Bao Xi let out a long sigh, why didn't Ji Gongyan come back that night, she knew in her heart that they had known each other for seven years, although the time was not long, but life and death promised each other, and they had survived the days of almost no hope together, and the future was still very slim for the two of them, just like Bao Xi would raise a butcher's knife to kill people to protect herself, Ji Gongyan has always used the people around her to the best of her ability, and then ruthlessly discarded the chess pieces when they were useless.

Now that Bao Xi is no longer his pawn, but has become his weakness, he can't wait to hide and tuck her, and he doesn't want her to fall into the troubles of the political situation anymore, Ji Gongyan opened his eyes and looked at Bao Xi's eyebrows, "If we can talk like ordinary friends, talk, laugh, make you happy, and please you." ”

"What's going on?" Bao Xi lowered her head and looked at Ji Gongyu and asked.

"The Chu army may have to make a truce......," Ji Gongyan said.

"How is that possible?" Bao Xi asked, a little surprised, "Could it be that Mrs. Chu said something to Chu Hou?" Or is it because of the Qin State incident, which made Chu Hou feel afraid and couldn't let go of his fists and feet? ”

"Mrs. Chu came to ask me this question before, you were sick at the time, I still learned about it from her mouth, and I rushed to Dadong Palace without taking this matter to heart, and now the letter sent by Mrs. Chu to Chu Hou has not yet arrived, but there have been spies who have replied that Shenhou sent a lobbyist to the Chu army camp, and after the lobbyist left, the Chu army stopped moving forward!" Ji Gong said.

"The king should not be in charge of his concubines." Bao Xi also felt a little anxious when she heard this, Shen Hou is a noble soldier, if he can take down Shen Guo in one fell swoop, everything is easy to say, but now he can't take it, not only Ji Gongyan can't eradicate Yi Jiu for Bofu, but even his own status may be threatened, if Shen Guo has the intention of rebellion, the current situation in this world is really difficult to say.

"I didn't mean to reproach you!" Ji Gongyan said anxiously, "I'm not ...... either" He felt that his mouth suddenly became clumsy, and he didn't know how to explain it, "I'm a little angry now, do you remember that day when you first entered the palace, you told me that you wanted a place next to me, how did I answer you?" ”

"The king wants me to prove whether I am worthy or not." Bao Xi still remembers this, and the simple thought of that day later made her fall into deep distress, and she never imagined that she would one day get this status. Ji Gongyan nodded, and sighed tiredly, "You also want me to prove that I am not worthy of your sincere ......"

"The concubine is in vain, why should the king take it seriously?" Bao Xi said softly, I don't know why I suddenly brought up this topic.

"The widow thought that day...... Prove? How easy! I went on a campaign, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to finally win the war, but this was only the beginning, not the end. The widow knows how difficult it is to guard this country, and killing Qizhi with his own hands is even more deeply aware of the difficulty of this emperor, what I promised you, in fact, I haven't done it yet! Ji Gongyu said.

"The king has done it." Bao Xi felt a little sorry for such a Ji Gongyan, "The king doesn't know what the concubine wants you to prove, and now you have done it!" ”

"Some people say that when a man is strong enough, he can protect the woman he loves, in order to support a family, now I may not even be able to keep my son, what kind of strong man am I......" Ji Gongyu sighed, smiled self-deprecatingly, the expression on his face was endless pain, Bao Xi knew that what he said was not Nian'er is Yijiu, her tears couldn't help herself, fell from her eyes and smashed on Ji Gongyan's face, Ji Gongyan let go of the hand holding Bao Xi, wiped the tears on his face, and smiled shallowly, Raised his hand to wipe her tears, "What's wrong?" ”

Bao Xi shook her head, she felt sorry for him, but she couldn't say it, how much he wanted face, what a big man, how could she let him know that her woman was feeling sorry for him? He will regard this kind of love as a kind of sympathy for the weak, Bao Xi took a breath, and only then stabilized his sobbing body, "Whoever is in the position of the king will not do better than you." ”

"Really?" Ji Gongyan's eyes were very bright, and he looked at Bao Xi seriously and said.

"Really!" Bao Xi nodded, "No matter how big things happen, the concubine has always believed in the king, as long as you are here, the concubine's sky will never fall." ”

"Really?" Ji Gongyan asked again.

"Hmm!" Bao Xi nodded again.

"What you say is true, I will believe you," Ji Gongyan said to Bao Xi, "Now that the Marquis of Chu has decided to make a truce, the widow can't let him take advantage of him for no reason, the widow wants to find Empress Shen!" ”

"Go," said Bao Xi softly...... "it is time for the king to see her, too." ”

"In this life, I'm sorry for her," Ji Gongyan looked at Bao Xi pursed her lips, sat up from her lap, and sat cross-legged beside her facing her, "But in this life, I'm sorry for her, if everyone is not responsible, everyone will lose!" ”

"The concubine understands." Bao Xi said.

"The widow doesn't want to kill Yijiu!" Ji Gongyan said with some pain, he felt a pain in his chest.

"The concubine knows." Bao Xi replied, her voice soft, enveloping him, trying to make him feel a little comforted.

