You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 409 - 24. Your Highness, don’t you also wish not to..._3

A breathtakingly beautiful woman softly gave an order before she walked into the palace at the entrance of Sacred Heart Road.

"Yes, Empress." the female official said respectfully.

After the beautiful woman entered the palace, she saw that the grand door leading to Sacred Heart Road was already open.

The 'Illusion Heart Mist' enveloping Sacred Heart Road floated vaguely and enigmatically, barely revealing a figure standing at the beginning of the road.

She glanced once, took a deep breath, and then gracefully stepped into Sacred Heart Road.

The moment she entered the Illusion Heart Mist, she saw a young man dressed in the usual attire of a prince, smiling at her.

It was naturally Lin Yue.

"How long has it been?" Lin Yue asked the distinguished woman with a smile.

The stunning woman replied indifferently, "If you have something to say, say it."

"Although you are not my birth mother, you are still the mistress of the harem," Lin Yue said with a smile. "Empress, why are you so impatient with your own child? Could it be because I didn't call you mother?"

The Empress frowned and said, "Have you ever considered me a mother in your heart?"

"That's not quite right, Empress," Lin Yue took a step closer, chuckling softly. "It's no wonder that when I threatened you last time, you actually complied. Now I understand why."

The Empress slightly furrowed her brow and said, "That's all in the past, and past identities are just that, past."

Lin Yue smiled, then suddenly took another step closer, reaching out to grab her.

The Empress's expression changed slightly, and a water-like glow flashed across her body, suddenly repelling Lin Yue's hand.

She took a deep breath and said coldly, "What are you trying to do? How dare you!"

"What am I trying to do? Since you're here, you should understand," Lin Yue slightly raised an eyebrow, not perturbed, only smiling gently. "Empress, I promise, just evade me one more time, and I will turn and leave immediately."

"You..." The Empress exhaled slowly, her words tinged with a plea, "Everything has changed, we can't go back... please don't pressure me."

"No."

Lin Yue's expression did not change, as he once again reached out to grasp her delicate, jade-like hand.

This time, the Empress did not evade. She allowed him to hold her hand but slowly closed her eyes and murmured, "Why must you do this? Do you know it has been sixteen hundred years? I am already the Empress. Aren't you afraid of His Majesty..."

"His Majesty is dead."

Lin Yue interrupted her directly, saying with a smile, "The God Emperor knew about our past life's fate. If the Empress didn't know His Majesty was dead, how could you possibly come to meet me?"

The Empress was silent for a long while before saying, "Even if His Majesty is dead, our fate is already severed."

"Severed?"

Lin Yue laughed, "If our fate is severed, why then are you helping Xiahou Shou, who was from our past lives and belongs to the Demon Clan? Xiahou Shou sent spies from the Demon Clan to Great Yong, you knew, yet you never exposed them, even shielded them. You want Xiahou Shou to learn of your whereabouts, don't you? Is that how you behave as the Holy Daughter of the Human Clan, Princess Xing Lian?"

With each word from Lin Yue, the Empress's face turned a shade paler.

Hearing the name Princess Xing Lian, she closed her eyes slower, her teeth gradually biting into her lips, controlling her emotions.

After a long silence, she slowly opened her eyes and said softly, "I'm no longer the Ninth Princess, don't call me Princess Xing Lian. I am now the Empress of Great Yong, that name... I have forgotten." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

"I understand."

Lin Yue revealed a hint of a smile, intertwining his fingers tightly with hers, turning to gaze into the misty depths of Sacred Heart Road. "Just like sixteen hundred years ago, accompany me once more down the Sacred Heart Road, Empress."

"Why?" The Empress inhaled deeply, "Such a private meeting is already improper, doing this now is even more..."

"Then let it be improper."

Lin Yue said nonchalantly, "Do I look like the kind of upright gentleman who loves to abide by the rules?"

He turned to look at her with a chuckling smile, "Empress, you surely wouldn't want your secret of betraying your nation to be known, would you?"

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