Young Liang Zhu
Taking advantage of the fact that Xue Pinggui's attention was all on the Xiliang Army,
Li Yi also began to secretly mobilize his men. When the emperor of the previous dynasty was still alive, he had trained a large number of troops and horses in his territory. Originally, he was also prepared to lead the troops to quell the rebellion in the name of cleaning up the emperor's side. Unfortunately, Xue Pinggui was one step ahead of him.
The Xiliang Army led by Xue Pinggui came aggressively,
Coupled with the instability of the imperial court,
Chaos in many regions,
That allowed him to seize the initiative.
In order to take the overall situation into consideration, Li Yi decisively broke up all the forces into pieces.
He immediately bowed down to Xue Pinggui. He had always been a low-key Wangye to the outside world. Xue Pinggui could only find out so much even if he investigated.
After coming to Chang 'an,
Li Yi did not give up on his great cause,
He was Wangye of the previous dynasty,
The authentic royal bloodline. Although there were many restrictions, on the other hand,
He was like a fish in water.
After the change of dynasty, the direct descendants of the previous dynasty still existed. Xue Pinggui did not have time to make a move for the time being,
This was his opportunity,
The old courtiers of the previous dynasty,
Not all of them were willing to give up the world,
They were sitting on by a person of humble background.
The current situation was a good time to make a move secretly.
In the palace, Siyang was nurturing the fetus while paying attention to Tuozan.
"His Majesty has used this as an excuse to change the guards of the Western Palace."
Stirring the chicken soup porridge in his hand with a spoon, Siyang nodded when he heard the news from Cui'er. He lowered his eyelids and was not surprised, "There is a Xiliang Army in the Western Palace in the Imperial Palace. How can Xue Pinggui be at ease?"
Today, Xue Pinggui had long been afraid of the Xiliang Army, or rather, Tuozan herself. Many of the Xiliang soldiers in the imperial court had been attacked. What was left was to clean up the palace.
Now, he felt that Tuozan was like a hot potato. He could not be too cruel to her. Otherwise, it would make the Xiliang Army even more restless. However, he had to suppress it. Otherwise, he would not be able to sit on the throne with peace of mind.
"How did Tuozan react?" At this point, Siyang would not believe that Tuozan did not take any action.
Cui'er's face darkened. She squatted in front of Siyang and tidied the creases on her clothes, "The people in the Western Palace have found out that they are in contact with the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital. Miss, we have to be careful."
"Yes." The spoon stirred the porridge until it was no longer hot. Siyang dipped a spoonful of porridge into her mouth.
"Miss, let me warm it up for you."
"No need." Shaking her head, Siyang refused Cui'er. She put down the spoon, held the bowl, and smashed it on the ground under Cui'er's gaze.
Crack!
The porcelain bowl fell to the ground and broke into two halves. The sound was crisp and clear.
"Miss, what happened …" Before Cui'er could finish, she saw her miss frowning and holding her bulging belly. She cried out in pain.
"Quick, call for the imperial physicians. My stomach hurts …"
Cui'er was frightened. She supported Siyang and did not know what to do, "Miss, Miss … don't scare me."
The palace maids waiting outside all moved. Siyang glanced at them from the corner of her eye and patted Cui'er comfortingly. She raised her eyebrows.
Cui'er was stunned when she saw this look. Then her eyes lit up. She nodded slightly and immediately shouted, "Don't be afraid, Your Highness. I'll go find the imperial physicians for you."
Everyone knew that the Empress's pregnancy was very important. If she gave birth to a prince, he would be the Emperor's legitimate son and the most important.
Because of the Empress's call, the Jade Earth Palace was in a state of chaos. After Xue Pinggui received the news, he rushed to the harem without stopping after the morning court.
"The Princess is pregnant."
In the Western Palace, Aya reported to the person lying on the bed.
The person lying on the bed moved at first. Then she suddenly sat up and opened the curtain.
Tuozan's pretty face was not as bright as before. She looked more haggard and pale, but now she was full of joy. She stared at the maid Aya and asked anxiously, "Is what you said true? Did you succeed? "
"Yes, the Jade Earth Palace is in chaos. You know the effect of the medicine. Anyone who gets a little bit of it can't be saved."
