Chapter 393 You are my reason
After bidding farewell to the King of Qin, Xiao Mo was about to leave the palace.
However, the maid who led the way gave Xiao Mo a token:
“Your Highness, the princess is currently in the Empress’s palace. His Majesty has instructed me to tell Your Highness that you may enter and leave the palace at any time, even the inner palace.”
"I understand." Xiao Mo took the jade token, remembered what the King of Qin had said to him, hesitated for a moment and said, "I wonder if you could take me to the Queen's palace?"
“Of course, please come with me, Frost King.”
Inside the Empress's palace, Empress Shi lay on her bed, her face pale with illness, while Qin Siyao fed her mother a bowl of herbal medicine.
After she finished taking her medicine, Empress Shi patted her daughter's hand and said, "Siyao, you don't need to stay with me today. Xiao Mo has finally come back, and you haven't seen him in a long time. Go and spend some time with him."
Qin Siyao shook her head: "It's alright, Mother, there's no rush. I'll stay with you for a while."
"Silly child, you've been with me for so many days, one more won't make a difference," Empress Shi said with a smile. "From now on, if your mother isn't here, if anything happens, just tell Xiao Mo. I can tell that Xiao Mo likes you very much, but alas, I won't be able to see your child anymore."
"Mother, please don't say such things. You will get better soon."
Qin Siyao's eyes were misty with tears, as if she would burst into tears at any moment.
Empress Shi reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of Qin Siyao's eyes:
"Why are you crying, silly child? Mother, my time was already coming soon, it's just a few years earlier this time."
Besides, your mother only went to visit your two older brothers earlier.
After your mother leaves, you must take good care of yourself.
Remember this: never act like a little girl again.
Your mother in heaven will surely watch over you.
"Mother, please don't say anymore. You really will get better." Qin Siyao sniffed.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Frost King has come to pay his respects."
Just as the mother and daughter were talking, the maid's voice came from outside the door.
"We're all family, let the Frost King in," Empress Shi said with a smile.
"Yes," the maid outside the door replied, then said to Xiao Mo beside her, "Please come in, Frost King."
Xiao Mo entered the bedroom and bowed to Empress Shi, who was lying on the bed: "Your subject Xiao Mo greets Your Majesty the Empress."
"Your Highness, there's no need for such formalities." Empress Shi looked at her daughter beside her. "Siyao, go outside and wait. Your mother has something she wants to say to Xiao Mo."
Qin Siyao bit her thin lips and looked at Xiao Mo tenderly again.
Xiao Mo nodded, and Qin Siyao then stood up, bowed to her mother, and left the room.
"Come, sit here."
Empress Shi patted the stool next to her.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Mo did not refuse and sat down next to Empress Shi.
Feeling the life force of Empress Shi, Xiao Mo couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow.
Empress Shi's life force was slightly weaker than that of the King of Qin, and she didn't have much time left.
"Speaking of which, this is the first time I've really looked at you properly." Looking at Xiao Mo sitting beside her, Empress Shi sized him up and said with a smile, "I never imagined that the little child from back then would have grown up so much."
"Her Majesty the Empress is still the same as when I saw her back then," Xiao Mo said.
"Back in the day," Empress Shi said with a smile, shaking her head. "I'm so old now, I don't have many years left to live."
"Her Majesty the Empress is blessed with great fortune, and her lifespan will naturally be long."
"You rascal, you don't need to say such nice things to make me happy."
Empress Shi said calmly.
"I didn't have many years left to live anyway. Now that Jing Su and Jing Yuan have passed away, my mind and spirit are damaged. I probably don't have more than a few months to live."
I know all of this.
I have long since accepted life and death.
But right now, my biggest worry is my daughter, Siyao.
Xiao Mo, can you promise me something?
Xiao Mo stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please speak. I will do my utmost!"
"No need to be so serious."
Empress Shi smiled and pulled Xiao Mo to her side, glancing outside the room.
"Siyao, although we spoiled her and she is a bit domineering, she is an extremely kind person, just a little stubborn."
Once she's made up her mind about something, she'll never change it, and that applies to people she likes too.
I can tell that Siyao really likes you; you're the person she keeps talking about in front of me.
And I also know that how can a man not have three wives and four concubines?
In the future, if you meet other women you admire, there will be no problem marrying them.
But Xiao Mo, can you promise me that you'll love Si Yao for the rest of your life and never despise her?
As she finished speaking, Empress Shi's voice trembled slightly: "Siyao...she really only has you left."
After an incense stick had burned, Xiao Mo walked out of the room.
Qin Siyao, who had been waiting not far away, immediately walked over and asked nervously, "Husband, what about Mother?"
"Her Majesty the Empress said she was a little tired and wanted to rest," Xiao Mo said.
Qin Siyao glanced into the room, her eyes filled with worry: "Husband, I may not be able to return to the Frost Prince's Mansion these days. I want to stay by Mother's side."
“That’s how it should be,” Xiao Mo agreed. “I’ll come to see you and the Empress after I’ve taken care of some things.”
"Okay." Qin Siyao responded, looking at Xiao Mo with reluctance, "Then I'll see you out of the palace."
"good."
Xiao Mo nodded.
The two walked on the blue stone bricks of the palace, step by step along the red high walls, as if walking in a quiet town.
"Husband, did Mother say anything to you?" Qin Siyao raised her head and looked at the man's profile.
Xiao Mo reached out and gently stroked Qin Siyao's head: "Her Majesty the Empress said that I should take good care of you."
Qin Siyao lowered her head, her small hands clutching the hem of her skirt, her brows slightly furrowed.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Mo asked.
"Husband," Qin Siyao raised her head and looked at Xiao Mo earnestly, "I don't want you to take care of me anymore!"
Xiao Mo was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and asked, "Why?"
“From childhood, I have always hidden behind my father, mother, elder brother and second elder brother. Even after I grew up, you have always protected me. But I don’t want to do that anymore.”
Qin Siyao looked into Xiao Mo's eyes, as if she was afraid that in the next big battle, Xiao Mo would leave like her eldest and second brothers.
"I don't want to hide behind you anymore. I want to cultivate myself properly! I want to stand with you! To share everything with you! I want to protect you!"
"Silly girl." Xiao Mo gently flicked Qin Siyao's nose. "There's no reason for a wife to protect her husband."
"Of course there is."
Qin Siyao stared straight into Xiao Mo's eyes.
"You are my reason."
(End of this chapter)
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