The Imperial Concubine was openly strolling through the Imperial Garden with a man who wasn’t the Emperor and behaving intimately. Within half a day, the news had spread to everyone.
When the ministers heard the news, they found it utterly unbelievable. Even if someone wanted to spread rumors, why make up something so absurd?
Although, deep down, they truly wished to drag the Imperial Concubine out and execute her.
However, they soon discovered that the rumors were, in fact, true.
The situation escalated so quickly that by the time Xuanyuan Mo realized what was happening, it was already too late.
Before, he had been dejected. Even when the Imperial Concubine had scolded him to his face and when she and Xuanyuan Mie had flaunted their love publicly, he never thought about exposing the situation.
Instead, he tried to convince himself that it was all his fault. It was he who had sent his elder brother to her, and all of this was the result of his own actions.
Her actions now were entirely because his behavior had left her heart cold.
He had never considered punishing her.
But she, on the other hand, seemed to care about nothing. After everything had been revealed, she shamelessly went to the Imperial Garden to have fun with his elder brother, completely ignoring the prying eyes in the palace.
When the incident came to light, Xuanyuan Mo’s first thought was how to protect her.
He smiled bitterly to himself. If he had known it would come to this, why had he acted the way he had back then? Perhaps this was karma.
“Ah Mo.”
An Ningxiang looked at the man sitting on the dragon throne, his face filled with pain. Her heart ached for him as well. “Are you thinking about how to protect the Imperial Concubine?”
“Honestly, I never expected the Imperial Concubine to have such an unrestrained personality. She is truly bold,” An Ningxiang said, standing below him without approaching. “I really envy her. When she loves someone, she can love them to the extreme. When she stops loving someone, she can retaliate to the extreme. She doesn’t care about anything else and only follows her own will. If she decides she doesn’t like someone, then she doesn’t like them. If she decides she loves someone, then she loves them.”
“I have to admit, Ah Mo, the Imperial Concubine is an extraordinary person. Losing her is your loss.”
An Ningxiang smiled softly. “Even though she already loves your elder brother, you can’t bring yourself to harm her, and yet she doesn’t seem to appreciate your kindness. Ah Mo, look at how deeply you’ve hurt her. I’ll admit, at first, I was jealous of her, defensive against her, and I even wished you would depose her.
Since the day I heard her words with my own ears, I realized she was more pitiful than I was. She knew everything but chose to stay silent. Even when you treated her so cruelly, as long as she still loved you, she was still willing to do as you asked.”
“If it had been me, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. From the moment I learned the truth, I would have shut off my heart and become cold and indifferent. I would have focused on guarding my small corner of the palace, watching the others fight while subtly manipulating events from behind the scenes. I would never believe in love again. I would give you three parts truth and seven parts deceit, just enough to secure my position. There would be no more pure love.”
“But she gradually let go of her love for you and turned around to find someone she loved even more,” An Ningxiang suddenly laughed. “She’s truly special. Even after being hurt so deeply, she still dares to believe in love. I stood in the corner of the Imperial Garden from afar, watching the two of them together, and it was truly enviable.”
“Ah Mo, your elder brother treats her very well. You didn’t lose unfairly. And I’ve realized that, while she seeks revenge on you, she genuinely loves Xuanyuan Mie. The way she looks at him is filled with all the love in her heart.
You’ve completely lost her.”
“Enough!!”
Xuanyuan Mo slammed his hand on the dragon table, his face dark. “Did you come here just to say this?”
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