Chapter 1133 The Return of an Old Friend (41)


    It was not appropriate for her to scold Xie Jingxing, because Xie


    Jingxing had not done anything wrong. Instead, she told him how


    much Shen Miao had done over the past year. She said that Shen


    Miao guarded Long Ye for him while she was pregnant. She


    protected the pce and the dignity of the Daliang Dynasty''s royal


    family with her life. She had risked her life many times at the critical


    moment, and she did not have to do this at all.


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    Xie Jingxing listened to Luo Tan in silence and looked at her with a


    faint smile for a while before saying, "So?"


    Luo Tan was speechless. "I told you just so you know." She felt


    inexplicably suffocated and flustered, but she couldn''t vent her


    frustration in front of Xie Jingxingf. As she turned around and ran


    away, she bumped into someone. She looked up and saw that it was


    Gao Yang.


    Gao Yang asked her what was wrong. Luo Tan red at him and


    left.


    Xie Jing walked to the pond. He wanted to drink tea, but in the end,


    the people around him in order to get the throne, he''d rather be an


    ordinary person.


    he called Eunuch Deng to take away the tea and bring a pot of wine.


    Beside this pond, under the moonlight, it was once the ce where


    Empress Xiande and Emperor Yong Le drank the snow brew for the


    last time. Everyone in the world felt sad that the love story between


    Empress Xiande and Emperor Yong Le ended in such a tragedy. On


    the surface, Xie Jingxing seemed to be luckier than Emperor Yong


    Le. At least he was still alive, and as long as he was alive, anything


    was possible.


    However, what if Shen Miao did not wake up for the rest of her life?


    What was he going to do with all the time he had in this world? Xie


    Jingxing was not too enthusiastic about the throne. If he had to lose


    the people around him in order to get the throne, he''d rather be an


    ordinary person.


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    Footsteps were approaching. Xie Jingxing looked in the direction of


    the sound and saw that it was Pei Lang.


    Pei Lang was a gentleman who seemed to have never indulged


    himself in alcohol in his life. A person like him struck people as


    someone who was otherworldly and lofty and had great


    self-discipline. However, he sat down opposite Xie Jingxing and


    poured himself a ss of wine without being asked.


    The wine cup made of jade emitted a faint light under the


    moonlight.


    Pei Lang said, "You''re going to ascend the throne tomorrow.


    Congrattions."


    Xie Jingxing smiled, but he was not very happy.


    "What about her?" Pei Lang went straight to the point and asked,


    "What do you n to do?"


    Xie Jingxing slowly turned around and stared at Pei Lang for a while


    before saying, "Mr. Pei, are you very concerned?"


    "I used to be her teacher." Pei Lang was unmoved and continued,


    "As well as friends. I won''t me you if you have a change of heart.


    I''m just curious."


    "Oh?" Xie Jingxing lowered his head and took a sip of wine. He said


    indifferently, "What do you think I should do?"


    "Princess Consort once mentioned that she was not greedy for the


    position of the empress or any power and status. However, if this is


    her responsibility, she will bear it. She''s not a benevolent person,


    but she''s willing to take on the responsibility for the people she


    values the most."


    "These people are the Shen family, the child in her stomach, and


    you."


    Pei Lang said, "Princess Consort said that her life has always been


    especially bumpy, and the heavens are very strict with her. She''s


    never had a good life. Therefore, she never expected anything from


    the heavens. The only wish she had was for the people she loved to


    be safe and happy."


    Xie Jingxing''s eyes flickered.


    Pei Lang turned to look at him and said with a smile, "She''s never


    had a good time. She has to spend a lot of effort to get something


    that others can easily get. Even some small wishes are harder for


    her than for others. Now, the hard times finallye to an end.


    Before she could enjoy the good time, she fell unconscious. The


    heavens are indeed too unfair to her. However, it''s precisely


    because she has never asked for anything from people that she


    makes people admire her so much."