After rebirth, I became the widow of my mortal enemy

Yan Mobai's eyes darkened slightly.

is it?

"But you are willing to be used by others and become someone else's knife. This makes you an enemy. This is not a good way to protect yourself."

He felt that this was not self-protection, but rather using the opponent's force to his advantage so that he could reap the benefits.

This is pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

Prince An shook his head.

"I am not willing to be used by everyone. Every time before becoming someone's knife, I will weigh the pros and cons, predict the results, and see if I should do it."

Yan Mobai didn't respond.

This is what’s so amazing.

"So, Fourth Brother, I am very tired. I am not fighting for a high position, but I am more tired than those fighting for the throne every day."

"If I become someone else's knife, I will make enemies and be hated. If I don't become someone else's knife, I will be found to be pretending, and I will be feared and attacked. It's too difficult."

Prince An sighed.

"Sometimes I think that I shouldn't have pretended in the first place. In the end, I had no choice but to pretend. If I suddenly stopped pretending, I would become the target of public criticism, and my father would also suspect that I had ulterior motives."

Yan Mobai knew that what he said was true.

indeed.

Whenever the princes wanted someone to stand out, they would think of him first.

It's fine if you are stupid and willing to be taken advantage of.

If you are just pretending and not willing to do it, you still have to analyze a lot of pros and cons and imagine various outcomes, which is really tiring.

In fact, after hearing this, he already understood the man's intention of coming up the mountain to find him.

It was simply to tell him that he had no intention of becoming the crown prince and asked him not to deal with him.

Yan Mobai curved his lips.

"Are you afraid that I might harm you?"

He never thought of dealing with him, and he never thought of dealing with any prince. Of course, the premise is that these people don't provoke him.

Prince An was very frank and nodded: "Yes."

He knew the cruelty of the struggle for the throne.

There are many such examples throughout history.

Yan Mobai smiled.

"Don't worry, I won't offend anyone unless they offend me. But if someone offends me, I will definitely make him regret ever being born as a human in this life."

He said this with a smile, but Prince An's heart still trembled when he heard it.

A very strong feeling that he really means what he says.

This was also the reason why he decided to go up the mountain to talk to this man openly.

He knew that he was no match for this man.

He has always known how powerful this man is, and he knows that the reason why Prince Ning became the first in the fight for the throne is all thanks to this man.

Especially this time when dealing with Prince Ning, he participated in the whole process and intuitively felt the amazing ability of this man.

All the deployments and plans came from this man.

He predicted all of Prince Ning's plans and made all arrangements in advance, otherwise, this palace coup would not have been so easy to resolve.

Also, that woman named Ning Miao is also a very powerful person.

He had already felt it deeply when he was in the cave of Luoer Mountain.

Clear mind, careful thinking, and flawless.

In addition, this time, he went up the mountain and brought her into the palace. From his conversation with her and her various reactions, he discovered that she and Yan Mobai were the same type of person.

He is no match for them.

Since he is not an opponent, he naturally does not want to be an enemy.

There is no good end to being an enemy.

King Kang and King Ning are living examples.

He didn't want to follow in their footsteps and end up like them.

Yan Mobai picked up the kettle and added a little hot tea to his bowl, then picked it up and took a sip.

"Actually, I have no interest in that position, but I want to protect the people I want to protect. In other words, the most important thing to me is the people I want to protect."

Prince An reacted to his words.

What he meant was that the person he wanted to protect was his Achilles' heel and should not be touched.

"I understand." Prince An nodded.

Finally, he asked with a smile: "Then can I be the one that Fourth Brother protects?"

How could Yan Mobai not understand his half-joking, half-tentative words?

He was waiting for his statement and his answer.

Curved lips: "As long as Fifth Brother wants, he can become one. If he doesn't want to..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.

As long as he is well, he will be better, but if he has other intentions, the consequences will be serious.

He used the word "fifth brother".

When Prince An heard this for the first time, he couldn't even believe it.

For a moment, I wondered if I had heard it wrongly.

After reacting for a moment to make sure he had heard correctly, he was so excited that he almost dropped the tea bowl in his hand.

The tea spilled out and splashed onto his white robe, but he didn't care. He said happily, "Yes, of course I do."

He had always felt that this man was difficult to get along with.

On the way up the mountain, he was still thinking, what if this man does not accept his initiative?

He even thought about it. If this man really didn't believe in him, he would let him spend three years in prison.

Three years is enough time to prove what kind of person you are, right?

I didn't expect it would be necessary.

Prince An raised the tea bowl in his hands with both hands: "Then I will use tea instead of wine to toast Fourth Brother. Thank you Fourth Brother, you will protect me from now on."

Yan Mobai smiled, picked up the tea bowl and clinked it with his.

Then they each took a sip.

Yikong came out of the main room and saw this scene.

"You are a prince and a judge of the Dali Temple. Do you really have nothing to do? In broad daylight, you came to my deep mountains and old forests to play house like children, and drank with a cup of coarse tea. Is there no wine in your palace?"

Yan Mobai: "......"

King An: "..."

"Do you need me to cook a side dish for you two?" Yikong asked again, with a look of disgust.

Yan Mobai smiled: "I finally understand why Ning Miao's mind is full of serious matters and he is dedicated to serving the country and the people. He is worthy of being taught by Master."

Just as Yikong was about to respond, a clear and mellow female voice with a hint of coquettishness suddenly sounded: "What bad things are you saying about me?"

Several people were startled and looked towards the gate of the yard.

Then he saw Ning Miao and Chunlan standing there leading a horse.

"Why are you here anyway?" Yan Mobai frowned, immediately stood up and strode over to greet him.

Ning Miao signaled Chunlan to tie the horse to the yard.

Seeing her face turned red by the mountain breeze, Yan Mobai sighed softly and reached out to gather her cloak.

"You're riding a horse with a big belly?"

"No, we took a carriage to the foot of the mountain, but the carriage couldn't get up, so we unloaded one horse, thinking we could ride it. But after riding for a while we found it wouldn't work, so we left. We walked up the road."

Yan Mobai shook his head: "You are so disobedient."

Ning Miao curved his eyebrows and smiled, "I miss Master too."

In fact, she was worried about how Yan Mobai and Yikong would get along.

She knew that Yikong had a lot of complaints about Yan Mobai, and she also knew Yikong's temper.

If she wasn't around, he would definitely torment Yan Mobai.

It’s not that I’m worried about Yan Mobai.

That's right, she wanted these two most important men to her to get along well.

I was thinking if the three of us could sit down and have a good talk.

She knew what Yikong cared about most.

Ning Miao looked at Prince An and was about to greet him when he saw Prince An stand up from the stone bench and speak first: "Fourth sister-in-law."

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[Alas, the text has been locked up in the dark room, so I have to modify the previous ship. ]