章)917 AD, Mu Dynasty, the palace
In the dark cold palace, light and shadows are scattered, reflecting this cold palace like a cemetery, cold and deep, without life.
The maid brought the already cold food and shouted at the woman who was sitting on the steps in a daze:
"Queen, its time to eat."
The woman was the Queen of Mu Dynasty, Li Qiyu, the daughter of General Li, and the most noble woman in Mu Dynasty. Three months ago, the Li family was executed for plotting rebellion, and Li Qiyu was also banished to the cold palace.
"Where is the emperor? I want to see him." Li Qiyus voice sounded weak because she had not eaten for many days.
"Queen, you thought you were in Yukun Palace. You are in the cold palace now. Concubine Yu is in great favor. How can the emperor care about you?"
Li Qiyu nodded, with no sadness or joy on her face.
She stood up with the help of the door frame and groped her way out.
This winter is really cold. The heavy snow fell for a whole month, and everything was covered with white. It was a vast expanse of land.
When it snowed, Li Qiyus vision became blurry. It became worse in the past two days. Her eyes were sore and swollen. She could tear up when she moved her eyeballs a little.
Li Qiyu hated to cry the most. Daddy said that children of the Li family should have backbone and shed blood and sweat but not tears.
She didnt cry when her mother passed away, when her brother died on the battlefield, and when the entire Li family was executed. She didnt cry when she was banished to the cold palace and watched the man who had sworn to love her lying in the arms of another woman for pleasure.
But this little snow blindness made her cry all day and all night.
Moreover, the further she walked into the snow, the more she cried, as if she wanted to shed all the tears in her life.
Touching the familiar palace wall, Li Qiyu climbed up the steps step by step. The cold wind blew on her face and blew off her veil.
Under the veil, half of her face was beautiful and the other half was horrible and hateful - that was the mark of the fire, and also the proof that she had loved Emperor Song Jiaye with her life.
Li Qiyu couldnt see the road ahead clearly, so she could only climb up the stairs step by step with a hunched back.
With each step, she left behind some of the past.
Finally she climbed up to the Zhaixing Tower and stood on the roof. The wind was blowing from all directions, but she didnt feel cold at all.
She was going to be free.
"Queen! Come down." The man hurriedly chased after her.
Li Qiyu couldnt see anything clearly, but she was very familiar with this voice.
That was the man she loved and hated.
"Your Majesty, do you remember? You said to me here that the world is yours, and I choose you."
"Dont talk nonsense, come down quickly, if there is anything, lets go back and talk."
"Go back? Cant go back?" Her heart seemed to have a big hole, and the cold wind rushed into it, freezing Li Qiyus whole body cold, as if she was dead.
No, she had died a long time ago. When the 123 members of the Li family were pushed onto the beheading platform, she was already dead.
"Your Majesty, remember, this is the 124th member of the Li family you killed."
The mans voice was tinged with tears. "Li Qiyu, I beg you, be good, come down, and be obedient."
"Your Majesty, if there is an afterlife, I dont want to be your wife."
"No!"
Without any hesitation, Li Qiyu jumped up, and the mans roar was soon covered by the wind. She only felt the freedom of being out of the cage.
Li Qiyu, you are free.
Li Qiyu opened her eyes again, and all she saw was white. She thought she was in the snow, and the stress response of snow blindness made her subconsciously reach out to cover her eyes.
But soon, her hand was taken down, "Patient, dont move, there is a needle in your hand."
Li Qiyu heard the sound of footsteps in her ears, and the woman who just spoke to her ear seemed to have left, shouting at the door
"Is the family of bed 504 here? The patient is awake."
Bed? Family? Patient?
Am I not dead?
Li Qiyu tried to open her eyes again.
Because of the psychological preconception, this time it was much better, but the unfamiliar environment in front of her scared her.
This house, why is it white?
Without giving Li Qiyu much room to think, a group of people rushed in soon.
She naturally recognized the man in the lead, and tears filled her eyes the moment she saw him.
"Dad."
She thought she would never see him again in this life.
When Lis father saw Li Qiyu wake up, he quickly hugged her and patted his daughters back in fear: "Dont be afraid, Xiaoyu, Daddy is here, Daddy will definitely help you teach Song Jiaye a lesson, that guy actually dared to hurt my daughter!"
Song Jiaye? Hearing this name, Li Qiyu hurriedly shook her head.
"Dad, dont mess with Song Jiaye, that guy is heartless."
She was afraid that her father would end up with a tragic ending of being executed again because of messing with Song Jiaye. Now that Daddy is alive, she doesnt ask for much. As long as Daddy can be safe.
As for her, she doesnt want to see Song Jiaye again in this life.
Its probably said that Cao Cao will appear, and just as she made a vow, Song Jiaye appeared at the door of the ward.
Lis father walked over angrily and slapped Song Jiaye in the face.
"Song Jiaye, I didnt marry my daughter to you to let you ruin her!"
Li Qiyu was shocked. That was the emperor. If his father hit the emperor, it would be a great crime to exterminate the entire clan! Li Qiyu quickly called his father.
"Dad, dont hit him."
He was ready to jump into the river for Song Jiaye, but he couldnt bear to hit him?
Father Li thought his daughter still had feelings for Song Jiaye, and shook his head in disappointment.
Song Jiaye was slapped, but he didnt dodge. His expression was still cold and indifferent.
"Dad, I want to say a few words to Xiaoyu."
"Dont call me dad. I dont have a rebellious son like you." Realizing that he had made a mistake, Father Li changed his words and said, "I dont have a son-in-law like you!"
Father Li looked at Song Jiaye, then at Li Qiyu, and shook his head helplessly. Whats the use of him not liking this son-in-law? His daughter likes him.
Xiyu is his sweetheart. Even if it is the stars in the sky, he will get it if he wants it, let alone a man.
As a parent, you can only compromise in front of your children.
Father Li glared at Song Jiaye fiercely and said: "Song Jiaye, if you dare to make my daughter sad again, I will never let you go!"
After that, he made way for Song Jiaye to go in.
Of course, he didnt dare to go far, so he sat on the bench at the door and watched over his daughter.
Song Jiaye walked into the ward.
Looking at the man in front of her who looked exactly like her husband, Li Qiyu was very confused. Why did Song Jiaye dress so strangely and cut his hair like this?
However, none of this mattered.
She didnt want to care about anything about him anymore.
"Li Xiyu."
"Song Jiaye."
The two spoke at the same time. If it were in the past, Li Qiyu would definitely let Song Jiaye speak first, after all, he was the emperor and her husband. The emperor is the heaven, and the husband is the greatest.
But now, Li Qiyu doesnt want to spoil him.
"Song Jiaye, lets get divorced."