Chapter 154 Liar
Quan Minghe went up to the city wall, looked up, and saw Shen Yuning standing next to the corner tower.
She stood there quietly, her clothes fluttering in the wind, looking into the distance.
The back figure revealed an indescribable loneliness and determination.
Quan Minghe's eyes fell on her, because he could only see her back. Somehow, in a trance, she in a white dress miraculously overlapped with Xixi in his memory.
The posture and demeanor were so similar that Quan Minghe was stunned for a moment.
Shen Yuning seemed to sense the movement behind her and turned around.
When Quan Minghe saw her face clearly, he was pulled back from his trance in an instant.
"Xiaoxiao, why are you on the city wall?"
Quan Minghe forced himself to remain calm, his voice gentle, his face expressionless, but his feet slowly moved towards her, trying to get closer to her without making a sound, for fear that she would do something extreme.
When Shen Yuning saw him approaching, she immediately turned around.
"Don't come over here, Your Majesty!"
After saying that, she pushed herself up with both hands, jumped lightly, and sat directly on the city wall.
The city wall was quite high, and she sat there, looking shaky and dangerous.
Quan Minghe's breathing stagnated, his steps stopped, and he felt his heart stopped beating for a moment.
"Okay, I won't come over, but Xixi, it's dangerous up there, come down quickly. I know you know the truth, and I can explain it to you, just come down first."
His eyes were fixed on Shen Yuning.
Shen Yuning pretended not to hear him and ignored his words.
He just turned his head slightly, first looking at the bustling crowd under the city wall, and then cast his gaze to a farther place.
His eyes were filled with sadness: "Your Majesty is a liar. This is obviously the highest and most beautiful place in Ganjing."
"Your Majesty, what are you afraid of? I'm just here to see the scenery."
There was a sense of self-mockery and resentment in his words, as if he was talking about the city wall, but also seemed to be hinting at something else.
However, Quan Minghe heard another meaning in her words and his throat tightened.
His voice was hoarse: "Mianmei, regarding the matter of the royal heir, I lied to you only because I didn't want to make you too sad. You are still young, we can have another child, but you might completely hurt your body because of carrying this child, or even..."
Shen Yuning sneered.
"Oh, your majesty has admitted it."
"Your Majesty asked Doctor Zhou to give me an abortion drug, but I begged your Majesty like a fool to save my child. What was your Majesty thinking at the time? Was he thinking, how could this woman be so easy to deceive?"
Her eyes were red and tears were welling up in them, but she stubbornly refused to fall.
These words shocked Zhao Cong who was standing by.
He never imagined that Concubine Shen's heir was aborted by His Majesty himself.
This is a big secret in the palace. If you hear too much of this kind of thing, you might even lose your life.
He did not dare to stay any longer and went down the city wall quietly with the guards who followed him.
Quan Minghe pursed his lips tightly and his breathing became heavy.
How could she think of herself that way?
Could it be that she couldn't understand my painstaking efforts at all?
"Everything I do is for your body..."
But his words seemed very weak.
Shen Yuning didn't want to listen to his words and her expression began to collapse.
"Your Majesty, is this for my health or for your own sake?"
"I came to Qianjing only as a pawn for you to contain the Shen family. I entered the palace only as a pet to amuse you. Of course you care about my body, but you never care about what I care about!"
His words were filled with grievances and resentment that had been suppressed for so long, as if he wanted to vent all the pain of the past few days.
Quan Minghe looked at her solemnly.
Is that what she thinks of him?
He wanted to say that it was not the case, but no sound came out. Her tearful eyes made him feel suffocated.
Quan Minghe never thought that what he did was wrong, but she didn't seem to be wrong either...
Shen Yuning wiped away her tears and didn't want to discuss the matter anymore.
Then he said, "When Zhao Qizi told me the truth, I forced myself to accept it. I thought, since His Majesty doesn't want me to have children, then I won't have any in the future."
Quan Minghe suddenly had trouble breathing because of these words, and his throat was blocked: "I have never thought about it this way..."
Shen Yuning shook her head, not caring what he said, and continued: "But Zhao Qizi is innocent, Your Majesty, please let her go."
Shen Yuning looked at him with almost pleading eyes.
Quan Minghe clenched his hands tightly and looked grim.
Zhao Qizi is already dead.
At this moment, Kwon Myung-hyuk regretted his decision for the first time in his life.
If Zhao Qizi was not dead, he could be used to calm her down, and it would not be too late to deal with her at another time later.
But now it's too late, Zhao Qizi has really lost his life.
Shen Yuning waited for a long time without receiving an answer, her face gradually became dull, and her eyes were full of confusion.
She was anxious: "Zhao Qizi told me the truth about my miscarriage. I won't blame Your Majesty for it, and Your Majesty doesn't have to kill anyone to silence them. Why won't you let her go?"
Quan Minghe's dark and deep eyes met her eyes full of broken despair.
When our eyes met, it seemed as if there were thousands of words to say, but we didn't know where to start.
He opened his mouth, his voice dry and hoarse: "I punished her not because of this, but because she violated the palace rules. She stayed with you with bad intentions, and I did it for your own good."
These words on the cold city wall seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind, and were completely unable to soothe Shen Yuning's heart filled with pain and doubt.
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