Both worlds are like dreams

"Your Majesty!" Shen Congfeng spoke again, "Among Dongchu's betrothal gifts, there are still a hundred war horses left. I beg Your Majesty to let me train them."

“Cough, cough, cough…” Emperor Ling interrupted him again with a heart-wrenching cough. “Then let’s wait until the hundred horses arrive. Dong Chu has sent a message that these hundred war horses are carefully selected and walk slowly… cough, cough, cough, cough… Let’s withdraw from the court…”

Mo Ruilin helped Emperor Ling to leave first, leaving Shen Congfeng with angry cheeks twitching.

Another row of eunuchs came out from behind, and the one in the lead said politely, "Princess Changle, please move to Changqing Palace."

Duke Jingguo walked up to her and said, "Eunuch, can you let me have a few words with Princess Changle?"

"Please come in, Duke." The man stepped aside.

Xue Huang looked at the kind face of Duke Jingguo and smiled slightly, "Grandpa, don't worry about me."

"Take good care of yourself."

Xue Huang nodded, his eyes fell on Gu Qinglan behind him, his eyes full of heartache. "Your Majesty will not kill me, just imprisoned, this is already a good ending. Grandpa, you have to take care of yourselves too, the predicament is only temporary, the road ahead is long and arduous, don't worry."

She seemed to be speaking to Duke Jingguo, but in reality, she was speaking to Gu Qinglan. She didn't want them to be constrained by their concern.

Most of the court officials had left. When the second prince passed by, he just stopped and nodded, then left.

Only the fearless Third Prince came to seek death again, "Everyone is avoiding Princess Changle now, but you are still here caring about her? The Duke is really not afraid of bringing trouble to the Gu family."

"My Gu family acts uprightly and has no regrets. There is no need for your concern, Third Prince." Duke Jingguo replied bluntly.

"Grandpa, you should go back first." Xue Huang said. The Third Prince had a point. Now that her identity as Princess Beiyuan was exposed, she had to keep her distance from the Gu family and Mo Ruilin, and she must not let anyone talk about her.

Duke Jingguo knew her concerns and turned around and patted Gu Qinglan's hand.

Gu Qinglan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Take care."

Xue Huang nodded.

Gu Qinglan slowly turned around and left, hiding the heavy reluctance in his eyes.

Xue Huang took one last look at him, then turned back to the eunuch and said, "Let's go."

The Third Prince stopped in front of her and said, "Princess, do you regret it? If you had not chosen the wrong person, your identity might not have been exposed today and you would not have ended up in prison. Do you know what Changqing Palace is?"

Xue Huang was too lazy to waste time talking to him, and just said, "Don't force me to attack you in the hall."

At this time, Mo Yunchen came over and took Xue Huang's wrist, "I'll take you to Changqing Palace."

The third prince smiled and said, "Your Highness is really affectionate. How could he not leave me at this time?"

Mo Yunchen looked at him coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes, "If the Third Prince still wants to continue to entangle, you can try."

The third prince hesitated for a moment and gave way.

The eunuch hesitated because Emperor Ling had never said that Mo Yunchen was allowed to follow.

Mo Yunchen said indifferently, "If your majesty blames me, I will take the responsibility. Lead the way."

Hearing this, the eunuchs hurried forward to lead the way.

Mo Yunchen took Xue Huang by the hand and walked out with her without caring whether she agreed or not.

Xue Huang tried to get him to let go several times, but he just gave her a warning look and held her hand even tighter.

It was not until she reached Changqing Palace that Xue Huang discovered that this was just a secluded palace very close to the abandoned Taiji Palace, which was equivalent to a cold palace.

At this time, the entire Changqing Palace was surrounded by guards, all of whom were there to watch her.

Xue Huang didn't care. At least the palace looked quite big and clean, and there were many peach trees in it, with buds about to bloom.

"Your Highness, you can only be sent here. His Majesty has ordered that no one can come to see the princess without his Majesty's oral order." The eunuch spoke cautiously. Especially when seeing his murderous cold eyes, the last few words were almost inaudible.

