Chapter 182
Now Song Xuan is the emperor, and so is Shen Qingnian; there is no longer any affection between them as husband and wife.
The man's face was cold and his eyes were dark and ruthless, brooking no doubt.
The man before her was a stranger to Shen Qingnian, and filled her with guilt. She knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please have mercy. This sinner has a mother and daughter to care for and cannot return to the capital with Your Majesty. Please..."
Before Shen Qingnian could finish speaking, Song Xuan interrupted her. His dark eyes gradually turned bloodshot, and his icy tone was filled with anger: "Have mercy? Shen Qingnian, what right do you have to ask me to have mercy?! When you were using me, did you ever think about this day? When you betrayed me, did you ever think about this now?!"
She trampled on his sincere feelings; did she ever feel any remorse or regret?
As soon as Song Xuan finished speaking, the little Yan Qing he was holding spoke up with a sob in her voice: "Mother, Mother, please don't abandon your child..."
He was very afraid that his mother would not return to the capital with them.
A pang of sorrow welled up in Shen Qingnian's heart. The next moment, her sleeve was pulled up by a force, and she was pulled to her feet.
The man stopped in front of her, his tone icy: "I am merely informing you, not asking for your opinion. You must return to the capital."
Suppressing her emotions, Shen Qingnian finally lowered her head and said, "This sinful woman understands."
With the man's attitude, there was no room for negotiation. She could only accept whatever treatment he might give her after returning to Beijing.
Seeing Shen Qingnian like this, Song Xuan's eyes grew even colder. He felt a tightness and pain in his heart, but he couldn't say a word.
He couldn't stand her like that.
Seeing his mother so humble, Xiao Yanqing felt a pang of heartache in his eyes, but he dared not speak. His father was already very angry, and he was afraid that if he spoke out of turn, he would make his father even angrier.
Just then, a commotion came from outside the courtyard, and then little Shen Xi's sweet voice rang out from outside: "Mother, it's Constable Zhou's older brother!"
It was Zhou Shiyu who drove the oxcart over to pick up Zhou An and take him back.
The guard at the door also came in. He clasped his hands and reported to Song Xuan: "Your Majesty, Zhou Shiyu, the suspect in the granary case, is driving an oxcart at the door. That constable Zhou is Zhou An."
This was meant to remind Song Xuan that Zhou An might be hiding here.
Song Xuan gave Shen Qingnian a deep look, then waved to summon the two guards beside him to come down and watch over Shen Qingnian.
He carried Xiao Yanqing out of the house and happened to run into Zhou Shiyu who was walking in.
Little Yanqing leaned on Song Xuan's shoulder, waved to Shen Qingnian, and silently said, "Mother, your child will come to see you again!"
His mother seemed to be a very good person, though not as gentle as others said, but he felt that this kind of mother was better.
He is a child with a mother now, and not only does he have a mother, but he also has a little sister named Xi!
In Xiao Yanqing's view, even though his father was angry with his mother, he still liked her. He believed that once they returned to the capital, his father and mother would reconcile quickly and live happily together.
As Shen Qingnian watched the man's cold departing figure and the obvious joy in Xiao Yanqing's eyes, she felt her thoughts were in turmoil, and her mind was a jumbled mess.
The man's sudden arrival reminded her of the capital, of that painful and difficult period of her life, of the only sweetness in that memory, and of Shen Zheng's coercion...
Song Xuan took the Zhou Shiyu brothers away. After leaving Shen Qingnian's courtyard, he came to the two jasmine trees.
He drew his sword from his waist, and as the long blade flashed with a cold light, the pure white blossoms on the two trees fell one after another, scattering across the ground...
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