Chapter 423: The Stunning Flower Demon in the Palace Fighting Novel (End)
The man who was ordered to drag Concubine Chen into the water was a little confused.
What body test?
Even if they didn't do the last step just now, Concubine Chen is His Majesty's most beloved concubine. It's impossible for her to still be a virgin, right?
The man began to feel that something was wrong.
Xiao Yan looked down at Concubine Shu, who was crying like a pear blossom in the rain, as if she was really innocent. In the end, he couldn't help but kick her away: "Whether someone framed you or not, you will know soon."
Concubine Shu was kicked away and she covered her chest and twitched in pain.
"Bring the man up."
Soon, a palace maid was brought over.
The frightened palace maid confessed to Concubine Shu's frame-up of Su Yu: "The Concubine herself ordered me to find this person, and had someone light a magic incense in the side hall, and then deliberately overturned Concubine Chen's wine glass, intending to frame Concubine Chen..."
"The remaining incense is buried under the pomegranate tree in the Imperial Concubine's palace."
The man next to him was stunned, and realized belatedly that he had made a mistake with the person.
Isn't this woman Concubine Chen? !
Su Yu didn't expect that Concubine Shu would be so stupid as to jump into the trap she set herself.
When Xiao Yan came out, he smelled of blood.
Inside, the man was lying in a pool of blood, with a hole in his heart and a sword wound on his neck, blood gushing out. Until his death, he never figured out how he could have made the wrong person.
Concubine Shu was so frightened that her body went limp and she finally fainted.
The Queen Mother almost fainted when she found out about this.
"Quick! Go find His Majesty!"
No matter what, Concubine Shu's life must be saved.
Blood is thicker than water. Regardless of whether this is true or not, Concubine Shu is her niece.
Su Yu leaned blankly in Xiao Yan's arms, his arms around her getting tighter and tighter, so tight that she couldn't breathe.
Su Yu frowned and pushed him: "What are you doing?"
Xiao Yan's voice was filled with fear, and he trembled as he said, "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry, I failed to protect you."
Xiao Yan couldn't believe what would happen if this really happened to Su Yu. At this moment, he suddenly felt fortunate that Su Yu was a monster with extraordinary abilities and could protect herself.
With a click, Su Yu felt the gold bracelet on her wrist being taken off, and her expression became even more confused.
Xiao Yan did not explain, but only said: "I will send them away as soon as possible."
Not long after, the Queen Mother arrived.
The two talked for a long time in the hall. Xiao Yan did not give in at all, and seemed to want Concubine Shu to die.
The Queen Mother had no choice but to retreat again and again: "As long as you spare Qingyi's life, I will agree that you can make that woman the Queen, and I will also cooperate with the ceremony of crowning the Queen."
Xiao Yan smiled: "My Queen Mother, you are joking. I don't care whether you agree or not."
The Queen Mother looked grim: "Then what do you want to do?"
Xiao Yan turned the ring on his finger thoughtfully and suddenly changed the subject: "I heard that Emperor Taizu and the Empress were deeply in love, and the Empress was the only woman in his life."
The Queen Mother looked up at him, not understanding what he meant by suddenly bringing this up.
Xiao Yan curled his lips and said slowly: "I have admired Emperor Taizu since I was a child."
The Queen Mother was stunned for two seconds, and her expression suddenly changed: "Ridiculous, this is absolutely impossible!"
The smile on Xiao Yan's face disappeared, and his expression was cold: "Then there is nothing to say. Adultery is a serious crime. Mother also knows that as a concubine, Shu Qingyi will not survive."
As a concubine, having an affair is a capital crime, but what if she is not a concubine?
Xiao Yan gave the empress dowager a choice.
Xiao Yan stood up and walked out slowly, and finally, at the moment he was about to step out of the door.
"etc."
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After New Year's Eve, the atmosphere in the palace became inexplicably tense.
"Your Majesty, what did the Queen Mother say to you that day?" Qiuyu asked curiously, staring at Xue Chuyue who was abnormally lively and cheerful.
