Duanmu Xiji stayed in the Ninghe Palace to recuperate and wait for her labor. She almost never left the palace. She stayed in the Ninghe Palace all day and didn't go anywhere in the huge imperial garden. She didn't laugh or speak. No matter what jokes the palace maids and eunuchs thought of or what tricks they played to tease her, it was useless.
The only thing that showed that she was still alive was that she could eat, breathe, and sleep. But other than that, she was basically a walking corpse. Therefore, Duanmu Xiji was losing weight at an alarming rate. The bigger her belly was, the faster she was losing weight. Yelu Longhao's heart jumped. He would come to see her several times a day, afraid that she would disappear if he wasn't careful.
Thus, once the morning court session ended, Yelu Long Hao could not wait to rush to the Condensing Harmony Palace.
"Your Majesty!"
Yelu Long Hao waved his hand casually, his eyes scanning the familiar figure." Where's Xi 'er?”
"Sitting under the window." The palace maid pointed to the window on the other side.
Following his gaze, Yelu Long Hao indeed saw the person he was looking for under the window, but…was that the person he was familiar with? Why was she so haggard? He had completely lost his former glory. What was going on?
"Xun Er, let me ask you, did the Empress take her medicine?”
Duanmu Xiji's personal palace maid rushed over." Yes, the imperial physician prescribed the medicine for the fetus. Empress has taken it on time.”
"What about the food? How many bowls of rice does she eat a day? What dishes did you eat?"
Aroma tilted her head and thought," At most…at most half a bowl. Sometimes it's even less. For example, this morning, the Empress only ate half a bowl of porridge and a few mouthfuls of spicy melon. She didn't eat anything else.”
When Yelu Long Hao heard this, he immediately understood where the problem was.
"Xun Er, go to the kitchen supervisor and order them to make a bowl of bird's nest porridge with rock sugar. The faster the better.”
Then, he walked to Duanmu Xiji and his huge figure covered her head.
Duanmu Xiji blinked. She didn't bow or stand up, but her gaze seemed to pass through Yelu Long Hao and landed in an unknown distance.
Yelu Long Hao looked at Duanmu Xiji, who was like a wooden statue, and said in a hoarse voice," Xi 'er, do you hate me that much?"
She shook her head in a daze." You're the Emperor, my master. I…How could I dare to hate you?”
"No, you hate me. Otherwise, you wouldn't torture yourself like this.”
She still shook her head." If the Emperor wants me to have children, I will have children. If you want me to die, I'll die; I'm just doing what you want.”
"Then what do you think?"
She finally raised her head to look at him." Me?”
"If I let you choose, what would you do?”
A glimmer of light suddenly appeared in his dull eyes." Choice? What choice does the emperor want me to make?"
"What do you want?" he asked.”
" I…I want…" She wanted to say 'I want you', but she couldn't say it. Because she knew that it was impossible for him to love her. He might spoil her, but he would never love her or trust her. If that was the case, what was the use of having him?
Hence, she shook her head." I don't want to choose anything. I just want the Emperor to let me go."”
Yelu Long Hao's expectations were instantly dashed. He thought that she would say something or ask for something. At least he would be able to do that, but letting her leave him was something he could never do.
" No!" He rejected her outright." I told you that no matter what, I won't let you leave me!”
Duanmu Xiji looked at him calmly." Really? Then I don't want anything. I only ask the emperor to give me some peace.”
Anger instantly appeared on Yelu Long Hao's face. He looked at her, then at her stomach," You…you deserve to die!”He suddenly turned around and left, leaving Duanmu Xiji sitting there alone.
He was gone! He left again! Every time, he would always come and go in such a hurry, not even willing to look at her. Could it be that he hated her so much? Since that was the case, why not just kill her or let her go?
She loved him and was willing to give up everything for him, but she couldn't stand the fact that he came to see her for the sake of the child. This made her feel that she was just a tool for production, without any dignity or value. Therefore, she almost didn't want this child. After all, the child came at the wrong time! But could she bear to? This was her child, the only one he had left for her. It was proof that he had once loved her. How could she bear to not have it? But when she thought about letting her child grow up in such an environment, letting him experience the coldness and coldness of human feelings, and accepting the coldness and ruthlessness of human hearts, she could not do it!
