No pop-up ads, so refreshing! Thanks for your support! Sounds good to me ^_^... Chapter 98

  I was chilled to the bone and stared at him in almost incredulous disbelief.

  He turned his gaze away and stopped looking at me, also no longer saying a word, the curve of his profile was abnormally cold.

  At this moment, the carriage came to a gentle stop. The sharp voice of the announcer eunuch broke through the almost stagnant air:

  "His Imperial Majesties and Their Royal Highnesses are requested to enter the palace!"

  He didn't even notice me, directly lifted the car curtain and got out of the car, without any intention of lending a hand to help me.

  A young eunuch with downcast eyes and a humble expression stood by, waiting to help me out of the carriage.

  And I stood still, staring at his back, without moving.

  "Please welcome the three princesses into the palace!" Perhaps seeing that I had not moved for a long time, the little eunuch opened his mouth again to urge me in a soft and gentle voice. Although he still used respectful language, there was already a hint of impatience in his words.

  I took a deep breath and suddenly heard Nan Chengyao's voice coldly coming: "Even the master dares to urge, it's really Li Kang'an who taught you well!"

  That little eunuch was shocked, and he immediately knelt down beside Nan Chongyao's feet, kowtowing repeatedly: "I deserve to die! I deserve to die! Please forgive me, Your Highness! I deserve to die! Please forgive me, Your Highness..."

  Nan Cheng Yao coldly looked at him: "You're kneeling in front of the wrong person."

  That little eunuch was also extremely clever, immediately turning to me and kowtowing: "I deserve to die, please forgive me, Your Highness! Please forgive me..."

  I was just about to speak when Nan Chengyao's voice came over, lightly saying: "What are you all stunned for, don't drag it out."

  Immediately, someone responded with a "yes", and quickly dragged the little eunuch out of our line of sight. The little eunuch was gagged, unable to make a sound, only faint whimpering could be heard growing fainter and fainter.

  I raised my eyes to look at Nan Chengyao, just as I was about to say something, he had already taken big strides back to the front of the car, and grasped my wrist with an irresistible force, seemingly to support me, but his grip was so strong it almost pulled me out of the car. In the dark depths of his eyes, there wasn't a single readable emotion.

  The moment his feet landed on the ground, he let go of my hand, and his low voice sounded in my ear, so soft that only we two could hear it, yet every word sank into my heart: "You'd better remember what I just said."

  I followed Nan Chongyao, led by the eunuch guide, entering from the Chengtian Gate, passing through the Jiade Gate, Taiji Gate, Zhuming Gate, and Liuyi Gate, and finally slowly stepped into the main gate of the Dingqian Palace where the Emperor lived.

  In this high-walled and forbidden palace, the fastest spreading thing is rumors. What happened in front of the Chengtian Gate just a moment ago seems to have spread to every corner of the Ziying Palace, or maybe it's because I'm too sensitive.

  Generally speaking, on this journey, all the palace maids and eunuchs we met bowed to us with great respect and caution.

  And yet they couldn't help but steal glances at me, their eyes filled with ambiguous and unclear intentions.

  I lowered my eyelashes and covered up the emotions that were not suitable for the occasion.

  After entering the back hall of Dingqian Palace, the emperor was leaning on a taishi chair with a tired expression, his eyes closed, and his complexion not very good.

  The Empress Dowager personally attended to him on one side, her pair of jade-like hands gently massaging his head.

  I followed Nan Chengyao and knelt down in front of this cold and hard old man with a gritted teeth.

  He waved his hand carelessly, indicating for us to get up.

  These hands are stained with the blood of my dearest kin, whether in past lives or this one.

  But I couldn't do anything, couldn't say a word, with both hands hidden in the loose sleeves, fingernails digging deep into my palms, it hurt so much.

  But this pain is nothing compared to one ten-thousandth of what's in my heart.

  "What did you bring her here for?" The emperor asked calmly.

  "I heard that the Emperor's headache has recurred recently, and I thought she happened to know some folk remedies, which had been useful before, so I brought her into the palace to try them out."

  His Majesty heard this and his gaze slightly softened, but the words that came out of his mouth were still lukewarm: "That was in the past, now she prescribes medicine for me again, how do I know it won't be poison?"

  "Father, you've said enough." Nan Chengyao didn't avoid the emperor's gaze and spoke with a tone of nonchalance: "Women, once they're married, are like water that has been spilled from their natal home. From now on, everything will naturally be about supporting her husband and teaching her children, taking her husband as heaven. Even if she's cried and made a fuss, it's all just a matter of course. If you don't trust her, do you not trust your own son either?"

  His Majesty gazed at him deeply for a long time before speaking again: "You still want to protect her? Why?"

  "She is pregnant with Erchen's flesh and blood."

  The emperor sneered: "Mu Rong Huan didn't also cherish your elder brother's flesh and blood, he nodded to abolish the crown prince consort without much hesitation. Yao'er, I always thought you weren't a sentimental person. Besides, now I just want to abolish her title as third princess, her life can be spared until after she gives birth."

  Nan Xiangyao didn't speak, paused for a moment, and suddenly spoke softly: "Father Emperor, do you still remember Mother?"

  The emperor's face changed, and he fell silent.

  Nan Chengyao's voice was slightly low and hoarse as he spoke again, "I am very clear about what it is like to not have a mother's care since childhood, and I do not want my child to go through that again."

  The emperor looked at him, his gaze gradually softened, and the softness in it was mixed with a complex emotion of guilt, pain, and relaxation.

  But unexpectedly, Queen Qing suddenly sighed softly and said: "The third prince and the princess are indeed deeply in love, but unfortunately, the Murong clan has betrayed the emperor's kindness and committed treason. In the future, the young master or young lady will have a mother who is the wife of a guilty minister... Alas..."

  Nan Chengyao slowly turned his gaze towards Qingfei, but Qingfei didn't look at him. Her eyes had a hint of determination and complexity, her red lips pursed slightly.

  The emperor's eyebrows and eyes became heavy and cold again, he pondered for a moment, then spoke to Nan Chengyao: "After the child is born, you can hand him over to the new queen to raise. Although Du's daughter is beautiful, her birth is lowly after all. It's okay to spoil her a bit, but not too much. I will choose another suitable marriage for you, and I will definitely choose a virtuous and gentle lady from a good family to take on the responsibility of raising the young prince. I believe that whether it's the young master or the young princess, the new queen will definitely treat them as her own."

  "Treat them as if they were your own, 'as if', after all, is not the same as 'is'. Even among one's own children, there are differences in closeness and distance." Nan Chengyao's lips curled into a faint, cool smile: "Father Emperor, you should be clearer about this than I am, shouldn't you?"

  The emperor's expression was deeply shaken, and he did not speak for a long time. The complex light in his eyes became even more profound.

  The gentle and charming eyes of Queen Qing contained a hint of sharpness that was not easily detectable, no longer evasive, directly looking at Nan Chengyao, opening her mouth to ask one word at a time: "Your Highness has always refused to depose the queen, today you brought her to Dingqian Palace and said so much, is it just for the child?"

  Still remember the shocking swan's reflection (harem)