"Yue’er, what’s wrong? Are you not feeling well? Tell , talk to your uncle, and uncle will help you."
Long Yue sat quietly by the bedside, staring blankly at the table opposite her. That table was where A Mu often leaned over to write and draw, and in her trance, she seed to still see his tall and slender figure.
As she looked, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Long Yue’s lips.
"A Mu..."
She softly murmured, reaching out her hand, attempting to touch the figure over there.
However, when her fingers made contact, the figure transford into droplets of light and dissipated.
"Drip—"
A tear once again slid from the corner of her eye.
"Little Yue’er, don’t cry, such a pretty face, you’re crying it away, and your beautiful eyes are swollen from crying. Yue’er, I beg you, please stop crying!"
Cao Xiao was so anxious that he had lost his senses, pacing back and forth in the room to console her, but no matter what he said, Long Yue remained indifferent, silently shedding tears.
Cao Xiao scratched his head, not knowing what to do!
"Uncle, you should leave, let have so peace and quiet."
After a while, Long Yue finally spoke, Cao Xiao was stunned, and imdiately said, "Alright, alright, I’ll leave; take your ti and think things over?"
Cao Xiao shot her a worried glance, couldn’t help but offer a few more words of comfort, and then finally left.
Long Yue sat quietly by the bedside, gazing at that table, seemingly maintaining this posture, but in fact, it was not the case.
Her other hand was pressed against her abdon, where a small life was being nurtured.
This was their child!
Long Yue had indeed been very agitated before; she had even entertained the thought of storming into the Imperial Palace with a knife to confront the Emperor for justice, but a sudden sharp pain in her abdon cald her down.
She couldn’t act recklessly, she absolutely couldn’t; being one month pregnant, it was a ti when miscarriage was most likely, she couldn’t afford to be impulsive!
Because of that mont of hesitation, a phrase ca to her mind: The tiger, fierce as it may be, does not eat its cubs!
Yes, Qi Yun loves Princess Consort Yun so much, he couldn’t possibly kill A Mu!
There must be so clue she overlooked.
But what exactly was wrong?
Long Yue raised her head, her eyes scanning the room repeatedly, and suddenly, she noticed a chessboard on the table, with two boxes of chess pieces beside it.
A Mu’s words suddenly echoed in her ears:
—The Emperor is playing a very big ga.
—In this world, all beings are chess pieces, and there are few who control them; so people think they are players, but unknowingly, they are rely pieces in the hands of more powerful players.
—Perhaps we are all just pieces, but unlike others, the two of us are very special pieces.
"A Mu..."
Long Yue called softly, as if she had understood sothing.
"Where are you now? I miss you so much..."
Long Yue leaned against the headboard, her legs curled up, holding her knees, curling herself into a ball.
Without him, the world seed so lifeless.
"Stop, don’t go in, Yue’er is resting, you stand still!"
"Block him!"
"Clang!"
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, followed by the sounds of scuffling.
Long Yue frowned slightly, was soone trying to intrude? Listening closely, it seed to be a woman, and the voice sounded familiar?
Long Yue looked up, just as the door was slamd open with a bang.
"Princess Nianxi?"
Long Yue was stunned, what had she co for?
Also, hadn’t Princess Nianxi returned yet?
"Pang Longyue, aren’t you going to save your man?"
As soon as Princess Nianxi entered, she questioned directly.
Long Yue silently glanced at her, lifeless, then turned away again.
"Pang Longyue! Don’t you feel like you’re just a walking corpse?" Princess Nianxi stomped her foot in anger, "You clearly can save him, why are you staying ho, indifferent?"
"Princess Nianxi, the General Mansion now only allows entrance, but not exit, can you leave after coming in so boldly?"
Long Yue turned her face again, looking at her.
"I am the Princess of Daliang Country, who dares stop ?"
Long Yue glanced outside, finding many Daliang Country Warriors.
She had forgotten that they went to Luanshi Ridge, back and forth, it would take over a month, and on Princess Nianxi’s side, the people sent by Daliang Country had already arrived; they were here to protect her.
Long Yue smiled bitterly: "I... I’ve done my best!"
"Liar! You haven’t even tried!" Princess Nianxi suddenly stepped forward to Long Yue, lowered her voice, "You can save him, as long as you’re willing to reveal his identity, you can save him!"
Long Yue’s eyes paused slightly, utterly shocked!
What did Princess Nianxi an by this? Had she already found out?
"I don’t know what the Princess is talking about?"
At a critical mont, Long Yue denied it to the end.
"That person in the Imperial Palace is definitely not the Seventeenth Prince! How can that sneaky-eyed, scruffy-haired person be the son of the wise and mighty Emperor Zhou?"
Uh, how vicious!
Long Yue blinked, her expression still wooden: "Princess, whether he is the heir or not, what does it have to do with ? The Princess should say these things to the Emperor."
The attitude and deanor of Long Yue, like a lifeless fish, truly drove Princess Nianxi crazy!
"He is not the Seventeenth Prince, the real Seventeenth Prince is still imprisoned in the Death Prison! Pang Longyue, you clearly have the item to prove his identity, why won’t you hand it over, and why won’t you tell Emperor Zhou? Do you really want to watch him be beheaded?"
Long Yue’s heart tightened abruptly, as if gasping for a mont.
Beheaded?
She raised her head, "What beheading?"
"Tomorrow at the third quarter of Wu hour, Li Qingmu will be taken out to the ridian Gate for a public beheading!"
"What did you say?"
Long Yue’s eyes widened suddenly, hardly daring to believe this dreadful news!
Taken out to the ridian Gate for a public beheading?
No, no!
Her heart was in severe pain, she instinctively covered her chest, it hurt so much!
"Pang Longyue, I know you can save him, as long as you want to save him, you definitely can; ti is short, I can take you out, as long as you bring the token and et Emperor Zhou, everything can still be saved!"
Long Yue clutched her chest, struggling to vomit, as if she was about to vomit out sothing, her breathing beca rapid, as if she would suffocate and die at any mont!
"I... I don’t have... I have nothing! He’s not, if he were, I would have acted long ago, Princess Nianxi, thank you, right now I just want to nurture this child and give birth to it, at least... have so final mories."
Upon hearing this, Princess Nianxi could hardly believe her ears!
She had spoken so clearly, why was Long Yue still like this?
Do you really not care whether he lives or dies?
"Pang Longyue, I misunderstood you! I thought you and your husband were deeply in love, strong as gold, but now it seems, haha, it’s nothing more! Fine, good, since you are unwilling to save him, then I will! Tomorrow... tomorrow I will raid the execution ground! No matter what, I must rescue him!"
Princess Nianxi said almost hoarsely and after finishing her words, regardless of whatever reaction Long Yue might have, she turned and dashed out.
Long Yue stared blankly at her departing figure and suddenly, she began to laugh...
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