Chapter 71: Heartbroken "Seeing that I am not dead, Shushu is very disappointed...

Yan Shu's face turned pale when asked.

When Empress Dowager Zhao Jing saw Yan Shu's look, she sneered smugly.

"Do you think that he loves you deeply just because he gave you the title of queen?"

"Since Xiao Yu has given me the throne of queen, I shall take it." Empress Dowager Zhao Jing lifted the necklace from Yan Shu's chest, gently playing with it with her bright red nail polish. A determined smile shone in her phoenix eyes. "He dared to kill even King Xiao Wei, let alone a mere queen like you, without a mother's family to rely on."

Yan Shu felt a pang of pain in her heart, but she still reached out to pull back the necklace from her chest, and looked up coldly at the empress dowager in front of her.

"What do you want to say?"

Empress Dowager Zhaojing smiled, her eyes were sarcastic, and her tone was meaningful.

"I just want to cooperate with Yan Ji. After all, besides Xiao Yu, there are many people in this world that Yan Ji cares about, right?"

…

Yan Shu walked out of Suining Palace in a daze.

But when he returned to Baohua Palace in a sedan chair, he saw people kneeling on the ground in the courtyard, and even heard cries of begging for mercy.

Yan Shu's expression changed instantly, and she quickly walked into the yard.

All the palace servants serving Qingtao and her group were detained on the ground by the guards.

The young king, who was dressed in a black robe and had a gloomy face, suddenly changed his expression when he saw Yan Shu come in.

"Shushu..."

"Princess!" Qingtao raised her head immediately when she saw Yan Shu, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

When the palace maids saw Yan Shu coming back, they immediately shouted in fear:

"Queen, please save us! The King wants to kill us!"

Yan Shu was horrified when she heard this. Seeing that the people serving her were held at knifepoint by the guards, she immediately looked up at Xiao Yu with an expression of disbelief.

"What is your Majesty going to do? What have they done wrong that requires their death?"

Yan Shu thought of asking Qingtao to investigate the medicinal residue, and her heart suddenly twitched. She looked at Xiao Yu and asked in a trembling voice.

"Is it because I asked Qingtao to investigate the medicinal residue? So you want to kill them."

There was a complicated look in Xiao Yu's eyes.

The look he gave Yan Shu was somewhat obscure and strangely calm.

"Shushu, don't be angry. I will replace you with a group of better people to serve you."

Yan Shu's heart, which was already hanging in the air, now felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar.

But Xiao Yu's tone was gentle, as if nothing had happened.

It seemed as if the lives of these palace servants in the courtyard were like ants.

Kill if you say kill, die if you say die.

Yan Shu suddenly felt that the person in front of her was too unfamiliar.

Or perhaps it could be said that Xiao Yu has always been like this and has never changed.

But before that, she had always been deeply trapped and addicted to his gentle trap.

He is now just as cruel and ruthless as he was in his previous life.

Xiao Yu's expression remained calm. He walked up to Yan Shu and reached out to hold her.

Yan Shu took a step back and avoided his hand.

After hearing what Xiao Yu had just said, she just thought it was ridiculous, so she retorted.

"A better person, what does a better person mean?" Yan Shu sneered and looked up at Xiao Yu. "Is someone who doesn't know what the king has done a better person?"

Xiao Yu's hand fell in mid-air. Hearing this, his eyes were slightly startled, and his dark pupils shrank in an instant.

"Shushu..."

"Don't call me Shushu!" Yan Shu trembled, and her cat-like eyes, which were always gentle, looked at him with grief and anger. "I didn't want to believe it at first, but your actions now force me to believe it."

"You don't have to kill them, because I know exactly what drug you drank now!"

Xiao Yu's eyes turned pale in an instant, as if he couldn't believe it.

His Shushu actually knew everything.

Tears rolled down Yan Shu's eyes. She looked at Xiao Yu in front of her, her heart aching.

"Xiao Yu, you really scare me." Yan Shu's voice was cold, and her eyes were full of disappointment.

If the contraceptive drug only disappointed her.

And the scene at this moment made her even more desperate.

He could kill anyone who served her, which meant that Xiao Yu didn't care about her mood or feelings at all.

To him, human life is like grass.

And all this was just to cover up the fact that he took contraceptive drugs.

Yan Shu wiped the tears from her cheeks and stepped forward to help Qingtao up.

But the guards behind him looked embarrassed, not knowing whether they should let the person go.

Yan Shu just glanced coldly at the group of guards.

"Let me go!"

Seeing that the king had not spoken to stop him, the guard let go.

"Princess..." Qingtao grabbed Yan Shu's hand and burst into tears.

"Xiao Yu, if you still have a trace of humanity, let them go." Looking at the group of palace servants who were still detained, Yan Shu looked at Xiao Yu and spoke coldly.

