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Capítulo 48

Rongyue was dazed and frustrated, her mind blank, like a clay sculpture, coldly staring at the white world outside the door that she could not reach...

"Yue, Yue?" Chu Xuyao gently nudged the dazed Rong Yue, and his iron hand cupped Rong Yue's cheek again. Feeling her icy body temperature, his heart clenched.

Unfocused, Rongyue turned her face to Chu Xuyao, her eyes empty and lifeless: "Where is Brother Yao? Where is my Brother Yao? Does he want to abandon me again, to leave me again..."

"Liu Rongyue!" Iron Palm shook Rongyue's head violently, trying to wake her up: "Since you care about him so much, why are you still flirting with other women and being unfaithful?!"

Chu Xuyao's words brought Rongyue's eyes back to focus. She forcefully shook off Chu Xuyao's iron grip, her eyes bloodshot, and she gripped his shirt tightly, screaming, "You don't understand! That wasn't me! Not me!! What right do you have to criticize me when you know nothing! What right do you have to drive away my Yao-gege! Get out! Get away!! I hate you, I hate you!! Chu Xuyao! I never want to see you again in my life!!!"

Hot tears streamed uncontrollably from Rongyue's desolate eyes, shattering on the cold floor! She flung aside Chu Xuyao's shirt, her eyes filled with resolute coldness. Clinging tightly to the icy bluestone bricks, she crawled step by step towards the door…

Brother Yao, even if I have to crawl, I will crawl to your side! I lost you once, I don't want to lose you a second time!

Staring in horror at Rong Yue's resolute and cold pale face, Chu Xuyao felt a chill run through his body, as if he had fallen into an abyss of despair and confusion...

"No! Yue, don't hate me! Please don't!!" Chu Xuyao frantically pulled Rongyue's petite body into his arms, trembling, his chin pressed against Rongyue's cold forehead, rubbing it repeatedly, and murmured in pain.

"Get out..." With her last bit of strength, Rongyue's eyes were bloodshot as she roared in a low voice.

"No! I won't leave! I won't leave!!" Kissing Rongyue's dark hair tenderly, Chu Xuyao's expression was panicked and sorrowful. He had a premonition that she would drift further and further away from him, until she was beyond his reach...

The clouds, lurking in the darkness, churned wildly, using the cover of the gloom to wreak havoc and unleash wave after wave of storms, accompanied by flashes of lightning and thunder! A storm is brewing; the wind howls, and tonight is destined to be anything but peaceful…

Volume One: Pear Blossom Courtyard Under the Melting Moon, Chapter Fifty-Three: A Tumultuous Autumn

With each passing moment of longing, the heart aches a little more, and the resentment deepens a little more!

Dongfang Yao has disappeared...

For five whole hours, all the imperial guards, secret guards, and sentries were mobilized, practically turning the entire vast imperial city upside down, but they still couldn't find a trace of him. He seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace, no word whatsoever…

Outside the window, the wind has died down and the rain has stopped, leaving only the lingering sound of raindrops dripping from the eaves, relentlessly pounding on the heartbroken.

Having sat with her knees drawn up to her chest all night, Rongyue was pale and haggard. Numb and empty, she sat on the edge of the bed, feeling as if everything around her was like a snowdrift under the scorching sun, slowly melting and disappearing, and she had suddenly fallen into a bottomless abyss of loneliness...

Lonely people always tend to embrace solitude.

Loneliness shrouded her surroundings in darkness, silence fell over everything, the present vanished, and the future seemed even more uncertain and distant. Yet, loneliness could retrieve lost memories bit by bit, restoring them fully, allowing people to once again step into the joys and sorrows of the past. Reliving old dreams, a faint glimmer of color gradually appeared in her listless eyes…

"...Xuyao, get out of my way! I'm going to teach this shameless woman a lesson!"

"Lie! Calm down..."

"Calm down? How can you expect me to calm down! My brother Yao is still missing, nowhere to be found! Neither alive nor dead! How can you expect me to stay calm! It's all because of that venomous woman! Otherwise, with her heartless and vicious words, how could my brother have left in such despair!"

