Chapter 575 She met a man and fell in love with him.
“Even though I already had an empress and concubines, as well as princes and princesses at that time.”
"But in my heart, seeing them is like seeing rows of wooden stakes; I feel nothing at all."
"If it weren't for the suffering my mother endured, and the injustices I suffered in my own childhood, I wouldn't be willing to protect the honors of the Empress and the Crown Prince."
"In my heart, the only person I truly care about in this world is Yue'er!"
"So, in a moment of confusion and unable to bear it, I threatened Xie Huaiyuan and made him personally send your mother to my side."
"Although no major mistake was made, it did push your mother further and further away, even to the point that she swore in the name of the Empress Dowager that she would leave the Great Chu."
"My condition has worsened since she left."
"Often, because I miss your mother so much, I start cutting myself with a knife."
"Only a pain that is too clear-headed can prevent me from doing something foolish that would damage your mother's reputation."
"I am not a good person, I know that."
"But for some reason, my secret was still discovered by the King of Qin."
"The King of Qin tricked your mother into coming back."
"When I first saw your mother, I was naturally overjoyed. So even though I knew what wicked plans the Prince of Qin was making, I simply turned a blind eye and did not try to stop him."
"Perhaps I am still hoping for something in my heart."
"So, I really... am sorry for your mother."
"Until I discovered that the King of Qin had a witch by his side, and she even planned to use a curse on your mother."
"At that time, many strange things had already happened in the court. Some officials were suddenly and inexplicably wiped out, and even their entire clans died under suspicious circumstances. Therefore, I was also investigating the matter of witchcraft in Miao territory at that time."
"After suspecting the King of Qin, before I could even take him down, I discovered that I was already showing signs of being poisoned."
"At that time, I had a sorceress by my side who also came from Miao territory. She was the holy maiden of the Hehuan Sect and had always admired me, so I used her to investigate the matter thoroughly."
"She discovered the Gu poison in my body, which will make me more and more irritable and easily angered day by day, and one day I will die from it."
"I was frightened, but I could not act rashly."
"Because the mother Gu is in the hands of that witch who serves the King of Qin."
"I originally planned to act secretly, but I was too late. Your mother still fell victim to the King of Qin's scheme."
"The Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect said that the Gu poison in Yue'er's body is the Ten Thousand Love Poison. From then on, she will fall in love with every man she meets."
"Furthermore, she will be unable to control her emotions at any time and will become a slut."
"That is my moon."
"How painful and unbearable would it be for her to know the truth?"
"I know that when she wakes up, she will commit suicide to prevent herself from becoming someone she cannot accept."
"Therefore, I am determined to save this matter at any cost!"
"I had the Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect administer acupuncture to your mother, causing her to remain unconscious for some time."
"During this time, I devised a plan to capture the King of Qin in order to threaten the witch beside him. She is the same woman whose name you mentioned to the King of Qin on the mountain today—Zuliya."
"She was already pregnant at the time."
"Therefore, they were somewhat wary and dared not really push me too far."
"It is said that if we want to save Yue'er from the Gu poison, we must use the heart blood of her closest relative, the one with whom she shares the closest blood relation, to draw out the Gu worm of the Ten Thousand Love Poison, and the person who draws her blood must swallow the Gu worm himself."
"Only in this way will Yue'er be safe and sound, and she will forget this memory."
"At that time, Yue'er's closest blood relatives in this world were only me, her brother, and her child—that is, you, Rong Shi."
“But you are far away in Daliang, and I don’t have time to bring you here. So I ignored the objections of the Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect and had her personally fetch half a bowl of my heart’s blood for me.”
"The Gu worms were indeed successfully lured off Yue'er's body, but that Zuliya is also cunning."
"Perhaps knowing that I would settle accounts with the two of them afterward, she had already placed a kind of binding poison on Yue'er and her beforehand."
"Even the Holy Maiden is helpless against this poison."
"Because it was a wicked concoction made by feeding Gu poison with her own hair, skin and blood. When she died, Yue'er died."
"She is hurt, and so is the moon."
"But if anything happens to Yue'er, she will be completely unharmed."
"I was so angry I wanted to tear her apart, but I didn't dare to actually do it. I was really afraid that Yue'er would die because of it."
"Even I was unable to get rid of the Gu poison in my body at that time."
"I have poured out my heart and soul, and with the poison that these two wicked people used on me, my temperament has become increasingly uncontrollable over the years."
"The Holy Maiden said that perhaps it was because I swallowed the Gu worm that Yue'er brought out of my body, and together with the Gu worm in my body, the two kinds of Gu worms have been clashing and constantly devouring my mind over the years, which will cause my personality to become polarized in the future."
