Chapter 95: Warning
Although Liyou did not feel the need to say anything, she still took two steps forward and lightly called out, “Father”.
Luo Yu remained silent and Liyou did not say anything else and made to leave, but at this moment, a person appeared in Liyou’s sight——the Grand Duke of Nanping, Xiao Yuwei!
There had been a lot of things going on recently, the outbreak of war, the political dynamics between the various countries, the birth of Jing’er, and hence, she had almost forgotten the existence of this person. Seeing this woman in the Imperial Palace again, Liyou felt herself repulsed for no reason, but she masked her emotions well, just glancing at the offender and then retracting her gaze. She stood in place, waiting for Xiao Yuwei to come up and pay her respects.
Xiao Yuwei did not seem to have thought that the Empress would be here and was stunned for a moment before hurrying over, kneeling down to pay her respects, “Greetings to the Empress, long live Your Majesty.”
Liyou did not answer and did not let her get up either. Instead, she looked at Luo Yu standing on the side, a cold aura in her gaze.
Not knowing why, Luo Yu suddenly felt guilty, as if he had done something wrong. But, he had not done anything and had merely met someone who could barely be regarded as a friend here.
Liyou led her procession away without saying a single word, leaving behind a silent Luo Yu and his procession. Xiao Yuwei raised her head and observed the Empress’ leaving figure with furrowed brows.
“King Dowager, are you certain life in the palace is satisfactory?” After the Empress left, Xiao Yuwei got up and asked with a little concern tracing her tone. At the same time, she glanced at Luo Yu with a hint of distress and sadness.
She had liked Luo Yu for a long time.
“This has nothing to do with you. Yuwei, you should not have entered the city again.” He still remembered that because of Xiao Yuwei’s unexpected appearance last time, Liyou had lost her temper, but this time, Liyou did not say anything. Did she really not care about him at all?
This sense of unease in his heart had become extremely strong with the passing of time. Everytime he met Liyou’s indifferent expression, it left a dark shadow in his heart, making him feel that the distance between the two was getting larger and larger.
“Not have come? This minister also feels that I should not have come but I cannot control my heart. Yu’er, do you truly believe that I should not have come?” The name that had been muttered innumerable times in her heart finally came out and Xiao Yuwei felt like a weight had been taken off her shoulders. If life in the palace was not pleasant, she did not mind taking him out of the Imperial palace at the risk of making enemies with the rest of the world!
“Presumptuous! How can you address bengong as such?” Luo Yu had been provoked by Xiao Yuwei’s brazen over familiarity in address. Although he regarded her as a friend, she should not call him that. That kind of intimate name that came out from her mouth, it was simply too impudent!
“Yu’er, Yu’er…so what if I call you that. I am insolent, but this is all because of you. If you were living a good life in the palace, I might have been able to suppress such feelings in my heart. But you are not happy. Why wrong yourself to stay in this icy, unfeeling palace? You can leave with me, under the vast skies, anywhere is better than here!” Xiao Yuwei walked a few steps forward in a hurry, as if she wanted to grab Luo Yu’s hand. Luo Yu drew back and looked at Xiao Yuwei coldly.
“Grand Duke of Nanping, bengong is tired, you may leave now.” Luo Yu’s frigid tone was filled with obvious anger. He was truly furious this time. He did not expect that a person who had always been a friend had such thoughts of him, and it made him feel a little disgusted!
Shocked by Luo Yu’s distant and cold tone, Xiao Yuwei hesitated for a while and dared not move forward. She still unwillingly continued, “Think about it carefully, is there anything in this place that you are reluctant to leave? The world outside is so vast, as long as you want, I can take you anywhere…”
“Enough, bengong doesn’t want to hear anymore.” Luo Yu really could not stand hearing what Xiao Yuwei said. He did not wait for her to leave, flicking his sleeves angrily and leaving!
Distraught by Luo Yu’s determination, Xiao Yuwei dragged her feet out of the palace a little dejectedly, but was stopped by a shadow on the way!
“Her Majesty said, based on what you said just now, it is enough to kill your clan’s nine generations. What kind of status does the King Dowager have? Can his Majesty be someone you vainly delude yourself about? If you still want to be your Grand Duke of Nanping, you should leave the Imperial city immediately and never return. If the Empress sees you in the palace next time, the consequences will be not what you hoped to see!” After Anhui conveyed the Empress’ message, he vanished out of existence, leaving only Xiao Yuwei standing there drenched in cold sweat!
She knew that the Empress words were not a joke, but how could she be willing to resign herself to leave as such?
“Your Majesty, this subordinate has already delivered your message to the Duke of Nanping.” The Empress had left just then, but she had not gone far. Instead, she kept listening to the conversation between the two. At that time, her entire body exuded an astonishing heavy killing intent. At that time, Anhui had no doubts that the Empress was about to rush out and kill the Grand Duke. But, in the end, the Empress patiently listened to the conversation and then asked Anhui to send a warning, her true feelings unreadable.
“Let’s go, go horseback-riding.” At this time, Liyou no longer felt angry, but she knew that if she hadn’t personally heard Luo Yu’s obvious refusal at that time, she would have killed that woman on the spot. She let go of Luo Yu but it did not mean that she would allow others to try to take Luo Yu away, he belonged to her!
