"Nothing in this world is black and white. You hate Bai Lin and want to kill him, which is understandable." Ling Shumo reached out and lifted Lu Jinshu's chin, forcing him to look at her. "Some of your little tricks, for example, deliberately mentioning in front of Shangguan Xu that Xue Wu was favored by me, and asking Shangguan Xu to torture Xue Wu for you. I am not unaware of this, but I just don't want to care and am too lazy to do it."
Lu Jinshu's peach blossom eyes widened, and he bit his lower lip unconsciously. He couldn't come back to his senses until the strong smell of blood spread in his mouth.
"If I were to get to the bottom of every twist and turn in the harem, I'd be exhausted and overwhelmed," Ling Shumo said, pinching Lu Jinshu's chin with her fingers. "Do you know why I tolerate you and instigate Shangguan Xu to harass Xue Wu?"
Lu Jinshu felt as if his jaw was about to be dislocated, but he didn't dare to cry out in pain. He forced his disordered brain to start thinking rapidly.
When Shangguan Xu led his men into Yuehua Palace with great momentum, Xue Wu's secret hiding of the love letter had not yet been exposed.
Logically speaking, Ling Shumo should have loved Xue Wu very much at that time.
Seeing that Lu Jinshu couldn't figure it out, Ling Shumo simply announced the answer herself, "Every time I go to Yuehua Palace, he has a cold face and looks cold and aloof, like a fairy descending from the moon.
He is very handsome, and I like his handsome face very much. But my tolerance is also limited.
Who did Xue Wu think he was? He acted like he was keeping people at a distance all day long.
I can coax him once, twice, or even three or four times, but he should understand the principle of quitting when things are going well."
Lu Jinshu felt that Ling Shumo's hand, which was pinching his chin, relaxed a little.
Ling Shumo's lips curled up into a gentle smile, but her words were extremely cold, "I not only have a temper, but when I get angry I'm willing to kill people."
Ling Shumo gently patted Lu Jinshu's left cheek and said, "When you recover, go and kill Xue Wu. I originally thought that as long as he was willing to lower himself and beg me, I would be happy to continue to support him. But now there is no need. It is more suitable for him to go directly to the underworld."
At this moment, there was a sudden and urgent knock on the door, and the attendant outside said in a panic, "Your Highness, something has happened to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince behaved inappropriately in front of the palace, which angered His Majesty. His Majesty said that he would be beaten to death in court."
Ling Shumo didn't even raise her eyelids. She simply ignored the servant at the door and said, "Lu Jinshu, you are a smart and insightful person. I like you very much. You can do whatever you want within my tolerance."
Lu Jinshu felt tears welling up in his eyes, and Ling Shumo immediately wiped away the tears on his face with her fingertips. "I've told you, I'll remember all the injustices you've suffered because of me. Fu Yichen framed you and Ling Shujiao for adultery, and I promise you that one day, I'll let you kill him with your own hands..."
Before Ling Shumo could finish her words, there was an even more urgent knock on the door.
Ling Shumo frowned.
Shi Qi walked forward quickly and said, "Your Highness, the princess said some... some nonsense in front of His Majesty.
His Majesty is now furious and originally planned to cut the princess into pieces. The Queen persuaded His Majesty that it is unlucky to do so during the New Year and it would be better to wait until after the New Year to deal with it.
His Majesty has changed the punishment of quartering with a chariot to beating with a cane in the court, but he refuses to postpone the time. You should hurry over, lest His Majesty's anger spread to you and cause irreversible consequences."
Ling Shumo stood up immediately. As she hurried forward, she asked Shi Qi, "Don't be so vague. What on earth is Qin Wen'er talking about?"
Shi Qi opened his mouth several times, but finally gritted his teeth and repeated Qin Wen'er's words, "Noble Xiao likes to listen to the stories told by the princess, so he asked the princess to stay overnight in Hanzhang Palace yesterday.
That night, His Majesty turned over the name card of Xiao Guijun.
The Princess discussed His Majesty with her attendants... saying that His Majesty was large and strong, with none of the delicate and frail qualities of a woman. If someone like His Majesty were in his world, no man would want her even if he offered her thousands of taels of gold and silver, and she would have to stay at home as a maid for the rest of her life. The Princess also said that His Majesty had been toyed with and played with by so many men..."
Shi Qi spoke haltingly.
Upon hearing this, Ling Shumo interrupted Shi Qi and said, "That's enough, shut up. If you continue, I won't even listen."
The two of them hurried to the main hall of Changle Palace.
The emperor sat high up at the top, and the empress stood beside her with a bad look on her face.
Qin Wen'er was tied up and thrown to the ground. There were a lot of porcelain fragments and a pool of tea scattered on the floor beside him.
The emperor's already raging anger erupted upon seeing Ling Shumo. "Ling Shumo, look at your indulgent husband. He's spreading lies in my harem, and it's not enough. Noble Lady Xiao likes him, and it's New Year's Eve, so I wasn't going to make a fuss about it. But what happened? He even dared to make up stories about me, saying I can't get married. I think he's crazy."
Qin Wen'er was scratched in many places by porcelain fragments. Blood dripped down from the wounds and gathered into a small pool of blood on the white tiles.
The emperor subconsciously wanted to pick up the porcelain cup and hit Ling Shumo on the head, but the only few teacups on the table had already been smashed by her.
Ling Shumo dodged the broken porcelain pieces on the ground and knelt upright, her voice respectful, "Please forgive me, Queen Mother. Qin Wen'er has been acting mad since July of last year, for some unknown reason. I secretly asked a Taoist priest to exorcise him, but it was of little use. When Qin Wen'er was in the Eastern Palace, he was disrespectful to me and even harmed the Minister of the Back Court. I thought we were friends and thought he would just rest for a while, but I didn't expect him to become even more aggravated and commit such a serious crime today."
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