Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 170 - 170: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (40) (End)

Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat, her hair stood on end, and her head subconsciously looked at Lu Heng in a panic as she tried to speak out as normally as she usually does: "I… I do not quite understand what Your Majesty's words had meant."

Lu Heng stretched out a hand to gently stroke Chu Ning's face, and his hand stroked the woman's neck. But things changed when he suddenly grabbed the woman's neck. Hard.

Chu Ning's face turned red, and she felt choked. Literally.

"This means that I will never make your child a crown prince in this life," Lu Heng said with a sneer. While Chu Ning was in a daze, he leaned his head closer to her ear and whispered, "Do not worry. I will let you stay in the empress position that you value so much. Just like the relationship between my imperial father and his dead empress back then."

Just like Lu Heng's imperial father and Yi Lin's aunt.

After saying that, Lu Heng ignored Chu Ning's begging for mercy, got up, and left.

In the far corner of the hall stood a morbidly pale and bony eunuch who had a lowered head. His shoulders trembled from time to time, and a hand stuck to his face.

If others were to see this, they might have thought that this eunuch was laughing happily while trying not to make a sound. But this was only if they did not see the droplets of water that dripped out of his hand drop onto the ground with small ticking sounds.

"Ran Ran, have you forgotten me?" The eunuch muttered very softly to himself.

Since the day that Yue Ran had an "accident" and lost her child, Pei He could only look at the young woman from afar. Only during the short time when the emperor had left for the morning court could he step closer. But even then, Yue Ran was still asleep.

The young woman on the bed was very quiet and did not move at all. She was more like an artificial doll without a soul, and she no longer smiled at him.

At that moment, Pei He felt stuffy in his chest. He could only watch her get thinner day by day.

Pei He had a lot on his mind. Finally, he swept them away rationally, or rather, he tried hard to ignore the dangerous signs. After his emotions were restrained in his eyes, he carefully smiled at Yue Ran from afar, even if she did not give him a glance.

…

A series of things happened in the harem, which were all very frightening, making them all tremble in fear.

The empress dowager, Xiu Ying, suddenly died in the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, and the empress, Chu Ning, was also secluded in the Palace of Eternal Spring by the emperor, just like the abandoned empress of the previous generation. This was no different from the treatment of being sent into the Cold Place.

(*Cold Palace: This is a palace where the empress or concubine of an emperor resides when the emperor does not like her anymore or she commits a crime that cannot be forgiven by the emperor. This palace only consisted of a little yard in the corner of the imperial palace, which was absolutely isolated from the outside world. The empress or concubine sent to this palace was only given some food through the crevice of the door, so she would become thinner and thinner day by day.)

All the harem concubines in the imperial palace have been demoted and devalued by the emperor, so there are not many of them left.

Moreover, the emperor has also issued an imperial edict to make Lu Ming, the adopted son of Empress Jin Yue, the crown prince. This move completely extinguished Chu Ning's only hope.

Chu Ning's younger brother, who was always very upright and righteous in his heart and was a man with a high status in court and also Chu Ning's most solid backing, someone who stabilized her empress' position, later learned that his elder sister was one of the murderers who had contributed to Empress Jin Yue's death, so he had also stopped pleading for his elder sister's cold treatment.

…

Years later

Hall of Mental Cultivation

Looking at his imperial father, who looked extremely pale and kept coughing non-stop, Lu Ming immediately asked in a worried tone, "Imperial father, are you okay? How do you feel today?"

"It is okay," Lu Heng answered. "The imperial father is about to reunite with your imperial mother, so the imperial father feels very happy…"

Lu Heng's words trailed off, which was followed immediately by a fistful of coughing.

Lu Ming could only look at this with tears in his eyes. The happiest time of his life was the time when his imperial mother was still alive, but he did not expect that the time spent together would be so short.

At this moment, a vague and blurry figure appeared in front of Lu Heng's eyes.

"Ran Ran," Lu Heng whispered, and his eyes lit up. It was as if the last trace of energy in him was put together to show an energetic and joyful emotion on his face. Just like beautiful fireworks that explode in the night sky. Its beauty was short-lived.

The man seemed to have seen Yue Ran in front of him and tried to raise his hand, wanting to touch that illusory figure right in front of his eyes.

"Ran Ran," Lu Heng called out again. "Wait for me."

Lu Ming could only watch as Lu Heng dropped his hands weakly and passed away with a smile.

…

Not long after Yue Ran passed away, Pei He also went with her, without feeling any nostalgia for this world. Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes, he returned to his childhood days.

Looking at the small and cute three- or four-year-old Yue Ran with an innocent face in front of him, Pei He knew that this was another chance at life that God had given him. Since it was so, he must not miss Yue Ran again.

