Chapter 26 The Dark Tide Girl clutched his shirt tightly for a long time, as if...
Xiao Yu's slightly cold tone fell into Yan Shu's ears, making her slightly stunned.
She naturally knew that Empress Dowager Zhao Jing wanted Xiao Yu to make Chu Yuan the queen. Whether in her past life or now, Yan Shu knew that the queen in Empress Dowager Zhao Jing's heart was Chu Yuan.
However, in her previous life, Yan Shu believed that she was favored by Xiao Yu alone, and therefore felt that the position of Queen of Kingdom Xiao belonged to her.
So when Xiao Yu asked this question in her previous life, Yan Shu immediately acted coquettishly and said she didn't want to.
Yan Shu didn't remember Xiao Yu's reaction clearly at that time, she only knew that he seemed to laugh after hearing it.
Her eyes curved into crescents, I'm afraid it's all fake.
But things are different now. After knowing her situation, Yan Shu no longer dares to be arrogant like in her previous life.
She smiled, her tone soft and gentle.
"Ms. Chu is of noble status and has a close relationship with the Queen Mother. She is indeed the best candidate for the Queen."
Xiao Yu raised his eyelids slightly, his dark eyes were bottomless.
"Does Yanyan really think so?"
Seeing his unclear expression, Yan Shu's heart skipped a beat. Unsure for a moment, she answered vaguely.
"This is just my humble opinion. The selection of the queen is up to His Majesty."
Xiao Yu's fingertips fell on the girl's bright red lips, pressing them lightly, his tone a little cold.
"Yan Yan is really considerate."
Her lips felt slightly itchy, and Yan Shu blinked, her eyelashes trembling like a palm-leaf fan.
It was unclear whether his words were a compliment or an insult, but Yan Shu was indeed unsure of the man's thoughts.
Xiao Yu asked her this question simply to make her jealous and resentful, just like he did in his previous life. Then, when she acted coquettishly and was unwilling, he would use the bait of saying that Chu girl would not be made queen for the time being to trick her into thinking that she could be the queen of Xiao Kingdom.
Now thinking about it, it was really a good way to flatter and kill.
How could she not fall into this honey-like trap when she was so naive and almost stupid?
Fortunately, she no longer has those thoughts of competing for favor and power, and it is none of her business who Xiao Yu chooses to make queen.
Her only wish is to live well and peacefully.
"I'm just afraid I'll disappoint Yanyan. The government is unstable right now, and I don't have any intention of appointing a queen for the time being."
Xiao Yu withdrew his hand from her lips, and calmness returned to his dark eyes.
Except for the sentence that disappointed her, the rest of the words were the same as in the previous life.
However, in her previous life, when Yan Shu heard Xiao Yu say that he would not make Chu Yuan the queen for the time being, she happily took the initiative to kiss him.
But at this time, Yan Shu naturally had no intention of kissing him. She just said softly, "Your Majesty is wise."
Both were speechless for a moment.
Yan Shu was already concerned about who Xiao Yu would make his queen, and her mind was still reeling from what Miao Gu had said. She wondered if her infertility was due to Xiao Yu himself, or if he had secretly used some contraceptive method on her.
Just as she was lost in thought, the scent of snow-covered pine trees suddenly touched her lips.
Yan Shu widened her eyes slightly, looking at Xiao Yu who lowered his head and closed his eyes gently. Before she could react, her breath was taken away by him.
It seemed like resentment or anger, with some vague emotions that were hard to describe.
It also seemed like he was venting torture, but it was always different from an ordinary kiss.
The girl clutched the collar of his shirt tightly on her chest for a long time, then whimpered as if in pain, and the sudden kiss finally stopped.
Yan Shu leaned on his shoulder, breathing a little quickly.
And those moist and slightly swollen lips also showed how intense the experience was.
Yan Shu looked up at him.
But Xiao Yu only had thin red lips, and his handsome face like white jade showed no discomfort at all. If it weren't for the little bit of her lip balm on the corner of his mouth, Yan Shu would have suspected that the person who was almost out of control just now was not him.
Yan Shu didn't know what was wrong with him.
Because this didn’t happen in my previous life.
"What's wrong with the king?" After Yan Shu calmed her breathing, she held Xiao Yu's shoulders and looked up at him, her tone still gentle.
Xiao Yu raised his hand and gently wiped away the rouge that had spread on the girl's lips with his fingertips, and looked at her without blinking with his eyes like thick ink.
"Nothing." Then he lifted a strand of Yan Shu's black hair with his long fingers and brought it to his lips and kissed it. His narrow eyes were raised, as if with a smile.
"Will Yanyan be afraid of Gu just now?"
