Ping Zhao Lu

After Xu Zhouye listened quietly to everything Chu Yunxiao said, his inner emotions were like surging waves, constantly churning.

At the first moment, he was deeply shocked, as if the whole world had turned upside down. However, as time went on, this shock gradually turned into endless regret and heartache.

"This is a secret." Xu Zhouye murmured softly, his voice as light as a feather swaying in the wind. "Your Majesty actually told this humble minister so openly."

Chu Yunxiao's lips curled up slightly, revealing an extremely gentle smile, and he responded nonchalantly: "You are not someone else, you are my queen. Since you are my queen, there is nothing to hide."

When Xu Zhouye heard these words, he felt his heart warm up and his eyes instantly became warm and moist.

In his previous life, Chu Yunxiao had never been so open with him. But at this moment, he actually revealed all his long-hidden life stories without hesitation. He must have trusted him to the extreme.

Chu Yunxiao slowly raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears that flickered in the corners of Xu Zhouye's eyes. He asked softly, "Are you worried that I will be like the late emperor?"

This sudden question made Xu Zhouye stunned.

After all, this question is indeed difficult to judge.

Recalling the experiences of his previous life, Chu Yunxiao silently guarded his tomb for the rest of his life.

However, times have changed and the situation in this life is very different from that in the previous life.

Today, they can be said to be able to be honest with each other.

However, human hearts are always unpredictable. Who can truly guarantee that Chu Yunxiao will treat him wholeheartedly from beginning to end in this life?

Who can guarantee that he won’t get tired of Chu Yunxiao?

Just like Chu Huaixu and Lian Yiche.

Chu Yunxiao keenly caught the hard-to-conceal worry in the other person's eyes. He lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was silently brewing some emotion or decision deep in his heart.

After a brief pause, he still leaned lightly on Xu Zhouye's shoulder and slowly said, "I will not make an oath lightly."

Hearing this, Xu Zhouye's body trembled involuntarily. Faced with such a situation, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

After a moment of silence, he seemed to have suddenly thought of something and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Your Majesty, these foods will not taste good if they get cold."

However, Chu Yunxiao didn't seem to care about what Xu Zhouye said. He just replied softly, "It's okay. Let me lean on you for a while longer." His voice was low and slightly hoarse, and even revealed a sense of weakness and powerlessness.

Hearing this tone, Xu Zhouye's heart suddenly tightened and his face instantly became serious.

He didn't dare to delay for a moment, so he kept sitting and quickly turned around, his eyes fixed on Chu Yunxiao's face.

Upon seeing this, he couldn't help but gasp. The usually majestic emperor now had a pale face and looked extremely haggard.

"Your Majesty?" Xu Zhouye couldn't help but call out worriedly, but Chu Yunxiao didn't respond at all and still kept his eyes tightly closed.

Seeing this, Xu Zhouye became more and more anxious. He subconsciously stretched out his right hand and gently stroked Chu Yunxiao's forehead.

In an instant, a scorching heat was transmitted through his fingertips. This burning feeling was like a thunderclap that struck Xu Zhouye's heart hard, making him startled.

"Someone come! Go and call the imperial physician!" Xu Zhouye could no longer suppress his inner panic and anxiety, and shouted at the top of his voice.

When the eunuchs waiting outside the door heard the urgent cry, they did not dare to hesitate for a moment and immediately rushed out like an arrow, hurriedly going to the Imperial Hospital to ask the imperial physician to come and treat the patient.

*

The night is as dark as ink, so thick that it cannot be dissolved. There is no trace of moonlight in the sky, only a gentle breeze blowing quietly.

On this quiet and dark jungle path, a dilapidated carriage was galloping along, and the sound of horse hooves "clacking" echoed in the silent night, as if it was a countdown to death.

The driver kept waving the whip, urging the horses to go faster and faster, and the carriage galloped non-stop towards the outside of Zhaojing City.

Inside the carriage, Yang Cong leaned against the wall half-dead, but his hands were tightly holding the seemingly ordinary bag in his arms, as if there was some rare treasure hidden in it.

You know, the Queen Mother promised him personally that she would let him leave the palace today, but for some reason, even though he had already set out on the journey to leave the palace, his heart was still filled with uneasiness.

So he decided to leave Zhaojing City overnight.

Just as his thoughts were in a mess, the carriage suddenly stopped without warning.

Yang Cong's heart sank suddenly, and he was instantly overwhelmed by a huge fear.

Before he could react to what was happening, he heard a few sharp sounds of "whoosh" breaking through the air, and several fire arrows shot towards the carriage he was in like raindrops.

Yang Cong was horrified and instinctively ran away with his head in his hands, trying to avoid the deadly arrows.

However, there was nowhere to hide in the narrow carriage, so he could only curl up into a ball to minimize the area exposed.

At the same time, a fierce fighting sound suddenly came from outside, with shouts, sounds of weapons clashing and screams intertwined together.

Yang Cong was so frightened that his whole body was shaking. He squatted in the corner of the carriage, trembling, and prayed nervously in his heart that he would be safe.

At this moment, a flash of cold light passed by, and an extremely sharp blade pierced through the car door and stabbed straight towards him...

*

Yaohua Palace

Concubine Li leaned on the couch, breathing weakly, as if she would fall down at the slightest breeze.

Her originally delicate and smooth hands were now tightly covering her face, her fingers trembling slightly, as if she was trying to hide some unsightly scene.

However, through the gaps between her fingers, one could still see the dense red spots on her face, which was shocking.

The face she was so proud of was now completely ruined and unrecognizable.

Her heart felt as if it were being pierced by thousands of needles at the same time, the pain was unbearable.

The maidservant beside her carried the steaming hot medicine with great trepidation and walked cautiously to Lipin. Then she knelt on both knees, respectfully raised the medicine bowl above her head, and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's time...it's time to drink the medicine."

Before she finished her words, Concubine Li suddenly jumped up, like a wounded beast, and swung her arms violently, throwing the medicine out of the palace maid's hand.

With a crisp shattering sound, the medicine bowl instantly broke into countless pieces and flew everywhere. The brown soup also spilled onto the ground, forming a pool of dirty water.

"Get out! All of you get out of here!" Lipin roared, her voice hoarse and unpleasant with anger and pain.

When the palace maids saw this, they were so frightened that they trembled all over, and quickly fell to the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"You are so bad, Xu Jin!" Lipin's eyes were wide open, staring at the void in front of her, as if her enemy was standing there.

She covered her injured cheek with her hand and squeezed out cruel words from between her teeth, "I swear, I will make you wish you were dead, but you can't live!"

Just after she finished shouting these words, Lipin's wound was hit by another sharp pain, and she couldn't help but grimace in pain.

She glared fiercely at the palace maids who were still kneeling beside her and shouted, "What are you idiots still doing standing there? Go and make another bowl of medicine!"

The maids looked at each other, feeling aggrieved, but none dared to disobey Lipin's order. One of the young maids quickly stood up and hurried to the kitchen, ready to make another decoction for Lipin.

At this moment, a palace maid in light green palace dress slowly walked in.

Lipin looked up, and a barely perceptible panic flashed in her eyes.

She quickly waved her hand to signal the other palace maids waiting in the room to leave, leaving only the new palace maid behind.