying uncontrollably, and the corners of his eyes turned red.

"You let me die and let me accompany him!"

"..."

"You let me die!"

Listening to her more desperate cries, I suddenly felt a little dazed - for men, there are really too many things in life, and even if they lose one thing, they can still live well; but for some women,

It is said that love is everything. If you lose that person, no matter how good or good you get, it is completely meaningless.

Does Nangong Lizhu now feel that even if he continues to live, he will only suffer the same pain day by day?

"Do you really love him that much?"

Pei Yuanhao hugged Nangong Lizhu, her thin shoulders kept shaking, "He is dead, and you don't even have the courage to live."

Nangong Lizhu held her face with both hands, tears dripping from her fingers. At this time, she slowly raised her tear-soaked face, looked at Pei Yuanhao and said: "You don't understand. You have never

Having loved someone like this, you don’t know what it feels like to lose the one you love.”

"..."

"Pei Yuanhao, if you don't let me die now, I won't live. There are always many ways for people to die."

Her voice was so soft, but her words were so decisive, without a trace of circumlocution. When Pei Yuanhao looked at her, he seemed to be shocked.

After a long time, when he spoke again, his voice had become colder.

So cold that there is no temperature.

"You don't have to die."

"..." Nangong Lizhu was startled and looked at him with wide eyes.

"The person who came is not him."

"..., what did you say?"

Pei Yuanhao stood up slowly and looked at her condescendingly. From his voice to his eyes, he became colder little by little: "I have already received the news, although Shengjing sent people to harass the border in order to distract

The garrison's attention allowed your people to take advantage of it and go south, but I already knew your purpose, so I sent people to follow you all the way south."

Nangong Lizhu looked at him with tears in her eyes: "You mean-"

"The person who came was not him. He did not leave Shengjing."

Hearing these words, a stone fell to the ground in my heart, and the suffocating feeling was suddenly released at this moment. Nangong Lizhu was stunned, and could not help but smile, with tears on his face.

But the smile was as bright as a spring flower: "He didn't come, he wasn't the one who died?!"

Pei Yuanhao's eyes became colder.

After a moment of happiness, Nangong Lizhu stood up and looked at the sunken ship ahead. The huge whirlpool swallowed up the survivors who were still struggling on the damaged hull. She asked: "Then, who are coming?"

Who is it?"

"It's someone I've always wanted to kill." Pei Yuanhao said solemnly: "If it weren't for her, maybe you wouldn't have to marry Pei Yuanxiu, and nothing like today would have happened."

Nangong Lizhu was stunned again, and lost her voice: "Aunt?!"

Queen Yin?!

I was startled at this moment, but I was not too dismayed. When Pei Yuanhao said that the person coming was not Pei Yuanxiu, I had already vaguely realized that the person going south should be Queen Yin.

However, the artillery that just blasted into the sky, the huge explosion, and the whirlpool in front of us, the queen who once turned her hands to make clouds and rain, I am afraid that she has been shattered to pieces.

Nangong Lizhu was holding on to the railing blankly, looking at the river in front of her, and said nothing.

After an unknown amount of time, Pei Yuanhao said to her, "Let's go."

This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue, exploding above my head. I suddenly raised my head and looked at Pei Yuanhao with wide eyes. Nangong Lizhu was also shocked and looked back at him in astonishment.

"Let's go."

"You, let me go?" She seemed like she couldn't believe it, her voice was trembling.

Pei Yuanhao looked at her, his face was livid, his silver teeth were grinding loudly, but he still said: "You leave now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a medium-sized ship in the fleet slowly coming towards us and getting close to our big ship. The people on the ship knelt down to Pei Yuanhao. He had a cold face and couldn't even look at it.

I didn’t look, but the people over there were already hurriedly setting up a sampan to come over.

He had arranged all this a long time ago...

He had already arranged for him to lure the enemy deeper, plan to mobilize the Zhoushan navy, and kill Queen Yin, and he had already foreseen that Nangong Lizhu would fall in love with Pei Yuanxiu and would even die for him.
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He didn't hurt her, nor did he force her to stay, but let her go...

Nangong Lizhu herself seemed to be dumbfounded. She stared blankly at Pei Yuanhao for a long time. The tears that had been dried by the cold river wind fell down again at this moment. She closed her eyes and let the hot tears flow freely, and finally turned around.

Turn around and walk towards the sampan.

I subconsciously took a step forward and looked at her back, but I was a little confused. I didn't know where to go, but I still subconsciously wanted to walk over, but Eunuch Yu and Shui Xiu held my hands and stopped me.

"Girl..."

"Miss Qing, be careful."

At this moment, Pei Yuanhao said: "Li Zhu."

She stopped and looked back at him.

"Tell Pei Yuanxiu that if he goes south again, I will wait for him! If you go south again -" he said: "I will not let you leave again!"

Nangong Lizhu's face turned slightly pale, but she was more ecstatic to be out of here. She didn't say a word, turned around and left without looking back.

The ship retracted its huge sampan, slowly turned its head, and headed forward.

The whirlpool had disappeared at this time, and the river surface slowly returned to calm. The thick fog gathered again, and the smell of gunpowder smoke filled the surroundings. I watched the ship slowly sail into the fog, looming, and slowly disappear.

I walked over step by step, holding on to the railing, and kept looking.

Everything has returned to calm.

As if nothing had happened, Zhoushan's fleet took orders and slowly retreated. The guards on the ship who were on guard just now also stood back to their posts and stopped talking. All the panicked little palace ladies

The eunuchs also calmed down at this time and returned to the cabin one after another.

Only Pei Yuanhao is still standing there.

Eunuch Yu glanced around, then looked at Pei Yuanhao's face, and then asked Shuixiu to step back. Just as he was about to leave, Pei Yuanhao said: "Yu Quan, give the order to turn around and return to Yangzhou."
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"Obey!"

Eunuch Yu dragged Shui Xiu away.

Back to Yangzhou...?

Yes, he did not take action against Yaolao's people. This was all a show, except for Shengjing's southward expansion. Now, he has to return to Yangzhou and continue to negotiate with the southern forces until the two sides reach an agreement.

, completely get rid of Shengjing's control, and he will become the true king of the Central Plains.

He has been walking on this path all along, and he has not deviated even a step.

I held on to the fence and looked at the green mountains and green waters in front of me, slowly turning around. Soon, the boat Nangong Lizhu was riding on was completely lost in the fog and could no longer be seen.

The corners of my lips curled up and I smiled softly.

"Going back."

His voice sounded from behind, not cold, not hard, not warm, not soft.

I stood still, but he didn't seem angry. He just said: "You have been standing for a long time. Go back to my room and rest for a while."

I slowly turned around and looked at him.

The big ship is turning, and the mountains and rivers on both sides are also rotating rapidly. It seems that everything in the world is like running water. It is only me and him, the two people so close to each other, silently looking at each other, standing motionless.

I looked at him for a long time and said, "You let her go."

"..."

"What about me?"

"..."

"Can I leave?"

Hearing these words, his calm face sank slightly, and his eyes were full of anger, as if he was about to burst out at any time. But when he looked at my calm face, he didn't get angry, he just sneered: "What, you

Want to leave too?"

"..."

"Do you still want to be like her and ask me to let you go?"

Yes, Nangong Lizhu and I are indeed different.

He clearly said that I am not worthy to compare with her, but I forgot...

I lowered my head, sighed softly, then slowly raised my head and smiled at him.

I have never smiled like this in front of him, maybe because even in the happiest time, he is still him, and I am also me. Even if I love, it is sober, cautious, and full of doubts.

But now, I don’t want to anymore.

I am really tired.
Chapter completed!