"Over the years, has the emperor had any news of King Qi?"

The carriage continued to move forward, and the monotonous sound of the wheels crashing against the ground added an oppressive atmosphere to the silent carriage, and people wanted to let out a fierce roar to clear away the gloom that filled their hearts.

When I said this, my voice was still very calm, almost blending in with this dull atmosphere, but only I knew that my clenched fists were full of cold sweat, and every breath was like a kind of torture, like a blunt knife cutting back and forth in my heart, it was a kind of torment that could not be appealed to.

Pei Yuanhao sat opposite me, his face was also cold and gloomy: "No." ”

My heart hurt again.

Since marrying Liu San'er, I have always regarded myself as a reborn person, everything that happened in the past is the past life, no matter how happy it is, then it is pain, it is already a matter of the previous life, but now I know, where is there any past life and this life? I'm still alive like this, and the people I have loved and hated are still in this world, continuing to love and hate, how can I get out of it?

And Pei Yuanfeng, he is not a remnant memory of my previous life.

As soon as I turned around, the past flashed in front of me one by one, and I seemed to see that young and handsome face again, and when I laughed, I was still childish, remembering the way he was eating pastries in front of me; I remembered how he spoke for me at the dinner party on a moonlit night; I think of me being canonized as a talented man, and he wept in the rain and went crazy in the water; remembered that in order to save me, he broke into the cold palace in a bad rage and confronted Pei Yuanhao......

But now, where is he?

When he was in Yangzhou, he was sent to Xichuan, and later Nangong Lizhu returned to Pei Yuanhao, and I was thrown into prison.

Unexpectedly, he really didn't come back......

"Your Majesty, haven't you gone to look for him?"

"I can't get it back."

After saying this, his face became more and more cold, even if there was still a warm incense burning in the carriage, it could not withstand the chill in his heart, he raised his head and looked at me with condensed eyes like ice: "Do you know, why did he run away?" ”

"......" I looked up at him.

"Because of you!"

My eyes widened suddenly, and I saw his cold eyes looking at me like needles: "He left because of you!" ”

I only felt a loud bang above my head, like a thunderbolt from the sky, which stunned my whole body, and I couldn't move there: "What did you say? ”

He sneered and said, "When he was in Xichuan, I asked Yuquan to pass the word, and he learned the news that you committed suicide in Tiger Leaping Gorge, and ordered someone to send me a broken arrow. ”

“……”

"He hasn't been back since!"

“……”

I only felt a sudden pain in my chest, sitting in the corner with my knees curled up, one hand desperately tugging at the clothes on my chest, but I couldn't extricate myself from that pain at all - Pei Yuanfeng only left after hearing about my "death"!

A broken arrow, which represents his decision with the court and the emperor?

"Qingying, I really underestimated you from the beginning."

Pei Yuanhao gritted his teeth and looked at me, and said, "You can actually let him, this brother who has followed me since he was a child, betray the court and betray me for you!" ”

"No ......"

I shook my head gently and muttered, "No...... He's not going to do that......"

This incident also seemed to be the emperor's heartache, and he sneered: "He won't? At the beginning, he broke into the cold palace for you, and he made it clear to me what he was doing, what else could he not do?! ”

“……”

"He's my most cherished brother, and he's the one I want to entrust to my trust, but you—" He looked at me with a solemn gaze, "You ruined him!" ”

I ruined him?

I ruined him!

These words sounded in my ears like thunder, constantly echoing in my mind, and I felt as if my soul had been shaken out of my body, and for a while I couldn't hear or see anything.

I remembered that when I asked him why he didn't follow Empress Yin and Pei Yuanxiu to leave, but stayed to help the emperor, he told me that he actually had his own ideals, hoping to abolish the untouchables in the south, hoping that the Han and the Guanwai would be integrated, and that the north and south of the Celestial Empire would be integrated and lead to a truly prosperous era. He stayed by Pei Yuanhao's side in order to realize his ideals.

However, because of my "death", did he leave like this, giving up his dream?

Thinking back to those clear eyes, the firm conviction when he spoke his dream, I clenched my fists-

No, I don't believe it!

"What did you say?"

Pei Yuanhao frowned at me, and I slowly raised my head to look at him: "I don't believe that King Qi would do this." ”

"You don't believe me?" He sneered: "What do you want to say?" ”

"When King Qi was so difficult, he stayed, and even-" Even Empress Yin and Pei Yuanxiu ran away, he didn't follow them, how could a person with such a heart give up his heart lightly? "Even if this incident was really arranged by King Qi, I believe it was not his intention!"

