Xie Chenghe failed to kill Zhao Xiaoan in the end. The long sword only pierced his shoulder and took root in the scar that had long since healed.

Pei Annan hugged Xie Chenghe, stabilized Xie Chenghe's trembling body with his strong hands, and brought him back to Xuanyi Palace step by step.

The imperial doctor left. Pei Annan only allowed them to feel his pulse and did not let them lift Xie Chenghe's sleeves. That man's dignity was higher than the sky. If he came to his senses, he would never allow others to see it.

However, when Xie Chenghe woke up from the chaos, he saw Pei Annan squatting beside him, carefully scooping out the burn ointment with his fingertips, and lightly applying it to the area burned by the brand.

A dazzling word "slave" was outlined. Xie Chenghe stared motionlessly, but his eyes were filled with Pei Annan's thin fingertips.

"Zhao Xiaoan's wife and daughter have died long ago." Pei Annan glanced at him and said solemnly, "If a person like my father wants to control someone, he will never use threats alone."

"Especially for someone like Zhao Xiaoan who he is reluctant to kill. What he wants is total control."

"Zhao Xiaoan has gone crazy a long time ago. He thought he was doing it for his wife and daughter, but he didn't know it..."

Xie Chenghe raised his hand, waved off Pei Annan's hand that applied medicine to him, and stared into her eyes: "What about me?"

Pei Anan remained silent and looked away.

"What about me?" Xie Chenghe chased after him, "Am I also being controlled by him?"

"I am loyal to him and have never had any second thoughts. I regard him as a benefactor. I vow to repay my kindness with my own flesh and blood and follow him throughout my life."

"But all the suffering I have experienced is due to him. My parents, my fellow villagers, and all the people who died in Cangzhou are just stepping stones for him!"

"How many innocent people were killed by his men?"

"What have I done? I am also an executioner..."

Xie Chenghe closed his eyes in pain, and two tears fell down his pale and bloodless cheeks.

No one has ever seen Xie Chenghe's vulnerability, and Pei Annan is no exception.

She had fantasized about Xie Chenghe being humiliated to the point of sobbing countless times, but when she actually saw him cry, she found it inexplicably boring.

He was clean and dressed in white, and even though he hated Zhao Xiaoan to the core, he just pierced his shoulder to vent his anger, and didn't even say a word to interfere with the verdict.

Even if he knows that there is no evidence for what happened back then, and there are very few people who know the truth now, even if Pei Annan can kill Zhao Xiaoan, there is no way to reverse the case in Cangzhou.

By now, he was clearly on the verge of collapse, and the firm belief that he had held for many years collapsed in an instant, and he was at the point where anyone would collapse at a single blow, but he only shed two tears that seemed to be nothing at all.

Even those two tears were just right, falling on his clothes and disappearing, preserving his dignity.

Pei Anan suddenly froze, his eyebrows trembled, and he gritted his teeth as if he was struggling.

Suddenly, she pulled Xie Chenghe into her arms. Her hands were so hard that she didn't know how to curl them, and her strength was so strong that it seemed like she wanted to kill someone.

She recalled the way her mother comforted her when she was a child. She put him in her arms, stroked his hair step by step, and comforted her dryly and harshly: "It's all...it's all over, it's all over."

Xie Chenghe's body stiffened, and he twisted twice in horror, but he was no match for the arm strength of Pei Annan, a martial arts practitioner.

There was a trembling sound in his throat, and his hands hung by his sides, not knowing whether or how to move.

"You did not become the executioner." Pei Annan suddenly said, "You were not controlled by him either."

"It would be great if you could be like Zhao Xiaoan. You would be safe as your national master and the prince's tutor."

Xie Chenghe's throat tightened, remembering Zhao Xiaoan's strange words, "If it weren't for Pei Annan, you would have died long ago."

He twitched his eyelashes and uttered a few words: "It's hard for you... to save me like this."

Pei Annan's hand stopped on his head, and his warm and soft breath suddenly froze, but it recovered in an instant, but there was some temptation in his words:

"Save you? These words are too heavy, I can't bear it. I just knew that you fainted in the Criminal Department, so I roughly guessed something."

"Did Zhao Xiaoan tell you something? He has gone crazy, and it is possible that he is talking nonsense."

Xie Chenghe's eyes were dark. She refused to admit it and didn't want to say it. There must be something he didn't know.

He didn't ask any more questions, just said a weak "hmm" and closed his eyes.

Pei Annan felt that Xie Chenghe had fallen asleep, so he breathed a sigh of relief, moved him to the bed, and prepared to leave.

Just when she turned around to leave, Xie Chenghe suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.

His hands were dry and cold, and still had the smell of blood after what had just happened. They were clasped loosely on Pei Annan's wrist without any force.

Therefore, Pei Anan knew that he was just dreaming and was not awake, so he reached out to remove it and placed it next to him.

"Pei Annan..." These words spilled out of Xie Chenghe's mouth, mumbling in his sleep.

