HRPM – Chapter 198 The Situation Is Not Good

Xiao Che was a man who constantly strove upward. He would never cling nostalgically to the past.

Yang Ruoyao’s expression changed when she heard that. She lowered her head. “Is that so? Che, you’re an ambitious man. But I’m only a little woman who needs love. No matter what happens, I’ll silently support you from behind and never stand in your way. Even if I can’t marry you, I won’t have any regrets.”

“I’ll give you an explanation.” For some reason, Xiao Che suddenly thought of Jin Luoluo again. In the past, he had always believed that once he drove Jin Luoluo away, he would be able to be with the woman he truly loved.

But why was that desire no longer as strong as it had been in the beginning?

The moment she heard the words “an explanation,” immense disappointment surged through Yang Ruoyao’s heart.

At first he had said, “The position of my principal wife is reserved only for you.” But now he merely said he would “give her an explanation.” Perhaps his meaning had not changed, but the enormous difference in tone had already revealed his wavering heart.

This could not continue. She had already endured again and again, yet Jin Luoluo was a woman she absolutely could not tolerate.

Because Xiao Che’s attention had already been drawn toward Jin Luoluo. Even if he refused to admit it, her instincts would not be wrong.

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When Xiao Che took his seat at the banquet, he saw that the seat beside him was still completely empty, and immediately knew things were bad.

Jin Luoluo still had not arrived. People had already begun gradually taking their places at the long banquet tables.

The cheerful laughter and chatter of nobles and aristocratic ladies drifted in continuously from outside the grand hall. It was likely that before long, every seat at the banquet would be filled.

Xiao Che was just about to go look for Jin Luoluo when he suddenly saw the Empress gracefully arriving together with the imperial consorts of the harem.

“Che’er, where are you going?”

“Jin Luoluo left something behind in my palace and went back to retrieve it. Your son is going to bring her back.” Xiao Che became even more anxious.

Once the Empress arrived, naturally the imperial relatives and nobles could no longer remain outside. Everyone began streaming into the great hall and taking their respective seats.

With things turning out this way, Jin Luoluo instead became the very last person to enter. That alone was already extremely discourteous behavior.

What worried him even more was the sight of her entire body wrapped in bandages. The moment she walked in, wouldn’t everyone be utterly dumbfounded before bursting into laughter?