Chapter 435 Dusty Memories
Seeing that Pei Ye was adamant, the Empress Dowager came up with another plan.
"Pei Ye, as long as you come forward to testify that it was Chu Li who wrote the fake edict, I will have a way to make her abdicate, fake her death, and cripple her martial arts so that you can have her."
Her voice was full of temptation, "Don't you like her? You have been childhood sweethearts. Are you willing to let Ye Hanting get away with it? He is dead, and Chu Li should be yours."
The corners of Pei Ye's narrow eyes were slightly raised, and a sneer appeared at the corners of his lips.
He looked at the Empress Dowager with nausea, thinking that he had been following such an old witch for all these years.
Under the expectant gaze of the Grand Empress Dowager, he said in a cold voice: "Filthy, so what if I, Pei Ye, am stupid, and so what if I can't keep my beloved, but I am a hundred times better than you, an old woman who eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures but is ruthless and merciless. Look, those dead ghosts are looking at you, waiting for you to go to hell!"
The Empress Dowager spoke calmly, "Chu Li killed his father to seize the throne. Now that he is in the palace, I have weighed the pros and cons and have done nothing wrong in protecting myself. Buddha's hand, let him go. Continue to torture him and see what he can say."
So what if he is her sister’s grandson? If he dares to block her way and cannot be used by her, she will get rid of him.
Buddha's hand frowned. He didn't like the Empress Dowager's method of coercion and inducement. After all, women were not commodities. Even if Chu Li's throne was obtained in questionable way, deposing her and giving her to Pei Ye would always make people uncomfortable.
"Buddha's Hand, what are you waiting for!" the Empress Dowager scolded.
Buddha's hand grabbed Pei Ye by the collar and threw him heavily against the wall.
Pei Ye spat out a mouthful of blood, took out a hidden weapon, turned around, and quickly pressed it against the Empress Dowager's neck.
"Pei Ye, you dare!" The Empress Dowager never thought that Pei Ye would dare to hurt her.
"Let go of my master, or I will leave you with a corpse torn into pieces." Buddha's hand's eyes suddenly darkened.
The Empress Dowager was his benefactor, how could he allow Pei Ye, a traitor, to hurt her!
He quietly took out a hidden weapon and shot Pei Ye's hand. His hand shook and scratched the Empress Dowager's face.
Pei Ye was covered in wounds and barely fought a few moves with Buddha's hand. He went straight to the Empress Dowager, hoping to kill the old witch at least today.
"Buddha's Hand, you were deceived by her..." Before Pei Ye could finish his words, he was pressed under Buddha's Hand.
Suddenly, his ears moved, "Someone is coming."
The Empress Dowager's eyes darkened, she withdrew her gaze from Pei Ye and looked at the Buddha's hand, "It should be Chu Li who came to kill me."
"Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt you. I will kill her myself. At worst, I will use my own life to pay her off!"
Buddha's hand immediately pressed the mechanism of the bedroom, and Chu Li was trapped as soon as he came in.
Pei Ye reacted faster and destroyed the mechanism in the dark room, trapping the three people in the dark room.
Pei Ye blocked Foshou's way, wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, and stared at him, "If you want to kill her, you have to get past me."
"Mad man!" The Empress Dowager's eyes became even darker.
Buddha's hand said calmly: "Master, she has been trapped. It will not be difficult to open this door and deal with her."
Pei Ye shouted outside, "Chu Li, break the window and leave quickly!"
"Pei Ye!" Chu Li heard Pei Ye's voice coming from inside the wall.
On her way to the palace, she received a secret letter from Pei Ye's subordinates.
She guessed that something might have happened to Pei Ye.
"Your Majesty, Pei Ye has held me hostage. There is a mechanism outside to open the secret door. Please look for it!" The voice of the Empress Dowager came from inside the secret door.
Pei Ye leaned against the door and shouted, "Don't believe her, there is a top killer Buddha's Hand in the dark room!"
Chu Li searched outside for a while and opened the mechanism.
The moment the secret door opened, the Empress Dowager shouted, "Chu Li, do you want to commit treason and kill the Empress Dowager?"
The Buddha's hand protected its master and slapped Pei Ye, then suddenly stabbed Chu Li who broke in with a sword.
At the critical moment, Pei Ye held the Buddha's sword tightly, and the tip of the sword pierced Pei Ye's heart. Chu Li stabbed the Buddha's hand in an instant.
"Pei Ye!" Chu Li went to touch Pei Ye.
Buddha's hand was injured, but he protected the Empress Dowager as she escaped.
Luo Changhe used his inner strength to break into the room. The Empress Dowager hid under the table under the Buddha statue with a look of horror on her face. Chu Li's master had arrived.
While Foshou and Luo Changhe were fighting, the Empress Dowager stood up and tried to escape.
Suddenly, the table tilted, and the Buddha statue fell down and hit the Empress Dowager's waist heavily.
"Ah..." The Empress Dowager screamed, "Help, help me."
She heard fighting outside the door, and no one came in to save her. It seemed that Chu Li had made all the preparations.
“Chu Li, I am your royal grandmother, please save me… cough cough cough.”
The Empress Dowager turned pale with pain.
She regretted that Chu Li actually dared to attack her, the royal grandmother.
Her waist and legs were broken by the Buddha statues she worshipped every day.
Chu Li looked at the Empress Dowager coldly and told her to be pressed well under the Buddha statue. She deserved to die!
Within ten moves, Luo Changhe tied the Buddha's hand back.
In the dark room, Pei Ye leaned against the wall, covered in blood. He raised the corner of his lips and looked at Chu Li, "Don't look at it, it's not very pretty."
"This is a heart-protecting pill, take it quickly." After Chu Li took his pulse, he took the heart-protecting pill with trembling hands.
After Pei Ye took the heart-protecting pill, he raised his hand with difficulty and wanted to touch Chu Li's cheek.
The blood-stained hand stopped in mid-air. He was afraid of dirtying Chu Li's cheek, so he withdrew his hand and looked into Chu Li's moist eyes.
"Chu Li, promise me that in the next life, you will choose me first..."
Chu Li's heart suddenly shrank, as if it was being gripped by an invisible hand.
Her heart ached sharply, and the scenes of her childhood with Pei Ye kept rushing into her mind. Those dusty memories came flooding back like a floodgate had been opened.
"Brother Pei Ye, these purple flowers are very special in color. I like them."
"Then I will pick them for you every day, Chuchu. Girls in the Great Chu can get married at the age of fourteen. What do you think of me?" Pei Ye held his chin and looked at her.
"I have to ask my father and mother." Chu Chu sat on a wooden stake by the river, swinging her feet happily.
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Chuchu covered Pei Ye's eyes from behind, "Brother Pei Ye, guess what I want to give you?"
Pei Ye raised the corner of his lips, "Is it a stupid bird?"
"Ah, you saw it all." Chu Chu curled her lips.
Pei Ye held Chu Chu's soft hand and said, "I like whatever you give me."
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"Brother Pei Ye, the stone you gave me is so beautiful, better than the jade I got last time." Chu Chu held a piece of bluestone with unique patterns in her hands, her eyes sparkling.
Pei Ye lowered his eyes, "Sorry, Chuchu, I can only pick up some beautiful stones for you now. When I have more silver, I..."
"I just like unique stones like this, and I don't like to spend money to buy them."
Pei Ye looked at Chu Chu's brilliant smile and murmured, "I will help you find all the beautiful jades in the world and give them to you."
Chu Chu burst out laughing, "That's a bit difficult."
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All the memories about Chu Chu and Pei Ye rushed into her mind in an instant, and Chu Li's tears fell on Pei Ye's hands.