Young Liang Zhu
"Tell me.
Am I right? "
Siyang's expression was calm, as if what she had just done was as ordinary as killing a chicken to her.
When Hawksbill Zan saw this, her eyes widened. She wasn't stupid, so she understood what was going on.
"You.
You don't love him at all. "Tuozan pointed at Siyang and shouted.
Her face was distorted.
It was as if this kind of thing had refreshed her world view.
"Love.
How can I not love him? " She patted her stomach lightly, as if to comfort the fetus in her belly, not to be frightened by the chaotic scene here. After patting twice, the little guy in her belly responded with two small fists.
The smile on Si Yang's face deepened.
"It's just that …" Siyang finally gave Xue Pinggui a look. Seeing him look at her with a shocked and incredulous expression, she sighed.
He sighed, "The Wang Baochuan who loved Your Majesty is already dead …"
"His Majesty killed her with his own hands." She bent down slightly and stroked the hilt of the knife with her fingers.
Xue Pinggui's expression was also distorted by Siyang's actions.
"You.
You dare to kill the emperor. "Xue Pinggui, who tried hard, finally gritted his teeth.
He spat out a few words with difficulty.
Siyang covered her mouth in surprise. "How can His Majesty say that?
The injury on your body was caused by the imperial concubine. What does it have to do with me? "
"Shut up.
You're a vicious woman.
Didn't you just pull him in front of you to block the knife? "Tuozan heard her slander and cursed.
Then she thought of something and sneered, "Wang Baochuan, no one can save you this time. Even if I don't kill you, do you think Xue Pinggui will let you go?"
"Is that so?"
Letting Cui'er support her, Siyang glanced at Tuozan and adjusted the hairpin in her bun, "Do I need him to let me go?"
Tuozan felt very uneasy seeing her like this. Just as she was about to say something, a sharp gust of wind suddenly blew past her ear. She only felt something scraping her face.
The sound of a sharp blade piercing into flesh rang out again.
One of the men in black who had been protecting Tuozan only had time to let out a muffled groan before collapsing to the ground.
"Ah —" Tuozan was startled. She saw that the person who was talking to her just now was now lying on the ground with an arrow in his back. He didn't seem to be breathing at all.
Before Hawksbill Zan could recover from her shock, there were several whooshing sounds in the air. The Xiliang soldiers that she had brought to rescue her were all shot by arrows and fell to the ground one after another.
Outside the wide open palace door, there were orderly footsteps and the clanging of metal armor. A row of fully armed and golden-armored soldiers rushed in from outside. In an instant, they surrounded Tuozan and the few remaining Xiliang Army.
"Imperial Concubine, you colluded with the Xiliang rebels and tried to assassinate His Majesty. Today, you will be executed."
A dignified voice came from outside. The golden-armored soldiers automatically parted. The person who came was wearing a full suit of armor. He had a heavy sword at his waist and walked with steady steps. A wide black cloak was tied behind him. When it fluttered, it seemed that the smell of blood from his body could be smelled.
Siyang sized him up carefully. It had been a few months since they last met. Compared to the gentle appearance he had before he left, the current Li Yi had a more iron-blooded and valiant aura. Compared to the past few days, the battles on the battlefield must have been battles of life and death.
Blinking her eyes, Siyang lowered her emotions and looked at her stomach. The corners of her lips curled up. Fortunately, it was time for everything to end.
After Li Yi came in and threatened Tuozan, he turned to look for her. When he saw that familiar figure being supported to the side, her protruding stomach became even more obvious.
After looking her up and down and confirming that she was not injured, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He was almost a step too late. If he had been a bit later, he really didn't know what would have been waiting for him. Of course, he definitely wouldn't have accepted it. However, everything was fine.
"Beloved minister, beloved minister, you came at the right time. Quick, quickly arrest these traitors for Zhen …" When he saw Li Yi appear, Xue Pinggui's eyes lit up. He had already pulled out the sword from his body and the wound was bleeding non-stop. Now, he saw hope.
Xue Pinggui, who was lying on the ground, raised his hand and pointed at Siyang who was standing in front of him. Panting heavily, he squeezed out the words with all his might, "Also, also arrest this bitch."
Siyang took two steps to the side in disgust, trying to stay as far away from Xue Pinggui as possible. Xue Pinggui was very angry, and his blood flowed even faster. However, this small action of hers made Li Yi very happy.
"What are you still standing there for? Capture all these people for me. Kill anyone who resists without mercy."
Tuozan was just about to give the order, but because of Li Yi's words, she stopped. Now, everyone could see the situation clearly. She didn't have many people on her side, and after the surprise attack just now, there were even fewer people. They were simply no match for this group of people brought by Li Yi.
But to let her be arrested without putting up a fight? She was unwilling. Her eyes widened because of the sullenness in her heart. She was clearly about to succeed, it was all … right, it was all Wang Baochuan's fault.
"Wang Baochuan, it's all your fault, you bitch." She fiercely pushed away the golden armored soldiers who were about to arrest her.
