Cheng Ning was holding a corner of the coffin, but she couldn't stand firmly, so she slowly knelt down.
But there were no tears in my eyes.
Not a drop.
When she was young, her father once held her hand and read about the art of war, telling her that even a girl could do something good in the future.
When the scene changed, he was in a dark prison, refusing to reveal the truth to her no matter how much she begged.
For Wei Yanzhou, Cheng Fengxu may be the executioner who single-handedly caused his absurd life.
But to Cheng Ning, he was a dutiful father after all.
Cheng Ning couldn't hate it.
She can hate many people in this world, but she cannot hate her father.
But she couldn't excuse him, because he was indeed responsible for the twenty-five years of chaos.
So Cheng Ning couldn't say anything.
She knelt on her knees and slowly kowtowed to the ground.
Then came the second one.
The third.
Wei Yanzhou watched with cold eyes. He could see Cheng Ning quickly falling into despair at this moment.
Cheng Ning, whose spine was always straight at all times, could not stand up straight for a moment after kowtow.
Wei Yanzhou's anger was released in an instant. He stepped forward and helped Cheng Ning get up.
But his hand was pushed away.
"If," Cheng Ning's voice was torn and hoarse: "If things hadn't turned out like this today, when were you going to let me know?"
Wei Yanzhou was silent.
The silence between them is actually like a hysterical crusade against either party.
Cheng Ning loosened his grip weakly. It was windy and rainy outside, and it was bitingly cold inside.
For the first time, she felt that she didn't know how to go down the road.
She didn't even need to question him. She knew Wei Yanzhou. Cheng Ning nodded: "For the sake of the child, you won't tell."
The skirt was covered with a layer of mud, like blood that cannot be washed away.
"My sister-in-law...the child is gone." She looked at Wei Yanzhou: "Is that right?"
If Dad dies, then the rest of the Cheng family will not be spared.
"Where is my brother? If he is not in this icehouse, where is he?"
Wei Yanzhou's eyebrows were blurred by the backlight: "Alive."
"Blood debt must be paid with blood," Cheng Ning nodded: "The two lives can be regarded as being returned to the late empress."
She was too tired, and she kept scheming and scheming, but in the end no one could protect her.
After taking two steps back, before everyone, including Wei Yanzhou, could react, Cheng Ning touched a knife from nowhere.
She had touched it from the guard's side when she came in just now.
She suddenly pressed the tip of the knife against her lower abdomen and suddenly became excited: "Don't even come over here!"
Wang Xi, who came in a hurry, saw this and his eyes darkened.
Meng Xin behind him shouted: "Sister Ning!"
Only Wei Yanzhou was still standing, his body long and his legs straight, with only two drops of rain running down his temples.
The tip of Cheng Ning's knife was pressed against his lower abdomen. She really knew how to hurt him.
From the beginning to the end, this child was something Cheng Ning could use at any time.
She gave no emotion at all.
"Let them go," Cheng Ning could feel her fingertips trembling. By doing this, she was forcing herself and Wei Yanzhou into a dead end.
"It doesn't matter whether they are exiled or whatever. As long as they are spared their lives, the Cheng family will never set foot in Yanjing."
Wei Yanzhou took a step forward.
"Don't come here!" Cheng Ning hissed. This was the first time she lost control today: "Even if there is a mistake, dad has already paid it back. Cheng Yi knows less than me. Chen Yili... was also dragged down by the Cheng family. of."
Cheng Ning's voice turned to pleading: "Let them go, okay?"
Because of the trembling, the tip of the knife looked like it had been pierced into his clothes. Because of the color of the red fox cloak, he could tell whether there was blood.
"Your Majesty, if you have something to say, please tell me." Meng Xin wanted to get closer but didn't dare.
She didn't understand how things ended up like this after just one night.
Wang Xi said that Cheng Ning deliberately drank tea containing anti-pregnant medicine.
She vaguely recalled that day when Cheng Ning asked her for emergency anti-fetal medicine.
