Chapter 1 The "Disfigured" Consort Chen

The Imperial Garden.

"ah!"

"Your Highness, Consort Chen!"

Luo Xi's cheek was slashed by a sharp stone, leaving a long gash, and drops of blood dripped onto the ground.

The culprit was none other than the six-year-old crown prince standing before Luo Xi, holding a sharp stone in his hand. He was the emperor's only heir, Qin Yao.

Luo Xi is the legitimate daughter of the former prime minister. Originally, with her family background, she could have become empress.

However, her father died while helping Qin Yan ascend the throne. And her mother followed him in death.

The Emperor had promised to make her Empress.

However, she waited for three whole years, but the emperor showed no intention of making her empress.

She's smart; she actually knows why.

The Emperor wanted his only son to have a mother of high status, so he made the Crown Prince's mother (who was originally a palace maid) a Noble Consort, whose rank was above Luo Xi's.

As long as the Emperor still cares about the Crown Prince, Luo Xi will never be able to ascend to the position of Empress. Because the Emperor will not allow anyone to have a higher rank than the Crown Prince's mother.

Since she can't be empress, then she won't be.

She didn't care to be his empress.

Just then, the Imperial Concubine walked towards Luo Xi from not far away. She covered her mouth slightly with a handkerchief and asked with concern and surprise, "Consort Chen, are you alright?"

The joy in her voice was impossible to hide.

Luo Xi gave her a cold look. "Are you blind? Can't you see the injury on my face?"

She never expected that she would be humiliated by her son simply for sitting there drinking tea. Who wouldn't be angry?

Upon hearing this, the Imperial Concubine choked, "Yao'er is still young, he didn't do it on purpose."

She is a Noble Consort; how could Luo Xi dare to be disrespectful and speak to her like that?

The prince threw away the stone in his hand, stuck out his tongue at Luo Xi, and was extremely arrogant.

He ran to the Imperial Concubine's side, grabbed her hand, and said, "Mother, I did it on purpose. She's a bad woman, I don't like her."

Luo Xi touched the wound on her cheek, closed her eyes briefly, then stood up, took a hairpin from her hair, and quickly pressed the tip of the hairpin. Before anyone else could react, she bent down slightly and slashed a long, deep gash across the prince's face, blood splattering out...

"ah!"

"Mother, it hurts so much."

Everyone: !!!

Consort Chen actually injured the Crown Prince's face? Has she gone mad? Does she want to die?

Imperial Concubine: !!!

She looked at the wounds on the Crown Prince's face and felt extremely distressed. She knelt down and hugged the Crown Prince. Then, she glared at Luo Xi with a vicious look and shouted, "Consort Chen, how dare you! How could you hurt his face? He is the Crown Prince!"

"You're dead. The Emperor will not let you go."

The next second, a wound appeared on the concubine's face, and drops of blood trickled down her cheeks...

"ah!"

"They've rebelled! They've rebelled!"

"Guards, seize her immediately!"

The next second, Luo Xi's hairpin pressed against her neck, and the Imperial Concubine fell completely silent.

Luo Xi kicked Qin Yao to the ground.

The palace maids and eunuchs dared not come up, because they were afraid that Luo Xi would really kill the Imperial Concubine.

Someone secretly went to the pilgrimage hall to see the emperor.

Luo Xi saw it, but she didn't stop it.

Even if Qin Yan came, she wouldn't be afraid.

Anyway, she wasn't afraid of anything; the worst that could happen was death.

Moreover, he dared not harm her, much less kill her. After all, his concubine and the crown prince had both been poisoned. Unless Qin Yan wanted them to die with her.

This hairpin was a gift from her father, and it had a mechanism at the top. The top of the hairpin contained poison, a poison that would make one wish for death but not for life, a poison that would make one want to commit suicide.

Fifteen minutes later, Qin Yan arrived.

Luo Xi watched Qin Yan stride towards her, wondering how she could kill him.

Qin Yan immediately noticed Luo Xi's blood-covered face. Although she was disfigured, she was much more beautiful than before. He stared at Consort Chen in disbelief. He completely ignored the Imperial Concubine, whose neck was being held to the throat by Luo Xi's hairpin, and Qin Yao, who was being trampled on by her.

Qin Yao ran towards Qin Yan and called out to get his attention. He cried and said, "Father, please save Mother!"

"My face hurts so much. That wicked woman, she slashed my face with a hairpin."

"You must order her to be killed immediately."

The imperial concubine dared not speak; she looked at the emperor with teary eyes, looking utterly pitiful.

Luo Xi looked down at Qin Yao and said calmly, "Didn't you scratch my face first? I was just returning the favor."

Everyone:

Is this even possible?