Would you like to take a bath together?
Su Qingli put away the sneer on her face before turning around and smiled lightly, "Why are you so jealous?"
After saying that, she turned her gaze away indifferently, not even glancing at him once.
Fu Xuechen suppressed the disappointment in his heart, thought for a while, and brought up what happened on the wedding day. This was an urgent issue for both of them.
"I had no choice but to leave that day. I didn't come back that night because the eldest princess—"
"Alright, let's not talk about the past anymore." Su Qingli interrupted him, her voice too gentle, yet with a hint of deep meaning, "No matter what the reason, the result is already determined, isn't it?"
Whatever the reason, he left her when she loved and trusted him the most.
This shows that she has never been the most important thing to him.
Her heart had long been completely crushed and burned by the repeated betrayals of her loved ones, and eventually turned into a handful of cold, dead ashes.
I can no longer withstand the waves and can no longer show any emotions.
Fu Xuechen sighed deeply in his heart, knowing that the matter was a foregone conclusion and no matter how he defended himself, it would be useless.
He lowered his eyes sadly, hiding the scarlet in his eyes.
After the carriage arrived at the palace, the two of them took a sedan chair to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Along the way, the imperial carriage passed by towering palace walls and double-eaved glazed roofs, but Su Qingli kept her brows lowered, ignoring the magnificent scene of the imperial palace that was the envy of the world.
Even after entering the hall, she still kept her eyes fixed on him.
Fu Xuechen observed her. All signs showed that she had no interest in the palace with its high power and wealth. So what was her purpose in staying by his side and seeking the position of empress?
He walked up to her calmly and took her hand. "You must be tired after all this running around today. I'll have someone prepare some bath water. How about we take a bath together?"
Su Qingli avoided his question and asked, "Where is my room?"
A chill quietly replaced the previous joy, and Fu Xuechen said in silence: "Do you and I still need to sleep separately?"
"After all, the coronation ceremony hasn't taken place yet." Su Qingli said in a low voice, then lowered her head. "If you can't wait, then I won't stop you. After all, you are the emperor."
He was really not used to the way she spoke now, which was so roundabout.
Fu Xuechen calmed down and nodded. Even though he could see she was trying to refuse, he agreed without hesitation, "Then you can go to Kunning Palace to rest."
After that, he shouted to the outside, "Come here, take Miss Su to Kunning Palace."
Soon, the chief eunuch came in and bowed, saying, "Miss Su, please follow me."
Su Qingli raised her eyes to look at Fu Xuechen, but saw that he turned around and stared at the flickering candlelight, with his back to her.
She stepped forward and gently hugged him from behind.
Fu Xuechen's expression changed slightly, and the grievance in his heart disappeared. Just as he was about to move, she had already let go of him and walked out with the eunuch.
He could only stare at her back helplessly, secretly sighing that he was not good enough.
When she arrived at Kunning Palace, Su Qingli was helped to bathe by more than a dozen palace maids.
Sitting in the warm water covered with flower petals, feeling the hot water wrapping around her cold skin, Su Qingli finally breathed a sigh of relief. The disguise and tense nerves that she had been holding up all day were slowly relieved.
After she finished bathing, she wanted to get up and go back to the palace, but she unexpectedly heard the discussions of several palace maids waiting outside.
"This is the first time the Emperor has brought a woman back. He has already moved into Kunning Palace. It seems she is not a simple person."
"Look at her seductive appearance, I'm sure she's very good at pleasing men on the couch. It's a pity that using her beauty to please men will eventually lead to old age and fading beauty. The more glorious she is now, the more miserable she will be in the future!"
"That's right. The Emperor didn't even want to favor her and even drove her out of the Yangxin Palace. I guess she was just an object of his pleasure at the whim of the Emperor."
…
When Su Qingli heard these words, there was no annoyance in her eyes, but a strange light was dancing in them.
She slowly walked up behind them, and as they were discussing heatedly, she whispered, "You're such good at gossiping. Do you mind if I pull out your tongues?"
After all, he was the master they served. When they heard that their tongues were going to be pulled out, several palace maids were so scared that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"We know we were wrong and shouldn't have said that..."
"Master, please spare our lives. We will never dare to do it again!"
Su Qingli walked aside and sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and drank it slowly.
The most torturous thing is never the pain, but the waiting for the pain to come.
She watched with great pleasure as the people who had been full of malice towards her just now were now trembling with fear and had no choice but to bow down to her.
It turns out that what can make people submit is not kindness, but power.
As the teacup closed, Su Qingli stood up and ordered outside, "Drag all these palace maids out and pull out their tongues."
After hearing the report from the palace guards, Fu Xuechen raised his head from the pile of memorials, his brows slightly furrowed.
The person who once felt heartbroken even when crushing an ant now wants to pull out the tongues of so many people.
Fu Xuechen rubbed his tired brows and asked, "Did she say anything about the reason?"
"Miss Su never mentioned it." The palace guard glanced at the emperor's ugly face and sighed inwardly that Miss Su was so arrogant and domineering that she angered the emperor. She might not survive the night.
Unexpectedly, the emperor at the top simply said, "Do as she commands."
"Yes." The palace guards did not dare to guess the emperor's intentions and hurriedly took the order and left.
Qian Jue then stepped forward and said respectfully, "The Empress's coronation ceremony is imminent. Miss Su's actions will probably be used by the court officials to make a big fuss. Why did the Emperor still agree?"
Now his every word and action is being closely watched. Only in front of Qian Jue will Fu Xuechen feel at ease to reveal his true feelings. "If I don't comply with her wishes, I'm afraid she won't even want the position of Queen."
As he spoke, an extremely bitter and helpless arc appeared on the corner of his mouth and he shook his head.
Qian Jue originally thought that the two had reconciled, but he didn't expect that Fu Xuechen was actually retreating cautiously behind the scenes.
After leaving the court, Fu Xuechen went straight to Kunning Palace, but found nothing.
When he heard the palace guards say that Su Qingli went to the Yangxin Palace to wait for him, he was stunned for a moment, then his heart warmed slightly and a soft ripple appeared.
As I stepped into the palace, I saw Su Qingli waiting quietly inside.
The fatigue on his face instantly disappeared, and he hurried over, "A-Li, why are you waiting for me here? Have you had breakfast yet?"
Su Qingli hugged his arms tightly and said softly, "Of course not. It's just that the time has come and I think it's time for dinner, so I wanted to come and wait for you."
"Okay." Fu Xuechen hurriedly ordered someone to serve the meal.
While eating, Fu Xuechen thought of what happened to the palace maids last night and waved his hand to let the servants leave.
After thinking it over, he asked her, "Ali, why did you pull out the tongues of those palace maids?"
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