Poisonous Love

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Chapter 39.

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Hello~

I've tried my best to cut down this chapter's length, but I couldn't... Other chapters contain around 2000words, while this chapter has nearly 3000. But this is because I can't move some scenes to the next chapter, because I've to follow the timeline. Anyway, I think this length is still acceptable. Read on :D

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Recap: in the previous chapter, the Emperor fell sick and everyone was anxious, the court was getting tensed. Crown Prince misunderstood Jade and Third Prince's relationship and their relationship turned worse. Consort Shine seemed to be scheming something with High Minister Harv.

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How many years have we been separated? It has been so long that I have lost count. Please wait for a while more, I will find you. It is my turn to find you now. Remember to wait for me, alright? I have always been sorry for leaving you. If...if you are not waiting for me there...it is okay. I do not blame you. Let me repent for my sins then, and return all that I have owed you in our next lives.

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Dead silent as usual her quarters are, dust has started to collect around the corners. Its gleaming surfaces of the wooden floors have long become a history. At least it is now not as cold as the owner's heart, for the spring has arrived, mountains have greened and skies have blued. Birds are chirping, welcoming the new warm season, a season full of love, or so it should have been.

"I have not seen you for very long." She for the first time actually tries to look into Jade's eyes, without trying to avert her gaze from time to time. Maybe now it is already once and for all.

"Ye-yes...Mother Empress."

"How have you been?" That is a question that certainly takes her aback, for she has never expected the Empress to show her some care, because power is blinding. Materialism has taken over those who are high on the social caste, in fact is has been deeply rooted in everyone's deepest heart. However, it still may not explain Empress' favouritism towards Crown Princess Shana. She is after all from the Wales family, the family with strong ties with her Harv family.

"I...I have been very healthy. Thank you Mother Empress for your deepest care."

"I heard that Crown Prince visited you recently." Still, she is merciless, ruthless and straight to the point. Jade has already expected this the moment the Empress steps into her quarters.

"Yes..."

"Crown Princess is pregnant. She needs the utmost care and love from Crown Prince during these times. You have failed to produce a child for the Crown Prince, hence you should not try to monopolise him again."

"...." Actually she has never done such thing called monopolising the Crown Prince, or having him all to herself. It was Crown Prince who willingly go to her. She too, wishes for someone to empathise with her loss. She may still question the reason as to why Autumn turned back on her, and attempted to kill her. She may still hold grudges for she is still a human, and was a mother-to-be. However, she has never witnessed such cruelty of Crown Prince. How could she ever ask for him to return?

"I believe that I have always been tolerant with you. However, now I will not. To tell the truth, I have never agreed to Crown Prince taking you as his Mistress, for I know who you really are. It was the Imperial Decree that allowed you to marry him. Your fake family is unable to provide any support to Crown Prince securing his ascension to the throne. Shana is different. Wales family is different. They are one of the strongest families in our Empire. Thus she must not be humiliated, or they may not accept the fact that Crown Prince favours a woman from a useless family over the one from a powerful family." Jade tries her best, putting in all her effort into digesting Empress' words. However, it may be too hard for her to comprehend politics, still, for she is not educated in that matter.

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