Silent Lover (The Silent Concubine) - Chap 133
Chapter 133 – Final Destination
“Yu’er! You…”
Jun Xuanxiao’s hand stopped mid-air, his brows furrowed in deep shock and pain.
“You’d rather poison yourself than forgive me? You’d rather die than help me?”
Shen Yu shook his head lightly, feeling utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally.
“Then why!” Jun Xuanxiao roared.
Shen Yu signed, “When I was young, I wanted to leave the deep courtyard; later, I wanted to win your heart; finally, I just wanted to leave the palace… but I couldn’t achieve any of it. Your Highness, have you ever felt as helpless as I have in your life?”
The poison churned in his stomach, and a metallic taste rushed to Shen Yu’s throat. He wiped the blood from his mouth…
“So you seek death?”
Jun Xuanxiao’s breath quickened, furious at Shen Yu’s desperate desire to escape him, yet deeply pained…
Shen Yu, as if in defiance, raised his head to stare directly at him.
“Your Highness has imprisoned me for so long, even making me hate you so that I would never forget you. Even if I fled to the ends of the earth, you could drag me back. But what about death? Can you do anything then?”
Shen Yu made a gesture of feigned ease, though the poison was already corroding his organs, causing unbearable pain…
This was the only way Shen Yu could think of to leave Jun Xuanxiao when he had no other options…
Jun Xuanxiao’s eyes lost focus. He had always wanted to keep Shen Yu by his side, believing Shen Yu couldn’t live without him. He never imagined Shen Yu would go to such lengths to escape him, at any cost!
Jun Xuanxiao suddenly thought, “Your mother’s grave… you dug it up yourself?”
Shen Yu nodded, admitting, “I have turned my mother’s remains into ashes. After I die, I will entrust Physician Bian to take the urn back to Nanguo Yunmeng, as far from the palace and Beidu as possible.”
Jun Xuanxiao smashed his fist on the low table, breaking it into pieces. He stared at Shen Yu with a fierce expression…
“I will not let you have your way! Even if you die, I will keep your ashes in my chamber! I will imprison you forever, day and night, never letting you find peace!”
Jun Xuanxiao’s roar shook Shen Yu’s heart. He could no longer suppress the suffocating feeling in his chest and coughed up dark blood.
“Yu’er!”
Jun Xuanxiao rushed over, holding Shen Yu tightly, pressing him against his chest, as if trying to merge him into his own body…
“You can’t die! Even if you don’t care about me…” Jun Xuanxiao’s voice was hoarse, “What about Song Qing? Didn’t you say you loved him? That you wanted to live and die with him, how could you leave him?”
Shen Yu could not break free, his breathing was unsteady, and his eyes showed a trace of longing…
“Brother Song… he has found his home. Hong Lian, though sharp-tongued, has a good heart and is a pitiable person,” Shen Yu signed absentmindedly, “At this moment, Brother Song and he should truly be together.”
Under the influence of the aphrodisiac, Song Qing and Hong Lian would naturally come together.
Shen Yu could not forget Jun Xuanxiao. Even without Hong Lian, he and Song Qing could never have a future. Shen Yu only saw Song Qing as his closest brother, fully aware of Song Qing’s silent affection. But he could never give Song Qing an answer.
If he died, and Song Qing couldn’t move on and unite with Hong Lian, how much time would be wasted? Shen Yu deeply understood the value of every moment and couldn’t bear to see them squander it…
Song Qing was honest and steadfast; he would treat Hong Lian well. Shen Yu knew they loved each other, but Song Qing was too hesitant to break the barrier.
So he had to push them together himself…
“Did you plan this all along? When did it start?” Jun Xuanxiao asked hatefully.
Shen Yu made a painful, hoarse sound, his eyes unfocused, raising his hand with great effort…
“When my mother died, my heart died with her.”
After signing, Shen Yu’s hand dropped weakly, but he still tried to reach for the jade box on the ground, aggravating his injury, causing more blood to ooze from his lips…
“Yu’er… you won’t die! You won’t die…” Jun Xuanxiao forced a bitter smile, “This poison is the Gu Queen’s poison, counteracting the Gu King’s poison in you… I just wanted to make you speak the truth! Don’t blame me, you won’t die… I did many wrong things, I possessed you, used you, but I never intended to kill you, Yu’er…”
Shen Yu’s lips curved slightly, then he made a brief gesture…
“I know.”
Physician Bian said, the Gu King’s poison is not incurable. The Gu Queen’s poison in the prince’s hand is the antidote, but the prince used it to control Shen Yu, watching him suffer from the poison again and again without using it.
“What do you mean?”
Jun Xuanxiao’s heart skipped a beat, his forced calm turning to complete panic, a growing sense of dread consuming him.
