Ye Lan's heart jumped, grabbed her hand, and said worriedly: "Li'er, do you have something to hide from me." ”

A few days ago, the two were still close, and it was impossible for Li'er to change her temperament inexplicably.

He added, "Is it because of me?" ”

Liuli took a few steps back, and his face was unwavering: "General Ye is too worried, Liuli is very good, and it is delicious to eat and drink in Ye Mansion." ”

"Then you ......" Ye Lan didn't just whisper to a person like now, but the woman in front of him was still indifferent.

He stopped talking, and stared at her earnestly.

Liuli smiled: "General Ye, can't I compare with the child in my belly to Prime Minister Yuan?" You'd rather suffer for him than leave the prison and go home. From this point of view, Liuli's status in the general's mind is really as humble as an ant. ”

"Li'er, I ......" How could she understand that her father-in-law was so kind to her, and she couldn't be alone in the matter of her father-in-law forcing the palace.

If it weren't for the fact that three days ago, the queen mother threatened her and her father-in-law's lives, maybe the emperor would not have embarrassed him in the old days. But now, it's too late. For the sake of his father-in-law, he can only be sorry for Li'er.

Liuli persuaded loudly: "General Ye, you still have a chance, as long as you tell the emperor the truth, the emperor will not embarrass you." ”

It was her last chance for him.

How could she not understand that Ye Lan sneaked out of the prison for herself and Prime Minister Yuan to substitute for the undead Prime Minister Yuan.

How shrewd the emperor is, how can he not see the strangeness, as long as he wants to leave, how can the emperor stop him.

Ye Lan lowered his head and said sincerely: "Li'er, I'm sorry." ”

This is the only thing he can do for his father-in-law, the grace of nurturing, and he can't go unpaid.

"In that case, General Ye should take care of his body, and Liuli will retire." Liuli's eyes became deeper and deeper, and he turned around and left without hesitation.

"Li'er......" Ye Lan stopped her, Liuli paused, and continued to walk forward.

Now that he has made a choice, she is willing to fulfill her. She will stay in Ye Mansion and raise the fetus in her womb alone, so that he can grow up safely, but in the future, her life has nothing to do with him.

Ye Lan said slowly: "...... that night"

Liuli suddenly understood, stopped, and smiled disappreciatively: "That night, it was just an accident, General Ye forgot about it." ”

Ye Lan said again: "Are you sincere to me?" ”

Ruri turned around and smiled at him, her eyes calm and waveless.

"General Ye, Liuli has never had affection for you, that night, it was only because of General Ye's special identity that Liuli would be shameless. If it were someone else, Ruri would do the same. It's not about people. ”

Ye Lan's eyes changed when he heard this. Her words are like a poisoned snack, sweet on the outside and bitter on the inside.

The corners of his mouth hooked up a wry smile, she was lying, although he had never been in contact with women, he was not a man who knew nothing about affairs. Her affection for him was undoubtedly revealed back then, but now it is tearing his heart apart.

"Whether General Ye believes it or not, this is all a fact. If it weren't for you, my mother would have died under Liu's knife by now. Liuli said that, and left without looking back.

It was indeed she who seduced him that day, and later, as she expected, she successfully dragged him and fought for a chance for Niangniang to fight back.

Ye Lan looked at her resolute back, like falling into an ice cellar, and the pain was unbearable.

And the smile on Liuli's face suddenly retracted after she got out of the prison, and her lonely back was cast on the high palace wall.

The other side

Emperor Yan took Imperial Physician Chang to the cold palace to treat Empress Liu, but he did not get better, Imperial Physician Chang shook his head vigorously and sighed, and left.

Emperor Yan sat in the cold palace for half an hour, and was about to leave, when Empress Liu suddenly raised her head, and her cloudy eyes suddenly became clear.

"Your Majesty, is the concubine's throne completely abolished?"

Emperor Yan turned around, looked at her with a little doubt, knew that she was awake, and responded: "What I promised you has been done. ”

Empress Liu lowered her head and laughed silently, tears welling up in her eyes, blurring her vision.

