Young Liang Zhu
"... long live His Majesty, long live the empress..."
"May our country prosper,
Your Majesty,
Long live the ages... "
The congratulatory words were spat out in a variety of ways.
"Good, good, good. The goodwill of all the envoys and beloved ministers. I have received it,
Come, let us drink this cup together. "
Today's Xue Pinggui was also exceptionally happy,
He raised his cup repeatedly,
He did not refuse anyone. Not long after, his face was flushed and he was a little drunk,
But he was born to practice martial arts,
His alcohol tolerance was quite good, so he did not have to worry too much for the time being.
Siyang took a sip of her wine cup and swept her gaze across the people below without leaving a trace,
Finally, she stopped at a familiar figure.
Li Yi's seat was neither high nor low. His identity was awkward. Although Wangye called him nicely, it was just a name. Who did not know that he was Wangye from the previous dynasty,
It was only the current Emperor who kept his life and title in order to show his benevolence and righteousness.
Now, it was Wangye,
After his descendants inherited the title,
It would be cut down bit by bit,
In a few years, it would be completely defeated,
He had to behave himself in daily life so as not to accidentally anger the higher-ups and completely hand himself over.
Today, he had changed into a black court uniform. He looked calm and steady, and there was a hint of dignity and grace. His every movement showed the faint noble aura on his body. This was a person who was truly born in the royal family.
Because of his identity, Li Yi did not have anyone around him to greet him. He sat alone and did not fit in with the noisy banquet. He looked quite desolate. Of course, he did not care about this at all. However, he, who seemed to not care about anything, finally could not help but look back after feeling that he was being stared at for a long time.
He looked into a pair of clear eyes.
Siyang pursed her lips slightly. The corners of her lips curled up slightly. She raised her hand and raised her cup. Her eyes moved as she nodded gently at him.
Li Yi's lacquered eyes narrowed and deepened a little. He raised his cup and drank the wine in one gulp. Then, he filled the cup and stood up, he said loudly to the head of the hall.
"I would like to propose a toast to His Majesty and the empress.
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Xue Pinggui was still somewhat on guard against Li Yi. After all, he was Wangye of the previous dynasty. If he hadn't interfered, after the previous emperor died, there would have been very few heirs left. It was very likely that Li Yi would be the one to ascend the throne. After summoning Li Yi back to Chang 'an, Xue Pinggui tested him a few times before he felt slightly at ease.
"My beloved subject, please rise." Xue Pinggui, who considered himself a benevolent emperor, stood up politely to Li Yi.
Siyang picked up his glass and stood up. "Runan Of Gojoseon, please."
Li Yi's black eyes swept over Siyang's body without leaving a trace.
Today, the Empress's makeup was gorgeous. Although she didn't look like she did in the past, it was more in line with her identity as the Empress. With the golden-winged phoenix crown on her body, she was graceful and luxurious.
"This subject will drink first as a toast." Li Yi raised his cup and drank the wine in it.
Siyang blinked her eyes and her red lips curled up slightly.
"Baochuan." After sitting down again, Xue Pinggui held her hand and pointed proudly at the banquet below the stage. "This is Zhen's world. Now, you and I sit side by side and enjoy the prosperity of the world."
Logically speaking, Xue Pinggui's harem descendants should all attend the banquet. However, Xue Pinggui's son and daughter were sitting below, while Tuozan was nowhere to be seen. It was said that she was sick.
After making a scene in the Jade Earth Palace last time, she had calmed down.
This time, whether she was really sick or faking it, perhaps there was another reason.
"This world belongs to His Majesty. I only have this status because of His Majesty's favor."
Xue Pinggui was very pleased with Siyang's words. Yes, this world belonged to him. He fought hard for it. Only when he sat on the real throne did he know how good power was.
Thinking of this, the smile on Xue Pinggui's face deepened. He didn't stop drinking.
The joyous singing and dancing, the celebratory laughter drifted out and floated in the entire palace. The joyous music could be heard in the distant harem.
Tuozan stood by the courtyard wall and listened quietly for a while. She bit her red lips so hard that it almost bled.
