"Has your Majesty heard from King Qi in these years?"

The carriage continued to move forward, and the monotonous sound of the wheels hitting the ground added an even more depressing atmosphere to the silent carriage, making people want to scream loudly to clear the mind.

The haze.

When I said this, my voice was still very calm, almost blending in with the dull atmosphere, but only I knew that the clenched fists and palms were covered in cold sweat, and every breath was like a breath.

This kind of torture is like a dull knife cutting back and forth in the heart. It is a kind of suffering that cannot be expressed in words.

Pei Yuanhao sat opposite me, his face cold and gloomy: "No."

My heart hurts again.

Since marrying Liu Saner, I have always regarded myself as a reborn person. Everything that happened in the past was from the previous life. Happiness and pain were all in the previous life. But now I know

, where are the past and present lives? I am still alive like this, and the people I have loved and hated are still in this world, continuing to love and hate, how can I stay away from it?

And Pei Yuanfeng, he is not the remaining memory of my previous life.

As soon as I look back, the past flashes before my eyes scene by scene. I seem to see that young and handsome face again, with a childish smile. I think of the way he ate cakes in front of me; I think of him.

At the dinner party on the night of playing with the moon, the way he spoke uprightly for me; I thought of how he cried in the rain and went crazy in the water when I was canonized as a talented person; I thought of how he broke into the cold palace with evil spirits in order to save me,

Confronting Pei Yuanhao...

But now, where is he?

When he was in Yangzhou, he was sent to Xichuan. Later, Nangong Lizhu returned to Pei Yuanhao and I was thrown into prison. At that time, Eunuch Yu told me, "The prince has gone far this time, and he will not be able to come back for a while."

"Come".

Unexpectedly, he never came back...

"Your Majesty, have you never looked for him?"

"It can't be found."

After saying this, his face became colder and colder. Even though the warm incense was still burning in the carriage, it couldn't resist the chill in his heart. He raised his head and looked at me with ice-like eyes: "

Do you know why he ran away?"

"..." I raised my head and looked at him.

"Because of you!"

I suddenly opened my eyes wide and saw his cold eyes looking at me like needles: "He left because of you!"

I just felt a loud bang above my head, like a thunderbolt from the blue, which stunned me completely. I froze there and couldn't move at all: "What did you say?"

He sneered and said: "When he was in Xichuan, I asked Yu Quan to pass the message. He learned about your suicide in Huyue Gorge and ordered someone to send me a broken arrow."

"..."

"From then on, he never came back!"

"..."

I only felt a sudden pain in my chest. I sat in the corner with my knees curled up, and I grabbed the clothes on my chest desperately with one hand, but I couldn't free myself from the pain at all - Pei Yuanfeng heard about me.

He left only after hearing the news of his death!

A broken arrow, does it represent his decision with the court and the emperor?

"Qingying, I really underestimated you from the beginning."

Pei Yuanhao gritted his teeth and looked at me, saying: "You can actually let him, this brother who has followed me since childhood, betray the court and betray me for you!"

"No..."

I shook my head gently and murmured: "No...he won't do that..."

This matter seemed to be heartbreaking for the emperor. He sneered: "He won't? When he forced himself into the cold palace for you and openly opposed me, what else can't he do?!"

"..."

"He is my most cherished brother, and he is also a general who I want to entrust with great importance, but you -" He looked at me with a solemn look: "You destroyed him!"

Did I destroy him?

I destroyed him!

This sentence rang in my ears like thunder and kept echoing in my mind. It seemed that my soul had been shaken out of my body. For a while, I could neither hear anything nor see anything.

I remembered that when I asked him why he did not follow Queen Yin and Pei Yuanxiu to leave, but stayed to help the emperor, he told me that he actually had his own ideals, hoping to abolish the untouchability status in the south and hope that Han people and people outside the customs

People merge into one, hoping that the north and south of the heaven will merge and lead to a truly prosperous age. He stayed with Pei Yuanhao in order to realize his ideal.

But, because of my "death", did he just leave and give up on his dream?

Recalling those clear eyes and the firm belief when he told his dream, I clenched my fist——

No, I don’t believe it!

"What did you say?"

Pei Yuanhao frowned and looked at me. I slowly raised my head and looked at him: "I don't believe King Qi would do this."

"You don't believe it?" He sneered: "What do you want to say?"

"King Qi stayed at such a difficult time, and even -" Even when Queen Yin and Pei Yuanxiu left, he did not follow them. With such a character, how could he give up his original intention so easily?

"Even if this matter is really arranged by King Qi, I believe it is not his original intention!"

He didn't speak, just looked at me, his eyes slowly getting darker.

I also looked at him: "The emperor doesn't believe him?"

"..."

"Still don't believe me?"

"..."

