Chapter 187 The Future Prince Consort
Her son, at this moment, was staring at the girl in front of him with an indescribable look.
Those deep eyes were filled with pain that she could not understand, but they also burned with a kind of... deep affection that almost swallowed her up.
It is a kind of paranoia that will destroy it if it is not obtained.
It is a kind of possession that you have to give up everything you have to obtain.
I see.
Yun Wan's heart sank instantly, but then a sense of understanding arose.
She let go of her daughter's hand and once again bowed solemnly and deeply to Chen He.
"Ms. Yun Wan will never forget this great kindness of hers."
This time, Shen He did not force it.
She knew that she could bear this bow.
Must also be accepted.
After bowing, Yun Wan stood up swiftly and pulled up her daughter who was also in tears.
She straightened her messy clothes and nodded slightly at Chen He.
"Your Majesty has summoned us mother and daughter to question us, so we will...take our leave first."
This is a perfect excuse.
It is also a silent fulfillment.
Shen He nodded, "Take care, Madam."
Yun Wan took her daughter's hand and turned to leave.
The girl who still had no name, after taking a few steps, could not help but look back and looked at Chen He deeply with her obsidian eyes.
In that glance, there was gratitude, curiosity, and a subtle hint of dependence.
Soon, their figures disappeared behind the rockery.
On the winding path in the palace, only Chen He and Xiao Minglan were left.
Their eyes met.
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
The wind stopped.
The light also dimmed.
The guards patrolling at the end of the palace road were as blurry as a ball of ink.
It seemed as if there was only this dead silence between heaven and earth.
Xiao Minglan's gaze, like an invisible net, tightly enveloped Chen He.
There were too many emotions in there that Chen He couldn't understand, nor did he want to understand.
There is pain, madness, and a kind of possession that is almost about to break out of the cage.
Just when Shen He was almost suffocated by this gaze——
He moved.
Without any warning.
He took a step forward, stretched out his long arms, and with a huge force, he pulled Shen He into his arms!
“Hmm!”
Shen He groaned, and his nose hit his iron-hard chest hard, and a sour feeling instantly surged into his eyes.
There wasn't a trace of tenderness in this hug.
More like a desperate plunder.
He hugged her so tightly, so hard, his arms holding her tightly like an iron clamp.
It felt like the bones were about to be crushed.
Shen He struggled subconsciously, putting her hands on his chest, trying to push him away.
"Xiao Minglan! Let me go!"
"This is the palace!"
But her strength was like an ant trying to shake a tree in front of him.
He hugged me tighter.
It seemed as if he wanted to rub her entire body into his bones and blood, never to be separated again.
Sudden.
Shen He's body stiffened.
She felt something warm and wet dripping onto her shoulder.
One drop.
Two drops.
It was scorching hot, burning her skin through her thin clothes.
That is...
tear?
Then, an extremely hoarse voice sounded next to her ear.
The voice was broken and contained sobs that had been suppressed for too long.
"He'er..."
He seemed to have used up all his strength just by calling her name.
Chen He's strength in struggling suddenly faded.
My heart felt like it was being tugged at by an invisible hand.
She stopped moving and let him bury his head deeply in her neck like a helpless trapped animal.
She heard him say.
"Thank you."
That "thank you" was too heavy and too profound.
Inside, it hides his years of forbearance and tears, and the hell and rebirth of his mother and sister.
It also hides his unexpressible, dark affection for her.
Shen He closed his eyes.
Just a moment.
Just let him hold it for a while.
At this moment, she forgot his identity as a prince, forgot that he was the queen's man, and forgot his terribly paranoid temperament.
She just felt that he was also a pitiful man.
However, this brief moment of tranquility was shattered in my mind by a thunderclap.
"As a royal wife, you should abide by the rules."
"I will watch you."
Somehow, the emperor's all-seeing eyes and that cold and ruthless warning appeared in her mind without any warning!
Like a basin of ice water, poured over your head!
In an instant, I felt cold from head to toe.
Chen He suddenly opened his eyes, and the momentary tenderness in his eyes was replaced by an instant of clarity and fear.
What is she doing?
She was at the gate of the palace, arguing with another prince!
The emperor's spies are everywhere!
She had worked so hard to get this marriage, she had taken the first step with such difficulty, was she going to lose everything because of this momentary weakness?!
No!
no way!
A surge of strength came from nowhere.
Shen He suddenly exerted force and pushed him away!
Xiao Minglan was caught off guard and staggered back a step before he could barely stand.
He raised his head, and looked at her in astonishment with his deep eyes, which still showed the fragility and redness that had not faded.
However, Shen He just took a step back coldly, widening the distance between them.
She straightened her clothes that were messed up by him and raised her head.
In those clear almond-shaped eyes, all emotions had faded away, leaving only endless coldness and alienation.
She bent her knees slightly, her voice flat and without a trace of emotion.
"Your Highness."
The word "Your Highness" was like the sharpest knife, instantly creating a chasm between the two of them.
Xiao Minglan was completely stunned by the alienation in her eyes that almost froze him.
The affection in his eyes had not yet faded when it was replaced by astonishment and confusion.
Why?
Just now...wasn't everything fine just now?
He doesn't understand.
"He'er..."
Subconsciously, he wanted to move forward again.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Xiao Minglan didn't understand why the warmth and tenderness that he embraced her the moment before turned into biting ice the next moment.
Shen He looked at him and didn't answer.
But the last trace of warmth in those almond-shaped eyes disappeared completely.
What's wrong?
She sneered in her heart.
I also want to ask, what happened to me?
The emperor's words "stay in your place and abide by the law" were like a poisoned needle, piercing her heart deeply at this moment.
It doesn't hurt.
But it is filled with sourness and coldness.
There is also another kind of humiliation that comes from being looked down upon and defined.
Is she ambitious?
Of course there is!
But this ambition was what she paid for with her own life. It was the path she had to walk out step by step, step by step, amidst a sea of blood and deep hatred!
It’s never about men!
But what is she in the eyes of the emperor?
A dodder who flirts with the princes, relying on her beauty and tricks to try to get close to the rich and powerful?
Women who rely on men to survive and climb up the ladder by scheming against men?
This thought, like a silent slap, slapped Shen He hard in the face!
It hurts so much!
This humiliation was infinitely magnified when she saw Xiao Minglan's face full of affection!
She looked at Xiao Minglan, seeing the pain and confusion in his eyes that had not yet dissipated.
She couldn't give him any more illusions.
We must not leave any evidence to the eyes that are secretly watching us!
Chen He slowly took another step back.
This step seemed to have exhausted all her strength, but she retreated decisively and cleanly.
There was a distance of three feet between the two of them.
That is the distance between a subject and his ruler.
It is the distance between superior and inferior.
It is a chasm that can never be crossed.
She knelt again and bowed.
The movements were so standard that they seemed to have been measured with a ruler, without the slightest deviation.
The voice was as cold as ice in December, and it hit Xiao Minglan word by word.
"Your Highness."
She raised her eyes, her gaze calm and unwavering, looking straight at him.
"I am the future consort of the Sixth Prince."
"Please..."
She paused, and spoke each word clearly.
"Respect yourself."
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