At the Prince of Dai's Mansion, Xiao Changzhen was escorted back to the mansion. He went straight to the main room and saw his princess consort Li Yanyan sitting in front of the dressing table, dyeing her nails with red hair. The bright red color was dazzling and bloody.
"Back off." With a cold face, Xiao Changzhen ordered everyone to leave.
Li Yanyan was the princess of a fallen country, Xiliang. The people around her were all from the royal palace. She no longer had a personal maid. These servants performed the etiquette obediently and then left quietly.
Li Yanyan still kept her head down and laughed almost inaudibly.
Xiao Changzhen stepped forward quickly, staring down at him, his eyes suppressing the storm: "You are so bold, you dare to use my name to join forces with Yu Zao to dig graves and rob tombs!"
Li Yanyan glanced at her, turned her head slightly, and said charmingly: "Don't worry, Yu Zao has no evidence. Even if His Majesty orders people to investigate, they can't find you. You just need to cry out for injustice, and this matter will be over sooner or later."
"What are you going to do with all this dirty money?" Xiao Changzhen slapped the dressing table and asked with suppressed anger.
Li Yanyan opened her red lips and smiled brightly, "What do I want? Your Majesty, do you need to ask?"
Xiao Changzhen felt a stab in the heart. He looked at her, his eyes gradually turning red, filled with anger and grief.
He trusted her so much that he did not guard against her, allowing her to easily get his seal and lure Yu Zao into a trap. I'm afraid Yu Zao didn't even know that the one he was loyal to was not the King of Dai as he always thought, but the Princess of Dai!
The smile on her lips faded slightly. Li Yanyan turned her head to face the dressing mirror. Looking at herself in the mirror, she suddenly felt a little disgusted. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she was indifferent: "I said it all those years ago that there was only hatred in my heart. I asked you not to marry me, otherwise you would regret it."
"I thought... I thought there was love between you and me. I thought one day you would be able to forget the hatred for your country. That is the general trend and no one can stop it." Xiao Changzhen said, tears flashing in his eyes. "The strong country destroys the weak country and the world is united. It is in accordance with the will of heaven. If the strong country is Xiliang, then the soul of the lost country is me at this moment."
"What a pity, I am the one who lost my country." Li Yanyan picked up the ivory comb and gently combed the long hair that fell to her chest. She stared at herself in the mirror expressionlessly, not allowing herself to be soft-hearted. "I am not Gu Qingzhi, nor am I a noble lady of your Celestial Empire. I don't have such a broad mind and I don't understand the overall situation and destiny. I only know that I am the princess of Xiliang, and I am the treasure held in my father's palm.
Your father destroyed my country and killed my father. This hatred is irreconcilable."
Just as she shouted to Emperor Youning: "If you don't kill me today, I will make you regret it in the future."
"Why do you think you were able to survive among so many princesses in Xiliang?" Xiao Changzhen's voice was weak and light, as light as smoke that would dissipate with the wind.
“Hahahahaha…” Li Yanyan suddenly burst into unbridled laughter, tears welling up in her eyes. She raised her hand and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. “Should I thank you? Thank you for asking His Majesty to spare my life? For letting me become His Majesty’s chess piece to show tolerance and appeasement towards Xiliang, so that the Xiliang royal family would resent my cowardice and not dare to die to prove my will?”
As she spoke, she stood up suddenly, her watery eyes filled with strength and hatred: "If I could, I really want to ask you, you let me go with my father to Xiliang back then, but you kept me and fulfilled your selfish desires, but made me live in pain and hatred every day. Xiao Changzhen, I will not be grateful, I even hate you, hate you for letting me survive."