Chapter 390: The Concubine Who Was Buried with the Emperor VS The Ruthless and Romantic Emperor 38
Liu Mengyan returned to Guanju Palace tiredly. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the corridors of the palace, casting a mottled shadow.

The night wind blew gently, bringing a hint of coolness, but it could not calm the uneasiness in her heart.

Before she could catch her breath, she heard Concubine Yu summoning her.

She trembled with fear and her face turned pale, but she did not dare to disobey.

Along the way, the palace lanterns swayed, and the faint light seemed particularly lonely in the darkness.

When she stepped into Concubine Yu's palace, she saw that the palace was brightly lit, but it exuded an oppressive atmosphere.

The carved beams and painted buildings appear even more majestic and cold under the light.

The air was filled with a faint scent of incense, but at this moment it was like a shackle, making it hard to breathe.

Liu Mengyan bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine."

Concubine Yu glanced at her sideways, her eyes full of jealousy and resentment. Under the light, her gaze was like a burning flame that could devour a person in an instant.

"Humph, you vixen, relying on your beauty, you actually made the emperor bewildered."

Concubine Yu said sarcastically, her voice sharp and piercing.

Liu Mengyan lowered her head and dared not speak.

When Concubine Yu saw her like this, the anger in her heart burned even more fiercely.

"Someone, come and slap me in the face."

At Concubine Yu's order, Furong, who was standing next to her, immediately stepped forward and slapped Liu Mengyan hard on the face.

Red palm prints instantly appeared on Liu Mengyan's face. She endured the pain and humiliation, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Is your cousin's dragon bed comfortable to sleep in? Is it comfortable at night? Have you ever thought about how we can't sleep alone every night?"

Imperial Concubine Yu stood up and walked to Liu Mengyan, pinching her chin fiercely, and said jealously: "If you sleep with the emperor for a day or two, the Japanese palace will not embarrass you, but you dare to occupy your cousin, who do you think you are? Let me tell you, your cousin is just temporarily confused by your face, and when he gets tired of it, you will be nothing."

She let go of the hand that was pinching Liu Mengyan's chin, looked down at her condescendingly, with endless jealousy and anger in her eyes.

Liu Mengyan bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes, "My Lady, please calm down. I dare not."

Concubine Yu looked at her pitiful appearance, her anger grew stronger, and a cruel smile appeared on her lips: "Drag her away and make her kneel on the needle board."

The needle is sharp and will cause excruciating pain when it pierces the skin of the knee, but it will not leave a wound.

It is a common method of torture in the harem.

The palace maids immediately dragged Liu Mengyan aside and pressed her roughly on the needle board.

"Ah... it hurts... Madam Imperial Concubine, please forgive me..."

Liu Mengyan let out a shrill scream, which sounded particularly harsh in the silent night.

She was pressed on the needle board and felt a piercing pain in her knee.

Her face was pale, her body was shaking, and she was sweating profusely.

She had been pampered since she was a child and had never suffered such torture. It was so painful.

At this moment, her hatred for Concubine Yu almost reached its peak.

"Hmph, keep yelling, and see if your cousin will come to rescue you, you vixen."

Concubine Yu curled her lips in sarcasm, her eyes full of cruelty and delight.

How dare this bitch? How dare she occupy her cousin every night? Damn it.

Liu Mengyan bit her lips tightly, in great pain, with hatred surging in her heart, but she concealed it well and begged for mercy painfully, "Please, Madam Concubine, spare my maid."

"Let you go? Dream on! Just kneel down on this needle board."

Concubine Yu's words were cruel and she showed no mercy at all.

She just lay on the couch, looking at Liu Mengyan in pain, and felt very happy.

Yu Yao had no idea what happened in Guanju Palace, and she slept soundly that night.

She slept in a daze until midnight, when someone tiptoed into the room and stood in front of her bed for a long time.

She could almost feel the man's gaze on her face.

Then, the bed beside her sank, and the man lay down beside her, hugging her sideways, with his big hands on her waist.

But he was careful to avoid her bulging belly and his movements were gentle.

It carries the coolness of the night and the pleasant smell of ambergris.

The man seemed to want to speak, but was afraid of waking her up, so he did not speak. He just gently hugged her to sleep.

Yu Yao knew who it was just by smelling the scent, but she didn't open her eyes and continued sleeping with them closed.

Except for the dog emperor, no one dared to come in in the middle of the night.

It's better to do it in the dead of night, wearing night clothes, so that no one will notice it.

It has happened several times. Don't think she doesn't know, she's just pretending not to know.

Just when she couldn't help but fall asleep.

Suddenly, I heard him mumbling something in a low voice, as if he was talking to himself.

She listened with her ears perked up hazily, and it took her a while to hear clearly, "Yao'er, what should I do if I care about you more and more? I never thought that I would care so much about protecting a woman, but I did it anyway."

"I thought about escaping and trying to tell myself that I am the same as them and that I am not special by pampering others. But the truth tells me that I am so different and unique."

