Holding a bowl of freshly boiled medicine, Luo Zhongying pushed open the tightly locked wooden door and entered the dark woodshed.
"Xi Ji, take your medicine."
Duanmu Xiji was curled up in a corner. She was wearing a man's loose clothes, and her hands and feet were tied up tightly by ropes. She looked at Luo Zhongying without saying a word. Her eyes were filled with doubt and disappointment.
Seeing that Duanmu Xiji didn't say anything, Luo Zhongying squatted down in front of her." Xiji, take your medicine. You're injured and you had a miscarriage. You need more medicine to recover."”
Duanmu Xiji continued to stare at him and only spoke after a long time,""Why didn't you kill me?"
Luo Zhongying was stunned." Why should I kill you? I already love you, so how can I kill you?”
"Then let me go, let me leave this place.”
"No, I won't let you go. It wasn't easy for me to snatch you back from Ye Lui Long Hao, how can I let you leave me?”He brought the medicine close to Duanmu Xiji's mouth." Be good and drink it. I'll bring you out of here later."”
"Leave? Where are you taking me?"
"Of course it's to go to a place where Yelu Long Hao can't find you and let you escape from his grasp forever.”
Duanmu Xiji shook her head." I'm not leaving.”
"Why not? Your child is gone, and there is no longer any connection between you and Yelu Long Hao. This is the best time for you to leave him! Xi Ji, are you afraid that I'll dislike you? Are you afraid that I won't want you because of this?" Luo Zhongying cupped Duanmu Xiji's face, his moist lips involuntarily searching for hers.
"Silly, I'm not that kind of person. Although I care about what Ye Lui Long Hao did to you, I know that you didn't do it willingly. Ye Lui Long Hao forced you, right? Besides, you had no choice but to submit to him for the sake of the people of Dolan City. How could I blame you?”
"No, you're wrong! From the beginning, I was the one who was willing to follow him. Moreover, the emperor is very good to me. No matter what, I will not leave him.”
"Very good to you? If he was good to you, would he give you the cold shoulder, lock you up in the Cold Palace, and even be intimate with Tuoba Mingzhen in front of you?”
"That's between me and the emperor, you don't need to worry about it. Let me ask you, how do you know Tuoba Mingzhen? Why did you kill her?"
"Why do I know her? Of course it's for you. If it wasn't for her, how would I have the chance to see you again? As for why I killed her, it was because of you. With you, do I still need her?”
"You…you've changed. You wouldn't have done such a cruel thing in the past!”
"Cruel? Do you think this is cruel? But have you ever thought about how cruel it would be to watch you and Yelu Long Hao being intimate? When I found out that you were actually pregnant with Yelu Longhao's child, and that you were so haggard because of him, wasn't it cruel? Xi Ji, I love you. You know I've always loved you, but aren't you cruel to treat me like this?”
"So you want Tuoba Mingzhen to drug my child and kill him?”
Luo Zhongying's eyes turned cold." I don't need the existence of Yelu Long Hao's bastard between you and me. I will destroy everything related to him!”
"What about Tuoba Mingzhen? She sacrificed herself to accompany Yelu Longhao for you and turned herself into an executioner for you. Zhong Ying, don't you feel guilty at all?”
"Guilt? She was born to be a slut, born to be played by men. Otherwise, why would her father give her to Ye Lui Long Hao? The reason why I kidnapped her back then was to vent my anger, the anger that Yelu Long Hao had for snatching you away from me!”
Duanmu Xiji couldn't believe it." Zhongying, you hurt an innocent woman who loves you so much just because of this?”
"What do you think? Actually, there was another reason why I approached her.”
"Another reason?"
"Yes, I want the Jade Kylin. I want the Jade Kylin that can control the world.”He stood up and paced back and forth in the small woodshed." Xi Ji, do you know why I called off the engagement?”
" Of course I remember. You said that you could die on the battlefield at any time. You didn't want to delay me, so…"
"No, actually that wasn't my intention. Your father wanted me to say that.”
Duanmu Xiji was stunned." Father? What does Father have to do with this?"
