"Li Zhu, when did you start and stop loving me?"

When he asked this sentence, even his usual cold and perfect face had a crack, as if it was about to break the next moment.

His voice was not heavy, and there was even a deliberate gentleness, but I knew better than anyone else that this was a sentence he had never before. Although it was as light as the wind, it felt indescribable sorrow that spread in this question.

Even the river water has become uneasy.

Nangong Lizhu knelt in front of him, tears lingering on her face. She had always been indifferent, graceful, and high-ranking, but at this moment she was at a loss as if she had never been able to do, her whole body trembled like a leaf in the wind and rain. After a long time, she slowly raised her head and looked at Pei Yuanhao.

The pair of autumn-like eyes were filled with tears, and their pitiful appearance was enough to break anyone's heart.

It took a long time before she spoke: "Did you know?"

"..." Pei Yuanhao agreed.

“When did you know?”

"I may not know immediately if someone loves me; but if someone no longer loves me, it cannot be concealed." Pei Yuanhao looked at her and said word by word: "I just want to know when it started."

After hearing his words, Nangong Lizhu smiled.

The smile on the face of the pear blossoms with rain was hidden by the thin fog, and it looked sad and charming. Even at this time, she was still so beautiful that she could upset all living beings. But in the end, she was just a woman trapped by love.

"From the day I married him."

Pei Yuanhao's body suddenly froze.

I also froze and looked at them stupidly.

From the day she married Pei Yuanxiu, she fell in love with Pei Yuanxiu... And that day, that day, it was a day that changed my destiny...

"From the day you married him?"

Pei Yuanhao subconsciously shook his head and murmured and said, as if he couldn't believe it at all: "Why? Why?"

If we really love each other, if we really had love, how could it change because of a marriage? What I know between Nangong Lizhu and him, what I don’t know, but they all have feelings, which made him and her happy and extremely painful feelings, but why did they come to this day?

Nangong Lizhu smiled sadly, tears rolled down from the corner of her eyes. She fell to the ground and looked up at the sky blankly, "I have always felt that he is an unreal person. From childhood to adulthood, no one can see his heart clearly, and no one knows what he is thinking; you are more real to me than him. You know how to cherish me and know how to love me. I can't not love you, I have always loved you."

The more she said, the more fierce the tears fell, and the pale little face was soaked in tears.

Pei Yuanhao listened silently, no words, but the pain in his eyes seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.

"Until you and I need to make a choice," Nangong Lizhu looked at him and said sadly: "I thought you would give up your position for me, and I thought you would surrender to your aunt for me and become a person in her camp, but I never thought that no one would stop you from your way—even me!"

"From that time, I realized that you didn't love me so much. What you love the most is yourself!"

Pei Yuanhao still listened silently without interrupting her, and her accusation was something he could not refute.

He does love himself and his power, but in the end this is nothing wrong. Everyone should love himself, should not lose himself in a relationship, nor should they give up their goals and ideals for a mere love.

He was not wrong, and Nangong Lizhu was not wrong, but fate.

Fate makes them fall in love, but it makes them destined to stand on the opposite side as soon as they are born, so this relationship is destined to be a tragedy.

"And he—" Nangong Lizhu said: "When I married him, I had already given up because I always thought he was also a person without feelings, and I thought he was a person as ruthless as you. But on the night we got married, he got drunk and was unconscious. When he was drunk, he kept calling a strange name, kept calling, kept calling, and said that he wanted to give that person complete happiness, but he never could do anything."

"From that time, I realized that he is actually real, he is more real than anyone else."

After saying this, she turned her head and looked at me, her eyes were blurred, but she kept laughing, smiling so hard, but she was so desolate.

"You know, how envious I am, how jealous I am!"

Following her gaze, Pei Yuanhao also looked at me, and at this time I could only stand in front of her blankly, saying nothing or doing anything.

Pei Yuanxiu...Pei Yuanxiu...

The man who was like a banished immortal once told me that I never knew when his feelings were born, nor why his feelings were so deep, but now, he and I are still standing on the opposite sides.

Is this fate?

Nangong Lizhu slowly stood up from the ground, stumbled and held the mast and looked forward, and smiled sadly: "From that time, I hope he loves me, I try to be his good wife, I do anything for him, I just hope that he will pour all that affection into me."

As she said that, she looked back at me: "So, I don't want you to die."

“…”

"I won't let you die before he falls in love with me, before I replace you!"

