She gripped Yun Li's hand tightly and said with all her might, "Li'er, no matter how you misunderstand me, I have never done anything to betray your mother. I have been planning for over ten years to lower Yun Shu's guard so that I could poison him..."
"Aunt, I will consider this matter carefully."
"What do you mean by 'carefully considering'?" Cui Mi was so angry that she spat out another mouthful of blood. "This matter is extremely urgent!"
Before she could finish speaking, Cui Mi fainted.
Yun Li quickly took her pulse, his expression growing increasingly grave.
Cui Mi's pulse was so weak that it was almost imperceptible. He took out an antidote pill and fed it to her, hoping to relieve her pain.
Cui Mi's pulse was that of a lowly person. He got up and fed her an antidote pill, hoping to alleviate her pain.
At this moment, Cui Mi lay quietly on the couch, her face serene, as if she were simply asleep.
Yun Li knelt before the bed, tears blurring her vision.
He gently stroked Cui Mi's hand, his heart filled with endless sorrow.
Is another person in this world, connected to him by blood, also going to leave him?
The crystal curtain swayed gently, making a crisp sound.
Yun Li's eyes welled up with tears as she looked up.
The newcomer was a woman, holding a gold-threaded round fan in her hand, with several blooming peonies embroidered on the fan surface, and wearing a dark purple brocade robe.
The woman moved the fan aside, revealing a smooth forehead, crescent-shaped eyebrows, lips like rouge, and skin like solidified cream.
"Are you Prince Yunli?"
The person who arrived was none other than Empress Song Huaixi.
She walked straight to Cui Mi's couch, her skirt trailing on the ground, and gently brushed against Yun Li's hand.
"My Mi'er~" Seeing Cui Mi's sleeping face, she couldn't help but lean down and gently kiss her on the face.
"I poisoned Yun Shu. It has nothing to do with Mi'er."
Yun Li stood up from the ground and scrutinized her.
“You are Yun Shu’s Empress, Song Huaixi.”
“Yes. I am only his empress in name. Mi’er is my true love.” Song Huaixi gently stroked her lower abdomen. “I am already carrying Mi’er’s child.”
She slowly knelt down, "Your Highness, please let Mi'er and me leave! We will find a secluded place, hide our identities, and stay together for the rest of our lives."
"You, you and your aunt, you two?" Yun Li felt a bit shocked.
"Cough cough, sister..." Cui Mi's weak voice suddenly rang out.
Song Huaixi was overjoyed and rushed onto the bed, tightly holding her hand, choking back tears, "Mi'er, I was so worried about you! I... I just begged His Highness to let me and our child leave. Mi'er, please beg him!"
Cui Mi struggled to sit up in bed and looked at Yun Li, saying, "Li'er, my sister and I are truly in love. Can you spare her life?"
Song Huaixi looked at her in shock.
What Cui Mi said was, "Give her a way out."
In that path to survival, there was no part of her own.
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