"Of course there is. Your father said that if he gets the Jade Kylin, he will be the overlord of the world, and you will be the princess. How can a nobody like me be worthy of you? But on the other hand, it doesn't matter if he doesn't get the Jade Kylin. There's also you, because you will plead for him with Ye Lui Long Hao. This way, even if you can't become a princess, you will still be an imperial concubine. Even if you become an imperial concubine, it's still better than marrying a poor kid like me who only has martial arts. Tell me, when your father says this, can I not agree?”
"No, that's impossible. Father wouldn't do that!”
"Of course it's possible! For the Jade Kylin, he was willing to sacrifice the lives of all the Dolan people. Why wouldn't he sell his own daughter to climb up the social ladder and befriend the royal family? Xi Ji, think about it, after Ye Lui Long Hao captured your father, did he order him to be executed? No, right? With your father's crime, it was an unforgivable crime of treason. With Yelu Long Hao's temper and style, he actually didn't kill him? Have you thought about this?"
Duanmu Xiji's face turned pale. Of course, she knew that her father was still imprisoned in the imperial prison and not executed because she was the one who read all of Yelu Long Hao's memorials. How could she not know?
Luo Zhongying continued," There's no harm in telling you. Your father knew beforehand that he couldn't defeat Yelu Longhao, so he had already arranged everything. The fact that he's still safe and sound today is proof. Xi Ji, if you were me, would you be satisfied? No matter how I think about it, I'm not willing to give you away just because I have no power, no money, and no power? From then on, I swore to get the Jade Kylin and then snatch you from Yelu Longhao's side. I wanted to show your father that I, Luo Zhongying, am not the useless person he thinks I am!”
"Zhong Ying, you've changed. You've become ferocious and unscrupulous. You've become someone I don't recognize at all. You…"
"I've changed? That's right! I've changed, but it's because of you, you know? Everything I did was to get you, but you sided with Yelu Long Hao and became one with him. You even got pregnant with his child. All my efforts to save you from the sea of suffering were in vain.”He grabbed Duanmu Xiji's long hair and pulled her up from the ground." Let me ask you, did you really fall in love with him?”
Duanmu Xiji looked at him fearlessly and admitted her feelings." That's right, I love him. From the first time I saw him, I fell in love with him!”
" You…" Luo Zhongying's eyes widened and he slapped her fiercely." You're cheap!" You still love him after the way he treated you? Then what am I? So what if I went through so much trouble to save you?”
Duanmu Xiji smiled coldly." For me? Why didn't you say that you saved me for the Jade Kylin?”
"Jade Kylin?"
"That's right. If you really did it for me, you wouldn't have stolen the letter the emperor wrote to West Saint Ouyang Che and wouldn't have let Tuoba Mingzhen do that to me. So you're doing this for me? No, no, you never loved me at all. Otherwise, even if my father forced you to break off the engagement, why would you agree? The reason why you came to find me was because you wanted to get the whereabouts of the Jade Kylin from me. On the other hand, you were unwilling to let Yelu Longhao take away the woman that should have belonged to you, so you did everything possible, even using the innocent Tuoba Mingzhen to achieve your goal, right?”
Luo Zhongying was stunned at first. He stared at Duanmu Xiji for a long time before he laughed out loud." That's right. You're indeed the top scorer of Dolan City. You can even read my mind." It doesn't matter if I tell you. I broke off the engagement because I didn't want to get myself into the quagmire of the war between the two armies. But the result was out of my expectations. What was even more surprising was that Yelu Long Hao let you take charge of all his memorials and decrees. Thinking of your beauty and passion, I decided that no matter the price, I would snatch you back!”
He grabbed Duanmu Xiji and pushed her against the wall." Xiji, let me ask you, where is the Jade Kylin?”
Duanmu Xiji tilted her head." I don't know.”
"You don't know? How was this possible? Yelu Long Hao trusts you, and his matters must go through your hands first, how could you not know?”
"I do know about the emperor's affairs, but don't forget that the Jade Kylin has been lost for a long time. Even the emperor doesn't know where the Jade Kylin is, so how would I know?”
