"I spent more than a month recuperating in Pingyou Mountain, and none of the beautiful scenery and streams in the mountains could compare to her beauty."
"She is the most heroic and radiant woman in the world, as passionate as the sun, yet I, because I fell in love with her, imprisoned her in the palace."
“I once made a promise in my heart that when I have a son who can inherit the great cause, I will abdicate in his favor, and then take A-Yu and the children back to Pingyou Mountain, where I first met her, to spend the rest of my peaceful and leisurely life…”
He stopped there.
The young emperor quietly pondered for a while and understood the meaning behind his words.
A single, glistening tear fell to the ground, blooming into a bitter flower.
"So... the reason I was able to ascend the throne is because I am not Consort Yu's son, is that right?"
The late emperor remained silent.
"Father wishes to retire to the mountains with Consort Yu and your favorite children. This does not include me, does it?"
The late emperor remained silent.
"Only when I become emperor can you and Consort Yu and the others live a happy family like ordinary people, right?"
The late emperor remained silent, staring at the curtains above the bed.
The young emperor was already in tears.
What pained him more than his father's accusation that he had harmed Consort Yu was that he had never been truly loved by his father.
What was even more despairing was that Consort Yu was too kind. If Consort Yu had been a little more selfish and hadn't hindered the Emperor's plan to make him the Crown Prince, the Empress Consort wouldn't have been able to harm her, and no one would have died...
"You have gotten what you wanted. Go and retrieve the imperial edict, and ascend the throne."
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