The Lovely Heiress Is Actually A God Beast

Chapter 1209: Chapter 1209: A Little Horn (Part 63)

The old Emperor met with the King with a Different Surname, even humbly begging him, yet the King did not reveal Bai Yu’s whereabouts.

The old Emperor tried to get Bai Yu’s father drunk again, but having experienced it once, this time General Bai drank sparingly, fearing he might talk recklessly if inebriated.

The old Emperor tried every possible means, but having no other options, resorted to relentless pestering.

He bothered the King for over a year, and finally the King relented, saying Bai Yu had been placed in a valley.

Her Highness the Eldest Princess found the valley, only to behold Bai Yu’s grave.

It turned out the King relented because Bai Yu had passed away last month.

Using the Bai Family’s secret technique, already gravely injured, he forcibly used his limbs to embrace the Princely Heir of Zhennan, biting his tongue to use the technique once more.

Bai Yu had never told her that the secret technique, apart from rendering one incapacitated for three months, would deduct ten years of life for the first use.

For the second use, it would deduct twenty years of life.

He used it twice, losing nearly thirty years of life.

On top of being poisoned, although the poison was neutralized, residual toxins persisted, and he refused medication due to depression over his ruined appearance...

In this way, managing to live another four years was merely by chance.

Standing before the tombstone, Her Highness the Eldest Princess felt dizzy, actually spitting a mouthful of blood.

”Your Highness!” The Little Palace Maid reached out to support her.

Her Highness the Eldest Princess shook her head, ”No need to support me.”

”I won’t return to the capital. All my life, I wish to remain here to accompany him.”

Her Highness the Eldest Princess reached out, gently caressing Bai Yu’s name on the tombstone.

”Your Highness...”

”Go find him at the Border Town. It’s time you marry, don’t dawdle because of me.”

”If Your Highness doesn’t marry, I won’t either! Besides, there’s no possibility between him and me anymore!”

The Little Palace Maid, upon learning the merchant helped Bai Yu impersonate Her Highness the Eldest Princess, felt uncomfortable, and subsequently grew colder towards the merchant. The merchant’s mother fell gravely ill and insisted on giving a maid to him as a concubine, which he didn’t refuse.

”Just a concubine, dismiss her when needed.” Her Highness the Eldest Princess, born in the palace, didn’t repulse the notion of multiple wives; to her, concubines were merely possessions, subject to the whims of the wife.

However, the Little Palace Maid differed, born in a peasant household, where her parents were monogamous, and the villagers were also monogamous, albeit primarily due to poverty preventing them from affording multiple wives. Raised in such a setting, the Little Palace Maid couldn’t accept her husband having another woman besides her.

”Your Highness, broken mirrors cannot be renewed.”

Hearing this, Her Highness the Eldest Princess ceased to persuade, ”Stay if you wish, leave whenever you desire.”

”Alright! As long as Your Highness doesn’t drive me away, I’ll never leave!”

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The first night dwelling in the valley, Her Highness the Eldest Princess dreamt of many bizarre and unpredictable things.

Upon waking, she bitterly smiled, ”I wish to dream of you, but it’s so difficult.”

It’s said that after people pass away, they might appear in dreams, yet Her Highness the Eldest Princess never dreamed of Bai Yu.

The flowers wilted and bloomed, year after year passed.

It was not until the old Emperor was gravely ill, with death impending, that Her Highness the Eldest Princess set foot outside the valley.

Her Highness the Eldest Princess stayed by the old Emperor’s bedside, listening to him mutter with closed eyes, speaking mostly about her finding a companion instead of clutching onto a tomb.

But she recalled the Little Palace Maid’s unforgiving stance towards the merchant over a concubine, ending things cleanly with him, feared if she found someone else, Bai Yu would be as unfeeling, leaving her never capable of finding him even in death.

Bai Yu was truly unfeeling; four years without meeting, only showing her a grave upon meeting again.

She had no doubt, with Bai Yu being so unfeeling, he would completely ignore her if she found someone else, never seeing her in the next life or the lifetimes thereafter.

The old Emperor fervently persuaded her, to no avail.

The old Emperor suddenly coughed violently, spitting a pool of blood.

Her Highness the Eldest Princess lowered her eyes, overwhelmed with indescribable sorrow and complexity.

”I, perhaps won’t survive the night.” Approaching death, yielding a semblance of ominous forewarning.

”Father, refrain from speaking such ominous words.”

”Give the weapons to your brother. I fear, once I’m gone, you’ll not exit the Imperial Palace.”

”If given, can I leave?”

The old Emperor closed his eyes, saying nothing.

Having outshone the master, with the New Emperor’s reign unsteady, General Zhentian was doomed.

Even if she stayed hidden in the valley, the tiger beside the bed won’t allow others to snore; as long as she lives, the New Emperor won’t be at ease.

The old Emperor sighed, ”Find someone to marry, maybe the husband’s family can lend a hand. Now, with my imminent death, the cub has already grown into a fierce tiger, I can’t protect you. You shouldn’t have entered the palace.”

”With Father gravely ill, how could I not come?”

With trembling hands, the old Emperor produced a black token, ”It’s the Mysterious Order to command the Hidden Guard of the royal family; take it. I hope it aids you in escaping this calamity.”

That night, the winds were fierce, the rains torrential, thunder echoed.

The old Emperor passed away on this tempestuous, rainy night.