nycdaug Chapter 151 Tenderness Like Water
Chapter 151 Tenderness Like Water
Zhou Lingge felt more and more aggrieved, tears streaming down her face... She dodged Qin Feiling's kisses and resisted any contact with him.
"Your Majesty, please do not touch me. I am as vicious as a snake and scorpion and do not deserve your Majesty's favor."
She knelt on the bed, her posture very distant.
Qin Feiling didn't know how to coax her for a moment.
The corners of his lips moved, and he said dryly: "I didn't say you are as vicious as a snake..."
Zhou Lingge's voice was hoarse as she sneered, "But your Majesty's neglect and behavior over the past few days were just a way of blaming me for not being so cruel as to kill Ling'er?"
"My mask has been torn off... Your Majesty has already known my true face. Your Majesty should avoid me like the snake and scorpion, and let me continue to fend for myself."
She lowered her head, still sobbing silently.
Her tears were like needles, piercing Qin Feiling's heart and causing a dull pain.
Qin Feiling explained carefully, "Ge'er, I don't blame you for being so cruel and killing Ling'er. I just... I just don't know whether your gentleness, kindness, and innocence in front of me... are real or just an act for me. You got hurt for me before, was it really because you were worried about me, or was it just because I'm the emperor and you had to curry favor with me for my status..."
Zhou Lingge raised her head, her eyes filled with disappointment: "So, this is how you think of me?"
"Do you think that my previous affection and tenderness for you were all just an act?"
Qin Feiling looked into her tearful eyes, and her heart couldn't help but melt.
"I...I don't care who you killed. I only care whether you like me or not. What I'm struggling with is whether you like me as a person or because of my status as emperor."
Zhou Lingge couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes full of mockery.
She straightened her back, and a sense of pride leaped into her eyes.
"Alright, whatever your Majesty misunderstood is what it is. Your Majesty has not given me the slightest bit of trust. Whenever something happens, Your Majesty will simply evade and ignore me. Time and time again... I am truly tired... No, not only am I tired mentally, my heart is dying."
Her lips trembled as she cried, as if she was extremely disheartened.
Qin Feiling was filled with panic and wanted to reach out and hold her hand.
"Ge'er, I will never doubt you again, and I will never ignore you again. This time, I was wrong. I was too conceited and proud, so I couldn't accept that you didn't like me. I just wanted to escape, and I just wanted you to bow to me first..."
Zhou Lingge was very resistant to his approach.
She dodged his touch, her voice filled with coldness as she continued, word by word, "Your Majesty has your dignity and pride, and so do I. Okay, I admit... my previous fawning over Your Majesty was all because you were the Emperor. I had no choice but to please you and win your favor."
"Everything I said to Your Majesty was completely false and hypocritical. It was all a show, performed for Your Majesty's eyes. I don't like Your Majesty at all. Your Majesty, I think you are satisfied with my answer. If you are angry and want to punish me, I am willing to accept the punishment..."
"There are so many women in the harem, and they all love you sincerely. What am I? I am just one of your many women. Your Majesty can go find those women who truly love you. You don't have to accompany me in this hypocritical show of affection, pretending to be affectionate with each other."
Her words were like a knife stabbing into Qin Feiling's heart.
Qin Feiling's face turned pale and he clenched his fists tightly.
Zhou Lingge thought that this man would definitely leave in anger as before. Then he would deliberately go to the concubines' palace and put on a show for her, forcing her to bow down to him.
Who knew that after waiting for a long time, she didn't see Qin Feiling's reaction of leaving angrily.
She couldn't help but look up and look at Qin Feiling.
Qin Feiling smiled bitterly, his eyes full of helplessness: "But I... only like you!"
"What does it matter if other women admire me? I only want you! Ge'er...it's okay if you don't like me...let me like you, let me try a little bit to melt your heart, okay?"
"I will no longer dwell on whether you love me or can't forget someone else... I just want to like you and love you well in the days ahead!"
Zhou Lingge couldn't help but be stunned. Qin Feiling's reaction and words surprised her.
His words, "I only like you," made her heart ripple.
But she quickly suppressed the ripple.
She lowered her eyes, her voice devoid of any emotion: "Your Majesty, whatever you wish, I am tired and do not want to live in fear any longer."
"Why do the concubines in the harem hate me? Isn't it because I am the only one who has received Your Majesty's favor? As long as Your Majesty doesn't come to Yuanchen Palace again, they will naturally stop causing trouble and bothering me again."
"Please, Your Majesty, please... don't come to Yuanchen Palace again. For the rest of my life, I only want to guard Yuanchen Palace and live with the royal heir in my belly..."
Qin Feiling knew that Zhou Lingge was completely heartbroken after this incident.
He felt extremely guilty.
No matter how cruel or angry her words were, he didn't care and didn't get angry.
He wanted to melt her heart little by little. He wanted her to trust him again, rely on him, and slowly open her heart to him.
"I promise that I will protect you and the child well in the future. Ge'er, can you give me another chance?"
"I am the Son of Heaven. If I can't even get close to the person I love, then what's the point of being the emperor? No one can stop me from getting close to you."
Qin Feiling said many gentle love words, but Zhou Lingge remained silent and maintained an indifferent attitude.
Although the road ahead is long and arduous, Qin Feiling remains undeterred.
When it was almost time to go to court, he asked Zhou Lingge to continue lying down, and called the palace maids in to help him bathe and change clothes.
Qin Feiling put on the dragon robe.
He lifted the bed curtain and leaned over, his thin lips gently landing on Zhou Lingge's forehead.
"At noon... I'll come over to have lunch with you... Wait for me!"
His eyes were filled with tender affection, and his gaze was so gentle that it seemed to melt Zhou Lingge.
Zhou Lingge lowered his eyebrows and did not respond.
A hint of loss flashed in Qin Feiling's eyes... He sighed softly, then stood up and left Yuanchen Palace.
The moment he turned around, Zhou Lingge finally couldn't help but slowly opened her eyes and stared at his lonely figure leaving.
The bright yellow dragon robe shone with a dazzling golden hue. The candlelight shone upon the garment, illuminating the lifelike five-clawed golden dragon on the robe. The dragon danced with its fangs and claws bared, displaying immense majesty and dominance.
But the emperor who should have been looking down upon everything in the world, high and mighty, now exuded a sense of decadence and loss...
Zhou Lingge raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but smile silently.