PFC Chapter 108: It's as if the regrets of several lifetimes have turned into happiness.
Chapter 108: It's as if the regrets of several lifetimes have turned into happiness.
A plot to seize power?
Yan Hou, that rotten cucumber?
The Empress Dowager had a terrible headache and looked at Marquis Yan, "What are your thoughts?"
"Lan Yue, we were husband and wife. I will clean up this mess for you, and then we can get a divorce."
Princess Lanyue looked at him in disbelief. "Divorce? How many things have you done using my identity? How can you just say you want a divorce? Is it because Shu'er died? Can't we have another one? Or are you seeing someone else? What are those women? I'm a princess!"
"I think you'd only break down if I gave you a divorce certificate, right?"
Princess Lanyue looked at him quietly, tears streaming down her face. "Have you been thinking about divorcing me for a long time?"
Seeing his silence, and then looking at the Empress Dowager's quiet demeanor, he took a step back, his expression somewhat dazed, as if he had suddenly become clear-headed overnight.
Princess Lanyue couldn't help but chuckle softly, tears welling in her eyes. "What about our Jiaojiao? Have you thought about it? How will she manage in the palace? What about our Shanshan? She's still so young."
"How could you be so heartless? After I married you, I gave you all my dowry. You spent all your money on your extravagant lifestyle. I was the one who helped you rise to the position of heir apparent and make you a marquis."
“Even if you had children outside and brought them into the family, I never said no to your face. I thought it was fine for you to have fun outside, as long as you knew I was still at home.”
"But how could you do this? You can't just discard someone after they've served their purpose so quickly! Tell me, who do you want to marry after you divorce me?"
Yan Hou only frowned slightly when she mentioned the dowry; otherwise, his expression was terrifyingly cold. "Lan Yue, you only need to ask others what kind of person they think you are."
Lan Yue stared at him blankly for a long time before giving a self-deprecating laugh. "But you said it. You said that no matter what I look like, you would spoil me and protect me. You also said that you liked me most when I was being willful?"
"I may have said that, but Princess, this is not something that can be easily dismissed with the word 'willful'."
"Did you ever love me?" Lan Yue stared at him quietly for a long time.
All they received was endless silence.
Xie Yaochuan slowly retreated, and when he looked up, he saw the woman who had been with Xiao Yuxi in the palace before, standing next to the sedan chair, talking to her maid with her head down.
A gentle breeze blew by, and she happened to look up, adjusting her hair, and glance at him.
Xie Yaochuan suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, and a heavy sigh escaped his lips, as if the regrets of several lifetimes had turned into happiness.
Mu Yunshang ignored him, only whispering to her maid to confirm that Yun Chao hadn't been hurt at all while fighting the fire before she breathed a sigh of relief.
Xie Yaochuan unconsciously took a few steps toward her, but was stopped by a guard beside him.
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, you must not approach!" the guard shouted.
Mu Yunshang was startled by the sudden noise. She patted her chest gently, took a breath, and then smiled lightly at the maid beside her, saying, "It's good that you're alright."
Xie Yaochuan's heart softened as he watched her gently pat her chest; he found her excessively adorable.
Your Majesty the Empress Dowager?
She must have been a first-class maid in the Empress Dowager's palace.
The last time I saw her was at a palace banquet. She was dressed casually, so she was obviously not one of the emperor's concubines.
This time she was dressed a little more elegantly than last time, but she didn't wear many hair ornaments, so she must be a favored maid in the Empress Dowager's palace.
"That's Young Master Mu's good friend, Xie Yaochuan, the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review," the maid whispered a reminder.
Mu Yunshang then looked up at him seriously and thought it over carefully.
She didn't remember ever seeing this person before, but she did have an impression of him. In her previous life, he had a good relationship with Yun Chao and Yu Xi Yunnan, and after the Mu family had their troubles, he was the first minister to stand up and say that the Mu family had absolutely no problems.
This person is quite nice.
It's strange, really, that the Mu family and the Xie family are on good terms. He and Yun Chao have been friends for so many years, yet this is the first time she's ever met him.
Mu Yunshang smiled and nodded at him, then slowly walked over.
Every step felt like walking on the tip of his heart.
"Thank you, sir. You've worked hard. Please wipe your face; it's covered in dust." Mu Yunshang handed him a handkerchief, her eyes gentle and her lips curved into a smile as she looked at him with a tender expression.
Xie Yaochuan froze on the spot, woodenly taking the handkerchief with both hands and stiffly wiping the dust off his face.
He felt endless regret. He had filled so many buckets of water while putting out the fire, how could he have been so stupid as not to bring an extra bucket of water to wash his face?
He's a universally acknowledged handsome man in the capital!
Oh no, oh no, oh no, does she have a really bad impression of me?
Mu Yunshang smiled gently, "I heard about what happened on the way. Lord Xie put out the fire in less than half an hour and saved many people. Once this matter is over, he will surely be doing another great deed."
"It's...not that powerful..."
Xie Yaochuan's smile froze. What nonsense had he just said?
Mu Yunshang chuckled. As expected, the rumors were not credible. They also said he was a playboy, which was quite foolish. No wonder he had such a good relationship with Yun Chao.
"Then I'll take my leave. Thank you for your rest, Lord Xie." Mu Yunshang bowed with her eyes lowered, and walked towards the Empress Dowager.
Xie Yaochuan stared intently at her retreating figure, and it took him a long time to come to his senses.
He actually has never been good at remembering women's faces. Especially since he became famous at a young age, he always received the most sachets on the Qixi Festival.
The only person he got along with fairly normally was Mu Yunnan, though Mu Yunnan could be considered a brother to him.
He, Mu Yunchao, and Mu Yunnan grew up together.
This was the first time he had truly experienced the kind of love at first sight described in storybooks.
However, this feeling came so inexplicably, like being under a spell; seeing her made him completely unresponsive.
It seemed that every smile and frown of hers was perfectly to his liking, every move she made was elegant, and even her sly smile was so cute.
But what kind of idiot would react like that?!
How could he be so stupid?
I don't know when we'll meet again, but thankfully the Emperor is currently on the frontier.
If such a beauty were seen in the palace, wouldn't one immediately make her a concubine?
Xie Yaochuan silently clenched his sleeves and looked in the direction she had just left.
It took me a long, long time to come to my senses.
His reaction just now...
Could it be that I've really been bewitched?
Xie Yaochuan placed his right hand on his heart, which was still pounding.