"Others might fall for this trick, but I, Luo Zhongying, will not! I know that the so-called loss of the Jade Kylin is just a trick played by the four emperors to deceive the world! In fact, the Jade Kylin was not disappointed at all. It was still in their hands.”
Duanmu Xiji was stunned." Nonsense! The emperor is not that kind of person. He personally admitted to me that the jade kylin was lost…"
"Is that so? Then let me ask you, what is this?" He took out a letter and handed it to Duanmu Xiji." What does this letter mean by the Jade Kylin is in the Heavenly Lake?”
Duanmu Xiji took a look. It was the letter he wrote for West Saint Ouyang Che on behalf of Yelu Longhao, but it was stolen midway. At that time, she had doubted that sentence, but she did not ask.
She shook her head." I don't know. The Emperor said that, so I just wrote it down.”
" You..." Luo Zhongying was furious and slapped Duanmu Xiji again." Damn it!" I didn't expect that after you let Yelu Long Hao sleep with you, your heart actually sided with him? Let me ask you, where is the Jade Kylin?"
"I don't know!"
"You don't know? It's okay. I'll let you know later.”He suddenly pulled off Duanmu Xiji's clothes, exposing her beautiful body in front of him."Let me ask you, how did Ye Lui Longhao love you? Is it like this or like this?"
He kissed every inch of Duanmu Xiji's skin roughly, his large hands moving up and down.
Duanmu Xiji struggled in fear, desperately trying to get away from Luo Zhongying, but her hands and feet were tied and she could not break free. "Your Majesty, where are you?" she shouted in despair. Quickly come and save me, Your Majesty!"
Luo Zhongying became even angrier when he heard that." Go ahead and cheer! Even if you shout until your throat breaks, Yelu Long Hao won't come to save you…"
"Is that so? Luo Zhongying, aren't you a little too confident?”
A voice so cold that it made people tremble suddenly sounded behind Luo Zhongying. He was stunned and slowly turned around.
Yelu Long Hao's face was ashen as he stood upright with a long sword in his hand.
"How did you find this place?"
Ye Lui Long Hao snorted coldly," Do you think you did it without anyone knowing? Do you think that no one will be able to find you just because you're hiding in the firewood shed of the dilapidated temple? You underestimate me, Yelu Long Hao!"
Luo Zhongying looked at Yelu Longhao and then at the battered Duanmu Xiji. Suddenly, he understood," It's you, right? Did you bring him here?"
Yelu Long Hao shook his head," That's not right. In fact, from the very beginning, you were already within my grasp. And the reason why I delayed my arrival until now was to eradicate your deployment in the palace.”
Luo Zhongying's body stiffened." When did you find out?”
"In Suzhou…No, to be precise, you followed Xi 'er here as soon as she left Duolan City. Later on, when we went east to Suzhou, you were deliberately arrested to see if Xi 'er had gotten my favor as you expected.”
"You know about it?"
"That's right. At that time, I wasn't sure of your identity, so I could only use Xi 'er to provoke you. I didn't expect you to beat me at my own game, causing a misunderstanding between Xi' er and me, and then taking the opportunity to stuff Tuoba Mingzhen in. Luo Zhongying, this move of yours is indeed powerful! Not only did you successfully provoke a conflict between me and Xi 'er, you even made Tuoba Mingzhen replace the palace maids and eunuchs in order to create a rebellion. If Ouyang Che had not rushed over in time to remind me, I, the Eastern Emperor, would have been beheaded by now, right?”
Luo Zhongying had been listening quietly, but the expression on his face slowly changed from surprise to anger, and finally to coldness." Everyone says that the Eastern Emperor is as brave as Lu Bu and Xiang Yu. Today, it seems that you not only have the courage of Lu Bu and Xiang Yu, but also the wisdom of Zhuge Liang. No wonder you are called the Eastern Emperor.”
"Humph! I know more than that. Do you want to hear it?”
" What else do you know?" Luo Zhongying frowned.”