Aya was very confident in her arrangement, "Your Highness, you can rest assured. As long as the Empress has an abortion, it will be difficult for her to get pregnant again. As for His Majesty, it doesn't matter. He can't let the women in the back palace get pregnant. In the future, he will only have one son, the First Prince. Even if he doesn't want to give the position of Crown Prince, it is not up to him."
"Good, good, good." After Tuozan heard this, she clapped her hands and laughed. She laughed uncontrollably, "Let's see how they can bully me …"
Peng!
With a loud bang, the door of the West Palace was kicked open, causing the master and servant in the hall to look in shock.
When they saw who it was, their expressions suddenly changed.
Xue Pinggui strode in angrily. After hearing those words from outside, he could no longer hold back. The flames of anger spread from his heart, burning his eyes red and his face twisted.
"You, how did you …" Tuozan pointed at him, but couldn't finish her sentence.
"You want to ask why zhen is here, right?" Xue Pinggui sneered. He gritted his teeth and walked closer step by step, "Fortunately, zhen came. Otherwise, zhen would have missed your sinister and vicious methods."
"I didn't think that not only did you secretly harm the Empress and her unborn child, you also attacked zhen." Xue Pinggui came to denounce Tuozan for Siyang. Unexpectedly, he learned something that made him even angrier.
What did she mean by he couldn't let any woman in the harem get pregnant, unless … …
When he thought about it, it really made him angry.
"Someone come, lock up this vicious woman for zhen." The furious Xue Pinggui didn't have any mercy for Tuozan.
"Let's see who dares to touch this princess." At this point, Tuozan calmed down. She waved aside the guards that came forward. She stuck out her chest and sneered at Xue Pinggui: "Xue Pinggui, think carefully. If you dare touch a hair on my head, my Xiliang army will immediately rebel. You haven't even sat on the throne yet, do you want to fall now?"
This kind of threat angered Xue Pinggui even more, especially the mockery on Tuozan's face. It made his eyes hurt and he thought of his sullen past in Xiliang.
Two steps forward, Xue Pinggui fiercely pinched Tuozan's chin. Aya, who wanted to go over, was pressed to the ground.
Tuozan struggled a few times, but she wasn't Xue Pinggui's opponent. She was firmly restrained.
"You're threatening zhen." Xue Pinggui was so angry that he laughed. Looking at the face in front of him, Xue Pinggui no longer had the tender affection he had in the past. It had completely turned into disgust. He felt really uncomfortable just by looking at it. With a forceful swing of his hand, he flung the tortoise to the ground.
Xue Pinggui looked down at her with a dark expression: "Don't worry, zhen will have the Xiliang Army that you rely on go see your father. Otherwise, zhen will let down their loyalty to the imperial family."
"You, Xue Pinggui, what do you want to do?" Tuozan's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling.
"Zhen will not force people that can't be used." With a cold snort, Xue Pinggui's lips curled into a cold and cruel smile.
Looking at him with wide eyes, Tuozan suddenly understood. The person in front of her was no longer her lowly prince consort. When he ascended the throne, he was the emperor.
"Tuozan has been locked up?" Siyang asked.
"Young miss, don't worry about that for now. The imperial physician said that your fetus is unstable." Cui 'er, who was holding a bowl of medicine, was very worried.
"Silly girl." Shaking her head with a smile, she lowered her head and carefully rubbed her stomach. Siyang said: "I'm just doing it for them to see."
"You really scared this servant." Cui Er wanted to continue speaking, but she stopped herself in the middle of the sentence.
Seeing that Cui 'er suddenly stopped talking, Siyang opened her mouth to ask, but when she raised her head, she saw another cold face. Cui' er was nowhere to be seen.
This girl.
Cursing Cui 'er in her heart, Siyang's lips curved and her eyebrows relaxed: "Why are you here? The Xiliang Army is in an emergency right now."
"If I didn't come, would you hide what happened in the palace from me?" Li Yi's voice was deep and his eyes were cold.
Siyang didn't take his expression to heart and carelessly rubbed her stomach: "I already said it was fake, but you took it seriously."
"You …" Angered by her attitude, Li Yi turned his head and took a deep breath of cold air. Otherwise, he was really worried that he would be angered to death by this heartless woman.
Looking at his appearance, Siyang also noticed that his appearance was not very neat today. He must have hurried to the palace after hearing the news about Ban La and was worried about her safety. Thinking of this, she was touched.
