The Eighth Princess had no leisure to pay attention to others, for all her focus was concentrated on the Empress sitting opposite her.

Recently, her health had been declining. She could even feel the vitality within her continuously slipping away, yet she was helpless, with no means to stop it. She wanted to halt it, but didn’t know how; even after consulting famous doctors, the results only proved that, despite their notorious reputations, they were nothing more than quacks pretending to be skilled practitioners.

The Eighth Princess was quite angry about this; in a fit of rage, she had even ordered the execution of many doctors. As such occurrences became frequent, people came to understand that the so-called Eighth Princess was indeed a villain, utterly disregarding other people’s lives.

Her hands were stained with blood; how was she different from the headsmen?

Yet, the Eighth Princess did not care how others perceived her; in her heart, she only cared about herself, perhaps once Qinghe counted too, but her feelings for Qinghe were far from as pure as the world knew. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Human hearts are of flesh. If the Eighth Princess genuinely treated Qinghe sincerely, even if Qinghe were a stone, he should have been warmed by her, but the issue is, what a cunning and wise person Qinghe was! He saw through the Eighth Princess’s intentions early on.

As everyone knew, over the years, the Eighth Princess doted solely on Qinghe, bestowing him with supreme honor and affection, showering him with gold, silver, and jewels as if they cost nothing.

However, given her status and position, these treasures, which seemed worth a fortune to ordinary people, were just ordinary to her.

Did Qinghe covet those external objects? Qinghe had grand ambitions; what he desired was never such vulgar things, and in his eyes, those gold, silver, and jewels were almost no different from junk.

Moreover, there was another glaring example.

Back when Qinghe was welcomed into the palace with a grand procession of Ten Miles of Red Makeup, the Eighth Princess promptly took action against him.

She implanted the Mind-Bewitching Gu in Qinghe’s body, and the Mind-Bewitching Gu would shorten a person’s lifespan; this was something the Eighth Princess knew, yet she still decided to use such Gu insect against him.

If she truly loved Qinghe, how could she bear to harm her beloved? Especially using such a method of harm that came at the cost of the beloved’s lifespan.

Furthermore, there was another matter.

Some people lie so much that, over time, they can’t help but believe their own lies.

The Eighth Princess always put on an appearance of deep affection, as if she loved Qinghe deeply, but just a few months ago, when she faced an assassination attempt, and when the clues were deliberately arranged to point to Qinghe, she was the first to believe it.

It was fortunate that Qinghe’s heart belonged elsewhere, and he never invested even a trace of genuine feeling in her.

Although if the truth were told about the two of them, they’d at most be evenly matched, but regardless, in this matter, even if Qinghe had even a tiny bit of feeling for her, he would have been utterly destroyed by her.

However, there are always some people who will never repent, no matter the time or place.

She would always believe she was not wrong, and even if she made mistakes, it must be others’ wrongdoing, unrelated to her!

She was the one who was correct, forever correct!!