C4 She can't give him the happiness he wants

It was not until April of the following year that Xiaomei came back from the outside and said happily:

"Empress, the imperial garden's flowers are blooming at the perfect time. This servant will accompany you for a walk!"

Bai Jiu'er nodded.

Bai Jiu'er, who had recuperated throughout the winter, had even whiter skin and a ruddy complexion. She put on a set of light yellow clothes, looking like a 28 year old girl.

However, there was melancholy in his eyes. He was no longer as naive as he used to be.

Unfortunately for her, as soon as Bai Jiu'er arrived at the Imperial Garden, she ran into Shangguan Xue'er, and greeted her with an air of respect.

"The empress was lucky!"

She stared at Bai Jiu'er, anger gathering in her eyes as she hatefully said in her heart:

"Both of them are women. After so many years have passed, why hasn't Bai Jiu'er, that seductress, aged yet?"

On second thought, she was the only one in the Emperor's heart, and Shangguan Xue'er felt much more at ease.

Just as Bai Jiu'er was about to let Shangguan Xue'er get up, she suddenly dropped to the ground.

Shangguan Xue'er lay on the ground, feeling wronged as she said:

"Esteemed empress, it's been a long time since we last met. What did little sister do wrong? Why did you purposely trip little sister up?"

As she said that, Shangguan Xue'er started crying, her face like a daughter.

At this point, Shangguan Xue'er knelt down solemnly, saluting Bai Jiu'er from behind.

"This concubine pays her respects to Your Majesty!"

Bai Jiu'er understood what was going on. This was Shangguan Xue'er's usual trick of framing her in front of Xiao Dingyuan.

Bai Jiu'er also knelt down.

Xiao Dingyuan hastened his steps to Shangguan Xue'er, holding her hand as he asked in concern:

"Xue'er, where are your injuries? Do you feel any discomfort?"

Xiao Dingyuan was infuriated as he scolded the maidservants by the Imperial Consort's side:

"How did you take care of your master? All of you damn servants, if Imperial Concubine has any problems, I'll take your heads!"

The emperor's rage frightened the servants so much that they all kneeled down to the ground.

Shangguan Xue'er's body slanted to the side as she leaned into Xiao Dingyuan's embrace, pouting playfully.

"Your majesty, it's not the fault of these servants. Big sister accidentally tripped my leg. Fortunately, nothing big happened. Your majesty, don't worry. Our son is fine too."

Shangguan Xue'er placed her hands on her stomach, looking at Xiao Dingyuan happily.

Xiao Dingyuan glanced around and found Bai Jiu'er kneeling on the ground. He said in a stern voice:

"Bai Jiu'er, look up!"

Bai Jiu'er, dressed in goose-yellow clothes with autumn water in her eyes, raised her head and her devastatingly beautiful face appeared in Xiao Dingyuan's eyes.

Bai Jiu'er looked forward to it. She had been thinking about how long they had been together, so she should have made Xiao Dingyuan hate her less. However, what greeted her was the loathing and loathing in Xiao Dingyuan's eyes.

Xiao Dingyuan viciously kicked Bai Jiu'er in the chest. "You reckless fool, you have only been honest for a few days and you have come out again to cause trouble. You actually bumped into Xue'er and the child in her stomach."

Xiao Dingyuan's kick contained all the strength he could muster. Bai Jiu'er spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot and firmly bit her lips to prevent her tears from streaming down.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Dingyuan impatiently threw down a sentence: "Kneel here for six hours and reflect on yourself!"

He carried Shangguan Xue'er and turned to leave.

The April sunlight shone down on Bai Jiu'er. As she knelt in the imperial garden, she felt very cold all around her.

"Bai Jiu'er, didn't you give up on the path to becoming an immortal to help him back then? Wasn't it just to make him happy?" Now he is very happy, but this happiness was not given by you, so what's there to be sad about! "