Chapter 184 Get Out
Quan Minghe pursed his lips, his face was as cold as ice, and he remained silent.
If she killed Liu Shihan, where did her hatred for Liu Shihan come from?
Because of Liu Jingyi?
But does her hatred for Liu Jingyi come from the oppression she suffered in the Prince’s Mansion?
When he knew that she was not living well in the Prince's Mansion, he secretly arranged for her all the things she lacked.
She had not suffered any injustice, so would this still make her feel so much hatred in the Prince's Mansion?
unless......
She has an unknown hatred for Liu Jingyi.
If so, did she have been plotting against him from the very beginning?
From their first meeting?
Quan Minghe's eyes became increasingly darker.
This is the result he least wants!
Shen Yuning saw that Quan Minghe's expression was becoming more serious, and her originally half-smile gradually faded.
She raised her head slightly and looked him in the eyes: "Even if I say I didn't kill him, will Your Majesty believe it?"
"Your Majesty always believes in evidence, and you must find out the truth in the end."
Quan Minghe lowered his eyes and said, "If it wasn't you, I would have investigated the truth just to find out who framed you. There are so many schemes in the harem, if it wasn't related to you, do you think I would have taken it to heart?"
Shen Yuning caught the obvious favoritism in his tone, smiled, stretched out her hands, held one of his hands, shook it gently, and asked in a tender voice: "If I killed him, would His Majesty be very angry?"
Quan Minghe said in a deep voice: "You just need to answer truthfully whether it is yes or no, and I will make my own judgment."
Shen Yuning let go of his hand, snorted coldly, and uttered one word in a decisive tone: "Yes."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire study room fell into silence again, as if time had frozen at this moment.
Quan Minghe frowned, staring at her with his dark eyes, full of disbelief.
After a long while, he finally asked in a deep voice: "Why do you want to kill her?"
Shen Yuning looked him straight in the eye without fear: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the sachet that I used to embroider?"
Quan Minghe nodded.
"The sachet contains safflower powder. The reason why I suffer from uterine cold is because of this."
Quan Minghe was startled and asked, "Do you think Liu Shihan did it?"
"It's not a feeling, it's a certainty. It's because of this that I couldn't keep my child. Liu Shihan is to blame, and even accounts for most of the reason."
Quan Minghe's expression tightened.
He asked, “When did you know about this?”
If she really found out about it in the Shen Mansion, then the reason she returned to the palace was probably not because he expressed his feelings to her and promised her the position of empress, but because she wanted revenge on Liu Shihan!
Shen Yuning uttered three words softly: "In the Shen Mansion."
Quan Minghe's hopes were dashed and he couldn't help but clench his back teeth.
Quan Minghe's voice was low and filled with a hint of repressed emotion, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Shen Yuning sneered: "Liu Shihan was so cruel that she didn't hesitate to hurt her own son to frame me, but Your Majesty didn't kill her. How can Your Majesty punish Liu Shihan for my unborn child?"
"Besides, I had no solid evidence at the time, and Liu Shihan was the Zhaoyi who gave birth to two princes for you. Even if Your Majesty was cruel enough to kill her, would the court officials allow their Majesty to bear a reputation for cruelty?"
"So...I can only do it myself."
Quan Minghe stared at Shen Yuning with a sharp gaze, and there was a hint of imperceptible anger in his tone: "Do you think I am stupid, or are you relying on my friendship with you to fool me?"
"Liu Shihan has lost everything: power, status, and the prince. She is also imprisoned in the cold palace. Living like this is more painful for her than death."
"But you secretly killed her without telling me."
"If you just hate her, shouldn't you torture her longer, or slowly drug her so that she dies suddenly and quietly? This way, the truth won't be revealed, and you can achieve your goal of revenge on Liu Shihan."
"But you did it so blatantly, without any regard for the consequences."
As Quan Minghe spoke, he took a step forward, grasped the back of her neck with his right hand, applied a little force, and lifted her head slightly, in an extremely oppressive posture, as if he wanted to see through her.
"Xiaoxiao, tell me the truth, why are you so anxious to kill Liu Shihan?"
Shen Yuning's thick eyelashes trembled.
Quan Minghe is indeed a deep-minded person with a keen insight.
Originally, she had never revealed the fact that Liu Jingyi had given her safflower pollen, because she wanted to use it as an excuse to exonerate herself in the future.
But Quan Minghe always sees the essence of people and things, making her plans almost impossible to hide.
However, how could Shen Yuning tell him that Liu Shihan was one of the targets of the original owner's revenge, and therefore also one of her targets.
"At that time, I just wanted to vent my anger as quickly as possible. I was impulsive and didn't think too much about it."
Quan Minghe's eyebrows jumped and he didn't believe it at all.
How many things is she hiding from him?
It seemed like she would not tell him the real reason.
"So, now that you have achieved your revenge, you feel that there is no need to please me and reveal your true colors?"
Quan Minghe stared at her, trying to see the indifference and sneer on her face in the darkness.
He completely understood his feelings for her. When she jumped off the city wall that day, Kwon Myung-hyuk was so nervous that his heart almost jumped out of his throat.
So when he brought her back to the palace from the Shen Mansion, he thought that the two were in love with each other.
Isn't it what she has been expecting since she entered Ganjing that they become a harmonious couple?
Although he had had women before, from now on, he would only have her.
But now she was telling him that all this was just pretense on her part?
Shen Yuning lowered her eyes, intentionally avoiding his burning gaze, and chose to remain silent in the face of his questioning.
Yes, you are the emperor, you can do whatever you want and you control the world.
In the past, I tried to please you in order to achieve my goals, but didn’t you also feel a different kind of tenderness and companionship during our time together, and didn’t you suffer any loss?
Now I don't want to please you anymore and want to be my true self. Is this so hard for you to accept?
From the very beginning, they had unequal statuses. If she gave her heart easily in this already unbalanced relationship, she would be the one who would be doomed in the end.
As long as she completes the task, she can return to the modern world where everyone is equal, and get three wishes promised by the system.
But if she fails to complete the mission, she will be trapped in the palace for the rest of her life, begging for mercy from the almighty emperor, forever becoming his appendage and losing herself.
Why should we think too much about these two choices?
Kwon Myung Hyuk was waiting for her answer.
He hoped to hear her say it herself that besides revenge, returning to him was what she really wanted.
However, at this moment, he just looked at her in silence, as if there was an insurmountable gap between them, separating them further and further.
"go out."
Quan Minghe finally spoke, his voice seemed calm, but it revealed endless fatigue.
He turned around and disappeared into the darkness again, his entire figure looking so lonely in the dimness.
Shen Yuning glanced at Quan Minghe's back, but ultimately didn't say anything more.
"I'll take my leave."
After saying that, she turned and left.
The reason I approached Quan Minghe was to deal with Liu Shihan.
If he hates himself for this now, then let him hate himself.
Liu Shihan is dead, and Liu Jingyi and Feng Moheng will be dead soon too. She never belonged here and should never have appeared in his life.
He should go back to being the cold-blooded, ruthless and aloof emperor.
And she goes back to being the actress working hard for her career in the entertainment industry.
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