“Understood.”
When Liyou and her procession arrived at the hunting grounds, they saw a few familiar figures. With Anhui crowned an Imperial Consort, the envoys from the three kingdoms and Enchanting guifei’s matter of giving birth, a lot of things had occurred in the palace recently. Hence, Qin Ning and the other consort’s trip outside the palace had been delayed and Liyou also visited Enchanting guifei more these days and did not really see anyone else. Unexpectedly, she came across them here.
Qin Ning, Li Qujun, Sang Zixin and Luo Xingchen, these four people, were actually riding horses together. However, except for Qin Ning, the other three were obviously novices, hugging their manes of their horses tightly and not daring to move rashly.
Qin Ning was the first to notice the Empress’ appearance and immediately dismounted off the horse to give his salutations. But, this threw the other three into a bind. They wanted to dismount but did not dare to move suddenly, but that was a different case when actually on a horse!
Li Qujun could be regarded as the fastest learner among the three. Although he was flustered, he forced himself to dismount. Sang Zixin was relatively timid and did not dare to move on the horse, looking at the Empress nervously. Luo Xingchen was about to get off the horse, but accidentally stumbled, plummeting towards the ground.
“Ah….” Before Luo Xingchen could cry out, he felt himself falling into a soft embrace.
“Careful, with you like this, how can Zhen feel at peace letting you leave the palace?” Seeing that Luo Xingchen was in danger, Liyou immediately rushed over to catch the man. She smelled a faint fragrance of jasmine emanating from Luo Xingchen’s body, an extremely pleasant smell.
“Empress, Your Majesty…” Luo Xingchen was so nervous that he had become speechless. Was he being hugged by the Empress right now? Thinking of this, Luo Xingchen could not help but blush furiously.
“Why are you stuttering? Scared?” Not knowing what Luo Xingchen was thinking, Liyou thought he had been scared silly and stroked his hair as a comforting gesture.
Luo Xingchen had never felt such gentleness and tender care from the Empress. For a moment, he felt like he was dreaming. Was the Empress talking to him?
“Really scared to death?” Seeing that Luo Xingchen did not respond, Liyou waved her hands in front of his eyes again. He hadn’t truly fallen or bumped anything, so he should be fine.
Luo Xingchen finally noticed the movement in his eyes and immediately broke away from the Empress’ embrace in the blink of an eye, suddenly kneeling on the ground, “This consort greets the Empress, many thanks for Your Majesty’s life-saving grace!”
If the Empress had not saved him, he would probably be a dead soul crushed under the horse’s hooves by now.
“It is fine that you are safe, quickly get up.” Seeing that Luo Xingchen was fine, Liyou also exhaled a sigh of relief. Although she felt that such a trivial matter should not scare people to death, she had been really anxious when she saw Luo Xingchen’s dull response just now. Usually, Luo Xingchen looked melancholy, presumably belonging to the sentimental and sensitive type, it was impossible to not be frightened.
“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Luo Xingchen wanted to get up, but suddenly felt his vision turning blank and he could not stand firmly.
Fortunately, Liyou quickly embraced Luo Xingchen again, but this made Liyou feel that Luo Xingchen’s health was not very good, “Why are you so weak, let the Imperial Physician take a good look when you go back later. Take more nourishing supplements. Otherwise, you should not go out of the palace. Having been nurtured in the palace all this time, who knows how you will fare outside.” This man was as light as a feather and was like the infamous Lin Daiyu, a young woman in the Dream of the Red Chamber, known for her physical frailness that was somewhat prone to occasional melancholy. Seeing this, Liyou felt her heart pang in pity, as if there was no good food in this palace.
Luo Xingchen was also overly frightened and after falling off the horse, he felt a little too emotional and could not stand firmly. The dark haze covering his vision soon faded and he heard the Empress caring words of reproach in his ears and he could not help feeling warmth diffuse into his heart.
“Your Majesty, are you concerned for this consort?” Luo Xingchen slowly opened his star-like eyes, asking emotionally.
“Nonsense, do you not know how to take good care of yourself?” Liyou frowned and glanced at the horse with a cold light in her eyes, which made the horse tremble in fright and was about to collapse to the ground.
“You beasts, if you had really caused zhen’s consort to fall, just wait till Zhen gets to you!” Although the act of threatening the horses felt a bit weird, it was very effective. Those horses seemed to understand Liyou’s words and immediately nodded their huge horse heads.
Some of the attendants standing nearby were amazed when seeing such a scene. Luo Xingchen wanted to say something, but a neigh sounded out that pierced the sky. Liyou’s mount, Mo Ling, rushed over at flying speed with such an awe-inspiring aura that the surrounding horses stood there tremblingly, not even daring to take another breath.
“Naughty.” Looking at Mo Ling who was trying to nuzzle into her arms, as if trying to squeeze Luo Xingchen out, Liyou patted her mount lightly, showing a faint smile, “Go, Zhen will take you out for a ride.” Liyou embraced Luo Xingchen and flew directly onto Mo Ling’s back. After she patted his head lightly, Mo Ling rushed out carrying the two of them.
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