Chapter 107: The End of the Story (3)

  "Empress, why must you do this?" Jun Qin Bamboo sighed and said.

  "Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Tang Gu repeated.

  Lin Xuan seemed to have understood something as well and knelt down saying: "Please Your Majesty, considering that Meng Guifei is a first-time offender, be lenient in your punishment."

  Jun Qin Zhu slowly swept his gaze over the crowd, and finally let out a helpless sigh.

  The outcome is already decided.

  ……

  Three days later

  The spring sun is quite warm.

  I stood in front of the slightly desolate and cold courtyard gate with a basket in hand, revealing a faint smile.

  Because of the elegant and beautiful "Jingzhu Garden" three characters on the plaque above the door.

  Knock gently on the door of the hospital.

  The one who opened the door was Imperial Concubine Biyuan. When Biyuan saw me arrive, she pulled open the door and smiled, saying: "It's Madame, please come in." Then she turned around and shouted towards the inner courtyard: "Your Highness, the Prime Minister's wife has arrived!"

  I looked around at the surroundings inside the courtyard.

  The original weeds have been completely removed. The courtyard is spacious and bright, giving people a simple and refreshing feeling.

  "Yue'er, you're here?" Tangu asked with a smile as he walked out of the house: "Did you bring what I wanted?"

  "Here." I handed over the basket in my hand, "I really can't figure out what you want to use the vegetable seeds for."

  Tang Gu laughed and said: "Since you're here anyway, the yard has been cleaned up, why not plant some vegetables yourself? In the future, you can also be self-sufficient."

  "Everything before, what I did on the Empress Dowager's birthday, using you to eliminate Meng Guifei, even the doll in Xinsnow Palace. It was all just to make sure you wouldn't worry after entering the Cold Palace."

  "Everything has been settled, and I don't want anyone else in the world to be sad for me." Tang Gu said with a faint smile, "I just didn't expect you to know my thoughts from the very beginning. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble either. Hurting you is the last thing I wanted to do."

  On the side, Biyuan poured tea and handed it over: "Madam, you can rest assured. In the past, I followed your instructions in front of the emperor, first putting the doll in the drawer, then pretending to discover the doll, and then accusing you. It was because I believed that you would be with me through life and death. You indeed kept your promise. Now we can live quietly in this secluded corner of the palace, far from all the struggles for fame and fortune. I should thank you sincerely. From now on, I will take good care of you."

  "That night at the Prime Minister's residence, you said to me 'Once entering the palace gates is like entering the deep sea', I thought you would take action. In the month since entering the imperial palace, you must have been planning everything." I said.

  "I thought you were asleep and didn't hear me. What else can I do? The emperor loves not me, but the empress, whose name he calls out in his dreams. It's clear how true his heart is to the empress. Perhaps that's why even after falling out of favor, she still attracts the jealousy of many concubines. I won't get the emperor's heart, nor can I have him as a person. The only way for me to live on is to withdraw and leave. This is the best way for me to survive," Tang Gu said, her eyes filled with faint sadness. "Although this life may be spent in this small courtyard, at least there's Biyu to accompany me, so I won't be lonely. Far from all the fame and wealth, this is the life I want. Since arriving at the Yue Xuan dynasty, only those days in Jingzhu Garden were the most beautiful days of my life."

  I let out a soft sigh: "I'm afraid I won't be able to come see you often in the future, but you mustn't forget me."

  "It's not that I don't understand, but why is it that between the Emperor and Empress, who are deeply in love with each other, there has always been a rift?"

  I took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Some wounds are bound to exist; they are also destined to never heal."