in2ebook Chapter 139 So she knew everything...
Chapter 139 So she knew everything...
After Lord Ning raised his arm to wipe the bloodstains from his eyes, his legs went weak the moment he saw the person in front of him.
He cried out in a broken voice, "Yu'er!"
Upon hearing the sound, Jiang Qingyan quickly turned around and caught Ning Ruyu, who was about to fall to the ground.
Ning Ruyu clutched her chest, struggling to lift her eyes to look at Jiang Qingyan's face, mumbling incoherently.
Jiang Qingyan felt a ringing in her ears, as if the entire hall had fallen silent in an instant, and she could only hear the heavy pounding of her own heart.
She slowly squatted down, gently placed Ning Ruyu on the ground, and held her in her arms. Looking at the cold, long knife stuck in Ning Ruyu's chest, tears streamed down her face.
Ning Ruyu slowly raised her hand and wiped away the tears from Jiang Qingyan's eyes, murmuring, "Don't cry..."
Jiang Qingyan sobbed and lowered her head slightly, bringing her ear close to Ning Ruyu's lips, trying to hear what she was saying.
Ning Ruyu gently kissed Jiang Qingyan's cheek, her voice extremely weak, "Your Majesty... don't be sad... after Yu'er dies... the pain will stop..."
Jiang Qingyan shook her head vigorously, "No! Yu'er won't die, I will save Yu'er!"
Ning Ruyu slightly curved her blood-stained lips into a smile, "The Emperor doesn't love Yu'er... Yu'er's heart... hurts more than if it were torn to pieces... Yu'er will die... and then the pain will be over..."
Hearing Ning Ruyu's words, Jiang Qingyan's heart shattered completely. She never imagined that Ning Ruyu's love for her could be so deep...
She deserves to die; how could she hurt such a beautiful girl like Yu'er...
At this point, Jiang Qingyan no longer wanted to hide it. She confessed, "Yu'er, actually, I am a woman... Letting you leave the palace wasn't because you weren't good enough, but because I'm not worthy of your love..."
Ning Ruyu's expression showed no surprise. She took a deep breath and slowly said, "Actually, Yu'er... already knew..."
She discovered this secret as early as her second time serving the emperor, while Jiang Qingyan was asleep, but she pretended not to know it.
She had always thought that her infatuation with the emperor was simply because of the ideas instilled in her by her family since childhood that she was destined to be the emperor's woman.
But it wasn't until the day the Emperor told her he wanted her to leave the palace that she realized she had already fallen deeply in love with him, even though he was a woman…
That's why, on that night, she willingly put on her wedding dress and offered her newly regained virginity to the Emperor once more...
Jiang Qingyan's heart trembled upon hearing this. Yu'er... she knew everything...
Ning Ruyu raised her pale face and rubbed it against Jiang Qingyan's face. "Your Majesty said... Yu'er is like snow on a high mountain... but today Yu'er... is stained with blood... I'm sorry... Your Majesty need not worry about Yu'er, please execute the rebellious father immediately... I only beg Your Majesty... spare Yu'er's younger brother... he's still young... he doesn't know anything..."
Jiang Qingyan hugged Ning Ruyu tightly, already sobbing uncontrollably, "Yu'er, don't speak anymore, save your strength, the green medicine will be here soon, she will heal you, Yu'er will always be the white moonlight in my heart, I want to marry you again..."
As he spoke, he tremblingly pulled a ring from his chest and slipped it onto Ning Ruyu's right ring finger. "Yu'er, this is a token of our love. Will you marry me...?"
Ning Ruyu slowly raised her right hand, looking at the heart-shaped ring on her ring finger, her eyes crinkling with laughter.
She remembered that on the eve of her departure from the palace, each of the male concubines wore a heart-shaped ring on their ring finger, and she was very envious. She really wanted one too…
But she knew in her heart that only those truly recognized by the Emperor were qualified to possess that ring…
I never imagined she would own this ring today…
So, I guess I can die without regrets...
Ning Ruyu nodded gently and murmured, "Yu'er is willing... Yu'er will love Your Majesty for all eternity..."
Jiang Qingyan gently curved her lips into a smile and lightly kissed Ning Ruyu's lips. "My dear Yu'er, it's time to call me husband..."
Ning Ruyu pursed her lips contentedly, "Husband..."
Suddenly, Ning Ruyu's eyelids could no longer stay open and slowly closed, her hand falling straight down, leaving only the smile on her lips still lingering on her face...
Jiang Qingyan's heart tightened, and she quickly shook Ning Ruyu in her arms, crying out, "Yu'er! Yu'er! Wake up! Don't sleep! The green medicine will be here soon!"
Having said that, she quickly looked up at the outside of the hall and cried out loudly, her voice trembling with sobs, "Green Medicine! Green Medicine! Why haven't you come yet! Save my Yu'er!"
Mo Ting and his group broke through the encirclement and noticed the strange situation on Jiang Qingyan's side. They rushed to her side and were stunned when they saw Ning Ruyu, who was covered in blood, in her arms.
Lord Ning rushed over at this moment, knelt on the ground, and tried to touch Ning Ruyu with trembling hands, but was violently pushed away by Jiang Qingyan.
Her eyes were bloodshot and she glared fiercely at Lord Ning, shouting, "How dare you kill my Yu'er... Die!"
As he spoke, he snatched the knife from the fallen soldier and stabbed Lord Ning viciously…
I can't remember how many times I was stabbed, but I feel my eyes are stained red with blood and I feel quite uncomfortable.
Jiang Qingyan coldly stared at Lord Ning's corpse, then kicked him aside to prevent his blood from soiling Yu'er.
At this moment, Shen Yuan also rushed over with Lv Yao. Seeing that Shen Yuan had several knife wounds on his arm, Jiang Qingyan knew that the inner palace was now under the control of the Empress Dowager and Prince Yun's people.
Without time to ask further questions, Jiang Qingyan quickly called for Lvyao to come and check on Ning Ruyu's injuries.
Green Medicine jogged over, squatted down, and placed her fingers on Ning Ruyu's wrist. In just an instant, her expression changed drastically.
Jiang Qingyan quickly asked, "Green Medicine, how is Yu'er's injury?"
Green Medicine lowered her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, please accept my condolences... Miss Ning... she has already passed away..."
Jiang Qingyan's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground. She couldn't believe her ears and hugged Ning Ruyu back into her arms.
Shaking her increasingly cold body, he cried out, "Yu'er, wake up! Don't scare me... You promised to marry me again... You can't lie to me..."
Green Medicine sighed and hurriedly went to check on Gulimi's injuries. Fortunately, he hadn't been seriously injured and would recover fully after two months of proper care.
When Green Plum took Eunuch Wang's pulse, her heart trembled. Just how much inhuman torture had Eunuch Wang endured...
His meridians were completely damaged, and his tongue had been cut off. Even if he survived, every day he lived from then on would be torture…
Shen Yuan gently put his arm around Jiang Qingyan's shoulder and comforted her, "Husband... now is not the time to be sad. We must avenge Miss Ning first..."
Jiang Qingyan sniffed, gently placed Ning Ruyu on the ground, and coldly looked at Empress Dowager Rui and Prince Yun on the dragon throne, saying each word clearly, "You're right, kill the traitors first, avenge Yu'er..."