Seeing this, Gu Mingyi said calmly towards Li Zhi: "Gu wants to talk to the emperor alone, and I ask the emperor for permission." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi was silent for a moment, and then did not hesitate too much, and immediately responded.

"Your Majesty, if everyone retreats, your safety ......" The chamberlain was a little relieved, and looked at Gu Mingyi intentionally or unintentionally, and the meaning of his words could not be more obvious.

Although Gu Mingyi is still in the name of a national teacher, once a son of heaven and a courtier, now that the new emperor has taken office, this Gu Mingyi has long become a thorn in the emperor's eye, if someone takes advantage of this opportunity to assassinate the emperor, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"I know what I know, so I don't need to worry!" Li Zhi was not worried that Gu Mingyi would take the opportunity to do something to him, so he immediately signaled to the inner servant that he didn't need to say much, just lead the people to retreat first.

Even if Gu Mingyi really had that kind of heart, he would never be stupid enough to choose such a time and place, let alone bring Ye Nianchen to cause such trouble.

Therefore, he was not worried about safety at all, and he had some guesses about Gu Mingyi's intentions.

After a while, only Li Zhi and Gu Mingyi were left in the imperial study, and the chamberlain retreated to the door of the imperial study with all the palace people, and closed the door carefully according to the holy will.

Ye Nianchen and Liu Zitong were no exception, and followed to the door to wait.

"Nianchen, what the hell is going on? Why did you come with Mingyi? Liu Zitong pulled his niece to the side and spoke alone, and he didn't dare to speak loudly. Asked in a suppressed voice, worried.

Ye Nianchen knew that his uncle was worried about her, so he smiled and comforted: "Uncle, don't worry, it'll be fine, anyway, sooner or later I will have to show up, it's better to live together." ”

"You, you are just too bold, in case something goes wrong, or the emperor won't follow Mingyi at all......"

Liu Zitong's words were not finished, but he was categorically stopped by Ye Nianchen and said, "No." I believe in Mingyi! ”

"But Nian Chen. Uncle is still a little worried, you don't know, the emperor suddenly happened to me today, and I really have a lot of emotions in my heart. I don't know who to believe! ”

Liu Zitong remembered what Li Zhi said earlier. Regarding Gu Mingyi's real purpose of going out of the mountain, he actually came straight to Nianchen. And it's related to what life and death calamity, although it sounds somewhat unclear, but it's not a good thing for Nian Chen to think about it.

"What did the emperor tell you?" Ye Nianchen listened. Suddenly, he was keen, and immediately asked: "Is it about life and death?" ”

"Ah...... You know what? This time, Liu Zitong was a little blinded again, looking at his niece like this, it didn't look like he was being kept in the dark.

"Of course I know, and much more than the emperor knows."

Ye Nianchen saw that this was the case, and he didn't explain much, but simply mentioned it and signaled Liu Zitong not to worry about it: "Uncle, rest assured, things are not what the emperor thinks, and there are some things that the emperor doesn't understand." Moreover, even if I am really Mingyi's life and death calamity, Mingyi will definitely not hurt me in the slightest, for Mingyi, there is nothing more important in this world than me, including his own life. ”

Ye Nianchen's voice was not loud, but with an extremely firm conviction, there was no doubt.

Seeing this, Liu Zitong didn't say much for a while, but sighed silently, hoping that everything would really be as his niece wished.

Sometimes, he found that he could do too little, as if he knew that his sister and nephew had died in vain, but he could only watch the enemy go unpunished.

Time passed little by little, but the conversation between the two men in the imperial study did not go well.

"Do you want me to let go and fulfill you and Nianchen? Why? Is it just what you call the so-called betrothal? ”

Li Zhi sneered: "I have already told Liu Zitong, don't say that you are engaged, even if you have become a relative now, so what, as long as I have a will, she will be my concubine, even if everyone in the world accuses me, what can I do?" I don't care! ”

"The emperor doesn't care, but I care, and so does Chen'er!"