"Even if I die, I won't let you go." Tuozan madly pounced on Siyang, her hands brandishing claws. Her face was distorted, and it seemed like she wanted to perish together with Siyang.
Cui 'er was shocked and tried to stop her, but she was no match for Tuozan. She was swung away and thrown to the side.
All of this happened too quickly, and Li Yi was too far away to stop it. His expression changed greatly, and he could only watch as Tuozan pounced on Siyang. With Siyang's current body condition, if she were to be pounced on, she would definitely be in danger.
If one had to say who was the calmest here, it would be Si Yang. In the eyes of others, she was incomparably fast, but in her eyes, everything was slow and painfully slow. So when she finally got close to her, when her hand was about to touch the corner of her clothes …
Slap!
A ruthless slap, crisp and loud.
Tuozan, who bore the brunt of this slap, only felt her body sway uncontrollably. The scene in front of her eyes turned upside down. It was not until her body fell heavily on the ground that she realized what had happened.
"You, cough cough …" The moment he opened his mouth, he coughed out a mouthful of blood. Within the blood were two teeth.
Tuozan, who was lying on the ground, only then did she feel the stinging pain from her cheek.
Shaking her hand, Siyang looked at the battered and exhausted Tuozan with a smile and raised her eyebrows as she asked, "How am I?"
Li Yi finally ran to Siyang's side. Without looking at the others, he pulled her over and asked anxiously, "Are you hurt?"
This question was too blinding. Anyone with eyes could see who was the one who hurt who. Princess Zan was still lying on the ground.
Unfortunately, Li Yi turned a blind eye to all of this.
Tuozan's whole body strength seemed to have been scattered by this slap. She lay weakly on the ground. But when she saw Li Yi so protective and worried about Siyang, she was first stunned, then she laughed.
"Hahaha …"
Her laughter got louder and louder, hoarse and unpleasant.
Li Yi turned around and saw that half of Tuozan's face was swollen like a pig's head. When she laughed, there was blood foam in her mouth. Disgust flashed in his eyes. He did not want to look at her anymore. He waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and drag her away."
"You, you … hahaha …" Tuozan could no longer speak clearly. She did not resist being dragged away. She just laughed wildly and pointed at Siyang and Li Yi. She finally understood that these two people had hooked up with each other without her knowing.
Xue Pinggui, who had been ignored all this time, was about to lose his mind because of the blood loss. He saw Li Yi's actions and Tuozan's behavior.
"Wang Baochuan, you betrayed me …" His eyes were almost spitting fire as he looked at Siyang.
Siyang completely ignored Xue Pinggui and only said to Li Yi, "The Runan Of Gojoseon has done a meritorious deed to save the emperor today. This consort will remember it."
Li Yi raised his eyebrows and stared at Siyang. The latter lifted her chin and looked at him.
Suddenly, the man lifted his robe and knelt down on one knee. He looked at her with a gentle gaze and said, "This official thanks the Empress."
"Cough cough, cough cough …"
Siyang stared at the person on the bed who was struggling at death's door. She turned her head slightly and said to Cui 'er behind her, "You can leave. Let me speak with him alone."
Cui 'er bowed and left without saying a word.
She walked to the side of the dragon bed and looked down at the person lying on the bed.
Xue Pinggui's life was tough. Tuozan's stab did not kill him. However, this was also because Siyang had sent an imperial physician to treat him in time. Even so, his body had completely deteriorated. He was now hanging on by a thread.
Right now, his face was so old that he looked like an old man. He was even worse than Wang Baochuan.
"… You, you're finally here." After Xue Pinggui saw Siyang's face clearly, he forced a smile. However, it was uglier than crying.
Si Yang just stood there like that, looking down at him from above.
Xue Pinggui was originally calm. However, Siyang's indifferent appearance angered him. He struggled to sit up on the bed. However, his body was in extreme pain when he moved. He had no strength to support himself and fell heavily to the ground.
"You should save your strength." Siyang said.
"Haha …" Xue Pinggui's chest rose and fell violently. His laughter was like a broken bellow. It was extremely unpleasant to hear.
"What are you doing here? Looking at my current sorry state? "Xue Pinggui asked.
"I've seen enough of your sorry state." Siyang straightened her sleeves and revealed her protruding belly in front of Xue Pinggui's eyes.
As expected, his gaze landed on her belly. His eyes gradually turned red and his teeth creaked. "You, you tell me, the child in your belly … Is it mine …"
"No." Si Yang admitted it quite straightforwardly.
Seeing Xue Pinggui's face stiffen in an instant, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Gently stroking her belly, she smiled and said to herself, "Of course it's not yours. You don't deserve me to give birth to your child." As she spoke, she turned her back to him. "Don't worry. The world that you've conquered, I will protect it for you …"
Siyang turned her head and glanced at him. She pursed her lips and smiled. "After all, it will be my child's in the future."
"You, pu … cough cough …" Xue Pinggui was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. He glared at Siyang.
However, the latter left the palace without looking back.
"Miss." Cui 'er saw Siyang come out. Her expression was strange. "Someone just came to report that Princess Tuozan committed suicide in the prison."
