As soon as she opened her eyes, she was forcibly carried back to the East Palace by the paranoid pri

The moonlight was as bright as water, the night was dark, and it was already midnight. Today should have been a festive day, but no one in the palace dared to sleep.

The Imperial Guards patrolled and blocked the palace roads. The time for locking the palace gates had passed, and none of the court officials or envoys from various countries left the palace. Among the palace masters who went to the banquet, only Empress He returned to her own Kunning Palace.

The palace was so quiet that it was depressing, and the air seemed to be filled with a terrifying smell of blood.

In the warm room of Changxin Hall in the Eastern Palace, He Yue felt so restless that she simply stood up and paced back and forth. She took off all her hairpins, rings and jewelry. Her elegant and beautiful face was filled with anxiety. Why hadn't she come back yet?

The cat was energetic at night, meowing. Xiaohong carried Xiaoliu out of the warm room to prevent the Crown Princess from becoming even more anxious.

"Crown Princess." Xiao Ye, who was deliberately left in Changxin Hall by Xiao Guanzi, called out softly. When the Crown Princess's eyes fell on him, he continued, "No news now is the best news."

"The fact that you can stay safely in Changxin Palace means that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is safe."

That's right. If something goes wrong with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess will also be taken away by the Imperial Guards.

"I'm just nervous." He Yue also understood what Xiao Ye said. She stopped in front of the flower window and looked outside. "Chi Jue's family really earned their wealth with their lives."

Xiao Ye Zi didn't dare to reply. The royal family pays the most attention to bloodline and etiquette, but it is also the least particular. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not had a smooth life these years. The emotions between father and son, mother and son, and brothers are cold and indifferent.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! …!”

A long and sad bell sounded suddenly in the palace, eight times in total, and people from all directions came to mourn, because the emperor had passed away!

After counting the bell sounds, He Yue actually felt a little secretly happy. She lowered her eyes and led the palace servants in the hall to kneel down. Chi Jue won, and she could finally put aside the panic in her heart!

Empress He of Kunning Palace staggered and fell to the ground. The Buddhist beads she used for praying in her hand scattered and fell to the ground. She reached out to grab them, but the beads were round and just avoided her fingertips.

"Your Majesty!" Empress He knelt on the cushion, her waist bent, her voice shrill and her eyes full of sorrow.

Twenty-two years is nothing but an empty dream!

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At one o'clock in the morning, Ning Rushong finally returned to the East Palace. He Yue was still awake and waiting for him in the bedroom.

Ning Rushong took off his black cloak before holding her in his arms, fearing that the cold air brought in from outside would touch her.

"Yueyue, everything is settled." He lowered his head and leaned it against He Yue's neck, his tone calm, as if it was just an ordinary outing, and he naturally became close to his wife after returning.

Except in front of He Yue, he always appears calm and confident of victory.

He Yue raised her hands and put them around his waist, pressing them against each other, their skins touching each other, their breaths blending together, and their souls seemed to be colliding.

Eunuchs had reported that Emperor Jingmu died of illness, but He Yue knew that Chi Jue must have played a role. However, a place is like its people, and the only thing coiled in the dragon pond can only be a dragon, not a pure and innocent creature.

She could be kind and merciless, but imposing these on Chi Jue was tantamount to forcing him to die. He was born in the palace and this was the only way.

Sometimes decisive cruelty is actually a different kind of mercy. Often the change of the throne is accompanied by the clashing of swords and the piling of corpses, but this time no one was affected and died.

"I'm glad you're back." He Yue heard his heartbeat, rumbling along with her own.

Ning Rushong raised his head and said, "Actually, I'm a little scared."

He Yue shrank forward and pressed her face against his chest. The finely embroidered gold pattern was a little hard, which made her feel real. She comforted him and said gently, "Chi Jue, we are all safe."

Her hair was not tied up in a bun, and it hung down softly. Ning Rusong raised her hand and stroked it, shaking her head slightly, "I'm not afraid of losing. I have been planning for a long time and have already decided on the victory."

"I'm just afraid of annoying you." Ning Rusong was worried when he loved someone so much. He was always worried about losing something in front of He Yue. "I'm afraid you'll be afraid of me, and I'm afraid you'll distance yourself from me in the future."

His Yueyue is good in every way, kind and gentle in nature, while he is the complete opposite.

"Chi Jue." He Yue raised her eyes and looked at him. She saw his panic. "You always think too highly of me. I'm not a Bodhisattva. I'm just an ordinary person with my feet on the ground."

"It is impossible for ordinary people to stand in the center impartially. There will always be a bias. You are my husband, so my feelings naturally lean towards you. When the bell rang, the first emotion that came to my mind was secret joy and relief."

"You said you were afraid that I would be afraid of you." He Yue raised her arm and climbed onto his shoulders, asking him word by word, "Are your gentleness and love in front of me fake?"

Ning Rusong replied without hesitation, "It's true! Yueyue, if possible, I would sacrifice my life to win your love."

It is said that true love is hard to see, but as long as someone really stands in front of Ning Rushong at this moment, no one will deny his love that is pure to the point of being paranoid, and it will never go out until the end of his life.

If someone used a sharp object to open his chest and peeled off his heart, they would find a He Yue inside.