He hugged her tightly, smelling the unique fragrance on her body, and continued to whisper softly.

"Yao'er, I love you. Although I don't want to believe it, it is true. This uncontrollable love makes me panic and scared. I would rather be a ruthless emperor."

He repeated this sentence over and over again, not knowing whether he was speaking to Yu Yao or to himself.

Yu Yao frowned slightly and wanted to ask him, but was afraid that he would deny it after waking up.

She moved tentatively, and as expected, the man stopped talking as soon as she moved.

She simply pretended that she knew nothing, closed her eyes and lay in his arms, pretending to be asleep.

Emperor Jing suddenly opened his eyes, without a trace of sleepiness in them, and gently kissed her on the face with a complicated expression.

He sent her to live in Xinghua Palace. Although it was to protect her, it was also intended to help her escape.

He also deliberately reduced his visits to her, to prevent her from being envied by the concubines and to reduce his love for her.

But he found that even if he favored others every night, he still cared about her the most in his heart, even if she was not by his side.

Emperor Jing sighed softly, said nothing, and just hugged her to sleep.

At daybreak, he left quietly without disturbing anyone.

Except for the eunuchs hiding in the Xinghua Palace.

The next day, when Yu Yao woke up, she found the bed empty and she didn't know when the person left.

Thinking of what Emperor Jing said last night, she felt mixed emotions. His whispers last night seemed to still echo in her ears.

Faced with the dog emperor's affectionate confession, she was naturally happy in her heart, but she pretended not to know.

After breakfast, she curled up on the couch and read a storybook. "My queen, I heard that Concubine Shu came back from the bedchamber in the Hall of Supreme Harmony last night, and was summoned to the main hall by Concubine Yu. When she came out, her face was pale and she couldn't even stand. She had to be supported by the palace maids around her. It seemed that she had suffered a lot of grievances."

Liuli came over and whispered palace gossip, her eyes full of sympathy.

Yu Yao paused for a moment while flipping through the storybook, then returned to normal and sighed softly, "Liu Mengyan is so favored and lives in Concubine Yu's palace, so it's not surprising that she would be wronged."

She didn't understand why Liu Mengyan didn't find an opportunity to move out of Guanju Palace?

This person lives too far away, and Concubine Yu is just jealous. It's impossible for her to call people over to spend time with them every day, right?

She didn't know that it wasn't that Liu Mengyan didn't want to, but that she didn't dare to mention it to the emperor. Liu Mengyan knew clearly that she didn't have much weight in the emperor's heart, and she was also afraid of making the emperor unhappy and losing her current favor.

Liuli sighed inwardly, lamented a few words, and then went on to do other things.

A few days later, Liuli brought back news: "My lady, I heard that Imperial Concubine Yu's torture of Shu Jieyu has intensified again. This time, she even made her copy scriptures under the scorching sun and did not allow anyone to help. Shu Jieyu could not bear it and fainted on the spot..."

Having said this, Liuli could no longer bear to continue.

After hearing this, Yu Yao felt mixed emotions and couldn't describe the feeling in her heart.

"Liuli, go prepare some supplements and go to Guanju Palace with me."

If a concubine in the harem fell ill, it was customary for other palaces to visit her.

If everyone goes and I don't go, I will inevitably be criticized.

Of course, as the head of a palace, she usually just needs to send people around her to send some gifts to express her condolences.

But she still wanted to go on her own.

After everything was ready, she walked out of the Xinghua Palace. At the gate of the palace was parked a sedan chair carried by four young eunuchs.

At this time, the chief eunuch Xiao Qingzi came over and whispered to Yu Yao, "Your Majesty, Cuiwei, who is beside Concubine Lu, just came over to tell me to tamper with your sedan chair and sprinkle oil on the road where you pass by so that you will fall off the sedan chair."

Xiao Qingzi was originally a spy arranged by Concubine Lu to be beside Yu Yao, but she used a loyalty talisman on him and now he only obeys her.

Instead, he could learn about Concubine Lu's actions from time to time.

Yu Yao sneered, with a cold light flashing in her eyes: "This Concubine Lu really can't wait to harm me."

She thought to herself that since she already knew about Concubine Lu's conspiracy, she would naturally not let her succeed.

She raised her head slightly, looked at Xiao Qingzi, and said softly: "Xiao Qingzi, you did a good job. Since they want to play, I will play with them."

She secretly bought a blood pack from the system mall and put it in her arms, waiting to use it at the critical moment.

Xiao Qingzi immediately understood what the queen meant, and a sly look flashed in his eyes: "Don't worry, your queen. I have secretly ordered people to reinforce the key parts of the sedan chair. On the surface, it looks like someone has tampered with it, but it is actually very safe. I have also instructed the sedan bearers. They know how to control the sedan chair so that the queen will appear to have accidentally fallen, but will not actually hurt the queen at all."

"very good."

