Double coffin?
Even setting aside his status as a history blogger, Xie Yuan's experience of living in ancient times for the past few years has been enough to make him understand the meaning of the phrase "double coffin".
Helian Jue wanted her to live and die with him.
Yes, for two people deeply in love, being able to share a bed in life and a grave in death is absolutely a romantic thing to die for.
However, if you calm down and think about it carefully, you will find that this matter is extremely cruel and inhumane.
It is especially unfair to the woman.
If he were to die before Helian Jue, Helian Jue, as the emperor, would naturally not commit suicide for love.
But if Helian Jue dies first, then she will have to die with him!
Moreover, sharing life and death is not just a matter of affection for the royal family, but also of self-interest.
Helian Jue could prevent the Empress Dowager from seizing power and the maternal relatives from interfering in politics by taking away the wife who gave birth to the heir.
The throne of the Great Zhou will remain in the hands of the Helian clan; there will never be a situation where a woman rules the court!
Xie Yuan wished she were a love-struck fool. If she weren't so clear-headed, hearing "double coffin" would only make her feel touched.
Instead, there will be no chilling fear or despair.
She would not resent Helian Jue's ruthlessness and madness.
However, even though Xie Yuan was keenly aware of the cruelty of the double coffin to her, she did not lose her composure in front of Yuwen Hao.
Even if she needs to cry or vent, she'll find a place where no one is around.
Rather than letting someone with malicious intent laugh at us.
"A double coffin? The Sage loves me this much?"
Xie Yuan tried hard to recall Princess Xinping's love-struck behavior and began to perfectly replicate it.
She feigned a moved expression, her face filled with a dreamy look, "To share the same bed in life, and the same grave in death! The sage treats me so well, I am truly blessed!"
Yuwen Hao, usually a refined and composed young man, was now somewhat dumbfounded.
What's going on?
Empress Xie was a decisive and ruthless woman who was no less capable than any man.
Why is she suddenly acting like a little girl?
No!
This was no longer the behavior of a typical young girl; it was as if she were possessed, her mind completely clouded.
"Ah Yuan! Do you even understand the meaning of the double coffin?"
Yuwen Hao mistakenly thought that Xie Yuan hadn't reacted immediately, so he explained further.
Yuwen Hao simply couldn't believe that a woman who could handle herself so well in the imperial court would be without ambition!
Anyone with ambition would never willingly sacrifice themselves for someone else!
Xie Yuan nodded vigorously, "Of course I understand! Didn't I just say 'to share the same bed in life and the same grave in death'?"
"The sage truly loves me; even if I must be buried alive with him, he only wants me!"
Having heard countless declarations of being love-obsessed in later generations and personally witnessed king-level love-obsessed officials in ancient times, Xie Yuan could easily play the role of someone with a love-obsessed mind.
Her almost brainless remarks left Yuwen Hao completely dumbfounded.
What does it mean to say, "Even if I have to be buried alive with someone, I only want to be the one to die with them"?
Is this the kind of reaction a normal person should have?
Could it be that Empress Xie really likes Helian Jue that much?
Love him so much that you'd be willing to die for him?
"Ah Yuan! This isn't fair to you!"
"If you die, Helian Jue will not be buried with you!"
"And if he dies, you will—"
Yuwen Hao panicked and, disregarding his pretense, simply called out Helian Jue's name.
Xie Yuan, on the other hand, seemed to be caught up in "emotion," completely lacking his usual shrewdness and competence.
Unaware of Yuwen Hao's "great disrespect," she continued in a dreamy tone, "In the world of love, what is there to be fair or unfair?"
"If you love someone, you love them; you don't care about anything else!"
"Furthermore, I believe in saints; if I die first, he will not live on alone!"
Yuwen Hao: ...This woman is really seriously ill. She actually... she actually has such delusional thoughts?
Being a man himself, Yuwen Hao understood his "kind" all too well.
Let alone Helian Jue being an emperor above all others, even ordinary people would not commit suicide for their wives.
Being able to observe three years of mourning for his wife after her passing already shows him to be a very devoted and good man.
They even committed suicide together!
Yuwen Hao never knew that someone as clever as Xie Yuan could be deceived by a man.
"That's right! It must have been Helian Jue who used similar sweet words to deceive Xie Shi, which led her to have such an outrageous fantasy!"
Just now, Yuwen Hao wanted to denounce Xie Yuan's love-struckness, but realizing that Xie Yuan was easy to fool, Yuwen Hao suddenly thought: being love-struck isn't so bad.
At least it doesn't take too much trouble; just a few sweet nothings and you can charm the other person completely.
"If even a saint could treat you like this, it would truly be a beautiful story."
“But I worry that the sage will betray your devoted heart.”
“Ah Yuan, the sage is not just a man, he is also a king, a son, a father, he has too many responsibilities.”
"...Leaving aside everything else, even the sage might not be able to do the thing of 'not accepting two colors'."
Having made up his mind, Yuwen Hao continued to sow discord.
He lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I have also traveled in the Northwest and know a few old friends there."
"Just two days ago, I received a letter from an old friend in which he mentioned an 'anecdotal story'."
"It is said that the Sage and the young lady of General Dugu's family fell in love with each other. For the sake of the young lady, the Sage even made an exception and allowed the woman to enter the army camp."
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