Chapter 27: If there really is an eighteen-level hell, she is afraid that she will be...
Although she couldn't see Xiao Yu's mood, Yan Shu was still worried and replied cautiously.
"I went to Suning Palace today to have dinner with the Queen Mother."
After hearing this, Xiao Yu's eyes became brighter and darker, and there seemed to be a dark color in his eyes.
"Just a meal?"
"Of course, I happened to taste the soup made by Lady Chu and found it delicious, so I asked her for the secret recipe. That's why I dared to show off in front of the king today." Yan Shu explained in a gentle voice.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu's narrow eyes finally showed a gentle smile.
"What Yanyan does is naturally the best."
After saying this, the girl lowered her head as if shy, but in fact she was already feeling uneasy.
Although Yan Shu didn't know what the rift between Xiao Yu and the Queen Mother was, Xiao Yu seemed to dislike her frequent visits to Suning Palace.
Firstly, Yan Shu guessed that Xiao Yu didn't want her to have anything to do with the Queen Mother so that she would have a miserable end in the future like in her previous life.
Secondly, Xiao Yu might really dislike Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, so he would look indifferent whenever she was mentioned.
Today, Yan Shu actually wanted to test Xiao Yu's attitude towards Chu Yuan. If he was not so repulsive, she could just pretend to be magnanimous and give him some advice. Perhaps the matter of establishing him as the queen would really be feasible.
But now she saw that whenever she mentioned the Queen Mother or Chu Yuan in front of Xiao Yu, he would show no interest, so she couldn't bring the conversation to the matter of establishing the Queen.
Yan Shu pondered for a moment and continued, "That's because the king has never tasted the soup made by Noble Lady Chu. If he tasted her own, he would definitely think that my cooking skills are not up to par."
"I heard that Miss Chu is not only good at making soups, but is also proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is truly the epitome of a noble lady. I'm afraid she is the best choice for the queen.
The girl said a lot of things at once, but Zhou Tong, who was standing beside her, became more and more frightened the more he listened.
He secretly raised his head to see the expression of his master beside him, and saw that although his narrow eyes were bent, there was a hint of dampness in his dark eyes.
Zhou Tong was so stunned that he didn't dare to breathe. He just wanted this beauty to stop talking.
But Lady Yan only paused for a moment before she began praising Lady Chu again.
Xiao Yu half raised his eyelids and looked at the girl in front of him who was talking nonsense, his eyes becoming darker.
"Does Yanyan like that Chu girl so much?"
Hearing Xiao Yu's half-smile tone, Yan Shu was stunned.
"I just think that Miss Chu is truly outstanding."
"So Yanyan, like the Queen Mother, also wants the isolated Chu girl to be the Queen." Xiao Yu's eyelids slightly lifted, revealing a pair of pupils as black as ink. "Yanyan is so eager to push me away, it really hurts my heart."
The cold tone made Yan Shu's scalp tingle slightly. She then realized that Xiao Yu had become annoyed by her indirect persuasion just now, so she replied immediately.
"I have overstepped my bounds. The matter of establishing a queen is the sole decision of the king. I should not have spoken without reason."
When Xiao Yu saw the girl fall to her knees with a thump, his brows immediately furrowed.
Seeing this, Zhou Tong, who was standing by, immediately stepped forward to help the person up. When Yan Shu stood up, she saw Xiao Yu reaching out his hand to her.
"come over."
The flickering candlelight made his face look a little gloomy.
Yan Shu suppressed her panic, moved over gently, and hesitantly placed her hand on the slender and bony palm.
Her hand was immediately grasped and pulled closer to him. Yan Shu was forced to sit on his lap, feeling a little flustered and at a loss.
Seeing this, Zhou Tong hurriedly led a group of palace servants in the hall to retreat tactfully. Only Qingtao looked worried before leaving.
Xiao Yu raised the girl's chin forcefully with his fingers, his eyes as dark as ink.
"Does Yanyan really want Chu Nu to be the queen?"
His tone was calm, but his eyes were dark.
The skin on her chin that was touched was in direct contact with the coolness of his hand, and Yan Shu couldn't help but feel a little cold.
Yan Shu knew that Xiao Yu was already angry, so she naturally couldn't say anything he didn't want to hear and make him even angrier.
She only trembled and said, "I feel that establishing a queen early will be beneficial to the stability of the harem..."
After hearing this, Xiao Yu chuckled: "Now there is only one beauty in the harem, Yan Yan. How can Yan Yan still expect to live in peace?"