Could it be that Cheng Ning had already anticipated what would happen next?
But she clearly didn't care about the child.
How come you have come to this point with His Majesty?
"If you use the knife again, I will let Cheng Yi and Chen Yili be buried with the child."
Wei Yanzhou's voice was so cold that he stared at Cheng Ning closely.
No matter how angry or angry, no one can roar hysterically at this moment.
A lot has gone through between them, they have known each other for more than 20 years, and they were happy in the first 20 years, but when they finally broke up, it was so unbearable.
"Okay." Cheng Ning smiled: "Anyway, I am cruel. If I can take advantage of it once, I can take advantage of it a second time."
As she said this, she suddenly exerted force on her hand——
Meng Xin's eyes were about to burst: "Empress——!!!!"
"Empress!" Wang Xi closed his eyes in misery.
But the expected scene of blood splattering in all directions did not appear, and the knife fell to the ground with a clang.
Wei Yanzhou held Cheng Ning's hand tightly. When he grabbed the knife, he was holding the blade directly.
Blood gushed out from his palms, and he stared at Cheng Ning and smiled slowly: "You are more ruthless than me."
If he didn't stop him, Cheng Ning would probably stab him in.
After a pause, he said again: "You win."
Cheng Ning didn't feel any pleasure at all after winning.
As long as Wei Yanzhou cares more than she does, she will win.
This is nothing to be happy about.
When he returned to the palace, Linhua Palace was quickly guarded.
Meng Xin checked Cheng Ning's pulse and found that the medicine was still the same as before.
It's just that the palace is visibly addicted.
The rainy season is very long, and the sky is always gloomy when looking out from the temple.
The thunder continued.
At the end of March, when the rainy season was about to end, the war in southern Xinjiang finally broke out.
I heard that Fu Youting went south overnight.
With such a big thing happening in the palace, it is normal for the news to leak out.
Before he left, he wanted to see Cheng Ning.
The news was delivered to Linhua Palace, but Cheng Ning refused.
She always sits in the palace for half a day and doesn't like to talk to anyone.
Wei Yanzhou has not been here for a long time, and although there is no order, it is strange that Linhua Palace gradually becomes like a cold palace.
A harem without great favor is no different from a cold palace.
One fine day, Wang Xi came over. He said that Cheng Yi was leaving Beijing and asked Cheng Ning if he wanted to meet him.
Cheng Ning is very thin. For more than a month, her eyes have sunken deeply.
But I finally agreed.
As the car drove outside the city, Chunhua opened the car curtain for Cheng Ning.
She got out, and the long-lost sunlight hit her face, which made it sickly white.
Cheng Yi sat on the horse and looked down at his sister.
It’s been so long since I last saw you that I don’t know what to say.
Cheng Ningsui's belt swayed slightly in the wind. She looked back and asked, "Where is my sister-in-law?"
There are so many things I want to say, but I can't say anything.
Cheng Yi is no longer the same person who was hysterical towards Cheng Ning in prison.
"She is not traveling with me." Cheng Yi's left hand holding the hemp rope showed an empty middle finger: "Aning, are you okay?"
In fact, it doesn't matter. If you ask for kindness, you will be kind. If you are pregnant with a child, even if you don't love her, Wei Yanzhou will let her live in peace and security in the palace for the rest of her life.
"Sister-in-law, do you blame us?" Cheng Ning asked instead, "I haven't forgiven you, are you still leaving?"
In total, Cheng Ning only has two blood relatives.
Cheng Fengxu died, leaving Cheng Yi.
She thought Chen Yili would accompany Cheng Yi, but in the end she seemed too optimistic.
"I didn't protect her well." Cheng Yi didn't blame her, "I didn't protect you well either."
He was the older brother, but the one who ultimately suffered was Cheng Ning.
Shaking his head, Cheng Ning walked closer and looked up at him with infinite nostalgia in his eyes: "Brother, take care of yourself."
——It seems to be a solemn farewell.