He called out this name countless times, but this time was the only one with less murderous intent, less hatred, and more confusion, but more tenderness.

Pei Annan looked down at him condescendingly, her eyes sliding down from the corners of his eyebrows inch by inch, and finally stopped at the word "slave" on his arm.

She left the Xuanyi Hall and walked back to her palace step by step without using the chariot.

Ding Yueluo was already waiting for her in the hall. As soon as she saw her walking in lightly, she stood up and smiled.

Eunuch Su led the others back out, all the doors and windows were closed, and even the guards outside the door moved a little further away.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Ding Yueluo's lips curved to the base of her ears. She was so familiar with Pei Anan's current appearance!

That expression, that posture, that must be followed step by step back to the palace rules!

She is not feeling sad, but trying to prolong the joy of victory as much as possible!

Every step she takes in the palace is a celebration, a joy, and happiness from the heart!

Pei Anan lowered his head and let out a strange chuckle from his throat. At first he was suppressing a low laugh, then it became faster and faster, more and more intense, and finally burst out into wild laughter.

She laughed so hard that she collapsed on the ground. She laughed so much that her whole body became hot and she had to pull open her collar, revealing her youthful beauty.

She was unconscious, the light from her eyes could almost pierce the room, her whole body was trembling with excitement, and she couldn't even sit still.

Ding Yueluo sat down with a smile. Seeing Pei Anan's excitement, she couldn't help laughing.

"Master Xie should accept His Majesty's kindness now. With a person like him, I'm afraid he will never go against Your Majesty again in this life."

Pei Annan responded loudly: "Of course! You should see his expression! I have never been so happy in my life!"

"It's so easy, so easy! I thought it would take a lot of trouble, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth!"

"Old guy! Is this the person you worked so hard to train to be against me!" Pei Annan laughed to the sky, staggered up, pointed at the sky, "Trash!"

"You are a waste! Your son is a waste too! The people you have trained are also a waste!"

"All of you are inferior to me! I am the one who truly deserves everyone's support! Hahahahaha!"

Ding Yueluo smiled as she watched Pei Anan yell, but if Xie Chenghe was here, he would definitely find that Ding Yueluo's smile in front of Pei Anan was different from the way she smiled in front of others.

She let go of her dignity and poise, abandoned the curvature of consistent angles, and forgot what it meant to smile without showing her teeth. She just looked at Pei Anan happily, feeling her excitement.

Pei Anan was tired of laughing and slumped down on the chair. She was too lazy to reach out and wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, so she just let them hang on her face.

"What's the next step?" Ding Yueluo asked, "Do you want to continue?"

Pei Annan shook his head, the sharpness and cunning in his eyes clearly visible: "We always have to check and accept the results."

Ding Yueluo understood, nodded and smiled, and said: "Winter is coming soon, will this year's New Year's Eve be the same as in previous years?"

"How can it be the same? How can it be the same when the late emperor is newly mourned?" Pei Annan curled her lips and uttered a few words, "Of course it will be a big deal!"

Ding Yueluo laughed out loud, knowing what Pei Annan meant: "I will prepare well."

After that, Ding Yueluo stood up and said goodbye. She still had a lot of things to do.

After watching Ding Yueluo go, Pei Anan opened the comment area again and took another look at the comments that he had just collected separately:

"Although Mr. Xie only shed two tears, he must be very sad, right? For a person like him, the collapse of belief must be extremely painful, but his pride is still there, so he holds on. If His Majesty can give him a

Hug, he should put down his guard against His Majesty!"

Pei Annan curled up her lips and gave this comment a like, then canceled it and browsed other new comments:

[Oh my god! Huaihuai is actually acting?! Oh my Lord Xie, open your eyes and see clearly that this woman is not the protagonist of a romance novel at all!]

[It saved my life, the CP I just started to drink has gone cold so quickly? The heroine’s kindness to the hero is all calculation and use! Male protagonist, wake up!!!]

[I have never been so eager to hear what is happening in the corner. Mr. Xie, please listen to what this crazy woman said! 】

There were also some abuses and insults, and some even claimed that if Pei Annan did not apologize to Xie Chenghe, he would cancel his subscription.

Pei Annan smiled instead of getting angry, admiring the word "protagonist" in the comment area, and selectively ignored the words that called her a mad dog that bites people.

The system jumped out at this time: "The villain's blackening value has been reduced to 52. Congratulations to the host, keep up the good work!"

Pei Annan ignored it and looked at the "heroines" in the comment area, squinting her eyes in comfort.

But the system did not retreat in time. Instead, it said seriously: "But I have to remind the host that your current methods are risky. Have you not considered that Xie Chenghe's blackening value may increase after he knows the truth?"

"The truth? What truth?" Pei Annan closed the comment area and said nonchalantly, "Aren't those things the truth?"

"It's just that he thought he found it himself, but in fact I asked him to find it. Is there any difference other than that?"

The system choked, and after a long while, it muttered: "You'd better know what you're doing."
Chapter completed!