After listening to Zhao Nan's narration, Liu Ning and Tang Changyu were completely stunned. Zhao Nan smiled very sadly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, and the clouds were light. "I, Zhao Nan, will inevitably die this time, for the sake of our friendship for so many years, I beg you for one last thing."

"Zhao Nan, does it have to be like this, is it really worth it?" Liuning still can't bear it.

Zhao Nan shook his head and said: "The emperor tolerated me to this point, it is already the emperor's grace, as for whether it is worth it, I can only say that I don't regret it." I got the final answer, and I was relieved that I wouldn't have to linger without her. My last request is that you will not come to see me executed, and that I will always be that living and dashing friend in your hearts, not a miserable corpse. Also, I, the unworthy descendant of the Zhao family, are not qualified to be buried in the ancestral grave, so please set up a small grave at the foot of the concubine's tomb, although I am dead, I can always look at her from afar, I am very satisfied. ”

"Okay." Tang Changyu agreed resolutely but full of sorrow, he grew up with Zhao Nan since childhood, and lived and died together on the battlefield, he was already like brothers and sisters, but now he wants to say goodbye to life and death, he can't help but be sad.

Zhao Nan clenched his fists with both hands, as if he was as free and wanton as before, and said to Liuning and Tang Changyu: "If you say goodbye today, you will say goodbye forever in this life." Your friendship, I, Zhao Nan, will always remember it in my heart. There are so many of us, only the happiness of the two of you is still complete, so you must be good in the future, be happy for us, enjoy life for us, I will bless you in heaven, take care. ”

Liu Ning and Tang Changyu returned the salute in the same posture, and Qi Qi said to Zhao Nan to take care. Zhao Nan turned his back to them and didn't look back, looking up at the small window in the cell, life came to a dead silence.

Liu Ning and Tang Changyu walked out of the cell, and Liu Ning looked back at the gray and dilapidated wall, only to feel that the wind was a little cold. Tang Changyu held Liuning tightly in his arms and gave her the only warmth.

And in another part of the palace, such a tragic parting was also staged.

After Liuning and Tang Changyu left, only Li Shimin and Wanyan were left in the huge palace. This was the place where they met for the first time, when it was full of people, and Wanyan was such a bright scenery, she danced in the crowd, her eyes flowed, and she immediately hooked Li Shimin's soul. Even though he knew that she was just a tribute from Fanbang, even though he knew that she should only be a pawn, he still gave her his favor without reservation.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin just wanted to laugh at his naivety and ridiculousness, he had never been decisive in killing, and he couldn't get out of his children's relationship. Now only he and Wanyan looked at each other, he didn't have to hide himself, and finally showed his haggard side, his eyes were red, his chin was a little bruised, he looked so fragile and vulnerable.

Such a look made Wanyan feel familiar, haggard, and only Wanyan saw it. In the past, when he encountered any troubles in the state or harem, he was always willing to hide in Wanyan, even if he could see the woman's play, he always pretended to turn a blind eye and enjoy the pleasure of the moment, which was the only place in the entire cold palace that made him feel safe. This kind of him makes Wanyan feel that he is not as strong as he appears, and he also has the pain and loneliness of ordinary people. If he was just an ordinary person, Wanyan didn't dare to think about it anymore, but this time, Wanyan could see that Li Shimin's face was different from the haggard before, and now Li Shimin made Wanyan feel old and powerless.

Wanyan couldn't tell what she was feeling, since she entered the palace, her heart was numb, emotionless, and towards hatred. To this day, the two men who loved her deeply brought unprecedented pain, like being blunt with a knife, stabbed one by one, and Ling Chi was executed.

"Wanyan, I only ask you one question, do you love me or him?" Li Shimin's voice was hoarse, tired, and lifeless despair. Li Shimin would not have thought that he and Zhao Nan asked the same question, and their obsession was hers after all.

Wanyan also asked herself, asked herself this question, asked it countless times, but still couldn't find the answer. She was really so numb, she had been worshipping hatred for too long, and she never thought of feeling the love and warmth from her side. Wanyan closed her eyes, and two lines of tears fell silently.

She was guilty, and the man didn't get an answer in the end, his love for her was wrong after all, and one person had already paid for his life, so she had to answer the other person, this debt, let her pay it in the next life.

Wanyan kowtowed to Li Shimin, her voice was still so sweet, but every word was like ice, making Li Shimin fall into an ice cellar. "Your Majesty, I have never loved anyone in this life, and my feelings for everyone are used. Because from the moment I entered the palace, I was not free, I was dominated by hatred. I've been taking revenge all my life. ”

"For my own sake, take revenge on Liuning and them, and for my family, take revenge on you. My heart is full of hatred, and I can't hold any love at all. Your love for me is a debt I owe in this life, I am willing to pay off the debt with my life in this life, and in the next life, I will be a cow and a horse to pay off the debt. Swapping identities for us, I was bruised all over my body. Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. ”

After Wanyan finished speaking, Li Shimin seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and this deep love was all in vain. Li Shimin only said: "What I can do for you in the end is to give you back a free soul, our child, I will treat him well." After speaking, she was helped to leave, and Wanyan was sent back to the cold palace.

Later, Wanyan received a decree that she had been stripped of her title as a concubine and was confined in the cold palace for the rest of her life, and she was not allowed to take half a step.

And Wanyan's last request was to ask the emperor to give her the green lantern of the Buddhist scriptures, and the name of the concubine was abolished, she was no longer the emperor's woman, just an ordinary person, even if she was destined to be unable to get out of the world of the four directions, her soul was at least free, and she could pursue her inner peace.

In the past, she didn't understand why so many women in the harem liked to hold Buddhist scriptures in their hands, thinking that they were lonely, but now she understands that finding some faith will not be lost, and being accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green lantern is the only way for her to get comfort in the red dust.

Wan** quietly looked at the sky outside the cold palace, but her eyes lost focus in a daze, as if she could see through the rest of her life at a glance.

Wanyan closed her eyes and folded her hands in front of her chest. Since then, her love and hatred in the world have never seen each other again.