The next day, the Empress Dowager announced that Oude had returned to the palace, and I naturally lived back in Defeng Palace. Asked if the maid inside had seen Twilight, they looked at each other and whispered that Twilight was no longer a maid now, but a promise.

Promise? It seems that it is a promotion, I sighed with mixed feelings, and I must understand the previous things when I have the opportunity to meet her.

After the queen mother announced the news, there should be no way for the emperor to say that I am fake, after all, how can there be a biological mother who doesn't even know her own child. So for several days, there was no movement on the emperor's side, as if he had never returned, but my intuition told me that the emperor must be thinking about something, or planning something.

But I don't have much time to spend with him, because Hu Jingfeng is still in prison.

"Princess Oude, why did you come to such a place?" The guards in the prison were surprised to see me coming, but they still had a smile on their faces.

"Princess Ben came to take a look at General Hu and say a few words to him by the way." I said flatly.

"This ......," the guard hesitated.

"What happened to Princess Ben, can I still let him go?" Take out the princess's deterrent power, I don't believe I can't suppress him.

"That's, that's not it, it's just that the emperor said—" He muttered, but I interrupted him before he could finish speaking. "The emperor is my own brother, and he also spoils me the most, are you ...... Ignorance? The last two words were elongated and looked at him dangerously.

He hurriedly said, "Know, know, know......" and then opened the door of the prison, "Princess, please come in." ”

"Humph!" I snorted coldly and walked inside.

Passing through the narrow and dark path, and further inside, there is a staircase that descends into an underground cell. In one of the cells, I saw the young man in prison clothes.

"Hu Jingfeng?" I shouted tentatively.

The man stood up tremblingly and saw that it was me, his face full of surprise, "Why are you here?" "That's when I noticed that he was covered in scars, whip wounds, and scars from a soldering iron.

Hurriedly passed, looked distressed and asked, "What's the matter with these injuries?" "Isn't it a crime condemned by the emperor, why do you still need to be tortured?

He smiled indifferently, "It's okay with this little injury, they want to force me to tell me your whereabouts, so I'm not that stupid." After speaking, he seemed to realize that something was wrong, and his brows furrowed, "Why did you send it to the door yourself?" ”

I pouted, "I'm here to save you." ”

"I'm fine, I don't need to be saved, don't do stupid things." He said as if he knew what I was going to do.

"If you don't save you, aren't you going to die?" I suddenly remembered what he had said before, and asked curiously: "Didn't you say before that the war situation on the frontier is urgent, and the emperor will not kill you for the time being?" ”

He suddenly sighed, "Originally, the emperor only blamed me for not bringing you back to the palace, and he didn't arrest me in prison, but I was there with the emperor at that time, and at that time I remembered that you told me that he killed your mother, so I took out my sword......"

I exclaimed, "Are you going to kill the emperor?" He nodded and sighed, "It's a pity it didn't work out......"

"Fool, why would you do that?" If I had known that this would be the case, I wouldn't have told him about it, how could the emperor be so easy to kill, and he told me to let go of hatred and cherish the moment. I've let it go, and he's forgotten what he's said.

The black eyes looked at me deeply, and said word by word: "Whoever hurts you, no matter who it is, I will not let it go." When he said this, the solemnity in his eyes made me breathless for a moment.

For a long time, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere around them became strange. I looked at him stunned, this boy who had been married to me, this man who had gone away for revenge, was now ...... Dare to ask yourself if you can withstand this deep affection? Can it protect him?

"Princess Oude, it's not too early!" Suddenly, the voice of the guard came from above, breaking the silence of the moment.

I came back to my senses and said to him, "You wait for me, and I will definitely save you." After saying that, he turned around and left, afraid that if he stayed longer, the more he would not want to leave.

"You'er, don't do stupid things, you must ensure your safety before doing anything." A voice came from behind him. I didn't speak, I didn't look back, and I didn't breathe a sigh of relief until I was out of prison.

"Princess, your face?" The guard next to him said.

"What's wrong with my face?" I touched my face curiously, but there was nothing.

The guard took a step back and whispered, "It's okay, it's just a little red......"

No wonder I felt that my face had been burning just now, but when I heard him say this, my face seemed to be hotter, and I left in a hurry, "I'm not feeling well, I went back earlier." ”

"Congratulations to Princess Oude ......"

But in fact, I didn't go back to Defeng Palace immediately, but went straight to the emperor's study. When I saw Wuyu at the door of the study, I knew that I had come to the wrong place.

