At this time, Yutang Palace.
All the palace servants were dismissed, leaving only the mother and daughter in the room.
Concubine Wen looked solemn: "Tell me honestly, did you do anything to the Seventh Prince?"
Chu Li sat there, silent.
Sometimes, silence is the answer.
"Tori'er, don't you want to leave the palace?"
"think."
"Then why......"
"Mother, I'm sorry," Chu Li said, "I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me. Mother, I can't escape."
She understood when the emperor asked her to step forward to settle Fang Haiyang's death and attract the hatred of the Duke's Mansion.
Born into a royal family, she couldn't avoid it.
Back then, when Uncle Xiaoyao went to his fiefdom to protect himself, he was punished layer by layer and paid a huge price to get the stability he has today.
She thought that she could avoid all this by leaving the palace and setting up her own residence. This was a completely naive hope.
The imperial power was in dispute, the chess pieces were misplaced, and she was just a chess piece on the board.
"It is my mother who is sorry for you and is unable to protect you."
"Don't blame yourself, mother. Life or death is everyone's destiny."
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When we came out of Yutang Palace, it was already dark.
"Ninth brother!"
Chu Aotian had been waiting outside for a long time. When he saw Chu Li coming out, he waved happily.
Chu Li walked over and asked, "Why is Eighth Brother here?"
"Ninth brother, let's go out of the palace and play!" Chu Aotian couldn't wait to grab her hand, "I know a good place called West Street. There are many interesting things there!"
With so many things happening today, Chu Li is already a little tired.
"It's getting late."
"It's okay, we'll come back together and have company."
"But……"
"Ninth brother, ninth brother, just accompany me! If I come back alone at night, I'm afraid there will be ghosts."
Chu Aotian has been tough since he was a child, but he is afraid of ghosts.
"……All right."
Chu Li followed Chu Aotian out of the palace and arrived at West Street. It was crowded and noisy. Chu Aotian excitedly wagged his tongue like a monkey jumping up and down.
He ran around so much that he almost forgot about Chu Li.
However, Chu Li was not interested in things like cricket fighting and cockfighting.
"Ninth brother, your eyesight is not very good. I will take you to the teahouse over there. When I am done playing, we will go back to the palace together."
"Can."
Chu Li was not interested in the first place, so he decided to go have some tea.
The private room was opened.
Chu Aotian waved his hand and went out to play. Chu Li sat by the window, watching the people coming and going on the street on the first floor.
Suddenly, the door opened.
"Just put the tea on the table."
Chu Li thought it was the waiter serving tea and did not turn around. However, after a few seconds, there was deathly silence behind him and a chill seemed to slowly creep up his spine.
Look back.
Instantly, his expression trembled violently.
How could he be here...Chu Aotian!
Chu Li's mind suddenly came to his senses.
She said it was so late, why did Chu Aotian suddenly ask her out of the palace to play, and it turned out that he was waiting for her here.
That Wen Sang actually dared to betray her!
Covered by a veil, in the dim vision, only a dark-black figure was seen walking in.
He closed the door.
He walked towards her, and the centipede stitched on his forehead became more and more ferocious. The strong sense of oppression was like a dark cloud pressing down on a city, approaching step by step.
Chu Li's expression quickly calmed down, and he pretended to be blind as he reached forward with his hands:
"Is that the guy who brought the tea?"
She pretended to be blind and fumbled a few steps: "Put down the tea and you can go out. If you need help, I will call you."
Chu Dichi turned sideways and took a step.
Immediately, her fingertips touched his chest.
"Who are you……"
Chu Dichi stared at her like a hawk, "When you hit me on the head in the daytime, your eyes were very sharp, how come you are blind now?"
Chu Li's fingers trembled, and he took several steps back in shock:
“Uncle… ah!”
The corners of my eyes felt cold.
The gauze was torn off by a big hand, hooking off the bun that tied her hair. Three thousand strands of black hair fell down, and a pair of bright eyes looked at him in panic.
Her eyes were naturally very beautiful, like a deep lake, clear and mysterious, shining with star-like light, as if they could penetrate the darkness and illuminate the way ahead.
She hadn't seen the light of day for a long time since she was injured, and the panic she showed when she suddenly raised her eyes was like a frightened deer in the woods, running around in the dark eyes of the man, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss.
Chu Dichi's eyes darkened slightly: "It seems that the Ninth Prince has recovered."
Chu Li tried to run away, but was grabbed by the waist.
"ah!"
The man pulled her back with just one arm, brushing off the tea set on the table. She was trapped between his arms.
"Uncle!"
"Is it fun?" He grabbed her hands with his big hands and wrapped the gauze that was used to tie her eyes around her hands.
Chu Li's heart was filled with alarm bells:
"We made a bet during the day, and the uncle lost. Why are you looking for trouble with me now? You are a man of seven feet tall, can't you afford to lose?"
"When did I ever cause you any trouble?"
Chu Dichi pinched her chin and said, "Chu Li, I am loving you."
"You don't keep your word!"
Chu Li raised his legs and kicked him hard in the chest.
He grabbed one of her legs and pressed it under him, "I've already asked you to smash it, when did it become invalid?"
"Let me go!"
"I haven't seen you for a few days. You've grown braver. If that's the case, I'll let you smash as much as you want."
Chu Li felt dizzy and almost fell off the table.
She bit her lower lip tightly, stared at the man's gloomy and wild face, and shouted: "I won, the loser should be punished! I hit you once, which is considered light... ugh!"
He pinched the soft flesh around her waist and almost crushed her.
"How dare you hit me!"
He had never been hit in the face before.
She was the first one.
Chu Li shouted angrily: "I'm going to smash you, I'm going to smash you to death...ah! Um..."
"Will you smash it again next time?"
“Smash!”
"Smash it or not?"
“Smash…”
"You asked for this."
"Woo——" Her voice was weak and she was already a little out of breath. At first she was still very stubborn, but after a while, she couldn't stand it anymore and roared in anger:
"Uncle, I didn't mean it... I did that today to dispel the Queen's doubts. I won't dare to do it again."
"Uncle, I will never dare to do it again next time!"
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