Find me some male companions

Su Qingli looked at him indifferently, but was unwilling to drink a sip.

"Ali..." Fu Xuechen's hands trembled, not daring to look closely at her pale face. "Please drink a sip. As long as you drink the medicine, you can do whatever you want."

She didn't even glance at the medicine, but stared at him and asked, "Why didn't you come last night?"

"I……"

Fu Xuechen didn't want her to feel guilty, so he concealed the fact that he was ill. "I was handling government affairs. It was too late and I didn't want to disturb you, so I rested in the Yangxin Palace."

Su Qingli closed her eyes, feeling heartbroken by his casual and clumsy lies.

"I know those ministers are asking you to choose a concubine and are deliberately sending women to your palace. If you really favor someone, you can just tell me directly. Would I stop you? Why bother to lie to me?"

"I know you won't stop me, and you might even... wish it were so." Fu Xuechen sighed inwardly and patiently passed the spoon to her lips again. "But no, that's all. If you don't believe me, I'll just stay in Kunning Palace every night from now on."

"Who cares!" Su Qingli said coldly.

She propped herself up, took the bowl from Fu Xuechen's hand, and drank the bitter medicine in one gulp.

Fu Xuechen's face was just beginning to light up when she stuffed an empty bowl into his hand. He heard her say casually, "You just said that as long as I drink this medicine, I can do whatever I want. Then you can find me some male companions. I'm really lonely this night."

The strength of his hand gripping the bowl continued to increase, and Fu Xuechen's eyes were filled with terrifying depression as he sat stiffly in the same place.

After a long while, she suppressed her emotions and spoke softly: "I will accompany you, no matter how you torture me, but male favorites——"

Su Qingli interrupted him ruthlessly, "I don't want you, you are the one I hate the most!"

The bowl made a subtle sound in Fu Xuechen's hands, unable to bear the weight. His Adam's apple rolled several times, and he swallowed countless bitter words. He tried to communicate again: "Ali, you are the queen after all. Seeking a male favorite... This fact is really against the moral code and etiquette. If it gets out, everyone in the world will spit at me..."

"That's not a problem. You can dethrone me as queen."

Su Qingli seemed determined to force him, staring at him with uncontrollable anger.

"Or are you lying to me again? Besides lying to me, what else can you do?"

With a crisp "pop" sound, the porcelain bowl shattered in Fu Xuechen's palm, and the sharp cracking sound echoed in the hall.

He was completely unaware of the stinging pain caused by the fragments piercing his flesh, and only felt the endless pain in his heart.

After a moment, he stood up and closed his eyes and said, "Okay, I promise you, how many do you want?"

Su Qingli glanced at his palm, which was constantly oozing blood, and then came to her senses. She asked expressionlessly, "Your Majesty understands my body best. In your opinion, how many male favorites can I have at the same time so as not to be completely drained?"

Fu Xuechen's heart seemed to be bleeding. After a long while, he said, "One."

After saying that, he walked away with big strides, as if he would die of suffocation and heartache if he stayed for another second.

Not long after, a frail, fair-skinned young man really came to Kunning Palace.

He looked ready to die, but after seeing Su Qingli's face, he showed a hint of relief.

Su Qingli looked at him carefully, pointed to the chair beside her, and said with little interest, "Sit down."

"Are you the one I want to serve?" The man glanced at her secretly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Well, what's your name?"

"My name is Xu Huangsheng."

Xu Huangsheng was forced to enter the palace as a eunuch because his family was in poverty. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to undergo the castration ceremony, he was picked out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of his outstanding appearance and inexplicably became a concubine.

He glanced around timidly. The extremely luxurious palace furnishings made him feel even more insignificant and frightened.

The woman in front of him was so dazzling that she was even more dazzling than the gold and jade in the room, making him dare not look directly at her.

"You, you are the queen."

"It won't be that way soon." Su Qingli glanced at him and said, "You don't have to be restrained here. I won't do anything to you."

She was just trying to anger Fu Xuechen on purpose, but she never thought that he would actually find a male lover for her.

Seeing that she wasn't as fierce as those powerful nobles, Xu Huangsheng gradually let go of his fear. "Although I have no experience, the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have taught me some common sense and skills... I will do my best to serve you well."

He was afraid that he would be abandoned and he didn't know what fate was waiting for him.

So he mustered up the courage to tell her that he was qualified for the job.

Su Qingli's eyes widened. She never expected that Fu Xuechen not only found a young girl for her, but also sent someone to teach her the art of sex.

It's really painstaking.

She glanced at the dark sky outside and pointed to the soft couch beside her, "You can stay there tonight."

…

Fu Xuechen stood in the moonlight, and his mind couldn't help but recall every little detail of his time with Su Qingli over the years. Except for the time when he pretended to be Tan Xi, he couldn't recall any smile on her face.

He knew very well that he owed her too much, and now he could only make up for it a little with his power and wealth.

As long as she is happy and no longer depressed, these concessions are of no importance at all.

But why did his heart feel such deep and sharp pain?

He didn't know how long he stood there, until his eyes were burned by the dazzling morning sun. Fu Xuechen suddenly came to his senses and moved his stiff limbs as if waking from a dream.

It's time for him to attend the morning court.

Thinking of the group of ministers who would argue endlessly in the court about Su Qingli's search for a male favorite and force her to abdicate, he felt exhausted.

In the court.

All the ministers made impassioned appeals, constantly mentioning Su Qingli and the male favorite, and repeatedly lashing out at Fu Xuechen's unbearable private pain in public, word by word.

Fu Xuechen leaned against the dragon throne, rubbing his brows with great weariness, and subconsciously hid his injured right hand under the dragon robe.

After they submitted their memorials one by one, they finally pressed him step by step, saying that "the queen has lost her moral integrity and is not fit to be a role model for the country," and forced him to issue an edict to depose her.

This group of ministers, who usually formed factions and quarreled with each other, were now unprecedentedly united.

Fu Xuechen forced himself to straighten his back, a sense of awe rising from him. He stared at the ministers, "I have diligently attended to government affairs, working tirelessly day and night. Everyone in the world knows this! Have I made any mistakes in governing the country? Have I failed to be kind to the people?"

"Now you are standing here in this temple, unconcerned about the military situation at the border, unconcerned about the hunger of the people, yet you are so enthusiastic and united in your efforts regarding the private affairs of my harem! What's the reason?"

An old minister stepped forward, his words seemingly sincere but each one threatening: "Your Majesty, the expansion of the imperial family is the foundation of the nation. The Empress has now fallen so far from virtue that I fear she is no longer able to shoulder the responsibility of continuing the line of succession. Your Majesty, please select virtuous women to fill the harem to ensure the stability of the nation."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other ministers once again echoed in unison.