Chapter 54: There was no chance to launch an attack.
Yu Zhiyi only wants to stay out of trouble and watch the drama unfold in this life; she doesn't want to get involved in other people's love, hate, and entanglements.
But her current identity is her original sin.
Actually, she wasn't afraid of any difficult situations, as she could easily resolve them anyway.
There was only one thing that bothered her deeply.
Those important people would make her bow and kneel at the drop of a hat, and even try to humiliate and embarrass her by making her kneel for a long time, which made her very unhappy.
Heaven, Earth, the Emperor, parents, and teachers can all kneel, but what is that carefree king anyway?
He's just a hypocrite with a love-struck mind.
In her past life, she helped Zhang Tianshun conquer all sides. After Zhang Tianshun gained real power, his status and position were much higher than that of this love-struck carefree prince.
As a princess consort of a different surname and a first-rank imperial consort, she had the privilege of not having to bow to anyone except the emperor and empress.
If she were ever forced to kneel before this person due to social conventions, she would probably be disgusted to death.
The disciples of Tianji Sect will never admit defeat.
She refused to kneel before this hypocrite.
In this era, there is only one way for Shen Ke to avoid having to kneel down at the drop of a hat—to elevate her status to that of an equal to the other party.
Stroking her chin, Yu Zhiyi suddenly remembered that the emperor's birthday banquet was next month.
At this time in her previous life, she was not in the capital, but she knew that a major event had occurred there: an assassin had appeared on the day of the birthday banquet.
She also knew that You Bingyue had been rewarded for saving the emperor, and the emperor had exceptionally appointed her as a female Jingjiwei (Imperial Guard) and appointed her as the supervisor of the Jingjiwei.
Moreover, this supervisory position was merely nominal; she could come to work whenever she wanted, or simply stay home and wait to receive her monthly stipend if she didn't.
Since Princess Jialuo, the protector of the country, set a precedent a hundred years ago by allowing women to serve as officials in the court, subsequent generations of women have worked together to achieve this, resulting in an increasing number of female officials in the court.
However, no woman ever appeared in the Imperial Guard, and no female official ever received such a nominal honor.
Despite numerous criticisms, none of those who attempted to emulate this approach have succeeded.
There was nothing they could do; after all, their act of saving the emperor was earned by risking their lives for fame.
That's right, You Bingyue shielded the emperor from the assassin's fatal blow with her own body.
The emperor was deeply moved, which is why he disregarded the objections of the harem and his ministers and resolutely granted You Bingyue such honors and rights.
This supervisory position was a post he created specifically for You Bingyue! There had never been one before.
This position is only lower than that of the Commander of the Imperial Guard.
The deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, who was originally the second-in-command of the Imperial Guard, was moved to the third-in-command position.
Because of this identity, Prime Minister Du and his wife changed their opinion of her quite a bit. However, because the past conflicts were already very deep and could not be reconciled in a short time, they did not agree to let her be with Du Ziheng legitimately.
However, Du Ziheng proved himself capable enough to secure the right to establish a separate residence, at which point the elderly couple had no choice but to relent and stop opposing the two being together.
Yu Zhiyi had no interest in taking the emperor's place in disaster.
She remembered that the assassins were all desperate criminals who, once their true intentions were revealed, showed their sharp fangs.
Their target was not only the emperor, but also all the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital.
This includes the families of these high-ranking officials and nobles.
Unfortunately, the emperor and those high-ranking officials were protected and reacted quickly, while many of the elderly, weak, women and children were killed because they did not react in time.
If this calamity had been averted from the beginning, these people would not have died.
With such a great achievement, the emperor should bestow upon her the title of a first-rank imperial consort, right?
She didn't ask for much; she didn't need the annual salary of several hundred bushels of grain, nor did she need any real power. She just wanted an empty title.
As for whether he would steal You Bingyue's credit...
You Bingyue has the nerve to steal credit from others and keeps coming to ruin her peaceful cultivation, so naturally she doesn't feel any guilt.
She was determined to have this imperial title.
At the same time, Yu Jiaojiao was also thinking about the assassin.
She was present during that assassination attempt in her past life.
Unfortunately, she was too far from the emperor at the time, and even if she had the excuse of sitting next to him, she wouldn't have had the courage or the skill to shield him from harm with her own body.
Instead, that bitch You Bingyue got the benefit!
Although You Bingyue is no longer her rival in love in this life, the grudges accumulated in the previous life will not disappear.
She hated Yu Zhiyi, who stole ten years of her life, and she hated You Bingyue, who made her a laughing stock in her past life and caused her death!
She was determined to claim credit for saving the emperor no matter what!
She didn't understand what was wrong with this life. So much time had passed, yet Zhang Tianshun still hadn't dismissed the women in her harem. Two of those wretches had gotten pregnant before her, and Zhang Tianshun had even bullied her on their behalf.
Most importantly, Zhang Tianshun showed no intention of showing up!
Even when she reminded him to make a name for himself, he looked at her with a bewildered expression, as if it were absurd for her to send him, a well-known good-for-nothing playboy, to the battlefield.
Not only that, her mother-in-law was also a strange character, with an outrageously strong possessiveness towards Zhang Tianshun, even interfering in their marital relations.
But when Yu Zhiyi married into the family in her previous life, it was clearly not like this!
Since she couldn't rely on Zhang Tianshun for the time being, she would rely on herself.
She had already decided that after the deed was done, she would not only want ten thousand taels of gold, but also a gold medal.
She wanted to see who would dare to be arrogant in front of her.
She'll kill all those people—Yu Zhiyi, You Bingyue, and those vile women who got pregnant even before the mistress!
Beans are gone!
You Bingyue shared the same idea.
She was a transmigrator in the book and had a vivid memory of the rescue scene.
After all, this was a turning point in the life of Du Ziheng's vicious first wife.
Before rescuing the emperor, although the wicked first wife was protected by Du Ziheng and pampered by the Prime Minister and his wife, she was always a laughing stock in the capital because she was not valued by the Yu family.
After saving the emperor, the powerful and influential people in the capital looked up to her because of her relationship with the emperor, and even praised her and Du Ziheng as a match made in heaven.
Pah!
It was just pure luck.
A rescue?
She wanted the credit.
Since the Duke of Dingguo left Shengjing, Yu Zhiyi's life has returned to peace.
What made her even happier was that Yao had also returned from the estate, and she had finally returned the task of restraining Du Ziheng.
Then he closed the door of Linfeng Pavilion and announced to the outside world that he had caught a severe cold and refused to receive visitors in order not to infect innocent people.
So, when the Carefree Prince rescued You Bingyue and turned to cause trouble for Yu Zhiyi, he saw Zi Yuan with red eyes and a sorrowful face say, "My young mistress is really ill..."
As if to prove she was telling the truth, a heart-wrenching cough echoed from inside the hospital.
Du Ziheng, who had come specifically to stop the Carefree King from causing trouble and to find out why Yu Zhiyi had deliberately given the wrong address the first time: "..."
The Carefree King: "..."
He couldn't possibly be branded as bullying patients.
Although he didn't believe that the woman who had been so energetic that morning was now dying, he couldn't go any further inside.
After all, he has a sense of shame.
"Since your master is sick, he should take good care of himself."
He emphasized the word "good" very much.
Thinking about how Yue'er was almost bullied by those bastards, he wished he could skin the culprits who caused all of this alive.
The next time we meet, he won't be as easy to talk to as he was today.
The carefree king never dreamed that Yu Zhiyi was so adept at hiding her true intentions, and that the next time they met, before he could even make a move, he would have no chance to do so anymore.
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