Tong Sutu blurted out something indiscreet, and now that he had her shoulders pressed against the bed, she realized there was some danger.
But she wasn't intimidated. With a quick glance, she reached out and hooked her arm around his neck, blowing a breath towards his Adam's apple: "No, brother is the most handsome!"
Xiao Lingchen's body tensed suddenly, his eyes growing increasingly dangerous. He lowered his head, ignoring Tong Su's attempts to dodge, and gently bit her earlobe, uttering indistinctly, "If I don't punish you, you'll only get bolder, won't you?"
"Oh dear, oh dear, please... I admit I was wrong, okay? Be gentle!"
Inside the room, screams and laughter rang out, quickly turning into suppressed, ambiguous panting. The servants blushed with embarrassment and quickly moved away.
Tong Su collapsed onto the soft silk mattress, looked at Xiao Lingchen's handsome face, and smiled gently.
At this moment, the world is peaceful and life is serene; what more could one ask for?
A year later, Emperor Xuanyi abdicated, and Grand Tutor Xiao Lingchen ascended the throne, changing the era name to Yongzhao Year 1. He enfeoffed the deposed emperor as Prince Shun'an, and his concubine Xiao as Princess Shun'an.
In the second year of Yongzhao, Emperor Yongzhao, Xiao Lingchen, married Empress Ji Baishu and issued an edict to permanently stop the selection of concubines and never take any more concubines into the palace.
While Tong Su and Xiao Lingchen were enjoying a harmonious relationship, Xiao Qingwan and the deposed emperor were once again facing a crisis at the Shun'an Prince's Mansion.
One of the concubines kept by the deposed emperor became pregnant.
"You slut, how dare she! I clearly had someone send her contraceptive soup, did she not drink it?!"
Xiao Qingwan was furious and kicked the servant who came to deliver the message to the ground.
The servant, lying on the ground, his face ashen, stammered, "Yes, yes, the prince and the dancer had sex in the garden, so that time, he didn't, he didn't drink the contraceptive soup..."
Xiao Qingwan's vision went black, and she almost fell backward.
After staggering to her feet, her face hardened. She gripped the maid's hand tightly and said viciously, "Come with me, I'm going to kill that little bitch—"
"Your Highness! Please calm down! The Prince values that child very much! Your Highness, please calm down..."
Ignoring all advice, Xiao Qingwan took advantage of the deposed emperor's absence and rushed to the small building where the dancer lived. Seeing the alluring dancer from afar, she shouted, "Drag her out here!"
The dancer, spoiled and arrogant, kept the door closed, refusing to let anyone in. She leaned against the second-floor window, affectedly covering her flat stomach, and gave Xiao Qingwan a mocking smile.
"Your Highness, you mustn't punish me. I'm carrying the Prince's only child. If anything goes wrong, I'm afraid the Prince will blame you."
Xiao Qingwan roared, "You shameless woman, how dare you speak to me, the Princess Consort, like that! Get down here!"
"What face do I have?" The dancer sneered at her. "I am merely carrying the prince's child, while you, my princess, have been married to the prince for so many years and haven't even laid an egg! A hen that can't lay eggs, dares to be arrogant?"
Xiao Qingwan was so angry that she trembled all over, and it felt like smoke was coming out of her head. A thought suddenly struck her as she thought of her past life, and she felt a sharp pain.
In her past life, Xiao Baishu was the Princess Consort of Shun'an, and she was the favored dancer who made Xiao Baishu so angry that his blood turned to the back of his head.
In this life, she has become the Princess Consort of Shun'an, yet she is in no way comparable to Xiao Baishu!
She thought she had driven Xiao Baishu away, but now karma is coming back to bite her. She is no longer the dancer's plaything, but the one who was so angry at the dancer that she vomited blood!
"Guards, pour oil and light it!" Xiao Qingwan's expression was ferocious, her features twisted like a vengeful ghost, as she glared at the dancer on the second floor whose face had changed drastically. "She won't come downstairs, fine, then burn her alive up here!"
"princess!"
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