Mo Yunchen ignored her and pulled Xue Huang into the palace gate. He didn't let go of her hand until they were under the peach tree.

Xue Huang knew clearly that he had something to say, and she also had something to say.

So he spoke directly, "You already know my identity, right?"

"You just said that I am your husband?"

Xue Huang was speechless, "Answer me, when did you know that?"

Mo Yunchen smiled and said, "It's been a long time, I can't remember clearly."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell the truth!" Xue Huang frowned. When her identity was revealed in the court today, he was calmer than anyone else, as if he had known the outcome long ago. He also didn't care at all about his return to the northern border.

She always felt that he seemed to be planning something, and she, and even Gu Qinglan, Mo Ruilin, and Shen Congfeng, were all part of his plan.

"I really can't remember, but I admit that I have been suspicious of your identity for a long time. I really confirmed it after I took you out of Shen Congfeng's dungeon. When I was healing you, I found that your physique is the same as that of the Saint Tumi recorded in the Wugu secret text."

"What is your relationship with Wugu?"

"My mother is from Wu Valley, and she is the elder of the Tumi tribe. When I was very young, I went there and learned many methods of making poisons and raising Gu." He smiled and walked closer to Xue Huang, "Is this our fate?"

"Fate?" Xue Huang sneered, "Is it a bad fate?"

"It doesn't matter," Mo Yunchen said calmly, "Bad fate is also fate."

"Mo Yunchen, since you know my identity, you should understand that there is a hatred of destroying a country between you and me."

"So this is why you hate me?"

"Yes, it's not just Gu Qinglan who stands between you and me, there are also 473 innocent souls who died in vain in my Beiyuan Taiji Palace! Mo Yunchen, even if you didn't do it yourself, you indirectly caused the destruction of my country and my family!"

Mo Yunchen grabbed her wrist, "Gu Qinglan's father was also one of the generals who attacked Beiyuan. Why can you forgive him but hate me so much? Is it because he was the first person you met?"

Xue Huang struggled to break free from his hand. She hated him for more reasons than that. But she was the only one who remembered those painful memories. He knew nothing. How could he ask her to forgive him?

"You let go!"

Mo Yunchen tightly grasped her wrist, his eyes were cold and penetrating, and he approached step by step, "Tell me, why? Why can you forgive him but hate me so much? What he did for you, I can do it too, why did you fall in love with him instead of..."

"Shut up!" Xue Huang interrupted him, "I don't want to tell you this."

"You don't even want to give me a chance to atone for my sins, do you? I told you that you can kill me a few more times, or you can ask me to do other things for you, just as if I were repaying your debt, but you don't even want to give me such a chance."

"That's right! You are not qualified to ask me for forgiveness! Mo Yunchen, I don't need your atonement, because I will never forgive you!"

Mo Yunchen's eyes seemed to be filled with raging rage, and he kept grabbing her hand with more force, as if this would make her surrender, but her eyes were still so cold and heartless, not giving him even the slightest chance.

He felt somewhat depressed, because he was helpless when it came to her.

Finally, he let go of her hand, gently rubbed the red skin he scratched, and laughed a little crazily, "Wei Xuehuang, I should have killed you the first time you provoked me without knowing the consequences!"

"Do you regret it?" Xue Huang shook off his hand.

"How could that be?" Mo Yunchen laughed. "How could I bear to see you leave me? I said I would make you willingly go with me."

Xue Huang looked at his somewhat paranoid eyes and couldn't help but tremble in her heart, "What are you planning?"

"Don't worry," Mo Yunchen straightened her messy hair, "It will be over soon."

"I don't care what you're going to do, but you can't hurt anyone I care about."

"You care about too many people. I can't promise you anything."

Xue Huang's eyes became colder, "Don't make me hate you more!"

Mo Yunchen smiled, "If hatred can entangle you and me for a lifetime, I would love it."

"You are just a lunatic."

"That's right! I have always been this kind of person. Stay here and I will come to see you when I have time." After saying that, he left without looking back.

Xue Huang silently clenched her fists and watched the gate of Changqing Palace close before she spoke, "What do you think he wants to do?"