Chapter 173 You Abandoned Me

"You abandoned me without mercy."

Although Xie Chen's voice was low and hoarse, his tone was affirmative.

In the past few days, all the estrangements and false intimacy have been explained, and the true nature of those hidden things has been revealed.

He has been trapped in this thrilling childbirth and has never been able to get out of it. He has been tortured repeatedly and cannot be freed.

Pei Tingyue bit her lip and looked at him.

The man was as handsome as ever, except for his slightly red eye sockets, watery black pupils, jumping veins on his forehead, and his big hands that clenched into fists and then unclenched.

Because everything shows that he is afraid and terrified.

In this delivery, the difficult labor was not a show.

But what she called "caesarean section" was just a show.

The moment she saw Xie Chen, she knew that he would not give up on her, and she herself would not give up on her life.

The reason for saying that is to let the emperor taste the pain of almost losing his loved one.

Now it seems that it was successful, and the life and death bond between the two was deepened.

The emperor who controlled all the states came down from the platform and wept for her.

In this relationship, she maneuvered for a long time, conquered the city step by step, and finally occupied an absolute high position.

Pei Tingyue moved her red lips, but didn't say anything - in fact, anything she said would be too pale at this moment.

Pei Tingyue didn't know when she started crying, and her tears kept falling like pearls from a broken string.

The two looked at each other with red eyes.

Pei Tingyue slowly straightened up and wiped his tears while crying. Xie Chen still wanted to hide, but Pei Tingyue hugged his waist and sat on the couch again. With trembling hands, she pressed the corners of his red eyes with a handkerchief.

“Don’t cry… don’t cry…”

"I will never do that again..."

Xie Chen looked at her with red eyes for a while.

Then he grabbed her slender white wrist, pressed her under him, and said with almost gritted teeth, "Pei Tingyue, you said this yourself. If you dare to abandon me next time, I will strangle you to death with my own hands."

A different light appeared in Pei Tingyue's eyes.

Strangle her to death?

He won't.

Everything he does now is just bluffing.

If this sentence is transformed, it is a disguised begging her not to abandon him.

Pei Tingyue raised her head to kiss him.

This time Xie Chen took the initiative to cater to it.

He kissed her fiercely, with a fierceness that seemed to want to tear her apart and eat her whole.

This kiss is different from the previous ones in terms of tenderness, tenderness, beauty and sweetness.

It was painful, intense, and even filled with a faint smell of blood.

Something deeper is slowly taking shape in this moment.

Pei Tingyue was forced to endure the man's suffocation and plunder. Even though her lips felt a stinging pain, she did not push him away, but just gently soothed his back.

So the kiss changed from a violent storm at the beginning to a gentle drizzle.

When crying sounds came from the front hall for who knows how many times, Pei Tingyue moved away a little and asked softly, "Do you want to bring Yuzhou back?"

Xie Chen kept pecking and kissing her rosy lips, and finally turned it into a lingering tenderness and continued to lock her.

The answer couldn't be more obvious.

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After resting for a few days, Pei Tingyue was able to move freely in the palace.

In recent days, gifts have been flowing into Changle Palace like water, including those from the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress, the Imperial Concubine, and the imperial concubines.

Antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and jade jewelry, silks and satins, countless fine things came here, even gold and silver were not a small number.

Pei Tingyue only let them enter the warehouse, but she had not yet checked the exact amount.

To be more specific, she didn't have time to watch.

Because not only were there rewards, but there was also a constant stream of concubines coming to the palace.

All these concubines came over with smiles on their faces, and were full of praise. Among them, two former concubines of the Eastern Palace even had the intention of getting close to him.

Pei Tingyue was still a little dazed when he understood their underlying meaning.

At the beginning, she was just Baolin, who was bullied by everyone, but now she has become someone that others want to cling to, and her status has changed drastically.

These days are becoming more and more promising!

After being excited, Pei Tingyue calmly sent them away.

Now that she has Xiao Si, she has to be more careful at all times. She cannot make friends with such a concubine. She is like a fence-sitter and changes her mind at any time. It will bring her endless dangers in the future. It is better to eliminate these hidden dangers from the beginning.

In addition to the familiar concubines, Pei Tingyue also met Xie Xiuyi and Luo Jieyu. This was the first time she saw the two new concubines since they entered the palace.

Both of them were very polite. They presented their gifts, chatted briefly, and then said goodbye and left.

However, Queen Cui and Queen Mother Qin came again, which made Pei Tingyue very flattered.

The two of them seemed to like Xiao Si very much. They each hugged Xiao Si for a while, and gave Pei Tingyue a few words of advice before leaving.

As for Concubine Song, she came at irregular times every day and came every night.

Over the past few nights, she would hold Xiao Si in her arms while she rested. Perhaps because she looked familiar or something else, Xiao Si gradually stopped crying when he saw her.

Xiao Si can now open his eyes, and his skin is no longer wrinkled. His fair and delicate face, with big black eyes, is so adorable.

One look at it will melt your heart.

Concubine Song was very annoyed by him a few nights ago. She originally scolded him for being heartless, but now her attitude has changed drastically and she is full of praise for him.

Before resting every day, Meizizi came to the back hall and took Xiaosi away.

Pei Tingyue was afraid of disturbing Concubine Song's rest at first, but when she saw how happy she was, her concerns were dispelled.

Without Xiao Si, the happiest person was Xie Chen.

Because in front of the child, Pei Tingyue didn't let him touch her at all. Even if Xiao Si didn't look, Pei Tingyue pushed him away.

Therefore, he was most satisfied that the imperial concubine took Xiao Si to rest.

These days, he is often worried about gains and losses.

Thinking of those scenes, he felt panicked and had to see Pei Tingyue immediately.

He didn't feel better until he held the person in his arms for a long time.

Pei Tingyue also realized this.

She didn't say anything, but every time this person came to look for her in a hurry, she would take the initiative to throw herself into his arms to make him feel at ease.

The imperial edict promoting Pei Tingyue to the rank of Consort De arrived seven days after she gave birth. Liang Yao came to announce the edict.

"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims:

Zhaoyi Pei, with a gentle and kind nature, is a shining example of virtue. She has served the inner palace diligently, and is well-versed in poetry and etiquette. Now that she has given birth to a child, she has been promoted to the rank of Second Rank Virtuous Consort."

Pei Tingyue knelt down to receive the order, and then asked someone to hand a bag of silver to Liang Yao.

Liang Yao was originally unwilling to accept it, but when Pei Tingyue said that it would be a good opportunity to share in the good fortune of Changle Palace, he accepted it.

After the people left, Pei Tingyue looked at the imperial edict to confer the title of consort, feeling emotional.

Today she has reached this point and has the title of a second-rank concubine.

She was only lower than Empress Cui and Concubine Song, and soon she was only lower than Empress Cui.

In fact, she could have slowed down, as there would still be plenty of time to completely conquer the emperor, but Pei Tingyue didn't want to stop. She wanted to make a final push and completely control the emperor's heart.

She really wanted to climb up this magnificent golden palace step by step.

During her pregnancy, Pei Tingyue had read countless national history books and knew clearly what miserable fate the son of a favorite concubine would suffer if he did not ascend the throne after the emperor's death.

Even if the emperor would leave a way out for her and Xiao Si, if he was gone, who knew whether the new emperor would recognize him?

It's not that she has to fight, but she has to fight to survive, and it is the tide of history that forces her to fight.