Chapter 9 so close

so close For three days, we completely unmasked each other.I am not Pei Shiqing, nor is he the stable prince, who sleep in the same room and talk at night by candlelight. The first time I found out, he was also easy to be amused; the first time I found out, he was sometimes confused; the first time I found out, he also had a good sense of humor... Many, many firsts, and, of course, -- the last. In a blink of an eye, it was the eve of parting. Prince Suoto looked out of the window quietly, letting the flowing long hair flow over his plain face, creating hazy ripples under the waves. "Prince Stableto, what are you staring at?" I looked at him curiously.

He still maintained the original posture: "I won't send you off tomorrow, and Miss Xiaoye will go back with you and present the new letter of credence to Emperor Sui." "This time I won't write about the place where the sun rises and the emperor is safe, right? Otherwise, the emperor will really be furious." I smiled narrowly. He smiled: "This time, I will use my new title-Eastern Emperor Jingyue West Emperor. What do you think?" I took a sip of water and made no comment.Reading between the lines, he was still unwilling to give up seeking an equal relationship with Tai Sui.

"By the way, we will go to Zhuzi first, and the real Mr. Pei should be waking up soon." I changed the subject, and in the past few days, I told him the ins and outs of why I pretended to be Pei Shiqing, "Don't blame the girl, He is also worried about the relationship between the two countries, so..." He turned his head and smiled softly: "Is it his fault? How can you know that it is a blessing in disguise. If it wasn't for him to make mistakes, I would not know you." "That's hard to say, maybe the real Mr. Pei can chat with you better." I smiled.

He just smiled and said nothing, and suddenly seemed to think of something, he said: "The men's hair style in the Sui Dynasty seems to be more energetic, and the men in our Yamato country should also wear their hair in the future." "Well, well, I absolutely agree!" I smiled and picked up the comb beside me, "How about, let me comb one for you now." He froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile. I walked up to him and reached out to pick up a strand of his hair.His hair is so thin and soft that it feels like kitten fur. "What's wrong?" He noticed my movements.

"Your hair is so soft, it reminds me of a small animal." I saw the veins on his forehead twitch slightly. It turns out that combing your own hair is completely different from combing someone else's hair!After enduring the pain for N times, I finally finished the work with difficulty. I looked down at the ground, and the corners of my mouth twitched suddenly.I don't know when, a lot of hair has fallen on the ground.If I comb it a few more times, will Prince Suto become bald... He also seemed to have noticed the hair on the ground, and there was a flash of heartache and helplessness in his eyes, and he rubbed his scalp: "Shiqing, you still have black hair until now, it's unbelievable."

I couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm sorry, this is the first time I've combed someone else's hair, so my hands are hard to avoid." There was a trace of tenderness on his face: "It's so heavy, if you marry someone in the future, wouldn't your future husband be..." At this point, his face darkened slightly, and he didn't say any more. "Will you continue to send envoys to Tai Sui?" I quickly changed the subject. He nodded: "Of course, we still have to learn more from Da Sui. Now that our country's internal affairs have stabilized, the next step is of course to continue to develop external relations."

I hesitated for a moment: "Prince Takeda has been exiled, and the person who threatened you the most is gone." He was slightly taken aback: "That's right. Although I became the regent before, his existence always made me a little uneasy. After all, he is His Majesty's biological son. Now, I can finally relax." "Prince Stableto..." I looked up at him, and asked what I had been wanting to ask before, "Actually...you were the one who planned the murder of Prince Takeda, right? Actually, you also know that if Yeh committed suicide, right?" He seemed a little surprised, and smiled again: "Sure enough, you can't hide these tricks from you. However, your trick of letting the corpse talk really caught me off guard. But it doesn't matter, my ultimate goal is to exile Zhutian."

"Actually, I still don't understand one thing. A small person has many opportunities to hurt me, but..." His eyes were bottomless: "He won't hurt you, that's why I asked him to protect you. I knew from a long time ago that he is from Zhutian. Just imagine, if his protection is not good, he will lose Have you lost my trust? Besides, once you have something to do, I will be the first to suspect him. If so, how can he get more information from me?" "You already knew that he was from Zhutian?" I was slightly startled at first, and then a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in my mind, and all the things that I always thought were strange were finally connected together.