"I know that the reason why Duanmu Jing sent out his troops and suddenly became interested in the Jade Kylin is also because of you, right?”
Duanmu Xiji was stunned." Emperor, what did you say?”
Yelu Long Hao looked at her with heartache," Actually, I've always been very suspicious of your father's repeated harassment of the border. Because according to my understanding of him, he is not a greedy and ignorant person. Why would he do such a stupid thing that harms others and does not benefit himself? It was only after Ouyang Che reminded me that I found out that someone was trying to sow discord between the Liao Dynasty and Duolan City in an attempt to reap the benefits. And that person was you, Luo Zhongying!”
Luo Zhongying laughed maniacally when he heard that." Good one, Yelu Longhao. You are indeed amazing. You even know this! You're right. I did mention the Jade Kylin to Duanmu Jing, but I didn't ask him to send troops. He was blinded by greed and wanted to dominate the world, so he ended up like this. So you can't blame me.”
Duanmu Xiji couldn't help but tremble." My…my father told you to break off the engagement. Were those words from you? Or did Father say it?"
"Xi Ji, that's my truth. I really like you. At least before you lost your virginity, I really loved you. However, when I found out that you actually fell in love with Yelu Long Hao and shamelessly welcomed him like a slut, I decided to snatch you back from him and treat you as my prostitute. After all, you are no different from a prostitute now, aren't you?”
Duanmu Xiji slapped Luo Zhongying in pain, but he grabbed her fiercely. The dagger that had once stabbed Tuoba Mingzhen's chest was also placed on her neck.
"Yelu Long Hao, if you really love this slut, then exchange it with the jade qilin.”
Yelu Long Hao's face turned ashen," I don't have a jade qilin.”
"No? Are you going to watch her die in front of you?”
"Humph! Xi 'er won't die. I won't let her die!”
"Is that so? Then take out the Jade Kylin. Perhaps I can consider letting her go!”
"I've already said that I don't have the Jade Kylin. Even if I did, I wouldn't trade it for it.”
Luo Zhongying instantly laughed wildly again. He hugged Duanmu Xiji maliciously, his large hands moving back and forth in front of Yelu Longhao." Xiji, did you hear that? You used your body, your feelings, your chastity and your reputation to exchange for this man, but he actually refused to use the jade qilin to exchange for you. It can be seen that he doesn't love you at all. He's still the cold-blooded and cruel Eastern Emperor Yelu Long Hao! Give up and come with me! At least I won't be like him, openly having fun with other women in front of you. I'll only have you until I'm tired of you, okay?”
Duanmu Xiji was embarrassed, anxious, and angry. She opened her mouth and wanted to bite her tongue to commit suicide. Luo Zhongying hurriedly reached out to stop her.
At this moment, Yelu Longhao saw that he could not miss this opportunity. He took a big step forward and flicked the long sword in his hand. He flicked Luo Zhongying's dagger away and also stabbed it into Luo Zhongying's body, which was too shocked to react in time. Blood flowed down his chest." You…"
Yelu Longhao narrowed his eyes and quickly caught Duanmu Xiji's falling body. He turned to look at Luo Zhongying," You brought this on yourself, don't blame me!" Men, take him to the imperial prison and wait for execution!”
Placing Duanmu Xiji on the bed, Yelu Long Hao looked at her frightened face and the wounds all over her body with heartache. "Damn Tuoba Mingzhen, she actually dared to hurt you?”
Duanmu Xiji shook her head and hugged Yelu Long Hao tightly," Emperor, don't be angry. She has already received her retribution, hasn't she?”
Even though he said that, Yelu Long Hao was unwilling and unhappy. He was the emperor, and even he couldn't bear to hit her. Tuoba Mingzhen actually injured her all over? If she wasn't already dead, he definitely wouldn't have spared her!
"Xi 'er, will you blame me? Are you blaming me for saving you so late?" Yelu Long Hao took the medicine prepared by the imperial physician and carefully helped her apply the medicine as he asked.
"No, I know you must have been delayed by something, right?”