“…”

"I want to be clear, clear, complete, and get his heart!"

When she said this, Pei Yuanhao's face turned pale, he kept looking at Nangong Lizhu, listening to her words, and then smiled.

This laughter was indescribable self-mockery and indescribable grief.

At this moment, several soldiers with swords ran over and knelt down five steps away, saying, "Your Majesty, the ship of Shengjing has appeared, and we are now preparing to return!"

His confused eyes suddenly woke up at this moment, and a sharp light burst out. He stood up and looked forward. The ship in the thick fog had indeed stopped, and it was obvious that something was wrong here.

Nangong Lizhu suddenly opened her eyes wide and stared at that side.

"Long live, is it possible now-"

Before they could finish their words, Pei Yuanhao slowly raised his hand and made a gesture: "Go!"

The soldiers took the order and immediately said, "Abide by the order!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they immediately walked to both sides of the deck, took out a few colorful flags, and waved them to both sides. Their movements were very rhythmic, and they could tell at a glance that they were flag words!

They're-

Just when I was puzzled, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in the mist in the valleys on both sides, and rushed towards the center of the canyon. With a huge whistling sound, it echoed in the valley, as if thousands of troops were galloping, and it seemed that two tigers were roaring down!

After a closer look, it turned out to be two teams of warships!

Zhoushan Navy!

Yes, Zhoushan Navy, if Pei Yuanhao knew from the beginning that Nangong Lizhu's appearance was a plan, then everything that followed would be fake. Chasing the assassins, launching a water battle, and annihilation of the enemy, everything would be fake, and only one was real.

It was he who really dispatched Zhoushan Navy to this moment when Hu Yuexia!

No—No—!

I shook my head, and the fear in my heart devoured me like a tiger. At this moment, I seemed to have returned to the night of chaos in the Forbidden City, forcing the palace to fight for the throne. The killings he caused were covered with blood, dyed the sky, the ground, and my eyes red.

If these blood were flowing out of Pei Yuanxiu's body—

"Master," I subconsciously raised my head, walked over and grabbed his sleeve, and knelt in front of him: "No - no -!"

He looked back at me, and his sharp eyes showed ruthlessness at this moment, and he waved his sleeves suddenly!

He waved his sleeves, and the soldiers on both sides immediately took the order and danced a flag toward the Zhoushan warship. The bright red flag drew a cruel arc in the air, like blood stained!

"No--!"

Nangong Lizhu's shrill cry rippled on the river surface. The shout seemed to shake the sky, and even the fog cracked for her. A loud bang suddenly appeared on the Zhoushan warship, and a series of fiery sparks broke through the fog and shot straight towards the big ship.

boom--!

Millions of flames bloomed on the big ship, followed by huge roars and explosions. The firepower of the red cannon was enough to destroy the canyon. The big ship was quickly shattered. The people on the ship roared and wailed before they died, and the wood chips splashed and the smoke filled the entire valley.

"No! No! Yuan Xiu—!"

Nangong Lizhu shouted desperately as if she was crazy, and even jumped down. Pei Yuanhao's eyes were already bloodshot, but he still grabbed her and pulled her back to his arms. Eunuch Yu and Shui Xiu grabbed me tightly without any effort, not allowing me to rush forward. I struggled, but I could not take another step.

Finally, I watched the big ship whine for the last time, and then under the attack of the cannon, it finally scattered into powder and slowly sank in front of me.

Looking at the scene in front of me, I was shocked, and the blood in my body condensed into ice at this moment.

That big ship was destroyed, Pei Yuanxiu—

"Yuan Xiu!"

Nangong Lizhu was tightly locked in Pei Yuanhao's arms, and suddenly her eyes were red and pulled out a dagger from her arms, and she was about to stab him in the chest.

Pei Yuanhao didn't even hide, and just held her and looked at her.

The tip of the knife had already stabbed his chest, but stopped the moment he stabbed in. Nangong Lizhu looked at him tremblingly.

No one expected that she would carry a weapon on her body, and no one could have thought that she would suddenly be unable to look at Pei Yuanhao. At this moment, everyone was stunned. After a while, the crowd exclaimed: "Prince, be careful!"

"Protect the Emperor!"

Pei Yuanhao waved his hand and stopped everyone from rushing over.

He still looked down at Nangong Lizhu. The pain in his eyes was enough to shatter everything.
Chapter completed!