If being disliked by the Empress was a bolt from the blue, then being betrayed by one's own daughter was an earth-shattering despair.
It was as if the only belief I had in this life had completely collapsed and ceased to exist.
Especially when Roujun ordered her men to look at the cowering people with arrogant expressions and pitiful eyes, the palace servants felt only despair.
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All his brilliance was stripped away, and he fell before his enemy, watching him sneer at him.
Even the feelings Feng Jun had when he saw him back then probably couldn't compare to one ten-thousandth of the heartache he felt now.
Because he no longer had an empress, but he had his own daughters who loved him wholeheartedly and would still avenge him even after his death.
That's right, it's revenge.
He finally understood that no matter how much the eldest princess had hated him before, everything the third princess was doing to him now was nothing more than revenge.
The Third Princess once lived before him with the most foolish pretense, burying all her hatred deep in her heart. While he thought he could control her, she grew up peacefully, eventually revealing her true colors.
In truth, this Third Princess, who knows how to endure and how to feign, is a hundred times more terrifying than the First Princess. The pain once inflicted on Feng Jun has been returned to him mercilessly by the Third Princess. Now, the Third Princess must be looking down on him with condescending mockery, just as he once arrogantly looked down on her foolishness.
He now realizes what kind of enemy he has encountered.
In the past, he would have nervously reminded his daughter to be even more wary of the Third Princess, Luan Wang, than of the First Princess.
But now... he doesn't want to say anything anymore.
His daughter, for whom he had given everything, had long forgotten him. Faced with the emperor's disgust, even his daughter avoided him and was even willing to join forces with Roujun.
His life was like a joke.
Lin Gongren, clutching the treasures sent by Roujun, wept bitterly. His only thought at that moment was to die, but then he saw many palace servants rushing in. They did nothing and said nothing, but simply surrounded him.
After a long while, one of the older palace maids said gently, "His Highness Prince Luan said that he was afraid that the palace maids would be too heartbroken and hurt themselves, so he came to watch over you. Otherwise, if anything happened to you, wouldn't it make the Second Princess sad?" The palace maid raised her still beautiful face, as if she could see the Third Princess's coldness through the palace maid.
Death is a relief, but she wants him to live in this pain forever.
The palace maid was trembling all over, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Third Princess..."
"Rest assured, His Highness is having a very pleasant meal with His Majesty," the palace attendant continued calmly.
When the Emperor passed away, not all of his servants were buried with him. He was one of the Emperor's former attendants, and now... it's good that he's just staying here and watching over the palace servants.
"It's all His Majesty's fault. If His Majesty had feelings for the Phoenix Prince, I wouldn't have been able to ascend the throne!" the palace maid said, trembling.
The palace maid simply smiled.
But that smile instilled a deep-seated fear in people.
Shen Wangshu and the Empress were dining together. Shen Wangshu was used to being picky because she was pampered. However, the Empress was in a bad mood and found Shen Wangshu's pickiness amusing. She watched her eat with a bit of indulgence and then suddenly said, "The child from the Marquis of Jingbei's mansion is quite ill. I'm afraid your elder sister won't be able to get married. Otherwise, you should get married first."
Seeing Shen Wangshu look up at her with bright, sparkling eyes, she felt a surge of joy and found her daughter incredibly adorable. She spoke even more gently, "I'm sure you can't wait any longer."
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"Your Majesty, I thank you!" Shen Wangshu clasped his hands together and bowed repeatedly to the Empress.
The Empress laughed a few times, then rubbed her temples.
She felt a great joy when she looked at her daughter, a joy that lessened her aversion to the harem.
She wasn't oblivious to Roujun's ulterior motives; she was simply looking for a way out in case Roujun passed away.
However, the fact that the Second Princess could collude with Roujun clearly indicates that she was not entirely innocent.
At this moment, she couldn't help but think of all the love Feng Jun had for her back then.
Perhaps it was a curse, but after the death of the Phoenix Lord, she lived a life of pleasure and indulgence, surrounded by countless beauties and tenderness, which made her forget her former lover for a time. But perhaps it was because she had grown older, she missed the simple yet jealous man from before, the man who would put on a respectable face and ask her to stay in his palace on the first and fifteenth of each month. Perhaps it was because of this that she tacitly approved of Lin Guijun's changes over the years, and allowed him to wear the blue robes he once wore and put on an air of nobility.
But she saw through it all again: he could never become him.
Everyone had some expectations of her, but the only genuine love was gone.
The empress suddenly felt that her daughter, who was smiling at her, was somewhat cruel.
She used the simplest language and her feelings for Fang Xuan to evoke her longing for Feng Jun, but recalling those days, all that remained for her was perhaps regret and pain.
This longing and the inability to have her again kept the Empress awake every night.
She could no longer look at Lin Guijun, not only because she was disgusted by his unruly behavior, but perhaps also because she could not face the harm she had caused to Fengjun because of Lin Guijun back then.
All those hurts have now been repaid to her.
No matter how many servants she had, she couldn't forget him.
The Empress stared at Shen Wangshu for too long. Shen Wangshu, oblivious to everything, ate the delicious dishes in front of him with gusto. When he looked up, he saw his mother looking at him with a complicated expression. He turned his head and smiled as he picked up a piece of stewed duck with his chopsticks and offered it to the Empress. He said with a smile, "Mother, please try it! Ah Xuan likes this the most. Your son would like to let Mother try it too."
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