Every time the prince opens his eyes, he sees

Lu Yaoyao struggled violently in Xie Qingchen's arms, but her strength seemed so insignificant under Xie Qingchen's absolute suppression.

Her eyes seemed to be able to spit out fire as she stared straight into Xie Qingchen's dark and deep eyes, which were filled with both anger and despair.

"Xie Qingchen, is there any point in you imprisoning me like this? What's the point of a heartless puppet staying by your side?" Lu Yaoyao's voice couldn't help but become tearful, but she still stubbornly refused to give in.

A trace of pain flashed across Xie Qingchen's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination and paranoia.

"It makes sense. As long as you're by my side, even if you hate me, even if you consider me your enemy, I'm happy with it. Yaoyao, you don't know how I've been through these years. Every day without you is torture for me."

"Torment? I don't think you're suffering at all. You married Su Yuan and doted on her. I think you're quite happy, aren't you?"

"No." He lowered his head and pecked him hard. "Nothing happened between me and that woman. It's pure and innocent. I haven't even touched a hair on her head. If I really cared about her, do you think I would have ignored your plan to get rid of her?"

"What qualifications do you have to condemn me? If she hadn't tried to kill me time and time again, I wouldn't have attacked her." Lu Yaoyao's voice was unusually loud.

Like an angry lion with thorns standing up all over its body, Xie Qingchen only found it cute.

"She wanted to kill you, and she deserved to die. But I was also stupid for not realizing that she had a motive for killing you."

A dead man, Lu Yaoyao didn't want to continue discussing with him.

"I'm not interested in knowing what happened between you and her. Even if she wasn't there, Xie Qingchen, five years ago, you made your choice between me and Jiang Shan. Don't blame me for abandoning you."

Lu Yaoyao's eyes were cold and indifferent, and it seemed as if she had no love left in her.

He could tolerate whatever she did, but he couldn't tolerate her not loving him.

But after finally getting her back, Xie Qingchen didn't want to use extreme means to keep her at first. He was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Yaoyao, I admit that I did a lot of wrong things in the past, but I am willing to correct them now, as long as you are willing to give me a chance."

"Correct? Do you think you can correct what you've done now? You've destroyed my faith in love and shattered my peaceful life. I will never forgive you." Lu Yaoyao's eyes were filled with determination. "Wake up, Xie Qingchen. Not every mistake you make has the chance to correct and make amends, or start over again."

A flash of despair flashed across Xie Qingchen's eyes, but it quickly turned into madness and paranoia. "If you're unwilling to forgive me, be prepared to be locked in this room forever. No one can separate us unless you die alone."

Lu Yaoyao sneered and didn't respond.

Xie Qingchen didn't seem to have any interest in feeding anymore. He was in a very bad mood. He asked someone to put the food down, locked the door again, and left.

Lu Yaoyao listened to the footsteps gradually fading away and felt a little bit of despair.

The flames gradually died out until the whole world was plunged into darkness, which felt really suffocating.

She was hungry, but had no appetite at all.

……

night.

Qingfeng walked into the main bedroom, and before he got close to Xie Qingchen, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol in the room.

After walking a few steps forward, Xie Qingchen was sitting on the edge of the bed, with at least a dozen wine bottles piled at his feet.

But he was still drinking, as if he wanted to drink himself to death.

Even though snatching the master's wine bottle was an offense and disrespectful, Qingfeng still did it.

He snatched it and smashed it, the wine flowing out. He said with great sorrow: "Your Highness, please don't drink it. If you drink any more, something bad will happen."

"Something happened?" Xie Qingchen's lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm. "Even if I die, Yaoyao won't care at all. Maybe she's hoping that day will come sooner, so that she can no longer be locked up in this East Palace and get the freedom she wants."

"No, if Lu Yaoyao was He Yaoyao and had fallen deeply in love with Your Highness ten years ago, she wouldn't have been so ruthless. And during the last expedition, even though she didn't recognize Your Highness, didn't she also help Your Highness in various ways, both overtly and covertly? That wasn't done to please Your Highness like others, but because she couldn't help herself and couldn't bear to see Your Highness get hurt."

Qingfeng's words cheered up Xie Qingchen a little. Recalling the past, a glimmer of hope rekindled in his heart. "You're right. I shouldn't be so depressed. Yaoyao couldn't be so cruel to me. She was just hurt by me and doesn't want to forgive me for the time being."

"Did she eat anything?" He put away his negative emotions and asked about Lu Yaoyao's condition.

Qingfeng shook his head, his expression solemn. "She probably has no appetite because she's been locked up, so she hasn't eaten. Your Highness, would you like to go check on her again?"

"Okay, let's go alone."

Xie Qingchen supported himself on the edge of the bed and climbed up from the ground.

He took two steps and realized that he was drunk. He felt that it was not a good idea to meet Lu Yaoyao like this, so he called for someone to bring in some water in a deep voice and decided to take a shower and change clothes first.

After taking a bath, Xie Qingchen changed into a clean and tidy brocade robe. The drunkenness had mostly dissipated, and his eyes had regained their former clarity and wisdom.

He walked towards the room where Lu Yaoyao was imprisoned.

Outside the room, the guard saw him and saluted quickly, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Qingchen signaled the guard to open the door with his eyes, and the guard quickly opened the door.

Xie Qingchen gently pushed open the door. The room was dark, with only faint moonlight shining through the window lattice onto the ground, reflecting the figure of Lu Yaoyao curled up in the corner.

She seemed to be asleep, with tears still on her face. Under the moonlight, she looked particularly pitiful.

Xie Qingchen's heart tightened and he slowly approached, fearing to disturb her.

He squatted down and called softly, "Yaoyao, are you asleep?"

Lu Yaoyao did not respond, but just moved her body slightly, as if she was aware of the movement around her, but was unwilling to open her eyes to face it.

Xie Qingchen stretched out his hand and was about to carry her to the bed, but as soon as he touched her, Lu Yaoyao woke up.

That defenseless face then turned stern and hateful. "Xie Qingchen, what are you doing here? Get out of here!"

She punched him with both hands, and Xie Qingchen took a few punches from him. He had no choice but to hold her wrists with both hands, "Yaoyao, I didn't mean to do anything bad to you. I just heard that you haven't eaten for a day, so I came to check on you."

"I don't want you to pretend." Lu Yaoyao said ruthlessly, "Either let me go, or watch me die."

"Having faced my own death once, it should be much easier to accept it again!"

His tone was full of sarcasm.

Xie Qingchen's eyes dimmed slightly.

She knew that the last time he saw her corpse, he almost went crazy and the East Palace became a hell.

The entire capital was in turmoil.

If he had to do it again, he didn't know what he would do.

He didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want such a thing to happen.