Chapter 8 - You Should Love No One but Me (I) (2/2)

Getting back to her own palace, Hua Qingxin saw a person standing in the hall. Hua Qingxin stepped backwards subconsciously.

“Greetings, Ronghua Hua.” Hua Ruizi, her elder sister born by her father’s concubine, bowed her head and greeted her in curtesy.

Hua Qingxin stared at her elder sister and had a surge of feelings in her heart.

The man she loved was taken away by her sister easily, and this was the first time for her elder sister to put down her arrogance and bow to Hua Qingxin.

The twist of fate in the world was unpredictable.

Maid Meng stood aside, avoiding eye contact.

Right, now that she was the woman of the emperor, Prince Yun Hai could not come and meet her easily. In addition, gossip in imperial harems might send them to death. She just learned the lesson this morning.

“Take a seat.” Hua Qingxin had a deep breath, as if she intended to spit out something dirty.

It is unusual for Hua Ruizi to chat about daily life with Hua Qingxin. Although they were sisters with the same father, the mother of Hua Ruizi was daughter of a minister, but the mother of Hua Qingxin was only the first wife of her father who went through hardships with him.

Therefore, Hua Ruizi always looked down on her and did not want to talk with her. Hua Qingxin did not want to kiss up to Hua Ruizi, either. She did not want to have any tie with Hua Ruizi after her mother died.

There was something she couldn’t figure out. Her mother always behaved herself as a good wife and mother. However, she was accused of accepting bribe on behalf of her father. Her father found her misdoing, and her mother was taken place by Hua Ruizi’s mother. This was the reason why Hua Ruizi became the legitimate daughter and got married with Prince Yun Hai.

Soon after that, Hua Qingxin’s mother died due to depression.

After some small talk, Hua Ruizi realized that Ronghua Hua did not want to chat with her, and she went straight to the point.

“What?” Hua Qingxin was astonished, “What did you say? You want me to… betray the emperor?”

Hua Ruizi gave her a sign to keep it down, and repeated, “The key is to know the schedule of the emperor. We have to know it in advance to take precautions.”

“But… But I’ll become your spy, right?” Then the false charge those women made against her this morning in the Empress Dowager’s palace would be verified.

“After that you can live with Prince Yun Hai. Do you prefer hanging yourself in this palace?”

Hua Qingxin was astonished, then she shook her head. Of course, she… wanted to live with Prince Yun Hai.

But she would never do such a rebellious thing… She had heard that brothers killed each other for power, but she was really scared when she was involved in it.

Seeing that Hua Qingxin hesitated, Hua Ruizi ridiculed her, “Of course, you are granted the honor of Ronghua, and wealth will come along. You have totally forgotten about your true love.”

“No, it’s not true.” At the thought of living the rest of her life with Prince Yun Hai, Hua Qingxin was tempted to agree. She looked down and muttered, “Does Prince Yun Hai still care about me?”