Chapter 162 Something is wrong with the Emperor
The acolyte could not reveal the Son's whereabouts, so he bowed and closed the door.
Ji Weiming suddenly had a ridiculous guess and ordered his attendants:
"Have the spies in the temple keep a close eye on Jiaying. If he comes into contact with Concubine Gong, report immediately."
The day before Ye Xiaoman entered the palace, her plan to make trouble for Ji Wenyi finally made significant progress.
Ji Weiming and Jiaying often visited her, which invisibly helped her gain fame.
Everyone tends to think that those who are treated with courtesy by important people must have some special talents.
Especially the Holy Son, he was so aloof and arrogant. The eldest princess visited him three times at her cottage and invited him to discuss philosophy, but he refused to even do her the honor of meeting her once.
Even though he is like this, he now goes to Concubine Gong's residence every now and then. Concubine Gong must be a person with great wisdom.
The powerful and influential people in Kyoto were the most sensitive and felt that Concubine Gong was a good choice, so they immediately joined the trend of pursuing her.
Ye Xiaoman has visitors who come to visit her every now and then, and she is overwhelmed with gifts.
People who often participate in palace fights know that gifts from nobles should not be accepted casually.
If A and B are sworn enemies, if you accept Party A, it means you have sided with Party A and you cannot accept Party B.
Ye Xiaoman didn't care about all that. As long as the gifts were valuable, she would accept them all.
No matter you are the prince's follower or the concubine's lackey, give me 200 each. As long as you give me a gift, we will be good friends. When I make a name for myself in the palace, I will reward you handsomely.
This confused the nobles, and they felt that Concubine Gong's intentions were unfathomable.
Word spread from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and finally the heaviest fish was caught.
The king's uncle personally visited Ye Xiaoman under the pretext of visiting the temple to worship Buddha.
The king's uncle is Concubine Shu's old father, and Concubine Shu's eldest son, Prince Teng, is the strongest contender for the throne.
The battle for the throne between the Crown Prince and Prince Teng has now reached a fever pitch.
If Ji Wenyi died suddenly tonight, it would most likely be Prince Teng's doing.
Both forces are waiting for the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the other side.
The king's uncle came to see Ye Xiaoman on behalf of Concubine Shu to form an alliance with Ye Xiaoman.
As Ye Xiaoman had expected before, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Concubine Shu was looking forward to the addition of Ye Xiaoman, a fresh force, to rewrite the stalemate between the two forces.
Ye Xiaoman swept the high-level magic weapon given by the uncle into her Qiankun bag with great effort.
"Ji Wenyi and I have a grudge. Even if you don't tell me, I will find a way to deal with him."
She boasted confidently:
"Without me in the palace fighting world, the world would be as dark as eternity. You can rest assured that I will definitely bring down Ji Wenyi and support His Royal Highness Prince Teng to ascend to the throne."
The uncle stroked his graying goatee shrewdly and asked expectantly, "What's your plan?"
Ye Xiaoman put the heavy Qiankun bag into her arms and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
The uncle of the emperor: “…”
Ye Xiaoman entered the palace.
The emperor received her cordially.
It’s not because she has been the talk of the town lately.
The emperor was in poor health and had been bedridden for years. He hid in the gentle embrace of the harem and frantically took elixirs to prolong his life. He also handed over most of the affairs of the family and the country to Ji Wenyi and his uncle. He would not show up unless it was something extremely important.
Ye Xiaoman's Longyou is the reason why he appeared today.
The sacred beasts finally stopped making a fuss about running away from home, and there were rewards, huge rewards.
"Raise your head and let me see you."
Ye Xiaoman raised her face, which was covered with red acne.
The emperor hesitated for a moment and praised with great difficulty, "Gong Jieyu does have some...inner beauty."
Ye Xiaoman finally found the opportunity to see clearly what Ji Wenyi's father looked like.
The emperor is over 260 years old. He maintains a good appearance and does not look old. He looks like a handsome middle-aged uncle.
He has a white face and no beard, and wears a dark black dragon robe.
His cultivation level is at the middle stage of Nascent Soul, which is quite mediocre among the leaders of the six realms.
The emperor wanted to say something, but the eunuch reported, "His Royal Highness Prince Rui requests an audience."
"Xuan."
Before he finished speaking, another eunuch walked in quickly, "The Holy Son requests an audience."
Ye Xiaoman was not surprised, she knew they were there to protect her.
Sure enough, Jiaying and Ji Weiming walked in one after another, and the emperor's attention was immediately diverted from her.
"Gong Jieyu's position was promoted to Zhaoyi."
"I heard from Prince Rui that you have a talent for caring for spiritual herbs. Therefore, I will leave the care of the spiritual garden in the palace to you. I hope you can cultivate dragon weeds soon."
"Back off."
"Yes." Ye Xiaoman didn't say a few words during the whole meeting. The more she spoke, the more mistakes she would make. Before she understood the emperor's true temper, she had to be cautious to save her life.
"Gong Zhaoyi's face," Jiaying said unexpectedly, stopping Ye Xiaoman, "looks like a ghost syndrome."
Ji Weiming frowned and glanced at Jiaying. They both knew that Ye Xiaoman's face was just a disguise.
The emperor asked curiously, "Grandmaster, what is ghost syndrome?"
Jiaying replied, "It's a disease that comes from the ghost world. If a person accidentally comes into contact with an evil ghost, the ghost's energy will invade the body and cause a skin ulcer disease."
The emperor asked, "Is there a solution?"
Jiaying: "Reciting scriptures can save you."
He looked at Ye Xiaoman and said, "I would like to go to the palace every day to treat Gong Zhaoyi's illness."
The emperor was regretting that Ye Xiaoman had a pretty face but a rotten face. When he heard that Jiaying had a way to treat it, he was very pleased and agreed to his proposal.
The emperor had no objection, and Ye Xiaoman had even less objection.
She stepped back from the emperor's presence, and a group of unfamiliar palace maids surrounded her and took her to her bedroom.
She was intercepted by a majestic old palace maid on the way.
"My dear, the Concubine Shu wants to see you. Please come with me."
Concubine Shu was just as Ye Xiaoman had imagined, a beautiful and domineering lady.
She has formed an alliance with Ye Xiaoman and has become Ye Xiaoman's umbrella of protection in the palace.
She used her golden hairpin to tease the canary in the embroidered cage. "It's so pitiful. The older the old man gets, the younger his concubines become."
"But now that you've entered the palace, it's your fate. You have to accept it even if you don't want to."
Ye Xiaoman sat obediently and listened to the lecture.
Concubine Shu had no intention of making things difficult for her allies.
She got straight to the point.
"I once participated in the murder of Empress Shengde."
"I killed the prince's biological mother, and he took the life of my beloved daughter, but spared me, leaving me alone to live in regret and fear for the rest of my life."
"I'm not competing for favor, I'm competing for my life."
Concubine Shu finally said, "You can use all your skills to deal with the Crown Prince. I will be your strongest support."
Just like her online superior, she did something to get herself killed while they shouted slogans behind her.
Ye Xiaoman was very sensible and solemnly expressed her loyalty to Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu was very satisfied. Before Ye Xiaoman left, she gave her a lot of beauty pills to repair her face.
"If you want to live longer..."
She pointedly warned, "Don't get too close to the Emperor. In recent years, at least a dozen concubines have been taken away from the Emperor's bed every month due to sudden death."
Oh my god, the old emperor looked kind and benevolent, but he was actually a pervert.
She originally wanted to frame Ji Wenyi through the emperor, but what should she do now?
Looking back, the emperor looked at her with lustful eyes.
Fear!
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