In Qiuyu's heart, Xue Chuyue was steady and reliable, whether before or after entering the palace. This was the first time she saw her looking so relaxed and happy.
In the yard, a gray tit stood on a bare branch and looked at them with its dark eyes. Then it flapped its wings and flew away, disappearing outside the high vermilion wall.
Xue Chuyue pursed her lips and chuckled: "I want to turn into that bird and fly away."
Qiu Yu was amused by the childish words: "My lady, stop joking. How can a person turn into a bird?"
Dongxue was more sensitive and could vaguely sense something, but it was hazy and could not be seen clearly because of the layer of fog.
It is always difficult for people to imagine things beyond their cognition.
Just as before learning the news, Xue Chuyue would never have thought that Xiao Yan would decide to disband the harem.
Xue Chuyue had thought about vying for favor, and had developed a crush on Xiao Yan. That crush was short-lived and fleeting, but it was real.
But if there is another choice...
Xue Chuyue looked at the high palace walls with a determined and yearning gaze. She entered the palace for her sister. Now that she had no worries, she wanted to see what other options were like.
Not everyone is as open-minded as Xue Chuyue. At least half of the people in the palace could not accept this decision, but they did not show it due to the coercion and inducement of the empress dowager.
Su Yu didn't care about the turmoil in the harem at all. Every day in Changle Palace, she was thinking about what delicious food to make with the system and the rabbit demon.
The former dynasty and the harem have not been peaceful recently.
But that was what Xiao Yan should worry about. Since he had made a promise, he had to keep his word.
The bracelet on her wrist that could track her whereabouts was taken off that day and she has never put it back on.
However, after an experience in which she ran out of the palace to play without telling Xiao Yan, and when she came back he pressed her down on the bed with red eyes for a long time, Su Yu promised that she would tell him in advance when she went out to play in the future.
The rabbit demon shook his ears and said, "Xiaohua, your furnace tripod is too clingy. This won't do. You have to let him know how powerful you are. Even the emperor has to be aware of being a furnace tripod. You can't have a disobedient furnace tripod."
The rabbit demon became more and more arrogant, and kept talking about the word "furnace tripod" left and right. There was no trace of the frightened look he had when he was caught by Xiao Yan before.
Su Yu smiled: "How about you say it again in front of him?"
The rabbit demon's ears shrank and he said timidly, "Forget it then."
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the empress dowager led all the concubines to the Huguo Temple to worship Buddha and pray for the country for half a month.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, a fire broke out in the Huguo Temple, causing heavy casualties and including all the concubines in the harem. The emperor was deeply saddened.
At the same time, several households in the capital suddenly closed their doors to visitors, including the Duke of Wei's residence, the Minister of the Honglu Temple's residence, the Imperial College's chief academician, the Minister of Guanglu, the Minister of the Ministry of Works...
If someone could go in and take a look, they would find that the person who should have died in the Huguo Temple fire was crying in his mother's arms.
Since entering the palace, Concubine Zhao has been extremely cautious, like a transparent person who never caused any trouble. She was neither favored nor had any children. She thought that her life would be like this, but she never expected that there would be a day when she would have to leave the palace and go home.
She cried and lay in her mother's arms: "Mom..."
Fortunately, her family was willing to accept her.
The woman's eyes were also red, and she patted her daughter's back gently like she did when she was a child: "Glad that you're back."
In July of the same year, the emperor and empress got married.
According to historical records, Emperor Gao, Xiao Yan, reigned for 43 years. He cleaned up bureaucracy, expanded territory, appointed people based on their merits, worked hard to govern the country, and created an unprecedented prosperous era.
Later generations spoke highly of him, and what they talked about even more was his love history. Against the backdrop of the ancient practice of having three wives and four concubines, as an emperor, he abolished the three palaces and six courtyards, and had only one wife, the empress, in his entire life, truly living faithfully to one person. Film and television dramas based on the two of them are widely circulated.
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