Chapter 110 (1/2)
In her dream, a child is calling out to her, ”Save me, Imperial Mother! Save me! Imperial Father wants to kill me! My parents don't want me, what should I do? Wuwuwu, I don't want to go, I want to be your child! Please don't throw me away! Please save me!”
Although she cannot see how that child looks like, she can feel the pain that overpowers her heart when she hears the child sobbing.
The child chases after her and tugs at her dress from behind, ”Please save me, Imperial Mother. Imperial Father wants to kill me. I don't want to die.”
Her heart seems to have been teared into pieces. She turns around to face the child and crouches before him, taking his hand lovingly, ”Don't be scared, Imperial Mother is here. I will not let anyone hurt you. I will protect you. Don't be afraid.” She hugs the child comfortingly and her heart is immediately filled with happiness. A voice inside her firmly tells her to protect the child.
The child suddenly disappears. Panic conquers her heart as she hastily search for him, ”Sweetheart, where are you? Come to me!”
”Save me, Imperial Mother! Help!” she can hear the child screaming from afar.
She follows the voice and finds the child being dragged away by two guards. Jun Qian Che is overseeing everything from the sideline. She runs up to him and tugs him in the arm anxiously, ”Your Majesty, someone is trying to hurt our child! Do something!”
Jun Qian Che does not move and simply smiles icily.
Mo Qi Qi shakes her head fearfully when she sees the meaning behind the smile, ”No. He is so young. He is so pitiful!”
Jun Qian Che walks closer to her before pushing her to the ground harshly.
”Ah!” screams Mo Qi Qi as she hits the ground. Her stomach hurts. She pats her stomach with her hand and her hand is immediately covered in blood. ”My child! My child!”
”Argh, no!” screams Mo Qi Qi as she wakes up from that nightmare. She touches her stomach while looking around. She finally calms down when she figured out it is just a dream. Although that dream has been messy and unrealistic, the pain that she felt in her heart was not. Her entire body is covered in sweat.
Ban Xiang rushes in when she hears Mo Qi Qi screaming, ”What happened, Your Ladyship?”
She sits on the bedside and looks at Mo Qi Qi. She wipes the sweat on Mo Qi Qi's face with a handkerchief while repeating her question, ”What happened?”
Mo Qi Qi shakes her head, ”Nothing, just had a nighmare.”
Ban Xiang laughs when she hears that, ”So you had a nightmare. Don't worry, Your Ladyship. It is just a dream. It's not real.”
”Ban Xiang, do you think I will be able to protect the child that I am carrying?” asks Mo Qi Qi.
Ban Xiang nods confidently, ”Of course! This is your and His Majesty's first child! Both of you love him so much, of course he will be just fine. You worry too much, Your Ladyship.”
”Really?” But his father is already determined to get rid of him, will he even has the chance to be born? She has always wanted to get rid of the child, but now that Jun Qian Che is going to do just that, why is she suddenly so unwilling to let him finish it?