What should she do? What should she do?
Duanmu Xiji was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't notice that Xun Er had been standing behind her for a long time.
"Empress!"
Duanmu Xiji was stunned." Xun Er, it's you?”
Xun Er smiled lightly and took the bird's nest porridge with rock sugar." Empress, eat! This is specially prepared by the emperor for you.”
"Emperor? Impossible, he doesn't even want to look at me, how could he ask someone to prepare this?”
"It's true. When the emperor first came, he asked the empress how many bowls of rice she usually eats and what else she eats. When he found out that the Empress ate so little, he ordered the Imperial Catering Supervisor to make bird's nest porridge with rock sugar. Niangniang, please eat it. This is the emperor's intention.”
Duanmu Xiji shook her head." No, I'm not hungry. You eat."”
"This was specially prepared by the emperor for niangniang to eat, how would Xun Er dare to eat it? If the emperor knew, he would be angry. Actually…"
"Actually what?"
"Actually the emperor is very concerned about niangniang.”
Duanmu Xiji did not believe him." He cares about me? It's too late for him to hate me, so how can he care about me? If he cared, he would only care about this child!”
"It's true. The emperor is very concerned about niangniang. He comes several times a day, but because niangniang is sleeping and the emperor ordered us not to disturb you, you don't know.”
Duanmu Xiji was surprised." What? Aroma, is what you said true? The emperor…the emperor comes several times a day?”
"Yes, I am. The emperor came most of the time in the morning and at night. At that time, the empress was either asleep or not awake, so of course she didn't know that the emperor had come.”
Duanmu Xiji's eyes were filled with disbelief." What is he doing here?”
Xun Er smiled slightly and her face actually turned red." When the Emperor comes, he would only quietly look at the Empress. However, sometimes he would secretly kiss you while the Empress was sleeping. There were a few times when he would sit by the bed for the whole night and only leave when the sky was almost bright.”
Duanmu Xiji's heart started to beat wildly. He... he had been watching over her! But…but why didn't he say anything? Why did he have to pretend to be so cold? She thought that he didn't want her anymore!
"Niangniang, drink the bird's nest porridge? This is the emperor's intention, you must not let him down!”
Duanmu Xiji's hands trembled as she took the bird's nest porridge and started to eat it in small bites.
After finishing the bird's nest porridge, Duanmu Xiji felt hungry." Aroma, do you have more? I'm still hungry."
Xun Er nodded, but the light in her eyes flickered." Of course there is. I will ask someone to get it again. Empress, wait a moment."”She slowly turned around and counted the time.
Not long after, Duanmu Xiji moaned in pain." It hurts! My stomach hurts!”
Xun Er stood still." Empress, what's wrong?”
Duanmu Xiji hugged her stomach in pain." Xun Er, what did you feed me? Why…Why does my stomach hurt so much?”
She shook her head." No, other than that bowl of bird's nest porridge, I don't have anything else for the Empress to eat."”
Duanmu Xiji broke out in cold sweat and stared at Xun Er in disbelief." Bird's nest porridge? Are you talking about the bird's nest porridge that the emperor gave me?"
"That's right! I've said it before, the emperor ordered the bird's nest porridge for niangniang to eat!”
Duanmu Xiji let out a mournful wail as she rolled on the ground in pain. Blood flowed down her legs." Your Majesty, you…Why…Why…"
In the south study room, Yelu Long Hao was reading the memorial attentively. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew through the door and a thin and tall white figure appeared in front of him. He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the figure approaching from afar. In the end, it stood less than a foot away from him.
"Hao, you still have the mood to read the memorial at this time?”
"It's you?" Yelu Long Hao stood up, a smile appearing on his face.
"Of course it's me, Ouyang Che. Otherwise, do you think it's Shen Chong?”
"What are you doing here?" Yelu Long Hao's question was very rude, but his hand was already on Ouyang Che's shoulder.
Ouyang Che smiled and pushed him." Take your hand away. Don't you know that I'm not sensitive to men?”
Yelu Long Hao raised his eyebrows," Only men?”
Ouyang Che was stunned for a moment before he laughed." You bastard, you still don't change your sharp tongue. One day, you will suffer."”
"Cut the crap. You didn't come all the way from outside the pass just to tell me to cultivate my morals, right?”
