Chapter 131 Accusation
Guan Zhiwei usually stayed in the Imperial Study, when she heard a flurry of noise outside.
Guan Liuliu went out to take a look and quickly returned to report: "The Empress has come to see you in disheveled clothes. Something must have happened. She looks quite pitiful."
"Let him in." Guan Zhiwei closed a memorial.
Zhi Junyuan had disheveled hair, his upper body was naked, revealing his chest and abdominal muscles, and the scars were clearly visible. His strong and powerful arms were covered with a red auspicious cloud patterned coat that hung down to his legs. His white sleeping pants were covered with mud from the puddles, and his bare feet were even more filthy.
“You look quite good dressed like this, very attractive, but I don’t really want others to see you like this.” Guan Zhiwei chuckled.
Zhi Junyuan's eyes were bloodshot, and his tightly furrowed brows held a deep resentment: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask you."
Guan Zhiwei remained unfazed. "If you have something to ask, just ask it properly. Why do you look like you're about to eat me alive?"
"May I ask if Your Majesty has ever been pregnant?"
“Ah Yuan, it’s all in the past, there’s no point in dwelling on it.”
She answered in a very calm tone, without any surprise or embarrassment at having her secret exposed.
Zhi Junyuan's heart suddenly turned cold, and even his accusations seemed so powerless.
He was so grief-stricken that he laughed out loud, shaking his head as he closed his eyes and wept.
"I thought I had been deceived by my father, and that I had harmed His Majesty and the child. I felt so guilty that I couldn't express it. It turns out I was a joke. When gods fight, little devils suffer."
He was somewhere between a hammer and a drill, and was beaten to a pulp.
Guan Zhiwei scrutinized him. He was wearing white trousers with a thin rope as a belt, and he was barefoot. His waist was strong and well-proportioned. His red clothes were not tied up and were just left open, revealing the unhealed scars on his body.
He had lost a lot of weight, his baby fat was gone, and he no longer smiled. He looked like a flower emerging from a storm, and even the glistening tears rolling down his cheeks seemed to carry a fragrance.
"It's quite good-looking," she thought to herself.
"You used to like pairing blue with white, but now I think pairing red with white is also a good idea."
Knowing that you are far away, I was taken aback.
He looked at Guan Zhiwei in disbelief.
Guan Zhiwei pondered for a moment: "I know a few good combinations. I'll draw up the designs for you, and then I'll have the embroiderers make them for you."
"Your Majesty!" He could no longer contain himself.
"Um?"
Their eyes met.
Guan Zhiwei's eyes were full of composure.
Zhi Junyuan thought to himself, "Yes, she just lied to me. She did nothing wrong. It was my father who rebelled."
He deserves to die.
But how could you let your son harm his father?
"I am not Gao Huan, Your Majesty, I am not him!" he cried, tears streaming down his face.
"Quick, hug him, kiss him, and this will be the end of it." The system's cheerful voice rang in my mind.
Guan Zhiwei chuckled.
Knowing that Junyuan is in so much pain, his pain has become a joke to her.
"Am I not ridiculous? I believe everything Your Majesty says! You said you'd forgive my father, and I believed you! I repeatedly urged him to return to the capital! I walked right into your trap! Your Majesty, I believe everything you say! You said you love me, and I believed you too—"
Guan Zhiwei rested her chin on her hand, quietly watching his sobbing. The system was spouting nonsense in her head, making the scene both pathetic and laughable.
She had to work really hard to stop herself from laughing out loud. She rubbed her cheeks and said calmly:
"You actually believed the nonsense that I said there's a sun at night and a moon during the day? How can you blame me for that?"
"I may be stupid, but I have always been loyal to His Majesty. If a ruler kills his subject, the subject will have no complaints. So, Your Majesty, kill me!"
Zhi Junyuan, his voice hoarse with anger, demanded, "How has Your Majesty deceived me?!"
Guan Zhiwei thought for a moment and said, "It's not that I'm lying to you, it's that you're lying to yourself. What emperor in the world would forgive a powerful minister who betrayed him, especially one who holds considerable military power? Even your father doesn't believe it, but you do. Why do you believe it? Because it's in your interest. It's your interests that have blinded you, not me."
"Is everything I've experienced just my own fault? Your Majesty, do you think I deserve it?" Zhi Junyuan asked incredulously, his hand covering his chest, large tears streaming down his cheeks and wetting his clothes.
"You protected me on the battlefield, and regardless of whether it was useful or not, I appreciate that favor; you even argued with your father for my sake, traveling thousands of miles to rescue me and defeating the enemy; you did many other things, giving up the glory and wealth of the previous dynasty to become my empress in the deep palace, which I will not list one by one. So I ask you this question: if you were to marry another woman, would you be willing to give your life without any complaints?"
"Of course not, Your Majesty! I would give my life for you, even if it meant sacrificing myself!"
Liu Liu listened from the side, tears welling up in her eyes.
Guan Zhiwei wasn't moved. Instead, she said naturally, "Doesn't this further demonstrate my irreplaceable value? If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have such deep feelings for me. You should be grateful to me. Why do you resent me for deceiving you?"
Zhi Junyuan was stunned.
Guan Zhiwei was afraid he hadn't heard her clearly, so she repeated herself: "You love me, so why should I repay you?"
So-called deception is simply failing to meet the other party's psychological expectations.
You love me, so why should I satisfy your every whim?
She found it strange that Junyuan would cry out in despair after being betrayed.
She asked, "You married me and gave everything for me, is it because I am your wife?"
With tears in his eyes, Zhi Junyuan said, "A harmonious marriage is like the playing of a zither and lute. That is exactly what I long for, and I am willing to give everything for it."
Guan Zhiwei questioned: "If you give everything for me just because I am your wife, would you give everything for anyone else as your wife? Then what you give is not so unique."
"No, that's not right." Zhi Junyuan felt a throbbing sensation in his head. "I admire Your Majesty, Your Majesty is my wife, she is one of a kind!"
"Oh, if you're willing to give everything because of me, that only proves my value is irreplaceable. So what do you have to complain about?"
Guan Zhiwei hadn't said anything harsher yet because she felt that Zhijun Yuan was about to break.
But the logic is there.
Would you give money to a beggar?
It's not that I have value that makes you willing to give.
Love is a transaction; you are exchanging love for the good things in me, power, beauty, emotions, and value.
If your love can't buy you everything you want right now, that's your problem.
She felt helpless; he was being unreasonable.
Fortunately, she is a tolerant person and is willing to spare her precious time to listen to his boring talk.
With a wife who has done this much, what more could you ask for?
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