At some point, Pei Yuanhao came to Yihua Palace.

It was so dark that the candlelight on the table only shone on the windowsill. I couldn't see the expression on his face, and I couldn't even see the emotional gaze in his eyes. I just felt his deep breath as if he was about to merge with the night.

Miaoyan felt something, and looked out along my gaze, and was stunned for a moment.

"Father..."

He stood outside, looking at us motionlessly.

For some reason, I think he has been here for a long time. Without us at all, he may have heard all the words I said just now.

But...it doesn't matter.

I sat there lightly, looking at the figure that seemed to be condensed from the night. Miaoyan looked at him, and the expression on his face became very complicated for a moment, as if he didn't know what expression he should use to face him, standing there stupidly.

The three of them fell into silence all of a sudden.

I don’t know how long it took, a gust of cold wind blew in, causing the candlelight on the table to sway continuously. After the last few violent struggles, it went out with a puff.

The entire Yihua Palace seemed to have fallen into darkness all of a sudden.

I clearly heard Miaoyan's rapid breathing sound, and I seemed very uneasy. When my eyes, who had adapted to the light, looked out again and saw that under the moonlight, the man finally took a step forward.

When he moved, I saw Eunuch Yu and a few little eunuchs standing behind him.

I think it was probably after Miaoyan entered Yihua Palace that they went to the imperial study room to invite the emperor's emperor. However, for how long Pei Yuanhao had been here, they stood quietly for a long time. But the emperor did not speak or move, so naturally they did not dare to have any sound.

Even at this moment, Pei Yuanhao had already walked in, they did not dare to move around, but just stood in the corner and looked at us from afar.

Finally, I heard a footstep and stepped into the door.

The moonlight cast a faint shadow on the ground. I saw his tall figure walking in, standing in the middle of the room, as if looking at me, or as if not looking at me.

After a long silence, his hoarse voice came from the darkness.

"Miaoyan goes back first."

I heard Miaoyan's breathing became even more messy. She slowly turned around, looked at the tall and dark figure not far away, and suddenly said, "I don't want it!"

Her voice was very loud. When it suddenly sounded in this quiet and empty Yihua Palace, it seemed like a bolt suddenly exploded, making people's ears buzzing.

Pei Yuanhao and I obviously didn't expect her to say that, and both of us were stunned.

She continued, "Dad, don't hurt your mother anymore!"

“…”

“…”

At this moment, I was shocked.

What did she say?

She asked Pei Yuanhao to stop hurting me?

Don't hurt me anymore?

This sentence made my tears, tears that I thought I wouldn't care, suddenly surged into my eyes.

It turns out that someone will still say such things to me.

Don't hurt me anymore, don't hurt me anymore! When I was hurt, when I ate the food mixed with medicine and hit the wall madly; when I was pulled by those people and dragged my hair into the yard to beat me; when I closed my eyes and bit the mouse's throat, the warm blood poured into my mouth with a disgusting nausea... I shouted like this in my heart countless times.

But no one heard it.

No one cares if you hear it.

I have been hurt enough. I have never taken the initiative to hurt anyone. I have just been protecting myself, but my protection has become a reason for others to hurt me. It makes people put too much harm that I should not have suffered on me.

At this moment, there was finally someone who said this for me, and the person who said this was my daughter.

I thought she gave me the most ruthless knife in my life, but now she gave me the most gentle comfort in my life.

I just felt my chest swelling, as if something warm was about to crack. Looking at her thin and thin figure who was blocking me, I suddenly felt that I didn't have to be afraid of anything.

I choked and said, "Miaoyan..."

And the figure standing not far away, after hearing this sentence, I clearly saw him shaking violently, as if he was unsteadily standing and was about to fall down.

After a long time, he seemed to take a deep breath.

"I won't."

“…”

"I said I won't hurt her again."

“…”

"I... won't hurt her."

I heard the hesitation and trembling that I had never felt before in his voice, as if I had distrust myself for the first time. He was always so confident and even conceited. Even Miaoyan could hear the trembling traces in his words and subconsciously took a step towards him.

But, I still didn't leave my side.