"Of course not, it was Shen Chong who asked me to come.”
"Shen Chong? What did he want you to do?"
"I want you to be careful of someone."
"Who is it?"
Ouyang Che grabbed Yelu Long Hao's shoulder and was about to take him to the side to talk when a eunuch rushed in in a panic.
"Emperor, bad news!"
Yelu Long Hao's face darkened," What's the matter? Can't you see that I'm busy?"
The eunuch knelt down in panic." This servant knows that the Emperor is busy, but this servant must tell the Emperor about this matter. Otherwise, it will be too late!”
"What do you mean in time? Tell me!"
"Empress…Empress, she…"
Yelu Long Hao shouted again,"Which Empress? Speak clearly!"
The eunuch swallowed nervously." It's…it's Empress Duanmu, she…"
When he heard that it was Duanmu Xiji, Yelu Long Hao became nervous." What's wrong with Xi 'er?”
"Empress Duanmu has miscarried!"
Ye Lui Long Hao was stunned on the spot," What did you say? Say it again!"
"I don't know who fed Duanmu Niangniang medicine, but she miscarried!”
At that moment, Ye Lui Long Hao didn't care that Ouyang Che was still beside him, he rushed towards the Condensing Harmony Palace.
The Ninghe Palace was deathly silent. There was almost no sound. The only thing that could be heard was the chirping of a few sparrows outside the window, which made it seem even more desolate.
Yelu Long Hao rushed to the bed like a gust of wind and looked at Duanmu Xiji with a pained expression." Xi 'er, Xi' er!”
His hand trembled as he checked her breathing. Fortunately, she was still breathing. Although she was weak, she was still alive.
He carefully sat down by the bed and held her cold little hand tightly. He called out again,"Xi 'er."
Duanmu Xiji didn't respond, but she tried to pull her hand back.
"Xi 'er, don't be like this. Look at me. Open your eyes and look at me!”
Seeing that she still didn't respond, Yelu Long Hao couldn't help but feel anxious and turned around, shouting,""Who brought the medicine?"
Everyone looked at each other, but no one dared to answer.
Ye Lui Long Hao rolled his tiger eyes," You don't admit it? Since no one wanted to admit it, then they would all be dragged out and beheaded!”
Everyone kneeled down and begged for mercy,""Emperor, spare my life! Emperor, spare my life!"
"Speak! Who brought the medicine here?"
"Yes…"
"It's you!"
A weak voice suddenly rang out, which startled Yelu Long Hao.
Xi 'er, you..."
Duanmu Xiji struggled to sit up." Your Majesty, didn't you ask someone to bring the medicine here?”
Yelu Long Hao shook his head." No, I didn't ask anyone to bring medicine. I just asked the Food Supervisor to send a bowl of bird's nest porridge…" He suddenly stopped. Impossible, could it be that bowl of bird's nest porridge…" Xi 'er, you ate bird's nest porridge, right?”
Duanmu Xiji looked at him expressionlessly, which was equivalent to answering his question.
" No, it can't be. I just asked them to make bird's nest porridge, not to put any medicine in it. How could it be…" He muttered in shock, but when he met Duanmu Xiji's desperate and cold eyes, his heart tightened." Xi 'er, you think I asked for an abortion, right?"”
"Isn't it?"
Yelu Long Hao shook his head," I love you. How could I abort your child?”
If Duanmu Xiji had heard this before today, she would have been moved to tears. But now, she only felt that it was fake and unreal.
"You're wrong. You don't love me. If you did, you wouldn't treat me like this.”
"Xi 'er! I love you. Maybe I haven't said it out loud, but my feelings for you can't be fake!”
"Is that so? If your love is like this, then I do feel it, and I can't bear it.”
" Xi 'er, don't be like this. Listen to me..."
Duanmu Xiji covered her ears in agitation, and her dried tears flowed again." Don't listen, I don't want to listen! You go, you go! I don't want to see you ever again, never ever again!”
Yelu Long Hao looked at her in pain, unable to say a single word to defend himself.
Heavens! What should he do? He never wanted to hurt her, but he kept doing things that hurt her. He wanted to dote on her and pamper her, but he let her taste all the disasters and pain. Now that they had even lost their only child, did they still have a chance to start over? For the first time in his life, Yelu Long Hao was at a loss, not knowing what to do. He looked helplessly at Ouyang Che, who had been standing quietly at the side.
