Chapter 492 (2/2)

There was a heavy rainstorm today. He shouted for the palace servants to withdraw and arduously pushed his wheelchair towards w.a.n.gyue Building by himself.

Kangyuan was following him from a close distance.  He expended a great deal of effort to push his wheels on his wheelchair. He didn't know why, but he really wanted to see Pengyue today. He wanted to leave his arrogance and what not as the emperor to the side. If he was once again isolated and with no one to help him, would she hold up her whip and stay by his side to protect him?

”It's raining so heavily. Why did you come over here?” She came out to get him. Her expression was full of worry. She used her sleeves to block the rain for him. Pus.h.i.+ng his wheelchair, she brought him inside of w.a.n.gyue Building.

Zhao Li childishly laughed. He looked at her. She hadn't come to see him, but look, didn't she still care about him a lot?

He enjoyed her warm embrace, then sat there as she dried his hair for him and changed his clothes. As he watched her bustling about with a furrowed brow, the emptiness in heart was filled up.

”Pengyue, do you still blame this emperor?” He asked.

She paused. She straightened up and lightly snorted. ”What's there to blame you for. It's my fault for being careless.”

He took the initiative of taking one step towards her, and their bygone enmity was dispelled. Zhao Li thought; sure enough, he liked her gentle side.

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But then, an accident happened. She found out about what happened between him and Kangyuan in Zichen Hall.

Pengyue had been with him for so long and had become docile a long time ago. He hadn't expected that she would use her whip to directly drive Kangyuan out of the palace.

Zhao Li was very surprised, but he couldn't help loudly laughing. Seeing Pengyue's glowering look, he laughed so hard that he couldn't sit up straight.

”Do you find this funny?” She wasn't smiling. Her body was slightly trembling as she stood in front of him. ”Do you find it funny that I look so awful because I'm competing with her over a man?”

Zhao Li froze in surprise for a moment. Soon after, he furrowed his brow and said, ”Pengyue, you're the empress.”

No one would be able to win over her.

”Yeah, I'm the empress.” Pengyue tossed the whip away and sneered. ”But, there's probably a n.o.ble consort below the empress, right?”

He was stunned. He had thought about this idea before, but he didn't know how she had seen through him.

Pengyue turned around and left.

One of his personal attendants said, ”Her Majesty is too arrogant and willful. Your Majesty, you shouldn't indulge her like this.”

Yes, that was right. He really indulged her too much. Zhao Li sighed. The idea that the inner palace could remain empty of consorts was only a myth. How could his harem remain empty? Even if he didn't do it to balance his lifestyle, he had to do it to stabilize the imperial court.

It was only because he was thinking of Pengyue's great kindness to him in the past, that's why he frequently went over to see her and keep her company. But, since Marquis Yong'an wanted Kangyuan to enter the palace, he acquiesced. An empress should be understanding when the emperor took a consort.

It was only later that he realized he was wrong. But, by then, there was no one to forgive him or give him another chance to fix this mistake.