Chapter 2612: Suicide (Part 4)
Chapter 2612: Chapter 2612: Suicide (Part 4)
The Empress Dowager couldn’t dodge and could only try her best to avoid the vital points. With a thud, she was hit and sent flying, then fell to the ground. However, the old lady stubbornly swallowed back the blood that rose to her throat.
Nian Qianqian immediately closed in, grabbing the other party’s neck.
The Empress Dowager didn’t struggle and simply closed her eyes, "Qianqian, it’s easy for you to kill me, but have you thought about the consequences after killing me? At least Xinxin won’t be able to leave unscathed."
"Hmph!" Nian Qianqian exerted force.
The Empress Dowager immediately opened her eyes and mouth, starting to roll her eyes.
However, Nian Qianqian ultimately didn’t strike a killing blow. Instead, she loosened her grip.
Cough, cough... The Empress Dowager began to cough intensely.
"You can call the guards to arrest me!" Nian Qianqian looked down at her with indifference.
The Empress Dowager coughed for a long time, finally calming down slowly, and then trembled as she stood up, "I won’t catch you. My life is yours to take at any time."
Nian Qianqian sneered, "I just want to know how Yao Guang died back then." Because of his death, Zhang Changyang has been feeling guilty ever since. She once investigated, but no matter how, she couldn’t find the truth, not even knowing where he’s buried.
"He..." The Empress Dowager closed her eyes momentarily, turned, staggered to the chair, drank a few sips of the already cold tea, then sighed, "He committed suicide!"
"Impossible!"
"Hehe." The Empress Dowager chuckled twice, "Do you know why I didn’t agree to terminate your engagement? It’s because he was madly in love with you. He could kneel and beg Zhang Changyang to leave you; wouldn’t he kneel and beg me to fulfill his wish? He didn’t care about anything you’d done; he just wanted to be with you. But you? You didn’t consider him at all. Did you think leaving so heartlessly would make him give up?" The Empress Dowager’s tone sharpened, laden with accusation, "His heart died. He said losing you made him prefer to die," saying this, she raised her head slightly, swallowing back her tears, "and then he died for real."
Nian Qianqian’s face turned pale instantly. How could it be like this?
"You hate me now, but do you know? Back then, I hated you even more. I sent people searching everywhere just to kill you, this vile woman, and make you confess to Aguang. But unfortunately..." The Empress Dowager suddenly shook her head, "Unfortunately, it never succeeded," then coughed twice again, "Later, gradually, it faded, because he said he didn’t blame you, because he said maybe he owed you a debt from a past life..." Upon saying this, tears streamed uncontrollably.
Nian Qianqian stumbled back two steps, collapsing into a chair.
"Had you not appeared today, I would probably have long forgotten you," The Empress Dowager took a deep breath, pressing down the sorrow. She seemed about to say something more but suddenly opened her mouth, spitting out blood. Earlier, Nian Qianqian’s strike had indeed injured her internal organs.
Nian Qianqian stepped forward.
The Empress Dowager raised her hand to stop her, "My elder sister entrusted him to me before she died, that was a child I watched grow up bit by bit, but..." she paused, "Do you know how resolute he was? He directly slit his throat with the treasure sword. By the time he was found, he was long dead. However, he left a letter, but I didn’t intend to show it to you, so it was buried with him in his coffin..."
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