"But..." He showed a sad expression again the next second, "I don't know if it will succeed."

"There are a lot of insect eggs next to those space-time turbulences."

"I don't know if I'll mess something up..."

Little Shen didn't understand what Shen Lu meant. He asked timidly, "Don't you want me anymore, Father?"

But Shen Lu just held his little hand, placed it on his forehead, knelt on the ground and murmured as if praying:

"I know my sins cannot be undone, and I can't do anything... It was me who left you and left you alone..."

"But if... I can send you away, can you take good care of Mom for me..."

“Please…”

"Take good care of her for me."

“Please…”

…

Shen Que always believed that this was his fate.

The Sea of ​​Life and Shen Lu allowed him to be reborn into this world so that he could cleanse the sins left in his blood, and let him replace Shen Lu and protect Carolina.

So he tried his best to become the Queen's right-hand man. He restrained all his desires and preferences, and walked step by step towards the position given to him by fate.

He thinks nothing else matters.

But now, he doesn't think so.

Shen Que can become a knight of the empire just because he wants to, because Carolina and An are his family, it is not a fate, nor a sin.

Because of his choice.

He didn't have to feel guilty about anything or anyone.

He can have someone he likes, can complain to others when he is tired, and can take a breath.

He is himself.

…

The moist floral scent was so strong that it almost swallowed everyone's sanity.

The smell of dry gravel was lured out and blended with it stickily.

Shen Que took a deep breath, reached out and took out a tube of inhibitor from the cabinet, and placed it in Pei Ji's palm.

His face flushed from the heat, but his voice was unusually sober, even serious.

"Pei Ji."

"Now, in front of you is the second son of the former emperor Chen Lu and the current queen Carolina, and the second in line to the throne."

"I know that Baishaxing doesn't participate in the imperial court's political affairs. You can follow the previous agreement and remain silent and neutral on matters related to the imperial court. However, the queen is my mother, and I can't completely sever my ties with her."

"if……"

He took a breath.

"If you can't accept this condition, then help me inject this yourself."

"But if... you choose to mark me, then from today on, you will have no right to regret it."

"You will not be able to file for divorce, and even if you do, I will not accept it."

Pei Ji looked straight at Shen Que.

I saw Shen Que holding Pei Ji's right hand, slowly closing his fingers, holding the tube of inhibitor, then leaning over and kissing it.

"Choose."

"This is your only chance to choose."