Taking advantage of the night, he led a team of people to leave Taihe. I stood at the entrance of Tiejia Village, listening to the sound of horse hooves, and watching his back gradually disappear under the moonlight.

The moonlight is cold, making people feel a little chill.

However, the place he touched was always warm and even a little hot. I reached out and pressed my chest and kept looking at the road leading to the distance. Until I couldn't even hear a sound, I slowly turned around.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Pei Yuanhao standing behind me.

Actually, I was not surprised. After he talked to Qinghan, he would definitely pay attention to our movements. When I sent Qinghan out just now, I did hear something happening there, but seeing him standing behind him, my dark eyes were even more and more gloomy under the moonlight, which made me frown.

He spoke first and said, "He's gone."

"yes."

I answered him lightly, then walked to the side, preparing to go back and rest.

He stood there and didn't move. When I passed by him, he said, "You must not want him to leave."

"Why do you have to ask me many times?"

"But you know, he has to leave?"

My steps stopped at last, but did not turn to look at him. I just stared at my shadow on the ground stubbornly. After a while, I slowly said: "I don't know if he has to leave, but I know that he knows very well what responsibility he has to shoulder, so he thinks he has to leave."

He slowly turned around and walked to me, looking down at me: "You and him have always been on guard against me. You are worried that I am using you. After using you, I will be able to deal with you, right?"

“…”

I didn't expect that he would talk about this first and put it to this point.

Pei Yuanhao has always been a very deep person, probably because he has experienced since childhood. He never said tens of words, even seven points, but now, he suddenly said such words in front of me, almost bringing everyone's back.

I was silent for a moment, and then said, "There is no need to be guarded against others."

He smiled: "So, are you really guarding against me?"

"..." I thought for a while, slowly turned my head to look at him, and said seriously: "Why isn't your Majesty guarding us?"

"oh?"

"Your Majesty has been planning to withdraw from the capital since it was captured. Your money, food, grass, and soldiers... Your Majesty, the person who has the least influence in this war has been the one you."

His face also looked a little gloomy: "I have told him that a large part of my money, grain and troops are in Longnan."

"So what?" I looked at him with my head tilted, "It's convenient to go to the capital in Longnan, and it's also convenient to come to Xichuan."

“…”

"Pei Yuanxiu is desperate to take Xichuan because he can't afford to delay, but we all understand too much. The later he takes action in this battle, the greater the chance of winning."

“…”

"Qinghan is not unaware of this principle, and I am not stupid. The reason why we are willing to take action is not that we don't feel sorry for our money, grain and soldiers, but because there are things more important in our hearts than money, grain and soldiers. We want to protect Xichuan and protect the people here from the fire of war."

“…”

"Where is your Majesty?"

“…”

"Does Your Majesty have a place to protect and someone you want to protect?"

My questioning is not aggressive, but in front of an emperor, such questioning is extremely rude and enough for me to behead my head. I can even feel that under the cold moonlight, his eyes become hotter and his breathing becomes heavier, as if he is suppressing something.

After a while, he took a deep breath and said, "You, you will know."

I glanced at him, and finally said nothing, and turned around and left.

Although it was already late at night, Qinghan's departure was spread all over Tiejia Village immediately. The other villagers naturally did not dare to speak. After Liu Li found out, he still sneaked to me and stopped for a while. She was very worried that the poison in Qinghan's body had not yet been solved. She kept asking me what I could do. I didn't tell her about Nangong Lizhu, but only told her that Qinghan took Yao Lao and Queen Yin with him. With Yao Lao, he should be able to temporarily and safely spend this period.

Liu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next moment, she looked at me again and asked, "But what about this time?"

“…”

Even I am a little confused about this question.

Everything is uncertain in front of us now, the victory or defeat of the war, the mystery of the Sanjiang Dam, Pei Yuanhao's attitude, and even his life and death.

People are really strange. Sometimes they are in power and have rich assets. In the eyes of the world, they have already lived like gods. But the more difficult the situation will appear. Sometimes, it is even better to have simple and dull food or drink.

What would happen to us if he and I had this situation back then?

