Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage Chapter 997 - 996: Want to Leave? Not So Easy

"I know that when the incident occurred, Princess Xiyue was still a child, innocent of everything. As for you, you weren’t even born into this world yet."

So Wei Qiong could not bla Long Xiyue, nor could she bla Chu Qianli.

But, if the Empress Dowager had made a mistake, she truly had made one.

Prince No.3 had been loyal to the Empress Dowager all his life; he was truly a good prince.

As for the current Long Ziyue, her heart was benevolent. Having beco the Empress, she would never treat the common people unfairly.

"Do you think I ca to find you to snatch back the Empress’s throne?"

Chu Qianli felt a sourness in her heart.

She knew Wei Qiong ant no harm, but in this world, how many truly understood her?

No one could fully empathize with others.

"I just want an answer."

She stood up, walked to the window, and looked out into the vast night sky.

"Grandmother, what drove you to that point? How much is there that we still don’t know?"

No one wants to believe that their grandmother is a criminal.

But if it were true, she wouldn’t bla anyone.

"The throne of the Empress, I don’t covet it. I never wanted it in the first place, it’s just..."

It’s just that she hoped to clear her grandmother’s and her mother’s nas.

But she had never t her grandmother; after all, she didn’t truly know what kind of person her grandmother was.

Maybe she was good, maybe she was bad, perhaps back then, she too, was just going with the flow, or maybe...

"Regardless of whether she made mistakes or not, at least when the Emperor Beiming was in power, he was a good Emperor."

Wei Qiong stood up as well, looking at her lonely silhouette.

At this mont, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

She had once thought she would follow Chu Qianli for a lifeti.

Who would have thought that Long Ziyue would be emperor at this ti.

The world changes in an instant, it’s so sudden it catches one unprepared.

"But at least, Emperor Ziyue will certainly not be a bad Empress, do you understand?"

Chu Qianli didn’t speak; she understood everything.

Even the fact that Wei Qiong’s heart now held only Emperor Ziyue, she understood.

Well then.

The so-called ’truth’ might not be the truth, and pursuing it may not bring any good outco.

As long as Ziyue is a good ruler, perhaps the current situation is the best outco.

At least, Ziyue will surely love her country and her people...

"Are you leaving?" Seeing her hand resting on the windowsill, Wei Qiong’s heart suddenly beca intensely sorrowful.

It seed as though she had a premonition that this ti, after Chu Qianli left, they might never see each other again in this lifeti.

But, not seeing each other may not be a bad thing.

After all, the current Chu Qianli remained a criminal of Longteng.

It’s better not to see each other.

If they were both well, it was enough.

"Go, then." Wei Qiong stared at her back, now thinner than before, and suppressed the sadness in her heart.

She said, "Leave Longteng, and leave Beiming. Start your own life anew, and don’t... get entangled with anyone from the Imperial Court anymore."

The Imperial Court is unpredictable and capricious; it’s better to leave far behind if one can, to live freely.

Staying here, where the human heart is elusive, never ends well.

There were too many who wished for her demise.

"I still have things to do. Once I’m done, I’ll leave."

Chu Qianli turned to glance at her, just that one look, and then Wei Qiong felt a gust of wind seeping through the window.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, where was the figure of Chu Qianli to be seen?

Chu Qianli had left.

Only, she hadn’t expected that just after leaving Dawei Palace, suddenly, a streak of silvery light followed by a breeze swept towards her.

The incoming person spoke in a deep, powerful voice, as clear as a bell: "Thinking of leaving? It won’t be so easy!"