His gaze was so hot that Tao Ti didn't know what was going on, and felt a sense of weakness in her heart for no reason.

She pursed her lips and turned her eyes away stiffly, "I want to go out and play. It's boring to stay in the palace all day long. Besides, I have been in Chang'an City since I was born and have never been anywhere else. I heard that Luoyang is prosperous.

Second only to Chang'an, I also want to see the outside world..."

Pei Yan narrowed his dark eyes and said a little too long, "Is that so?"

"Yeah." Tao Ti nodded hastily and added, "Besides, there is another reason."

Pei Yan held his breath involuntarily and looked straight at her.

Speaking of another reason, Tao Ti was very confident. He met Pei Yan's gaze with bright eyes, "I want to take this opportunity to go out and investigate and understand the customs."

Pei Yan, “…”

After a while, he raised his eyebrows, feeling amused, "Examine the local customs? Do you still want to be an official?"

Tao Ti said, "I want to open a dessert shop."

Pei Yan, "...?"

Tao Ti said, "The initial plan is to open a dim sum shop. If it can be opened smoothly and the profits are good, it is possible to open some teahouses and restaurants in the future... If it does well in Chang'an, it might be possible to open it in other states.

The government opens a chain..."

Pei Yan tried to find some joking element on her face, but to no avail.

She talked about her arrangements and plans with great interest, her eyes were dancing, and she was full of energy.

Her eyes were so eager and yearning, like a baby bird that had just hatched out of its shell, yearning for the vast sky.

Pei Yan turned slightly sideways, and his long eyelashes drooped, covering the strong darkness and possessiveness in his eyes.

The future she talks about is bright and beautiful.

However, he does not exist.

To her, this marriage is like a prison that holds her captive, right?

But how could he let her go? No matter whether it was cruel or selfish, as long as it was what he wanted, he would do whatever it took to get it.

Even... break her wings and imprison her with your own hands.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?"

A soft and sweet voice sounded beside him, and Pei Yan came back to his senses.

He raised his eyes again, and the gloomy and cold look in his eyes was completely gone. He was still as gentle as jade, and he smiled lightly, "Huh?"

Tao Ti clasped her hands together, blinked her big eyes, and looked at him pitifully, "Please, please, Your Highness, just take me with you."

This soft and waxy voice begged him tenderly, which made him feel tight in his chest.

I thought she wanted to accompany him, so she ran to beg her father.

The reality is that she was looking forward to going to Luoyang so much in order to prepare for the divorce.

Pei Yan's mouth tightened, and suddenly, he raised his hand and pinched her soft little face, and said solemnly, "Stop talking."

Her coquettish and begging behavior really made him want to push her down on the bed and bully her severely to make her behave and calm down.

He, he pinched her face?

Tao Ti was stunned, "..."

Pei Yan also suddenly came to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure at that moment. He quickly brushed her cheek with his fingers, coughed lightly, and whispered, "You have something on your face."

Tao Ti, "...really?"

She reached out her hand and wiped her face in a daze, but it seemed like there was no dirt?

Pei Yan changed the topic and stared at her, "Do you really want to go?"

Tao Ti nodded solemnly, "Yeah!"

His clear eyes were filled with determination.

Pei Yan gently turned the white jade finger on his hand, thought for a moment, and finally couldn't bear to see her disappointed. His thin lips moved slightly, "Then go ahead."

These words were like igniting fireworks. The little girl's eyebrows suddenly brightened up, and her tone was brisk, "Really! I know you are the best, Your Highness. Don't worry, I will definitely not cause you any trouble."

of!"

Is he the best?

No, he is not a good person.

However, her cheerful little appearance is really... strangely endearing.

Pei Yan coughed lightly, turned around and said, "It's getting late. Let's walk around for two more times. It's time to go back to the house and rest."

Tao Ti walked beside him obediently, her little mouth not idle along the way. She kept mumbling about what food she wanted to prepare to take on the road. Pei Yan listened quietly and chimed in from time to time.

After the two of them finished washing up, the hazy moon quietly climbed up to the top of the head, and the night became increasingly quiet.

The curtains were lowered, and the air was filled with the elegant and pleasant smell of benzoin.

