Chapter 27 Chapter 27 [VIP]
A man who is the most powerful in the world, with extraordinary appearance, is intimate with her. Even though he thinks she was defiled before marriage, he still tries to make her happy. In the future, he will only sleep with her and use his royal power to provide her with a comfortable and happy life.
Perhaps one day she would give birth to a prince that pleased him, and then she would be able to replace the queen, or even become the queen mother, and become the most noble woman in the world.
This temptation was too great for her. Shen Youyi opened her eyes wide. For a moment, she felt like a female ghost wearing a painted skin. She was usually covered in makeup, but when she smelled the scent of a man's flesh and blood, she wanted to break out of her skin.
It would be better to just tell him that she is no longer the Wei Lanzhen he knows. She is the daughter of the Shen family. Not only is she entangled with his ministers, but she is also entangled with his son. Will he still like her so much?
Once this thought came to her mind, she couldn't stop it. She opened her mouth and stood on the edge of the cliff.
"Your Majesty likes me, and then I will like you more."
She swallowed all the words back, but lowered her head and said, "If you really treat me well, I won't have anyone else in the future."
Regardless of whether Marquis Lingyang really did those things for her, and whether Wei Lanzhen was grateful for his love, at this moment she was truly grateful for the emperor's favor.
She has not yet thought of any special way to repay the love between men and women, but giving birth to a child for him and being loyal to him is very difficult.
Even if the Crown Prince wanted to depose the Crown Princess, he would still wholeheartedly support her and her children, and she would never agree to him again.
Her boneless hand rested on his wrist. She was about to lean over to kiss him, but was held tightly. Emperor Yuan Shuo's expression darkened. "Do you still want to have someone else?"
She is the emperor's concubine. Even if he is unwilling to give her infinite tender love, she cannot help but love him and remain chaste for the emperor.
Shen Youyi frowned in dissatisfaction and muttered, "Your Majesty might not like me one day and send me back home... Or maybe one day, Madam Yang will support me as a freeloader?"
Although Emperor Yuanshuo didn't mind the future collapse of the mausoleum and the successor emperor sending his concubines back to their families to marry, he couldn't help but laugh at her cautious mention of Yang Xiuyuan, deliberately teasing her: "If that's the case, why don't you try to please the future head of the family?"
Shen Youyi thought to herself that of course she had tried to please someone, and the person she tried to please was more useful than Yang Xiuyuan, so she didn't need to bother with Yang Xiuyuan.
The prince is old and does not need his mother to rule the country from behind the scenes. Yang Xiuyuan can only enjoy honor in the future. Now she can't even restrain the prince from having secret dealings with her. Can she still control who he sleeps with when her son becomes emperor?
"Madam Yang's personality, will it be useful if I try to please her?"
She didn't forget to add fuel to the fire and say a few bad things: "She has a preconceived notion that I have monopolized His Majesty's favor. Can I just be humble and go to His Majesty's grave every morning and evening and teach her to be a noble concubine? I dare not be above her."
Emperor Yuan Shuo smiled faintly, but without any hint of blame: "Nonsense!"
He was not satisfied with the prince's biological mother, and his requirements for the prince were also a bit harsh. However, the queen became the empress dowager and had her own son, and the health of both mother and son was not very good. Unless there was an accident, the throne would not fall on the second prince. Naturally, Yang Xiuyuan was arrogant.
Shen Youyi felt a little melancholy. Of course, she was good in every way when he was alive, but what if the emperor died before her?
"The Queen's health has been deteriorating over the past two years. The imperial physician said she might not survive the next few years."
Emperor Yuanshuo said slowly: "Zihui also knows what I mean. I have talked to him about my affairs after death before, and he took the initiative to mention it to me. If anything happens, the two palaces will be established together. As the legitimate mother, the queen will naturally be respected."
