Chapter 151 The Emperor's Soft Heart Saves the Empress with Precious Elixir!
But now.
He responded to her with the most hurtful words: "If you don't divorce me, then I won't keep male lovers either."
These words kept echoing in his ears.
Xie Jingxing suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Should he accept this step?
Will he, who is always arrogant, swallow this bitter pill?
In fact, to put it in its essential sense...
He didn't lose out either.
After all, he had slept with Liu Yu and Su Zhirou, so he wasn't exactly innocent himself.
But this era.
It is normal for men to have multiple wives and concubines, but women are expected to remain faithful to one man until death.
But then I remembered that Qian Yueqiu was mentally unstable.
So it's impossible for her to be as chaste as other women?
And they have two adorable babies...
That's just how people are.
Once you fall in love, you'll find all sorts of reasons to be with the other person.
Xie Jingxing is now extremely conflicted.
He loved Yueqiu, and loved her very, very much.
This was evident in the heart-wrenching pain she felt when she saw her protecting another man.
But he also hated her for keeping male lovers and for taking revenge on him in such an extreme way.
As the sun set, it cast a long shadow of him.
Xie Jingxing looked up at the fading red sky and suddenly felt that it resembled the color of blood flowing in his heart.
On the other side.
When Qian Yueqiu returned to her courtyard and closed the door, the tears she had been holding back for so long finally streamed down her face.
Although she is not mentally sound.
But she seemed to know that this time she had truly lost Xie Jingxing.
She leaned against the door, slowly slid down to the ground, buried her face in her knees, and cried silently.
Qian Yueqiu knew that she didn't really love Zhao Wenxuan.
She took him as her male concubine purely for his good looks and his complete obedience to her.
The feeling of being with Xie Jingxing is different!
Xie Mansion.
"Xiao Qiuqiu still cares about me the most... I should win her back... instead of letting her spend every day with that pretty boy." Xie Jingxing muttered to himself.
Xie Jingxing unconsciously placed his right hand on his chest, where a dull ache still lingered.
"So this is how much I love you... I really love you so much." Xie Jingxing gave a bitter smile.
He always prided himself on being both intelligent and brave, strategizing in the martial arts world and handling matters with ease in the imperial court, yet he was so muddle-headed when it came to matters of the heart.
That night, neither of them could sleep.
However, Qian Yueqiu lay in Zhao Wenxuan's arms, asking again and again, "Did I do something wrong?"
As a male concubine, how could Zhao Wenxuan possibly allow Qian Yueqiu and Xie Jingxing to reconcile?
After all, they made up.
My good days are over.
So even if it meant risking offending the Xie family, Zhao Wenxuan still had to speak ill of him: "Miss Qiu, how can this be your fault? He divorced you first, and he kept other women behind your back... You only found a male lover after you were divorced."
Zhao Wenxuan and a whole bunch of others.
In conclusion, he said, "So, you're not wrong at all!"
Qian Yueqiu's eyes lit up immediately: "Yes, I didn't do anything wrong, let's go back to sleep..."
Kunning Palace.
The Emperor naturally accepted the wine offered by the Empress and drank it down in one gulp.
After all, he never imagined that the Empress would also want to kill him.
Almost at the same moment, the Queen smiled and drank the cup of poison he had brought.
The liquor burned like fire as it entered their throats, and the immediate poison caused both of them to collapse.
He looked at the Empress in disbelief, only to see her face turn ashen, black blood trickling from her lips, yet she still wore that eerie smile.
"You...how dare you..." The emperor pointed at her, his stomach feeling like it was being stabbed, and his vision began to blur.
He never expected that she would dare to murder the emperor! Even more unexpectedly, she chose this method of mutual destruction!
Just after the emperor and empress both collapsed from the poison.
The emperor was surprised to find the harem as quiet as ever, as if the empress had known all along that he would kill her.
Otherwise, the entire palace would not be so peaceful.
Several dark figures silently slipped into the hall like ghosts.
Dressed in dark, close-fitting attire and wearing bronze fang masks, they moved with an air of nonchalance. They were the ultimate royal force, the Hidden Guards, who were loyal only to the emperor and had lived in the shadows for generations.
The leader of the hidden guards had eyes like lightning, quickly scanning the scene and immediately assessing the situation.
Without hesitation, he took out a square box made of black iron from his bosom, opened the lid, and inside, on a bright yellow brocade, lay a pill the size of a longan, with a purplish-gold color and a fragrant aroma.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me." The commander knelt on one knee, carefully placed the pill into the emperor's mouth, and used his internal energy to help it dissolve.
As soon as the pill entered his stomach, a warm current quickly spread to Zhu Houcong's limbs and bones, and the excruciating pain that was piercing his bones and burning his heart was relieved by more than half in an instant.
He gasped for breath and, with the help of his guards, managed to sit up. Looking at the Empress, curled up on the ground, her breath barely audible, he felt a mix of emotions.
Do you hate it?
Of course he hated her; she actually dared to kill him. Did it hurt?
Perhaps there are couples who have been married for many years, yet things have come to this.
Then the leader of the hidden guards told the emperor an even harsher reality: "Your Majesty, the forces outside the palace have been firmly controlled by the Crown Prince, and even within the palace... even within the palace, I cannot achieve complete victory."
so.
Are the Empress and the Crown Prince planning to kill him and seize the throne?
But since he already controlled most of the power, why did the empress still choose to die with him?
Was he trying to use her death to solidify his guilt of being "tyrannical and cruel, forcing his wife to her death"? Or... was she already determined to die and unwilling to live on alone?
"How many antidote pills are left?"
"Your Majesty, there are only three of these pills left. They are a sacred medicine left by the founding emperor to save lives. They can cure all poisons and bring the dead back to life... Only Your Majesty can use them. There are only two left..."
The commander of the hidden guards reported in a low voice, implying that the elixir was so precious that it could only be used by emperors of past dynasties.
But as the Emperor looked at the Empress's body, trembling slightly from the poison, and at her pale yet still exquisite profile, fragments of memories buried by the dust of power suddenly flooded his mind—
On their first wedding day, she personally styled his hair and crowned him; when he was besieged by court officials, she silently offered him a cup of calming tea; when she gave birth to the crown prince, her weak yet satisfied smile...
And their sweet moments from a while ago!
“Give her one too…” The emperor’s voice was dry and hoarse, almost unlike his own.
The commander of the hidden guards paused slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes behind his mask, but he still carried out the order without hesitation: "Yes."
The most powerful force in the palace is the Hidden Guard.
So even though the Empress poisoned him, the hidden guards appeared immediately to protect him and fed him a precious antidote.
Only three remain in the entire royal family.
Now he and the empress have used two, and there is only one left.
This pill will be left for Crown Prince Xiao Qingxuan, and it will also save the future emperor's life!
Having probably died once, I've become indifferent to everything.
The Crown Prince was originally the most suitable and rightful heir.
What difference would it make if he stepped down sooner?
Why fight for that right?
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