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"I know my sister loves me, so I don't want to make you sad."

Jiang Zhao put the teacup on the table, walked over and took Xie Jin's hand, and said with a warm smile: "How can anyone not be sick in life? It's just a minor illness, and it's over now, otherwise I wouldn't dare Come to see you."

Her smiling eyes were crooked, with a little flattery.

Xie Jin pouted, stretched out his hand to pinch her nose, and said half-threateningly: "The weather has not completely turned warm yet, so don't be greedy for cold, if something happens to the root of the disease, it will be uncomfortable in the future."

Jiang Zhao looked down at her hand on the tip of his nose, smiled and nodded.

"this is for you."

Xie Jin let go of her nose, took off the purse hanging from her waist, and handed it to Jiang Zhao.

The pouch is made of blue fabric, with lotus flowers embroidered on it, it can be seen that the embroidery is excellent and a lot of thought has been put into it.

Jiang Zhao showed surprise on his face, and quickly reached out to catch it in his palm. After looking at it for a while, he hung the purse around his waist, opened his arms and twirled around in front of Xie Jin, and said with a smile, "Does it look good?"

"This is something I embroidered. You asked me if it looks good. How do you want me to answer it?"

"It doesn't matter if you answer truthfully, it still looks good to me."

"I'm used to being glib, so why are you asking me?"

Xie Jin choked her, turned around and found a chair to sit down, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Jiang Zhao walked in front of her, stroking the fine stitches on the purse with his fingertips, and said casually, "I'll give sister a jade pendant, and sister give me a purse, is it a token of love?"

She had a smile on her face, and there was a faint temptation in her eyes, but Xie Jin didn't notice it, he just stretched out his hand and pushed her, angrily said: "If you talk nonsense again, I will kick you out."

Jiang Zhao's eyes flashed, as if he remembered something, he said in a low voice: "Sister is right, I'm talking nonsense, you already have a sweetheart, even if there is a token of love, it has nothing to do with me."

When she finished speaking, her voice became deeper and deeper, and the smile on her face was also tinged with bitterness.

Xie Jin opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know where to start. He bit his lower lip with his white teeth, and a look of annoyance appeared on his face.

"Azhao." She called out hesitantly.

Jiang Zhao knelt down, leaned on her knees, looked up at the gentle face without makeup, and said with a soft smile: "You and I have known each other for six years, and I call you sister, but I can't really occupy you .

Besides, I am old now, I have grown to the age when you first met me, since you have a sweetheart, how can I have any opinions? "

Her voice was soft, and she didn't know whether she was talking to Xie Jin or convincing herself.

"The love between a man and a woman is just a matter of day and night. My sister can find someone who wants to be with her day and night. I should wish my sister a happy marriage for a hundred years and grow old together."

As Jiang Zhao said, he lowered his head and rested his forehead on Xie Jin's lap to cover his expression.

Xie Jin raised his hand, put his palm on the back of her head, and rubbed it gently.

Although Jiang Zhao said it was calm, as if it should be so, Xie Jin could still feel her sadness, which made Xie Jin feel depressed, as if he was about to lose something.

"Azhao." Xie Jin said slowly: "I do have one... who is my sweetheart. I didn't tell you before because I didn't think it was necessary, because I was not a match made in heaven with him, and I didn't at first. I thought about what future I had with him.

But you're right, you've grown to my old age, and I won't be getting any younger. "

"His family background is very good, I may not be worthy of it, but he is willing to wait for me, and I don't want to let him down."

Jiang Zhao asked in a low voice: "Does Sister like him?"

Xie Jin was silent for a while, and then said softly: "I probably like it."

"It's good that sister likes it." Jiang Zhao raised his head, looked at Xie Jin with red eyes, tried to smile at the corner of his mouth, and said, "As long as sister likes it, everything will be fine."

