Chapter 493 (1/2)

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

Translator: Fuyu Neko

Chapter 493 - Never meet again (2)

Although Kangyuan helped him and did things for him, Zhao Li still thought about Pengyue's former self. He remembered how that once showy and unbridled princess would stand in front of him and protect him.

She had gone through trials and tribulations with him. How could he forget her after obtaining success?

However, Zhangjun Prince was rebelling. Why wouldn't she borrow an army from Yuzhen to help him? He had originally come here because he had heard she was sick, but once this topic was brought up, he got angry with her again.

”I won't borrow soldiers from Yuzhen,” she said.

Once upon a time, Pengyue had always protected him. Why wouldn't she help him now? Why? Just because he took Kangyuan as his consort? She knew the difficulties that he faced, so why couldn't she see things from his point of view?

”Actually, the person that Your Majesty loves the most is yourself.” Pengyue bleakly smiled. Looking at him, she said, ”I used up all my strength to try to obtain love from you. But in the end, I realize I was wrong. You only love yourself.”

Zhao Li felt furious. He does love her! How could she not know? How could she say that he only loves himself? She had been with him for so long. How could she not understand him?

”Outrageous!” This was the last time he left w.a.n.gyue Building. At that time, he vowed he would never take the initiative to go see her.

How could he possibly... not love her?

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Her words were like a curse that tied him down to one place and unable to move. The rebels had already broken through the capital's gates, but he wasn't willing to leave.

”This emperor wants to go to w.a.n.gyue Building,” he said.

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Pengyue was on her last breath. There was only one servant girl by her bedside. This servant girl had always been by her side. There was turmoil and chaos of war outside, and the palace servants were fleeing. In contrast, Pengyue was very peaceful.

It was because she knew she was going to die soon.

”In this lifetime, I made a mistake, and it ruined the rest of my life.” Pengyue was looking at the crying servant girl, but it also seemed as if she was looking elsewhere. ”I choose the wrong person to love. If I had known this earlier, I would have chosen someone that already had a wife. That would have been fine too. Someone that didn't need my protection. Instead, he would be the one protecting me. He would have to be someone with immense strength and could defeat me in combat...”

Her red whip was hanged up nearby. It seemed that its color had noticeably faded too.

”I regret it.”

Pengyue smiled and repeated herself, ”I regret it.”

She had wanted him to keep his harem empty of consorts and promised to protect him for a lifetime. She was only a woman that wanted love. An ordinary love would have been enough. It would have been better than wasting her life waiting and this endless loneliness.

She had been too greedy, that's why she hadn't been able to get anything.

All of her bones ached; the pain was unbearable. Pengyue gritted her teeth and spat out her last words, ”In the afterlife, I never want to see him again.”

She hoped that they would never meet again in any incarnation of their lives, so there would be less torment and fewer years wasted.