Hearing a voice behind her, Song Ruoan turned around with a pale face and saw He Yunce's face.
As soon as she moved, her uncontrollable body fell straight to the ground.
He Yunze was startled by what he saw and quickly stepped forward to help her up.
Song Ruoan straightened up with his help, looking at his face with joy and hope in her heart: "Husband, what good news have you brought?"
"Did you plead with His Majesty? Did you get him to pardon me?"
She looked at He Yunce expectantly, but tears rolled down her cheeks.
Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger. His Majesty's methods are harsh. Although it may seem like he is showing mercy and being extremely kind, making her kneel for five hours a day is like taking her life.
My legs started to hurt, then became numb and lost all feeling. My feet were ice cold, and even the blood seemed to have stopped flowing.
But even the slightest movement felt like being pricked by needles, or like millions of ants gnawing at her bones.
The most terrifying thing is that His Majesty actually wants her to attend the Fengshan ceremony.
After she finishes climbing the mountain, her knees will definitely be ruined.
Thinking of this, Song Ruoan felt both fear and pain, and placed all her hopes on He Yunce: "I know only you can save me, I am innocent..."
"It really hurts so much, my husband..."
Hearing this, He Yunze felt very sorry for her and reached out to wipe away her tears: "Don't cry, don't cry. Eating something sweet will make you forget the pain."
These are your favorites.
As He Yunze spoke, he slowly opened the food box in his hand again.
Song Ruoan frowned slightly and looked towards the food box, where she saw a cup of milk and... a string of candied hawthorns?
Song Ruoan was stunned, then looked up at He Yunce in disbelief: "Who is this?"
He Yunze smiled and looked at her gently, saying, "I had Shuangxi go to great lengths to find your favorite food. Let me feed you."
Song Ruoan stared straight at him, took two deep breaths, and almost burst out laughing.
Milk? Candied hawthorn?
Such inferior goods are usually sold by street vendors. Even if they were placed in front of her on a normal day, she wouldn't even glance at them, let alone eat them.
So cheap!
Song Ruoan almost let out a cold laugh.
An overwhelming sense of disappointment welled up within her, and she abruptly shook off He Yunze's hand: "Look how hard I've been kneeling, bringing me cheap goods from afar, and you think you can just send me away like this?"
He Yunze was stunned, looking at Song Ruoan's reaction in disbelief: "You don't like milk? You think candied hawthorns are cheap stuff?"
Song Ruoan frowned, pressing one hand on her numb thigh: "Is it a crime to dislike milk?"
But He Yunze reacted strongly by standing up when he heard this.
The words "cheap goods" were exactly the same as those that Huang Shi had uttered when he was young, but these few words, so light and casual, almost tore He Yunze's heart apart.
Scenes from his past life flashed before his eyes, and he could hear the laughter of her and their child. He Yunze's Adam's apple bobbed, and he felt a strange emptiness in his heart.
Could it be that... Ruo Anlian's fondness for milk was all a lie?
He spoke with great difficulty, each word distinct: "It is not a sin to dislike milk, but it is a sin to lie."
He opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but found he didn't know how to begin talking about his past life.
So he changed his approach: "Why does His Majesty punish you?"
"Ruo'an, didn't you say that you and your husband were of one mind and that you would tell me everything?"
Song Ruoan bit her lip and remained silent, but He Yunze stared at the spilled milk, appearing somewhat aggressive.
"His Majesty is punishing you because you said the undergarment in the lover's hand belonged to Song Xizhi, but it was later proven not to be true, so His Majesty is punishing you."
"So do you really think that bellyband belongs to Song Xizhi? Or is it a deliberate setup?"
He Yunze stared blankly as he watched the pure white milk spill into the vermilion food box.
It seems like the exact same thing has happened before.
The reason he thought Song Xizhi was promiscuous in his previous life was because of the undergarment he found in a servant's house. When Song Ruoan saw the undergarment, her expression changed drastically, and she bit her lip tightly.
He Yunze asked her what happened, but she didn't want to talk about it. However, after he pressed her for details, Song Ruoan said that it belonged to Song Xizhi.
Because he loved her, and because she couldn't possibly lie, He Yunze believed her.
He felt that Song Xizhi's notoriety was a great disgrace, and if it got out of hand, his cuckoldry would become a laughing stock in the entire capital.
Therefore, he didn't dare to face him at all, and didn't even confront Song Xizhi. He just secretly killed the servant.
Act as if nothing ever happened.
Thinking of this, He Yunze suddenly closed his eyes, feeling that even breathing had become extremely difficult.
Kneeling on the ground, Song Ruoan saw He Yunce's suddenly changed expression, and the gloom emanating from his body seemed to be about to overwhelm the sky.
Song Ruoan suddenly came to her senses, her expression changed, and she burst into tears again: "It's because I unintentionally wronged my sister that I feel so guilty."
"I can't eat, I can't sleep, I wish I were dead. My husband, I'm kneeling here because I want to apologize to my sister..."
With tears in her eyes, she tentatively asked, "So, I can't drink milk. Have I committed some terrible crime?"
He Yunze remained silent for a long time, but when he thought of his three children again, he finally softened and said, "It's okay."
“I understand that you can’t eat anything, but you still need to eat something.”
In his previous life, he had a concubine and was married to Song Xizhi. Even after being with Ruo'an for a long time, they did not have any children.
They had always wanted a child, and he even prayed to gods and Buddhas for it, trying every night.
Finally, God smiled upon her, and Ruo'an became pregnant and gave birth to three children for her: two boys and a girl.
All three children inherited their hobbies, and the whole family enjoys the joys of family life.
How could this be fake?
Feeling Song Ruoan crying and clinging to his leg, He Yunze hesitated for a moment before hugging her back.
He didn't know what his momentary hesitation was for.
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