"Okay." Sitting up with the soft pillow, Siyang took his hand and slowly put it on her bulging stomach: "Don't worry, he's fine."
Even though he was angry, Li Yi didn't refuse Siyang. After sitting down, he frowned and said with a stiff face: "Wang is worried about you."
Siyang didn't expect him to say this and was slightly surprised. She quietly looked at him, watching him carefully rubbing her bulging stomach and finally slowly curling the corners of his mouth.
She was not satisfied!
— — —
In a dilapidated pavilion, in a courtyard overgrown with weeds.
Behind the courtyard wall, there was a magnificent and majestic palace.
Behind a red wall, one could faintly hear the joyous sounds of stringed and woodwind instruments, mixed with the playful and coquettish cries of women and the boorish laughter of men. One could imagine the musical scene.
The desolation here and the extravagance behind the wall were separated by an iron lock on the door, as if they were separated into two worlds.
"Woo woo ~"
A little white dog was whining and anxiously wagging its tail on the ground. If one looked carefully, one would find that there was a woman lying unconscious beside the little white dog.
The woman was lying on her side on the ground motionlessly. Her ink-black hair was scattered on her body, which added a little fragile and delicate.
The little white dog understood human nature. Seeing that she was unconscious, it kept whining and rubbing the woman's face with its nose and licking it with its tongue.
The hair scattered on the face was rubbed away, revealing a corner of the woman's face.
She had an almond-shaped face and peachy cheeks. Her skin was smooth and her face was like a hibiscus. A pair of willowy eyebrows were like smoke, elegant and delicate. Her nose was tall and straight, and below that was a little pink cherry lips. Her appearance was truly alluring.
At this moment, her long and curly eyelashes trembled a few times before she slowly opened her eyes. Her watery and beautiful eyes were like peach leaves, bright and moving. Her eyes seemed to be able to lock onto a person's mind.
The whining by her ear and the wet itchiness on her face finally woke Siyang up.
The first thing she did when she woke up was to quickly survey her surroundings. Even after she understood her current state, she didn't let out a sigh of relief.
"Little Geek, you must have been scared." Rubbing her forehead, Si Yang propped herself up and sat up. She looked at the little white puppy, who was barking excitedly because she woke up. She smiled and hugged it. Reaching out, she scratched its chin.
The little white dog called Little Geek responded to Siyang. It tried its best to lick her hand a few more times.
She stood up with Little Geek in her arms. She scanned the place where she was living and the corners of her mouth curled up.
She was now Su Daji, who had just entered the palace. She had no status, no status, and was banished to the cold palace by King Zhou without any wrongdoing.
King Zhou's personality was irritable and he was greedy for beauty. When he went out, he saw two beauties in a mirage and couldn't forget about them. Until someone found out that the two beauties were the daughters of the Marquis of Ji Province, Su Hu. Under pressure, Su Hu could only offer his two daughters to Zhaoge.
However, among the court officials, there were people who were good at divination. They calculated that Su Hu's daughter, Daji, was a demoness who would bring disaster to the country and its people. All the civil and military officials knelt outside the palace and admonished King Zhou to get rid of Daji.
King Zhou, who was upset, agreed to it just like that.
Banished to the cold palace, the riches and honor were all gone. On top of that, her sister, Clove, who had entered the palace with her, was favored by King Zhou. No court officials tried to stop her. Under such an unbalanced situation, Daji's original honest and kind attitude changed.
Nine-tailed Fox, who had been hiding in the dark, found an opportunity to confuse Daji's mind. In the end, it possessed her body and pushed Yin Shang to the brink of destruction. No one could pull it back.
In the palace, there were very few people that Siyang could trust. Important matters like last night's matter were naturally left to Cui'er to handle.
Cui'er had always known that her mistress had an idea, but only last night did she know what she wanted to do. Originally, Cui'er had guessed that her mistress would fight with Princess Tuozan to secure her position as the empress.
However, the incident with the Runan Of Gojoseon made her realize that she had been too short-sighted.
Siyang's eyes swept over Cui'er's face. She knew what she wanted to say. "You know our current situation. Although we used some tricks to make Xue Pinggui wary of Tuozan, it was far from enough."
Looking at the bronze mirror in front of her, Siyang tilted her head. Her slender neck had a bit of ambiguous and bright red, showing the passion of last night.
Seeing this, Cui'er blushed and lowered her head. Then, in her heart, she cursed the Runan Of Gojoseon.
