"Who are you?" Tian Yingying finally spoke.
Zhao Huan didn't know how to answer. If he told the truth, he would be kicked out, and if he told a lie, he didn't know where to start.
Seeing that he was silent, Tian Yingying looked up at Zhao Huan in surprise. Zhao Huan thought for a moment and said, "I really am the emperor. I sneaked out. The palace is too stuffy, so I came out for a walk when I have nothing to do."
Tian Yingying was stunned, and Zhao Huan felt a sense of panic. Did she think he was a liar again and wanted to kick him out?
"Are you really the emperor?" Tian Yingying finally asked after a while.
Zhao Huan nodded heavily: "I am the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty."
Tian Yingying looked at him like that, her eyes shifting from surprise to anger, from anger to hatred, and then from hatred to resentment. Zhao Huan had never seen such a resentful look before; her eyes were truly shattered. It was a despairing shattering of life and fate.
Her sad eyes were like a needle that pierced Zhao Huan's heart, making him feel pity and love for this girl, and also made Zhao Huan determined to take care of her for the rest of his life.
"Why?" A clear tear streak crossed Tian Yingying's cheek: "Why did you come here?"
Zhao Huan shook his head. "I didn't know. Han Zhongyong died because of me. I felt very guilty when I found out, and I felt even more distressed for you. Your misfortune can be said to be caused by me. You can hate me, scold me, and beat me. It's all fine, but you shouldn't live like this."
"You are the emperor. How dare I hit or scold you again? Just go away." Tian Yingying said this again.
Zhao Huan gritted his teeth and said, "No, I won't leave. I want to take care of you!"
"What did you say!" Tian Yingying was furious, her eyes full of anger.
"You can be angry, or you can refuse. But I have decided to take care of you. At least, I will not let you live like this anymore." Zhao Huan said with courage.
Tian Yingying smiled brightly: "Why have I been encountering so many strange people and strange things these days? You, taking care of me? Is it out of sympathy, or guilt? Or are all you emperors like this, easily tempted by new things?"
"I don't know. To be honest, I really don't know." Zhao Huan stared at her: "It hurts to see you like this. It hurts here." Zhao Huan pointed to his heart.
"Thank you very much. It's none of your business." She used the word 'you' because you are the emperor, but I still reject you.
"You can call me fickle or feel guilty or sympathetic. I have decided to take care of you for the rest of your life. Please come back to the palace with me."
Zhao Huan was wrong. His mistake was that he thought that feelings could be bought and traded. He thought that since he was the emperor, he could take good care of her.
Tian Yingying was even more disgusted with him: "If I agree, will you make me your consort?"
Zhao Huan nodded: "Yes."
Tian Yingying sneered: "What if I refuse, will you kill me?"
Zhao Huan was surprised: "Why? Why would you refuse?"
Tian Yingying threw the clothes at him angrily: "You think you are the emperor, you think that I will be happy if you take me to the palace and make me a concubine? You are just satisfying your own selfish desires. I, Tian Yingying, might as well tell you. Even if I die, I will not follow you into the palace. Han Zhongyong is really blind, how could he give his life for someone like you!"
Every word was piercing, leaving Zhao Huan speechless. He had kept saying he wanted to take care of her, thinking that bringing her to the palace and giving her a title would be caring for her. In reality, he didn't really want her, because he had fallen in love with this woman. All this was just an excuse for his selfishness.
"You're right to scold me, I'm wrong!" Zhao Huan stood up and bowed deeply to her. "Sorry to bother you. I'll take my leave now. I won't bother you again."
This time, it was Tian Yingying's turn to be surprised. She thought Zhao Huan was being forceful. It didn't matter if the emperor chose a woman or not. If he forced her into the palace, she would rather die.
Zhao Huan opened the door and walked out of the inn again. He wore the clothes Tian Yingying had made for him, and her scent still lingered on them. Inside, Zhao Huan felt a deep sense of self-blame. Did he really sympathize with her? Was he truly feeling guilty?
“Ah!~” Zhao Huan roared to the sky: “Zhao Huan, you are a bastard!”
Zhu Lian was his queen, and she was his wife when she came to the Song Dynasty. Nangong Lian'er was his because he had unveiled her secrets. She followed him without knowing why. Li Sisi was a political marriage, and Tang Wan'er was forced into marriage by him.
Zhao Huan had no experience in seriously pursuing a girl. He was completely defeated this time, and Tian Yingying must have hated herself.
Suddenly his mouth was covered and he was dragged into a room.
Zhao Huan was horrified. Assassin, murder? It was over. Someone must have known he was the emperor and wanted to kill him.
Just as Zhao Huan was panicking, he finally saw clearly that the man was Zhao Fachun. Zhao Fachun looked at him in horror and made a gesture to silence him: "You are looking for death! You are cursing the emperor in the street."
Zhao Huan then realized that he was helping him. Zhao Fachun let him go, and at this time a team of Hu Yasi patrols passed by.
"You're crazy! The capital is full of corrupt officials, and you dare to curse that bastard emperor? Yes, he killed Han Zhongyong, but you can't be so blatant. What do you think? Is the Tian family girl willing?" He was more anxious than anyone else. Tian Yingying was a good girl, and these neighbors wanted to help her. But they were powerless. Finally, a fearless Zhao Xiaolong appeared, so how could they let him go?
Zhao Huan shook his head: "It's a dead end, there's no solution!"
"Useless!" Zhao Fachun suddenly flew into a rage. "You don't even know how to chase a girl. What's the meaning of a dead end with no solution? As long as you're thick-skinned, I guarantee you'll get her."
Zhao Huan smiled bitterly and said, "You don't understand the reason. I was wrong. I said the most inappropriate words and did the most inappropriate things."
Zhao Fachun was shocked: "You don't want to spend the wedding night with her? You are too impatient, didn't you do something dirty while she was drunk? As a man, she will understand, as long as you are willing to admit your mistake."
Zhao Huan said angrily, "Bah! What are you thinking? Don't worry about it. There is no chance for Miss Tian and I to be together. It will never happen in this lifetime."
"Right here! Sir! Catch him!" Suddenly, a man appeared on the street. It was An Liangshi, accompanied by a team of Tiger Yasi officials. He was pointing in the direction of Zhao Fachun's blacksmith shop where Zhao Huan was hiding.
With a bang, the wooden door was kicked open, and the officers from the Tiger Yasi drew their eyebrow knives and surrounded Zhao Huan and Zhao Fachun.
An Liangshi pointed at Zhao Huan and said, "That's him! I heard it clearly. He stood in the street and cursed the emperor!"
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