“Ah Hong…”

He chuckled self-deprecatingly, then muttered to himself.

I don't blame you.

Empress Dowager Xiao slowly closed her eyes, a tear fell, and her mind flashed rapidly through her past with Jia Yiding over the years.

Jia Yiding is a stubborn person with a very strong temper.

They were so stubborn that when they first started working together, all they did was argue.

Even though she was the Empress Dowager, he was not afraid of her at all.

When she first met Jia Yiding, he coldly rebuked her for interfering in politics as a woman.

Therefore, she ordered someone to give him twenty lashes.

He was beaten until he was covered in blood.

But he still spat out a mouthful of blood and continued to berate her, accusing her of currying favor with court officials, harboring ulterior motives, and attempting to seize control of the government.

Later, she got angry and forcibly kept him by her side.

Let him witness her actions, her situation, and how cruel and unreasonable Mo Junxing truly is.

One day, two days, three days... Before we knew it, a month had passed, two months had passed... a year had passed.

Jia Yiding stayed by her side and never left.

The two went from being at odds to Jia Yiding's absolute submission to her.

And she gradually became attracted to him.

The relationship between the two of them had changed at some point.

She plotted in the palace, while he fought for her outside.

No matter how difficult the task, he will do his best to complete it.

But now, she is going to kill him with her own hands.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Jia Yiding, her eyes filled with tears as she closed them.

When I opened my eyes again, all the tears were gone.

All that's left is reason.

With a "thud," the longsword pierced Jia Yiding's chest.

Jia Yiding spat out a mouthful of blood, a smile playing on his lips, his eyes fixed on Empress Dowager Xiao.

His lips parted slightly, but he didn't utter a single word before slowly collapsing.

When Empress Xiao saw Jia Yiding fall and slowly close his eyes, the sword in her hand fell uncontrollably to the ground.

She looked up, her eyes already bloodshot, staring intently at Mo Junxing.

His teeth were clenched tightly, and a deep hatred was welling up in his chest.

"Mo Junxing, I've already killed him. What more do you want?"

Mo Junxing chuckled lightly, as if he had heard something amusing.

"Mother, you are truly heartless. You are ruthless to yourself, and even more ruthless to others."

"To save his own life, he would even kill the person he loves!"

As he spoke, he took another step closer to Empress Dowager Xiao, lowering his voice slightly so that it fell beside her ear, deep and seductive.

"Mother, what do you think Jia Yiding was thinking when he died?"

"Won't you feel like you've misjudged and loved the wrong person?"

Empress Dowager Xiao snorted coldly.

"snort!"

"like?"

"You heartless monster, who can live with his own mother's corpse for half a year, what right do you have to talk about love?"

Do you understand love?

Mo Junxing's face instantly turned cold, and his eyes also turned icy.

He gripped Empress Dowager Xiao's neck, his tone colder than ever before.

Do you think I wouldn't dare kill you?

"How dare you mention my mother?"

"If it weren't for that little bit of care you showed me back then, which allowed me to experience the feeling of being a mother for so long, do you think you could have survived until now?"

He grabbed her and threw her onto Jia Yiding, who was already dead.

"Remember this: I'm keeping your life because you're capable of threatening me, understand?"

After saying that, he turned around and strode away.

Empress Dowager Xiao lay on Jia Yiding's body, watching Mo Junxing lead his entourage away, and then clenched her hands tightly.

"Mo Junxing!"

"I will avenge today's humiliation another day!"

"Sooner or later, I will take your life, one slice at a time!"

*******

Time flies.

When Gu Jingchun was taken away from the palace by Mo Junxing, it was still summer. He never expected that he would return in late autumn.

Gu Jingchun sat in the carriage, feeling like he was about to fall apart from the jolting, but he was still full of anticipation.

We'll be at Tiandu in half an hour.

I'm about to see Seele. I wonder how she's been doing since I last saw her.

Shen Hechuan held her hand reassuringly.

"Don't worry, Xi'er is very smart now. He's the one who uncovered that spy from Daqi."

"Grandmother said that Xi'er, at such a young age, already has the aura of a prince, and her future is limitless."

“I think that in a few years, I can step down to him, and then we can go out and enjoy traveling.”

Gu Jingchun couldn't help but glare at him.

"How can you treat your son like this?"

"How old is he? You're already thinking of handing over all the affairs of state to him?"

"What if you exhaust my son?"

Shen Hechuan couldn't help but smile and pulled Gu Jingchun into his arms.

What's wrong with that?

"If you're worried he won't be able to handle it, you can have another child. Then you can help him, whether it's a boy or a girl, you can handle political affairs together."

"Now you can rest assured."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingchun suddenly fell silent.

Seeing that Gu Jingchun was no longer speaking, Shen Hechuan was about to lower his head to ask when the carriage suddenly jolted.

Gu Jingchun lost his balance and almost fell. If Shen Hechuan hadn't been holding him, he would probably have fallen by now.

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