After rebirth, the empress was spoiled by the emperor's uncle like a little girl

Seeing the black-robed imperial uncle walking towards him solemnly.

Full of doubts, A Bao murmured, "What did my uncle bet with you?"

But Pei Guichen behind him was silent.

And then, on the way to escort Pei Guichen back to the Western Prison, she could not find an opportunity to be alone with her uncle Feng Ran.

Half an hour later, in the most heavily guarded water dungeon in the West Prison.

The black-robed king spoke in a hoarse voice: "A Bao, wait for me here for a while."

The calm tone of voice caused a sudden surge of shock in Abao's heart.

The moment the heavy iron door closed, Abao looked into the water dungeon built of black rocks. There was no sunlight, only a dim candlelight.

Pei Guichen, with his hands tied by a net and like a beast trapped in a cage, looked at her meaningfully.

After a moment, in the dead silence where one could hear a pin drop, the black-robed King stood in front of Pei Guichen.

Although he was imprisoned, Pei Guichen remained calm, "You lose. Abao and I do have the most unique secret in the world."

Not long ago, beside the Nanshan Pavilion, where the grass was lush, the birds were singing, and the weather was sunny and windy.

Pei Guichen pricked up the taut strings but didn’t let go: “I was the one who stayed with her first.”

"You stayed with her first?" He sneered coldly and asked in a stern voice, "Pei Guichen, is it really you who stayed with her first?"

"The little girl will gently rescue an ant nest that has fallen into the water on a rainy day."

"She would bravely help the little palace maid break the vase and escape the punishment from the harem queen."

When talking about his little girl, the black-robed king's cold eyes were filled with tenderness: "There were a few years when dancing was too painful, and the little girl was in so much pain that she hid and cried secretly, but every day before the cock crowed, she would get up, rubbing her sleepy eyes and continue."

"I wrote a brilliant article, but was misunderstood as someone who had someone else write it for me."

"In front of everyone, the little girl's eyes were red from being scolded, but she still argued and refused to give in."

"You have never seen her like that." After a pause, the black-robed king said in a deep voice, "We have been together for more than ten years since childhood. I was the first one to get to her side."

Hearing this, Pei Guichen tightened the strings of his zither coldly and said stubbornly, "But you have been away from her for too long and you no longer understand her."

"I don't understand her?" The black-robed king had a gloomy face.

In the long silence, Pei Guichen's fingers were finally rubbed by the strings and blood dripped onto the piano table.

"If you don't believe it, why don't I make a bet with you?" Pei Guichen stared at the blood beads on the piano table, his eyes as cold as ice.

"Let's bet - who does the princess have the deepest bond with now?"

His thoughts returned, and the black-robed king clenched the sword in his hand. So that's it.

So, this is the secret that Abao mentioned on the night when the bronze box was unlocked, the secret that she didn't know how to explain.

No wonder every time A Bao faced Pei Guichen, his expression and attitude were always so strange that he couldn't explain it.

The answer is...

Besides him, there was only one person in whom she had trusted unreservedly.

They even put wedding clothes on the person, worship heaven and earth, and get married.

And when he thought of Abao's past and the vows he made with Pei Guichen, they might have been as hot as a burning flame.

He was particularly concerned, but it was not out of jealousy, but pain because of——

"You obviously made her like you so much, why did you betray her and make her sad?"

"My Abao, I wish I could hold this most precious treasure in the world in my hands and not let her suffer even a little. But you, Pei Guichen, made her experience the pain of having her family destroyed and her relatives and friends separated." A cold sword light flashed, and the blade of the black sword named Zhanxian was against Pei Guichen's neck.

In the secret passage, A Bao heard his uncle's fierce voice say, "Pei Guichen, don't think about dying so easily."

Then, there was a dead silence so deep that one could hear a pin drop.

Then, A Bao suddenly heard hurried footsteps. When he turned around, he was hugged tightly into the arms by his uncle in black robe.

The black-robed king thought with lingering fear.

In his previous life, it would have been better if he had ignored the so-called ethics and refused to back down or give in.

He can only feel at ease if he takes care of his Abao personally.

At this time, A Bao asked in a muffled voice: "Uncle, I have a secret from you, are you angry? I will comfort you, okay?"

"I'm not angry. No need to coax." The black-robed king hugged his Po tighter: "No matter what happens, it's definitely not your fault."

Is that so? Ah Bao was stunned. He raised his head in his uncle's arms and stared at his sharp jawline thoughtfully: "So, uncle, don't you want to know the answer? Am I looking for the shadow of another uncle Feng Ran in you?"

But Uncle Feng Ran only asked: "A Bao, was I good to you in my previous life?"

"Very good. Just as good as ever." As he finished speaking, A Bao's nose felt sour. "You have maintained peace in the Northern Frontier for ten years, freeing up a lot of energy for me to deal with the undercurrents in and outside the court. Later, in order to avenge me, you led the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry into the palace, but fell into Pei Guichen's trap..."

To this day, Abao still cries when he talks about that tragic death: "He was falsely accused of treason, and was tortured to death."

"Don't cry." The black-robed king gently stroked Abao's back in his arms: "Dying for you is the best way to die in my life."

"In my previous life, I would have never regretted anything when I was dying."