But Xuan Ye was a grown man and naturally didn't understand the subtleties of women. He simply frowned and said, "Bring Ulanara Wanwan up here."
As soon as Xuan Ye finished speaking, Mingyue suddenly coughed up blood and began to tremble violently. She weakly said, "Your Majesty..."
Upon seeing this, Xuan Ye quickly pulled her into his arms. "Mingyue, don't scare me. I can't lose you!" At this moment, he felt immense pain, as if the sky were about to collapse.
“Your Majesty…” Mingyue looked at him weakly, her voice so faint it was almost inaudible. She said with difficulty, “It is my incompetence that I could not protect your child.”
"It's alright, as long as you're well, you can have another child." Xuan Ye hugged her tightly, feeling extremely distressed.
Mingyue shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "Your Majesty, do not be sad. It is all fate. Your Majesty, you must forget me and live well." After saying this, her body began to convulse again, and she kept spitting out black blood clots.
Xuan Ye was shocked and said in a panic, "Zhang Wenshan, what are you standing there for? Look at the Empress!"
Zhang Wenshan rushed over immediately. Although Mingyue's pulse was steady, he still said, "Your Majesty, please accept my condolences. The Empress..."
Before Zhang Wenshan could finish speaking, Xuan Ye roared like a raging tiger, "If you can't save the Empress, you will all be buried with her!"
Zhang Wenshan immediately fell silent, trembling with fear. He had never seen the emperor so angry. A powerful pressure pressed down on him, forcing him to lower his head.
"Don't... take your anger out on others, they've already done their best," Mingyue said, holding Xuan Ye's hand.
Xuan Ye nodded with tears streaming down his face; he didn't want Mingyue to leave this world with regrets.
"Okay..." Mingyue smiled, slowly closed her eyes, and finally fell asleep.
Xuan Ye held Mingyue's 'corpse' and cried his heart out, "Mingyue, don't go!"
But the bright moon remained motionless.
Perhaps it was too realistic, because both Cheng Bi and Lü Xiu couldn't help but shed tears.
Seeing this, Huanzhu revealed a triumphant smile, feeling infinitely happy at this moment.
When Wanwan was brought in, she happened to see Mingyue with her eyes closed. Startled, she quickly knelt down and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, this concubine greets you."
"Consort Hui, you are truly my good Consort Hui!" Xuan Ye said in a gloomy tone.
Even if Wanwan was stupid, she could still read Xuan Ye's expression. She raised her head and looked at the person in front of her with a blank expression.
At that moment, she was unaware that she had been betrayed by the person she trusted most.
"Stop pretending!" Seeing her innocent look, Xuan Ye's heart burned with rage. He pointed at Huan Zhu and said, "Did you tell her to pretend to be a ghost to scare Mingyue, causing the death of both mother and child?"
"What?" Wanwan's eyes widened as she stared at Xuan Ye in disbelief. "Your Majesty, I have never done such a thing... Please investigate!"
"Still trying to argue? Huanzhu has already said it!" Xuan Ye roared.
Wanwan panicked for a moment, and she asked Huanzhu anxiously, "What exactly did you say to the Emperor?"
With tears in her eyes, Huanzhu said, "Your Highness Consort Hui, things have come to this, let's just accept it!"
"What do you mean?" Wanwan finally realized something.
“This servant has already said that the eldest prince fell into the lake by accident, but Your Highness just doesn’t believe it. She even thought that the Empress pushed him.” Huanzhu paused, then added, “So she harbored resentment and wanted revenge.”
"Nonsense!" Wanwan rebuked sharply. She couldn't believe that Huanzhu would frame her like this, and shook her head in disbelief.
"This servant is not lying." Huanzhu turned to Xuan Ye with tears in her eyes. "Your Majesty, the Empress threatened to kill my entire family. This servant dared not disobey!"
"What nonsense are you spouting? I didn't say anything! You're slandering me!" Wanwan shouted. She wanted to explain, but she didn't know how.
Huanzhu ignored Wanwan and continued wiping away her tears, "This servant is just a lowly palace maid. What good would it do to frighten Her Majesty the Empress?"
“You…” Wanwan trembled with anger.
Xuan Ye looked at Wanwan and sneered, "You poisonous woman, Mingyue has been so kind to you, yet you treat her like this. I will not let you off easily."
Although Wanwan was even more beautiful than Mingyue, in Xuan Ye's heart, she couldn't even compare to one of Mingyue's fingers.
"Your Majesty..." Wanwan closed her eyes in anguish. She realized that she had been tricked by Huanzhu. What was painful was that she only found out on her deathbed. Thinking back on the past, she realized how foolish she had been to listen to Huanzhu and make enemies of everyone in the harem.
Now, she believes that no one will help her.
Seeing Wanwan's heartbroken appearance, Xuan Ye assumed it was her grief before death and coldly said, "Give her poisoned wine!"
"No..." Wanwan cried out, but no one paid any attention to her. She watched the guards walk over, her eyes filled with resentment.
Xuan Ye showed her no sympathy whatsoever; he had lost patience with her and coldly said, "Drag her away!"
Seeing this, Huanzhu smiled knowingly; this was killing two birds with one stone. The harem would surely descend into chaos upon losing two of its most honored members at once.
Wanwan was lifted up by two palace maids. She shouted that she was innocent, but they still forcibly dragged her out of the palace.
When the two palace maids came back in, they brought news that Wanwan had died.
"Good riddance!" Huanzhu chuckled inwardly, without a trace of sadness. All the kindness Wanwan had shown her had been forgotten.
"Illusionary Pearl!"
Xuan Ye's shout brought Huan Zhu back to her senses, and she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me and spare my life."
"Spare you?" Xuan Ye's eyes flashed with a hint of ferocity, but it quickly disappeared. He said calmly, "You also obey your master. Since it was not your own will, I will let you go this time."
Upon hearing this, Huanzhu smiled knowingly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing my life."
"But you will be sentenced to death, though you will not escape punishment. From now on, you will work in the Bureau of Clothing and Clothing. I do not wish to see you." Xuan Ye waved his hand, ordering the guards to take Huanzhu away.
"As you command, this servant takes her leave." Huanzhu gave a slight bow and left Kunning Palace, but in her heart she sneered, "Do you think I can't turn your harem into a bloodbath just because I'm elsewhere?"
Xuan Ye watched Huan Zhu's departing figure, a gloomy look appearing in his eyes. "You may all leave. I want to have a proper talk with the Empress."
Those who know the truth will understand, while those who don't might think that Xuan Ye is heartbroken and hallucinating.
Whether they knew it or not, the person before them was the emperor, and everyone could only obey his orders and bow down.
In the palace, only Xuan Ye and Ming Yue remained.
"Alright, you can open your eyes now," Xuan Ye said gently.
Mingyue slowly opened her eyes and saw Xuan Ye looking at her with concern. A surge of emotion welled up in her heart.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Xuan Ye said with a smile.
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