Chapter 3 The Frail and Sickly Consort (The End)

Jade Palace.

Luo Xi was surprised.

"Did Consort Xian and Consort Chen have miscarriages?"

Zhuzhu: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, will the Emperor spare Consort Yu this time?"

Luo Xi lay on a chaise lounge in the courtyard, looking at the ginkgo leaves overhead.

"Let her go? Even if the Emperor wants to let her go, what about the fathers of Consort Xian and Consort Chen? Hmm? And the fathers of the other pregnant concubines, they won't let her go."

"After all, everyone knows that if she could, Yu Ling'er would want to get rid of all pregnant women."

In the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, please grant Consort Yu her death."

"Your Majesty, Consort Yu has harmed the imperial heir; her crime is unforgivable."

"Your Majesty, Consort Yu is cruel and vicious; she is unworthy to be a consort!"

Qi Chen closed his eyes briefly. Yu Ling'er had miscarried, and he was truly heartbroken.

But the other children are also carrying his imperial offspring.

Now that Consort Xian has suffered a miscarriage, she will never be able to conceive again.

As for Consort Chen, she simply disappeared.

The other pregnant concubines were all more or less frightened, which disturbed their pregnancies, and they needed to take good care of themselves.

Qi Chen: "Guards, Consort Yu has harmed the imperial heir and is unworthy to be a consort. She is demoted to a commoner and given... poisoned wine."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Half an hour later,

Yu Ling'er sat on the ground, her hair disheveled, tears still wet on her face. She looked at the cup of poisoned wine in Eunuch Li's hand, and the imperial edict he had delivered. "Is the Emperor going to order my death?"

"A commoner? Hahaha..."

"Qi Chen, you've betrayed me. I wish him well..."

Eunuch Li forced her to drink a cup of poisoned wine, and in the end, Yu Ling'er died...

Xuanhua Hall.

Upon hearing of Yu Ling'er's death, Qi Chen sat on the dragon throne for a long time...

Jade Palace.

"Cough cough cough..."

She coughed while holding a handkerchief...

Zhuzhu saw the bloodstains on the handkerchief. "Ah! Your Highness, you've coughed up blood again."

"Someone, quickly go and summon the imperial physician."

Luo Xi looked at the blood on the handkerchief with a calm expression. Seeing Zhu Zhu's panicked face, she said with amusement, "Zhu Zhu, you need to be more composed. What's the big deal?"

"I'm fine. Aren't there still a few years left?"

Luo Xi knew that her heart palpitations were incurable, and she knew she didn't have many years left to live.

Without expectations, there is no disappointment.

Zhuzhu: "Your Majesty∽"

She lowered her head, covering her slightly reddened eyes.

"Why don't you go out for a walk and see if anything interesting is happening in the palace?"

Zhuzhu: ...........

"Yes, Your Majesty."

One month later,

Qi Chen was terrified of being pestered by those pregnant concubines.

So he wanted to find a quiet place to stay, and as he walked, he came to the Jade Palace...

Jade Palace.

"What? The Emperor has arrived?"

He only comes once in a hundred years, so why did he come this time?

Luo Xi went out to greet him.

Qi Chen looked at Luo Xi, who walked out from inside. She was beautiful without any makeup.

Qi Chen: !!!

Is his Consort Shu really that beautiful? He only knew she was sickly before, so he had never visited her. He never expected that she would have such an exquisite appearance.

Luo Xi: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects."

Qi Chen snapped out of his daze and reached out to help her up, saying, "No need for formalities."

He held her hand tightly and pulled her into the palace.

Luo Xi: ? ? ?

Why are you holding her hand?

Luo Xi sat down next to Qi Chen and asked, "Your Majesty, why have you come to my humble abode?"

Qi Chen:

"I thought of you, so I came."

Luo Xi spoke up to remind him, "Your Majesty, I am not feeling well and I am afraid I cannot serve you in bed."

Qi Chen:

"I know, I won't touch you."

He's not a lustful lecher.

That night, Qi Chen did nothing but watch Luo Xi sleep.

He was actually quite upset too, after all, there was a beautiful person lying next to him, but he couldn't touch her...

Two months later,

Qi Yu has rebelled.

Blood flowed like a river in the palace...

Qi Chen protected Luo Xi until the very moment he died.

He took an arrow for Luo Xi, and knelt before her, asking worriedly, "Xi'er, are you alright?"

Luo Xi sat on the ground with a few drops of blood on her face, but this did not diminish her beauty; on the contrary, it made her breathtakingly beautiful.

She shook her head. "I'm fine."

He's the one who's in trouble.

She looked at the arrow lodged in his chest, and the blood flowing from it...

Qi Chen looked at her face, gently touched her cheek, and wiped away the few drops of blood. "Xi'er, are you scared?"

Luo Xi: "Your Majesty, I am not afraid."

In fact, death was not scary to her at all.

As soon as Luo Xi finished speaking, Qi Chen collapsed into her arms, his hands hanging limply to the ground...

Zhuzhu was hit by an arrow, and she slowly crawled to Luo Xi's side...

One year later,

Jade Palace.

Zhuzhu: "Your Majesty? What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking, time really flies!"

A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, not long after Qi Chen died, Qi Yu barged in.

He walked up to Luo Xi, glanced at Qi Chen leaning against her, then shoved Qi Chen aside and used his sword to lift her chin...

Well, afterwards, he probably got carried away by lust and took her away. Before she left, he even asked him to send someone to take Zhuzhu with him.

"Your Majesty, are you adjusting well?"

