Chapter 529: Rebellion! It’s totally rebellious!
"You...you...are so outrageous! So bold!" The Queen Mother was so enraged by these heart-piercing words that her vision went dark. Her breath got stuck in her throat, and her face instantly turned red and purple. She touched her chest and coughed violently, her body shaking on the phoenix chair.
The maidservant standing by was terrified and hurried forward to pat the Queen Mother's back to calm her down. She looked at Lan Xiyue anxiously and pleaded with her in a tearful voice, "Oh, my Regent Princess! Please be quiet! The Queen Mother's health is the most important thing! If you really make the Queen Mother angry and hurt, I... I will see how you will explain to the prince!"
Lan Xiyue sighed silently as she watched the empress dowager's furious expression. "Alas, this old lady's temper is just too much!" "Isn't what she said the truth?" "Before coming here, I had clearly decided to play dumb and endure this scolding... Why couldn't I control my mouth and blurt out everything that was on my mind? What a mistake..."
With the comfort of the nanny, the empress dowager took a long time to catch her breath before she barely recovered, her face still ashen.
She pushed the nanny's hand away and stopped looking at Lan Xiyue, as if even one more glance would pollute her eyes. Instead, she took Anya's hand and announced in an unquestionable, almost condescending tone, "Lan Xiyue, I asked you to come here today to inform you, not to discuss anything with you! No matter how you flatter and beggar people today, Ya'er will be living in the Regent's Palace as a concubine!"
Anya was shocked and looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief. Her eyes instantly burst into ecstasy, but then she immediately lowered her head to hide the pride that was about to overflow.
The Queen Mother patted Anya's hand soothingly, having already made a plan: first, let Ya'er enter the palace as a concubine. With daily interactions, she would eventually find a way to get close to Yuan'er. As long as she could alienate Yuan'er's feelings for Lan Xiyue, she could then find a reason to depose the annoying Lan Xiyue and make Ya'er the regent princess. It would be a natural progression!
The smile on Lan Xiyue's face vanished instantly, and her body temperature plummeted. Her clear eyes, like icy blades, pierced straight at Anya. Her voice was so cold it could freeze the air: "Empress Dowager."
She stopped addressing him as "Mother." "Miss An is also a noblewoman. How could she be so willing to live in the palace in such an unjust and unclear way? Are you willing to be a concubine?"
"Lan Xiyue! Shut up!" the Queen Mother shouted, her eyes wide. "Ya'er is a concubine! She's a noble concubine, listed in the imperial royal family, with a certain rank! How can she be compared to the lowly maidservant you're talking about?! Stop trying to confuse the public and slander Ya'er! Ya'er will first move into the Regent's Palace as a concubine, and after the New Year, the concubine ceremony will be held."
Anya lowered her head at the right time, her voice as thin as a mosquito, with just the right amount of grievance and obedience: "Your servant... everything is up to the Queen Mother." A hint of ruthlessness and determination flashed across her drooping eyelashes.
Lan Xiyue watched the two men singing in unison, and she calmed down. She straightened her back, her chin slightly raised, and exuded an awe-inspiring, inviolable aura. She calmly met the Queen Mother's gaze, speaking each word clearly and slowly, each one like an ice bead hitting a jade plate, with the determination to perish together:
"Empress Dowager." Her voice was low, but it echoed clearly in the silent hall. "I call you Mother because I respect you as Mo Liyuan's biological mother. Today, I'm making this clear: With me, Lan Xiyue, by Mo Liyuan's side, there will never be another woman."
She paused, her eyes sharp as a knife, sweeping over the Queen Mother whose expression changed drastically and Anya who looked up in astonishment, and continued:
"Unless I die and my body is completely destroyed, if he dares to touch another woman..." The corners of her lips curled up into an icy, almost cruel smile. She spoke each word with a resounding voice, "Either I will personally send him off so he has a companion on his journey to the underworld; or he will step over my corpse to welcome the new bride into the house!"
The moment the words fell, the entire Jingfeng Pavilion was dead silent, and you could hear a pin drop.
The Queen Mother was completely stunned by this outrageous and shocking declaration. Then she was overcome with rage. Her body was shaking violently with extreme anger, and her finger, which was pointing at Lan Xiyue, was trembling:
"How outrageous! Rebellion! Outrage!" The Queen Mother's voice was so sharp and out of tune due to extreme anger that it almost broke through the roof. "What a jealous woman! What a lawless jealous woman! Ordinary people in the market still have three wives and four concubines, but Yuan'er is the regent, second only to the emperor and above everyone else! How can he allow a jealous woman like you to monopolize his backyard?! Lan Xiyue, you take yourself too seriously! Since you can't tolerate Ya'er and don't know how to appreciate her..." The Queen Mother's eyes shot out a resentful light, and she gritted her teeth, "Then you might as well go to hell!"
Lan Xiyue's lips curled up in a cold arc, and her eyes were as sharp as ice spikes, piercing directly at the exasperated Queen Mother: "That won't do. I cherish my life the most, but I don't have a habit of self-harm."
She paused, her voice light yet filled with a chilling certainty, "But...if Mo Liyuan dares to fall in love with another woman, I promise that even if I can't kill him, I'll make him taste the bitter taste of a strange poison, leaving him unable to live or die."
"You!" The Queen Mother and Anya gasped at the same time, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
The Queen Mother's face instantly twisted in anger. She pointed at Lan Xiyue with trembling fingers, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth: "Poisonous woman! You are a vicious woman with a heart of a snake and a scorpion! Not only is you jealous, but you are also so cruel! My Yuan'er... How could I let a scourge like you sleep by my pillow! Today, I must get rid of you, my biggest threat to Yuan'er!"
Anya clutched her chest, looking terrified. She looked at Lan Xiyue with eyes filled with disbelief and accusation, "Princess! How could you...how could you say such outrageous words? Even if the prince falls in love with someone else, he is still your husband, your god! How could you...how could you harbor such evil thoughts?"
Lan Xiyue only felt a surge of evil fire rushing up to the top of her head. The forbearance and annoyance she had suppressed for days completely erupted at this moment and she couldn't suppress it anymore.
She turned suddenly towards Anya, her voice rising sharply with undisguised disgust: "Shut up! You're buzzing like a fly, so noisy! It's so annoying!"
She hadn't meant to sound so heartless and harsh in front of the Queen Mother. Rather than boiling the frog in warm water, it was better to remove the fuel from the cauldron and completely sever their hopes! Cruel? So be it! She, Lan Xiyue, wasn't some weak, docile little white flower who would just sit back and let herself be manipulated!
"Rebellion! This is outrageous!" The Queen Mother trembled with rage, screaming fiercely, her voice so sharp that it almost pierced the ceiling of the palace. "Someone! Come quickly! Capture this lawless and vicious woman! Execute her on the spot!"
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