There was already a gloom in Xiao Yu's eyes.

The girl in front of him was resolute and resentful, and the look in her eyes when she looked at him was the same as in her previous life.

My internal organs felt as if they were being torn apart.

The pain seeped into my bones little by little.

He whispered, and the guards quickly released the man. Then Xiao Yu raised his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him with a cold expression.

"Shushu..." There was a complicated look in Xiao Yu's eyes.

He didn't know what to say so that his Shushu would forgive him.

He didn't know where he went wrong.

Those who stood between him and Shushu deserved to die, didn't they?

How could he possibly keep this group of people around to tell Shushu the truth about the medicine?

But his Shushu already knew.

She knew he had been lying to her.

Yan Shu just looked at Xiao Yu coldly, seeing that he was speechless.

"Even now, you still don't want to explain? Xiao Yu, is it fun to lie to me all the time?"

"If an innocent person is killed, then he must be killed. If you become disgusted with me someday, or if I become an obstacle to you, will you kill me as well?"

Xiao Yu's pupils shrank.

How could he possibly want to kill his Shushu?

Xiao Yu wanted to grab the girl's wrist and say something, but he only touched the corner of her clothes that quickly brushed past him.

"Xiao Yu, let's calm down." Yan Shu pulled Qingtao towards the palace gate. Even though her eyes were red and her heart ached, she didn't want to look back at Xiao Yu.

At this moment, Yan Shu felt that she didn't know how to face Xiao Yu.

She felt that she needed to think carefully about the relationship between him and Xiao Yu.

Or does Xiao Yu really have feelings for him?

Is it love, or just pure revenge and possession? Yan Shu feels that she can no longer tell the difference.

When Xiao Yu heard these words, a hint of darkness flashed across his eyes.

He looked at the girl's resolute back.

His voice was a little dry.

"Shushu doesn't want to be my queen anymore?"

Yan Shu paused for a long time before finally lowering her eyes and answering.

"I will give you the answer in three days. By then, I hope I can also hear the truth you give me, instead of lies."

Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly darkened.

It seems like he is waiting for the girl's final judgment.

There seemed to be a hint of bitterness in Yan Shu's eyes, and she spoke with difficulty.

"Xiao Yu, if, I mean if one day I leave, I hope you can treat these people in Baohua Palace well."

When Xiao Yu heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, but before he could ask anything.

Yan Shu had already entered the inner hall, and her figure could no longer be seen.

Xiao Yu finally lowered his eyes, his tone cold.

"Go to Suning Palace."

Zhou Tong, who was standing by, nodded immediately after hearing this, and then gave the order to the people below.

Xiao Yu looked at the tightly closed palace door in front of him, his dark eyes filled with infatuation.

On the day of the Queen's coronation ceremony, when everything is settled, he will not let any of those who deserve to die go.

As long as Shushu becomes the queen, she will never leave him again.

His Shushu will understand him.

When all those who stand in their way are dead, his Shushu will be with him forever.

…

From that day on, Yan Shu was ill for three full days.

During this period, Xiao Yu's people came, but Yan Shu never saw them.

Although she rejected Empress Dowager Zhao Jing's proposal, it did not mean that she forgave Xiao Yu.

Because at this time Yan Shu knew that the relationship between her and Xiao Yu was no longer just a misunderstanding.

Xiao Yu's cruel and ruthless style of doing things has frightened Yan Shu.

If she had come back later that day, would Qingtao and those innocent palace maids have died at his hands?

Thinking of this, Yan Shu felt cold all over.

She was glad that she arrived in time, and also glad that the situation between her and Xiao Yu had not yet become irreparable.

Qingtao looked at the princess in front of her whose cheeks had become thinner, and couldn't bear it and started to persuade her.

"Is the princess really not going to be queen anymore?"

Yan Shu looked out the window, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

"Qingtao, do you think I should be the queen?"

Qing Tao was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then replied, "Princess, you still can't forgive the king? Maybe the king has his own reasons for giving you that medicine."

Yan Shu looked at Qingtao with a steady expression.

"The issue between him and me now isn't just about the contraceptive drug. If I hadn't returned in time that day, you and the other palace maids in Baohua Palace would have died at his hands."

Qingtao's face turned pale, she knew that what Yan Shu said was true.

That day, she went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to ask the doctor to examine the medicine residue, and when she returned to Baohua Store, she happened to run into the king who came to look for the princess.

After the matter of the medicinal residue was leaked, King Xiao wanted to kill those palace servants who knew the truth.

If the princess had not arrived in time, they would indeed have been ordered to be beaten to death.

"To continue deceiving me, he even killed innocent palace maids. And I, who once pushed him into the snake den, even though he now protects me with all his heart, can't guarantee that he doesn't harbor hatred in his heart. If he resents me again and remembers this past incident, won't I be killed by his knife again?"

