Having many handsome men means no worries; pampering them all keeps me in good spirits.

Chapter 143 Ning Ruyu's Letter

Ning Rufeng shouted, "You dog emperor! I will kill you to avenge my sister!"

Lu Nian reacted quickly, easily knocking the sword out of Ning Rufeng's hand with just one finger.

Ning Rufeng stumbled, and seeing that her weapon had left her hand, she broke down in tears, "Sister, it's my fault for being so incompetent. I couldn't kill that dog of an emperor to avenge you. I'll go down and join you now..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed towards the ginkgo tree in the courtyard.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingyan rushed over to block him, but he slammed her into a tree.

Although Ning Rufeng was thin, his head was hard. Jiang Qingyan felt a sharp pain in her chest and slowly slid down to squat on the ground.

Lu Nian pushed Ning Rufeng aside, then tenderly hugged Jiang Qingyan in her arms, worriedly saying, "Husband... this boy is so ungrateful, why save him? Let me see, is he hurt?"

Her husband was already troubled by a heart condition, and now he had been hit again. She was really afraid that her husband would faint again like before...

Jiang Qingyan, afraid that Lu Nian would worry, shook her head with a forced smile, "I'm fine... He's so thin, how could he hurt me?"

Ning Rufeng stood to the side with her head down, clutching her sleeves tightly, like a child who had made a mistake and was waiting to be punished by an adult, her previous fierceness gone.

Jiang Qingyan slowly raised her head to look at him, and in a daze, she actually saw Ning Ruyu's shadow...

I didn't get a good look at Ning Rufeng's face earlier, but now that I'm looking closely, his features are very similar to Ning Ruyu's. If he were dressed as a woman, he might look 90% like Ning Ruyu...

Jiang Qingyan stood up and walked to Ning Rufeng, patted his head, and said softly, "Take me to your sister's room."

Ning Rufeng stammered, "No...you're not worthy to go into my sister's room..."

Liu was worried that Ning Rufeng would get into trouble if she continued to contradict the Emperor, so she quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, let this servant take you there."

Jiang Qingyan nodded, "Okay..."

The Ning Mansion was very large. Jiang Qingyan followed behind Liu Shi and walked for a long time, turning and twisting, before finally stopping in front of the most desolate courtyard.

The three large characters "Ningjingyuan" are prominently displayed on the arched stone gate. As its name suggests, the courtyard is clean and quiet, without even a single weed.

Lu Nian and Liu Shi wisely refrained from going inside and waited quietly outside the courtyard.

Jiang Qingyan gasped and slowly pushed open the door, where she saw the walls covered with calligraphy and paintings.

Upon entering the room and taking a closer look, one could see that the figures in the paintings were all Jiang Qingyan, sitting, standing, or lying down, each in a different pose.

After looking around, his gaze finally settled on a picture of a bridal chamber on the table…

The painting depicts... the scene the night before Ning Ruyu left the palace...

However, the casual clothes Jiang Qingyan wore that day were altered by Ning Ruyu and transformed into a bright red wedding dress…

Jiang Qingyan reached out her trembling hand and gently stroked the painting of Ning Ruyu, who was dressed in a bright red wedding gown, sitting gracefully on the bed, her eyes filled with affection…

She looked so happy that day...

As her thoughts drifted back to all that she had shared with Ning Ruyu, Jiang Qingyan's eyes welled up with tears, and two streams of tears slowly rolled down her cheeks, landing precisely on Ning Ruyu's face in the painting…

Afraid of soiling Ning Ruyu, Jiang Qingyan frantically raised her sleeve to wipe away the tear, but the more she wiped, the more blurred the image of Ning Ruyu became…

Jiang Qingyan choked back tears, picked up a calligraphy brush from the table, and carefully tried to draw Ning Ruyu's face, but the ink had dried, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't draw a single curve...

A wave of despair and helplessness washed over her; her Yu'er was truly gone…

Jiang Qingyan hugged the painting tightly, already sobbing uncontrollably…

Just then, a youthful male voice came from outside the door, "Why are you so sad...? Isn't this the sister you abandoned...?"

Afraid of being seen in such a disheveled state, Jiang Qingyan hurriedly wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and slowly turned her head to look at the door.

Ning Rufeng bit his lower lip, staring blankly at Jiang Qingyan. He never expected that a king would be so heartbroken over a woman…

Jiang Qingyan gently placed the painting she was holding on the table and slowly said, "It's not that I don't want your sister anymore, but that I'm not worthy of her love... I thought letting her leave the palace was for her own good... but I never expected her to..."

Ning Rufeng looked puzzled. "But the way you're acting now, you clearly love my sister very much! Why do you feel like you're not good enough for her love?"

After a moment of silence, Jiang Qingyan raised her hand and removed her hair crown, revealing a cascade of smooth, black hair that instantly fell to her waist.

Looking at the person inside the room, Ning Rufeng's eyes were filled with amazement. How could the Emperor look so much like a woman when he shaved his head?

Jiang Qingyan lowered her eyes and said, "Because I am a woman... I cannot give your sister what a husband should give... such as... offspring... Your sister is so wonderful, she should find a normal man, have children, and live a happy and fulfilling life..."

Upon hearing this, Ning Rufeng's mind went blank. The Emperor... is a woman??

Suddenly, he reached into his pocket and breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, it wasn't lost…

Ning Rufeng took out the letter from her bosom and handed it to Jiang Qingyan, saying softly, "This is what my sister gave me before she went to the palace the day she had the accident... She said that if she didn't return, she would find a chance to give the letter to you..."

Jiang Qingyan quickly took the letter, filled with anticipation for its contents, and even so nervous that her heart felt like it was about to jump out of her throat.

This was the last thing Ning Ruyu left her…

Jiang Qingyan first placed the letter on the table, then wiped her hands on her clothes to make sure they were clean before carefully picking up the letter again and gently opening it…

The above content brought tears to Jiang Qingyan's eyes again...

"My lord, please allow Yu'er to call you that, after all, by the time you read this letter, Yu'er will have already gone to another world."

From the time Yu'er could remember, her nanny taught her that when she grew up, she would enter the palace to serve the emperor and become his woman.

So even though you were so rough with me on the day I entered the palace to serve you, causing me pain for a whole month, I never complained to you…

When I saw you for the second time, you seemed like a completely different person. You were exceptionally gentle with Yu'er, and Yu'er was overjoyed…

In this world, apart from her younger brother, no one has ever been so gentle to Yu'er...

When you were to serve me again, Yu'er wanted to take good care of you, but you refused her service, citing that you were too tired.

Yu'er thought that it was because she did not perform well on the first night she served you that you were unwilling to favor her again.

That night, while you were asleep, Yu'er discovered the secret that you were a woman...

But Yu'er was destined to be your woman from birth...

So whether you are male or female, ugly or beautiful, Yu'er will stay by your side...