Western Suburbs of Imperial City, Yanliu Pavilion.
Mountains and waters, faint mist and rain, Yanliu Pavilion, yet a place of scenic beauty.
In the pavilion, an elder draped in a black cloak paced back and forth, seemingly with a heavy heart.
"Why did she suddenly reach out to ? And why et at Yanliu Pavilion."
Finally, Yan Cangtian stopped, raised his hand, and gently hamred a fist on one of the pavilion’s pillars.
Last night, when Yan Cangtian received the letter with the Empress Dowager (Yaan Ning)’s notes, his heart was stirred up like a stormy sea.
Decades of emotions erupted in one night, calm was non-existent.
Early morning, as the sky was just getting bright, Yan Cangtian hurried to Yanliu Pavilion, waiting for Yaan Ning’s arrival.
Finally, in the misty rain, Yan Cangtian saw a clear silhouette, dressed in simple attire, holding an oil-paper umbrella, walking gracefully like a lily in the wind.
Yan Cangtian clenched his fist, "She still rembers the scene when we first t. It was also such a small pavilion, such weather, such white clothes..."
Yan Cangtian several tis wanted to rush out but restrained his excitent inside, rely clenching his fist, watching the woman who haunted his dreams, without any action.
Finally, Yaan Ning entered the pavilion, gently closed the paper umbrella, wiped the rainwater off her cheek, and smiled faintly at Yan Cangtian.
"Ning..." Yan Cangtian took a deep breath, finally knelt on one knee, and said solemnly, "Commoner, greet the Empress Dowager."
"Brother Yan, are you still blaming ?"
Yaan Ning gently supported Yan Cangtian, a delicate figure, eliciting pity.
One call of Brother Yan instantly shattered all defenses in Yan Cangtian’s heart.
"Ning’er, how... how could I be angry with you!"
Yan Cangtian turned away, dared not look at Yaan Ning, gritted his teeth, "I’m just mad at myself, why, missing one step, missed an entire life!"
"Just lant, destiny toys with people."
Yaan Ning shook her head, slowly walked to sit by the railing aside, gritted her teeth, "I truly didn’t expect to et Brother Yan again."
"Indeed, you’re still the sa as before, but I..."
Yan Cangtian mocked himself with a smile, "I have grown so old and unsightly."
"No, in Ning’er’s heart, Brother Yan has always been like that year. Full of vigour, unmatched in swordsmanship and alchemy!"
Yan Cangtian suddenly turned, looking at his forr beloved, shook his head and smiled, "Nowadays, I am rely an aging elder. Empress Dowager, if there’s nothing more, we shouldn’t et."
"Indeed, we shouldn’t!"
Yaan Ning felt a sense of lancholy, waved her sleeve, brought out a pot of good wine, drank with her head back, smiled sadly, "But Brother Yan, do you know how hard Ning’er has had it all these years?"
"What are you doing!" Yan Cangtian snatched the wine pot, smashed it on the ground furiously, "You never drank wine before."
"Without wine to numb myself, how could I have endured all these years?" Yaan Ning smiled bitterly, "Enough, I shouldn’t say these things in front of you."
"You’ve had a... a hard ti?" Yan Cangtian’s heart pained, seeing Yaan Ning’s expression, he couldn’t help but clench his fist tighter.
"Good? How could it not be good? In the public eye, I am the Empress Dowager who commands reverence; my son is the Emperor of the Empire, how could it not be good? But who can understand the coldness in my heart?"
Yaan Ning smiled, but it was a sorrowful smile.
Yan Cangtian could no longer restrain his emotions, reached out and grabbed Yaan Ning’s shoulders, "Ning’er..."
Yaan Ning leaned into Yan Cangtian’s embrace, tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.
But exactly how much was true feelings, how much was falsehood, perhaps only she knew in her heart.
A long ti passed, and another long while.
Yan Cangtian felt as though an entire century had passed, and he couldn’t believe that decades later, he could still hold his beloved in his arms like this.
Yaan Ning gently pushed Yan Cangtian away, her rosy face adorned with blush, gritted her teeth and said, "Brother Yan, will you do a favor? You know, my life’s wish is to help the Yan Family prosper; if this wish is fulfilled, Ning’er can leave everything behind and wander the world with Brother Yan."
Saying that, Yaan Ning’s cheeks slightly turned red, as if she were a shy young girl.
Yan Cangtian clenched his fist, "What is it?"
"Ning’er knows you recently took a disciple nad Ling Feng..."
"Enough!"
Upon hearing the na Ling Feng, Yan Cangtian felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured over his head.
"Brother Yan, you..." Yaan Ning looked innocently at Yan Cangtian, "You... what’s wrong?"
"I was too foolish, hahaha..."
Yan Cangtian suddenly stood up, despair flickered in his eyes, "Ning’er, you’ve truly changed. Changed to be calculating, to make feel afraid!"
"Brother Yan, you’ve misunderstood, I have no ill intentions towards Ling Feng."
"No need to explain anymore, Empress Dowager, from now on, you walk your bright path, I’ll cross my solitary bridge. Moreover, I advise you, don’t harm a single hair on Ling Feng, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Yaan Ning’s expression grew colder, "Do I weigh less in your heart than that young man?"
"I will..." Yan Cangtian clenched his fists, coldly stared at Yaan Ning, enunciated each word, "I will, kill you!"
No sooner had he spoken, Yan Cangtian suddenly felt dizzy, held his head with his hand, pointed at Yaan Ning, and said solemnly, "You... you actually..."
"Poisoned, right?" Yaan Ning laughed coldly, "It’s really hard to poison you, but even you wouldn’t think that the aroma of that good wine, mixed with my fragrance, would beco a deadly poison, would you? Hahaha..."
"You... how could you beco... beco like this..." Yan Cangtian’s body gradually collapsed to the ground.
"Brother Yan, bla yourself for making the wrong choice. You could originally still harbor a beautiful illusion, but it was you who shattered it with your own hands."
Yaan Ning’s face beca extrely cold, "Rest assured, I won’t do anything to you. Since you value your disciple so much, I want to see, how much weight you carry in your disciple’s heart."
"You... you..."
Yan Cangtian’s vision blackened, completely losing consciousness, vaguely, he only saw the beloved before him gradually beco a hideous devil.
A venomous beauty, that’s what they call a woman like her, right?
"Humph, n!"
Yaan Ning took a deep breath, regaining her Empress Dowager deanor, waved her hand, and over ten maids with considerable cultivation flew over, imdiately binding Yan Cangtian securely.
"Grand Empress Dowager, you’re truly remarkable; a strong Human Emperor, captured effortlessly!"
Yaan Shuying hurriedly stepped forward, admiration sparkled in her eyes.
"Emotion is a man’s most fatal weakness, especially a man like him." The Empress Dowager shook her head, "Unfortunately, I initially thought he could do anything for , but in the end, he still betrayed like the other one!"
"Betrayed you? Grand Empress Dowager, who are you talking about?" Yaan Shuying asked curiously, but before she finished, she found a pair of cold eyes staring at her, cold air hitting, she suddenly felt as though she had fallen into an icy cellar.
"Don’t ask again in the future!" The Empress Dowager snorted softly, flicked her sleeve, and turned away.
Yaan Shuying shivered, watching the Empress Dowager’s back, couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat from her forehead.
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