When the sound of a slap rang out, Lu Qingyan was somewhat prepared. However, when she discovered that Zongzheng Shen's slap, delivered with anger, actually contained hidden internal force, a surge of rage still welled up in her heart. She wished she could take a knife and stab that scumbag Zongzheng Shen seventy or eighty times.
As the female lead, I'm pampered in every world, and you, a male lead rejected by the world, actually dare to hit me.
[System, please help me bump this up.] With this cheating tool in hand, I definitely have to use it.
The system swiftly shone a beam of white light, invisible to ordinary people, onto Lu Qingyan's face, but it didn't cause her any pain: [Ding—Ten points deducted, successfully redeemed "Hit Doesn't Hurt" once.]
Lu Qingyan successfully dodged the attack, feigning a roll to the side, thus lessening Zongzheng Shen's force and landing on the half-dead Consort Li. Uh, Consort Li… surely she wouldn't have died from that bump, would she?
With the system around, Lu Qingyan no longer felt pain, but the effect of the slap was still on her face. Although she was the daughter of a military general, the original owner had always been pampered and her skin was very delicate. Zongzheng Shen's slap instantly turned a large red patch on her face.
Sitting at the lower end of the table, Jun Jiuxian lowered his eyes with heartache. That was the woman he had longed for and dreamed of, yet Zongzheng Shen treated her like this. If Zongzheng Shen were not the emperor, Jun Jiuxian would have dragged him down and fed him to the dogs long ago.
It's a pity that now is not the time to take action, but that day won't be too far away.
"What Lady Jun? Is Empress Lu even a little bit sober now?" Zongzheng Shen's voice, laced with a warning, rang out. He looked around, his face contorted with rage. The civil and military officials on the stage who knew the truth were stunned by Zongzheng Shen's shamelessness. Zongzheng Shen, however, thought that his authority had intimidated everyone and was very satisfied.
"Qing, you're awake now. Perhaps, perhaps the Imperial Noble Consort and Lady Jun are sisters and look somewhat alike, which is why the Prime Minister Jun mistook her for someone else." Lu Qingyan's face was already somewhat numb, and she had to repeat some words several times before she could pronounce them smoothly. Seeing Zongzheng Shen staring at her, and looking extremely frightened, she lowered her head.
"Indeed, this is my Imperial Noble Consort. There has never been a Lady of the Emperor here. Alright, I am tired today, everyone may leave." Zongzheng Shen forcefully issued the order to expel all officials from the palace, disregarding the feelings of those left behind, and turned to leave with Bai Li in his arms.
Lu Qingyan feigned great fear before letting out a long sigh of relief. The Empress Dowager beside her was nearly fainting with rage. The late Emperor's Consort Li! She was the woman he favored for the longest time, the nightmare of her life. That face—she had once stolen her husband, and now she was stealing her son. Was this Consort Li some kind of fox spirit or cat demon with nine lives? Even after so long, her ghost still lingers!
Lu Qingyan hurriedly ordered the imperial physician to be summoned. Amidst the chaos, the emperor, as the ruler of the country, completely disregarded the life or death of the empress dowager, which inevitably caused some dissatisfaction among the ministers.
Regardless of whether the so-called Imperial Noble Consort was truly Bai Li, the Emperor should not have acted so absurdly. The conferment of the title of Imperial Noble Consort is not something he can decide with a single word; it requires the approval of the Three Departments and Six Ministries, followed by a formal selection of an auspicious day for the investiture ceremony. It should not be treated as a childish game. Moreover, the Empress Dowager had just collapsed from anger, and yet her son, Zongzheng Shen, was only indulging in lust, which is truly unfilial.
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