"Unless what?"

"Unless, someone has solved your crisis."

I was shocked and said, "You mean, Liu Qinghan has always been with people around him, but he has not revealed his white hair. When we may encounter a crisis, they will solve it in advance, so we can get here safely."

"right."

I frowned slightly, thought for a long time, and sighed a long time.

As an important official of the court, he was responsible for the safety of the entire Jiangnan, but he traveled west alone, entering Shu, like a tiger's den, and then to Longnan, and followed us to Wuwei. If no one around him followed, no one would believe him when he said it. But he didn't expect that he would not mention a single word.

He was very careful about us and me.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt that there was nothing to think about and smiled faintly.

Before, I told Huang Tianba about all the experiences over the past seven years. He almost ignored all the little things, but when he looked at my smile, he was silent for a long time before he said softly: "You look very tired."

Actually, he looks more tired than me.

That almost withered look was so familiar. I remembered that he once loved Xue Muhua so much, endured everything for her, and finally fell into the bone-eroding pain of dilemma. Now, someone has brought the best things in the world to him, but he wants to die.

To him, it seems that it is not right whether you love or not.

I don’t know why God is teasing him like this. Shouldn’t he win the best love in the world and the gentlest woman?

Looking at his dim eyes, I suddenly said, "Actually, no matter how hard the days are, they have passed. Speaking of which, the most difficult thing I have to endure is the years I was in the palace, but there were many kind-hearted people who have been taking care of me and treat me very well. It seems like Madam Wu, Madam Qian, Shui Xiu, and... the Empress."

"oh."

"The Queen is a very good person, she is a very good person."

"oh."

Looking at his indifferent eyes, I subconsciously approached him a little and said softly: "By the way, you have actually met the Empress. You still remember the one who sang Liu Miaogu in the Grand Tutor's Mansion?"

Huang Tianba shook his head indifferently.

My heart suddenly hurt, as if I had been stabbed by the tip of a needle.

At this moment, I remembered the figure painting in the studio that I had spent so much energy and effort to draw; I remembered the confused but quiet look when Chang Qing first spoke to me, and asked him about him; I remembered the coldness and meticulousness and tenderness of her body over the years.

I remembered her hardships and pains over the years, and perhaps the loneliness that ordinary people cannot experience, but this man didn't know.

He doesn't know.

If, Chang Qing was by his side; if, the one he fell in love with was Chang Qing - then will everything be different? Maybe these years have not been torment for them, but the happiest and gentlest time.

However, emotional matters are not so reasonable.

If you are not so good, someone loves you.

It’s not that you gave all your feelings for him that he should love you.

Even though Chang Qing gave all the love for him and endured so many years of lovesickness, Huang Tianba didn't even remember who she was.

This is the injustice and impermanence of the world.

I was still immersed in my heartache for Chang Qing, but the man opposite had already said: "It is your blessing to have so many people treat you well."

I glanced at him and smiled reluctantly: "Mr. Huang said this very much like a person."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"The Empress Dowager."

I originally thought that when talking about this person, he would be as indifferent as when he heard Chang Qing, but unexpectedly, he saw Huang Tianba's originally indifferent eyes trembling slightly.

Even his whole body trembled, and some wine overflowed from the wine glass in his hand.

I suddenly felt a little shocked: "Master Huang..."

He raised his head and looked at me, and his face suddenly turned pale: "Empress Dowager? That is, the concubine of the Supreme Emperor?"

"…Imperial Concubine."

"It's the one from Katsuki--"

"The Iron Face King's sister."

He suddenly stopped talking.

And my voice was already choked. Looking at his originally pale face, there was no trace of blood left. It was not that I was not angry, but that I was not even angry, as if I was an ice sculpture, standing in front of me with cold air.

I trembled and said, "Master Huang...you, do you know something?"

He was silent for a while and said, "Do you know why Luo Shi brought me to Wuwei and never returned to Shengjing."

"have no idea."

"Because the people on the side of Katsuki are increasingly suspicious of my identity."

"Is it because - you look very similar to the Iron Face King?"

He was stunned for a moment and looked at me: "You know, too?"

