Li Rong didn't speak, Li Chuan knelt in front of her and looked up at her.
His eyes carried the fearlessness unique to young people, as if he could break through all the haze in this world.
They confronted each other quietly, and after a long time, Li Rong stood up suddenly and pointed her sword at Li Chuan's neck.
The too-sharp blade pierced Li Chuan's skin even if it was touched, and blood beads licked the sword's edge.
"Do you think I dare not kill you?"
Outside the gate, the cold wind was beginning to rise and withered leaves rolled past. Pei Wenxuan folded his hands in his sleeves, turned his back to the gate, looked at the sudden cold wind, and looked up at the dense dark clouds in the sky.
"It's not that he didn't dare to kill me," Li Chuan replied calmly, "it's that he died in the hands of my sister, and I have no regrets."
"If it's really like what my sister said, I want to go that way, then I'd rather my life come here, and it's a good end."
Li Rong didn't speak. She held the sword and stared at Li Chuan. They were stalemate, facing each other. Li Chuan's expression was full of perseverance, and he didn't step back. It seemed that she was really ready to die, waiting for her verdict.
But how does she decide
He didn't do anything, he was so good.
But if he ascends the throne, if he grows up, maybe thirty years later, a cup of poison will be delivered to her.
Time is too cruel and too vicious.
Li Rong looked at the clear expression of the young man in front of her, and suddenly raised her sword.
Li Chuan closed his eyes, and the sword fell in a hurry, slashing the crown of Li Chuan's head.
Li Chuan's hair fell down, he opened his eyes, Li Rong held the sword and gasped, "I will go back to Qingzhou, and I will never enter Huajing again in this life. I will let you go."
Li Rong raised her eyes and looked at Li Chuan: "Please also let me go in the future."
After Li Rong finished speaking, she threw the sword to the ground and turned to leave. Li Chuan knelt on the ground, and when she put her hand on the door, he said hoarsely: "Sister, why can't you trust me more?"
"It's not you who I can't trust," Li Rong lowered her eyes, "it's this world."
There is so much filth in this world, she doesn't know what Li Chuan will look like when she sits in a high position.
When he became an emperor, she was an aristocratic family, they would never have a unified position, and they would continue to be suspicious in this deep palace.
She knew too well who she was. In fact, Li Chuan was right to kill her back then.
If Li Chuan died, whether it was Li Ping or Li Xin, when they threatened her, she would not necessarily abolish them.
Li Rong calmed down, her expression gradually returned to calm, and then she opened the door with force with both hands.
The cold wind was suddenly involved, blowing her wide sleeves and flying. She looked up and looked forward, and saw Pei Wenxuan put his sleeves together and turned his head to look over.
"Have we talked about it?"
Pei Wenxuan smiled and Li Rong nodded, "Let's go."
When Pei Wenxuan got the word, he came over to hug her. Li Rong pressed him down: "What are you doing?"
"Are you going to leave the Prince's Mansion with a limp?"
Li Rong hesitated for a moment, thinking that it would be ugly to go out with a limp, so she didn't make a sound, and let Pei Wenxuan hug her horizontally. I don't know why I am happy, but I always smile.
She felt a little uncomfortable. She raised her eyes and glanced at Pei Wenxuan. Seeing that he was still laughing, she couldn't help being a little angry. She frowned and said, "What are you laughing at all day long? Do you see me joking?"
"what?"
When Pei Wenxuan heard Li Rong blame him, he regained his senses and hurriedly explained: "No, it's just that His Highness is back, and I am happy. Everything can be solved, His Highness is fine, so I don't feel any displeasure. ."
"Are you so happy?" Li Rong didn't believe it. Pei Wenxuan didn't dare to entangle with her, so he quickly changed the subject, "How are you and His Royal Highness talking?"
"I'm going back to Qingzhou."
Li Rong leaned on Pei Wenxuan's chest and said in a low voice, "I won't come back in the future, but I will do my best to support Li Chuan in whatever he needs. Tell me if you have something, you can do it."
Pei Wenxuan responded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will handle it as appropriate."
Li Rong closed her eyes and responded, and Pei Wenxuan took her to the carriage.
The two returned to the mansion together, and Pei Wenxuan asked Li Rong to rest for a while. Li Rong lay on the bed. She watched Pei Wenxuan put down the bed tent. When the darkness completely covered the whole bed, she suddenly got a little scared and grabbed Pei Wenxuan. Called: "Wen Xuan."
