latelenovela Chapter 890 The Queen apologized to Bai Lu, but Bai Lu refused to forgive her
Chapter 890 The Queen apologized to Bai Lu, but Bai Lu refused to forgive her
"???"
The imperial study suddenly fell into dead silence.
The emperor opened his mouth wide, looked at Bai Lu, and immediately said, "Alas, how can you act so impulsively?!"
The retired emperor had a gloomy expression on his face, and he sat there without saying a word, wondering what he was thinking about.
Pei Huizhou suddenly sat up and stared at Bai Lu blankly, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.
"You're crazy!!"
The prince also stared at Bai Lu blankly, with veins on his forehead exposed.
He was reluctant to say a word to Bai Lu, and soon his eyes became red.
He has never been a weak, effeminate or crybaby, but today he is extremely sad and desperate.
Bai Lu actually wants to exchange her military merit for a chastity plaque?!
Everyone can understand what this means. She simply doesn't want others to argue about her marriage.
Pei Huizhou and the prince felt extremely sad and uncomfortable.
"In order to avoid marrying us, you are willing to use a chastity plaque to refuse..."
Pei Huizhou looked at Bai Lu, his face pale. He couldn't help but ask Bai Lu, "Is Zhou Langya really that good? Why do you still miss him?"
Bai Lu looked down at Pei Huizhou, who was kneeling there and had just been fighting for their marriage, with an embarrassed look on her face. "It's not that I don't like Langya... I don't like any man. I only like myself and my daughter."
"As for the rest... these are not what I consider."
"So instead of going through all the trouble, it's better to just use a chastity plaque to block the road and reject everyone."
"..."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.
"How could this child act so impulsively?"
The emperor also said this.
The emperor did not agree. He helped Bai Lu up and said to her without giving her any grounds for refusal: "Well, you go back first. We will not interfere with your marriage. You can do whatever you want."
"Even if I were the emperor, I would never force you to marry anyone!"
"Even if it's the Empress or the Retired Emperor, no matter who they want you to marry, I won't let you marry if you don't want to... Can't you trust me?"
The emperor sighed, feeling somewhat disappointed. "You child... do you actually think I'm the kind of person who would destroy your happiness for someone else?"
Bai Lu remained silent, but in fact the emperor really was.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him and Pei Huizhou to become a pair.
The emperor said to Bai Lu, "Go back. I will naturally decide this matter."
There was no room for negotiation on the emperor's side, and he refused to give Bai Lu a chastity arch.
Bai Lu's heart sank. She probably knew that the emperor wanted her to marry...
He doesn't want to grant her a chastity arch, which is more troublesome.
Bai Lu pondered for a moment, then said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, you said before that you would protect me like my mother. Is that true?"
When the Zhao family's wife was mentioned, the emperor nodded with a smile: "Yes."
"Now...it's no different from having no father."
Bai Lu's voice trembled as she said to the emperor, "My father is truly a despicable person. He doesn't love me at all... Every time he shows up, he causes trouble for me..."
"Living in the Bai family, I might as well not have parents at all."
"I only have His Majesty to protect me."
These words made the emperor feel sad.
He couldn't help but think that if he had married the lady from the Zhao family, things probably wouldn't have turned out like this.
But, there are no ifs.
Bai Lu sighed and said to the emperor, "If I can't even make my own decisions in my life, I really don't want to live anymore."
As she spoke, Bai Lu burst into tears. "If I had my mother to protect me, I probably wouldn't be in this situation now, unable to even decide my own marriage."
After hearing what Bai Lu said, the emperor almost shed tears.
Pei Huizhou and the prince's faces turned black. Bai Lu brought up the wife of the Zhao family, so why wouldn't the emperor agree?
Even if the emperor wanted the stars in the sky, he would have to pick them.
What's more, it's just a chastity plaque.
The emperor said to Bai Lu in a trembling voice: "I promise you!"
"But... you have to think carefully. If you get this chastity plaque, what will you do if I ask you to remarry? What if you meet a man you like? This concerns your entire life."
"You are still young. Even though you have several daughters, you can't stay single for the rest of your life and not consider your own happiness!!"
"You have to understand that you have to be yourself first, and then be your daughter's mother."
Bai Lu understood the emperor's meaning and said, "Do you think... I will remain unmarried because of my children? Actually, that's not the case."
"If I wanted to get married, I would have done so long ago. It doesn't matter if I have children."
"I feel that with my vision, I can definitely pick a good man who can accept me and my children and treat them as his own. But I don't want to."
"It has nothing to do with whether I have children or not. I just feel that marriage is a bit troublesome."
"So, Your Majesty, please agree."
"Oh, okay, okay, I agree."
The emperor was helpless, so he took out the imperial edict, drafted it, and handed it to Bai Lu, saying to her, "You can go down."
"As for this imperial edict, I will not issue it for now. When I reward you for your merits, I will issue it in front of everyone and all the officials. This way it will be more effective."
"Yes."
"As for the imperial decree issued by the Queen earlier, allowing you to marry Pei Huizhou..."
The emperor paused, and seeing Pei Huizhou's embarrassed expression and bloodshot eyes, he slowly said, "The queen has woken up now. I will make her admit her guilt later... Everyone must pay the price for their actions."
Bai Lu nodded, finally smiled, and said goodbye to the emperor and everyone else.
......
"Father."
As soon as Bai Lu left, the prince's voice became very sad, "Father, how could you agree to this?"
"How could you agree to this!"
Seeing the prince like this, the emperor felt very uncomfortable. He turned his head to look at the prince, sighed and said, "Alas, you should blame your father for this matter."
"I don't blame you."
The prince shook his head and did not argue with the emperor. He just lowered his head and whispered to the emperor: "It's my fault. I don't have that much charm to attract Lady Bai Lu."