Just as I was about to go in, Wuyu stopped me, and I looked at him coldly, why does this person always like to block my way. "There is no commander, I have something to find the emperor."

He hesitated, bowed his head and said, "Please let me report it." ”

For the sake of his regressive face, I don't want to be unhappy with him anymore, "Then there will be no leader." "I watched him go in, and after a while he came out and made a gesture of please to me, and I walked in. When I didn't see him, I asked him.

"Yue'er is finally back, but I miss you so much." The emperor's eyes were smiling, and his face had not changed much compared to before, but his eye sockets were a little sunken and dark, which should be because he hadn't slept well these days.

I don't know if Wuyu told him that I already knew that I wasn't really a princess, but now he pretended not to know, why did I tear my face, and it would be very good for me.

Although he doesn't want to kneel down to this person who has the hatred of killing his mother, there is no way, he is the one who is in charge of life and death. "Yue'er greets the emperor." I immediately knelt down.

The emperor didn't stop me, but said, "Get up quickly, now we are all a family, and we don't need to make this big gift." Then I didn't get up and didn't believe the second half of his words.

"Yue'er hopes to make a deal with the emperor." I raised my head and met the deep eyes of the Emperor.

He narrowed his eyes and said with interest: "What deal does Yue'er want to do?" ”

"Help the emperor make a deal to dominate the world." I looked straight at him, and my eyes didn't dodge.

"Hahaha." He seemed to have heard a big joke, and laughed, showing a look of disdain, "Just by you, how can you help me unify the world?" And......" his gaze suddenly became sharp and dangerous, "can't I have a weak woman in my world?" ”

I sneered to myself, didn't the war provoked last time borrow this weak woman, but now he is a noble man who forgets things. "Your Majesty, in ancient times, there was Wang Zhaojun who succeeded in things, and there were also Da Ji who failed, how can the emperor say that the affairs of this world have nothing to do with women?" He didn't say anything more, just looked at me, and I looked at him without flinching.

"Do you want to succeed or fail?" The person in front of him finally opened his mouth.

"Naturally...... Defeat. Seeing his puzzled expression, I continued: "Defeat the Eastern Wu Dynasty and become our country." ”

He seemed to have understood, and then asked, "Hahaha, let's hear what kind of defeat is it?" ”

"I know that my appearance has not yet reached the point of bringing disaster to the country and the people, but sheep can." I deliberately sold a pass, and when I saw him motioning for me to continue, I said: "During the Eastern Wu Dynasty, I heard a message from them that they planned to attack our country with all their strength at the end of the spring, because at that time, the grain and grass were fertile, and they had time and grain and grass to consume with us to the end. Your Majesty, you should know that their nomads are the best at fighting this kind of long-term tactic, but our country can't afford it. After speaking, he glanced at the emperor, his face really became solemn, it seems that my country's treasury is not very rich.

"But we can show them weakness under the pretense of giving them two pieces of territory, and then give them a large number of cattle and sheep, and the cattle and sheep will graze, and the grass will be scarce, and if there is less grass they will not have enough food and grass to feed the horses, and then they will have no advantage in fighting at once, and it will not be easy for us to attack them again." After saying it in one breath, my mouth was dry, and I swallowed my saliva.

The emperor suddenly walked over with a smile, stretched out his hand to help me up, and said with emotion: "How good Yue'er would be if she were a man, maybe my country would have been able to dominate the world a long time ago." ”

I bowed my head and secretly congratulated myself on being a daughter, because a man with a different heart like me probably wouldn't let me live until the next day. Suddenly remembered something, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the matter of General Hu ......"

He looked at me complicatedly, pondered for a while, and said, "Since Yue'er protects him like this, and General Hu will win the battle for me in the future, otherwise I won't kill him again." ”

Although I was surprised that he found the little Jiujiu in my heart, then I could only admit it generously, "Thank you for the emperor's magnanimity, the emperor is wise, long live the emperor......"

"Okay, okay, don't be a sycophant, but ......" the emperor suddenly changed his words, "until General Hu captures the Eastern Wu Dynasty, you will stay in the palace." I was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood his intentions, he wanted to take me as a hostage, but also to contain Hu Jingfeng, and I only had one choice.

"Yes......"

It's just that does he overestimate my status in Hu Jingfeng's heart? After all, people's hearts change...... What he sees now does not represent permanence in the future. I sighed in my heart, I have experienced too many betrayals, who else can I trust?