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Shen Bozhong didn't say anything, but just looked at Liu Anning quietly.

"Before I executed you, I played chess with you, and I said, if I win, you will die, if you win, I will spare your life."

"I have been practicing chess skills in the palace for many years, just to win you one day."

"What then?" Shen Bozhong's voice was hoarse. "Did I win in my dream?"

Liu Anning shook his head. "You lost, you deliberately lost to me and asked me to kill you."

Liu Anning in the dream thought that Shen Bozhong would rather die than live, so she would help him.

But I don't know that there are too many misunderstandings between them.

Shen Bozhong said nothing, just smiled.

Liu Anning looked up at Shen Bozhong. "If I kill you, will you hate me?"

Shen Bozhong shook his head.

Everyone is dead, how can you hate it?

"Have you ever resented me over the years?" Liu Anning obviously didn't believe it.

"I have resented myself, but I hate myself."

Shen Bozhong stood up and put the chess piece back into the chess box.

Liu Anning stood up and hugged Shen Bozhong from behind. "Let me hug you for a while."

They are no longer young, and there are still many years to go in their lives, so why bother to be too obsessed with the past?

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Fengluan Palace.

Princess Zhao refused to receive all the meeting on the grounds of being unwell. Huo Sinian came many times but was turned away.

"Empress, this Princess Zhao is too arrogant." Caiyun added fire to the side.

Huo Sinian almost clenched his palm, snorted, turned around and left.

"Leave?" Shen Ning asked in the courtyard.

Chuntao's nose turned red when she cried, and she finally returned to the lady.

"Miss! How can you pretend to be the Princess of Zhao? If this is discovered, those ministers will not trample on you to death." Chuntao wiped his tears while crying.

Shen Ning ate melon seeds and stuffed the dessert into Chuntao's mouth.

Chuntao stopped crying, chewed it for a few bites, it tasted delicious.

"Stop crying, don't be afraid." Shen Ning didn't explain too much, for fear of scaring Chuntao.

"In the future, you must bring a veil and not be discovered by anyone." Chuntao whispered, looking at the palace maids around him.

I felt relieved when I saw no one heard it.

Shen Ning just smiled and deliberately raised his tone. "I will wear a veil, don't worry, no one will discover my true identity. These palace maids around me are brought by Zhao State."

Chuntao was frightened and quickly covered Shen Ning's mouth. "Miss! There are ears in the wall."

Shen Ning disagreed.

Outside the courtyard wall, Huo Sinian's eyes and ears overheard the conversation between the two. He was shocked and hurried back to Huo Sinian's residence and went to report.

"Empress, empress!"

Huo Sinian just returned to the courtyard and looked very unkind.

"Empress... I heard a shocking secret." The eunuch ran to Huo Sinian in panic and whispered in her ear. "I heard that the princess Zhao was a fake, and she was afraid of being recognized, so she kept carrying a veil."

Huo Sinian's eyes sank for a moment, and the emotions in his eyes were unclear. "Are you sure?"

"It's true, that woman's voice is very clear. I heard it, saying that she will wear a veil and will not be seen."

Huo Sinian raised the corner of his mouth, walked a few steps and laughed out loud. "Ha... It's true that God is helping me."

"Xiao Dezi, you did a good job, please give me a reward!" Huo Sinian was in a bad mood, so he asked Caiyun to give me a reward of Xiao Dezi.

"When will the ceremony for the title of queen between the emperor and the Princess of Zhao?" Huo Sinian's lips raised, and he had obviously had an idea.

"The master of Tianjian Palace divination, saying that the eighth day of next month is a good day, and it is OK to be in the back of the year." Caiyun also raised the corners of his mouth and said in a low voice.
Chapter completed!