Chapter 554 The Chu Emperor is truly a good-for-nothing!
Accompanying Eunuch Ji were two strong and sturdy old women and four guards with swords.
It seemed that if Li Qingluo showed any sign of disobedience, they would immediately take action and tie her up to take her to the Qianyuan Palace.
Li Qingluo certainly wouldn't impulsively disobey.
She nodded to Granny Zheng, who was standing to the side.
Then he led Xiqiu and Eunuch Ji and the others outwards.
The seventh princess rushed over upon hearing the commotion.
"Father-in-law!"
What happened?
"Is there anything that Father Emperor cannot ask tomorrow?"
“After all, Lady Nangong is a woman. If she is summoned to the Qianyuan Palace by the Emperor in the middle of the night, her innocence will be tarnished.”
"How about I go with her?"
Eunuch Ji looked at Li Qinglu with a troubled expression.
Li Qingluo: ?
How could she possibly manage a princess?
Moreover, something a princess could think of, how could a mere head eunuch like him not think of it?
This is clearly a blatant disregard for her reputation as a woman!
Dog Emperor.
Li Qinglu gave Eunuch Ji a chilly look.
It sent chills down Eunuch Ji's spine.
However, Li Qingluo never expected that the Seventh Princess would make this trip for her so late at night.
Eunuch Ji was sweating profusely, and he was somewhat wary of Li Wu.
So he finally agreed: "If Your Highness doesn't mind the trouble, please come with me and the General's wife."
"Oh, wait a minute!"
"Please, General's wife, remove all your weapons and leave them here."
Li Qingluo pointed to the hidden arrows on the windowsill: "You mean these?"
“Eunuch Ji, why are you wearing these things when no one is sleeping?”
Qianyuan Hall.
"Your Majesty, Lady Nangong has arrived."
However, there was no sound from inside the tightly closed door.
"His Majesty?"
Eunuch Ji called out again.
A sudden, loud shout came from inside the room: "Let her in!"
With trembling hands, Eunuch Ji pushed open the door and invited Li Qingluo inside. Just as he was about to close the door, Zong Zhengxing slipped in from the side like an arrow.
"Princess—Your Highness, His Majesty has not allowed you to enter! Please come out!"
Eunuch Ji was so frightened that his forehead was instantly covered with a dense layer of sweat. He nervously lowered his voice and reached out to grab the Seventh Princess.
Zongzheng Xingyao kicked the door shut with his back foot.
He bumped into Eunuch Ji's forehead.
He then screamed and fell to the ground.
In his despair, Eunuch Ji cried out, "It's over! It's over! My life is going to end with me..."
However, there was no sign of the Chu Emperor inside the palace.
A faint smell of wine filled the entire hall.
Li Qingluo pointed to a door and said, "He went in."
"The moment I came in, I saw him crawl inside."
Zongzheng Xingyao: "You are indeed disrespectful to the Emperor. He bastard, are you out of your mind?"
Li Qingluo smiled and said, "Your Highness has come here today with the determination to die, so how can you only speak ill of this humble woman?"
Li Qingluo didn't believe that she would really risk everything to come along just because she was worried about her safety and innocence.
She wanted to find an opportunity to escape the marriage alliance.
Zongzheng Xingyao did not deny it.
"Stop your nonsense and go see what my father is up to this time that he summoned you here!"
Zongzheng Xingyao pulled Li Qingluo along and strode towards the small door.
However, when they were about ten steps away, they slowed down cautiously.
Li Qingluo: "What's wrong?"
Is that room haunted?
"Your Highness is so afraid?"
Li Qingluo lifted the Seventh Princess's trembling hand.
Zongzheng Xingyao: "I only know that there is a secret room inside the Qianyuan Hall."
No one is allowed to step inside.
"Otherwise, you will die without a burial place."
"There was once a beauty who was favored by the Emperor and thought she was someone special in his heart. So, she foolishly opened the door halfway and was caught red-handed by the Emperor before she could even go in."
"I heard that she was dragged into a secret chamber by the Emperor."
"From then on, he never came out again."
"Only people have heard her pitiful screams from inside..."
Li Qingluo: "So your father planned to lure me into a secret room and then cruelly murder me?"
The seventh princess, somewhat timid, clung to Li Qingluo and suddenly tried to turn around and run away.
Li Qingluo pushed her aside and quickly stepped forward to open the small door, then went inside.
"No—Nangong Qingluo!"
Li Qingluo closed the door.
Look up at the secret room in front of you.
The walls were covered with a dense array of portraits.
On the desk were new scrolls, still-wet ink, and dozens of palettes scattered haphazardly.
The floor was covered with scattered papers.
Some of them have eyes painted on them.
Some of them had their eyebrows drawn on.
Some only have a single lip painted on.
And these lively facial features seemed to come alive, pieced together to form the person on the wall.
It leaps off the page, so lifelike.
It was Duan Rongshi's face, and also the face of his mother, Consort Zongzheng Qingyue.
Is she beautiful?
Emperor Zongzheng Langri of Chu, dressed in a loose-fitting long robe and holding a wolf-hair brush in his hand, stumbled out from the shelf behind him.
He stared at the portraits of beautiful women on the wall with a look of fascination.
Some were standing.
Some are lying down.
Some people sit among the flowers, admiring the blossoms and watching the butterflies.
There were also young, innocent girls sitting on the swings, flashing them bright, toothy smiles.
There's also a profile view of someone resting their chin on their hand, quietly gazing out the window.