"Tuozan has a son and a daughter. This is her guarantee. If it wasn't for Xue Pinggui's grudge against her, her son would have been crowned as the crown prince."
"But, but does it have to be the Runan Of Gojoseon?" Cui'er still didn't understand.
After closing her lapel, Siyang turned around. She raised her eyebrows and thought for a moment. Then she said, "He is the most suitable candidate. First of all, he has the ability and ambition. Moreover, he is shrewd. I think that the business he has been running in Runan for so many years is not as simple as it seems. If something goes wrong, Xue Pinggui will suffer a great loss at his hands. Now, isn't it just right for us to cooperate with him?"
"Miss, do you really want His Majesty to …" Cui'er still left some leeway for her words, but the movement of her finger had already betrayed her thoughts.
Si Yang was also generous. She nodded and said straightforwardly, "I suffered so much for him, but he didn't even care about our relationship as husband and wife. He wanted my life so ruthlessly. How can I let him live well?"
"He owes me too much and doesn't want to pay me back, so I will personally take it from him! Since he cares about the throne above millions of people, then let's use it. "
Cui'er didn't have any sympathy for Xue Pinggui. She was only worried about her Miss. Now that she completely understood her Miss's thoughts, other than being surprised, she was actually more excited.
"Miss is collaborating with the Runan Of Gojoseon. After what happened last night, if you are pregnant with his child, even if something happens in the future, he will definitely protect you." Cui'er thought so.
Seeing her sparkling eyes, Siyang didn't dispel her thoughts. She gently placed her hand on her lower abdomen, and the smile on her lips deepened.
How could she entrust her fate to a man? Even if she had already slept with him, it wasn't a guarantee. She still had to grasp everything in her own hands.
After the news that Siyang had spent the night in Sweet Dew Hall spread, a row of porcelain was smashed in the Western Palace. Siyang could predict how furious Tuozan would be. The only surprise was that she actually managed to hold back and not run out to make a fuss. This was rare.
"Do you think she has learned to be patient? I'm afraid this Princess of Western Liang has the same plan as the Empress."
In the inner hall of Jade Earth Palace, the palace servants had all retreated. Even Cui'er was waiting outside.
Siyang sat on the couch and indifferently glanced at the man in front of her. She snorted, "I would find it strange if she didn't do anything."
Tuozan was a princess of Xiliang. She was much more arrogant than others. She wasn't as infatuated and stubborn as Wang Baochuan. It was true that she liked Xue Pinggui, but this kind of love didn't mean that she would give everything to him. It could be seen from how Xue Pinggui had been the ruler of Xiliang for more than a decade, but she didn't give him any military power.
"A mother is strong. Tuozan still has a son and a daughter. Of course she has to consider more." Siyang was a little drowsy as she propped up her head.
Li Yi stood in front of the couch. Seeing how casual she was, he found it funny. He lifted his clothes and sat down beside her. His hand slowly rested on her lower abdomen. "Shouldn't the Empress also consider it?"
Slapping his hand away, Siyang sat up and looked at him with a faint smile. "Wangye has become more and more daring recently. He came to Jade Earth Palace so brazenly. Aren't you afraid that all your plans will go down the drain if His Majesty finds out?"
"If I die under a peony, I'll be a romantic ghost." Li Yi didn't look at his hand that was red from the slap. Instead, he leaned closer and breathed softly on her neck. "Moreover, His Majesty doesn't have the mood to come here now. I heard that the Empress has recently added more beauties to His Majesty's harem."
"Isn't that what I should do?" Si Yang did her best to ignore the numbness and itchiness on her neck. She leaned her body inwards and lazily said, "As the master of the harem, the mother of a nation, of course I have to think for His Majesty's country. Filling the six palaces and allowing the royal bloodline to flourish is my duty."
Siyang had no interest in Xue Pinggui. She wouldn't hesitate to add more women to him. Anyway, he might not be able to give birth to them. Instead, it was good to annoy Tuozan more.
"Your Majesty is right. Since that's the case, shouldn't I think more about it?" As he spoke, his big hand moved up to her breasts.
This time, Si Yang didn't dodge. She looked at him with sparkling eyes, her fingertips fiddling with his chest. She said with a smile, "This consort heard that Prince has never had a Princess Consort, nor a concubine. The rumors on the streets say that Prince is actually …" Her eyes drifted downwards and downwards, where she shouldn't be looking.
