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"One more thing." Xiao Qi said, "Taiping has woken up. Would your Majesty go and have a look?"

"..." Zhao Chen's subordinates paused, but did not speak.

"Your Majesty should settle this matter. Just like you did with my humble minister, Your Majesty should also end this matter peacefully." Xiao Qi said.

Zhao Chen lowered his eyes and wondered what he was thinking.What Xiao Qi said is correct, he can avoid this matter now, but he can't hide it for the rest of his life, it is time to solve this matter. "Come on, go see him."

After Zhao Chen returned to the palace, Xiao Qi sent Jiang Taiping back to the palace, and now he is still staying in the house he used to live in.Jiang Taiping's room was behind the side hall of Zhao Chen's bedroom. The two had a good relationship in the past, but they set a precedent for eunuchs living in the back hall of the emperor's bedroom.Everything here is still exactly the same as before, but things have changed between them.

Xiao Qi pushed open the door of the apse, and Zhao Chen hesitated for half a second before stepping in.He looked at Taiping on the couch, probably because of the poisoning, Jiang Taiping's complexion was not as good as before, showing some sickness.Jiang Taiping turned his head when he heard the sound, but saw Zhao Chen enter the room. He was shocked, struggled to sit up, and wanted to get out of bed and kneel down, but the long-term coma made him weak, and his movements were a little too big, and the wound was involved. He grinned in pain.

"Excuse me." Zhao Chen sat on the high stool beside the table, turned his gaze, and looked at the furnishings in the room.

"How come no one informs your majesty, how do they do things?" Jiang Taiping muttered a few words, and Zhao Chen's gaze fell over in an instant, and he lowered his head with a guilty conscience.Zhao Chen said softly, "You used to do this job."

Jiang Taiping froze in place, tightened his fingers, and said a little helplessly, "It's all the slave's fault." His voice was choked with sobs, "Fortunately, His Majesty still won...The slave, the slave is really ashamed now... "

"You really should be ashamed. How much has His Majesty suffered because of you? Jiang Taiping, Your Majesty trusts you so much, how can you bear it!" Xiao Qi sternly said.

"I... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I didn't want to, I just, I just thought you could protect His Majesty..." Jiang Taiping lowered his head, and tears fell on the quilt one by one.He raised his hand, wiped his eyes several times with the back of his hand, and said with reddish corners of his eyes, "It hurt so much at that time...It really hurt so much...Your Majesty, I, I..."

"Taiping, I don't blame you, you have the right to let yourself live. However, I can no longer keep you." Zhao Chen's voice was flat, without any ups and downs.

"Yes, yes, it should be like this. The slave will no longer have the face to face His Majesty." Jiang Taiping showed a somewhat ugly smile, "It is already a great gift for His Majesty to let the slave's life go."

Zhao Chen looked at him, Jiang Taiping's tears seemed to be unstoppable, Zhao Chen's thoughts drifted back to more than ten years ago, and now it has been such a long time.When he met Jiang Taiping, Jiang Taiping was just a child, even if he was beaten, Jiang Taiping never cried, but after returning to the palace with Zhao Chen that day, Jiang Taiping cried.

Just like now.

Then he never shed tears again, until now.Zhao Chen thought to himself, it really has a beginning and an end.

"Taiping, I was just thinking, can that poison really cut off the relationship between you and me?" Zhao Chen smiled wryly, "I never thought that you would betray me because of something like this. I'm afraid It hurts..." Zhao Chen curled his lips, "The first Jiang Taiping I met, he was not afraid of pain."

This statement seemed to bring Jiang Taiping back to the past.The day Zhao Chen lifted him up from under the feet of several palace people, yes, how could he in the past give up resistance just because of a little pain.It was Zhao Chen who made him live so well, but he personally turned Zhao Chen's kindness into a sharp knife stabbing Zhao Chen, how could he do this!

"I don't blame you, it's just..." Zhao Chen raised his finger to his heart, "It hurts me too..."

Jiang Taiping covered his face with his hands, tears flowed from his fingers, his crying was suppressed in his chest, the only thing that could be heard was "I'm sorry" one after another in a muffled voice.Zhao Chen sniffed lightly, "But you still couldn't calm down in the end. You know, if you don't stop that cup of tea, I won't be suspicious at all."

He was out of breath from crying, his voice trembling, "I can't do it! How could I kill His Majesty... It was because I was in a delusional state that I sent the cup of poison to His Majesty, but... Your Majesty, how could Your Majesty die here..."

Zhao Chen could only answer Jiang Taiping with a wry smile, "The relationship between you and me is over. You blocked that arrow for me that day, and you don't owe me anything anymore. Jiang Taiping, let's go when he recovers. "

Jiang Taiping's body froze in an instant, and after a while he buried his head stiffly on the quilt, and then said a very soft and restrained word from the gap in the quilt, "Yes..." Then Zhao Chen stood up. Turning around, "I'm leaving. Taiping, everyone cherishes it." Jiang Taiping didn't answer, and he didn't move.It wasn't until he heard the sound of the door opening lightly that he burst into tears.

The quilt was rolled into a ball by him and hugged in his arms, and he was still buried tightly between the quilts in a kneeling posture.The only thing left in the whole room was his heart-piercing crying.

"Your Majesty is wrong. I am not at peace because of this name...I am because of Your Majesty..." With a hoarse voice, he clenched the quilt tightly, raised his head slightly, his eyes were already a little red and swollen, "Your Majesty, please Allow Taiping to be selfish one last time...Taiping won't leave, I just want to stay here forever!"

