Chu Susu then asked, "Oh, how did the servant answer?" Although she was half a man in her previous life, she couldn't understand why the emperor insisted on killing the regent who had helped her rise to power, forcing the regent to rebel.
However, after transmigrating into Chu Susu's body, seeing how even an adult emperor was constantly hampered in the harem, she began to understand him a little. But she also knew that the regent was becoming increasingly focused on power because he dared not relinquish it, fearing that he would be killed by the emperor if he did.
So she was very confused about this. Chu Nian's question only made her more confused.
Chu Nian then burst into tears, saying, "Sister, do you know how he answered me?"
While wiping away her tears, Chu Susu comforted her, "Oh, don't cry. Tell your sister what he said to you, and your sister will go and get revenge for you."
Chu Nian: "He said, 'Miss, you don't understand what they're arguing about because you don't understand them. Do you think they're really as happy as you imagine? You're wrong, it's their happiness that you can't even imagine!' (Note)"
Huh? Chu Susu was taken aback.
The emperor was somewhat amused and exasperated.
Li Xiao, who had just entered and knelt down to the emperor, about to shout "Long live the emperor!" three times, burst out laughing. Forgive him for laughing out loud; he really didn't expect to see this scene as soon as he entered.
The emperor heard the laughter, turned around, and saw him kneeling there.
Although Li Xiao was inwardly dissatisfied with the emperor's eagerness to seize power after coming of age, and even with his apparent murderous intent, he always maintained a good facade. At this moment, he quickly suppressed his smile, put on a respectful expression, and knelt down to the emperor, shouting "Long live the emperor!" three times.
Chu Nian immediately pointed at him and laughed, calling out, "Horse... horse... my fat horse!" Then she leaped away...
Just as Li Xiao straightened his neck after the three cheers, he suddenly felt a weight on his neck. Two legs were draped over his neck on either side, and someone above him was cheering: "Giddy up! Giddy up! Dew! I've drunk the wind and swallowed the sand, a prodigal son with no money to visit a tavern..."
To be honest, Li Xiao had never suffered such humiliation since the late emperor entrusted him with the regency ten years ago. This was equivalent to the humiliation of crawling between someone's legs!
However, he was no ordinary person who could endure such things. He clenched his fists tightly, remained silent, and continued to kneel, letting Consort Lian do as she pleased.
Liu Quan knelt there, head down, not daring to lift his head. He only glanced at the scene before him and was so frightened that he covered his eyes with his hands, then quickly lay down and buried his head in his palms.
He wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground or become invisible so no one could see him: he was kicking himself for coming to Kunning Palace today! It felt like he was just throwing his life away!
“Niannian, you mustn’t be rude. The Regent is a highly respected minister whom His Majesty treats with great courtesy. How could you…” Chu Susu quickly stepped forward to try and pull Chu Nian down.
Chu Nian shoved her aside and pointed to a coward in the corner, shouting, "Quickly bring me my riding whip!"
"Consort Lian, what kind of behavior is this?" the emperor scolded, but then turned around and reached out to take the chicken feather and hand it to Chu Nian.
He knew perfectly well that no one here would dare to give Chu Nian such a cowardly gift, so he had no choice but to do it himself.
Chu Nian wanted to burst out laughing: This emperor is really too wicked. He says no, but his body is quite honest.
Chu Susu was a little confused by the emperor's actions: Your Majesty, aren't you being a bit too naive?
Chu Nian took the feather and, with a burst of courage, raised it up, swaying as she sang: "...I've drunk the wind and swallowed the sand, wandering the world under the floating clouds, sighing at the fleeting years, like withered flowers, asking the heavens but no one answers..."
This wasn't the first time Li Xiao had heard Chu Nian sing, and he was quite puzzled: Where did this woman learn so many strange songs? He used to think she was just stupid, only wanting to win Ying Yuan's heart, and even tried to drown herself when she couldn't get it. But now, listening to these songs, it seems that she... is far from what she appears to be.
For some reason, thinking about this reminded him of what the woman had said earlier: "Do you think they're really as happy as you imagine? You're wrong, it's that you can't imagine their happiness!"
Forgive him for wanting to laugh again.
But he's being ridden around right now, shouldn't he be angry?
However, he soon noticed that the emperor, who had just been watching the show with great pleasure, now had a rather greenish face.
Then the emperor said in a deep voice, "Consort Lian, come down immediately, do you hear me? If you don't come down, I will really get angry. Believe me, I will demote you again."
He belatedly realized: his concubines were riding on the Regent's back; if word got out, it would easily lead to all sorts of speculations, wouldn't it? It might even turn into Consort Lian cuckolding the emperor.
Especially Regent, you actually let Consort Lian ride on top of you? Then... in those places that only he can touch, did your neck get touched? You really don't want your neck anymore!
"Consort Lian!" The emperor's voice was filled with sinister intent and murderous intent.
Chu Susu quickly stepped forward and pulled Chu Nian down, saying, "Nian Nian, let's not disturb His Majesty and the Regent's conversation. How about we go to the inner palace to rest with your sister?"
Chu Nian: "No, I want to ride a horse! I want to sing!" To be honest, it's quite comfortable to sit on the Regent's shoulders—she also took the opportunity to test the depth of the Regent's martial arts skills, and indeed, as described in the book, they were "unfathomable!"
He was far taller than the emperor; probably ten emperors combined wouldn't be a match for him. Yet, the only thing he displayed was a slight difference in height compared to the emperor.
When Chu Nian wasn't comparing him to the emperor, she found it annoying that the emperor was pretending to be sickly. He was clearly not weak, but he insisted on putting on a weak and delicate face. Now that he was compared to the regent, well, the emperor was really weak!
The emperor was inferior to the regent in every way. Just look at the regent's forbearance just now; the emperor was not even one ten-thousandth as good. It's really not surprising that he was eventually pushed off the throne.
Chu Nian recalled the memories the original owner had transmitted to her. In fact, in the few days since she transmigrated, she had been recalling them, trying to determine through the original owner's memories whether the Lian family would switch allegiance to the Regent because of her.
Since they know the future is going to be that the regent will become emperor, they might as well switch from the royalists to the Li faction. Knowing which side will be the ultimate winner, they can just cling to the winner's coattails.
But no matter how she thought about it, she felt that the two generations of stubborn old men in the Lian family were royalists at their core, and it would be difficult to persuade them to switch their allegiance to Li Xiao.
On the other hand, since the late emperor entrusted his son to Li Xiao, but did not put all military power in his hands, was it because he was afraid that Li Xiao would seize power in the future and refuse to return power to the new emperor?
However, the Lian family originally lived on the frontier. It was the emperor who devised a plan three years ago to transfer Lian's father back from the frontier to guard the area around the capital.
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