Seeing her behaving like this, Zhao Yueqiu didn't know the inside story, and her heart hung high, and she asked worriedly: "Your Highness, what's uncomfortable?" ”

"No problem." Qi Changrong slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, no longer playing Tai Chi with her, and asked directly, "When does Miss Zhao plan to return to Beijing?" ”

Suddenly, hearing this, and perceiving the deep meaning in Qi Changrong's words, Zhao Yueqiu's face stiffened slightly, and she lowered her eyebrows and couldn't speak.

She didn't say anything, but her attitude was obvious.

She didn't want to go back, at least not at a time like this.

Qi Changrong said lightly: "It's better for Miss Zhao to go back as soon as possible, Cheng An can't stay calm for long." ”

Zhao Yueqiu tried to relax her posture, the corners of her mouth pulled a trace of arc, put the wine cup in the palm of her hand to play, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when Your Highness plans to go back, I will go back whenever I want, after all, with His Highness here, I will not be afraid of anything." ”

Seeing that she deliberately interrupted, as if she wanted to divert the topic, Qi Changrong pursed his lips and looked at her quietly: "Miss Zhao, you should understand what Gu means, there are some words, Gu doesn't want to repeat it a second time." ”

Under Qi Changrong's thorough gaze, Zhao Yueqiu's smile was a little unbearable.

She understands, what does she not understand?

Is it wrong to go with the flow?

She didn't feel wrong.

"I understand what Your Highness means." The curvature of the corners of Zhao Yueqiu's mouth was smoothed out, and she said slowly: "But since I have come to Cheng'an, I can't go back easily, otherwise, not only will I not be able to explain to Mr. Qian, but I will also be able to explain to my cousin." ”

I can't explain it to herself.

When she went to Beijing, she knew that Cheng'an was not a simple place.

It's one thing to know, it's another thing to experience it yourself.

During this time, grounding, assassination, framing, and all kinds of troubles followed, and almost no one was given a chance to breathe.

Obviously, none of those conspiracies and tricks were directed at her, but as a bystander, she still felt that it was difficult to even breathe.

Even she was so uncomfortable, let alone His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was at the center of the whirlpool.

She couldn't let Qi Changrong be alone in an environment where many jackals, tigers and leopards gathered.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yueqiu pretended to be relaxed and said: "Your Highness should know that I have put all the treasures on Your Highness, if Your Highness has any accidents, not only me and the Qian family can't afford the consequences, but also the people of the Jin Kingdom." ”

As she spoke, she tried to condense a shallow smile on her lips: "Everything is pressed on His Highness, even if it is in front of my cousin, His Highness can't let me lose all my money." ”

"But if you stay here, not only will you not be able to help Lone, but you may also give trouble to Lone's gang." Qi Changrong pointed out the facts calmly, as if he didn't see Zhao Yueqiu's futilely frozen fingertips, and continued: "It is harmful for you to stay by Lone's side. ”

"Just like the girl said, even for the sake of General Jun, no matter what happens, you are one of the people who want to be protected, and in order to protect you, what price you will have to pay in the future is still unknown."

"Don't say that the Qian family will protect you, now you are still an outsider to the Qian family, they can't fight with Yan Guo because of you alone, to put it bluntly, you are fledgling, but you are whimsical, and you can't fly into the sky."

"Because of General Jun, your existence is Lone's biggest weakness, once those people find out your true identity and take you as a prisoner, what do you think, what should Prime Minister Zhao Cheng who is far away in Shangjing?"

"Is it treason with the enemy, or abandon the beloved daughter?"

"Miss Zhao, don't forget, in addition to being a disciple of Qian Lao, you are also Prime Minister Zhao's daughter."

Qi Changrong's indifferent and ruthless words ruthlessly lifted the last layer of the veil.

Zhao Yueqiu's slightly trembling hand wanted to put the wine glass on the table steadily, but she didn't realize that it was already suspended under the palm of her hand, and as soon as her fingertips were loosened, the wine glass fell to the ground and fell apart.

Her heart suddenly emptied, and she couldn't tell whether it was resentment, loss, disappointment or helplessness.

Although she had already guessed that it would be useless for her to stay, and it might even make the situation more and more troublesome, she suddenly heard from Qi Changrong's mouth words that were equivalent to saying that she was a waste, and she felt as if there were thousands of words and thousands of threads blocked in her chest, but she couldn't express it.

This feeling of grievance is the same as the last time when Qi Changrong directly rejected it.

At this moment, there was even a hatred in her heart.

It's the helplessness of hating oneself.

It is also a heart that hates Qi Changrong's cold and hard as a rock.

Why can't we be kind to her?

Even a little mercy would be fine, so that she would not have to re-experience the powerlessness of going from hope to disappointment, and then from disappointment to despair.

But on second thought, what if you were kind to her?

Being kind to her does not mean that you have her in your heart.

Is it possible that the daughter of her dignified prime minister wants to abandon her arrogance and rely on the mercy of others to live in chaos?

After a long while, Zhao Yueqiu muttered: "That's it, since it's useless for me to stay, then I'll pick a suitable time to go back to Beijing." ”

The last three words seemed to exhaust all the strength of her body.

