Chapter 411 (1/2)

t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 411 - The most loyal official (2)

The news reached the emperor's ears. Furious, the emperor reprimanded Ning Mingjie for his foolish behavior and ordered that Ning Mingjie's troops weren't allowed to take one step into the capital.

That Nie Sangyu was truly a femme fatale that brought disaster! Back then, he shouldn't have let her off because Pengyue's soft-heartedness!

Zhao Li felt awfully regretful. While sorting out the military troops and clearing up this mess, he also praised Marquis Moyu. He was truly great! Nie Sangyu had once been his wife, but he cared more about the country's great cause than her well-being.

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In Zhangjun, Ning Yuxuan wrote a letter to angrily rebuke Ning Mingjie's conduct and started to retreat with the soldiers that were under his command while under the guise of engaging in battle. Zhangjun had sent more troops out, and Ning Yuxuan was eventually forced to retreat a great distance, all the way from Zhangjun to the capital's outskirts.

While this was happening, Zhao Li hurriedly sent out letters to order the first-rank t.i.tled princes to send out their troops to defend him. Then, he went to w.a.n.gyue Building. He wanted Pengyue to help him again.

However, Pengyue had fallen sick. She was seriously ill and lying in bed. Her eyes were half-opened, and her face was wan. After listening to him speak and waiting for him to finish, she finally murmured, ”It's only at this time that you would remember to think of me.”

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Yuzhen was a country where monogamy was the norm, so there was naturally much less scheming between women. Thus, Pengyue didn't know any tricks and couldn't win over the virtuous consort. During this past period, when he had given her the cold shoulder, Pengyue had already become physically and mentally exhausted. It would be difficult for her to recover from her illness.

Zhao Li was sitting at her bedside. Although he felt guilty, he was more worried about keeping his throne. He said a few words to comfort her, but when he saw that she still wouldn't agree to borrow soldiers for Yuzhen, he became impatient.

”It was wrong me to turn my back on you and cause you to suffer, but it's impossible for the emperor in this country to not have a harem. My heart only has you. Shouldn't that be enough?”

Pengyue miserably smiled. She looked at him with a sentimental gaze as she said, ”Back then, I clearly knew that you were using me, but I was still happy and willing to marry you. I knew that you didn't love me back then, and you couldn't have known I had already given you my heart when I saw you for the first time in that military training ground. But now, you've worn out my heart, and I no longer have the strength to love you. It's the throne that you love the most, but my heart only has you. It's too painful to live like this. I don't want to suffer anymore...”

Fl.u.s.tered and exasperated, Zhao Li retorted, ”If I lose my throne, it wouldn't benefit you at all.”

Pengyue chuckled. ”If you lose your throne, I would be the only one that would be willing to die with you. When that time comes, you won't be able to use the excuse that you need other women by your side.”

Zhao Li shuddered and looked away. ”Are you really going to act this way?”

Pengyue closed her eyes and didn't say another word.

As he turned the wheels on his wheelchair to leave w.a.n.gyue Building, Zhao Li was extremely furious. Women were so narrow-minded. They let themselves be ruled by the emotions and didn't realize what they would lose from being overly emotional.