As promised, Xu Jiansheng returned to Bai Yunyu's courtyard the following evening. He saw Bai Yunyu was eating alone.

"Where's your servant? Why are you eating alone?" Xu Jiangshend asked as he jumped in from the window.

"My servant, Meilan, is eating her dinner with other servants right now. Besides, I asked her to leave since I know that you'll be coming," Yunyu answered as he pinched the boiled fish in front of him and ate a bit.

Xu Jiansheng frowned when he saw the food. He asked, "How come you only eat that for your dinner? You're already bone thin. You should eat more!"

Yunyu answered calmly as he continued munching bits by bits of his evening food, a piece of boiled fish.

"This is part of my punishment. His Majesty punished me because I don't want to bow down to his order. So he punished me by eating this only every evening."

"His Majesty as in… your husband, Emperor Xianliang, right?"

"Indeed."

"How could a husband do something so cruel to his wife!?" Xu Jiansheng was astonished by the condition presented in front of him. Xu Jiansheng went outside for a moment and returned to Bai Yunyu with a box of rice, soup, and chicken, "You need to eat. I bring you some food to fill your stomach. Aish, your husband, is a bastard, torturing you like this!"

Bai Yunyu stared at the food brought by Xu Jiansheng, he used his chopstick to ate a bit, but because he was used to not eating at all, when he tried eating more than his regular portion, Bai Yunyu started retching, as if he would puke everything out.

"Why did he do this to you?" Xu Jiansheng asked. He seemed stressed with Yunyu's condition. He gave Bai Yunyu water to stop him from retching. After Bai Yunyu felt better, he replied.

"Well, he has a reason, just like he has a reason to imprison me here," He smiled weakly at Xu Jiansheng and chuckled after how stressed Jiansheng was. "Why are you so surprised? Do you really think that His Majesty, Emperor Xianliang, will prioritize me?"

"Yes," Xu Jiansheng replied without a second thought.

'How could someone waste such beauty like Bai Yunyu?! How blind can he be?'

Bai Yunyu stopped eating his dinner only after few bites. He had no appetite. And he didn't seem to mind about his crumbling body either.

"Emperor Xianliang has many concubines filling his harem. He has 102 concubines so far and has a dozen of princes and princesses. Some women or ger men will inevitably lose the fight against the higher ranked harem member."

"Just like me, I've been kicked out of the harem after a dirty scheme. And I refuse to apologize for something that I didn't do," Bai Yunyu explained.

"But… but you're beautiful. You're also the Empress. I don't think there's any reason for your harsh punishment," Xu Jiansheng said honestly.

"That's because I can't bear him a child. I'm an infertile ger man."

The statement shocked Xu Jiansheng to the bone. Although Bai Yunyu's cinnabar mole wasn't visible, he thought that Bai Yunyu had his cinnabar mole hidden somewhere.

Bai Yunyu pointed at his forehead, where his previous cinnabar mole should exist, "It slowly disappears over time until I'm no longer a ger, at least I know now that I'm just a regular man."

[Pupa: With a small dick.]

[Ssshh! Damn it! You will ruin my immersion!]

…

"So you don't love him anymore?"

"Love? I don't believe he still loves me, like a rotten apple that we ate together once. The apple has turned rotten. His Majesty will find a fresher apple for him to eat," Bai Yunyu said.

…

"Then what about the letter that you want me to deliver?"

"It's not a sweet letter," Bai Yunyu chuckled lightly. "It's just a letter to show that I will not be entangled with him anymore for the rest of his life."

Xu Jiansheng got strangely excited when he heard this, "So you're leaving him?"

"Yes, I will leave somewhere far."

"W—Where do you want to go? I may not be much, but I'm actually quite wealthy. I can take you away with me," Xu Jiansheng suddenly proposed a crazy idea. He got carried away when he heard that Bai Yunyu wanted to break his relationship apart from Huang Shu. It was a crazy idea for an Empress to divorce his own Emperor.

"Why would you want to take me? I'm an infertile ger," Bai Yunyu was bewildered by such a strange proposal.

"Heh, I don't care about that infertile stuff! All I ask is whether you're willing. If you are, then I will definitely take you with me later!"

Bai Yunyu's chuckle turned into a small laugh, "You have both virtue and recklessness in your words. It is honestly quite refreshing."

He showed a gentle smile and then took something from his sleeve—a letter for the Golden Emperor, Emperor Xianliang.

The letter was simple. There was no official stamp on it. But it was written wholeheartedly by Empress Xiuying to Emperor Xianliang.

Jiansheng snatched the letter. He had the urge to rip the letter. But when Empress Xiuying glanced at him and showed a nice smile, he immediately softened.

"I don't know when will I meet that bastard Emperor, but I will make sure to deliver this…"

"Thank you for your kindness…" Bai Yunyu humbly bowed his head deep in front of Xu Jiansheng.

Xu Jiansheng scoffed. He still disliked the fact that he had to deliver such a letter to his enemy, but it was a promise, and a man never backed down from his promise.

"So, are you sure that you don't want to leave with me? It's definitely better than here," Xu Jiansheng proposed for the second time.

"There's no use of me to live with you. You have the battle to fight. I know that you're not a simple man," Bai Yunyu implied as if he already knew Xu Jiansheng's real identity.

"How could you—" Xu Jiansheng clenched his fist. Why would he get surprised anyway? Bai Yunyu was the Empress of this empire. Of course, he wasn't a simple beauty. He must've vast knowledge that he could determine or at least grasp who was Xu Jiansheng, or his real identity.

Bai Yunyu chuckled, "Next time, hide your contempt for the Emperor, and hide the mark in your hand. You're General Xu's son, right? I saw you once, but you're still young back then. You must be around twenty two years old right now."

…

"You're not going to report your finding to that bastard Emperor?"

"Why would I? I have no more battle to fight here, I am but a defeated Empress," Bai Yunyu replied. "Be careful on your fight, okay?"

Xu Jiansheng continued staring at Bai Yunyu and then promised, "I will return after I finished my mission. I will take you with me, remember that."

Bai Yunyu smiled without giving a definite answer, "Do what you want first, Xu Jiansheng. You don't need to think about me."

'Because I won't be able to survive for so long,' Bai Yunyu said in his heart.

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