The matter involved the dethronement and enthronement, and even if she was the only one by his side, it was hard to say clearly. Shen Youyi lowered her head, not daring to let Emperor Yuan Shuo see her expression.
If the emperor had appointed a queen in his early years, there was indeed a possibility that the emperor's mother was not the queen, but once the queen died... the emperor would not intend to compromise for the future of the prince if he wanted to appoint another queen.
Her voice almost trembled: "You...why are you doing this?"
He didn't know that the prince said such words not to please the emperor, but for other reasons.
"Ah Zhen, everyone flatters me, saying I'm a saint who will live for ten thousand years, but how can anyone live to be ten thousand years old?"
Emperor Yuan Shuo calmly fetched water for her. At his age, it was no longer appropriate for him to engage in a tearful and violent reconciliation with a young woman. He said, "It's not that I dislike the Crown Prince, and I know he won't be happy from the bottom of his heart. But life is only a few decades long, and I don't want to let my feelings go to waste."
The queen gave birth to his child and treated her very well, so he felt guilty and was unwilling to depose her.
If he dies before the Queen, and the Imperial Concubine has no children, there is nothing wrong in entrusting her to the care of the Queen. But if the Queen unfortunately dies young, as a father who establishes a Queen, does he still have to care whether his son feels wronged?
If the prince could really inherit the throne, he would be the one to confer a title and posthumous honor on his mother. Even if he wanted to build a mausoleum for Yang that was of the same standard as an emperor, he, as her father, would have no control over it.
Shen Youyi lay on the couch, quietly calming down for a while, and then she heard the breath, wishing she could send you back home and never see you again.
She seduced him, monopolized him, fooled him, and then abandoned him. Even though it seemed calm now, Emperor Yuan Shuo couldn't help but grit his teeth when he thought about it.
She was so good to him, she couldn't irritate him any more, she just stared at him without blinking, and said pitifully:
Emperor Yuan Shuo raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "What else?"
"Then I won't let you abandon me." She was so overbearing that she didn't care that he was wearing a layer of clothes, and she hugged him tightly with her wet arms. "When your anger subsides, you still have to take me back. If you can't let Baizi go, then you can be my lover in private. After all, you are the emperor, and even if you want to change your mind, my father and mother won't dare to stop you."
She said, "If there's one, there's another. A prime minister can hold his head high. Your Majesty will definitely not stop coming to Aye's mansion because of me. I'll give you some more medicine when the time comes... Can you just turn a blind eye and don't let anyone stop me? Just go along with it blindly, okay?"
It's funny. Yan Guomo is an old sly guy. Even if he is an old minister under his command, if he is scolded in Qingping Palace, he must kneel on the ground and apologize, admit that Wei is incompetent in raising her daughter, and then drag him for the imperial concubine.
After that, he, as a father, had an excuse to go in and out of the inner court, and he could go to the Yaoguang Palace to teach his disobedient daughter a lesson, asking her to apologize and submit a memorial to ask the emperor to revoke his order.
If this happens again and again, Qingping Palace will naturally not make things difficult for the imperial concubine, a woman who knows nothing about the world.
If it weren't for the State of Yan, they might not have thought of this. It would be more appropriate to ask her to come to the palace to discipline her daughter.
How could she possibly go back to the Wei family?
But because of her past pity, he had already made her too proud and happy tonight. He said lightly: "Your words are not joking. You change your orders every day. Do I still want Yan Bai?"
Shen Youyi withdrew her hand in a huff, but he grabbed one of her feet and cleaned it very carefully and thoroughly, until she could no longer make any sound or retain anything. Only then was he satisfied, so he carried her back to the house and went to take a bath.
She was so sleepy that she rolled over to the inside and fell into a deep sleep without waiting for him to come back from the shower.
She had always slept well, except for the night of her birthday, when she could hardly remember her dreams after waking up.
People can have all kinds of dreams when they are tired, but she didn't take it to heart.
