The Empress Dowager was startled, and looked at Lin Xuan with more appreciation. She extended her hand in front of her, and Lin Xuan hurriedly took it.
"Very well, then let's hold a flower viewing party to reveal this secret," the Empress Dowager said with a knowing smile. "I want to see if the Emperor dares to disobey my orders in front of so many people."
A hint of anger flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes.
She was not Yan Chou's biological mother, but when the late emperor was alive, she was the mistress of the harem. After Yan Chou's biological mother gave birth to him, she took Yan Chou's mother's life with her own hands for the sake of her own status.
From then on, Yan Chou became her child.
No one knows about this except the dead.
The Empress Dowager disliked Yan Chou because he had a bad temper and did not listen to her.
On the contrary, the Regent made her feel satisfied.
If the regent could ascend the throne, she would not be like she is now, unable to participate in politics and without any power.
The Empress Dowager sighed in her heart. It was fine. As long as she could stuff the daughter of the Minister of Personnel into the harem, she would benefit a little.
*
The ministers in Chengming Palace had already left, but Xie Shizhu was still kneeling on the ground. Without Yan Chou's order, she didn't dare to stand up.
The man sat at the desk, holding the memorial in both hands, staring at it with his narrow eyes motionless.
Even though an incense stick of time had passed, he still stayed on a part of the bright yellow memorial, as if he wanted to see through the frivolous memorial.
There was a palace maid grinding ink beside him, and some rustling sounds reached Xie Shizhu's ears.
Yan Chou tightened her fingertips on the corner of the memorial, and became more and more upset the more she read it. The woman kneeling in front of her was too quiet.
Anyone who knelt for such a long time, with knees aching so much, would beg for mercy, but Xie Shizhu didn't say a word, as if he was waiting for him to soften his heart.
Yan Chou sneered in his heart. She could be easily used by others. She trusted others but was unwilling to apologize.
After two sticks of incense, the sky gradually darkened.
Xie Shizhu's knees were numb and she had lost all feeling. She closed her eyes and seemed to be feeling sleepy. Just as she was about to fall asleep, the man sitting at the desk finally couldn't hold back any longer.
Yan Chou suddenly pushed away the pile of memorials in front of him and looked straight at Xie Shizhu.
"Empress," Yan Chou strode towards Xie Shizhu, grabbed the back of her head with his big hand, and forced Xie Shizhu to lift her lowered head. "Do you really want me to expand my harem?"
Xie Shizhu raised his chin, his thin face lines tensed, his eyes met Yan Chou's calmly, "Yes."
Yan Chou's fingers on her hair slid gently towards her neck. His bony fingertips rubbed against her skin as if he was playing with a toy, with a smile on the corners of his lips.
But it only exists on the surface, and there is only a coldness in the eyes.
The cold touch made Xie Shizhu subconsciously want to avoid it.
But Yan Chou's next words forced her to let Yan Chou do whatever he wanted with her.
Yan Chou pulled his hand out from her clothes, his palm already stained with the woman's body temperature, "In this case, I also have to consider the regent. As my brother, his palace is still empty."
As soon as the words fell, the woman's originally cold and stubborn eyes suddenly became excited, and she said in a trembling voice: "What do you want to do?"
Yan Chou glanced at the servants still in the hall and said, "Get out."
The palace maids and eunuchs said in unison, "Yes."
Afterwards, he hurried out of the hall and closed the door.
There were only the two of them left in Chengming Hall. Yan Chou said without hesitation, "Do you remember what I said last time? If you please me tonight, I will naturally grant you your wish."
Such words made Xie Shizhu pale. She stared at Yan Chou blankly and said, "I can't do it."
Yan Chou heard her words, but he was not angry. It seemed that Yan Xiuran could not break her bottom line.
After a long time, Yan Chou stared at Xie Shizhu with a deep gaze.
Facing the sinister gaze, Xie Shizhu's red lips moved in and out, and finally she said as if in compromise: "I beg for a favor."
Yan Chou was slightly startled. This was the first time Xie Shizhu had begged him in two years. He suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and said, "Speak."
Just when he thought she was asking him not to take a concubine for the Regent, he heard her voice as soft as a mosquito, tinged with pain: "I am willing, but I don't want to give birth to an heir for the Emperor..."
Yan Chou's black eyes suddenly burned with anger, his hands clenched tightly behind his back, and his joints made muffled sounds.
His face was sickly pale, "Xie Shizhu!"
He rarely called the queen by her full name, and only when he was immersed in pain would he lose control of his emotions.
At this moment, Yan Chou even wanted to kill her.
Yan Chou suddenly pushed the woman in front of him to the ground, and his tall figure pressed down. Xie Shizhu's back touched the cold ground, and his whole body trembled reflexively.
"Okay, I want to see how far you can go for him."
He untied Xie Shizhu's robe with his hands, his eyes filled with bloodshot. A moment later, Xie Shizhu was naked, with her eyes tightly closed, as if she had fainted. Only her trembling eyelashes proved that she was just enduring.
Yan Chou exhaled a heavy breath and bit Xie Shizhu's arm hard. The fishy smell of rust filled his tongue.
His fingers touched Xie Shizhu's cheek and felt the cool tears.
Yan Chou stared at her quietly, then stood up and threw the brocade robe on the ground onto her.
The candlelight in the hall flickered, and the shadows reflected looked like ghosts and monsters.
"This is what I return to you," Yan Chou walked past Xie Shizhu without looking away and walked out of the hall.
In an instant, the two palace maids beside Xie Shizhu ran in and saw the queen's face covered in tears, with only her right arm exposed, and there was even a blood stain on it.
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