Li Yi paused. When he looked down, his face instantly darkened. His hand rubbed against Si Yang's increasingly smooth and delicate face as he fiercely said, "Do you want this subject to properly verify for Her Highness whether this rumor is true or false?"
Siyang coughed softly and looked away. She didn't say anything.
However, Li Yi didn't want to. It was a matter of a man's dignity. He didn't want to let it go.
Siyang frowned. She pressed down his hand and said helplessly, "That's enough."
"I'm just thinking about your Majesty's future."
Si Yang was angered by his fallacious reasoning. She glared at him with anger in her eyes: "There's no need to try. This consort is clear about the prince's ability." Seeing that he still didn't want to stop, she grabbed his hand and placed it on her abdomen.
"Wangye, didn't you want me to think more about you? I've thought it over."
Huh?!
Li Yi didn't react for a moment. His expression didn't change, but his eyes suddenly lost focus. When he came back to his senses, he stared at Siyang's stomach in disbelief.
Siyang could feel his hand trembling. She was speechless. Wasn't he very arrogant just now?
— — —
Red bricks and glazed tiles. It was a magnificent palace hall.
The door creaked open. The light from outside shone in and reflected a thin and weak figure on the floor.
With another knock, the door of the hall was closed again.
The footsteps were very light, but there was a hint of urgency.
When Siyang woke up, she was faced with a room full of darkness. The doors and windows were tightly blocked. It was so tight that the room was filled with an unpleasant smell of Chinese medicine.
It seemed that the original body was seriously ill.
With that thought in mind, Si Yang didn't move around. She tried her best to adjust her breathing and stabilize her heart. When she first merged with this body, the pain all over her body came crashing down on her senses. Just now, when she moved a little, her body couldn't bear it.
I'm afraid that I'm terminally ill.
At this moment, someone entered the bedchamber. When Siyang heard the noise, she closed her eyes and pretended not to know.
"Your Majesty?" The person came to the bed and called out softly. It was a woman.
Seeing that the person lying on the bed didn't respond, the woman called out again. This time, her voice was louder.
"Your Majesty, are you awake? It's time to take your medicine. " Seeing that the person on the bed didn't move, the woman seemed to be a little anxious. She went forward to take a look.
"Oh …" Siyang pretended to have just woken up. She opened her eyes in a daze.
There was a woman dressed as a maid standing in front of the bed. She held a tray in her hands. That tray was the medicine she was talking about.
When Siyang was resting with her eyes closed, she received all the information she needed. At the same time, this included the original body's memories. Now, everything here was left to her to deal with.
"Your Majesty, you're finally awake." The woman was very happy. There was a sense of relief in her voice.
She gently opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She frowned and calmed down for a while before continuing.
"Cui … Cui 'er." The voice that came out with difficulty was really hoarse and unpleasant to the ears.
"Come, Your Majesty, drink the medicine first. The imperial physician said that this medicine can't be stopped. This way, your illness will be cured after you finish drinking the medicine." As she spoke, the maid called Cui 'er put down the tray. She held the bowl of medicine and wanted to feed Siyang the medicine.
Frowning again, Siyang turned her head and blocked the medicine. Her entire body was sore and weak. She couldn't use any strength. She could only use this method to express her refusal.
"This, Your Majesty?" Cui 'er was puzzled.
After a while, Siyang had also adapted to the light in the bedchamber. She could clearly see Cui 'er's appearance. Her appearance was delicate and pretty. Her complexion was yellow, as if she was malnourished. At this moment, she was looking at her with worried eyes.
"Pour this medicine away." The original body might not know, but how could Siyang, who came for her, not know? She stared at the bowl of medicine. What kind of medicine was this? It couldn't be stopped.
Of course it couldn't be stopped. Bowls were all death threats. One bowl less would make people uneasy.
"What?"
Cui 'er wasn't young anymore. She met the original body when the original body was in distress. The relationship between master and servant was deep. Although she was timid, she was kind-hearted. She wasn't like a certain person who was heartless and had no conscience.
Seeing that she didn't move, Siyang didn't waste any more words. She pointed at a flowering tree in the corner and said in a hoarse voice, "If you still want me to live, then pour the medicine away."
