"You're back?"
"You're finally back?"
Lu Tianjiao suddenly stood up and stumbled forward, grabbing a man's figure that he had vaguely seen and embracing him tightly.
"Brother Han, you're finally back!"
"I knew you wouldn't abandon Tianjiao."
"You are the bravest and most skilled warrior in the world, how could you possibly die?!"
...
"It's gone!"
"They're all gone!"
Princess Yongle is gone!
"That bitch is gone too!"
"Now, even that old hag who has always been between us is finally dead!"
"From now on, only the two of us will remain in this palace."
"This was destined by fate. In the end, I was the only one standing by Brother Han's side..."
"just me……"
"I want……"
"I want to live a respectful and harmonious life with Brother Han, growing old together in perfect harmony, and living happily ever after."
"I want to bear your children."
"We will have many, many children."
"Brother Han!"
"Do you know what? Tianjiao really, really likes you!"
"You finally belong to Tianjiao alone!"
"Tianjiao, I miss you so much, I really miss you!"
At this moment, she was completely drunk, and could only make out shadows of people.
Then a familiar voice rang out: "Open your eyes wide and see clearly who I am?"
She slowly raised her head and moved closer to the man's face, but it seemed to have little effect; she still couldn't recognize him.
However, she pushed him away and started questioning him instead.
"you……"
"Aren't you Brother Han?"
"Then who are you?"
How did you get in?
What do you want to do?
"Someone come here..."
"Someone come here..."
Even though she held her head, which seemed to be about to split open, and shouted several times, no one entered the entire vast Qin Prince's mansion.
So, in a fit of rage, she strode out into the yard and started shouting randomly at the empty space.
Where are they?
Where have all the people gone?
"Now I am the only master of this Prince Qin's mansion, and you all dare to disobey my orders."
"Are they all tired of living?"
"come out!"
"Everyone, come out!"
"Watch how I, the princess, deal with you lackeys tonight."
"Come……"
Just then, there was a "whoosh".
Suddenly someone splashed a bucket of cold water on him, which finally calmed Lu Tianjiao down, who seemed to be possessed.
"Father!"
Only then did she realize that the person she had been holding so tightly was actually her father, Lu Xian.
Shifting his gaze, Lu Tianlin was holding an empty basin that was still dripping water: "Brother?"
Finally, Lu Tianjiao woke up from his hangover.
"you……"
Why are you all here?
Seeing her in this state, Lu Xian felt truly terrible.
He knew that the reason she had become the way she was today was not only because of her almost distorted feelings for Xuan Yuanhan from childhood, but also because he had neglected to spend too much time with and guide his daughter. He was also partly to blame.
With mixed feelings, I asked her again, "Now that things have come to this, is this really the outcome you wanted?"
Lu Tianjiao gritted his teeth, still stubbornly refusing to admit his mistake.
"Yes, this is the result I wanted. To be born a member of the Qin Prince's mansion, and to die a ghost of the Qin Prince's mansion. This will never change, this will never waver, from beginning to end."
Thinking back on all these years, she had willingly been used and done so many things that harmed the Prince's Mansion, Lu Xian felt extremely guilty and remorseful.
"But all these years, you've been used by the Empress Dowager and done so many absurd things. Don't you know that you're no longer worthy of being a member of the Prince's Mansion?"
At this point, Lu Tianjiao suddenly burst into tears.
These tears contained all the love, hate, passion, and resentment I had experienced over the years.
It encompasses all the persistence, stubbornness, pride, resentment, and being looked down upon that I have put into this relationship.
"So what? I don't care."
"I know that the Empress Dowager, that old witch, isn't so kind. She has never stopped using me to deal with Consort Chun, Prince Qin's residence, and even Brother Han..."
"But as long as there is even the slightest possibility, I will not regret doing these things!"
"But……"
"But why? I've tried so hard, why won't he give me a chance? I'm already married into the royal family, why does he still ignore me? I'm a person too, I feel pain too. Why is he still so hung up on that bitch..."
"Why?"
"I even thought that after I married into the Prince's Mansion, I would get along well with the Dowager Consort."
“But she looks down on me too. Since that’s the case, then I will clear away all obstacles for myself. Since she can’t tolerate me, then this time I will make her disappear completely.”
"This time, she's really dead!"
Lu Xian, who was initially somewhat skeptical of everything Lu Tianlin told him, was utterly shocked to witness Lu Tianlin gritting his teeth and uttering such insane words.
"I think you've really lost your mind?"
Only after he confessed everything himself did a figure reappear from a dark corner of the courtyard.
Lu Tianjiao stared at him wide-eyed in surprise and exclaimed, "You...you're actually not dead!"
Before the man could speak, Lu Xian apologized, "I am sorry, Your Highness. I will take care of things myself. Your Highness need not do it, lest you dirty your hands."
