The Crown Prince’s expression changed drastically. “Prince Han, how dare you send people to barge into the Eastern Palace?” How did things end up like this? Victory had been certain.
“You dare to barge into the Royal Palace and attempt to kill me. I am doing this for self-defense. I am sure Imperial Father will not blame me.” Prince Han was the true victor.
The Crown Prince bellowed, “You! I knew you were planning to betray me! If I didn’t kill you, you would have killed me!”
Linghu Deguan finally saw clearly what was happening. “Your Highness, this situation is of high importance, I have no choice but to be rude. Men, arrest the Crown Prince and Grand Prince Liang.”
The Secret Guards dragged the Crown Prince and his group away.
Prince Han breathed a sigh of relief. “Luckily I made it in time. Xinnan ah, this time heavens was helping us. If I were any slower, the Crown Prince would have taken over the Royal Palace…” He turned around to look, only to see the two lovebirds, Xinnan and Sheng Chuling staring lovingly into each other's eyes.
Xinnan acted cute in front of Sheng Chuling. “How lucky. Just now, my heart was pounding so hard, it was about to jump out from my throat.”
Sheng Chuling acted manly. “With me to protect you, what are you afraid of?”
Hearts appeared in Xinnan’s eyes as she jumped into Sheng Chuling’s embrace. “I was not scared. It was because I saw how amazing you were. I was happy.”
Prince Han placed a palm on his forehead. “Oi! The two of you! Palace rules!”
The palace rules had flown up into the sky.
Chapter 80.2: Losing Battle
Sun Lingshu held a wine cup in her hand. She was smiling widely as she stood in front of Fu Rou. “Court Lady Fu, back then I was grateful for you. If you did not help me alter my dance costume to become one that rained petals, I would not have become the Crown Princess.”
“Back then, you were a simple and innocent lady from the Sun family. I never thought that you had such a weak will. After you became the Crown Princess, you suffered a little setback and turned to walk the wrong road. You turned into a crazy woman. If Lu Yingying was the one who had entered the Eastern Palace, she would not have become like you. Because I did not like Lu Yunji, I helped you to defeat Lu Yingying. My selfish ways have caused harm to others, I am extremely regretful.” Fu Rou looked coldly at the smiling face in front of her, she was a complete stranger.
A cruel expression appeared on Sun Lingshu’s face. “You are not allowed to talk about Lu Yingying! That despicable woman. She did not manage to seduce the Crown Prince so she sucked up to Imperial Mother and made Imperial Mother pressure me. She almost made the Crown Prince accept Lu Yingying as a concubine. His Highness can only have me in his heart, no one can steal His Highness’ love! When the Crown Prince ascends the throne, I will be the Empress and I will kill that despicable woman!”
Fu Rou sighed, “You have really gone crazy.”
Sun Lingshu laughed out loud. “Isn’t the Royal Palace most suitable for crazy people? You are not as crazy as me. That’s why you are the one that will be dying.”
Two palace maids grabbed hold of Fu Rou. Sun Lingshu grabbed onto Fu Rou’s chin and was about to pour the poison wine into her mouth. A guard dashed into the room. “Crown Princess, bad news. The enemy has infiltrated the Eastern Palace...ah!”
The guard cried out miserably as a sword pierced through his chest. He then collapsed onto the floor, showing the person that killed him - Sheng Chumu.
“Sheng Chumu!” Seeing how he was safe and unharmed, Fu Rou immediately forgot about her surroundings as delight shone over her face.
When Sheng Chumu saw her he could not help but freeze. He never expected to see Fu Rou in the Eastern Palace.
Sun Lingshu pulled out a hairpin and pressed onto Fu Rou’s throat. She spoke viciously, “Sheng Chumu, how dare you enter the Eastern Palace. When the Crown Prince returns, you shall die!”
Sheng Chumu smirked, pretending to be calm as he mocked, “Are you sure that the Crown Prince can return? The Crown Prince has gone insane and secretly sent people to assassinate Prince Han. However, since I am now in the Eastern Palace, where do you think Prince Han is?”
Sun Lingshu was frenzied. “Prince Han...he should be…” She had definitely seen the signal. Prince Han should be dead!
Fu Rou felt Sun Lingshu panic and immediately struggled.
Sun Lingshu became alert and the end of the hairpin cut Fu Rou’s neck. “Stop moving or I will kill you!”
Sheng Chumu was startled but maintained the same expression. “Prince Han has gone to the Royal Palace. The Crown Prince is also at the Royal Palace now. Do you want to know what Prince Han did to the Crown Prince?”
Sun Lingshu knew that something must have changed. “I want to see the Crown Prince. Bring the Crown Prince back to the Eastern Palace right now. If not, the woman you love will die before your very eyes!”
Sheng Chumu pretended not to care. “She used to be the woman I loved. But that is not the case anymore.”
Sun Lingshu did not believe him. “Who are you lying to? If you did not care about her, you would have fought your way in already. Why would you still be talking?”
“Sigh, although we have cut off all relationships, we once had a past. If you want to kill her, go ahead. At most, I will help her take revenge. Kill her and I will kill your son.” He stretched his hand out and showed a bundled baby. The reason why he bothered talking so much to Sun Lingshu was actually to buy time. He was waiting for Ye Qiulang to bring the Imperial Grandson over.
“Xiang’er!” Sun Lingshu was so shocked she seemed to lose control. “Return my child back to me or I will kill her!”
“Dream on.” Sheng Chumu caught her off guard as he threw the doll behind him.
Sun Lingshu ran out without caring about anything. As she saw her son in Ye Qiulang’s arms, she knew it was too late. She had fallen into their trap. She was restrained by Zong Jianxiu.
Fu Rou opened her mouth but did not know where to start. As she saw Sheng Chumu walk to her with her solemn face, she thought that he was going to treat her coldly again. However, he suddenly hugged her.
“I am useless. Even if I make ten thousand resolutions and cut myself ten thousand times to break it off with you, I still cannot help but dream of you. When I see you being restrained by others, I was so scared that my soul left my body. You made a u-turn at death’s door, it is as if you were reborn. Can we forget about everything that happened in the past?” Sheng Chumu spoke what he truly felt.
However, Fu Rou pushed him away and looked back at the box by the corner. Her eyes were filled with sorrow.
Sheng Chumu rambled on, “The Eastern Palace is finished, the power struggle in Chang’an is stable now. The sky has cleared after the rain. Be it Prince Zhou or Yan Zifang, they can go to hell. Rou’er, don’t lie to me anymore and I will not upset you anymore. Let us return to the past. Let us go back to how we were in Guangzhou. Can we live the rest of our lives in happiness? I know that I was absurd in the past and made many mistakes. But I really can’t live without you. After going through so many hardships, can you give me another chance? Oh right, Lian Yan’er, I really have nothing on with her.”
He pulled her hand, wanting to leave the room. However, she tugged lightly on his hand.
“Rou’er, is there something wrong?” Was he too late in asking for forgiveness?
Fu Rou brought Sheng Chumu to the front of the box. His eyes became fixed on Chujun’s lifeless face.
Lu Yingying assessed her surroundings. She was in a desolated mountain area. She grew more and more suspicious as she pulled on the reins. “Yan Zifang, where is my brother?”