"Then I'll go find Empress Shen!" Ji Gongyan stood up and walked towards the door, walked a few steps and suddenly stopped, turned to look at Bao Xi, "Bao Xi?" ”

"The King?" Bao Xi asked.

"Can you hug me?" Ji Gongyu asked.

Bao Xi nodded, walked in the direction of Ji Gongyan, gently took him in his arms, he hugged him very tightly, like the separation of the end of the world, as if he stepped out of them would never see each other again, his cheeks were against her skin, the burning warmth soaked her heart and spleen, she watched him go farther and farther, his figure became smaller and smaller, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab him, but he just looked at his outstretched arm and smiled to himself, "Why are you so stupid?" Bao Xi said this and stood on the spot crying, like a panicked child, not even knowing what he was crying about.

"Mother?" Nian'er, who didn't know when she would come back, pulled the placket of Bao Xi's clothes, "Father bullied you again?" ”

Bao Xi turned to Nian'er, and hugged Nian'er into his arms, while saying "no", but on the other hand, he hugged him tighter and cried harder, Bao Xi's whimpering sound filled the entire Qiongtai Palace, which made Nian'er also feel a little panicked, he had never seen such a mother, he had to pretend to be an adult and patted Bao Xi's hair, "It's okay, it's okay, Nian'er will protect her mother, no one can bully her mother!" ”

Bao Xi took a deep breath, her crying became smaller and smaller, and she gradually recovered her calm from her excitement, and she gradually let go of her thoughts and wiped away her tears, "Zheng Shizi and Mrs. Shizi are gone?" ”

"Gone!" Nian'er nodded, "I was sent out of the palace, I was afraid that my father would be angry with you, everyone told me to come back and take a look, sure enough, ......" His tone was a little stupid, "He always makes you angry like this, I really don't understand, why does my mother ask him repeatedly?" We are out of the palace, begging in the countryside, not living under his protection, we can also live very well, what is my mother afraid of? ”

"I'm not afraid," Bao Xi said as she looked at Nian'er, "and I didn't feel like I was putting up with it." ”

"Mother......" Nian'er sat beside Bao Xi, "Brother Dutu gave me Uncle Zheng's address in northern Jinbei, if we leave the palace, we can still go to Uncle Zheng, if Xiuxiu wants to give her this posterior, if the prince position is the child in her belly, she will give it to the child in her belly, why should my mother bother with them and make herself sad?" The child takes his mother out of the palace, this posterior, the prince's position is just some extraneous affairs, don't do it, as long as the mother is happy, Nian'er will be happy! ”

"Why do you think that?" Bao Xi looked at Nian'er a little surprised, she didn't believe that a six-year-old child would say such a thing, Nian'er looked at Bao Xi with an expression of hatred, "Do you know why your father does a lot of things ruthlessly?" ”

"Because Daddy is hard-hearted!" Nian'er gritted her teeth and said.

"Do you think that leaving the palace and going to others is the ability? Do you think you can prove yourself by living well outside? Do you know what is the hardest thing in the world? Bao Xi asked Nian'er, but she didn't want Nian'er to answer, "It's to be a great king, an emperor who is obeyed by everyone in the world, this is too difficult, your grandfather spent his whole life can't get what he wants, your father poured half of his life, and his heart is still terrified, they say that the world is handed over to future generations, it is not a gift, it is a responsibility, and it is a sense of responsibility that believes that this great Zhou country can continue in your hands." Do you think that he is tough and harsh on you and me because he is a great king and can abuse anyone in the world? It's because he wants to use his strength to defend a piece of the sky for you and me, that is, one day the sky will fall, and he will support ......" Bao Xi said these words, tears overflowed again, she bit her lower lip and cried silently, and could no longer say a complete sentence, Nian'er knelt in front of Bao Xi, and said sentence by sentence, "Mother...... Am I wrong, Nian'er is wrong, Nian'er is not sensible, is it okay for Nian'er to stop arguing with his father? Don't cry......"

Bao Xi pursed her lips and shook her head, with a sad expression, and hugged Nian'er into her arms, "Your father did not hesitate to kill Yijiu in order to let you have no worries, but do you think he doesn't feel pain in his heart?" He was angry just now because he learned that the army of the Marquis of Chu had made peace with the Shen State, and the Marquis of Chu had promised your father to attack the Shen State and clamp down on the Shen State's support for Yijiu, so that Yijiu would never have the power to take the heir...... On that day, Qin Bo was stationed at the border of Shen State, pressing Shen Guo to pretend to be a tiger, in fact, he wanted to send troops to help, the king had such a big temper, not because of his intention at this time, but because this matter has become an obstacle for you! Today he learned that Chu Hou might stop fighting, although he looked angry, but in fact, he was also relieved, Yi Jiu is his biological son, your own brother...... He couldn't get his hands on it. ”

"The child doesn't know......" Nian'er also cried in Bao Xi's arms.

"In the past, you felt that the world was in your hands because your father kept you out of the house." Bao Xi pushed Nian'er away, looked into his eyes and said, "Mother is a failure, I didn't teach you well." ”