The two guards had no choice but to be arranged here to guard Fu Yueli. Faced with this situation, they were in a dilemma. If they let Fu Yueli go, they would probably lose their lives. If they didn't let her go, they would fight with Fu Yueli and might also lose their lives.
While the two sides were in a stalemate, Shi Mingyue walked over, grabbed Fu Yueli's arm, and shook his head gently at him.
Fu Yueli endured it, turned around and followed her back into the house. He was impulsive, and if he rushed out like this, things might get worse.
Shi Mingyue gave him a comforting hug and said, "Leave it to me. I will take care of everything."
Fu Yueli looked at her in surprise. Before he could ask any questions, Shi Mingyue stood on tiptoe and blocked his words with her lips.
Then she turned and ran out of the house. Although Fu Yueli was under house arrest, she was still free to travel.
She wanted to go to the palace and ask the emperor in person what he wanted.
Her entry into the palace was extremely smooth, as was her meeting with the emperor, as if the emperor had already anticipated her coming.
The first time he saw her, the emperor smiled softly: "I said that you would take the initiative to come to the palace to see me. It seems that my prediction was not wrong."
"What does Queen Lu mean to you?" Shi Mingyue asked straight to the point.
It was already late in Zhengyang Palace, and the windows were closed, making the hall seem a little dim. The emperor's face was hidden in the shadows. Without thinking, he answered directly, "Wanzhen holds a place in my heart that no one else can match."
"It seems that you value her very much. Then why do you want to harm her only biological son and closest relative?" Shi Mingyue was puzzled.
The emperor chuckled and said, "Yes, I love Wanzhen until death, but what do Fu Yueli and the Lu family have to do with me? The only one I care about most is Wanzhen."
People often say that if you love someone, you will love everything about him or her, but that is not the case with Fu Xingkai. He truly loves Lu Wanzhen, but he does not have any empathy for the people or things that Lu Wanzhen loves.
“Your love for Queen Lu is not love at all. If it were love, you wouldn’t hurt the people she cares about.” Shi Mingyue said coldly.
Fu Xingkai disagreed. "Whether I love Wanzhen or not has nothing to do with the approval of others. You, on the other hand, didn't come to the palace just to ask this question, did you?"
Shi Mingyue thought it was ridiculous: "Yes, I have another question. You already know that it was Concubine Cen who killed Queen Lu, right? Why don't you avenge her?"
Fu Xingkai's face was gloomy, and a strange smile curled up the corners of his lips. "I know. I once suspected that she was the one who harmed Wanzhen, but I had no evidence. It wasn't until the beginning of this year that I accidentally learned the true cause of Wanzhen's death. Cen Xianglian did deserve to die, but I will not let her die too early. That would be too easy for her."
Shi Mingyue looked at the smile on his face and felt a chill. It turned out that he was not without revenge on Concubine Cen. He might have used the same method that Concubine Cen used to kill Queen Lu. He gave Concubine Cen a chronic poison and wanted to slowly torture her to death.
"What else will you do? Will you let the Lu family go?" Shi Mingyue asked.
Fu Xingkai said, "That depends on your wishes. I only want you."
"Why? I never understood what it was about me that caught your eye? Is it because I look a lot like Queen Lu?" Shi Mingyue never understood this.
Fu Xingkai looked at her, as if reminiscing. "Do you remember the funeral ceremony for the Queen Mother that day? After the ceremony, you stayed and burned the scriptures."
Shi Mingyue certainly remembered this scene. Fu Xingkai continued, "When you turned around, I seemed to see Wanzhen. Actually, you don't look like Wanzhen, but you share the same characteristics."
"What characteristics?" Shi Mingyue couldn't help asking.
Fu Xingkai seemed to be recalling the good old days, his smile rather sweet. "It's kindness," he paused, looking at Shi Mingyue and said, "It sounds cheesy, but your kindness is pure, without any selfish thoughts."
Shi Mingyue couldn't help but want to tell him that she had lied that day. She was not burning paper for the empress dowager, but for the unborn child.
"The first time I met Wanzhen was when the Lingzhou earthquake hit. Countless houses collapsed. She was in a resettlement camp for the disaster victims. When I saw her, she was combing the hair of a little girl who had lost both her parents." For many years, he had never forgotten this scene, nor had he forgotten the serious, focused, and loving look on Wanzhen's face when she was combing the little girl's hair. He felt that she was like a fairy from heaven, untainted by the mundane world, true and kind, and like a ray of light that illuminated his life.
Shi Mingyue probably understood that if it was another person who stayed to burn paper for the empress dowager that day, the emperor would also fall in love with her, because he loved a person's pure kindness, which is the most valuable quality.
"Actually, I wasn't burning paper for the empress dowager that day. I was burning paper for another deceased person because I felt very sorry for him and failed to protect him. So I copied scriptures for him and burned paper for him. It was just that you suddenly asked me at that time, and I couldn't tell the truth, so I could only lie, so I lied to you." Shi Mingyue decided to tell the truth.
Fu Xingkai was stunned. He stared at Shi Mingyue for a long time, and finally revealed a somewhat desperate and crazy smile: "It doesn't matter. The image of you in my heart has not changed."
Shi Mingyue subconsciously took a step back. She wondered to what extent the emperor was obsessed with Empress Lu. He wanted to transfer all his thoughts and attachments to Empress Lu to another person because she was his spiritual pillar. So even if she told him the truth, he didn't care at all because he had already determined his goal and he had paid too much for it. It was impossible for him to stop.
"So, what's your decision?" Fu Xingkai asked her.
Shi Mingyue said word by word, "I want you to let the Lu family go and restore Fu Yueli's position as crown prince."
"And then, will you stay with me?" He only wanted her to ask this.
Shi Mingyue said, "Yes."
"I want to see your sincerity now." Fu Xingkai looked at her with a smile.
Shi Mingyue walked forward step by step. She calculated the timing perfectly. Just as she knelt in front of Fu Xingkai's legs, a woman's loud shouting came from outside the hall.
The palace maids outside the door seemed unable to stop the visitor, who quickly rushed in. When they saw Shi Mingyue kneeling in front of Fu Xingkai, they all showed expressions of shock and contempt.
The visitors were the only two princesses of Zhao State, Fu Jinyao and Fu Qiyao.
Facing his two daughters, the emperor did not feel ashamed at all. Instead, he said coldly, "Get out!" and drove his two daughters out.
Fu Jinyao's temper was even more intense. Seeing this, she couldn't help but shout, "Father, have you lost your mind?! Have you been deceived by this bitch?"
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