Chapter 28: How can I not count whether I cried or not? [Please read more]

"Cough cough cough-"

On the soft couch, the girl who had just taken the medicine curled up in the quilt and coughed from time to time. The female official who had grown up with her grabbed her hand and kept soothing her softly:
"Your Majesty, don't listen to that traitor's nonsense. The world has been in turmoil for a long time. What does it have to do with Your Majesty? He can only make sarcastic remarks."

"…Who made me the emperor?"

The empress, lying on her side facing inward, had tears in her eyes, but her mouth was very quiet: "The unrest in the region is my fault, and the injustice of my subjects is my fault. If I didn't have this awareness, how could I sit on that chair, and how could I say that I was following the will of heaven."

"His Majesty--"

"I only blame myself for being young. I don't have the talent of Wei Mingqi, nor the strategy of my father. I can't even compare with my mother in playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I can only be sick all day long, and my aunt has to worry about me from time to time..."

At this point, she finally revealed a hint of nasal tone, turned her head and buried her face in the pillow:

"My aunt used to be such a carefree person, but now she has become cunning because of me. And Lord Wan, she dares not leave the imperial city. I can't help her at all, I can't help her at all—"

"Woo..."

The female official burst into tears upon hearing this. She suppressed her heartache and gently patted her on the back. Just as she was about to say something to comfort her, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Is it convenient to go in?"

"you--"

"Don't let him in!"

The girl covered her head with the quilt and said in an unprecedented urgent voice: "Yudie, send him away, I don't want to see him!"

"..."

The female official who was about to bolt the door suddenly stopped, then disobeyed the order and opened the door. She gave the young man outside a threatening look and walked away.

"Jade Certificate!"

"..."

Hearing the footsteps approaching the bed, the girl in the quilt suddenly calmed down and the quilt was no longer trembling.

"Why did you come back?"

She said in a cold tone: "You wanted to see me laugh. Now that you have seen it, are you happy? Are you satisfied?"

Wei Mingqi smiled upon hearing this, and his tone was also filled with emotion: "You have been domineering since childhood. You only allow others to laugh at you, but not others to laugh at you."

"..."

The sound was lost.

"I've been in the palace for a few days, and you came up to me before I even got to know my place. Did you forget that you rode on me and beat me without saying a word? Afterwards, the old eunuch didn't help me, and you walked away with your head held high."

The quilt moved, and then a muffled voice came from inside: "You deserve a beating, but it was too light."

"Then one day I will be taller than you and I will bully you. You will cry and leave, and you will never come to see me again."

Rolling in the waves, the petite figure rushed over and twisted his head, saying angrily: "I'm not crying! If you dare to say another word, I will let Wan Gong clean your body!"

"How could I not count whether she was crying or not? I ran out to see."

"Wei Mingqi!"

The young man laughed loudly, then raised his head and looked at the red, tear-stained face above him, smiling slightly and saying:

"You want to be a wise ruler, pacify the world, and bring peace to the people. I am happy because the Wei Mingqi in the prophecy also wants the same."

The empress's angry face slowly froze.

"It's a pity that Wei Mingqi was nameless and had too many enemies. He killed countless people along the way, so he failed at the last minute because of people's disapproval. The cause and effect even continued in this life. When he was young, he was the enemy of the world. Fortunately, he was lucky in this life and met the person who should kill him the most but treated him the best. So no matter what, he should not walk that road of thousands of bones again."

"..."

Facing the empress's stunned eyes, Wei Mingqi stretched out a hand and said, "No matter how people look at me or slander me, I can't let her down. Since I have no intention of competing for power in this life, I am not willing to watch this world go by in vain. If you want to cheer up and become a promising monarch, I can help you in the future." "How?"

The big hand with distinct joints was right in front of her, and he said what she had dreamed of since childhood, but the girl felt confused and sad in her heart, and she didn't respond for a long time.

"Don't want to? Then I'll go to the southwest—"

"No! It's a deal!"

The girl grabbed his hand tightly, holding it tightly, and said seriously, "Wei Mingqi, as long as what you said today counts, I promise you that except for the country and the ancestors, I can give you everything else you want!"

Wei Mingqi smiled and said nothing.

"I believe you."

He stood up lazily and turned around and said, "After all, we are friends. I, Wei Mingqi, never do anything to let my friends down. This is well-known."

"..."

Outside the chariot, the eunuch named Liu, who had just listened to the excitement, twitched his lips. He was also a friend of Wei Mingqi, right? The two had done the business of beheading together before.

But he actually asked the eunuch to borrow money!

In the chariot, Wei Mingqi was ready to leave. If he didn't leave now, it would be too late. He was afraid that Xie Beiling at home would worry. But before he left, his childhood sweetheart stopped him again:
"Can you enter the palace in two days?"

"Is something wrong?"

"Kind of."

The girl's blushing face showed some hesitation, but she finally said, "You will enter the palace in two days, and I will let Liu Yue bring you here."

Liu Yue is the real name of the white-faced eunuch.

Wei Mingqi stood there and thought about it. It was very likely that Concubine Shi was the target of the attack on Dongyuan. He would have to go to the palace again, so he simply nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come back in two days."

"..."

After he left for a while, the female official came in with her head lowered and her eyes lowered. She did not mention what she had done just now, but instead congratulated him meaningfully:
"Your Majesty, double happiness."

"do not understand what you're saying--"

The girl returned to the bed with her head down, her tone no longer as suppressed as it was at the beginning, and she was as steady as Zhuge Kongming:
"I was just acting. When have you ever seen me cry since I was a child? I was just imitating the predecessors to win people's hearts. Isn't it easy to win his heart?"

"Ah, yes, yes, your majesty is wise."

"..."

Walking out of the vermilion palace gate, Wei Mingqi couldn't help but sigh that he was too soft-hearted. He changed his attitude just because of a name. How could this be possible?

Those who don't know him might think that he is a greedy and lustful villain who wants to curry favor with the rich and powerful. Who can see his iron character?

There was something wrong with the look in that damn eunuch Liu Yue's eyes just now. Damn, who knows who will make things difficult for whom in the future!

The snow continued at night and everything was quiet.

Wei Mingqi wanted to quicken his pace and go home, but a dim light appeared in the snow. Two lights, green and blue, walked into the dusky street, one on the left and one on the right, looking him up and down with different intentions.

"Master."

Wei Mingqi looked at the girl in the green dress, and said with a guilty tone: "Why weren't you waiting for me at home?"

Today, Canglong Shu started a murderous incident in the capital, which lasted a whole day. Somehow, the news reached Xie Beiling's ears. He didn't know whether the latter would blame him.

"I am here with Master Xie."

The woman in the green dress beside him had a beautiful smile, but her words were frightening: "Since we can't wait for the young master, we will rush into the palace at midnight. We will go to Chengtian Palace and Yangrong Palace all the way."

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