Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 473: I Have Amnesia, Not Dementia

From the first glance at Murong Jiu after returning to the palace, Jun Yuyan’s heart began to beat abnormally.

Despite having no memories, he knew that Murong Jiu was special to him.

At this moment, as he looked at Murong Jiu, his heartbeat once again lost control.

However, Murong Jiu did not meet his gaze but turned away, crumpling the ink-stained paper into a ball and tossing it into the waste basket. Then taking out a new piece of rice paper, she began to write, saying:

"Your Majesty has arrived at just the right time. This Letter of Farewell can be personally handed to Your Majesty, which also serves as an end to all that has happened before. From now on, no one can affect Your Majesty and Miss Wang. However, I do not accept the title of the Deposed Empress. I hope Your Majesty, in consideration of my father’s distinguished service, would grant me a divorce and let me take away Zhijin and Zhiyu... Then, Your Majesty and..."

Jun Yuyan interrupted: "Stop talking, I do not agree!"

He strode forward, snatching the Letter of Farewell that Murong Jiu was still writing, and forcibly tore it to shreds.

Murong Jiu didn’t struggle, but just watched him calmly.

"Why not agree? Your Majesty and Miss Wang are fond of each other, and it seems there is a compelling reason for the distress. I guess Your Majesty doesn’t want to make Miss Wang a concubine, and that’s why she has to live in the palace without title or recognition. I’m offering to step down and take the children with me. Once you elevate Miss Wang to Empress, your children will be legitimate..."

The more Jun Yuyan heard, the more his heart hurt. He interrupted Murong Jiu again: "I will not make her Empress! Definitely not! I will not marry her, I..."

Suddenly, he clutched his head, large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his eyes were full of pain.

Murong Jiu’s breath caught, her body reacting faster than her brain, as she quickly grasped Jun Yuyan’s hand and helped him sit down in a chair, then checked his pulse.

His pulse was erratic, his heart was beating very fast, and his temples were throbbing as if he were enduring great agony.

But apart from that, there were no other abnormalities.

This time, Jun Yuyan did not shake off her hand but instead looked steadily at her; he didn’t even blink as sweat dripped into his eyes, and Murong Jiu was surprised to find his pulse gradually stabilizing.

"My head doesn’t hurt anymore," he said, still not looking away from Murong Jiu’s face.

Upon hearing this, Murong Jiu moved her hand away, suppressing the urge to take a handkerchief from her bosom to wipe his face. She took a step back and said:

"Divine Doctor Zhai is an expert in medicine and an upright person. He won’t act differently towards Your Majesty because of his disciple. It might be better for Your Majesty to have Divine Doctor Zhai examine you."

Seeing Murong Jiu withdraw her hand, Jun Yuyan felt a sense of loss.

He said to her: "Believe it or not, there has been nothing improper between Wang Yingluo and me."

Murong Jiu looked at him in surprise and then averted her gaze: "Your Majesty doesn’t need to explain this to me. I don’t want to know about what’s between Your Majesty and Miss Wang."

"Empress, listen to my explanation," he said, calling himself the Empress, a strangely unfamiliar appellation.

Murong Jiu indeed did not want to listen, for she feared being agitated.

Her mental state was nearly at its breaking point, and she wanted to maintain the last of her dignity, not wanting to lose her composure in front of Jun Yuyan.

Jun Yuyan and Wang Yingluo’s intimate behavior was something she had seen with her own eyes. Could it be false?

What could an explanation unravel?

In his eyes, she wasn’t even considered a wife. What right did she have to demand his explanation?

"Please don’t speak anymore, my mind is made up, let’s divorce. Although there is no such precedent, there’s always a first time for everything. As long as we divorce, I will never entangle Your Majesty with the two children in the future."

She said with a heart turned to ashes.

She did not want a man who already had the shadow of another woman in his heart. Yes, she was small-minded and could not tolerate any other woman.

She also did not want to stay in this heartbreaking place, to see him and Wang Yingluo being affectionate with each other, which might drive her slowly insane. For the sake of the children’s safe and sound growth, she needed to live well.

"Empress, although I don’t remember every single detail with you, I’ve only lost my memory, not my intelligence. If I hadn’t been certain of you, how could I have made you my Empress? Even if someone were holding a knife to my throat, I would never agree!"

Jun Yuyan said urgently.

The determined and indifferent look in the eyes of the woman before him made his heart burn with anxiety and even filled him with an urge to kneel before her because his knees were going weak.

Murong Jiu finally turned her head over.

She looked at Jun Yuyan calmly, as if staring at a stranger:

"So what are you trying to say, Your Majesty? You mean to say that you want me to be your Empress, but also want to have Miss Wang by your side, and in the future, perhaps Miss Li, Miss Zhou, Miss Yang, Miss Chen and so on, right? You are the Emperor, of course, you can have the blessings of many, and you can also forget the vows we made before. That’s all right, I won’t stop you. My only demand is a divorce, nothing more."

Listening to her words, Jun Yuyan felt a sour tightness in his chest, and he shook his head and said, "There will be no one else, only you! My interactions with Wang Yingluo were just an act because I knew her intentions were impure. Empress, please believe me."

Hong Yi and Chun Tao’s eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this.

Murong Jiu’s pupils trembled slightly. At that moment, she felt extreme grievance and her eyes reddened. She turned her head aside to prevent her tears from falling.

She wanted to speak, but her nose felt sour and she feared that once she spoke, it would be with a heavy nasal voice.

Jun Yuyan wanted to reach out and hold her frail shoulder, to make sure she only saw him, but he dared not act presumptuously.

He knew that the woman before him was definitely the most important person in his life.

The more important she was, the more cautiously he treated her.

"I’m sorry, Empress, the cold words I said to you before were just for Wang Yingluo to see. My memory loss and this strange memory in my mind make me feel uneasy. Also, her occasional words don’t seem to come from that isolated small mountain village, but from another place we don’t know about."

Murong Jiu didn’t understand and looked at Jun Yuyan, "You’re saying, you have an extra segment of memory in your head? That’s impossible, a person can have less memory, but not extra."

"But the fact is just so. Wang Yingluo might think it’s natural and I wouldn’t suspect it, but I clearly felt that it was a false memory," he replied.

Murong Jiu frowned, "What memory?"

Jun Yuyan turned his head to look at Chun Tao and Hong Yi.

Murong Jiu understood his concern and said, "They are my most trusted people, and Hong Yi was even bestowed to me by you. No one outside this room will know of your words."

"I just..."

It was the first time Jun Yuyan felt difficulty in speaking.

Even though he had not betrayed his Empress, the added memory was indeed not a normal one.

However, he was not someone to dawdle or mince words. Meeting Murong Jiu’s puzzled gaze, he said:

"Four years ago..."