The courtyard was quiet and still. Xu Lingqing stood under the eaves gazing into the distance. For some reason, her eyelids were twitching badly today.
The guards outside the gate changed shifts twice.
She tried to chat with the other person every time, but never received a single word in response.
Bang!
A loud noise kicked open the courtyard gate.
Song Yue walked in from outside with a gloomy face, walking step by step towards this side. Xu Lingqing nervously swallowed, pretending to be calm.
She guessed that it was very likely Zhao Zhiyan who had come to rescue her.
With this in mind, Xu Lingqing felt a little more confident.
Song Yue stormed over, grabbed Xu Lingqing's chin, lifted it abruptly, and shoved a pill into her lips.
It happened so fast that Xu Lingqing was forced to swallow it before she could react. Her eyes widened in horror: "What did you give me to eat?!"
Song Yue suddenly let go of her hand.
She disdainfully took out a handkerchief and wiped her fingers: "I believe I have no grudge against you, so why have you targeted me time and time again?"
She knew that Xu Lingqing was reborn, and Xu Lingqing was certain that she herself was also reborn.
The two women had no hatred for each other in their two lifetimes.
Xu Lingqing coughed, clutching her throat, trying to spit out what she had swallowed. Song Yue just watched her calmly, a mocking smile playing on her lips.
"Song Yue!" Xu Lingqing gasped for breath, her eyes bloodshot. "The Eighth Prince will not forgive you easily."
Song Yue scoffed: "You impersonated me and were treated as my savior by the Eighth Prince, which is why he cherishes you so much. If one day the Eighth Prince finds out that you weren't his savior at all, do you think he'll still treat you like a treasure?"
Xu Lingqing's anger was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her head, chilling her to the bone. She stared blankly at Song Yue.
How did Song Yue find out this secret?
Song Yue, Xingshan Village.
Could it be that Song Yue was the one who saved my life?
“You…” Xu Lingqing denied it outright: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place."
Seeing that her secret had been exposed, Xu Lingqing simply tilted her head back and sneered: "So many years have passed, even if you tell me, the prince won't believe you easily. Besides, the prince truly loves me."
Song Yue sat down in the chair, tapping her fingertips lightly on the table, forcing herself to be patient and waiting slowly.
After an incense stick's time, Xu Lingqing noticed something was wrong with her body. She felt burning hot all over, as if she were being bitten by thousands of ants, and a huge emptiness seemed to be pulling her into an abyss.
"What...what exactly did you do to me?" Xu Lingqing panicked.
Song Yue suddenly stood up: "Help her wash and dress up!"
"yes."
Xu Lingqing's face was covered, and she changed into an exquisite gauze dress, her curvaceous figure half-hidden and half-revealed, extremely alluring.
"take away!"
Half an hour later, a new courtesan arrived at the Red Pavilion. The madam looked tremblingly at the young master sitting in the private room and the guards behind her, and a murderous aura emanated from her.
This person is clearly wealthy and powerful.
"This young lady named Peony will be working at the Pin Hong Lou today, and every guest who comes to visit will receive a reward of ten taels of silver."
The madam was taken aback, thinking she had misheard: "W-what?"
Having been a brothel madam for so many years, this is the first time I've ever heard of a courtesan paying her customers. This must be enough to wear down the threshold of Pin Hong Lou.
Xu Lingqing gritted her teeth, staring at Song Yue in horror: "You...you dare!"
"Bring people over immediately!" Song Yue raised her hand and tore open Xu Lingqing's clothes, revealing her fair and tender upper body. Her fingertips rested on the jade belt at her waist, and with just a gentle hook, the clothes could be untied.
Song Yue's face darkened: "I want to see how someone who sleeps with everyone will ever rise to a high position!"
"you!"
Xu Lingqing wanted nothing more than to pounce on Song Yue and bite her to death; her heart was pounding with anger.
"I'm a rebellious person by nature, I don't discriminate between meat and vegetables, there's nothing I won't do, the more you threaten me, the crazier I'll become!"
Song Yue pinched Xu Lingqing's chin with two fingertips: "This is your last chance. Tell me, what other schemes have you planned!"
Xu Lingqing trembled all over.
The footsteps outside grew closer, and the madam said, "Sir, the person has been brought."
"No!" Xu Lingqing panicked.
She's destined to be an empress; how can a woman whose reputation is ruined become an empress? Besides, Zhao Zhiyan will never forgive herself.
Having come this far, it's really not worth giving up all our previous efforts.
"I...I'll talk." Xu Lingqing swallowed hard, her voice slow, but the desire in her body surged up in bursts: "I know that Chu Tianqi and Zhang Shen will be the next champions in both civil and military affairs, so I bribed them in advance. Now Chu Tianqi is in the Eighth Prince's Mansion, and...and the Prince of Zhennan and the Prince of Qing have also been won over to the Eighth Prince's Mansion."
Song Yue already knew about this news.
“About my mother,” she said.
Xu Lingqing trembled and stammered, "I don't know about this, it really wasn't my idea."
Upon hearing this, Song Yue gently raised her eyes, her gaze fixed intently on Xu Lingqing. At that moment, Xu Lingqing's vision went black, and before she could react, her acupoints were sealed.
"Come in!"
A dozen or so people walked in.
Among them were five painters, whose faces were completely covered, making it impossible to discern their figures or genders. After taking out their scrolls, their gazes all turned to one side of the bed.
Xu Lingqing stared wide-eyed in horror.
Tear!
The clothes were torn.
Two strong men stood in front of Xu Lingqing.
The painter picked up his brush, his gaze fixed on Xu Lingqing's reaction. Xu Lingqing was so ashamed and indignant that she wished she could bite her tongue and commit suicide.
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