I see! "His Royal Highness, the Regent is not in vain." I stared into his eyes, suppressed the shock in my heart, and tried to act calmly, "I'm afraid Lian Xiren and Ruoye are brothers and sisters, Your Highness You must have known it a long time ago, otherwise, how could you set up such a perfect trap for Zhutian to step in?" His face was still calm, but he raised his eyebrows lightly: "Oh?" "Your Highness, did you not decide to use the trick from the moment you knew that Zhutian planned to use the Sui envoy? First let the fine people protect me, so that Zhutian can only use other methods to deal with me. I am afraid that the hunting ground was also a temptation; after that, the beauty trick, His Highness must have made an agreement with Luo Ye in advance, so he persuaded me to go to the banquet, and then arrive in time." I took a breath and continued, "That time, Your Highness actually did that just to let everyone know , Ruoye betrayed Zhutian, which makes Zhutian's subsequent murder motive completely established. As for bringing Zhutian's coma here, it is probably a masterpiece of His Highness. Next, it comes to the most critical place! You deliberately let Xiren saw his sister was killed with his own eyes, and you know how much he cares about her, that's why he turned against you and joined hands with you to let Zhutian walk into the final trap, and wiped him out cleanly."

He sat there motionless, like a statue. "Luo Ye said before he died: My mission has been completed..." I lowered my eyes, "Although I still felt a little confused at the time, now I fully understand. If I guessed correctly, the final sentence issued by His Highness One order is for her to kill herself." He was silent, and suddenly smiled softly: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from you. Yes, everything is just as you said." I gave him a cold look, then stood up abruptly: "I will take my leave." "Shiqing!" He suddenly called my name in a low voice, "That's right, I used you, and you should be angry."

