Bai Yaling averted her gaze from Wang Hao and asked him what he had to say. Wang Hao saw how her hands were trembling, how she was holding the tears and anger in her.
"Why is Princess Bai not taking her als?" Wang Hao questioned her.
Bai Yaling turned to look at him. "Why does General Wang care? It is up to whether to have my als or not," she asserted.
"Don't you think the life inside you needs to be fed? You cannot risk the well-being of your child," Wang Hao reasoned with her.
"Prince Shi called him a traitor's child. Is my child who's not even co to this world a traitor? When my child will co into this world, will people accept him or her? My late husband never had any lovely conversations with . When Prince Shi conversed with , I thought I made a great decision to get married." Tears rolled over her cheeks as she continued, "I don't want to live. It hurts."
Wang Hao walked to her and made her sit on the bed. He got on his one knee while the other laid flatly on the ground. He wiped the tears from Bai Yaling's with his thumb. "The child you are pregnant with is not a traitor. Sotis, a man's true face is not visible unless a situation arises where he makes it visible," asserted Wang Hao.
"Isn't it great that we all get to know that Prince Shi is not the man for you? If a person talks lovely, it doesn't an he is good," Wang Hao stated. "There will be soone, who will accept you wholeheartedly," Wang Hao encouraged her a little.
"No. That's the biggest lie that I had told myself. There is no one, General Wang. I am a widow with a child. I should have never dreamt of getting married because my identity as Bai Yaling dissolved a long ago when I got married to Prince Yongzheng. Now, my only identity is the widow of a traitor. People should have at least spared my child. It's fine to call anything but my child does not have to do anything with my late husband," Bai Yaling blankly stared into the eyes of Wang Hao while conversing with him.
Wang Hao recalled the words of Shi Zhihao, who had told him earlier that no man would ever be ready to marry Bai Yaling.
"I feel suffocated, General Wang. I want to leave everything behind. I miss my past self. Why has my fate turned like this? I never thought ill of anyone. Why does it have to be only? Everyone shows their sympathy towards , but no one truly understands . General Wang should have let die that day. He should not have saved ," Bai Yaling said as tears again started to pour down her eyes.
"Princess Bai, I have saved two won in my life. One is my sister, Yin Na, and the other is you. Even if you have given up on your life, I will not. I am Wang Hao, who never gives up whether it is a thing or a person," he stated with a nacing expression on his face. He again wiped the tears from Bai Yaling's cheeks.
He stood up and poured water into a glass. Giving it to Bai Yaling, he told her to drink it. Bai Yaling gazed into his eyes and then took that glass from him. She drank the water. Wang Hao took it back from her and placed it on the bedside table.
"How long do you want to keep yourself starving?" Wang Hao asked her.
Bai Yaling did not answer him. "If starving could solve problems, then people would starve themselves for days. However, it does the opposite," Wang Hao stated.
Bai Yaling watched him take out sothing from his neck. "My father gave this to when I picked the sword for the first ti. He told that I wouldn't get hard easily if I wore this. I wouldn't get defeated." She was perplexed to hear those words. Why was General Wang even telling her that?
Wang Hao bent down a little and put the amulet around Bai Yaling's neck. "General Wang," she murmured.
"I do not need it. This amulet will not let you feel defeated against the internal fights you are having with yourself." He stepped back and put his hands behind his back.
Bai Yaling looked at the amulet. "I cannot accept it. It is of--"
"It's already around Princess Bai's neck. I cannot take it back," Wang Hao affird. "Princess Bai shall take her als. We will et soon," he passed her a tiny smile and left the chamber.
Coming outside, he inford the two Court Ladies that they should feed their Princess. He then left the Eastern Palace.
He ca to the Northern Palace to et the Emperor. He stayed outside the chamber and gave a ssage to Xing-Fu for Sheng Li. Xing-Fu passed the sa ssage to Sheng Li, who had finished lunch with Ying Lili.
"What is he doing here? Isn't he supposed to et the Pri Minister's daughter?" Sheng Li muttered.
"Go and et General Wang. He must have sothing important to discuss with you," Ying Lili asserted.
"I will be back soon. Wait for ," Sheng kissed her lips and Li got down from the bed. He wore the shoes and ca out of the chamber.
Wang Hao bowed and apologized to Sheng Li for disturbing him at this ti. They both went towards the chamber adjacent to the main one. Sitting on the chaise, Sheng Li told him to sit on the other one, in front of him.
"Didn't you et the daughter of the Pri Minister?" Sheng Li asked.
"I t Miss Ai earlier. The eting was nice," Wang Hao answered. "I was inford about Prince Shi. So, I ca to et Princess Bai," he stated.
"That Prince! He made furious. If he had not been a guest, I would have beheaded him," Sheng Li said while gritting his teeth.
"I t him too, Your Majesty," Wang Hao inford Sheng Li, who was bewildered for a second. "I asked him the exact reason behind his denial.. That made think, what if I marry Princess Bai," Wang Hao suggested to Sheng Li.
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