Chapter 312 I Can’t Live Without You
"What!?" Xiao Heng suddenly took a half step back, looking at Liu Yuetang fiercely and heartbrokenly: "You actually... want to take Yue'er with you?"
"You haven't even returned to the palace yet, but you're already planning how to return to the palace for revenge, how to take Yue'er away, and how to leave me completely, right?"
He suddenly shouted angrily.
"Tell me! Is it true?"
Xiao Heng glared at her, his eyes filled with stinging anger and crushing despair.
Liu Yuetang lowered her eyes and said slowly, "Yes."
Xiao Heng felt a sharp pain in his heart. He clenched his palms and gasped, "Have you never thought about me?"
"I've never thought about what would happen if I lost you again! I've never thought about how I could not live without Yue'er, without you."
"Of course I have thought about it." Liu Yuetang looked up.
"It is precisely because I am afraid that Your Majesty will be sad that I am telling you the truth today."
Xiao Heng finally understood...
It turned out...it turned out that the knife he blocked for her just now softened her heart and made her tell the truth about her identity.
At this moment, he suddenly regretted that he should not have deliberately bumped his arm into the knife and should not have been injured so badly.
Maybe... she could stay by his side for a few more months as Zong Zheng Qianyin.
Perhaps, in these few months he could move her and get her to stay.
But now it was too late. She said that she was Liu Yuetang, and told the purpose of her entering the palace and the reason for her leaving.
"Your Majesty...even if I take Yue'er away, she is still your daughter. I can still bring her to the palace to see you often."
"Look at me!? Haha..." Xiao Heng smiled bitterly.
"She is my daughter, the princess of Jingyuan, and she can only stay in Jingyuan for the rest of her life! I will not allow anyone to take her away!" Xiao Heng gritted his teeth, his eyes cold.
He suddenly thought that she wanted to take Yue'er away with her.
Then, if Yue'er doesn't leave, she won't leave either.
As long as he doesn't let Yue'er leave, Liu Yuetang can stay in the palace for a longer time, even if it is five years, two years, or one year.
The two looked at each other, and the air seemed to freeze in an instant.
Liu Yuetang had just guessed the result.
I just didn't expect Xiao Heng to be so excited.
After all, she shouldn't be soft-hearted and should leave quietly as Zong Zheng Qianyin.
The emperor is the son of heaven after all. Even if he is reluctant to let her go, he will use the toughest means to hold on to the last bit of connection with her so that she cannot leave.
This night was undoubtedly a sleepless night.
Before Liu Yuetang left Zichen Palace, Xiao Heng issued an oral order, forbidding anyone to approach the second princess, especially Concubine Jing.
This decree made the queen even more certain that Zong Zheng Qianyin, who was returning to the palace, was Liu Yuetang.
Fu Liu asked, "Your Majesty, why are you so sure that Imperial Concubine Jing is Imperial Concubine Xi?"
The Queen gently patted Xiyue, who was about to fall asleep, and whispered softly, "Fuliu, I finally understand that the look of love in one's eyes cannot be hidden or deceived. The Emperor looks at Concubine Jing even more intensely than Concubine Xi. Last night, in a critical moment, the Emperor blurted out Concubine Xi's name, and Concubine Jing's eyes showed no surprise at all, but rather moved."
"I think the Emperor's decree is probably intended to test whether Imperial Concubine Jing is Imperial Concubine Xi."
"Or perhaps... Noble Concubine Jing's identity was revealed last night, and the Emperor issued this decree because of a rift between him and Noble Concubine Jing."
"Ah?" Fu Liu's face was full of worry.
"Your Majesty...if Imperial Concubine Jing is really Imperial Concubine Xi, then shouldn't the Second Princess be sent back?"
The queen looked at Yue'er who had just fallen asleep. Her little face was rosy and her long eyelashes were like two small fans covering her eyelids, trembling slightly with her breathing.
Seeing her, the queen's eyes softened like melted honey, and she said softly, "It's better for the child to be with her biological mother."
"Noble Concubine Xi is not someone who doesn't know the big picture. If I raise the child with her, she will definitely agree. If she doesn't want to, I am still her nominal mother, right?"
Fu Liu turned her head and thought, "For the past few months, you have taken great pains to take care of the princess, treating her like your own daughter. At the slightest noise at night, you would get up to coax her, change her diapers, and do everything yourself, not even the wet nurse could get involved. When she returns to Noble Concubine Jing, who will still remember you as her mother?"
The queen pulled her fingers away slightly, but found that they were still tightly held by the sleeping Yue'er. She had no choice but to let her hold them, and her fingertips gently stroked her tender skin.
"I'm taking care of her, not out of any desire to fight for anything. It's just that I feel pity for this well-behaved child. It's always good to have her mother back."
"Besides, I have always wanted a daughter, but was unable to achieve my wish. Even if Yue'er returns to Noble Concubine Xi in the future, she will still be my daughter. She has allowed me to experience a little bit of the happiness of raising a child. I am grateful for her coming."
"Everything is up to God's will, never force it. I will always remember this."
Before entering the palace, she warned herself that everything should be left to fate and should not be forced.
When she entered the palace, she became the Empress, the most powerful woman in the world.
Therefore, she cannot be greedy and want everything.
Fu Liu looked at the little person sleeping soundly on the couch, and a smile gradually spread across her face. "That's right... Even if Concubine Xi returns and takes the Second Princess away, I feel very happy when I recall these days. I won't regret adopting the Second Princess."
The queen turned to look at her, a soft smile playing on her lips, with a hint of relief and warmth.
She didn't say anything, but slowly raised her hand and gently held Fu Liu's hand.
*****
There were many concubines who were banished to the cold palace for framing Liu Yuetang, but Su Nanqing was special among them.
She was banished to the cold palace, and the suffering she endured was far more than just the loneliness and desolation of being isolated from the world.
Every day, palace maids would come in with something to start a fire and burn her skin one part at a time, one part a day, until there was no intact skin or flesh left on her body, and her skin and organs would rot and fail, and she would die.
This is also what Xiao Heng meant - to treat others in their own way.
The cold palace is located in the most remote corner of the imperial palace. The walls are peeling and the yard is overgrown with weeds.
As soon as Liu Yuetang stepped over the threshold, she saw several shadows emerging from the haystack. They were several crazy women, all dressed in rags.
Some of them were muttering to themselves against the wall, scratching the air with their fingers; some were playing a harmonica with a leaf; and some were claiming to be the queen, sitting in the courtyard.
The palace maid stood in front to lead the way, and said humbly, "Your Majesty, Su's room is just ahead."
Liu Yuetang did not stop and walked in the direction pointed by the palace maid.
When she was almost at the house, a pungent stench hit her in the face, and she couldn't help but wave her handkerchief.
"This room has been unoccupied for a long time, so it's dark and damp, and the smell isn't very pleasant. I'm afraid it might stain your Majesty's shoes, so I've prepared some shoe covers."
As he spoke, the eunuch presented the shoe covers.
Liu Yuetang winked at Xue Ji with satisfaction.
Xue Ji quickly handed a bag of reward money to the eunuch.
After putting on the shoe covers, the palace maid stepped forward and gently pushed open the creaking wooden door.
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