Chapter 314 Don’t Go, Okay
"Xueji, do you think I'm heartless?"
Xue Ji's brows furrowed, "Madam... why do you suddenly say that?"
Liu Yuetang's eyes were filled with tears, and her voice trembled. "Ever since entering the palace, I've told myself not to be tempted, and certainly not to believe in the so-called feelings in this palace. Whether it's love or sisterhood, I've kept my heart steady, but... I seem to have hurt so many people again."
Xue Ji held Liu Yuetang tightly, "Princess, please don't think like that."
"Have you forgotten what the princess told you? When you return, don't have any lingering feelings or attachments."
"I know...but Your Majesty..."
When Xiao Heng was mentioned, Liu Yuetang's cherry lips condensed.
When she returned to the palace this time, she realized that Xiao Heng was not as ruthless as she had imagined.
She also underestimated Xiao Heng's love for her.
While he was thinking about it, he saw Bu Zi'an rushing over.
The corners of his robe were blown up by the wind, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, obviously he had been running all the way.
"Your servant pays his respects to the Imperial Concubine." Bu Zi'an bowed with his clothes lowered, his voice breathy.
Liu Yuetang raised her hand lightly, "Excuse me, Eunuch Bu, but what does the Emperor want to order?"
Bu Zi'an hesitated to speak, then suddenly fell to his knees with a plop, his voice filled with tears: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you to come to the Purple Palace immediately!"
"The Emperor was in a bad mood this morning. Our servants wanted to change his dressings, but he refused. He left the medicine untouched and didn't even eat a bite of his lunch. His wound is now in great pain, and his face has turned pale. But no matter how much our servants tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen and refused to let us change the dressings."
As he spoke, he kowtowed hurriedly, "Your Majesty, the only one in the palace who can be listened to by the Emperor. Please have mercy on him and persuade him!"
Liu Yuetang frowned, "Did the Emperor order you to come?"
Bu Zi'an's eyes trembled, and he quickly said, "No, I came here secretly. The emperor is in great pain, and I am so distressed that I can only ask you, Your Majesty, for help."
Purple Palace.
Xiao Heng picked up the bronze mirror and looked at himself, then pulled down a few strands of his meticulously combed hair, letting them hang messily beside his cheeks.
He didn't sleep all night last night, so his face looked particularly haggard. With these strands of hair, he looked even more sickly.
"Is this okay? Doesn't it look uncomfortable?"
Xiao Heng looked up at Zhou Defu.
Zhou Defu looked at it carefully, pointed at Xiao Heng's collar and said, "Your Majesty, your collar is too neat, how about..."
He took small steps forward, and with his fingertips he gently loosened the jade belt tied neatly around Xiao Heng's neck. He then brushed back the hair that had been tangled in his hair and said in a low voice, "You look like you're in so much pain that you don't have the energy to take care of yourself. You look even more sick. Your Majesty would surely be heartbroken if she saw you like that."
Xiao Heng looked at himself in the bronze mirror again, frowning slightly: "Isn't this too deliberate?"
Although he said this, he did not fasten his collar. Instead, he raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, deliberately letting a hint of fatigue appear between his brows.
Zhou Defu smiled and said, "I think it's just right. Even a eunuch like me would feel distressed if I saw it, let alone the Imperial Concubine."
Xiao Heng then put down the bronze mirror and glanced towards the palace door, "Why hasn't Concubine Jing arrived yet?"
"Bu Zi'an has gone to invite her. I believe the Imperial Concubine is on her way. Your Majesty, please wait patiently for a moment."
Xiao Heng nodded slightly, then picked up the bronze mirror and looked at his face anxiously. Then he leaned back on the soft pillow, trying to find a weak posture.
Just as he was looking forward to it, Liu Yuetang's voice rang out from outside. Xiao Heng paused and sat up suddenly, "Is it Concubine Jing who is here?"
"Oh, Your Majesty, please lie down, lie down!" Zhou Defu reminded quickly.
Xiao Heng finally reacted and hurriedly stuffed the mirror under his pillow. He then quickly relaxed, leaned back on the pillow and closed his eyes for a nap. He deliberately slowed down his breathing and pretended to be enduring the pain.
Zhou Defu hurried out and bumped into Liu Yuetang. He quickly bowed and said, "Your servant greets the Imperial Concubine."
Liu Yuetang looked at Xiao Heng lying on the bed. Seeing that he looked unhappy, she asked with a worried look on her face, "How is the emperor?"
Zhou Defu's brows knitted together, his voice tinged with tears. "Your Majesty, the Emperor's wound is in great pain today. He refuses to change the dressing or eat."
As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes, and he bowed repeatedly to Liu Yuetang, "Your Highness, you've arrived just in time. Please help me persuade the Emperor. Even if you can just accompany him for a meal and change his medicine, that would be helpful."
Liu Yuetang waved her hand and said, "You guys go down, I'm here to accompany you."
"Yes, I thank the Imperial Concubine." When Zhou Defu lowered his head, the smile disappeared from the corner of his mouth in an instant.
I thought, now the emperor should be satisfied.
He never expected that a dignified emperor would use the method of self-torture to win a woman's heart.
The emperor was so majestic in the court and so decisive in handling government affairs. Now, in order to keep the empress's heart, he even resorted to such methods.
After all, the hard approach didn't work, so they turned to the soft approach.
Liu Yuetang walked to Xiao Heng's side.
He seemed to be in great pain, his brows tightly furrowed, and he leaned against the soft pillow.
Liu Yuetang lowered her eyes to look at the wound on his arm. There was a faint trace of blood under the gauze. When she was about to speak, she accidentally found the mirror he placed next to the pillow.
The mirror surface was wiped very brightly.
Liu Yuetang already understood in her heart that if she was in so much pain that she was on a hunger strike, how could she still care about her appearance?
She shook her head helplessly and called softly, "Your Majesty?"
The person on the couch didn't move at all, as if he didn't hear anything.
However, Liu Yuetang still noticed it. He rubbed the fingers on the ring a few times, obviously pretending to be asleep.
So, she cleared her throat and said loudly, "Since the emperor is asleep, I will take my leave first."
Xiao Heng's fingertips paused when he heard this, and a barely perceptible nervousness appeared at the corners of his tightly pursed lips, but he still didn't speak.
"Then I will really leave."
Liu Yuetang said this and turned to leave. But just as she turned around, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by a strong force.
"Don't go." Xiao Heng's voice was filled with anxiety. Before he finished speaking, he heard him gasp, "Hiss——"
Liu Yuetang turned around and saw that the blood color on his gauze was getting darker and darker. Fine cold sweat instantly broke out on his pale forehead. It was obvious that the wound was involved and the pain was unbearable.
Her pupils suddenly dilated, "Your Majesty... please let me go, your arm is still injured!"
Hearing the anxiety in her voice, the pain in Xiao Heng's arm instantly dissipated by half.
Not only did he not let go of Liu Yuetang's hand, but he used the momentum to exert a little force, and his other uninjured arm naturally wrapped around her waist, and he gently rested his head on her chest.
Just like a child, her voice was soft: "Please don't go."
"Don't ever leave me."
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