Pei Wenxuan stopped, he saw the hand holding his own, he hesitated for a moment, then hung up the bed curtain again, coaxing her softly: "You lie down first, I will tell them, and soon return."
Hearing Pei Wenxuan say this, Li Rong felt a little embarrassed for a while.
She didn't know how she became like this, she pretended to be calm and said calmly: "I'm fine, what should you do? I'll call you."
Pei Wenxuan smiled and didn't say much. He went out and ordered people to do what they should do, then turned back.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the bed tent had been put down. He was afraid that Li Rong had already fallen asleep, so he lightly entered the room, took off his jacket, and lifted the bed tent.
As soon as he lifted the bed curtain, he found Li Rong sitting inside, leaning against the wall, with her knees bent, hugging herself like a child.
This appearance made Pei Wenxuan's heart stab lightly, but he did not show any difference. He lifted the bed curtain and climbed onto the bed, leaning against the wall like Li Rong, and sitting with his knees bent. He was some distance away from Li Rong, and wanted to warm up the cold air he brought back from going out and get closer to her. Li Rong turned to look at him, a little strange: "What are you doing so far away from me?"
Without waiting for Pei Wenxuan to explain, she moved over and leaned side by side with him.
Pei Wenxuan tucked the quilt for her and wrapped her whole body from the neck down in the quilt. He didn't forget to ask thoughtfully, "Is it cold?"
Li Rong leaned on his shoulder, quite disgusted: "It's so hot."
"Then you are still relying on me?" Pei Wenxuan laughed, Li Rong was too lazy to pay attention to him, smelled the incense on his body, and said lightly, "I will be leaving soon, one more day is one day, and there will be nothing in the future. Come on, why don't you give me this time?"
Hearing her words, Pei Wenxuan pursed his lips and smirked, only said: "Your Highness will not return, even me?"
"Say, let's separate."
Li Rong closed her eyes and said simply. Pei Wenxuan thought for a while: "I still don't understand, what did I do wrong and you want to separate from me?"
"There's nothing wrong, it's all my fault."
"If you say that, I panic even more."
Pei Wenxuan put his hand on her shoulder: "I must have made a big mistake, and I haven't even been forgiven at all."
Li Rong didn't speak, she knew that Pei Wenxuan was teasing her, she leaned against him, and after a long time, she whispered, "Pei Wenxuan, we are completely different people."
"That's right," Pei Wenxuan replied decisively, "I knew it when I saw you in my last life."
"I don't know how to be nice to you, I screw up things every time. I beat you, scolded you and bullied you in my last life, and I still beat you, scolded you, and bullied you in this life. If I want to be nice to you, I will send you an official and make you angry. I fainted in the courtroom, I wanted to take the initiative this morning, and I was so angry that I almost cried."
Li Rong said it seriously, but Pei Wenxuan didn't know why, but he wanted to laugh: "Li Rong, are you really introspecting yourself?"
Li Rong froze, Pei Wenxuan thought about it, he felt that Li Rong was like a child now, he coughed lightly, and pulled the person into his arms: "Okay, I know you are uncomfortable, I don't laugh You, tell me anything you are unhappy about."
"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong said softly, "I'm very bad."
"Oh, I know."
Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and scolded him with one finger and one finger: "You look down on people, you are arrogant, you like to beat people, you are always hypocritical, you always ignore my feelings when you are big-hearted, and your words are particularly ugly, your total People follow the rules, but he is the most unruly one, and it's harder to ask someone to wait and take the initiative even when going to bed..."
"Pei Wenxuan!"
Li Rong shouted angrily, Pei Wenxuan faced her, and continued to drop ten fingers: "You are not allowed to criticize you, only allowed to praise you, you can't distinguish between your four limbs and five grains..."
"Get out!" Li Rong couldn't bear him, and pushed Pei Wenxuan to push him down, but she was far from the strength to push an adult man out of bed, so Pei Wenxuan smiled and watched her push her, no matter the details. Count her down.
From the time she slept and kicked people all the way to her partnering with Su Rongqing to get angry at her, seeing that Li Rong was about to cry by him, he finally stopped, smiled and hugged people into his arms, coaxing her: "But then again How is it? I like you."
"Whoever wants you to like it, go away."
"I won't get out, I'll stick to you," Pei Wenxuan said and kissed her, "I'll stick to you for the rest of my life."
