Chapter 161
wishful thinking
The human heart is truly a strange thing!
After discovering that she was favored by the emperor, she was afraid and resistant, and even wanted to kill the emperor. But once she thought it through and was with King Yue Ming, Liu Xianle suddenly felt that the emperor was actually very considerate and nice.
so.
She has made up her mind.
She wants to hold both the Emperor and King Yueming in her hands. She wants these two men to build an empire for her and put her in the most honorable position.
Since ancient times, those who have accomplished great things have never paid attention to trivial matters, and she is the same!
When the emperor is older and no longer able to handle the affairs, she will find a way to push him down and let King Yueming take the throne.
In this way.
No matter who sits in that position, they must respect her.
With the Emperor and King Yueming in front and the entire Liu clan behind, Liu Xianle felt that... even if she killed Jiang Zhiyu, let alone wiped out the entire Jiang clan, they wouldn't dare to say anything.
"Green Algae Palace."
Looking up at the name of the palace and the surrounding layout, Liu Xianle pursed her lips slightly.
She really likes light green the most, which symbolizes spring and vitality.
Many of her clothes were decorated with green, and the best green in the capital was always the first to be delivered to her.
"Miss, please."
The palace maids came in, knelt down and bowed, then welcomed her in.
The wind was blowing gently and the curtains were dancing.
The emperor was sitting on the couch, drinking wine and looking at the graceful figure behind the gauze curtain with a burning gaze.
"emperor."
The palace maids lifted the curtain, and Liu Xianle stepped forward to pay her respects. As she lowered her eyes and bowed, the curve of her long white neck was graceful and attractive, especially the slightly opened collar, which made the wine in the emperor's hand hot.
"come over."
The emperor poured her a glass of wine, and Liu Xianle stood up and sat down opposite him.
"I won't drink it. What if the emperor put something in the wine?"
Liu Xianle pouted her red lips and spoke in a tender voice without any blame in her tone. The emperor smiled as he listened. Liu Xianle leaned forward slightly and handed the wine to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, are you going to reward me again?"
"kindness."
The emperor nodded, drank the wine, stood up, walked to Liu Xianle's side, sat down and held her in his arms. Liu Xianle turned her head to look at him, and was about to speak, but the emperor lowered his head and sealed her lips, and poured a mouthful of wine into her mouth.
Liu Xianle was so frightened by the emperor's domineering and unexpected action that her face turned red. She was drunk and panicked. She choked and coughed, and punched the emperor on the heart with her fist.
"emperor……"
The emperor held her hand tightly, put his long fingers into her sleeve, and stroked it gently.
"Not everyone can drink this wine, Xianle. I love you so much that I asked someone to brew the wine for you."
As he said that, the emperor pressed Liu Xianle onto the couch without much effort. When the flames burned, his whole body was almost burning hot. Looking at the young and beautiful face under him, the emperor felt that he had suddenly become a dozen years younger, which made him excited and full of energy.
Liu Xianle smelled the ambergris on the emperor's body and put her little feet against his chest.
"Your Majesty, there are so many concubines in the palace, can't you just find them?"
The emperor pinched Liu Xianle's ankle and attacked her territory fiercely. When huge waves rolled in the sea, the emperor raised his head and let out a low trembling sound.
The palace maids all hid around, listening to the noise in the hall, their faces flushed.
Seeing the waves getting higher and higher, the eunuch ran into the inner hall, knelt in front of the gauze curtain and spoke anxiously.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Yueming has entered the palace."
The movement on the couch suddenly stopped.
Liu Xianle was so panicked that her whole body went limp. She almost subconsciously pushed the emperor away, and with a red face and a panicked heart, she desperately tried to tidy up her clothes.
The emperor looked at her frightened expression, his face suddenly darkened, and he stretched out his hand. The palace servant hurried forward to help him tidy up his clothes. Then the emperor glanced at Liu Xianle, turned and walked towards the secret door.
The palace servants immediately came forward to clean up and in a few moments the inner hall was restored to its original appearance.
Then.
The curtain was opened, and dozens of boxes of things were placed in the center of the hall. The eunuch said nervously.
