Chapter 237: Clearing up Misunderstandings

The young lady of their family relied on this zither to attract the emperor. Now that the zither that can attract butterflies has been broken, how can she still fight for his favor?

Cheng Nianhe fiddled with the body of the zither, smiled slightly, and suddenly threw the zither to the ground with force. Not thinking it was not broken enough, she stepped on it with her foot.

The maid held her with heartache: "My lady! My lady! This is the last thing that the lady left for you before she died. How could you...how could you...you should keep it as a souvenir!"

Tears slid down the delicate face of Cheng Nianhe: "From now on, I will not play the zither. If I use this method, sooner or later someone will catch me. It is better to take this opportunity to add a layer of domineering to Liu Xiaoxiao's reputation, so that mother's kindness will not be in vain."

Mother relied on this zither to win the favor of my father. Before she died, she left this zither to me, hoping that she could use it to keep her husband's heart after she got married.

Whether this zither is there or not will not affect the status of mother in her heart. She must "die a good death" to live up to mother's expectations.

Jiang Xinyue sprained her foot. She didn't get to see the blooming albizzia and roses, but she did get to see Emperor Xuanwu, a playboy.

Emperor Xuanwu also saw the "blooming" peony, which was extremely powerful.

This "peony" would rather let Xi Que bring her medicinal wine to rub her ankles than allow him, the emperor, to enter.

Wang Dequan put his ear against the door, and the emperor stood by and asked anxiously: "Did you hear it? Did they say anything?"

"This..."

"Creaky!"

The door was opened forcefully, and Wang Dequan almost fell into Xi Que's arms. Jiang Chuan was so scared that he quickly pulled Xi Que, and Wang Dequan fell by inertia and fell weakly to the ground.

Jiang Chuan coughed twice, quietly let go of Xi Que's hand, and pretended that he had done nothing.

Embarrassing!

Shameful!

The chief eunuch fell flat on his

face. Xi Que thought that the emperor was eavesdropping, and was planning to vent his anger on his master and then kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy, but now he hurried to help Wang Dequan: "Eunuch Wang, are you okay? Why... why are you standing by the door?"

It was because the emperor wanted to know whether the Royal Concubine had calmed down and asked him to eavesdrop.

Emperor Xuanwu clenched his fist, covered his lips and coughed: "You all leave, I'm the only one here."

He had to lose face to explain to Jiang Xinyue that the emperor didn't want outsiders to be present.

Wang Dequan was also very sensible. He quickly pulled Jiang Chuan and Xi Que out and closed the door considerately.

Jiang Xinyue had taken off her gorgeous golden crown and clothes, wearing only a thin and transparent pink and white gauze. A slightly warm breeze blew in from the open window in the bedroom, and her gauze and hair fluttered gently, stirring his heart.

Jiang Xinyue turned her back to him and exhaled impatiently from her nose.

Pretending to be jealous was really annoying. If the emperor didn't explain clearly, she would have to kill the father and keep the son.

She was now a royal concubine, with money, power and a son. Why did she have to keep a son who could be poked by anyone and make herself feel uncomfortable?

She didn't love the emperor, but she maintained the minimum loyalty to him. She knew that this was a feudal dynasty, and it was normal for the emperor to have three palaces and six courtyards, but she had always been educated in monogamy!

Psychologically, she knew she should accept it, but it was too difficult to do it.

In the past, the emperor didn't have her in his heart. In order to survive and increase her own chips, she had to share a cucumber with the women in the harem. Sometimes she got crazy when she thought about it.

Dirty!

Dirty to death!

But she had no choice at that time.

Now the emperor has her in his heart, she has a son, and the court gradually has the power of the Jiang family. She can finally stand up straighter, and she doesn't want to wrong herself anymore. You can

say she is hypocritical or artificial, she really can't accept that the emperor has sex with other women one foot, and then comes to her to sleep with him the next foot.

Otherwise, give her the supreme honor and power of the imperial concubine, and don't touch her again from now on, then she will accept Emperor Xuanwu sleeping with other women.

"I don't like them."

Emperor Xuanwu walked over, sat beside the bed, and finally hugged her as he wished, resting his chin on her head: "Do you remember I told you to let your uncle investigate the corruption of officials in Guangdong and Guangxi?"

Jiang Xinyue: ...

She didn't say anything, so the emperor could only continue: "Cheng Baolin's father was an official under Yu Liansheng. Because he couldn't stand Yu Liansheng's corruption and abuse of power, and sheltering evil slaves, he had been secretly helping your uncle. This time your uncle can come back with evidence, Cheng Baolin 's father has done a lot."

Jiang Xinyue couldn't help but refute him: "What does this have to do with your pity for Cheng Baolin? Most of the concubines in the harem are daughters of officials. If every one of them needs the emperor to sell her body..." She

must have felt that the adjective she used was too much. She immediately bit her lip, quite arrogant: "If their fathers have made meritorious deeds, will the emperor visit them? Then the emperor treats me... because... because..." As

she spoke, her nose was sour and tears as big as beans fell without any defense.

But she didn't want Emperor Xuanwu to see her cowardice, so she raised her hand and wiped it quickly, looking at him with red eyes. The emperor's heart was really hurt and softened by her crying.

He hugged Jiang Xinyue: "What are you thinking about? Everyone in the palace knows how I feel about you, except you. I can summon Liu Daying to play the piano, and I can summon Cheng Baolin to accompany me. I do all these for others to see. Yue'er, anyone can misunderstand me, but you can't. You are the one I want to grow old with and spend my whole life with."

"You really don't like Cheng Baolin, you didn't tell her... tell her..."

Jiang Xinyue blushed, as if she was embarrassed by her jealousy. She looked at him embarrassedly, expecting his answer.

Her soft look made Emperor Xuanwu wish he could rub her into his bones.

"No."

Emperor Xuanwu answered frankly: "Since I expressed my feelings to you, I have never favored anyone else. In the past, my heart was big, enough to accommodate the world and the harem. Now my heart is very small. There is no room left after accommodating the world and you. How can I have the mind to talk about love with other concubines? Can you have a little confidence in yourself and trust me more? I am already crazy about you."

Jiang Xinyue: She smells like Aunt Qiong Yao.

But her face still showed a look of deep emotion, and she hugged Emperor Xuanwu: "Your Majesty, I regret this. I don't want to give you to anyone. Your heart and body can only belong to me. I can share all the gold and silver jewelry and luxurious clothes with them, but Your Majesty can't... I... I can't have no grudges. I am so sad that I am going crazy. Your Majesty... Do you think that I... I am too bad?"

When you really love someone, you just want to have him/her all to yourself!