Chapter 373 The Last Three Sentences
Dafeng Palace.
When Wei Changtian and Li Wutong were staring at the moon in a daze in the princess's mansion, when You Jia and Ning Yongnian were walking on the path down the mountain, and when Li Si and Bai Youheng were passing each other in Yuanzhou City. Li Qi was also standing alone at the gate of the Ministry of Justice's prison with the moonlight above his head.
After hesitating for three days, he finally stood here.
Maybe Wei Changtian is right.
In addition to being a man, he was also the emperor of Dafeng.
Therefore, he must be responsible for the vast territory founded by the ancestors of the Li family, and for the millions of people living on this land.
In the night wind, the white robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon rustled fiercely, and then disappeared into the long tunnel of the sky prison.
“.”
"emperor!"
At the end of the tunnel, outside the door of cell No. 1.
Several jailers knelt on the ground in surprise, seemingly not understanding why Li Qi appeared here without a word.
The latter had no intention of explaining and just waved his hand calmly.
"Open the door."
"yes!"
Although Wei Changtian had warned that no one except him could try Yu Pingjun again, the emperor's order was above all else, so several jailers immediately inserted the key into the keyhole and slowly pushed the heavy prison door open.
"Squeak"
The friction sound of the metal mechanism was clear and harsh, and the dim firelight in the cell faintly illuminated the figure lying on the stone bed.
"close the door."
He gave the order in a deep voice and then stepped forward.
Li Qi's steps became slower and slower, and Yu Pingjun suddenly opened his eyes at this moment.
There was a brief flash of surprise, and then only hatred remained in those eyes.
This was the first time the two met since that night.
Maybe this will be the last time we meet.
“.”
Without dodging Yu Pingjun's gaze, Li Qi walked all the way to the stone bed and untied the acupuncture point for the former with the "boom" sound of the prison door closing.
As the firelight flickered, the cell fell into silence.
Both of them seemed to have a lot to say, but neither of them seemed willing to speak first.
Finally, it was Li Qi's slightly bitter voice that sounded first.
"You've lost weight."
“.”
"Chuck, chuck, chuck"
It was as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. The laughter gradually grew from small to large and then became almost crazy.
"Hahahaha, Your Majesty"
"I never thought that this would be the first thing you said to me when you saw me."
"You've lost weight? Hahaha."
With one hand on his heaving chest, he pointed at Li Qi, who was frowning.
Yu Pingjun laughed until she could hardly breathe, and while laughing she said sarcastically as best she could: "Your Majesty, I think you have lost some weight."
"Hehe, but I don't know why you are like that?"
"Isn't it because of me?"
“Chuckle, chuckle.”
“.”
Creepy laughter echoed in the dark cell, one after another.
Li Qi just stood there without saying a word, until Yu Pingjun got tired of laughing, then he slowly opened his mouth again and said:
"Ping Jun, I only have three things to say to you this time."
"I know you may not want to hear this, but these may be the last three sentences I say to you."
“.”
The last three sentences.
The meaning of this statement couldn't be more obvious, that is -
You're going to die no matter what.
"Um?"
Seemingly a little surprised by Li Qi's frankness, the smile on Yu Pingjun's face finally faded away at this moment.
She struggled to support herself and sat up on the edge of the bed with her back against the stone wall.
Then, he stared straight at the man in front of him and uttered something coldly.
"Your Majesty, please speak. I am listening."
“.”
"good."
The remaining light of the candle was swallowed up by the darkness, not even a ripple appeared on the tightly sealed stone wall.
At this moment, the apparently spacious cell looked like a coffin, located in the most remote corner of the prison, filled with depression and sadness.
"Ping Jun, I have thought about what you and Ding Zhong did for a long time, but I still can't get over it."
Li Qi clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves and spoke the first sentence in a dry but calm voice.
For some reason, he no longer called himself "朕", but instead changed back to the most ordinary "我".
"I will find a reasonable reason for your death. No one will know what you did."
"As for the other people in the Yu family who have nothing to do with this matter, I will let them go."
“.”
They looked at each other in silence. After Li Qi finished his first sentence, there was no change on Yu Pingjun's expression.
She knew that it was not easy for the latter to achieve this level, but "the second thing is about her."
On the other hand, Li Qi seemed to have never thought about getting a response from Yu Pingjun from beginning to end. He paused for a moment and then spoke again.
"Yes, I have never forgotten her."
"That's exactly why I don't want to have any more children."
"You may have already guessed this matter, and I will not hide it from you."
"It's just that Tong'er is innocent. Since she really regards you as her mother, you shouldn't treat her like this."
“.”
He first confessed that he would definitely kill Yu Pingjun, and then he confessed that he was indeed obsessed with that woman.
What Li Qi said now was completely opposite to what Wei Changtian wanted him to say.
But this is all from the heart.
He was silent for a few breaths again, then slowly raised his head.
Li Qi looked at Yu Pingjun's eyes that contained a variety of complex emotions, and his shoulders suddenly trembled slightly.
He took a deep breath and took a step closer hesitantly. As if he had mustered up great courage, he finally uttered the last sentence, which was the apology that Yu Pingjun had been waiting for for twenty years.
"One last thing"
"Ping Jun, whether you believe it or not, I never knew that you had such a deep hatred towards me."
"If I had known what you were thinking, I would never have forced you to recognize Tong'er, nor would I have been so cold to you."
"I know it's too late to say this now."
"But, I have been sorry for you in the past twenty years."
"It's me, I'm sorry"
“.”
Li Qi lowered his head a little bit and repeated the last six words over and over again.
These six words were actually written on the piece of paper left by Wei Changtian, but at this moment they were also Li Qi's true words.
For Yu Pingjun, she could naturally tell whether this sentence was true or false.
That's why her vision became blurred at this moment.
“Pah.”
A teardrop as big as a bean fell on the prison uniform, and the pale lips were bitten with traces of blood.
At this moment, Yu Pingjun suddenly remembered the two lines of poetry that Wei Changtian had once said to her.
"If life could always be like our first encounter, why would the autumn wind bring sorrow to the painted fan?"
"It is easy to change the hearts of old friends, but it is easy to change the hearts of old friends."
“.”
A regret that I had never felt in the past twenty years surged into my heart, and then turned into an even deeper sadness.
Just like what Li Qi said.
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have done it in the first place.
Isn't it the same for me?
Is everything that is happening now really what I want? "Your Majesty."
Raising her head with tearful eyes, Yu Pingjun slowly stretched out a hand, as if wanting to stroke the trembling shoulders of the man in front of her.
But at this moment, accompanied by a muffled "click", the heavy prison door behind the two men was suddenly pushed open little by little.
The violently shaking flames squeezed in from the slowly widening gap, illuminating several shining long swords and faintly illuminating the dark red blood flowing on the ground.
(End of this chapter)
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