Chapter 621 - Chapter 621: Chapter 621 Final Ending (6): Destiny of the Phoenix Empress_1 (1/2)
chapter 621: chapter 621 final ending (6): destiny of the phoenix empress_1
immediately following, wei ruo said, “i have acted with integrity and have maintained a clear conscience in my dealings with king jing. any disputes or grievances between us are known to king rui, so whatever you say, it will not cause me any harm.”
with her intentions exposed, empress hui flew into a rage and retorted, “wei qingruo! you deserve death! you and chu yi both deserve death! why do you enjoy his favor? why do you get to enjoy these luxuries? my son is the superior one! he is the heaven-sent heir, the one most suited to become the emperor! when he was born, i dreamt that he was the true dragon, the son of heaven! you are the real rebels!”
as if insane, empress hui suddenly lunged at wei ruo, but was quickly restrained by the guard standing nearby.
then, wei ruo nodded slightly, signaling the imperial army to escort her away.
a woman who was still one of the highest-ranking in the harem this morning was now being dragged away like a madwoman.
after empress hui was taken away, wei ruo’s gaze fell on wei qingwan, who was standing to one side.
perhaps wei ruo’s gaze was too sharp, but before she could speak, wei qingwan rushed over to her first.
“sister!”
in this state, she bore no resemblance to the person who was just mocking her.
before wei ruo could speak, wei qingwan grabbed her skirt, pleading, “sister, i was wrong before, i was misled. please forgive me!”
wei ruo looked down at her and said softly, “do you know, you were actually meant to be a celestial princess.”
wei qingwan looked up, her eyes wide with disbelief.
“impossible, the he family…”
“indeed, the he family did have someone cast a horoscope for me using your birth data, and predicted that you would be the cause of your parents’ deaths. but what you didn’t know is that the results were tampered with. because they foresaw a life of exceptional prosperity, the he family was threatened with the emergence of a ‘golden phoenix’. however, their rivals got wind of this first, bribed the fortune teller to lie about the results, deliberately sowing discord and trying to undermine this fate.”
“no, that’s not possible, absolutely impossible!” wei qingwan shook her head fiercely, unable to accept this truth.
“you never had your horoscope cast with your real birth data, did you? you feared being revealed as not a member of the wei family, not realizing that the very thing you wished to avoid was what you desired most,” wei ruo said.
“impossible, you’re lying to me! if i were truly a celestial princess, how could i have ended up like this?!”
“daoist qianyuan once said that destiny accounts for just three parts. the other seven depend on oneself. a person’s ultimate fate is not sealed at birth as efforts made later can overturn it.”
“no! i’ve not done anything wrong! if i were truly a celestial princess, there’s no way i could have ended up like this!” wei qingwan shook her head violently.
wei ruo just looked at her, her gaze indifferent.
the more wei ruo remained like this, the more wei qingwan could not accept it.
she cried out like a lunatic, “you’re lying! you are trying to trick me! i didn’t do anything wrong! it was always you, you who ruined me! you were jealous, jealous of my literacy, of my beauty, of the love i received from my parents and my brothers! without you sabotaging me, i wouldn’t have ended up like this! i’ve always been planning and striving for myself. i did nothing wrong!”
wei qingwan, screaming and shouting, seemed to have gone mad.
wei ruo said nothing further and walked out of kunning palace.
as she reached the palace gate, she saw wei jinyi.
he was standing outside, waiting for wei ruo.
wei ruo ran over to him and threw herself into his arms, and wei jinyi hugged her in return.
he cradled wei ruo in his arms, gently patting her back with one hand.
neither of them spoke, but it felt as if a thousand words were exchanged.