EBE Chapter 255 See the light of day again
Chapter 255 See the light of day again
Watching her drink the wine that was meant to witness their wedding, Qi Yue was distracted for a moment.
After swallowing the wine, Xiao Mo raised an eyebrow at him: "Don't you want to drink?"
"How could that be." He smiled and pulled Xiao Mo's hand that was about to retract, raised his head slightly and drank the wine easily.
The moment Qi Yue drank the quilt wine, a barely noticeable light flashed across Xiao Mo's smiling eyes.
She took the empty wine glass from Qi Yue's hand with an even wider smile and pulled him to the bed.
"Husband, let's get some rest."
"Well, a night of love is worth a thousand gold, that's what you said."
Qi Yue smiled and rubbed his head. The moment he sat on the bed, he suddenly felt something was wrong with his body.
This feeling, is it the Softening Meridian Powder? But he just drank it, what kind of Softening Meridian Powder can work so quickly?
He frowned and looked up at Xiao Mo, and suddenly understood.
Today was his wedding day, and the security in the palace was not as strict as usual. Some guards even drank themselves unconscious.
If she wanted to escape, tonight would be the best time.
This is also the reason why she had to wait until today even though she could have put drugs in his food.
No matter what, the orders issued by the Crown Princess are more authoritative than those issued by General Xiao.
As Qi Yue expected, after Xiao Mo put him on the bed, she took away the token from his waist.
Because of his powerful internal strength, he did not fall into coma immediately after his body softened.
Seeing the disgust in Xiao Mo's eyes when she took the token from him, he felt heartbroken.
It turned out that all her words were lies. The words about living a good life and marrying a chicken follows the chicken, marrying a dog follows the dog were all lies to him...
Xiao Mo stood by the bed. After seeing Qi Yue slowly close his eyes, she turned and left the room.
She took off her wedding dress as she walked, and when she passed by the clothes rack, she picked up Qi Yue's cloak and walked straight to the door.
The guard guarding outside the door reeked of alcohol, but he still stopped Xiao Mo when he saw her coming out.
Xiao Mo took out the token in her hand with a serious face, and shocked the two men without saying anything.
The two guards looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then turned their gaze to Xiao Mo who was standing at the door.
Seeing that she was wearing Qi Yue's clothes, he thought about it and finally let her go.
Shen Yun and Chun'er followed behind her, with proud smiles on their faces.
After enduring for so many days, they finally "see the light of day again."
In the Taiji Hall, the emperor lay on the couch, covered with a thick blanket. However, in just a few days, white hair appeared around his temples.
Concubine Liang sat beside the couch, holding a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup and feeding him spoonful by spoonful.
He lowered his eyes and ate the soup she handed to his mouth mouthful by mouthful, and the two of them seemed to be as loving as before.
After he finished eating, Concubine Liang did not forget to carefully wipe the leftover soup from the corners of his mouth.
The emperor allowed her to serve him so gently, but he no longer had the happiness he once had in his heart.
"Don't think you can take power after I die. Qi Yue will not give you the throne he has already obtained, and the civil and military officials will not support a woman as emperor."
In the quiet room, the emperor half-supported his body and lay down on the bed with some difficulty. In a melodious voice, he slowly said the words that Concubine Liang least wanted to hear.
Concubine Liang sneered, placed the empty bowl in her hand heavily on the tray held by the palace maid, and stood up to straighten her long skirt.
"Wasn't the Tang Dynasty Empress Wu Zetian also a woman from the harem? I don't believe that her sons, civil officials, and military officials wouldn't respect her as the empress."
As she spoke, she walked towards the clothes rack in the room: "I just don't believe I'm worse than her."
She took the dragon robe from the hanger and put it on herself, smiling brightly and cheerfully, just like when she put on new clothes for the emperor to admire.
But this time there was something on her face that had never been there before, that was ambition.
"Your Majesty, do you think this dress looks good on me?"
Concubine Liang walked up to him and turned around, even saying the same thing as before.
The emperor stared at her face, wondering why he felt that she was no longer herself even though she was still herself.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember when I married you?" Concubine Liang asked him with a smile.
He frowned, as if thinking about it.
Seeing his thoughtful look with lowered brows, Concubine Liang sneered.
She turned around, sighed, and glanced sideways at the emperor.
"When you were still the crown prince, my father gave you his second daughter as a gift in order to seek refuge with you.
Actually, I am the first concubine to live in the Eastern Palace."
She raised her chin, her eyes dimmed, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she unknowingly walked behind the emperor.
"But you don't touch me, don't give me a name, and don't even want to see me.
Later, you ascended the throne and made me your beauty, but you never set foot in my palace.
If you hadn't had that falling out with Concubine Shu, you probably would have never remembered my existence."
The more Concubine Liang spoke, the calmer her tone became.
"I know what my role is beside you, so I never thought about things that don't belong to me.
I could have avoided being involved in the palace struggle and lived a lonely life in an inconspicuous courtyard.
But you gave me a child when I was being bullied by the concubine."
She walked around the emperor's couch, then returned to her original position and looked down at the emperor.
"Before Yue'er was born, I never thought that I would become a favorite concubine, let alone that he would be able to fight for the position of crown prince.
I taught him well and taught him everything just to win your favor.
Until I saw with my own eyes that the horse Qi Minxiu rode for hunting had been tampered with, and he rolled down the hillside to the bottom of the valley.
I then clearly realized that the harem is a place where people are eaten alive. The more favored one is, the easier it is for them to be framed. So I had the idea of fighting for it."
The emperor's expression changed slightly and he raised his eyes and glanced at her.
Concubine Liang looked at him, curled her lips and smiled, with a deliberate provocation at the corners of her eyes.
"Your Majesty, do you know? In fact, I already had a man I loved long before I married you."
As she spoke, she observed the emperor's reaction. Seeing that he was just a little annoyed but not furious, she suddenly laughed.
Sure enough, that person was the only one who could arouse his emotions.
"There is one more thing I want to tell you, that is, I was an accomplice in the death of Concubine Shu.
Although she fell ill because of Qi Minxiu, she shut you out and refused to care for you, and her condition gradually worsened. It was all thanks to me comforting her every now and then."
"Cough cough..." As soon as Concubine Liang finished speaking, the emperor started coughing violently.
He covered his heart with one hand and pointed at her with the other. He tried to hold it in for a long time but couldn't utter a word, but instead spat out a mouthful of blood.
"That's right, Your Majesty. Just like I'm comforting you now, Concubine Shu also vomited blood after hearing my words, and passed away not long after."