"How could one match decide the winner?" Hearing the words, Emperor Xuanjing stroked his neatly trimmed short beard. While when he was about to speak, Consort Shu beside him suddenly said sweetly, "In my opinion, let's regard the previous round as a tie. Now let my Master set a theme for them to compete with each other!"
Shu Sisters had been with the emperor for more than 20 years. They were less than 16 years old when they entered the imperial palace, and at this time they were nearly forty years old.
However, maybe they had a secret for eternal youth, this Consort Shu, might be the elder sister or the younger sister, still had a sweet voice like a young girl although there was a veil on her face. It was no wonder that she was still favored by the emperor.
Her interjecting the emperor abruptly didn't annoy him. Instead, he looked at her with affection and smiled, "It's all up to you!"
Then he looked around at the crowd and said ki
Smiling bitterly, Li Shengxu made a bow before Emperor Xuanjing uttered a word, "Your Grace, I hope you will excuse me for my negligence in receiving our clients!'“Not your wrong!" Consort Shu softened at his words, manifesting more leniencies for the son of her tactful former mistress, with whom she had been on good terms, and said, "This place is good. We'll drop by the next time for sure... But your uncle isn't in a mood to enjoy your reception, and it's time for us to go back... Shengxu, don't take it personally! I just fear that Her Highness will reproach me if you can't recover sooner with these trivialities on your mind! It took you so long to recuperate, after all!"Li Shengxu chuckled, "I believe she'll reproach me instead for my falling short of your expectations."They talked for a while and Consort Shu completely relented and gave up departing.But she didn't speak of wishing for a contest between Huang Wujiu and Sheng
Sheng Weiqiao was dumbfounded!Was she in a romantic novel or somewhere strange?!!“Allow me to carry you down!" Receiving everyone's surprised look, Sheng Shuihe said softly and naturally as if he had been a brother genuinely caring about his sister, "Our house is too small to provide a carriage room. What if you walk with your numb legs and stumble over something in the dark? And it's snowy!"He slowly continued, ignoring Sheng Weiqiao's blush, rage, and even murderous vibe, "What are you feeling bashful for? It's also my turn to carry you around when you get married!"But only Sheng Weiqiao could interpret his implicative menace that she would have to marry him!And by then, he could legitimately carry her anywhere in his arms as he wanted!Eyes reddening, she struggled in vain and pinched his chest in revenge.However, Sheng Shuihe remained peaceful as if he had been insensitive to pain!
Sheng Shuihe felt somewhat nostalgic as Sheng Weiqiao reminisced their unpeaceful past. She feared so much when he took her to the cemetery for the first time that she clung to him and wouldn't let go!That was nice. But...But what did he do?He seemed to...He seemed to have shoved her away and forced her to take a trip in the cemetery infested with will-o'-the-wisp!!!To think of that, Sheng Shuihe believed the lasting struggle in the sea where Old Sea Master Gongsun had lost his life must have somewhat destroyed his mental capacity as he strove to break the blockade of Han Family and Pan Family...No!He should call it severely destroyed!He would be bewitched by her sweet hug if she gave him one now. Who in the hell would force an outrageous cemetery trip on her? He would readily obey all her wills instead and be a submissive husband like Xu Zijing... Wait! Must he compare hi
Brooding over her experience on that night, Sheng Weiqiao didn't fall asleep until very late. She returned to Nanfeng County as she wished in her dream and visited her aunt Madam Feng before she went back to Sheng Family. They managed to hire an assassin after a short discussion and got Sheng Shuihe killed.Madam Feng was so glad when the assassin came back with Sheng Shuihe's body and she kept him there for some tea with the hope to hear out how he killed Sheng Shuihe. In contrast, Sheng Weiqiao appeared to be dismal, peering at Sheng Shuihe's motionless corpse.She was in a trance when that assassin suddenly came up and asked, "Miss, did you have fun? He's dead now."Sheng Weiqiao forced a smile, with Madam Feng watching by the side, "Of course!""Good. Then shall I have some fun also?" The assassin's hand brushed against his face and Sheng Shuihe's countenance appeared before her. He held her in his arms, "It's my turn to enjoy
"Stop saying that!" The woman cook said so because she felt distressed about her lover and felt aggrieved that he was scolded by Sheng Weiqiao in public. And she hoped to take advantage of Sheng Shuihe's identity and position to take revenge on Sheng Weiqiao.Because the woman cook didn't know that Sheng Xiang always agreed overtly but opposed Sheng Weiqiao covertly in private, she thought that he must feel aggrieved since he was humiliated by Sheng Weiqiao like this although he had been loyal to her all the time.However, Sheng Xiang almost jumped up after he heard that in repose with his eyes closed.Pressing the woman cook's hand, he said in a light voice quickly, "The Eldest Childe and Third Miss..."Then he remembered that after Sheng Weiqiao got the aphrodisiac and knockout drops from him, Sheng Shuihe privately asked him to find out about the situation.Sheng Xiang had long been married and he had had children.
Sheng Weiqiao didn't hate Xu Caikui that much because of the effort of Xu Zijing and his wife, while they were still distanced, so she denied, "Eighth Sister and Yingjiang are still at home! Brother is in the exam now, so I could not leave for other things. Maybe we can change it to other days!"Xu Caikui did except her to say so, so she sighed and stopped saying anything but "I'll send you back!"They leave the house in the middle of the day. When they left, there were lots of carriages coming from different places in Chang'an.But carriages leaving from there were not that many. After all, Examination Hall was still open, and people would talk at the gate.So they went against the flow of carriage and walked slowly.They even had to stop to let other carriages go forwards... They should do it. After all, the carriages leaving Examination Hall had already sent the students there, so it didn't matter that they left lat
She wouldn't give the eunuch who came all the way here from Xin Shou Palace the cold shoulder, despite her discontent. Sheng Weiqiao whined and began to dress up after appointing Sheng Xiang to receive the eunuch in the drawing room.Presently, she met Meng Bijun at the side hall of Xin Shou Palace, whose face had almost recovered and scars were near invisible under the cover of powders.She looked charming and fresh today, in a lilac blouse and a pea-green pleated skirt, with a white jade belt buckled on her waist. She had a completely different vibe now. Her distant eyes began to manifest haughtiness rather than the aloofness before.But fortunately, Sheng Weiqiao wasn't among the object of her haughtiness.She scuttered up and held Sheng Weiqiao's arms before Sheng Weiqiao curtseyed to her. She said solemnly, "As I told you before, I'll never forget what you did to help me! How can I let you bend the knee to me? I'm the one who
As the old saying went, no secrets could be kept forever, even though Sheng Shuihe believed he didn't leave any traces and his competent accomplice had cleaned up the mess. Being out of the loop throughout the whole incident, Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but feel more anxious.She worried that Meng Bijun learned some information and was now testing her response. And even if she didn't, Sheng Shuihe could expose them later by committing another crime on Gao Chengxuan. Then the Meng Family would undoubtedly notice that all the victims in their family were somehow related to Sheng Siblings!And they would naturally find the truth!After all, the Meng Family wouldn't have earned their place in the imperial court if they had been incompetent despite the support of Empress Dowager Meng. Otherwise, the relatives of Shu Sisters who had dominated the imperial harem for over two decades wouldn't be so obscure as they were now. Idle and powerless, Shu Ting