Bang--

There was a loud bang.

In the flash of lightning, a thunderbolt flashed through the sky, enveloping the courtyard of the Regent's Palace as if it were day.

Under such thunder, Gu Qingyue clearly saw a trace of incredulity flashing in Lu Huaijin's eyes.

He opened his eyes wide, looked at Gu Qingyue in astonishment, staggered slightly, and took a few steps back.

After a while, Lu Huaijin's lips moved lightly and spit out a faint sentence: "In the eyes of the emperor, is the minister such a person?" ”

Where can Gu Qingyue take care of carefully looking at Lu Huaijin's complexion.

She put all her thoughts and thoughts out of it.

"If I can't marry the Fu family and can't get the support of the Fu family, it is very likely that the first emperor will pass the throne to his sons and nephews."

"Those people are all border warriors, and if they return to the dynasty and become emperors, there will be no regent at all."

"When the time comes, how will the prince gain a foothold in this court? How do you have the status you have today? ”

Lu Huaijin's face was pale, his lips were blue, he bit his lower lip, and his body was still trembling slightly.

Gu Qingyue was not enough, so she continued to add.

"Therefore, in order to allow me to marry the Fu family, in order to allow the first emperor to pass on the throne to me, and in order to keep the glory and wealth of your regent, you did not hesitate to betray me and betray Fukang!"

"I became a puppet emperor trapped in the palace, and Fukang became a little white face that everyone spurned. Only the regent, you have got everything, status, power, everything is in your hands. ”

"Looking back, the regent began to dislike the filth of my harem and my inaction on the throne."

"Has the Lord Regent forgotten? If I do something, then you, the lord of the king, will also be a waste of paper. ”

"When the time comes, how will the prince keep your glory and wealth?"

Gu Qingyue said everything she wanted to say in one go.

Until the last word settled, her eyes suddenly swollen and the tip of her nose was sour.

A tear welled up in his eyes.

If it weren't for Gu Qingyue's clenched fists tightly, she let her fingertips sink into her palms.

I'm afraid that tears will come out of the trend.

She stubbornly raised her chin and looked directly at Lu Huaijin.

It's how to control yourself, and your body still trembles.

How did Gu Qingyue know that her appearance like this made Lu Huaijin's heart ache.

He stepped forward cautiously, reached out his hand, and tentatively held Gu Qingyue's shoulder.

The temperature of the palm spread little by little along Gu Qingyue's skin.

It's like the last blow.

Gu Qingyue couldn't bear it anymore.

Tears burst out of the embankment.

Gu Qingyue's body swayed from side to side, struggling as hard as she could, trying to get rid of Lu Huaijin's hand.

The more she was like this, the tighter Lu Huaijin held it.

In the end, he simply hugged Gu Qingyue into his arms.

Bang--

Another loud bang.

Lu Huaijin hugged Gu Qingyue's arms and said with heavy force, as if he wanted to embed Gu Qingyue into his body before he would stop.

Outside the house, the rain was falling wildly.

Inside the house, Gu Qingyue's tears flowed wantonly.

As the minutes passed, the person in his arms was still trembling, unable to calm down at all.

Lu Huaijin could only hug her tightly, burying her cheeks in her arms, and never let go no matter how she struggled.

I don't know how long it took, Gu Qingyue's tense body finally calmed down a little.

She no longer twitched, nor struggled, and let Lu Huaijin hold herself, not moving at all.

Lu Huaijin held Gu Qingyue's shoulder, and the two slowly separated.

He picked up Gu Qingyue's scattered broken hair: "Gu Qingyue." ”

Lu Huaijin called Gu Qingyue's name again.

This time, Gu Qingyue didn't refute, just quietly moved the tip of her nose and responded lightly: "Huh? ”

"I did count on you and Fukang. But I just want you to ascend the throne. ”

"How can the foundation that the first emperor worked so hard to lay down be so easily handed over to others?"

"After that day, Fukang entered the palace as a concubine, and you got the support of the Fu family and successfully ascended the throne as the emperor."

"It's true that I did all this with my own hands, but not in the slightest for my own benefit."

"I swore in front of the first emperor that no matter what happens, I will always protect you."

After finishing speaking, Lu Huaijin held Gu Qingyue's pale cheeks.

Looking at the tip of her twitching nose and the tightly knit eyebrows, Lu Huaijin was suffocated.

In fact, there is the second half of the sentence that he has not said.

--That night, it was not only Gu Qingyue and Fukang who lost their freedom and reputation.

That night, he also lost the most important person in his life.

Gu Qingyue's eyes flickered, and there was a trace of tears on her slender eyelashes.

She looked at Lu Huaijin fixedly, her lips twitched slightly, and she said in a low voice: "You all have your own promises, and you all have your own promises that you need to promise." ”

"But have you ever asked me, am I willing to stay in this palace, sacrifice everything, and be the emperor?"

Lu Huaijin's lips opened and closed, his throat moved slightly, and he wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it back.

Gu Qingyue pushed Lu Huaijin's hand away little by little.

She hung her head, took a deep breath, and slowly lifted her chin to look at the ceiling.

"I'm here today to tell you that the cleanup of the harem is almost complete."

"Most of those male concubines are willing to leave the harem, and some don't want to go back to the house, and I have promised to give them some silver and let them go out and settle down on their own."

"However, Fukang said that he was not willing to go."

Lu Huaijin raised his sword eyebrows slightly, his eyes were a little more surprised, and he looked at Gu Qingyue: "Don't want to go?" ”

He also thought that as soon as the clean-up operation of the harem began, Fukang would be the first to leave the harem.

After all, the border is his home.

All these years, he was trapped in the palace and was depressed.

Lu Huaijin also thought that Fukang was the person who most wanted to leave the entire harem.

Gu Qingyue lowered her eyes and bowed slightly.

Fukang's words still echoed in his ears.

--When I was a child, I was unable to attend the appointment because my father ordered me to return to the border when I returned home that day. If it weren't for that miss, the person who grew up with you would be me, not Lu Huaijin.

--The emperor will give me a chance to be by your side again, and no matter what happens this time, I will not leave you again.

Since he didn't want to go, Gu Qingyue didn't want to drive him away.

In this lonely deep palace, if there is someone who can be by her side all the time, even if it is just someone who talks.

"The emperor doesn't want him to go?"

Lu Huaijin saw the change in Gu Qingyue's eyes, and asked softly tentatively.

Gu Qingyue avoided Lu Huaijin's gaze: "Since you have worked so hard and made so many arrangements, just to be able to settle the Fu family through Fukang, why do you want to let Fukang go?" ”

Gu Qingyue looked firm and looked at Lu Huaijin: "Let him stay in the palace, wouldn't it be good for you, me, and for him?" ”