Chapter 2908: Love and Hate That Refuses to Be Erased
Listening to the thunder exploding above his head, it seemed as if the dilapidated house was shaking in the thunder, and Qin Ruolan's thin body began to tremble slightly.
She said, "You—"
But he didn't finish his words, as if he had swallowed them down hard, or as if he was interrupted by a sudden loud noise. The already dilapidated window was blown open by the strong wind outside, and the wind rushed into the room, blowing out the candlestick on the table.
After that little bit of light disappeared, the two people could only face each other in the darkness.
However, some things are clearer than before.
Qin Ruolan could even hear her own heartbeat and the heartbeat of the man standing in front of her, which was so low that it seemed like it would stop at any time.
When she spoke again, her thin clothes fluttered in the wind, making her look even thinner and more delicate, as if she would be swept away at any moment. She asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, do you want me to die?"
“…”
"Are you here to kill me?"
“…”
"You want me to die?"
Zhu Feng stood in front of her, his dry and low voice sounded.
"Leaving the mother and leaving the child behind has always been the case since ancient times."
“…”
"Prince, you will inherit the throne in the future. A person like you cannot have any stain on your reputation."
“…”
"My birth and my ascension to the throne are tainted. That's why, over the years, even until now, I haven't been able to completely resolve this matter. As for Cheng Xuan, he's too kind. If the stain of his birth were to be discovered, it would bring him endless trouble."
“…”
"What I want to do is to get rid of these troubles for him while I am still able to move."
"trouble……?"
Qin Ruolan stood in the darkness, silent for a long time before finally speaking, but only repeated these two words.
"trouble."
“…”
"So, in your heart, I am just a trouble?"
“…”
"A trouble you can't wait to get rid of? Really?"
Zhu Feng didn't say anything.
Qin Ruolan smiled sadly, and her whole body was shaking, as if her fragile body would be shattered by the wind at any time.
And Zhu Feng just looked at her quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Ruolan stopped laughing. She raised her head and looked at Zhu Feng. Her eyes suddenly became very bright. Not only bright, but even sharp, like a knife suddenly inserted in the night.
She said, "If you want to sentence me to death, then why are you here?"
“…”
"Shouldn't it usually be the Queen who orders a woman to be executed in the cold palace?"
“…”
"Now that the Queen is gone, it's the Imperial Concubine who's in charge of the harem, right?"
“…”
"Why didn't she come to sentence me to death?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of lightning and thunder outside. The cold lightning shone on the faces of the two people. Qin Ruolan's eyes were red, and Zhu Feng's brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was struggling with something.
After a long time, he said, "She can't come."
Qin Ruolan said: "Can't come?"
“…”
"Why can't you come?"
Zhu Feng said, "There are other matters in the palace. I asked her to sentence another guilty concubine to death."
Qin Ruolan looked at him with a smile: "Now, there are so many things going on in the palace? On the same night, His Majesty came to the cold palace to sentence me to death, and the imperial concubine had to go to another place to sentence another concubine to death?"
“…”
"Two women were sentenced to death on the same night. Why the rush?"
Zhu Feng looked into her eyes and sighed deeply.
Qin Ruolan, after all, is the daughter of Qin Zhengqi, the former Prince's Junior Tutor. She is so cunning and scheming that she can even deceive him. How could she hide this from her eyes?
After Zhu Feng let out a long sigh, he reached out to hold the edge of the table and slowly sat down.
In the pitch darkness of the room, he slowly said, "I've injured my heart this time, and I can't guarantee longevity. Perhaps I can live to be a hundred years old, or perhaps, before long, I will pass away."
“…”
"But no matter what, Cheng Xuan will become my crown prince and inherit the throne in the future."
“…”
"Of course, I won't tell him about his origins. He needs an unblemished background to inherit the throne. But things are unpredictable, and I can't guarantee it. He might one day learn about his origins. When that happens, your death will become a thorn in his heart."
“…”
"I cannot plant this thorn between him and Nan Yan."
“…”
"So, I have to come."
Hearing these words, Qin Ruolan suddenly chuckled.
"So you did it for her."
“…”
"In order to prevent my son from suspecting her, in order to prevent my son from hating her, you would rather execute me yourself. You also deliberately let her execute another concubine on the same day. This way, you can completely clear her of suspicion and make my son completely devoted to her. In the future, he will even serve her as his own mother. Is that right?"
Zhu Feng remained silent and did not move.
The thin figure swayed a few times in the wind, and staggered slowly to his front. Qin Ruolan looked up at him and smiled, "You sentenced me to death, it's also for her."
“…”
"Only when I die can she be completely at peace, right?"
Zhu Feng looked down at her.
After a long silence, he slowly said, "Not bad."
“…”
"If you were alive, if I were gone, you would definitely find a way to recognize Cheng Xuan. By that time, I don't know what earth-shaking changes would have taken place in the court. But you—"
He paused here, his eyes and voice became heavy.
"Will you let Nan Yan go?"
The moment Qin Ruolan heard these words, her eyes suddenly turned red.
A ferocious expression suddenly appeared on that beautiful face. She gritted her teeth and said viciously, "I won't! I won't let her go! I will definitely kill her. I will make her suffer torture and die in humiliation!"
“…”
"She, she took you away. She took away the life that should have belonged to me. Now, she even took away my son. My son will have to call her mother in the future, right?!"
“…”
"I must kill her. I've been in this cold palace, enduring day after day, waiting for that day!"
Her shrill voice was intertwined with the wind and thunder, like the howling of evil spirits from hell.
Zhu Feng looked at her quietly.
Faced with such a nearly crazy woman, he was neither enraged nor showed disgust.
He was just sad.
He had loved this woman and hated her, but the long years and unbearable past had worn away his love and hate, and all that was left was the tiredness of looking at each other in silence.
But I didn't expect that there was still love and hate in Qin Ruolan's heart.
Love and hate that refuse to be erased.
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