Resisting the Wind and Splendor

The words Tuoba Liuli said today kept echoing in Chu Yueli's mind.

Brother Mo must like her, he must have liked her for many years.

Many years...

She never suffered from amnesia, but if there were any things she might not remember, there was only one—

Nine years ago, after being rescued from the fire, she was ill for a long time. It is said that she was in a daze for almost half a month.

Lu Beimo was looking at her intently. She seemed to see the King Mo from that night again, pitifully saying to her: "Ali, I'm wronged."

That look in her eyes truly shows her grievance.

But only Chu Yueli could see this grievance.

When he met the Emperor's gaze again, there was no longer any ripple in Lu Beimo's eyes.

He said calmly, "Nine years ago, the Duke accompanied the Emperor on his journey to the south of the Yangtze River. All of us princes were there, and Ali was also there."

Nine years ago!

Now everyone finally has some recollection of it.

During that trip, the assassins also set a large fire, injuring many people.

The Duke was so focused on protecting the Emperor that he couldn't even spare a thought for his young granddaughter.

At that time, many people were injured, including Chu Yueli, who was later ill for a long time.

"That night of the fire, I accidentally saved a little girl. Afterwards, because Father Emperor was also injured, in addition to protecting Father Emperor, everyone also had to do their best to capture the assassin. The team stayed in Jiangnan for more than half a month."

"Your subject also goes out with the guards every day to investigate the whereabouts of the assassin, but whenever your subject returns to rest, he will definitely go to take care of that little girl."

"That girl is strange. She's delirious from her illness, yet she refuses to drink her medicine. Only when I come back and feed her will she drink it."

Chu Yueli's hand instinctively clutched her clothes, and a strange pain shot through her heart, as if something was stabbing it.

Lu Beimo remained expressionless and said, "For those two weeks, I took care of her. Several times, when she was delirious from her illness, she leaned on my chest and said that when she grew up, she would marry me."

"Your Majesty knows that for an eight-year-old girl, such words may be meaningless; she is too young to understand anything. But for me, it is a promise: when she grows up, I will definitely marry her. I will keep this firmly in my heart. Even when I was almost killed in battle in the Northern Frontier, in my despair, I still thought, I cannot die, I must return to the capital. In the capital, there is a girl waiting for me to go back and marry her."

One of the girls, without warning, started to sob quietly.

The Empress's face was bitter, and she felt a strange pang of heartache.

The emperor's expression also turned serious.

He was injured during that assassination attempt, and he didn't even notice the children or anything like that.

The Empress suddenly asked, "Then why did Ali... and Prince Jin get back together after that trip to Jiangnan?"

That little girl was none other than Chu Yueli. Although Prince Mo didn't say it outright, everyone understood what he meant.

"Your subject does not know!" Lu Beimo slowly exhaled before saying, "When I was taking care of little Ali, her condition was slowly improving. The imperial physician said that she would wake up completely soon. But unexpectedly, at that time, I discovered the assassin's whereabouts and was seriously injured while leading the men to capture him. In the days that followed, I was also recuperating in a daze."

He finally turned back to look at Chu Yueli, whose face was blank, and said softly, "There were three imperial physicians who accompanied you. Physician Liu was the one who took care of you on a daily basis. If you don't believe me, ask Physician Liu who was holding you, feeding you medicine, and coaxing you to sleep while you were unconscious?"