Chapter 50 Chu Huaiyu Keeps a Beauty in a Golden House
Upon hearing this, Chu Huaiyu's expression suddenly darkened, and he stared sharply at Lu Zhaoxue. Beneath Chu Huaiyu's seemingly calm face lay an unfathomable killing intent.
"If you insist on seeing Chu Siheng, I will take his life."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhaoxue let out a few short and shrill laughs. The sound of her laughter made people's hearts tighten. She trembled as she propped herself up, her neck veins bulging from the excessive force. She tilted her head back and stared directly at Chu Huaiyu.
"You've already ruined him like this, why won't you let him go?"
Chu Siheng has fallen from grace and is now barely clinging to life. She really can't understand how Chu Huaiyu could be so heartless as to still refuse to let Chu Siheng go even after things have come to this.
"Lu Zhaoxue, let me tell you! Whether I let him go or not is entirely up to you, and whether he lives or dies is also entirely up to you!"
Chu Huaiyu reached out and touched Lu Zhaoxue's cheek, his fingertips gently stroking her eyebrows and eyes.
"If you behave and satisfy me, I will surely be merciful and let him go. But if you dare to disobey me again, I will have no choice but to send him to meet the King of Hell."
Lu Zhaoxue froze, a bone-chilling cold seeping into her very marrow. She felt as if Chu Huaiyu was driving her crazy. She grabbed Chu Huaiyu's hand from her cheek, put it to her mouth, and bit down hard, her teeth instantly embedding into Chu Huaiyu's flesh.
He paused for a moment, but did not pull his hand away, letting her bite it.
Soon, blood flowed down Lu Zhaoxue's lips, but Chu Huaiyu just chuckled expressionlessly, "Zhaoxue, just keep biting. The harder you bite, the faster Chu Siheng will die!"
Lu Zhaoxue froze, then immediately released her grip, her eyes darting around erratically, as if all her strength had been drained away.
Chu Huaiyu pulled Lu Zhaoxue back into his arms, gently tucked a stray hair behind her ear, kissed her cheek, and then slowly said, "Zhaoxue, actually, Chu Siheng's illness isn't a heart ailment at all; he's been poisoned."
Lu Zhaoxue's pupils dilated suddenly as she looked at Chu Huaiyu in disbelief. "What did you say?!"
“My dear Zhaoxue, as long as you listen to me obediently, Chu Siheng will be able to live well. Otherwise... I think you know what I mean.”
In the days that followed, Lu Zhaoxue did not resist anymore, nor did she dare to resist. She did whatever Chu Huaiyu said, for fear that Chu Huaiyu would hurt Chu Siheng again.
Lu Zhaoxue was like a puppet, lifeless. Chu Huaiyu hated her dead-like appearance, but he was powerless to do anything about it.
Time passed quietly, and rumors suddenly spread in the palace that the emperor no longer cared about the empress and the imperial concubines for a woman, and that he spent all his time with that woman.
People are curious about the background of this woman whom Chu Huaiyu kept in a golden house. How could she possibly win the emperor's favor so much?
The light outside the window shifted from bright to dark and back again, while a somber atmosphere permeated the hall. Lu Zhaoxue didn't know how long she had been imprisoned; she only knew that Chu Huaiyu was unwilling to let her go or allow her to see anyone.
Sometimes, when Lu Zhaoxue heard the occasional light footsteps and faint whispers outside the palace, she felt increasingly uneasy.
One day, when the rumors spread like vines throughout the palace, Empress Dowager Rong, Chu Huaiyu's birth mother, came to see him in person.
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