Chapter 152: Past Life (Part 4)
Since that day, He Yanchen was completely too lazy to go to court, and he was unwilling to even do the superficial work.
There was a lot of discussion in the court, and many ministers knelt in front of the Golden Palace to persuade the emperor to die.
He Yanchen found a reason to dismiss Wei Chengdong and Wei Heci, and then dismissed a group of his former confidants one after another.
He allowed Yuan Zhang and others to do whatever they wanted and form cliques for personal gain, bringing chaos to the entire court.
At the same time, he also allowed Yue Li to do evil in the harem, and listened to reports from her spies every day, saying that she made the queen so angry that she almost fainted, and then made the empress dowager so angry that she closed the door of Ciyuan Palace. Within a few days, both Fengyang Palace and Ciyuan Palace exempted concubines from paying respects to them.
He Yanchen rarely smiled.
There was revelry every night in the Linde Hall. He Yanchen held Yueli in his arms and enjoyed the singing and dancing. The noisy music was in his ears, but he felt very empty in his heart.
He seemed to be enjoying the singing and dancing, but in fact his eyes had already looked from the open temple door to the distant night sky.
"Is Your Majesty unhappy?" Yue Li snuggled in his arms and suddenly asked this question cautiously.
He Yanchen stroked her shoulders and drank his wine nonchalantly: "How could it be?"
"But I just feel that you are unhappy." Yueli turned around and looked him in the eye. "Your Majesty, do you think they danced badly? Then I will dance for you."
He Yanchen knew that she danced well. She was like a little pink butterfly dancing gracefully, her long black hair drawing elegant arcs in the air, and then she turned into his arms.
"Is your Majesty happy now?"
Yueli acted coquettishly and clingy to him, thinking of many ways to have fun with him, and did not go to bed until the middle of the night, as if she would continue to make trouble if he said he was unhappy.
He Yanchen pinched her chin and asked her, "Is it important whether I am happy or not?"
Yueli acted as if he was being unreasonable and said, "Of course it's important."
"No matter what your majesty wants to do, I will accompany you, as long as you are happy."
His heart skipped a beat: "I don't want to bother with state affairs. Reading those memorials gives me a headache."
Yue Li said indifferently, "Then ignore it. Your Majesty has so many ministers. Are they just there to eat and do nothing? If Your Majesty is tired, just let them handle it."
He Yanchen chuckled, brought the person into his arms, and deliberately said: "Then I want to summon a few more concubines..."
Before she could finish her words, Yueli got furious.
"No, no!" She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his arms. "Isn't it enough for Your Majesty to have me? I can accompany you in whatever you want to do. You don't need them to come."
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Yueli's eyes were full of malice, as if she was thinking about how she would deal with them if someone really came later.
She couldn't hide her thoughts at all, like a sneaky kitten ready to do something bad.
He Yanchen smiled.
He held her in his arms and kissed her: "I was just joking with you, having you is enough for me."
Yueli glanced at him distrustfully: "Really?"
"Really, as long as you stay with me."
Yueli happily threw herself at him and said, "Your Majesty, I will always be with you!"
Although He Yanchen did not care about state affairs, he had spies on the side of the virtuous king for many years. He was waiting for the virtuous king to rebel, and it would be best if he could completely destroy the country.
The late emperor was always diligent when he was alive. Although he was not a good father, he could be called a good emperor. He always remembered to protect the country established by his ancestors.
He Yanchen thought in revenge, let it all be destroyed. If the late emperor knew that the country was destroyed by his own son, he would probably not be at peace in the underworld.
He is looking forward to that day.
But every time he looked at Yueli's lively smile, he suddenly felt a little reluctant.
She accompanied him carefreely in his indulgence every day, becoming more and more dependent on him, and had no idea what would happen in the future.
He Yanchen didn't want her to die.
So he ordered people to build a secret passage in the Zhuoyu Palace.
But even after the secret passage was repaired, he was reluctant to let Yueli leave.
He thought, let her stay with him for a few more days.
The wise king was much slower than he had imagined. With such a cautious nature, it was no wonder that he couldn't win even with a good hand of cards.
He Yanchen allowed him to break into the palace, allowing the already chaotic capital to become even more chaotic.
He had made up his mind. After all, they were brothers, so they had to go to the underground to accompany the late emperor.
The only thing he was a little worried about was Yue Li.
He Yanchen found Yueli and wanted to send her away.
Someone outside the palace would pick her up and take her back to Jiangnan, where he had already prepared a courtyard for her.
He's not stupid either. At least he knew to take so much silver with him when he ran away.
He took Yueli to the secret passage and let her go.
But she was stupid at this moment and wanted to pull him along.
He Yanchen couldn't leave, nor did he want to. He was tired of waiting to die. Rather than waiting for the poison to take effect, he wanted to control his life and death.
He forced Yueli to leave.
The secret passage was built in the pear blossom forest. It was spring, and the pear blossoms on the trees looked like flying snow or pure white silk. The blossoms were blown down by the wind, swirling around and landing on the ground. In a short moment, the ground was covered in pure white.
He Yanchen's only concern was gone.
He turned to leave, but was entangled by the wise king's men.
While the battle was raging, he seemed to be hallucinating and heard Yueli's voice.
"His Majesty!"
He turned around and the enemy's knife tip cut his arm. He saw Yue Li running towards him, but the next moment, the sharp cold blade pierced her body.
The gurgling blood dripped onto the white pear blossoms.
He Yanchen only felt a fishy and sweet taste rising up his throat, his heart suddenly tightened, and his vision went dark.
Nothing else could be seen in his scarlet eyes. He ran over like crazy and supported her falling body.
"Your Majesty..." Blood slowly flowed from the corner of Yueli's mouth. She looked at him with tears in her eyes and closed her eyes forever.
He Yanchen dealt with the people who had just besieged him, and the man who killed Yue Li was stabbed by him and fell to the ground.
He placed Yueli in a clean place and walked towards the man.
The man murmured, "She came here by herself..."
He Yanchen suddenly stepped on his head, crushing it hard as if he were crushing an ant. The man's black eyes were bloodshot and he could no longer speak.
The blade touched the ground, making a sharp sound.
Blood splattered everywhere, staining the pear blossoms on the ground.
The Golden Palace seemed to have become a purgatory on earth, with the smell of blood filling the air and piles of corpses at the feet.
He Yanchen held her and sat on the dragon throne.
They sat here like this a few days ago, and Yueli would snuggle in his arms and act coquettishly.
But now, this familiar face turned pale, her cheeks turned cold, and her heart stopped beating.
He Yanchen seemed to feel nothing. He only felt regret for not sending Yue Li away earlier.
She has always been very obedient and usually does whatever you ask her to do. Why is she not obedient today?
Why run back?
That's all.
He shouldn't blame her.
He Yanchen set the Golden Palace on fire. He sat quietly in the sea of fire holding Yue Li. Soon, the flames would burn their embraced bodies into ashes, and they would never be separated again.
He is such a failure.
In this life, he couldn't even protect the only person he wanted to protect.
He thought, I don’t want to meet him again in the next life.
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