He didn't speak, just looked at me, his eyes slowly deepening.

I also looked at him: "The emperor doesn't believe him? ”

“……”

"Still don't believe me?"

“……”

He was still silent, the atmosphere in the golden car was almost oppressive, and after a while, he slowly got up and leaned in front of me, until he almost clinged to my body, and looked down into my eyes: "How do you want me to believe you?" ”

“……”

"He is so disobedient to me for you, how do you want me to believe in you, how can I believe in him?"

“……”

I looked at those deep, dark eyes, and my heart trembled slightly. When it was so difficult at the beginning, Pei Yuanfeng stayed by his side, and even if he disobeyed him like the cold palace, he still took Pei Yuanfeng to Jiangnan and entrusted him with important tasks, why can't he be trusted now?

Or, is it really because of me that the brothers' trust has been eroded?

Really, is it my fault?

Thinking of this, I raised my head firmly: "Your Majesty, no matter what, he is your brother after all, isn't he?" ”

“……”

"At the beginning, outside the Red Leaf Temple in Xishan, even Muhua and the emperor could put it; Mo Tieyi and they assassinated Lord Liu Yi, and the emperor can also pardon him, so can't the emperor open the net and give each other a chance? ”

"Give each other a chance?"

When he heard this, a light flashed in his eyes, he raised his head and looked at me with a smile: "How can I give him a chance?" ”

I was a little furious when I was looked at by his gaze, but I still reluctantly straightened my mind and said: "I've been thinking just now, if it was really King Qi who took over the Martial Arts Hall, if he really had the intention to assassinate the emperor, in fact, he really didn't have to wait so long, maybe there were some problems with them themselves, but more importantly, it was-"

"What is it?"

"It's the emperor's attitude towards the south."

Pei Yuanhao still looked at me calmly and didn't say a word, but I knew that he must have understood what I meant.

A few years ago, Shen Gongyi took the opportunity to ask him to increase the taxes in Jiangnan, at that time, because Shen Rou had just given birth and the Shen family was favored, so Pei Yuanhao agreed to him, and as soon as the spring began, this order had been issued; In this way, his previous efforts in the Jiangnan region are almost in vain, and the integration of the north and the south is almost in vain.

I think that if the assassin was really sent by Pei Yuanfeng, he must have touched his line because of this incident.

"Actually, I think it's not just King Qi," I pondered, and while looking at his face, I said cautiously: "The matter of Jiangnan taxes should have been considered in the long run, but the emperor should look at it?" ”

“……”

"Mrs. Shen's request to increase taxes in Jiangnan should not have been hastily decided."

“……”

"Besides, now, the people of the six departments are ...... Your Majesty, now that the order has just been issued, there should be a chance-"

He didn't speak, just kept looking at me silently, and after a while, the corners of his mouth hooked up a playful arc: "What are you hinting at to me?" ”

“……！” Looking into his eyes, I was shocked.

I have always been very careful when I talk to him, not too much, and not subservient, but I almost forgot that this matter is different, it has already involved important ministers in the court, it is a major national event that affects all officials and people, and there are also inextricable links in between, involving the noble concubine of the harem......

He said what was I hinting at......

I hurriedly turned my face away from his gaze: "I didn't. ”

He exhaled a cold smile from his nose, suddenly reached out and grabbed my chin, turned my face to face him, and said, "What you said makes sense." ”

I was overjoyed, but I didn't expect him to really listen: "That-"

"So, you should help me too."

"Help?" I wondered again, how can I help?

But before I could react, there was a sudden whirlwind in front of me, he reached out and pulled my body down, I was suddenly pressed to the ground by him, although the thick seat under my body did not hurt, but I was stunned for a while, and my hands had been pressed to the sides of his body and buckled.

I hurriedly struggled subconsciously, but I ran into a wound on my hand, and suddenly let out a burst of pain: "Ahhh

He covered me, heard my voice, the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, and said softly, "Does it hurt?" ”

"What are you going to do?"

“……”

"No, don't-ah!"

The weak and injured hand could not stop any of his movements at all, I watched him cover my body, my hand gently forced, and I opened my clothes, the thin underwear was rubbed messy, pieces of snow-white skin were naked/exposed, he smiled, lowered his head, the hot lips printed on my lips, but did not go deep, just after a moment of sucking/sucking/licking/licking, slowly moving downstream, the tip of the wet tongue along the chin, neck, slightly trembling collarbone, all the way to the chest, the most soft/tender place.

I gritted my teeth desperately, but I couldn't hold back a moan: "No, ahh ”

Outside the golden car, there seemed to be a commotion.