"Your Majesty, is there a problem with this medicine?" Cui 'er wasn't stupid. Her heart tightened and she felt that the hand holding the bowl of medicine was particularly cold and trembling.
In response, Siyang only closed her eyes, as if she had silently agreed.
Seeing this, after thinking for a moment, Cui 'er gritted her teeth and walked to the flowering tree with the bowl of medicine. She poured all the medicine into the flower pot. As she did this, her hands were trembling and her heart was colder than ice.
Cui 'er had been with her master for more than ten years. They had supported each other until today. She had always believed her master's words from the bottom of her heart.
After returning, Cui 'er put down the bowl of medicine and sat in front of the bed. She wanted to ask, but she didn't know how to start.
Siyang saw Cui 'er's struggle, but she didn't have any intention of explaining. Some things weren't suitable to be explained too clearly. It was better to let Cui' er fill in the blanks with her own imagination.
"Go get me something to eat."
"Your Majesty finally wants to eat." Cui 'er, who had an ugly expression a moment ago, heard this and her eyes lit up. She nodded repeatedly, "This servant will go get you something to eat."
After Cui 'er left, the bedchamber became quiet again.
"Heh."
After a while, a soft chuckle slowly sounded in the hall.
Thousands of princes and young masters, colored balls fight Xue Pinglang. [Excerpt from a Chinese opera]
Eighteen years ago, she fell in love at first sight. She tossed a ball at the brothel to choose a husband. She didn't care about her parents' objections and broke the family bond with three palms. She chose Xue Pinggui, who was poor and had no one to rely on.
Wang Baochuan didn't feel bitter about this.
What was bitter was that her deep feelings were wronged.
After Xue Pinggui got married, he had some ambitions. Perhaps at that time, he was sincerely planning for his and Wang Baochuan's future. However, Xiliang's life was unknown. When Wang Baochuan heard the news, she washed her face with tears every day. What she didn't expect was that the husband she missed so much had already remarried and become the ruler of a country.
Eighteen years. Not one or two years, but a whole eighteen years.
Wang Baochuan's character was soft on the outside but firm on the inside. It could be seen from the fact that she ignored her parents' objections and insisted on marrying the man she loved. She stayed in the cold cave for eighteen years. She was poor, sick, and had a hard life. She lived by spinning yarn and eating wild vegetables just to wait for her husband's return. Even if she mistakenly believed that Xue Pinggui was dead, she still insisted on keeping her chastity.
As for Xue Pinggui, he believed Wang Baochuan's remarriage just because of the slanderous words of others. He didn't even verify it himself. From then on, he forgot about Wang Baochuan. It was only later that he led the Xiliang Army to attack the Central Plains that he returned to the cold cave for the sake of his reputation.
He ascended the throne and became the ruler of the world. He conferred Wang Baochuan the title of Empress. He did everything on the surface and gave the people the impression that he was a kind man who didn't forget his wife when he was rich.
In fact.
Wang Baochuan only became the Empress for eighteen days after ascending the throne.
Some people said that Wang Baochuan was unlucky and couldn't bear the honor of being the Empress. She had the luck of the phoenix, but not the life.
Some people also said that Wang Baochuan's body was already worn out after eighteen years in the cold cave. She was like a lamp that had run out of oil. She was just forcing herself to be the Empress for eighteen days.
They all said that this was fate.
Whose fate?
To be honest, Wang Baochuan didn't seek death. She was forcibly taken away by the person she loved.
Xue Pinggui was able to turn the tables because he married the Princess Tuozan of the Xiliang Kingdom. Later, he used the excuse that Wang Yun, Wei Bao, and the others of the Central Plains rebelled. He led the Xiliang Army straight to the hinterland of the Central Plains and annihilated the rebels in one fell swoop. He then ascended the throne and merged the Central Plains with the territory of Xiliang.
Princess Tuozan was a proud daughter of God. She was unruly. She fell in love with Xue Pinggui at first sight. She invited him to be the prince consort of Xiliang, and the King of Xiliang even gave up the throne to him. If that was the case, the Kingdom of Xiliang owed Xue Pinggui a great debt of gratitude.
However, Wang Baochuan appeared. She was a princess, but she became a concubine. The position of the Empress was snatched away. No one would be happy.
Everything led to Wang Baochuan's death.
Before Wang Baochuan died, she saw through everything. She also understood the cause and effect. Because of this, the resentment in her heart could not be dispelled. Eighteen years of suffering, the exhaustion of her youth, and in the end, even her life was lost.
