The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day

Chapter 1428: Chapter 813: Xiao Luming Takes the Initiative (2)

Xie Qianyun was a little moved.

Compared to Xiao Luming’s attitude, Wu Huahao really did make her feel warmth.

She smiled and said, "We’ll talk about it when you can stand up."

She didn’t want to give Wu Huahao a promise.

Because once she promised, with Wu Huahao’s personality, he would definitely keep that promise even more firmly than she would.

But she truly didn’t believe that, as the Empress, she could ever marry a second time.

Even if she and Xiao Luming never had any feelings in this lifetime, she still couldn’t possibly leave the Imperial Palace.

And right now, she also couldn’t bring herself to say words of rejection.

After all, she still had to give Wu Huahao confidence, so that he would have greater motivation to recover his legs.

The two of them chatted.

They didn’t notice at all that at the entrance of the tent, a figure came and then left.

Wu Shen, following behind the Emperor, could completely feel the Emperor seething with rage.

On the first day back, the Emperor had gone straight to the Empress’s tent; when he left, the distress in his eyes as he looked at the Empress had been perfectly clear to see.

After the Emperor returned to his own tent, Wu Shen even felt that the Emperor’s eye rims had reddened.

But the Emperor was, after all, the Son of Heaven; naturally he could not really shed tears.

After bathing, the Emperor lay down to rest.

Because of the long period of travel and exhaustion, when the Emperor woke up, it was already the dead of night.

After eating a simple meal, he left his tent and went again to the Empress’s tent.

But after pacing back and forth for at least an hour, he ultimately chose to leave.

The next day, the Great General came to discuss with the Emperor the matter of stationing troops south of Hebei, and that discussion lasted an entire day; the Emperor simply couldn’t spare the time to see the Empress.

By the time he truly finished all his business, it was again late at night.

The Empress’s tent had long since put out the lights and gone to sleep.

The Emperor didn’t want to disturb the Empress’s rest in the middle of the night.

On the third day, the Emperor received an edict from the Supreme Emperor, ordering him to return to the capital at once.

Even Wu Shen could see the Emperor’s reluctance, but it was the Supreme Emperor’s command; the Emperor had no choice but to obey and decided to set out the next day.

Since they would depart the next day, some arrangements naturally had to be made.

Once everything was arranged, he finally had time to go to the Empress’s tent.

There was only half a day left before his departure tomorrow.

The Emperor knew the Empress would stay at the Oasis for a time to recover from her injuries, so he should also have wanted to bid her a proper farewell.

Yet when the Emperor went to the tent to see the Empress, he was told that the Empress had gone to the Young Master’s tent.

Wu Shen followed the Emperor to the Young Master’s tent.

As soon as they arrived, they heard the Young Master brazenly declaring that he would marry the Empress—and the key was that the Empress did not refuse.

He almost thought the Emperor was going to rush in and beat the Young Master up on the spot.

But unexpectedly, the Emperor simply turned on his heel and left.

Obviously he was filled with anger, yet he just didn’t let it out.

Toward the Empress, the Emperor seemed to be holding himself back all the time.

But in truth, Wu Shen very much wanted to say that the last person who ought to restrain himself was the Emperor.

After all, if you don’t speak, how will anyone know what you are thinking?

Her Ladyship doesn’t have the ability to read minds!

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Xie Qianyun only left Wu Huahao’s tent after she had eaten dinner.

When she returned to her own tent, she felt that the atmosphere inside was somewhat different.

There was a faint chill to it.

In that moment, she saw Xiao Luming sitting in her tent, his face dark.

Wasn’t he supposed to be setting out tomorrow?

Shouldn’t he be resting early so he could travel well tomorrow?

Xie Qianyun felt a bit puzzled, but she didn’t voice it.

After all, whatever Xiao Luming wanted to do, she had no say in it.

She could only brace herself and go in.

Once inside, she suddenly remembered the scar on her face.

She hurriedly covered it with her hand.

She even began to suspect that Xiao Luming’s bad expression was because her face had disgusted him.

Seeing Xie Qianyun’s movement, Xiao Luming’s expression clearly grew even uglier.

This afternoon in Wu Huahao’s tent, she had chatted and laughed with Wu Huahao, not caring in the slightest about the scar on her face, yet now that she saw him she acted so distant?!

To think that earlier he had worried about hurting her self-esteem and had held himself back again and again from going to see her.

Yet he hadn’t expected that she would turn around and beam with joy at another man.

Where was there even the slightest sign that she was too embarrassed to see anyone because of her disfigurement!

"Your Majesty, why have you come to my tent? Aren’t you going back to the Imperial Palace tomorrow?" Xie Qianyun asked, covering her face.

"So you do know that I’m leaving tomorrow?!" Xiao Luming retorted coldly.

Xie Qianyun lightly pressed her lips together.

She really didn’t know how she had offended him.

He didn’t want to see her, so she had been deliberately avoiding him, hadn’t she?!

"Put your hand down!" Xiao Luming ordered.

Seeing Xie Qianyun so determined not to let him look at her made him inexplicably angry.