That night, Lengmei dressed up and put up a delicate makeup. She put up the most gorgeous gown with a layer of gauze covering it. Her round and smooth shoulders were seen through the gown, and her bosom stood out, making her extremely lovable and charming.
She looked at herself in the mirror and felt profoundly satisfied. Even if Chu Tiankuo wouldn't touch her, he should not treat her indifferently.
She brought her personal maid who was holding the soup and arrived at the door of the imperial study. The eunuch on duty was about to stop her when he recalled Lengmei's recent activeness and realized it would be a bad idea to stand in her way. He then decided to go inside to remind Chu Tiankuo, but before he could move, Lengmei stopped him first.
"Why are you escaping from me? Do I look like a beast in your eyes?" said Lengmei as she called back the eunuch who intended to leave and then walked in front of him.
The eunuch bowed to L
Tang Xia saw Chu Tiankuo's bright yellow imperial robe, and so did Lengmei. They gave a meaningful smile at each other. Tang Xia lowered her voice and said curtly, "You're enjoying your little triumph, right? Now the hero is here. Do you dare to have a competition with me?" "What competition?" said Lengmei as she saw Chu Tiankuo approaching, her heart stirring and her mouth gaping. "Frame-up. Let's see whose side he's going to take." Tang Xia darted a provoking look at Lengmei, flew at her and then feigned falling back, tumbling helplessly to the ground. "Ah! Lengmei, why did you push me?" "You!" Lengmei's eyes bulged and she gaped at Tang Xia unbelievingly, who was sitting on the ground with a grieved and puzzled face. "I knew you were going to frame me like this, right?" said Tang Xia speechlessly with lip movements alone as she raised her head and gave a bright smile. "Your Grace, Your Grace, how
"Your Grace, is it appropriate? It is not right to let so many people into the palace without His Majesty's permission." Lengmei's maid looked at Lengmei worriedly and gave a glance at the garish female role on the stage. "What? Can't I do such trifle thing?" Lengmei wore a cold look immediately and snorted, putting her cup down with a thump. "Please don't be angry, Your Grace. Take care of yourself." The maid flung herself down beside Lengmei's feet with cold sweat on her forehead. "I just did it for your own good. After all, it is you who let those unidentified people in the palace. If something happens, you are to blame." As Lengmei propped up her head with her elbow idly, she heaved a sigh slowly. Then she helped the maid up and sighed with deep feeling, "Alright, alright. I understand that you are loyal to me. I have my own logic by doing so. As a qualified maid, you just need to listen and watch silently. Do you understand?"
In the large bedroom palace stood a woman wearing a gorgeous purplish-red dress embroidered with the pattern of swallows. As the breeze swept by from the window, the floor-to-ceiling curtains drifted about in the wind for a while. As Lengmei wore a cozy look, she darted a look with her long and narrow almond eyes. Her maid standing aside lowered her head immediately. The maid who passed the message hurried into the room and said before she got close to Lengmei, "There she comes, Your Grace." "Send her in." The maid backed toward the door hurriedly and bowed to the woman who stood outside of the room, saying in a gentle voice, "Please come in." A woman in white stepped into the room before the maid raised her head. As the breeze swept by, her long white sleeves swayed in the wind, which was quite charming. "All of you go out." Lengmei ordered her maids, "Don't come in without my permission and close t
It was said that Bai Bulun, the envoy from the border area owned the height of seven feet with dashing eyebrows and sharp eyes, which made him one of the most handsome men. Besides, he had been learning the culture of the Central Plains and had made intensive research on the etiquette of the Central Plains. When people saw him for real, they found that his height was truly seven feet, but his appearance was somewhat rough, which could not be regarded as handsome in the country. But everyone was as mute as a fish in consideration of regional disparity. Bai Bulun spoke standard Chinese and bowed to Chu Tiankuo reverently with a quite sincere attitude. "I am the envoy Bai Bulun. I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty. I am here today to sue for peace with lavish gifts offered by the Great Khan who regards this negotiation of peace as important." As Bai Bulun finished his sentence, he let someone bring a cage. Then he disclosed the
After Chu Tiankuo heard about the diagnosis that Lengmei lost her child, he knew how serious the matter was. Whether it was because the imperial physician was bribed by Lengmei or there was something hidden in this matter, the fact was that Tang Xia framed Lengmei and Lengmei lost her child. Chu Tiankuo was quite aware of Lengmei's scheme and he knew that Lengmei framed Tang Xia. Even if Tang Xia did make Lengmei lose her child, Chu Tiankuo would protect Tang Xia. Besides, he did not believe that Tang Xia would do such a thing. Chu Tiankuo also suspected that Lengmei was not pregnant at all and that she might want to make use of this matter to expose Tang Xia to mortal danger. In Chu Tiankuo's view, Tang Xia was always an optimistic, sanguine, strong and kind girl. How could she do such a thing? It was impossible! As for Lengmei, she was quite an insidious and cunning woman who wanted to take everything to frame T
Zui Linglong knew that Lengmei must have not expected this when she saw Lengmei's overreaction. Lengmei was obviously unprepared for her sarcasm. Zui Linglong was very satisfied with Lengmei's reaction at this time and Lengmei had begun to fall into tension. Seeing Lengmei's expression, Zui Linglong could not help hooking up the corners of her mouth and said with a sneer, "Help, please be soberer. And please use your mind to think about that, Bai Bulun helped you today just because he sympathized the pitiful image you pretended in front of the emperor. He will never stand by you." "Compared with you, a humble imperial concubine who does not deserve mentioning, of course, Bai Bulun is more partial to Chu Tiankuo. At the very least, do you know the purpose of Bai Bulun's this visit?" "Doesn't he come to negotiate for peace with us?" Lengmei was still very puzzled with Zui Linglong's previous foreshadowing and still answered her q
As Chu Tiankuo left coldly, Lengmei felt quite disappointed, clenching her fist. And she was so angry that she could not feel that her fingernails were pinched into her palm when she followed Chu Tiankuo with her eyes. "Don't blame me for being ruthless if you do so!" Lengmei thought, staring at the direction of Tang Xia's palace fiercely. The next day, Lengmei had someone build up the altar outside and summoned many people to watch it at noon. Lengmei sent out the message on purpose so that many ministers also came here to watch the scene of bustle as if she feared the audience was not enough. After a while, Lengmei who was supported by her maid came. Lengmei wore a pure white dress with no hair accessory. The color of Lengmei's face was quiet. Her appearance was somewhat haggard but not confounded, which highlighted her elegance and beauty. No wonder there was an old saying that women should wear i
Although Tang Xia was not the empress anymore, Lengmei could not stop harboring a grudge against Lengmei and stood on the altar. As Lengmei's gorgeous dress could not cover up her grimness, she finally wore a smile, hearing the louder and louder denouncement. "Tang Xia, although His Majesty favors you, how can he protect you as people all regard you as cruel?" There was no wonder that old saying went, "Women are the most malicious creature." And it would be more terrible when her jealousy turned into hatred. Lengmei regarded Tang Xia losing her reputation and the title of the empress as the beginning and would not be satisfied until Tang Xia lost everything and had her body smashed to pieces. Lengmei had stood upon the altar without eating or sleeping for three days. Although she had lost sensation below her waist gradually, she stuck to it as she would not give up until Tang Xia was doomed to death. Zui Linglong