The moment imperial consort Su finished her sentence, the atmosphere froze for a while.
Imperial consort Zhao looked at the empress on the main seat. She was drinking tea expressionlessly with her head lowered.
She was utterly composed and certainly lived up to her status as empress.
After all, the empress took years to get over the eldest prince's death back in the day.
Cheng Xiaoxiao felt exhausted from listening to this. However, she had roughly figured it out. The woman sitting on the right of the main seat in green was imperial consort Zhao, and the one on the left was the evil imperial consort Su who liked to shit stir.
She raised her paw and scratched her head. It was tiring listening to all this palace intrigue.
She was going to leave!
Cheng Xiaoxiao was about to head back to the pillar behind Chu Yunshen. Then she noticed the government officials on the east side of the table s
The woman danced. Then she twirled and appeared before Chu Yunshen’s table. Her white robes fluttered amid the cherry blossoms in the air. She threw her long flowy sleeve into the air towards Chu Yunshen’s shoulder. Chu Yunshen subtly avoided it with his eyes on the contents of his teacup the entire time. Pink cherry blossoms floated down and fell onto her temples, down to her sleeve, giving off a sweet-smelling scent as she danced to the music. Cheng Xiaoxiao had already figured out who the dancing woman was while she hid behind the pillar. It was her savior, Wan Xia. She leaned against the pillar and watched somewhat unhappily at Wan Xia as she kept dancing closer and closer to Chu Yunshen. Wan Xia kept gazing at Chu Yunshen with a tender look in her eyes. Although Wan Xia saved her, Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t let her have Chu Yunshen. Fortunately, Chu Yunshe
In ancient times, slaves had a low status to begin with. Since this was the palace, she would lose her head if she was careless. Cheng Xiaoxiao had no choice but to carry her tray and follow the rest of the maids into Qimeng Garden. After she was some distance from the palace kitchen, she halted and wanted to take off with the food. However, the maid in front of her seemed to have eyes growing behind her head. Every time she wanted to attempt something, the palace maid would remind her softly, “Keep up! Do you want to die? If the food arrives late, we will all have to get punished!” After a few tries, Cheng Xiaoxiao could detect the palace maid losing her patience. Cheng Xiaoxiao could tell that if she tried anything funny again, the palace maid would probably throw her tray at Cheng Xiaoxiao. So she finally accepted her fate and gave up escaping. The moment they entered t
What did she just do?This was the emperor’s favorite son, Prince Qing, Chu Jinshuo!In his eyes, she was just a palace maid who was at everyone’s mercy!What was he going to do to her? Cheng Xiaoxiao raised her head and looked at Chu Jinshuo hopelessly at the thought. Chu Jinshuo’s thin lips curved into an evil smile. His long index finger grazed the side of his lips as he stared at her profoundly and said, “You have quite the temper! I am very surprised.” Then Chu Jinshuo reached his hand for Cheng Xiaoxiao’s waist. It might be a pleasant surprise for Chu Jinshuo, but she was terrified! Get out of the way!She was running out of time!Cheng Xiaoxiao saw claws growing out of her almost translucent fingertips. She didn’t know how much longer she could sustain human form. She quickly avoided the pervert’s hands as she moved backward. Aft
“Get in the water and pull out the insolent slave who offended the imperial consort!” A voice so hoarse that it sounded like sandpaper rubbing the ground came from the shore!“Yes, Ma’am!” The sound of people diving into the lake could be heard. Chu Yunshen happened to arrive just in time to see this. Chu Yunshen felt angry about saving a palace maid after she stole food. He was planning on taking a walk elsewhere to ease his drunkenness when he suddenly heard imperial consort Su’s piercing scream. Hence, he came over to check. A set of palace maid’s clothing floated atop of the lake while a white cat could be seen thrashing beside it.Chu Yunshen’s dark eyes stared fixedly. Wasn’t that his lion cat?What was she doing in the lake?Chu Yunshen ordered the guards in the lake, “Save the cat!”“Yes, Your Highness!” replied a guard when they heard Prince
“Yunshen! Do you not plan on talking to me forever?”The moment Cheng Xiaoxiao heard the princess talking, her scalp couldn't help going numb.“That’s not it,” replied Chu Yunshen coldly without stopping.“Then why haven’t you spoken a word to me ever since seeing me?” said Chu Mengqian anxiously as she ran behind him.She was seated three rows behind Chu Yunshen earlier. Ever since the banquet started, she kept staring at him.She kept waiting for Chu Yunshen to realize she was there. However, he didn't talk to her during the entire banquet.“I had nothing to say,” said Chu Yunshen before he headed to the horse carriage. “Brother Yunshen, let me see you off!”Chu Hongyi followed behind him. After Chu Yunshen boarded the horse carriage waiting at the palace gates, Chu Mengqian could no longer restrain herself from saying, “Yunshen!”She wrung her handke
Cheng Xiaoxiao shook her head at Chu Yunshen. Then she acted cutely and spat her tongue. Chu Yunshen stared at her with his face stiffened. Cheng Xiaoxiao could only use her killer move and pretend to sleep!She suddenly yawned and slumped her head. She rubbed her head in Chu Yunshen’s hand before she lay down sideways in his arms. Chu Yunshen was terrified. He thought she had passed out after suffering the fall into the lake. Just as he was about to get Xiaowu to bring Mu Bai, he noticed her eyelashes moving. She was pretending to sleep. Oh gosh!Never mind. He could deal with her tomorrow. Chu Yunshen shook his head helplessly. The next day at daybreak, the deafening sound of gongs and drums rang outside Prince Jing’s residence. And firecrackers kept going off. All the people nearby came over when they heard the commotion. “What’s going on? Is
Qin looked worriedly at the woman who the other concubines surrounded and said with her eyes red, “Miss! Are you okay?”“Why are you shouting? It’s not like my mistress will eat her alive, right?”A maid pushed Qin hard. Qin was caught off guard, and her head crashed right onto the pillar nearby. “AHHH!”The maids instantly screamed in shock when they saw Qin’s head covered in blood. Their mistresses turned when they heard the noise and got shocked by what they saw. “I only told you to scare her! I didn't say you could touch her! You really got us into trouble now! Hurry up and go before anyone else finds out!”“Yes, Miss!” The concubines were terrified of offending Prince Jing, so they instantly scattered. “Meow!”How could they run after hitting Qin?They were such awful people! She wanted to scratch their faces! How dare
Butler Liu suddenly saw the wound the size of a fist and said in shock, “Erm…erm… How did this happen? Didn’t she just bump her head on a pillar?”Wan Xia covered the corner of her mouth with her handkerchief and softly wept as an air of sadness emanated from her. Butler Liu rubbed his temples somewhat anxiously. How was he going to answer to Prince Jing if someone really died?He saw Wan Xia crying softly by the side and couldn’t help asking solemnly, “Miss Wan Xia, what happened today?”Wan Xia wiped her tears as she said, “It was all my fault! The other ladies came over to talk to me. Things got a little chaotic because of the crowd, so Qin ended up bumping her head on the pillar accidentally when she was trying to protect me.”Butler Liu glanced around at the other rooms in the compound sternly with perception. Then he turned to look at Wan Xia and said, “I will report this to His Highness accordingly.”