Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Eight: Irreparable

The Emperor was daydreaming, and as a Princess, Chu Yu had no choice but to keep him company in his stupor. With one standing and the other sitting, they spent who knows how long in that state, and just as Chu Yu was about to fall asleep, Liu Ziyue finally ceased his performance art of admiring the fish in the pond, turned to her, and said, "Sister, do you intend to leave me?"

Chu Yu was startled, and only then did she look into Liu Ziyue's eyes. She saw the boy's narrow eyes cold and grim, tumultuous cruelty roiling within their depths, as if the warmth and dependency from their previous encounters had been hidden away.