"He doesn't want to see you."

When I heard this, my smile froze and my long eyelashes gently covered.

Nangong Lizhu looked at me in silence, and after a while, he said, "If you want to see him, I can help you talk to him."

I raised my eyes gently: "Will you let me see him?"

"I'm not afraid of you seeing him."

“…”

Her smile was as plain as a lake without ripples, quiet and peaceful, and not too ostentatious and confident, but I know she was confident enough.

She could save my life in the dungeon, or she could ask Pei Yuanhao to suppress my case, because she knew that I could no longer threaten her by living now, especially in front of Pei Yuanhao, no matter what I said, the only person Pei Yuanhao believed in would be her, not me.

The slap that day and the prison these days are so clear.

Thinking of this, I smiled again.

Although I was laughing, I could even feel the hardness of my smile, which might be even worse than crying. Nangong Lizhu looked at me quietly for a while, sighed and said, "I really want to see you in pain, but - I can't bear it."

"..." I was stunned for a moment and looked up at her.

"That's great if you make me hate it."

“…”

Just as I was puzzled, she no longer wanted to see me again. She said briefly: "I came here today to tell you that the emperor will set off for Beijing soon. You can take good care of yourself, and it will be difficult to walk on the road." After that, she was about to get up and leave.

Departing back to Beijing?!

As soon as I heard these four words, I was stunned. Pei Yuanhao wanted to go back, but the matter in the south was still dead here, so how could I go back?

I hurriedly said, "Why?"

She glanced at me lightly: "No, it's time to go back."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the gate.

Could it be that Pei Yuanhao really wants to go back? Although Nangong Lizhu has returned to him now and there is no leader in negotiations with the southerners in Shengjing, the court can still talk to them. Although Yao Lao and his team's attitude is still unclear, they can at least give it a try, otherwise everything they did before will become useless!

Just as she walked to the door, I suddenly said, "Are you going back?"

Her hand that was pushing the door froze, stood there for a while without moving, and then slowly turned her head to look at me.

"It was you who encouraged the emperor to return to Beijing?"

"..." She didn't say anything.

"What's your purpose?"

“…”

"What do you want to do when you come back to him?"

In the narrow room, the atmosphere became tighter and tighter because of my questioning, so tight that it seemed that the whole body was being pressed and breathing was a little difficult. She was silent for a while, slowly turned around and walked to me, leaned down to look at me, and said in a low voice: "Yue Qingying, do you know why you gave everything but ended up now?"

“…”

"Some people can carry a load of hundreds of pounds on their shoulders, while others can carry a thousand pounds."

“…”

"If a person who picks a thousand pounds is picked, he will live his life easily; if a person who picks a hundred pounds is picked, he will be crushed and injured."

“…”

"Everyone in the world knows that you should reduce your burden, but only you will continue to increase your burden."

“…”

"You ask yourself, is it someone who can pick a thousand pounds?"

I raised my head and looked at the condescending and beautiful face. Her words were like thunder, exploding in my mind one by one, and the rumbling sounds kept shaking everyone.

Thousands of burdens, the country and the people, aren’t these things I should bear? How heavy and heavy are they?

Or, I have been crushed, but I don’t know it yet?

After looking at each other for a long time, I looked into her eyes and said, "Then, how heavy do you choose?"

After hearing my words, her eyes were a little dazed for a moment, but her eyes softened strangely at this moment, as if she remembered something that made her heart soft. After a while, she bit her teeth, slowly approached my ear, and said softly: "I only carry one person on my back."

My heart moved and I looked at her with wide eyes.

At this moment, Eunuch Yu's voice sounded from afar outside: "The Emperor is here!"

Emperor?! Pei Yuanhao is here?!

My face suddenly changed drastically, and Nangong Lizhu immediately stood up straight, turned around and walked out quickly.

