"You knew I was coming?"

Lin Mengli curled the corners of her mouth with a mocking expression.

"Didn't you come here just to see how miserable I am and send me off?"

Ning Xihua didn't feel happy at all when she saw her like this, she just sighed.

"Su Xu is guilty of treason and will be executed in three days."

Lin Mengli's eyes widened when she heard this. She was isolated from the news in Xiyuan and didn't know that Su Xu had been sentenced to death.

When she came to her senses, she immediately reached out and touched her belly with a miserable look on her face.

"Then this child..."

Ning Xihua sighed and shook her head.

"His Majesty did not say how to deal with it."

Although treason is a serious crime that will punish nine generations of the family, Su Xu is a member of the royal family after all, so the law of collective punishment cannot be applied.

Moreover, this child was of royal blood, and to harm an unborn baby would damage the reputation of the new emperor.

but…

"But you still won't let him be born, right?"

Lin Mengli seemed to have expected this. She lowered her head, touched her bulging belly, and asked in a daze.

She seemed to be in extreme pain, but also seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's fine. If I'm born, I'll be a burden that no one wants. It's better to just die. I don't have to suffer in this world. I can be at peace."

Ning Xihua said nothing.

If it were her a year ago, she would definitely not have the heart to harm an innocent life that had not yet been born.

But after so many things happened, she is no longer the simple prospective college student. Now she is the real ruler of this feudal dynasty.

Wildfires can never be extinguished; they will spring up again with the spring breeze.

This child cannot be kept. Even if he is innocent, he will be a disaster as long as he is born.

Su Bi couldn't do anything to a woman or child, so she did it.

"I'll trade this child's life for yours."

Having said that, Ning Xihua took a wooden box from Song Yi and opened it towards Lin Mengli.

"There are three bottles of medicine in here. One is the antidote to the Heart-Eating Pill, one is an abortion pill, and the other is a poison that causes little pain after taking it."

She stared into Lin Mengli's eyes with a somewhat cold expression.

"Su Xu will ask Zhan three days later. If you have already aborted the baby, you can stay in Xiyuan until the end of your life. If you cannot stand the life of confinement, this bottle of poison will be the final release I will give you."

Lin Mengli looked at the three bottles of medicine and asked,

"What if I didn't? Why didn't you just order me to be killed? Why go through so much trouble?"

She looked up at Ning Xihua, her expression of sarcasm becoming even more intense.

"Isn't it just to gain fame and reputation, to earn a reputation as a benevolent person? You used to be so self-righteous that you disdained to associate with people like me. What's the difference between you and me now? Aren't we both willing to do anything to achieve our goals?"

Ning Xihua did not get angry, but said coldly,

"If I were unscrupulous, you should have killed both of them on the day of delivery. Why would I waste my breath arguing with you here?"

She didn't care what Lin Mengli thought of her, she just hoped to have a satisfactory explanation in her heart.

She couldn't save the child's life, but she could give Lin Mengli a chance to survive.

As for whether she chooses or not, and how she chooses, that is her own business.

The things had been brought, and Ning Xihua didn't want to bother with her any more, so she stood up and prepared to leave.

"etc."

Lin Mengli called her.

"Don't you hate me? Why are you willing to let me live?"

Ning Xihua didn't look back, "I said, one life for another, you should thank the child in your belly for letting me have the last bit of mercy for you."

As the heroine of the original book, she originally planned to let Lin Mengli and Su Xu be executed together, but because she was pregnant, she could not get over this hurdle in her heart, so she was given another choice.

Lin Mengli seemed to have thought of something, and she murmured in a trance,

"Tell me, if I hadn't ordered someone to kidnap you, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation..."

Ning Xihua did not answer, but she knew it in her heart.

She and Lin Mengli have always been at war to the death.

As long as she stood on Su Xu's side, they would be enemies. Even if Lin Mengli hadn't kidnapped her, they would have inevitably become what they are today.

Seeing that Ning Xihua didn't say anything, Lin Mengli understood and couldn't help but smile bitterly, but tears fell as she smiled.

"If it happens again..."

Ning Xihua interrupted her, "There is no if."

She has come back once again to replace her original self, but no matter how hard she tries to redeem herself now, her original self is no longer here.

There are not so many ifs in this world. All regrets and remorse are carved by our own hands.

If it happens again, even if things are not the same as before, I am afraid they are not the same people either.

"You're on your own."

Having said that, she left without stopping.

Only Lin Mengli was left looking at her back, crying and laughing.

"Ning Xihua, you don't know how jealous and envious I am of you..."

On the way back to the palace, Song Yi couldn't help but ask her,

"My lady, are you really going to let her go just like that?"

Ning Xihua sighed, "If I'm not mistaken, she won't survive."

On the one hand, Lin Mengli is strong-willed and does not give in easily, but on the other hand, she truly puts love first and puts all her heart and soul on Su Xu.

When Su Xu died, she also lost her child. Without her spiritual support, she was afraid that she would not live long.

But Songyi still felt that she was being treated too well. "What if she survived?"

Ning Xihua looked at Song Yi's angry expression and smiled.

"That's her destiny."

She patted Song Yi's head and said softly,

"Don't worry about whether she lives or dies. She is no longer important."

Now, she has rewritten the entire plot of the original book, and the hero and heroine of the original book are no longer the lingering shadows weighing on her heart.

What she didn't tell Song Yi was that confinement could drive a normal person crazy.

Their freedom was restricted, their life was hard, and someone was watching their every move every day, even when they went to the toilet. Not only was there no privacy at all, but suicide was not allowed.

In this case, even death is a gift.

However, whether Lin Mengli chooses to live a life worse than death or chooses to die, it has nothing to do with her anymore.

She has more important people to care about.

When she returned to the palace, Su Bi was already waiting for her in the hall.

After he left the court, he did not see Ning Xihua. After asking, he found out that she had gone to the West Garden.

He knew what she was going to do, and sighed.

"Why do you have to go here? Why don't you just let me handle it?"

Ning Xihua shook her head and took the initiative to put her arms around his waist.

"I don't want you to be embarrassed. I'm the most suitable person to do this. Besides, it's time for me to end things with her."

No matter how politically correct it is, forcing people to have abortions or causing double death is not a glorious thing. She did not want Su Bi to leave a stain and be criticized as soon as he ascended the throne.

Su Bi hugged her tightly, bent down and kissed her forehead, his chest filled with love and excitement for her.

The person in front of him was delicate and weak, but she wanted to protect him, a strong and powerful emperor, in her own way.

Whether he needed it or not, the feeling of being cherished and protected was addictive.

He lowered his eyes, his voice a little hoarse.

"Thank you."

Thank you for your willingness to stain my hands with blood, and thank you for your willingness to love me.

Ning Xihua smiled happily, raised her head from his arms and said,

"If you want to thank me, can we sleep in separate rooms tonight?"

Su Bi: “No.”

The tone was so crisp that there was no room for negotiation.

Ning Xihua's face fell instantly.

Forget it, let him do this kind of thing himself and then get scolded! He deserves it!