Chapter 153. I'll only demonstrate this to you this once! ...
The male protagonist is like he has a cheat code; as long as he puts his mind to investigating, the imposter's deeds are quickly uncovered.
Everything was delivered to the male protagonist.
The actions of the male protagonist's mother and siblings, one by one, shocked him.
He held the female lead's body and wept uncontrollably. It turned out that the female lead had suffered such a great injustice without his knowledge.
The male protagonist gazed at the female protagonist's peaceful face and said sorrowfully, "You saved me! The person who saved me back then was actually you! Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
Xiang Bei had already started pinching her philtrum.
She regretted it; she shouldn't have kept watching.
"No, is he sick? Is he sick? He's seriously ill."
The female lead told him more than once. So, while the female lead was alive, he didn't remember a single thing she said, and now that she's dead, he's complaining that she didn't tell him sooner.
How can you be so shameless, turning the tables on me at a time like this?
After losing the female lead, the male lead begins a frenzied revenge, retaliating against everyone who had bullied her.
He turned the second female lead into a human pig, not letting her die, because the female lead's heart was with her, and he wanted to hear the female lead's heartbeat at all times.
He locked his mother in a temple to reflect on her actions, abandoned his younger sister to beggars on the street, and sent his younger brother to the Nanfeng Pavilion.
Xiang Bei thought that was the end of it. After all, that's how angst stories are: the male lead repents for his mistakes, punishes everyone who hurt the female lead, but lets himself off the hook.
Oh, no, that's not even a light punishment. The way to punish the male lead is to make him lose the female lead forever.
Xiang Bei snorted and said sarcastically, "It's such a cruel thing. He's lost the woman he loves most."
They were all going to have a grand finale, and then they gave her a truly explosive ending.
The female lead's father, who was also the old emperor, saw how deeply the male lead loved her. Considering his advanced age, declining health, and that she was his only child, the old emperor decided before his death to pass the throne to the male lead.
The courtiers took the imperial edict of succession, draped the dragon robe over the male protagonist, and then escorted him to sit on the dragon throne.
The male protagonist didn't want to accept it, but when he thought about how it was the female protagonist's family's empire, he felt obligated to help her protect it so that he could face her after his death.
The first thing the male protagonist did after ascending the throne was to posthumously honor the female protagonist as empress, and to swear in front of all the civil and military officials that he and his empress, who was also a princess, would be buried together in the same tomb.
The empire cannot be without a successor. Despite repeated pleas from civil and military officials, the emperor refused to take concubines. In the end, it was only after several veteran ministers risked their lives by smashing their heads against a pillar that the emperor finally relented and selected several women to enter the palace.
Those women all bore a striking resemblance to the female protagonist.
Every time the male protagonist selects a woman from the harem, he mutters to himself in front of the female protagonist's portrait. He says that in his heart, the position of empress will always belong to the female protagonist alone, and that the other women were only brought into the harem for the sake of the stability of the country, and in his eyes, they are not even worth a toe of the female protagonist.
He didn't like the children born to those women either.
Until someone presented the male protagonist with a woman who looked exactly like the female protagonist, the male protagonist's eyes changed the moment he saw the woman.
The woman's every smile and gesture resembled his beloved.
He believed that the female lead had come back to life, and he vowed that this time, he would never let himself lose the female lead again.
The woman later risked her life to give birth to a son for the male protagonist. Looking at the child's appearance, the male protagonist was stunned for a long time. He felt that if his child with the female protagonist had been born, it would have looked just like this.
The thought of the woman calling his name before she died reminded the male protagonist of the deceased female protagonist. He felt he could not let down another woman, so even though he did not love her, he posthumously honored her as empress and named the child as crown prince.
He personally raised and taught the son, imagining him as his and the female protagonist's child, and held the child while making him call out "Mother" to the portrait of the female protagonist.
Without the female lead, the male lead felt that he would always feel boundless loneliness, and no woman could ever touch his heart again.
She only smiles when she sees her son.
The final scene depicts the protagonist standing on a majestic city wall, gazing into the distance. A cool breeze blows his cloak, as if someone is caressing his cheek.
