I didn't look back, just stood there, looking at the dark and narrow corridor ahead, and said, "What's the matter?"

Pei Yuanzhen said: "I know, a few days ago, you took your daughter to Yangzhou to meet with the emperor's brother. I once met an assassin for assassination, right?"

I nodded.

"In fact, it's not just the emperor who met the assassin."

My heart suddenly jumped, but before I could react, I heard Pei Yuanzhen say, "Qinghan is also among the assassinated."

“…!”

I looked back at her: "What?"

"Qinghan is also among the assassinated."

Assassinated?!

When I heard this, my face turned pale, and countless pictures flashed in my mind, but none of them could be seen clearly. The only thing that could be clearly distinguished was that every scene was bloody and terrible. The smell of blood seemed to spread out from my memory, making me tremble.

My face darkened: "Then he—"

"He's fine." Pei Yuanzhen said quietly: "Although the assassin touched the state capital, he reacted quickly and suffered only a little skin trauma. He persisted until the guards arrived, and the assassins were subdued."

“…”

I stayed there without reaction. After a while, I breathed a sigh of relief.

He is fine.

It's fine if it's fine if it's fine!

I just heard Pei Yuanzhen say a few words, but at this time I felt cold sweat coming out. When the wind in the corridor blew, my whole body was trembling. I remembered that day, when Pei Yuanhao took me and Miaoyan to the Prefecture to enjoy the flowers, the escorts of the Prefecture seemed very cautious, and they could even be said to be nervous, and they almost didn't let Gu Ping enter the door. Now I understand that it was because the prefect was assassinated. Such a major event might be lost at any time for them. Of course, they should be careful.

But I didn't expect that assassination - such a thing actually fell on Liu Qinghan!

Liu Shizhou and Liu Yi, his father and brother were all in this place. He was assassinated during this term and his soul was cut off from Jiangnan. Since he knew Qinghan's life experience, from knowing his dreams and responsibilities, what I worry most was that the blood of the family gave him such a sense of responsibility and led him to the same path as his father and brother. So will he also get the same ending as his father and brother?

When I thought of this, I felt that the blood in my body was about to cool down, and subconsciously looked up at Pei Yuanzhen.

"Who is it?"

“…”

"Who sent those assassins?"

Pei Yuanzhen looked at me coldly and asked without answering, "Who do you think you are?"

“…!”

Looking at her cold gaze, my heart suddenly jumped and reacted.

Did she mean—

"No! It's not your second brother!"

Pei Yuanzhen still looked at me and said coldly.

"It's not him. I've already made it clear to him, and he agreed to me."

"What did he promise you?"

"He promised me that he would not use force against Yangzhou!"

“…”

After hearing what I said, Pei Yuanzhen's eyes flashed slightly, and he seemed to be a little hesitant, but after a long silence, she still said, "What the second brother has to do must do, and he doesn't give up so easily. Besides, even if the second brother doesn't want to attack Yangzhou for the time being, do he know about you - you and Qinghan's past?"

After hearing her words, I was a little suffocated.

To be honest, I know too little about Pei Yuanxiu. Although he has always been so gentle to me, without a cold and violent attitude, nor has he determined to keep people from thousands of miles away, I can never see through him. Just like what Yao Lao said to me, although he faced him day and night every day, he never knew what he was thinking.

But Pei Yuanzhen said that what he wants to do must be done.

Even if he doesn't attack Yangzhou now, it's only temporary.

Is that really that true?

I felt a chill that I couldn't help but shivered. When I looked up, Pei Yuanzhen was still looking at me, waiting for my answer. I calmed down and said, "I have made this clear to him."

“…”

"We are already past ours, my husband and you," said Qing.

“…”

"Yuan Xiu knew it a long time ago."

When Pei Yuanzhen heard my words, she seemed relieved, but when she looked up at me, her eyes seemed a little complicated. After a moment of silence, she said skeptically: "Do you really think so?"

"He promised me, he should-"

"I mean, you and Qinghan," she asked me, "do you really think you're over?"

“…”

Looking at the already visible fingerprints on her face with heavy makeup, for some reason, I felt a little exhausted and tired, and looked at her lazy: "Or what if?"

“…”

"What else can it be done?"

“…”

"Liu Qinghan, your groom, he was the first person to come out of the past; and I, after marrying your second brother, have been letting myself come out. As for you-" I looked at her and smiled faintly: "You are the only one among us who has been stubbornly staying in that past."

