Chapter 218 Your Majesty, Miss Meng's days are numbered!

Ming Chu suddenly hugged Meng Yanzhi: "Miss, thank you so much. You've been so good to me. Tell me, how can I repay you?"

"As long as you live a good life and raise more children in the future, that will be good to me."

“Mingchu, true happiness is when you and I are both happy; if I am happy but you are not, then it is not true happiness.”

Do you understand what I mean?

Meng Yanzhi smiled gently and patted Mingchu's head tenderly.

It was only then that Mingchu belatedly realized that Meng Yanzhi had long regarded her as her own family.

Meng Yanzhi wasn't in a hurry to return to the palace. Instead, she took Mingchu to a teahouse for some snacks. In the past, when they were in the Meng family, they were always bullied, so they never had the chance to sit down and have some fun together. After entering the palace, they were even more apprehensive. Now, they could finally sit down and enjoy a proper meal in peace.

However, Meng Yanzhi knew in her heart that Mingchu was now a member of the Crown Prince's household, so such days would probably be very rare in the future. It was precisely because she knew that such days would be rare that she cherished them all the more now.

"Mingchu, do you like it here?" Meng Yanzhi took a bite of hibiscus cake and looked at Mingchu with her eyes crinkling.

Ming Chu liked this place, but for some reason, seeing Meng Yanzhi like this now, he felt inexplicably sad.

"Miss, I don't know why, but I feel so sad."

Meng Yanzhi reached out and gently patted Mingchu's head: "Don't be sad, it's all in the past. Mingchu, let me ask you, if I leave, what will you do?"

"Where is Miss going?" Ming Chu looked up at Meng Yanzhi with some confusion.

Meng Yanzhi smiled gently: "If one day I leave and never come back, what will you do?"

"I'll wait. I know you can't bear to part with me, Miss, and you'll definitely come back!" Ming Chu smiled foolishly, gazing longingly at Meng Yanzhi.

Looking into those eyes, Meng Yanzhi felt a strange, indescribable discomfort.

She took a deep breath, reached out and gently rubbed Mingchu's head, and bought lots and lots of pastries for her to take back and eat with the Crown Prince.

Back in the palace, Meng Yanzhi locked herself in her room. She sat quietly in a chair, the events of her two lives flashing through her mind like a revolving lantern. For some reason, even though she had now taken her revenge, Meng Yanzhi felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally, and didn't even have the strength to lift her hand.

Suddenly, Meng Yanzhi coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted.

"Miss!"

Upon seeing this, Qingdao turned pale with fright and rushed out to find the imperial physician.

After taking her pulse, the imperial physician was shocked: "This...this...Miss Meng is already on her deathbed."

"Insolence! What nonsense are you spouting?"

Xiao Xingyuan kicked the man over with one foot, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he roared angrily.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Xingyuan ordered someone to bring Ling Xiao over.

The fact that the imperial physicians had no solution doesn't mean that Ling Xiao had no solution.

Upon hearing the news, Ling Xiao rushed over immediately. After carefully taking his pulse, he also performed a divination. Looking at the divination result, he was dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Xiao Xingyuan became anxious, his eyebrows furrowing tightly. He then said impatiently, "Say something! What's going on? What happened?"

"It's nothing, she's not going to live much longer."

"She...lent her life to you."

When Ling Xiao spoke his last words, he felt that every single one of them was difficult to utter.

He didn't know why things had turned out this way, but in fact, that was how fate had arranged it.

"No, that's impossible!"

"Why? How could this happen?"

"Did I ruin her? You must find a way, Ling Xiao, you must find a way! I can't live without her!"

"She said she liked me and wanted to be with me, how could this happen?"

Xiao Xingyuan suddenly broke down, gripping Ling Xiao's shoulders tightly, his eyes bloodshot.

"Your Majesty, I really have no choice. This is fate, and no one can change it."

"Unless someone is willing to give their life for her!"

Ling Xiao sighed, looking at the dying Meng Yanzhi, his eyebrows furrowed tightly with a sense of helplessness.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xingyuan answered almost without hesitation: "I'll give it, I'll exchange it, I'll do it!"

"His Majesty!"

Everyone in the room knelt on the ground, trembling with fear.

But Xiao Xingyuan was more determined than ever before: "Ling Xiao, tell me what to do, what should I do!"

Consort Liu rushed over immediately after receiving the news.

Upon seeing this scene and hearing these words, his expression immediately changed.

She took a deep breath, then stepped forward and knelt before Xiao Xingyuan: "Your Majesty, no, you can't!"

"Why not? Why not!"

"I want her alive, Ling Xiao, say something!"

Xiao Xingyuan stared at Ling Xiao with a determined look in his eyes, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.

Upon hearing this, Ling Xiao frowned: "It's not something you can just give away as you please. I need to carefully consider and find a suitable candidate!"

"She can't wait any longer!"

"You've got to figure something out!"

Xiao Xingyuan shook Ling Xiao, getting a little anxious, his eyebrows furrowed as he looked at Meng Yanzhi, who was barely breathing, on the bed.

“Miss Meng’s life was forcibly taken back in the first place, and it is only right to return it now. If one wants to defy the heavens, only a person of noble birth can do so. But Your Majesty, you cannot. Your lifespan cannot be reduced any further. This is also the will of Heaven.”

Ling Xiao looked at Xiao Xingyuan with a helpless expression.

Many times, it wasn't that he was unwilling to do it, but that fate wouldn't allow it.

"Your Majesty, I must go."

"Don't cry, just let me go, I'll be content."

Meng Yanzhi slowly opened her eyes and looked at Xiao Xingyuan with a smile. She had already died once, so she wasn't afraid of dying again.

Anyway, this life was originally a reward from God, so it's only right to return it. At least after she dies, the person she loves can still live a good life.

"No, no, I don't want you to leave!"

"Ling Xiao, you have to think of something! You have to think of something quickly! I don't want her to leave!"

Xiao Xingyuan gripped Meng Yanzhi's hand tightly, sobbing uncontrollably like a child.

Ling Xiao sighed helplessly, his eyes lowered: "Among the nobles of the imperial family, who would willingly offer up their lifespan?"

"I do!"

Xiao Ce strode in, knelt down in front of Xiao Xingyuan, glanced at Meng Yanzhi on the bed, and his attitude was firm.

"Father, Imperial Advisor, I am willing to give up my own lifespan to ensure Meng Yanzhi's safety!"

"No! You're from Emperor Star, you can't do it!"

Ling Xiao refused immediately.

But Xiao Ce's expression was firm: "I'm willing!"