She seemed to be promising something, and seemed to have made up her mind, and said to Xie Jin: "I know that my sister wants to leave the palace, and only after she leaves the palace can I be with him properly, so I will help my sister."

She didn't say how to help, but her words were firm, and people believed her subconsciously.

Originally, Xie Jin should be happy if her long-cherished wish came true, but looking at Jiang Zhao's slightly red eyes and bitter smile, she felt like she was in pain, and she didn't feel happy at all.

Jiang Zhao also understood her, seeing her like this, he comforted her: "Sister, don't worry about me, I have grown up and can take good care of myself.

In this deep palace, although life is a bit boring, at least I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I won't offend any nobles, so it's not particularly difficult to spend my whole life here. "

"To die forever?" Xie Jin grasped the point and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Zhao has never said that she is a body of guilt. In Xie Jin's mind, she is just an ordinary court lady who can leave the palace at the age of 25, but from what she said, it doesn't look like she wants to leave the palace.

If only as a court lady, she can go out of the palace, but Jiang Zhao is not a real court lady.

She sighed softly, and said with a smile: "I have no father or mother, and I am alone in this world, and I have long been used to life in the palace. Although I yearn for the outside world, I have no obsession."

Xie Jin asked: "Are you planning to leave the palace in the future?"

Jiang Zhao nodded.

Xie Jin was in a hurry, reached out to hold her face, looked into her eyes and said seriously: "Azhao, even if I leave the palace, even if I marry someone, I will always be your elder sister, your relative, You are not alone in this world."

If she had said such things in the past, Jiang Zhao would definitely agree with her to make her feel at ease.

But at this time, she just shook her head lightly, and said equally seriously: "Sister will be someone else's wife, she will be someone else's mother, she will be with her husband and son-in-law, and her children will be around her knees, and she will no longer need to be dependent on me .”

"Azhao!"

Xie Jin obviously didn't expect her to say that, and his eyes were red with anxiety.

"I never thought of this, Ah Zhao, in my heart you are already my own sister, I will not abandon you for anyone, you have to believe me, Ah Zhao, I can swear to God..."

"Sister."

Jiang Zhao interrupted Xie Jin lightly, looked at her softly, rubbed his cheek against her palm, and said, "I know sister loves me, but you have your own life, and your life Here, it is impossible to have me forever."

And I don't want to be your sister anymore.

Jiang Zhao slowly took Xie Jin's hand away from his face, and stood up.

Her gaze was deep, still looking at Xie Jin, those beautiful eyes implied some affection that others could not understand.After watching for a while, she stretched out her hand and gently wiped Xie Jin's tears away.

"You put away that jade pendant." Jiang Zhao said: "I always count on what I say. In the future, sister, if there is any problem that cannot be solved, you can come to me, and it is the same after leaving the palace."

"But I also hope that that kind of thing never happens."

Jiang Zhao took a step back, let out a long and slow sigh, and suppressed all his emotions.

After being king for three years, she has already handled herself very well.

"I can't stay out for too long, so I'll go back first." Jiang Zhao touched the small purse hanging from his waist, pretending to be relaxed and said: "I will try my best to get Sister out of the palace as soon as possible, and there probably won't be any in the future." What a chance to meet, so before you leave the palace, I will try my best to spare time to see you a few more times."

Xie Jin got up to see her off and walked to the door without speaking.

Jiang Zhao waited for a while, and seeing that she did not intend to speak, he turned and left.

Just two steps away, Xie Jin suddenly called her, and Jiang Zhao stopped.

She turned to look at Xie Jin and tilted her head.

Xie Jin approached, looked up at Jiang Zhao, but stopped talking.

Jiang Zhao was a little helpless, stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and whispered in her ear: "Life and death are just common things in the world. In the past six years, I have been taken care of by my sister. I am always grateful for the way you treated me. Well, I can't forget each other either. Even after parting, I will never forget Sister."

She still couldn't harden her heart towards Xie Jin, so she could only try her best to comfort her.

