Walking from the corridor, the night breeze blew over, and the long black hair brushed his jade-like face. The dim moonlight slanted from behind, elongating his handsome and tall figure and projecting it on the ground, making him look a little bit...

Extremely lonely.

Su Chen...

I couldn't help but murmur this name in my heart, but my chest felt a sharp pain.

Tomorrow, she will leave tomorrow, right?

Will she continue to stay in the imperial capital, or will she finally be free like a bird out of its cage and fly to a wider sky?

This question actually repeated itself in his mind for a day. He didn't get the answer, but he desperately wanted to know.

The fingers hanging on the sides of his clothes were tightly curled, and his eyes suddenly shot towards the servant's room.

The moment Su Chen pushed him away, he knew that he had no chance.

In front of him, there were two roads, one was the road leading to the supreme imperial power; the other was... Su Chen.

He chose the former without hesitation, so he had no chance against Su Chen.

If he can't have both, Su Chen will be a shortcoming in his life, right?!

The sound of footsteps suddenly sounded, and he suddenly came back to his senses. His beautiful jewel-like eyes were raised, looking at the person with a bit of confusion.

Lu Yan was startled. He had been with the prince for so long, and he had never seen him look so lonely and confused, as if he was hesitant.

"What's up?"

Xia Li's deep voice suddenly sounded, and Lu Yan suddenly came back to his senses and said respectfully: "Hu Lan, please see me."

Xia Li was about to go to the bedroom. Hearing this, he paused, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Let her come in."

Although Hu Lan had made up her mind to come to see Xia Li, she unconsciously felt a little nervous when facing this young man.

This was obviously a child much younger than herself, but she didn't know why. From the first time she saw him, she was a little in awe of him.

Is it because of the intimidation that occasionally bursts out from his clear eyes? It is an innate aura of a king.

She came out of the palace and was very familiar with the emperor's innate majesty.

My thoughts unconsciously drifted away.

Thinking of the past, it suddenly felt like a lifetime had passed.

It's been a really long time, and in the blink of an eye, Su Chen has grown up, and she has fulfilled Empress Su's last wish.

But Su Chen still has a long way to go. Until she gets a good destination, she still can't be considered to have fulfilled the destiny given by Empress Su.

"Do you still remember what the prince promised me back then?" Hu Lan spoke first. Since she had something to ask for, she naturally had to speak first.

Xia Li looked over, hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Remember."

Seeing his cautious look, Hu Lan couldn't help but smile on her chubby face, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Hu Lan won't let you do anything dangerous."

Xia Li pursed his lips, "When you saved me back then, I promised you a condition, but you said that the time has not come yet, so let me owe you that promise first. When the time comes, you will naturally ask me to fulfill it."

After a pause, "Has your so-called time arrived now?"

Hu Lan would rather not fulfill her promise immediately, but would instead be a servant in the palace. Over the years, she has been working as a servant with Su Chen, and she has never asked him to do anything because of her rescue of him.

But this time...

Xia Li's eyes were deep. Hu Lan was not just an ordinary person. Even though he was seriously injured that year, he still saw the brocade quilt she had wrapped around Su Chen. It was not from ordinary people. The texture on it was obviously from the royal family.

Only there.

Where did Hu Lan and Su Chen come from? She brought Su Chen, who was still so young, all the way to the Xia Dynasty Emperor. Is it really as simple as joining his relatives?

Xia Li had already had suspicions, but after all, he was still young at the time, and he was in jail, so he had no time to care, so he didn't let anyone investigate Hu Lan's origins.

Hu Lan nodded, with a cautious look on her face, "The promise I want the prince to fulfill is to marry Su Chen."

Xia Li didn't expect that she would make such a request. Hearing this, he immediately stood there in shock.

Seeing that he was silent, Hu Lan's heart sank slightly and said, "Your Highness, you can rest assured that Su Chen's identity will never disgrace you."

Xia Li's heart moved and he said, "Does Su Chen know that you came to see me?"

Hu Lan was startled for a moment, then slowly shook her head, "She doesn't know anything."

"So she doesn't even know that you came here to ask me to marry her?" Xia Li's eyes dimmed slightly and he said in a low voice.

"Yes." Hu Lan was afraid that he would refuse this request, so she immediately said anxiously: "Although Chen Yatou is usually a bit mischievous, she is very kind at heart. The prince will never regret marrying her..."

Xia Li suddenly chuckled, with a hint of self-deprecation in his tone.

Hu Lan was stunned, thinking that he was laughing at her own overestimation. Her heart sank, and the hope she had originally held was shattered in an instant.

She felt depressed, but she heard Xia Li's lonely voice saying: "The current situation is that you are not begging me, but I want to beg you. Please persuade her to marry me."

Hu Lan was stunned and couldn't believe what he heard.

Xia Li looked over with dark eyes and continued: "Su Chen wants to escape from me, do you have a way to make her stay?" Although he didn't want to force her, he thought that she would walk away from his world from now on.

, he was reluctant to give up...

He suddenly had a terrible idea. He wanted to imprison her so that she could not go anywhere and could only stay by his side forever. Even if she resented him, it didn't matter to him, as long as he could see her every day.

Hu Lan shuddered, and she actually saw a look similar to pleading in his eyes.

Xia Li actually begged her?!

Hu Lan felt complicated. She originally wanted to ask him to marry Su Chen, but why did Xia Li ask him instead?

She's a little confused about what's going on now?

"Think about it, should you leave or stay?" Xia Li's long eyelashes drooped, and the corners of his mouth raised a charming arc, "You should know that it is the safest for you to be in Prince Li's Mansion. Once you

Once you leave here, the traces you have worked so hard to hide for so many years will soon be discovered by the people you want to avoid. By then, not only you, but also Su Chen, who you have been trying to protect, will be in danger."

Hu Lan smiled bitterly, why didn't she know this? That's why she didn't hesitate to plead with him about saving Xia Li's life.

She knew that it was despicable and shameless to repay a favor, but only when she sat on the throne of Princess Li, those people would be afraid. After all, she was also Princess Li of the Xia Dynasty, even if those people knew that Su Chen was here,
Chapter completed!