Chapter 187 Not buying it
Unfortunately, Baozhu wasn't buying it at all!
She rolled her eyes at Sequoia, then sat silently on the steps, looking worried.
The atmosphere inside the room wasn't much better. Xiao Jue stared blankly at Xie Qingran and said, "Take off your clothes."
"oh."
Xie Qingran had already been intimate with Xiao Jue, so she took off her clothes without any hesitation, revealing the scars on her chest.
She looked at Xiao Jue: "Be gentle."
Are you afraid of pain?
Xiao Jue sneered, strode forward, and then began to cleanly and efficiently change Xie Qingran's dressing.
Having come from the battlefield, the main approach to changing her dressings was to be rough and quick. Of course, Xie Qingran was already in so much pain that she was almost dying.
Xiao Jue stopped and looked at Xie Qingran's flushed face with some surprise: "What's wrong?"
"It hurts." Xie Qingran weakly tugged at his sleeve. "Your Highness, you're so fierce. It really hurts."
Xiao Jue belatedly realized that Xie Qingran was a delicate young girl, unlike the rough and tough men in the army. When he met her pitiful eyes, Xiao Jue felt even more soft-hearted. However, thinking about what this woman had done, Xiao Jue snorted: "You should be treated well, so that you won't hurt yourself in the future!"
"I didn't hurt myself, I just felt that when faced with two evils, I should choose the lesser one!"
"If you follow the doctor's original plan to remove the poison, then... then you might still die, but I will absolutely not die."
Xie Qingran looked at Xiao Jue very seriously and revealed her inner thoughts.
Xiao Jue's expression was already not good, and now, listening to Xie Qingran speak so eloquently, his expression became even more gloomy.
"Shut up, lie down, and get some rest!"
Xiao Jue snorted and strode outside.
Why is he angry again?
Watching Xiao Jue's retreating figure, Xie Qingran felt utterly bewildered. Soon after, Baozhu rushed in, looking at the stunned Xie Qingran on the bed with a worried expression: "Miss, are you alright?"
"It's nothing, he just changed the dressing a little too quickly, but it was still pretty good. He's very skilled and the bandaging was very careful," Xie Qingran said truthfully.
Baozhu was completely helpless.
"Miss, that's not what I was asking you. I just don't understand why the young master left with such a gloomy face. Did he make things difficult for you?"
"You two... had a fight?"
Baozhu looked at Xie Qingran with some concern.
Speaking of this, Xie Qingran felt completely baffled. She recounted the whole story in detail, then asked, puzzled, "Why did he get angry and leave?"
"This...this servant doesn't know either," Baozhu replied murmured, her head lowered.
She now understands that even though Xie Qingran has married Xiao Jue, she is still somewhat clueless!
She had absolutely no idea what romantic love between men and women was all about.
Zhaoyang Palace.
"What? What did you say?!"
"His Majesty intends to bestow a marriage upon the Fifth Prince!"
The Imperial Concubine looked at Yinshuang in disbelief.
"How could this be? How could this happen? No, we must go see the Emperor right now!"
As soon as the imperial concubine finished speaking, she walked towards the imperial study outside.
He was stopped by Zhou Huai'an as soon as he stepped out of the palace gate.
"Where is Mother going in such a hurry?"
The Imperial Concubine was furious whenever she saw Zhou Huai'an: "How can you be so spineless? Didn't I tell you that you have to marry the Second Miss?"
"I won't marry her, and I don't like her!"
"Father has already assigned the person to the Fifth Prince. If you go there now, it will be disobeying the imperial decree!"
Zhou Huai'an took a deep breath and reiterated his meaning.
Seeing Zhou Huai'an's expression, the Imperial Concubine's face changed, her eyebrows furrowed tightly, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "Are you crazy? Can't you understand what I'm saying? I'm telling you, you..."
At this point, the imperial concubine stopped again and shoved him away, saying, "Get out of here! I have to stop this now!"
After saying this, the Imperial Concubine pushed Zhou Huai'an aside and strode towards the Imperial Study.
Seeing her impulsive behavior, Zhou Huai'an had no choice but to follow her. He then saw the Imperial Concubine hurrying into the Imperial Study.
"His Majesty!"
After entering the room, the imperial concubine immediately collapsed to the ground and began to cry.
"Your Majesty, please have mercy and do not betroth the Second Miss of the Xie family to the Fifth Prince!"
The emperor was somewhat annoyed by the way the imperial concubine was acting.
He did indeed like the Imperial Concubine, but over the years, the number of women in the harem had become countless, and their relationship had long since changed.
The emperor's patience with the imperial concubine was dwindling.
"What nonsense are you spouting now?"
Upon hearing this, the Imperial Concubine's expression immediately changed. She then crawled forward on her knees, grabbed the Emperor's leg, and choked out, "Your Majesty, I beg you, I beg you, Your Majesty, even if you don't give it to the Sixth Prince, you must not give it to the Fifth Prince!"
What are you saying?
"Are you crazy?"
The emperor could hardly believe his ears, nor could he believe what he was hearing or what the imperial concubine was saying.
He looked at the Imperial Concubine with some displeasure: "I always thought you were well-behaved and sensible, even if you were a bit spoiled, you still understood me. How come you're making such a fuss over something like this? Do you know that the Sixth Prince came to see me a long time ago? He doesn't like the Xie family at all; he likes the Gu family!"
What?
Upon hearing this, the Imperial Concubine was stunned and stood there, never expecting that Zhou Huai'an, that brat, would come to see His Majesty so early.
She took a deep breath, and then everything went black: "Your Majesty, that second young lady is weak by nature and is probably not suitable for the royal family at all. Wouldn't marrying her into the royal family be a waste of her life?"
"How dare you! What nonsense are you spouting!" The emperor finally lost his temper.
He slammed his hand on the table, his face cold, and looked at her with displeasure: "Is the royal family some kind of den of dragons and tigers? The two of them are in love, what business is it of yours? Get out!"
"No, no!"
"Your Majesty, I beg you, I beg you, please don't!"
"Your Majesty, I ask for nothing but that you do not grant this marriage!"
"His Majesty!"
The imperial concubine took a step back, kowtowed heavily, and pleaded incessantly.
Seeing this, the emperor looked helpless and could only sigh, "This matter is settled. You may leave."
"Eunuch Bao, you personally escort the Imperial Concubine back." The Emperor waved his hand, frowning as he looked at Eunuch Bao.
Eunuch Bao immediately understood and stepped forward: "Your Highness, please get up quickly, this servant will escort you back!"
"no I do not!"
"Your Majesty, if you truly grant this marriage, you will be sacrificing my life!"
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