Prince! The political conspiracy is not a play, the show is real

Chapter 156 The more beautiful something is, the more elusive it is

After a long while, Tao Yao asked again: "Xiao Chu, if... I mean, if... if I fail to escape from Zuo Tang this time and die, will you forget me?"

Obviously, Chu Huanjun hadn't expected Tao Yao to ask this out of the blue. A flash of surprise and displeasure crossed his face, and he simply said, "Why so many ifs? Aren't you living well now?"

He paused, a nameless fire suddenly burning in his heart, and he said angrily, "If you die, I will forget you."

Tao Yao was silent for a while, and her words were as light as the wind, just like the white fluff flying in the sky, floating past the two of them slowly.

"Hmm...if I really die, no one will remember me. It will be like I've never been to this world."

She spoke sadly, but her face was filled with a happy and satisfied smile. Chu Huanjun couldn't understand what she was thinking for a moment, and couldn't help but pinch her waist hard.

"What are you thinking about all day long in your little head..." Chu Huanjun complained unhappily, then slowly exhaled and said lightly: "I won't let you die."

The smile on Tao Yao's face suddenly deepened, and her eyes smiled like a pair of crescent moons, with a gleam of light in them. She asked expectantly, "Why?"

Chu Huanjun avoided the question. "Why are there so many whys? Am I, Chu Huanjun, really worthless in your heart? I can kill someone, or I can let them live. But I'm kind most of the time. If this world could be peaceful and tranquil, I hope everyone can live a happy and peaceful life."

Tao Yao's heart skipped a beat, as if she remembered something. She raised her hand, gently tugged at Chu Huanjun's sleeve, and said, "Xiao Chu, do you remember that day in that dilapidated temple when you asked me what I wanted?"

"I remember it, but..."

Chu Huanjun suddenly tightened the reins and stopped the horse.

"It's just that I don't understand why you want this."

Chu Huanjun stared at Tao Yao intently, as if trying to see through her eyes to her heart. What on earth was she thinking? A general amnesty? What did that have to do with him, Chu Huanjun?

Tao Yao blinked and said, "Didn't you just say that if the world is peaceful and prosperous, you also hope that everyone in the world can live a peaceful life."

Tao Yao repeated Chu Huanjun's words, and then said, "Since you and I are of the same mind, why can't you agree?"

Tao Yao looked at the expression on Chu Huanjun's face, smiled innocently, and said, "If you agree, we can go back to the capital together."

Chu Huanjun snorted softly, as if sighing: "Shi Taoyao, are you blackmailing me?"

Tao Yao didn't hide and replied, "If you can agree, the threat will be worth it."

At that moment, a stronger wind blew. White reed fluff fluttered across the sky, and a heavy snow fell between Tao Yao and Chu Huanjun. The "snow" drenched their heads and bodies in a pure white. Tao Yao didn't dare look up, only daring to glance to her side out of the corner of her eye.

Chu Huanjun's face was reflected in the bright sunlight unique to spring noon, like a piece of unparalleled jade immersed in a transparent mountain spring, silent, yet breathtakingly beautiful.

In this world, the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous and unpredictable it is.

Chu Huanjun shook his head and said calmly, "I can't promise you, at least not now."

Tao Yao's smile froze, and she seemed a little unwilling to accept it. She then asked, "You are the only prince of the Great Chu. If you inherit the throne in the future, all your dreams will come true... Xiao Chu, what exactly do you want?"

Chu Huanjun interrupted her: "Shi Taoyao, you ask too many questions."

His voice was cold and deep, interrupting any possibility of further conversation.

Tao Yao sniffed nervously, but inhaled a lot of flying catkins, making her nasal cavity itchy, and she couldn't help sneezing two or three times.

Tao Yao simply made a joke to ease the awkward atmosphere: "Xiao Chu, are you secretly cursing me in your heart?"

Chu Huanjun raised his eyebrows and asked softly, "How do you know?"

Tao Yao laughed and said, "As the saying goes, if you sneeze once, someone is missing you; if you sneeze twice, someone is scolding you. I just sneezed twice, so it must be you scolding me."

Chu Huanjun said, "Nonsense, you clearly sneezed three times just now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Yao actually sneezed again, causing her to rub her nose, which was red from the wind, in embarrassment, and she smiled awkwardly.

Chu Huanjun patted the horse's rump, letting it saunter back to a leisurely pace. Tao Yao looked up at the vast blue sky and white clouds, thinking that Chu Huanjun hadn't lied to her. This long, winding road was so long that it would probably take until dusk before they could return.

Along the way, the two of them tacitly agreed not to bring up the topic that seemed to have touched a landmine.

They are all running away.

Tao Yao didn't understand what Chu Huanjun had experienced, nor did she know what kind of game he was planning in his mind. What he wanted was always an unknown in her heart.

The unknown was the most dangerous thing—Chu Huanjun, whom she had never fully understood, was like a time bomb waiting to explode. For her own safety, she'd better stay away from him. But now, this bomb was like a plaster, unable to be shaken off. Willingly or unwillingly, it was bound to her body, and there was no way to untie it.

On Chu Huanjun's side, he didn't understand why Tao Yao insisted that he agree to this before she was willing to go with him.

Whoever he wanted to save would never die; and whoever he wanted dead would never have the chance to live. Chu Huanjun had always been arrogant and conceited, with extreme confidence in everything, but when it came to Tao Yao, he really didn't know what to do.

Even though he could protect her from any harm and promise her a lifetime of happiness, so what? These were just his own wishful thinking. Tao Yao had never promised him anything.

Tao Yao never really trusted him.

But it doesn’t matter - Chu Huanjun always comforts himself like this, he has confidence that one day Tao Yao will change her mind.

When they returned to the town, they happened to run into the stall owner who was selling Longjing tea cakes. The stall owner had moved to a new location and saw Tao Yao from a distance. He recognized her immediately and waved to her from a distance.

Tao Yao originally wanted to pretend not to see it, but Chu Huanjun stopped his horse and his eyes fell on the stall.