Liu Changqing meant for the girl to live with him.
However, the girl’s expression was filled with mocking. She pulled Liu Changqing’s hand off her head. “I refuse, who do you think you are? I’ve already lived for so long in the cold palace, I don’t need your fake sympathy. Every single person in this palace simply makes a half-hearted show to get what they want. There’s no point in you making that hypocritical concerned look like you want to treat me well when in reality, you’re just thinking about how to use me.”
Liu Changqing furrowed his brows. He was very tolerant towards the girl and simply took the plate of pastries from the table and pressed them into the girl’s hands. “Take them with you and have them later.”
The girl’s expression was a little unnatural as she held the plate. “You were the one that gave them to me. I didn’t ask you for them.”
Then she quickly ran off.
As Liu Changqing looked at the girl’s back, an aura of inexpressible sorrow hovered around him. There were traces of bewilderment and conflict on his face.
Ning Shu walked back to her resting palace, lay down on the dragon bed, then fell motionless. Her clothes were soaked with sweat and she was vomiting blood. The blood slid down the side of her mouth, over her neck, and soaked the bedding.
Court Lady Qiu swiped at her tears as she wiped the sides of Ning Shu’s mouth with a handkerchief. “Your Majesty, should we call an imperial physician?”
Ning Shu didn’t speak. It felt like all the bones in her body had already been crushed to dust. Not even the death of a thousand cuts would cause this much pain. She had personally verified the quality of the most malicious curse in history.
After making that trip today, she felt like she had lost a lot more time again. She’d probably fall apart soon.
“Your Majesty, try keeping the dragon pearl with you?” Court Lady Qiu said to Ning Shu, “The daoist had said that it was beneficial for your health.”
Ning Shu shook her head. Although it was said to be a dragon pearl, it was simply the core of a monster that could cultivate from a high-class plane. All that was contained inside was energy, there was nothing that could promote longevity.
If she could make energy form with the Unsurpassable Martial Arts, she might be able to absorb this energy. However, if she swallowed the core right now in this state, she might die from the violent energy inside the core exploding inside her body.
Mu Yao entered the palace to see Ning Shu, so Ning Shu had no choice but to climb off the bed and have Court Lady Qiu help her reapply cosmetics.
The moment Mu Yao saw Ning Shu, she asked, “Imperial Mother, when can this subject daughter leave?”
Ning Shu replied, “We’re still making plans. It’ll take some effort to make a prince disappear, why are you in such a rush?”
Mu Yao sighed, her expression a bit helpless. She had already gotten married with Yuan Jun, but Yuan Jun was always bothered by the fact that he had lost his chastity even though she had told him multiple times that she really didn’t mind.
Mu Yao really didn’t mind. In her world, men had no integrity at all and fooled around all the time. Meanwhile, the servants in the residence always didn’t hold back with their words and so the current Yuan Jun was starting to hate himself.
Right now, Mu Yao just wanted to take Yuan Jun and all the male concubines in her courtyard with her to travel the world and see all of its nooks and corners. In the past, she never had the chance to travel the world, but now she had the sponsorship of her mommy emperor. Just the thought of it was exciting.
Ning Shu drank some water to help swallow down the blood that was rising in her throat, then said, “Soon. At that time, just do as we indicate.”
“Thank you, Imperial Mother!” Mu Yao was really happy. “Imperial Mother, you’re the best!”
Mu Yao hugged Ning Shu hard to convey how touched she was. “Imperial Mother…”
Ning Shu: Fuck!!!
Owwww…