"Ms. Liu, these are all for you to choose from."
Liu Xianle was originally panicking and didn't know how to explain, but when she saw those things, she rushed over, grabbed a handful of beads and put them into the plate in the palace maid's hand.
King Yue Ming had a gloomy expression on his face, with his hands clenched into fists behind his back, but when he stepped into the inner hall, he regained his elegant and handsome appearance.
"Xianle."
He called Liu Xianle's name, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Xianle carefully selecting various valuable items. Seeing him coming, Liu Xianle hurriedly bowed, lowered her eyes and said in a trembling voice.
"Why are you here, Your Highness? I... I don't know which ones to choose. Why don't you choose with me?"
King Yueming lowered his eyes.
He gently held her trembling hand.
"What's wrong? Why are your hands shaking? Your face looks a little red, is it too hot in this palace?"
King Yueming naturally knew her reason. After all, he was standing outside the window just now and heard everything they said and did clearly.
I really didn't expect it.
The innocent girl in front of me was so miserable!
Liu Xianle's heart trembled at his question. She was so panicked that she didn't know what to do for a moment, so she had to bend down hurriedly to pick out various objects.
"I came here in a hurry, so I feel a little hot and sweaty now."
Looking at Liu Xianle's guilty and frightened look, King Yue Ming's eyes were gloomy.
He walked to Liu Xianle and patted her head gently.
"Then take your time to choose. I will go and pay my respects to my father, and then I will wait for you to leave the palace together?"
"good."
At this moment, Liu Xianle was hoping that King Yue Ming would leave quickly, otherwise it would be bad if he noticed something. After paying her respects and waiting until King Yue Ming really left, Liu Xianle turned around and threw herself into the couch, her whole body shaking with panic.
She was scared to death.
Didn’t we agree that all the people have been deployed? Why would she let King Yueming get close to her? She couldn't imagine what would happen if King Yueming found out.
King Yueming stood not far away, looking at the newly built palace coldly.
My father really put a lot of thought into making this palace extremely magnificent in such a short time. He even thought that a new favorite concubine was going to be brought into the palace.
far away.
Behind a leafy tree, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in gorgeous clothes and Jiang Zhaoying dressed as a palace maid were watching the scene quietly.
"No matter how they whitewash the situation, I'm afraid not everyone can endure the hatred of having their wife taken away from them."
"kindness."
The prince nodded. Some scenes only need to be stopped at the right moment and there is no need to push them too far. Holding Jiang Zhaoying's hand tightly, the prince looked at her.
"Tomorrow, the court officials will present a memorial to celebrate his birthday on the ninth day of the first lunar month."
“I’m looking forward to it.”
After saying this, the two of them turned around and left, walking towards Empress Jiang's palace.
…
In Yuehui Palace.
Zhou Ruogu leaned lazily on the cushion, listening to the palace maid talking about what had just happened. This palace maid was arranged by Empress Jiang. Her name was Qingying, so she was also one of the palace maids that Zhou Ruogu valued.
While eating the most popular fruit, Zhou Ruogu had a sarcastic smile in his eyes.
"As expected, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a secret lover. Even in this situation, Prince Yueming is still able to marry Liu Xianle? He is indeed a man who can bend and stretch. However... once Prince Yueming achieves his goal, I am afraid that the first person he will kill will also be the Liu family."
How could he possibly endure the humiliation brought to him by the Liu family!
"Go and boil that medicine for me."
Qingying was slightly startled, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.
"Your Highness, why don't you just give birth to a prince for the Emperor?"
With the Empress's means, there should be a way to give birth to a boy or a girl.
"Give birth to him?"
Zhou Ruogu sneered.
"Why should I give birth to him?"
Zhou Ruogu hooked his finger, Qingying hurriedly put down what she was holding and leaned towards her. Zhou Ruogu hooked his finger around her shoulder and said.
"I want to be a demon concubine. Do you think they can tolerate me? Then, we can fake our death and leave the palace, then find someone who is handsome and obedient, marry two, and have children. Isn't that better?"