If it were a mother and she was facing such a situation, what would she do?

When I think of my mother, I can’t help but think of Sanjiang Dam again.

Too many mysteries gathered there, even the last words of the Supreme Emperor and Zhao Shuyuan before their death were in that place. I really wanted to go there immediately and see what else I had not seen through in the scenery that I was already extremely familiar with. And if her mother, would she really leave something like a library there, which could protect us as I thought.

The night's dreams left me with no peace. I saw the smoke and war, and the mountains shaking and the earth shaking. No matter when it was, I seemed to be looking for Qinghan. He was not by my side. I pushed away the panicked crowd around me and shouted his name hard. It seemed that I could hear his response, but I could never see him.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! My heart is getting more and more anxious. Finally, I shouted his name loudly, and Su Su's voice suddenly sounded in my ears-

"Miss, are you awake?"

I suddenly opened my eyes and saw Susu sitting by the bed, looking at me with anxiety on her face. When I saw me awake, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, you have finally woken up."

I was still a little dazed, blinked my eyes before saying, "Ah?"

"Miss, you're having a nightmare."

“…”

"I called you for a long time but couldn't wake you up. You look so scary."

“…”

"Now, right? Is it okay?"

I lay down for a while before I pulled out of the anxious mood in the middle of the nightmare and found that I was sweating profusely, and my close-fitting clothes were soaked in sweat.

Su Su served me to get up and change my clothes. After washing, she went out and saw that it was already dawn.

Yesterday, when Qinghan left, I had already ordered that I would leave Taihe and go to Sanjiangkou today. Everyone was waiting for me, but I was trapped by nightmare and delayed until now. I was really embarrassed, so I hurriedly had breakfast, sorted it out, and said goodbye to Tiezhen, Tierong and the others, and then prepared to leave.

Chabixing and Chalin also followed us. I originally thought that after recovering from the injury, Chalin would choose to stay, but when he heard that we were going to Sanjiang Dam, he insisted on going with us. Chabixing could not stop us, so we set off together.

Next to our men, I saw Pei Yuanhao's men without surprise.

However, like us, his men and women were divided into two groups. He asked some men to escort Ye Yunshuang and Liu Li to Chengdu and stay for a few days. If he also went back, the two men would meet together. If he had something to do, let them leave Xichuan and go to Xi'an Prefecture first.

And he himself - when he looked at his eyes, I knew that he was going to Sanjiang Dam.

At this time, there were not so many sad separations for everyone. All my sadness was used up last night, so I simply said hello to them and turned around to get on the carriage. I saw that Princess Ling was very reluctant to leave her father. She was so tired of Pei Yuanhao's arms that she said softly: "Will the father come back soon to see Ling'er?"

Pei Yuanhao looked down at him, and the father's gaze made the cold expression on his face relieved a lot. He gently stroked his daughter's hair and said softly: "It's OK."

"Then Ling'er will wait for the father to come every day."

“…”

"Father must come back soon."

Pei Yuanhao stroked her apple-like face and led her to Ye Yunshuang's side. Ye Yunshuang's eyes were also red at this time, and she looked at Pei Yuanhao reluctantly, but she still had to set an example in front of her daughter. She choked up and said softly: "The emperor must take care of the dragon body. No matter what happens, please come back without any harm. I and Ling'er will wait for the emperor in Chengdu."

Pei Yuanhao looked at her and felt a little moved. He said a few words to her, and then walked to Liu Li again.

Compared to that mother and daughter, Liu Li is much calmer than others and is also a person worthy of entrusting. Pei Yuanhao asked her to take good care of the mother and daughter. Liu Li took the order, and then they each got on their own carriage.

Ye Yunshuang and Pei Ling kept lifting the curtains and looking at this side. When Pei Yuanhao also got on the carriage, the coachman in front shouted and the carriage staggered forward.

The three men left Taihe together.

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Although it was only a few days, the mood had become too different as soon as it went in and out.

I sat in the carriage and watched the familiar scenery outside retreat little by little. It took almost a whole day to leave the endless mountain range. Not long after, it started to rain again.
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