bullyxtreme Chapter 205 Let’s break it up
Chapter 205 Let’s break it up
Qi Minxiu stood not far from them and watched the whole process. He wanted to go forward to help, but was afraid that Xiao Mo would not allow it.
He stared at the new tomb that was being built up bit by bit and the person who was carving the tombstone in front of the tomb, and his heart ached like a knife.
In the blink of an eye, he lost two important people, one was a person, and the other was his heart.
He was so carried away that he forgot his own identity while immersed in the happiness of being with his beloved.
He is a prince, not an ordinary citizen. There are countless people around him who want to harm him. What happened today is the consequence of his inaction.
It is said that the concubines in the harem are forced to compete for favor, and the same is true for the princes.
If you are favored, you will attract the jealousy of others and may be killed if you are not careful.
But if you are not favored, they will take the opportunity to get rid of you, because as long as you are a prince, you are a threat to others.
Isn’t this how those who died without knowing how were killed?
Qi Minxiu was lost in thought when a tear ran down his cheek. He was shocked to realize that he was actually crying.
He reached out and touched it, then looked down stiffly.
I remember the last time he cried was when Xiao Mo fell off a cliff and was reported dead.
It is said that men don't shed tears easily, but men are also human beings and have emotions. They don't cry just because they are not sad enough.
Xiao Mo finished building the grave and kowtowed three times in front of the tombstone. When she stood up and looked back, she saw Qi Minxiu wiping his eyes.
She walked up to him and said sarcastically, "You've killed everyone, who are you still pretending to be like that for?"
Qi Minxiu instinctively wanted to explain that he did not kill Nie Changyuan, but he swallowed the words back.
Since she doesn't believe anything he says now, all he can do is find evidence first.
"Amo, whether you believe it or not, I'll say it one last time. I didn't kill Master. I will find out the real culprit and give you and Master justice."
Give me back my innocence...
He didn't say the last sentence because he felt that if he said anything innocent in this situation, she would laugh at him.
Xiao Mo patted the dirt off her hands and looked at him expressionlessly.
"Our marriage is over now. I hope you can tell the emperor to cancel the engagement."
Qi Minxiu widened his eyes in shock, unable to believe that these words would come out of her mouth.
"What did you say?" He was stunned for a moment, frowned and pulled her arm.
Xiao Mo shook off his hand unhappily: "I say, let's end it here, break it off cleanly, and don't have any contact in the future."
"No, Amo, you can't do this to me. I'm really wronged. You can't leave me..."
Qi Minxiu hugged her in his arms excitedly, his shoulders trembling.
Xiao Mo struggled for a few times, but found that the more she moved, the stronger he became, so she had to stop and let him hold her.
"There's no way I'm going to marry someone who killed my family."
"Amo, give me some time, I will find the real culprit, don't leave me..."
Qi Minxiu buried his face in the crook of her neck, his voice choked with sobs.
Xiao Mo closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and tried to control her slightly trembling lips: "Continuing to entangle will only hurt both sides, let go."
Qi Minxiu tightened his arms again, pleading, "Don't do this to me, A-Mo, I beg you..."
Xiao Mo took advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly broke free from his arms: "If you continue to pester me, don't blame me for being rude."
He looked at her profile, his aggrieved brows gradually becoming sharp: "Amo, have you forgotten that our marriage was granted by the Emperor's decree?"
"So what?"
"You and I are both subjects, and neither of us can afford to disobey the order."
The implication was that if she didn't marry him, she would be disobeying the imperial decree, and the price of disobeying the imperial decree was only death, and in serious cases, it would also implicate her family.
How could Xiao Mo not hear it? She sneered.
"Of course I won't do anything that would bring trouble to my family. If you insist on marrying me, then marry a corpse and take it back as your princess."
Qi Minxiu was shocked by her words, but then he thought, isn't this exactly what she can do?
She is probably the only woman who would rather die than surrender.
"Amo, are you really going to be so decisive?" Qi Minxiu stretched out his hand to stop her from leaving, suppressing the anger in his heart.
Xiao Mo pushed his hand away, passed by him without even looking at him, and disappeared in the smoke without looking back.
The reason why she wanted him to go and talk about breaking off the engagement was because if she went to do it, she would most likely be beheaded for disobeying the order, and even implicate the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
She has not yet avenged her master, and cannot die over such a thing.
No matter what, Qi Minxiu was the emperor's most beloved son. He had even spared Qi Suyuan for hiding his own private soldiers. He would probably only be reprimanded for breaking off the engagement.
She was too naive and didn't think about the deeper issues.
As the crown prince, how could Qi Yue tolerate the existence of someone with equal strength? Even if he didn't get rid of Qi Minxiu now, he would not let him go after he ascended the throne in the future.
This was even more true for Concubine Liang. She could not become the empress while the emperor was alive, but after her son ascended the throne, she could bypass this position and directly become the head of the harem.
She originally wanted to petition the emperor after getting married, and go to guard the border with Qi Minxiu, away from here.
But they were unwilling to give her even these few days and insisted on pushing her into a desperate situation.
Since they wanted to drag her into this vortex so much, she had no choice but to go along with it.
She didn't want to be a scheming person and fight with those she didn't want to have contact with, but now it seems that she can't do so.
On the day he returned to the imperial city, Qi Minxiu went to the palace to report. He described in detail the scene he saw when he arrived at Qinshan.
The emperor was a little surprised and a little regretful, but he quickly hid these emotions in his eyes.
He sighed and turned around: "General Nie made great contributions in his youth, he deserves a dignified burial, I..."
"Your Majesty, General Xiao requests an audience." The appearance of the guard interrupted the emperor's thoughts.
When the emperor heard that it was Xiao Mo who came, he quickly agreed: "Summon her quickly."
Nie Changyuan was someone she valued, and now he was assassinated by someone whose identity was unknown. She had some thoughts in her mind.
If I don't comfort her in time, I'm afraid she will have other thoughts.
After Xiao Mo returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, she just changed her clothes and hurried to the palace.
The emperor saw her pale face and exempted her from the formalities before she left.
She crossed her arms in front of her, stood straight, and said respectfully, "My master, Nie Changyuan, has been beheaded by His Royal Highness Prince Chen at Qinshan. From now on, there will be no more rumors about him. Your Majesty can rest assured."
Her words were filled with anger. If it were any other time, she would have been held accountable.
But the emperor did not blame her directly because he took into consideration that she had just lost a loved one.