Chapter 52: I don’t understand why my energy hasn’t decreased at all, and I’m still so…
However, since the Qixi Festival banquet that day, Suining Palace has been dormant for a long time.
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing and Yan Qingwan were silent for a while, which made Yan Shu feel a little uncomfortable.
But she naturally did not dare to let her guard down. After all, she knew what Empress Dowager Zhao Jing was thinking and would never give up so easily.
This is even more so for Yan Qingwan.
In her previous life, she was so unwilling to not become a concubine in Xiao Yu's harem, and it was bound to be the same in this life.
Now that she has secured the high position of Empress Dowager Zhaojing, she must have agreed to something from her.
It is obvious that both Empress Dowager Zhao Jing and Yan Qingwan regard her as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh, and their alliance must be to get rid of her.
At the previous Qixi Festival banquet, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing’s proposal of beauty must have been the work of Yan Qingwan.
Otherwise, how come the dancer who looks like her has her shadow in every move she makes?
Empress Dowager Zhao Jing didn't understand her, but Yan Qingwan had actually spent several months with her.
At present, she is the only one in Suining Palace who knows how to teach Rong Yuner to imitate her every move.
The reason why Empress Dowager Zhao Jing was so eager to offer the beauty was simply because she wanted to find someone she could control to replace her favor.
He was so wary of her gaining favor because he was probably afraid that Xiao Yu would make her the queen.
Thinking of this, Yan Shu's heart suddenly trembled.
Since Empress Dowager Zhao Jing has always wanted to take her life in this life, then she must have wanted to kill her in her previous life as well.
The more Yan Shu thought about it, the more suspicious she became.
After all, in the eyes of Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, the reason why Xiao Yu did not make Chu Yuan the queen in the previous life was that Xiao Yu favored her alone.
Then he would naturally think that she was an obstacle, so it is possible that he has always wanted to get rid of her.
Yan Shu leaned on the small couch, her arms resting on the table, her chin in her hand and her eyes lowered, thinking secretly.
Now thinking about the fact that Yan Qingwan in this life had hooked up with Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, Yan Shu couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Yan Qingwan in the previous life had also secretly formed an alliance with Empress Dowager Zhao Jing a long time ago?
That's why after she lost power, he decisively took action to get rid of her to prevent future troubles.
And it is possible that everything is really as Qingtao said, and Xiao Yu actually did not know about her death.
This was certainly not Yan Shu's groundless guess.
After all, after her rebirth, even though she had taken the initiative to cooperate with Empress Dowager Zhao Jing, the other party still had a backup plan and wanted to put her to death.
If Xiao Yu had not seen through her plan, she would have died outside the Xiao Palace.
She had clearly given in so much in this life, but Empress Dowager Zhao Jing would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go.
In her previous life, she was so spoiled that she even dreamed of becoming the Queen of Xiao Kingdom. How could Empress Dowager Zhao Jing not want to kill her when she knew what she was thinking?
However, unlike her previous life, the Queen Mother and Yan Qingwan were in the dark at that time, so she naturally didn't know their methods.
In this life, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing and Yan Qingwan are already in the open, so she must be on guard.
As for Xiao Yu...
Yan Shu's heart sank slightly. Although she now suspected that Xiao Yu had feelings for her, the current situation was very different from that of the previous life.
In her previous life, at the Paradise Banquet in the Xiao Palace, she was inexplicably pushed out by Xiao Yu to fight with a beast. Yan Shu saw it with her own eyes, heard it with her own ears, and felt it with her own body.
Although she was later saved by the arrow and was not injured at all, she was still frightened by Xiao Yu.
If Xiao Yu deliberately pushed her into the Colosseum to vent his hatred for pushing her into the snake cave six years ago, and shot her with an arrow to save her because he didn't want her to die, then why did Xiao Yu not take any action to vent his anger in this life, even though they had clearly fallen out over her escape?
