Chapter 13 — The Emperor's White Moonlight Returns, So Let's Play One More Game

Her helpless screams rang out behind her, but I pretended not to hear her and just continued to stride forward.

“If you want to be Queen like that, then just give it to you.”

My very soft mumbling gradually disappeared with the wind, I don't know if it finally reached her ears or not. I thought for a while, but in the end I still didn't want to go see Te Duc one last time. I changed into a black nightgown and, under the support of the forbidden army, quietly left the palace. Before leaving, the decree that was searched from the Tu family's house was also placed on Te Duc's table. The childhood love that he always considered to be a deep and meaningful love was just a ladder for the Tu family to seek a step up to heaven. That night, the royal palace was brightly lit, thick smoke billowed high into the sky. I turned my head to look back at the towering wall, that was the cage that had imprisoned me for my whole life and more than half of my life. I urged my horse to gallop faster, the farther I went. It is said that the Tu family rebelled and the Empress was trapped in the palace. It was said that a fire broke out in the palace again, the fire spread everywhere, it was impossible to control. It is said that the Emperor has passed away. It is said that when the eldest son ascended the throne, Lam Hau, because of his merits in suppressing the rebellion and correcting the unjust case, was appointed National Teacher. Those are all things we hear on the road, all of which no longer have anything to do with us. For the rest of my life, I just want to use my feet to travel across the mountains and rivers, traveling in all four directions. (END OF FULL TEXT)