[The Far-Sighted Ninth Prince Shao Qi × The Resilient and Clever Legitimate Daughter Lou Ci]
[Bad Ending]
The first time I met Shao Yuting, he was holding Tang Mo in his arms. I thought they were lovers. The second time I met him, he stabbed himself with a hairpin to save me. I thought he seemed like a decent fellow. After that, he kept me at his residence, and we met countless times. Shao Yuting had so many flaws, I thought. He was flashy, scheming, and delicate...
Later, I discovered he was hiding someone away: a woman who looked exactly like me. Su Pa said that woman was his wife... So we were the same person.
Shao Qi, courtesy name Yuting, gave up his life as an idle rich merchant and became the Worthy Prince again. In the blink of an eye, I became his princess consort. The Worthy Prince’s consort was never favored, and with a considerate, gentle secondary consort in the household, she might as well have been invisible. That was what everyone said, and I thought so too. But when I saw Shao Qi draw his blade and slit her throat, when I watched Bai Se leap from the palace wall, and when I saw Shao Qi fighting for his life with a sword in hand, drenched in blood, I finally understood that my seemingly tranquil life was hiding treacherous undercurrents...
Shao Qi was born to be an emperor, but an emperor was destined to be lonely. That was my punishment for him. Perhaps forgetting each other for the rest of our lives is the best ending either of us could hope for.