They were all Zongzheng Qingyue.
It is the longing that the Chu Emperor himself has depicted stroke by stroke over the years.
"She's beautiful. She's the most beautiful person I've ever seen in the world."
Li Qingluo spoke from the bottom of her heart.
Zongzheng Langri curled his lips into a smile: "Then how about you die for her?"
Li Qingluo: "Not good."
A look of surprise flashed across Zongzheng Langri's still handsome face.
"What did you say?"
"You audacious slut, how dare you refuse such an honor!"
Do you know who she is?
Li Qingluo: "Who she is, shouldn't Your Majesty be the one to say?"
After entering the room, Li Qingluo did not kneel down, nor did she offer any greetings or salutations.
She circled around halfway, going in circles with the Chu Emperor.
They were also taking the opportunity to examine the structure of the entire house.
Zongzheng Langri said: "She is the woman I love most in this world."
"Now that you have seen her face, don't even think about leaving this house."
As he spoke, he drew a sword from the easel beside him and pointed it directly at where Li Qingluo was.
"I find you quite beautiful, and you also have a cheerful and straightforward personality. Otherwise, do you think I would be interested in a married woman like you to accompany her?"
"My beloved Yue'er loves a clever and intelligent maid like you the most. She will be very happy to have you serving her."
The Chu Emperor gradually became excited as he spoke.
Until Li Qinglu poured cold water on him.
"You really think she'd be happy to have a living person sacrificed?"
"Furthermore, my husband has been working tirelessly for you for months, and you killed his wife just because he returned home a day or two late."
"I knew you were a cruel tyrant, but I never knew you were also a shameless scoundrel."
When had the Emperor of Chu ever been so humiliated and insulted to his face?
He instantly flew into a rage: "Killing you as a sacrifice is an honor for him!"
"She's just a woman. If he returns from his mission, what kind of beauty can't I give him?"
"By then, who will remember a mere insignificant merchant woman like you?"
"He won't even know that you've been to the Qian Yuan Palace."
"Nangong clan, prepare to die!"
The Chu Emperor raised his sword and thrust it forward.
Li Qingluo quickly dodged and casually tore off a scroll.
When the Chu Emperor thrust his sword at her again, she quickly unfurled the scroll and aligned the figure in the painting with the blade.
Zongzheng Langri hastily withdrew his sword, causing himself to stagger backward several steps.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Qingluo turned around and ran towards the door.
Emperor Chu: "Trying to escape?"
"You can't escape!"
He let out a cold snort, and then slowed down unhurriedly behind him.
Li Qingluo heard Zongzheng Xingyao's voice outside: "Release me—"
"Nangong Qingluo, they've locked the door!"
"You need to find a way to get out quickly—"
Li Qingluo turned around and met the cold and terrifying face of the Chu Emperor.
She calmly pinched her wrist.
His expression was a half-smile.
"It was locked."
"That's wonderful!"
The Chu Emperor didn't react for a moment: "What did you say?"
Li Qingluo took off her bracelet and, to the astonishment of the Chu Emperor, pulled the thin thread open with a 'whoosh'.
"I heard that when the Emperor of Great Chu was young, he was never inferior to the generals in horsemanship and archery."
"How about I ask you for some advice today?"
The Chu Emperor looked at the little trinket in her hand, his face full of contempt.
"You?"
"You're courting death because you don't know your place!"
"However, you'd better put the painting down first. Otherwise, I will tear you to pieces!"
Li Qingluo tossed the painting aside.
Her rude actions thoroughly angered the Chu Emperor.
He roared, "I want you dead!"
However, when the sword was wrapped around the thin wire, he discovered that it was not an ordinary wire.
His imperial sword couldn't even cut this thing!
What on earth is this thing?!
Just as the Chu Emperor was taken aback, Li Qingluo fired an arrow and charged forward.
She grabbed the thin thread with both hands and pulled hard down towards the end of the sword, easily causing it to slip from the Chu Emperor's hand.
With a quick pull and release of the bracelet, she seized the opportunity to leap forward and jump onto the Chu Emperor's back. In the blink of an eye, the thin thread tightly wrapped around the Chu Emperor's neck.
"Don't move!"
"Your Majesty, you underestimate this thin thread. It can easily sever your entire head."
"Don't be skeptical and try it out."
The Chu Emperor realized he had fallen into her trap.
Even though he was gritting his teeth, he really stood still and didn't move an inch.
Li Qinglu smiled with satisfaction: "Your nightmares and drinking over the years have long since emptied out your youthful vigor."
"Zongzheng Langri is truly a useless piece of trash now!"
After saying that, she grabbed the Chu Emperor's head and gently turned it around.
The Chu Emperor collapsed with a thud and fainted.
Li Qinglu checked his breathing to confirm that he was still alive before getting to work.
She was just testing the waters, but she didn't expect the Chu Emperor to be so useless.
Just like the Great Chu now, its foundation is probably already completely vulnerable, and anyone could easily take over this crumbling dynasty.
Li Qinglu shook her head and forcefully ripped down the curtain she had already set her sights on.
After cutting open the curtains, they used them to tightly bind the Chu Emperor.
She wasn't in a hurry to knock on the door and make a scene to get out.
Instead, he dragged the Chu Emperor to a corner and left him there, while he looked up at the portraits of his mother that filled the room.
What should we do with these paintings?
Li Qingluo narrowed her eyes, and soon had an idea in mind.
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