The old Emperor t with the King with a Different Surna, even humbly begging him, yet the King did not reveal Bai Yu’s whereabouts.
The old Emperor tried to get Bai Yu’s father drunk again, but having experienced it once, this ti General Bai drank sparingly, fearing he might talk recklessly if inebriated.
The old Emperor tried every possible ans, but having no other options, resorted to relentless pestering.
He bothered the King for over a year, and finally the King relented, saying Bai Yu had been placed in a valley.
Her Highness the Eldest Princess found the valley, only to behold Bai Yu’s grave.
It turned out the King relented because Bai Yu had passed away last month.
Using the Bai Family’s secret technique, already gravely injured, he forcibly used his limbs to embrace the Princely Heir of Zhennan, biting his tongue to use the technique once more.
Bai Yu had never told her that the secret technique, apart from rendering one incapacitated for three months, would deduct ten years of life for the first use.
For the second use, it would deduct twenty years of life.
He used it twice, losing nearly thirty years of life.
On top of being poisoned, although the poison was neutralized, residual toxins persisted, and he refused dication due to depression over his ruined appearance...
In this way, managing to live another four years was rely by chance.
Standing before the tombstone, Her Highness the Eldest Princess felt dizzy, actually spitting a mouthful of blood.
"Your Highness!" The Little Palace Maid reached out to support her.
Her Highness the Eldest Princess shook her head, "No need to support ."
"I won’t return to the capital. All my life, I wish to remain here to accompany him."
Her Highness the Eldest Princess reached out, gently caressing Bai Yu’s na on the tombstone.
"Your Highness..."
"Go find him at the Border Town. It’s ti you marry, don’t dawdle because of ."
"If Your Highness doesn’t marry, I won’t either! Besides, there’s no possibility between him and anymore!"
The Little Palace Maid, upon learning the rchant helped Bai Yu impersonate Her Highness the Eldest Princess, felt uncomfortable, and subsequently grew colder towards the rchant. The rchant’s mother fell gravely ill and insisted on giving a maid to him as a concubine, which he didn’t refuse.
"Just a concubine, dismiss her when needed." Her Highness the Eldest Princess, born in the palace, didn’t repulse the notion of multiple wives; to her, concubines were rely possessions, subject to the whims of the wife.
However, the Little Palace Maid differed, born in a peasant household, where her parents were monogamous, and the villagers were also monogamous, albeit primarily due to poverty preventing them from affording multiple wives. Raised in such a setting, the Little Palace Maid couldn’t accept her husband having another woman besides her.
"Your Highness, broken mirrors cannot be renewed."
Hearing this, Her Highness the Eldest Princess ceased to persuade, "Stay if you wish, leave whenever you desire."
"Alright! As long as Your Highness doesn’t drive away, I’ll never leave!"
...
The first night dwelling in the valley, Her Highness the Eldest Princess dreamt of many bizarre and unpredictable things.
Upon waking, she bitterly smiled, "I wish to dream of you, but it’s so difficult."
It’s said that after people pass away, they might appear in dreams, yet Her Highness the Eldest Princess never dread of Bai Yu.
The flowers wilted and blood, year after year passed.
It was not until the old Emperor was gravely ill, with death impending, that Her Highness the Eldest Princess set foot outside the valley.
Her Highness the Eldest Princess stayed by the old Emperor’s bedside, listening to him mutter with closed eyes, speaking mostly about her finding a companion instead of clutching onto a tomb.
But she recalled the Little Palace Maid’s unforgiving stance towards the rchant over a concubine, ending things cleanly with him, feared if she found soone else, Bai Yu would be as unfeeling, leaving her never capable of finding him even in death.
Bai Yu was truly unfeeling; four years without eting, only showing her a grave upon eting again.
She had no doubt, with Bai Yu being so unfeeling, he would completely ignore her if she found soone else, never seeing her in the next life or the lifetis thereafter.
The old Emperor fervently persuaded her, to no avail.
The old Emperor suddenly coughed violently, spitting a pool of blood.
Her Highness the Eldest Princess lowered her eyes, overwheld with indescribable sorrow and complexity.
"I, perhaps won’t survive the night." Approaching death, yielding a semblance of ominous forewarning.
"Father, refrain from speaking such ominous words."
"Give the weapons to your brother. I fear, once I’m gone, you’ll not exit the Imperial Palace."
"If given, can I leave?"
The old Emperor closed his eyes, saying nothing.
Having outshone the master, with the New Emperor’s reign unsteady, General Zhentian was dood.
Even if she stayed hidden in the valley, the tiger beside the bed won’t allow others to snore; as long as she lives, the New Emperor won’t be at ease.
The old Emperor sighed, "Find soone to marry, maybe the husband’s family can lend a hand. Now, with my imminent death, the cub has already grown into a fierce tiger, I can’t protect you. You shouldn’t have entered the palace."
"With Father gravely ill, how could I not co?"
With trembling hands, the old Emperor produced a black token, "It’s the Mysterious Order to command the Hidden Guard of the royal family; take it. I hope it aids you in escaping this calamity."
That night, the winds were fierce, the rains torrential, thunder echoed.
The old Emperor passed away on this tempestuous, rainy night.
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