Chapter 435: After the Emperor's explanation, the Empress was shocked. The man in black came to find Concubine Xu and was discovered.
Speaking of Concubine Xu, the emperor's face darkened again, because he and Ling'er's first child was killed by Concubine Xu.
Back then, Ling'er seemed to have had a miscarriage due to an accidental fall, but in fact, it was because Concubine Xu had someone grease the road where Ling'er often passed by, which caused the miscarriage.
At that time, out of consideration for the Xu family, he could not deal with Concubine Xu. He was afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the Xu family, so he endured it.
If Concubine Xu wants to be the most favored concubine in the harem, then I will give it to her.
After Concubine Xu gained favor, she began to act coquettishly. What means would the women in the palace use to win favor?
When Concubine Xu was two months pregnant for the first time, he had someone smear oil on the ground, and he also let Concubine Xu experience the pain that Ling'er suffered during her miscarriage.
The second time she got pregnant, she was drugged by another concubine. He knew about it and just turned a blind eye.
Seeing Concubine Xu's painful expression, he still felt unsatisfied, so he simply prevented her from getting pregnant.
Because of her weak health due to childbirth, Concubine Xu had been relying on medication for recuperation, and the medicine she drank every day contained chronic poison.
Death is too easy for her.
Of course, these shady methods cannot be told to the Queen.
Besides, if he didn't like Concubine Xu, why would he marry her as the Crown Princess?
The emperor said, "Of course I have my reasons. Why do you always mention Concubine Xu?"
Seeing that the dog emperor did not answer and changed the subject, the queen asked back, "Then why does the emperor always bring up the past?
The emperor explained gently, "I just want you to be the same as before."
This is the sentence the queen heard the most today. She also wants to be the same as before. She used to be as beautiful as a flower, which was much better than now.
But I can't go back.
"Your Majesty always wants others to be a certain way, why don't you ask yourself if you can do the same as before?"
The only one who could talk back to the emperor like this was the empress.
The emperor said word by word: "I have never changed."
Queen: “…”
The queen was too lazy to argue with the dog emperor. What was the point of saying more? Nothing could be changed. It would only add to her troubles.
"Your Majesty, please take a rest first."
The emperor held the queen's hand tightly and said, "You haven't answered my question yet."
The queen couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Shouldn't Your Majesty know better why I came to the palace?"
The emperor thought carefully about how he had expressed his feelings to her on her birthday and she had been willing, so he had come to her house in person to propose marriage.
It also shows that she entered the palace voluntarily.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the queen, "But I don't understand, after you met Ye Chu, why did you treat me so coldly? What's so good about that Ye Chu? You still have the nerve to covet my woman?"
The queen was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. After all the talk, she still didn't believe that she and Ye Chu were innocent.
"I am not only the mother of a country, but also the legitimate daughter of General Chang. I would never do anything that goes against the rules. Your Majesty, whether you believe me or not, I will not explain it again in the future. In fact, it is not important whether Your Majesty has me by his side. What is important is that there is someone suitable to be the empress. Why does Your Majesty always have to dwell on this matter?"
The emperor couldn't help but raise his voice: "Who said it's not important?"
The Queen retorted without any hesitation: "Your Majesty, why do you have to slap yourself in the face? When the Crown Prince was choosing the Crown Princess, what did Your Majesty say? I don't need to repeat it, do I? I was born better than the Crown Princess. If I were the same as the Crown Princess, I would not be the Queen of Daxia now."
The emperor held his forehead, turned around and around, and then turned back.
He just didn't understand why the queen always insisted on her status.
Seeing the emperor's silence, the queen knew that he had nothing to refute.
Having been in the palace for more than 20 years, what haven't you seen?
The royal family values benefits, and most of the concubines in the palace are daughters of ministers.
Fortunately, she did not give birth to a daughter, otherwise she might have become a bargaining chip in a political marriage in the future.
The queen was too lazy to continue talking as she urgently needed to go out for some fresh air.
"Your Majesty, please take a rest first. I will go and see if the medicine is ready."
The empress stood up and took only a few steps before she heard the emperor say, "Do you think that your father and mother had chosen you as the Crown Princess?"
The emperor didn't want to mention this matter. He always thought Ling'er understood it. But after all these things, he found that Ling'er had always been entangled in the issue of identity.
Identity is innate and no one can change it.
It was precisely because he could not change that he had the opportunity to meet Chang Wenling.
The Queen turned to look at the Dog Emperor and asked in confusion, "What does the Emperor mean by this?"
The emperor said quietly, "The original candidate for the Crown Princess was General Xu's legitimate daughter."
The Queen heard it clearly this time. The original candidate for the Crown Princess was Consort Xu Guifei? How did it become her?
The emperor added: "It was I who insisted on marrying you as the Crown Princess."
The queen was stunned, seemingly unable to believe it.
Was it the dog emperor who insisted on making her the Crown Princess?
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Shen Chuwei lowered her head and watched Xiaobai drinking goat's milk. Every time at this time, Xiaobai was extremely well-behaved.
My appetite is increasing day by day, and my weight is also increasing noticeably.
When Concubine Xu came to play, she saw the cat in front of Shen Chuwei and felt a little curious, "Crown Princess, where did this cat come from? It's so big and you still need to feed it."
People who have never seen a tiger cub usually take a long time to recognize that it is a tiger, especially a daughter of a noble family like Concubine Xu, who has never seen a tiger before.
Shen Chuwei chuckled twice: "This is a tiger."
Xiaobai, who was still drinking milk, held the glass bowl tightly with his two paws, fearing that someone would come and steal his food.