This is indeed something that Yan Shu has always been unable to understand.
Could it be that it was really because of the things she did after her rebirth, and the words she said when she took the initiative to please him that day, that made Xiao Yu realize that she had pushed him into the snake cave because she had no choice, so he forgave her in his heart?
But she didn't tell the real reason of that day. Did Xiao Yu trust her so much?
After a while of thinking hard, Yan Shu couldn't help but feel a headache.
In fact, if she wanted to know whether Xiao Yu really had no grudges against her, besides asking directly, there was another most useful way, which was whether Xiao Yu was willing to make her queen.
If Xiao Yu was willing to make her the queen, as long as she became the queen of Xiao State, whether Xiao Yu regretted it in the future or Queen Dowager Zhao Jing wanted to harm her again, it would not be so easy to do things.
After all, she was not just a little beauty like she is now, who could be deposed at will.
Secondly, there is something that has been lingering in Yan Shu's mind for a long time, and that is what Miao Gu said to her when she was helping her to remove the Hehuan Gu a few days ago.
Since her infertility was not due to her own physical problems, it must be related to Xiao Yu.
But Yan Shu really didn't know whether it was Xiao Yu herself who had difficulty in getting pregnant, or whether he deliberately made her unable to get pregnant?
If Xiao Yu really had feelings for her, why didn't he let her get pregnant?
This obviously doesn't make sense.
Therefore, she had been unable to conceive despite having had sex with Xiao Yu for so many times. Excluding the possibility that he was deliberately preventing her from having sex, the most likely reason was that Xiao Yu's health was really not good.
After all, King Xiao Wei was infertile, and since Xiao Yu was King Xiao Wei's nephew, it was very likely that he was also infertile.
Because he can't have children, she can't have children either.
Yan Shu couldn't help but feel a little distressed. If Xiao Yu really couldn't have children, then the love poison in her body would never be cured.
This is absolutely not possible.
Now Xiao Yu is young and strong, and can naturally relieve the poison for her on the fifteenth of every month. But as time goes by, if they are old, what will she do with the poison?
Xiao Yu is only a young man now, but he has to drink aphrodisiac soup every day to maintain his energy. Wouldn't his body be even more useless when he gets older?
The more Yan Shu thought about it, the more frightened she became. She couldn't help but imagine herself dying from a burst blood vessel in the future with no one to remove the poison.
No, absolutely not.
If she really wanted to continue living like this with Xiao Yu, she had to get rid of this poison as soon as possible.
But last time, in order to plan to escape from the palace secretly, she did not let Miao Gu tell Xiao Yu how to get rid of the poison.
If Xiao Yu was really infertile, would she rashly bring it up now and make him angry?
Yan Shu bit her lip, feeling unsure for a moment.
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When Xiao Yu came to Baohua Palace at night, Yan Shu didn't know how to talk to him.
Seeing the girl seeming to want to say something but hesitated for a few times, Xiao Yu thought that she was greedy for his Shen Zi but was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
So after finishing his meal and bathing, he began to seduce Yan Shu in this and that way.
Yan Shu was so loved that she burst into tears. She was very suspicious that Xiao Yu had secretly taken medicine again. Otherwise, how could his energy not decrease at all and still be so terrifyingly strong?
Maybe he is infertile because of drinking this aphrodisiac.
Yan Shu's thoughts were in a mess, but when she was turned over and pressed against Xiao Yu's waist, the overwhelming feeling of love could only make her whimper. She was so ecstatic that she could not think of anything else.
On the next day, Yan Shu slept for half a day and thought of her extravagant indulgence last night and remembered the medicine.
I was very angry.
She was sure that Xiao Yu must not have stopped taking the aphrodisiac, otherwise why was there no difference from before, or even more violent?
Moreover, the most urgent thing at the moment is to find a doctor to treat his infertility. How can he keep drinking that medicine?
That medicine is really useless except for consuming more essence.