"Lie, if you want to blame someone, blame me! It's all my fault..."

"Xuyao, shut up! Stop wasting your energy making excuses for this woman! Do you really think I'm blind and can't see that she's trying to seduce you? I knew she had ulterior motives for infiltrating the palace, but I never imagined she was plotting this! Trying to win over the number one manor in the world? What a vicious scheme!"

"No, it's not Lie..."

"Xuyao! Have you truly been bewitched by this woman and are considering breaking ties with me?!"

"Dongfang Lie! Your words are a bit too much!"

"I've gone too far?! I think you're just feeling guilty!"

...

The two men, consumed by rage, were completely unaware that the petite white figure on the bed had quietly gotten off and was moving slowly toward the palace door, disappearing into a dazzling golden light...

When the two men, consumed by rage, regained their senses, they were astonished to find that the large bed was empty, with only a faint scent of pear blossoms lingering above the desolate palace…

She never considered herself a good person, but she did consider herself a person of principle. She would never act unless absolutely necessary…

If you hurt her, she might not pursue the matter; but if you hurt someone she cares about, she will definitely not let it go easily!

She didn't resist because it wasn't worth her fighting back! But now, that person has crossed her bottom line and touched her sore spot!

Don't mistake her for a gentle sheep! She's actually a mad beast. If you anger her, she'll lead those who anger her to destruction and hell!

She'll kill anyone who gets in her way, no matter who's in her path! Anyone who dares to stand in her way will die!

The two guards of Cining Palace closed their eyes forever before they could even draw their swords! Pushing open the deathly wooden door, Rongyue, shrouded in an aura of destruction, stepped onto the cold stone slabs. Her icy and ruthless face inexplicably reminded people of the Soul-Snatching Servant hiding in the darkness!

"How dare you! How could you act without the Empress Dowager's decree..." The last word was swallowed by his throat, turning into a weak and painful cry of despair. His eyes widened in terror, and his burly body suddenly collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open, never closing in death.

Stepping over the corpse lying across the black bricks, Rongyue pressed closer and closer to the East Warm Pavilion. She knew that person must be there...

"You did come after all." There were no questions, no surprises, just a simple statement.

Looking at the Empress Dowager sitting on the black bed with her back to her, Rongyue's voice was as cold as ice: "What exactly do you use to control me?"

"The Soul-Slaying Gu".

"As expected!" What mother Gu harmless to her? Liar! Liu Zhiyi actually lied to her!

"Your father didn't lie to you," the Empress Dowager's aged voice came coldly, as if she knew what Rongyue was thinking: "Your father just didn't know that this Luohun also has a Gu King! The female Gu can control the male Gu, but the Gu King can control the female Gu!"

"Where is the Gu King?"

She coughed several times, and after a long while, her hoarse voice finally rang out again: "Don't worry, that Gu King no longer poses any threat to you... I never imagined that Yao'er would have such a great influence on you! I never expected that your will could allow you to forcibly damage the mother Gu and break through the Gu King's soul-capturing... cough cough cough..."

Mentioning Dongfang Yao, Rongyue's eyes sharpened even more: "Do you know you've violated my taboo!"

The intense killing intent emanating from Rongyue made her pause slightly, then burst into uncontrollable laughter: "You want to kill me? Huye Rongyue, have you truly been blinded by so-called love and affection! Kill me, and then what? Do you want to commit suicide to avoid humiliation, or await all sorts of cruel and ruthless tortures? Or are you confident that you can escape the inescapable net of the imperial palace with just a few inches of handkerchief hidden in your sleeve?! Impulsive, easily angered, and reckless—is this the chosen one of Huye Kingdom? With a daughter like this in Huye Kingdom, how can there be any hope of restoring the kingdom! Huye Rongyue, you have disappointed me greatly!"

The soft hand beside her clenched unconsciously, and Rongyue pursed her lips, turning her face away in silence.