Zheng Ji's body was slightly tilted towards Du Fengju, but he couldn't help but pause when he heard this.
She stared at Du Fengju without saying a word.
Du Fengju did not hide away, looking back at her with clear eyes, waiting for her answer.
Immediately, Zheng Ji sat upright and lightly opened his lips: "Fengju, is this why you came to see me late at night?"
Her expression was restless and her tone was unwavering, making it difficult to tell whether she was happy or angry.
Du Fengju nodded and said, "Yes. I really want to see His Highness."
"I understand." Zheng Ji said, but did not answer his question.
This is the second time Fengju has talked about "fear" to her.
The first time was when Fengju watched her fight with Cao Ning and asked her, "Your Highness, what are you afraid of?"
At that time, he felt that her moves were so ruthless that she didn't leave even half a leeway for him. She was hurting the enemy by a thousand and doing a self-destruction of eight hundred.
So, he had questions.
His question made her suddenly enlightened, and she completely understood the difference between the situation in this life and the situation in the previous life. Her moves and her mood also changed accordingly.
She can give herself room and no longer need to be afraid.
Because of this, she finally settled on Cao Ning, Shen Chen, Chu Feiyuan and Tao Jingyi.
This time, Fengju no longer asked her what she was afraid of, but asked her "Are you afraid?"
One word difference, but the meaning expressed is completely different.
Fengju asked her what she was afraid of, hoping that she was not afraid.
Fengju asked her if she was afraid, because he thought she was afraid.
——She suddenly understood why Feng Ju came to see her in his true appearance.
Fengju gave her what she wanted to see most, which was to hold a lantern for her to light her way.
In Fengju's heart, the most important and true words are only when you see him with your true self.
Some things are engraved in the bones of Feng Ju.
The words he said to her were not spoken as Mr. Du Duan, but as Du Fengju himself.
She couldn't help but stretched out her hand, quickly touched the center of his left eyebrow, and smiled.
"?" Du Fengju's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to press his left eyebrow, looking at Zheng Ji with a bit of shame and anger.
Your Highness, what does this mean?
He was speaking very seriously, how could His Highness act so frivolously?
"I'm sorry, I... really can't control myself." Zheng Ji said immediately when he saw this.
She apologized so quickly that Du Fengju was embarrassed to say anything.
Zheng Ji retracted his hand, his smile suddenly faded, and his voice became deeper: "Feng Ju, I am also afraid."
She stared at his left eyebrow, where the eyebrow bone was once broken, and his eyes were fierce and cold, but now, his eyes were soft and bright.
Seeing such words, her heart was so soft that no one could break it.
"I really hate Song Zan, so I ordered Qin Zhou to cut off his right arm and cut off his way forward. I know very well that this is because what Song Zan did came first, and it is limited to what Song Zan did. This thing."
She remembered what she said to Qin Zhou before. Isn't what Feng Ju is worried about now what she reminded him before?
She was reminding Qin Zhou and herself.
"Fengju, you don't have to be afraid. I know exactly what I'm holding in my hand. It's a double-edged sword. I can use it to hurt others, and I can also hurt myself."
No one in the royal family knows this better than she does.
She was once the most beloved princess of Changding, and she enjoyed all the glory brought by her status. However, she was thrown into prison, fell from the clouds into the abyss, and experienced all the suffering caused by her status.
What is imperial power?
When you hold it in your hand and use it for the country, it can be the supreme imperial power. If you rely on your status and use it for yourself, it becomes the sharpest and sharpest blade.
She knew this all too well.
For some reason, Du Fengju didn't feel relieved when he heard her say that. Instead, he felt unspeakably stuffy.
Your Highness's words are not like words of assurance, but more like words of experience.
It was as if she had already experienced something before she finally came to this conclusion.
Then, unbeknownst to him, His Highness must have experienced the misfortunes brought about by imperial power, so she can understand this now.
Didn't he want to come here late at night just to wake up His Highness?
But when His Highness was really sober, he found that he was not much relieved, but felt a kind of outspoken pity.
The more sober His Highness is, the more tragic things will be in the future. The calmer His Highness is, the more helpless things will be in the future.
He frowned, thinking in his mind, what...what could he do for His Highness?
"..." Seeing this, Zheng Ji couldn't help but trembled in his heart.
Such a sentence was really something she had never seen before, and she couldn't resist it at all.
But this didn't stop her from taking advantage of it.
So, she let out a long sigh and said, "Fengju, I know that imperial power is a double-edged sword, but... I'm worried that I can't control it. Are you... willing to help me?"
"Your Highness, how can I help you?" Du Fengju asked softly, as if he was afraid of shocking her.
"Are you willing to be my scabbard? Can you be by my side and remind me?"
In this world, the only person who could make her indulge in it was Du Fengju.
After resurrecting his life, he continued to attract her, using his gentleness and his sobriety to make her feel a different charm.
Even when he was still injured, he was still worried about the imperial power and deliberately used such a face to attract her.
This is a phoenix sentence, so soft, yet so firm.
In order to protect such Fengju, she can only be stronger.
How is this possible if you don't have enough ability to protect the people you cherish?
Under her burning eyes, the unparalleled Du Fengju finally nodded: "Okay."
The so-called scabbard is for restraint and protection.
Kuang, make it go on the right path, help, support it as the way forward,
This is actually the responsibility of the Taifu!
But Zheng Ji and Du Fengju have not yet realized this. Before they were in the most suitable position, they had already done what they should do.
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No one knew that Du Fengju, escorted by Wei Yan, secretly appeared at the Princess Changding Mansion and did not leave until midnight.
In the martial arts pavilion, there seemed to be no changes due to this incident.
Cao Ning spent more and more time in Guichang. In addition to training harder, most of the time was spent observing the training of Zheng Ji's team.
Zheng Ji acted as if nothing was wrong. He trained when he needed to train and cooperated with others when he needed to. He was not affected at all by Cao Ning or Song Zan.
Moreover, she quickly selected someone to replace Cao Ning and become a member of her team.
After the pavilion master Zhao Shuao heard about this candidate, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: It's him?
He really couldn't understand His Highness Changding's choice.
