"Go in!"
Seeing Su Xuening standing motionless at the door, the two Imperial Guards pushed her directly into the Cold Palace.
Su Xuening stumbled and almost fell over from their push, but luckily she managed to grab the door frame in time.
The gates of the Cold Palace were quickly closed by the Imperial Guards, and Su Xuening walked into the Cold Palace in a daze.
She didn't know what Xuanyuan Yu wanted to do by having someone bring her to the Cold Palace, but she was all too familiar with this place.
Su Xuening dragged her heavy steps into the courtyard, walked to the dry well, and looked at the rats foraging for food at the bottom of the dry well. Her mind uncontrollably recalled the scene when she was first imprisoned in the cold palace in her previous life.
It looks exactly the same as it does now.
She was just as confused and lost back then as she is now, but now she has much more confidence and strength than she did in her previous life.
Even though she returned here again, she was ultimately different from her previous life.
She is no longer the legitimate daughter of the Su family who was pregnant with an illegitimate child. She is the Holy Princess Consort, and the child she is carrying is no longer an illegitimate child, but a child of the royal family!
She was no longer the helpless and uncared-for eldest daughter of the Su family. She had Xuan Yuanzhan, Yun An, her mother, her master and uncles, and so many other people who cared about her. They would not allow Xuan Yuan Yu to harm her like he did in her previous life.
Su Xuening was staring blankly at the dry well when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
She turned around abruptly and saw Xuan Yuan Yu, who had appeared behind her at some point.
Upon seeing Xuan Yuan Yu, Su Xue Ning narrowed her eyes: "As expected, it was you who wanted to see me!"
She knew it wouldn't be the emperor summoning her.
Xuanyuan Yu stared at Su Xuening's stunningly beautiful face, his eyes instantly becoming infatuated.
Why has she become more and more beautiful?
Especially after she became pregnant, she became even more charming and gentle, completely different from her previous cold demeanor.
But her face remains absolutely perfect!
Xuan Yuan Yu couldn't help but step forward, walk up to Su Xue Ning, and bend down...
Su Xuening was already standing by the dry well with nowhere to retreat, so when Xuan Yuan Yu leaned down, she could only turn her face away.
Xuanyuan Yu's nose touched Su Xuening's hair, and the faint fragrance seemed to waft into his heart. Xuanyuan Yu instantly felt comfortable all over, as if he were floating on air.
"Your Highness, please have some self-respect!" A cold, emotionless voice rang out, and Xuan Yuan Yu finally came to his senses.
He lowered his eyes and stared at her exquisite and beautiful face. They were so close that he felt he could touch her if he moved an inch.
Under the pale moonlight, her ethereal face seemed to glow with a silvery light.
Xuanyuan Yu finally took two steps back, staring at Su Xuening's sacred and inviolable face, his eyes turning extremely dark.
He never knew that just smelling her scent could be more pleasurable than having other women!
Xuan Yuan Yu's gaze fell on Su Xue Ning's protruding belly, and his eyes, which had been filled with lust, instantly darkened.
Unfortunately, she was pregnant with Xuanyuan Yu's child...
Su Xuening seemed to notice Xuan Yuan Yu's gaze as well. His cold, venomous eyes frightened her: "Xuan Yuan Yu, what did you call me here for?"
When Xuanyuan Yu heard Su Xuening call his name, he suddenly laughed: "You finally stopped calling me Third Prince?"
She has finally stopped referring to herself as "this Empress".
They were finally no longer so distant from each other.
God knows, he was actually happy just from her calling his name. When did he become so humble?
Or perhaps, he has always treated her this way!
She ultimately became his obsession!
Xuanyuan Yu stared at Su Xuening intently: "You should call me cousin. That's what you always called me when we were little. We were such good friends back then, have you forgotten?"
As he spoke, Xuan Yuan Yu reached out to take Su Xue Ning's hand, just like when they were children, he often held her hand.
Before he could even touch Su Xuening, she flicked her sleeve and said, "Xuanyuan Yu, just say what you want to say! What's the point of all this nonsense?"
She once treated him as her cousin, as her elder brother, with the same respect and reliance. But what did she get in return? When Su Huiyan and Su Feiling persecuted her, did this cousin, this elder brother, protect her, plead for her, or stand up for her?
How did he hurt her and Yun'an when she was most helpless and scared?
His cowardice and incompetence disqualify him from saying anything about liking or loving her!
Su Xuening's resolute attitude instantly chilled Xuan Yuan Yu's heart, which had just warmed.
"Why?" Xuan Yuan Yu suddenly grabbed Su Xue Ning's shoulder as if he were going crazy, and screamed, "Why can you like Xuan Yuan Zhan but not me! We were childhood sweethearts, growing up hand in hand. I was the one who fell for you first. I had already decided on you. Why did you have to marry Xuan Yuan Zhan in the end?"
Looking at Xuan Yuan Yu, who was so excited he was like a madman, Su Xue Ning really had a million things she wanted to say to him, but seeing how excited he was, she didn't want to provoke him.
The main reason is that she is pregnant. Even if she doesn't care about herself, she has to take care of the baby.
"My marriage to Xuanyuan Zhan was an imperial decree; did I have a choice? I was ordered to marry him to bring him good luck; how can you blame me for that?"
Hearing Su Xuening's words, Xuan Yuan Yu finally calmed down a bit. He suddenly smiled wickedly: "So he deserves to die, doesn't he? If he hadn't given you to Xuan Yuan Zhan to bring him good luck, we would have been married long ago, and the child you're carrying now wouldn't be Xuan Yuan Zhan's child, but mine, wouldn't it?"
Xuanyuan Yu then set his sights on the child in Su Xuening's womb.
Su Xuening swallowed nervously: "What's the use of saying all this now that things have come to this?"
Su Xuening brushed aside Xuan Yuan Yu's hand and quietly moved two steps to the side.
She was too close to the dry well, and she was really afraid that this person might get excited and push her into the well.
She can't fall now!
Xuan Yuan Yu saw Su Xue Ning's every move. He moved closer to her again, gently inhaling her scent, and said in a hoarse voice, "Ning'er, don't worry, he's about to die. Soon I will be able to ascend the throne and become emperor. Will you be my empress then?"
His wicked voice made Su Xuening feel nauseous. She leaned back again and said, "Can you let me go first?"
Xuanyuan Yu stood there, stunned, and suddenly frowned.
Su Xuening sneered disdainfully: "You can't even do this? Xuan Yuan Yu, do you really love me? You love yourself, or you just love your own obsession."
If he had even a sliver of true love for her, he wouldn't have hurt Yun'an like that in his past life!
What he loved was not her, but the obsession he held in his own heart.
And a person like him doesn't deserve to say he loves you!
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