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His sparkling eyes were filled with a complicated feeling. What was he feeling in his heart as he looked at Ji Tian Ning?

There was envy, gratification, doubt, and faint jealousy. Yes, he was jealous, because he had never once looked at Ji Tian Ning with the same gaze as when he looked at her. As for her, she could only quietly look at him in a place that no one else was paying attention to.

"Sister Begonia, you love him!"

Her pitch-black eyes stared fixedly at the Begonia. So it turned out that the love companion in the heart of this female official before her was actually the White Horse Emperor of the Southern Champion. So it turned out that such a lonely gaze was only because he had never once used his eyes to look at a woman to look at her!

The Begonia was shocked and hurriedly said, "Don't speak nonsense. Empress, you must be careful with your words and actions."

"Heh heh, when have I ever been cautious with my words and actions? I am a barbarian woman here. But, sister, he has never known your deep love, so why? Don't you dare pursue your own happiness? Though I never thought you were happy to fall in love with him. "

"Sigh …"

The Begonia turned around and stood at the window. How could she voice out her thoughts? The difference between the two of them was not only the difference in age, there was also something else.

"Esteemed Empress, His Majesty truly does like Empress. This subject can see that His Majesty has Empress in his heart."

He has me in his heart?

His heart had never been so chaotic before. Scenes of the past appeared in his mind, from the first time he encountered the reverse scale of fire on the battlefield to being captured by him as a prisoner. After entering the palace, the domineering and callous nature of the Fire Reversal Scale had once chilled her heart.

The words of the Begonia made Ji Tian Ning realize that he had always used that kind of callousness to conceal the feelings in his heart and overbearing to protect her, not letting her understand. Was there a hidden deep affection for her behind the cold arrogance of Wuqing?

"No, that's impossible. He would never be moved by a girl. In his heart, there was only the world, the boundless ambition. To him, women are but toys and lousy toys! "

The Begonia approached Ji Tian Ning. Her face was only a few inches away from Ji Tian Ning's face. The monarch was not a heartless being. His emotions moved the heavens and the earth together. Did you really not feel what he had done to you? Or don't you want to know? The Empress is extremely intelligent and clever. This subject does not need this subject to speak up. "

"Sister Begonia, since you like him, why did you persuade me to accept him? Love is selfish. Why don't you show it to him? "Perhaps, we will be able to obtain his favor."

The Begonia shook her head. "I brought you into the palace and made you my maid, just so that I could keep you by my side and take care of you from time to time. The reason why I killed your concubine and the others was to make sure that everyone in the imperial harem didn't dare to hurt you again. "The reason I left you in the Rain Pavilion was to prevent you from getting hurt by the turbulent undercurrents of the harem …"

Ji Tian Ning looked at him in astonishment. Since she loved him deeply, why did she push him to her side?

"Does Empress still not understand why this subject is saying these words to Empress?"

His heart sank into the bottomless cold pond, slowly sinking to the bottom. The cold pond submerged Ji Tian Ning's heart.

It wasn't that she didn't understand why he was saying all this, she had long since been mentally prepared. What she hadn't expected was that the one waiting for her was not to punish her, but rather the White Horse Emperor who had sent her, the Begonia.

"Did he send you to say that?"

"That's not important. This subject understands His Majesty's heart. It's not like the Empress doesn't have His Majesty in her heart, right?"

"I …"

Staring wide-eyed at the Begonia, she was unable to understand why the Begonia, who deeply loved the reverse scale of fire, would do such a thing.

"This subject only wants to see the Emperor happy. Empress, if this subject can exchange with the Empress, how wonderful would that be?"

There was a moment of absent-mindedness, and he probably never would have thought that she would always be by his side, watching him grow up, watching him become the coldest and most cold-blooded monarch of the Five Kingdoms. No matter what he did, she always silently supported him from behind. However, on the nights when he favored concubines, she'd lost sleep as well.

"The Empress asked herself from the bottom of her heart. Could it be that she knew nothing of His Majesty's feelings and wasn't moved by them?"

"Bang bang bang …"

With her heart beating wildly, Ji Tian Ning was at a loss as to what to do. She had never thought that Huo Ni Lin would really fall in love with her. How many times had he had to remind himself that he should not be moved by such an overlord? Otherwise, his life would be extremely miserable, and he would die a miserable death.

He stood up and walked to the window, allowing the autumn wind to blow upon him, calming his messy heart.

"Esteemed Empress, with His Majesty protecting the Empress like this, what else does the Empress have to worry about?"

"If the operation fails, will I be executed? What are you going to do with me? Do I have to go to the cold palace, go to the heavenly prison, grant you white silk or drink poisonous wine? "

"Why does the Empress want to ask this?"

There was no shock on the face of the Begonia. She looked at Ji Tian Ning indifferently. She had not expected Ji Tian Ning to think of this. Failure of the operation, no matter what the reason, could not be left unattended.

This was also the reason why Fire Reversal Scale had sent her here. At this point, the only way to save Ji Tian Ning was to make her the true imperial concubine. It would be best if she was pregnant.

