The Ninth Emperor was stunned, but she did not push Nan Changfeng away. A smile appeared on her face.
“Alright.”
Now she was only temporarily not looking for her, but she believed she would find her one day.
***
Dongfang Yu buried Mu Yi and quickly returned to the Ninth Emperor’s side.
They packed up and planned to leave Feng Yun Kingdom.
The Ninth Emperor remained calm. Dongfang Yu looked at the courtyard heavy-heartedly. Before leaving, the Ninth Emperor also looked back and finally turned away.
However, what the Ninth Emperor did not expect was to see a familiar figure from afar when they left.
A man in a purple robe stood not far away.
He smiled faintly as he stared at the Ninth Emperor in front of him.
The Ninth Emperor’s mood had been much better. Before, she had not allowed Di Ming to come close because she thought he was related to her mother’s departure.
Now, it seemed that Di Ming had indeed long known the truth, and he did not harm her mother.
It was indeed her very own misunderstanding.
So, gazing at the man standing not far away, she thought about it for a while before walking toward him. “Di Ming, this time, I have to leave this place.”
Di Ming lowered his gaze. “Never come back?”
“Well, no.” She smiled. “There is no one left for me to miss here, so I will not come back.”
‘There’s no one left for you to miss?
‘What about me?’
Di Ming smiled bitterly. Perhaps from the beginning, the Ninth Emperor did not have him in mind.
Or perhaps, it was always him who was making a fool of himself.
“Little Nine, if you had not left back then, or if I had followed you, would we have had a future?”
He looked at the Ninth Emperor unblinkingly.
The Ninth Emperor froze as she subconsciously looked back at Nan Changfeng.
She and Di Ming had known each other longer, and he had been with her longer…
However, she did not rely on Di Ming as much as she did on Nan Changfeng.
It was as if, by leaving Di Ming, she would not miss him too much, but she had no way to be separated from Nan Changfeng for too long.
Maybe it was because Nan Changfeng was a good cook; that was why she could not leave him?
‘Well, it must be so…’
Thinking of this, she turned to look at Di Ming and smiled. “I must go now. You can come to Cloud Mountain to visit me, but I am out all year round. So… You may not be able to see me even if you go there.”
She would not stay for him, and even if he went to Cloud Mountain, he might not see her.
“Moreover, my Cloud Mountain is forbidden for men to enter.”
‘Forbidden for men to enter?’
Di Ming laughed as he looked up at Nan Changfeng. “What about him? Is he not a man?”
“Changfeng is different.” The Ninth Emperor brushed his chin and smiled. “He’s a good cook, he can warm the bed, and he can say nice things.”
‘Warm the bed.’
These words were like needles, mercilessly stuck in Di Ming’s heart, causing him pain.
‘She said he could warm the bed!
‘Have they…’
The thought of that heart-wrenching scene made his heart hurt even more. It was like a hand tightly gripping his neck, making it a little difficult for him to breathe.
The girl he once thought was his had now become someone else’s.
He had lost her…
