Chapter 100 Don’t Be a Royal Concubine, I Will Make You the Queen
In the next two days, the emperor was furious about this matter and punished many officials, the first of whom was Marquis Shou'an.
He Yanchen had been interested in going out that day because he had overheard a conversation between Shou'an Marquis and his colleagues. Furthermore, the person responsible for the forest's safety was Shou'an Marquis's son, Xiao Mingcheng. All of this had led some conspiracy theorists to suspect Shou'an Marquis.
For the past two days, Marquis Shou'an has been kneeling in front of the Hezheng Palace, unable to get up, and has confessed his guilt.
Because the emperor's health was almost in danger, no one dared to plead for Marquis Shou'an, for fear that the emperor would be furious and accuse him of treason.
Even the Shen family, who had been in collusion with Shou'an Hou a few days ago, did not dare to jump around. His Majesty was very angry at this time. Even though His Majesty had become much gentler recently, no one dared to offend him. Naturally, the plan to plead for Shen and Xiao Mingyue came to nothing.
The atmosphere in the palace was somewhat solemn. So many things had happened in just a few days. He Yanchen was furious and ordered the reorganization of the imperial guards, leaving full authority to Chu Yi.
When Xiao Mingcheng was held accountable, Shou'an Hou, in order to protect the only son with real power in the family, did not hesitate to take the initiative to request to be stripped of his title, just so that Xiao Mingcheng could continue to serve as the General of the Cavalry safely.
At this point, no matter how slow Yueli was, she seemed to understand something.
How could He Yanchen have the leisure and elegance to hang out with his courtiers? Could it be that he had set up this whole thing, just to punish the Marquis of Shou'an?
She thought so in her heart and couldn't hide it on her face. When He Yanchen came back, he saw her looking at him with a strange look.
"What's wrong?"
The man took off his cloak and shook off the coldness on his body by the fire, then came over and hugged her.
Yueli glanced at him, then looked away, twisting her clothes and saying nothing.
"How have I made you unhappy?" He Yanchen smiled softly, lowered his head and kissed her cheek, "Jiaojiao, are you curious? Curious about what happened these past few days?"
Yueli's eyes widened in shock. How did he know?
He Yanchen said gently, "What did Jiaojiao guess?"
"Nothing..." Yue Li felt that He Yanchen was not such a roundabout person. No matter in past or present life, he would just kill anyone he disliked. He never went through so much trouble to deal with a Shou'an Marquis.
"Jiaojiao guessed correctly, I really want to strip the title of Marquis Shou'an." He Yanchen's tone was gentle, but there was no warmth in his eyes.
He was able to spare Xiao Mingyue's life because of Xiao Mingcheng's ability and loyalty, not because of Shou'an Hou's old face. How dare he join the Shen family to beg for mercy?
This time he was not targeting Xiao Mingcheng. From the beginning to the end, he wanted to deprive the Xiao family of their title of marquis.
The old man didn't recognize his own identity, but now he finally recognizes it.
He Yanchen would not have set up such a subtle trap in the past, but things are different now. He feels that playing with the enemy like a cat playing with a mouse, making them scared and then killing them, is much more satisfying than killing them directly.
Yue Li stared at him blankly. When He Yanchen met her clear eyes, his throat felt a little blocked for a moment. Would she be afraid of this scheming self?
The next moment, Yueli suddenly hugged his neck: "Your Majesty is so smart!"
He Yanchen: “…”
Yueli figured out the key to this and said sincerely, "Why can't I think of such a solution?"
If she had such a brain, would she have spent so much money to hire someone to poison her?
He Yanchen tapped her on the head and said, "Jiaojiao, you don't need to know these things. Just tell me what you want, and I will make it happen for you."
"Your Majesty~" Yue Li's eyes sparkled, "I want to go out of the palace to play. I heard that it's almost the end of the year and there are many lanterns and fireworks in the capital. Your Majesty, would you take me out to play?"
"Of course you can go if you want, but the lanterns and fireworks in the capital are all very crudely made. If you like, I'll have a big one set off at the end of the year and take you to the city wall to watch it, okay?"
"Okay, okay!" Yue Li couldn't say she liked it very much, she just thought it was novel. Besides, it was cold now and she would be bored to death staying in the house all day.
"Then when will Your Majesty take me out of the palace?"
He Yanchen thought for a moment and said, "Three days later, I'll have someone prepare two sets of clothes for you."
As he spoke, he stroked the woman's exposed arm. Yueli's skin was delicate, and ordinary materials were uncomfortable for her to wear. Since she was going to leave the palace, she had to make a few new pieces of ordinary styles. Three days would be just right.
Yueli was happy, and her happiness showed in the evening when she was very excited and kept pestering him for it.
But she was not in good physical condition and she started to complain that she couldn't go on after just two attempts.
He Yanchen was so aroused by her that he picked her up and shook her around in the hall as if to punish her.
"Ah!" Yueli screamed out loudly and quickly hugged his neck tightly, "Your Majesty... don't go..."
He Yanchen decided to punish her because she always just flirted with him without putting out the fire.
He pressed her against the windowsill, pinched her cheek and kissed her.
......
After a night of indulgence, Yueli fell into a deep sleep and felt extremely uncomfortable even moving.
In a daze, she heard someone say in her ear:
"Your Majesty, the cold has entered your body and you've contracted a high fever. Your Majesty is weak. If the fever doesn't subside tonight, I'm afraid...it won't be very good..."
It seemed like something had fallen and shattered on the ground. Yueli groaned uncomfortably and pulled the quilt over herself to curl up.
After a while, someone picked her up and a bitter smell rushed into her nose. Yueli turned her head away in disgust.
"Be good, you have a fever. If you don't take your medicine properly, you'll get feverish and go crazy."
He Yanchen stayed with her all night long, looking very unhappy.
The imperial physician said that a cold had entered her body. It was probably because he had held her and made a fool of herself in the palace last night. No matter how warm the palace was, it was winter now, and if there was any leak in the windows, the cold wind would blow in.
He was so strong that he didn't feel anything, but Yueli was different.
He Yanchen regretted it so much that he wanted to slap himself twice. He held Yue Li and carefully fed her medicine. Listening to her sobbing in pain, he felt like his heart was being pulled, making it hard for him to breathe.
"It's my fault." He Yanchen caressed her again and again. The woman in his arms was burning hot, burning him all over.
After finally feeding her the medicine, He Yanchen sat on the edge of the bed and wiped her body with a handkerchief. Yue Li felt dizzy and uncomfortable, and wanted to die.
"Wow...I don't want to die..."
He Yanchen's expression changed, and he hugged her tightly: "No, Jiaojiao will be fine, just sleep well, it will be fine after a good sleep..."
Yueli muttered unconsciously: "I don't want to die... I haven't become a concubine yet, wuwu..."
"Don't be a concubine." He Yanchen's eyes were filled with indistinguishable emotions, "Jiaojiao, don't be a concubine..."
"I will make you the queen."
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