The manager shook his head and said, "I don't know this, but Miss Qing, the carriage is right outside the door. You'd better go quickly. You'll know everything after entering the palace."

Although I was uneasy, it was the palace's order after all, and there was no other way. I looked back at the inner courtyard. There was no longer Huang Tianba's figure on the path that stretched to the depth of the snow field. I guess he would do what he should do, and I was not needed here.

So I nodded and walked out with the manager.

I got on the carriage and walked all the way. I quickly entered the palace gate. As before, I was not investigated. After getting off the carriage, I was taken directly to Yonghe Palace.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a figure covered in a white fox flaming under the tree in the middle of the yard. He kept looking up at the bare tree. He turned his head to look at me when he heard the sound of pushing the door. His fair face was almost the same color as the snow scene around him, and only his moist red lips were the only bright color on the man.

"You're here."

"Crown Prince...Your Highness."

I walked over gently. Before I could salute him, he reached out and grabbed my hand and frowned slightly: "Why are you so cold?"

"…!" Although he had known each other for so long, he had never been like this before. I was a little scared and wanted to break free. But after exerting force, his fingers also exerted a little force, and did not hurt me. However, with irresistible force, I looked up at him.

"Come in and warm up."

He pulled me into the room.

I have never felt that Pei Yuanxiu was as gentle and polite as usual, but there was an indescribable difference. I didn't know why for a while, so I could only walk in with him obediently.

The Yonghe Palace was still as quiet as ever. The room was burning with ground dragons, and the surroundings were warm. Looking through the pearl curtain, the emperor was still sleepy. There was not much vitality on his pale face, but his chest covered with the brocade quilt and slightly undulating indicates that the emperor of the Celestial Empire was still alive.

Seeing him like this, I was still uneasy. I looked back at Pei Yuanxiu who was sitting at the table: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you, summoning Qingying into the palace?"

Looking at my anxious look, he just sighed lightly, then slowly stood up and walked to me, but instead of looking at me, he looked up at the wall and said, "Qingying, I believe you also know that it is the troublesome time for the court now, and maybe it will take a lot of time for the world to change."

... Of course I know.

In the morning, he and Pei Yuanhao had already made the words so clear. Whoever found the jade seal first might become the master of the world. For the prince of the Tian family, this is their destiny.

Wait, he found me here. Could it be that he wanted to ask me about the whereabouts of the jade seal?

When I thought of this, I subconsciously looked at him. What he was facing was the painting on the wall, that is, the painting that hints at the jade seal!

This is the first time I have read that painting seriously.

The painting is indeed a osmanthus flower. The tender yellow flowers are covered with branches and are covered by green leaves, but it seems that there is still a rich sweet fragrance, which fills the whole house through the painting paper. Under this osmanthus tree, there seems to be a stone table, and there seems to be something next to the stone table.

However, the drawing paper came to an abrupt end on the stone table, and even the stone table only had a corner exposed.

Did this painting take only a little scene, or was cut off?

This is strange. Even some ancient treasures are complete. They never collect damaged famous paintings. This painting really looks like it was cut from a whole picture. How could this happen?

What surprised me even more was that the scenery on this painting looked familiar.

Have I seen this painting somewhere?

Just when I was puzzled, Pei Yuanxiu slowly turned around and looked at me. I had something in my heart and didn't dare to look him in the eyes. He hurriedly lowered his head, for fear that he would really ask me, but he walked towards me step by step and walked in front of me: "Qingying."

“…”

"What would you do if the world changes a lot?"

“…”

I never thought that he would say such words. What would happen to me when the world changes a lot? What could I do? Isn’t my destiny always controlled by these princes of the Tian family?

So he smiled faintly: "Your Highness is joking. Qingying is just a little slave. What else can he do?"

He also smiled faintly: "Qingying, do you still remember what I said to you here?"

I was stunned for a moment.

What he said to me here, he said to me - "Qingying, I don't treat you as a slave."

When I thought of this sentence, my face suddenly became a little hot.

Although he did not ask me to respond after saying that, it does not mean that this incident has never been born, and I have not forgotten that when the Grand Tutor's Mansion was assassinated by an assassin, Pei Yuanhao held Nangong Lizhu in his arms, but he was the one who reached out to me.

And what have I done for him?