“…”

Speaking of this, I looked up and looked around. The grass and trees were lush and joyful. The bright moon and the feng shui were flowing forever. There were always some things that remained constant, and there were always some things that were changing. If you wanted to keep them, it was like trying to keep them in the water in the river. The tighter you held them, the faster it would slip away from your fingers.

"Actually, you don't have to come to me at all, and you don't have to be so upset about me and his past."

“…”

"He will marry, I am, that's the truth."

She looked at me blankly, and the surprised expression on her face made me wonder whether to cry or laugh. She just looked at the place where she was beaten by me. Although I didn't feel wronged, I still felt it hurt.

I thought about it, turned around, looked at her completely faced, and said calmly: "No matter whether you are doing these things for him or anything else, I know it is not easy for you to do this. Your Highness, the eldest princess, there will be many people grateful to you."

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"If you have the heart..."

Speaking of this, I was a little hesitant for a moment, not knowing whether to say it, but Pei Yuanzhen seemed to have felt something and frowned slightly: "What?"

"..." I was silent for a long time, but after all, I said: "If you have the will, protect your nephew."

She was stunned: "Mianshen?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"What's the meaning?"

I hesitated for a moment, but said, "I don't know if it's my illusion. I feel that His Majesty the Emperor seems to be a little dissatisfied with the prince. He seems--"

Pei Yuanzhen's face stern: "He wants to depose the prince?"

I shook my head: "I didn't mean that, and he didn't say that. I just felt that he seemed a little dissatisfied with the prince."

Pei Yuanzhen frowned immediately.

I said, "Your Majesty the Emperor will definitely not have few children in the future. The position of the prince will be affected by some degree. Your Highness, the princess - I know that Your Highness, the princess, has always taken good care of the prince. If possible, Your Highness, the princess, will take care of the prince more."

After hearing what I said, she suddenly frowned: "How do you know that I am right--I have taken good care of the prince?"

“…”

I was silent for a while, looking at her face that was clearly alert, sighed, and said slowly: "At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suffered from throat shaking. I was entrusted by the Empress to take care of His Royal Highness's daily life in Jingren Palace. That night, I saw a black shadow in front of His Royal Highness's bed..."

Her face suddenly sank.

"Although everyone says that it was caused by Concubine Xu Xian's injustice, I know it's not."

"No? Then why did the next day, your little girl was also shouting that she saw the ghost?"

"That's just me who borrowed this and asked her to say the same thing, to scare Yuwen."

“…”

"I am the only one who really sees the shadow."

“…”

"Besides, if there is really a ghost, it is impossible for the Empress to ignore her at all, and she will let the black shadow come and go in Jingren Palace. After all, the old Taoist priest in the inner court is useless."

This time, Pei Yuanzhen did not speak, but closed her bright red cherry lips.

"There was a lot of controversy in the palace, but the Empress agreed that this kind of thing has always existed. In fact, it was not that this kind of thing has existed. Instead, she was very kind. She acquiesced to you to enter and exit Jingren Palace like this, visit Your Highness from time to time, and even told some of the guards of Jingren Palace to open a door of convenience for you, and did not reveal the truth of the matter, because you don't want others to know, you are actually caring about Your Highness."

“…”

"Because, although you have hatred in your heart, you actually feel guilty towards Your Highness."

"What guilt?"

"At that time, when Concubine Xian was still a talented person, she was pregnant with Liujia, but the incense you gave her was-"

Speaking of this, I saw that her face turned pale suddenly, and that kind of despair and despair could not be concealed even with her thick and colorful makeup, so I didn't say anything more.

I said calmly: "And, I went to inquire later. In fact, you returned to the palace a day in advance, but didn't tell anyone. You came to Jingren Palace after Ye Yunshuang went to secretly find you. But after you came, you didn't ask anything, but just asked why Shui Xiu was talking nonsense, because you didn't come to Jingren Palace that night, and that black shadow shouldn't have appeared."

“…”

Looking at her slowly sinking face, I asked, "Am I right?"

She looked at me, and this time she couldn't speak.

The two of them were silently facing each other, and the wind blew through the empty corridor, blowing their clothes flying, with a sense of coldness that seemed to be like flying catkins and had nowhere to send.

Looking at the redness and swelling on her face, a trace of guilt rose in my heart.

But, I didn't intend to apologize to her.

After all, she has never apologized to me.

The two of them stood here with a little embarrassed look. After a while, I said, "We'll finish this."

She looked at me and didn't say anything, and I turned around and walked slowly.

After leaving the garden, the noise from the hall came from the front. Several maids passing by me saw that it was me and bowed carefully. I just nodded, lifted the bead curtains on the side door, and looked at the lively scene in the hall.
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