"Yes, I am. Tuoba Mingzhen had replaced all the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace. She planned to contact Luo Zhongying and Tuoba Kuan to rebel. However, she probably didn't expect that she would die in Luo Zhongying's hands first.”
"A palace maid? What about Xun Er? Is Xun Er also her…"
"That's right, Xun Er is the person she arranged to be by your side to monitor you. That's why she had the chance to drug your food.”
"Then where is Xun Er now? Emperor, don't tell me you…"
"No, before I could deal with her, she was silenced by Tuoba Mingzhen. In the end, I was too careless. If I had been more careful, you wouldn't have lost your child. Xi 'er, will you forgive me?"
Duanmu Xiji buried her face in Ye Lui Long Hao's chest and rubbed against him." I'd be lying if I said I don't blame you. After all, you misunderstood me and hurt my heart. Do you know that at that time, I really wanted to die? If I hadn't found out that I was pregnant, I'm afraid I would have…"
Ye Lui Long Hao hugged her tightly in shame, kissing her eyebrows, eyes, and lips one after another." I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have treated you like that, but I'm just jealous. I'm jealous that Luo Zhongying knew you before me, jealous that he knew you better than me. That's why when I saw you hugging him, I…"
Duanmu Xiji raised her head slightly and stopped him." Your Majesty, I don't want to ask about the past anymore. Now, I just want to know one thing. Do you believe me?"”
Yelu Long Hao looked at her with bright eyes," If I didn't believe you, would I have let you read all the memorials?”
"Then don't you want to know if he touched me?”
"Of course I care, but I care more about your safety and happiness. After this incident, I finally understood that loving someone doesn't mean possessing them, but giving them happiness, tolerance, and acceptance of all the good and bad things about them. Therefore, even if you were really bullied by Luo Zhongying, it would not affect your position in my heart at all. You are still my most beautiful and most attractive Duanmu Zhaorong.”
Duanmu Xiji was so touched that she almost couldn't speak." Your Majesty... I..."
Yelu Long Hao sighed softly," Don't speak, your injuries are not light. If you don't apply medicine and rest well, I'm afraid you won't be able to participate in the coronation ceremony in a month.”
"Conferring ceremony?"
"I want to make you the empress, remove the three courtyards and six palaces, and pardon your father's sins. Have you forgotten?”
Duanmu Xiji was about to cry." Your Majesty…"
Ye Lui Long Hao placed a finger on her lips," Don't speak, I'm going to help you apply the medicine now. Be good and lie down."”
She obediently turned over and let Yelu Long Hao apply the medicine for her. "Your Majesty."
"Hmm?"
"I…I'm still yours…"
He smiled faintly." You were mine in the first place.”
"No, I mean…I mean, I belong to you alone from the beginning to the end.”
A smile appeared on Yelu Long Hao's handsome face. He helped Duanmu Xiji up and gave her a deep kiss.
A month and a half later, Yelu Long Hao officially conferred Duanmu Xiji the title of Empress. At the same time, he sent out the concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs in the harem, leaving only a few people to serve them.
A year later, Duanmu Xiji successfully gave birth to a prince for Yelu Longhao. Two years later, she gave birth to another princess. On the day of the princess's birth, Ouyang Che, Du Shouyu, and Shen Chong came together. When they saw how happy Yelu Longhao's family was, they couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out that having a wife and children was not a bad thing.
Shen Chong couldn't help but push Ouyang Che." Liu Xiahui, I think it's time for you to fulfill your duty as a son, right?"”
Ouyang Che smiled." You can't settle down even if you have three palaces and six courtyards. Why do you have to drag me down with you?"”
Du Shouyu, who was at the side, said in a bad mood,"Alone? You also have three palaces and six courtyards. How can you be alone?”
When Ye Lui Long Hao and Duanmu Xiji heard this, they carried their little daughter and came forward," Who wants a hug? Xi 'er and I are happy to let you guys experience being a father.”
The three men looked at each other and exchanged a glance before disappearing without a trace, leaving behind the smiling Yelu Long Hao couple and the babbling little princess in their arms, completely unaware that she had scared the three emperors away.#
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