"You--what did you say?"

I was stunned for a moment and looked up at Huang Tianba's eyes. For the first time, those charming eyes looked at me with such solemn gaze.

I don’t understand why you suddenly said this to me at this time.

Huang Tianba said: "Have you ever thought about what would happen if you stayed in the palace tonight, no matter if any of them wins?"

What will happen?

I said softly: "If it is the prince, if it is him - he has always been very good to me, and he is also a very good person. If he really wins, I think he will... give me an amnesty."

of."

This idea is what I have always insisted on. No matter what kind of evaluation Huang Tianba gave him just now, if he had killed me cruelly when he found Yuxi, maybe no third person would know about the imperial edict, but he

But he didn’t do that. I believe he is a good person!

Huang Tianba glanced at me and said nothing. Instead, after being silent for a while, he said, "What if it's him?"

Is it...him?

I don’t know why, but I suddenly remembered what Yao Yingxue said before he died. He already knew that the person that night was not Yao Yingxue, but I didn’t know whether he knew who the person was that night.

If, if he really knows...

My fingertips suddenly became cold at this moment. Huang Tianba looked at my suddenly pale face and said hurriedly: "Qingying, what's wrong with you?"

I raised my head and met his concerned gaze, and a hint of warmth seemed to melt into my heart. No, he probably wouldn't know, otherwise it would have been ruined long ago based on his temper. Besides, he had already promised me,

He will give me an amnesty after the matter is completed. In the final analysis, I am just a little maid in Shangyang Palace. I was insignificant to begin with. Now I will try my best to help him. An amnesty will not even match the generous salary of gold, silver, jewelry, and high-ranking officials.

It is nothing to him.

So, I forced a smile and said, "Master Huang, I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

"So, do you want to come with me?"

"Master Huang, Qingying has not received amnesty yet."

"If you come with me now, it doesn't matter whether you receive amnesty or not."

"No, it's different."

I smiled bitterly and said: "Master Huang, is there no royal land in the world? If Qingying really leaves with you, he will be running away. He will bear the fear of being caught for the rest of his life. That feeling is like a

A nightmare from which I will never wake up."

Having said this, I couldn't help but shudder: "I finally got rid of it, and I don't want to have such a dream again."

Huang Tianba looked at me, his eyes a little surprised. I suddenly thought I had woken up, looked up at him, smiled reluctantly, and heard him murmur: "Qingying, what on earth are you——"<

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"Besides, if Qingying really goes with you," I interrupted him immediately and said with a smile, "Miss Muhua will not be happy."

When Huang Tianba heard this, his expression immediately changed.

I was also a little embarrassed. It was just a casual sentence at first, but when I said it, it seemed like it really meant something. I was apologizing to him awkwardly, but I saw a trace of bitterness in his eyes. He slowly lowered his head and looked.

The green jade flute in my hand.

My heart froze for a moment.

I never thought that Pei Yuanchen would have real feelings for him, and even think about him when he was dying. But what about him? What does he think of Pei Yuanchen? Is it really just a scene from beginning to end, or is it...

When he was singing harmony with the harp and flute, was he ever a little sincere?

"Master Huang..." I wanted to say something to comfort him, but when I did, nothing came out.

Huang Tianba looked at the jade flute in his hand and suddenly smiled: "Maybe, you are right."

"..."

"My appearance has ruined his life. Maybe I really shouldn't have appeared, and I shouldn't have changed anything."

I don’t know why, but when I heard him say such words in such an indifferent tone, it seemed as if he was giving up everything. I subconsciously stretched out my hand to hold his sleeve. Huang Tianba looked down, smiled faintly, and said

: "Qingying, do you still remember that I once said that if I could turn into a star, I would be Dongming, lighting up the way forward for you, and wishing you a bright future."

I nodded, and I still remember what he said to me when we were dying of a serious disease in Nancheng, Yangzhou.

"But now, I don't want you to be in trouble all the time," he said to me: "I just want you to be happy and safe throughout your life."

After saying this, he gently took his sleeve out of my hand.

My fingertips passed through a gust of wind. I didn't even have time to recall what was conveyed in his eyes at that moment. I saw him slowly raising his head and looking at the towering fire in the garden. As soon as he turned around,

He strode away.

