Seeking peace

Chapter 22 A Word That Was Three Years Late
On the second and third day after that, Yun Qi would come to Taoyuan Residence again.

But he didn't speak to An Ning, nor asked her to dance the sword.

Just sitting quietly under the peach blossom tree.

On the fourth day, Yun Qi came to Taoyuan Residence again after dealing with government affairs.

As usual, he sat alone under the peach blossom tree in the courtyard to rest.

Before he knew it, Yun Qi fell asleep leaning against the peach blossom tree.

Xia Chen was worried that Yun Qi would catch a cold, and his master's body was not as good as before, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

Xia Chen took a cloak, and then called An Ning, "Miss Jiang, please put this cloak on the master."

An Ning asked, "Why do you want me to go?"

Xia Chen said, "Miss Jiang should understand her current situation."

It means that An Ning has no choice and no room for rejection.

Xia Chen is an order, not a request.

An Ning couldn't refuse, so she could only take the cloak from Xia Chen.

An Ning walked carefully to the peach blossom tree, and covered Yun Qi with the cloak in her hand.

This is an action that An Ning has done many times.

During those five years, An Ning accompanied Yun Qi, watching him forgetting to sleep and eat for revenge, watching him often fall asleep sitting in front of the desk, watching all his pain and hard work.

Whenever he was tired and fell asleep, An Ning would cover him with clothes.

At that time, An Ning did this with concern and distress for him.

But now, An Ning is purely for completing the task Xia Chen entrusted to her.

She used to care about him, but in the end... she became a stepping stone for him to the throne.

Now she just wants to stay away from him, far away, and it is best never to see each other again.

An Ning has been careful as much as possible, but Yun Qi's sleep has been very shallow in the past two years, even shallower than when he was not enthroned.

As soon as the cloak was put on, before An Ning had time to get up and leave, Yun Qi opened his eyes.

The first time I opened my eyes, I saw An Ning.

"Don't go! Don't go!" Yun Qi grabbed An Ning's wrist.

Yun Qi couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality.

Yun Qi pulled An Ning into his arms and hugged her tightly.

"Ning'er, don't go anymore."

Hearing this, An Ning's heart ached.

This sentence came too late.

If he had told her not to leave back then, she would not have despaired.

She used to look forward to it, expecting him to say a word of retention.

Now she heard it.

But it was a full three years late.

Enduring the pain from her wrist, An Ning said to Yun Qi in a calm voice: "Your Majesty, you have mistaken someone again."

An Ning's voice and accent brought Yun Qi back to reality.

Yun Qi violently pushed the person in his arms away.

After clenching his hands into fists, Yun Qi closed his eyes in pain.

After a period of calming down, when Yun Qi met An Ning again, his eyes were clear.

"Who told you to do this kind of thing?" Yun Qi's voice was harsh, and at the same time he threw away the cloak on his body.

"If you go back to the emperor, it was Xia Chen's guard who asked the civilian girl to do this." An Ning lowered her head and replied sternly.

Yun Qi said to An Ning: "From now on, without my permission, don't come within three feet of me, and don't speak in front of me."

When she opened her mouth, everything was ruined.

He just wanted to pretend that An Ning was still here.

It's good to see her figure from a distance.

"Yes, Minnv has written it down." An Ning just hoped so, and she didn't want to get close to Yun Qi anymore.

(End of this chapter)