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"Foolish girl! My miscarriage has nothing to do with the Empress!"
Xun Yu said, gently running her fingers through the long hair that cascaded like silk behind her. "When we were young, you loved asking me to help you braid your hair. Mine was never as nice as yours—coarse and yellow—but I was better at dressing up. Everyone said I looked better than you, but deep down, I knew I could never compare to you."
"Sister..."
"Do you know why I ended up with the Emperor? It's because he looks so much like Prince Xue. Even when I'm with him, I trick myself into believing that the man holding me is none other than my husband, Prince Xue." Xun Yu continued, opening a food box. "Try this—it's Dragon Beard Candy that I made myself. You loved it when we were kids."
Luo Qing glanced at the snow-white, translucent Dragon Beard Candy on the plate and couldn't help but recall the times they had shared it together in their room as children. A mix of emotions surged within her. She slowly picked up a small piece and tasted it, but the flavor felt oddly off.
"That day, you sent me a lot of jewelry. Do you know? Among them was a Feng Zhan, one of this year's tributes from Qi Yu Tower. There were only two—one for the Empress and one I begged the Emperor for twice, but he refused to give it to me. In the end, it was you who sent it to me."
As Xun Yu spoke, tears glistened in her eyes, yet she still smiled brightly. "I was so angry that I swept that box off the table, and unfortunately, it hit my belly..."
"Marrying Prince Xue was your own decision, and sending me into the palace was also your own choice. I never thought of competing with you for anything." Luo Qing held the crumbly, sweet Dragon Beard Candy in her mouth, but it felt like a thorn lodged in her throat, burning painfully.
"Yes, you don't have to do anything yet possess everything I ever wanted." Xun Yu slowly squatted down beside her.
"Originally, I planned to pretend nothing had happened and bring a child from outside. You would still be Consort Xiang, and when the child grew up and learned that I was his real mother, he would naturally treat me well. Unfortunately... that wretched Empress ruined my plans!"
Luo Qing's hand instinctively moved to her lower abdomen. The last piece of Dragon Beard Candy she had just swallowed felt like a sharp thorn moving within her body, slicing through her insides with unbearable pain.
She looked at Xun Yu in disbelief. "This Dragon Beard Candy... did you really make it?"
"Not at all!" Xun Yu smiled gently, "Before coming to Floating Fragrance Palace, I visited the Empress. You know, when your own sister makes a mistake, it's only right for me to go to the Empress and plead for you, to say a few good words. This Dragon Beard Candy was granted by the Empress."
As she spoke, she slowly rose, the jingling of her ornaments echoing softly. "Luoqing, don't blame your sister. Since you love Prince Xue so much, I will support you. That proud and infatuated Zhu Wenzheng must be waiting for you in hell! Unlike you, I have seen through it all; I am beyond saving! After all, I can never gain any man's true heart, so I deserve to remain in this world and continue to torment myself. Look, at least I avenged you. The Empress bullied you, so I helped ruin her..."
"You’re talking nonsense! You did this for yourself!" Luoqing felt a surge of anger rising within her, a sickly sweetness flooding her throat that made her cough several times before finally collapsing weakly onto the table.
The beautiful memories of the past crumbled before her like a fallen city. Those splendid years that belonged to her and Xun Yu, the romantic moments shared with Prince Xue—ultimately, they were nothing but the dust of A Thread of Nothingness.
"Goodbye!" she murmured as if in a dream. In a daze, amidst the darkness, Prince Xue approached her with an ethereal grace...
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