CHAPTER 243: CHAPTER 160: WERE YOU TRYING TO TOUCH ME JUST NOW?

Tonight, you came to tell me that Mother escaped?

Was it really an escape, or did you..."

As he spoke, a storm of emotions surged in his eyes, "I’m going to the palace to investigate right now. If anything happens to my mother, I’ll risk my life to ensure everyone pays for it with theirs!"

Such words, indeed, are exceedingly rebellious.

If not driven to madness by anger, how could one dare utter such words in front of a monarch?

Yelyu Erlun was both angry and astonished.

Because in his view, for that woman to successfully escape right under his nose, this boy must have helped her! Otherwise, she couldn’t even get out of the city gates!

But this boy was now acting as if he would rather fight to the death with him...

"Do you truly not know?"

"What should I know?!" he roared, angrily, "You think I’ll believe your casual slander? Despite the hardships, Mother never left! Why would she leave when it’s time to enjoy life?!"

His fury, surprisingly, left Yelyu Erlun stunned for a moment but then seemed reasonable.

In the years she was upset with him, she never thought of leaving. Now that her son had become so successful and protective of her, it was finally a time to see light through the clouds. Why leave now?

Yelyu Erlun couldn’t comprehend, nor did he understand what ’the greatest grief is a heart that is dead’ meant.

In the past, when she was resentful and angry, showing tantrums, it was because there was still a shred of hope in her heart.

But on New Year’s Eve, she finally realized something.

The man she loved for over twenty years did not love her. Not only did he not love her, but he also never loved any woman in the palace.

The only thing his heart held was himself alone...

The weak flame in her heart finally extinguished.

But Yelyu Erlun did not understand.

He would never understand in this lifetime.

So, after hearing his son’s words, he was actually persuaded, a hint of hesitation in his voice, "It really wasn’t you who let her leave? Then how was it possible for her to get through the palace gates?"

The king’s softened attitude left Yelyu Lie in shock, "What do you mean? What palace gates? Are you serious? Mother... Mother really left me... left?"

This confrontation took a while longer to unfold.

Yelyu Erlun was almost beside himself in urgency, "She really left! If I’m lying to you, may I die a horrible death! Your mother tricked me into going to release sky lanterns, and when the riffraff from the Chuqing Kingdom mixed in, she... she took the opportunity to flee!!!"

Though he cursed, his tone was lacking confidence.

But Yelyu Lie knew.

Reflecting on the scene that had just happened, he felt chilled on behalf of his mother!

Not knowing what kind of sadness she felt after giving everything and being treated by a man in such a way, and with what kind of feelings she left?

The idea he had of wanting to keep his mother here disappeared completely at that very moment...

Earlier, during the Chuqing people’s disturbance, an assassin followed closely, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

And his father, the king’s first thought, was not to protect his mother, but to grab someone close by to block the blade for him.

Usually, it was palace attendants who followed him around.

But tonight, he forgot that the person he was holding on to was the woman he had once deeply cherished.

Just in the instant he pushed her out to block the blade, the bright red on her body seared into Yelyu Lie’s eyes.

And it also pierced Yelyu Erlun...

He truly forgot that the beauty had been by his side, being led by him the whole time.

He panicked and wanted to apologize.

But the surge of the crowd pushed her silhouette further and further away until it disappeared completely.

He was surrounded by a group of guards at the base of the city wall, unable to find that flash of red again.

At that moment, Yelyu Erlun panicked!

After the riffraff from Chuqing Kingdom was completely suppressed by the guard team, he finally found that red cloak discarded in a corner.

Yelyu Erlun’s first thought was that she had been kidnapped.

Heaven knows how terrified he was inside!

Almost rounding up all the Chuqing people in the Royal City for questioning, only then did he belatedly realize the truth.

He rushed back to the Royal Palace as fast as he could and, upon checking Ningxiang Hall, understood everything.

That woman...

She ran away!

Choosing this night, this day, to ensure he would never find peace again!!!

Although the city gates were wide open tonight, it was only for outsiders to come in. Those inside the city who wanted to leave still had to get proof from the Government Office.

Unable to find any trace of her in the Royal City, Yelyu Erlun became suspicious that the mother and son must have colluded together!