The male protagonist recalled the female protagonist's meticulous care, but when he turned around, the woman he loved would no longer stand behind him, looking at him and smiling at him.
At this moment, the male protagonist finally realized that he had completely lost the woman he loved. The one who died was just a woman who resembled her, and the child was not their child.
The male protagonist could no longer hold back, squatted down, and burst into tears like a child.
The cries echoed on the city walls, moving many soldiers.
They knew that His Majesty was thinking of the deceased Empress again.
The finale has finally aired.
Xiang Bei vomited towards the side, though nothing came out.
"Master, this is truly the most disgusting male protagonist I've ever seen, really."
As expected, there's no limit to how bad things can get.
The scoundrels in the previous mission worlds only annoyed Xiang Bei, but this male protagonist was truly disgusting.
This is blatantly exploiting the interests of the imperial family, and even daring to do so on royalty. He deserves to be branded with the word "awesome."
It's one thing for the emperor to be senile, but the civil and military officials seem completely oblivious to the matter of succession.
The emperor only has one daughter, the female lead, but emperors always have brothers and sisters, right? The imperial family members watched as the male lead snatched the throne from their grasp, and they actually surrendered and became his subjects.
Is this for real?
The male lead's plot armor is way too overpowered.
Or is it that near the end, the author didn't want to write anymore and decided to make everyone's intelligence drop?
Xiang Bei took a deep breath. "No way, what is this? The female lead actually died in the end?"
This is the first time I've seen an ending where the female lead actually dies. Sure enough, even the strongest body can't withstand such inhuman torture from the male lead.
People always talk about being open and honest, and now someone has actually come along who is truly open and honest.
"That's how angst-filled stories are; otherwise, they wouldn't have been voted out, and I wouldn't have been created to carry out missions with you, host," the system comforted.
It's a system for saving female protagonists in abusive novels, and its target is the female protagonists in these abusive novels.
Xiang Bei snorted twice, looked at the ending description, and said sarcastically again, "This male lead is really pitiful. Although he lost the female lead, he still ruled the country alone. Without the female lead by his side, he felt so lonely. It was clearly agreed that his position as empress belonged to the female lead alone, but in order not to let down a woman who resembled the female lead, he still posthumously conferred the title of empress on her."
As she spoke, she became disgusted with herself and spat out, "Although he loved the female lead so much, he still had all his concubines and mistresses in his harem, and they kept having children one after another. He's such a pitiful man. He has lost the woman he loved most forever. It's so tragic that people want to chop him into mincemeat."
"Host, calm down. This kind of person isn't worth getting angry at. This is just part of the original plot. What we need to do is quickly change this plot. Major changes, drastic changes, radical changes!"
Xiang Bei's fiery temper was ignited by this terrible plot.
When she was Ming Er's female tutor, she rarely had any outbursts.
She now has countless ways to greet the male protagonist's entire family without repeating herself.
Xiang Bei pointed to the big screen and asked, "Where is the plot at now?"
The system quickly switched to a close-up, and upon seeing the conspicuous princess's residence at the entrance, Xiang Bei immediately had a bad feeling.
The presence of a princess's residence implies that the female lead has already married the male lead.
The original text also specifically explained that the emperor and empress had a deep affection for each other, and the female protagonist was their only daughter. After the empress passed away, there were no other women in the harem, and the emperor focused on raising the princess. Before the princess got married, she lived in the palace.
It wasn't until the princess got married that the emperor granted her and the male protagonist a residence.
The novel also vividly depicts the extravagance of the princess's residence, the fact that the emperor gave almost all of his private treasury to the heroine as her dowry, and the gifts the empress had prepared for her before her death. The grand spectacle on her wedding day was an eye-opener for the entire capital.
In order to ensure that the male lead could successfully inherit the throne from the female lead's family, the emperor not only had to be with one woman for life, but also prevented the empress from having any more children. So the empress died not long after giving birth to the female lead. The emperor was also a deeply affectionate character, remaining chaste for the empress until the very end.
Xiang Bei snorted and laughed, "This male lead is not even as good as the emperor. Although the emperor only appears near the end and is practically dead the rest of the time, at least his character of being a devoted lover is established."
