Chapter 607, Too Painful to Look Back (1 more update)

"Yes!"

Yun Jinnian respectfully saw the Empress off.

Watching the Empress straighten her back as she left, he felt somewhat dazed.

Once upon a time, he, too, had strived to stand tall like the Empress, only to become weak and pitiful at the last moment.

Chu Liange always looked at him with eyes filled with disappointment and disdain.

It made his heart race and his self-esteem suffer.

Actually, in his past life, he had always been inferior, feeling even more so after marrying Chu Liange.

He would never know how hard she had worked to be worthy of the status of the Fifth Prince's consort, how hard she had strived to be a good Empress.

And the hardships she had endured to be a mother.

He would never know; he would only press his heavy body onto her in the dark of night, panting, rhythmic.

Chu Liange always thought she didn't understand, that she couldn't see through his unwillingness, that she couldn't decipher the disdain and disgust in his eyes.