"The most ruthless side will only grow stronger."
"The most selfish and despicable side will become increasingly extreme."
"This has made me who I am today, both cruel and cowardly."
"I understand everything in my heart. I am no longer the Zongzheng Langri of yesteryear, but a monster tormented by Gu poison!"
"If Yue'er and Mother knew I would become like this... they would surely be very disappointed."
“Over the years, I have become increasingly unable to control my bloodthirsty rage, yet I have not even dared to kill the King of Qin. Because I… am also afraid of death.”
"I fear the mother Gu is in his hands. If he dies, I will also perish."
"I understand. I have long been a puppet in their hands. I didn't even know that this heartless couple had exchanged their bastard child for my princess."
"I only learned later that I was also unable to leave the capital city of Nan'an and the surrounding area within a hundred miles. Otherwise, the Gu worms in my body would have immediately burrowed into my brain and caused me to die instantly."
"Now that I hear that Zuliya is dead, and that the King of Qin and his son have also fallen at your hands, you have avenged Yue'er."
"Unfortunately... I am still alive."
"Rong Shi, this is the unbearable life of my uncle."
"Now I am still afraid of death... I am incompetent and foolish."
"It was I who utterly destroyed the Great Chu."
"I am unworthy to be the king of a country. I am also unworthy to be your uncle, and unworthy to be Yue'er's brother."
"I should have died long ago."
"Just kill me."
After saying this, Zongzheng Langri raised his head with a heart full of despair, waiting for Duan Rongshi to personally slit his throat and take his life.
However, upon hearing Zongzheng Langri's words, Duan Rongshi suddenly took a few steps back.
Then he quickly turned around and strode away.
Li Qingluo did not immediately chase after him.
Instead, he stared at the Chu Emperor and asked, "Is everything you've said true?"
Zongzheng Langri was no longer able to argue with her.
He simply said, "If even a single word is false, may I never see Yue'er again even after I die and go to the underworld!"
Li Qingluo looked at him with a complicated expression.
He thought to himself: You were never going to see him anyway!
My mother has probably already left the underworld and gone to live her truly carefree life.
But after learning the inside story of how Zongzheng Langri became what he is today, Li Qingluo felt quite conflicted.
For a moment, I really didn't know how to bring myself to kill him.
"So, Mother doesn't know what you did for her?"
Zongzheng Langri shook his head.
Why should we let her know?
"This is what I, as her older brother, should do for her."
"But I never imagined that I would still cause her death!"
"I dared not leave her in Great Chu, because I had already realized that Great Chu was about to rot completely."
"But when I heard the tragic news, I still couldn't believe it. She had left this world just like that. Now we are separated by death!"
"Back then, I was too cowardly to even wage war against the Great Liang and seek justice for Yue'er!"
“Even after that, I began to have nightmares every night.”
"All the portraits of Yue'er that you saw in that studio were painted by me after each nightmare when I woke up."
"Only when I see her face can my heart be at peace and I feel that I am still alive."
"I know I am no good."
"He developed such strong feelings for his own sister."
"But I don't know how to control it either. Perhaps I was born a monster."
Li Qinglu shook her head.
It is a lament for the life of the Chu Emperor.
"Then let me ask you, what about the Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect that you mentioned?"
Why is this person no longer by your side?
"Did you kill her?"
Zongzheng Langri glanced at Li Qingluo.
"I am cruel and cold-blooded, but there are very few people in this world who are truly loyal to me."
"Back then, she was one of them."
"Even if I were heartless, I would still covet that bit of sincerity. How could I possibly kill her?"
"It was she who said she would go to find a way to relieve my pain and cure my illness and poison. So, she left the Great Chu."
"But after she left that year, she was never heard from again and never came back."
"I also sent people out to look for her, but they said that she did not return to Miao territory back then, but went to the Western Regions."
"But no matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find any news about her."
Li Qingluo: "Perhaps she was afraid you would kill her to silence her, so she took the opportunity to leave?"
Zongzheng Langri gritted his teeth: "If you can't speak, you can shut your mouth!"
"Alright, enough nonsense."
"Now that the sword is in your hand, you shall kill me in Rong Shi's place!"
"But before I die, there is one more thing I want to know, so I beg you... to ask Rong Shi for me."
Li Qing found Duan Rongshi by the dark river in the innermost room.
She walked quickly over and called softly, "A-Shi?"
Duan Rongshi suddenly woke up with a start.
Turning to look at Li Qingluo behind her, she asked, "Luo'er, do you think that if Mother knew what he did for her back then, would she still hate him?"
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