I closed my mouth and saw him slowly sitting opposite me, with a car board pressing on his back. In the carriage that was not too big, a large area was empty between the two of them.

However, although he had something to say, he did not speak immediately after sitting down, but instead looked at me.

That gaze seemed to be searching for something.

I didn't speak either. Both of them were silent like this, but it was different outside. Those people were still busy back and forth. I could hear them walking around. After a while, I finally heard Xie Feng say softly - "Set out."

Then, the curtain of the carriage shook gently, and Zhou Chengyin and Mrs. Zhou stood outside.

"Young Master."

Pei Yuanxiu lifted the curtain with one hand, and saw Zhou Chengyin saying respectfully: "This time, the young master is here, so he can protect Zhou Quan, and he deserves to die."

Pei Yuanxiu said lightly: "You have done a good job."

“…”

"I won't treat you badly in the future."

"Thank you, young master!"

Just this sentence seemed to have already suggested him. Zhou Chengyin's face was calm, but the smile in his eyes almost spread out, and he raised his hand and bowed deeply to Pei Yuanxiu.

The curtain was lowered, and the sound of the carriage starting from outside came from outside. Our carriage swayed and began to walk forward.

I was still a little dazed, but I didn't expect to leave Huaian just like this. I subconsciously wanted to turn my head and lift the curtain to look outside, but before I could move, I caught a glimpse of the person in front of me and moved slightly.

I was alert and immediately turned to look at him.

He looked at me and said, "I have something to say to you."

"……you say."

He was silent for a moment, looked at my flat belly, and said, "I want this child."

“…”

I didn't expect him to say this to me. I was stunned at first, and then I laughed in silence.

I smiled and said, "Do you still have to discuss this with me?"

You want this child, of course you want this child.

When I first learned that I was pregnant, it was you who carried me to the second floor of the clinic and let me look at the lifeless appearance of the entire Yangzhou city outside the window, telling me that if this child cannot be preserved, everyone in Yangzhou would have to be buried with him. At that time, I collapsed in such a painful and desperate mood.

But now, I came to tell me, you want this child.

If it weren't for not having too much strength, I would have laughed out loud.

Seeing my faint sneer and listening to my almost sarcastic words, the expression on his face became heavier, his eyes were dark and dull, and he only looked at me with a steady look, and repeated: "I want this child."

“…”

My smile slowly calmed down and I looked at him.

He said, "I know, you never want this child. I know, you hate me."

“…”

"I can use Yangzhou people, Beijing people, and even the lives of everyone in the world to threaten you. But—" He seemed to feel a little painful when he said this, and his throat choked slightly. I said coldly: "Do you think these are not enough?"

He looked at me and said, "I'm still afraid--I can't keep him."

“…”

"I'm afraid, I can't keep you."

“…”

My brows frowned slightly, and I raised my head to look at him.

After so many years, I have been following him for a long time. I have seen him swing his sword against the enemy on the city tower in Dongzhou, and I also know that he occupied the six provinces in Jiangnan under the most difficult circumstances and became a overlord of one side. He has experienced a bumpy fate that is no less than anyone else, but I have never heard the word "fear" in his mouth.

Now, he actually said he was afraid.

I am afraid that I can't keep this child, and I am afraid that I can't keep me.

He had never had such fear before. Could it be that Han Ruoshi was pregnant that he thought all this could happen?

But it was clearly not me who changed, and I accepted all this safely.

Thinking of this, when I looked at his eyes, I realized that there was actually a faint light spot in the dark eyes, but it was trembling all the time, as if it was really as he said, "I'm afraid."

Han Ruoshi was pregnant, and I was calmly accepted, but he was the one who was afraid.

My throat choked slightly, I was silent for a while, and said, "What do you want me?"

He said slowly: "I will no longer use anyone's life to threaten you, whether it is from Yangzhou or anyone around you, I will no longer use murder to ask you to leave this child."

My eyebrows raised slightly.

He said: "But, I hope you can give me a promise."

"……promise?"

"Yes. Everything will be said until you enter Beijing."

Although the words "After entering Beijing." are a point of time, they suddenly made me feel confused.

After entering Beijing.

This would never be an ordinary action. The army he led went north and would not have entered the capital safely without experiencing an earth-shaking war.

After entering the capital, he could of course get his wish, ascend to the throne and become emperor, and command the world to obtain everything he had and hoped for in the past.

By that time—

I turned my head to the side and said, "Pei Yuanxiu, although Han Ruoshi is pregnant, you don't have to tell me specifically about the importance of this child."

He said, "He is not important."

“…”

“He is special.”

Special? I smiled softly: "Yes, special."

“…”

"At least now, everyone can see that this may be your eldest son. After entering Beijing, he is of course special."

"No, I don't mean that," he looked at me and said word by word: "He is special because his mother is Yan Qingying."

“…”

My heart sank and I looked up at him.

He said: "In the future, I may have many children, but the only mother of this child is you."

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"Light, the special thing is not him, but—"

Seeing that he was about to say that word, I suddenly felt a stinging pain in my chest, and I suddenly interrupted him: "So, after entering Beijing? Is this a choice for me?"

“…”

"If you enter the capital, it means that you will be in power from now on. At that time, will I have a choice?"

He couldn't finish saying that sentence, and his eyes were somewhat lonely, but at this time, a little bit of indescribable depression flashed in his eyes.

He looked at me and said seriously: "It is possible that I can't enter the capital."

“…!”

I was slightly stunned and looked up at him.

I thought I had already reached this point, and even he himself said that no one could stop him. He should be determined to win the throne of the Nine Five Lords in the palace, but now, he suddenly said that he might not be able to enter the capital.

I frowned and looked at him, but he also looked at me calmly: "You and I understand very well that things in the world are not absolute. Although I am fully prepared, I don't know how God will treat me on that day."

“…”

"So, if I can't enter the capital--"

I looked at him: "What are you going to do?"

He said "honestly": "At that time, of course I couldn't force you."

“…”

"Qingying, where you are going, what will this child do, it depends on your own."

“…”

My eyebrows slowly twisted together.

I didn't expect him to talk to me about his possible "failure". Although his personality has never been as arrogant as Pei Yuanhao, I know that when it comes to his steady and meticulous work, after he failed to fight for the throne, he never lost to the current one who is the current son.

I was silent for a while, and did not answer his words, but said, "What if you enter the capital?"

“…”

"How would you treat me?"
To be continued...