But tonight she was tired and excited, and she had heard so many words that could not be revealed to outsiders, that she dreamed of her old friend again.
But this time, her body was entangled with the man, but her soul was floating in the air, like a spectator of a puppet show.
Her husband a hundred years ago was not the crown prince, but the husband of Marquis Lingyang and Concubine Wei, with whom she had only had a relationship for a few hundred years.
"She" was in a small house in the mountains. Her coarse clothes and straw hairpins could not hide her natural beauty. She was carefully frying a pot of pine needles over a crab-eye fire. The aroma of tea wafted in the air, and several exquisite snacks were placed on the table to entertain the guests.
The pomegranates are about to fade, the orchids and lotus are in full bloom, and the rustling of bamboo leaves brings a cool and faint fragrance.
"It is indeed hardship here. Madam Lao has suffered here."
The man in front of her was wearing a silver-white round-necked robe with a belt tied around his waist, which made him look even more heroic and unique. He lowered his eyes, not looking at her, and said calmly, "In a few days, His Highness will lead a hunting team here. He will not let my lady stay in the mountains for a long time."
"She" didn't care about the prince's feelings. She gently blew away a petal that fell from her sleeve, handed him a cup of tea, and said with a smile, "Since you are here, my lord, do you have anything else to say to me?"
The man paused and said calmly, "His Highness is very happy. He has been entertaining guests regularly these days and is interested in acting as a matchmaker for me."
Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. When a man marries the girl he loves, he will impose his desires on others, acting like an elder who has experienced it all. He will not stand his friends who are not married, despise them for not knowing how to enjoy life in the moment, and he will wish to find a good match for them immediately.
"Her" eyes, full of affection, seemed to pierce through people's hearts. She smiled knowingly, "There are so many beauties in the capital. Your Excellency must be overwhelmed by the choices. Why did you delay until now?"
"A man should establish his career first, and then plan for a family."
He finally gave her a look, but it was cold and distant: "I am not even twenty years old, so why would you delay?"
"She" nodded slightly, her expression unable to conceal her disappointment: "I also wanted to be a matchmaker for you, but your heart is so hard that it seems like I am being too talkative."
The man suddenly stood up and said in a cold voice, "My lady is about to ascend to heaven. Now that her wish has been fulfilled, why would she care about what others do?"
"She" sighed and said, "Of course. If you marry this girl, it will be difficult for your husband to establish his career. Beauty is a disaster. What's the point of having a useless beauty like her?"
An ordinary man would have walked away after hearing this, but he stopped instead.
"I think that a wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in. Even if that lady doesn't have me, she should have better choices."
"She" smiled, and like most matchmakers, she was cunning. She threw out the bait but refused to explain it clearly.
"The Crown Prince is accompanying His Majesty and can't take care of me for the time being. The Crown Princess is pregnant and remains in the Eastern Palace to take care of the baby..."
"She" said slowly, "These few days are enough time to act, but unfortunately, I owe you this favorable wind."
The Marquis of Lingyang's expression froze slightly, clearly expecting her to continue. However, he half-turned and analyzed the pros and cons for her: "Your Highness dotes on my wife and has made numerous plans for her. This is witnessed by everyone in the Eastern Palace. Even the Crown Princess and the Eastern Palace concubines combined cannot compete with you. With or without my help, my wife will rise to prominence."
"After going through all that, whether I reach the top or not is no longer that important to me."
"She" lifted her skirt and stood up in front of him, taking a deep breath. Even without makeup or jewelry, she felt radiant and dazzling. "I am now a free person who can come and go on my own. No one can control me, not even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"I don't want to be the Crown Prince's concubine, I want to be the Marquis's wife. Do you think I need the Marquis's help?"
"She" is beautiful and delicate, and he has to look up to meet her eyes. At this moment, she has an aggressive attitude: "A brother's wife should not be bullied. The prince dare not look at the prince's woman... Then do you want to sleep with me?"
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