"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong scolded him with red eyes, "you are so shameless."
"Daughter-in-law, what face do I want?"
Pei Wenxuan watched Li Rong cry, and others hugged him in his arms and patted: "Okay, don't cry anymore, you've been crying for so long today, don't make people cry bad. Your temper is not bad, It's great, you always take everything to yourself, but people always have limits. The fault may not be made by one person, but it is not made by you alone. "
"You don't know how bad I am."
"Don't be too busy saying you're not good. What happened? You tell me what happened. You've been crying for a long time, and I'm still covered."
"Didn't you say you know everything?" Li Rong sniffed, and Pei Wenxuan laughed, "Then I have to be sure, your Highness is the same as what I know, isn't it?"
"You really lied to me a lot."
Li Rong immediately grasped the point, and Pei Wenxuan choked for a while. After holding it for a long time, he sighed: "Li Rong, you really put all your cleverness on me."
Li Rong froze, and before she could apologize, Pei Wenxuan continued, "I am indeed your favorite person."
Li Rong laughed through tears, Pei Wenxuan pulled her against the wall, covered her with a quilt, took a cup of warm water for her to drink, took a warm bag for her to hold, and came back to her: "Come on. Come on, tell me, your husband is listening carefully."
Li Rong turned her head and glared at him, she paused for a moment, and finally sorted out her thoughts, and shared with Pei Wenxuan what Su Rongqing told him.
The first time she heard these words, it made her painful and disgusting. Maybe it was because she recalled it too many times, or maybe it was because Pei Wenxuan was there. When talking to Pei Wenxuan, there were no ups and downs like that, but she felt a little bored. A little sour, a little unspeakable grievance.
"I did so much for them in my previous life, and I felt a little uncomfortable when I ended up like this. I was just so wronged and uncomfortable, but I couldn't find anyone to scold."
"Are you saying that Chuan'er is wrong?" Li Rong chuckled, "He is an emperor, to kill a eldest princess who dared to go to the court and directly and openly say to go to the Queen Mother and ask for a decree to abolish him and possibly his son at any time, what's the matter? wrong?"
"Are you saying that Su Rongqing is wrong?" Li Rong lowered her head and sighed, "His Manchus were all killed by my brother, and he would be soft-hearted if he didn't kill me for revenge. In order to protect the blood of the Su clan, for revenge, and for power, he stood by and stood by. What's wrong with my sister and brother?"
"As for Shangguanya," Li Rong pursed her lips, and finally laughed bitterly, "Shangguan's family is in turmoil, as the queen elected by the Shangguan family, for the sake of the Shangguan family and her own son, how can she watch me die? Miscalculation? It's against human relations for her to cheat on Su Ronghua, but if Chuan'er really favors Qin Zhenzhen alone, how cruel would it be for her to die alone in the palace? "
"It's all human, I understand."
Li Rong raised her head and said softly, "Why do you think I am with Su Rongqing? It's not because I can't stand alone."
After Li Rong said this, she couldn't help but glance at Pei Wenxuan: "I said this..."
"I'm willing to listen." Pei Wenxuan laughed, "I lost you for more than 20 years. If I can, I want to make up for it. You don't have to worry, I'm willing to listen to you."
Li Rong smiled, she always kept a distance from Pei Wenxuan.
"Actually, after being with you, I always think about unfairness. You have been alone for so many years in your last life, you have survived loneliness and loneliness, but I can't. Su Rongqing and I are together because I am actually afraid of myself. I eat alone, sleep alone, and when I am sick, I can’t feel that no one cares about me. It seems that no one likes me or cares about me.”
"He cares about me, treats me well, likes me, so I like him. I like him, so I force him."
"Forcing him?" Pei Wenxuan couldn't understand, Li Rong didn't speak, she looked at the bed tent, and after a long time, she said hoarsely, "I can endure it for a year, five years, ten years. But I actually remember it all the time. You made me feel."
"He's handicapped and embarrassed, but every time I speak, he still helps me. His clothes are neatly dressed every time, I can't feel his happiness, but I can't help it."
"I thought about raising a face, and even once I almost brought someone back, but I couldn't tolerate being casual with someone, and finally I sent him away."
"So you know," Li Rong lowered her head and smiled embarrassedly, "I'm more disgusting than you think."