The rubbing of his fingertips on her lips left a tingling sensation. Yan Shu looked up at the bright red at the corners of his mouth, which looked like blood.
A familiar scene flashed through his mind. At this moment, Xiao Yu seemed to be gradually reunited with the young man who drank snake blood raw that year.
Yan Shu suppressed the sudden panic in her heart and shook her head against her will.
"How could I be afraid of the king?" As she said this, she took out a moon-white handkerchief from her wide sleeves, raised her hand and imitated Xiao Yu just now, wiping off the rouge on his lips bit by bit with the handkerchief.
"Of course, I admire and trust Your Majesty."
The girl looked serious, with a look of respect on her pretty face.
A handkerchief with a faint fragrance wiped the corner of his mouth. Xiao Yu lowered his eyes, and his eyes were dark and heavy.
His Shushu is the best at lying.
Yan Shu naturally didn't understand Xiao Yu's thoughts. She just thought that he hadn't succeeded in flattering her today, so he lost control and vented his anger like he did just now.
Fortunately, Xiao Yu did not stay in her Baohua Palace for too long. After a while, he returned to Changming Palace to handle government affairs.
Yan Shu stayed in the hall and finally had a chance to catch her breath.
If Yan Shu was still hesitating about which path to choose before, now that Miao Gu has arrived, her first way of survival has been directly blocked.
If Xiao Yu was truly infertile, then even if she practiced every pose on the silk painting, she would not be able to conceive. Furthermore, if Xiao Yu was not infertile himself, but deliberately made her infertile, then it would indicate that he was wary of her plan to have a child and survive from the very beginning.
This situation is obviously more complicated.
Xiao Yu's scheming was unfathomable. If he really intended to prevent her from getting pregnant, how could she safely and successfully give birth to a child under his scheme?
Yan Shu didn't dare to think about it any further.
Now if having offspring is not an option, then she has no choice but to surrender to Empress Dowager Zhao Jing in order to seek a glimmer of hope.
So after a few days, before Yan Shu could go to Empress Dowager Zhao Jing to surrender, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing took the initiative to send someone to find her.
On this day, Yan Shu was admiring the lotus flowers she had dug from Luochi a few days ago in the yard when she suddenly heard a palace maid come to report that the Queen Mother was summoning her to Suning Palace.
Yan Shu was not surprised, because ever since Xiao Yu mentioned to her that the Queen Mother wanted him to make Chu Yuan the queen, she knew that this day would come.
Because in the previous life, after Xiao Yu rejected Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, a few days later, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing also sent someone to Baohua Palace to summon her.
However, Yan Shu was quite arrogant at that time because of her favor. She knew that the empress dowager might take the opportunity to make things difficult for her, so she pretended to be sick and did not go.
After Empress Dowager Zhao Jing learned of her attitude, she never summoned her again.
But now, after the last visit, Yan Shu knew that Empress Dowager Zhao Jing called her over this time in order to establish her as the empress.
After all, the Queen Mother made it clear last time that if one wanted to rely on her, he would have to be a stepping stone for Chu Yuan to ascend to the throne.
As for whether she can use this stepping stone properly, that depends on today.
After Yan Shu thought about it, she asked Qingtao to fix her dress and makeup for her, and then she rode in a sedan chair towards Suining Palace.
After the palace maid led Yan Shu into the inner hall, she saw Chu Yuan serving Empress Dowager Zhao Jing with her meal.
Yan Shu stepped forward and bowed to greet him.
Upon seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing raised her eyes slightly and her voice became a little lazy.
"Come and have dinner with us."
Yan Shu nodded, then walked forward and sat down.
The palace maid beside her immediately set the table for Yan Shu.
"Do you know why I called you here today?" The Queen Mother drank a spoonful of soup with a half-smile on her face.
Yan Shu raised her eyes, her expression calm: "It's because of what the Queen Mother has in mind."
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing also smiled when she heard this: "Yan Ji is a smart person. I like to talk to smart people like you."
Yan Shu just smiled and said nothing.
Queen Dowager Zhao Jing did not avoid Chu Yuan. She only looked at Yan Shu and continued, "A few days ago, I mentioned the matter of establishing a queen to the king, but he refused without even a second thought. I know that you are now favored by the king, but I still advise you not to covet the position of Queen of Kingdom Xiao."
Yan Shu lowered her eyes and put on a respectful expression.
"I have never dreamed of the position of queen. All I want is a peaceful and stable life."
Upon hearing this, Queen Dowager Zhao Jing glanced at Yan Shu and said, "If you can persuade the king to make Yuan'er the queen, I will give you the peace and stability you desire."