Yan Shu was suddenly speechless and couldn't find any reason to refute.
Yes, now that Xiao Yu had only her in his harem, and no other concubines to control, his life was already quite peaceful. But this peace was only temporary; once Xiao Yu had exacted his revenge on her, he would expand his harem.
Yan Shu thought for a moment, then spoke: "But one day there will be more than just me in the harem. If there are many sisters in the future, the queen will naturally need to manage the palace."
Xiao Yu seemed to understand after hearing this, and responded softly. Then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his dark eyes just stared at her steadily.
"Then how about Yanyan being the queen?"
Yan Shu suddenly opened her eyes wide in surprise, completely unable to believe it.
"How can I...become the queen?"
Xiao Yu curved his eyes and chuckled, "Why can't Yanyan be the queen?"
Yan Shu was stunned by his question for a moment, her watery almond eyes were a little dazed.
If she had heard this in her previous life, she would have been overjoyed and immediately nodded in agreement.
But now Yan Shu naturally knew that Xiao Yu would never make her the queen, and saying this now was just a test for her.
"I have no talent or virtue, so I cannot be the queen." Yan Shu acted earnestly.
Xiao Yu interrupted her: "Then wait until Yanyan wants to be queen, and then I will establish this queen."
Just this one sentence blocked Yan Shu's next words.
What does it mean that he can do whatever he wants? If she really has that much power, why would she worry about her life every day?
So today's test ended with Yan Shu's defeat.
Even in the following days, rumors gradually spread in the palace that Xiao Yu wanted to make her the queen, and these words naturally fell into the ears of Empress Dowager Zhao Jing.
Yan Shu was summoned to Suining Palace again.
But this time, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing was not as friendly as last time.
At this moment, she was leaning on the soft couch, playing with a string of jade beads with excellent water content on her fingertips.
Yan Shu stood in front of the couch, her face also gloomy.
"Is this the help you've given me? Now everyone in the harem is saying that the king wants to make you the queen." Queen Dowager Zhao Jing said in a cold tone.
"Those are just rumors. The king will never make me his queen." Yan Shu said seriously.
The Queen Mother sneered at this, and a fierce look flashed across her phoenix eyes: "Rumors? If you don't have this intention, how can there be rumors!"
"Since you have already formed an alliance with Ai, do you still dare to harbor disloyal intentions?"
Yan Shu raised her eyes and said firmly, "I know that the Queen Mother has doubts, but I still want to say that the King will never make me the Queen. The Queen Mother just needs to believe me."
"Then tell me, Yan Ji, what other ways do you have to help me now?" asked the Queen Mother.
Yan Shu's face was slightly stiff, and for a moment she really couldn't think of any good solution.
The Queen Mother snorted coldly upon seeing this and looked at Yan Shu: "I do have a plan, but it depends on whether Yan Ji dares to try it."
After Empress Dowager Zhao Jing finished explaining what the method was, Chu Yuan seemed shy and frightened, while Yan Shu remained silent, feeling somewhat hesitant.
"What? You don't dare?" Empress Dowager Zhao Jing raised her eyebrows.
Yan Shu lowered her eyes, her heart beating slightly. After thinking about the tragic end of her previous life, she seemed to have made some kind of decision. Then she raised her eyes to look at Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, and finally said:
"I am willing to give it a try, but I have another request."
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When Yan Shu returned to Baohua Palace, it was already 3:00 p.m.
Maybe it was summer, but even at this time, the sun was still very strong outside the temple.
Qingtao had been waiting outside the Suining Palace today, so she didn't know what happened inside the palace. It was obvious that her princess had been in a trance since she left the Suining Palace, and she couldn't help feeling a little worried.
And now the princess was seen sitting in front of the carved dressing table in a daze, her chin in her hand, staring at the small celadon bottle on the table, her thin brows slightly furrowed as if she was worried.
Qing Tao finally couldn't help but ask, "Princess, you've been so distracted since you came back from Suning Palace today. What happened?"
Yan Shu sighed.
She didn't know how to explain to Qingtao that they might run away soon.
She couldn't think of a way to get Xiao Yu to make Chu Yuan the queen, so she could only follow the advice of Queen Dowager Zhao Jing.
But Empress Dowager Zhao Jing's method was too dangerous.
He actually wanted her to find an opportunity to give Xiao Yu a love drug, and then use a trick to swap her with Chu Yuan.
When Chu Yuan lost her virginity, Xiao Yu would have to give her a status. And since Chu Yuan had Empress Dowager Zhao Jing as her support, the status she should be given could only be the Queen of Xiao State.
