I took over after the heroine of the abusive novel ran away

Chapter 172: Women’s Love for the Country (25)

On the day when Liu Shu officially ascended the throne, Murong Cheng knelt behind the crowd, watching in a trance as Liu Shu, wearing the emperor's crown and robes, climbed up the platform step by step.

Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead, and someone shouted, "Look... look, in the sky, that's... auspicious clouds!"

Murong Cheng looked up

I saw colorful auspicious clouds gathering in the sky above the Taiji Hall, and the rosy glow of light poured down, shining on Liu Shu who was on the high platform, as if she was covered with a golden gauze dress, making her figure look sacred and inviolable.

Murong Cheng stared blankly at Liu Shu's figure on the high platform, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

Is there really destiny?

At this moment, Murong Cheng's regret reached its peak.

If he had known earlier, if he had known earlier, he would never let Liu Shu down.

Five years ago, Murong Cheng woke up from the dark room in Liu Mansion and could not believe that it was Liu Shu who had harmed him.

He even suspected that someone was persecuting him in Liu Shu's name and then framing Liu Shu.

He knew Liu Shu. Liu Shu had always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and had deep feelings for him. He didn't believe that Liu Shu would treat him like this.

It was not until later that Liu Shu brought him into the palace, and he watched helplessly as Liu Shu supported Murong Jin to ascend the throne and become his queen.

At that time, his heart was filled with anger of betrayal.

He didn't understand why Liu Shu was so heartless. Just for the position of queen, she ignored their years of friendship and treated her so cruelly.

At that time, he wanted to kill her. He tried desperately to escape and expose the true face of this vicious woman.

But his appearance was completely ruined, his voice was made hoarse by the poison and he could not speak, his martial arts skills were destroyed and his limbs were broken. He was tortured by the poison in his body every day and had no power to resist.

Not to mention taking revenge on Liu Shu, he couldn't even get close to her.

At that time, he was supported entirely by hatred.

Later, he watched Murong Jin and Liu Shu slowly fall in love with each other, and watched them love each other and live a happy life.

Watching Murong Jin leaving his harem empty for Liu Shu, and Liu Shu giving birth to a daughter for Murong Jin, watching them affectionately calling each other's intimate names, as if they were an ordinary, happy and loving couple, he watched them becoming happier day by day.

Slowly, I don't know when the hatred in my heart turned into jealousy.

He suddenly remembered that when he was at the border, he had once imagined his future with Liu Shu. Wasn't it exactly like this?

Although the poison had not yet taken effect, his heart suddenly began to ache.

In a trance, he recalled the days when he was young in the palace. His father had many sons, but except for a few princes of high birth who were protected by their mothers, he did not pay much attention to the rest.

When he was a child, he didn't understand why his mother treated him and his eighth brother so differently even though they were both children of his mother.

Later he found out that he was not Defei's son, but his biological mother was just a palace maid of humble origin who was forgotten by the emperor after being favored by him for one night.

It was also from that time that he understood the gap in status, grew up overnight, and learned to conceal his emotions.

If no one cares about him, then he doesn't have to care about anyone.

In fact, it was he who took the initiative to plan the trip to the border.

Since he was young, he was taught by Concubine De to focus on the Eighth Prince and to assist the Eighth Prince well.

On the surface, he agreed meekly, but no one knew his true thoughts. Why? They were both princes, so why did the Eighth Prince treat him like a slave?

When he was a child, the Eighth Prince bullied him and beat and scolded him at every turn. When he grew up, he bossed him around and showed no respect at all. But he wanted him to be loyal to him, which was really ridiculous.

At that time, there was a fierce struggle in the court over the issue of establishing a crown prince. Concubine De and the Eighth Prince were ambitious, but the other princes in the court were quite powerful. He did not think highly of the Eighth Prince, but he was Concubine De's adopted son and could not be separated from Concubine De's faction. He did not want to be involved in it. He did not want to be a dog of the Eighth Prince anymore and did not want to be pushed out as a scapegoat by him if something happened in the future.

It happened that at that time His Majesty intended to send someone to the border to take over Liu Shu's military power. With the determination to burn his boats, he took the initiative to propose to the Eighth Prince that he was willing to go to the border to help him regain the military power.

Perhaps because he had behaved so well in the past and had never disobeyed the Eighth Prince's wishes, the Eighth Prince did not doubt his intentions and directly agreed and facilitated his going to the border.

The journey to the border was not smooth, and he encountered many assassinations, but he was lucky enough to arrive at the border in the end.

Although it was risky, he finally found a way out for himself.

The first time I met Liu Shu was when we were about to arrive at the border.

She was dressed in silver armor and rode towards him on her horse, saving him from the killer.

She stood with the sun behind her, smiled and stretched out her hand to him, asking him with concern if he was okay.

At that moment, his heart was beating rapidly.

Everyone in the capital has several faces behind their backs, just like the Eighth Prince, who appears to be polite and courteous to others in public, but has a bad temper in private. Whenever something happens, they often curse at him and take it out on him.

He had never seen such a genuine and hearty smile, and no one had ever cared about him without a trace of calculation.

But at this moment he felt what he had once longed for but could not get.

From that moment on, he couldn't help but pay attention to Liu Shu.

Liu Shu is a very easy to understand person. She is different from ordinary girls in the boudoir. She is sincere, brave, tenacious and righteous.

She possessed all the wonderful qualities that he had never seen before.

The more he got along with her and the more he understood her, the more he couldn't help but be moved by her.

That feeling was completely different from what he had felt towards Pei Xuan.

The border was not peaceful, and the Hu people harassed the border towns from time to time.

During those three years, they fought together against the Hu people and experienced life and death together.

Although it was hard, the days at the border were the happiest time of his life.

At that time, he really wanted to stay at the border and be with Liu Shu forever.

He had long forgotten the purpose of coming to the border and had also given up the hidden ambition in his heart.

He stood on the city wall and asked Liu Shu to marry him, not for military power, but simply because he loved her.

If there hadn't been the unexpected events in the capital, he might have been able to live happily like Liu Shu.

but…

When the news came from the capital, when the throne seemed to be within his grasp, his heart still wavered.

A crack appeared in the resolute heart, and the sufferings of the past caused the unwillingness in the heart to grow wildly like weeds.

In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation and decided to return to Beijing.

But he swore in his heart that he would never let Liu Shu down.

But things in the world are often unpredictable.

Sometimes, compromising one step means compromising all steps.

In order to hold on to the power in his hands, he still broke his oath to Liu Shu.