Yes, he doesn't want a promise, he just wants a fairness.

To be fair, will there be that day?

Thinking of this, the originally a little angry mood calmed down. I looked up at Pei Yuanhao. His eyes were bright. Even such a cold moonlight could not reduce the temperature in his eyes.

I became calmer instead.

"Can."

“…!”

As soon as he heard me say yes, Pei Yuanhao's gaze flashed, and Qingchen, who was beside him, frowned.

I said calmly: "If your Majesty wants not a promise, but a fairness, I can give it to you."

Qingchen said: "Sister."

I looked down at him and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. This is a good thing for the peace talks between the court and the Yan family, and perhaps for me."

He frowned and was silent for a while before he let out a breath. Of course, he understood what I meant.

I said, "You go and do it first. Since the peace talks are about to start tomorrow, you should have a lot of things to do. I have a few more words to say to him."

He nodded, looked at Pei Yuanhao again, and then left.

Pei Yuanhao stood behind me. If he said that he seemed to have "be successful" just now, but when I really agreed to this "fairness", there was no smile on his face, and it was even more profound than before.

He said softly: "Light."

I slowly turned around and looked at him and said, "I have given this fairness to Your Majesty. I also hope that in this peace talk, Your Majesty can promise a thousand gold. Fairness is the most important thing."

He looked at me deeply, and after a while, he said, "You really agreed, are you fair to me? Have you really agreed?"

He didn't seem to be asking me, but he was doubting himself.

I said, "Your Majesty has already asked for kindness. Is there anything wrong with it?"

"Of course, I ask for a kindness and get a kindness, but—" He looked at me and suddenly laughed: "I can't be happy about this way."

“…”

"Qingying, you promised me this fairness, is it because you think there is no possibility of this at all?"

“…”

He was very sober.

It is naturally good to speak, but I feel like I'm foolish at someone but I'm immediately shook it out. It's hard to say anything for a while, and the two of them stood quietly in the corridor. After a long time, I heard him say, "Is Liu Qinghan really that good?"

“…”

"What's the point of him?"

“…”

"If I remember correctly, when you see him, he was just a fisherman, his family was barely barely, no matter how much I am or any of them-"

“…”

"Qingying, what's the point of being good about him?"

I looked up at him.

A cloud was blown by the wind, covering the moon and causing the corridor to sink into darkness. After a while, the moon showed a thread again, illuminating his eyes. He couldn't see his emotions clearly, but he could also feel that he was very calm at this moment, as if he was really asking me this question seriously.

I never thought that Pei Yuanhao would ask me this.

As an emperor, I never thought that he would ask me such questions, as if he had admitted defeat, which made me a little unbelievable. Pei Yuanhao was standing in front of me.

I was silent and thought seriously.

After thinking for a while, I looked up at him. Seeing that he was also looking at me with a bright look, as if he was still waiting for the answer, I said, "Your Majesty, do you think there is anything good about the Imperial Concubine?"

His eyebrows suddenly frowned.

I smiled and said, "I have no other intentions, and I just want to know how I see the person I love in His Majesty's heart."

I think if no one dared to ask him this question in the past, he would definitely be dismissive of this question. But this time, he looked at me seriously, as if he was really thinking. He even slowly walked to the bench beside him and sat down. I walked over and sat opposite him.

The cool breeze brings water from the middle of the lake, making people feel calmer.

He didn't say anything, and I didn't urge him. He turned his head to look at the little fish that popped up from time to time on the lake. The layers of ripples spread out, the water was shimmering, and it was particularly quiet.

At this moment, he sighed lightly, and I turned my head and heard him say, "Do you know, what I looked like when I was a child?"

I thought about it and said, "Old Mrs. Zhang once told me that when he was a child, His Majesty was cautious in his words and actions in the palace, never said a word or took a step more, and even could not achieve 10% of his knowledge. However, every time he returned to the palace, His Majesty would be particularly hard."

He chuckled: "I've almost forgotten these things myself."

“…”

"It's probably because I don't want to think of those things."

“…”

"That's right, I was very cautious at that time. When I went to her - to Queen Yin's palace, I didn't even dare to drink a glass of water from her palace maid, because once, I took a sip and it hurt for several days when I came back, and the cough was still bloody."

My heart couldn't help but tremble slightly.

In fact, such things are definitely not uncommon in the palace. As a prince with a special origin, his existence is naturally a great threat to others. In that case, how can he survive it safely?

He continued, "But of course I can't say it, no one can tell it, because there is no evidence, and because I know that it's my own mistake."

“…”

"My life was picked up from the coffin. No one knows better than me what death tastes, because I have tasted countless times, and the most recent one is the one with her on the grassland."

I immediately understood that what he said was the time he went hunting with Nangong Lizhu and encountered a pack of wolves.

Thinking of that time, Nangong Lizhu almost exchanged his life for his life, I was also a little moved.

Pei Yuanhao said: "Everyone wants me to die, but she would rather die than live."

“…”

"Qingying, you ask me what she is good about, I can't say it. It's just that so many years have passed, and I still remember my feelings at that time."

“…”

"So, I can't let her down, not because I still love her."

“…”

"I also think that she is the only one in the world who will do this until--I meet you."

I couldn't help but frown, looked up at him, and he looked at me seriously, and said, "Before you, I thought that the feeling of loving someone is like that."

“…”
Chapter completed!