Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 324 Cutting off the emotional ties

Hua Rong was calm, shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter, I want to hear why he wants me to do something."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kang Xiaorong rushed to the door. Instead of knocking on the door, he pushed it open with his palm.

The door was not closed tightly. When he pushed it, it opened with a bang. Ji Anni, who was behind the door, was almost knocked out.

"Huarong..." After seeing Huarong, Kang Xiaorong was stunned. He stood blankly at the door, not knowing what to say.

Hua Rong had already guessed Kang Xiaorong's purpose. She bowed indifferently and asked how he was without saying anything else, as if she was intentionally waiting to see how Kang Xiaorong would start.

While Kang Xiaorong was in a daze, Princess Tianning and Yuemao had already arrived at the door. The two guards outside the Taoyuan gate were also looking forward to the movement at the door to see what was going on.

"Brother Xiaorong, if you have anything to say, go in and talk slowly." Princess Tianning came behind Kang Xiaorong, "You must have a lot to ask her, right? I won't disturb you, I'll wait for you outside the door, okay?"

After saying that, she winked at Ji Anni, indicating that Ji Anni should not stand there stupidly in the room, but should wait outside with her.

"No need." Kang Xiaorong was not afraid of being overheard by others. He just wanted to ask clearly in front of everyone, "Huarong, I came here today just to ask you one question... Do you really want me to marry the princess? Do you really not care?"

Looking at Kang Xiaorong's fiery gaze, Hua Rong just sneered and replied indifferently: "Yes, Major General, I have made it very clear before. I don't care who you marry. I will sincerely bless your marriage with the princess."

Every word Huarong said was exactly the same as what Yuemao had told Kang Xiaorong just now. Kang Xiaorong couldn't stand this blow and let out a bitter dry laugh.

"Major General, you have asked all the questions. Don't make the princess sad anymore. She is your wife and you should love her well. There is no past, no present, and no future between you and me."

Hua Rong couldn't bear to look at Princess Tianning's eyes flashing with tears. Since her family fell into decline, she had been a maid beside Princess Tianning for three years. She knew better than anyone how much Princess Tianning loved Kang Xiaorong.

"Is everything you said true..." Kang Xiaorong couldn't believe it. It turned out that he had been wishful thinking all along.

"It's true, Major General. Why do you still refuse to believe it?"

Huarong had said the same thing countless times, but Kang Xiaorong only thought that it was a lie that Huarong had to tell for the sake of the overall situation, and never took it seriously. But today, when Yuemao woke him up with a slap in the face and told him that Huarong didn't love him at all, he suddenly realized that maybe Huarong was not lying, maybe Huarong really didn't love him.

"Huarong, this is really the last time I'm going to ask you this. Please tell me the truth... okay?" Kang Xiaorong was almost begging. He wanted to hear Huarong say once, even just once, that she loved him and cared about him... Why couldn't she fulfill even such a small wish?

Huarong's throat choked slightly, as if she was infected by Kang Xiaorong's excitement and could no longer calm down. She pushed the question to Yuemao and whispered, "Major General, ask Yuemao. She knows everything. Whether Huarong loves you or not...she knows better than me..."

"No, I want to hear you tell me in person." Kang Xiaorong didn't understand the true meaning of Huarong's words. He rushed forward excitedly and grabbed Huarong's shoulders tightly. "Just now, she said that you don't love me at all, that you want to break the shackles of the engagement, that you want freedom... But I don't believe it, I don't believe it at all. If you didn't tell me in person, I wouldn't believe a word of it."

"Major General, let me go!" Hua Rong struggled under Kang Xiaorong's shackles, "Major General, what else do you want me to say? I'm telling the truth. If you keep forcing me, I'll have no choice but to lie to you!"

"You..." Kang Xiaorong was stunned by Hua Rong's roar and couldn't utter a word.

Hua Rong took a breath and said, "Major General, did Yue Mao really tell you that I don't love you at all?"

"She lied to me, she lied to me, didn't she?"

"No... everything she said is true..." Huarong's eyes drifted to Yuemao's face, "Whatever she said is true..."

"No, no... no!" Kang Xiaorong almost collapsed. All the strength in his body was draining from his pores, and he no longer had the strength to hold on to Huarong. He slowly lowered his hands and staggered back.

At this moment, I suddenly felt that the face in front of me was so strange. Was this strange woman really the one I loved, really my fiancée?

Something seemed to be wrong, wrong... something had been wrong for a long, long time... and I had never noticed...

Kang Xiaorong suddenly felt dizzy and lowered his head to cover his forehead. The mental blow made his eyes go dark and he almost fainted.

"Brother Xiaorong? Brother Xiaorong? Are you okay?" Princess Tianning saw that Kang Xiaorong looked unwell and hurried forward to help him.

