Lu Wanying looked at her in surprise: "You, did you really go to the battlefield as the rumors say?"

Liang Qian nodded and admitted it frankly.

Lu Wanying stared at Liang Qian, her expression changing again and again. After a moment of silence, she smiled bitterly: "Sure enough, it's your cousin that you care about."

Liang Qian was stunned. It seemed that this was not what she wanted to tell her...

Lu Wanying lowered her head, very disappointed, and sighed: "... In order to save your life and your future, you decisively chose to kill him. On the other hand, your cousin went to the battlefield as soon as he left, and you followed him without caring about your life or your future. Now that he is dead, you helped him protect Yang'er and guard the country..."

She stood up suddenly, her eyes red. "Since your relationship is so deep and you both want each other, why didn't he just take you to the palace that day, but sent you to the Grand Tutor's Mansion instead? If you didn't go to the Grand Tutor's Mansion, how could my uncle have lost his life!"

As she spoke, tears fell down her face and she sobbed softly, feeling sad and painful.

Liang Qian was stunned, and a strange feeling suddenly arose in her heart.

Last year in Hanguang Palace, Lu Wanying cried and wanted to strangle her to death.

If Gao Qian hadn't come in in time, she would have really killed her, even though it was just an impulse...

Until now, she still remembers clearly the resentment and pain in those eyes.

At that time, she thought Lu Wanying just felt sorry for Lu Xiu.

It's right to blame her and hate her.

But what if it’s not just about family love…

Liang Qian's heart was shaken. She didn't know whether she was frightened by the inside story she accidentally discovered or shocked by her own sudden feelings. She just moved her lips with difficulty but didn't know how to start.

"Aying——"

Lu Wanying raised her head, smiled as she watched her take a few steps back, then wiped away her tears, and without waiting for her to speak, turned around and ran out without looking back.

Liang Qian sat there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

The fragmented scenes of the past seemed to be pieced together at this moment.

She didn't know how long she sat there quietly. When she came to her senses again, the tea and food on the table were completely cold.

Liang Qian sighed softly, then stood up and walked out of the hall.

It was already dark outside, and the snow was heavier at night than during the day.

Seeing this, Jinlan hurriedly took the big banner and followed.

"Is the Queen going to look for the Concubine?"

Liang Qian shook her head: "No need to follow."

After saying this, he took the palace lantern from a palace servant beside him and walked forward in silence.

The evening breeze carrying snowflakes penetrated my collar, making me feel cool.

There was no snow on the ground; the snowflakes melted as soon as they hit the ground.

She didn't know where to go and had no direction, she just wanted to go out for a walk.

Liang Qian walked forward step by step, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her body. Some of her worries seemed to be dissipated from her body with the thin layer of sweat.

"Queen Mother."

There was a small sound behind me.

Liang Qian turned around and saw someone approaching with a sword.

After being slightly surprised, he smiled faintly.

"You are on duty today."

Chun Yubei nodded gently: "Where is the Queen Mother going?"

Liang Qian looked around and saw nothing but a vast expanse of space. Suddenly her sight stopped and she saw the Xuanque Tower not far to the left in front of her.

"Let's go there and take a look."

Chun Yubei followed her line of sight and said, "Okay, I will escort the Queen Mother."

Liang Qian paused as she was about to take a step forward, turned her head to look him up and down, and couldn't help laughing.

"I'm really not used to you being so serious."

Chun Yubei lowered his head and started laughing too.

Liang Qian swallowed her joking words, looked at him, and walked towards Xuanque Tower.

She was walking in front and Chunyu Bei was following behind.

The wind and snow were not strong, but they still blew the corners of her clothes slightly.

Chun Yubei couldn't help but asked, "Witch, why did you come back?"

Liang Qian was slightly stunned, then smiled again.

Chun Yubei sighed: "I feel tired just watching you. You can live a carefree life, why do you have to get involved in these things?"

Liang Qian stopped and said, "Because my name is Liang Qian, and I am the queen of Qi."

She looked up at the plaque of Xuanque Tower, then lowered her eyes and climbed the stairs.

"No matter whether I wanted to take the position of empress or not, my name was indeed added to the list and I was offered sacrifices to the ancestral temple... A small soldier in the barracks is still doing his duty, how can I live in hiding?"

Chun Yubei shook his head: "But what can you do?"

Liang Qian pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows to look at him: "Are you here to persuade me?"

Chun Yubei hastily denied: "Of course not."

Liang Qian did not pursue the matter and said calmly: "I didn't intend to do anything. I just wanted to do my best to save some people before he led his troops to attack."

Chun Yubei was surprised: "You mean——"

Liang Qian smiled at him and continued walking forward: "Yuwen Jue."

After a pause, he continued, "It is customary not to attack someone during a funeral. I estimate that the two countries will go to war again in spring at the latest."

Chun Yubei hesitated: "I thought..."

Liang Qian shook her head slightly: "He is not a person who gives up halfway. The temporary cessation of the war is just following the convention."

She stepped onto the last step. "Besides, let's put things in perspective. If he can really kill the people who need to be killed and be a good emperor, then how can that not be a good thing? I'm just afraid..."

Liang Qian walked closer to the railing, looked at the twinkling lights in the night, and changed the subject.

"If I hadn't come back with Emperor Wenxuan, who knows what kind of chaos Jinye would be in now."

She turned her eyes to Chun Yubei and said, "He knew he couldn't survive, so he wanted to use his death to exchange for the last bit of peace in Qi and Jinye. My mission is to maintain this bit of peace, although I don't know how long I can keep it.

Jinye seems calm on the surface now, but you don’t know——"

She sighed heavily and stopped talking.

Chun Yubei was shocked beyond words, but then he finally understood why Yuwen Jue sent him to the Qi army camp and even brought Chai Wenkui's head to Jinye to help the King of Qi...

He took a deep breath, shook his head and smiled: "I understand, I always thought you, they-"

Chunyu Bei opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Liang Qian glanced at his expression, knew what was going on, and couldn't help but smile.

Chun Yubei: "Then... why did you agree to let me stay?"

He had not forgotten that she on the edge of the cliff really wanted to kill him.

Although the knife was fake, pushing off the cliff was real.

Liang Qian looked at the palace lanterns swaying in the wind in the distance.

"I wanted to kill you to avenge the people who died at your hands in the fire that day. As for saving you later, besides because you also saved me, I also wanted to use you.

As for keeping you this time, not only did I not have the opportunity to refuse, but I really need someone right now. Moreover, with your skills, there is really no one else like you in the entire South City Palace..."

Chun Yubei laughed: "The third one?"

Liang Qian nodded: "Xiahou Zhao is no worse than you."

Chunyu Bei did not say a word.

Liang Qian thought for a moment and then said, "You killed so many of my imperial guards and replaced them to protect my safety. This can be considered as compensation. Even if you really die because of this one day, I will not be sad, because you should have died a long time ago."

Chun Yubei sucked in a breath of cold air and looked at her in disbelief: "Witch, you are more cruel than I thought."

Liang Qian nodded seriously: "The truth is always harsh."

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