Chapter 41 Crisis Now that she wants to seduce Xiao Yu, it must be good...
Yan Shu, who was originally breathing deeply, was stunned when she heard Xiao Yu's words, as if she couldn't believe what she had just heard.
Xiao Yu actually told her to feel sorry for him?
Does he still need her to feel sorry for him?
How could such a cold-blooded and terrifying person like him actually expect others to feel sympathy?
Yan Shu was really confused, so her expression was a little dazed.
She fluttered her eyelashes and was speechless for a moment.
Besides, she didn't feel sorry for the palace maids, she just thought that turning them into human pigs was a bit too cruel.
Xiao Yu was always like this. Back in the day in Yan State, his ideas were always different from hers.
By making her rabbit into a doll, he thought he could keep it with her forever.
But she clearly just wanted the rabbit to be alive.
Just like now, he thought that turning those palace maids into human pigs would be sparing their lives, but he didn't know that this was not what she wanted at all.
Yan Shu always felt that Xiao Yu was very different from ordinary people.
She would never be able to figure out what he was thinking or how cold-blooded he was.
He is weird, strange, and unpredictable.
But at this moment, such a cold-blooded person would actually be jealous of others.
And this person was a palace maid who pleaded for mercy only because she couldn't bear to see it.
Yan Shu didn't understand, she just guessed that it might be Xiao Yu's possessiveness at work.
It's not about love, it's just jealousy of her as a possession.
The big hand on her waist made her feel a little uncomfortable.
The tingling and numb pain on his lips at this moment showed how intensely Xiao Yu had been exercising just now.
Thinking back now, there were so many people around, and Xiao Yu kissed her regardless. Yan Shu couldn't help but bury her face in his arms. She was too embarrassed to face those palace servants again.
When Xiao Yu saw the girl leaning into his arms, his eyes darkened and he hugged her tighter.
Zhou Tong, who was standing by, was also shocked when he saw his king like this.
What surprised him even more was that the king actually released those palace maids.
This is the first time ever!
They were not executed, nor were they turned into human pigs. Instead, as Lady Yan had said, the salaries of these palace maids were fined, and they were demoted to Yongxiang and Yin Palace to do menial work.
When the palace maids saw that they didn't have to be turned into human pigs, they cried for joy and thanked the king and Concubine Yan for their great kindness.
Yan Shu finally felt relieved when she saw that Xiao Yu finally released the person.
As for what he had just said about feeling sorry for him, Yan Shu didn't take it too seriously.
After all, she never believed what Xiao Yu, a very cunning person, said.
But what puzzled her was that Xiao Yu was inexplicably happy, and even worked harder when they did that at night.
Although Yan Shu found it difficult to cope with, she actually felt a bit of happiness from it.
For a while, the relationship between the two became more harmonious.
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The news that Yan Shu had been released from house arrest and was taking a nap in Changming Palace, and had been favored by Xiao Yu for several days in a row, reached the ears of Empress Dowager Zhao Jing within a few days.
This caused her to become very angry in the palace.
Yan Shu escaped from Xiao Palace secretly, but Xiao Yu did not punish her at all.
But her niece Chu Yuan had to die tragically and innocently.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing increasingly felt that Yan Shu must be a scourge in the harem. If she stayed in the Xiao Palace, she would definitely cause unrest in the entire Xiao Palace in the future.
But now Xiao Yu was watching Yan Shu very closely, leaving her with nowhere to go even if she wanted to.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing really didn't understand. Did Xiao Yu really like Yan Shu so much?
What is so different about this woman? Is it just because of her exceptionally beautiful face?
Empress Dowager Zhaojing leaned on the couch, her slender eyebrows gradually frowned, and her face was full of worry.
Without Chu Yuan, she could have asked the State of Chu to send other noble ladies over, but there was no princess of the right age in the royal family of Chu now, and there was no girl of higher status than Chu Yuan if she chose further down.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing couldn't help but feel a headache.
Moreover, Xiao Yu is still very infatuated with Yan Shu. Even if the State of Chu sends another person over, I am afraid that she will not be able to catch Xiao Yu's eye for a while.
She had consulted Wei Ziqi last time, but Wei Ziqi didn't have any special ideas. He only told her to present more beauties to the king. As long as there were too many beauties in the harem, the king would probably be overwhelmed by the choices. If he was lucky enough to like a few of them, he would definitely no longer favor Concubine Yan alone in the future.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing didn't know whether this method was feasible. After all, given how much Xiao Yu loved and valued Yan Shu, she was afraid that even if she found more beauties, it would be of no use.
Yan Qingwan, who was serving on the side, noticed the empress dowager's sadness at this moment, so she immediately gave her advice in a soft voice.
"Queen Dowager, I think what Marquis Mingyi said makes sense. There's only one woman in the harem right now, Yan Shu. She's certainly beautiful, but even the most beautiful things can become tiresome over time. And the fact that she dared to escape the palace in the past shows she's not a docile woman. If the Queen Dowager could choose someone with comparable looks and train her to be gentle, polite, and considerate, she'd surely win the King's favor in the future."
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing narrowed her eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in them.
Yes, no matter how delicious something is, you will get tired of it if you eat too much. No matter how beautiful Yan Shu is, how can she compare to the novelty that men in the world can hardly resist?
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and looked at Yan Qingwan beside her with satisfaction.
"She and you are both from Yan country, so we have some ties of friendship. Why are you helping me now?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Qingwan immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying respectfully:
"In the past, I was Yan Shu's concubine, and I was supposed to serve the king. But Yan Shu was afraid that I would steal her favor, so she repeatedly asked the king to move me further away from her. Furthermore, she secretly said something slanderous to the king, and that day she almost had me flogged. When I think about it now, I really hate her."