Yan Shu looked calm as she looked at Empress Dowager Zhao Jing and said, "What if what I want is to leave the Xiao Kingdom?"
With a "bang", Chu Yuan's spoon fell into the bowl.
Although Empress Dowager Zhao Jing was also surprised, she still felt a little angry at Chu Yuan's panic.
"A small matter can make you lose your composure like this. How can you hold on to the throne of queen in the future?"
Chu Yuan's face immediately turned pale.
"Yuan'er didn't do it on purpose, it's just that..." Chu Yuan said, his eyes fell on Yan Shu, really puzzled why Yan Shu would have the idea of leaving Xiao State.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing looked at her unhappily, and then asked Yan Shu about her doubts.
"You want to leave Xiao State? Why?" The Queen Mother frowned and asked in a questioning tone.
Not only Chu Yuan was puzzled, but Empress Dowager Zhao Jing was also puzzled. Now Yan Shu was the only one favored by Xiao Yu, so how could she be willing to abandon this honor and leave the palace in vain?
Yan Shu knew that they were confused, but she also knew that she couldn't tell them the real reason, so she just stated the reasons she had already made up one by one.
"The palace is full of dangers, and it was never my wish from the beginning. If I had the chance, I would just return to my homeland and live a peaceful life in a corner."
Yan Shu thought very clearly.
Since the Queen Mother wanted to exchange interests with her, she had to find the safest way to survive.
If she had no chance of giving birth to an heir, even if she could rely on Empress Dowager Zhao Jing in the future, there was no guarantee that the Empress Dowager would not lose power one day. If Empress Dowager Zhao Jing lost power one day, she, a little concubine, would have no choice but to die.
Therefore, Yan Shu felt that only by leaving the Xiao Palace and the Xiao Kingdom could she completely take her life into her own hands.
After hearing what Yan Shu said, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing half-closed her eyes with a hint of temptation in them.
"Are you really willing to leave Xiao Palace?"
Yan Shu nodded and replied: "Since I have said so, I am naturally willing to do so. As long as the Queen Mother can help me leave, I will naturally lend a helping hand to the Queen Mother and Noble Lady Chu."
Looking at the girl's solemn promise, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing pondered for a moment, then looked at her and said:
"Okay, since Yan Ji is so straightforward, I won't beat around the bush today."
"As long as you can help Yuan'er ascend the throne of queen, I will definitely let you leave Xiao Kingdom safely."
To ensure their promise was kept, the two of them signed a contract and signed their names on the silk book. Yan Shu used her handprint, while Empress Dowager Zhao Jing used the unforgeable phoenix seal.
Only with this written contract did Yan Shu feel at ease.
She has now completely chosen the second path. As for how to get Xiao Yu to make Chu Yuan the queen, this is still a difficult task for Yan Shu.
In fact, Yan Shu still doesn't understand whether Xiao Yu refused to make Chu Yuan the queen because he wanted to pretend to favor her alone in order to flatter her, or whether he really didn't want Chu Yuan to be the queen.
If it was the former, it would be better. After all, she could just act magnanimous and persuade Xiao Yu to take a queen. But if it was the latter, Yan Shu felt that no matter how much she persuaded him, it would be useless.
So after returning from Suining Palace, Yan Shu planned to test the waters first.
So when Xiao Yu came to Baohua Palace in the evening, the girl was particularly attentive and attentive.
It was time for dinner.
Yan Shu then poured a bowl of the ginseng chicken soup that had been simmered for several hours and presented it to Xiao Yu with a smile.
"This soup was specially stewed for a long time in the small kitchen today. It is very nourishing and invigorating. Your Majesty, please drink more today."
When Xiao Yu heard this, his eyes darkened slightly, and he took a sip as she said.
"What do you think, Your Majesty?" Yan Shu looked at him expectantly.
Xiao Yu saw that her almond-shaped eyes were sparkling, and a hint of life finally appeared in them.
"It's OK. Yanyan is thoughtful."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shu's eyes curved with smiles, and she continued to say excitedly to the young king, "That's good. I have been learning from Noble Lady Chu for an entire afternoon. I am not even half as good as her stewing skills. If Your Majesty tastes Noble Lady Chu's soup in the future, he will surely praise it highly."
After the girl said this, the hall suddenly fell silent.
Xiao Yu put down the celadon bowl containing the ginseng soup, raised his thin eyelids slightly, and his dark pupils looked straight at him, seemingly calm.
"Yan Yan went to see the Queen Mother."
It was a tone of affirmation, not a question.
It was so plain, but it made Yan Shu's scalp tingle slightly, and she even felt a little scared.
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