"Princess, why do you have to do this?" Aya sighed. "You are the Imperial Consort. There should be a place for you at the banquet."
"What does this princess want that place for?" Tuozan suddenly turned around. Her eyes were almost spitting fire. She said angrily, "If you go, you will sit down there and watch Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan, the Emperor and Empress, be harmonious and affectionate. I will let all the envoys know that I, the Western Liang Princess, have to be below a country woman."
At the end of her speech, Tuozan, who was angry and anxious, threw the thing she had been holding tightly in her hand.
That thing was thrown against the wall. There was a crisp sound of breaking. Aya looked over. A gold hairpin inlaid with white jade broke into two pieces and fell to the ground.
Aya recognized it. It was the love token that Xue Pinggui gave to the princess.
Tuozan looked at it expressionlessly. Her shoulders sagged and she looked much weaker. After a while, she suddenly laughed mockingly and looked up at the sky.
"Xue Pinggui, you are heartless. Don't blame me for being unjust."
It was clearly a hot autumn day, but it was so cold that it made people shiver.
Night.
"Baochuan … hiccup, tonight you will rest with me in the Sweet Dew Palace …"
Xue Pinggui, who had drunk too much at the banquet, half-hugged Siyang and said drunkenly after returning to the palace in the imperial carriage.
Feeling the person on top of her and the unpleasant smell of alcohol that was unscrupulously sprayed on her face, Siyang's expression did not change. She easily broke free from his embrace.
"Ah …" Xue Pinggui drank too much. His brain also slowed down. Although it was a little strange that the person in his arms was gone, he only thought of holding her. "Baochuan, is it okay …"
The people in the palace were quite perceptive. The palace maids and attendants had already retreated and considerately closed the palace door.
A slender arm supported the drunk emperor, who could not walk steadily, and slowly sat down on the golden dragon bed.
"Your concubine will naturally listen to Your Majesty." A gentle voice said in his ear.
Hearing that she agreed, Xue Pinggui's eyes lit up. He tried to sober himself up. Under the light of the surrounding candles, he only felt that the woman in front of him was so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off her. It was as if her shadow in his heart overlapped with the one in his heart.
Daji and her sister Clove were both conferred the title of Noble Consort when they just entered the palace. At that time, the women in King Zhou's harem all clenched their teeth tightly and their eyes turned red. They even thought that in the future, with these two Consort Su in the harem, they would not have any existence at all.
Who knew that just when the two women of the Su family were in the limelight, Su Daji would be imprisoned by King Zhou's decree?
This Xiangxiang Palace was supposed to be the Noble Consort's palace, but now it became the "cold palace" where Su Daji was imprisoned.
The imperial concubines in the harem loved to watch the fun and were most willing to add insult to injury.
Daji was imprisoned here and was not allowed to go out. Outsiders could visit her, so the imperial concubines took turns to humiliate, torture, and intimidate her.
Poor Su Daji. When she was in Jizhou, she was the Marquis of Jizhou, Su Hu, Su Tianwang's beloved daughter. She grew up pampered and spoiled. She was innocent and ignorant of worldly affairs. When had she ever suffered such grievances?
Fortunately, her father restricted her from going out since she was young, so she could stay in this corner of Xiangxiang Palace. Even though she was lonely, she never had any bad thoughts. Until …
Her Little Geek, the only little Geek that accompanied her, fell in the courtyard because of her and was unconscious. In order to save it, Yang Guifei sent people to kill it. Not only that, it was cooked into a pot of dog meat and served to her personally.
In a moment of carelessness, it took someone's life. In the end, it led to her eternal damnation. From then on, not only was she unable to control her own life, but even her body was no longer hers.
No … perhaps it wasn't her who killed it, but someone else in the dark.
Siyang came at the right time. Little Geek, who was by Daji's side, had not been cooked to death because it couldn't wake her up and ran to find someone to save her.
"Woof woof …" Little Geek, who was in Siyang's arms, licked her hand. When it realized that its master, who was deep in thought, was ignoring it, it barked at her.
"What's wrong? Are you hungry? "Siyang looked at it with a smile.
The people in the palace all flattered the powerful and trampled on the weak. As an imperial concubine who had fallen out of favor, all of her expenses were reduced and even deducted.