When Concubine Xu heard the word tiger, she took several steps back in fear, looking at the cat-like tiger in Shen Chuwei's arms with horror, "Crown Princess, why are you holding a tiger in your arms? Be careful it bites you."
Shen Chuwei saw how scared Xu Cefei was and couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, it's still young and hasn't been weaned yet."
Concubine Xu was still very scared because she had heard of tigers eating people.
"But it will grow up, and when it grows up it will eat people."
Shen Chuwei looked down at Xiaobai and reached out to touch its furry head. "Xiaobai won't do that. It will protect its master very much."
Concubine Xu came to Shen Chuwei carefully and looked at the little tiger who was drinking milk with his head down. It was really weird.
"Really? Tigers are very ferocious, how can they listen to people? You are not a tamer."
Shen Chuwei still knew about animal tamers. In fact, animal taming was a very cruel thing to the animals. She didn't need to rely on those means to make the animals obedient.
"When have I ever lied to you? Isn't it cute?"
Concubine Xu watched as the little tiger held the glass cup tightly with its two paws, its light blue eyes looking at her from time to time, showing great vigilance.
"It's cute, but it's a man-eating tiger, and that can't be changed."
Shen Chuwei saw that Concubine Xu didn't believe it, so she didn't explain too much.
"You will know later."
After drinking the milk, Xiaobai licked his lips, then climbed onto Shen Chuwei's legs, trying to get into her arms.
Xiaobai put its two front legs on Shen Chuwei's legs, and just as it was about to push itself up, it fell down and rolled twice. Unwilling to give up, it crawled to the side of Shen Chuwei again, stretched out its front legs to try to climb up, but unexpectedly rolled down again.
Concubine Xu looked at the little tiger's movements and couldn't help laughing: "What is the little tiger doing?"
"Think of my legs." Shen Chuwei reached out and touched Xiaobai's head, "Go find Xuetuan to play with."
Xiaobai raised his soft head and stared at Shen Chuwei for a long time, then turned to look at Xuetuan.
Xuetuan: "..." Little brat, don't bother me~
When Xiaobai saw Xuetuan, he ran over happily on his short legs, rubbed his head against Xuetuan's head as if to please him, and even licked Xuetuan's face.
Xuetuan stretched out a paw impatiently and slapped Xiaobai away. How annoying!
How strong is Xuetuan? With this paw, Xiaobai's soft body rolled three times before stopping.
After Xiaobai stabilized, he quickly got up, ran back happily, and continued to lick Xuetuan's face as if to please him.
Xuetuan stretched out a paw and slapped Xiaobai away again.
Xiaobai's soft body rolled around a few times, then ran back happily again, licking Xuetuan's face even harder this time.
The snowball, who was licked with saliva, looked hopeless.
Shen Chuwei and Xu Cefei couldn't help laughing when watching the interaction between the cat and the tiger.
"Xuetuan actually dared to slap the tiger. When the tiger grows up, it can slap you away with one claw. Let's see if you are afraid or not?" Xu Cefei laughed again after she finished speaking.
Shen Chuwei explained: "Even if Xiaobai grows up, he won't dare to attack Xuetuan."
Concubine Xu asked in confusion: "Why?"
Shen Chuwei explained: "Because in Xiaobai's eyes, Xuetuan is the elder, and no matter how powerful the younger generation is, they must respect the elders."
Concubine Xu was surprised, "So that's how it is. I have learned more."
Xiaobai was tired from playing, so he lay down beside Xuetuan and fell asleep.
Xuetuan looked at Xiaobai who was sleeping close to him, and his eyes were filled with three words: so annoying!
When night fell, Concubine Xu lay on the bed, looking at the small bell in her hand. Ever since the man in black gave her the bell, she couldn't help but look at it from time to time.
I don’t know if the man in black is still in the royal enclosure?
After waiting for a long time, Xiao Lingdang was very quiet. When she was about to close her eyes and go to sleep, Xiao Lingdang suddenly called twice and jumped a few times at the same time.
Xu Cefei suddenly opened her eyes and heard the small bell on the bedside making a crisp sound. The man in black was looking for her.
Concubine Xu was so excited that she threw off the quilt, put on her clothes, then put on her shoes and ran out.
Outside, torches illuminated the tents, and patrolling guards could be vaguely seen.
She lifted her skirt and ran around the tent toward the woods behind.
Wei Chi had been watching Concubine Xu secretly. When he saw Concubine Xu running out of the tent, he followed her from a distance.
Seeing Concubine Xu meeting the man in black from a distance, he did not go forward to arrest them, but went back to report to his master.
Shen Chuwei was watching Xiaobai trying to please Xuetuan and being rejected, when she suddenly smelled the aroma of barbecue.
She smelled the fragrance and turned to look at the door of the tent, and saw Xiao Jinyan walking towards her with two roasted wild pigeons.
"Your Highness, when did you catch the wild pigeon?"
"That was in the afternoon. Chunxi had just roasted these. Try them." Xiao Jinyan placed two roasted wild pigeons in front of her.
The roasted wild pigeon was still steaming, and you could tell at a glance that it was freshly roasted.
At this time, Wei Chi's voice came from outside the door, "Master, I have something to report."
When Xiao Jinyan heard Wei Chi's voice, he guessed what it was about. He said to Shen Chuwei, "You eat first. I'll go out and take care of something."
"Yeah." Shen Chu nodded slightly, but his eyes were fixed on the roasted wild pigeon.
Xiao Jinyan helplessly withdrew his gaze, stood up and walked out.
When he came out and saw Wei Chi outside the tent, Xiao Jinyan asked coldly after he had walked away, "What's the matter?"
"I just saw Concubine Xu come out of the tent and meet the man in black."
ps: Second update