Chapter 1065: 1063: She Is Your Majesty, Not Miss Anymore
Chapter 1065: Chapter 1063: She Is Your Majesty, Not Miss Anymore
Su Yingxue sniffled, her heart filled with immense guilt, “I’m sorry, grandpa, I know I was wrong.”
“As Su Yingxue, going out to practice medicine, to save people in peril, there’s nothing wrong with that, but as the empress, carrying the blood of the dragon, every move you make must be carefully thought out,” Old General Su advised with deep concern.
Su Yingxue felt a heavy burden of responsibility on her shoulders, along with her self-reproach and guilt.
After Su Qingzhi and the others left the palace, Zhilan was sent into the palace to serve her closely.
With the coronation ceremony just two days away, Chu Yihan wouldn’t allow her to leave the palace for a single step.
Thus, Su Yingxue was confined to her bedchamber, stroking the little creature in her belly, watching the sunrise and the moonset.
She stood by the window, where the cold wind swept in, bringing with it the chill of the spring night.
Zhilan put a cloak on her and gently reminded her, “Your Majesty, night has fallen, please rest, the little prince needs to rest as well.”
Su Yingxue was momentarily lost in thought, “What did you call me?”
“Your Majesty,” Zhilan said, “Before entering the palace, Master and madam repeatedly instructed me that all my actions must follow the proper conduct, not to make the slightest mistake, lest it brings trouble upon you.”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
She must be even more careful for Su Yingxue’s sake.
“Indeed, I am ‘Your Majesty,’ no longer ‘Miss.’
Su Yingxue felt an inexplicable sadness. She wasn’t sure if it was the emotional fluctuations after becoming pregnant, or if there was a sense of estrangement between her and Chu Yihan. She felt everything in the imperial palace was alien to her, even resistant.
She didn’t realize that Chu Yihan had returned since she and Zhilan started their conversation.
“Your Majesty, there is only one empress’s throne in the world, supremely honorable! Moreover, the emperor loves and dotes on you, and you have the little prince. These are all reasons to be very happy,” Zhilan tried her best to cheer Su Yingxue up.
But Su Yingxue couldn’t feel happy at all, “Having become the empress, I must be exceedingly careful in what I say and do. One misstep, and my family will be punished along with me. Even grandpa, the great general, has been made to kneel as a punishment in the palace.”
Thinking about the past couple of days, Su Yingxue was overcome with a sense of sorrow.
The palace felt like a cage, trapping her, the person least likely to abide by the status quo, refining her bit by bit.
That feeling was truly…
Zhilan was trying to console Su Yingxue when she felt a powerful force bearing down on them.
An invisible strength that made even her breathing feel constricted.
“Emperor… I pay my respects to the emperor!” Zhilan knelt down trembling, unaware of how Chu Yihan had arrived so quietly.
Su Yingxue also rose and slowly knelt down, “Your concubine pays her respects to the emperor.”
Chu Yihan’s eyes were downcast, “Rise.”
Zhilan helped Su Yingxue to her feet and then tactfully left the room.
It was clear that Chu Yihan had something to say to Su Yingxue.
Su Yingxue could tell, but she thought that Chu Yihan had come to scold her for being too willful the past few days.
So before he said anything, she admitted her mistake awkwardly, “I was wrong these past few days, growing the anger of the emperor, I know my faults.”
Her head was bowed, as was her voice.
Seeing her like this made Chu Yihan feel a tightness in his heart.
She had changed.
In the past, she would never admit her mistakes to him, always so bold and justified in her actions before him, forever that confident.
“I didn’t ask you to admit your mistakes, but Old General Su and the Marquis’s Manor must take responsibility for their actions. It’s visible to the court and the world, I had no choice but to do this,” Chu Yihan explained helplessly, unsure if she would accept it.
“Oh,” was all Su Yingxue replied in a subdued voice.