When I thought of this, I suddenly felt a sense of sorrow, and Pei Yuanxiu's low voice sounded in his ears again-

"I never thought of telling you before, because in my eyes, although the palace is very calm, all the peace is the illusion of the surging tide. The only place that really makes me feel peaceful is the inner cabinet, and I don't want to break it. But when you leave, even the inner cabinet no longer makes me feel calm, so I know-"

"The place that really calms me is by your side."

I couldn't say a word, I just felt my heart beating violently, as if I was about to pop out of my chest, and even the fingertips hidden in my sleeves were trembling.

Pei Yuanxiu looked at me, stretched out his hand gently, and held up my hand. A warm feeling dyed my skin from his palm.

"Qingying, I want to know, what kind of person am I in your eyes?"

"I……?"

I looked at his eyes, and those eyes were still the same as before, but the eyes inside were no longer clear, but they seemed very solemn, as if they were with some deep obsession.

I was trapped by such obsession, and then I lowered my head for a while: "Your Highness is a good person in Qingying's heart."

"Good guy?"

"Um……."

Although unlike Pei Yuanfeng, he always has the majesty of a prince, he is by his side, so people feel at ease. The two years he has been in the inner cabinet were not only the days when he felt peaceful, but also the most peaceful days when I was in the palace.

He grabbed my hand and gently held it to his chest, pressing it against his chest. My palm immediately felt his heart beating under my chest, and his voice seemed to be transmitted to my heart through that heart.

"So, can someone like me relieve you and hand yourself over to me?"

"..." I was stunned for a moment and looked up at him.

Pei Yuanxiu's face was as handsome as ever. The sun shone through the window lattice on his face, with a faint golden light, as if even the slender eyelashes were shining.

He said: "Qingying, things in the world are impermanent, and this is even more so in the palace. I know there are many things and people here that you can't see clearly and can't tell. Some people you think are good people may not be the case, but you think they are bad people, so there may be pitiful things. But whether I, Pei Yuanxiu, is a good person or a bad person--"

He looked into my eyes and said word by word: "Yue Qingying, I want to give you happiness."

My hand trembled again in his palm and was held tighter by him.

"Your Highness..." His hands were entangled with my fingers, and I couldn't get rid of them. My heart became even more confused. His other hand had gently wrapped around my waist, hugged me in his arms, and when he looked down at me, his pure face was full of intoxication. He closed his eyes and slowly lowered his head to me.

No, no!

I quickly took a step back, and my back hit the cold wall, making a "clang" sound.

Why does this sound sound like-

I remember the last time, I seemed to hit the wall like this, making the same clanging sound, but the last time I was so nervous that I didn't notice it at all. The sound sounded like the wall was empty.

Not only me, Pei Yuanxiu also heard it. He was stunned for a moment, immediately let go of me, and reached out to touch the painting.

Once pushed, it was still hard.

He bent his fingers and tapped it gently. This time the sound of dong dong sounded like a little empty!

We looked at each other and seemed to realize something. I stood beside him, watching him hold his breath and stretched out his hand to gently push the painting away. In surprise, there was a secret wall on the wall behind the painting!

Pei Yuanxiu even breathed heavily, reached out to open the secret wall, and suddenly saw a huge seal inside.

This seal is Lantian Baoyu, four inches in radius, covered with jade dragon and tiger buttons. Although the light in the dark grid is dark, the seal still has a warm luster and does not feel dim at all.

"The Kingdom... Jade Seal..."

Pei Yuanxiu's voice was trembling. He gently reached out and picked out the jade seal. After a closer look, it was really the imperial seal!

How could the Jade Seal of the Kingdom appear here?

My mind was completely confused for a moment, but my eyes fell into another corner of the dark grid, and there was a bright yellow scroll there. I said in confusion: "What is that?"

Pei Yuanxiu kept staring at the jade seal in his hand, and then came to his senses. When he looked at the scroll, his face seemed to change, but in the end he couldn't suppress his curiosity. He put the jade seal back into the secret space, reached out to take out the scroll, and when he unfolded it, he realized that it was actually an imperial edict!

Pei Yuanxiu only opened it and took a look, his face turned pale.

I stood in front of him, and didn't know what was written on it, so I asked softly: "Your Highness, here--"
Chapter completed!