bioinnovel Chapter 104 The Empress Has Also Fallen for Someone Else
Chapter 104 The Empress Has Also Fallen for Someone Else
Gu Yan: "..."
What does this have to do with him? He didn't do anything! Wasn't it your request that he take off his mask that day? Now that something's happened, he's blaming himself? Is there no justice in this world?
Shen Lihua wept bitterly, her face filled with sorrow. Chen Quan felt guilty and dared not look at her. Little did he know that she was so distraught that she picked up the sword in her hand and slit her own throat.
Blood splattered.
"Your Majesty the Empress—"
Everyone was shocked.
"No--"
Chen Quan caught Shen Lihua and held her in his arms, covering the wound on her neck to try to stop the bleeding. However, the sword Shen Lihua used to commit suicide was no ordinary sword. The wound created by the blade was imbued with some kind of destructive power, making it impossible to stop the bleeding with simple magic. In fact, it even caused her primordial spirit to begin to show signs of shattering.
Warm blood gushed out from between Chen Quan's fingers, staining his hands, his sleeves, and Shen Lihua's elegant clothes. The blood was sticky and hot, carrying the sensation of life rapidly slipping away.
Chen Quan panicked: "No, no, no, don't..."
He blamed himself, he regretted it, he felt guilty.
No! Don't die!
A figure flashed forward; it was Gu Yan. Gu Yan knelt down on one knee in front of Shen Lihua and struck her with lightning speed, tapping her forehead.
A gentle yet vibrant light enveloped Shen Lihua's neck, and the horrific wound stopped bleeding and closed up at a visible speed.
Mu Qinghe, Tan Yue, and others had also gathered around. Seeing that Gu Yan had successfully stopped the bleeding, Mu Qinghe stood aside and watched silently.
A soft light emanated from the radiant palm, enveloping Shen Lihua's entire body. A surge of life force was continuously merging into her. Seeing Shen Lihua's face gradually regaining its vitality, Chen Quan breathed a sigh of relief. If she had truly died, he would never have been able to forgive himself.
Shen Lihua slowly regained consciousness. She saw Gu Yan treating her and weakly asked, "Why are you still saving me? Just let me die..."
As she spoke, two lines of tears rolled down her beautiful face.
Gu Yan looked down at her, her tone gentle: "It's not worth dying for a man who has fallen in love with someone else."
Amidst the ruins, the emperor in his yellow robes held his blood-soaked empress in his arms, while a stunningly handsome young man in white knelt on one knee, his flawless hand resting on the empress's neck, emitting a soft, holy light.
Looking at the young man's beautiful face, seeing his clear, watery eyes and his incredibly gentle gaze, Shen Lihua inexplicably felt her hatred vanish in an instant. Gu Yan finished healing and was about to stand up when Shen Lihua suddenly threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.
Gu Yan was dumbfounded.
Chen Quan stared blankly at his empty arms.
Mu Qinghe and the others were dumbfounded.
Tan Yue was dumbfounded. How could you seduce the Empress like that?
Chen Quan looked at the woman he once loved most embracing the man he now loved most, and the feeling in his heart was indescribable.
Shen Lihua hugged Gu Yan and cried. Gu Yan stiffened for a moment, then gently patted her back and said tenderly, "Your Majesty, you are still young. In the future, you will know that love is only a part of your life. There are many other things that can fill your life."
"Romantic entanglements are but a corner of the human heart. To be trapped in this corner is like drawing a circle around oneself, believing that what one sees is the whole world. Although the pleasures of love between men and women are beautiful things, to confine oneself to this is to be far too narrow-minded. If the Empress is in pain, why not look beyond this body and this heart, at that much larger world?"
Shen Lihua stopped crying, raised her head, her face streaked with tears, and looked at Gu Yan without saying a word.
Her tearful eyes reflected the boy's face before her, and she instantly fell in love with him.
Chen Quan felt that Gu Yan's words were directed at him, so Mr. Li Bai rejected him because he thought he was narrow-minded.