Gu Mingyi did not back down: "The emperor should know that Chen'er and I are truly in love with each other, and she doesn't want to be a concubine, and I won't let her do anything she doesn't want to do." ”

"Yes, I don't care if you really have the ability to stop it for the time being, I just want to ask you, what qualifications do you have to say that you really love Nianchen?"

Li Zhi sneered at the moment: "Do you think I don't know what you came out of the mountain for, and why you approached Nianchen?" She is your life and death, and there is only one life between you and her in the end! Nianchen is naïve, I don't believe that you will hurt her for your own life, but I will never allow you to have that opportunity! ”

Hearing this, Gu Mingyi was not the slightest bit annoyed, but smiled with relief.

"I see, no wonder the emperor made a special trip to set up a bureau to assassinate me that day."

He looked at Li Zhi and said calmly: "To be honest, it makes me happy that someone can attach so much importance to Chen'er's life and safety." It's just that the emperor is too worried, even if the life and death calamity really exists and cannot be changed, I will never do anything to hurt Chen'er and protect myself. ”

"How can such a thing be explained? After all, no one can say for sure until that moment, can they? "Li Zhi will not be as gullible as Ye Nianchen is Gu Mingyi.

Moreover, as he said, even if Gu Mingyi really thinks like this, just in case, he will definitely not leave such a hidden danger.

Gu Mingyi didn't care about Li Zhi's doubts and attitude towards him, but continued: "Whether the emperor believes it or not, in short, for me, Chen'er's life is more important than everything, including my own life. The so-called life and death catastrophe is uncertain now, and even if it is really unavoidable, I will just go with the flow. ”

"If she is really my inevitable fate, then I am willing to do my best to accompany her to the end of my life, and then I will still silently guard her when I go to another world."

The last sentence. Gu Mingyi smiled extremely happily, loving someone is like this, as long as there are no regrets, it is the greatest happiness.

Hearing this, seeing Gu Mingyi's expression, Li Zhi was silent at this moment.

He could see that what Gu Mingyi said was the truth, and he suddenly realized that the trust and affection between him and Gu Mingyi today was far from what he had imagined before.

Between the two, there seems to be an unconditional mutual trust, which he and Ye Nianchen have never had. Something that also seems to never exist.

"I don't understand. Why did she choose you over me! I don't understand what I can't do as you do! ”

After a while, Li Zhi suddenly said such a sentence, as if asking Gu Mingyi rhetorically. But it's more like asking yourself.

He had thought about it more than once. In addition to not being able to give Ye Nianchen the position of wife and queen of the main palace. Anything in the world, as long as she wants, he is willing to give it!

He had never loved someone so much. Never! But Ye Nianchen didn't take his feelings in his eyes at all, let alone take it to heart!

He used to be the crown prince, and now he is the emperor, in terms of power, talent, appearance, and feelings for Ye Nianchen, is there any man in this world who can compare with him?

But Ye Nianchen didn't value these, but just blindly put all his feelings into one Gu Mingyi.

Hearing Li Zhi's sudden rhetorical question, the kind of rhetorical question that did not conform to his imperial identity, Gu Mingyi was slightly stunned at first, and then relieved.

It is undeniable that Li Zhi really likes Chen'er, otherwise, he would not let go of his status as an emperor and say such a thing.

But because of this, Gu Mingyi understood that he couldn't avoid this question.

"Your Majesty, there is no place where you can compare to me. It's just that emotional things really can't be compared in detail. ”

After a while, Gu Mingyi spoke up: "But I don't want to avoid your question, and I can't avoid it." ”

Li Zhi didn't expect Gu Mingyi to really be ready to answer his question directly, and for a while, his eyes couldn't help but be complicated, with an expectation that he didn't even know what it was.

Seeing this, Gu Mingyi didn't pause too much, his expression was solemn, and he continued very seriously: "I just want to say that Nianchen likes me and chooses me, so I will walk hand in hand with her regardless of everything and overcome all obstacles, and do my best to give her the most free and happy future!" But if ......"