She cried and said, "Why did Dad treat her like this at that time?"

This time, he reached out and held the table behind him.

I heard the table being pushed and shaken, and the teacup and teapot on it were jingling, and he didn't say anything, but just pinched the edge of the table hard, breathing getting heavier and heavier in such night.

Miaoyan finally seemed to be unable to hold back and cried to him: "Why? Why did Dad do this?"

“…”

"Why do you want to treat your mother like this?"

“…”

In the dark night, such questions sounded like a blow to the soul of a person.

She kept crying and asked, but neither of us could speak, not only him, but even I didn’t know. I clearly remembered that I loved him, and everything and every little happiness when I loved him, but in the end, we reached today and this moment.

No one can save the fragmented reality.

Listening to Miaoyan's crying and asking questions stubbornly, he didn't move anymore, but the cups and plates on the table kept colliding. It was him holding the edge of the table and constantly exerting force. I even thought he would overturn the table the next moment.

Another earth-shaking twist.

But he didn't. He just spoke in a hoarse voice. The voice was no longer like his own. I seemed to hear a stranger talking. He said anxiously: "You guys, bring the princess back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Yu and the others outside hurriedly walked in.

This time, Miaoyan panicked. She quickly turned around and grabbed my clothes in panic: "I don't want it!"

Eunuch Yu and the others would not listen to her words. They stood outside from afar and listened to the sounds here, and knew what was going on. The emperor's voice had become like that. They could only come over immediately and trembledly grasp Miaoyan's shoulder: "Your Highness, you should go back quickly."

"I don't want it, I don't want it!"

"Your Highness, be obedient, don't be angry."

"I don't want it, I don't want others to hurt my mother. Dad, don't hurt my mother!"

While she shouted, she even began to struggle and fight. The room was so dark that the little eunuchs didn't dare to grab her hard, for fear of hurting her. They all froze for a moment. She pulled my clothes tightly and cried: "I don't want it! Mom!"

When I heard her crying like this, my heart felt like I had been cut a few times, and it was so painful.

However, looking at the figure who was standing stubbornly in the night and refused to speak again, but was just trembling, I thought about it, lowered my head and said, "Miaoyan, don't worry, no one will hurt my mother again."

When she heard my words, she was stunned for a moment, looked up at me, and her eyes were filled with tears.

I choked up and reached out and stroked her face, but the tears of my hand were first touched, which made me feel even more heartbroken. I gritted my teeth and said, "Your father promised you, and I won't hurt me again. Go back..."

“…”

"Go back."

While she was a little stunned, Eunuch Yu hurriedly called a few eunuchs to help her half-held and hugged her out. Until I walked out of the door, I could still hear the hustle and bustle outside, but gradually, the sound went away...

Yihua Palace fell into tranquility again.

However, this quietness was more special than ever before. In such an empty and cold night, I heard my heartbeat, felt my breathing, and even looked at the black shadow in front of me, but I felt inexplicably that there was actually nothing, everything was empty.

The passing years are like water, and in the end, the scoop of the moonlight cannot be reflected.

He didn't speak anymore, but the sound of the cups and plates colliding on the table gradually disappeared. I could feel him standing there looking at me, but there seemed to be no light in his eyes. Some were just the darkness condensed from such a dark night.

I don't know how long it took, but he slowly walked towards me.

One step, one step.

I watched his mountain-like figure approaching little by little until I walked in front of me, as if there was really a mountain running across my eyes, blocking everything.

Then slowly, the mountain collapsed.

Right in front of me, he slowly buried himself.

I don't know whether he squatted down or half-kneeled. In such a dark night, I couldn't see anything. But when he slowly raised his head, I saw his face clearly with the little moonlight that spilled in outside the window.

Pale, panic, and even a helpless person that I had never seen before.

This is a strange Pei Yuanhao.

Not only have I never seen it, but I can't even imagine that his breathing is disordered, his heartbeat is messy, and even his eyes are never panic before.

Then, I felt his hand slowly reaching over. After the cold fingertips touched the back of my hand, immediately, the cold palms also came up and held my hand hard.
Chapter completed!