"Why?" Concubine Xian was very puzzled.
No matter what, Naqu Zhaoyuan is one of the nine concubines and the head of a palace. To be able to hold such a position among so many concubines in the harem, her family must have some power.
But even such a powerful concubine in the family was deposed by the emperor at will.
She was a little confused. How big of a mistake was this?
The palace concubine moved closer to Concubine Xian and whispered, "I heard..."
In fact, the matter was simple. Just yesterday evening, Qu Zhaoyi and others were on the way back to Changsheng Palace when Li Yuanqi was about to leave. She was dancing gracefully in a shoulder-baring dress with a strong aphrodisiac ointment applied on her body.
Under the orange-yellow sunset, Qu Zhaoyuan was like a fluttering butterfly, her silver-red dance skirt dancing in the air, and the edge of her skirt was dyed with orange-yellow light.
Coupled with the warm fragrance, if she had not seduced Li Yuanqi today, she would have succeeded.
Li Yuanqi's eyes were indeed blurred for a moment. In that moment, Lu Bao almost went to make arrangements, but it was only a moment, and he quickly came to his senses.
The beads he was wearing were getting hot. The fragrance only had some effect on him in the initial moment. He woke up after the beads started getting hot.
He just stood there, watching Qu Zhaoyuan finish the entire dance, and then calmly gave the order to put Qu Zhaoyuan under house arrest.
Yes, at first, he just wanted to put Qu Zhaoyuan under house arrest.
He could smell that the medicine was a love potion. Anyone who dared to use banned drugs in the palace should be severely punished, but he thought of the women in the harem. He took them into the palace for the sake of having offspring. In addition, Tu Qingyu was already pregnant. As long as no major disaster occurred, he was willing to give these women in the harem a chance.
But Qu Zhaoyuan didn't appreciate his mercy. She was stunned and said, "Your Majesty..."
She didn't understand what went wrong. She had spent countless days and nights practicing the dance, and her family had worked hard to find the medicine.
The Concubine Chen of the previous dynasty relied on this medicine to become the most favored concubine in the six palaces.
Before coming here, she was absolutely confident that she could regain favor with this.
But when she finished dancing and saw Li Yuanqi standing there calmly, she became completely panicked.
Just at this moment, Tu Qingyu, who was out for a walk with Jiaojiao and Mengnan, walked here.
Tu Qingyu was only wearing a goose yellow palace dress with a moon-white cloak on the outside. Winter was approaching, and her cloak had a thin fur collar, which looked light and warm.
Her silky black hair was loosely tied up with a sandalwood hairpin, making her look lazy and noble.
The muscular man standing beside her looked like a goddess descending to earth with a divine beast.
Everyone in the garden, including Qu Zhaoyuan, was stunned. After a moment of feeling ashamed, her eyes turned into jealousy and resentment.
Tu Qingyu looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "What? Do you look like you want to hit me?"
"Qu Zhaoyuan!" Li Yuanqi also saw her look and shouted, "Take her away quickly!"
Maybe he felt that all his years of hard work had been wasted, or maybe he knew that once he was taken away like this, he would never have the chance to regain the emperor's favor.
She struggled to run towards Li Yuanqi, "Your Majesty! I just wanted to dance for you. What did I do wrong? Your Majesty wants to put you under house arrest. Your Majesty——"
No matter how hard she struggled, she was not as strong as the maids in the harem. She only ran two steps before being pinned to the ground.
She was so embarrassed, especially in front of Tu Qingyu. Her face flushed red, full of humiliation and unwillingness.
Seeing that Li Yuanqi was unmoved and she was about to be dragged away again, she seemed to be furious and instantly turned her anger towards Tu Qingyu.
"Is it because of her?" She turned her head in anger, "Your Majesty, she is a witch, Your Majesty, how could you lose your mind because of her!"
"Your Majesty, I truly love you, Your Majesty. Please do not be deceived by her. How can she, a withered and broken woman, possibly compare to the three thousand beauties in the harem?!"
With every word she spoke, Li Yuanqi's expression grew colder.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, the palace servants quickly covered Qu Zhaoyuan's mouth.
"Drag him away and give him thirty slaps in the face." He dared to insult Qing Yu, he was simply courting death.
Slap in the face?
In the harem, a slap in the face was considered a severe punishment. Ordinary palace maids rarely received such a formal punishment, let alone concubines.
Qu Zhaoyuan was stunned for a moment, then her eyes rolled back and she fainted. The palace maid panicked and let her go.
It was at this moment that Qu Zhaoyuan suddenly opened her eyes, quickly pulled out the hairpin on her head, and stabbed Tu Qingyu fiercely.
"Qingyu!"
"Empress!"
No one expected that she would dare to do this. In a flash, the black-clad dark guards surrounded Tu Qingyu and protected her.
Tu Qingyu pulled away the secret guards beside him, then raised his foot, "Bang!"
When she landed on the ground, the hem of her skirt also touched the ground.
This almost mesmerized Li Yuanqi to death, but luckily he quickly came to his senses and ran to Tu Qingyu. "How are you? Are you okay, Qingyu?"
Tu Qingyu opened a newly painted gold-sprinkled folding fan in his hand and raised an eyebrow at Li Yuanqi while shaking it. The meaning in his eyes was very clear, "Do I look like I'm in trouble?"
"How's your stomach?" He raised his hand and placed his large palm on her stomach. "Is your stomach feeling uncomfortable?"
"Come on, I'm fine." She held his hand, "Walk with me for a while, and then we'll go back for dinner."
"Wait."
Li Yuanqi turned around and immediately demoted Qu Zhaoyuan to a commoner and sent her to the imperial palace.
After hearing the whole story, Concubine Xian was shocked. "Is she crazy?"
He even dared to assassinate with a hairpin. Doesn't he know that in the entire imperial city, besides the emperor, Tu Qingyu is the most precious?
This immediately calmed down many people who wanted to take advantage of Tu Qingyu's pregnancy to gain power, and the palace was quiet for a while.
Meng Tian, who received the news in Prince Jing's Mansion, was also a little hesitant.
At this point, when it came to Tu Qingyu's matter, she was somewhat unsure.
"System, are you sure? As long as I enter the palace, I can definitely capture the emperor?"
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