Chapter 218 When Everyone is Reborn: The Legend of Zhen Huan - The Harem Dragon Slaying Chapter 1
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Hmm..."
Waking up groggily, Yixiu met Jianqiu's face, which looked much younger and filled with anxiety: "Jianqiu?"
"Your Majesty, is your headache acting up again? This servant will go and fetch the imperial physician for you."
“No need,” Yi Xiu realized something was wrong in an instant and subconsciously stopped Jian Qiu. “I will rest for a while. You stay outside and keep watch.”
"yes."
Jianqiu felt helpless, but she felt that the Empress's majesty was too great today, so she dared not refute her and could only silently retreat.
Yixiu frowned, surveying the inner palace. It was too simple and dignified, unlike the residence of an empress. Yixiu sighed. Years of being an empress and empress dowager had taught her not to show her emotions too openly, and she tried hard to suppress the panic in her heart.
Upon careful consideration, I realized that I had clearly died of old age, so why did it feel like I had returned to my youth?
Just then, memories surfaced, a vast stream of memories, mixed with pain and wails, assaulting her mind, causing her face to turn pale and large beads of sweat to fall.
After a long while, Yi Xiu, having absorbed all of the original owner's memories, couldn't help but distort his face, feeling both pity and anger at her lack of ambition.
Absurd, utterly absurd... That wasn't the Fourth Prince, nor her husband, Yinzhen.
Thinking of the man in her memory who looked like a big, fat orange and was less than one ten-thousandth as handsome as Yinzhen, thinking of how Rouze rose to power because of him, which led to Honghui's death, and how the original owner was filled with resentment but only targeted the concubines and women in the harem...
Being a powerless housekeeper in the Prince's mansion, she ended up in the palace where even the Empress's power was being divided in half by Consort Hua... Thinking of Consort Hua, Yixiu thought of her child who was tacitly murdered, and of the Huan Yi Xiang incense...
Yi Xiu's head hurt even more. No wonder the original owner of this body had headaches. She was about to get pregnant after recalling everything. What was all this about?!
"Tsk," Yi Xiu grumbled, annoyed. So what was she doing here? Helping the original owner fulfill her wish? Which wish—to make the chubby orange fall in love with her? Or to become the Empress Dowager?
The first wish was too disgusting, the second wish was much simpler. Without hesitation, after receiving the memories for three seconds, Yixiu decided to become the Empress Dowager, to drag down the disgusting fat orange that was robbing her, to stop him from ruining Yinzhen's reputation, and to avenge Honghui in this world.
Oh, and Uya too. This disgusting mother and son should go down and atone for their sins.
"Your Majesty," Jianqiu carefully pushed open the door and reported, "Eunuch Su just sent someone to report that His Majesty will be having dinner at Jingren Palace tonight."
"Understood," Yixiu stood up, returning to normal as if nothing had happened. "His Majesty likes old duck soup, have the main kitchen prepare a batch."
"Yes." Jianqiu didn't ask why the Empress wasn't cooking herself, assuming it was because she was too heartbroken about the Emperor's upcoming selection of concubines.
It was impossible for Yixiu to cook herself, but she could personally administer the poison. The only thing Yixiu was satisfied with about the original owner was that there were many different poisons prepared, so she didn't have to worry about choosing them.
"The Empress's culinary skills have improved again."
Big Fat Orange sipped her old duck soup and couldn't help but sigh. Yi Xiu smiled and agreed, and Jian Qiu wouldn't contradict her: "As long as His Majesty likes it."
"Now that you are the Empress, let the servants handle the kitchen matters; it will save you the trouble."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand." Yixiu smiled. From now on, I will only drug you and cook for you. Dream on.
Big Fat Orange was taken aback, not expecting Yixiu to agree so quickly.
Before he could react, seeing that his soup bowl was empty, Yixiu smiled and ladled out another bowl for him: "If Your Majesty likes it, then drink some more."
"The Empress has changed. In the past, she would have advised me not to eat more than three meals a day."
Yi Xiu sneered inwardly. When the original owner tried to persuade her, she was unhappy; now that she's stopped trying, she has something to say. Fortunately, years of cultivation prevented any change in her expression; she remained gentle: "The Emperor himself said that was then. Now that the Emperor has ascended the throne and possesses the entire realm, it's just a bowl of duck soup. What's so inappropriate about using it? How can ancestral rules be greater than those of the Emperor?"
Drink up, drink up! Drink as much as you like. The more you drink, the faster you'll meet your maker. Too bad, she was too calculating; she didn't use a lethal poison.