In the night, I heard him saying loudly: "I have never cultivated good deeds in my life, I only like to kill people and set fires. Suddenly I opened the golden rope and broke the jade lock here. Hey! The tide news came from the Qiantang River. Today I know who I am..."<

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Today I know who I am...

He finally gave Pei Yuanchen some truth at this moment.

When his back completely disappeared into the night, and my fingertips were cooled by the wind under my sleeves, I slowly turned around. There were still a few horses tied to the roadside. I walked over and untied one of them.

the reins, and then climbed onto the horse.

At this moment, several shadow guards emerged from the darkness and walked towards me: "Miss Qing, what are you——"

"Guys, I just want to go back to the palace to see His Highness, and I won't make it difficult for you."

They were all shadow guards following Pei Yuanhao. When they heard this, they hesitated and did not stop me, but I had already shaken the reins and the horse immediately rushed out. They looked at each other and got on their horses one after another.

Let’s fly together towards the city.

Along the way, the cold wind was biting, blowing on my face like an ice knife cutting through my skin.

I gritted my teeth and endured the burns on my body. The pain was even worse when the horse jolted, but now my heart felt like it was being roasted on a fire.

Huang Tianba’s words just now are still echoing in his ears.

Yang Yunhui has already captured the nine gates. Pei Yuanhao is so anxious to go back, he is afraid that he will really go back to force the palace to seize the throne. The current situation is that Pei Yuanfeng is seriously ill and Pei Yuanchen has been killed. The next battle will only be

Exists between Pei Yuanhao and Pei Yuanxiu.

I can't imagine how the fight between these two men will turn upside down, and how the seemingly peaceful imperial city will turn into a hell on earth because of them.

Although I was mentally prepared, when I rushed back to the Imperial City, I was still shocked by the scene in front of me.

Countless surging crowds ran out of the palace gate, and the soldiers wielding swords rushed in with murderous intent. The shaking shouts of killing resounded through the sky, like the roar of a giant dragon, threatening to destroy the entire imperial city.

Devour them all.

The usually cautious palace maids and eunuchs were all screaming and yelling at the top of their lungs, and they were all running around in a panic. Some were knocked to the ground by the people behind them. The crowd surged up and stepped on them, making them cry and scream, while holding knives.

Once the guards collided with each other, there was a fight, blood splattered everywhere, and screams continued.

The entire imperial city is in chaos.

"How could this happen...how could this happen..."

Looking at the scene in front of me, I was already stunned. As I murmured, the crowd came towards us again. The horse under the seat was frightened and began to snort restlessly. The horse's hooves were pacing messily on the ground.

I almost turned around and ran back.

I hurriedly tightened the reins. Seeing this, the shadow guards rushed over to help me control the horse. One of them said: "Miss Qing, it's too messy here. Let's go back."

"Where is the Third Highness? Where is he?"

I only looked at the chaos in front of me and didn't hear what he was saying at all. They looked at each other and simply sent one of them to find out the news. After a while, the person came back and the look on his face became a little nervous.

.

"How's it going?"

"A fight has broken out in the city."

"Nonsense, of course we knew there was going to be a fight!" The leading shadow guard was also angry and said loudly: "How come there is a fight? Aren't all the people in the Nine Gates controlled by His Highness?"

The man said with a pale face: "But - I heard that the imperial soldiers were transferred into the city overnight."

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked, and when I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and hurriedly said: "Who adjusted it?"

"I don't know about this yet."

I pinched the reins so hard that the burrs on the rope were pierced into my skin.

The imperial soldiers were transferred into the palace so quickly. Was it Queen Yin?

By the way, I remembered, Yao Yingxue said that she was bribed by Queen Yin, and Pei Yuanhao had previously released the news that he knew about Yuxi Xiuluo. Yao Yingxue must have passed this back, so Pei Yuanchen led people all the time.

Following him, people from the Nine Sects were transferred away, but tonight, Pei Yuanxiu and I discovered the real jade seal in Yonghe Palace, so they must have immediately understood that the whole thing was a trap set by Pei Yuanhao.

The nine gates were empty, and Yang Yunhui's imperial guards fell from the sky. This was originally a dead move, but I didn't expect them to react so quickly.

"How is the situation now?"

"It's a stalemate," the person who inquired about the news said with his brows knitted into a knot: "The order the palace received was that there were rebels who wanted to murder the prince and force the palace to usurp the throne. After Master Yang's people entered the Nine Gates, the Sword Gate and the
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