Empress Shen Gongjiao

Chapter 984 But He Believes It
Lian Ruo's eyes flickered slightly, "I just want to make sure." She said stubbornly, "Can you tell me directly? I don't like guessing and guessing, and I don't like... being sentimental."

"Yes!" Gu Quan blushed in anger, and clamped her shoulder blades with his big palm, "I just like you, are you satisfied?!"

"En." Lian Ruo nodded and smiled slightly, "Satisfied."

She paused for a moment, she didn't resist the pain from being caught by him, let him close the distance between the two of them, and asked in a low voice: "But do you remember, when I asked you that day, you told me Said, the opportunity is not always there. If you miss it, you won’t have it.”

"You hold grudges so much?" Gu Quan frowned.

"It seems so." If it wasn't for his words, she wouldn't have taken the risk to do those things, and she would have been able to leave the palace with him back then.

When she said this, Gu Quan was not worried anymore, and a smile curled up on her thin lips, "Then what do you want?"

"I didn't think about it, I just wanted to confirm your mind."

"At that time, I thought you were provoked by the imperial concubine, and I was probably provoked by you too... No, in short, it was my indiscretion. If you are angry, hit me."

Lian Ruo sighed, "I won't hit you, I just want to confirm your intentions."

Gu Quan's eyes lit up, but she changed the subject and said, "I didn't intend for the imperial concubine to drink that soup, so don't be angry."

She looked at his face with some uncertainty, not knowing whether he would believe her when she said that, or would think that she was trying to quibble.

"The empress dowager threatened me. Even though I had no choice, I would not kill an innocent person just to save my own life. As for your saying that I would kill the imperial concubine because of the emperor, it is even more absurd!" Speaking of this, she became a little angry , is she this kind of person in his eyes?It's okay to be greedy for life and fear of death for self-protection, but now it's because of selfish desires to harm others?
"If I really wanted the imperial concubine to die, why did I save her in the first place? Wouldn't it be unnecessary?"

What she said was not wrong, Gu Quan felt that human nature would not be changed so easily.It is precisely because of this that he was so angry when he saw that scene in the imperial garden!
Seeing that he just stared at her without speaking, Lian Ruo thought that he was unwilling to believe her, and hurriedly said: "What I said is true! The medicine must be given. This is what I promised the Queen Mother. Otherwise, the queen mother will definitely not let me go, but I really don't want the imperial concubine to drink that soup... I, I know that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, but I never have the intention of harming others..."

"Okay, stop talking, I believe you." Gu Quan hugged her into his arms, and hearing her say that, he almost completely let go of his heart.

He believed her.

At that time, when he saw it in Yuhuayuan, he was furious, and the anger that lost his mind later was all because he couldn't believe that she was such a person.

But what he saw with his own eyes made him...

But now that she explained it, even though there was still no evidence, he believed it.Maybe it's because her eyes can't lie, so he can't find any reason to doubt anyway.

"Why didn't you tell the emperor about this?"

Lian Ruo looked at him hesitantly, "If you were the emperor, would you trust a court lady, or would you trust your own queen mother?"

Gu Quan paused, and said: "The queen mother's plan failed, and she will definitely think of other ways."

(End of this chapter)