The emperor was a complete tool; throughout the entire story, everyone seemed like a bound spirit, basically just revolving around the princess's residence.
The male lead is the most powerful. After marrying the princess, everyone in the capital knows that the prince consort is keeping a mistress. He's a powerful general, but that's all he is; he's idle all day and nobody knows what he's doing.
Whenever the female supporting character pretends to be bullied, he will appear behind the female lead like a ghost, as if he has no brains and is convinced that the female lead is the one bullying her.
The onlookers are quite something; they actually discussed in public that the princess was useless and couldn't keep a man's heart.
Reading the original text gives me an indescribable sense of madness.
The main character is insane, and the important supporting characters are insane too.
The emperor is also abnormal, passing the throne to his son-in-law—unheard of! I wonder if his ancestors will gang up on this unfilial descendant after he steps down.
The book clearly states at the end that the male protagonist had many children with the concubines in the harem, and they even changed the surname of the female protagonist's family's empire.
"Sir, could you tell me where the plot is right now?"
The female lead's real disaster comes after she marries the male lead, although her disaster was already planned from the moment she saves him.
If the focus were on the female lead saving the male lead, Xiang Bei could have simply had the female lead hack the male lead to pieces, thus avoiding all the trouble that followed.
The system checked the timeline and concluded, "This point in time is roughly one year after the male and female protagonists got married."
The large screen quickly locked onto the princess's room, and Xiang Bei needed to determine the current stage of the plot in order to know what to do next.
When the big screen switched to the princess's room, the princess was sitting on the couch, crying very sadly.
The maid beside her offered perfunctory words of comfort, "Princess, it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, let alone a consort. She's just a mistress, you don't need to take it to heart. Even if she enters the household, she can't surpass you. Don't be fooled by what the consort says, he still cares about you, otherwise he wouldn't have discussed it with you."
The princess stopped crying, looked up at the maid, and was about to speak when Xiang Bei couldn't help but speak up.
[Is this even human language? Can there be a prince consort without a princess? You can tolerate this? Are you a ninja turtle? Oh, wait, your prince consort has cheated on you more than once; you're practically a green-headed turtle yourself.]
The princess was startled when she saw the words suddenly appear before her eyes.
Ancient languages are different from modern ones, but Xiang Bei's words will automatically be translated into a language that the princess understands.
Princess Green Turtle does know what the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are.
No, no, no, now is not the time to think about that. What are these strange characters floating in mid-air?
Could it be a monster?
"Ah Luo, look what this is!" the princess exclaimed in horror, pointing at the words that were floating in front of her.
The maid named A-Luo looked in the direction the princess pointed, but saw nothing.
She rolled her eyes impatiently. "Princess, I'm talking to you. Are you even listening? Don't try to change the subject."
[Why keep this maid around for the New Year? Drag her out and behead her!]
The system just said that the current timeline is about a year after the male and female protagonists got married. At this point in the original story, the male protagonist not only found his imposter benefactor, but also got rid of all the loyal people around the female protagonist.
This A Luo is also the male lead's person. The male lead instructed A Luo to keep a close watch on the female lead. In order to make A Luo work for him completely, the two also have an indescribable relationship, and the male lead promised to give A Luo the status of a concubine in the future.
Even after the female lead's death, A Luo was ordered by the male lead to be torn to pieces for bullying the female lead because she took advantage of him.
Even though it was the male lead who ordered A Luo to do it, in the end he stood on the moral high ground and punished everyone who had bullied the female lead.
The person who made the most mistakes was clearly the male protagonist himself, yet he never laid a finger on himself. What a shameless bastard.
"Ah Luo, look, here we go again."
A-Luo felt that the princess was deliberately playing a trick on her, and her expression became even more impatient. She had originally planned to get the princess to accept the existence of the vixen outside the consort's marriage, and then naturally have the consort elevate her to the status of a concubine.
After all, the prince consort had promised her that he would definitely elevate her to the rank of concubine.
Thinking of the promise the prince consort made in bed, A-Luo blushed. She was a head maidservant by the princess's side; being a concubine was already a great insult to her.
