C3 Monarch

Clap, clap, clap. The emperor slowly clapped twice. "Your courage deserves praise."

He looked at Gu Rongzhi with a smile, "Rest assured, you really are worthy of being the person you chose."

"You're too kind." Gu Rongzhi replied indifferently.

Then, the emperor picked up the pearl hairpin that had landed on the table and looked at it for a bit before turning his gaze towards Ye Qiongjiang who was covering his wrist, "Imperial Consort Qiong, do you think that I really do not know your identity? Ever since the first day you entered the palace, I knew that you were a Death Soldier Assassin that was groomed by Xin Su. The reason I allowed you to stay in the palace is because I chose you. Otherwise, you still have a life to live to this day? "There are some things that I can let go of, but don't think that I don't know anything."

This emperor, who had led Grand Xia towards the strongest empire in Grand Xia, casually put away his initial expression of 'no harm done'. In the end, he revealed a hint of sharpness in his eyes.

It was only at this moment that Ye Qiongjiang saw some bloody vicissitudes of life from his calm and peaceful face.

This was the true monarch.

There are some things that I can let go of, but don't think I don't know anything.

As Ye Qiongjiang sat in the Jade Dew Hall, the scenes of the day still lingered in her mind. The Emperor's final warning was extremely thought-provoking.

She could not understand what was going on.

The rumored "doom princess" was actually the Seventh Prince Gu Rongzhi, who should have died in the service of her country.

The Seventh Prince had actually become the enemy kingdom's emperor's queen as a man.

And he, the emperor's concubine, had spent the night with the 'empress'.

The most ridiculous thing was that it didn't seem like he was going to assassinate the Emperor right now. He was still put back into the Jade Dew Hall, and was still in front of the Emperor.

What is it, why?

"Empress, Empress!"

Ye Qiongjiang retracted her consciousness, and slowly raised her head. The water mirror shined with a haggard complexion, and Fang Chun who was behind her removed the exquisite hairpins on her head one by one. The black hair that was lifted up gradually scattered down.

"What is the Empress thinking so deeply?" But thinking about it … "Your majesty?"

Fang Chun, who was ordered not to stay in Jade Dew Hall last night, was finally allowed to return. As she combed Imperial Consort Qiong's hair, she joked. It could be said that the relationship between Fang Chun and the Imperial Consort Qiong was pretty good after spending more than a year together. Although there was a difference in status, they were already like sisters.

"Last night … The Emperor has sent all of us away, so Fang Chun asked the other palace maids about it. It seems like none of the concubines has received such treatment yet, esteemed wangfei, last night … " Fang Chun did not spit the second half of the sentence, but the expression reflected in the copper mirror was filled with ridicule and curiosity.

Ye Qiongjiang did not answer, but said indifferently: "I'm going to sleep, you can leave."

"So early?" No more? "What if the emperor …" Fang Chun was a little surprised, but looking at Ye Qiongjiang's dejected look, she did not dare continue. Could it be, last night … What unhappy things had the Empress experienced?

"I won't wait any longer." Ye Qiongjiang snorted coldly. He thought, if he continued to wait, the emperor would definitely not be able to wait, and might even bring the empress here.

Lying on the bed, the big red quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks seemed to still be announcing last night's favor, but the person covered by the quilt felt even more the coldness of the silk against his skin.

What kind of state was he in …

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard the sound of rocks hitting the windowsill.

Ye Qiongjiang sat up alertly, and then she heard someone whisper outside: "Failed?" The disguised voice made it impossible to tell the difference between sex and age.

This was the second time she had been sent to meet with the Death Soldier "Xin Su" in the palace, and it was the second time she had met him, and she did not know what role he had in the palace. However, this was a secretive person, he had entered the palace for more than a year, and they had never met face to face.

"Yes."

"Why aren't you dead?"

The Withering Bone Poison, one of the three great poisons of the Xin Country, combined with the Deep Jade Needle. As long as it entered the human body, the Deep Jade Needle would disappear, and the Withering Bone Poison could be attached to the bones through the veins. Afterwards, even if it was a medical expert, he would be unable to find anything out of the ordinary.

Ye Qiongjiang's aura flared up and after a moment of silence, she said, "I was saved by the Empress. "The empress, he …" After hesitating for a moment, he still had some doubts as to Gu Rongzhi's identity. If he really was the Seventh Prince, then there really would be no reason for him to stop him from assassinating the Emperor. Perhaps … Was this just a trap set up by the Emperor?

"Empress? The empress has always lived in seclusion and didn't see anyone else. Why would she save you? She knows who you are? " The other person went silent for a moment. Although it was a question, it was as if he was only muttering to himself, "Whatever, no matter what, you must find a second chance. This box of newly made red rouge and your lips, do as you see fit."

After a moment, there was no sound from the outside. It was likely that the other party had already left.

Ye Qiongjiang draped some clothes over her shoulders and walked down the bed. Pushing the window open, she saw a carved wooden box beneath the window, quietly sinking into the moonlight.

