It was late at night, and all the officials left in twos and threes. Xie Linlang didn't have to go out because he lived in the palace.
The emperor summoned her to ask a few words, and it could be seen that he had the heart to ask Qin Jue, but he felt that he couldn't open his mouth, so in the end, he just said something that didn't hurt or itchy, so that she could be quiet and have a chance in the future.
Xie Linlang nodded, without any regrets.
Originally, she had yearned for staying in the capital, but once she became the prime minister with real power, she could do many things she wanted to do but couldn't do before.
The more power she has, the more changes she can make in the world.
Having more rights to do more things was the goal she set since she was a child, but in the past month or so in the capital, it seemed like a year had passed for her.
She didn't think she was stupid, but in this murky situation, she felt breathless.
Not because she couldn't handle it, but because she could have chosen not to.
The imperial court is a big dye vat, and the more you go up, the more you touch the pinnacle of power.
Especially for a loner like her who has no ethnic group to rely on, the dye vat is so turbulent that it is enough to drown her!
And in a short period of time, she can clearly feel that her heart is much harder, so she can't continue to stay. What she wants to do is to be a person who is useful to the society and changes the world!
Rather than a person who is addicted to calculations and immersed in games.
Since this is not the court she wants, and she has no power to change now, let's do it first, she can at least guard her small town and make money first.
- Originally, she just came back to discuss her merits, and it was good that everything returned to the original point.
Xie Linlang stood by the Chengxi Lake in the palace and sighed long.
After she sighed out, the haze that enveloped her heart also disappeared little by little.
It was as if the originally obscured bright moon in the sky finally revealed its full glossy surface. Looking at the reflection on the lake, she felt relieved and smiled slowly.
At this time, a figure walked out slowly, and the moonlight illuminated his white robe very dimly.
When Xie Linlang saw him, she, who should have felt angry at first, was very calm. Some of them were just a feeling that they had finally reached this step, or that they had come this far.
The emperor stood not far from Xie Linlang and looked at her with deep eyes.
When he saw Qin Jue kissing her before, he was already crazy, full of wishes, he killed Qin Jue with the help of the aristocratic family!
So he did not lend soldiers to Xie Linlang, and let her save people alone.
Anyway, those people couldn't help her, but Qin Jue couldn't tell.
However, the subsequent development exceeded his expectations again. Generally, after Xie Linlang is demonized, it takes a day to wake up, so before she exhausts herself, she will find a place away from living people to ensure her own safety.
And this time, not only did she wake up early, but she also went all the way back to the capital from the Yunshan Mountain, forcing the emperor to issue an decree in public to let her go back to Xiangcheng.
Could it be that this is God's will
Qin Jue is still not dead, and he still can't get her
Xie Linlang bowed to him and said lightly.
"Master."
The emperor did not speak, and Xie Linlang continued to speak on his own.
"Tomorrow, the disciple will leave for Xiangcheng. In the future, the mountains and rivers will be far away. I would like to ask the master to take care of himself. I forgive the disciples for not being able to perform filial piety in front of you."
When the emperor heard the words, a mocking smile appeared on his elegant face.
"Will my Linlang be my enemy in the future?"
This question was also asked by the emperor when she went to Xiangcheng a year ago. At that time, Xie Linlang answered "absolutely not", but now...
She raised her head and said seriously, "If Master wants to be my enemy."
The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stepped forward and asked, "What if I just want to be the enemy of Qin Jue?"
He said, getting closer and closer, the whole person came to her completely from the shadows.
"What if all I want is his life? Will you stop me?!"
In the face of the aggressiveness of the emperor, Xie Linlang did not retreat at all, just looked into his eyes and said.
"meeting."
With just one word, the emperor's face instantly lost its blood. He looked at Xie Linlang with some discomfort, and asked very incomprehensibly.
"why?"
"You've been by my side for so many years, isn't it better than Qin Jue being with me all year round?"
Xie Linlang blinked and said without any hesitation.
"Because he never used me."
The emperor was stunned.
Xie Linlang added, "No matter how good I am in front of him, no matter how much benefit I can achieve by using me, he will not use me."
Ever since she gave up being prime minister, she immediately understood the real intention of Qin Jue for letting her stay.
This silly boy saw through her inner desire, so he gave her a step to stay.
Even if he really wanted her to stay for his use at the time, he wasn't using her, but won her consent from the very beginning, using the tone of negotiation and begging.
Thinking of this, Xie Linlang's somewhat cold heart suddenly began to warm up.
From childhood to adulthood, no matter how Qin Jue changed, he seemed to be such a gentle person, or in other words, he had always been gentle to her.
The emperor was speechless for a long time, from using Xie Linlang to poison Concubine Butterfly to letting Xie Linlang save people alone, all of which are full of measurement.
This is his habitual thinking, his way of life from childhood to adulthood. Everyone in the capital is like this, and everyone lives in endless calculations every day.
Moreover, every time she was involved, it was based on her safety. He thought he was safe enough, but he didn't want to, he lost at the beginning...
The Emperor couldn't help laughing lowly, and soon, his laughter became more and more mocking, more and more absurd!
He looked at Xie Linlang and said firmly.
"How do you know that he is not using you?"
"And he is still young and doesn't understand anything. How can you be sure that he will not use you in the future?!"
"As long as he wants to chase power, as long as he wants to be an emperor, whether he wants it or not, he will become someone like me in the future. How will you face him then?"
Xie Linlang pursed her lips and chuckled when she heard the words.
"I never think too much about the future, I just need to know how he treats me now, that's enough."
After Xie Linlang finished speaking, she turned to leave, but the emperor stopped her again.
Once she leaves tomorrow, I don't know when we will meet again. Even though the emperor has all kinds of resentment in his heart, there is only pain and reluctance left at this time. He looked at her back and said word by word.
"Xie Linlang, do you dare to swear?"
"swear?"
Xie Linlang turned around and looked at him strangely.
There was a miserable smile on the handsome face of the emperor.
"When you rejected me, you said that there is no relationship between us, and there is an insurmountable gap, one of which is that you and I are both men.
In that case, do you dare to swear that you will never like any man in your life? "