The Beauties of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 75

So he arrived in Luoyang first, found them accommodations and arranged servants, and also met his sister in Luoyang for the first time in five years.

The resentment and disgust in her eyes were so intense that they almost shattered his heart, which had been aching for five years. Faced with the disgust of the woman he had loved for almost his entire life, all he could do was smile indifferently and leave helplessly, hoping that she wouldn't get angry because of him and become unwell.

That night in Luoyang, his conversation with Princess Deqing led him to make a firm decision: he would personally crush his sister's heart in order to save her life.

But the younger sister ran away.

Terrified, he hurried after her and witnessed her enter Junzhou Prefecture. He then chose to wait outside for her to appear.

Little did I know that this wait would last for a whole month.

Upon hearing the news that she had returned to the capital alone, he immediately retraced his steps to catch up with her. On the way, he discovered his sister, who had no one to care for her. Heartbroken, he took her back to Luoyang and sent Feng Xing, who was with him, back to the capital to tell his father about his sister.

The month he spent in Luoyang was perhaps the most precious and happiest time of his life. Although his sister had been asleep for half a month and ignored him when she woke up, she did not reject him. During his recuperation, they lived in peace, so peaceful that he almost cried.

Silently watching over his heartbroken sister, he secretly vowed that he would never want to leave this woman again in his life, and if he could, he would protect her forever.

But he never expected that the month of peace would be the last bit of mercy his sister showed him in his life!

On the fourth day of the tenth month, the most beautiful and also the most painful moment of his life, like a fleeting ephemera, brilliant in an instant, ended just as quickly. And the woman who had poured out all his emotions and taken away all his heart, brought him excruciating pain at his most beautiful moment, leaving an indelible scar on his already chaotic life—

He realized that his life was completely ruined.

Chapter Seventy-Nine

The weather is nice.

Xue Suxin looked up at the twinkling starlight in the dark sky and smiled faintly.

Although the wind was a bit strong.

She tugged at her cloak, glanced back at the sleeping Jade on the couch, carefully closed the door, and tiptoed across the corridor to the backyard in the quiet night.

That person took the initiative to ask her out for the first time.

With a faint smile, she left through the back door, hurrying towards the agreed-upon direction in the cold night.

She hadn't seen him in Junzhou, but unexpectedly, he took the initiative to meet her after she returned to the capital. Although she didn't know what it was about, and no matter how late the meeting was, she was determined to make the trip.

The destination was located in a rather desolate place, in an empty little house.

She walked in with a slight surprise, but did not see the person she expected.

Standing in the dimly lit room was a very beautiful woman who seemed to give a cold laugh upon seeing her. Her opening remark was, "I didn't expect you to actually come!"

"Of course I'm coming." She smiled faintly, looked around, and, puzzled by the fact that he was alone, asked, "Where is he? Hasn't he arrived yet? Or did I remember the time wrong?"

The beautiful woman stared at her silently for a long while before answering her coldly, "It's not that you remembered the time wrong, it's that I changed the time. The prince has already arrived home."

Xue Suxin looked at her in astonishment, "You changed the time? Why?"

"The Prince summoned you only to inquire about the reason why Miss entered the palace!" The beautiful woman glared at her, gritting her teeth, "Do you want to betray Miss to gain the Prince's favor?"

She paused for a moment, carefully examining the person before her, and then exclaimed, "You're Su Li, the maidservant by Wanlan's side, aren't you? How did you manage to change the time I was supposed to meet the Prince? Who exactly are you?" What she really wanted to ask was, whose side was this woman on?

Su Li turned her face away in a flustered manner, "This is none of your business. In short, the prince didn't wait for you and went back, so you can go back too. Just pretend that the appointment never happened, and you are not allowed to meet the prince again!"

Xue Suxin remained silent for a while, then gently shook her head.

"You can leave now."

Really... we won't even get to see each other one last time?

She's running out of time...

Su Li gazed at her profile, flickering in the lamplight, pursed her lips, and silently left, leaving Xue Suxin alone in the empty little house.

She quietly walked to the haystack in the corner, sat down with her knees drawn up to her chest, and smiled faintly.

It is said that people often remember things they have forgotten before they die.

Why would she be so persistent in love with a man who already has someone else in his heart? Why would she drag her broken body around running around? Her original intention... seems to have been almost completely forgotten...

Her body was broken, and her life was just as broken.

But... before she turned ten, she seemed... to have been very, very happy...

Her slightly open eyes slowly closed, and she gently rested her head on her knees. A memory she had long forgotten gradually became as clear as yesterday—

There was once someone who was very kind to her. He would do anything to make her happy. When she was happy, he was even happier than her; when she was sad, he would do everything he could to cheer her up; when she was hurt, he would carefully treat her wounds and then solemnly swear that he would never let her get hurt again.

She could have lived happily ever after.

However, she made a mistake, and that mistake caused the person who had protected her like a guardian angel to leave her, so impatiently, so without any regret.

It was a sunny afternoon. She excitedly ran up to the person and told him that she knew a very fun boy, that she liked him a lot, and that she wanted to be friends with him.

She remembered that the person said "no" very angrily. She couldn't believe that her guardian angel, who had always been kind to her, was being mean to her. She asked why, and the person remained silent before running off and beating up the boy she had just met.

She was so angry that she fell ill and fainted.

She vowed that when she woke up, she would confront him about why he had done that.

But she could never find him again.

He left her without a second thought, leaving her alone and bewildered. She waited and waited, but what she got was a stranger.

When he returned, the people around him were strangers. He didn't even glance at her before leaving. She couldn't believe that her guardian angel was so heartless. She secretly left home to follow him, only to discover that he was going to a brothel!