"If only I were stronger, even stronger. If only I were not as gentle as I am now, and could protect her."
"It's useless for me."
Even his military achievements could only rank third, far surpassed by Bai Lu and Pei Huizhou. What else could he do?
The prince blamed all the crimes on himself.
He is useless, so White Snake cannot see herself...
In her eyes, there are only people who are stronger than her, and it is always her own fault.
The prince lowered his head and reflected on himself.
Pei Huizhou looked at Bai Lu's back.
At this time, he stood up without the consent of the emperor and the retired emperor.
He narrowed his eyes.
Bailu, don’t you dislike me and the prince so much?
Who do you like?
No, she doesn't like anyone, whether it's Zhou Langya or herself, Gu Liang, Sun Nanxing, the prince, Lin Canghai, Chen Yuan... she doesn't like these people.
No one can catch Bai Lu's eye.
Maybe they can't give Bai Lu what she wants.
Perhaps Bai Lu herself can give herself what she wants, so she doesn't need to seek outside, she only needs to seek inside.
Bailu, Bailu, why are you so outstanding?
If you weren't so outstanding, could we be together?
Bailu...that's all. If you were good, I could be with you.
But it wasn't just Bai Lu's wishful thinking.
It doesn't matter, you can do it if you want.
As long as he can be with Bai Lu, he is willing to pay any price.
A fiery light gradually flashed in Pei Huizhou's eyes.
As long as he can be with Bai Lu, he is willing to bear the eternal infamy, be hated by Bai Lu for the rest of his life, or even imprison Bai Lu in the basement.
Bailu, Bailu, I must be with you.
......
He is a very paranoid person.
Bai Lu came out of the imperial study and frowned.
Everyone else was fine, except Pei Huizhou, who was startled and a little scared.
Pei Huizhou and I have always been rivals, and now... I don't know what's wrong with this person, he actually wants to be with me again.
She knew very well that Pei Huizhou was a very paranoid person. If he didn't succeed in being with her, Pei Huizhou might do something stupid.
Therefore, Bai Lu already had an ominous premonition in her heart at this time.
But now some things are hard to explain, such as the medicine I gave the queen before...
Maybe she should go talk to the Queen.
The Queen had worked with Pei Huizhou before. They were both rivals and partners, so there might be some clues from them.
We must not let Pei Huizhou take this opportunity to attack us.
The queen ate a lot again today, and she finished a whole bowl of chicken noodle soup.
As soon as she entered the palace, she heard Hongying say with a smile: "Oh, Lord Bai is here! Let's have a taste together."
"His Royal Highness made a lot of shredded chicken noodle soup. It tasted very good. He said it was a border flavor and he learned it from a Liangzhou chef... Our Lord is from Liangzhou, so he must like this flavor the most."
"Yes, I haven't been back to Liangzhou for a long time, so it's a good opportunity to try it."
Bai Lu followed the topic and bowed to the queen.
When the queen raised her eyes, she saw an extremely beautiful and graceful woman walking towards her, bowing to her with a gentle and amiable smile on her face.
She had walked out of a sea of blood and corpses, so she had a fierce aura and dignity.
This is completely different from the aura he displayed when scheming among the women in the palace.
It is fierce and majestic, the strongest snowstorm in Liangzhou, a border town, yet it has the graceful beauty of a girl.
Such a wonderful woman, not only the prince, but also Pei Huizhou and others, even I like her...
A bitter feeling welled up in the queen's heart.
If it weren't for the wrong things I did back then, I'm afraid Bai Lu and I would have a good relationship.
After all, she is a victim too.
But the queen felt... there was really nothing she could do... there was no right or wrong in this world, only positions.
The Queen smiled guiltily at Bai Lu and personally got out of bed to help her up: "You are my niece, why are you so polite to me?"
Bai Lu smiled a little distantly.
After she was helped up by the Queen, she carefully looked at the complexion on the Queen's face, which was a thousand times better than before.
Although he was still so thin and it would take some time for him to recover, the gloomy look on his face was finally gone.
When I touched her fingertips, I could feel the warmth from her body.
Bai Lu felt the Queen's pulse and said softly, "Your Majesty... your body is very weak, but it won't heal in a short time. You can only take care of it slowly."
"Don't worry, I will stay in Kyoto for a while, at least half a month, and I will definitely take care of your health."
"Thank you very much."
The Queen smiled and said to Bai Lu, "My body... I am very lucky to have been able to be nursed back to this state. I didn't even think I could still be alive and linger."
"I am very relieved to see that you all came back alive."
As she spoke, she dismissed the other palace people and solemnly apologized to Bai Lu: "I was in a hurry to meet you before, and never told you a few sincere words. Now I will tell you a few words..."
"If I don't tell you... I, as the queen, really have no sense of responsibility..."
"What happened before was all my fault. As your aunt, I really cannot let you down."
She was filled with guilt and apologized to Bai Lu sincerely, "I will give you any compensation you want."
"Empty words are so hypocritical. You want gold, silver, treasures, power and wealth... As long as I have it, you can have it."
"Even if..."
"Even if you said you wanted your daughters to enter the palace and become princesses, I would agree."
The queen patted Bai Lu's hand, and her eyes became much deeper.
Among Bai Lu's children, only Xiao Qiyue is a princess. Upon hearing this, Bai Lu immediately understood what the queen meant.
This means agreeing to marry the prince.
Bai Lu was silent for a moment, then shook her head and said to the Queen, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this. I don't take your actions to heart. I know what is important."
"We have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He has done nothing wrong. He saved the Queen out of pure filial piety."
She is certainly not a saint.
The Queen apologized to her, so she and the Queen successfully reconciled?
That is impossible.
However, it is not possible not to reconcile with the Queen, and it is enough to maintain a decent relationship on the surface.