Therefore, he understood Chu Yan’s helplessness at the time, and at the same time believed in his sincerity towards Bai Zhi.
A man’s sincerity was more important than anything else, he hope they can have a good talk to resolve the current predicament.
The light in the room was soft and warm. Bai Zhi still turned her back to him, but when she heard his footsteps, she hurriedly took two steps forward, but the next moment, she was hugged into his arms by him.
It seems to be the familiar embrace, but at the same time, it doesn’t seem to be.
She wanted to push him away, but he hugged her even tighter.
“Zhi’er, don’t say it’s over, don’t say it.” He clasped the back of her head with his palm, letting her face lean against his chest.
She couldn’t push him away, so she simply gave up struggling, and obediently fell on his chest, taking it as the last hug.
“Hu Feng, ever since I knew you were Prince Jin, I knew that there would always be a day when we will become people from two different worlds. What you take for granted, in my eyes, is the sand that was rubbed into my eyes .”
Chu Yan shook his head: “No, from the first time we met in Huangtuo Village, it was destined that we would be together. This is all destined and will never change.”
“It has changed. Everything changed since you left Huangtuo Village. From the moment you decide to be the emperor, everything completely changed.” She closed her eyes, hiding the tears in her eyes.
Chu Yan tightened his arms around her waist, “No, nothing changed. I will do what I promised you. I know you don’t like having other women around me. Those women, I’ll take care of it, you just wait.”
Bai Zhi suddenly opened her eyes and pushed him away: “What will you do? How are you going to deal with them? Throw them into the cold palace? Drive them out of the palace? Or simply kill them? Is that how you deal with them? This is just the beginning, you know it clear in your heart, isn’t it?”
Chu Yan was tongue-tied and didn’t know how to answer her for a while.
The two looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, Bai Zhi said again: “You still don’t understand me, you don’t understand what exactly I want. Those women are not the most important obstacle between us.”
Chu Yan suddenly understood something, and looked at her with wide eyes: “Why didn’t you say it earlier?”
She smiled wryly: “Say what?”
Chu Yan suddenly remembered something. Bai Zhi once asked him if he must be the emperor.
At that time, what did she want to ask?
“You go, as of today, this is the last time we will meet in this life.” She thought that after saying these words, she would become more relaxed.
But instead of becoming relaxed, her mood became heavier and heavier. As if being pressed down by a boulder, so heavy that she couldn’t breathe.
Chu Yan shook his head: “I won’t go, unless you come with me, otherwise, I will never go.”
“Chu Yan, you are already the emperor. This is an unchangeable fact. You are no longer the Hu Feng you were at the beginning. You carry the entire Chu country on your shoulders. I’m sorry, but I can’t do anything for you, and I can’t help you shoulder this burden together, so let’s go our way in the future.”
She pushed the flustered and bewildered Chu Yan out of the room, closed the doors and windows, covered herself in the quilt, and let the sad emotions overwhelm her like a storm.
Chu Yan stood at the door of the room for a whole night.
He hadn’t had a good rest since the onset of heartache, his body was still weak, and with the mountain wind that blew at night, he couldn’t hold it anymore.
Eunuch Fu called him several times, but he didn’t answer or move, standing like a stone elephant.
Until dawn, Eunuch Fu was really worried, and went up to ask again, but saw that the emperor just turned around and fell.
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