Tao Ti and Pei Yan were lying side by side. It was late at night. They both closed their eyes and prepared to fall asleep.

Tao Ti's sleep quality has always been very good. Normally, she would fall asleep almost as soon as she touched the pillow. But tonight, when she closed her eyes, she unconsciously thought of her encounter with Pei Changzhou during the day.

Now that he and Pei Changzhou are enemies, he is extremely jealous.

Now, relying on his status as the Crown Princess, he can still dominate him, but... the tide will turn, and in the future, when Pei Changzhou becomes the Crown Prince and has power and status, how will he retaliate against himself?

Alas, despite being in such a dynasty, I still have such an unlucky status.

It would be great if Pei Yan could be healthy and live a hundred years. With his protection, he could live a peaceful life. When his life span is over, he would go to the underworld and be reincarnated back. But Pei Yan only had more than a year to live.

Alas, when people are gone, their good days are really getting shorter and shorter...

The more Tao Ti thought about it, the more upset she became.

My thoughts were so confused that I felt something was wrong no matter how much I lay down. Sometimes my ears felt itchy, sometimes my shoulders felt cold, and sometimes I felt that the pillow was a little too high.

She thought her little movements were very gentle, but when she adjusted the pillow position for the nth time, a deep voice came from beside her, "Can't you sleep?"

Tao Ti's movements froze.

After a moment, she whispered, "I...I didn't wake you up on purpose. I stopped moving. You can go to sleep quickly."

There was a sound of turning over beside her, and his voice was a little closer to her, hoarse and deep, "Is it because you are going to Luoyang that you can't sleep?"

"Uh... no."

"Why is that?" The tone of the serious inquiry was filled with gentle care.

Perhaps it was because his tone was too easy to let people off guard, or perhaps because people are more emotional late at night, Tao Ti thought for a moment and decided to have a chat with him.

So, she also turned over, so that the two of them were lying face to face.

The curtain was tightly covered, but there was still dim candlelight shining through the gauze, and each other could see the outline of each other's faces, as well as the bright eyes.

Tao Ti bit her lip and then asked softly, "Your Highness, is your body... really incurable?"

Pei Yan was silent for a moment, obviously not expecting that this was the reason why she was tossing and turning and unable to sleep in the middle of the night.

He neither affirmed nor denied, he just asked, "Why do you ask so suddenly."

Tao Ti only thought that he had acquiesced. Her heart felt a little gloomy and her long eyelashes drooped. She said in a depressed voice, "This is too unfair. Why is such a good person like you like this?"

Is it really true that good people don’t live long and disasters live for thousands of years?

She sighed faintly and asked again, "If you...well, I mean if, if you were no longer here, would Your Majesty choose the third prince as the crown prince?"

In the darkness, Pei Yan frowned.

Could it be that she is still thinking about Pei Changzhou and wants to wait for him to die before rekindling the old relationship with him?

This realization made him extremely unhappy.

"Maybe." He said calmly and coldly.

Tao Ti didn't notice this slight change in tone. When she heard what he said, her heart became heavier and she said with great melancholy, "How can a person like him be worthy of being the crown prince!"

Pei Yan, "..."

Pei Yan, "Do you think he is unworthy?"

Tao Ti almost didn't hesitate, "That's for sure. For a scum like him with corrupt character and extremely bad morals, the country will still be ruined in his hands. If you ask me, even Xiao Wu is more reliable than him. Xiao Wu

Although he is a bit domineering and spoiled, his character is not bad. As long as he is taught well, he is also an upright and kind person. The third prince is not good at it. This person is fundamentally bad and cannot be cleansed."

Hearing her words, Pei Yan felt a little complicated for a while.

Her comment about Pei Changzhou like this shows that she and Pei Changzhou are completely broken off and he is happy.

But hearing her disdain for "bad moral character" and affirmation of "integrity and kindness" made him unhappy.

She likes upright and kind people, but he is neither upright nor kind.

Even more ruthless, cruel and cold-blooded than Pei Changzhou.

Pei Yan's eyes darkened a little. If one day she knew his true face, would she hate him and stay away from him just like she spurned Pei Changzhou?
To be continued...