"What, with me, there is nothing more to say?"

Hearing his words, I stood up and bowed down to him and said, "The women of the people meet the emperor, long live my emperor." ”

After speaking, he kowtowed.

Pei Yuanhao sat there, squinting slightly, looking at me kowtowing and then standing up, after a while, the corners of his mouth were raised: "I understand what you mean." With the emperor, you have this sentence to say; With me, you have nothing to say, do you? ”

I kept my head down and didn't speak.

He looked at me, and after a long while, said, "You hate me? ”

"Don't dare."

"Don't dare?" He slowly stood up and walked in front of me, although I didn't dare to look up, but I could also feel his gaze looking at me intently, that concentration was slightly frightening, and his breathing, heavy and long, blew on my face, as if a hand brushed it: "Do you really dare?" Or not? ”

“……！”

Although I was shocked, I was not too surprised, he was still the same as in the past, he could see through the deepest places of people's hearts, and in front of him, my qiē seemed to be invisible.

At this time, I simply let go and slowly raised my head to look at him: "No." ”

When he heard these two words, he seemed to be a little surprised.

After a moment of shock, he calmed down, his dark eyes seemed to flicker a little uncertain because of the flickering candle flame, and after looking at me for a long time, he slowly stretched out his hand, and the palm exuded a scorching temperature, caressing my face.

As soon as my cold cheeks felt his body temperature, I suddenly felt as if I had been pricked by a needle, and hurriedly took a step back to avoid his touch.

His hand froze there.

"Your Majesty, please forgive your sins."

The hand stopped in the air, I don't know if it was too cold, or because of other reasons, his fingers trembled slightly, even the joints were white, and after a while, he said slowly: "You still hate me?" ”

“……”

"Hate me for throwing you in jail in the first place? Or hate me for not caring if you live or die, or—" He glanced at me, a hint of strangeness flashing in his eyes, "You're still jealous of her?" ”

She's Nangong Lizhu, of course.

It turned out that he thought I was jealous of Nangong Lizhu.

Thinking of this, I don't know how it's a little funny, but of course I don't really laugh on my face, I lowered my head and said softly: "The people were born in the world, no one bears me, and I have never failed people, so why be jealous and hateful?" ”

After saying this, the room fell silent all of a sudden, and there was no even the sound of the wind, and his breathing was so clear, so heavy that it sounded in his ears, and he fell together, as if he was suppressing something.

In fact, the fingers I hid in my sleeve trembled more than his.

It's a lie to say that I'm not afraid, I've been scared since he appeared, so scared that it's so difficult to breathe, so scared that every heartbeat hurts, although he didn't get angry as I expected, as soon as he saw me, he threw me into prison and tortured me, or took crazy revenge on Liu San'er, but the more I was like this, the more afraid I became.

His moodiness is never predictable, and I don't even know what undercurrent is hidden behind his calm, so I say every word carefully, because I don't know which word, which word, will irritate him.

And now, I can't afford to lose.

At this moment, he suddenly laughed.

It was like a ray of sunlight suddenly cast on the ice, the chill suddenly subsided, his cold face became a little warmer, and he sat back again, pointed to the chair opposite me and said, "Sit." ”

I sat down obediently.

"What a 'no one has failed me, and I have never failed anyone'." As he spoke, he looked up at me, "I just didn't expect you to really marry a fisherman." At first, I thought what you said was just a joke. ”

My face changed slightly, what I said to Yu'er that night was just a joke, but I didn't expect it to be a sentence.

"Is he good to you?"

“…… Good. ”

"How nice?"

"It's ......," I thought about and said, "It's good." ”

"So, you like him a lot."

"......" I glanced at him and didn't speak.

He raised the wine glass and put it under his nose and smelled it, perhaps because of the aroma of the wine, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing an arc that seemed to be a smile, and said, "Not only you, but even I like him a lot." It's rare for him to be such a person, so motivated, and not a voice worm that everyone is like, and he still has a bit of brains. It's a pity that he didn't read much, otherwise, he still had some achievements. ”

I was very careful with what he said before, but this sentence was really unexpected, I looked up at him in amazement, only to see him smiling faintly, and there was no cold attitude and playful expression. Speaking of which, I also heard Liu San'er say that the two of them can be discussed, and he has never praised a person like this.

Thinking of this, my heart relaxed slightly: "Thank you for your praise." ”

"Is it because of him?"

This sentence came suddenly, the expression on my face froze suddenly, and I raised my head in amazement, Pei Yuanhao had already finished drinking a glass of wine, pinched the wine glass in his hand, looked at me, and said slowly: "It's because of him, you don't even hate anymore?" ”

All of a sudden, my heart was tense again.

I don't know why he asked that, but when it comes to Liu San'er, every sentence has to be answered very carefully, and I hurriedly said, "No." ”

"Oh? Not because of him? Why is that? ”

“……”

"Since when did you stop hating even hating?"

Since when......

When......

