Chapter 44 Can't Let Her Go

  "Your Majesty, the King of Ming has arrived. Shall we invite him in?" Huaguni whispered to Empress Jiang, who had been leaning against her ear for several days, an eerie calmness pervading the palace.

  As she said, the Fourth Miss of the Zhongjunhou Mansion was indeed a unique individual. In front of the Emperor and in the presence of all civil and military officials, not only did she offend the Empress Dowager's dignity, but also ignored the Emperor's facial expression. Her arrogant demeanor made people resentful to the point of grinding their teeth, yet at the same time, it earned her admiration and reverence from the bottom of their hearts.

  I wonder if under the heavens, there is anyone else who has such a big nerve as her.

  She was beaten to death, one stick at a time, by the Empress Zhuang, which shows that she didn't put the imperial family in her eyes at all. After being disturbed by her, many concubines in the harem were not living a peaceful life, and many of the favored consorts had decreased. It seems that even if one is the emperor's favorite consort, once they are to be abandoned, they will be abandoned.

  The emperor's mind is really hard to fathom.

  "Hmm." Lying lazily on the noble chair, Princess Jiang slightly lifted her eyelids and nodded.

  "The young master greets the queen mother, wishing her longevity. Ba Li Chang Jian has a glib tongue, but even he loses face in front of Leng Zuo Yue, seething with anger inside."

  Although the Emperor retained Zhuangfei's title as imperial consort, he gave her a funeral befitting an imperial consort and the Ling King's household also privately arranged for her posthumous affairs; this was just an unspoken understanding.

  The ministers will not bring it up, because they do not want to offend anyone and make enemies. The emperor will turn a blind eye, as long as no one makes trouble in front of him, he will pretend that nothing is wrong.

  "There's no outsider here, what are you being so polite for? Sit down and talk!" Winter had already arrived, the cold wind was piercing, and it was unknown when the first snow of the imperial city would fall.

  Jiang Guifei gazed out at the gray and hazy sky outside the window, she still remembered that every year, during the first snowfall, the Emperor would accompany her to admire it. But this year, did the position beside him still belong to her?

  "The one who knows me is the queen." Ba Li Chang Jian lifted his robe and sat down beside Jiang Gui Fei. Since the banquet, the Zhong Jun Hou Fu had been very quiet, and he couldn't figure out what Leng Zhi Yue was thinking about in her heart.

  With her current personality of repaying blood with blood, the Cold sisters had once designed to humiliate and beat her, it was unreasonable for her not to deal with them.

  "The princess, Xiaoyuanzi and Guixiang have arrived. Shall I let them in to ask questions?" Huaguniang was an old palace maid, and seeing that the master was inside talking, she naturally retreated to the outer room.

  "Be careful, don't let others see." Jiang Guifei adjusted her makeup and had Baili Changjian support her as she sat up, the long dark red armor looking somewhat eerie.

  "Yes." Huagugu nodded and retreated, then came back with a small eunuch and a little palace maid following behind her.

  "The slave (servant) greets Her Highness the Imperial Concubine and has seen the wise King. The two of them trembled as they knelt on the ground, performing a grand ceremony with their heads bowed low."

  Jiang Guifei relaxed her body, letting her personal palace maid Ming'er massage her shoulders and Shuang'er knead her legs. After a while, she finally spoke up: "One by one, what news do you all have?"

  Xiao Yuanshu said, lying on the ground: "Concubine, the Emperor ordered half an hour ago that Zhong Junhou should take good care of Leng Si Miss and not let her have any accidents."

  Having stayed by Liu Gonggong's side for a long time, he naturally also learned a truth, that is, the more valuable people are, the more arrogant they become, just like the unknown Leng Ziyue.

  Now in the palace, whoever mentions her name will tremble with fear. Even the emperor's favorite concubine dares to demand her execution in person. What can't she do?

  "What about you?" Upon hearing this news, Jiang Gui Fei's delicate and elegant face flashed a hint of paleness. She had not forgotten the look in Zhuang Fei's eyes before she died, and every night she would have nightmares because of it. How could she not resent Leng Zi Yue?

  If I had known earlier that keeping her would be such a disaster, I should have disregarded the Empress Dowager's face and killed her.

  The palace maid, Gui Xiang, heard the voice of Jiang Guifei and her shoulders shook even more violently. She stuttered: "Empress Dowager... Empress Dowager... these past few days, Empress Dowager's temper has been extremely bad. At the slightest provocation, she would smash things and scold palace maids, saying..."

  "What did you say?" The Empress Jiang coldly lowered her voice, the long guard lifted up Gui Xiang's chin, and in the blink of an eye, a bloody mark appeared on that smooth face, with fresh red blood slowly flowing down.

  "It's also said that Cold, Cold Zongyue can't stay." Her face was burning with pain, she didn't dare to call out or cry, she could only bite her lips and try not to let her body tremble too much.

  She pulled off the armor stained with fresh blood, and Jiang Guifei frowned, her red lips slightly opening. "Hua, reward them well." The two people in front of her were still useful now, and if she wanted to plant spies beside the two most powerful people in the imperial palace, it would take too much time, and wasting it would be foolish.