"When I heard Shangguanya and Su Ronghua, I felt very disgusted, but it wasn't them that I was disgusted by, it was me."
"I can't blame Shangguanya, Li Chuan, or even Su Rongqing. From yesterday to now, I've been thinking, if I could have done better, I shouldn't have separated from you so rashly, I should have been more concerned about Chuan'er, I I should help Shangguanya out of the palace, I should let Su Rongqing die, or don't let him enter because of the emptiness of life, or don't be so cruel to him..."
"I have a lot to change. I don't want to be so despicable and disgusting," Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan, "Is my life different?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, she quietly looked into his eyes, and Li Rong smiled: "You know why I want to separate from you, right?"
"The time I spent with you was actually stolen by me. The day you confessed to me, I asked you to wait for me. I thought I could change. At the age of eighteen, I didn't indulge in desire, I didn't do so many things wrong, I didn't have to worry about gains and losses because of a relationship, I could learn how to be nice to you, and I could learn to accept love calmly. But now I know, in fact, I Can't learn."
"I've worked hard, I've worked hard all my life. Maybe I didn't have a good relationship with you in the last life. It was me who treated you badly. But I've been good to them."
That's great, but I still don't get the friendship I deserve.
Maybe the position is different, but I haven't even got the half-hesitating warmth.
"You are with me, you always endure my repetitions, my stupidity, my ignorance, and my hypocrisy, why bother? Don't wait until the feelings are worn down to the point of disgusting, and leave early, in fact, I am a very good person. Allies," Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan with a bit of pride in her eyes, "If you don't talk about feelings."
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, he looked at Li Rong quietly, Li Rong raised his hand and pushed him: "What are you looking at? Can't talk anymore?"
"It's nothing, just remembering the past."
"Um?"
"The first time I saw His Highness, I was very nervous."
Pei Wenxuan leaned against the wall with a smile on his face: "I heard that His Highness is arrogant, and I also know that I have a bad background. Thinking of His Highness marrying me, I must be very unwilling. I am afraid that I will suffer."
"You definitely want to deal with me." Li Rong definitely said, Pei Wenxuan is a dog who will not suffer.
"Yeah, I was fully prepared, but when you moved the fan away, you quietly raised your eyes to look at me, I suddenly forgot everything, and only remembered that you looked good all night. Then you looked at me and blushed. , I had a glass of wine with me, and then sat on the bed with me. I didn't dare to open my mouth, because I was afraid that you would dislike me in your heart, so you sat with me for a long time and asked me in a low voice, is Langjun still resting? "
Pei Wenxuan imitated Li Rong's voice, Li Rong pushed him, and Pei Wenxuan smiled even more: "I never thought that the princess would dislike my identity as a Han family. You screamed pain that night, and I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking that I might be scolded by the rod tomorrow, the palace gave me the rules that the concubine had to learn, but I could recite it like a memorizer. As a result, when you woke up the next morning, not only did you not beat me, but you also got up to tie the crown for me yourself. No, pretending to be virtuous and virtuous, after tossing for a long time, my face turned red."
"It's a long time ago," Li Rong was a little embarrassed, "what are you talking about?"
"At that time, you accompanied me to Pei's house without any pretense, and even kneeled down and offered tea to my parents. After you came back, you took good care of me. When I coughed, you asked someone to prepare pear water for me. I got angry, you Ask someone to make mung bean soup, I often drink, and every time I come back, you take care of me personally, knowing that I have a bad stomach, so I specially prepare medicinal herbs, I vomit and make trouble, and you can bear with me."
"At that time, everyone looked down on me, even if I was the leader of the college for three years and above the court, I was nothing, but you didn't think so, you always praised me for doing well, you were the first to praise me than Su Rongqing A good person is also the first person who didn't say 'pity' when he was talking about me. He was also the first person who didn't mention my father when he was talking about me. Li Rong," Pei Wenxuan Turning his head, he looked at Li Rong, "Actually, you made me come out of the shadow of the poor family and my father. Don't think I'm good. In fact, I used to be extreme, inferior, and cowardly."
Pei Wenxuan said, grabbed Li Rong and let Li Rong lean on his shoulder.
"Later you separated from me. I saw a lot of things in the courtroom. You are the cleanest person I've ever seen in the courtroom."
"You are talking nonsense." Li Rong laughed, "Am I still clean?"
