The Prince Consort's Beloved

He looked at Li Yuming sharply and said in a deep voice: "Li Yuming, you come and shoot He Wenzheng yourself!"

Li Yuming responded, took the bow and arrow from the guard next to him, and drew the bow and put the arrow on it.

The eldest princess was shocked and no one stopped her, so she ran towards Li Yuanqi.

Li Yuanqi moved his sword-holding hand and threatened, "Don't move!" Li Youan's neck immediately started bleeding.

The eldest princess opened her eyes wide and dared not move forward. She looked at Li Yuanqi in horror and was heartbroken.

She spoke in a trembling voice: "Yuanqi, don't be like this, let An'er go, and I will let you do whatever you want with my elder sister."

Li Yuanqi smiled: "It seems that my elder sister has chosen An'er. Very good. In that case..."

He ordered: "Li Yuming, just help your elder sister to fulfill her wish."

Li Yuming got the nod and shot the arrow.

The eldest princess looked down in panic again, her heart beating violently as if it was about to burst through her chest.

Fortunately, He Wenzhen dodged the arrow.

Li Yuanqi shouted to the people under the city: "General He, today only one of you and my nephew can survive. I wonder if General He will choose to live himself or An'er?"

The princess collapsed and yelled, "Li Yuanqi, what do you want?"

Li Yuanqi was furious and shouted angrily: "Don't call me by my name anymore. I am the emperor! How can I allow you to call me by my full name!"

The eldest princess' pupils suddenly shrank, and she stared at Li Yuanqi with her eyes wide open, the light in her eyes gradually dimming.

She was crying like rain and looked very sad. Even though she was wearing gorgeous palace clothes, she looked dull and lifeless. The grief in her heart was like a tsunami, sweeping over her like crazy.

Tears fell along with a sudden and vicissitudes of laughter.

She knelt down slowly, and looked at Li Yuanqi sadly with her tear-stained face.

His expression was sad, like a flower blown by the cold wind, unable to bear the weight and bowing his head deeply.

She begged in a trembling voice, "Yes... please, Your Majesty... spare the lives of the three of us..."

Li Yuanqi felt a pang in his heart and his eyes became wet.

This was her elder sister who had accompanied her like a sister and cared for her when she was young...

His elder sister, whom he had once relied on and trusted, now knelt before him and addressed him as "Your Majesty"...

The eldest sister who was once majestic, arrogant and fearless, no longer had the momentum and dignity of being the eldest princess of a country. She begged him for mercy...

Two lines of turbid tears fell from Li Yuanqi's eyes.

Although his eldest sister had ill intentions, he still felt heartbroken when he saw her like this, as if something was moving away from him that he could neither see nor catch.

He choked up and said, "Eldest sister, I have no choice. Don't blame me. Blame yourself. You forced me to do this."

The eldest princess couldn't stop crying. She suddenly smiled sadly: "It's my fault, it's me. Yuanqi has grown up and doesn't need my protection anymore. I was worrying too much and meddling in other people's business..."

Li Yuanqi's brows suddenly frowned, as if he was enduring some great pain.

The eldest sister said that she would no longer care about him...

He just didn't need his elder sister to control him, he was the emperor! But why did he feel so uncomfortable when his elder sister said this...

The eldest princess crawled over on her knees and grabbed Li Yuanqi's clothes in a panic, begging anxiously: "If you let them go, I will not care about you anymore. I will take An'er and A Zheng back to my fiefdom and never set foot in Shangjing City again. Please let them go, okay? I beg you, Yuanqi, I have never begged you for anything before, just this once, okay, Yuanqi..."

Li Yuanqi looked forbearing, his voice a little hoarse: "I can spare An'er's life."

As he spoke, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he glanced sharply towards the city.

His voice suddenly became louder: "But He Wenzheng must die!"

He Wenzhen below kept calling the eldest princess's name.

Li Yuanqi shouted down: "General He, have you made up your mind? Who do you choose to live?"

He Wenzheng looked determined. He shouted, "Release An'er and Yuan Tao. You can take my life."

The princess looked down abruptly when she heard the voice, tears streaming down her face as she turned her head. She shouted angrily, "Ah Zheng, what nonsense are you talking about? None of you can die!"

Li Yuanqi was very satisfied with He Wenzheng's answer. He looked at Li Yuming and said compassionately, "Li Yuming, remember to aim better and don't let your eldest sister's husband suffer too much."

Li Yuming received the order and shot the arrow again. The princess screamed, "No!"

He Wenzhen stood motionless under the city. He did not pay attention to the arrows flying towards him, but stared at the eldest princess' tearful face with worry in his eyes.

Every scene of the two of them together quickly flashed through his mind.

The first time he saw her was when he was a teenager and entered the palace with his father. He saw her chasing and playing with a young child on the palace road. She was a graceful girl of about thirteen years old, in the early February of the first lunar month.

At a glance, he saw a beauty as beautiful as a cicada's head, eyebrows as thin as a moth, a charming smile and eyes full of longing. From then on, he was confused.

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When they met again, in the early summer in the Imperial Garden, she was playing in the water with her maidservant by the lake, and he could not help but sigh:

The sleeves are pulled up to reveal the bare hands, the white wrists are tied with golden rings,

A golden phoenix hairpin on her head, a jade pendant on her waist,

Pearls intertwine with jade, corals intertwine with wood,

How fluttering her silk dress is, her hems swaying in the wind.

Gu Pan left her brilliance, long howling and angry.

She looked in the direction of the voice, her brows slightly furrowed and her eyes clear as ice.

She suddenly laughed and said, "You big, silly guy, you look silly, but you are quite talkative. Whose family are you from?"

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She rode her horse wildly, dressed in a red dress that was as gorgeous as fire, like a fairy from heaven descending to earth.

She laughed heartily and shouted, "Ah Zheng, let's see if the horse you chose can outrun my red horse."

He also smiled and teased her: "My true love is not this horse."

She turned around, her smile was charming and her eyes were captivating.

He looked at her with a smile on his lips, and there was no one else in sight.

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On the day she established her mansion, they personally planted the only red plum tree in the Plum Garden. She smiled sweetly and said, "This red plum tree is more beautiful than the pink one."

He said softly with affectionate eyes: "No one is as pretty as you."

She stood gracefully under the red plum tree, her starry eyes half-closed, speechless, and her lips half-open facing the wind, so alluring.

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When he went to war for the first time, she smiled and threatened: "If you die, I won't wait for you. By the way, those concubines you sent here all look good..."

When he returned victorious, she gently lay on his lap, her eyes bright and clear.

She smiled and asked him, "A Zheng, do you like a son or a daughter? Let's have one for fun."

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As he was still thinking, the arrow shot straight into his left atrium.

He Wenzhen was shot and fell to the ground.

The memories have not yet disappeared, he is immersed in a cycle of happiness, with a gentle smile on his lips.

Everything that happened yesterday is still vivid in my mind.

She was the only one in his mind. She was always smiling and so bright and charming.