After all...... I can't bear it.

I don't want to be a burden to others.

I don't want the person in front of me to be in a dilemma because of myself.

Even if she was heartbroken, she still couldn't really resentment in her heart.

After removing the table and chairs, Zhao Yueqiu slowly squatted down, pinched a piece of broken porcelain with her white fingertips, and said, "If I leave, will Your Highness no longer have to be tied?" ”

Qi Changrong was silent.

She rarely takes care of others in her work, and she no longer knows what it feels like to be soft-hearted.

The reason why she cares more about Zhao Yueqiu now is because Junchen once warned her.

He cares a lot about this cousin.

Since he cared, she didn't mind protecting Zhao Yueqiu a few points without touching the bottom line.

However, the turn of events was not what she expected.

The girl was more stubborn than she thought.

Zhao Yueqiu quietly picked up the magnetic sheet, she didn't have to do this kind of thing, and someone would naturally clean it up after she left.

But she didn't dare to stop, she was afraid that after she stopped, she would have nothing to do and nothing to say.

"That's it, even if I'm in Cheng'an, His Highness will still do what he should do, and he won't take care of me at all, maybe if it weren't for my cousin, His Highness might not even look at me."

The more I talked, the more sour my my heart became.

The bitter taste kept coming to her heart, and Zhao Yueqiu's eyes turned red unconsciously, and tears rolled down from them.

"Look, am I useless? Your Highness has already rejected me explicitly, and I know that Your Highness will not have any response, but I still want to try again, maybe I will be able to impress His Highness when I can. ”

However, it turned out that it was she who thought too much.

Qi Changrong has never been tempted by her, nor does he intend to be tempted by her.

She originally thought that she would put on a layer of skin between friends, and then step by step.

But now, she has only taken the first step, and all the disguises have lost their effect.

In front of Qi Changrong, it is too difficult to hide his true emotions.

Zhao Yueqiu was a little distracted.

Suddenly she felt hollow in her heart, and she could only attribute this feeling to a sense of powerlessness.

Because you're useless, no matter what you want to do, you can't do it?

Snow-white porcelain slices slashed through the fingertips, leaving a deep streak of blood.

The pain hit suddenly, Zhao Yueqiu gasped, and watched as the bright red blood overflowed from the wound, gathered drop by drop, and fell on the floor, smashing out a small puddle of blood.

Zhao Yueqiu hurriedly put down the broken porcelain piece in her hand and pressed the wound tightly with a handkerchief.

From beginning to end, Qi Changrong didn't say a word.

It wasn't until Zhao Yueqiu packed up her emotions, no longer fought with a mess, and slowly stood up.

Looking at it again, her expression was calm, her eye sockets returned to normal, and she couldn't even see any traces of crying.

Qi Changrong looked away and got up to leave.

At the time of parting, Qi Changrong said: "Since you are leaving, the sooner you want, the better." ”

"Three days later, Gu sent someone to escort you back to Beijing."

Zhao Yueqiu, who hung her head slightly, didn't make a sound, nor did she look back again.

She knows very well that once His Royal Highness the Crown Prince makes a decision, no one can change it.

Let's go back.

Anyway, she has checked Cheng'an's business almost completely, and the holes in both big and small holes have also been filled, and she has brought out a few spies who eat inside and out, which is enough to go back and explain to Qian Lao.

Qi Changrong just walked out of the restaurant, and Shi Xia, who had been waiting outside for a long time, hurriedly raised his feet to meet him, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the slave saw the envoy of the Liang Kingdom and the second young master of the Lu State Mansion......

"Lone knows." Qi Changrong replied lightly: "Lone saw them." ”

"......" Shi Xia paused, his face was strange: "Your Highness is not worried?" ”

"Worried about what?"

"I'm worried that the second prince will not collude with the envoys of the Liang Kingdom! If they collude, His Highness's situation will be in danger. ”

"You're thinking too much." Qi Changrong avoided the crowd and walked in the direction of the golden carriage parked in another alley, saying as he walked: "Don't worry, as long as Lu Guogong is here, no matter what careful thinking the second prince has, he can't do it." ”

Lu Guogong was a royalist.

Until the new emperor ascended the throne, he would only be loyal to Emperor Yan alone.

She doesn't have to be an enemy of such a person.

"But what if it happens......"

"If there is really a case, Lu Guogong can only pretend that he has never given birth to this son."

Qi Changrong's expression was indifferent.

She has never been a good person, she has always done whatever it takes to achieve her goals, if that Lu Yun really wants to stand in front of her, or becomes a knife in the hands of Liang Guo, she can't be blamed for being ruthless.

She has so much to guard.

Before she could protect those things, she needed to get rid of some of the things that might have existed.

For example, kindness.

As they spoke, the two walked to the carriage.

After hearing the footsteps, Yan Yiheng, who had been sitting bored inside for nearly half an hour, lifted the curtain and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you so slow?" Do you know that I've been sitting in the car for half an hour to avoid them! ”

"Something happened, and I was delayed for a while."

As he spoke, with the support of Shi Xia, Qi Changrong slowly walked into the carriage.