No matter how helpless she was, she was innocent.
That was why Siyang appeared.
After digesting all the information in her mind, Siyang looked up at the plain bed ceiling. A faint light flashed through her eyes in the dusk.
What was owed must be returned, no matter how much, no matter who it was.
The next morning.
In front of the dressing table, the blurry bronze mirror reflected the woman's face.
Her cheeks were emaciated, her skin was sallow, and her hair was as dry as straw. Her entire body looked withered. Because the woman was too thin, the dress she wore was especially loose. The sides of the dress were empty, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.
The woman was about thirty or forty years old. Many wrinkles had crept up her face. However, from the corners of her eyes and the tips of her eyebrows, one could still see her former beauty.
She was once as beautiful as a hibiscus, the most beautiful of all. Unfortunately, she had fallen.
Looking at her appearance, her eyes were the most attractive. They were clear and bright, as if they could see through people's hearts. They did not match the woman in front of her at all.
After carefully recuperating for an entire night, Si Yang finally managed to fill up most of the emptiness in her body.
She had to thank the benefits she received during the mission.
A good body, a good strength.
Although she was completely healthy on the inside, she still had to put on an act. After all, there were still people who hoped that she would die soon. In order to not disappoint them, it was better for her to continue being "sick" for the sake of insurance.
"Empress, the water is here." Cui'er walked over with a bronze basin.
Hearing the voice, Siyang unhurriedly lowered her eyes, hiding the light in her eyes. She became the lifeless Wang Baochuan again.
Looking at the newly made luxurious phoenix robe, it was no wonder that Tuozan was so anxious for Wang Baochuan to die.
If Wang Baochuan did not die, how could she give up the throne? This kind of banquet was rare in one's life. It represented the highest authority and supreme splendor. Thinking about it, it should have been her, but she could only look on helplessly. The Tuozan definitely could not bear that kind of heart-scratching feeling.
"This phoenix robe is really beautiful." After the robe was delivered, Cui'er's eyes never left it. She was not educated, so she could not describe it well. After tossing and turning, she could only use the word "beautiful".
Leisurely painting her manicured nails, Siyang only glanced at it briefly before looking away.
"It was made according to the dragon robe. This is inevitable."
"Young Miss, quickly try it on. It will definitely look good on you." Cui'er carefully touched it. Her eyes sparkled as she looked expectantly at Siyang.
After she finished painting the last nail, the little palace maid kneeling beside her carefully fanned her with her hand.
Siyang was sitting on the couch and talking when footsteps came from outside the bedchamber. She raised her eyebrows. In the next moment, a familiar figure appeared. She was dressed gorgeously and her accessories jingled as she walked.
Tuozan walked in with a cold and bright face.
At a glance, she saw the phoenix robe on the table. The golden red color of the phoenix robe was too eye-catching. It was hard not to notice it.
Seeing this, her face immediately turned ugly.
"Younger Sister, how come you have time to visit Elder Sister?" Siyang curved her lips, but did not get up to greet her.
Elder Sister? Was she worthy?
Tuozan's eyes were ice cold. She had never considered Wang Baochuan to be a good sister. Those so-called elder and younger sisters were just for show. At the time, she thought that since this woman wouldn't live for long, taking advantage of her could be considered as accumulating some good karma.
Unexpectedly, not only did this person not die, she was living more and more freely. Look at her now.
"Phoenix robe." Tuozan's hand stroked the exquisitely embroidered robe. Flames danced in her eyes.
"That's right. It's the phoenix robe that was newly made for this consort."
Siyang got up from the couch and walked over to casually shake open the robe. The bright red robe had a phoenix embroidered in golden thread. Its wings were spread out and the feathers of the phoenix were dazzling.
"Does it look good?" Siyang unfolded the robe in front of Tuozan's eyes and looked at her with a smile.
Tuozan's hands clenched tightly. She loosened them and clenched them again. However, even if Tuozan wanted to deceive herself, she couldn't. Wang Baochuan was clearly provoking her.
"Are you very pleased with yourself?" Tuozan glared angrily at Siyang. She gritted her teeth and squeezed out these words.
"Hm?" Siyang hesitated slightly. With a half smile, she raised her eyebrows: "Younger Sister, how can you say that? What is there to be pleased with? Isn't this mine?"
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