After saying this, Yan Qingwan seemed to raise her sleeve to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and continued: "Fortunately, I am now favored by the Queen Mother and can serve in the Suning Palace, otherwise I am afraid that I can only die of old age in the ancestral temple for the rest of my life. I am sincerely grateful to the Queen Mother. In the future, as long as the Queen Mother needs me, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Empress Dowager Zhaojing nodded when she heard this, with a hint of a smile on her graceful face.
"You are her concubine, but she doesn't allow you to serve the king. This is really wrong."
After saying this, the Queen Mother slightly bent her long, armored fingers and gently lifted Yan Qingwan's chin. Her phoenix eyes seemed to hold a hint of intimidation.
"Although she's not as beautiful as Yan Shu, she's still pretty and charming. It's a shame to waste her time in the ancestral temple like that."
Upon hearing this, Yan Qingwan lowered her head shyly and replied softly, "Your Majesty, you are truly too kind to praise me."
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing chuckled and said, "As long as you serve me well, I will give you what you want in the future."
As long as the queen position belongs to a member of her Chu clan, it doesn't matter to Queen Dowager Zhaojing whether there is one more woman or one less woman in Prince Xiao's harem.
After all, the most important thing for her right now is to deal with Yan Shu.
If Yan Shu fell out of favor, it would mean that Xiao Yu wasn't deeply in love with her, but simply preferred beauty. Then, she could choose a beautiful Chu woman to enter the palace, and the matter of establishing her as empress would be smooth sailing.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing entrusted the task of selecting beauties to Wei Ziqi.
He was a wealthy businessman in the Xiao State in his early years, so finding a few beauties was not a difficult task for him. So after receiving the secret order from the Queen Mother, Wei Ziqi began to search for young beauties all over the country without stopping.
Only half a month later, all the beauties that Wei Ziqi had found entered the Xiao Palace, all under the pretext of Empress Dowager Zhao Jing selecting maids.
This time, there were a total of twenty beauties entering the palace. Although they were maids of the Empress Dowager, they still attracted special attention.
When Qingtao went to collect her monthly salary that day, she heard a lot of news about the new beauties in Suining Palace. When she returned to Baohua Palace, she immediately told Yan Shu about it.
People always feel sleepy in summer. Yan Shu was lying lazily on the couch eating grapes. She was a little drowsy, but after hearing Qingtao's words, her head suddenly became clear.
"You mean the Queen Mother has found twenty beauties to enter the palace?" Yan Shu was surprised. She always felt that the Queen Mother Zhao Jing was not just selecting maids.
Qingtao nodded immediately, then asked doubtfully, "It is said that they are all extremely beautiful!"
"I heard that Marquis Mingyi found them one by one. I wonder what the Queen Mother wants so many beauties for all of a sudden?"
Yan Shu felt a little depressed.
If Empress Dowager Zhaojing specifically asked Marquis Mingyi to find these beauties to enter the palace, they would definitely not be chosen to be maids.
As for what he wanted to do, Yan Shu could actually guess it.
With Chu Yuan's death, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing's plan suddenly failed.
But she was supposed to leave the palace, but now she is favored by Xiao Yu, so she naturally becomes a thorn in the side of the empress dowager.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing has found so many beauties this time, probably to compete with her for favor.
If it were in the past, Yan Shu would really disdain such a thing.
Xiao Yu could favor whomever he wanted, she didn't care. But now, she could only rely on this body that could attract Xiao Yu's pity to gain his favor and the chance to survive, so she couldn't let anyone take it away so easily.
After all, if Xiao Yu really fell in love with the twenty beauties found by Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, got tired of them because of the novelty, then the tragic death of her in the previous life would probably happen again.
Thinking of the cup of poisonous wine that made her heartbroken, Yan Shu couldn't help but shudder.
She doesn't want to die, and she doesn't want to die.
But even if Yan Shu really didn't want to die, she couldn't stop those twenty beauties from appearing.
All she could do now was to keep Xiao Yu and make him unable to leave her for the time being. Even if she couldn't keep his heart, she had to keep him with her body.
After thinking it over, Yan Shu felt that she should really learn some so-called seductive tricks to keep Xiao Yu.
After all, thinking back on her previous affairs with Xiao Yu, it seemed that Xiao Yu was the one who took the initiative, and she was usually the passive one.
At the beginning, it might be considered fresh, but if it goes on like this every night in the future, I'm afraid Xiao Yu will get tired of her.
So she had to think of some way and find some means to keep Xiao Yu interested in her.
Yan Shu bit her lip and lay on the couch thinking for a long time without knowing the answer. Finally, Qingtao reminded her that she could ask Aunt Jiang for help. Yan Shu suddenly remembered that Aunt Jiang had kept many secret pictures that she had used to teach her about the etiquette of husband and wife.
It's just that she was lazy in the past and didn't want to serve that old King Xiao Wei in bed, so she didn't study seriously.
Now that she wants to seduce Xiao Yu, she must learn these techniques of lovemaking well.
So Yan Shu immediately summoned Jiang Ai and explained her intentions to her. Jiang Ai then immediately presented her with the secret pictures.
He especially pointed out to Yan Shu the pictures that the women had taken the initiative to draw. After telling Yan Shu the wonderful aspects of them, the girl immediately blushed.
Yan Shu also felt that she had learned a lot, so when Xiao Yu came at night, she was eager to try it out.
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