I don't know why, when I heard this, I was also in a trance, the past was like a tide, I looked at myself standing at the bow of the boat, just like now, looking at him, the world was like a cloud, a qiē seemed like yesterday, but the mood was already different.

I said softly, "From the time when the woman jumped off the boat." ”

He was startled, as if he had been shocked by something, and looked at me with wide eyes.

"At that time, the women had already figured it out."

"What did you figure out?"

Recalling that time, I stood at the bow of the boat and showed the most tranquil smile to him, and I said softly: "Everyone has their own shackles, maybe they ask for nothing, maybe they can't get love." No matter how much power a person has, how noble his status, or how careful his mind is, in front of his feelings, he is just a pitiful person. ”

At that time, when I watched him let Nangong Lizhu go, I understood.

He was even reluctant to hurt her a little, there was no prisoner, no imprisonment, no means to make her soften, and he didn't even force her to stay, just because that person was Nangong Lizhu, so he let her go and let her go back to the person she loved.

He's just a poor man.

It's the same with me, with Nangong Lizhu, and even with Pei Yuanchen, no one can retreat in front of their feelings, no matter if they are scarred, they cry bitterly, all they want is to be able to stay by their beloved's side.

From that moment on, I stopped hating.

I no longer hate the slap he gave me for Nangong Lizhu, I no longer hate him for throwing me into prison, and I don't even hate the torture that made my life worse than death, because I saw it clearly, and I understood it.

At this time, I looked up at Pei Yuanhao, but found that there was an almost irrepressible anger on his face, his eyes were bloodshot and red, and he was staring at the wine glass in his hand, as if he wanted to see a hole in the wine glass.

Perhaps, he thought of Nangong Lizhu again.

That woman, after all, is a gap in his heart that cannot be filled, an eternal wound.

At this time, I didn't dare to speak again, so I could only sit quietly, but he slowly moved his gaze to my face, for some reason, maybe because his eyes were red, staring at people felt like a dormant beast, about to devour people, and even the voice of his voice was with a strange hoarseness, as if he was suppressing something fiercely.

"So, you're going to talk to him?"

“……”

"Really?"

“……”

I gritted my teeth, but finally stood up and knelt down at him: "Ask the emperor to fulfill it!" ”

I know very well that if he wants to do anything to me and Liu San'er, it's just a sentence, he doesn't have to pay any price at all, he can make me, make any life he wants to punish worse than death, I don't have the slightest bargaining chip to negotiate with him, I just hope that he can give me a little mercy, a little compassion, a way to live.

He looked at me in silence, without the slightest expression on his face, and could not see what he was thinking, and even the little light that had just appeared in those eyes had been swallowed up by darkness at this time.

He suddenly laughed: "Are you afraid, I will lock you up." ”

My face turned pale.

"No wonder you're afraid, you're careful what you do now, are you afraid that I will hurt you, or are you afraid that I will deal with him?"

Hearing this, I felt that something was wrong, and my heart jumped suddenly, but the next moment, he said, "Okay, you can go." ”

What?

I was stunned again, and looked up at him, but when he saw that he didn't even look at me anymore, as if he was tired of something, he lowered his head and poured himself a drink, and poured a glass, and drank a drink, and did not stop for a moment.

I gritted my teeth and kowtowed to him: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

With that, he stood up and walked outside.

But as soon as he turned around, he heard his voice behind him.

"Wait!"

I was shocked, and my breath was choked - what was he going to do? Is it still-

When I turned around, I saw that the other wine glass on the table was already full of wine, he looked at me, and said slowly: "Come back and drink this last glass with me, drink it, I ...... I'm going to set you free! ”

My heart felt like it was suddenly being picked up again, and it was beating hard.

The last drink? Is it really the last cup?

After drinking this cup, does he really let go?

However, the uneasiness in my heart was like ink dripping on rice paper, expanding little by little--I have not forgotten that when he promised to let me out of the palace, he was also so calm, saying that he would let me go, but in the end-

Perhaps, this is poisoned wine?

But what if not? What if he really, just wants to let me go?

Once my heart beats, the thoughts in my head flip once, the back and forth of fear, the cycle of hope, almost drove people crazy, I bit my lower lip and walked over, picked up the cup, and looked at him again.

He still sat there, his long eyelashes covering his dark eyes, and below him the frozen lake, and there was no ripple to be seen.

One last cup, that's it!

I craned my neck and drank the glass of wine.

The spicy taste spread from the tip of my tongue to my throat, and it was so hot that I felt like it was about to burn, and I was choked until I coughed, but he suddenly burst out laughing: "You think I'm going to poison you?" …… You think I'm going to poison you? No—I can't bear it, but I can't give it up—"

There is no poison in the wine.

My heart fell back into the distance, but seeing him laughing, I felt faintly uneasy, and I bowed to him: "Farewell." With that, he hurried out to the outside.

However, just as I had reached the door, and was about to step out, there came from behind me a word from behind him that he gritted his teeth and almost popped out between his teeth.

"Yue Qingying, you still haven't learned to be obedient."