The Empress’s voice carried a sob; in her life, she had only two children. One had already passed away early, and now the only one left was also to be married off far away. She feared that in her lifeti, she might never have the chance to reunite.
Now, she no longer seed like the lofty Empress, just an ordinary mother hoping to see her daughter one last ti.
However, even such a small wish, Cui Wei did not want to fulfill for her.
"It’s late at night. Please, Empress, return to the palace to rest. Your daughter should go to sleep now. If I delay the auspicious ti tomorrow, Empress, would you be responsible for my unhappy future life?"
These words were truly piercing. The Empress swayed unsteadily, and if not for the Palace Attendant catching her in ti, she might have fallen to the ground.
"The auspicious ti must not be delayed. Weier, you should rest quickly, tomorrow... tomorrow, mother will speak with you again."
She had already delayed her daughter’s happiness in the first half of her life. For the latter half, since she could not change the truth of the distant marriage to Xiliang, she naturally hoped her daughter would have smooth sailing.
With the support of the Palace Attendants, the Empress wobbly left Cui Wei’s sleeping quarters, not knowing that just after she left, a fitful coughing sound resounded in the room.
The little palace maid who had served Cui Wei since childhood was frightened. She hurried to bring the pills to her. It was dicine she had covertly sought soone outside the palace to prepare, because Princess Cuiwei insisted the palace’s Imperial Physicians were unaware that she was already critically ill.
After swallowing three pills consecutively, Cui Wei’s condition improved slightly. She leaned back on the couch, despondent and frail, sighing with a breath so unstable: "Although it wasn’t her who did that in those years, without her adding fuel to the fire, this accident would not have happened. Alas, perhaps this is my fate; in this life, I fear I truly will not encounter soone who genuinely loves again."
The little palace maid instinctively wanted to ntion Su Tianyou’s na, but her position was different from an ordinary maid. She had been by Cui Wei’s side for nearly ten years, following her since the age of five.
She naturally knew how much Princess Cuiwei loathed Su Tianyou, and this aversion had intensified over the past few months.
Perhaps that devoted man accidentally did sothing displeasing to the princess!
Early the next morning, before the attendants ca to call, Princess Cuiwei had already awakened.
She sat blankly before the vanity mirror, staring vacantly as the attendants helped her dress and apply makeup.
Because her body was too weak, her complexion had beco painfully pale. Her originally prominent cheekbones now jutted out like two stark white bones, harshly apparent on her face.
Even the palace maids helping her with her attire were startled, not to ntion Princess Cuiwei herself, who couldn’t suppress a chill of terror.
"My face has changed so much. If Mingwei and my brother saw , I wonder if they would recognize !"
The little palace maid pursed her lips sorrowfully but concealed her inner grief, comforting, "The princess has grown more beautiful. It’s understandable if the Eldest Prince and Sir Ming don’t recognize her!"
"Even you think they won’t recognize ?"
Princess Cuiwei murmured as if lost, then abruptly stood up, walked directly to her bed, and took out a small lacquered red sandalwood embroidered box from under her pillow, and took two items from inside.
"These were given to by Mingwei and my brother. I must wear them with ; this way, they can recognize , and I won’t get lost and won’t find them again."
Cui Wei was quite happy, hanging one item on her wrist and the other around her neck.
Seeing the shiny thing hanging around her neck, the little palace maid was so frightened that she went weak in the knees, hastily advising, "Princess, you must not wear that!"
"Mustn’t I?"
Cui Wei, still imrsed in the joy of eting Mingwei and her brother, had an absentminded look in her eyes.
"Right, you can’t wear it like this. If they see it later, they’ll surely make take it off."
As Princess Cuiwei spoke, she tucked that shiny, cold item into her collar to wear it close to her body.
Though it was cold and hard, uncomfortable against her skin, Princess Cuiwei seed imnsely satisfied, pressing it tightly to her chest like a child who had received candy.
The little palace maid bit her lip with tears in her eyes. For the past few months, the princess had been like this, holding that embroidered box and talking to herself every day. Sotis laughing, sotis crying, not only was her health poor, but her spirit had grown increasingly chaotic.
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