Chapter 594: Stumbling Block

"Why is it not okay? When she was little, Ah Rong must have been like a glutinous rice dumpling, white, tender, and cute, like a delicate jade sculpture."

It's a pity that there is no camera, otherwise I can keep the photos and look at them when I grow up.

Pei Shaorong deliberately asked: "When I was little, I was thin and yellow, like a little maid." Xu

Muhua paused, remembering that the book also described that when the heroine was little, she was often bullied by Pei Zhen, a concubine's daughter, and was also abused by Aunt Zhao.

"Even if you were thin and yellow when you were a child, Arong, you must have been a very good-looking child! Your facial features are what they are, and they will not change because of other things! Oh, if only I had known Arong when I was a child, so that I could protect Arong!"

It's a pity that in the book, when the original owner and Arong met, they were both almost grown up.

Pei Shaorong tapped her perky nose with amusement, "You are also a child, you are also at the age where you need protection from others, and you still want to protect me!"

"That's different, Arong, you are born to be protected!"

Pei Shaorong sighed, "This is not good, it is better to rely on myself than on others, I still want to be someone who can protect myself."

Xu Muhua looked at her with a serious expression, "Arong, you have always been like this! And now you can protect others, I will count on you, the Queen, to protect me in the future!"

"There are only three women in the harem now. Does Concubine Zhao still dare to bully you? Or are you hinting that I will bully you?"

Xu Muhua rolled his eyes and asked tentatively: "Arong, Zhao Chengye is now the emperor. It is said that the emperor has three thousand beauties in the harem. Even if he really has no plan to select concubines, those ministers will not agree. What if one day he can't stand the pressure from the ministers and gives in and selects concubines, you...what will you do?"

Pei Shaorong was stunned and at a loss for a moment, as if she was stumped by this question.

After a while, he smiled faintly, with some helplessness in his smile: "What else can I do? He is the emperor. How can I really expect him to only guard me, a woman, for his whole life? This is impossible."

"But didn't he promise you that you would be the only woman in his life?"

Pei Shaorong shook her head gently: "Silly girl, how can you believe such words?"

Xu Muhua insisted: "Since he promised, he should do it! This is the promise he made to you. If he can't do it, he shouldn't have promised you! He promised you but didn't do it, then it's his fault! He is sorry for you!"

Pei Shaorong's face changed and she quickly covered her mouth, "Keep your voice down! How dare you say such words, what if someone hears it?"

Xu Muhua pulled her hand away, "If someone hears it, then just listen to it, I didn't say anything wrong! You should do what you promised to others, otherwise why do you promise? Giving others hope and then breaking their hope with your own hands is a very immoral thing!"

"Those who betray their sincerity should swallow ten thousand needles!"

"But..."

Xu Muhua held her hand: "No buts! No matter who it is, if they wrong you or hurt you for no reason, it's their fault! You can't just stand it and make excuses for others!"

Pei Shaorong asked stupidly: "Then what should I do?"

Xu Muhua answered as a matter of course: "Of course, I will retaliate fiercely!"

This is completely contrary to the education Pei Shaorong had received before!

Isn't it said that people should repay evil with virtue, be tolerant and compassionate?

"But, but he is... he is my husband!"

Xu Muhua held her hand tightly, "Just because he is your husband, the one who should love you, protect you, and care about you, if he hurts you for another woman, you can't let him go easily! Forgiveness is even more impossible!"

Pei Shaorong was shocked, "Muhua, you-"

"Xu, Mu, Hua!"

A gritting sound suddenly came, interrupting what Pei Shaorong was about to say.

They were both startled and turned their heads at the same time!

Hey, shouldn't the emperor be in the office? Why did he come to the harem at this time?

Xu Muhua was not panicked at all, let alone panicked. On the contrary, Pei Shaorong's eyes kept flashing, but she didn't dare to look at Zhao Chengye, as if she had done something shameful.

Xu Muhua was so disappointed with him that they couldn't make it.

Xu Muhua stood up and saluted as if nothing had happened, "Your Majesty."

Pei Shaorong also saluted, but just as she was about to kneel, Zhao Chengye reached out and helped her up.

Xu Muhua obediently completed the salute.

Seeing this, she secretly rolled her eyes.

Tsk, he is so hypocritical! When his own queen wanted to salute, he was so distressed that he hurried to stop her. She, as a concubine, was like a blind man who couldn't see it.

After Zhao Chengye helped Pei Shaorong sit down, he looked at Xu Muhua with a dark face, gnashing his teeth, and anger in his eyes: "What nonsense did you say to the queen!"

If he and Arong had a quarrel someday, it would most likely be her, Xu Muhua's fault!

He almost suspected that his concubine was actually a man in disguise, otherwise why would she spare no effort to sow discord between him and Arong? It seemed like she was trying her best to pry him apart!

Xu Muhua was not afraid of him and said righteously: "How can you be talking nonsense? You and I know Arong's character very well. You are the emperor now, and you are still so young, and there are only three women in the harem. Who knows when you will select concubines, who knows whether those concubines are good or bad?"

"I call this taking precautions in advance, so that Arong can be mentally prepared, so as not to be bullied in the future!"

Zhao Chengye was furious, "I didn't say I would select concubines!"

"You didn't say it now, but it's hard to say in the future. Maybe one day you go out of the palace incognito, and you see a beauty on the street and you are attracted to her. You want to bring her back to the palace, and pamper her to the sky, and even forget about Arong, the queen."

Zhao Chengye was so angry at her unreasonable words.

He was able to handle the ministers in the previous dynasty with ease and calmness. But when he came to the harem, he was furious with his concubine! Did

Xu Muhua come to the palace to defeat him?

She was the stumbling block in his relationship with Arong!

"If I say no, then I won't!"

"What if you do it?"

Zhao Chengye blurted out: "If one day I really do something to let Arong down, I will let you deal with it!"