Zhuangzhuang left the Empress Dowager's palace and walked forward step by step. Qionghua said, "Princess, Xiwei Palace is very far away. Why not take a sedan chair to go there?"
Zhuangzhuang shook his head, "No, I'll go over there. Qinzhi, Qionghua, you guys wait here for me, don't follow me."
"It's better for me to follow you." Qin Zhidao.
Zhuangzhuang shook his head firmly, "No, I want to walk this section of the road by myself."
Qinzhi and Qionghua looked at each other and both felt that the princess was acting very strangely today. They were both very worried, but the princess had ordered them not to follow, so they didn't know how to follow.
Zhuangzhuang went to Xiwei Palace and stood outside for a long time before walking towards the palace gate step by step.
The guard stopped her and said, "Princess, please stop."
"I want to go in!" Zhuangzhuang looked at them and said quietly: "Push it open!"
The guard asked, "Princess, do you have a decree from the Empress Dowager?"
"The Empress Dowager's token is here. Do you still need the Empress Dowager's decree?" Zhuangzhuang asked.
The guard didn't know Scar Suo, but when he heard Zhuang Zhuang say this, he said, "Princess, please wait a moment. I will go and report to Eunuch Lu."
When Eunuch Lu heard that Murong Zhuangzhuang was coming, he couldn't help but frowned, "Oh my God, this master is not easy to mess with."
He walked out quickly and saw Zhuangzhuang standing at the palace gate. He smiled and bowed, "Hey, the princess is here?"
"I want to go in!" Zhuangzhuang said, reaching out and touching Scar Cable.
When Eunuch Lu saw Scar Suo, his expression became more respectful, "Yes, Princess, please come in."
Zhuangzhuang stepped in, and Eunuch Lu asked, "Princess, why didn't you bring a maid? Are you here alone?"
"They are waiting for me at the Empress Dowager's place. Eunuch Lu, has the Emperor woken up?" Zhuangzhuang asked.
Eunuch Lu sighed, "I woke up before, but I was always groggy and had no consciousness when I woke up."
Zhuangzhuang didn't say anything. He looked up at the sky, which was very gloomy.
"You don't have to follow me in. Tell all the servants to go out. I want to say a few words to the emperor." Zhuangzhuang said.
Eunuch Lu hesitated for a moment and said, "Let me stay with you. The emperor's situation is special and it is not appropriate for him to be left alone."
"Eunuch Lu, I remember that you have been with the emperor since he was still the crown prince, right?"
"Yes, I have followed the emperor for many years."
Zhuangzhuang said calmly: "Okay, in that case, you can serve by my side."
There were special imperial doctors stationed in Xiwei Palace. Eunuch Lu went in and cleared the area. The imperial doctor came out, Zhuangzhuang went in, and Eunuch Lu immediately closed the palace gate.
The numerous palace doors blocked out the light, and there were two layers of curtains behind the bedroom.
Zhuangzhuang stepped on the clean white jade floor, making almost no sound.
The bedroom was very clean, with the scent of medicinal herbs filling the air. A curtain was drawn over the bed, so the person lying inside could not be seen.
Zhuangzhuang walked over, lifted the curtain, looked at the person on the bed, and tears suddenly fell.
She hated it, but also felt distressed.
All the pent-up anger and sadness seemed to dissipate in that instant.
She sighed deeply, "Emperor, I came here to question you, but seeing you like this..."
The person on the bed closed his eyes and did not react at all.
However, when Eunuch Lu heard this, his body trembled slightly.
Zhuangzhuang sat down beside the bed, looking at the man who was once so handsome, now in this state, and felt a pain in his heart like needles.
"Over the years, you have given me many things, including wealth, gold, silver, and fiefdoms, but none of them are what I want. You should take all these things back. I will hand them over to the national treasury tomorrow."
"I originally wanted to ask you a lot of questions, but now I think, what's the point? It's been so long, I'd rather believe that you didn't hurt me on purpose, and that you had no choice but to do it, and that you still love me, so that I can feel better."
"But, Your Majesty, how can I go on living like this? I have lived through eleven years, guarding this overwhelming wealth and enduring all kinds of despair and separation. Before I knew all this, even though I was sad, I could still convince myself that I still have loved ones and people who love me. But now, what do you want me to do?" Her voice became increasingly low and almost inaudible, revealing pain and despair.
"I still remember that when you were still the crown prince, you told me that when you became the emperor, you would give me whatever I wanted. You asked me what I wanted, and I thought about it for a long time. Then I told you that I wanted you to laugh, to laugh happily, because, since I was old enough to understand, you have been scolded and criticized by your brother. You are not happy, and you are not happy at all. I saw you drunk and crying secretly many times, because, although your brother gave you the title of crown prince, he did not love you."
"I wanted to give you all the joy in the world, but who would have thought that you would later deprive me of all my happiness? How ironic."
She spoke intermittently, sometimes thinking for a moment, saying a few words, then stopping to think, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing.
Eunuch Lu was standing beside them, crying like a tearful man.
He has followed the emperor for so many years, and he knows that the princess really cares about him.
"I like Xiao Xiao. The first time I confided in you, you told me that you would ask Xiao Xiao to marry me in the future. If the emperor brother did not allow it, you would go and ask the emperor brother. You said that for my sake, you were not afraid of the emperor brother scolding you. When you ascended the throne, you cancelled my marriage with the prince of Liang. I cried all night. I was happy, really happy..." She wiped away her tears and laughed, "I told Qin Zhi that after you ascended the throne, I would have nothing to worry about."
"At that time, my brother wanted me to marry him. I was very sad. You stayed by my side and scolded my brother for being heartless, selfish and heartless. You said that he was willing to sacrifice my happiness for the throne. Oh, why did I believe you at that time? It was also because you spoke too sincerely. You shouldn't have lied to me. How could you have the heart to lie to me? How could someone who loved me so much treat me like this? I can't figure it out, no matter how hard I scratch my head."
"I thought about how you have been denouncing Xiao Xiao's ruthlessness for me over the years, and have been with me when I was sad. Whenever I frowned, you would drop everything to accompany me, comfort me, and console me. Alas, this is all fake. What a pity, what a pity."
She leaned over and whispered in his ear, "You hurt me more than I think Xiao Xiao betrayed me!"
Tears quietly slid onto the pillow. She took off the jade bracelet on her wrist, placed it beside the pillow, and straightened her back. "This is the bracelet you gave me when you ascended the throne. You said you polished it yourself and engraved words on it, saying "Little aunt, live a peaceful life." I'm giving it back to you. I can't live a peaceful life. I'm sorry."
She stood up, took two steps back, looked at him deeply again, and turned away.
Tears fell all over the floor.
Eunuch Lu hurriedly chased after him, his eyes already red and swollen, "Princess, this is all unavoidable. The Emperor has felt guilty all these years."
"Serve him well!" Zhuangzhuang didn't want to listen anymore. Any excuses could not go back to the past.
After Zhuangzhuang left, a heavy sigh came from behind the tent!
(End of this chapter)