Snow Phoenix

8. Can't Be Trusted

Author's POV:
"WHATT... What do you mean by that bitch is still alive? Didn't you tell me, that the poison I gave him cannot be treated? And after getting poisoned, even the emperor attacked him. How can anyone survive against the tremendous power of the Emperor?" The first consort was losing her mind. 

She never really cared about 2nd consort, as she always kept her distance from the emperor. But the 3rd consort has always been trouble for her. The first consort always knew that Zhan and the emperor were more like childhood sweethearts. Even the former emperor and empress favored him. She was sure that sooner or later he will cause trouble for her. So she was planning to eliminate him from her first day in this palace. But no matter how hard she tried, the emperor never really punished him. She knows that even if the emperor denied it, he still has soft spot for Zhan in his heart. So before the emperor realizes his own feelings, she wants to send Zhan far away from their life. She wants to be the empress at any cost. And she won't let anyone ruin her dream. So she sent one of her men to keep watch over Zhan's cottage. Even though Zhan never left his cottage ever since he gained his senses back. But the man that she sent overheard the conversation between Yubin and a-qing. When they were talking about how to make Zhan eat a complete meal. But she was worried now. If Zhan survived that means the emperor will surely ask him about what happened that day. When that incident happened the emperor was too angry to think straight, but if he confronted Zhan in court he will be calm and composed like how the king should. What if Zhan tells him the truth, what if the emperor believes him? And if the former emperor and empress going to be there, she will be doomed. In the worst scenarios, if the emperor investigates her more, he'll get to know that it was she who killed all the possible women who could have given an heir to the king. She just framed Zhan that day, so that no one can suspect her and she will get to play a victim card.

Flashback:

Zhan was strolling in the palace garden, the emperor was busy with some important work in his study. He was delighted today; he has been feeling sick for almost a month now. But today when Royal Healer checked his condition, he felt like god gave him all the treasures from heaven. He felt that now he will get all the love he craved, since his mother's death. He felt like now his Husband will treat him well like he used to treat him when they were kids. HE WAS PREGNANT !!! Yes, he is pregnant... It's his baby, his husband's baby. It's their baby. He knew his husband was upset about something since their marriage. But Zhan knows that his husband will never hate him. He trusted his husband too much. His DAGE (Xiao Cheng) and Yubin always told him that Yibo hates him, and he would hurt Zhan one day. They asked him to leave his husband, and stay with his Dage on the borders. But he never listened to them, and he is happy about that decision. He will give this good news to the emperor today.
When he was waiting for the emperor, he didn't realize his death was approaching him. Someone tapped on his shoulder. When he turned around; there was the 1st consort standing with the dagger in her hand and with a wicked smirk on her face. Suddenly his mother instincts kicked in, and he covered his tummy with his both hands protectively. He was dammed scared, and why wouldn't he? He is probably the weakest person in this palace. And him being pregnant he can't even run faster. He had only one person who cared about him, his Yubin gege who went out to fetch some medicine for him. He was scared to death, but he was more worried about his baby. His baby is innocent, he doesn't even know what this world looks like. Zhan wanted to give all the happiness in this world to his baby. But before he could think properly 1st consort attacked him. God knows how he got that strength but he blocked that attack and the next movement they both started struggling with the dagger. If someone saw that scene from a distance it's hard to tell who is attacking whom. Suddenly both stopped, and Zhan felt wetness on his fingers. When he looked at his hands he saw blood. He was shocked to the core, he checked his belly in panic. But there was no injury, he didn't feel any pain in his body. But when he looked at the 1st consort his soul almost left his body, she was injured by the dagger with blood oozing out of the left side of her stomach. No matter how badly they treated him, he never once thought about hurting anyone. Moreover, no matter how much he tries to deny the fact, he knows the emperor loves his first consort the most. He can do anything for her, and if anyone tries to hurt her the emperor will torture that person till they beg for death. Zhan was frozen, he was too shocked to react. He came out of his trance when he heard someone screaming his name with so much anger, hatred, and disgust in it.
"XIAO ZHAN!!!"
And he knows who he is; it was his Husband The Emperor... When he looked at the voice he almost peed in his pants. When he looked at the emperor's murderous aura he felt a shiver run down his spine. He never really looked at his husband's face, especially his eyes but could feel that the hatred had multiplied many times. Zhan felt hurt, for the first time in his life he wanted to give up... give up on his husband, give up on the love of his life. He can't bear that hatred anymore. He doesn't want to suffer here now, not for him but for his baby. He wanted to tell the emperor that he will leave the palace then and there. He will go away from his life, he'll leave the capital, and he is also ready to leave the whole kingdom. All this just to stay alive, stay alive for his baby. But before he could say anything, a strong orange glow hit him throwing him meters away flying in the air. The emperor attacked him with dragon powers. When his weak, slender body slammed into the rough ground he felt unbearable pain all over his body. His whole body was burning due to the dragon's powers. But his whole focus was on the pain in his tummy, not just his physical pain. But the pain that his baby was feeling. His almost a-month-old fetus was attacked by his own father and is now dying. He never felt so pathetic and useless in his whole life. He couldn't even save his child, his baby was dying. With most difficulty, he kept his one trembling hand on his stomach.
" I'm sorry my baby, Mama is sorry... very very sorry. Sorry for being so weak, sorry for being so pathetic... I'm sorry, mama couldn't save you... But mama will accompany you to the next life. You were mama's only hope baby. Mama doesn't want to leave you."
Suddenly he felt some kind of energy flow through his body. But he was mentally and emotionally broken. He was exhausted, he just wanted to leave this world with his baby. When he looked at the emperor for the last time, he found the emperor still glaring at him. Holding his favorite consort with all love, care, and possessiveness. Something that Zhan always craved, but not anymore. With a last stern look at the emperor, he thought,
' WANG YIBO!!! I have had enough... I never cared about how you treated me. Even after all the humiliation, all I had for you was pure love. But you crossed your limits today. YOU KILLED MY BABY!!! Yess, MY baby. Who has nothing to do with you, he has no father. And I wish someday, someone will tell you; that you killed your baby with your hand. I want you to live your whole life with that regret. You are a MURDERER... I hope I don't have to see you again in my next life. I don't want to meet you again, I don't want to love you again... Look how terrible I'm. I still can't say that I hate you. What have you done to me? But now I know that my Dage and Yubin gege was right. They were always right. You can't be trusted, you can never be trusted. You are not worthy of my trust. I just want to end this pain for me and my baby. GOODBYE...'
He lost consciousness after that. That's when Yubin arrived, and they both were thrown in that cottage by the emperor's order.
Flashback ends