People were easy to change.

That year, we made a vow in front of the Buddha, promising to never separate.

Later, it was him who exiled my whole family.

It was him who brought me the abortion medicine.

It was still him who allowed his new concubine to force me to kneel in the snow for a day and night.

Until I died, on the night he married the new queen in a big way.

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"Your Highness, don't look at them anymore." My maid Daisy, who had been with me since childhood, covered my eyes.

I sighed and pushed away her hand.

"If I don't look, I won't see him again in the future."

Daisy burst into tears, "How could His Majesty... how could he treat you like this, Your Highness?"

I stared at the snow scene and the loving couple in front of me, who were hugging each other to watch the snow. My vision gradually began to blur.

Yes, I didn't understand either how he could bear to treat me like this.

"Let's go back to the Cold Palace."

The more I looked, the more my heart ached.

The more I looked, the more I couldn't bear to leave him.

I waved my hand, sitting in a wheelchair, and Daisy pushed me back to the Cold Palace.

The Cold Palace was leaking everywhere, like a knife scraping on my body, extremely cold.

I thought to myself, "Clyde, don't you remember that your Lily is most afraid of the cold?"

Two months ago, after he sent me to the Cold Palace, he never came to see me again.

The person I love was called Clyde Carter, and he was the new emperor.

I had been with him for more than ten years, watching him go from a weak prince bullied by his brothers to sitting on the throne as the supreme ruler.

I was crowned as the queen, but my glory lasted only two weeks. Before we could even hold a grand wedding, I became a laughingstock as the abandoned empress.

And he, with his new concubine, laughed and joked, directly sending me to the cold palace.

My father, a general, was accused of plotting rebellion and was exiled to the borderlands along with our entire family except for me.

Even my elderly grandmother, trembling and needing assistance to walk, had to suffer this punishment. It was truly heartbreaking to see her like that.

I knelt outside his palace for three days and three nights, but Clyde did not change his mind.

Before being exiled, my father beat his chest and regretted his past actions in front of me.

"Lily, you have picked the wrong guy! How dare Clyde treat you like this! How dare he! How dare he treat you like this!"

I buried my head in my grandmother's arms, crying uncontrollably.

With her frail hands, she wiped away my tears and said, "My poor Lily, don't cry."

I could only watch my family members leave me step by step, and perhaps we would never meet again.

I lay on the bed, coughing desperately, the poison gradually invading my veins.

If I hadn't practiced martial arts since I was young, I wouldn't have been able to hold on.

This poison was so powerful. Before I was sent to the cold palace, I secretly sought various skilled doctors to find a detoxification method, but none of them worked.

First, the poison disabled my legs, making me sit in a wheelchair all day long, and then it infected my lungs, causing me to cough up blood uncontrollably at night.

Soon, the highly toxic substance would penetrate my internal organs, eventually causing me to bleed and die.

"Miss, hold on. There are only three days left until the new year." Daisy cried as she wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth with a handkerchief.

I forced a smile and said, "Silly, why don't you call me Your Highness anymore?"

"Miss, you're always the daughter of the Arthur family. Mr. Arthur was right. You shouldn't have chosen to marry His Majesty from the beginning!" Daisy said angrily.

She had been with me since childhood, and she knew everything that happened between me and Clyde clearly.

Who could have known that?

I used to think that I would be with Clyde forever.

Unfortunately, he broke his words to me, and everything seemed to have changed.

"Daisy, I have nothing else to give you. This is the dowry my mother gave me. After I die, you should immediately leave the palace and sell it. Ahem... Go and live your own life," I said while coughing violently.

Daisy cried in my arms, "Miss, I won't leave here. Please don't die, okay?"

"Daisy, you must listen to me. You're my maid. If I die, Elaine won't let you go!"

I held Daisy's hand tightly, "Daisy, do you want me to kneel down and beg you?"

The silly girl panicked and carefully put away the hairpin I handed her, "Miss, I will listen to you. I will listen to everything you say."

Three days later.

It was not only the first New Year's Day of the new dynasty, but also the joyous day when Clyde married the new empress Elaine.

Even though the wedding was rushed, it was well-prepared. The entire palace was decorated with lights and colors, very festive.

In the past, Clyde always accompanied me during New Year's Eve, taking me to the streets to guess riddles and releasing lanterns in the river.

But this year, he was with someone else.

I struggled to get up and. With Daisy's help, made my way to the kitchen.

Daisy did most of the work, and I could only sit in the wheelchair and watch.

I casually put a small gold nugget into one of the dumplings, then cooked the pile of dumplings.

In just a few movements, I was already sweating on my forehead.

The poison in my bones was really unbearable.

"Miss, try one," Daisy smiled.

"Okay, let's eat together." I only ate one and didn't get the gold nugget.

Daisy ate several, but still didn't get any.

It seemed that Clyde would be the lucky one this year, if he came to the Cold Palace.

But how could he come tonight, on his wedding night with the new empress?

I laughed at myself.

On the way back to the Cold Palace, the palace maids and eunuchs all had smiles on their faces.