Yue Ran tilted her head and looked at Pei He with a pair of big, bright eyes full of doubt.

"Cousin, why do you not play with Ran Ran anymore? Do you dislike Ran Ran?" As Yue Ran spoke, her eyes watered, and the tears that welled up in her eyes looked about to drip down the corners of her eyes.

Pei He stretched out his arms to hug Yue Ran and then wiped off the tears on the chubby face of the little girl as he said, "I will never dislike Ran Ran for the rest of my life."

Yue Ran was sobbing softly. The little girl looked so cute and pitiful. No matter what expression she had on her face, she would always look the most beautiful in Pei He's eyes.

"Really?" Yue Ran asked while blinking her dewy eyes with little crystal tears stuck onto her eyelashes. Her little nose also turned as red as the rims of her eyes.

"Really, I like Ran Ran the most," Pei He said it with a smile.

"Then Cousin should not lie to Ran Ran," Yue Ran said. "Let us make a pinky promise." The two children locked both of their pinkies together to signify that a promise had been made. "This promise is not allowed to be changed for a long hundred years, and if Cousin breaks this promise, then Cousin will turn into a puppy."

In this way, Pei He has always kept his promise and has always protected Yue Ran, from their childhood to their adulthood.

…

Pei He knew that his aunt, Yue Ran's mother, had never liked him or his family circumstances. So in this life, Pei He took the imperial examination ahead of time, successfully won the championship in one fell swoop, and had his name written down on the Golden Lists.

Pei He came to Yue Ran on a tall horse. When he was close, he immediately dismounted and walked to the beloved of his dreams.

In this life, Yue Ran did not become Yi Yan's (Yi Lin's) maid and only grew up in her own house. As she grows older, Yue Ran becomes more and more beautiful. She had that kind of thrilling beauty that was simply irresistible.

Pei He approached Yue Ran and asked her gently but seriously, "Ran Ran, are you willing to marry me? I will always protect you, love you, and fulfill the promise we had back then for a lifetime."

Yue Ran nodded shyly, and her bright and tender eyes turned into beautiful and touching crescents. Her eyebrows were bent into an arc, and she smiled very sweetly as she said, "I do."

Even though Pei He had already expected such an answer in his heart, once he heard those two words coming out of her lips, his heart could not help but skip a beat.

"Ran Ran," the young man exclaimed as he hugged Yue Ran excitedly.

The champion of the imperial examination, his name written on the Golden Lists, and now the wedding night with a bridal chamber and beautiful ornamented candles.

From his previous life to now, Pei He could actually be regarded as an innocent man who had never made the last step in bed. He was still a pure young man, in a sense.

At this time, Pei He lifted Yue Ran's red veil, which covered her appearance, with a trembling hand.

Looking at Yue Ran, who was usually glamorous and unparalleled, shrouded in red, she looked even more radiant, and Pei He could not take his eyes away.

With jet-black hair, snow-white skin, and bright red lips, several of the warmest colors formed the most splendid hibiscus beauty face in the world. She smiled slightly, touching the man's heart.

As beautiful as first sight.

When everyone has left the couple alone in the bridal chamber, Pei He called out, "Wife."

"Husband," Yue Ran said with a smile as a pair of red clouds covered her cheeks. The young girl was too shy to look up at Pei He as she spoke.

The couple fell on the bed, just the red curtains that covered the spring scenery inside.

After a night of red-ornamented candles, hundreds of flowers bloomed with the coming day.

Not long after Lu Heng was crowned the emperor of the Jin Dynasty after his father's death, Pei He began to resign and took Yue Ran with him to play around. They became a real "ordinary" couple, as they have long wished to be.

…

After a few years, Lu Heng, the young emperor, went to the south for the first time.

He suddenly felt bored on the boat, so he walked out and stood on the front end of the boat to relax. Just in time, he saw Yue Ran and Pei He walking on the bridge while holding hands.

At this time, Yue Ran was six months pregnant. Pei He, next to her, was telling a joke as he carefully looked at the road, which made Yue Ran smile happily.

Lu Heng stared blankly at the young woman, who had a faintly charming smile on her beautiful face. She was like an immortal that accidentally strayed into the mortal world, looking untainted by the mortal dust.

What a familiar feeling this was, as if it had appeared in a dream.

Lu Heng wanted to ask someone to stop the boat, but the beauty on the bridge was gone.

…

Years later, Lu Heng was on the verge of death. There was only one breath left in him.

This time it was the real end of life, with gray hair all over his head.

Lying on the bed, Lu Heng suddenly smiled desolately. He finally understood what the dream that had haunted him for many years was and who the beauty on the bridge that he had missed was.

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