Chapter 4: Traveling through time and space to become a royal concubine, she turned the harem upside down (Part 4)

While Hu Xiaomeng and Ling Guoguo were discussing the time traveler, the emperor hurried back to his secret meeting place with Lin Xier. He felt very distressed when he saw the dense needle holes on her body.

"Your Majesty, may your Majesty live forever..."

Seeing the emperor coming in, Lin Xier forced herself to stand up and pay her respects to him.

"Xi'er, you are still fighting with me. I had no choice just now.

You all know how jealous the women in the palace are. If Concubine Xian knew that person was you, she would definitely leak the news to other concubines to deal with you together.

Also, if your cousin suspects that I have already guessed your identity, she should either force your father to find you a marriage or force you to enter the palace.

Either way, the situation is not favorable for us.

For our future, so that you can secure your place as the head of the six palaces, you don't know how much hardship I endured just now."

Seeing his beloved woman deliberately keeping a distance between them, tears as big as pearls hung on his angelic face.

The emperor pressed her head into his arms and explained to her with heartache. He wanted to hold her tightly in his arms but was worried about hurting her.

"Xi'er, what happened today? Why do you have so many wounds on your body?

Why did your cousin suddenly have someone punish you? She clearly knew you were her cousin, and she wasn't like the other women in the palace who thought you were just a maid in the Shangshu Mansion."

Seeing that Lin Xier's clothes were stained with blood, the emperor wanted to know what had happened to her in Dexing Palace.

“Your Majesty, Xi’er still doesn’t understand why my cousin suddenly became a different person.

I just went to the palace to find her as usual, but before I could hold her hand, she suddenly kicked me away.

She also blamed me for not understanding the palace rules and not paying respects to her, but she had clearly told me before that I didn't need to perform these empty formalities to her.

She hasn't practiced martial arts for so many years, how could she be so skilled?

Your Majesty, could it be that my cousin has been replaced by someone else?"

Finally having time to think about what happened today, Lin Xier felt more and more that something was wrong.

If that person was really his cousin, how could she attack him without even saying a word?

"The palace is heavily guarded; no one can remove your cousin under my watch.

And after I had you taken away, I also sat in her palace for a while.

Whether she was talking to me or to the virtuous concubine, there was no change as usual.

Could it be that she found out the truth about your father sending her to the palace, so she wants to attack you first?"

The emperor shook his head and thought it was impossible that the person had been switched. He had always had people secretly monitoring the situation in each palace.

If someone really broke into the palace, the men he sent would definitely report the incident to him.

"Your Majesty, it's very possible that things are really as you said. Perhaps a concubine is trying to sow discord between her and our family, so my cousin is suspicious.

This ruthless harem is too horrible. Xier doesn't want to enter the palace anymore."

Thinking of the open and secret struggles in the palace, Lin Xier glared at the emperor angrily and spoke angry words.

It’s all his fault. Beauties were brought into the palace one after another.

"Xi'er, I know you're feeling wronged, so please be patient for a while longer for my sake.

Now the struggle in the harem has entered its most intense and fierce stage. Once I take back most of the power in the hands of these concubines' families, the sweet days for the two of us will come.

By then, you will be the only one who has the final say in the harem, and a few concubines and beauties who have no real power will not be able to cause any trouble at all.

From now on, you and I will admire the mountains and rivers together, see all the prosperity in the world, and grow old together hand in hand!"

The emperor gently lifted Lin Xier's chin and kissed her tender red lips lovingly.

The two kissed passionately until they touched the wound on Lin Xier's body and stopped.

Everything that happened between the man and woman in the room was seen thoroughly by General Ji Lin of the Qianniu Guard.

If someone approached him at this moment, they would find that his fists were clenched so tightly that veins were bulging, and his nails were deeply dug into his palms, because he was trying desperately to suppress the jealousy in his heart.

Ji Lin has always had a crush on someone in his heart, and that is Lin Xier, the most beautiful woman in the capital.

Of course, he understood that Lin Xier had both good looks and family background, and that ordinary people were not worthy of her.

So he not only had the idea in his mind, but also took action.

After passing rigorous assessments, he finally joined the Qianniu Guard.

Later, he became the General of Qianniu Guard, a third-rank official position like Lin Xier's father.

But before he could find an opportunity to secretly express his feelings to Lin Xier, he discovered that the person who was secretly dating the emperor was actually Lin Xier.

Only then did I understand that she was not unwilling to enter the palace, but was just waiting for the right opportunity.

Every time Ji Lin, who was hiding in the dark to protect the emperor, saw the two of them kissing each other, he felt heartbroken and in great pain, but he had no choice but to do so because it was his duty.

In her previous life, the person who helped Lin Xier throw her cousin into a brothel was Ji Lin, who had been in love with her for a long time.

While the emperor and Lin Xier were kissing sweetly, Concubine Xian was not idle in her own palace either.

After investigating the musk incident, it is very likely that Concubine Shu was framing him behind the scenes and secretly ordered his confidant to do something important. If this thing was done, he might be able to take the opportunity to overthrow Concubine Shu.

When the emperor was getting ready to go to bed at night, he remembered what Lin Xier had said about her cousin.

Although he felt that the possibility of being swapped was extremely small, as a suspicious king, he would personally verify it as long as there was a slight possibility.

Fox Xiaomeng, who was about to rest, heard the palace maid say that the emperor had arrived and muttered in dissatisfaction: "There is a road to heaven, but you don't take it. There is no door to hell, but you insist on breaking in."

"Master, you're not going to get rid of this emperor tonight, are you? He's the ruler of a country, after all. If he were to die now, it would definitely cause unrest throughout the court."

Ling Guoguo seemed to hear the sound of her master grinding her teeth, and was afraid that she would act impulsively.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

After checking the medicines and tools in the space, Hu Xiaomeng showed a cunning smile.

"My Lady, you are so happy to see me!"

Because the candlelight was too dim, the emperor could not see the expression on the concubine's face and was a little too sentimental.

The palace maids smiled ambiguously and retreated tactfully.

When Hu Xiaomeng saw the door closed, she immediately took out a handful of sleeping pills from the space and knocked the emperor unconscious, then laid him on the bed with his back facing up.

She took out a few long silver needles from the system and poked them on both sides of his waist. Although the emperor was already unconscious, he still couldn't help but groan in pain.

"Master, what are you doing? I didn't even see you take the poison."

If you say you are giving acupuncture to the emperor, I will never believe it even if you kill me.

Ling Guoguo completely couldn't understand why her master was poking the emperor's waist with a silver needle.