Chapter 135 Feeling Sorrow for One's Kind [Bonus Chapter]
Gao Huan's clothes were pierced through, and the wet blood stuck to his skin, which was uncomfortable. He lay on the bed, feeling utterly hopeless, as if he were stuck in mud.
It smelled bad and was cold.
Guan Zhiwei clicked her tongue and said, "This little face is so pale, so pitiful. I'll avenge you."
Gao Huan said sadly, "Your Majesty's Empress is so noble, while my life is worthless."
"What are you saying? You are one of us, he is an outsider. How could I not distinguish between what is more important? I want to depose the Empress!" Guan Zhiwei said resolutely.
Gao Huan was satisfied.
He shook his head, looked into her eyes, and said with a wronged expression, "The thought that I shielded Your Majesty from a calamity makes me willing to suffer serious injuries and even lose my life."
Guan Zhiwei thought to herself, "You're talking nonsense, but I won't expose you since you're injured."
Knowing that Junyuan had executed Gao Huan in court, the anger of the officials was completely ignited; they felt a sense of shared grief.
Although these nobles usually looked down on Gao Huan and often slandered him, they were still ministers. If they treated Gao Huan's death with great fervor and indifference, wouldn't things descend into chaos?
Under pressure from the court, Guan Zhiwei announced the abolition of the empress.
Zhi Junyuan was stripped of her imperial edict, seal, empress's robes, and other possessions. She was moved from Guanju Palace and thrown into the Cold Palace, guarded by soldiers, and forbidden from leaving the palace.
This result is because Gao Huan did not die.
Even before His Majesty ascended the throne, he was already known as a divine physician, and he managed to save the person.
The officials felt it was a great pity. If the empress had died and Gao Huan had died, it would have been a wonderful thing, a time of great joy and a chance to eat three extra bowls of rice.
Gao Huan didn't die, but the empress was deposed; it was truly a case of something missing.
They could only celebrate with a little wine, while Gao Huan suffered and the empress was deposed.
No one thought it was possible to easily kill the queen of a nation, after all, she was someone connected to His Majesty, who was currently very powerful.
Even Gao Huan himself didn't expect to kill Zhi Junyuan, even though he had died once.
He simply went to the Cold Palace to thoroughly ridicule the other party.
The guard pushed the door open, and the air was full of dust. Gao Huan coughed twice, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and then stepped inside with some disgust.
Zhi Junyuan was dressed in thin clothes, his feet were bound with iron balls, and there were no dangerous items in the room, only him, who looked like a withered flower.
He had grown stubble and his hair was disheveled. He sat on the wooden bed, his eyes devoid of their former brilliance, a far cry from the glory he once enjoyed when he was favored by the emperor.
"Empress... no, deposed Empress. Thanks to you, I suffered a terrible pain." Gao Huan looked down at him, his handkerchief still on, and spoke in a muffled tone, with a hint of displeasure.
Zhi Junyuan raised his head, his gaze shining through his messy hair, a mixture of disgust and malice, more glaring than the light mixed in with dust.
"If His Majesty hadn't used a cup to deflect the blade of my sword when I stabbed you, you would have died."
"Heh." Gao Huan thought to himself, "You really overestimate me. With my crippled body, your sword strike would have been enough to kill me."
He said, “Your Majesty’s medical skills are superb, and he saved me. I have been recuperating in the palace for the past few days, and Your Majesty has been taking good care of me and treating my wounds personally. I feel that even if I were injured a hundred more times, it would be worth it.”
Knowing that Junyuan could mention His Majesty, hearing her from others still caused a piercing pain in my heart.
His mind was buzzing, and his eyes were bloodshot: "What are you doing here with me? Showing off your favor?"
"This is just a trivial matter between us, the ruler and his subject. How can it be considered boastful?"
"Don't be so smug! Even if you put her on the throne, she'll still betray you. Three palaces, six courtyards, seventy-two concubines, hahaha. Besides, you're just a dog by her side!"
Gao Huan said indifferently, "Heaven has already punished her, making her marry someone she doesn't love."
Zhi Junyuan felt as if a large hole had been pierced through his chest, and a cold wind whistled past, making a hollow, whistling sound.
He clutched his shirt tightly, trying to ease a throbbing pain, and sneered angrily, "Who does she love? You?"
"I wouldn't dare. The emperor has favoritism, but where does this love come from?"
"..."
These words struck Zhi Junyuan like a blow to the head. He couldn't accept it. Everyone told him that it was foolish to believe His Majesty's words of affection.
“What do you know!” he shouted hoarsely.
"When Her Majesty can't sleep at night, she will hold my hand and say that all the officials in the court are not of one mind with her, and that she doesn't know who else she can trust besides me."
"She praised me for my dashing riding posture, saying that I was a rare and excellent general. Among many generals, when it comes to troop deployment, I am the most knowledgeable in strategy and have the ability to command a million soldiers; when it comes to bravery, I am the most valiant and the bravest in the army."
She said that everyone else caused her trouble, but I was the only one who was well-behaved and made her worry-free.
"She hugged me and asked me over and over again, 'Did we meet in a past life?'"
"Ah Yuan, being the emperor is so lonely. They are all afraid of me, but you are the only one who truly loves me."
"I know you have a deep affection for your father, and I envy that. My father doesn't like me and has never given me a kind look."
"This sword is for you. I forged it for you myself. Do you like it? Although I am the emperor, I am also your wife. Isn't it normal for me to make things for you by hand? Why are you crying? You are such a crybaby."
He used this very sword to kill Gao Huan, but Guan Zhiwei didn't even glance at it before breaking it.
"Have you been husband and wife with her? Yes, I have!" Zhi Junyuan's tears streamed down his face, his eyes filled with turbulent emotions.
Gao Huan remained silent.
Knowing that Junyuan was in even greater pain, he asked with tears streaming down his face, "What good has she done for you, being so heartless and ungrateful?"
Gao Huan stared at him: "You always try to gain something from her, but we can't gain anything from her. We have to work the barren fields, enter through the narrow gate, and walk the dark path. For a mediocre person like me, I am already grateful for His Majesty's favor."
Zhi Junyuan burst into a violent laugh: "Then you can continue to be grateful! You used your schemes to harm me to this extent, I'd like to see how long you can monopolize my favor!"
"When did I use any schemes to harm you?" Gao Huan asked in confusion. Wasn't the one he was being blamed for killing Zhi Fang and being torn apart by five horses?
Knowing that Junyuan looked contemptuous, he was still putting on airs at a time like this; what a despicable person.
"Wasn't it you who sent Jin Yi into the palace? You had Jin Yi say those things at my door, letting me know that His Majesty was faking his pregnancy, all to sow discord between me and His Majesty. Now that I know the truth, I will never pretend to be ignorant. You think your scheme succeeded, but in reality, I simply refused to be deceived!"
A gust of wind blew the window open.
The spring wind was sometimes warm and sometimes cold, or perhaps because he was weak, he always felt that the wind was too cold.
It chilled me to the bone.
Who is Jin Yi?
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