It was rare to hear Yixiu speak so gently, so the chubby orange smiled and said, "The Empress is kind, but these words must not be spoken outside."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand." Tsk, look at you as an emperor, afraid of this and afraid of that. What are you doing usurping the throne because you're afraid of ancestral rules? Hypocritical and pretentious, I can't bear to watch.
"Alright, I'll go see Consort Hua." Even though what Yixiu said today made him feel better, it didn't change the fact that Fatty Orange was thinking about Consort Hua's plan to "sell herself."
"Respectfully seeing off His Majesty."
Yixiu rose and bowed, her face showing a hint of reluctance and hesitation. But inwardly she was overjoyed. "Go quickly, you have such an old-fashioned air about you, who wants to serve you? From now on, don't come to my Jingren Palace except to take your medicine."
Consort Hua in this world is also happy, though it's unclear what she sees in the chubby orange. If Nian Shilan knew, she'd be furious.
...
Yixiu never expected that her words would be so blessed. The next day, she heard that Consort Hua was so busy that she fainted. After waking up, she smashed up Yikun Palace, locked herself in the palace, and forbade anyone to enter.
"Your Highness, what is Consort Hua up to now? She's causing chaos in the palace. Could it be that she's been triggered by seeing the list of candidates for the imperial concubines?"
It wasn't just Jianqiu who thought this way; Wuya Shi, Da Pang Ju, and most of the people in the palace thought the same. But Yixiu didn't feel that way. Her heart was beating a little fast. She had a premonition that Nian Shilan, that woman, had come over just like her.
"Come, accompany me to Yikun Palace."
When Yixiu arrived at Yikun Palace with her men, she found that Da Pangju was also locked outside the palace and not allowed to go in, which confirmed Yixiu's suspicions even more.
"Why has the Empress come?"
The chubby orange cat was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed to find that the Queen had seen him in this situation, and his tone revealed a hint of impatience.
"Fine, fine, you 'sold-out' son-in-law, you're picking on the weak, aren't you?" Yixiu tried her best to maintain a smile: "I think Consort Hua probably did this in a fit of anger. Now she's too embarrassed to face His Majesty. Why don't I go in and persuade her, and convey His Majesty's feelings to her? I think Consort Hua will understand."
"Your Majesty is right. Shilan has always been proud, and I suppose she's embarrassed. So, I'll leave her to Your Majesty's care. I'll come see her again once she's calmed down."
After saying that, the chubby orange cat hurriedly left.
Yi Xiu gave a sarcastic smile. This is it? This is it? She can't even act out a sincere act properly. Only the Consort Hua of this world is blind, still thinking that she is the "true love" of the big fat orange.
Ignoring the wary looks from the palace servants of Yikun Palace, Yixiu approached Songzhi, who was blocking the doorway. Meeting her vigilant gaze, she smiled slightly and said, "Go and tell your mistress a message, ask her if Galudai is alright."
Confused and bewildered, Songzhi, constrained by Yixiu's status, could only bite the bullet and hurriedly go inside. Soon, Songzhi came out again with a look of surprise, bowed to Yixiu, and said, "Your Majesty, our Lady invites you in."
Yi Xiu felt a great weight lifted from her heart and was about to step inside, past Song Zhi.
"Our Ladyship only allows Her Majesty the Empress to enter."
Songzhi stopped Jianqiu from following her in, but Jianqiu glared at her fiercely. Yixiu turned around and said, "It's alright, I'll go in. Jianqiu, you stay outside and keep watch."
Ignoring the smirks of the servants outside, Yixiu slowly walked into the inner hall and soon saw Nian Shilan sitting in a chair with a cold expression, staring intently at the incense burner.
When did you arrive?
"yesterday."
The two stared at each other silently for a while, then Nian Shilan suddenly broke down and went berserk: "What kind of lousy place is this? There's no Emperor, no Garuda, only Huan Yi Xiang!"
"Calm down," Yixiu advised. After all these years, how come Nian Shilan still has such a bad temper and doesn't know how to cultivate her character?
"How can I stay calm? First of all, I see myself looking like an idiot, all pickled in musk and still so smug. Is this a storybook written by Rouze? Am I really that stupid?"
When she was raising Garuda, Nian Shilan had specially learned some forbidden medicines from the female physician. As soon as she came to this world, she was knocked unconscious by the musky scent on her body. After receiving the memories while unconscious, she was so angry that she smashed the palace as soon as she woke up.
Growing angrier by the thought, Nian Shilan looked at Yixiu and said, "I'm going to kill him."
"Take it easy, no rush." Yi Xiu said this, silently taking out a small medicine packet from her sleeve and placing it next to Nian Shilan: "He likes Huan Yi Fragrance, so let him smell it a little more."
"That's right, he deserves to enjoy such good things."
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