Chapter 43: Yourself
Shen Qinghe frowned, and watched Xiao Qi flick his sleeves and walk off the dragon chair, his eyes were full of wind and rain, his face seemed to be smeared with a layer of frost, his eyes were like knives, and he shot at Shen Qinghe fiercely, Shen Qinghe was a little afraid, but in the end he stood firm and barely met Xiao Qi's gaze.
Xiao Qi looked at her pretending to be calm, the surging anger in his heart gradually subsided, Xiao Qi stood still in front of Shen Qinghe, his eyes could not be ignored by Shen Qinghe, he unexpectedly stretched out his slender fingers, pinched Shen Qinghe's chin, and the bone joints forced, forcing Shen Qinghe to raise his jaw slightly, intertwining with his breathing.
Shen Qinghe's eyes reflected Xiao Qi's own face, he was suddenly in a good mood again, relaxed his hand slightly, stared at Shen Qinghe's clear pupils word by word, and said very solemnly: "When I was young, I asked you if you wanted to become my concubine, and I was sincere at that time!" Since I asked, I must have thought it through at the beginning, and I can also tell you how many women with good family backgrounds were at my disposal at that time, but when the Queen Mother asked me if there were any women I wanted to be a concubine, I only thought of you. β
"Shen Qinghe, you are calm enough and self-reliant enough." Xiao Qi sighed, self-deprecatingly released the hand that was clamping her jaw in Shen Qinghe's shocked gaze, and when she turned around indifferently, she said slowly: "I rejected me in one sentence, and I didn't leave a trace of affection." But I was a prince at that time, and I had my pride, so I avoided you and didn't want to see you, because I knew that no one could change your mind when you said what you decided. So, I told myself, don't put my mind on you, and I don't want to force you. β
"But Shen Qinghe, you shouldn't speculate on my original affection for you!" After Xiao Qi walked back to the dragon case, he picked up the cooled tea on the case and poured a big sip, he said coldly: "I avoided you at that time, but you also avoided me, I can't ask for you, so what are you to me?" Is it heartless and ruthless? You said it soundingly, but I didn't even think about whether what I said to you in the first place was from the bottom of my heart! You only believe what you believe, and you don't even give me a chance. β
Xiao Qi sat back on the dragon chair, his fingertips touched the cold jade pendant and the sharp "ε§" character under the jade pendant, he brushed away the jade pendant, and the "ε§" character under the bottom had been dried up, like a brand, which could no longer be removed.
Xiao Qi indifferently glanced at Shen Qinghe's face that was pale because of his words, he undeniably sighed, Shen Qinghe knew him enough. πΌ.πππ ³π©π.π²πΎπ
When I was young, what I said, and who I asked, was true! Now I can't ask for it, and it's true that I have worked hard!
Xiao Qi once told himself that the ignorant affection of his youth would become shallow with the passage of time until it disappeared, but he was wrong, ridiculously wrong, Xiao Qi's feelings for Shen Qinghe were suppressed, but he didn't expect that such affection would become more profound in contact with Shen Qinghe again and again.
Whether it was the pampering of Concubine Xian after pregnancy, the breaking of the rules to let Concubine Xian's sister enter the palace to visit, the special reward for Bu Shao, or the slight interest in Shen Qinghe in front of the Queen Mother, Xiao Qi played some inconspicuous little tricks, in order to let the Queen Mother send Shen Qinghe to him, Xiao Qi admitted that this method was disgraceful, but Xiao Qi couldn't control himself from doing it.
As an emperor, he knew that putting his emotions into Shen Qinghe meant that he had a weakness, but Xiao Qi wanted to give it a try, he thought, after many years, maybe this could no longer be a reason to hinder him, and he also thought that he was no longer a young emperor who could be manipulated.
But Xiao Qi knew that what he was thinking in his heart was probably something that Shen Qinghe couldn't agree with, so he had to add a fire.
He stared at the thin figure of Xiangzhu in front of Bo Gujia, and said with selfishness and pity: "You chose to stay in Ci'an Hall at the beginning, and you achieved the position of a palace commander, so it is not as simple as being able to leave the palace when you are old." You also know that Aunt Wang used to serve the Queen Mother for a long time, and she didn't leave the palace until she was old, because the Queen Mother needed her and forcibly left her. I am telling you this to tell you that only the Queen Mother can make decisions about your stay or not, and others have no right to interfere. β
Xiao Qi is not wrong in saying this, the palace maid has a palace registration in the palace, and it is recorded in the file, if a certain level is achieved, the master who serves is unwilling to let go, even if he is old, he must not leave the palace, otherwise he will leave the palace without authorization and will be flogged.
Shen Qinghe recalled the threat that the Queen Mother had against her, and laughed miserably, and at the same time, she was even more convinced that if she didn't agree to this, she would never want to leave the palace for the rest of her life, she was sad in her heart, and couldn't help but hold her chest and sobbed a few times.
She suddenly realized that everyone was forcing her, forcing her to go to the abyss, the queen mother, who was serving her every day, pressed every step just so that she could be willing to become a chess piece, and the emperor who was high up kept saying that he was pleased with her, but it was nothing more than that, while Shen Qinghe was resentful, Chen Fu's words couldn't help but appear in his mind: "Why don't you control your destiny yourself." β
But this road is like a road of no return, once you set foot on the place where there is no turning back, Shen Qing