“My queen…”
Qingying blushed with shame, covering her face, not knowing how to react. The queen was really something, the words she said always scared her so much that she didn't know what to do, but this kind of queen... she liked it so much...
"I will go and boil the medicine."
After bowing, she turned around and hurriedly went out to get busy. Before decocting the medicine, Qingying brought the medicine bag to Zhou Ruogu and checked it bit by bit. After making sure that she said there was no problem, she started to get busy.
This medicine.
It can make a person's pulse look like pregnancy, and even the most skilled doctor cannot tell whether it is real or not.
Just saying.
Qingyu came in and put a post on the table.
"My lady, the Zhou family has sent another invitation."
In the past, Zhou Ruogu would just throw it into the fire and burn it, but this time, she did not refuse immediately and sneered.
"Let them enter the palace in three days."
After taking the medicine for three days, the pulse stabilized. She wanted to send Mrs. Zhou and her son to hell.
I almost forgot about this if I hadn't mentioned it.
The Zhou family also sent their other two daughters to the palace, but where were they assigned to?
"Qingyu, where are Zhou Feiyuan and Zhou Feili?"
Listen to the name, it also means "fly" and "kite". If there were no taboos, they would name Zhou Feiyuan and Zhou Feili "Fei Feng" or "Fei Huang".
"It seems like she is a maid in charge of lanterns in the Lantern Department."
"It seems that he has some tricks to get himself into the lighting room. Shall we go and take a look?"
To be honest, she hasn't seen them since she entered the palace, and she doesn't know what they look like now. But the first place she entered was definitely not the lighting room, but a more miserable place. They must have used some means to save themselves from danger.
"Then remember to come back early. You have to take the medicine when the time comes."
"good."
After listening to Qingying's instructions, Ruogu took Qingyu out of his palace. Along the winding road, they just happened to meet Jiang Zhaoying who was coming out of Empress Jiang's palace.
"Hello, Madam."
Jiang Zhaoying stepped forward and saluted. Zhou Ruogu lifted the curtain and looked at her pale face with a trace of heartache in his eyes.
"Take good care of yourself. I'll leave Liu Xianle to me."
"good."
The two sisters held hands tightly and Zhou Ruogu leaned over.
"After leaving the palace, I am also the daughter of the Jiang family and your biological sister. You have to support me."
"I will give you endless delicacies, endless money, and endless beautiful men."
"Deal." Zhou Ruogu blinked and looked at her. "I will avenge my brother together with you. Instead of being sad, you should cheer up."
"I know."
Seeing that she listened, Zhou Ruogu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then the two separated and Zhou Ruogu went into the lighting room.
The lighting room had to make all kinds of palace lanterns for the entire palace. Not only was it extremely complicated, there were also hundreds or even thousands of styles, large and small. If you were not extremely attentive, you would make mistakes and be punished.
Zhou Feiyuan and Zhou Feili spent all their money, but in the end they only got the lowest-level jobs. One was to prepare the lamp bones, and the other was to hold the lamps for the masters. The two sisters were ambitious and unwilling to accept their fate, so they were not careful in their work, and were often punished.
When the people in the lighting room heard that Madam Zhou had arrived, they hurriedly reported it to the director. The director's aunt took people out to greet her. At first, they thought she came for her sister. After chatting for several sentences, they didn't hear her mention it. The director's aunt couldn't help feeling a little nervous, so she stepped forward and asked.
"Does your Majesty want the two sisters Fei Yuan and Fei Li to come and keep you company?"
"It's up to you. I don't mind."
Zhou Ruogu looked up at an exquisite palace lantern hanging not far away and walked towards it. The aunt in charge gave a wink and the palace lantern lit up.
"The world marvels at its exquisiteness, and the gods are astonished by its extraordinary craftsmanship. It really is true. The craftsmanship of this lamp is truly extraordinary."
"My queen, this lantern was originally meant to be sent to Prince Yueming's palace, but today's birthday is to prevent evil spirits from entering the city, so it has been left here."
The aunt in charge stepped forward and spoke carefully. Seeing that Zhou Ruogu did not show any displeasure, she breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly.
