Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 544: I Don’t Want to Continue Acting with You
Chapter 544: Chapter 544: I Don’t Want to Continue Acting with You
The Empress Dowager was surrounded by the Emperor’s men, and naturally, they didn’t hold back when it was time to act, since there was no need to curry favor with Wang Yingluo, knowing well that the Emperor had no place for Wang Yingluo in his heart.
The Empress Dowager had only ordered a slap, not specifying the number, and with a series of crisp sounds, she struck over a dozen times until Wang Yingluo’s face swelled up.
Wang Yingluo’s face was full of resentment, furiously accusing the Empress Dowager of ignorance and folly.
The Empress Dowager had intended to order them to stop, but upon hearing this, her face darkened, and she ordered the continuation of the beating until Wang Yingluo’s face resembled a pig’s head.
Wang Yingluo cried out to see the Emperor.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Just then, the eunuch’s piercing announcement sounded like heavenly music to Wang Yingluo’s ears.
In pain, she looked up and saw Jun Yuyan in his Dragon Robe, handsome and dignified, and she felt extremely wronged. Why had he only come now to support her?
"Her Majesty the Empress has arrived!"
However, just as she felt wronged, her entire body stiffened upon hearing another announcement from the eunuch.
Walking slowly behind Jun Yuyan was none other than Murong Jiu!
Wasn’t she sent to the Cold Palace, tormented for years, and then died by her own hand?
Wang Yingluo remembered visiting Murong Jiu in the Cold Palace, where Murong Jiu’s beauty was no longer as it once was, for Jun Yuyan, in his wrath, had personally scarred her face due to Murong Jiu’s malicious attempt to harm her unborn child.
She had always been full of hostility and guarded against Murong Jiu because her beauty was unparalleled, a face not found in thousands of years, and she feared that Jun Yuyan might be swayed by it.
Seeing Murong Jiu in the Cold Palace, her face festering from lack of treatment, had brought Wang Yingluo extreme joy.
At that time, she looked down on Murong Jiu, thinking of her as a dying dog who could no longer pose any threat.
But why was Murong Jiu now appearing unharmed before her?
What on earth was going on?
Could this all be a dream she was having?
But the burning pain on her face told her that all of it was indeed happening.
"No! There must be some mistake!"
Wang Yingluo refused to consider any alternative explanation, unwilling to admit that the images still vivid in her memory were mere fantasies.
"Emperor! Brother Yan! The Empress Dowager is going to kill me! My mind seems to be confused, I don’t know what’s happening! Brother Yan, our child, where is he? I want to see our Crown Prince!"
"What child of yours! What nonsense are you spouting!"
The Empress Dowager looked at Wang Yingluo as if she were looking at a madwoman.
Was Wang Yingluo fantasizing that she already had a child who had been made the Crown Prince?
Ridiculous!
The Crown Prince is her beloved grandson Xiao Zhijin, no one else could surpass him. Wang Yingluo’s delusions were downright absurd, a clear case of overreaching!
Murong Jiu also frowned slightly.
Though she knew Wang Yingluo was dreaming, the thought that Wang Yingluo had imagined having a child with Jun Yuyan still somewhat disgusted her.
Jun Yuyan’s expression was also displeased, the disgust evident in his eyes.
Wang Yingluo thought she must be seeing things; Jun Yuyan loved her so much, considering her his only one in life, how could he feel disgust for her?
She must have been mistaken!
"Brother Yan..."
Just as she spoke, she suddenly saw Jun Yuyan extend his hand and grasp Murong Jiu’s hand, then the two of them clasped their hands tightly together!
"What are you doing!"
Wang Yingluo screamed in shock.
The person Jun Yuyan loved was herself—how could he hold Murong Jiu’s hand!
And with her beaten to this state, how could he remain indifferent!
"Let go! Hurry and let go!"
But not only did the two not let go, they gripped each other even tighter.
The Empress Dowager opened her mouth, feeling surprised yet not so surprised.
She had seen their intimacy before.
But Wang Yingluo seemed about to go mad, struggling frantically, looking at Jun Yuyan as if he were a faithless lover.
Jun Yuyan’s gaze was so calm that it was cold. He looked emotionlessly at Wang Yingluo and said,
"This ends here. I do not want, nor see the need, to continue this act with you."
"What, what? Act? You were acting with me?"
Wang Yingluo stared disbelievingly at Jun Yuyan, trying to discern the slightest hint of enduring affection in his eyes, but there was none—only endless indifference and undisguised disgust.
She seemed to understand something in a daze.
But she didn’t want to believe it.
She exclaimed urgently, "Brother Yan, has someone misled you? Have you mistaken something? I am the one you love the most. I have saved your life twice, we have spent days and nights together, growing feelings for each other, Murong Jiu is the third party! She married you in place of Murong Man, but you had no feelings for each other before!"
"You are now deceived by Murong Jiu. She is the most vicious and worst person. She has continuously set us against each other, and she even poisoned me, causing my mind to be unclear! My head hurts so much right now, Brother Yan!"
Wang Yingluo appeared on the verge of collapsing.
Not all of her act was fake; her face was indeed very pale. She not only had a splitting headache but was also in mental disarray, surrounded by immense panic that made it hard for her to breathe.
She even had the illusion that she could not distinguish between reality and fantasy.
She just hoped everything was false, that Jun Yuyan would see her frail state and quickly gather her into his arms, taking her to rest properly.
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Jun Yuyan still looked at her coldly:
"Wang Yingluo, you have deceived your ruler, attempted to poison the Empress, shown disrespect to the Empress Dowager, and with these numerous crimes, your entire clan could be sentenced to death."
"What deceiving the ruler? I don’t understand, I don’t understand what you’re talking about! I didn’t poison the Empress, where is the evidence that I poisoned her?"
"Eunuch Li had clarified before his death that you intended to poison the Empress but changed your mind last minute."
"Impossible! Eunuch Li couldn’t have said that, he must have been forced to confess under duress. It must have been the Empress behind this!"
Jun Yuyan did not bother to argue about Eunuch Li any further, only saying coldly, "You need not make excuses—you hypnotized me, altered my memory while I was unconscious, fabricating memories of your saving my life twice. Just for this alone, you deserve to die."
When Jun Yuyan mentioned the word "hypnosis," Wang Yingluo’s face completely lost all color.
She opened her mouth, unable to make a sound.
How could this be... how did he know?
How did he possibly know?
He even knew about the hypnosis!
And beside him, Murong Jiu’s expression was calm, as if... as if she had long known the truth!
Acting...
In a flash, Wang Yingluo finally understood what Jun Yuyan meant by no longer wanting to act with her!
She shook her head, "No! Brother Yan, I don’t understand what you are saying. Hypnosis? I’ve never heard of it..."