"If the person Nianchen likes is not me, or for various reasons, he can't choose to be with me, then even if I love her no matter how reluctant I am, I will follow her choices and decisions, let go silently, and silently wish her the happiness she wants!"

Gu Mingyi looked at Li Zhi and said word by word: "I don't know what the emperor thinks, but for me, true love is not what I can get, but the happiness that the person I love can get!" ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi was like a lightning strike, and the whole person was already frozen.

Every word of Gu Mingyi kept going back and forth in his mind, and every word hit his heart like a mountain.

He never knew that the difference between himself and Gu Mingyi was so obvious, and he had never had such an idea!

True love is not what you can get, but the happiness that your loved ones can get!

Li Zhi smiled miserably, how could he not understand what Gu Mingyi meant, in the final analysis, Gu Mingyi wanted to tell him that true love is not to take, but to give!

But how many people in the world can do this?

At least, he can't! Everything he's done is against it!

However, the strange thing is that subconsciously he has really believed that Gu Mingyi is not talking empty words, and that man does have a clear conscience!

Although it was cruel, such an answer made him understand the real difference between himself and Gu Mingyi.

A woman's intuition is always the keenest, and the same affection, which one is deeper, I am afraid that it has already been clear at a glance, but he himself has not noticed it, and he is unwilling to admit it.

This is the real reason why Ye Nianchen was willing to accept Gu Mingyi from the beginning, but was unwilling to love him!

"I didn't expect that the eloquence of the national teacher was so good!"

After a while, Li Zhi returned to his normal color, but the whole person became more and more cold.

He looked at Gu Mingyi again, and said with great self-deprecation: "I should already understand what you mean, it is nothing more than that my feelings for Nianchen are far less deep than yours. Maybe you're right, but is it really that easy to let go? Is it true that you can put it away? ”

"What if you don't let it go? Does the emperor want to treat the person he likes as a canary and be imprisoned in a cage forever? Gu Mingyi asked rhetorically: "That kind of result is just a defeat for both sides, hurting her and you, and the final result is more tragic than letting go, far from what the emperor can bear." ”

This time, Li Zhi didn't do anything to refute, just stared at Gu Mingyi thoughtfully, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty, Gu Mou is not self-sufficient, he wants to make a deal with the emperor, I hope the emperor can consider it carefully."

Seeing this, Gu Mingyi didn't say anything else, and directly pointed out the purpose of entering the palace this time.

"Deal? What kind of deal? Li Zhi asked indifferently, and no longer discussed with Gu Mingyi what real liking or love was.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that Gu Mingyi must have been prepared to enter the palace today, otherwise how could he easily show up in the palace with Nianchen.

This man is not simple!

Seeing that Li Zhi was no longer too repulsive, but intentionally or unintentionally joined in the negotiation with him, Gu Mingyi had a few points in his heart.

For an emperor like Li Zhi, who values the world first, the love of children is not irreplaceable after all.

"The transaction is very simple, I am willing to completely solve the current pattern and troubles in southern Xinjiang for the emperor, and make the imperial court the only actual controller of southern Xinjiang, so as to exchange the freedom of Chen'er, and hope that the emperor can let go of me and Chen'er!"

Gu Mingyi directly said the bargaining chips of the transaction, and this is also the most attractive condition for Li Zhi.

Hearing this, Li Zhi smiled unexpectedly: "I see, it seems that the national teacher is really far-sighted, and he even knows everything about my thoughts." It's just that I have enough ability to solve the affairs of southern Xinjiang, and I don't seem to need the national teacher to come forward. So, your chips aren't as attractive as you think. ”

"I naturally know that the emperor has made a good deployment, and he will cut through the chaos in the fastest time, change the current situation in southern Xinjiang with an iron fist, and truly return power to the imperial court! It's just ......"

Gu Mingyi smiled and said bluntly: "It's just that as far as I know, there is one biggest loophole in the emperor's strategy, if it is not enough, it will lose everything, and even if it is lucky, Southern Xinjiang will suffer heavy losses, almost becoming a piece of scorched earth, such a price is too great!" (To be continued.) )