"Yes, you used me, of course I am very angry. But what annoys me the most is that you use the most precious family affection of human beings to achieve your own goals." I dropped a sentence in a cold tone and walked out the door.Before he had gone a few steps, his sleeve was suddenly grabbed by him. "What else to do? I'm not in the mood to talk to you anymore." I wanted to shake off his hand angrily. Instead of letting go, he grabbed my wrist: "Do you still remember what I said? In order to realize a dream, how much does a person have to pay, how much does a person have to do, whether he wants it or not, he can't help himself... ..." "I remember, but I disagree." I looked at him coldly, "Please let go, Your Highness." He grabbed my hand tightly, his eyes darkened, he stood up suddenly, and pulled me to the door. "What do you want?" I was a little annoyed. "Follow me to a place." He had that terrible expression on his face, his black eyes were like ice, "if you don't want other envoys to have trouble." I was even more annoyed: "You dare to threaten me?" "That's right." He simply admitted, and led me to stride forward until I reached the stable. "Where are you going?" I was a little surprised that he would threaten me blatantly. Is he crazy? He lifted me onto the horse and said, "You'll know when you get there!" Although I was very annoyed, I couldn't help being curious, so I stopped talking to see what he was going to do. Unexpectedly, he took me to the sea.In the distance, the bright moon in the night sky emits silver-like rays of light, shining clear and brightly on the border of the sea.The damp coolness hits from the sea in bursts, making people feel a special refreshment all over.A little farther away, waves come and go, conflicting, merging, colliding, and fleeing. He helped me off the horse and pulled me to the edge of the rock to sit down. "What are you doing here?" I looked at him indifferently. There was a trace of tiredness on his face: "You'll find out later." He suddenly leaned against me lightly, and I was about to escape, but he grabbed me, "You Promised me - three days, we will never have the chance to meet again." After hearing his words, my heart moved.Thinking that I will leave soon, and after that, we will never see each other again after a long time and space... "Three days, I promised you that I will never break my promise. At this moment, we can still get along as before, okay?" I whispered. He seemed relieved and rested his head on my shoulder like a child.His breathing was calm, as if mixed with the faint fragrance of flowers in the air; the brilliance of the stars and the moon sprinkled on that fair and beautiful face, the soft light concealed the original coldness between his eyebrows, and there was a layer of pearl-like luster.He fell asleep so peacefully, and at such a close distance... as if he could hear the beating of his heart. I don't know how long it took, but my shoulders were almost numb, and I felt more and more cold.He woke up with a start and took me in his arms.Because I was greedy for that bit of warmth, I hesitated for a while and still didn't say anything.His body is very warm, as if with the temperature of the sun... I don't know how long it took, and suddenly he pointed to the distance and said: "Look, the sunrise is about to appear." Looking in the direction he pointed, I saw that the color of the sky gradually changed from the fish-belly white at dawn to light blue.From the sea level, there was an orange glow.In the blink of an eye, a round of rising sun has already jumped out, first a corner, a half circle, and a full circle, and in an instant, thousands of golden lights cast on the earth... He stood up, took a few steps forward, and gazed at the magnificent sunrise. "It really is a beautiful sunrise." I sighed behind him. He didn't look back, and that slender figure was instantly shrouded in the rising sun. "The sunrise is beautiful!" His voice carried a touch of melancholy, "but who knows that the moment before sunrise is the coldest time on earth, so cold that people feel lonely, lonely, and There is no escape." The radiance of ten thousand zhang shines on him, so gorgeous and gorgeous.He has a life that only he knows; he has his own emotions, but he has nowhere to express them; he has his own depression, but no one talks about it; he also has the happiness he wants, but he can't get it.Prince Stableto, he is just an ordinary person... "Prince Stableto, are you lonely?" There was an inexplicable feeling in my heart, was it pity or sympathy?I do not know either. He turned around slowly, his eyes shining with strength and confidence from the heart: "One day, I will make this country a real country of the sunrise. Because of this ideal, I live, even if I am so lonely." When the time for parting finally came, he did not see us off. I boarded the ship, having stayed here for three days longer, at the request of Prince Suto. The boatman prepares to untie the anchor and set off.The ship will sail soon, and I will leave this era soon. Suddenly it rained heavily, and in the pouring rain, the water flowing down the side of the boat almost became a waterfall.I went back to the cabin and was about to tidy up and leave when I suddenly heard a rush of footsteps coming in this direction, and then the door was knocked open with a bang. I raised my head and was stunned when I saw the person in front of me clearly. The rain was flowing wantonly on that handsome face, but it couldn't hide his gentle smile.The unfamiliar yet familiar face lost its usual seriousness and added a bit of softness that penetrated into the bone marrow. "Prince Stableto...you won't come..." I just said a word, my wrist was suddenly grabbed, and the pain seemed to be broken.His handsome face was close to him, and his well-defined facial features were instantly close at hand, and endless expectations were revealed in his black eyes. "Really... can't you stay?" I stared into his eyes and shook my head firmly. There was a look of disappointment in his eyes: "If you are not here, I will be lonely..." "But you are used to being lonely, aren't you? Your Highness, for your ideal--" I looked at him calmly, trying to keep myself as indifferent as possible, "This road is destined to be lonely, forever lonely, because the last There is only one strong person in the world." He lowered his eyelids, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, as if some vague emotions were about to overflow beyond the limit of tolerance... When he raised his head again, his eyes had returned to their previous clarity. "Take care." He smiled faintly, turned around and walked out of the cabin, walked a few steps, stopped as if hesitating, and said in a low voice, "Shiqing, do you know what the loneliest loneliness in the world is? It’s not a person’s loneliness, but after experiencing not being lonely, I found that I returned to the original loneliness. I tried hard, but I still returned to the original point.” Looking at his back, I didn't say anything, but my eyes became dry for no reason. When the ship started sailing, I got out of the cabin, but saw him still on the shore looking at each other.At this time, he is like a firework blooming on the other side of the sea, infinitely beautiful and prosperous, yet blurred like yesterday, thin and lukewarm, unable to stay... I don't know what came out of my heart, I suddenly waved at him desperately, and shouted his name... He seemed to have heard my voice, and suddenly raised his head. "Prince Sudo! I will never forget you! I will never forget the days of drinking with you! I will never forget the days of chatting with you! I will never forget the days of taking off the mask together! I will never forget the days when I was with you I will never forget the memories we made together!" He froze for a moment, then smiled brightly, like falling flowers fluttering in the wind in spring, with an irresistible tenderness and nobility, faintly visible in those eyes that can't see to the end, like the glint of water in the early sunshine after rain . The boat drifted away, and he finally disappeared from my sight... In each of us's life, there will always be too many people and things that cannot be touched.Sometimes even if it can be touched, there is not much intersection after all.Sometimes even if there is an intersection, they will be separated for various reasons.It's as if at this moment, it's just a moment of looking back with lowered eyebrows, so close, so far away.But I think, I'll always remember-- According to legend, there is a dynasty on the other side of the sunrise. According to legend, in that corner of history, there is a king who lives on the side of the sunrise. (End of Volume 3)