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He looked out the window faintly, in the direction of the Taiji Palace, it was still brightly lit and crowded, he knew that this kind of busyness would continue until the early hours of tomorrow morning, before he woke up, and then there, there would be his ascension ceremony.

The last time, such a grand occasion on the Taiji Hall Square was unprecedented, only a few years ago, but it seemed that it had been a lifetime apart.

At that time, he knelt down and looked up with everyone, looking at the man in the dragon robe on the gold-inlaid dragon chair.

The bright and noble yellow gradually transformed into a dazzling red in front of his eyes, the firelight in the sky, the blood all over the ground, and the joyful wedding dress, with the determination of broken jade, and the beauty of the fluttering, disappeared in front of his eyes.

Forever, never again.

"Long live my emperor! long live!

He bowed his head with the crowd, and the corners of his lips slowly brought out a cold arc.

The people who died for this dragon chair are tens of millions.

If it were the other way around, what would it look like?

At that moment, he set the course for the rest of his life.

Later, he finally realized that he had never had a second choice.

The northwest side of the Taiji Palace, the east and west six palaces, is the place where the three thousand concubines in the Bauhinia Palace live, at this moment, the same fire candles are bright, and occasionally there will be one or two faintly suppressed throats, coiled in this ancient and gloomy palace wall.

Tonight is the last night of their life in the Bauhinia Palace.

Early tomorrow morning, after the ceremony, these women will immediately set off to Puji Temple as concubines to lead the practice.

Unexpectedly, I thought of Concubine Qing in plain white mourning clothes, and there was a hint of madness in her eyes, and she spoke to him as if she couldn't believe it-

"How can you do this to me? Do you know what it feels like to be at the bottom of my heart when I am crushed under the father of the person I love, an old man who can be my father, and I still have to deliberately greet and rejoice? Do you know how many nights I have seen Empress Xiaoci crying out for help in the midst of the fire when I close my eyes? I keep telling myself to be patient because I believe that you will not let me down, and one day, I will not have to endure it anymore! On this day, I finally waited, but what about the result--Puji Monastery? Hehe-how can you do this to me? I have done so many things for you, have you forgotten?"

He smiled slightly, but there was a coldness in his eyes: "If I forget, do you think I will keep you until now?"

She froze and stopped talking.

And he turned his eyes away from looking at her, as if only in this way could he suppress all the gloomy killing intentions in his heart.

It's not that he doesn't know what she's done for him.

Before she entered the palace that day, he had made a clear and calm statement in front of her, she knew what path was waiting for her, but she still chose it, he knew it was for him.

So after she entered the palace, within the scope of his ability, he has been trying his best to protect her, so that she can pet the sixth palace step by step.

So Ken occasionally indulges in her innocuous willfulness, she is just a poor woman, which he owes her, and in this world, there is nothing worthy of his persistence and care, so it doesn't matter.

Until, he re-met her.

If it weren't for her calmness, he would have hurt her life almost the moment they first reunited, and he still remembers it with horror to this day.

Later, little by little, she walked into his heart.

Later, he was at the bottom of the Aoki cliff, hugging her tightly and regaining, for the first time in his life, grateful to God.

Later, above the main hall, the shadow of the shock, unparalleled in the world, transformed into a decisive decision, and eternally became a wound.

Later, he opened his eyes, ignored the injuries on his body, and laboriously searched for identification from the scorched faces beside him, but he could not find anything, never again.

In fact, for Concubine Qing, he didn't think about it, wait until everything is over, give her a new identity, and give her freedom, just-

His eyes suddenly turned cold, it shouldn't be, she shouldn't involve her.

The edict that asked Murong Tong to behead was so urgent, they just left the palace, and the edict followed to the palace, and even ordered him to be beheaded.

She didn't necessarily want to get rid of Murong Tong, but the separation of their husband and wife was undoubtedly something she was happy to see.

Then just when he was envoy to Qi Yue, Youzhou changed, forcing Zhao Mo to act in a hurry, and he didn't even have time to report him, he knew that this had nothing to do with her.

Not to mention, she lobbied the emperor several times to kill her, one by one, if he really forgot the past, how could he allow her to come to this day, how could it be?

Even at this moment, the hatred and pain in my heart, as well as the endless emptiness, still can't find a place to go.

So, he just let her stagger away and didn't say a word more.

In her ears, there is still her shrill laughter-

Hehe, sure enough, it turns out that you really love her, but it's a pity, do you really know how to love someone? You think it's enough to do everything for her behind your back, but what is the result, you can't keep her, haha-

Regret it?

Many times, he asked himself this.

When Princess Yiyang seemed to inadvertently talk about the prince in front of the emperor, and the shadow on the emperor became thicker and thicker, the toxicity of the "Thousand Days Drunken Orchid" was also found in Du Ruyin's body, and after being attacked and poisoned again and again, after the traitors in the Three Kings' Mansion tried their best but still couldn't detect it, he told himself that there was nothing wrong with doing this, all he wanted was that she could be safe and sound.

He didn't bother to arrange someone to protect Du Ruyin, and even deliberately used her as bait, so he let her have accidents again and again.

If it were her, it wouldn't be like this, he knew, but again, he didn't dare to bet on that eventuality.

Du Ruyin's similar face is the best tool in the hearts of the world to entrap and control him, in fact, for him, it is not an excellent weapon to win the trust of the world.

So he didn't even have to do anything, but just accepted, and they were ecstatic, and they didn't have the slightest doubt, and his favor, in the eyes of the world, was even more convinced.

However, even so, he did not want another woman to take up the title of his wife, so he gave her the name of the princess, and then used the cumbersome etiquette and the month of March to stop everything at the beginning.

The world is so big, what he wants, in fact, has always been only her.

However, when the alienation and indifference in her eyes became worse and worse, when she was holding Shuying's lifeless body in pain, for the first time in his life, he was questioning whether his decision was wrong.

He had asked her, was there anything she wanted to ask me?

And she just smiled faintly, what does His Highness want the concubine to ask?

After all, he didn't say anything, turned and left.

At that time, they were too proud.

But later, after thinking about it, I realized that if she really asked that day, what kind of rhetoric could she have?

Tell her that he loves her, and accepts Du Ruyin just because of Princess Yiyang behind her, he spoils her, but it is just a cover for the world to see, put it in the light, in order to block many guns and arrows for her?

Even if she believed his words, it was impossible to agree with and accept his approach, and he had no way out.

He has experienced too much blood and rain on the road to seize the heir, since he almost died under the sword of the assassin at the age of five, he has no choice but to keep getting stronger, otherwise, there is only one way to die, he knows too well.

In fact, she is by his side, he no longer has the heart that he captured and overturned, but he can't stop, or rather, he has never had any other choice.

So isn't it, the farther away she is, the less she knows, the safer she is.

So be it, as long as you can protect her, as long as she is well, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned, and there is nothing that cannot be forlerated.

Because there will be a day, a day when he doesn't have to endure it anymore, and then he will have a long life, explain and make amends, ask for her understanding, and don't make her sad again.

never thought that this day would finally arrive, and she was no longer by his side.

"Your Highness—"

In the quiet night, the shrill voice trembled with fear, and against the backdrop of the brilliant day-like lights of the Taiji Hall, it sounded out untimely and abruptly—

"Concubine Qing's mother, in Qingyang Palace, swallowed gold and committed suicide-"

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