"Your Highness..." A Yao's voice was filled with anxiety and reluctance. She quickly knelt on the ground, took a few steps on her knees, and gently placed her slender fingers on Concubine Xian's sleeve. "Your Highness, you must take care of yourself. It's late at night and the dew is heavy. Don't worry about trivial matters anymore."

After giving birth, Concubine Xian had been in poor health. Although she was holding on, she could not hide her weakness from the inside out.

The imperial physician had warned her not to let her emotions get too volatile and that she needed to get more sun and exercise so that she could recover slowly. However, in her heart, these warnings were like distant stars, unreachable.

Ever since the day when the news that His Majesty mentioned that he was going to seal off the six palaces came out, Concubine Xian has been worried all day long. Only when the Third Prince is around will she smile and feel a little better.

At this moment, Concubine Xian has removed her exquisite makeup. Her once stunning face now looks particularly haggard. Fine lines have quietly appeared at the corners of her eyes, like the silent sigh of time, telling of endless sorrow and unwillingness.

"Ayao~" Concubine Xian's voice was choked with sobs, and her eyes were red, as if the long-accumulated flood had finally found an outlet to vent. "Tell me, how is Lu Lingyuan better than me? Why did he choose a woman who had been broken off as the queen, and was unwilling to give me this title? Didn't the Queen Mother also favor me back then and want me to be the queen!"

At this point, Concubine Xian's tears fell like beads from a broken string, and her voice became louder, full of despair and unwillingness. Her heart was like a thousand horses galloping, surging with endless sorrow and anger. She didn't understand why fate played such a trick on her. Today, she should be sitting in the supreme position, enjoying the admiration of thousands of people, instead of tasting the bitter fruit of failure alone in this dark palace.

"My Queen..." A Yao called softly, her eyes filled with heartache and pity. She looked at her master's increasingly thin but still stubborn figure, feeling mixed emotions.

All these years, the Empress still couldn't let it go.

A Yao still feels the shock of the scene just now.

For the first time, yes, for the first time in her life, the queen put aside her reserve and pride, and begged His Majesty to stay with her in an almost pleading tone, even if it was just for a moment of warmth and companionship. But His Majesty still left mercilessly.

"My queen, you should let it go!" A Yao mustered up her courage, and although her voice was soft, every word was sonorous.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian trembled slightly, and then she turned her head abruptly. Her eyes, which were usually gentle and gentle, were now wide open and deep, as if they wanted to swallow up all the light, so gloomy that it made people's heart palpitate. A bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and there was too much helplessness and unwillingness hidden in that smile.

"Let go? How can I let go?" Concubine Xian's voice was low and hoarse, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the deepest part of her heart. "I risked my life to give birth to the prince, why should I let go? How can I let go, and how dare I let go?"

At this point, a gleam of determination flashed in Concubine Xian's eyes, a determination that she would not give up until she achieved her goal. "I will never give up, I will step by step reach the supreme position. For Ze'er, for myself, and for the Huai Palace, I must sit on the supreme seat."

After saying this, Concubine Xian slowly stood up, her figure still upright, but her back seemed lonelier and heavier than before. Outside the window, the moonlight was like water, sprinkling in this empty palace, adding a bit of coldness and loneliness.

A Yao looked at the Queen's back with mixed feelings. She knew that the Queen had already chosen this path and there was no turning back.

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