Luo Xi: "What's there to be uncomfortable about? Being anyone's concubine doesn't make you a concubine."

She still lived in Yuqiong Palace and remained a Consort Shu.

It's just that the emperor is no longer that person.

That's right! Luo Xi became the new emperor's concubine, and his only concubine.

(The new emperor, Qi Yu, is Qi Chen's half-brother.)

Oh! No, there are still differences.

Qi Chen will not be like Qi Yu.

Qi Yu touched her on their very first night.

At this moment, a maid walked in and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Aunt Jin from the Empress Dowager's side has arrived again."

Luo Xi: "Oh? So what if you're here?"

"No one is allowed to let her in. If she wants to wait, then let her wait."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shou Kang Palace.

The Empress Dowager clutched her chest in anger, "Consort Shu, she is far too arrogant."

She was asked to come three or four times, but she refused. They really didn't take her seriously.

If it weren't for the Emperor protecting her...

Song Yuyao, standing beside the Empress Dowager, had a slight glint in her eyes and was looking down, seemingly lost in thought.

The Empress Dowager held Song Yuyao's hand and patted it gently. "Yuyao, don't worry, I will definitely make sure the Emperor takes you as a concubine."

"You are proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and you are also very beautiful."

"His Majesty is only temporarily infatuated with Consort Shu; he will be fine in a while."

"The Emperor will surely see your good qualities."

"Having been through so much, I've come to realize that men are all prone to fickleness and aversion to the old."

"You'll have your chance once the Emperor tires of Consort Shu."

Song Yuyao has been waiting for a year, but the Emperor still treats Consort Shu as before.

Consort Shu, that sickly woman, is only pretty; I don't know what the Emperor likes about her.

Besides, who wants to be a concubine? She wants to be the empress.

Although that's what she thought in her heart, she still obediently said, "Aunt, Yuyao knows."

“Aunt, you could have simply issued an imperial edict to punish Consort Shu.”

Empress Dowager:

Does she think she hasn't tried?

The Empress Dowager tried, but Consort Shu was completely unyielding; she even dared to disobey imperial decrees.

She had never seen anyone so fearless.

Consort Shu's parents were no longer alive, so she had no scruples and was not afraid of death.

She naturally couldn't do anything to her.

Empress Dowager: "Yuyao, the imperial decree is useless to her."

Song Yuyao: !!!

“Aunt, Yuyao has a way to get the Emperor to take a concubine. Why don’t you let Yuyao give it a try?”

The Empress Dowager looked at her suspiciously, "Alright, go and try it."

Three days later

The Imperial Garden.

Luo Xi and Song Yuyao met face to face.

"This humble woman pays her respects to Consort Shu."

Luo Xi nodded and walked past her.

Song Yuyao interrupted Luo Xi, saying, "Your Majesty, I have something to say to you."

Luo Xi turned to look at her: "Do you think I should listen just because you want to speak?"

Song Yuyao probably doesn't know that Luo Xi is not a good person.

At that moment, Song Yuyao saw the Emperor approaching, and then she glanced at the lake beside her...

Luo Xi guessed what Song Yuyao was planning to do.

Did Song Yuyao really think the Emperor would jump down to save her? Unbelievable.

She closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again. She raised her hand, pulled out the hairpin from her head, and plunged it into Song Yuyao's neck, who was about to jump into the lake—swift, ruthless, and precise.

Song Yuyao covered her neck, her eyes wide with disbelief!

Luo Xi... how dare she kill her?

Luo Xi reached out and pushed her into the lake...

"thump!"

Since you like the lake so much, let's go down there.

Luo Xi glanced down indifferently and uttered a single sentence, "How annoying!"

Qi Yu saw this scene, but he didn't say anything.

The Empress Dowager was very angry, but with Qi Yu protecting Luo Xi, the Empress Dowager couldn't do anything to her.

Two years later,

Qi Yu's harem still consists of only Luo Xi.

Six months ago, Luo Xi gave birth to a son, Qi Jing.

He was named crown prince at birth.

Luo Xi then became the empress.

On this day,

Luo Xi realized she was about to leave. She looked at Qi Jing in her arms, kissed his cheek, and smiled gently.

She told Zhuzhu about it.

Zhuzhu cried and said, "Your Majesty, I can't bear to part with you, I can't live without you."

"Your Majesty, please take me with you. I cannot live without you."

Luo Xi: "Zhuzhu, in this world, no one can live without anyone else forever."

Zhuzhu: ..........

Xuanhua Hall.

Luo Xi touched Qi Yu's face and said, word by word, "Your Majesty, after I leave, you cannot take any concubines."

Qi Yu looked at Luo Xi, who was pale in his arms. His eyes were red, and he kissed her hand. "Alright, I promise you, I will never take any concubines."

"Treat Qi Jing well."

"good."

After he finished speaking, her hand fell to the ground, and she breathed her last...

Afterwards, Qi Yu suspended court for three days.

Zhuzhu went down to keep Luoxi company. The Empress is right, no one can truly live without another forever.

However, Zhuzhu simply didn't want to leave the Empress.

Qi Yu never took a concubine; he personally raised Qi Jing to adulthood.

When Qi Jing was three or four years old, he especially liked to open his eyes, which looked so much like hers, and ask him, "Where did my mother go?" Every time he heard Qi Jing ask this, he would think of that woman, and his eyes would redden. He lied to Qi Jing and said that his mother had gone to play and would be back in a few years.

Later, when Qi Jing grew up, he stopped asking that question because he already knew his mother was gone, that she had completely left them. (The End)