Chapter 8 — Female Emperor Gia Ngon

At first he refused to come, then for some reason he changed his mind. When he arrived, he didn't go to the banquet table but went around to the corner where I was sitting. I just happened to see Luc Canh Nghieu waving his sword next to the peony bush. The young man's body is agile, his sword light is like a swimming dragon. The flower petals were swept up by the sword energy, fluttering and falling down. Faced with such a beautiful scene, I couldn't help but curl my eyes and smile. Tieu Tinh Hoai looked coldly and smiled faintly. "Show off." I ignored him and went forward to wipe Luc Canh Nghieu's sweat. Luc Canh Nghieu put away his sword, bent down slightly to make it easier for me to wipe, his eyebrows were filled with emotions that could not be hidden. The blue veins on Tieu Tinh Hoai's forehead faintly appeared, his voice became even colder. "The sixth general is really in a good mood. There is something in the army, but he is still in the mood to talk about love affairs here." Next to the Crown Prince, there was a great eunuch standing with his hands bowed, waiting. Seeing this, Luc Canh Nghieu knew that what he said was not false, his expression became serious, he said goodbye in a low voice and strode away. I answered yes and turned around to return to the banquet table. Tieu Tinh Hoai called me back in a low voice. "If Luc Tinh Hoai hadn't gone to war, would you still choose him?" I originally thought he wanted to ask Ta Tuong Nghi about the crime, but I didn't expect him to ask such a strange question. I answered emphatically: "Yes. Because his willingness to risk his life for me was real." "What if the one who went to war was not him?" "Love and gratitude have never been the same thing." He looked at me intently, his voice hoarse. "But what if... the one who went to war was me?" I smiled softly, calmly looking at him. "Will you go to that extent for me?" In our previous life, in the end, we still couldn't have a good ending. Even though we haven't had children for many years, even though the mother has passed away, he still keeps his oath and refuses to choose a new person to enter the palace. He wants me to spend my whole life atone for the choices I made in the past. There is no love between us, but he still refuses to let me go. How could such a person risk his life for me? He was slow and did not answer. Just as I was about to leave, he suddenly spoke: "The current me will do it." 12 I raised my eyes to look at him. He laughed softly again, his eyes painful. "Gia Ngon, Ta Tuong Nghi and I no longer have anything to do with each other. Can you stop using Luc Canh Nghieu to torment me?" "I already... knew it was wrong." In my heart, I was scared, but on the outside I tried to stay calm. "Brother Hoang, what are you talking about?" Tieu Tinh Hoai looked like he was laughing and crying at the same time, just looking at me. "You've also returned, right?" "I've been back these past few days." I gradually understood why she always avoided me like a snake." "It's not that I didn't choose her, but she chose long ago... not to need me." I took a deep breath. "Yes." Tieu Tinh Hoai's eye sockets immediately turned red. He slowly took two steps forward. "But I regret it." "I don't know when in my previous life, I had feelings for her. But I didn't dare or want to admit it, I just forced her to stay by my side." "After rebirth, I was happy that everything could get back on track. But when I met Ta Tuong Nghi again, I didn't have the joy I imagined, I just felt relief." "On the contrary, when I saw her, I felt a peace I hadn't felt in a long time. Yes. That contrast makes me instinctively want to run away." "But I can't control it. Seeing her true self, seeing her choosing someone else, I belatedly understand what I've lost." "So, can you give me another chance?" I looked towards the peony bush next to me. The flowers were still blooming brilliantly, but it was about to wither. "On the day of the competition, you knew that your mother's words were meant to be judgmental, so you said that if she forced you, you would rather not become Crown Prince." "She did."

Forget me, give you a chance. Haven't you already made your choice?" Having said this, I calmly looked at him. "Tieu Tinh Hoai, Tieu Gia Ngon." "You still don't understand? We can't go back." Tieu Tinh Hoai was silent for a long time. But the moment I turned around, he hoarsely asked after me: "What if one day, there is no longer a single word Tieu?" My steps stopped, then pretended to be innocent, as if I had just heard a myth. "How is this... possible?" The jar of wine rolled all over the ground. The mother was extremely regretful. "I shouldn't have canceled the engagement." "I didn't expect that because of a woman, he would be so devastated." "Ta Tuong Nghi is also very rude. Normally it looks like it's in order, but when I sneak out for a trip, my heart becomes wild." "But things have come to this point, even if I want to regret it, I can't. In the future, if Hoai Nhi has someone else in her heart, I will definitely try to fulfill it. "I looked at her coldly. She treated everyone in a friendly manner based only on value. Between me and Tieu Tinh Hoai, just because he was a man and qualified to inherit the great dynasty, the day we were born, she chose him.