Chapter 498: Leaving a Whole Body
Back at Huaqing Palace, Concubine Dou sat at her dressing table. Xianglu removed her pearl hairpin for her, then took out a medicine box. As she applied medicine to the scratches on her arm, she asked in confusion, "Master, you clearly knew the slate had been tampered with. Why did you invite Shao Liyi over? You've injured your arm for nothing. It breaks my heart just to see you."
"The stage is already set. Wouldn't it be a waste if we don't start the show?" Noble Lady Dou said, "Shufei wants to test His Majesty's heart, which is exactly what I want. What's wrong with going along with it? It will also let her know that the only thing I have left is some stubbornness, which will ease her heart and save her from having people watching me all day."
Hearing this, Xianglu also understood and said with a smile: "Master is indeed thoughtful."
She took out some gauze and wrapped it thinly around the wound, making it breathable and preventing the ointment from rubbing elsewhere.
Concubine Dou said, "Boil some hot water. I want to take a bath to ward off the cold."
"Yes." Xianglu went down to prepare immediately.
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"Your Majesty, the matter of Zhaoyang Palace is settled."
At Maohua Palace, Qingyi quickly entered the hall, her voice filled with unconcealed joy. "Just as you guessed, no one was punished, and His Majesty didn't take a liking to anyone."
"Got it." Consort Chun raised her hand and fed some bait to the goldfish in the tank. "You really put on quite a show for me today. Ask the kitchen to add two more dishes tonight. I'd like to have a drink."
Qingyi: "...Your Majesty, didn't you say the other day that you would never drink again?" Did you forget the headache you had after waking up from a drunken stupor so quickly?
Chun Zhaoyi corrected, "It's not about drinking too much."
Qingyi really didn't want her master to drink too much, so she advised, "But Madam has instructed..."
"Go quickly." Concubine Chun's eyes turned cold, "Don't let me say it for the third time."
Qingyi had no choice but to swallow her words and go about her business.
On the other side, Chu Liuzheng, who was deliberately dropped off at the Yangxin Palace by the emperor, realized belatedly after eating a piece of Poria cocos cake that the emperor seemed a little unhappy.
Why?
She supported her chin and thought while chewing the Poria cocos cake.
[I was concentrating on eating melons and didn't do anything except drinking tea. What's so mad about Tyrant?]
Since she couldn't figure it out alone, she decided to pool her resources. She waved to Chen Xing and Mi Yue, "Come here, I have something to ask you."
The two put down what they were doing, walked over and sat down.
Chen Xing: "What do you want to ask, sister?"
"I feel like His Majesty is angry with me." Chu Liuzheng pushed the Poria Cocos Cake towards the two of them. "Please help me analyze this. Is my feeling correct?"
"Your Majesty is indeed a little unhappy." Miyue picked up a piece of Poria cocos cake and gently bent it down, "Your mouth should be like this."
"His eyes are cold." Chen Xing raised his finger and pointed at his eyes and added.
Chu Liuzheng: "...Isn't he always like that?"
[Except when he's laughing, the tyrant always looks like someone is asking for money because they owe him thirty thousand taels of silver.]
Mitsuki and Chenxing shook their heads and said in unison, "Not like that lately."
The emperor was always very happy when he was with Chu Liuzheng, but it was rare to see him with such an expression today.
"Okay, let's just assume he's angry." Chu Liuzheng laid on the table. "Can you help me analyze why he's angry?"
"Because of you." Chen Xing and Mi Yue said in unison again.
Chu Liuzheng pointed at himself in surprise: "Me?"
[I didn't hire a tyrant! Why is it because of me?]
"Yes, because of you." Chen Xing took a bite of the Poria cocos cake and spoke clearly, "And Miss Zhu."
【Is there anything about Zhu Meiren here? 】
"Tell me in detail." Chu Liuzheng picked up the small teapot on the table and poured a glass of water for each of them.
Chen Xing was busy eating snacks and winked at Si Yue, indicating that Si Yue should speak.
Miyue then said, "Sister, don't you think Miss Zhu's outfit today looks familiar?"
Hearing this, Chu Liuzheng supported his cheek with one hand and recalled.
[It does seem a little familiar, where have you seen it before? ]
Seeing her bewildered expression, Mitsuki pointed out directly, "She's dressed like my sister. The orchid pendants she wears on her ears look very similar to the ones my sister wore a while ago. His Majesty even praised how beautiful she looked on her."
"Not only the earrings, but also the color and style of the clothes, the hairstyle, the jewel ring on the left hand, the jade bracelet on the wrist, the butterfly hairpin and jade comb in the hair, and..." Chen Xing counted them one by one on his fingers, and counted more than ten in a row, even the patterns on the shoes were not missed.
One resemblance was a coincidence, but if they were similar in nearly ten places, it could only be intentional. Hearing the two of them say this, Chu Liuzheng realized for the first time that the two beads in his eye sockets might just be decorations.
"Could it be that Concubine Shu and Lady Zhu think that the Tyrant likes my style now, and that dressing like me normally will attract the Tyrant's attention?"
[What's this for? Turning yourself into a double? That should wait until I, the original, die. Otherwise, why would the tyrant leave the original alone and look for a double? Is he collecting them to play a game of Candy Crush?]
[Besides, everyone's factory settings are different, and they're not all produced uniformly on a factory assembly line. What kind of awful idea is this, Concubine Shu?!]
[No wonder Zhu Meiren changed everything from her makeup to her hairstyle to her clothes. It turns out she's targeting me. Can she please get down to business?]
She looked at Chen Xing and the other two and sighed sincerely, "You observe very carefully."
"These are compulsory courses for secret guards," Chen Xing said, "and they have been learned since childhood."
Miyue said: "If you don't study well, you won't have food to eat."
Chu Liuzheng immediately pushed the snack towards her and said, "Come on, eat more."
[Poor kids, it's not easy for them to master a skill.]
Miyue smiled and pinched a piece of dessert to eat.
Chu Liuzheng also took a piece and put it in his mouth. As he chewed it, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
[Eh? Wait! Zhu Meiren imitated me, so I should be the one angry, right? What kind of anger is the tyrant getting?]
She asked this question, and Chen Xing and Mi Yue looked at her with complicated expressions.
Chu Liuzheng:?
"What's with that look on your face? Just say what you want to say."
Chen Xing sighed: "Sister, you are really the most unromantic woman I have ever met."
Mitsuki beside him nodded in agreement.
Chu Liuzheng:? ?
She knocked on the table and said, "Speak clearly." What kind of riddle is this?
Miyue lowered her head to eat snacks and let Chenxing speak.
Chen Xing said, "Sister, someone seduced His Majesty in front of you, aren't you angry?"
"Huh?" Chu Liuzheng had never expected it to be because of this. She was a little dumbfounded and asked in confusion, "Why are you angry?"
[The tyrant didn't even glance at the beautiful Zhu, why should I be angry? ]
Chen Xing: “…”
She looked strange for a moment, looked around, moved closer to Chu Liuzheng, and asked in a low voice, "Sister, are you really interested in His Majesty?"
Chu Liuzheng nodded.
Just looking at the emperor's face, you have to like him.
Chen Xing blinked and reached out to poke Miyue. Miyue put down the snack and said calmly, "If someone imitates me and tries to seduce my husband in front of me, I will leave her body intact."
"I won't even leave a complete corpse." Chen Xing curled his lips, with a shallow dimple on his left cheek.
(End of this chapter)
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