After being reborn in the Mass Grave, she overturned her predecessor's power

"Cough cough cough..."

After the beginning of spring, Xiao Linfeng fell seriously ill and did not attend court for several days.

As the queen, Xiao Linglong brought a bowl of pear soup to visit him with the palace maids.

"You have more and more white hair on your head. It seems that you have been very busy recently."

Xiling had not been peaceful in the past three years, and there were always people taking advantage of the opportunity to stir up trouble. The court was divided from various forces, and it was not easy for him to be the emperor.

He twisted up a strand of white hair and said numbly, "I've been dreaming about the past a lot lately. I have a feeling that things will end soon between her and me."

“This is a good thing.”

She was only in her early twenties, in her prime years, but as a queen, she was dressed in a dull manner, without a trace of vigor and vitality.

"You must have suffered a lot these years."

She said calmly, "It's just eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures. It's not uncomfortable at all."

It’s just that my heart has withered long ago, so I seem to have no desires and just live a day-to-day life.

There seemed to be nothing much to say between the two of them, they just maintained a calm surface. When the emperor and empress needed to appear together, they would go together.

Xiao Linfeng suddenly felt very bored and didn't want to stay in the palace.

He went to the island to see Gu Shengsheng.

Gu Shengsheng was leaning on the railing of the small building with her eyes closed. He looked at her silently, and she looked thinner and paler.

Feeling his gaze, Gu Shengsheng opened her eyes, her eyes calm without a trace of emotion, "Uncle Xiao, you're here."

After the failed attempt to jump into the lake in the middle of the night, she seemed to have become sensible overnight. She no longer clung to him, and she was no longer as petty as before.

If he didn't come to see her in March and May, she could live well in Bi Bo Ting. But she was not as lively and talkative as before, and became much quieter.

"Have you been feeling better lately?"

Gu Shengsheng didn't look at him, but looked at the lake in the distance, "Same old."

She could clearly feel her vitality slipping away bit by bit. She was now like an old tree. Although it looked healthy and lush from the outside, it had actually begun to rot inside and would become a pile of dregs sooner or later.

He walked over and sat down beside her, looking at the calm lake. "The latest news is that there seems to be some unusual movement in the Xiangchu army."

"So?" She looked away and stared at her intently.

"You have a very powerful aunt. Xiangchu has become increasingly powerful in recent years. She finally couldn't hold back and wanted to take action against Xiling."

This day finally came. She was not surprised but asked calmly, "What do you need me to do?"

He looked at her cruelly yet calmly and asked, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Only one of me and her can survive. Who do you want to survive?"

She took a deep breath, clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and said sarcastically, "Who loses, who dies, who wins, and who lives is not something that a sickly person like me trapped on an island can decide."

There was nothing she could do but live for her last breath and face her fate.

Sad and pathetic.

"Then I can only choose one between her and me, who do you choose?"

It was a test and also a coercion. He always suspected whether she knew something or noticed something.

She stared at him deeply, "If I choose you, will you be very happy? Will you think it was worth saving me?"

Perhaps this was his real purpose in saving her, to put shackles on her in the name of love, and eventually use her as a sharp blade to stab the Gu family and hurt both sides.

“Maybe I’m not that important.”

A person who voluntarily stays with the enemy who destroyed the family is no longer important to the Gu family.

Xiao Linfeng sighed inaudibly, "It's because I've grown up and know more and more."

This was not a pleasant conversation, and it was not time to lay everything out.

He stopped at the point and did not press the issue further. Instead, he changed the subject and even stayed to have dinner with her.

Unfortunately, she had no appetite. She drank half a bowl of soup, ate a few bites of vegetables, and then put down her chopsticks.

"You eat too little. How can you have strength if you eat so little? It's not good for your health either."

She said calmly, "I feel uncomfortable if I eat too much, and I don't need to use too much energy since I'm on the island every day."

When leaving, Xiao Linfeng said gently, "You must take good care of yourself. Maybe you will see the Gu family soon. They must be distressed that you are so thin."

She suppressed the sweet taste rising in her throat and replied with a smile, "I know."

When his figure disappeared into the night, she could no longer hold back and uttered a "wow" and spat out a mouthful of blood. She could no longer hold on and her body slowly slid down.

I curled up against the pillar and began to breathe heavily. My heart ached and my body felt weak.

She closed her eyes and thought in despair that it would be good to die like this.

Lu Wu quickly poured out a pill and fed her one. This was given by the miracle doctor and could help her in an emergency. But if she took too much, it would be bad for her health.

"I know you're not in good health, so why bother to say such things to provoke you?"

Although she stayed, she was troubled by nightmares every night. She could no longer get along with him without any grudges as before. She became a hedgehog covered with thorns, and he would occasionally hurt her in a seemingly gentle way.

The relationship between the two began to be turbulent.

She said weakly with cold sweat on her forehead, "He did it on purpose."

It became increasingly clear that he was essentially a cold person. His previous kindness to her was superficial and purposeful.

Now he still treats her well sometimes, but if he is in a bad mood or unhappy, he will occasionally pierce her unscrupulously and in a seemingly gentle way.

Lu Wu helped her up, "After all, I watched you grow up, he was a little too cruel."

She grew up with Gu Shengsheng, so she couldn't help but feel sorry for her and worried about her future fate.

Gu Shengsheng smiled bitterly, "Does a person like him really have a heart? What does he think of me?"

If he had the intention, why would he attack the Gu family? After all, he studied in Gu Garden, and she vaguely remembered that he had a good relationship with his uncles and aunts.

She was so foolish as to think that she would be an exception, that he might treat her differently and be soft-hearted towards her.

During these three years, she realized more and more clearly that she was not that important to him. She was just a tool that he saved and could use as a trump card.

You may develop some feelings for your pets, but that kind of feeling is like the feelings you have for cats and dogs. You can pamper them when you are in a good mood or when it is unimportant, but you can abandon them at the critical moment.

Lu Wu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said, "Maybe you should have left three years ago."

"What will I do if I leave you? He won't let you go. If I leave, you might embellish the past and keep thinking about him, and you won't be happy in the end."

The revenge for the extermination of her family, the grace for saving her life, the years of raising and caring for her... Being caught in such a complicated relationship, she would not be happy no matter what choice she made.

Some things are destined to happen. I can't say I regret it, but I just feel a little disappointed.