At this moment, Shu Yao felt that the tears she shed were sweet. "I understand, Jing Sha. There are no parents in the world who don't love their children..." She sobbed uncontrollably. With his actions and his deeply affectionate words, everything was worthwhile!
"Shu Yao, how can you not hate him? No matter what, if he hadn't brought Luo Wenpei back, you wouldn't have ended up dying such a tragic death. You should hate him!" Yue Fang couldn't bear to see them still loving each other without regret until their deaths, so she relentlessly sowed discord between them.
Shu Yao gazed tenderly at his eyes, which were also blurred with tears. She felt it was worth it to exchange nine lifetimes of grudges and entanglements for this life of lifelong companionship. She had finally broken the curse of nine lifetimes and her tenth rebirth was not in vain.
“I don’t hate you… Huo Jingshen, I really don’t hate you… This is all my fate, it’s God’s arrangement. It’s my destiny, and I have to accept it… But I beg you, you don’t have to die with me. You should take good care of him for the rest of your life.”
Huo Jingsha cut her off, "Xiao Bao is my son, so I believe he can be as strong as I am. Yue Ping has already given me orders to go to Gandan to make arrangements. My son will be fine. I will definitely go with you."
"Don't do this. I've said it before, even if I die before you, I hope you can live well and be happy."
He shook his head at her, "I'm not as strong as you think..." He wanted to say something more, but stopped abruptly, choking back tears. A string of tears finally rolled down his cheeks, and his sorrowful appearance was heartbreaking. He sobbed a few times before finally managing to squeeze out a sentence, "Don't try to comfort me. I can live without the whole world, but I can't live without you. Because of Luo Wenpei, I was forced to betray you. Although there was nothing between us, it still hurt you deeply. Later, I swore an oath to never hurt you again, but to save your life, I still chose to break my oath. I... I deserve to die. If you die today, I will hold you in my arms and die with you. Let's be buried together, and in the next life, let's be a loving couple again, okay?"
"You..." Shu Yao opened her mouth as if to say something more, but her throat felt like it was tied in a knot, and she could no longer utter any words of refusal.
"Is there really no solution? If we try to mend the broken mirror, we will surely die?" Xu Chang suddenly asked in a low voice. His master had treated him and Yue Ping well, and having witnessed his miserable state, his eyes also reddened.
"I've already told him the solution, but he's unwilling to implement it," the old Taoist priest, who had been watching the show as if nothing had happened, finally spoke up.
Xu Chang was startled. Was it still going to be the same old story of sacrificing Xiao Bao's life? This was as good as saying nothing at all! The master and the young mistress would never agree to that.
The old Taoist priest glanced at Huo Jingsha, his face instantly turning cold. "Impossible. To exchange a child's life for Yao'er, neither my husband nor I would agree to that!"
Shu Yao suddenly gripped his hand tightly, as if to show her resolve and to make sure he wouldn't waver. Then, she lowered her head and weakly leaned into his arms, her consciousness gradually fading. With infinite heartache, she stroked his face, which seemed to have endured countless hardships. With all her might, she managed to let a last, radiant smile appear on her face, and then... her hand on his face fell limply, and she too fell silent.
Huo Jingsha was stunned, her whole body frozen as if petrified, her dark eyes staring intently at the small mouth that no longer breathed, and the face that would never show joy, anger, sorrow or happiness again. Suddenly, she buried her head in her neck and burst into tears.
Xu Chang, standing beside him, could not hide his grief. He lowered his head and wiped his face with his large hand. When he looked up again, his pupils dilated instantly because he saw that the adult who had just been crying and trembling was now raising his palm and slamming it down heavily on his head!
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A passionate kiss, hungrily covering the woman's soft lips, followed by her moans. The man could no longer restrain himself and slowly moved downwards, sending a shiver down her spine. Finally... they were pressed together without any obstacles. After a period of climbing and enjoying the dazzling and mysterious scenery at the summit, they both went limp and embraced each other sweetly.
No wonder, this was their first intimate encounter since Shu Yao gave birth to her second child, so it was bound to be more intense than usual.
Huo Jingsha resigned from his post as commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard a few months ago, but because he knew too many secrets of the court, the emperor was unwilling to release him and even had the intention to kill him. In the end, it was Qi who stepped forward and used some unknown method to sneak into the palace several times, directly approaching the emperor's bedchamber and putting a red dot on his forehead, the meaning of which was obvious.
The Emperor was furious but dared not act rashly. He agreed to let Huo Jingsha go underground, giving him the minor post of Military Governor of Suzhou, where he would work quietly for the court. In this way, the Emperor felt that Huo Jingsha was still under his control, and Huo Jingsha no longer had to engage in those shady dealings, which was a win-win situation.
Originally, she planned to take her two children back to Suzhou after giving birth, just like before, with a driver and her sworn brother by her side. But when the man heard this, he was so afraid that she would be kidnapped by someone that he worked himself to the bone day and night to finish everything before they set off.
Shu Yao couldn't help but smile, a smile that was both sweet and helpless. This guy was incorrigible; he always wanted to keep her on his side at all times. In the past few days, he hadn't even taken his trusted confidants Xu Chang and Yue Ping with him, leaving them behind to "keep an eye on" her every move.
However, she also knew that because her sworn brother was there, Xu Chang and Yue Ping were his spies, specifically to report all their movements to him. Recently, the family had bought ten more horses and hundreds of pigeons, and they were busy coming and going every day.
What a petty person.
"Husband, how do you deal with those women in the backyard?" She had been thinking about this lately, and sometimes she felt sorry for them, as they had wasted several years in the Huo family.
He turned to the side and subtly lifted a small section of the silken fabric covering her chest, revealing his wife's firm and beautiful figure. Hmm! He was quite satisfied; this was enough. His eyes lingered on the stunning scenery he hadn't seen for months.
"Those who had someone they liked were given a dowry of one thousand taels, and those who didn't were given a travel expense of one thousand taels."
He spoke in a daze.
"Oh, then... what about Yuefang?" she asked, drawing circles on his chest with her small hand, which made Huo Jingshen shudder.
But the doctor said that she was still weak after giving birth and could not make excessive demands, so he could only regretfully hold her in his arms. "She followed a cook in the backyard. At that time, she said that she had told someone in the mansion all the inside information she knew. I wondered who it was. It turned out to be that cook. Fortunately, he did not look down on her."
He once ordered his men to strip her naked and tie her up, and the entire household, young and old, saw her naked.
"Hmph! Yes, even you were in bed with Yuefang, disheveled." Shu Yao finished speaking and turned her body away, so that glimpse of her was no longer visible.
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