"His Majesty and Her Highness got married today. The whole world is celebrating for it, and a general amnesty is granted. My father, who had committed a crime before, was also released from prison."

"Yes, the new empress is really beautiful, much more gentle and considerate than the previous one, who played with swords and spears!"

Daisy clenched her small fists and said, "Miss, I must teach them a lesson! They forgot that you helped the emperor get the throne!"

"Let's go back to the Cold Palace," I sighed.

After returning to the Cold Palace, Daisy placed the bowl of dumplings on the only table.

The auspicious time soon arrived. Clyde married the new queen in a big way. Just as they entered the hall and received the courtiers' greetings, I spewed a mouthful of blood.

"Miss, hang in there . I'll go find His Majesty..." Daisy knelt beside me, crying and pleading.

I shook my head. "He won't come. You...listen to me. When I die, you must leave quickly. You hear me?"

"Yes, there's a dog hole at the north gate. Climb out from there, and I'll be outside the palace. Miss, don't worry." Daisy cried so hard that she couldn't catch her breath.

I looked at the round moon outside the window and smiled foolishly. The poisonous blood flowed down my eyes.

I seemed to see Clyde's figure on that moon.

He reached out his hand to me and smiled, "Lily, when I ascend the throne, you will be my only empress. We will rule the country together and never be separated."

But his vows and deep love were ultimately like a fleeting wind, disappearing from my world after spinning.

"Miss! Miss!"

No matter how Daisy shouted, I eventually closed my eyes and stopped breathing.

The bowl of dumplings on the table went from scorching hot to ice cold, but no one paid any attention to it.

Perhaps it was because I couldn't bear to leave Clyde and Daisy behind. After I died, my soul had been wandering in the cold palace.

I watched Daisy wipe away the bloodstains from my face with a handkerchief, and then she took out a comb to tidy up my hair.

Then she turned around and looked at the bowl of cold dumplings, murmuring to herself, "Miss, I will definitely make His Majesty eat the dumplings you made."

"No!" I floated over to stop her, but I passed right through her.

I could only watch helplessly as Daisy carried the bowl of dumplings out of the cold palace and rushed towards the main hall.

"What a silly!" I followed after her in anger.

When Daisy reached the entrance of the main hall, she was stopped by the guards. She shouted like a madwoman, "Your Majesty, Miss Arthur made you some dumplings herself! Please have a bite, Your Majesty!"

Clyde in the main hall furrowed his brows slightly and asked, "Who is making a fuss outside the hall?"

Elaine, who was wearing a phoenix crown and a red dress, flashed a hint of malice in her eyes. She held Clyde's hand and said, "It's probably just an ignorant servant, Your Majesty, you don't need to pay attention to it."

The guards forcefully covered Daisy's mouth, and Daisy struggled violently. The bowl of dumplings fell to the ground with a loud bang.

The dumplings rolled out, some outside the palace and some inside.

Clyde stared at the dumplings for a long time, then suddenly walked down the hall step by step.

"Your Majesty!" Elaine stomped her foot and followed him.

Clyde stared blankly at the dumplings on the ground and said, "Let her go."

Daisy knelt at Clyde's feet and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Arthur is dead. Please go and see her for the last time!"

Clyde was a bit confused and asked, "Who died? Who did you just say dead?"

"Miss Arthur is dead, your former empress, Lily Arthur!" Daisy said with a sob.

As soon as this name was mentioned, Clyde trembled all over, and then he started shaking.

"It's impossible! She was perfectly fine. How could she be dead?" Clyde waved his hand at the guards.

The guards grabbed Daisy and pointed to the dumplings on the ground, saying, "It's true! Lily is dead! The woman who loved you the most in this world is dead! Your Majesty is really heartless! You forget her when having a new woman. She even made dumplings for you before she died..."

Clyde seemed to remember something, and he suddenly went crazy, pinching open the dumplings on the ground one by one.

When he pinched the third one, he dug out a gold nugget from the dumpling filling.

Staring at the gold nugget, Clyde suddenly hugged his head, his face twisted.

"Your Majesty, are you all right?" His eunuch Jack called out.

Clyde suddenly grabbed Daisy and said, "Take me there! Take me there quickly!"

Daisy nodded and started running.

Clyde staggered behind Daisy, his lips turning pale, as if enduring great pain.

Soon, Clyde followed Daisy to the drafty Cold Palace.

After me being banished to the Cold Palace, he had only come here a few times.

"Lily?" Clyde stood by my bed, looking at me blankly for a long time.

He sat on the edge of the bed, picked up my body, and pressed his face against mine.

"Lily, wake up! I'm here." Clyde's eyes were full of confusion.

I didn't know why he would be like this. Last time he came to the cold palace, he acted like he wanted me dead.

That time, he pressed me hard against the bed, forced me to do it with him, and whispered in my ear, "Don't play tricks behind my back. If you dare to hurt Lily again, I will make you die miserably!"

After he left, Daisy helped me to the bath and carefully treated the wounds on my body.

"Miss Arthur is already dead," Daisy said coldly.

He could never see me again.