Chapter 316 The Skinny Horse from Yangzhou Sent to Disrupt the Country (13)
Shi Yanqing's voice seemed to come from the Netherworld, cold and emotionless.
After calming down, he had already guessed what happened today.
It was because he was too indulgent towards his mother's dowry - his wet nurse, that she interfered with his decision.
The nanny should have known what her fate would be the moment she exceeded her authority and issued the master's order without authorization.
But she obviously has no regrets, because in her opinion, this is something she has to do.
She must not allow such a huge hidden danger to continue to remain with Shi Yanqing.
Looking at the resolute expression of the nanny who was willing to die, Shi Yanqing couldn't help but sigh deeply.
The anger and the inexplicable feelings in his heart were entangled together, making him feel very tired in an instant.
I don’t know what to do or where to go.
This feeling was so unfamiliar to him because he had always been the decisive and at ease regent.
However, at this moment, he was like a child lost in the wilderness, unable to find his way home.
Finally, he just decided.
"Mammy, I will not kill you. I also understand that everything you do is for my own good, but..."
He paused for a moment, as if trying to calm his inner turmoil. "Starting tomorrow, you will leave the Regent's Palace."
After he finished speaking, Shi Yanqing didn't even look at the nanny. He turned around resolutely and strode away.
His steps seemed a little heavy, as if he was carrying the weight of the whole world.
The regent, who had always been at ease, was now a little at a loss.
The nanny looked at Shi Yanqing's receding back in shock, feeling mixed emotions.
On the one hand, she saved her life, but she could no longer stay with her young master.
The nanny silently kowtowed heavily in the direction where Shi Yanqing left.
"Your Highness, even if I'm not serving you, I will pray day and night, hoping that you can achieve your dream as soon as possible and ascend to the throne of the world."
Shi Yanqing heard it, but he didn't feel relieved at all.
On the contrary, an unprecedented sense of confusion surged in his heart, causing him to begin to doubt the goals and path he had been pursuing.
What I want in my heart...Reach the world...
Is that really the position he has in mind?
For that position, he had to pay...
No, he had to get to that position now.
Only then can we start over.
He wants the world, but he also wants beauty.
If you have the world, you will have beautiful women.
He would kill Shi Wenjin with his own hands to avenge the theft of his wife today.
At this moment, Shi Yanqing understood his feelings for Qingwu.
He cultivated one himself—his soft spot, his weakness, his heart's desire.
......
His Majesty returned to the palace from the Regent's Palace and brought back a beauty.
Shocked the harem.
The golden sun sets in the west, and the sunset glow is like cinnabar splashed on the palace walls, dyeing the glazed tiles into a golden color.
Shi Wenjin's carriage slowly passed over the white marble steps, and when the curtain was slightly lifted, the figure of the beauty was looming.
The beauty actually sat on His Majesty's imperial carriage, and also...
Nestled in His Majesty's arms.
When the seventh lamp of the Nine Phoenix Lamp on the gilded candlestick burned down, sixteen palace maids holding scarves entered one after another.
The female official from the Shangfu Bureau who was in charge knelt on the ground and kowtowed. In the jade plate was powdered Hetian mutton-fat jade, mixed with morning dew to form a creamy consistency, which was gently applied to the delicate collarbone.
The palace maid in charge of combing Qingwu's hair used a rhinoceros horn comb inlaid with oriental pearls to comb her hair. Her movements were gentle and delicate, for fear of hurting Qingwu by accident.
Because the emperor, who has always been fair and just, attaches unprecedented importance to it.
She was granted the title of Imperial Concubine and was allowed to bathe in the Taiye Pond. The Weiyang Palace, which is closest to Your Majesty's Longhui Palace, was painted with pepper-room mud.
Waiting for the new owner.
"Your Majesty is waiting in the warm room of Taiye Lake." The palace maid in charge of the carriage lifted the sable felt curtain, revealing a sedan chair carried by eight people.
It is still the emperor's carriage.
Tonight, both the harem and the court are destined to be restless.
When the bronze door of the warm room was pushed open, a mixture of the scent of ambergris and frankincense wafted through the steaming vapor.
The emperor leaned against the jade carved railing, wearing only a moon-white nightgown, with the jade belt around his waist still untied.
Shi Wenjin smiled comfortably and extended his hand to Qingwu.
"Awu."
Her fingertips brushed across her shoulders, and her pajamas rippled with the water.
Shi Wenjin suddenly raised a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, and he exerted a little force with his arms to pull Qingwu closer to his arms.
The warm water in Taiye Lake rippled gently, flowing over Qingwu's collarbone, bringing a warm touch.
At this moment, only Qingwu and Shi Wenjin were left in the bathtub.
Just when Qingwu thought Shi Wenjin was about to lose control, Shi Wenjin suddenly held Qingwu's hand.
It was a scorching hot hand, as if it could burn Qingwu, but at the same time, it tightly shackled Qingwu, making it impossible for her to break free.
"Historians always say that King Zhou of Shang ruined the country by favoring Daji," Shi Wenjin chuckled, his fingertips dipping into the bath water as he traced Qingwu's eyebrows. "Awu truly has the potential to ruin the country."
"But I feel that with that flaming look in Awu's eyes, it's more like she wants to tear down this vast mountain and river and sit on it herself."
Qingwu paused and looked at the king who had an uncertain expression.
The man's eyes were clearly as shimmering as spring water, but beneath that gentle appearance, he hid a coldness as sharp as a forging stone.
The corners of his eyes were soaked in moonlight, like cold blades, emitting a sharpness that could cut through people's hearts.
Shi Wenjin showed her true self to Qingwu.
It was the same smiling eyes, but hidden in those eyes was a sharpness that could chew a person to pieces, even to the bone and blood.
The first time Shi Wenjin saw Qingwu, he knew what kind of person Qingwu was.
It's someone like him.
Shi Wenjin's mother was originally a humble dancer in the late emperor's harem.
The late emperor had the opportunity to visit her by chance after getting drunk.
However, this short period of favor did not bring her any improvement in status, but instead made her the target of exclusion by the concubines in the harem.
The heartless and disgusting late emperor, after favoring Shi Wenjin's mother, forgot about her.
After all, he has favored countless women, so why would he care about the life or death of any one of them?
However, it was that one time of favor that made the dancer pregnant.
She thought this was her chance to turn things around, but she never expected that this would be her death.
Looking at the dancer with a big belly, the late emperor not only did not have the slightest pity, but instead watched with great interest, seeing her desperate look.
The dancer died and Shi Wenjin was born.
Then, Shi Wenjin was sent to the cold palace, and from then on, he was accompanied by those crazy people in the cold palace day and night.
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