After finishing some trivial matters today, Mu Beichen didn't linger in other places but went straight back to his palace to rest early.
On the bed, Mu Beichen lay on his side with his back to the door. He stared thoughtfully at the bare wall, unable to close his eyes. His mind was filled with images of Yu Qianqian, images he couldn't shake off even if he wanted to.
Every time he found himself thinking about these things, he couldn't help but despise himself. Yu Qianqian had been so heartless, yet he was always so spineless. No wonder that now, as the ruler of a country, he couldn't do anything to this woman no matter how hard he tried.
This state had continued until night, and upon closer inspection, it was almost time for Ye Xiyan to serve the emperor.
Just as she thought of this, Ye Xiyan was immediately escorted into the hall. She slowly stepped into the inner chamber, tiptoed to the bedside, and looked up at the man lying on the bed with his back to her. Even though it was just a back view, it made her heart pound wildly.
She stole a few glances at Mu Beichen, then quickly lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, I am Consort Yu..."
Immediately afterward, before the words had even left her lips, she suddenly saw Mu Beichen turn around to look at her. His eyes clearly showed nonchalance, but she felt that this man was incredibly alluring.
Especially his light pink robe, half-draped and half-revealed, which revealed his most alluringly muscular chest, as well as his exquisitely shaped neck and collarbone, made Ye Xiyan blush and her heart race every time she looked at him.
Mu Beichen quickly noticed her spying and instinctively sat up straight. He then swiftly closed his clothes, completely covering his exposed skin. He glanced at her with slightly displeased eyes.
"Your Majesty, please forgive my lateness and for keeping you waiting." Ye Xiyan lowered her head even further, not daring to look at him at all.
"It's alright, you're here now." Mu Beichen picked up where she left off, and said coldly, "However, I'm not used to sleeping with strangers, so you'll have to make do with sleeping outside tonight."
As he said this, he pointed to the chair and couch facing the door, directly and without hesitation indicating that Ye Xiyan should go there to sleep.
Ye Xiyan, who had been hoping to serve Mu Beichen tonight, was stunned by his words. She stared at him blankly for a long time before weakly replying with an "Oh." Then, she reluctantly pursed her lips and resigned herself to her fate, retreating outside.
She also knew that, based on her ordinary appearance, looks, and background, she could never compare to Yu Qianqian in any way. Moreover, she could see that Mu Beichen had absolutely no interest in her; his eyes and heart were only for Yu Qianqian.
Mu Beichen had been making a show of bringing her into the palace for several days, but he never showed her any affection. Anyone with eyes could see his intentions. The reason Mu Beichen went to such lengths was ultimately to win back Yu Qianqian. As for her, she was just a pawn, a pawn that could be used at will.
Ye Xiyan stepped out of the pavilion and quietly lay down on the couch. Her back was to Mu Beichen, but her big, dark eyes were wide open, darting back and forth between the walls and the floor. Now that she was only a wall away from the person she loved, she suddenly felt restless and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
The latter watched Ye Xiyan slowly walk out and disappear from sight, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Then, not long after, a gloomy look gradually appeared on Mu Beichen's handsome face.
Lost in thought, he stepped onto a pair of snow-white boots as soon as his toes touched the ground. He slightly raised his beautiful peach blossom eyes and looked at the bright moonlight shining obliquely through the window. The originally dark room was suddenly filled with a few sparse points of light. The dim light shone on the palace like water, making everything in front of him look unreal.
Now he recalled how Su Ruan's appearance caused Yu Qianqian to lose her child, an event that had become an indelible rift between them, and the pain remained deeply etched in his heart, impossible to erase.
He originally thought that as long as he acted even less indifferent than her, he might be able to gain the upper hand and make her willingly submit to him, body and soul, completely belonging to him, Mu Beichen.
But only now did he realize that he had underestimated Yu Qianqian's ruthlessness and decisiveness. The woman he couldn't let go of was always a fatal weakness, and her joys and sorrows affected his very life.
As the night drew to a close and the dim sky gradually brightened, the gates of Fengyi Palace remained tightly shut.
Yu Qianqian lay motionless on the bed, the brocade quilt covering her legs, with most of her body exposed. Her plain clothes, which she hadn't changed since the night before, were visible, as was her pale face. Her faint breath was as intermittent as a wisp of smoke.
At this moment, she was as withered as a dead tree. If someone came in and saw her, they would definitely think there was a corpse lying on the bed.
Since she angrily drove away the maids and servants last night and went to bed early in a huff, she found herself feeling increasingly unwell late into the night. The slight itch in her chest quickly turned into a sharp, stabbing pain that spread inch by inch to every part of her body. That resentment was everywhere, frantically penetrating every cell.
Before long, the petite girl was in so much pain that she was trembling uncontrollably. She felt that she had never experienced such excruciating pain in her life.
"Why... do I suddenly feel so uncomfortable..." Yu Qianqian's mind was in complete chaos. She had no energy left to think. She didn't even realize that she was jealous and resentful because she cared too much about Mu Beichen's selection of concubines. She was completely unaware that her emotions had already spiraled out of control, which caused the poison to take effect prematurely.
Yu Qianqian rolled around wildly with her hands on her chest, and with a dull thud, she crashed to the ground. At that moment, she fell to the ground in a very disheveled state!
She tried to call for help, but the sound was so faint that no one but herself could hear it.
At this moment, a voice in her heart wanted to say: Mu Beichen, I regret it, please don't abandon me to go find other women...
"I want to see him so badly, but... I can't get out..." Yu Qianqian endured the Gu poison spreading wildly in her body, as if her internal organs were being torn apart by ants. At the same time, she barely managed to crawl to the door with her nearly paralyzed limbs, crying out in despair. She knocked on the door twice with all her might before immediately fainting.
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