Chapter 2214 is difficult...

Ran Xiaoyu bit her lower lip.

After a long while, he said, "So, you haven't really given up on me. You still want... to be with me, right?"

“…”

Ye Zheng glanced at her and didn't speak immediately.

He turned his face to the side and muttered softly, "Why else would I come to your room in the middle of the night?"

Hearing this, Ran Xiaoyu couldn't help but want to laugh, but she couldn't laugh.

After all, a grown man sneaking into my room in the middle of the night... As a girl, I really shouldn't think this is a good thing.

I just beat him up, and it was not unfair at all.

Her face flushed slightly, and she whispered, "If you want to see me, you can tell me."

“…”

"No need to be so sneaky."

“…”

"Even the Imperial Concubine will not stop us."

“…”

"only--"

Ye Zheng looked up at her: "Just what?"

“…”

Ran Xiaoyu was silent for a while, and also pondered for a long time. Under the swaying candlelight, her eyes flickered, as if she was struggling in her heart. After a long time, she said softly: "Ye Zheng, although my feelings are the same as yours, I can't do it like you, wholeheartedly for the emperor alone."

“…”

"My whole heart is on the Imperial Concubine."

Ye Zheng looked at her quietly.

Ran Xiaoyu said softly again: "However, the Imperial Concubine taught me what it means to put the overall situation first. As you and I, we are people who serve the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine, so our vision and perspective cannot be too short-sighted."

“…”

"As a noble concubine, she always puts the overall situation first. I...I will do the same."

“…”

"So from now on, you don't have to worry about me doing anything that will affect the overall situation. I, I am changing, I will change."

Hearing what she said, a smile appeared in Ye Zheng's eyes.

After Ran Xiaoyu finished speaking, he whispered, "I saw it."

Ran Xiaoyu looked up at him.

His eyes were surprisingly bright.

She said, "Then you and I—"

Ye Zheng thought about it, stretched out his hands, held her hands, and pulled her in front of him.

Such an action is already very intimate for the two of them.

Ran Xiaoyu's face turned red again.

Ye Zheng's face also turned red.

But he still coughed lightly and whispered, "Well, let's make it this way."

“…”

"You do what you should do, and I will do what I should do."

“…”

"When the day comes when we can unload our burdens, no matter what you are like or what I am like, I will ask the Emperor to marry you."

“…”

"You must also promise me that you can't go back on your word."

“…”

"You can't think about other people either."

Ran Xiaoyu had been nodding gently, but after hearing the last sentence, she rushed to say, "You are."

“…”

"Who can I see in the harem? But you, you follow the emperor every day, you can see so many people, you have a family outside the palace, everyone flatters you."

“…”

"I still say the same thing, if you dare to be unfaithful, I will beat you to death!"

“…”

Ye Zheng just blinked his eyes when he heard the threatening words.

Sure enough, Ran Xiaoyu is still Ran Xiaoyu, so hot-tempered. No matter how she changes, her temperament cannot be changed.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Alas."

Although, he knew it in his heart.

A beautiful jade is a beautiful jade. He is not the only one in the world who knows the value of it. He can see it, so he knows that there are other people who have set their sights on Ran Xiaoyu.

But this girl... is still completely unaware.

Well, just let her be like this.

Ye Zheng had been like this throughout his life. Once he met someone, once he had made up his mind, he would never turn back. He had already made this decision about Zhu Feng when he was a teenager, when he was rescued from the military camp by Zhu Feng.

And the woman in front of him, at this moment, also felt the same way as him.

He has decided on her.

The two of them sat down slowly. Ran Xiaoyu leaned against him, resting her head on his shoulder, and said softly, "So, when do you think we can unload our burdens?"

Ye Zheng thought for a moment and said, "You are devoted to the Imperial Concubine, and I am devoted to the Emperor."

“…”

"I'm afraid that we can only completely unload our burdens after their wishes are fulfilled."

"Their two wishes..."

Ran Xiaoyu murmured, "Their wish is what the emperor hopes for, a prosperous age..."

"good."

When this was mentioned, Ye Zheng's eyes also sparkled.

This is not just the emperor's wish, it's also the imperial concubine's wish. As someone who has followed the emperor for many years, if she does not have the same feelings, it would be difficult for him to go so many years and so far just by recognizing someone in his heart.

He may not be able to take the world as his responsibility.

But I can do my part by being with someone who takes the world as his or her responsibility.

Ran Xiaoyu murmured, "A prosperous age, a prosperous age, when will this day come?"

Ye Zheng said: "I don't know, I only know that as long as I keep walking, I will reach my destination one day."

“…”

“It’s difficult, though.”

“…”

“It’s difficult…”

When he said these two words, his voice became slightly hoarse.

The light in his eyes seemed to flicker a little strangely at this moment.

And Ran Xiaoyu sat beside him.

She didn't see the expression on his face change in that instant, but there seemed to be a subtle gloom in her eyes that flashed by.

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The next morning.

Having had a good rest the day before and a hearty meal, Nan Yan felt much better when she woke up.

Aunt Tongyun helped her get out of bed and walked around the room twice.

But she was not allowed to go out.

He only said, "It's really burning outside. Your Majesty, please don't go out to see it, or you'll be sad."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Why should I be sad? If it's burned, let the emperor compensate me with a new one."

Nian Qiu led two young palace maids to clean up.

After a busy night, they had put away most of the things and were now picking up some large items. They planned to wrap them up and have Tingfu bring people to carry them directly to the emperor's bedroom.

Hearing Nan Yan's words, she smiled and said, "Your Majesty is right."

“…”

"The Emperor has already ordered the renovation of the Yikun Palace as soon as the Empress moves out."

“…”

"I heard from them that it will be renovated to be bigger and more beautiful than before."

Nan Yan laughed.

Aunt Tongyun just smiled and said, "You, concentrate on your work, don't just talk, be careful of the Bodhisattva statue."

Several of them were carrying the statue of Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth, downstairs.

At this moment, a little palace maid slipped and Guanyin fell to the ground.

With a "clang", it shattered.