Ouyang Che seemed to know what he wanted to say and shook his head." Don't look at me. This is your own fault. I can't do anything about it. Who taught you to be so careless?”
Ye Lui Long Hao and Ouyang Che had known each other for many years, how could he not understand the meaning behind his words?
"Che, you know something, right?”
Ouyang Che smiled faintly." Have you forgotten why I came to look for you?”
"You mean…"
"I came to warn you to be careful, but it's still too late!”
"Too late? What do you mean?"
Ouyang Che smiled again and glanced at everyone with his beautiful eyes.
Yelu Long Hao immediately understood," You all can leave! Without my orders, no one is allowed to come in. If you dare to look around and eavesdrop at the door, be careful not to lose your head!”
After the palace maids and eunuchs left, Ouyang Che said,""You've been set up!"
"Design? What do you mean?"
"Let me ask you, other than her, who else have you touched recently?”Ouyang Che pointed at Duanmu Xiji and asked.
Yelu Long Hao frowned," Why are you asking this?”
"Of course it's meaningful. Tell me, which women have you touched?”
Yelu Long Hao had never been an extremely lecherous person. In the past, he only had one or two concubines. Ever since he got to know Duanmu Xiji, his heart was completely on her. How could he touch other women? Other than Tuoba Mingzhen…" No, other than Tuoba Mingzhen, I didn't touch any other women.”
"Tuoba Mingzhen? It really is her!"
Yelu Long Hao was startled," What do you mean?”
"Do you know why Shen Chong asked me to come and see you?”
He shook his head.
"Because he encountered the same problem as you, but he was lucky enough to stop it in time!”
"Are you saying that Tuoba Kuan also gave a woman to Shen Chong?”
"Yes, Tuoba Kuan gave both of his daughters to you and Shen Chong as concubines. On the surface, it seemed like he was trying to make peace with the two of you, but in fact, he did it for the Jade Kylin.”
" I've thought about this long ago, so I deliberately made her a noble consort. The purpose was to let her down her guard so that I could find out her fox tail. I just didn't expect that she would actually…" He glanced at Duanmu Xiji, who was now listening attentively to the two of them.
"I don't know why she attacked Xi Ji either. Maybe she fell in love with you and wanted you all to herself, or maybe it's just a fight between women! Who asked you to only have one, but countless wives and concubines waiting in line?”What he meant was that he had let down too many women and made too many women stay empty and heartbroken for him, so he deserved it!
Yelu Long Hao rolled his eyes at him, still lecturing at this time? When he was done with Tuoba Mingzhen and the Jade Kylin, he would definitely join hands with Shen Chong and Du Shouyu to deal with him.
Ouyang Che knew what he was thinking from his eyes. He couldn't help but smile." Hao, I know you're angry, but you can't act rashly now."”
"Why? She killed my child. Why can't I kill her?”
"Of course you can kill her, but not now.”
"Humph! Do I, Yelu Long Hao, need a reason to kill?”
"You don't need a reason, but it might alert the enemy.”
"You mean…"
Ouyang Che nodded." Everyone wants the Jade Kylin, so they will do anything. Think about it, can Tuoba Mingzhen do something like this?”
Yelu Long Hao suddenly realized that he had been so distracted by Duanmu Xiji's miscarriage that he had forgotten about this.
Ouyang Che continued," You should have thought of a way to find out what she was up to. Otherwise, you wouldn't have made her a noble consort and left your beloved woman to suffer in the Cold Palace. But I still have to tell you a way."”
He turned to Duanmu Xiji who was lying on the bed." Xiji, are you willing? Are you willing to help us find the murderer?”
Yelu Long Hao hurriedly stopped him," No! Xi 'er has been hurt enough. I don't want her to…"
Unexpectedly, Duanmu Xiji actually nodded." Emperor, let me go."”
Yelu Long Hao was stunned." Xi 'er, do you…do you know how dangerous this is? She can drug you once, but of course, there will be a second and third time. You…"
"I'm willing. As long as the emperor gives me an explanation, I'm willing to try no matter how dangerous it is.”#
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