The surrounding palace maids turned pale with fright, trembling, and fell to their knees one by one, daring not to move.
When she had laughed enough and could no longer breathe, her sister also knelt down and stretched out her hands to help her sit up. The Dowager Empress touched her painful heart and shook her head bitterly.
"I've been waiting for you, I've been waiting for you to come to me and ask for your life. Over the years, I seem to be living well, but I have never slept peacefully."
"Many nights, I dreamed that you were covered in blood, and you were crying miserably, asking me why I wanted to hurt you."
"Sister, I have been repenting for more than ten years. I no longer want to live. Take me away. I am willing to make amends -"
However, her sister stood up distantly, took two steps back, shook her head and retreated step by step towards the entrance of the hall without saying anything else until her figure disappeared.
Shang Xie looked at all this coldly, and when he closed his palms, the phantom at the door disappeared. The maid guarding the door of the palace looked at this scene, screamed and fainted.
The concubine sat on the floor blankly, not believing what she saw for a while. It was not until Xiyue stepped forward to help her up that she struggled away as if she had touched something, and threw herself on her.
A soft couch.
Xiyue didn't say anything more, but with cold eyes, she left Cihe Palace with Shangxie.
…
Along the way, no one spoke. Di Shangxie just squeezed Xiyue's hand tightly. He could feel that Xiyue was in a bad mood——
As soon as I walked to the palace gate, a bell suddenly sounded in the distance.
Xiyue's steps suddenly froze.
She raised her head and closed her eyes. She did not look back, because she knew that this bell would only ring when the emperor, concubines... left the world, and the ringing at this moment must be...
"The Imperial Concubine has passed away... The Imperial Concubine has passed away..."
"Kuang~~~~The Imperial Concubine has passed away...Kuang..."
The sounds from one palace after another seemed to be rushing over from afar like waves. As the huge sad bell rang, the voice of the Dowager Empress leaving the world also continued to echo sadly.
"The concubine has passed away——"
Every time this sound hit a palace, everyone in the palace hurriedly knelt down, and the cries kept coming out. Xiyue and Shangxie just stood there for a while, and all the guards in front of the palace gate also knelt down.
The sound of the death of the Dowager Empress could be heard throughout the palace.
…
A drop of tear fell without any warning. Xiyue did not look back and walked out of the palace with her head held high. Emperor Xie felt pain in his heart and stretched out his long fingers to wipe away the tears from the corner of Xiyue's eyes.
Xiyue suddenly threw herself into Di Shangxie's arms and asked with some choking.
"Shangxie, you can forgive me even if I did something wrong."
Shangxie stretched out his hand to caress Xiyue's long hair lovingly, and hugged her tightly. His heart tightened slightly. Maybe Xiyue also knew that he had guessed it? But in the end, he nodded and said firmly.
"Yes, no matter what you have done, I will forgive you. Who made you my future wife? As a husband, you should listen to your wife and be a good husband."
"Stop crying. It's not that you want to force her to death. That's the path she chose."
Xiyue's tears continued to overflow and she nodded. When they left Shangxie's arms, the two of them rushed into the lively market. They did not fly or wield swords, but walked slowly side by side...