Just as he was about to stealthily go out and grab the wooden box, he suddenly saw someone bending over to pick up the wooden box from the bottom of the window.

This person came without a sound, as if he had been here for a long time. It was just that the moonlight was hazy, making it seem as if no one could see him.

When he raised his head again, the starlight that filled the sky seemed to fall on this person's body. His black eyes and black hair seemed cold and distant, and it was difficult to get close to him.

The man opened the wooden box and looked at the warm red grease inside the glass bottle that was emitting a faint fragrance. His lips raised into a smile, "Using the flower juice to change the color is much more exquisite than cinnabar, but the flower juice is extracted from a rare poisonous flower called 'Beautiful Face'. If you really used it to make up your lips, you would definitely die."

A beautiful face, grew in a deep valley, a dangerous place, under the topography there would definitely be places where the water and fire veins intersected. A beautiful face, grew in a deep valley, a dangerous place, under the topography there would definitely be places where the water and fire veins intersected. Almost only existed in legends.

"You …"

The first time they met, she thought that he was the emperor of Da Xia Empire. Now that she already knew he was the empress, she was even more confused than before.

Looking through the window, the hazy moonlight painted a faint light on his body. His black hair was slightly lifted by the night wind, causing Gu Rongzhi to close the wooden box and shake his head, "You are my wife, I will not let you die."

"Who the hell are you? What do you want? I am the Imperial Consort Qiong of the Emperor, not your wife! " Ye Qiongjiang seemed to be growling.

Gu Rongzhi looked at her widened eyes and laughed lightly. She said calmly: "You are the Imperial Consort Qiong, but you are also a woman that the Emperor specially selected for me. If you are Ye Qiongjiang, then you are destined to be my wife. "

What do you mean?

In his confusion, Ye Qiongjiang heard him continue: "It is seventeen years since General Nan Ping protected the country. He specially bestowed upon The General's daughter Qiong Jiang and the Seventh Prince a marriage, in recognition of their grace. Because the Ye family is young, and married at the age of sixteen. "

Gu Rongzhi looked at her seriously, a strange gentleness appearing on her cold and distant face. "Ye Qiongjiang, from the moment you entered the palace, and from the moment I saw you, I knew that I had finally — had waited for you."

"You … Are you really the Seventh Prince? "

Ye Qiongjiang was speechless.

When she was eleven years old, Emperor Xin bestowed her marriage to the Seventh Prince. At that time, she was still young and did not like this matter of marriage even though the other party was the outstanding Seventh Prince in all aspects. Like many willful young mistresses, she lost her temper crazily, and no one in the family dared to bring up this matter of marriage in front of her.

General Nan Ping also only thought that she was young. Five years later, there would be some changes.

But they never would have thought that three years later, the Xin Country would exterminate a nation for the sake of the Da Xia Empire. When General Nan Ping died in battle, Ye Qiongjiang also went from being a young miss of the General's Estate to being a pauper.

She had even snuck into the palace through the opportunity of the talent show a year ago. However, she had never thought that she would meet her former husband, the former Seventh Prince, here.

She had never seen him before, but he recognized her.

Everything was like the arrangement of fate. Following the guidance of the underworld, those who needed to meet would eventually meet again.

She thought he was dead, but he was still alive.

She thought that her first time would be taken away by that Emperor, but she did not expect that it would ultimately be given to him.

"If you really are the Seventh Prince, then how did you become the Empress? He is the enemy who exterminated the Xin Country, and killed all of your relatives. Just for... To live arrogantly? "

Actually, there was no need for him to answer. The only people who knew that they were engaged to each other were probably the two of them.

If it wasn't for the fact that she was afraid of alarming the others and attracting unnecessary trouble, she would probably have shouted out in anger.

Looking at the anger in her eyes, Gu Rongzhi reached out his hand, his warm fingers caressing the windowsill that was opened wide, gently caressing her face, his eyes seemed hazy in the moonlight, "So, we all need to live well, no one can die so easily."

Ye Qiongjiang's pupils contracted slightly. The person in front of him was standing in the middle of the night wind which gently blew his clothes. He was obviously floating like an immortal, but when he said those words, he suddenly became ice-cold.

"You …" So he had been enduring it all this time?

Ye Qiongjiang's heart hurt. She suddenly felt that this warm night wind was exceptionally cold, and her body, which was draped with clothes, couldn't help but shiver slightly.

He was the lofty Seventh Prince, and he was the next Emperor of the Xin Country. Yet, in this place, she became the queen of the enemy kingdom, and within this place... What had happened, and to what extent did he have to endure it? Only then would he be able to act like he was now. Feng Qingyun was so calm and indifferent, as if nothing had happened?

Looking at her expression, Gu Rongzhi knew that she hadn't cultivated to the point where she couldn't even hide her emotions, and was easily able to understand her thoughts. He sighed, placed the wooden case containing the red fat back into his sleeves, and softly said: "It's not as unbearable as you think, I'm not really wronged, although Mo Hua acts with iron and blood, he's still quite a reliable person."