The man didn't want to take another look and turned to go towards the secret passage that Xiao Nan came back from.
She was unable to come back to her senses for a moment, and suddenly heard the man calling her.
"He can't walk out of here alive. Do you want to stay here with him?"
She took one last look at the struggling figure in the black water, then quickly turned and left the stone chamber.
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When I stepped into the long and dark corridor again, the sound of An Lu struggling with the chains continued to be heard.
Xiao Nanhui listened to the voice gradually fading away, but his heart could not calm down.
She remembered the first time they met at Wangchen Tower in Murhe. He was dressed as a servant, following the prostitute named Axi. The moment he saw her walking out of An Yun's room, the expression on his face was so vivid, with a hint of surprise and then loss.
At that moment, he probably thought he would see his long-dead sister.
However, now more than half a year has passed, and the thin, clever, and slightly uneasy boy has completely disappeared, leaving behind only a body waiting to rot.
"What are you thinking about?"
Su Wei's deep, hoarse voice echoed three steps ahead. She came to her senses and told him everything, "I originally thought that the most precious and beautiful thing in this world was human emotion. But emotions are so fragile, unable to withstand any test, and can vanish in an instant."
"Then just don't put it to the test."
Xiao Nanhui was stunned, then shook his head indifferently.
How could that be easy? Life is full of ups and downs, and most of the time we are forced into a situation where we have no control over ourselves. We can barely take care of ourselves, let alone a relationship.
The emperor should have known this better than she did. After all, being in such a high position, he would have been forced to do things against his will. How could such a person say such a thing?
She decided to put aside the chaotic voices in her mind and asked the questions that had arisen in her mind since early morning.
"Why did Your Majesty summon me here today?"
"To clear up your confusion."
Resolve her confusion? She is now even more confused than before.
She suddenly remembered that she had told him everything strange that had happened to An Lu, but he didn't seem surprised.
Recalling their experiences in the Dream Cave and their conversation in the stone chamber, he and An Lu bore a striking resemblance. An Lu had only received a withered Datura flower, while he was the endless sea of black flowers in the eternal night.
After all, the emperor was not completely ignorant of all these strange things.
"Your Majesty, did you know what An Lu was all about?"
"I don't know. It's just a guess." The voice paused for a moment before speaking again, "Do you think I'm the same kind of person as him?"
She was startled by the man's sharpness and almost immediately shook her head, but then she realized that he couldn't see, so she could only say, "Why would I think that? He has been possessed by a demon, and I'm afraid there's no hope."
"Becoming a demon requires only a little obsession. Everyone has something they desire but cannot obtain, and everyone will become a demon."
"Then Your Majesty..."
She almost subconsciously wanted to ask the emperor: Is there something you want but can't get? But when she was about to ask the question, she suddenly realized something and swallowed it back.
"I have said too much."
Lately, whenever she was alone with the emperor, she felt that the conversation often took a dangerous turn.
The scene in the stone chamber was a wake-up call for her, reminding her to keep a distance from the people in front of her.
However, the next second, the person in front of him suddenly stopped as if he had noticed something, and then turned around.
She was startled: "Your Majesty..."
He didn't say anything, but just turned his hand over and held it out to her.
There was a gash in the middle of his palm, the mark of the porcelain vase fragments. Looking closely, there were some fading scars underneath.
That was the scar he got when he saved her.
The slight sense of alienation that had just emerged in Xiao Nanhui's heart was instantly shattered.
Sighing secretly, she held up the torch and carefully checked the wound to make sure there were no broken pieces of porcelain left. She then skillfully tore off a clean piece of cloth to bandage the wound. He obediently let her do what she wanted, as if it was a tacit understanding left over from surviving this disaster.
"Your Majesty, please do not shed any more blood. If Lieutenant Ding knew about this, I'm afraid my life would be difficult."
"Did he give you a hard time just now?"
She said truthfully, "Not really." After thinking for a moment, she added, "It's also because I feel guilty."
As she finished her words, she had already tied the knot.
The man withdrew his hand, and the two men returned to their previous distance of three steps.
After standing still for a moment, the emperor turned around and continued forward, and she followed him.
Xiao Nanhui followed Su Wei, walking silently in the darkness.
Until the night wind blew in from the front, bringing fresh air and his scent into her nose.
The soft moonlight faintly filtered in from the exit, reflecting on his stopped back.
"I don't like Xiao Qing always walking behind me."
She complained inwardly for a while, wondering why the road was almost coming to an end and why she hadn't said it before but only now.
"The secret passage just now was too narrow for me to pass through. If there is a next time, I will definitely walk in front to lead the way for Your Majesty."
"It is enough for me to have Weixiang as my guide."
She was a little confused, and the uneasiness she had felt before came back to her mind.
Before she could come to her senses, the man had already turned around and walked into the night.
"It's okay. The mountains are high and the waters are vast out here. There's no way Xiao Qing wouldn't have enough space to stand shoulder to shoulder with me."
Xiao Nanhui stopped where he was.
The emperor's words circled around in her mind for a few times but never landed on the ground.
She wanted to understand the deeper meaning of these words, but she felt that they were just some random thoughts. After struggling for a moment, she took a step forward and stepped into the night.
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