In her life, she was favored and rich, all because of a promise - the promise given to her by the emperor.

In order to become the most unique woman by his side and solve problems for her, she tried her best and did whatever it takes, but in the end, the bamboo basket was empty.

It's ridiculous, ridiculous!

After a long time, Emperor Yan had not left, and Queen Liu said again: "Your Majesty, now, the concubines no longer ask for anything else, but only ask the emperor to be honest with the concubines." ”

Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes and dripped down her lips, but they were far less bitter than the bitterness in her heart.

"When the concubine was appointed as the queen, it was only because of the relationship between my father and the first emperor that the emperor promised the concubine, right?"

Emperor Yan groaned for a while, but he was not born and deceived: "Yes." ”

"For so many years, the emperor has tolerated his concubines repeatedly, even if he did a big mistake, he didn't punish his concubines, is it because of that agreement?"

Emperor Yan nodded again: "Yes." ”

Queen Liu's tears were like Buddha beads with broken threads, dripping down to the ground in large pieces.

She has already got the answer, but why does her heart hurt so much?

In her life, all the scenery is just thanks to the Liu family, stepping on the thousands of lives of the Liu family and climbing up step by step.

But in the end, what she got was not the respect of the emperor, nor the love of the emperor, but just a promise that had to be fulfilled.

She is unwilling, she is the mother of a country destined by God, and the emperor's heart should completely belong to her, not other women.

The emperor sighed: "Su'er, if you hadn't done all this today, the throne would always be yours, but it's a pity that you disappointed me." I thought that you were the only person in this palace who did not deceive me in any way, but I didn't expect you to still deceive me, and it was ten years to deceive, how should you tell me to believe you again. ”

He visited famous doctors for her, just to cure her peerless and rare disease, and did not hesitate to sacrifice the whole body of his beloved woman, so that he turned against him, caused trouble, and regretted it.

Now he knows how unfathomable this person who has known him since childhood, a childhood sweetheart, and knows each other's thoughts clearly. In order to achieve his goal, he acted in front of himself for ten years.

"Your Majesty, do you think the concubines are willing to do this?" If it weren't for the sake of being by his side openly, why would she have to be wronged and deceive everyone.

Until the end, she mistakenly thought that she had an incurable disease. All the disguises and masks are just to get the man she loves the most, why is she wrong?

It's him who is wrong, what a vow, he left it all behind and went to pamper a woman who was inferior to her everywhere.

She asked unwillingly, "Your Majesty, do you love Concubine Yue?" ”

The last trace of hope left in his heart disappeared with his jaw and the categorical "yes".

She didn't believe it.

"Did the emperor ever love his concubine?"

"I don't know." He didn't know if his feelings for her were pity, guilt, or repentance.

Queen Liu raised her head and laughed a few times, grief-stricken, and her voice was terrible.

Don't know? This is the answer she has been waiting for for twenty years.

……

Early the next morning

Early in the morning, the cold palace came with the bad news of Queen Liu's self-overflow, and when Emperor Yan arrived, he only saw the jade body hanging on the three-foot white silk.

The court was shocked, but due to Prime Minister Yuan, Emperor Yan announced that Empress Liu died of excessive grief. The funeral ceremony was held for three days and three nights, and it is puzzling that the Liu family was not buried in the imperial mausoleum that Emperor Yan had already built. Later, thinking that Liu's mother's family had made a major mistake during her lifetime and was no longer qualified to live in Huangling, those voices of discussion gradually subsided.

On the seventh day of Empress Liu's departure, Emperor Yan returned to the court to preside over political affairs. At three o'clock in the afternoon, he moved to the palace of the dead, but there was no trace of Su Zixu.

Those palace people panicked and searched around the palace, looking worried.

After a long time, a little palace maid knelt on the ground without dirt and ashes: "Your Majesty, Niangniang and the third prince are gone." ”