Chapter 98: The Imperial Concubine Hates Others More Beautiful Than Her
The emperor did not blame the queen in public, but leaving the table to see the imperial concubine would also embarrass her.
How could the queen not know that this was a warning from the emperor?
She was unwilling but had no choice but to bow and see the emperor off respectfully.
The emperor took two steps and looked back at Yu Shengsheng.
"Didn't the imperial concubine ask you to go? Then come with me."
"Yes." Yu Shengsheng stood up, lowered his head and followed behind.
Kong Dezhao saw that they had all left, and his breathing became more steady. He turned around and glanced at the onlookers.
Everyone tactfully left.
Kong Dezhao stood up straight and no longer needed Kong Tu's support.
"Empress," Kong Dezhao said clearly, "I don't have much ability, but I still want to find a wife myself, so I don't need you to worry about it."
A hint of smile appeared on the Queen's stiff face: "Your Highness, what you said..."
"That palace maid was lucky to be strangled to death by me. If I hadn't been tricked by a treacherous drug, I would have broken her bones inch by inch and made her confess the mastermind behind the incident."
"Your Highness, you are already tired of worrying about the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and all the other princes. My father and mother will worry about my affairs."
Kong Dezhao said mercilessly: "The Queen is much older than the last time I entered the palace to see the Emperor. You should study more about how to maintain your health and beauty."
After he said that, he turned and left.
The queen's face turned blue with anger and her fingers were shaking.
"You bastard! How dare a prince's son be so rude to me?"
The queen's chest ached with anger, and she secretly swore that when the prince ascended the throne and destroyed the Nanshun Palace, she would break Kong Dezhao's bones bit by bit.
The queen paused for a long while before returning to the palace.
Before entering the hall, I heard bursts of screams and noises, and the hall was in chaos.
She walked in quickly, and just as she reached the bottom of the stairs, a person was thrown out like a rag bag and fell in front of her.
The man twitched a few times, blood came out of his mouth and nose, and he died.
It was the little eunuch who served fruit wine to Kong Dezhao.
The queen's mind exploded.
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Yu Shengsheng and Lu Xingzhan walked at the end of the team.
Lu Xingzhan looked at her: "I heard about it."
Yu Shengsheng didn't say anything and didn't look at him.
"I'm talking to you, are you deaf?" Lu Xingzhan was dissatisfied.
Yu Shengsheng then turned his head to look at him: "What did the Third Young Master hear?"
"That Qi guy," Lu Xingzhan snorted, "I've always said that reading too much is not good, those who are righteous are usually butchers, and those who are ruthless are usually scholars."
Yu Shengsheng didn't say anything. He took two steps and suddenly stopped: "How did the Third Young Master know about my relationship with him?"
She didn't even mention the relationship between her and Qi Mubai to Nanny Zhou and Jin Baobao.
She hadn't yet guessed the way Su Zhiyi knew it, so how come Lu Xingzhan also knew it.
Lu Xingzhan's eyes were open and he didn't evade the question: "What's so difficult about this? My aunt has always been at odds with the Queen. She knows everything about the Crown Prince and the Queen, even if she doesn't tell me."
"Besides, the Qi family is quite popular. My aunt had already found out that the prince wanted to recruit him. It was the prince's intention to ask him to marry Su Zhiyi."
Yu Shengsheng's breathing was slightly choked. So that's what it was.
I see!
She thought Qi Mubai was a man of integrity. Su Zhiyi had tempted him before, but he had always rejected her. How could he suddenly...
It turned out that everything was the work of the prince and the queen.
On the one hand, he asked Qi Mubai to marry Su Zhiyi, and on the other hand, he brought her together with Kong Dezhao.
It really took a lot of effort.
"Don't just stand there, hurry up," Lu Xingzhan urged.
Yu Shengsheng caught up again. Lu Xingzhan glanced at her and said, "My aunt is not as easy to talk to as I am. She hates to see others prettier than her. You'd better be careful."
Yu Shengsheng was puzzled: "What should I be careful about?"
Lu Xingzhan choked: "I'm just reminding you."
Yu Shengsheng thought to herself, I am careful with everyone I meet, and I can’t afford to offend any of these noble people.
"Thank you, Third Young Master, for what happened today," Yu Shengsheng said in a low voice.
Lu Xingzhan raised his eyebrows: "Oh, you still know how to say thank you. Isn't it the day when you told me to stay away in the car."
"Forget it. I am a magnanimous man and I forgive you."
"...How did you know that I was in danger in the pavilion?" Yu Shengsheng asked again, "You didn't seem to attend the palace banquet."
Lu Xingzhan chuckled: "What's so good about that? The food is terrible, and the people eating with me are ugly and hypocritical. I've eaten everything. I don't care."
He suddenly realized, "You don't think I'm following you, do you? I'm not that bored. It was a little guard who bumped into me in a hurry and said you were in the pavilion."
Yu Shengsheng was stunned: "Little guard?"
Whose person could it be?
Who will help her secretly?
Could it be... the image of Hao Mengye flashed through her mind.
While he was thinking, he had arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Concubine's Palace.
The senior palace maid was already waiting at the door with a smile on her face.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is not feeling well, so I am asking you to wait for your arrival here."
The emperor nodded slightly and asked as he walked: "Why is it still not feeling well? Has the imperial physician come to see it?"
"Your Majesty, Doctor Xu came to see me and prescribed two doses of medicine. He said it was caused by worry and the medicine can only relieve the symptoms."
The emperor frowned slightly and quickened his pace. Among the other eunuchs and guards who accompanied him, only the chief steward went in, while the others stayed outside the hall.
Yu Shengsheng also stopped, lowered her head and eyes, and stood still properly without looking around.
Lu Xingzhan brought two small stools and ordered someone to bring a small table and put out a few plates of fresh fruits and snacks.
"Eat it."
He pushed the plate in front of Yu Shengsheng and said, "I know you're not full. You didn't eat this morning, right? Are you still hungry?"
"I say, does the Su family not allow us to eat enough? Look at how thin you are, like a monkey."
"Thank you, Third Master. I'm not hungry."
She had to be extremely cautious and couldn't really sit down and eat and drink like Lu Xingzhan.
Lu Xingzhan looked inside the hall and said in a low voice, "You don't have to worry too much. I'm here. Can you really let my aunt punish you?"
Yu Shengsheng remained silent. She had to put herself in the right position. She and Lu Xingzhan had no relationship at all.
"Hey?" Lu Xingzhan moved closer.
She took a step back.
"Where did you learn your skill of painting? It's really good. How about I recommend some jobs to you?"
Yu Shengsheng's throat rolled slightly and felt a little blocked.
When she went to the antique shop to give the painting as a gift, she didn't know it belonged to Lu Xingzhan, and she never expected that the longing she had for him at the time would turn into what it is now in just a few days.
Qi Mubai pulled away and left, and everything she had expected before became a bubble.
She had no idea which way to go.
The crisis remains daunting.
The Queen, the Crown Prince, the Su family, and even Kong Dezhao will not let her go.
There was something rolling gently in her sleeve. It was an iron ball given to her by Kong Dezhao.
Could it be... that she really wants to choose Kong Dezhao and choose a path she has never thought of before?
Just as he was daydreaming, the head palace maid came out to deliver a message.
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