But Xie Jin didn't appreciate it, he clenched his fist and hammered her on the back a few times, then choked up and said: "I never wanted to abandon you, it was you who didn't want me, Ah Zhao, you are so cruel."

Xie Jin has a lot of reluctance in her heart, but going out of the palace is her long-cherished wish since entering the palace, not only to marry and have children, but also to go to the border to find her parents and brothers, and to reunite with her family.

She never thought that Jiang Zhao would not want to leave the palace.

"I'm the one who is cruel. Elder Sister has treated me with the utmost benevolence, and I made Elder Sister sad. It's my fault."

Jiang Zhao has always known that Xie Jin's tenderness to her has always been infiltrated in her bones. She didn't know how to cherish it, and she concealed it from the beginning.

She also had a moment when she wanted to use her status as an emperor to continue to trap Xie Jin, and wanted to stay with Xie Jin forever.

But after all, she didn't dare, didn't dare to make her sad, and didn't dare to blaspheme her.

Back in Xihe Palace, it was already late at night.

Seeing that His Majesty was still lacking in interest, and even his eyes were reddish, Gao Sheng'an didn't dare to ask, so he winked at Aunt Qingshi, Qingshi hesitated, but moved closer.

"The servant waits for His Majesty to change clothes."

Qingshi took off his robe for Jiang Zhao, Jiang Zhao was a little careless and let her serve him.

"Gao Gonggong, don't be dazed, go and prepare blue soup for His Majesty to take a bath." Qing Shi looked at Gao Sheng'an.

She wanted to talk to His Majesty about something of her own. Although Gao Sheng'an was not an outsider, some things were only suitable for two people to say. Qing Shi wanted to send him away.

Although the technique is clumsy, Gao Sheng'an is a knowledgeable person after all.

As soon as he left, only Jiang Zhao and Qing Shi were left in the hall. Qing Shi pushed her to sit down in front of the dressing table, removed her bun, smoothed her long hair with a comb, and Fang tentatively got to the point.

"Your Majesty will return as soon as he said he would go. I don't know why the time was delayed?"

Jiang Zhao moved his eyelids when he heard the words, and looked at the image in the bronze mirror, but didn't speak.

Qingshi had a bottom line in her heart, and asked again: "Is there something wrong with Xie Sizheng?"

"No." Jiang Zhao replied quickly this time.

She stood up, bypassed Qingshi, walked to the bedside and sat down, said: "I promise her today, I will find a way to get her out of the palace."

Qing Shi raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled.

She knew early in the morning that Jiang Zhao and Gong Zhengsi's Xie Sizheng had some relationship, and she could let him out of the palace early in the morning, but she couldn't bear it.

According to His Majesty's temperament, I don't know how long this little trick will last, but she suddenly figured it out without thinking.

Qing Shi smiled and said: "Your Majesty is finally willing to let him go?"

Jiang Zhao's face turned pale, and he looked at her fiercely.

Qing Shi was not afraid of her, walked slowly in front of her, and said softly: "Xie Sizheng has kindness to His Majesty, and His Majesty relies on her and is not willing to let her go, it is understandable, but it is inevitable that there is some meaning of repaying kindness.

Since she wanted to leave the palace, now that His Majesty has figured it out, it can be regarded as a grace for her, which is not a bad thing. "

After a pause, Qing Shi said again: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, although you can be willful, but you still need to be a little fussy, otherwise Xie Sizheng will know your identity in the future, and if you don't keep it, you will be called a stupid king."

Jiang Zhao lowered his brows and looked a little depressed, and said with a wry smile: "What my aunt said is true."

Qingshi just showed some relief on his face, Jiang Zhao looked up at her again, his eyes were burning, but there was a faint struggle in it, and he said in a choked voice: "But aunt, you must understand that I am not relying on her."

She took a breath, closed her eyes in pain, and fell on her back on the bed.

"I am, I adore her."