Chapter 524: The Princess Who Was Widowed Early (17)
Abandoned Palace.
"Blood...blood..." Concubine Shu felt something sticky at the base of her thigh. She touched it and lifted her finger to see that it was covered in blood.
The Fifth Prince was shocked. He had never been exposed to this kind of knowledge and he vaguely thought, is she going to give birth?
"It hurts...it hurts..." Concubine Shu's fingernails dug into the Fifth Prince's flesh. At this moment, it felt like a knife was scraping her flesh in her stomach. This feeling was not like the feeling of childbirth that her mother had described to her. It was more like a sign of miscarriage.
The Fifth Prince wanted to get rid of her, but she held him tightly. If he forcibly struggled to free his hand, he would probably be abandoned. He had no choice but to coax her patiently, "Be good, relax, relax, I'll go find the imperial physician."
Although he said so, his real purpose was just to get out of trouble. If the imperial physician really came, his relationship with her would be exposed to everyone. At that time, not to mention the throne, even the position of the prince would be difficult to preserve.
In this critical moment, Concubine Shu rarely maintained a clear mind. She knew that he would most likely not come back after this trip, so she held his hand tightly and begged, "Don't leave me, I'm scared."
The Fifth Prince frowned, and suddenly had an idea. He braved the discomfort and picked her up, "I'll take you to see the imperial physician. No matter what, you must live. Even if I don't want the throne of emperor and you don't have the throne of empress, I still want you to live."
When Concubine Shu heard him say this, she immediately felt unbearable. If she and he went out like this, they would definitely destroy each other. In this case, why should she drag him down? Just thinking of this, she didn't want to struggle anymore.
"You go. You go first." A few words had exhausted all her strength. Her hair had fallen down, and her inner shirt was soaked with sweat. She weakly let go of his hand.
The Fifth Prince breathed a long sigh of relief and ran outside immediately.
She was already dead, but he had to live well. With the death of Concubine Shu, he could still hook up with Concubine Ming and Concubine Yan. If he was finished, he would have no chance to turn over. He couldn't allow himself to have such a failed life!
"Heh..." Concubine Shu, who was leaning on the old door frame, sneered at his back, which was running faster than a rabbit.
The Fifth Prince, who ran to the palace road outside, suddenly stopped.
He would definitely not come back after going out today. But what about her? If she was found in the abandoned palace, her purpose of going to the abandoned palace would definitely be traced. By then, wouldn't he be exposed? He decided to go all out.
He picked up the stone on the ground and turned back.
Seeing him coming back, Concubine Shu was so happy that she was about to cry. She said with all her strength: "Save me..."
"I'm here to save you." The Fifth Prince approached her with a ferocious face, and his hand hidden under his sleeve revealed a sharp stone.
Concubine Shu felt that the string in her mind seemed to break at this moment. She stuttered: "No... don't... don't..."
She didn't understand why he treated her like this. Didn't he promise her that he would make her his empress when he became emperor? Didn't he swear time and again that the person he loved most was her? Why did he point the sharp stone at himself? Why?
Before she could figure it out, she was hit hard in the stomach. Originally, she felt as if a knife was scraping her flesh, but now she felt as if her internal organs were cut open. She was in pain... it was heart-wrenching pain... She didn't understand why he could be so cruel when she had given everything for him.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Over and over again, until his hands were covered with blood, the fifth prince stopped. He wiped his hands on the straw on the ground as if he had just woken up from a dream. What had he just done? He was really going to kill her. At the moment of his hesitation and weakness, the voice of the devil in his heart rang out: You can't let her live, you can't let her live. Her living will affect your plan.
He covered his ears, not wanting to be dominated by this devil's voice anymore, but his eyes were looking for a place to hold the body.
Dry well.
He saw the dry well in the corner.
It should be an abandoned dry well, and it is normal for Concubine Shu to fall and die.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... When I become the emperor, I will burn paper for you and chant sutras for you to help you to rest in peace." He dragged her hand to the dry well, and kept muttering to himself to relieve his guilt, "I will repay you in the next life, and I will work like a cow or a horse. You can do whatever you want, but not in this life. In this life, I must be the emperor, and I must ascend to the high position of the nine-five supreme."
After the fifth prince at the entrance of the cave heard a "dong", she stopped moving, and had no worries at all. She picked up the dry grass to cover the entrance of the cave, and then picked up the dry grass on the ground to restore it to its original state. Then he ran outside. He wanted to run to the farthest Taiye Lake as soon as possible to clear himself of any involvement.
After a dizzy spell, Concubine Shu fell heavily to the ground. The dry well was not as deep as she imagined. After a moment, she could actually see everything in the well.
At this point, she still didn't give up on him. There was really no hope. The pain had made her numb. To be precise, her consciousness had begun to fade.
She thought of the day when she received the imperial edict to enter the palace. It was raining heavily. She braved the heavy rain to go to the temple to pray for blessings. The moment she opened the curtain of the sedan chair on the street, a handsome young man broke into her sight and smiled at her gently. At that moment, her heart already had his shadow.
After entering the palace, the concubines were as beautiful as the flowers in the garden. Everyone was trying to compete for beauty and there were endless ways to compete for favor. But she was not conspicuous among the concubines. After receiving the emperor's one night, she never got the emperor's face again. She met him in the imperial garden by chance. He was a little surprised and then sad.
Later, she often went to the imperial garden just to see him again. When they met again, he seemed to accept his identity, but his eyes were a little evasive when he looked at her. She seemed to understand something and never went to the imperial garden again. But he secretly went to her palace to meet her several times. After getting drunk, he had sex with her, and then the two of them couldn't stop.
Later, he coaxed her to win favor, coaxed her to get the family to support him, and coaxed her to pass on messages for him in the palace.
It is said that time reveals a person's true character. His sweet words and promises day after day made her think that she was living a happy life. When danger came, he ran faster than anyone else, for fear that she would drag him down. He even wanted her to die.
Now thinking about it, everything should have been a mistake.
(End of this chapter)
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