"What your mother said is right. The emperor is the emperor because of the worship of all the people of the world."

“…”

"If the people in the world do not regard me as king, then who will I be?"

“…”

"It is not easy for her to understand such a truth after sitting for so many years. If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to think about it, but when I see her, I understand."

I looked at his eyes shining brightly by the flames and didn't speak for a moment.

Maybe it's not just seeing my mother.

Perhaps more, I saw the example of the demise of the previous dynasty. My grandfather, Emperor Li, was named the emperor, and ended up betraying everyone and losing their relatives and dying. It is a bloody warning to people in later generations.

I whispered: "Your Majesty can think like this, whether it is for yourself or the people in the future."

He didn't speak anymore.

The two of them were burning towards the bonfire, rising higher and higher, making constant beeping sounds, and being scorched by the heat, I was a little dazed, but at this moment, a cold wind blew with the coldness, and suddenly pounced on the flames again.

I woke up a little, frowned slightly, turned to look at him: "Your Majesty just told me that life is not satisfactory, eight out of ten...?"

“…”

"What does Your Majesty want to say?"

He was interrupted by me just now and wanted to say something, so at this time hesitated for a moment before looking at me. His eyes flashed with the flapping flames, and he said, "It's nothing, I just remembered something."

"What?"

"The father is kind and the son is filial, and the brother is friendly and respectful."

“…”

"Even, the family is happy and happy together, this kind of situation that is common in ordinary people's homes is unlikely for us."

“…”

"Or the people born in such an imperial family are born without such blessings."

I felt a palpitation.

His words were not very similar to what Pei Yuanhao could say. He not only demanded but also forced many people and things, but seemed to be born with a very indifferent attitude towards these things.

Maybe, I have experienced the indifference and alienation since I was a child.

I was silent for a while, and then said, "I understand what Your Majesty means. Eight out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory. In other words, people cannot ask for too much. This is also what my mother taught me since childhood. But—" I turned to look at him and said, "I can't have everything in my life, and what I want to ask for, aren't it satisfactory?"

"Light..."

"Your Majesty," I said, looking behind him. Yang Jinqiao, Liu Li, Ye Yunshuang, and his children were sitting in front of the fires. Although the environment was not comfortable, the heat of the fire still made the person who had been traveling for several days in the rainy weather. The tired and slightly depressed smiled. From a distance, he felt happy.

He looked at my gaze, his eyes flashed, and I retracted my gaze and said, "Although Your Majesty has never been able to live up to my mother's knees, brothers are friendly, and fathers are kind and sons are filial, but Your Majesty is still there, and they are still there."

“…”

"But I, I have lost my mother and my younger brother, I have no way to convince myself, what else can I lose."

“…”

He looked at me with a serious expression.

I said slowly, "I can't."

“…”

"In the past, no matter how God treats me or how others treat me, as long as they are still there, I have never resented me, because I know that I have received a lot of things than many people, and even better than many people, so I can accept any price to pay."

“…”

"But not them."

“…”

"Not now."

He looked at me for a long time and finally said nothing.

From the beginning of the conversation between us, Su Su silently retreated aside. When the flames became smaller, she threw a few pieces of firewood in it. As I became more and more sleepy and gradually closed my eyes, I could still see the flames fluttering, and heat was constantly coming from the front, but behind me was a vast wasteland. The night wind was blowing with the biting chill, fighting against the heat of the flames.

Until the end, when I fell asleep, I didn't know who won.

When I woke up, it was already dawn.

There is a rare night to sleep on these days. Although I seem to have had a whole night of dreams, I fell asleep at least.

But when I woke up, I found that Ye Yunshuang and the others were gone.

Pei Yuanhao saw me looking around and probably saw that I was looking for their figures, so he said, "Early in the morning, I had asked the people sent by the queen to go back to deliver the letter and escort them all away."

"All left?"

"good."

"oh……"

In fact, I was not too disappointed. After all, I knew very well that it was impossible for Pei Yuanhao to go to Longnan to bring a few concubines. It was a matter of time before he could split the road.

Moreover, if we walk a little further, we will also have to separate the path.

So, I didn't say anything, just turned around and greeted the people around me. Everyone quickly packed up and started to set off after breakfast.

After leaving Xichuan, there was not much rain and the cold weather was gradually left behind. However, the wind and sand gradually became stronger.

That night, we finally didn't have to sleep in the wilderness, but found a station. Chang Qing even sent someone to make some arrangements there. Everyone had a good rest for the night. When we woke up the next morning, the servant rushed a carriage outside the station.

"Your Majesty, this is what the Empress ordered to prepare."

After so many days of travel, especially on the horse, although I didn’t have to walk step by step, I was still very tired after riding a horse for a day. The inner side of my thighs were red and swollen for several days, almost breaking my skin.

Seeing such a carriage is really endless "temptation" for us.

Pei Yuanhao looked at it, smiled, and said, "The Queen is indeed thoughtful."

After saying that, he turned around and walked up to me, and said, "You get on the carriage."

I was stunned for a moment: "Ah?"

"The road ahead is not easy to walk. This carriage doesn't have to be so difficult at least on this section of the road, and you won't feel that hard."

“…”

I thought about it and said, "Where are you, Your Majesty?"

He looked up at the road ahead, and after a while, he looked into my eyes again and said, "It's time for us to split the way."

“…”

"Next, you're going there," he said, pointing his hand to the northwest, and said again, "And I, I'm going there."
Chapter completed!