Chapter 389: Secret
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Even though Yu Niaoniao did not have any romantic feelings for Shen Junzhi, she could not help but distinguish for him.
“Shen Junzhi is already an adult. His life should be decided by him. Besides, he’s a living person. As long as one was human, they would definitely have seven emotions and six desires.”
“It was indeed impossible between him and me, but he would meet other women in the future. You can’t let him die alone, can you?”
Empress Wen could not help but laugh.
“He will naturally have someone to accompany him in the future, but those people will only be passersby in his life. He cannot develop feelings for those people.”
“Emotions are too uncontrollable. It could easily become a weakness and a target for others to attack. For example, you and Xiao Juan.” Before Yu Niaoniao could retort, Empress Wen spoke first.
“I know what you want to say. Don’t be in a hurry to refute.”
“Thinking back to that day when Xiao Juan was plotted against by the Ninth Prince of the Chen Nation, he almost lost his life.
With his skills, he did not have to suffer like that. However, he was still willing to surrender. You should know the reason very well.”
“If Xiao Juan had not met you… if he had not been restrained by love… Would he be coerced into giving up resisting?”
Yu Niaoniao was speechless.
Although she knew that it was extreme to think this way, it was the truth. Xiao Juan was forced to give up resisting to protect her.
She had become Xiao Juan’s weakness. Anyone could use her to threaten him.
There was a knock on the door, followed by the voice of a palace maid.
“Your Majesty, Duke Lang is here to bring the Princess back.”
Empress Wen patted Yu Niaoniao’s shoulder gently.
“You can go.”
Yu Niaoniao turned silently.
After two steps, she suddenly stopped. She turned back to Empress Wen and asked. “I have another question. Can you answer it?”
Empress Wen was very tolerant. “Ask away.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Back then, Imperial Concubine Yue gave birth to twins. One of them died and the other was raised by you. Then who was the child buried in the backyard of the Glazed Jade Palace?”
There was a long silence.
Just as Yu Niaoniao thought that the other party would not speak again, Empress Wen suddenly spoke.
“That’s my child.”
Although she had already guessed this, Yu Niaoniao could not help but be stunned when she heard Empress Wen say this answer with her own ears.
“Why?”
Empress Wen was clearly looking at Yu Niaoniao, but her gaze seemed to pass through her and see far away.
“It was not easy to conceive with my body, but at that time, I desperately wanted a child.”
“I thought that as long as I had a child, he would remember me more for the sake of the child.”
“I took a lot of medicine and worked hard to get pregnant. Unfortunately, I had a difficult delivery and gave birth to a stillborn. Ever since then, my health has been very poor.”
“The emperor gave Noble Consort Shu the authority to manage the harem on the grounds that I was not in good health and needed to recuperate.”
At this point, she gently stroked her flat abdomen, sadness in her eyes.
“Why are you asking? It’s naturally because I’m stupid. Stupidity can warm the hearts of people.”
In the end, it proved that some people in this world were born cold and hard. They could never have warmth.
Yu Niaoniao recalled Imperial Concubine Yue’s death and could not help but make a guess.
“Could it be that you were harmed by someone too?” Empress Wen’s gaze on her turned cold and heavy.
Yu Niaoniao’s heart skipped a beat.
She was afraid that Empress Wen would do something in a fit of anger.
After a while, Empress Wen suddenly changed the topic.
“You can go.”
Yu Niaoniao wanted to run, but she mustered her courage and asked.
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell the truth?”
Empress Wen asked, “Do you have evidence?”
Yu Niaoniao immediately fell silent.
Empress Wen said calmly.
“Without evidence, how can you prove that what you say is the truth?
If you can’t prove that you’re telling the truth, you’ll be the one to suffer in the end.”
Yu Niaoniao stopped talking again.
That was indeed the case. Without evidence, her mouth alone could not make everyone believe her.
Even though she knew that Empress Wen was the real mastermind, she could not expose her.
Empress Wen said, “How about this? I’ll make a deal with you. Think of a way to make Junzhi give up on you completely. In exchange, I can tell you a secret.”
Yu Niaoniao knew too many secrets today.
She was numb to secrets now.
Empress Wen: “It’s a secret related to the Feng family’s annihilation back then.”
Yu Niaoniao immediately perked up and asked.
“What secret?”
Empress Wen suddenly asked an irrelevant question.
“Do you know when the Eagle Guards were established?”
Yu Niaoniao looked at her blankly and asked in confusion.
“What does this have to do with the Feng family’s annihilation?”
Empress Wen said, “The Eagle Guards were officially established three years ago. Then do you know what the first thing Xiao Juan did after taking charge of the Eagle Guards was?”
Yu Niaoniao shook her head. “I don’t.”
“It’s a secret trip to Jinguan City in Bashu County to carry out a special mission.”
At this point, Empress Wen leaned slightly closer to Yu Niaoniao and whispered in her ear.
“If I’m not wrong, the Feng family is in Jinguan City, right? And it happened to be destroyed three years ago, right?”
Yu Niaoniao’s eyes widened a little.
She felt her heart stop and her blood turn cold.
She lost her intuition.
She didn’t even remember walking out the door.
Her mind was filled with what Empress Wen had just said. Her heart was in a mess as she walked forward mechanically.
It was not until she bumped into someone that she suddenly came back to her senses.
The person she bumped into was Shen Junzhi.
Shen Junzhi was very worried about Niaoniao and had been guarding the door. When he saw her come out, he had just entered to welcome her when she bumped into him as if she could not see the way.
Yu Niaoniao hurriedly retreated and apologized after stabilizing herself.
“I’m sorry.”
Shen Junzhi looked at her dejected face and asked worriedly, “What’s wrong? Did Mother make things difficult for you?”
Yu Niaoniao shook her head. “No.”
Shen Junzhi had a thousand things to say to her, but when he really saw her, he did not know how to say them.
Yu Niaoniao’s heart was a mess and she had already forgotten Empress Wen’s instructions.
She only wanted to leave quickly and bowed to him.
“If there’s nothing else, Your Highness, I’ll take my leave first.” Shen Junzhi felt very uncomfortable with her polite attitude.
He couldn’t help but speak.
“On Qingming Festival, I went to the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple.” Yu Niaoniao did not understand why he suddenly mentioned this.
Shen Junzhi looked at her steadily.
“I saw you. I’m sure you know that I was in the temple. You only have to walk out of the hall door to see me.”
“I thought then that if you would just appear to me, I would tell you everything. ”
“But I waited for a long time and you didn’t appear..”