The emperor looked at the empress helplessly yet dotingly. He had a pair of peach blossom eyes, and when he looked at people, he was particularly affectionate. "Aluan joked with me again. How could I like someone who made you unhappy?"
The queen was satisfied and said, "Drag him away."
The palace maids hurried forward and dragged Jiang Yi away.
Jiang Yi only had time to look up at the emperor. She was not surprised at all, as if she had just glanced at the emperor unintentionally.
Jiang Yi did not call for help again. She was taken away as if she had accepted her fate. She looked so calm and composed that she did not look like a young girl who had just come of age.
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that Jiang Baolin was not as honest, innocent, and harmless as he looked.
When Empress Song saw the emperor looking at Jiang Yi's back, she immediately asked coquettishly, "Does Your Majesty think I am cruel?"
"How could that be?" The emperor quickly withdrew his gaze, and once again looked at the queen tenderly and affectionately, "Without the Queen Mother and the Song family, I wouldn't have everything I have now. The Song family is my benefactor. When I first entered the palace, it was Alua who accompanied me and helped me gradually adapt to everything in the palace."
"I will always remember when I first entered the palace and the palace maids bullied my mother and me, it was A-Luan who stood in front of me and my mother."
"In my eyes, Alua is the best and kindest woman in the world."
Song Luan fell into the emperor's tenderness little by little. The emperor held her hand and led her to the inner room. Once the Huanyi incense was lit, the queen immediately fell into a beautiful fantasy.
The emperor looked coldly at Queen Song who was immersed in her sleep. Her body kept twisting, obviously infected by the fragrance.
There was no more warmth or affection in the emperor's eyes, but instead a sense of indifference as if he were detached from the matter.
He walked outside and thought of Jiang Yi. He felt that this person was a little weird. The calmness she showed in facing death did not seem like that of a teenage girl at all.
The emperor came to the edge of Taiye Lake.
The shimmering water surface was calm, as if the man had sunk to the bottom.
However, the next moment, Jiang Yi suddenly emerged from the water.
The emperor looked at this strange scene.
The girl's graceful figure swam in the water like a mermaid. After a while, she swam in front of him. She looked at him with smiling eyes in the water, "Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
She has really beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and even though she was wet, her smile is still very contagious.
She stretched out her hand toward the emperor, and for some unknown reason, the emperor actually stretched out his hand.
The girl placed her cold little hand in his palm and winked at him, "Your Majesty, please use some strength, or I won't be able to get out."
The emperor only used a little force, and the girl emerged from the water.
He quickly withdrew.
The emperor polished the ring on his left thumb and looked at Jiang Yi coldly.
The night breeze was chilly, making Jiang Yi shiver with cold, but she still knelt down and said to the emperor with the most perfect posture: "I am grateful to Your Majesty for saving me today. I will definitely remember your kindness. If Your Majesty has any instructions in the future, I am willing to go through fire and water for you."
The emperor remained silent, seemingly pondering the meaning of her words.
Did he save her? Apparently not.
Jiang Yi quickly added: "Your Majesty is born with a majestic bearing, and I fell in love with him at first sight. Now that Your Majesty has saved my life, I..."
The man suddenly sneered, "Jiang Baolin is quite good at climbing up the pole."
He obviously didn't believe it.
Jiang Yi's heart stagnated, and she decided not to act. She withdrew the false love in her eyes and spoke directly to the emperor, "Tell the truth to your majesty. I am not a member of the Song family, and I have no connection to the Song family at all. My aunt was the fifth concubine of the Song family. I went to live with my aunt because I didn't want to be favored by the Song family's prince. The Duke of Huguo and the Duke's wife regarded me as a thorn in their side, so they sent me to the palace, but in fact, they wanted Queen Song to execute me."
"You saw what Queen Song was about to do to me just now. Your Majesty can also investigate and find out that I have not lied a single time."
The emperor still stood there far away, seemingly unmoved.
Jiang Yi continued, "I hate everything and everyone in the Song family. I am willing to be a knife in the hands of the emperor."
She looked at the emperor reverently.
But the emperor said, "You hate the Song family? Unfortunately, the Song family is my benefactor. Since you hate the Song family, then you must do something bad to my benefactor. Then I can only do you..."
As he spoke, he suddenly walked towards Jiang Yi, grabbed Jiang Yi's delicate neck with his big hand, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Jiang Yi's eyes narrowed rapidly. She wanted to gain the emperor's trust first, but she never expected the emperor to react like this.
She pondered the deeper meaning of the emperor's words, but soon she discovered that the emperor did not use much effort.
She quickly reacted, "You don't believe me?"
"I can prove it to you."
The strength in his hands gradually increased, and Jiang Yi gradually couldn't breathe, but she still insisted on looking at the emperor.
"Every word I say is true. I am willing to serve the emperor and help you accomplish your great cause."
She said this very softly, but her eyes were filled with determination.
"Just you?" He loosened his hand, and Jiang Yi fell lightly to the ground.
The emperor did not stop and went straight back to Fengluan Palace. The fragrance was so strong that the queen's faint voice could be heard in the inner hall.
The emperor did not go in. He sat aside, thinking about what the girl had just said.
I was also thinking about the value that the girl could exploit.
But after a while, Jiang Yi actually walked in.
The emperor obviously didn't expect her to follow him in. A hint of surprise flashed across his eyes. This was quite bold.
The girl seems honest on the surface, but is so bold inside. Isn't she afraid that the queen will wake up and kill her again when she sees her?
This strange contrast made the emperor vaguely excited.
But in fact, Jiang Yi seemed to be even bolder, because she sat directly on the emperor.
"What are you doing?" The emperor was completely confused.
Jiang Yi was very calm. Her tone was simple, childish, and innocent, as if it was a matter of course. "I'll prove it to you."
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