Shen Lihua's great-aunt, the Grand Master Shen, had arrived here at some point, along with several other grandmasters. It was unclear whether they had come to watch the spectacle.
This is indeed a very lively event.
Gu Yan helped Shen Lihua to her feet, and Shen Lihua's aunt supported her as well. Gu Yan turned and walked forward, while Shen Lihua and Chen Quan watched his retreating figure, hesitant to speak. Gu Yan then transformed into a golden streak of light and disappeared into the sky, with Tan Yue immediately following after him.
Mu Qinghe also chased after them.
Gu Yan left the capital of the Ruohe Empire the next day. However, even after he left, all sorts of rumors and gossip quickly spread throughout the capital and even the whole country.
"My God, this lecherous devil Li Bai is too amazing. While he was treating the Empress to detoxify, he actually bewitched His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty the Emperor even wanted to abandon the throne and elope with him."
"Because of this matter, the Empress stormed the door, brandishing her sword and chasing after the lecherous demon."
In a restaurant, a group of people were eating peanuts and talking animatedly, spitting everywhere. Those around them listened intently, their faces beaming with gossip.
"And then? What happened next?"
The red-haired youth, who was speaking enthusiastically, noticed that everyone was looking at him and, quite pleased with himself, lowered his voice and chuckled a few times:
"This lecherous demon was being chased by the Empress, yet he still grinned and made flirtatious remarks. He didn't even spare the Empress, taking the opportunity to rape and humiliate her."
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked, yet eager to know more about the inside story.
This is incredible! This is absolutely incredible!
"Nonsense! It was clearly the Empress who was chasing the lecherous demon. His Majesty the Emperor led his men to stop her. The Empress was so angry that she drew her sword and committed suicide on the spot. She was almost saved."
Another young man with purple hair stood up at the next table and spoke.
"Who told you that?" the red-haired youth asked in a shrill voice.
"I heard it from my cousin's husband's third aunt's neighbor, the fourth uncle, that his son is in the Imperial Guard Battalion."
"I heard it from my maternal uncle's cousin's third great-uncle; his son is a member of the Imperial Guard."
The two young men accused each other of talking nonsense, insisting that their version was true, and they started arguing. Meanwhile, in a teahouse not far from the restaurant, many customers were also discussing the lewd and demonic Li Bai.
"What a pity about Lord Tan. He's already at the Spirit Emperor Realm, yet he still has to become a furnace for lewd demons." An old man dressed in white shook his head and stroked his long beard, letting out a heavy sigh.
The dark-faced man at the same table chuckled lewdly.
"Taking shortcuts always comes at a price."
"That lecherous fiend went to the capital and caused chaos throughout the entire empire. His Majesty the Emperor almost gave up the throne. What a scourge! What a scourge!"
"The people of the Myriad Desires Sect are indeed all prodigies."
Rumors were flying everywhere, and all sorts of stories about the lewd and demonic Li Bai were selling out. Meanwhile, Gu Yan was leisurely basking in the sun in the city lord's mansion in Changyang City, holding an ancient book that he had copied from the Imperial Medical Academy of the Ruohe Empire.
"Sir, would you like a cup of tea?"
Xiao Wanmei brought over a cup of tea and placed it on the table next to her.
Today she wore a pink cherry blossom-colored gauze dress, and her long, black hair was not tied up as usual, but rather mostly let down, styled into a simple and refreshing bun just like in her teenage years, adorned with a few pearl flowers. Dressed like this, she looked to be only in her twenties, and you couldn't tell at all that she was a grandmother.
Gu Yan picked up the cup of tea, glanced at her, and said, "Tan Yue is my apprentice, and you are his wife. You should call me Master, just like he does."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wanmei's eyes lit up, her face flushed with shyness, and she exclaimed, "Yes, Master."
On the artificial hill high up there was a pavilion. Inside the pavilion, a man with black hair and golden eyes looked at the white-clad boy and the pink-clad woman under the rose trellis, gritting his teeth.
He glared fiercely at Xiao Wanmei, the bitch...
She already has a granddaughter, yet she's still so promiscuous and shameless!