"As long as you look back, I will take my blood to save Liu Qinghan."

The moment I heard her say those words, I had the illusion that I suddenly fell into darkness and could not even see anything.

I could only feel her hand holding my shoulders hard, as if it was a shackle.

I don’t know how long it took me to speak again. My voice was as empty as when she first started talking. It was so strange that I almost couldn’t recognize myself. I whispered: “Do you know what you are talking about?”

“…”

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

“…”

"You want me-"

"I want you to come back to him."

She firmly repeated this sentence again, and the hand holding my shoulder also pressed harder: "Yan Qingying, he really loves you, I can see, I can understand."

“…”

"You go back to him."

I was in a daze in the dark light for a long time, and slowly raised my head. Her eyes became soft at some point. The words just now gave me the illusion of begging.

I couldn't help but chuckled: "Are you threatening me?"

She was silent for a moment: "You can think that I am threatening you."

“…”

As she said, she slowly leaned down and squatted in front of me, looked up into my eyes, and said, "You can also act like I'm begging you."

“…”

"Yan Qingying, I beg you, come back to his side."

“…”

"I know he has done a lot of things to make you sad. As you said, giving up is just a moment of work. Maybe you have given up on him already-"

"Then why do you want me to come back to him? A woman who gives up on him and doesn't love him, would you send such a woman back to him?"

"But, he loves you."

"So, you must ask me to come to him?"

“…”

Feeling that my voice was trembling when I said this, Nangong Lizhu was silent for a moment, holding his hands in my knees, and said softly: "Qingying, he - he has suffered a lot since he was a child. Don't look at what he looks like on the surface, but in fact he has a lot of pain in his heart."

“…”

"I only see all of that. Since I was a child, I have made up my mind to be with him and accompany him, and whether it is ups and downs, I will accompany him."

“…”

"But I-"

“…”

"I couldn't do it. In the years that followed, he hurt me, and I, and he also."

“…”

"Now, I know that he no longer loves me; and if I want to return to him, I am no longer the same as before."

"..." I looked down at her and said sadly: "So, do you want me to go to his side?"

Nangong Lizhu looked at me and said with a serious and even sincere expression for the first time: "Chang Qing is a good queen, but he doesn't love her. He needs someone around him who can comfort his heart, and that person is you. I can see that he loves you, and he has really changed a lot for you."

“…”

"Yan Qingying, I know he has done a lot of things that hurt you in the past, causing you to suffer and giving up, but he is now different from before."

“…”

"He is an emperor, and it's really not easy for him to do this for you."

“…”

"Can you forgive him, okay? Go back to him, okay?"

I laughed.

I realized that although she had told me so much sincerity, in fact, the two of us were not on the same road from beginning to end.

She did figure it out, but whether she could figure it out or couldn't figure it out, the position she stood was not herself or Pei Yuanhao. What she was considering was just her love. She couldn't think of the person she loved, and more of it.

Of course I couldn't imagine myself.

I slowly pushed her hand away.

Nangong Lizhu's face also changed. He looked at me with wide eyes, looked at me standing up, and said coldly: "Nangong Lizhu, your words are beautiful, and your thoughts are also touching, but you seem to have made something wrong."

“…”

"You love him, you want to fulfill him, you want him to be happy, that's your own business."

“…”

"Why should I be the tribute of your love?"

“…”

"I am a living person, I have my own lover, I am not a sacrifice for the relationship between you and him!"

After saying that, I turned around and walked out, but just as I was about to reach the door, her cold voice came from behind: "Of course you are a living person, Liu Qinghan - so is now."

My steps stagnated.

"But after a while, he may not be."

This sentence was like a heavy rock that hit my heart. At this moment, I almost couldn't breathe. I suffocated and slowly turned around and saw her standing up from the ground. The thin figure almost turned into darkness in the shadow. She also slowly turned her head to look at me, her eyes even redder than before.

She said, "Did you ignore him?"

I gritted my teeth and said, "You threaten me?!"

She said, "I originally planned to convince you."

“…”

"If you are willing to be convinced by me and willingly return to Yuan Hao's side, this matter was originally good to everyone. Yuan Hao can get you, you can get his favor, Liu Qinghan can survive, and as for me - even if I die, I can rest in peace."

“…”

"Yan Qingying, the fate of all people is in your own hands."

“…”

"You should consider this decision clearly."

I looked at her for a while and sneered, "I realized that talking to you is really a waste of time!"

After saying that, he reached out to lift the tent and wanted to walk out, but probably because he had been in this dimly lit tent just now, and he got used to such darkness. As soon as he lifted the tent, the light outside shone on my face, which made me feel a little dazed for a moment.

At this time, Nangong Lizhu said behind her: "Are you planning to go out and call someone, let them come and catch me, and then release my blood?"

I narrowed my eyes by the light, reached out to block my forehead, and then looked back at her.

This answer is self-evident.

She smiled at me, and the faint light shone on her face, but for some reason, it made her face, which was originally beautiful but damaged by the scar, feel a bit hideous when she smiled.

But her voice was still very gentle, and she said slowly: "Do you think I have fought with you for so many years. Before I say these words to you, wouldn't I think of a solution?"

My body stiffened and saw her slowly lifting her hand and letting go of the clenched fist just now.

It was a strange-looking bottle.

I don't know what was inside, but at this time, a gust of cold wind blew from outside had already blown through my clothes and made me feel cold.

I looked at her tremblingly, unable to say a word, and Nangong Lizhu shook the bottle and said, "You must have guessed it. That's right, this is a bottle of poison. Not only does it block the throat with blood, but people who take poison will be covered with such a poisonous body."

“…”

"Even if I die, if you ask someone to release my blood, what you release will be poisonous."

“…”

"Liu Qinghan's body may not be able to withstand it."

"Nan—Ming—Li—Zhu—!" My throat made a dry sound like a knife: "If Qinghan dies, I will crush you and extinguish you!"

She was stunned for a moment. It was probably the first time she heard me say such things. Most of the time, I was unwilling to threaten people like this, and I couldn't do that kind of crazy thing. But at this moment, my heart was almost burning through the karma fire above my head, and I almost wanted to crush her bones and ashes immediately.

However, after a moment of silence, she smiled faintly.

The face was full of indifference and a dullness that put life and death aside, and said, "Do you think I still care about this?"

“…”

"Yan Qingying, after I told you this, I no longer care about anything. Life and death are just about opening my eyes and closing my eyes. I have already lived enough."

“…”

"I am willing to save Liu Qinghan, and I also hope to see the happiness of the person I love."

“…”

"It's just these two things, I want them to happen together."

“…”

"After I release blood and save Liu Qinghan, you can do whatever you want to deal with this body. Just like you said, I will crush my bones and ashes, maybe that's the case, I won't have to - I don't have to live for another lifetime. I'm enough in this life."

“…”

"I have thought a lot these days and figured it out. I am neither his favorite woman nor can I help him accomplish his great cause and realize his dreams like you. I am afraid that in the end, I will not even leave a trace in his life. To him, I am nothing."

“…”

"So, I must do one thing for him."

“…”

"And the only thing I can do is to fulfill his love. He loves you, and I want you to go back to him."

“…”

"I want you to swear, and use Liu Qinghan's life to swear, you will return to Yuan Hao's side."

I gritted my teeth and sneered: "Don't you think you are ridiculous?"

After saying this, I should have turned around and left immediately, but I saw her fingertips slightly move and opened the lid of the small bottle. I was so scared that my heart beat to stop: "What are you doing?!"

She looked up at me and smiled calmly: "Is it that funny, sad, for a dying person? "

"Nangong Lizhu!"
Chapter completed!