“Princess, I’m talking to you, don’t interrupt. I advise you to agree quickly, or you’ll regret it. If you anger the prince consort, you won’t have a good time,” A-Luo said impatiently.
The princess was still puzzled by the words she had just seen—strange characters that not only appeared suddenly but also moved.
She was so panicked that she didn't hear a single word A-Luo was saying.
Perhaps she misread it the first time, but what about the second time?
Moreover, just by silently reciting those words in my mind, I could feel the anger behind them.
Are those words angry?
"Ah Luo, did you really not see it?"
"No, I didn't see anything. Princess, stop pretending. Even if you act crazy, your husband won't come back. If you keep up this act, he will definitely divorce you. Don't regret it then."
The princess fell silent again. Only she could see it. Could the anger contained in the words be directed at her?
But why?
Looking at the princess's pathetic state, Xiang Bei took a deep breath; her fiery temper simply couldn't take it anymore.
[She keeps babbling on and on, don't you find her annoying? Are you the master or is she the master? How dare she lecture you? You're a princess, show some respect!]
As the princess looked at the words, a warm feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.
Are these words meant to stand up for her?
For some reason, a strange emotion welled up inside her. She didn't know what it was, but she couldn't help but explain, "That's just how A-Luo is, she..."
[Her? Her? Her? You're the princess, she's the maid! What on earth are you thinking? Slap her twice and let her know who's the master.]
The princess didn't move, but A-Luo frowned. "Princess, who are you talking to?"
A-Luo looked at the princess with suspicion. She only saw the princess looking up at the sky and mentioning her name, as if she were talking to someone.
But inside the room, only she and the princess were present.
And just now the princess asked her if she saw anything. Could it be that there is a ghost in this house?
A Luo suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.
No matter how she looked, she didn't see anything strange.
"Princess, don't play tricks."
Stand up right now, walk over there, and slap her hard across the face!
The princess hesitated and stood up, but did not do as Xiang Bei had said. She raised her hand, her face full of conflict.
She didn't know why she was listening to this strange script, but looking at it, she felt a strange feeling, a sense of familiarity with it.
"Princess, what do you want to do?"
Seeing the princess reach out, A-Luo retreated warily, not forgetting to say a harsh threat, "Princess, have you forgotten what the prince consort said? If you dare to lay a finger on me, the prince consort will not let you off the hook."
Upon hearing A Luo mention the prince consort, the princess lowered her raised hand.
Xiang Bei kept pounding the table in the room, angry at her son's lack of ambition.
Upon seeing this, the system immediately moved aside, fearing that the host might take his anger out on it.
Despite her anger, Xiang Bei remained perfectly clear-headed; she had encountered similar situations before.
Seeing the princess hesitate, A-Luo became smug. "Princess, that's the right thing to do! You have to listen to your husband, then he'll like you..."
Xiang Bei sighed. This maid was too arrogant. The princess couldn't stand up for a while, so she simply manipulated the princess's body.
"Ah Luo."
A-Luo looked at the princess in surprise, only to see that the princess's expression changed instantly, her face no longer showing the gentle and hesitant look.
"you……"
"What do you mean, 'you'? Don't you have any manners at all?"
A-Luo looked the princess up and down, not understanding why her expression had suddenly changed.
"Princess, what are you doing? Have you forgotten what your husband instructed you? Do you want to anger him?"
The moment the princess mentioned the prince consort, she seemed to lose her mind, even forcibly pushing Xiang Bei, who was temporarily controlling her body, out of the room.
Her expression became somewhat confused, and she kept muttering, "No, no, the prince consort won't allow it."
Xiang Bei raised her hand and pressed down on the princess's shoulder.
[Xiao Qiluo, open your eyes wide and watch carefully, I'm only demonstrating this to you this once!]
Xiang Bei stood up and stretched her limbs, then swung her arm and slapped the chattering maid, A Luo, across the face.
She only used a fraction of her strength. While A-Luo was talking, something suddenly hit her cheek, sending her flying. She crashed into the courtyard wall and fell unconscious.
Lying on the ground did not prevent her swollen cheeks from being hit.
The commotion caused by A Luo flying out was quite significant, but no one came to check on the situation.
No one else has disappeared.
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