Upon hearing this, Lu Tianjiao immediately had a bad feeling: "What are you going to do?"
Lu Xian said, "I never expected you to be so depraved as to actually lay a hand on the Empress Dowager. Today, I can no longer let you live!"
As he spoke, he secretly pulled out a short sword from his body and forcefully tried to stab Lu Tianjiao in the left chest.
Just as Lu Xian, Lu Tianlin, and Lu Tianjiao all closed their eyes tightly.
But then a loud "bang" was heard.
Suddenly, the sharp short sword in Lu Xian's hand fell to the ground.
Then, a voice that commanded respect without anger rang out.
"Take her away! I never want to see her again in my life!"
Lu Xian and his son Lu Tianlin knelt down on the ground with a thud.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for sparing her life!"
Immediately afterwards, Lu Xian said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for sparing her life. I will take her back to the academy and imprison her in a small wooden house on the cliff behind the academy. She will not be allowed to leave until she dies."
Lu Tianjiao was shocked: "What did you say? Imprisonment?"
Before she could recover, Lu Tianlin rushed forward, grabbed her arm, and strode away with her.
Lu Tianjiao was still struggling and shouting in his grasp.
"No!"
"I don't want to leave the palace."
"I don't want to go back to the academy!"
"You can't imprison me!"
You can't do this to me!
"cannot!"
Lu Tianjiao was dealt with.
Xuanyuan Han stood with his hands behind his back and sincerely thanked Lu Xian, saying, "I thank you for saving Yi Shangkun's family this time. If something had happened to the Yi family, I'm afraid Yun'er wouldn't have been able to bear it..."
Lu Xian explained, "This is all to make up for Tianlin's disgraceful act of going to the Yi family to annul the engagement without authorization, which damaged Miss Yi's reputation!"
As soon as he spoke, realizing that Xuan Yuanhan's gaze seemed inappropriate, Lu Xian cleared his throat and changed his words, saying, "I'm sorry, it was a slip of the tongue!"
Xuanyuan Han was still somewhat worried: "Right now, I need to regroup. The outcome depends on this battle. I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of the Yi family..."
Upon hearing this, Lu Xian immediately said with certainty, "Your Highness, rest assured, this humble subject will definitely protect everyone in the Yi family and not let Your Highness be distracted!"
After the commotion subsided, the Qin Prince's Mansion finally returned to its former tranquility.
That night.
After Lu Xian left.
Xuanyuan Han came alone to the memorial tablet of Consort Chun, lit an incense stick, and repented deeply.
"Mother, I am late, I am sorry!"
"It's all because I'm incompetent and failed to protect you!"
"Your son misses you so much!"
"It is because I am useless."
"In the end, it was thanks to her that she was able to sit in that position and stop this war!"
"But from then on, she was completely trapped inside that high wall."
"She'll never come back!"
"Your son..."
"Your son has lost her completely..."
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die! I actually forgot about her!"
"I have broken her heart, and she will never forgive me!"
"Mother, I am so afraid of what lies ahead..."
"I fear that the rest of my life is too long, and that in the countless long nights to come, I will be consumed by my endless longing for her..."
"Your son fears that the rest of our lives will be too short, and even if we are separated by the ends of the earth from now on, we will not be able to continue..."
Unable to continue speaking, Xuan Yuanhan gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Then he went out alone, sat quietly in the courtyard, facing the vast palace in front of him, and recalled many things.
Regarding his father...
Regarding his mother...
About the person he can't forget...
About everyone who has ever been here, and everything that has happened here...
He suddenly thought that if he hadn't met her in the first place, perhaps everything would have been simpler and clearer.
But if he had never met her, his life would have been so dull and tasteless.
Humans are perhaps always contradictory in this way.
Suddenly, he noticed what appeared to be a figure moving about on the corridor in the courtyard.
Who's there?
Suddenly, a familiar figure stepped out: "You are... Dingxiang?"
Dingxiang suddenly appeared, looking at him with a mixture of surprise and joy, and said, "Your Highness, is it really you? You're not dead, you've really come back?"
Xuanyuan Han asked in confusion, "What are you doing here?"
Dingxiang said, "Your Highness, you're finally back! I've been waiting for you here for a very, very long time!"
Xuanyuan Han asked, puzzled, "Have you been waiting for me here... for a long time?"
Dingxiang said anxiously, "Your Highness, the Dowager Consort is not dead. The Consort did indeed poison her that day, but fortunately, the Princess Consort returned and saved her. The Princess Consort was afraid that the Consort would not give up until she got what she wanted while Your Highness was not in the residence, and would try to harm the Dowager Consort again. That's why she announced that the Dowager Consort had died. In reality, she secretly sent the Dowager Consort out of the residence and hid her along with Zhang Mama and Imperial Physician Yue!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Han let out a series of startled cries.
"What did you say?"
"Is everything you're saying true?"
"My mother... she's really still alive?"
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