In the darkness, someone was chasing her. She ran forward without a purpose, into darkness after darkness. She was wearing a gorgeous gauze dress, and the cold silk was soaked with sweat. She tripped several times because of the long skirt, but she immediately stood up and continued running. She was afraid that if she stopped, the person behind her would grab her arms tightly and she would never be able to break free.
A deep and intense feeling of helplessness lingered around her, laughing and mocking her.
Finally, she saw a beam of light, and under the light stood a man in a white robe as white as snow. He had a jade belt around his waist, without any embellishment. But he looked more noble than a brocade dress. He stood there quietly, and every move he made was full of grace. He looked at her, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, as bright as spring.
She stretched out her hand and cried, "Help me! Help me!"
He also stretched out his hand and called out, "Pepe, come here. Come here quickly."
She held his hand tightly, looked up and smiled at him. But she found that the moment she held his hand, he became another person... .
"No... don't go... I'm scared..." Zhao Pei muttered while tightly grasping the hand of the person beside the bed. She shook her head vigorously as if she was struggling.
Xiao Yi was silent for a while, then he reached out and patted her face to wake her up: "Pei Pei, wake up, wake up."
Zhao Pei suddenly opened her eyes and saw Xiao Yi's face approaching. She immediately shouted, "Why are you here again?"
"What?" Xiao Yi looked at her with an unclear look and said coldly, "Are you scared silly?"
Zhao Pei struggled to stand up and rubbed her head. She looked around. It was her own room. There was no sound outside. It must have been late. She recalled everything that had just happened. It seemed like a dream, fragmented.
"Have I slept for a long time?" Zhao Pei covered her chest with the quilt and looked up at him.
"Yeah." Xiao Yi responded lightly.
"Have you been here all the time?" Zhao Pei asked as she saw that he had not yet changed his outer robe.
"I just arrived." Xiao Yi turned his head away.
"Um... everything that happened in the palace just now wasn't a dream, right?" Zhao Pei asked carefully. Xiao Yi heard this and chuckled with obvious sarcasm, looking at her sideways: "What do you think?"
"I'm asking you because I don't know." Zhao Pei glared at him, feeling sore all over and dizzy.
"It would be nice if it was just a dream." Xiao Yi sighed and looked at her with some resentment: "Why did you go to join in the fun? I said I would go in a while, why did you go to be a hero? You are a weak woman, you really overestimate your own abilities. If I was a little later, you..." There was obvious blame and anger in his words. Halfway through his words, Zhao Pei interrupted him: "Who knows if you will go, and you are already late!"
"What a silly girl." Xiao Yi sneered, "Do you think Xiao Yuyao is as foolish as you? If I really go with you, she will definitely not agree. She will also be suspected."
Zhao Pei was slightly stunned after hearing this, and asked hurriedly: "Does Xiao Yuyao know that I know?"
"That's not necessarily the case. It's just that at a time like this, she wouldn't want any of us to mess things up. If you hadn't been a little smart and asked Qiao Yu to go to the mother first, I think you wouldn't even have the chance to go to the imperial study."
Zhao Pei let out a long breath and asked again, "How do you know it was Xiao Yuyao who did it?"
Xiao Yi had a complicated expression: "We found her belongings and... my sixth uncle's belongings on the assassin." Zhao Pei nodded. It seemed that the dream of these two to become emperor and empress was no longer there.
Seeing that she was not surprised at all, Xiao Yi asked, "You knew about Xiao Yuyao and Sixth Uncle all along?"
Zhao Pei nodded. His eyes suddenly dimmed and he raised his voice and said, "If you knew, why didn't you tell me? If I had known earlier, these things wouldn't have happened."
Zhao Pei lowered her head helplessly: "I...she, she naturally has a way to stop me from saying it."
The flickering firelight cast her silhouette on the white wall, and the soft outline concealed a deep and shallow helplessness. He didn't know why he was so angry, angry that she concealed it from him, and she was unwilling to tell him that she was helpless. He was her husband, but she never looked at him like this, and she was unwilling to tell him even if she told her sixth brother. Could it be that in her heart, there was only... ? Thinking of the scene when he rushed into the hall, he was obviously in danger, but his eyes were reluctant to leave that person.
Xiao Yi couldn't help but feel depressed, and his mind was slightly hot with resentment, unwillingness and punishment. He stretched out his hand and pushed her down on the couch, leaning over.
Zhao Pei had not expected him to do this. She had been frightened for a day and now she was even more frightened. She struggled and screamed. Xiao Yi ignored her waving fists and the two of them wrestled on the couch. Perhaps the noise was too loud and alarmed Qiao Yu who was guarding outside. He stood by the door and asked, "Prince? What happened?"
A low roar: "Get out!"
She called out again, "Come in!"
"Get out!" "Come in!"
Qiao Yu was sweating coldly as he listened at the door, not knowing whether to "get out" or "come in" or listen to the two people's "get in".
Zhao Pei had bitten Xiao Yi's hand, which was not painful for him, but he still let go and compromised. Damn it, no one can ever refuse me, Xiao Yi hated secretly. However, Zhao Pei saw him let go and quickly hugged the quilt tightly, huddled up in a ball, staring at him with hatred like a frightened little animal.
He couldn't bear it, so he gave up. She was really tired today.
He stood up tiredly and said coldly, "Go to bed early." Then he turned around, pushed the door and left.
Zhao Pei was still in shock, staring blankly at the flickering candlelight. After a while, she suddenly lifted the quilt to cover her head and fell down, breathing deeply. How many more times can she escape this disaster
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The news of the assassination attempt on the emperor spread like wildfire. The ministers were shocked and angry, but some were happy and some were sad. In short, they all wrote to the emperor to investigate the mastermind and exterminate all the nine clans. But the emperor simply refuted these memorials and made no further statement on the matter.
But shortly afterwards, Xiao Yuyao hanged herself in her bedroom.
Zhao Pei suddenly felt sorry for the emperor after hearing what Xiao Yi said. One was his closest sixth brother, and the other was his eldest daughter. Both were people who were infinitely favored by him, but they were plotting how to murder him. In the end, he never had the heart to order punishment, but instead covered up the facts for them.
The emperor must be in great pain. He had fought for his entire life and spared no effort for the throne, but now his own family treated him like this. As time went by and history repeated itself, who else could he trust
He is just a lonely and helpless old man. He is always powerful and above everyone else, but he has to walk on thin ice, fearing that he will fall into the abyss if he takes a wrong step.
Who is not like this? Xiao Tong, Xiao Gang, Xiao Lun, Xiao Yi, Xiao Ji... With the royal family name, they are destined to fight for a place for themselves in the wavering fate to avoid being ruthlessly killed by others. So how many of these brothers are real brothers
At that time, Zhao Pei just thought about it, and it was just a casual thought. Later, she was terrified and dared not think about it anymore. At that time, she had just entered the palace and had just seen the bloody wind. It was not until later that she gradually realized why the ancients did not want to be born into the imperial family. (To be continued)