So Yan Shu got up, dressed, and after having her meal, she took a sedan chair to Changming Palace.
The whole time, I was thinking about how I would ask for the medicine.
But this time, when Yan Shu arrived at Changming Palace, Zhou Tong, who was standing in front of the palace gate, did not welcome her in without being summoned as he had done before. Instead, he walked past her and reached out to stop her hurriedly, with the same earnest smile on his face, and said in a flattering manner:
"Lady Yan, the king is currently discussing matters with Marquis Mingyi in the palace. I will take you to the side hall to rest and wait."
When Yan Shu heard the words "Marquis Mingyi" again, her thin eyebrows suddenly frowned slightly.
This Marquis Mingyi had a close relationship with Empress Dowager Zhao Jing. Previously, he had specially collected twenty beauties from outside the palace to bring them into the palace for Empress Dowager Zhao Jing's proposal. Now, I don't know whether he has communicated with Empress Dowager Zhao Jing again and come up with some new ideas.
Yan Shu suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, so she asked Zhou Tong carefully.
"Does Minister Zhou know what the Marquis of Mingyi wants to talk to the king about?"
After all, if it was an ordinary political matter, the ministers could discuss it in the court during the court meeting. But now Marquis Mingyi came here specially, which obviously meant that it was an important matter and he couldn't even wait until tomorrow's morning court meeting.
Zhou Tong was slightly stunned when he heard this. Although according to the ancestral system of the Xiao Kingdom, concubines in the harem were not allowed to discuss politics, Concubine Yan was now the apple of the king's eye, and these rules were obviously empty in front of her.
What's more, what I heard today is related to Lady Yan's motherland, so it's okay to let Lady Yan hear it.
Zhou Tong immediately whispered back, "In response to Lady Yan's words, I've only heard a few things. I heard that envoys from three kingdoms arrived in Yongcheng today, each bringing with them princesses from each country. The envoys are saying that the rulers of the three kingdoms all want to form an alliance with Your Majesty, and one of them is your home kingdom. It's said that the princess they sent is the daughter of Queen Yan, Princess Qionghua."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shu's face turned pale, and a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes.
Princess Qionghua? Why is Yan Ruxue here?
How could Yan Ruxue, who was so doted on by King Yanwen and Queen Yan, be sent to the Kingdom of Xiao for no reason?
And besides her, there are princesses from two other countries?
Now that they are talking about an alliance, I'm afraid they are all aiming for the position of Queen of Kingdom Xiao.
Seeing Yan Shu's expression was not right, Zhou Tong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, beauty. With the king's love for you, let alone the princess of the Three Kingdoms, he wouldn't even look at the goddess in heaven!"
Zhou Tong's words were naturally decisive.
My master is willing to be sterilized for the sake of a beauty. With such deep love in his heart, how could he look down on others?
So sometimes, Zhou Tong also felt that the Queen Mother and her people were wasting their time. Even if they stuffed more people in, what was the point? If the King didn't like it, then he didn't like it. Who could force him?
Yan Shu naturally didn't know what Zhou Tong was thinking. She only knew that Yan Guo had sent Yan Ruxue for no good reason.
Previously, King Xiao Wei was stupid and lustful, and he was already old, so they sent her to the Xiao Palace to please him without considering Yan Ruxue at all.
Now that Xiao Yu has succeeded to the throne, he is young, handsome, decisive and capable, and her life in the Xiao Palace has just gotten better. The people of Yan State are eager to send Yan Ruxue to compete for the position of Queen of Xiao State.
It is truly shameful and hateful.
Moreover, she had an old grudge with Yan Ruxue. If Yan Ruxue had not threatened and intimidated her, she would not have tricked Xiao Yu out and pushed him into the snake cave, leading to so many grudges.
Now she is asked to pave the way for Yan Ruxue, and Yan Shu doesn't want to suffer this loss in silence.
Since Yan Ruxue dared to come, she would settle all the new and old grudges with her.
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