The group's favorite little Fubao has become the most arrogant kid in the whole imperial city

Chapter 144: The Opposition That Cannot Be Ignored

The years he spent in Tianshuo were the days when he dreamed every night of going back.

As long as this plan succeeds, his Xihe will return to him, and he will return to the days he once dreamed of.

Even if Xihe would resent him after knowing everything, but after drinking Beiyuan, Xihe would forget everything and become a blank paper for him to write on.

So even though he knew Xihe would be in pain and despair, he still...

"But you still did it." Xihe let out a long sigh. She seemed extremely tired, with half of her body leaning against the stone table. "Sometimes I think both of us are ridiculous. We obviously no longer trust each other, but we just can't let go of each other because of the word love."

They strangled each other's throats, refusing to let go even a bit, struggling for life and death, not retreating a single step!
Xiao Mingxuan's calm heart became a little more panicked. He keenly noticed that Xihe was gradually moving away from him. Since he took power, he hadn't felt so out of control for a long time. "Xihe, if you can persuade Nangong Yan to pave the way for you, Zhao Chengning and Zhao Jinyuan will both be alive. Can you... pretend that this never happened? Let's start over."

The moment the forces from Lihua Palace took action, Xiao Mingxuan knew that he had lost the confrontation.

The two brothers of the Zhao family survived, and Emperor Jingyuan would not let him go. Beimo suffered heavy losses, and he would not be merciful to him after he came to his senses.

But Xiao Mingxuan didn't want to think about all this. He looked at the blood-stained Beili military camp, and his heart was not stirred at all. Those people's lives were nothing more than grass to him.

He had been chasing for power for half his life, but at that moment it suddenly seemed like smoke.

He couldn't hold it, and suddenly he didn't want to hold it anymore.

I buried my hatred in my heart for more than ten years, and in the end I had forgotten what I wanted.

The moment the star fell, an indescribable panic surged in my heart.

He really wanted to see his little girl, so he came to the general's mansion despite the risk of being discovered.

"Xiao Mingxuan, you can't treat me as a chess piece that can be discarded at any time, and at the same time you affectionately ask me to forgive you. What do you think of me? Your dog?" Xihe let out a bitter smile and asked repeatedly, "You want me to be your lover, so I have to be your lover. You want me to be your chess piece, so I have to let you control me without regrets? In this world... how can such a good thing exist?"

The body that had lost its spiritual power was like a broken bone being reshaped. After working for most of the day, Xihe's spirit was almost exhausted. She supported herself on the stone table and slowly stood up, wanting to go back to sleep.

A pair of arms suddenly appeared behind her and pulled her back, and Xihe instantly fell into a cold embrace.

It is the hottest summer now, but I just feel cold hands and feet.

"Xihe, come back to me, okay?" Xiao Mingxuan's expression was full of sadness. The farewell intention of the little girl when she turned around deeply hurt him. He said in a hoarse voice: "If you don't want me to attack Tianshuo, I will withdraw my troops. If you don't want me to go to Beili, I will go back to Tianshuo with you. Whatever you want... I will give it to you. From today on, I will put you first in everything, okay?"

In the past, Xiao Mingxuan knew very well what he wanted.

He wants both power and Xihe.

But with the changes in the world, the scale had long since shifted, but... he realized it a little late.

"It's too late." Xihe shook his head and tried to struggle free, but ended in failure.

"It's still in time!" Xiao Mingxuan said anxiously, "I'll make it up to you. Come back and be my little sun, shining on me, okay?"

Xihe glanced at the untouched cup of tea on the table with a half-smile, "Don't lie to yourself. You don't want me to be the sun hanging in the sky, otherwise this cup of Beiyuan would not appear in front of me."

Xiao Mingxuan's body stiffened, and her arms loosened slightly, and Xihe immediately broke free. She picked up the cup of tea, tilted it, and the water slowly flowed down the edge of the cup, fell to the ground, and wet the petals mixed in the soil. "I should admit that I do have an extra weight on your scale of weighing the pros and cons, and I should be thankful for this. I have been holding a stone for more than ten years, and it is finally warm."

She leaned against the tree trunk behind her, lowered her head and played with the cup in her hand, her expression unclear, "But if you want me to be your caged bird, you might as well kill me directly. I remember I said this once many years ago."

"I remember." That was when they were in Jiangnan. Xiao Mingxuan would go crazy whenever he touched Zhou Tingchuan. Xihe said something similar once, "But you also said that you wanted me to follow you, forever."

"So does it still count?"

"I did say that."

Before Xiao Mingxuan showed any joy, Xihe said, "But that sentence was directed at you back then, not you now."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Mingxuan's face changed.

"Even if you had some bad intentions back then, you never hurt anyone innocent." Xihe has always been very clear about what she is doing. No one is perfect, and she doesn't force everyone to have a clear mind, let alone someone like Xiao Mingxuan who has been a hostage since childhood and has experienced many hardships.

She knew all of Xiao Mingxuan's little thoughts, but she pretended not to know because she cared about him.

Even though he was gloomy in the past, he would never hurt irrelevant people.

Xihe could see that beneath Xiao Mingxuan's cold mask, in his icy heart, there was still a glimmer of hope for the world.

So Xihe was willing to indulge him.

"But since you came to power, you have secretly slaughtered the Jiangnan nobles. In order to seize military power, you slaughtered the entire family of General Ningyuan. In order to quickly gain control, you killed tens of thousands of soldiers! In order to attack the Tianshuo Imperial City, you even joined forces with Beimo and wanted to put my two brothers to death." Xihe took a deep breath, "They didn't die because of their mistakes, but because of your endless desires. Why do you think that you, like this, will still let me keep my promise?"

She knew clearly that she was facing a completely different Xiao Mingxuan.

Her little brother had already stayed under the city wall that year and would never come back.

"But this is the only way I can survive!" Xiao Mingxuan never thought he did anything wrong. "If I don't fight, I will die. The Beili royal family is undercurrent. If I don't kill people to seize power, I won't be alive until now!"

"I know." Xihe smiled, "I understand what you did, but... I don't accept it."

Everyone has his or her own stance and a way of behaving and doing things that is unknown to others.

Xihe was born as a god, looking down upon all living things. Compassion is the responsibility given to her by the Creator. She can neither shirk nor retreat.

The love of everyone in the imperial city made the little princess understand love and see all living beings in family and friendship, so she could not be as reckless as Xiao Mingxuan and hurt innocent people without any cause or consequence.

Xiao Mingxuan is in a strange vortex, and he can only save himself by killing people. The undercurrent of the Beili royal family does not allow him to have any compassion or weakness.

Times make heroes, and the past determines our stance.

Once upon a time, they refused to give in because of their feelings and were destined to go their separate ways.

Now, they gave in because of their feelings, but it was too late.

What stands between the two men is bloody human lives and an opposition that cannot be ignored.