The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 1045 - 636: An Ning and Xiao Jinxing, Showdown Once More (Third Update)

Chapter 1045: Chapter 636: An Ning and Xiao Jinxing, Showdown Once More (Third Update)

An Ning shook her head, "If it weren’t for you, I would have left Xiao Jinxing long ago, left the Imperial Palace, and stayed away from politics."

But if Xiao Jinxing could let Gu Xingchuan go this time, she could let everything go and reconcile with him.

Of course.

That’s all talk for later.

After all, Xiao Jinxing still chose, his choice.

"Do you really still love Fu Xingyi?" Gu Xingchuan suddenly changed the subject.

An Ning pressed her lips together.

"Can’t you really let him go?" Gu Xingchuan asked deeply.

"Perhaps, I’ve let go." An Ning suddenly said calmly, "After all, he’s been dead for so many years, what is there that I can’t let go of? Just like with you, perhaps one day, I will truly let go as well. Time is sometimes cruel."

"I hope so." Gu Xingchuan smiled.

I hope time can make you forget all the unhappiness of the past.

Live well.

"By the way," An Ning suddenly remembered something, seemingly unwilling to continue the melancholic topic, "Xie Ruotong is coming back, probably in a day or two."

Gu Xingchuan seemed to smile a bit mockingly at the corner of his mouth, "Coming back to see me off?"

"Probably."

"I can die without regrets then." Gu Xingchuan said.

An Ning smiled faintly, remaining silent.

"March’s sunshine should be splendid, shouldn’t it?" Gu Xingchuan suddenly asked.

"It’s very splendid," An Ning replied.

"In a few days, I’ll be able to see it."

In a few days.

And I’ll never see it again.

An Ning suppressed her inner emotions.

She thought she had prepared herself for everything.

But when facing Gu Xingchuan’s death, it wasn’t as calm as she had imagined.

But ultimately, she still had to face it.

An Ning spent a day with Gu Xingchuan.

As the execution drew nearer, she spent more and more time in the Heavenly Prison.

More and more unwilling to leave.

When An Ning walked out of the Heavenly Prison, the sky was completely dark.

She returned to Fengqi Palace.

As soon as she entered, she saw Xiao Jinxing.

She thought, even within the Imperial Palace, they would never meet again.

Xiao Jinxing had made his choice.

And she had accepted his choice.

Both understood each other well enough.

They were both adults, there was no need to trouble each other further.

An Ning, in the end, said nothing.

Xiao Jinxing was the emperor.

In the Imperial Palace, he was supreme.

There was nowhere he couldn’t be.

She walked into the hall and saluted, "This concubine greets Your Majesty."

Xiao Jinxing was sitting on the chaise, seemingly writing with ink. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Just like when he used to practice calligraphy when bored.

So after being busy for a couple of months, he finally had some free time, did he?!

"Have you had dinner?" Xiao Jinxing asked.

"No."

"Just as well, I haven’t either, join me for dinner." Xiao Jinxing glanced up at her.

Then put down the ink and pen.

An Ning responded with a sound.

The Palace Attendant brought in the meal.

The two sat together at the dining table, eating in silence.

"Do you hate me?" Xiao Jinxing suddenly spoke.

An Ning pressed her lips, "After so long, why is Your Majesty suddenly asking this?"

If he really wanted to explain or know her feelings, shouldn’t it have been when he issued the imperial edict?

And now, bringing it up suddenly...

How should she answer?

Say that she hated him?!

Or that she’s too tired to hate?

"In seven days, Gu Xingchuan will be executed." Xiao Jinxing said.

"No hatred." An Ning suddenly replied.

Xiao Jinxing’s fingers visibly tensed.

"To Your Majesty, this is the righteousness you must uphold. This concubine dares not go against the will of the people to resent Your Majesty. That would be a grave disrespect and this concubine’s loss of propriety." An Ning said calmly.

"Sometimes, I wish you could hate me." Xiao Jinxing murmured.

An Ning chuckled lightly, without responding.

"I thought during this time, you would come to see me, even to vent your emotions, but in the end, I never expected your arrival." Xiao Jinxing said, with a hint of self-mockery and loneliness.

Yet, in the end, it is always he who takes the initiative.

"Song Yanqing advised me, Gu Xingchuan advised me, even Bai Mowan, who deeply despises me, advised me to understand Your Majesty’s helplessness. How can I, for my selfish desires, make things difficult for Your Majesty? Everything Your Majesty has done is for the country and the people. I dare not act recklessly." An Ning was sincere, slightly humble.

Xiao Jinxing lightly pursed his lips.

Just like that, looking at An Ning, so close but so far away.

"If I let Gu Xingchuan go, would you truly return to me?" Xiao Jinxing asked her.

"There is no ’if’, is there?" An Ning countered.

With the edict issued and the imperial announcement made.

Everything was already finalized.

She never made meaningless assumptions, nor did she want to give herself unrealistic illusions.

"Did you ever love me? Was there ever a moment you actually loved me? Was there ever a moment when looking at my face, you didn’t think of Fu Xingyi?" Xiao Jinxing asked her, his deep eyes looking intently at her.

"Never loved." An Ning enunciated clearly.

No need to cover it up, just straightforward.

"Is that so?" Xiao Jinxing’s eyes slightly shifted.

In his eyes, that little bit of desperate hope turned into complete despair.

"The words you said about trying to love me, it turns out I was overthinking." Xiao Jinxing was indifferent.

Actually, it was hard to tell, from his tone.

Maybe like her, he had let everything go, so he became so calm.

"Trying doesn’t mean one will definitely fall in love. But if you are willing to let Gu Xingchuan go for me, I can be grateful and treat you well. I can stay in the harem for you, be a good wife and mother for you, give you advice, and do many things you think I can do..."

"The only thing you can’t do, love me." Xiao Jinxing interrupted An Ning’s words directly.

An Ning pressed her lips, "Right, the only thing is that I cannot love you, everything else I can."

"An Ning, you always know how to hurt me the most," Xiao Jinxing said with a light laugh, his words so powerless.

And yet he can only, silently endure.

"Just as you know what I want, yet you always do the opposite." An Ning was cold.

"So we are destined, not to be together." Xiao Jinxing concluded.

"After Gu Xingchuan’s execution, I hope Your Majesty can keep your promise to Gu Xingchuan and let me go." An Ning’s eyes were firm.

She initially planned, to wait until after Gu Xingchuan’s execution to confront Xiao Jinxing.

Since he had come proactively, it was better to clarify things now.

"Still going to leave?" Xiao Jinxing asked.

"Isn’t this your decision, Your Majesty?!" An Ning countered.

Xiao Jinxing was silent.

Silence meant acceptance.

An Ning showed no significant emotional fluctuations, she said, "As for the two children, Luming and Youyou, I will respect their choice. If they wish to stay by your side, I won’t take them away; if they wish to leave with me, I just hope Your Majesty won’t stop them."