The Destiny that Hasn't Ended
CHAPTER 26 "BROKEN"
"Your Majesty, I found this" said a servant giving a small bottle.
Xuan accepted it and opened the lid. He smelled the same scent as the one in Yiyi tea. Right now he really doesn't know what to say. He wanted to trust Lin Zi, but all the evidence was pointing at him.
"I'm framed. I really didn't do it" said Lin Zi in self-defense.
Xuan let out a long sigh by closing his eyes. He tried to accept reality even though it was not what he wanted.
"Why?" muttered Xuan opened both of his eyes.
"I really didn't do it !"
"Zi'er, you know? I'd really like to believe you, but all the evidence points to you. If you were me, what would you do?"
"I'm..."
"I can understand you're jealous, but is it necessary to go this far?"
"You said you wanted to believe me so much? Don't you realize what you're doing right now is just cornering me? Jing Xuan. I am an Empress. I am the mother of this country. You think I'm really gonna do that dirty thing just because I'm jealous? You know me better, don't you?"
"Right, since you're an empress then it adds to the possibility that you're doing it because you have power"
Every word of Xuan's words made Lin Zi clasp the hair pin that had been since earlier in her right hand. The more Xuan offended his heart, the stronger he clasped the hairpin.
Jing Xuan, please believe me and apologize (in Lin Zi's heart)
"Why are you quiet?" xuan asked Lin Zi who was just looking at him with glassy eyes.
It was still not too late to apologize (the inner voice of Lin Zi)
"If it's really me who did it, then what do you want? Hang me? Behead me? Justdoit! No matter what I say you still won't believe me"
I think breaking up is the saddest thing. Losing trust is much more terrible. There are times when the truth will be revealed, and you will regret it. However, the moment it came. The word sorry no longer meant anything.
"Why do you have to be so cruel?!" xuan said the more offensive Lin Zi was.
Clutch
The hair that he had been holding since then was broken. But Lin Zi grasped it even tighter until a sharp fracture pierced her palm and finger. His blood started dripping onto the floor, drop by drop. Xuan was unaware of it.
"Cruel you said?" murmured Lin Zi with tears that started to drip.
There is no word more painful than the word that comes out of the mouth of the one you love most.
"Guards, take the Empress to the exile pavilion!"
"Since you say I'm cruel, I'll show you what a real CRUEL is!!"
The two bodyguards entered and held onto Lin Zi, but Lin Zi immediately brushed him off. He stepped forward until now beside Xuan. He stared straight at the outside while Xuan stared straight inside.
"From now on, we'd better call with titles only. Our relationship is meaningless" said Lin Zi, dropping a broken hairpick and mixing with blood on the floor.
Lin Zi continued her steps and was followed by Ruyu and her three friends who had been waiting for her outside ever since.
Lin Zi again stopped her steps in front of Liu Ying who was standing in front of her pavilion.
"You think you can take me down that easily? Don't dream!" said Lin Zi with a condescending smile.
One day, revenge will happen. There will be times when you fall down and can't stand up anymore. At that time maybe you'll beg me and I'll shake your hand.
***
1 Month Lin Zi was locked up in the seclusion pavilion. The previous incident made him understand that his humble attitude would make him lose the fight. To be in the highest position, being selfish is the only way.
Lin Zi entered his room which he had long left behind. Messy, dirty, dusty. All the stuff on the floor. He took a long breath. It turned out that despite her position as an Empress, the servant could still demean her.
"Ruyu, call all the servants on duty in my residence" Lin Zi ordered.
Shortly thereafter 19 maids had gathered in the spacious courtyard of Nu Huang's pavilion. It consisted of 12 female servants and 7 male servants. Lin Zi sat down in the seat in front of them accompanied by Ruyu and her three friends.
"I've been leaving this place for 1 month. But why is this place so much like a warehouse? Do you still think of me as Empress?!" lin Zi said loudly to be heard by all of her servants.
"I...The Queen Mother forbade us to clean it up." reported a frightened maid.
