Several years later, when I saw Feng Nanqi again, his chin was covered with stubble and he looked very haggard.
His already deep-set eyes looked sunken due to excessive weariness, giving him a more menacing appearance.
Even her lip color had a bluish-purple tinge.
Feng Nanqi coughed a few times, then said coldly, "Yuan Yuan, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Yuan Yuan frowned: "Where is Liu Yue?"
“Heh…” Feng Nanqi sneered, saying in a sarcastic tone, “Your brother-sister relationship is truly touching.”
During her difficult childbirth, she was in a daze, and she kept calling out your and Jiang Xian's names.
You traveled a thousand miles from Daqi to Xiqiu, and your first question was about her situation.
Yuan Yuan scoffed: "I grew up with Liu Yue, we are like siblings since childhood. I have come all this way to see her."
"Why not ask her, but Phoenix, who are you?"
Feng Nanqi: "..."
He couldn't refute it.
Forget it, out of sight, out of mind!
Feng Nanqi clenched his fist and coughed for a long time, then patted his chest, his voice a little hoarse: "Liu Yue is in Yu Yang Palace, go and see her."
"Mm." Yuan Yuan nodded.
The palace maid led the way, and Feng Nanqi walked silently to the side.
Yuyang Palace.
The palace doors were half open, and the palace servants waited cautiously outside.
Everyone must bow to Feng Nanqi upon meeting him.
The personal eunuch Hong Ping quickly raised his hand: "Shh... don't disturb the Empress and the young prince's rest."
The palace servants quickly shut their mouths.
Feng Nanqi looked at Yuan Yuan: "I won't go in. You go in and talk to her."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yuan glanced sideways at Feng Nanqi, then stepped into Liu Yue's bedchamber.
Suddenly, Feng Nanqi called out to him, "Yuan Yuan."
Yuan Yuan paused, turned around, and asked coldly, "What is it now?"
Feng Nanqi glanced at the half-closed palace door, coughed twice, and said with a complicated expression, "You... try to persuade Liuyue."
Advise Liuyue?
What advice should I give?
Feng Nanqi continued, "It's been five years, and the position of Empress of Xiqiu has been vacant for a full five years..."
"Persuade her to accept the Empress's seal and edict."
Yuan Yuan: "..."
He glanced coldly at Feng Nanqi: "We'll see."
After speaking, he went into his bedchamber.
The windows of the sleeping quarters were all closed, but fortunately, it wasn't stuffy.
The air was filled with a very faint scent of incense and a strong medicinal smell.
The light was also very dim.
A double-sided embroidered screen with landscape paintings was placed in the bedroom, blocking the view from the bed.
Yuan Yuan recognized that this screen was specially chosen by Jiang Xian for Liu Yue when she got married.
Yuan Yuan's eyes were somewhat obscure.
He quickened his pace, took two steps forward, and went around the screen.
He looked up and almost froze: "Liu Yue..."
The person on the bed was emaciated, with no color in his face, and even his hair had lost its normal luster.
Her eyes were closed, and her breathing was extremely faint.
As if sensing something, Liuyue slowly opened her eyes.
Upon seeing the person in front of the bed, her lifeless eyes widened in surprise.
After a long while, she weakly spoke, "A-Yuan...am I...am I dreaming? Am I...already dead?"
Yuan Yuan: "..."
He closed his eyes tightly, his eyelashes trembling slightly.
After a moment, she slowly opened her eyes and replied, "Why did you make yourself look like this?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yue reacted for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and she said with a hint of sarcasm, "So... I didn't die, and I wasn't dreaming. You really came?"
Congratulations, you've finally seen me make a fool of myself...
Are you looking for a joke?
Yuan Yuan's eyelids twitched violently.
His eyes were slightly red as he looked down at Liu Yue and said coldly, "Jiang Liu Yue, did you debase yourself like this just to annoy me?"
As you wished, it really annoyed me!
Liuyue's eyes stung with tears.
She turned her head away and said in a hoarse voice, "Then go back to your Great Qi and be your Ninth Prince!"
Yuan Yuan: "..."
His eyebrows twitched, but he regained his usual indifference: "Ah Xian has carefully selected two chefs from Da Qi for you."
They can cook any dish you like.
Ah Xian misses you very much. If you recover well, write him a letter.
Ah Xian is already a father of six children. When the children are a little older, I will bring them to Xiqiu to visit their aunt.
I'm leaving. Take care.
After speaking, he glanced at Liuyue.
Liuyue did not respond.
Yuan Yuan pursed his lips and turned around.
Just then, a voice, choked with sobs, came from behind: "He deceived me! He forced me!"
Yuan Yuan was startled.
He slowly turned around and looked at Liu Yue: "What did you say?"
On the bed, Liuyue had already turned her head away.
Her pale face was streaked with water, and her eyes were red and swollen: "I've fallen in love with Feng Nanqi, isn't that ridiculous?"
I've fallen in love with him, but I'm unwilling to succumb to my heart...
He is my only husband, but I am not his only woman!
I both despised him and couldn't help but fall in love with him!
Ah Yuan, how ridiculous I am.
I was clearly a princess sent for a political marriage, yet I still longed for a love that lasted a lifetime, a love between one person and one person...
What I want, he can't give me.
What he wants, I am unwilling to give.
So, he forced me…
After saying that, Liu Yue forced herself to get up and pointed to a spot: "That child is the bastard he forced me to have!"
"I will never forgive them in this lifetime!"
Following Liuyue's finger, there stood an inconspicuous screen against the wall.
Yuan Yuan slowly opened his clenched fists and strode to the side of the screen.
Behind the screen, there was a small wooden bed.
A baby was lying on the bed.
The baby was tiny, fair and tender, with eyes like grapes, quietly gazing at him.
Despite being a newborn, the baby was unusually well-behaved, neither crying nor fussing.
"A-Yuan, I really want to kill him." Liu Yue's voice came from behind.
Yuan Yuan tightened his grip on each of his fingers.
At this moment, Liu Yue added, "The night before she conceived him, Feng Nanqi had just slept with another woman..."
Feng Nanqi filthed him, they're all disgusting..."
As she spoke, her voice began to tremble, and she seemed somewhat dazed.
The tip of Yuan Yuan's nose was slightly sour: "Liu Yue..."
Ryugetsu shouldn't be like this.
The former Liuyue was sunny, gentle, and kind.
The person lying on the bed was emaciated and appeared to be insane; perhaps she didn't even know what she was saying.
She even considered killing her own child…
The culprit is Feng Nanqi!
Yuan Yuan's eyes reddened as he turned around: "Liu Yue, hang in there a little longer, your brother will take you home."
After speaking, he strode towards the door of the sleeping quarters.
Feng Nanqi lingered outside the bedchamber for a long time.
Upon hearing footsteps, he quickly turned around and asked, "Yuan Yuan, Liu Yue, she..."
"Bang!"
Before Feng Nanqi could finish speaking, a sharp pain shot through his nose.
One punch sent stars through his eyes and made his ears ring.
Before he could even regain his balance, he was kicked hard in the stomach again: "Pfft..."
He spat out a mouthful of blood, which landed on the face of the eunuch beside him.
Feng Nanqi fell heavily to the ground.
The palace servants rushed over in a panic, crying out, "Your Majesty! His Majesty is bleeding! Someone, come quickly..."
When Yuan Yuan calmed down, he was already squatting in the Xiqiu prison.
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