HLnovel Chapter 272 Sister
Chapter 272 Sister
Laughter spread from inside the hall as Su Qi emerged from Su Xue Zhao's sea of memories.
Su Xuezhao grabbed her wrist, her voice trembling with madness: "Sister...do you know how much I wanted you to die back then?"
"I thought you would dissolve my engagement with him after you came to power. I waited day after day, year after year, but I still didn't receive your decree."
“Su Qi…I hate you…you’re just like Father…”
Su Xuezhao pointed to the high platform: "Once you sit in that position, all you think about is how to consolidate your throne. Have you ever thought about other feelings? They are still living in misery."
"I thought that once you became the first empress in history, our predicament would change, but the phenomenon of buying and selling women in the empire still exists."
Lin Yuhuan couldn't bear to listen anymore and took a deep breath: "Your Highness Xue Zhao, please calm down. If His Majesty really didn't care about this matter, then Lady Gu Yan and I wouldn't be in our current positions."
Gu Yan was surprisingly calm: "Your Majesty, Princess Xue Zhao was previously diagnosed with a certain degree of mental illness. Please take her away."
Su Qi rubbed his temples: "Take her out and let her live in the South Courtyard. She can't be allowed to run around anywhere anymore."
The implication was that she was to be confined, and she understood.
"Sister...you're so cruel to me..."
The hall fell silent as a group of ministers gradually withdrew, leaving only Shen Chaohuai behind.
Shen Chaohuai knelt on one knee, bowed, and remained standing for a long time.
"I beg Your Majesty to withdraw my engagement with Princess Xue Zhao."
Su Qi smiled, a slightly bitter smile in her eyes: "Do you like her?"
Shen Chaohuai was startled by this sudden question: "Your Majesty should know my intentions."
Her smile froze: "Then why didn't you ask me to break off the engagement when we were in the Empire?"
Shen Chaohuai frowned: "Su Qi, after I took you away, I wonder what kind of personality Su Xuezhao developed."
“She’s the kind of person who will destroy what she can’t have. If I were to break off the engagement directly, I’m not sure if you would agree, nor am I sure if Su Xuezhao would take the opportunity to retaliate against you.”
“This was my oversight. Su Xue Zhao hated you back in the Empire. I was afraid that breaking off the engagement would hurt you.”
Su Qi nodded: "This story is quite interesting."
She didn't believe it, but for some reason, Shen Chaohuai sensed a hint of sourness in her words.
"She wants to kill you, to learn from you, to become the supreme ruler, so that she can control her own life."
"She is still wary of you, afraid that you will use the same methods as Su Wenyuan to coerce her into marriage."
After Shen Chaohuai finished speaking, Su Qi fell into deep thought, a pang of pain rising in her heart.
"I had no idea she had become so sensitive and suspicious..."
She closed her eyes, and all she could think of was Su Xuezhao's innocent and naive face.
……
When Madam Lin gave birth to Su Xuezhao, she hadn't even named her yet.
"Why is it a girl again?"
"His Majesty longs for the birth of this boy... Is there any way to change the child's gender? I'll do anything for you..."
"If they can't have another child... His Majesty will find someone else..."
Su Qi hid in the corner, her small hands covered in dust from handling guns and ammunition.
"Where have you gone?"
"How can girls play with such dangerous things?!"
"Mother, I'm not a girl, I'm..."
Madam Lin interrupted her, saying, "Times have changed. You are a girl, so you must abide by the rules of this world."
Su Qi had never seen her mother's face so stern.
She was the only daughter who had ever received love and affection from her parents.
When she was born, her father said, "It's okay, female Alphas are one in a million... The next one will definitely be a boy, even if it's a male Omega, I'll accept it."
"We named him Xiao Qi, hoping for a peaceful life."
Madam Lin An hugged her: "Alright, let's call her Xiao Qi..."
But she didn't know when it started, her parents' relationship cooled, and they took less care of her.
She looked at her younger sister in the cradle, touched the little one's hand. Her sister was born without love from her father or mother, and her life was much worse than hers.
She gave a bitter smile.
The royal minister in charge of population control came to record the young prince's name and information.
"Your Highness, are the Emperor, Empress, and His Majesty not here?"
She shook her head.
"If you are here, could you please show me the information about the newborn prince? It doesn't need to be too specific, I just need to remember the general details."
Because he was not the heir, the ministers were clearly just going through the motions and were being perfunctory.
But Su Qi didn't want to be perfunctory; her sister was already pitiful enough.
"My name was chosen rather casually, but my sister's name won't do."
"I'll take the liberty of naming her Xue Zhao."
The minister was surprised: "The young prince didn't ask His Majesty to bestow a name upon him?"
Su Qi smiled and said, "My father won't be here to name her."
"All right……"
……
From the time Su Xue Zhao could remember, the people she was most familiar with, besides her maids, were her older sister Su Qi.
"Sister is here!"
The little creature pounced on her side and hugged her leg tightly.
"Why haven't you come to visit Zhao Zhao these days, sister? It's so boring in the White House."
Su Qi fastened the gun to his waist and lifted Su Xuezhao up with one hand.
Su Xuezhao wrapped her arms around her neck and gently rested her forehead on her shoulder.
"Wow, she's so cool! She looks like a female warrior."
Su Qi smiled at her praise and gently brushed away the stray hairs from Su Xue Zhao's forehead.
"Zhaozhao, would you like to play by yourself? Your sister has things to do."
"Why?" Su Xuezhao pouted.
"My sister is going to the training ground and will also be attending an event in place of our father."
However, at that time, Su Wenyuan entrusted simple activities to Su Qi, but Su Xuezhao did not know this. She thought Su Qi was the future heir, which was why he was so busy.
"All right……"
Later, Su Xue Zhao tried every means to stay by Su Qi's side, including going to the battlefield to find Su Qi.
Su Xue Zhao is a female Omega and has almost no ability to resist. How could Su Qi let her act so recklessly? So they had a fight and parted on bad terms.
She was almost an adult, while her older sister had been sent to the snowy plains by their father.
She hated Su Qi, but she loved Su Qi even more.
So when she saw Su Qi again, she was overjoyed, yet she also wanted to kill him.
……
Su Qi woke up from her sleep, feeling as if the little thing was following her, but then realized it was just an illusion.
She stood up and looked out at the gray sky. The city lights in the distance were brilliant, but it didn't look like the cyberpunk world of the Empire. She realized that she wasn't in the Empire and that she still had things to do.
Revenge?
She clenched her fists, but found herself unable to do it.
Even though her beloved younger sister hurt and betrayed her.
Su Qi looked at her wrist and loosened her fist.
The next second, she suddenly realized something.
Su Xuezhao's hatred for her... wasn't the kind of hatred she imagined.
Shen Chaohuai said that if she couldn't have it, she would destroy it.
In other words, Su Xuezhao wanted to destroy her, so that no one else could ever have her again...