"My lady, do you have a favorite lamp? I can make one for you."
"good."
Zhou Ruogu did not reject her kindness.
"I'll send some sample drawings over when the time comes, and you can study them."
"yes."
The aunt in charge was beaming with joy, and then she heard the palace maids say that Zhou Feiyuan and Zhou Feili were coming.
When the two sisters heard that Zhou Ruogu had arrived, they ran all the way with joy.
He was out of breath when he ran to her. Seeing her in gorgeous clothes and stunning beauty, jealousy spread in his eyes. Zhou Feiyuan frowned and shouted in grievance.
"Why did you come just now? Don't you see that I am suffering here every day? Take me away quickly. I can't stand it here anymore."
Zhou Feili nodded with a cold face.
"Did you deliberately do something to get us here, Zhou Ruogu, how could you do this to us?"
As she spoke, she pointed at the aunt in charge and the girl with lanterns beside her.
"They either beat or scolded us sisters, you killed them."
The aunt in charge and the ladies in charge of the lanterns were so shocked that they all knelt on the ground, their faces pale. They had all heard of Madam Zhou's reputation. She was not a person with a good temper. She would beat or kill anyone she wanted.
Zhou Ruogu looked at Zhou Feiyuan and her sister with a smile. They had been here for so long, and apart from being a little thinner and their hands looking a little uglier, everything else was fine.
"Zhou Feiyuan, what do you think of me? Do you think I can kill anyone I want in this palace?"
"The Emperor dotes on you and lets you do whatever you want. I know that I came to the palace to be an imperial concubine, not to do such menial work!"
The night before entering the palace, my mother clearly said that she would enter the palace to become an imperial concubine, and maybe she could bring her biological father back to reunite the family.
But.
Who knew that as soon as she entered the palace, she would be thrown into this hellhole, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't escape.
"So what if it's me?"
Zhou Ruogu did not hide this from her. Looking at their angry expressions, Zhou Ruogu laughed.
"You are just a few bastards. What qualifications do you have to be on equal footing with me? You have enjoyed the blessings in the Zhou Mansion for so many years, but you have made me wander for so many years. Don't you have to pay me back?"
When they heard the word "bastard", not only did Zhou Feiyuan and her sister change their expressions, but even the aunts in charge suddenly realized what was going on. They said how could Empress Zhou not care about her own sister? So this is what she meant.
"Don't think I don't know that all the children your mother gave birth to are bastards. Your biological father lives outside the city, waiting for you to take him in and reunite with your family."
"No, don't talk nonsense."
Zhou Feiyuan's eyes were filled with panic and he stepped back subconsciously.
Zhou Ruogu was too lazy to pay attention to her. He turned his head to look at the beautiful and elegant palace lanterns. He raised his hand and gently stroked the embroidery on the silk, and a sinister look gradually emerged in his eyes.
Zhou Feili was annoyed when she saw that Ruogu was not here to help them, and said anxiously.
"Sister, we are sisters after all. If I suffer here, it will not be good for your reputation. Sister, father said that I entered the palace to be an imperial concubine. If you take me to see the emperor now, I can forgive you for everything you have done."
Zhou Ruogu listened to her words, smiled, reached out for a thin wooden stick, suddenly turned around and stabbed it hard into Zhou Feili's eyes.
ah.
Sharp screams continued to ring out as Zhou Feiyuan rolled on the ground.
Zhou Ruogu clapped his hands and said to the aunt in charge.
"Sorry, it was an accident."
"It's alright, ma'am."
After saying this, the director turned around and spoke coldly.
"Drag her into the signing room. Don't let her see anyone now that she's in this state."
Zhou Feili covered his eyes and face with blood, and was dragged out before he could say anything. Zhou Feiyuan was so scared that he sat down on the ground with horror on his face.
Looking at the pool of blood on the ground, Zhou Ruogu smiled with satisfaction.
"I have already signed a severance agreement with the Zhou family. They and I have no relationship anymore. It's a pity that these people are so annoying. They clearly agreed to sign the agreement, but now they keep coming to me. One wants to be an official in the palace, and the other wants to be a concubine. Haha."
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