A sigh was like a white silk, strangling his throat, tearing Xiao Yunyi's voice apart. "Moved … myself?"
His eyes trembled deeply, several strong emotions surging in his chest at the same time, colliding and fighting, causing him to be stunned and unable to react. This Xiao Yunyi did not have the high-spirited spirit he had in the Imperial Court, did not have the fierceness and cruelty he had when he was waving his sword. Instead, he looked a little pitiful.
Ning Shu did not want to say it like this, but he was so stubborn that she had no choice but to use the strong medicine.
"Right now, I am in a sea of fire, and the only thing I can rely on to survive is the thin rope above the sea of fire. Your Highness's closeness to me is like a knife that wants to kill me. As long as Your Highness gets closer to me, the blade of the knife will get closer to the rope under my feet. If you force yourself to approach, the blade will mercilessly cut off the rope, causing me to fall into the raging flames, allowing the flames to lick my skin and burn my flesh and internal organs. In the end, my entire body will be turned into charcoal, and I will die without a complete corpse.
So, if Your Highness wants me to live, please stay further away from me, even further away. This way, I won't let down the shallow friendship I had when I was five years old, when I boldly spoke up for Your Highness. "
With that, she turned to leave.
But she heard a gust of wind and her hand was grabbed by someone, pulling her back into the pavilion.
Beside her, Fu Ling and the others were shocked and wanted to stop him.
But Xiao Yunyi's actions were too fast and too fierce. Ning Shu was caught off guard and her back was pressed against the pillar of the pavilion. She was forced to look up and meet Xiao Yunyi's burning eyes.
"Do you think that I abandoned my mother and wanted to fight for that position entirely for myself?" Xiao Yunyi gritted his teeth and asked in a suppressed and painful voice by her ear.
His chest rose and fell violently. His eyes, which clearly reflected her figure, were bloodshot with anger. "After so many years, I still remember that year when I knelt in front of Imperial Concubine Qi's palace. There were so many people coming and going in the palace, one by one, walked in front of me, but no one stood up for me. Even my biological mother, Yin Zhaoyi, only dared to use a handkerchief to wipe her tears after hearing about it. She quietly said to me, 'Mother is useless, unable to protect you …' Then, when Consort Qi's sedan arrived, she hurriedly knelt down to pay her respects, not daring to say a single word for me. "
He took a deep breath, as if he was immersed in the memories that were half bright and half dark. "There was only a little you. You blinked your big, innocent eyes and looked at me for a long time. Then, you jumped down from your mother's knee and stood in front of me. But after you helped me clear my name, you were almost charged with the crime of disrespect by Imperial Concubine Qi. Do you know what I was thinking at that time? What I was thinking was: Not only is my mother incompetent, I am also incompetent! In this world, there is only one person who dares to stand up for me, but will be punished because of me. I am simply too, too incompetent!
On that day, I swore in my heart that I would never let this happen again. One day in the future, I will definitely protect you behind me. In this world, there are millions of people, no matter if it is a person or a beast, a god or a ghost in hell, no one will be able to hurt you! But you actually said that I was only moved by myself?! "
His eyes were completely red. Every time he looked at her, every time he looked into her eyes, it was like burning charcoal. In both her previous and current lives, this was the first time he had said these words from the bottom of his heart to her. The deep affection in those words made her unable to control her shock and fear. It was as if he really, really, deeply placed her in the bottom of his heart.
If she had not experienced the pain of that life, perhaps she really would have believed it. Unfortunately.
"Your Highness, what you mean is that you fought with all your might for me?" After a short silence, Ning Shu took a light breath. When she looked up again, her eyes had regained their clarity. "Then may I ask Your Highness, if I ask you to stop and turn back now, to be an idle prince, like His Highness Prince Ke, to spend all day reciting the wind, drinking wine, drawing eyebrows and putting on concubine's makeup, not caring about court affairs, and only enjoying life, would you be willing?"
Xiao Yunyi said excitedly, "How do you know, I'm not …"
The word "I'm willing" almost slipped out of his mouth, but when this short word reached his mouth, it was like a hard stone had suddenly appeared and firmly blocked his mouth, making him unable to make a sound.
In this short moment of hesitation, Ning Shu had the chance to withdraw her wrist. She took three steps back and smiled faintly at him. "It seems like you and I both have an answer."
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