Jiang Taiping propped himself up, raised his hand to grab the emerald jade hairpin next to the bed, but the other hand hit his heart heavily again and again, as if something was pressing there so that he couldn't breathe.Finally grasping the hairpin, Jiang Taiping showed a bleak smile, and slowly pressed the jade hairpin to the side of his neck, the sharp jade hairpin almost made his white and tender neck bleed.Jiang Taiping closed his eyes, and said softly, "Your Majesty, in the next life, Taiping will never let you down—"

"If you really have a conscience, you shouldn't seek death. Jiang Taiping, you will be so selfish until your death."

When the man's cold voice sounded, Jiang Taiping's eyes widened instantly, and the jade hairpin in his hand fell on the bed in response, and then rolled down to the ground with a crisp sound.

Only then did he see clearly Xiao Qi standing in the corner, the back hall door was not closed, presumably Xiao Qi wanted to say something to him after Zhao Chen left, but he did not expect to see this scene.Jiang Taiping still pressed his chest tightly, curled up into a ball, "Xiao Qi, I really can't live anymore, my sins should be redeemed like this. I should have died a long time ago, right? I didn't bow down to King Qingling to ask for the antidote, and there would be no such person as Jiang Taiping that night. Xiao Qi, let me die... Please..."

"Atonement with death, thank you for being able to say it out loud. Does His Majesty need your life? You know it is not, you know His Majesty will not want to see you die, but you still choose this way. Jiang Taiping, Do you really want your Majesty to remember you for the rest of your life just because of your guilt?!"

"I..." Jiang Taiping couldn't refute, because Xiao Qi was right.He clearly knew that even if the situation between them was already like this, Zhao Chen's heart would definitely not be better after his death, but he deliberately ignored this point.

"You are a coward, Jiang Taiping, you have always been a coward." Xiao Qi was also dizzy from Jiang Taiping's anger. He just wanted to stay and say goodbye to Jiang Taiping, but he did not expect to see such a scene , How could Xiao Qi not be angry, "Atonement to His Majesty, bullshit, you just dare not face Your Majesty, dare not face your own heart. Jiang Taiping, I look down on you."

Jiang Taiping lowered his head, raised his hand and tightly grasped his hair on both sides, he couldn't cry anymore, his eyes were empty and lifeless, "But, Xiao Qi, His Majesty doesn't want me anymore. Every second is suffering, how can I survive, by regret? Or by guilt?"

"Be sober!" Xiao Qi took a few steps forward, raised his hand and grabbed his hair to force Jiang Taiping to raise his head, looked into his eyes and said fiercely, "Jiang Taiping, if you die Make His Majesty sad, I will never forgive you anyway."

"When you make that choice, you should be ready to bear everything and live. If you die here, do you still want to torture His Majesty again?!" Xiao Qi looked at Jiang Taiping's appearance, I don't know if it's from anger or what, but my eyes are slightly red.

"No, I just don't want to leave here. It was His Majesty who picked me up, I have been—" before finishing speaking, Xiao Qi's fist landed on Jiang Taiping's cheek.There was some blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and the burning pain on his face made Jiang Taiping's tears overflow again.His head was tilted from the beating, and he stood there in a daze for a long time without responding.

Xiao Qi loosened his hand holding his hair, stood straight beside Jiang Taiping's bed, and said coldly, "You shouldn't be like this, I hope you can bring back the peace you once had with this punch. Think about it yourself." If you think about it just now, how dare you be so selfish.

"You don't want to leave here, so you want to die here, you want the people here to remember you forever, don't you? His Majesty picked you up and didn't ask you to repay him with your life. He treats you and me as brothers and friends , But what about you, you enjoy the right to have no scruples in front of His Majesty with peace of mind, and you want to leave by yourself after hurting his heart.

"Jiang Taiping, let me tell you, if you really want to atone for your sins, you should live a good life. Only by living can you see with your own eyes how His Majesty will live better in the future. If you really feel sorry for Your Majesty, you deserve to carry this behind your back." Living with this crime is the greatest punishment for you, don't even think about getting rid of yourself, and leave everything to His Majesty alone!"

After Xiao Qi finished speaking, Jiang Taiping still maintained the posture just now, he blinked heavily, raised his hand and wiped his tear-stained face, "You are right, I am very selfish. Don't worry, I won't seek death anymore, and I don't know myself anymore..."

He took a deep breath and continued, "I will leave. When this disease is cured, I will definitely leave. But, Xiao Qi, you must also know that I will always watch you quietly. You must take good care of yourself." For Your Majesty, you cannot bully Your Majesty."

Xiao Qi pursed her lips, "You don't need to remind me. Jiang Taiping, even if you can't stay with His Majesty, His Majesty still has your place in his heart. Take care of yourself." After speaking, Xiao Qi leaned over and picked up the piece of paper on the ground. The jade hairpin held tightly in the palm of his hand, turned and left.

Jiang Taiping sat on the bed, closed his eyes lightly, and a crystal clear teardrop fell down, "I am enough to have such a person by Your Majesty's side. From now on, I am at ease to have you by Your Majesty's side."

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I also want to write a side story about Jiang Taiping, which should be put in the next chapter.I don’t know if everyone will not get used to the intersecting of the text and the characters haha.