Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

Chu Ze ignored it and was still immersed in his own thoughts. He remembered the cold smile of the old man Tianji before his death, and the curse: "You will gain the world, but you will lose your most precious thing!"

Could this be retribution?

"Go to the cold palace." Chu Ze stood up suddenly, and the pearls and jade on the crown collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

The cold palace was cold and damp, smelling musty. The queen was dishevelled, curled up in a corner, mumbling to herself, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying.

Chu Ze stood at the door, looking at her, his heart aching. The former queen was so graceful and elegant, but now...

He slowly approached, squatted down, and called softly: "Queen..."

The queen seemed not to hear and was still immersed in her own world.

Chu Ze stretched out his hand, wanting to touch her cheek, but pulled it back. He was afraid, afraid that if he touched her, it would be like touching fragile porcelain, and she would break completely.

"I... came to see you..." Chu Ze's voice trembled, with a hint of sob.

The queen suddenly raised her head and looked at him with empty eyes. A strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You... came to see me? To see me... Why are you crazy?"

Chu Ze felt a pain in his heart and turned his head away, not daring to look into her eyes.

"Do you... regret it?" The queen suddenly grabbed his hand with surprising force.

Chu Ze looked at her, his eyes full of pain and helplessness: "I... have never regretted it..."

“Haha…” The Queen sneered, “You’re lying! You regret it! You regret letting me kill Old Man Tianji! You regret making me… become like this!”

Chu Ze was silent, he didn't know how to answer.

"You... just kill me..." The queen suddenly calmed down, with a hint of pleading in her eyes.

Chu Ze was shocked all over. He looked at the queen with shock and fear in his eyes.

"Kill me... and you will be free..." the queen continued, her voice becoming weaker and weaker.

Chu Ze held her hand tightly, his heart filled with grief and despair. What should he choose? Kill her and let her be free? Or... let her continue to live like this?

Suddenly, the queen coughed violently and blood gushed out of her mouth.

Chu Ze held her in his arms in panic and called loudly for the imperial physician.

However, it was too late...

The queen gradually lost her breath in his arms...

Chu Ze held the queen's body, sat on the floor of the cold palace, and let his tears flow. He had lost her, and lost her forever...

He howled to the sky, his voice filled with sorrow and despair.

"what--"

This long howl resounded throughout the entire palace...

……

A month later, Chu Ze ordered the cremation of the queen's body and the scattering of her ashes in the garden of the imperial palace.

He would go to the garden every day, sit beside the queen's ashes, and accompany her silently.

He no longer attended court, no longer cared about state affairs, and was immersed in grief all day long.

He became silent and emaciated, like a walking corpse.

He lost the person he loved most, and also lost the motivation to live...

……

A year later, Chu Ze fell ill.

He lay on the dragon bed, dying.

He knew he was going to die...

He closed his eyes, and the queen's voice, appearance and smile appeared in his mind.

"Queen... I... am here to accompany you..." he murmured to himself, with a slight smile on his lips.

Then, he closed his eyes forever...

……

After Chu Ze's death, the Ming Dynasty began to decline.

Finally, under internal and external troubles, the Ming Dynasty collapsed...

The love story between Chu Ze and the Queen has become a legend that has been passed down through the ages...

……

On a stormy night, a flash of lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating the garden of the imperial palace. Next to the queen's ashes, a vague figure appeared...

That figure is becoming clearer and clearer...

That figure was Chu Ze...

He slowly walked to the queen's ashes, squatted down, and gently stroked the urn...

"Queen...I...am back..."

To be continued ...

The wind blew the flowers and plants in the garden, making a rustling sound, like the queen's whisper. Chu Ze's soul, as if being pulled by an invisible thread, returned to this place that he had been dreaming about. He looked at the urn in front of him, stretched out his hand, and gently touched it with his fingertips, feeling the cold touch.

"I... am back..." His voice was hoarse, with a hint of chillness from the underworld.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the flowers and plants in the garden shook violently, as if trembling in fear. The urn shook slightly, and then a wisp of green smoke floated out of it, condensing into the figure of the queen in the air.

She was still as beautiful as she was in life, but her face was pale and her eyes were empty. She looked at Chu Ze with a sad smile on her face.

"You...are back..."

Chu Ze stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to touch her, but he was afraid that it was just an illusion and would disappear as soon as he touched her.

"Is it really you?" he asked, choking.

The queen nodded slightly, floated in front of him, stretched out her cold hand, and stroked his cheek.

"It's me... I'm back..."

Chu Ze couldn't hold back any longer and hugged her tightly, tears streaming down his face.

"Why...why did you leave me..."

The queen sighed softly, her eyes filled with sadness.

"Old Man Tianji...he predicted my fate...my death...is for the Ming Dynasty...for you..."

Chu Ze suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with shock and anger.

"Old Man Tianji! It's him again! I...I want to kill him!"

The queen shook her head and whispered, "He is already dead... I killed him... to change my fate... but... in the end... I couldn't escape..."

Chu Ze hugged her, his heart filled with pain and regret.

"If...if I had known this earlier...I would never have let you..."

"No ifs..." The Queen interrupted him, "This is my fate...and the fate of the Ming Dynasty..."

She raised her head and looked at the dark night sky, her eyes filled with helplessness and sadness.

"The Ming Dynasty...will eventually...perish..."

Chu Ze was shocked all over. He hugged the queen tightly, his heart filled with fear and despair.

"No! I won't! I...I will protect the Ming Dynasty! I will make the Ming Dynasty...last forever!"

The queen looked at him with eyes full of pity.

"Fool...you...can't change your fate..."

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps in the distance broke the dead silence.

A figure slowly walked over.

"Who is it?!" Chu Ze asked vigilantly, his eyes full of murderous intent.

The figure became clearer and clearer, and finally, his true face was revealed.

It turned out to be... Old Man Tianji!

Chu Ze widened his eyes, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"You...Aren't you dead?!"

Old Man Tianji smiled, stroked his beard, and said, "Your Majesty, long time no see."

Chu Ze stood up suddenly, drew the sword from his waist and pointed at old man Tianji.

"I will kill you! To avenge the Queen!"

Old Man Tianji shook his head and sighed, "Your Majesty, you cannot kill me. I am the incarnation of the Way of Heaven, and I am immortal."

Chu Ze roared and swung his sword towards Old Man Tianji. (End of this chapter)