Shu Yufeng's life was truly short.
He was only twenty years old when he was imprisoned.
However, the long imprisonment lasted for fourteen years.
Shu Yufeng had a good childhood; his mother, Consort Zhou, doted on him and always valued him highly.
With the late emperor's promise, he was convinced that he would become the crown prince.
He had a powerful maternal uncle, a favored concubine, and a younger brother.
They were truly full of vigor and high spirits.
His most glorious moment was probably when he met A'Luo, pretending to be a wealthy young man from the Yi family.
They had so much fun!
However, he eventually realized that his life consisted only of lies.
That year, after accompanying the late emperor on an inspection tour and being disfigured, everything finally returned to its original state.
His mother's attention and concern for him changed suddenly.
Anyway, there's still the eighth brother, isn't there? They're all princes.
Although her uncle still respected her, his attitude had changed.
Even though they all knew that the disfigurement was related to the eighth brother.
However, they still chose to remain silent.
Since they were all born to Consort Zhou, if one is ruined, we can't ruin the other one too, right?
No one cared whether Shu Yufeng was in a good mood or not.
Or perhaps they would even be troubled by his change. After all, wasn't it the Eighth Prince who used to bow down and side with his older brother?
So, how come things are different when it's reversed?
The idea is correct, but... it's not human-like.
How can a person not harbor resentment and injustice?
And there's Aro.
He genuinely liked A'Luo at first. He liked her so much that he disregarded her status.
However, after he was disfigured, he had more time and energy to look at things and think about them, and gradually he realized that something was wrong.
A'Luo was actually the Crown Prince's spy.
Haha, this is so unexpected! And so funny...
During that time, the whole world seemed unreal to him.
The most painful thing was that he still loved that woman. Every time he saw her, he felt like he was being stabbed in the back.
The sting made him feel uncomfortable all over.
In particular, this spy may only have the Crown Prince in his heart.
later……
His plan failed, and he was imprisoned here.
But all that was around him was still A-Luo.
In the first year, he could hardly see her.
However, he had told Aro that she was not allowed to die.
Because if she dies, what will I have left?
later……
The days that followed were not good either.
They see each other every day, but neither of them dares to bring up the past.
Gradually, Shu Yufeng fell ill.
He was clearly still very young, but he looked like an old man on his deathbed, sick in this villa.
He would walk around from front to back, and then sit in one place to sunbathe.
Sometimes I don't think about anything, and sometimes I think about the past.
But the past is too cruel, and every time he thinks about it, he can't eat a single bite all day.
A Luo didn't try to persuade him, but simply did her best to arrange some meals for him.
But being locked up here will only make things worse.
So gradually, he really did become more and more mechanical.
I've been sleeping for a long time, and my thoughts have become muddled.
Sometimes when I open my eyes and see A-Luo, I smile, then take her hand and talk to her.
But sometimes, the moment I open my eyes and see her, I tell her to get lost.
A Luo never explains; if you smile at her, she smiles back.
If you tell her to get lost, she really leaves.
Year after year.
With so many messages coming from the palace, they seemed to gradually get used to it.
In the last few years, Shu Yufeng has stopped losing his temper so easily.
When he turned thirty, A Luo arranged a meal for him.
There wasn't anything particularly good, though; I had to ask someone to buy the wine for me.
That night, Shu Yufeng and A Luo embraced.
The next morning, he was surprised to find that the wrinkles around Aro's eyes were getting deeper and deeper.
She didn't look well either. Actually, she's still very young...
Perhaps it was heartache, or perhaps... exhaustion.
We can't afford to cause any more trouble.
From that time on, he never got angry at Aro again.
However, Aro never laughed and joked like before again. She became very silent, and increasingly silent.
I will still do everything I can to be good to Shu Yufeng and take care of his daily needs.
However, when alone, he would often space out for a long time.
Both of them harbored countless sorrows that they could neither express nor confide in each other.
Being locked up together is nothing but torture.
Yet they can't live without each other; if one leaves, the other can't stay either. They need each other, but they can't get too close.
As Shu Yufeng's illness worsened, A Luo took care of him tirelessly, without ever taking off her clothes.
Her eyes were sunken from staying up so long.
In those last few days, Shu Yufeng couldn't leave A Luo's side for even a moment.
I must see her whenever I open my eyes.
Holding her hand, sometimes I would talk to her and apologize to her.
I apologized to her, saying that I had hurt and wronged her over the years.
Actually, I stopped blaming her a long time ago.
I've loved her from the very beginning until now. Despite everything that's happened, my love for her remains. In this lifetime, I can only love one person—her.
With tears in her eyes, A'Luo said, "I know." She told him not to be afraid, that A'Luo would always be with the Seventh Prince, and would never leave. She would always be with him.
Before leaving, Shu Yufeng seemed to have stopped feeling pain anywhere.
He held A'Luo's hand: "In the next life, I won't be a prince. I'll be an ordinary person, poor or rich, it doesn't matter. I'll just marry one wife. Are you still willing?"
"I'm willing." A'Luo wiped away her tears. "I hope you can be happy in your next life. I won't live alone after you're gone. Let's go together."
Shu Yufeng wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.
What's the point of A'Luo living now? Dying together wouldn't matter... it would be a relief for both of them.
In the end, A'Luo was in excruciating pain, yet... she also felt a sense of relief. Had this day finally come? She had waited too long.
Shu Yufeng closed his eyes forever while holding A Luo's hand.
Aro looked at him and touched his cheek.
He looked at his hair, which was already gray even though he was only in his thirties.
He took a deep breath, got up, and, together with others, helped him change his clothes.
"Go and deliver the message."
After she finished speaking, she went back to her room.
I changed into a clean set of clothes, combed my hair, and drew my eyebrows.
Then, take out a white silk ribbon.
Before being hoisted up, she smiled and said, "I lied to you. In your next life, you can live your own life. It doesn't matter who you're with, whether you're an emperor or a wealthy person. I wish you a good life. But I don't want to be with you anymore. In my next life, if I can be reborn as a human, I only ask that I never meet you again. Never enter the royal palace. Never... get entangled with the princes."
The stool fell to the ground.
Just like their lives, when they fell and it all ended, nobody cared.
One wrong step leads to another. There's no turning back, no way to retreat.
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