He was still silent, and the atmosphere in the golden car was so silent that it was almost oppressive. After a while, he slowly stood up and came towards me until he was almost close to my body, looking down into my eyes: "

How do you want me to trust you?"

"..."

"He disobeyed me like that for you. How do you want me to trust you and him?"

"..."

I looked at those deep and dark eyes, and my heart trembled slightly. Pei Yuanfeng stayed by his side during such difficult times, and even though he was so disobedient to him in the cold palace, he still took Pei Yuanfeng to the south of the Yangtze River and entrusted him with important responsibilities.

Why can’t you trust now?

Or is it really because of me that the trust between these two brothers has been exhausted?

Really, is it my fault?

Thinking of this, I raised my head firmly: "Your Majesty, no matter what, he is your brother after all, isn't he?"

"..."

"Outside the Hongye Temple in Xishan, even Mu Hua and the emperor were able to be spared; Mo Tieyi and the others assassinated Lord Liu Yi, and the emperor was able to pardon them, so why can't King Qi and the emperor be lenient and give each other a chance?"<

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"Give each other a chance?"

When he heard this, a light flashed in his eyes. He raised his head and looked at me with a half-smile: "How can I give him a chance?"

I felt a little frightened by his look, but I managed to straighten my mind and said: "I have been thinking just now, if it was really King Qi who took over the martial arts hall, if he really wanted to assassinate the emperor,

In fact, there is really no need to wait that long. Maybe they have some problems themselves, but the more important point is-"

"What is it?"

"This is the emperor's attitude towards the south."

Pei Yuanhao still looked at me calmly, without saying a word, but I knew that he must understand what I meant.

Years ago, Shen Gongyi took the opportunity to ask him to increase the taxes in Jiangnan. At that time, because Shen Rou had just given birth to a son and the Shen family was in great favor, Pei Yuanhao agreed to him. As soon as spring began, the order was issued;

As a result, his previous efforts in the Jiangnan area were almost in vain, and the integration of the north and the south was almost in vain. In the eyes of people in the south, he was just a fatuous king who changed orders day by day and didn't care about the lives of the people.

I think that if the assassin was really sent by Pei Yuanfeng, he must have been touched by this incident.

"Actually, I think it's not just King Qi," I thought, and while looking at his face, I said cautiously: "The taxation issue in Jiangnan should have been discussed in the long term. What does the emperor think about it?"

"..."

"Taifu Shen's request to increase taxes in Jiangnan should not have been a hasty decision."

"..."

"Besides, now, everyone in the six departments... Your Majesty, the order has just been issued, there should be a chance -"

He didn't speak, he just kept looking at me silently. After a while, the corner of his mouth curled up with a playful smile: "What are you hinting to me?"

"...!" Looking at his eyes, I was suddenly shocked.

I have always been careful when talking to him, not being too exaggerated or submissive, but I almost forgot that this matter is different from others. It has already involved important officials in the DPRK, and it is a major national event that affects hundreds of officials and people.

——There are also innumerable connections, involving the concubine Zhenglong who was favored by the harem...

He said what I was implying...

I quickly turned my face to avoid his gaze: "I didn't."

He exhaled a cold smile from his nose, suddenly stretched out his hand and held my chin, turned my face to face him, and said, "What you said makes sense."

I was overjoyed, but I didn’t expect that he would really listen: “Then——”

"So, you should also help me."

"Help?" I was confused again, how to help?

But before I could react, the world suddenly started spinning in front of my eyes. He stretched out his hand to hold my body and pulled me down. I was suddenly pressed to the ground by him. Although the thick cotton under my body did not hurt me, I felt

We were all shocked, and he had already leaned down to kiss me.

I struggled hurriedly and subconsciously, but I touched the injury on my hand, and I suddenly let out a burst of pain: "Ah——"

I gritted my teeth and kept shaking my head to avoid his kiss: "No, don't!"

Outside the golden car, there seemed to be a lot of noise.

I froze immediately.

People outside can hear the noise in the car! The relationship between me and him in the past was originally a very sensitive line, and his current attitude towards me is almost no longer shy. Now there is such a noise in the car,

Even if you don’t think about it, you know what people outside will think!

I don’t care what other people think, but——

When I thought of that thin figure in the crowd, and those clear eyes, I watched helplessly as those eyes went from being warm to the cold, and now they were stained with frost bit by bit, just like his name, Qing Han - Qing Han.

, every time I see it, it makes my heart hurt like a knife.

I immediately struggled desperately: "No, don't—!"

【……】

He was still only a few feet away from me, panting: "Qingying..."

"..."

"Come back."

"..."

"I want you to come back!"

Come back?

When I heard these two words, I felt like my mind was shocked and suddenly went blank.
Chapter completed!