After a long silence, Liu Anning spoke in a hoarse voice. "In my entire life, I have never lived for myself."

Shen Bozhong glanced at Liu Anning and did not call her Queen Mother. "Life is short, you must live for yourself. You are not wrong... This half of your life is for living. When everything settles, you can live for yourself."

Liu Anning's voice was a little hoarse, but her eyes seemed to have light again. "Is it okay? Isn't it too late?"

Shen Bozhong smiled lightly. "If life only lasts for seventy or eighty years, and you and I are only thirty-three years old, why is it too late?"

Liu Anning was stunned for a long time. For the first time... she didn't have to think about her future life as the Queen Mother.

All the dust has settled.

The so-called dust has settled, which is the return of the bridge to the bridge and the return of the throne.

But she was used to being homeless, so how could she believe that the emperor would let her go if he gained political power. "I have done too many wrong things to the Xiao family. If the emperor takes power, how can he let me go."

"I said, I will protect you. If I can't protect you, I will accompany you." Shen Bozhong did not look at Liu Anning, but looked down at the sleeping child. "What you did to the Xiao family is just a cycle of cause and effect.

He... hurt you first."

Liu Anning's eyes suddenly turned red. She never thought that Shen Bozhong would one day say he would protect her.

He said that if he couldn't protect her, he would accompany her.

Suddenly I feel not so lonely anymore.

Since entering the palace, she has always felt endless darkness and loneliness.

"Because I have walked through darkness, I don't want your daughter to take the same path as me." What Liu Anning said is true. Because he has experienced it himself, when he saw that the emperor was neither cold nor indifferent to Shen Ning, he only saw the newcomer smiling.

When she no longer sees her old friend crying, she becomes filled with emotions.

Once you enter the palace, you will be trapped within high walls for the rest of your life.

"Ning'er, you are not my biological child." Shen Bozhong revealed the secret that should have been kept in his belly for the rest of his life.

Liu Anning looked at Shen Bozhong in shock, thinking that he had heard wrongly.

"Your father forced me to break off the engagement, so I have no intention of marrying again. Ning'er's mother was the Crown Princess of Chen State. She was killed and fled to Kyoto. She begged me to take her in. The only way to hide her identity is to marry her into the palace."

Everyone knows that Prime Minister Shen is a love-struck person who married a woman with no status and background. She is not a noblewoman from Kyoto, nor does she come from an official family.

Even Liu Anning has hated him for so many years.

There was a burning sensation in her throat, and Liu Anning felt that her heart was congested and painful.

This man... how much has he endured?

"Why...you never told me." She thought that Shen Bozhong didn't love her.

She thought that Shen Bozhong hated her.

"From the day you disguised yourself as a man and said you wanted to marry me and promise your sister to me." Shen Bozhong looked sideways out of the window.

His figure is pure and cold, just like an immortal from outside the world, which makes people feel heartbroken for no reason.

Liu Anning tried to hug him from behind, and the panic of being unethical was finally diluted by the longing for him for more than ten years.

Shen Bozhong did not push Liu Anning away, the two just stood quietly.

He didn't talk too much about the hardships of these years.

She didn't talk too much about the hatred she had felt over the years.

I missed it, but fortunately there is still a possibility to make up for it.

"Liu Zhensheng not only has 300,000 elite soldiers in his hands, he secretly digs iron ore and smelt weapons in the south of the city. Many years ago, I knew that he was ambitious." Liu Anning suddenly felt relieved.

She devoted herself to the Liu family for more than twenty years. For the Liu family, she sacrificed her own children and her ability to have children.

It would be a lie to say that she doesn't hate her, she is just a pawn of the Liu family.

It's time to live for yourself.

"The three hundred thousand elite soldiers recognize Tiger Talisman, not Liu Zhensheng." Shen Bozhong frowned, this was supposed to be the power in the hands of the emperor.

"If I guess correctly, you are secretly helping the emperor to win over the Nian family and the Huoliu family, right?" Liu Anning has been in the harem for so many years. How could Shen Bozhong escape from her eyes as to what Shen Bozhong did.

Shen Bozhong didn't mean to hide it from her. "Well, the Huo family's general is a veteran of three dynasties. He has a hundred thousand elites and can play a certain check and balance on the military strength. The Nian family and the Huo family are in-laws, and the Huo family No matter which direction the wind blows, the Nian family will follow closely behind, and Huo Sinian's parents will naturally have plans for their daughter."

The Queen Mother nodded.

"As for the Liu family, although the military power in the hands of the Liu family is insufficient, the Xiangling Pass they guard is the top priority for foreign invasion."

Shen Bozhong always thinks carefully and assesses the situation when doing things.

What he has to worry about is not just Liu Zhensheng.

We must also be on guard against foreign countries that may take the opportunity to invade at any time.

Liu Anning nodded. "The Qin State is blessed to have Prime Minister Shen."

Shen Bozhong glanced at Liu Anning. "I also thought about taking you away on the day you entered the palace, regardless of the court and the world."

Liu Anning was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that on the day of the conferment ceremony, she saw Shen Bozhong on the altar.

He was thin and seemed to have something to say to her.

At that time, she was still immersed in the pleasure of revenge, thinking that when Shen Bozhong saw her become the queen, she finally saw a trace of regret in his eyes.

So...did he want to take her away that day?

"If time can last forever, I will follow you without hesitation and follow you at all costs, even if I die under the arrows of the Yulin Guards."

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Royal Palace.

Even if the emperor climbed out of the window in the middle of the night, he would spend the night with Shen Ning. But today, it was not Xiao Junhe who climbed out of the window, but Xiao Chengyin.

"Ning'er." Xiao Chengyin was a little surprised. Shen Ning left the window in advance because he was coming?

"In the backyard of the palace, the prince is so... extremely careful." Shen Ning did not get out of bed, but stood up.

"Ning'er, you're fine lying down." Xiao Chengyin looked worried and helped Shen Ning lie down. "Ning'er, you're suffering."

Shen Ning sneered in her heart, it's not like I gave birth to your child, so I'm just pretending to be here with you.

But there was still a look of disappointment on his face, and his eyes were red, as if he was trying hard not to cry.

"I heard that Xiao Junhe made the daughter of the Sima family his concubine again. You worked so hard to give birth to a child for him, but he never came to see you?" Xiao Chengyin deliberately instigated.

"I've been here before..." Shen Ning lowered his head.

"You don't have to say more for him." Xiao Chengyin looked angry. "I should have insisted at the beginning and shouldn't let you marry him. If it were me... I would definitely not do it today..."

Xiao Chengyin looked like he was about to speak but hesitated.

Shen Ning really suppressed her nausea and clenched her fingers under the quilt.

What if it were you? Oh, if it were you, I would have lost my eyes, muted my voice, suffered cruel punishments, and been thrown into a dirty prison to be slaughtered.

When she thought of the scenes from her past life, the hatred in Shen Ning's eyes became more intense.

She kept reminding herself to hold back, hold back.

She was really afraid that she couldn't help it and wanted to kill Xiao Chengyin.

She really... wanted to kill Xiao Chengyin with her own hands.

Seeing Shen Ning's anger, Xiao Chengyin thought he was talking about her pain points. He raised his lips with satisfaction and pretended to be worried. "Ning'er, don't be afraid. I won't let you suffer any injustice in the future."


Chapter completed!