Yan Shu's eyes had lost some of their vitality, like a puppet without a soul.

Qingtao knew that her princess had been heartbroken these days.

But it is precisely because I care so deeply that I feel so sad.

"But the princess still likes the king, doesn't she?" Qingtao looked at Yan Shu and asked in a daze.

Yan Shu's eyelashes trembled slightly. It was precisely because he still had feelings for Xiao Yu that she didn't dare to go to the Hongmen Banquet.

Because after tomorrow, everything will disappear.

What's the point of worrying about these things at this moment?

…

August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also the ceremony for the coronation of Queen Xiao.

In the main hall of the Xiao Palace, black and red curtains had been hung inside, and on both sides of the hall were lined up important officials of the royal family and dukes, and below were historians and ritual officials, all waiting for the queen to come and receive the throne.

Xiao Yu sat on the throne in the hall with a cold expression.

However, the queen, who was supposed to be the protagonist of this grand ceremony, had not appeared yet.

Zhou Tong, who was standing aside, was already trembling with fear.

He sent people to wait at Baohua Palace early in the morning. He didn't know whether Lady Yan would come today.

Although His Highness's courtiers found it strange, they did not dare to comment on it.

After all, they still remember the tragic death of Imperial Censor Jiang Yin. Everyone knows that Concubine Yan is a taboo in the heart of the current King Xiao. Who would dare to provoke her without knowing the danger?

And just when the eyes of the king on the high throne were gloomy, the hearts of his ministers were also dead.

Finally, they saw the girl wearing a black auspicious dress, a large belt around her waist, and jade pendants and rings. She walked into the hall from the side door under the guidance of a female official.

The eunuch in charge of the ceremony immediately raised his voice and shouted.

"The Queen enters the palace!"

The king on the high throne seemed to regain some vitality in his dark eyes, and his gaze fell intently on the girl in gorgeous clothes in front of him.

Wait for Yan Shu to walk to the seat where she will be enthroned and stand.

The ceremonial officer immediately unfolded the bamboo slips in his hand and read the appointment book aloud.

Yan Shu stood among them, listening quietly, but her expression was unusually calm.

After the edict was read out, the ceremonial officer gave Yan Shu the queen's seal and the inner palace seal on the mahogany tray.

Yan Shu received it respectfully with both hands.

Wait until the ceremony is over.

Everyone in the hall touched their hands to the ground, put their foreheads together and bowed to Yan Shu, shouting "Congratulations, Queen."

Yan Shu looked at the people kneeling before her, but there was no excitement in her eyes. She just raised her eyes to look at Xiao Yu who was walking towards her, with mixed feelings in her heart.

Xiao Yu also had a gloomy look in his eyes, with emotions that Yan Shu could not understand.

Empress Dowager Zhaojing, who was sitting on the east side, gave Yan Shu a meaningful look, her red lips slightly raised, with a sarcastic smile hanging at the corner of her mouth.

When Yan Shu caught his gaze, her heart suddenly ached.

She calmed herself down and then looked at Xiao Yu in front of her.

"I am very happy today. I have specially prepared a pot of fine wine for you to drink with Your Majesty."

After Yan Shu finished speaking, she asked the female official accompanying her to bring over a tray containing a wine jug and two wine glasses.

He was completely unaware that the eyes of the king before him were filled with darkness and death.

Yan Shu's hands trembled slightly as he poured two glasses of wine.

She raised one of the glasses and smiled at Xiao Yu with pursed lips. There seemed to be a few tears in her dark eyes.

"I wish Your Majesty a long and prosperous life, a land of peace and prosperity, and a long and fulfilling life. Even if I can no longer serve you, I hope Your Majesty will always be blessed with good fortune and a life without worries."

Xiao Yu took the glass of wine and looked at Yan Shu with narrow eyes that were as dark as ink.

He brought the wine to his lips, his eyes as cold as ice.

"Is this Shushu's answer?"

Xiao Yu's low and cold voice was in her ears. Yan Shu tried hard to hold back the tears from falling from her eyes. She nodded resolutely and finally drank the wine in her hand.

The sweet yet spicy wine flowed down her throat, and tears fell from the corners of the girl's eyes.

She closed her eyes, waiting for the familiar feeling of her internal organs being torn apart from her previous life.

But the expected pain never came.

But Zhou Tong's exclamation came to my ears.

"Your Majesty! What's wrong with you, Your Majesty!"

Yan Shu opened her eyes suddenly upon hearing the sound, and saw Xiao Yu beside her spitting out a mouthful of blood with a pale face, and in his hand was the half-full glass of wine that she handed over.

Yan Shu was suddenly horrified, her heart was pounding, and she was at a loss. She wanted to go forward to check on Xiao Yu's injuries, but was pushed aside by the eunuchs who rushed up in the chaos.

