"He doesn't want to see you."

When I heard this sentence, my smile froze obviously, and my long eyelashes gently covered it.

Nangong Lizhu looked at me silently, and after a while said: "If you want to see him, I can help you say it in front of him."

I raised my eyes slightly: "Will you let me see him?"

"I'm not afraid of you seeing him."

"..."

Her smile is as plain as a rippleless lake, quiet and peaceful, and not overly confident, but I know she is confident enough.

She can save my life in the dungeon, or she can ask Pei Yuanhao to suppress my case, because she knows that I am no longer a threat to her when I am alive, especially in front of Pei Yuanhao, no matter what I say,

Pei Yuanhao will only trust her and not me.

The slap on the face that day and the prison these days are all too clear.

Thinking of this, I laughed again.

Although he was smiling, even he could feel the difficulty of the smile, which was perhaps uglier than crying. Nangong Lizhu looked at me quietly for a while, sighed, and said: "I really want to see you in pain."

It looks like that, but——I can’t bear it.”

"..." I was stunned for a moment and looked up at her.

"It would be nice if you annoyed me."

"..."

Just when I became more and more puzzled, she said briefly as if she didn't want to see me again: "I came here today to tell you that the emperor will leave for Beijing soon. You should take good care of yourself, as the road will be difficult.

"After saying that, he got up and left.

Set off back to Beijing?!

When I heard these four words, I was stunned. Pei Yuanhao wanted to go back, but the matter in the south was still deadlocked here, how could he just go back?

I hurriedly said: "Why?"

She glanced at me lightly: "No reason, it's time to go back."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the gate.

Does Pei Yuanhao really want to go back? Although Nangong Lizhu has returned to him now, and there is no longer a person in charge of negotiations with the southerners in Shengjing, the court can still talk to them. Although Yao Lao and the others' attitudes are now

It’s not clear yet, but at least you can give it a try, otherwise everything you’ve done before will be in vain!

Just when she walked to the door, I suddenly said: "Are you going back?"

Her hand going to push the door stiffened for a moment, and she stood there motionless for a while, then slowly turned her head and looked at me.

"Is it you who encouraged the emperor to return to Beijing?"

"..." She said nothing.

"What's the purpose of doing this?"

"..."

"What do you want to do when you come back to him?"

The atmosphere in the small room became tighter and tighter because of my questioning. It was so tight that my whole body seemed to be oppressed, and it was a little difficult to breathe. She was silent for a while, then slowly turned around and walked to me,

He leaned down and looked at me, and said in a low voice: "Yue Qingying, do you know why you have given everything but ended up like this?"

"..."

"Some people can carry a hundred catties of burden on their shoulders, and some people can carry a thousand catties."

"..."

"If a person carrying a thousand catties lifts a hundred catties, he will live his life easily; but if a person carrying a hundred catties carries a thousand catties, he will be crushed and injured."

"..."

"Everyone in the world knows how to lighten their own burdens, but you are the only one who keeps adding more weight to yourself."

"..."

"Ask yourself, are you a person who can lift a thousand pounds?"

I raised my head and looked at that condescending and frighteningly beautiful face. Her words were like thunder, exploding in my mind one after another. The loud rumbling noises were endless and shocked everyone.

Isn’t it my responsibility to bear this huge burden and all the people of our country? How heavy and how heavy can I bear?

Or is it that I have already been crushed and I just don’t know it yet?

After looking at each other for a long time, I looked into her eyes and said, "So, are you a heavyweight person?"

After listening to my words, her eyes were a little dazed for a moment, but her eyes became strangely soft at this moment, as if she remembered something that made her heart soft. After a while, she gritted her teeth and slowly moved closer.

He came to my ear and said softly: "I am only carrying one person."

My heart moved and I looked at her with wide eyes.

At this moment, Eunuch Yu’s voice sounded from far outside: "The Emperor is here!"

Your Majesty?! Pei Yuanhao is here?!

My expression suddenly changed drastically, and Nangong Lizhu immediately stood up straight, turned around and walked out in a hurry.

The door was open, and the dazzling sunlight shone in from the outside, and also cast the long shadows of the two people on the ground. I watched Nangong Lizhu stop when he walked to the door, and there was another familiar but also unfamiliar shadow.

He walked over slowly and covered her slender shadow.

"Why are you here?"

"The imperial doctor said you came out without taking any medicine today."

"I'm already fine."

"It's best to drink this."

Her voice didn't seem to have much gentleness, but the usually cold voice was still cold, but a strange softness could be heard. The two of them rubbed each other for a while, but no one spoke anymore.

After a while, I heard him say: "Come out with me."

"What happened?"

"Let's talk after we get there."

"Oh." The two shadows seemed to turn around and leave, but Nangong Lizhu paused and said in a low voice: "Why don't you go in and see her?"

The shadow that turned away did not stop, and slowly left my sight. Nangong Lizhu stopped at the door for a moment, as if he wanted to come in and take a look at me again, but in the end he didn't, and turned around and left.

I sat quietly on the bedside, watching the shadow slowly lengthening and disappearing at the door, and stayed silent for a long time.

In the next few days, things calmed down in the state capital.

Although my heart is suffering in a frying pan every moment, I am locked up here without even a single person who can inquire about it. Those women also received orders from above. In addition to advising me to eat and drink medicine, they usually just say a few words.

Don’t tell me much.

After a few days of this, although my body has recovered somewhat, my spirit has become even worse.

Finally, one day, Eunuch Yu came to visit me again. He glanced at me and said, "I'm still not in good spirits. It's not easy for you to walk on the road like this."

I suddenly said uneasily: "Eunuch Yu, are you really going back to Beijing?"

"Yeah."

"Yes, Miss Nangong requested it?"

Eunuch Yu frowned, looked back outside, and said in a low voice: "News from Yilu, I heard that someone in Shengjing began to harass the border. This has never happened before, so the emperor has to rush back."

People from Shengjing are harassing border officials?!

I was shocked. Shengjing was also the hometown of the royal family. Even if Pei Yuanxiu returned after the defeat, he had not openly attacked the imperial court for several years after Pei Yuanhao ascended the throne. How could he do it now——

Thinking back to that elegant and spotless man, whose smile was always as gentle as the spring sunshine, would he really do such a thing?

And now, Nangong Lizhu has returned to Pei Yuanhao. People from Shengjing are harassing the border at this time. The emperor is leaving to return to Beijing today. These several things are connected...

Suddenly a light flashed through my mind.

Could it be——

I quickly grabbed Eunuch Yu's sleeve: "Eunuch, do we really want to go back to Beijing?"

"The emperor has issued an edict."

"But Prince Qi hasn't come back yet. Didn't he go out to do something? Is the emperor leaving without even waiting for him?"

"The emperor has sent people to recover Prince Qi. However, the trip is high and the road is far away. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back in a short time. Therefore, the emperor told Prince Qi that he should return to Beijing via the Qujiang Waterway and there is no need to go back to Yangzhou to meet up.

”

Not even Pei Yuanfeng can wait?

My hand holding Eunuch Yu's sleeve tightened suddenly, then slowly withdrew my hand and said, "I know."

Eunuch Yu glanced at me again and sighed: "Take good care of yourself. The emperor is making decisions on these things. What's the use of asking so many questions?"
To be continued...