Chapter 228 You Don’t Understand Him
On the Liuyun Terrace.
Xiao Heng looked down at Fu Zhixing who was kneeling on the ground with a serious look.
The black hem of his robe hung down below the steps, casting a dark shadow on his entire figure.
"Fu Zhixing, do you admit your guilt?"
Xiao Heng's voice, carrying the pressure of a superior, struck Fu Zhixing's ears directly.
Fu Zhixing looked up at him, a faint smile on his lips, "Your Majesty, are you saying that I covet your woman?"
"But she should have been mine."
Xiao Heng sneered, his long dark eyebrows curved into sharp arcs, "Yours? Fu Zhixing, all the women in this world belong to me."
"Don't say that Concubine Xi is only engaged to you. Even if she really marries you, if I like her, I can still snatch her away and make her my woman."
"Besides, you were the one who broke your promise first. How dare you say that it should have been yours?"
Every word he spoke was like a slap in the face to Fu Zhixing.
Yes, what qualifications does he have to say that Yuetang is his now?
The past cannot be reversed, and the good times of the past are like smoke.
There’s no going back…
From the moment he chose Liu Yueyao, he and Yuetang were destined to be enemies for life.
Thinking of this, Fu Zhixing felt a bitter taste in his throat and raised the corners of his scarlet eyes to look at the emperor who was high above him.
"Yes, I am too embarrassed to talk about the past."
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is deeply in love with you. What about you? Do you love her? Are you worthy of her sincerity?"
When Yuetang looked at Xiao Heng tenderly and was willing to kill himself for Xiao Heng, he understood that Yuetang's heart had already been filled with another person.
Xiao Heng's hand, which was stroking the jade ring, suddenly froze, his eyes sharp as arrows: "I'm not worthy, are you?"
"Fu Zhixing, you really don't understand women. In their eyes, love is far less important than power and glory."
"Love is but a lie that deceives the mind. If I can protect her dignity for a lifetime, it will surpass all the love in the world."
"No! Your Majesty, you are wrong." Fu Zhixing said.
"Other women might value power and status, but Concubine Xi is not one of them. Abandoned by her father at a young age, she lived alone in the manor for nine years. She is selfish and sensitive, yet desperately lacks love. All she wants is a home and a husband who loves her."
After saying this, Fu Zhixing sneered: "It seems that Your Majesty doesn't understand her at all."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Zhixing felt a tightness in his throat.
Xiao Heng grabbed his neck and pressed him against the cold pillar, staring at him fiercely: "It is not your turn to interfere in my affairs. Don't be so self-indulgent as to think that you understand Concubine Xi so well."
"Even though I don't understand her very well now, I will spend my whole life trying to understand her in the future! And you, Fu Zhixing..."
After saying this, Xiao Heng pushed him heavily to the ground and said in a loud voice: "Editor Fu has committed the crime of great disrespect. He shall be lashed with the cane thirty times, stripped of his Hanlin Academy uniform, and demoted to a minor official in Yazhou."
"Zhou Defu! Go and tell Fu Ze'an to come and take his good son out of the palace."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Defu quickly agreed and retreated immediately.
He naturally knew in his heart that the emperor was asking Lord Fu to take Fu Zhixing out of the palace on the surface, but in fact he was trying to scare him.
It was also a warning to Lord Fu that Fu Zhixing was given a lighter punishment today because of his face, and he should be more diligent and conscientious in the future.
After all, disrespecting the king is a capital crime, and sparing his life is already a great mercy.
Fu Zhixing was not at all surprised by this punishment.
Even if he hadn't said this just now, the emperor would not let him go easily.
Because no man can tolerate that his woman has been engaged to someone else, let alone he is an emperor who is high above everyone else.
How could he tolerate his woman being coveted by others?
But even so, he still had to say it.
Say what he wants to say most in his heart.
He leaned over to the ground and called out to Xiao Heng who was about to leave.
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say."
"From the beginning to the end, the relationship between me and Empress Xi has always been one-sided. Empress Xi has never had any love for me."
Xiao Heng closed his eyes impatiently. He knew what these words meant, and he also believed that Liu Yuetang would not fall for such a useless man.
"I once promised her that I would give her a complete family..."
At this point, he laughed at himself and said, "In the end, I was blinded by the interests and the beauty of women, so I broke my promise and let her down."
"I hope Your Majesty will not let her down, love her well, pamper her, and fill the missing piece in her heart."
He slowly raised his eyes to look at the emperor's dark back, a sincere blessing in his eyes.
There was a moment of stagnation in the air, and then the emperor's deep voice rang out: "My woman, I know how to pamper her."
Watching Xiao Heng's gradually receding footsteps, Fu Zhixing smiled foolishly, until a touch of heat fell on his face, and he was shocked to realize that his vision was already blurred.
From then on, he would never see his sister Yuetang again.
He suddenly remembered that in March of that year, the branches were covered with bright peach blossoms.
She leaned against the tree, reaching out to catch the falling pink and white petals, looking so cute and lovely.
He was so moved that he wanted to kiss her.
But she refused, saying that she had to wait until the day of formal marriage before he would give herself to him without reservation.
But for eight years after the engagement, she didn't let him kiss her, or even touch her at all, and he had never even held her hand.
So, he began to question her, questioning whether she loved him at all.
In a fit of anger, he didn't send any letters to see her for several months.
Later, Liu Yueyao's appearance, her initiative, and her charm made him a little dazzled. He thought it would be great if she were like this.
Later, he got drunk and spent a night with Liu Yueyao.
He subconsciously thought that he had sex with Liu Yueyao because he liked her.
Therefore, even if he has Yuetang in his heart, he must be responsible for Liu Yueyao.
But after he got married, he realized that the night was not one of deep love, but Liu Yueyao had used an aphrodisiac.
Too bad nothing can go back...
Fu Zhixing closed his scarlet eyes.
"Yutang, I hope what I said just now helped you."
"Since I can't protect you for your whole life, let someone else protect you for your whole life."
After Xiao Heng boarded the dragon chariot, he tapped the armrests with his fingertips and said, "Hurry to Yaoyue Palace."
The palace servants who were carrying the sedan chair did not dare to delay for a moment, and quickly lifted the dragon sedan chair and walked quickly towards the Yaoyue Palace.
The sixteen people's footsteps were as steady as drumbeats, making a deep and sharp sound on the bluestone slabs.
When they hurried to Yaoyue Palace, all the candles in the palace were out, and only the cold and frosty moonlight was shining on the palace walls.
The nights in early winter were exceptionally cold, yet Xiao Heng felt a little sweat on his back.
He hurriedly stepped into the Yaoyue Palace, but because it was dark, he tripped over the threshold and fell forward, stumbling a few steps.
"Your Majesty!" Zhou Defu was shocked.
He hurried forward to support Xiao Heng who had already stood firmly: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
He couldn't see Xiao Heng's expression, he just saw him walking straight towards the main hall.
Zhou Defu cried out inwardly, his gray eyebrows twisted into two knots.
Concubine Xi is really too angry. She knew that the emperor would come, but she still extinguished all the candles.
Isn't it obvious that he is just angry?
Just when he thought Xiao Heng was going to kick the door open in anger, there was a knock on the door.
Then, the emperor's gentle voice came from the darkness.
"Miaomiao, are you asleep?"
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