Jiang Yu found the secret treasure on Tianxue Mountain, but now is not the best time to open it.
The snow and ice on Tianxue Mountain are too thick, and avalanches may occur after the entrance and exit are opened.
"Let's wait until it gets warmer, or until we need it, before letting it appear in the world."
Jiang Yu said with a smile.
Wei Wei thought this was fine, so she didn't offer any opinion.
Jiang Yu reached out and pulled her into his arms, resting his chin lazily against her forehead.
I've missed you these past few days. Have you missed me too?
I didn't realize it before, but now I always want to watch it all the time.
Wei Wei felt the same way as him.
But how can a woman say it as directly as a man?
So she looked up at him intently, then raised her foot and etched her mark on his face.
At this moment, Jiang Yu was no longer the crown prince of Cang Kingdom, but a naive young man blinded by love.
A gleam flashed in his eyes, so bright it was almost blinding.
His actions were honest; he gently pressed her head down to deepen the kiss.
They wouldn't stop until they had kissed the person so deeply that they had lost all ability to resist.
The two of them held each other tightly like that for a very long time.
This moment of peace is so precious that one almost wants to immerse oneself in it and never wake up.
——
The Fifth Prince has never been seen.
A few days later, they heard an extremely unpleasant smell coming from an old house outside the capital.
When people nearby couldn't bear it any longer and went to check, they discovered that someone had died there sometime during the night.
He was bitten so badly by wild dogs that his face was unrecognizable, and in the most severe cases, the bone was even visible.
If it weren't for the fact that his robes, though tattered, exuded immense nobility, those people wouldn't have reported the incident.
When the officials investigated, good heavens, it turned out to be the Fifth Prince whom they had never met before!
It's truly unexpected that such a proud and arrogant young man would die so quietly in such a place.
When this news reached the palace, the emperor, whose health was already poor, suffered a relapse and fell seriously ill.
The Empress rushed over to see him.
Seeing that his hair had turned completely white in recent days, he couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
"Didn't you expect this outcome?"
She asked, "Why did you have another episode?"
The emperor held her hand, tears streaming down his face.
"I was wrong."
"We thought that not establishing a crown prince would keep them constantly aware of the crisis and also unleash their full potential to contribute more to the Cang Kingdom. We never expected it would lead to them killing each other like this."
"I don't regret the death of the fifth prince. I just feel that living is really meaningless."
The Empress patted his back and asked, "Why did you think that way?"
"You are the Emperor, the supreme ruler. If even you find it meaningless, what am I supposed to do?"
The Empress is not young either; although she is a few years younger than the Emperor, she is almost sixty.
Her voice was hoarse and weary: "My only son died of illness, but I didn't have time to grieve. I was busy dealing with the harem and dealing with those concubines who misbehaved."
"I also want to raise my grandchildren."
"He has never lived a single day for himself!"
The emperor looked at his wife, who was complaining to him for the first time, and tears welled up in his eyes.
"You've suffered these past years."
His lips twitched: "I always thought I was fair and treated all my concubines equally, but I always overlooked you."
"Do you... blame me?"
Looking at the man who had collapsed, it was impossible for the Empress not to feel resentment.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have pushed the seventh brother up so forcefully.
Just because the seventh brother made a promise to her.
Let her ascend to the position of Empress Dowager, and let her grandson enjoy a lifetime of wealth and honor!
She simply smiled and tucked the blanket around the Emperor.
"His Majesty is just tired. Once he has rested, he will be able to stand up again."
After she finished speaking, she got up, called the chief eunuch over to take good care of the emperor, and then left gracefully.
Her silence finally made the emperor realize what was going on.
His empress had always harbored resentment towards him.
Although I never complained, what's hardest to erase is what's bottled up inside.
Thinking this way, his eyes darkened.
My heart aches as if it's being twisted!
The emperor's illness has worsened.
Later, he was even unable to utter a single word.
Crown Prince Jiang Yu came to see him that day.
Dressed in fine clothes, he looked every bit the elegant young gentleman.
He knelt beside the emperor, his voice extremely respectful.
"Father, do you think I look like my mother?"
The emperor's eyes were already cloudy, but when he looked at him, he couldn't help but think of another figure.
Jiang Yu nodded: "It seems so."
He then asked, "When I was little, everyone in the palace said you had feelings for my mother, otherwise you wouldn't have let her rise from a palace maid to the rank of concubine."
"But why couldn't you see anything during the years when your son was humiliated?"
"Sometimes I wonder, how can someone as supreme as you have such an unseemly relationship?"
A few murky tears slowly streamed from the corner of the emperor's eye.
Jiang Yu, however, no longer looked at him and stood up: "Father, I don't know when things will get better. My marriage to the Crown Princess will not wait for you."
"There are still people in the Imperial Study waiting for me to handle state affairs. I'll come to see you again next time."
Having said that, his clothes fluttered and he quickly disappeared.
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