"Yes." She nodded. Tuozan's death did not surprise her. She was just surprised that she was so straightforward.
"Miss's body is heavy. Let's go back to the palace." Cui 'er probed.
"Let's go back."
After taking two steps, her footsteps paused. She looked into the distance. At the end of the stairs, a tall figure slowly walked over.
"This official is guilty of disturbing the Empress."
The person stepped out. After he fully revealed himself, he calmly saluted the master and servant on the bridge. His voice was low and his expression was calm.
After seeing the person clearly, Siyang was slightly surprised. She had seen this person before.
"Runan Of Gojoseon, there's no need to be so polite." Siyang's memory wasn't bad. She still remembered the identity of a prince from the previous dynasty. She had even met him a few days ago.
Siyang took two steps forward and looked at the Runan Of Gojoseon. She opened her mouth slightly. "This is not a disturbance. However, this is the harem, where the concubines and servants live. Wangye is an outsider. How can he walk around casually?"
The Runan Of Gojoseon retracted his hand and put it behind his back. At the same time, he glanced at Siyang. He raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded. "Your Majesty is right. However, this official has not lived in the capital for a long time. The number of times I came to the palace can be counted on one hand. Today, His Majesty stayed to talk for a while. The servant who led the way was suddenly called away. Unexpectedly, he got lost in this remote place and offended Your Majesty."
Is that so?
Siyang didn't care whether what he said was true or not. She didn't care whether he heard the conversation between her and Cui'er. She curled her lips and said calmly, "Speaking of which, it's the people in the palace who are inappropriate. What crime did Wangye commit? Speaking of which, Wangye moved from Runan to Chang 'an. I don't know if there's anything wrong with him."
As the Empress, the mother of the country, it was not wrong to care about her official.
Li Yi stood on the steps under the bridge, facing the person on the bridge. Although she took two more steps down, she was still on the bridge. Therefore, he had to look up to the Empress to talk to her.
He had also heard of this Empress. It was rumored that she had a gentle personality, but was extremely chaste. She had bitterly guarded the cold cave for eighteen years for her husband, who had joined the army and never returned.
Everyone said that her eighteen years of waiting had finally come to an end. Xue Pinggui ascended the throne as the Emperor, and she sat on the Empress' seat. She was the Empress, and she was the Empress. It could be said that her glory was limitless. However, according to the information Li Yi received, this Empress was not so stable.
Last time, he had only seen her in a hurry, so he didn't think much of it. Today, when they met again, he realized that this Empress of the Cold Cave was different from what he had imagined.
Siyang had shed her haggard and sickly appearance in the past few days. Her complexion had also become rosy. Although her skin was not as lustrous as normal people's, it was also not as sallow as when she had first arrived. It was in line with the appearance of someone her age.
"Chang 'an is this official's homeland. There is nothing to be uncomfortable about." Li Yi's eyelids drooped slightly. He slowly stepped onto the small bridge.
"Although I haven't returned for many years, Chang 'an is still so prosperous. This hasn't changed."
Her clear eyes stared at him until he was two or three steps away from her. Siyang's eyes turned. She nimbly turned around and faced the lake. "That's right. After all … things remain the same, but people have changed."
Cui 'er's heart trembled violently. She felt that the autumn wind was chilly. She subconsciously moved closer to her Miss and further away from the other person.
He raised his long eyebrows and narrowed his phoenix-like eyes. His facial features were cold and solemn. His eyes were deep as he stared at the side of the face with light makeup. His gaze moved down. Her neck was slender and long, as if he could … break it with one hand.
"Chang 'an's Empress has always been here. Does she feel the same?" Suddenly, he laughed softly. Li Yi held onto the bridge railing and looked in the direction of Siyang's gaze. Yellow leaves filled his eyes. He sighed emotionally. "I'm afraid winter will come earlier this year."
Yingxiang Palace.
Daji and her sister, Clove, were both conferred the title of Noble Consort when they entered the palace. At that time, all the women in King Zhou's harem gritted their teeth and stared at them with red eyes. They even thought that in the future, with these two Consort Su in the harem, they might 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 Yingxiang Palace was supposed to be the Noble Consort's bedroom. Now, it had become the "Cold Palace" where Su Daji was imprisoned.
Those 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. Others could visit her, so those 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?
Thanks to her father restricting her from going out since she was young, she could stay in this corner of the Yingchun 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 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.
A moment of carelessness hurt 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, even her body was no longer hers.
No … maybe 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, was not 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 was no use thinking about it now. Siyang decided to get through this difficult situation first, then think about her future plans.
Carrying Little Geek, she got up and walked out. She had to find something to eat first.
"Consort Su, you can't leave this Ying Chun Palace." As expected, not only was the door locked, it was also guarded by eunuchs.
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."
It was already dark, long past dinner time, but no one came to deliver food. It seemed like someone deliberately wanted her to suffer some torture.
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 broken 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 said coldly: "This concubine is the daughter of Ji Province's Marquis Su Tianwang, a princess. I 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 still has the title of imperial concubine. Do you want to offend your superior?"
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