Chapter 248
When Selina raised her head, there was a scary, red and swollen slap mark on her face, and blood was flowing from the corner of her mouth.
She looked at Edward in disbelief.
Looking at this husband who was always gentlemanly and graceful, who would never scold her or hit her even when he was cold to her, tears instantly welled up in her eyes.
"You dare to hit me?!"
"Edward! I am the most honorable queen, your mistress! Why do you hit me? How dare you hit me?!"
Edward looked at Selina who was grabbing him and going crazy, his face was cold and veins popped out on his forehead: "I only hate myself for being too naive and thinking that I could get everything back by giving in! I only hate myself for being blind and not seeing your disgusting and dirty true face!"
It is true that Selina is vicious and unscrupulous, and it is also true that she has liked Edward for so many years.
Being humiliated by the person she cared about the most, she was like a madman, unwilling and angry, sneer: "Disgusting? Disgusting, you have been with me for so many years, right? How, do you dare to kill me, the queen?!"
Edward looked at Selina who was acting confidently, pushed her away coldly, and brushed his sleeves lightly as if he was brushing away some dirt.
Selina couldn't stand steadily and was thrown to the ground by this ruthless push.
The sharp fragments pierced her palm and blood flowed out.
But her husband, the king of the empire, just looked down at her as if he was a stranger, with his eyelashes drooping and his tone cold.
"Kill you?"
"No, I won't kill you."
"I will only take away everything you care about, and make you watch helplessly as you lose your power, identity, and looks... You will have to atone for her sins for the rest of your life!"
After saying this, Edward no longer looked at Selina on the ground. He turned and left, leaving Selina alone crying.
Outside the palace gate, Captain Simmons, who was kneeling on one knee, slowly raised his head after hearing the queen's painful and desperate cries.
The moonlight was cold, reflecting his handsome profile with clear lines. His eyes were deep, and the scar on his sharp brow had long since healed.
But hatred is like a scar engraved into the soul that will never heal.
How could such punishment be enough?
Those innocent people who died because of the Queen, his family members whose bodies he couldn’t even find...what about them?
Who will seek the justice they deserve?
It was late at night when Louis and Asius were summoned to the palace.
It was not the first time that Louis had an audience with the emperor late at night, but it was the first time that he saw his father looking so depressed and haggard.
The lights in the hall were bright, and the other party was sitting on a high seat. However, in just a few days, the white hair on his temples seemed to have increased, and his eyes were as dim as a dry well, without any light or ripples.
"My son has met my father."
Edward looked at Louis who was kneeling and saluting below, with concern in his eyes. His originally indifferent expression softened a little, and even had a little more kindness.
How did this child, who had been neglected by him for so long, survive all these years?
The other person has now matured to the point where he no longer needs my care, or perhaps he has calmed down due to his disappointment...
Things have turned out like this today, and it's not just Selena who is at fault.
He was even more wrong.
Louis, the innocent one who had been neglected and ignored for many years, and Asus, who was treated as the shadow of his lover, was first doted on and then ruthlessly abandoned.
Just like the wrong choice I made in the beginning, one wrong step, all wrong...
After a long silence, the first thing Edward said to Louis was: "If you can only choose between power and Shen Yinyin, what would you choose?"
Lewis raised his head. Although the question was strange, he did not hesitate at all: "She is the only one I want in my life!"
Edward looked at the young Louis, and in a trance, it seemed as if he had returned to more than 20 years ago.
The same scene returned to the time when his father asked him this question.
At that time, he did not have Louis's firmness and determination. He thought that his ambiguous answer could delay time so that he could make long-term plans. He thought... he could protect her.
But it was his hesitation that caused him to lose his love forever.
Memories flooded back and Edward's eyes turned red.
He looked at Louis, who was completely different from himself, as if he was questioning his former self.
"But Shen Yinyin has so many handsome men, and you are just one of them. Is it worth it for you to do this?"
"worth."
After hearing this answer, Edward closed his eyes, smiled at himself, and his originally straight back became a little hunched.
When he opened his eyes again, Edward seemed to be talking to Louis, but also seemed to be talking to himself: "You will be happier than your father."
"From now on, this empire is your empire..."
After Louis left, Asius walked into the hall. After three years, he saw his father again, the man who once doted on him but wanted to kill him.
He did not kneel.
With his thin lips slightly raised, Asus smiled perversely and defiantly, but there was no smile in his eyes.
He looked at his father as if he were a stranger.
Edward looked at Asius's long golden hair and mechanical right arm, his eyes became slightly moist, and he seemed to look even older.
Born into a royal family, power always alienates everyone. He cares too much about reputation and power, and even does whatever it takes to achieve them, so he is destined to receive such punishment.
He was not like this when he was young. At that time, he was also full of enthusiasm and wanted to change the status quo of the empire with his lover.
But because of his cowardice and hesitation, he first lost his lover and now he lost his child.
Edward opened his mouth and wanted to say something out of guilt, but his throat was choked with sobs and he couldn't say anything. He just sighed.
Watching Asius turn and leave, tears silently fell, and Edward said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry..."
When Asus heard this, he paused.
But the next moment, he walked out with more determined steps.
It's ok.
it's OK.
He is not alone, he has a little one with him, his little one...