V2C54

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Translator: Anne

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Prince Xia looked at her closely, his eyes shining deeply.

At this moment, a majestic voice interrupted, “Why are you still here? Mo Cunfeng, lead Princess Qiao Chu out, she no longer needs to participate in the contest.”

The voice was slow and unhappy.

The stunned Si Da finally came to her senses, she stumbled over to Qiao Chu’s side and trembled as she looked behind her. The emperor was there, leading the crowd over.

Everyone had returned with the emperor! Beside the emperor, a young man sat quietly in a wheelchair, he was wearing a white robe and an iron mask covering his face. A pair of eyes looked faintly at everything in front of him.

The hands supporting her waist were trembling and cold, Qiao Chu smiled bitterly as she held Si Da’s hands. Without going to see Prince Rui, in the eyes of the emperor, she didn’t love him. She had already lost this round.

In fact, she couldn’t move forwards or backwards, she couldn’t leave Meiren. Not even if the chances to save her were near zero, she had to try. There were these words someone had once told her: sometimes, people shouldn’t talk about their feelings, or they won’t be able to bear the consequences.

She remembered that at the time she was not called Qiao Chu. That night, a man had gone to visit her. His family had just finished his brother’s funeral, he died while on duty.

He said, “Hai Lan, you are a smart woman, but remember, no matter how wise you are, you can’t resist love.”

She had said, “I understand that your brother was very smart. He was in such a high position before he was even thirty. He didn’t have to rely on his family for shelter, he had a bright future. If he had not fallen in love with that woman, he wouldn’t have been killed because of her.”

He had said that if people’s feelings moved Buddha, he would reincarnate them six times. But, his brother had fallen in love with a criminal.

She asked, “Then I shouldn’t love you?”

He said, “I don’t need you to love me.”

Qiao Chu replied half-jokingly, “But Qin Ge, I really love you. If my love is that deep, what should I do?”

He was silent for a while before he said, “Then I’ll die for you.”

She was startled and laughed. “When you die, I will look for you. No matter where you go or what you become, we can become ghosts together.”

He faintly answered, “What’s so good about being a ghost? If I die, I will let others love you.”

She replied, “Qin Ge, you’re so cruel! When you really love someone, you don’t want anyone else to love them, nor for them to love someone else. You say it as though you’ve never loved me.”

He didn’t say another word, just gazed deeply at her.

Later, he died in her place. He was smarter and had a higher position than his brother.

There is always one person right for another person, each other’s half. No matter where he had gone, even if it was thousands of light years away; no matter who he had become. If it was the cold Qin Ge from the past, or the Prince of Dongling, who had forgotten his promise, he was still him.

If she loved him so much, she would have taken one step closer to where he stood, no matter how, no matter the cost.

She should find a way to tell him about their past life. In their previous life, he had given her protection. And, in this life, she had made a promise to him; in this life, when they were both still young, thay had made a promise when he had gone to the Northern Land. She would try her best to become Prince Rui’s wife. That way, they would have a chance to see each other again. However, she could no longer do it, she loved Qin Ge deeply, but she couldn’t be ruthless to Meiren.

The emperor looked at her coldly, and everyone was watching her foolishness.

She hadn’t cried in a long time, Qin Ge once said that the thing he liked the least was seeing her cry. So, when he died, she didn’t cry. However, her eyes were filled with tears, but she could still see the faint smile on Shangguan Jing Hao’s lips.

She lifted her sleeve and wiped off Prince Xia’s black boots.

The feet shook slightly.

She smiled and raised her hand to wipe again, when a hand reached out from behind her and held hers tightly. She was suddenly enveloped in a person’s arms, her body was surrounded by warmth, a light sandalwood fragrance flowed to her nose.

She heard a soft voice saying, “Father, you said Jing Hong deserved a reward for winning the battle. If your son wants her to be his wife, would you allow it?”

This light fluttering voice, she was surprised. Prince Rui’s taboo name was Shangguan Jing Hong… But Prince Rui was clearly still sitting on top of the wheelchair in front of her.