The door was opened, and the dazzling sunlight shone in from outside, and the shadows of the two people were reflected on the ground. I watched Nangong Lizhu walk to the door and stopped, while another familiar, but unfamiliar shadow slowly walked over and covered her slender shadow.

"Why are you here?"

"The imperial doctor said you came out without taking the medicine today."

"I'm ready."

"It's better to finish drinking this one."

Her voice was not very gentle, but the always-cool and hard voice was still cold and hard, but she could hear a strange softness. After a while, no one spoke again.

After a while, I heard him say, "Go out with me."

"What's up?"

"Let's talk about it when you go."

"Oh." The two shadows seemed to turn around and leave, but Nangong Lizhu paused and said in a low voice: "Don't you go in and see her?"

The shadow that turned and left did not stop and slowly left my sight. Nangong Lizhu stopped at the door for a moment, as if she wanted to come in and see me again, but in the end she still didn't turn around and left.

I quietly leaned against the head of the bed, looking at the shadow slowly being stretched and disappeared at the door, and was silent for a long time.

.

In the next few days, the state capital calmed down.

Although my heart was tormented in the oil pan every moment, I was locked up here, but there was not even a person who could inquire. The women also received the above orders, and except for persuading me to eat and drink medicine, I didn't say much to me.

After a few days, although my body recovered a little, my spirit became worse.

Finally, Eunuch Yu came to visit me again. He looked at me and said, "I am still not very energetic. It's hard for you to walk on the road like this."

I immediately said uneasy: "Eunuch Yu, are you really going back to Beijing?"

"Um."

"Yes, Miss Nangong asked?"

Eunuch Yu frowned, looked outside, and whispered: "It's been said that someone from Shengjing has begun to harass the border. This is something that has never been done before, so the emperor is going to rush back."

The people from Shengjing are harassing the border?!

I was shocked. Shengjing was also the hometown of the royal family. Even if Pei Yuanxiu returned after being defeated, Pei Yuanhao had ascended the throne for several years, and he did not openly attack the court. How could he do it now?

Looking back on that peerless and spotless man, his smile is always so gentle, like the spring sunshine. How could he do such a thing?

Now, Nangong Lizhu has returned to Pei Yuanhao's side. Shengjing people are harassed the border at this time. The emperor set off for Beijing today. These things are related...

A sudden light of inspiration flashed in my mind.

Could it be-

I hurriedly grabbed Eunuch Yu's sleeve: "Father-in-law, are we really going back to Beijing?"

"The emperor has issued an order."

"But, Prince Qi hasn't come back yet. Didn't he go out to do business? Is the emperor going to leave without even waiting for him?"

"The emperor has sent someone to recover Prince Qi, but this time he goes high and the road is far away. I am afraid that it will not be possible to return in a short day. So the emperor told Prince Qi that he would return to Beijing from Qujiang River and not have to go back to Yangzhou to meet."

Even Pei Yuanfeng is not waiting?

I tightened my hand holding Eunuch Yu’s sleeve, then slowly withdrew my hand and said, “I understand.”

Eunuch Yu looked at me again and sighed: "You should keep your body well. These things are all the things that the emperor is making. What's the use of asking so much?"

I forced a smile at him: "I get it."

"I know, you will only agree." He slapped me with resentment: "I finally saved my life and stop being trashed. After returning to the capital, no matter how the emperor falls, you will remember it well. When Prince Qi comes back, he will naturally plead for you, just don't tell the emperor again."

My heart was a little confused for a moment, but listening to his nagging like this, somehow it seemed like a warm current was melting into my heart.

I looked up at him and said, "I know my father-in-law, I will be obedient."

Hearing me say this, his face slowed down a little. At this moment, a little eunuch ran away hurriedly. He didn't even have time to greet him. He lay at the door and said, "Eunuch Yu!"

Eunuch Yu looked back at his unruly appearance and frowned: "What are you doing?"

"Your Majesty, you'll go there right away!"

"Oh? What's the matter?"
To be continued...