  After the ceremony, Hua Gu Gu took the two of them out of the inner hall, gave them some silver coins as a reward, and carefully instructed them on what to say and what not to say before letting them leave the Zhen Kun Palace.

  "Jian'er, you've heard everything, do you know what to do now?" Leng Ziyue got rid of Zhuang Fei but didn't touch Zhang Xiao. Jiang Guifei wouldn't be so naive as to think that it was because she still loved Zhang Xiao; rather, she was killing the chicken to scare the monkey, warning her.

  What kind of person is Su Miao Huan, who has lived in the palace for over 20 years and holds her current status today? Would she be a pushover?

  Facing such a temperamental enemy, taking the initiative is the best strategy.

  "The young master understands, and it's precisely for this matter that he has come. The Ling Wang Fu is temporarily unable to help us in any way, but the young master will strive to tie them together with us on the same rope, sharing honor and loss alike." Ba Li Chang Jian said with a reserved tone, having just visited Zhang Xiao yesterday only to be told that he was ill and refused to see him.

  He understood that Zhang Xiao didn't want to see him at all, so he just let it be and waited until his mood got a little better before talking.

  Leng Xue's ruthlessness is good or bad, it depends on how he guides Zhang Xiao himself.

  "What's going on with that cheap girl?" She gave birth to her son, how could she not understand the reason, without her explanation, he would also be paying attention to Leng Zhiyue's every move at all times.

  "For the time being, there was no movement at all, and it was quiet to the point of being eerie." Since he couldn't get anything from Leng Xueyu, he had no choice but to take advantage of those three women, using their strength to his own advantage.

  "You can't keep her, you must find a way to get rid of her, no matter what means necessary." The Empress Jiang was afraid of Leng Zhiyue, especially when facing those icy eyes that had not a hint of emotion, it almost made her collapse.

  She didn't know what words to use to describe her eyes, she only knew that it was a kind of trembling from the bottom of her heart, and since she couldn't confront it head-on, she had no choice but to take an indirect approach.

  "I understand." Wherever there is Leng Ziyue, there exists an uncertain factor. No one knows how she will play her cards or what she wants to do or get.

  Such a woman is too difficult to deal with.

  "You may withdraw!" Empress Jiang closed her eyes, "This palace is tired, Consort Hua, please escort Ming Wang out."

  Baili Changjian stood up, respectfully performed a kneeling bow, and turned around to leave with big strides.

  It would be great if you were a friend, unfortunately...

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  "Hua'er, what are you spacing out about?" Leng Ziyue yawned, her hair disheveled, her eyes bleary, looking like she hadn't fully woken up yet.

  Last night, I followed Master Murong Cang to practice martial arts too late, which made her not sleep enough. At the usual time when she should have gotten up, now even her eyelids can't be opened.

  "Miss, you look sleepy, why don't you sleep a bit more?" Hua'er covered her mouth and smiled secretly, actually she quite liked the miss's occasional dazed and lovely appearance, which was particularly endearing.

  "I won't sleep." Perhaps it was a habit formed since childhood, her biological clock had long been established, and when the time came, she would naturally wake up, and even if she wanted to change, she couldn't.

  "I'll go get some breakfast." Before she had even finished speaking, she was already running far away, with a hasty and urgent appearance, not at all like the calm and composed maid she usually was.

  Slender fingers toyed with the long hair, faint scent of hair lingering on fingertips for a long time, Leng Zheying narrowed her eyes, it seemed that in ancient times, except for the fresh air, nothing else was quite satisfactory.

  "Miss, it's still hot, eat quickly, don't starve." Huahua took out two small dishes and a bowl of meat porridge from the tray and put them on the table, laughing and shouting.

  "You seem very happy." Leng Ziyue asked casually while eating breakfast.

  Hua'er bit her lip and said cautiously: "Miss, I just feel that if the older sisters don't come to make trouble, life is really good, but...but..." She gestured with both hands, unsure whether she should say what came next.

  "But what?" raised an eyebrow, Leng Zixuan had already finished half a bowl of meat porridge.

  The scene of the conversation between Gongmenkou and Xue Wang Baili Chenyuan flashed back in her mind, thinking of the wonderful sound he sent to her arms, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed.

  "The young ladies would never let Miss have a good day, not coming to find trouble. I'm worried there's a bigger conspiracy." Huahua said seriously, she hated petty people, if you had the ability to come straight up, who was afraid of whom.

  "The enemy doesn't move, I don't move. Anyway, they are more anxious than us. As long as they make a move, I can take them down with justification." Leng Ziyue wouldn't initiate war, but those restless people could only withstand this low-pressure situation for so long before she would know what to do.

  "Miss is really clever." Hua'er knew that Miss had planned ahead, so she waited carefully. A fox will always reveal its tail eventually.

  Leng Xue simply pursed the corner of her mouth and didn't speak, she had to let Di Ya thoroughly investigate all the intelligence related to the Blood King, and report back to her without missing a single detail.

  That man seems to know her very well, she can't be completely clueless about him!

  Digression

  Sweat profusely, the stock is going to crash, it's been falling continuously and hasn't risen at all, what's going on?

  Is there something wrong with me, or is it somewhere else? Please help!

  This chapter is quite long, everyone must work hard!