Yan Shu originally thought that this method was too extreme. After all, if Xiao Yu found out, she would be dead.
But after thinking for a moment, she realized that if she didn't use this method, and only relied on her daily persuasion, Xiao Yu would never make Chu Yuan his queen. By then, the contract with the queen mother would fail, and she would still have no chance of survival.
The road to having offspring has been blocked, so now the only thing to do is to try according to Empress Dowager Zhaojing's plan.
Fortunately, Yan Shu made a lot of requests today.
Before this plan could be implemented, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing had to arrange carriages and horses for her outside the palace in advance, so that as soon as she came out, she could leave Xiao State with the carriages and horses.
In addition, she also asked the Queen Mother to prepare a handsome and clean male servant for her. After all, there were not many days left until the fifteenth of this month, and when the poison broke out, she needed a reliable person to help her detoxify.
Although Empress Dowager Zhao Jing felt doubtful, she still agreed. After all, once the plan was completed, where Yan Shu went or what she did would no longer be her concern. She only wanted Chu Yuan to secure her position as queen and for her family to control half of the Xiao Kingdom.
Yan Shu got the consent of Empress Dowager Zhao Jing and then took the medicine bottle back to the palace.
According to Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, this medicine is a love potion that will take effect within half an hour after being taken. Those who take it will feel weak all over and have hallucinations, and must have intercourse with others to remove the drug's effects. At that time, she only needs to find an opportunity to trick Xiao Yu into taking it, and then let Chu Yuan detoxify him.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing would need three days to prepare the carriages and personnel for her departure from the palace. Once everything was completed, she would pass the news to Yan Shu, who would then proceed directly.
Yan Shu thought for a while, and finally told Qingtao everything. Qingtao was shocked and hurriedly advised her.
"You absolutely cannot do that, Princess. If this matter is exposed, the King will not let you off easily."
She drugged Prince Xiao and even escaped from the palace. Each of these crimes was punishable by death. Qingtao was horrified after hearing this, completely unable to understand how her own princess could possibly be thinking.
"Princess, you are so favored now, and the king loves you so much, why do you want to escape from the palace?" Qing Tao looked anxious, and then seemed to think of something, and immediately said angrily, "Did the queen mother threaten you to do this? Princess, don't be afraid! I will report to the king right away!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Shu immediately grabbed Qingtao, her dark, almond-shaped eyes filled with seriousness. "Qingtao, I'll tell you the truth. Even if I don't do this, I will die someday."
After hearing about Yan Shu's rebirth and that the current King Xiao was the hostage who was pushed into the snake cave by the princess in the past, Qingtao was so scared that she collapsed to the ground.
"Qingtao, you are the only person I trust now." Yan Shu helped Qingtao up from the ground, with some sadness in her eyes.
Although Qingtao felt that everything was a bit absurd, but looking at the girl's tearful face, she believed it in her heart.
"Princess, wherever you go, I will go there." Qingtao said with a firm look.
Qingtao has been serving Yan Shu since she was a child. The feelings they have had for more than ten years are hard to let go. Since the princess will be retaliated against if she stays in the Xiao Palace, and now that the empress dowager is her guarantor, she might as well give it a try. Who knows, maybe the princess can escape and live a peaceful life.
So the matter was finalized, and Yan Shu hid the medicine bottle.
Yan Shu had never done such a big thing before, so she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy these days.
And when he was with Xiao Yu, he always felt guilty.
And Xiao Yu still treated her with the same gentleness as before. Although Yan Shu knew that he was pretending to be so, she felt a little guilty when she thought about how she had deceived him first six years ago and now she was plotting against him again.
But when he thought that if she didn't do so, he would end up with the same tragic death as in his previous life, he felt really unwilling to accept it.
On the fourth day, Yan Shu finally received news from the Queen Mother.
Everything she needs to leave the palace, including people and property, is ready, waiting for her to take action tonight.
After Yan Shu received the news, she felt a mixture of excitement and bitterness. If today's matter came to pass, she really wouldn't have to worry every day anymore.
But... Yan Shu glanced at the celadon medicine bottle in her hand, and a hint of guilt flashed across her dark eyes.
Forget it, she had hurt him once before, so this time wouldn't be a big deal.
Yan Shu knew that she was a selfish girl. It was the same six years ago and it was the same now.
If there really were eighteen levels of hell, she would probably have to go there in the future and atone for her sins every day.
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The author has something to say: Yanyan thinks too simply, the male protagonist will go crazy in the next chapter.
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