However, the Queen Mother Zhao Jing, who was sitting on the east side, saw Xiao Yu vomiting blood. She quickly stood up and said loudly: "Queen Yan, you are suspected of murdering the king. Take her away quickly--"

But before she could finish her words, she was surrounded by the guards in the hall.

Empress Dowager Zhao Jing was horrified. Just as she was about to shout something, the palace maid beside her covered her mouth with a piece of white silk. Her hands were handcuffed behind her back, and she could only stammer incoherently.

Xiao Yu covered his chest with his hands, blood stains hanging on his thin red lips.

"Empress Dowager Chu has formed a clique for personal gain and secretly communicated with the enemy. She will be immediately imprisoned and dealt with in the autumn."

He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips, but the kingly aura around him remained undiminished. His gaze pierced through the chaotic crowd and fell on Yan Shu, his eyes as cold as ice.

"Queen Yan is under house arrest in Baohua Palace. You are not allowed to take a single step outside unless summoned."

Yan Shu's body was shaky, as if she couldn't believe what she saw.

It was obviously the cup of wine she drank that was poisoned, wasn't it?

How did it become the cup that Xiao Yu drank?

She looked at Xiao Yu's increasingly pale face and the blood at the corner of his mouth. She took back the wine jug to explain something, but before she could touch the wine, she was forcibly dragged away by the group of palace servants.

…

I had been ill for a few days and was then dealt another blow.

When she was imprisoned in Baohua Palace again, Yan Shu fainted from being unable to bear it.

The sky was dark and the earth was gloomy.

The dream was filled with endless darkness and surging blood.

Yan Shu kept running, but at the end of the darkness she saw Xiao Yu, who was pale and covered in blood.

His eyes were dark and cold, and he looked at her with hatred.

"Why did Shushu want to kill me?"

"I treated you so well, why did you want to kill me?"

Yan Shu wanted to explain with a trembling voice, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she saw Xiao Yu in front of her raising the knife with a cold glow in his hand and stabbing at her.

"don't want--"

The girl on the couch suddenly opened her eyes, her pale face covered with cold sweat.

Yan Shuyu was still in shock, her heart still beating wildly.

The familiar hall was pitch black.

Only a little moonlight came in through the window.

Suddenly remembering what happened in her dream, Yan Shu wanted to get up and ask Qingtao about Xiao Yu, but as soon as she moved, she felt a familiar cold sensation on her ankle.

She immediately shook her feet, and sure enough, a crisp sound of metal collision was heard.

Yan Shu stared wide-eyed and pulled back the quilt, only to see the familiar pair of gold rings firmly locked on her ankles.

She immediately climbed down from the bed and ran to the door dragging the long golden chain. She wanted to open the door, but found that it was locked tightly from the outside.

So Yan Shu immediately knocked on the palace door.

"Qingtao! Qingtao!"

She shouted in panic, but could not hear any response from anyone outside.

At this moment, the entire Baohua Hall seemed to be empty except for her.

After shouting for an unknown amount of time, Yan Shu finally gave up.

She collapsed weakly against the door, hugging her legs and crying.

She thought of the blood at the corner of Xiao Yu's mouth at that time, and a feeling of fear and sadness filled her heart.

Was Xiao Yu really killed by her?

Did she become the murderer of Xiao Yu?

Why did things turn out like this? She clearly didn't think so.

Just as the girl burst into tears, the sound of a key unlocking was finally heard outside the hall.

Yan Shu stopped sobbing immediately, thinking that Qingtao had come over, and immediately looked over.

But the palace door opened immediately.

But the person who came in was not Qingtao.

Seeing that pale and gloomy face, Yan Shu, who was huddled in the corner, widened her eyes, tears instantly filling up in disbelief.

The young king stood in the midst of light and darkness, his dark and cold eyes now filled with a hint of death and madness.

He leaned over slightly, and his cold long fingers slightly and forcibly pinched the girl's chin, and his thin red lips seemed to be smiling sinisterly.

"Seeing that I'm not dead, Shushu must be very disappointed."

"Shushu, have you forgotten that poisoned wine can't kill me?"

Those dark eyes looked straight at Yan Shu, whose face suddenly turned pale, and seemed to chuckle.

"Shushu already killed me once in her previous life. Doesn't she know how to let me die in this life?"

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The author has something to say: Why did Shushu drink the poisoned wine by herself, and how did the poisoned wine get to Xiao Yu? I will reveal it in the next chapter [Please]

As for Xiao Yu's biggest problem, it is that he does not know how to love. What he thinks is love, Shu Shu is a little afraid to accept, because she thinks he can kill whenever he wants, which is a bit too uncontrollable. In short, he is too crazy. However, Xiao Yu will learn what true love is later.