HCB Chapter 254 How can you make her not hate or resent?
Chapter 254 How can you make her not hate or resent?
Empress Wang was stung by the coldness in his eyes, but she forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, what are you saying? Consort Liang is already dead."
"nonsense!"
Before she could react, she was kicked off the bed.
Seeing the bruises all over the Empress's body, Pei Yuanling's anger intensified.
"Was it you last night?"
Thinking about what he had done, Pei Yuanling felt utterly filthy.
Empress Wang was kicked off the bed by Pei Yuanling, her knees and hands scraping the ground, the pain excruciating.
Her expression was one of extreme terror. She tried to sit up, trembling, but was frozen in place by Pei Yuanling's chilling gaze, which seemed to tangibly materialize.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Her lips trembled; she wanted to explain but couldn't utter a single word.
The man who was so tender to her last night has now become so cold and heartless.
How could she not feel resentment and hatred at such a disparity?
After a long while, Empress Wang finally found her voice, which trembled with tears as she said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Consort Liang is really dead. Besides, she was just a substitute. Why are you so concerned?"
As she spoke, she tried to move closer to Pei Yuanling, her eyes filled with pleading, almost sorrowful: "If Your Majesty truly loves her, I can find you another one, someone even more like her. As long as Your Majesty is well and stops deceiving yourself like this..."
However, Pei Yuanling wouldn't listen to her at all.
Like a mad beast, he pounced on Empress Wang and grabbed her by the neck.
The force was so great it seemed to crush her neck, and her hands trembled slightly with rage.
"If it weren't for you, Yinyin wouldn't have died!"
Pei Yuanling's voice was low and hoarse, each word seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth, filled with endless hatred.
"You were jealous of her, you framed her, you vicious woman!"
His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was filled with anger and pain.
Empress Wang was almost suffocating from being choked. She desperately tried to pry Pei Yuanling's hands off with both hands, her fingernails scratching bloody marks on the back of his hands, but Pei Yuanling was completely unaware.
Gradually, Empress Wang's face turned from red to purple, her breathing became increasingly difficult, and she could only make weak hissing sounds in her throat. Her consciousness also began to fade.
"Your Majesty, spare my life..."
Empress Wang squeezed out four words, her eyes filled with fear.
Pei Yuanling's grip tightened, as if he wanted to pour all the hatred he had accumulated over the years into that grip.
"If it weren't for your repeated meddling, how could Yinyin and I have ended up in this state! Do you think that just because you're the Empress you can act recklessly? That you can frame innocent people?"
His voice was filled with pain and anger, and his knuckles were white from the force he was using.
Over the years, he has been controlled by the Wang family in every way, and he has not even been able to protect Yinyin.
He was filled with hatred; he wished the person who had died was the one right in front of him.
Empress Wang's feet were off the ground, her body limp and struggling, her eyes bulging, fear magnified infinitely in them.
Just as she felt her life was about to end, a series of hurried footsteps approached.
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible!"
The eunuch Chen Zhongliang rushed in, shouting in a panic, his voice trembling, and he tried his best to pull Pei Yuanling's hand away.
Pei Yuanling was pulled back to his senses.
The moment her hand loosened, Empress Wang collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face.
She braced herself on the floor and uncontrollably vomited with a loud "waaaah," tears mixed with snot, her face a mess, where was the slightest trace of the empress's majesty?
The hall was filled with a sour, putrid odor that was extremely unpleasant.
Chen Zhongliang hurriedly stepped in front of Empress Wang, pleading with the emperor in fear: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Empress is the head of the inner palace. You must not... you must not take her life."
He knew that the Empress held a very high position, and if she were to be strangled to death by His Majesty here, it would surely cause a sensation in the court and draw condemnation from all over the world.
Pei Yuanling stared at the Empress Wang, who was lying on the ground in a disheveled state, his chest heaving violently, the anger in his eyes still not completely extinguished.
"I will spare your life for now, but I will make you pay for all the pain you have caused Yinyin."
The man's deep voice was full of indifference, as if the person before him was not his empress, but a dying man.
Empress Wang stared wide-eyed in horror at Pei Yuanling's words. Her throat was hoarse as she stammered, "Your Majesty... I... I'm innocent..."
Before she could finish speaking, another violent coughing fit made her almost unable to straighten up.
Chen Zhongliang glanced cautiously at Pei Yuanling, and seeing that His Majesty's expression was still gloomy, he felt uneasy.
"Chen Zhongliang, prepare a bowl of contraceptive soup and watch her drink it."
Pei Yuanling felt extremely uncomfortable whenever he thought about what the two of them had done last night, wishing he could peel off a layer of skin from his body.
He absolutely cannot allow the Wang family bloodline to have a chance to be born.
When Empress Wang heard that Pei Yuanling wanted to give her a contraceptive soup, her eyes widened instantly, filled with disbelief.
"Your Majesty, do you truly have no feelings for me whatsoever?"
She suddenly propped herself up, trying to lunge at Pei Yuanling, but her legs gave way and she fell heavily to the ground.
"Pei Yuanling, how could you treat me like this!"
She screamed at the top of her lungs, her voice filled with despair and resentment.
Over the years, she used the Wang family's influence to help him become emperor.
She sacrificed so much for him, only to receive a bowl of contraceptive soup in return?
Pei Yuanling looked at her, a mocking smile playing on his lips: "Sentiment? You dare to talk about sentiment? If it weren't for this throne, why would I marry a princess from the royal family!"
His voice was devoid of warmth; every word was like a sharp blade, piercing straight into the Empress's heart.
"I will never allow the royal bloodline to remain in this world, so give up on that idea!"
Empress Dowager Wang once used the power of the Wang family to interfere in court affairs, which restricted the emperor in many ways.
With the precedent set by Empress Dowager Wang, he naturally wouldn't allow the Wang family to become too powerful again.
Empress Wang was struck dumb, her lips trembled slightly, she wanted to say something, but her throat was choked with grief.
She thought that although she was not Pei Yuanling's most beloved person, they had been married for many years and there must be some affection between them.
But now she realizes that it was all just wishful thinking on her part.
Chen Zhongliang dared not disobey Pei Yuanling's orders and quickly brought over the contraceptive soup.
Looking at the bowl of medicine, Empress Wang was filled with resistance and struggled desperately, trying to knock the medicine over.
"No, I won't drink it!"
She cried out, her voice piercing and shrill.
Since Pei Yuanling doesn't love her, if she can't get pregnant again, she's completely finished.
Pei Yuanling's eyes turned cold, and he gave Chen Zhongliang a wink.
Although Chen Zhongliang looked reluctant, he still gritted his teeth and stepped forward, held down Empress Wang, and forced the medicine into her mouth.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me."
"Um...cough..."
Empress Wang was forced to swallow the medicine, and a painful whimper came from her throat. As soon as she swallowed it, she collapsed to the ground and dry heaved incessantly.
She tried desperately to vomit up the medicine she had drunk.
Pei Yuanling stared at her and said, "Don't waste your time. If you vomit this bowl, I will give you a second and a third bowl."
Empress Wang froze.
Looking up again, her hair was disheveled, and her face was filled with despair. "Your Majesty, how cruel you are..."
Pei Yuanling felt no pity for her when he saw her like this. He turned around and strode out of the palace, leaving Empress Wang collapsed on the ground.