Chapter 53 There will be more later
She lived for sixteen years and never felt a moment of true love or happiness in the world.
Since she could remember, the question she asked most often was: "When will my father come to pick me up?"
"When can I see my aunt again?"
"Do my father and aunt not want me anymore?"
During the nine years she stayed in the village, the thing she did most was waiting.
At that time, she was just a little person, sitting at the door, looking at the distant road for several hours.
How she wished that her father and aunt would appear on the road ahead and take her home.
However, every time she waited, she was met with endless disappointment.
"My lady..." Liu Zheng felt a pang of pain in her nose, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Seeing this, Liu Yuetang comforted her instead.
"Liu Zheng, you've been with me for many years, you should understand that I'm a selfish person."
"No one in this world is more important than myself."
"For me, a child may be my lifelong comfort, but it is also my weakness. If I cannot give him a happy childhood, why would I bring him into the world?"
"So, it doesn't matter to me whether I have biological children or not."
Liu Zheng smiled with tears in her eyes: "Yes, my lady is right. If you can become a mother painlessly, why would you risk your life to give birth to a child?"
Liu Yuetang placed her hand on her aching abdomen, a dark shadow in her eyes.
"Being childless is my weakness, so I will try to turn it into my strength."
Night fell, lightning and thunder appeared.
Heavy rain poured down in an instant, hitting the eaves and making a loud noise, and instantly flooded the courtyard.
Listening to the roaring thunder, Xiao Heng suddenly remembered that he had promised a woman that he would accompany her on a stormy night.
Thinking of this, he no longer had the heart to review the memorials and put down his pen.
Jiang Defu stepped forward quickly: "Your Majesty, are you going to bed?"
Xiao Heng stood up and said, "Let's go to Liuyin Palace."
Zhou Defu was startled. "Your Majesty, it's raining heavily outside. Be careful not to catch a cold. If you want to see Lady Liu, I'll send for her right away."
Xiao Heng glanced at him coldly and said in a deep voice, "If you keep making noise, I will cut off your tongue."
Zhou Defu immediately closed his lips, picked up the umbrella beside him and quickly chased after him.
When Xiao Heng arrived at Liuyin Palace, he was already soaked, and the umbrella on the dragon chariot could not block the heavy rain.
When Wan Qiu saw the emperor's face at the door, she was shocked and quickly bowed: "Your servant greets the emperor."
"Where is your master?"
Wan Qiu replied, "The young lady is inside."
Xiao Heng shook off the raindrops on his sleeves and walked straight in.
The doors and windows of the hall were closed, and it was quiet but stuffy.
The flickering candlelight made the figure of the woman in the curtain hazy and translucent.
Xiao Heng was immediately displeased.
He came in the rain, but the woman in front of him did not greet him and was even lying leisurely on the bed.
"There was a thunderstorm outside, but Tang'er was sleeping soundly."
Hearing Xiao Heng's voice, Liu Yuetang was startled and slowly opened her eyes.
"I am not feeling well and cannot get up to pay my respects to the Emperor."
The weak voice of a woman floated in the air, and Xiao Heng's displeasure immediately turned into worry. He stepped forward and lifted the curtain.
Liu Yuetang's skin was as delicate as jade without any redness, her pale lips were tightly pursed, and she was holding her lower abdomen in extreme pain.
Xiao Heng's brows tightened: "What's going on?"
Liu Yuetang said softly, "I was too fond of the cold today and drank a bowl of iced mung bean soup, which caused me to have abdominal pain after my period."
"Nonsense!" Xiao Heng scolded in a deep voice, with an angry look on his face.
"If you don't take care of yourself and develop a serious illness, don't cry in front of me."
Xiao Heng rarely spoke so harshly, which frightened Liu Yuetang so much that her eyelashes trembled and she pulled Xiao Heng's sleeve.
"Your Majesty, I have learned my lesson and will not dare to do it again next time. Please don't be angry, Your Majesty, okay?"
No matter how angry Xiao Heng was, his anger gradually subsided because of her gentle and soft voice.
As she spoke, Liu Yuetang took his wrist and realized that his entire sleeve was soaked.
"Your Majesty, your clothes are all wet."
She felt more and more guilty, her brows and eyes were full of heartache, and she held Xiao Heng's hand tightly, wanting to give him warmth.
"It's all my fault. You got soaked."
Xiao Heng looked at her soft white hands, which were obviously a little colder than his own, but he felt a warmth in his heart.
"Liu Zheng...quickly prepare hot water and help the emperor bathe and change his clothes."
Liu Yuetang quickly stood up and tried to help Xiao Heng undress.
Seeing that she looked haggard and had difficulty even standing up, yet still cared about him, Xiao Heng's heart suddenly softened.
"I'll do it myself, you lie down and rest."
He was full of cold air, and if he passed it on to her, the pain would probably be even worse.
When Xiao Heng came out of the shower and changed his clothes, Liu Yuetang was about to take the medicine.
He reached out and took the medicine bowl from Liu Zheng's hand, saying calmly, "I'm here."
Liu Yuetang was slightly startled: "Your Majesty..."
He scooped up a spoonful of medicine, blew it cool and then fed it to her lips.
Liu Yuetang drank it in one gulp and looked at Xiao Heng deeply.
His complexion was gentle under his plain clothes, and the candlelight shining on his angular face added a touch of softness and warmth.
"What's wrong?"
"But the medicine is bitter?" Xiao Heng asked.
Liu Yuetang was stunned for a moment. This was the first time someone asked her if the medicine she drank was bitter.
She shook her head slightly: "Not bitter..."
How could it be bitter? Compared to the suffering I've endured before, this is nothing.
Back in Zhuangzi, when she was less than ten years old, an illness almost killed her.
She swallowed bowl after bowl of medicine, but she didn't feel the bitterness at all, or rather, she was not afraid of the bitterness at all. She just hoped that the medicine could cure her illness.
She is already immune to all poisons, so why would she be afraid of the bitterness of the medicine?
When Xiao Heng saw the light in her eyes, he understood something.
Wen Yan said: "Silly boy, how can the medicine not be bitter?"
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Zheng and said, "Go prepare some preserves for your young master."
Liu Zheng was stunned for a moment, then happily agreed.
After she finished drinking the medicine, Xiao Heng picked up a candied fruit and fed it to her personally.
"If you eat candied fruit, it won't taste bitter anymore."
Liu Yuetang tasted the candied fruit, and the sweetness spread in her mouth like a trickle of water.
Her eyes moistened as she smiled and said, "This is the first time I've eaten candied fruit after taking medicine."
“So sweet.”
She noticed Xiao Heng's distressed and frozen eyes and knew that she had controlled her tears very well.
When a woman sheds tears, she also pays attention to her beauty.
Tears welling up in the eyelashes, about to fall, are the most touching and lovable.
After a moment, Xiao Heng smiled warmly: "Everything will come in the future."
After saying that, he reached out and took Liu Yuetang into his arms.
Liu Yuetang didn't know when she fell asleep. She only remembered waking up once late at night.
In a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, it seemed as if a man's large and warm hand was covering her lower abdomen.
He asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"
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