Chapter 277: Arson
After Liu Yuetang sat down, she realized that Su Nanqing had come alone and had never seen Taxue.
I couldn't help but ask, "Hey, where's Taxue? Didn't she come with you today?"
Su Nanqing lowered her eyes and gently rubbed her temples. "Just now, I was walking on the snow and saw that there was a bit of wind outside, so I went back to the palace to get my cloak."
Liu Yuetang glanced around the inner hall, and finally fixed her eyes on the wine glass on the table, smiling and saying "Oh".
"How about we drink this wine another day?"
"How can this be possible?" Su Nanqing immediately refused: "No matter what, I will drink with you today."
She held Liu Yuetang's hand, her eyes reflecting the candlelight, tinged with warmth, "I know you've been in a bad mood these past two days."
"Is there a conflict with the Emperor?"
Without waiting for Liu Yuetang to speak, she slowly lowered her eyes and sighed softly, "Flowers bloom and fade, the moon waxes and wanes, the emperor's favor is like the clouds in the sky, seemingly within reach, but vanishes in the blink of an eye."
"Sister, you now have the second princess, and you have hope for the future. You don't have to worry too much about the emperor's attitude at the moment."
Liu Yuetang also held her hand and nodded gently: "Okay! Sister is right."
Su Nanqing rubbed his temples and said, "I'm not so dizzy anymore."
"Fill my glass with wine. I won't leave until I'm drunk tonight."
"What palace rules and etiquette, the unpredictable mind of the emperor, let's throw them all out! Let's drink well all night."
Liu Yuetang picked up the wine jar, her beautiful eyes slightly tearful: "Sister, if you really feel dizzy, please tell me, don't try to be stubborn."
Su Nanqing waved her hand and said, "It's nothing. I know my own body well."
"It's rare that we're all in the mood tonight."
After saying that, she picked up the wine glass that Liu Yuetang had filled, "Come, let's drink it all."
Liu Yuetang tapped the cup lightly with her jade fingers and clinked glasses together. The smile on her lips faded a little in an intriguing way, hidden by her sleeves.
After two drinks, Su Nanqing's cheeks were already slightly hot, and her eyes were hazy as if covered by mist. "Sister, do you remember, on the day of the audition, I said... If I can be selected, I will repay your kindness in the future."
Liu Yuetang nodded gently, and suddenly felt dizzy, with lights and shadows all around her.
Su Nanqing slowly stood up, dragging her skirt, and paced back and forth in front of her with a smile on her face.
"Later, to repay you, I treated you as a sister."
"It's so cold in the temple in winter, so cold, yet I gave you more than half of my only charcoal."
At this point, she hugged her shoulders with her hands, and her smile became even brighter. "Many nights, I was so cold that I couldn't sleep all night, but thinking that you could be warmer, I think it was worth it."
Liu Yuetang wanted to speak, but she was too weak to make a sound. She could only hear her own mumbling lingering in her ears.
Su Nanqing gathered the loose hair from her temples and tucked it behind her ear, continuing, "Every time you gained favor and were promoted, I was always the happiest one. But when I saw you being murdered, I risked offending the six palaces to plead for you."
"You were grounded, and I gave you all my savings, hoping that you could live a better life."
"I'm even willing to give my child to you."
"I'm sincere to you, but you..." Her eyes flashed, and the scarlet in her eyes was like a poisoned blade piercing Liu Yuetang.
He leaned over and lifted Liu Yuetang's chin with his jade-white fingertips, raising his eyebrows fiercely, "How did you treat me?"
"When I had a difficult labor and needed a caesarean section, you didn't even offer a word of plea."
"I'm willing to give Bai'er to you to raise, but if you give birth to a daughter, you won't be willing to give her to me to raise!"
Seeing Liu Yuetang about to fall, Su Nanqing pinched her neck fiercely and stood up, with a sick hatred surging in his eyes: "You know! If I hadn't been on good terms with you, my aunt wouldn't have died, and my child wouldn't have died!"
Liu Yuetang's limbs gradually lost feeling, and she used up all her strength before she shook her head softly.
"What? Do you feel that I have wronged you?" Su Nanqing curled his lips coldly.
She approached Liu Yuetang's pale face, her eyes almost biting her, "You are not wronged at all!"
"Liu Yuetang! You have been taking advantage of my feelings for you and have been calculating my feelings for you!"
"Until death... you were still on guard against me!"
She pushed Liu Yuetang down onto the pillow, and her white fingertips brushed across her cheek with a frightening tenderness.
"Liu Yuetang, Liu Yuetang, your cleverness may have backfired!"
"Do you feel so weak now that you can't even speak?"
"Hahahaha..." She chuckled softly, her eyes turned red and tears appeared.
Then he raised his hand and gently tidied Liu Yuetang's messy hair, and said each word with extreme tenderness, "Because... I poisoned her."
"However, I put the poison in the incense on my body, and the antidote -"
She dragged out the last word, her eyes flickering slightly, "and then put it into this jar of wine."
"But my dear sister...you didn't drink the wine, so you didn't cure the poison."
She tilted her head slightly: "I don't want you to die, but..."
"Hehehe..." She chuckled, her pearly teeth glistening strangely in the candlelight.
"But you're courting death! You've sent yourself to the gates of hell!"
After saying that, she stood up slowly, waving her sleeves as she staggered towards the door.
Liu Yuetang half-closed her eyes, and tried to grab the table beside her with her fingertips, but she only felt nothing. She collapsed like a kite with a broken string, and closed her eyes weakly.
“Da da da da…”
“Da da da da…”
After closing the door, Su Nanqing sprinkled tung oil on the doors and windows while humming a tune.
Looking at the spider-web-like patterns on the window frame, she opened her arms and slowly turned them in a circle.
Finally, she walked to the dressing table and sprinkled all the floral oil and pearl oil used for combing hair on the curtains, tables and chairs.
After making sure everything was correct, she walked towards the Arhat bed with the flickering candle between her fingertips, the flames making her pupils as red as blood.
She suddenly threw the candle flame onto the brocade-covered bed.
With a loud "boom", flames suddenly jumped up, engulfing the entire Arhat bed and window, and the places where oil was spilled in the hall also began to burn fiercely.
When Su Nanqing turned around, the fire had already separated the two of them into a wall of fire.
Thick smoke wrapped in heat waves blew in our faces, making it impossible to open our eyes.
But she still saw Liu Yuetang's frowned and pale face.
In a trance, she seemed to see Liu Yuetang under the osmanthus tree, smiling at her gently.
They laughed and talked sweetly, picking flowers and brewing wine together...
But... the harem can't accommodate them.
Looking at the shadow of Liu Yuetang in the flames, Su Nanqing raised his lips and smiled, feeling relieved.
"I'll stay with you."
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