Traveling to ancient times to become a princess, she wins every step of the way

Long Yunxuan quickly caught up with them.

Rong Yan tightened his hands around Su Liluo's waist. He stopped, stood on tiptoe on the edge of the roof, and turned to look at Long Yunxuan.

"Master Situ, if you continue to follow me, Yan Ke will not be able to guarantee A-Li's safety."

His tone was relaxed and low, yet contained a threat.

Long Yunxuan clenched his palms and looked at him: "Rong Yan, where are you taking her?!"

"You can bring your people to the Broken Heart Cliff, ten miles east of the city, at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. At that time, I will personally tell you the whereabouts of the honorable Grand Empress Dowager.

Don't follow me during these few hours, otherwise, Yan himself will not know what he will do. "

Long Yunxuan's eyes met Su Liluo's, and she smiled.

"Master Situ, just do as he says."

[Don't worry, I will be fine. He won't really hurt me. ]

Long Yunxuan understood what was in her eyes, but he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.

"Okay, I will come as promised. I hope Master Rong can keep his promise and keep Ali safe."

"A gentleman's word!"

With his body raised, Long Yunxuan stood on the high eaves, watching calmly as Rong Yan and Su Liluo's figures disappeared in the cold dark night before his eyes. He felt a salty taste in his throat and a heavy feeling in his chest.

Rong Yan brought Su Liluo to the Xuyou Pavilion in front of the Broken Heart Cliff in the east of the city.

Then, like a magician, he took down a small jar of wine and a palm-sized brocade package from the eaves of the Xuyou Pavilion and placed them on the stone table.

Su Liluo, who was watching from the side, was full of surprise.

"Is this what you hid here?"

"Well, Ali, sit down."

"it is good."

Rong Yan took out a soft handkerchief and wiped the edge of the wine jar, then removed the red cloth on the jar.

Then, he placed his white fingertips on the brocade package and opened it.

The things inside surprised Su Liluo greatly.

This person is really...

Inside the package was a pair of exquisite white jade wine cups, made of mutton-fat white jade and shining brightly.

Rong Yan raised his lips slightly, picked up a wine cup, filled it for Su Liluo, and poured himself a glass as well.

"A-Li, although the midnight has passed, it is still dark, so the Lantern Festival should not be over yet.

This glass of wine can be considered a reunion wine, and I am toasting to you.

After saying that, without waiting for Su Liluo to speak, he moved his forearm slightly, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

Looking from Su Liluo's position, she could only see Rong Yan's smooth and perfect jawline, and his always neat and white fingertips.

Reunion wine?

Inexplicably, some complex emotions flashed through her heart. She pinched the slender waist of the wine cup with her fingertips and raised her head to drink from it.

After three cups of wine, the spiciness remains and the fragrance lingers in the throat.

"Rong Yan, you have been planning for half your life, but you gave up so easily. Are you admitting defeat?"

She was neither blind nor deaf. His letting go invisibly saved many families from being broken up in the bloody struggle for imperial power.

From this, it can be seen that he is not really such a cold-blooded and heartless person.

If a chess player suddenly feels pity for the chess piece, doesn't that mean he has admitted defeat?

"The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit, and the loser is convinced."

There wasn't a trace of defeat and dejection in Rong Yan's eyes; instead, there was a light of relief and ease.

Only he himself knows why he lost.

I lost because of a heart that dared not move.

He lost because of a chess piece that he once thought he could control at his fingertips.

[Ali, being able to let go for you, maybe, is my best ending. ]

[Killing is not what I want, but I have no choice but to do it because of the worldly circumstances.]

[Now that you've appeared, I can stop early. ]

[It's a pity, Ah Li, we...are not destined to be together after all. 】

From the moment she chose to stand opposite him, there was truly no future between them.

"Ali, I have a question for you."

"ask!"

"Is your heart really made of stone?"

Did everything that happened between them really mean nothing to her?

She occupied the softest place in his heart, making his heart beat and hesitant.

He was so good to her, but he couldn't win her heart.

In the end, she actually chose to help Long Yunxuan and the others to deal with him!

"Rong Yan, the two of us are not suitable."

Rong Yan didn't say it out loud, but she understood it.

Su Liluo knew what he was asking.

Her answer was simple and direct.

She and he are so alike.

They all need another warmer person to warm up their lives.

Everything she experienced with Rong Yan was deeply engraved in her heart. She herself didn't believe it when she said she had never been moved.

But what if I’ve been moved?

That feeling was so empty that she couldn't grasp it.

Su Liluo clearly understood that she and Rong Yan were confidants and friends, and they had a tacit understanding and consensus.

But, the only thing they can't be is lovers, because they are not suitable.

From the time they met to the time they got to know each other, she was always a chess piece on his chessboard that he could control at any time.

Life and death seemed to have been part of his plan.

This feeling is really bad.

Su Liluo couldn't forget that everything they had experienced together was the chess game that he, the chess player, had already set up.

Now, she has killed his biological mother, and this will be a gap that they will never be able to cross in their lifetime.

In a relationship like theirs, even if they get together, when they are in love, they love each other very much, but when they kill each other, it is endless pain.

Rong Yan smiled, a smile full of disappointment and understanding, as if Su Liluo's answer was already within his expectations.

He understood what she meant.

But he was somewhat unwilling.

As the chess player, he had already willingly entered the game for her chess piece, but he was just a little later than that person. Was he destined to have no chance at all?

It's really unfair!

"What about you and him? Are you a good match?"

silence.

Sure enough, loving someone is the most blind and inexplicable thing. Rong Yan looked into her eyes and smiled bitterly silently.

He didn't know that the reason Su Liluo didn't answer was because, in her heart, whether she and Long Yunxuan would have a future was something she herself couldn't explain.

How should she answer him?

After several life and death experiences, she had long since lost interest in matters of love.

When she found out that Long Yunxuan was still alive that day, the biggest feeling in her heart was how great it was that he did not die saving her.

It's relaxing, it's a relief.

The thrilling feeling I had before is no longer there.

Maybe it is what people often say, it is easy to fall in love but hard to stay together. After a long time, the passion fades and only the long-lasting companionship remains.

Whether she and Long Yunxuan, or Situ Changfeng, will be together in the future is still an unknown to her at the moment.

"Ali, come watch the sunrise with me. The sunrise over Broken Heart Cliff is very beautiful."

"it is good."

The red sun rises slowly, dyeing the eastern sky red and illuminating the mountain streams...

Rong Yan and Su Liluo sat quietly in the Xuyou Pavilion and watched the beautiful sunrise.