Chapter 162: Warm like the rays of the sun
Leading her, hand in hand, he turned her around and left step by step.
"Your Highness, please take care of yourself!" Luo Yun said in a tone choked with sobs, and kneeled behind them.
Chu Qing-Yan didn't look back. She feared that if she turned her head, she wouldn't be able to hold back and rush up to push open those big doors, then to ferociously ask that person inside whether she was a mother or not!
Her wrist slid out of his long slender fingers and she intertwined her fingers with his fingers. She knew that words at these moment were useless to Big Block Of Ice. She chose to silently accompany him to break up the haze that cooled his heart.
"Nine years ago when this king left the palace to gain experience, the Morning Sun Palace's doors were also tightly closed like this. Seven years ago, this king left the palace for a campaign, five years then three years ago, Mother Empress was always unwilling to see me, in her eyes, obtaining Father Emperor's favor and achieving meritorious deeds in the court would enable me stand on my feet. But this king was unwilling, the capital is too suffocating."
While taking each step slowly, dense black clouds filled his heart, making it hard for him to breathe. Don't know if it was because the palm of the hand was too warm or the person accompanying him set his mind at ease, he suddenly had the urge to say everything on his mind.
Chu Qing-Yan didn't expect he would suddenly speak, but hearing him slowly talk about matters pertaining to him in a tone that sounded like it was of no importance, her eyes slowly started to feel warm and moist.
"I don't feel gaining life experience or going on a campaign is wrong. 'Reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand li.' If I don't go out and have a look, then when encountering things that matter, I'll only be able to use the soldiers on paper. Moreover, isn't a man who achieves goals always more attractive than those who scrupulously abide by doing one's duty?" She tried her hardest to use a witty tone to say those words, wanting to cheer him up.
Xiao Xu heard this and smiled faintly, but the darkness that gathered in his eyes still didn't dissipate after a long time.