It was no wonder that Yinshang was destroyed. Su Daji was rejected by King Zhou, but her father was still a vassal. If she were to be tortured to death in the palace, Protector Su would not feel good. Moreover, for the sake of the two women entering the palace, he had sent an army to fight, but King Zhou did not pay much attention to it. Even if there were no saints manipulating these chess pieces, Yinshang would not last long.
"Alright, I'll go find you something to eat."
There wasn't much use in thinking about it now. Siyang decided to get through this difficult situation first, then think about her future plans.
She got up and walked out with Little Geek in her arms. First, she had to find something for the little thing to eat.
"Consort Su, you can't leave Ying Chun Palace." As expected, the door was locked and there were eunuchs guarding it.
Siyang patted Little Geek comfortingly. She looked at the two people outside through the open side door: "The king ordered me not to take a step out of Ying Xiang Palace, but he didn't say that I would starve to death inside."
The sky was dark and it was long past dinner time, but no one came to deliver food. It seemed like someone wanted to torture her.
Under Siyang's cold gaze, the two eunuchs looked at each other awkwardly. But when they thought of Siyang's current status, they felt more confident: "You're a guilty concubine, there's no place for you to twist words. Dinner is long past and there's no food in the kitchen. We'll have to trouble the imperial concubine to be patient tonight."
To be honest, if Siyang wanted to, she could grab the stupid lock on the door and smash it in their faces. But she couldn't, she couldn't act rashly.
"Guilty concubine?" With a cold laugh, Siyang pointed at her chest and coldly said: "This concubine is the daughter of Ji Province's Marquis, Su Tianwang. I have the honor of a princess and was ordered to serve the king in the palace. Even though I didn't win the king's favor and was confined here, the king didn't punish me. This concubine's title of imperial concubine still exists. Are you trying to offend your superior?"
"Don't forget, this concubine's father is still alive. My twin sister is also still serving the king in the palace."
Her words left the two eunuchs speechless. After all, they were just lowly eunuchs. They couldn't afford to offend even slightly powerful nobles. Thinking about what she said just now, they felt even more guilty.
"Consort Su is right. You servants dare to mistreat imperial concubines." Suddenly, a person spoke loudly. Then, a young man in white appeared in Siyang's line of sight.
As soon as he appeared, he rushed in front of the two eunuchs and pointed at their noses to lecture them.
Hearing this, Li Yi's expression changed and he glared at her. However, his eyes were still gently staring at Siyang's lower abdomen. His hands moved even more carefully, for fear of scaring the small life that hadn't yet formed inside.
"Wang is happy." He was overjoyed.
Tsk, even the way he addressed her had changed.
Seeing that he wanted to press his head against her body, Siyang couldn't stand it anymore. She pushed him away and said: "That's enough. There's no end to this."
Li Yi, who was pushed away, wasn't displeased. When he saw that Siyang was about to get up, he immediately reached out to help her: "You're not like before. You have to be more careful. Now, you don't have to worry about anything. Leave everything to me. You stay in the palace and take care of the fetus …"
"That's right. Send people to keep an eye on your food. I'll think of a way to send in a few capable people for you."
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"Don't worry." Siyang half leaned in Li Yi's arms. Siyang stroked her lower abdomen with a faint smile on her lips: "I'm just pregnant now. It's not good to make this matter public."
"Yes, yes. Let's stabilize the fetus first." Li Yi, who was stunned by the good news, calmed himself down at this moment. Thinking of their current situation, he couldn't help narrowing his eyes. The expression on his face also became serious: "In the near future, don't have any conflicts with Princess Tuozan."
"I'm afraid she can't find the time to deal with me at this moment." Siyang shook her head. She pursed her lips and raised her eyes slightly: "Now that Tuozan is dissatisfied with Xue Pinggui, you can start to prepare. After I'm stable, you can take this opportunity to make our Emperor decide to eliminate the Xiliang Army."
"For you and our child, I will not let you down." Li Yi wrapped Siyang's hand with his big palm and put both hands on her belly. His tone was extremely gentle, but his eyes gradually deepened.
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