"Mother Suri? Is the Queen Mother your master? All right if you think so. I could have sent you to the Queen Mother's residence, even though the Queen Mother's residence couldn't accommodate that many servants. Looking for a new waiter won't be difficult either. While your lives are bound in contract. You can imagine what would happen if I threw you out, right?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive our lives. We have been guilty, we promise we will not repeat it again" said a servant representing the speech on his knees.
"Your Majesty, please forgive us our lives" said the entire servant (except Ruyu and her three friends) who was now on his knees.
"You guys clear this place up, I'll come back when everything is clean" Lin Zi ordered Ruyu and her three friends.
Lin Zi walked towards the lotus pond. A place he often goes to when he feels depressed. On the way he passed Xuan who was walking with Liu Ying followed by a few servants behind him.
"Honor Your Majesty the Emperor" said Lin Zi while slightly bowing his body.
"Zi'er...what ..newspaper?" xuan said awkwardly.
"Good, very good. The news of His Majesty the Emperor seems like I don't need to ask him because there is a Level 4 Consort Wei who always looks after you" said Lin Zi affirming Liu Ying's rising position for slandering him.
"I was just about to go to your residence, I didn't expect to meet here" Xuan said trying to melt the atmosphere.
"My youth is very dirty, its fear makes you uncomfortable" said Lin Zi with eyes that stared intently at Liu Ying.
This time I will not give up again. No matter what others think, I will only protect my own feelings.
"Then how about we have tea together?" bargain Xuan.
"Together?" said Lin Zi staring intently at Liu Ying.
"You take Consort Wei back to her residence, and another one please prepare some tea and some snacks" Xuan ordered the 6 maids who followed her.
"But Your Majesty..."
Xuan paid no heed to Liu Ying and went with Lin Zi towards the lotus pond hut.
***
"What do you want to say, Your Majesty?" asked Lin Zi who was now sitting in front of Xuan.
"Zi'er.. I'm sorry" Xuan said somewhat hesitantly.
"I'm sorry? Isn't it too late, Your Majesty? I've been waiting for him long enough"
"This.I took it and fixed it myself" Xuan said taking out an object from his arm and thrusting it at Lin Zi.
Lin Zi took the thing and looked at it from end to end.
"Didn't you see His Majesty? Although this hairpin has been taped back, but the broken mark is still visible" said Lin Zi put a hairpick with a lotus-shaped decoration on the table.
"Same as a relationship. Although the word sorry can solve it, but you do not know how much injury you have caused. An apology might only cover half of it, but the other half? Gaping and then rotting" continued Lin Zi.
Xuan felt extremely guilty. If only then did he not become emperor, if only then did he not have a concubine, if only then could he lower his ego and trust Lin Zi. There is no word in this world if. Everything has happened, regretted now is no use.
"What do I do to fix it?"
"Why are you asking me, Your Majesty? For the sake of seeking my attention, do you not remember how many concubines you put into the palace? I think there's 20 more in just 1 month"
"Are we really not as we used to be? Do you love me no more?"
"Not anymore"
I don't stop loving you, I just stop depending on you. If I continue to depend on you, I will only be your stumbling block.
"I think our conversation is enough. I will return to my residence" said Lin Zi who then stood up saluting.
Xuan looked at the hair pin that Lin Zi had left on the table. He thought for a moment then picked it up and chased after Lin Zi who was drifting away.
"Zi'er, wait" Xuan said stopping Lin Zi's footsteps.
Lin Zi turned to face the man who stopped her.
Xuan attached the hair pin he carried to Lin Zi's hair.
"I don't know what you're planning. But I know, your feelings won't go away so easily. Although it is too late now, but I will trust you" Xuan said.
If I could turn back time, I guess I would still choose the same thing. It's just that maybe I'll go through a different path.
***
Now Lin Zi became a different person. He turned into a proud and cruel man. Whoever makes a mistake will punish him no matter how small the mistake. She was trying hard to be a real queen. Only, without a descendant, he would have to protect his position with all his might.
3 Years have passed. The kingdom still has no descendants. Everyone gossiped about this and began to gossip about things that were not. Now in the palace there are 2 level 2 concubines, 4 level 3 concubines, 4 level 4 concubines, 2 level 5 concubines, 7 level 6 concubines, 10 Concubines level 7 and 14 concubines level 8. (you yourself yes how many concubines🤪)
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