Yu Yao nodded in satisfaction, looked at Liuli, and said, "Liuli, you come with me, but remember, follow my instructions in all actions."

The sound is unmistakable.

"Yes, ma'am."

Liuli responded. Although she was worried, she knew that this was a perfect opportunity to counterattack Concubine Lu.

So he followed closely and got on the sedan chair.

The sedan moved forward slowly, and as expected, when passing the section where the oil was spilled, the sedan suddenly slipped and seemed to lose balance.

Yu Yao screamed "Ah" and pretended to fall off the sedan chair.

But the moment he landed, he was dragged by the eunuch beside him, and actually nothing happened.

She hurriedly crushed the blood bag in her arms, smeared it on her skirt, arms and thighs, and then messed up her hair, looking very embarrassed and scary.

Especially since the skirt was covered in blood, even Liuli and the eunuchs around her were frightened, thinking that the empress had really fallen.

"Someone, the queen has fallen off the sedan chair, please call the imperial physician..."

Liuli was so frightened that her face turned pale and she started shouting at the top of her lungs.

Xiao Qingzi calmed down quickly and acted according to the plan. He asked someone to call the imperial physician while he quickly notified the emperor.

Emperor Jing was not in the imperial study. After hearing that Concubine Shu was ill, he went to the side hall of Guanju Palace to visit her.

After all, she is his "favored concubine", it would be unreasonable not to go and see her.

In the side hall of Guanju Palace, the atmosphere was depressing and dull.

Liu Mengyan lay dying on the bed, her face as pale as paper, completely bloodless.

Her messy hair stuck to her cheeks, her cracked lips trembled slightly, and she looked haggard.

Concubines from various palaces came to visit one after another, but at this moment they just stood aside, and no matter what they thought in their hearts, they all said words of concern.

Emperor Jing sat by the bed with a complicated expression on his face. He gently held Liu Mengyan's hand and whispered, "My beloved, don't worry. I will definitely seek justice for you."

After saying that, he slowly stood up and cast a cold gaze at Concubine Yu in the crowd.

Concubine Yu was met with the cold gaze of Emperor Jing, and she was frightened and stammered, "Cousin..."

Emperor Jing ignored her and scolded her loudly, "Cousin, as a noble concubine, you should be dignified and generous, and set an example for the harem, but you are so jealous, narrow-minded, and cruel! You tortured Concubine Shu in every way. What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Seeing the imperial concubine being reprimanded by the emperor, the concubines present were very happy.

The queen was so happy in her heart, but her face was full of sorrow and disappointment. "Noble Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu is your concubine. It would be fine if you didn't protect her well, but you actually acted so recklessly. It's really too much."

Concubine Yu ignored the queen and looked at Emperor Jing with a pale face, saying, "Cousin, you wronged me. It was Concubine Shu who was disrespectful to me and offended me repeatedly, so I punished her slightly. But I didn't know she was so useless. She fainted after kneeling for only half an hour."

Seeing that Concubine Yu was confusing right and wrong, Liu Mengyan was so angry that she was shaking all over. She wanted to sit up, but she lay down because she was too weak.

She said in a weak voice: "Your Majesty, I did not, I did not disrespect the Imperial Concubine, it was the Imperial Concubine who did it."

Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Imperial Concubine Yu, "Cousin, you can't listen to her nonsense. I manage Guanju Palace, and there are many complicated things to do. If Shu Jieyu hadn't offended me, why would I punish her? Cousin, you know me. I am sincere to you, so I will naturally love Shu Jieyu as well."

All the concubines present were disgusted by Concubine Yu's words "Love the house and love the dog".

The Queen is also disgusting. This bitch, Concubine Yu, dares to say anything.

The corner of Emperor Jing's mouth twitched. He certainly knew who Concubine Yu was and was about to continue scolding her.

Then Xiao Qingzi ran in in a panic.

Then, she knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, on the way to Guanju Palace, Concubine Qin's sedan chair had an accident and she fell off the sedan chair and bled a lot."

When Emperor Jing heard this, his face changed instantly.

He had no time to pay attention to Concubine Yu, nor did he have time to comfort Liu Mengyan. He hurriedly told the queen, "Queen, I'll leave the matter here to you. I have something to do and I'm leaving first."

After he finished speaking, he left in a flash like a gust of wind without even looking at Liu Mengyan.

When the concubines present heard the news, they all looked at each other in bewilderment, each speculating in their hearts.

Some concubines looked worried, while others gloated, thinking that there was another good show to watch.

Of course, there were also many people who noticed the nervous look on Emperor Jing’s face when he left and frowned slightly.

For example, the queen, such as Zhenfei, Shufei
I don't know whether the emperor is worried about the baby in Concubine Qin's belly or Concubine Qin herself.
The former is fine, but if it is the latter...

The queen clenched her hands unconsciously, her eyes deep.

Liu Mengyan was lying on the bed. When she heard the news, she bit her lips tightly, thinking that Concubine Qin fell at the wrong time.