The reverse fire scale believed that with Ji Tian Ning's abilities, if she wanted it, she would quickly produce a baby. The empress dowager went to Hongmeng Palace to pray for her blessings. It would take half a month before she could return, half a month enough for the imperial physician to diagnose whether or not she was pregnant.

"The process in the palace is not important. The important thing is that the operation failed. Even if someone secretly poisoned him, no one could prove anything. Ke Wuji committed suicide. No one can prove how the patient died. "

"So the Empress is not completely ignorant."

Qiuxiu looked at Ji Tian Ning with a surprised gaze. All this while, she had thought that Ji Tian Ning was simple and didn't have any schemes in mind. What she did not expect was that Ji Tian Ning had already figured out everything.

"I'm not an idiot, I just don't want to get mixed up. If I don't say it, that doesn't mean I don't understand. Even he would not dare to touch the person behind the scenes. Even if I were to become his real concubine, and even if I am pregnant, I will only die faster! "

Qiuxiu's eyes widened in shock, and her beautiful face was filled with shock. So she knew what was going on in the palace, and even the politics behind it.

"Sister Begonia, I'll call you Sister Begonia again. Can you tell me if Le Tian is safe and sound?"

"He's gone missing. He escaped out of the capital without anyone knowing where he went. His Majesty ordered us not to pursue him." Empress should understand that His Majesty did this because Empress let Le Tianming go. "

"Thank you, and thank him as well. Elder sister, please tell him that the heavens do not wish for the imperial concubines to lock me up, and no one here can guarantee my safety." If he really likes me, then let me go. "

"Has the Empress thought it through?"

"Yes, I think very clearly. Traveling the world is what I want. If you love a person, you should make the person you love happy, just like how big sister is. "

"I'm afraid the Empress doesn't understand whether or not there is affection in her heart for His Majesty. Now, by doing so, the Empress is cutting off her own life. Why must you suffer so much?"

Ji Tian Ning smiled. Her elegant smile contained a little helplessness as well as an expression as if she had seen through something.

One day, I will leave this place. This is not my home!

The crystal skull necklace around her collarbone emitted a dazzling light. From the mysterious skeleton's eye sockets, Ji Tian Ning seemed to sense something. He blankly looked at the distant white clouds as he flew out of the palace.

"Empress, this subject will take his leave. I hope Empress understands."

"I have already thought it through very clearly. Here, no one can protect me, nor can he. The only person who can protect me is me! "

The Begonia slightly waved her sleeve, her elegant face had a hint of sullenness on it, this Empress was too confident. If even the Emperor was unable to protect her, how could she protect herself?

Walking out of the Listening Rain Pavilion, Qiuxiu was hesitating on how she should repay the reverse scale of fire.

"No, I cannot see your Imperial Majesty's disappointment. The Empress just hasn't realized how good your Imperial Majesty is, nor has she realized the affection she has for you. What should I do in order for the Emperor to fulfill his wish and obtain the love of her? "

After a long time, the bright red crabapple blossoms, with the flutter of their sleeves, inadvertently gazed upon the red crabapple blossoms in their sleeves.

They clenched their fists tightly. Why didn't they do so? Perhaps, only by doing so could they understand each other's feelings.

He turned around and left. He called for the two palace maids and whispered a few words to them. The palace maid bowed in agreement before walking towards Ji Tian Ning's room.

The beautiful face of the Begonia, which was indescribably beautiful, revealed a hint of deep sorrow. She helplessly lowered her head and looked at the Golden Carp under the lotus leaves in the water.

Ji Tian Ning's mood was a little irritable, but she maintained her composure on the surface. This did not mean that she did not want this to happen. After failing the operation, he originally thought that he would be locked up or punished for his crimes.

"What should come will eventually come. Right now, even the Wind and Rain Pavilion cannot leave, so I don't know what is going on in the harem." Emperor Baima, what do you want? "Hurry up, it's better. Do you know that it's very tormenting this way?"

He stood by the window for a long time, and when he thought about what Qiuxiang had said earlier, he couldn't help but become even more confused.

"Will he have me in his heart?"

A cold and handsome face surfaced in his mind and he could not help but shake his head violently.

"No, you can't fall in love with him. Ji Tian Ning, what do you want? Could it be that you want to fight over a man with over a hundred women? Could it be that you want to die of old age here, or even silently die of pain as if you had flown into the sky? "

Her heart was in a mess. She had never thought that the Fiery Inverted Scale would be moved by her.

"He kidnapped me to enter the palace because of my medical skills. He hopes that I can cure his illness. Now that the operation had failed, even if someone was behind it, he would still be disappointed. The Queen won't let me go, this is the best chance. She has been waiting for this chance for a long time, right? "

She sighed lightly. Even though she didn't want to stay here and fight for the favor, she was still unable to escape from the battle in the harem.

"What did the Begonia mean just now?"

Qiuxiu's words echoed in her mind, and she couldn't help but recall everything that had happened since she got to know the reverse scale of fire.

Standing in front of the window, he allowed the autumn wind to blow against his long hair. The glazed roof tiles of the distant palace were dazzling under the sunlight.