Chapter 1770: Chapter 1770

Chapter 1770: 065. Such is Heaven’s will_3

Empress Su’s eyes were exceptionally bright, as if she once again saw Princess Cuiwei’s charming and pleasant demeanor in front of her.

However, this beauty did not last long before Princess Cuiwei mercilessly shattered it.

Accompanied by a laugh as cold as an arctic chill, Princess Cuiwei laughed heartily before the dressing mirror, laughing so hard that tears were squeezed out.

“Judging by the Empress’s expression, you remember what you said that day, right? Haha, the Empress said to find me an Ideal Husband to accompany me throughout my life, then to live happily ever after.”

Saying so, Princess Cuiwei laughed again, so much so that Empress Su’s lips turned cold, and her entire body began to tremble.

“Your Highness, what’s the matter? You seem very scared? What are you afraid of?”

Seeing Empress Su swaying slightly, needing to lean against the table in embarrassment, Princess Cuiwei felt an overwhelming satisfaction, even more gratifying than publicly accepting He Lienuo’s marriage proposal in the grand hall!

Princess Cuiwei wiped the ever-increasing tears from her eyes, clutching the Jade Pendant inscribed with “Yuan,” she slowly stood up from the dressing table, step by step, sneeringly approaching Empress Su.

“I understand now, you’re guilty. The very words you uttered, you swallowed whole. Ha, do you remember? When I was sixteen, holding this Jade Pendant, joyfully telling you I found someone I liked, how did you react?”

Empress Su tightly bit her lip, her legs giving way, collapsing onto the stool: “Weier, stop talking, please stop talking.”

Princess Cuiwei was not willing to spare this opportunity to make Empress Su suffer, coldly sneering, she stood before the Empress and said indifferently: “Why stop? Have you forgotten, or shall I remind you! On that day, you said that not just anyone was worthy of this Jade Pendant, he was just a mere guard, lacking family and background, only skilled in martial arts to serve as a palace guard.”

“You said such a person was unworthy of me? Indeed, he was just a mere guard, how could he compare to the nobles of the Capital city? But, Empress, didn’t you wish for my happiness and joy? Would marrying a mere guard not make me happy?”

Several consecutive inquiries rendered Empress Su speechless. After so many years, as she aged, she realized she was indeed shortsighted back then.

If she had granted her daughter’s request initially, perhaps she wouldn’t have reacted so vehemently, and today’s scene between mother and daughter might not be as it is now. Find the newest release on noveⅼfire.net

Then her Qing’er wouldn’t have died in the wilderness, nor had his corpse disappeared.

“Weier, I beg you, enough, please stop, I beg you!”

Empress Su’s lips trembled, she clenched her hand, a cold tear silently falling from the corner of her eye.

Princess Cuiwei’s lips pressed tightly, her jaws clenching hard, warmth in her eyes, but no tears would come.

For so many years, in the dead of night, she always saw her deceased brother and Mingwei, covered in blood, coming to her.

They reached out their bloodied arms helplessly towards her, moaning tragically they were in such pain.

All these years, there had never been a time without light in her bedchamber, not out of fear, but to see her long-missed brother and loved one more clearly.

The helplessness and anguish in dreams, the regret and guilt upon waking, who can understand?

Originally, a mother ought to be the closest person in the world to her daughter, but for these seven years of agony and helplessness Cuiwei endured, how could her mother have understood?

“Did you know? All these seven years, I have lived through torment, if only I hadn’t fallen in love with Mingwei, perhaps they… perhaps both he and brother wouldn’t have met with misfortune…”

Princess Cuiwei could hardly speak any longer, over the years her tears had almost run dry, tears were not something that would come out upon command.

But this silent choking was all the more heartbreaking, Empress Su’s nose stung, tears flowing freely.

“Weier, mother is sorry, truly sorry! If I had agreed back then, today would not be , Weier, mother wronged you!”

In the empty grand hall, echoed Empress Su’s heart-wrenching cries.

Due to her physical state, Empress Su could not sob as loudly as before, she cried silently, her entire body shaking.

This was the first time since the deaths of Zhao Hongqian and Mingwei that Empress Su and Princess Cuiwei had confronted each other in such a crying confession, even when the tragic news hit, neither had been this agitated.

That day, Cuiwei was calmer than a pool of stagnant water. Appearing so calm that everyone suspected her feelings for Mingwei were not as fervent as imagined.

However, when Cuiwei donned mourning attire for Mingwei, everyone was wildly astonished, for a nation’s Legitimate Princess to mourn a mere guard! Never mind whether such national etiquette was permissible, even ordinary parents would not permit an unmarried daughter to do such a thing!

In the brightly lit grand hall, only the sound of mother and daughter’s sobbing echoed, yet eerily, neither hugged the other tearfully, rather one’s sitting, one’s standing, just like strangers.

Eventually, Princess Cuiwei snapped out of it, and she tossed the Jade Pendant in front of Empress Su.

The crisp sound of jade striking interrupted Empress Su’s sobbing, followed immediately by Princess Cuiwei’s cold and mocking voice.

“Hasn’t the Empress always despised him for being just a mere guard? Now I have found someone who matches my station as you wished, what then, does Her Majesty disagree with such a person too? Heh, if you still disagree, I really wouldn’t know what to do! Your Majesty, please retire, I need to rest.”

Empress Su stared blankly as Cuiwei’s thin and lonely figure disappeared behind the bed curtains, after a long time, she moved her slightly numb arms.

With a clatter, the Jade Pendant thrown onto the table by Princess Cuiwei, was inadvertently swept to the ground by Empress Su’s sleeve, shattered.

Empress Su’s eyes widened in shock, her legs giving way as she knelt beside the broken jade.

On the bed, Princess Cuiwei sat stiffly, momentarily, a desolate smile appearing on her lips.

Perhaps, all of this was destined.