I nodded.

When the Iron Arrow King saw Luo Shi draw his portrait, his astonishment, and General Ba said in person that he looked like the Iron Face King. Later I doubted it, and gradually I could be sure that he should be the child who was replaced by the empress dowager.

But when I was in Shengjing, I lost all my memory and couldn't remember the cause and effect before and after, so I couldn't tell him.

After hearing what I said, a chill appeared on Huang Tianba's face. After a while, he slowly said: "Those old kings are born and die with the Iron Face King, and they will not read it wrong. I also believe that there will be no one in this world for no reason, who looks exactly the same as me. And Lao Yao——”

And Yao Lao is the brother of Empress Zhao Lie.

As the queen's relative, he should have the opportunity to enter and exit the palace, and it is more likely that he can participate in some royal secrets. If the Supreme Emperor had really replaced Huang Tianba with Pei Yuanhao, then is it possible that Huang Tianba was kidnapped by Yao Lao and thus wandered to Jiangnan?

Although this guess is very bold, only in this way can we explain why an Iron-faced king is in the grassland and a Huang Tianba is in the south of the Yangtze River, he looks so similar.

Therefore, Huang Tianba is the real third prince!

His expression was so turbulent that I knew that this was a bolt from the blue for him. Even though his style was biased towards Pei Yuanhao, after all, he had been in a camp that was completely opposed to the royal family for so many years. Even he was once a martial artist of one of the third divisions of Changmingzong who resisted the court, but now he suddenly realized that his identity was actually the prince of the Tian family. This was not only a blow, but also a drastic change.

I said softly: "Can you be sure of yourself?"

"I can only think like this." His eyes were vast: "Over the years, I have thought more than once, who my parents are and where they are, but I have no clue."

This... is the only clue he can find over the years.

So, he was sure to believe in this way.

I pondered for a while and said, "Actually, I can almost confirm it for you."

He was shocked and looked at me slightly with his eyes wide open.

I raised my arm and wiped a string of sandalwood Buddhist beads from my wrist. That was when Madam Gui said goodbye to me in the palace, and I asked her specifically for it. Actually, at that time, when I wanted these Buddhist beads, I had this idea in my mind, but I couldn't guarantee that I could hand the Buddhist beads to Huang Tianba's hands one day.

After all, things are impermanent.

Who knew that things in the world were really impermanent.

I actually had the chance to see him again and hand him this thing over.

Thinking of this, I felt a sourness surge in my heart, almost burst into tears. I held the Buddhist beads in my palm, gently presented them to him, and choked and said, "This is something the Queen Mother once wore. I asked the old lady she asked for, and I could give it to you today. It was the perfect merit of the Queen Mother. Master Huang, the Queen Mother has been chanting the Buddha for these years, and I believe that none of them was recited for herself."

...

Before, when I told him about my experience over the past seven years, I deliberately downplayed some details of the Juma Valley. It was not that I didn’t tell him, but that I didn’t think about how to tell him. But I didn’t expect that he had already had insight into his own life experience.

And recalling that past is a torment for me.

Huang Tianba kept looking at the Buddhist beads in my hand in silence, as if he hadn't heard what I said. After I finished speaking, he still didn't speak, just looked at the Buddhist beads. It took me a long time to hear him slowly say, "Will she feel pain when she left?"

"The Queen Mother seems to have been prepared for her big business."

“…”

"So, she walked peacefully and had no pain."

A hot stream of light surged in his eyes, and the corners of his eyes almost turned red: "She said, she wants to be the emperor's Amitabha?"

"Yes."

"So, did she die for the emperor?"

"……Yes."

"Do you know me before she leaves?"

"Know."

He trembled for a moment, and looked up at me in a hurry: "How did she know?"

"I told the Queen Mother."

"Have she asked me anything?"

"The Queen Mother once asked me what kind of character Huang is, I—" I choked up, but before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by him and asked anxiously: "What else?"

"It's gone."

"She only asked this?"

"Yes," I nodded, looked at his eyes blurred by tears, and said solemnly: "This answer seems to be enough for the Queen Mother."
To be continued...