"Your Highness, you feel disgusting because you are demanding too much of yourself. You are a human being, not a saint. A little desire is nothing. It is not easy for you to always guard your bottom line and the tenderness in your heart."
"You punish corrupt officials, you speak out for injustice, you hate intrigue, and even you support the aristocratic family, not to protect your interests, but because you think a stable government is better for the people."
"The court knows about the Su family's case. Su Ronghua did not collude with King Su, but no one dares to speak up. Only you dare to confront His Majesty. Even if you are blamed by the stick, you must protect the old and the young."
"Reincarnation, above the court, Concubine Ning committed suicide in the main hall, everyone can't avoid it, you will also put on her clothes."
"You say that you care about power, but you always regard the prince as your younger brother, Shangguanya as your friend, and trust Su Rongqing in return. Be loyal to the king, and be righteous to your friends. In this deep palace, you have been using you all the time. You are practicing your gentleman's way. Look, in the past 30 years, who has done it in this dye vat except you?"
"Isn't there still you?"
Li Rong thought for a while: "This is what should be done."
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan shook his head, "I almost went the wrong way countless times. It's just that when I faced those temptations, I would think of Your Highness. Every time I would think about it, what would you think of me, Your Highness is like my mirror, Just my clothes. What I do is much easier than Your Highness. I follow Your Highness, but Your Highness, you are walking forward alone. My perseverance is because I am bound by Your Highness, but Your Highness' perseverance is the essence of Your Highness. Heart."
"Being born again, it was His Highness who woke me up, and let me come out of the paranoia of my previous life and enjoy the joy of rebirth. It was His Highness who taught me to deal with the conflict with my mother and let me come out of my humble heart. Yes. His Highness is always helping me and saving me, without His Highness, there would be no Pei Wenxuan today."
"What are you talking about?" Li Rong turned to look at him, "Do you want to learn from the white snake to repay your kindness and promise each other?"
"I said this, just to tell Your Highness that you and I are husband and wife."
"What about this?"
"His Royal Highness, the husband and wife themselves are making trouble for each other. It is said that they are in the same boat, life and death are inseparable. I am at the end of the day, and Your Highness will never leave me. Today, His Highness is in trouble, how can I let His Highness leave alone?"
Li Rong didn't speak, but Pei Wenxuan stretched out his hand and hugged Li Rong: "Rongrong, everything right now is just a hurdle for you, it's okay to walk past it."
"I'm your husband, and I'll accompany you."
"But I'm afraid I won't be able to walk." Li Rong's voice was hoarse, and Pei Wenxuan laughed: "You can't walk, but now you're fine."
"A man is like a fish in water, his mouth is full of mud when he is born in a mud pond, and his body is translucent when he is born in clear water. Your Highness, you have desires, you will sink into despair, and you will be shaken by darkness. This is not a big mistake. ."
"You're an ordinary person, you can love and hate like an ordinary person. You don't have to be exceptional to be worthy of affection."
"you're not wrong."
As Pei Wenxuan said, Li Rong didn't know what was wrong, and felt that the tears could not stop. Pei Wenxuan's voice was very soft: "It's not wrong for you to trust Shangguanya, His Royal Highness, and Su Rongqing. If anyone fails you, it's theirs. wrong."
"And, Your Highness, they are actually not as bad as you think. If you think about it carefully, look carefully, this world is much gentler than you think."
"Really?"
"Really," Pei Wenxuan hugged her tightly, "you go and have a look when I'm here. If the world is stormy, you'll come back."
Li Rong didn't speak, she listened to the wind outside and leaned against Pei Wenxuan quietly.
They retain a unique tenderness in the darkness given by the bed tent.
At this time, Fu Lai came out of the palace and let people enter the Prince's Mansion. He respectfully saluted Li Chuan, who was kneeling in front of the sword, and said calmly, "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty has a request."
Li Chuan turned his head indifferently, his eyes fell on Fulai, he was silent for a long time, and finally got up.
While Su Rongqing was lying on the bed, she slowly opened her eyes.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard a familiar voice next to him: "Awake?"
Su Rongqing turned her head and saw Su Ronghua sitting in the seat. He swept away the usual wanderings, and his eyes were serious with a bit of exploration.
"Big brother."
Su Rongqing said dryly, Su Ronghua got up and poured a glass of water, brought it to Su Rongqing, and handed it to him.
"Have a glass of water." Su Ronghua said calmly, "After drinking, I have a few questions to ask you."