"Leave me alone!" Kang Xiaorong used all his strength to push Princess Tianning away. If Princess Tianning hadn't forced him to marry, Huarong wouldn't have said such cruel words to him. The more he thought about it, the more he hated Princess Tianning. He attributed all the reasons for his pain to Princess Tianning, and he couldn't stand seeing Princess Tianning's face in front of him.

"I don't want to see you... I don't want to see you anymore..." Kang Xiaorong had a splitting headache and was in excruciating pain.

"Brother Xiaorong, Brother Xiaorong..." Princess Tianning supported him sadly. No matter how he pushed her away, she did not let go of her hand that was holding Kang Xiaorong's sleeve.

She didn't blame Kang Xiaorong because she understood his heartache at the moment. Princess Tianning had already experienced the feeling of being rejected by the person she loved deeply. She even felt that Huarong's words were too cruel, just like Kang Xiaorong, and hoped that Huarong would say that she still loved Kang Xiaorong. If she had known that Kang Xiaorong could not bear this blow, Princess Tianning would never let Kang Xiaorong come to see Huarong.

Because Princess Tianning loved Kang Xiaorong, she let him do whatever he wanted. But when she saw that he had hurt himself, she regretted not trying to persuade him. Princess Tianning was conflicted and in pain, and her tears never stopped.

"This is not true...it's not true..." Kang Xiaorong kept shaking his head, still unwilling to believe Hua Rong's words.

"Major General..." Hua Rong lowered her eyelashes, "Since you have finished asking your question, don't stay here any longer. Your injuries probably haven't recovered yet, so you should go back and rest quickly."

"At this point, are you still worried about my injuries?" Kang Xiaorong sneered, "You are not afraid of breaking my heart, but you are still concerned about my injuries?"

"Major General, you misunderstood. I was just telling you the truth. I didn't mean to see you in pain. Why are you so sure that I love you? Why don't you believe that I don't love you?"

Hua Rong's cold words shattered Kang Xiaorong's last bit of hope.

Looking at Hua Rong's calm eyes, Kang Xiaorong gradually realized that maybe... the other party really didn't care about him at all. All along, he had misunderstood and thought that he and her were in love with each other.

"Hehe..." Kang Xiaorong smiled bitterly, his legs slightly weak, "Is that so? I understand... I finally understand... As you wish, I will marry the princess... As you wish, I will never bother you again, you are free... You can love the one you really want to love, and you don't have to... be bound by that stale marriage contract..."

Facing Kang Xiaorong's sarcasm, Huarong simply replied expressionlessly: "Thank you, Major General."

"Haha, haha!" Kang Xiaorong's wild laughter suddenly rang out, hovering in everyone's ears. This terrifying laughter was like a ruthless sword, severing the last bit of bond between the two.

This is good... This is the ending Hua Rong expected.

Huarong's gaze passed over everyone's shoulders and reached Yuemao's face at the back.

She smiled at Yuemao, as if to say: Sister, are you satisfied? I finally helped you cut off this entangled relationship and finally helped you end that impossible love. This world is realistic, and identity and family background are high walls that cannot be crossed. Three years ago, Xi Huarong had already lost the qualification to love Kang Xiaorong. Since she can't love, she can only choose to quit decisively.

Yuemao turned around and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. She kept comforting herself, only in this way could Kang Xiaorong completely forget her and start a new relationship. The pain is only temporary, there is no wound in the world that cannot be healed, time is the best medicine, all the pain, all the sadness, will eventually be washed away by time without leaving anything. After several years, maybe Kang Xiaorong really fell in love with Princess Tianning. When they recall this past affectionately, who will remember how many tears each other shed for each other and how much hardship each other experienced?

No one spoke in the room anymore. Perhaps at this moment everyone's throat was blocked by their own grief and no sound could be uttered.

Princess Tianning's intermittent sobbing and Kang Xiaorong's crazy laughter were the only sounds that could be heard at this moment.

At this moment, Ji Anni, who had been standing by the door without saying a word, suddenly uttered a "Woo..." groan. This groan was very suppressed. If she hadn't been holding it in to the extreme and couldn't hold it in any longer, Ji Anni would never let herself make a sound. Her face was pale, sweat dripped from her forehead, and her lips had lost their color, turning into two pieces of snow-white wax paper.

"Empress?" The first person to react was Hua Rong. She pushed away Kang Xiaorong who was blocking her way and rushed to Ji Anni.

"Hua Rong, Hua Rong..." Ji Anni tightly grasped Hua Rong's hand, but the words were on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't say them. The poison had taken effect. The spoonful of poison that she had just drunk had taken effect at this moment.

"Empress!" After Hua Rong's shout, Ji Anni fainted in Hua Rong's arms with her eyes closed.