The Cold-blooded Emperor's Vengeful Concubine

(The State Council Hall)

Baili Haoxuan sat high on the dragon throne with a cold face. His blue eyes briefly glanced at the ministers below, then looked towards the door of the council hall, without saying a word. All the ministers were intimidated by their imperial aura and dared not speak.

The Council Hall was immersed in a low pressure of silence. No one knew how long this calm before the storm would last...

"Where is General Beitang?" Baili Haoxuan asked coldly.

The ministers all looked at each other, not daring to utter a word. Everyone knew that a grand banquet had been held last night, and they had waited all night for the protagonist, General Beitang, to arrive, and now he was still late in court.

The endurance of the supreme monarch who has been challenged again and again.

"Where is General Beitang?" Baili Haoxuan asked coldly, suppressing his anger.

Yan Zinuo looked at those ministers who were like turtles, hiding their heads when there was something to do and sticking their heads out when there was nothing to do. He lifted up his official robe, took a step forward, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen General Beitang yet."

"Go find it for me." Baili Haoxuan said coldly.

"Yes." Yan Zinuo accepted the order.

He turned around and ordered the guards to look for Beitang Yuan. He had known for a long time that Beitang Yuan was an unruly and wild man, but he did not expect that he would be so unruly and openly defy the imperial power. How many heads does he have for him to chop off?

However, he happened to have outstanding abilities and was well-versed in military books, making him an absolute talent for a general. For Baili Haoxuan, who valued and loved talents, he was someone he was longing for. It was a pity that he was too arrogant and looked down on others.

After searching the entire palace, no one from Beitang Yuan was found, and for the first time the emperor angrily stopped court.

(Qingyue Hall)

Yun Jingman was sitting in front of the chessboard, playing chess alone and enjoying himself.

"Good luck to the emperor..." The palace maid outside the palace gate paid her respects to Baili Haoxuan.

"Get out!" Baili Haoxuan said viciously.

The little palace maids were frightened and retreated one after another.

Yun Jingman knew that Baili Haoxuan had arrived, so she quickly put away the chessboard, stood up, and respectfully greeted Baili Haoxuan, saying, "Your Majesty, long live the emperor."

"Get up." Baili Haoxuan swung his sleeves irritably, sat down in the seat where Yun Jingman had just sat, and glanced at the chessboard with his blue eyes.

"My beloved, can you play chess?" Baili Haoxuan asked coldly.

"No." Yun Jingman said lightly.

"Why don't you learn?" Baili Haoxuan looked at Yun Jingman with inquiring and suspicious blue eyes.

"I am born stupid and cannot learn this elegant art of chess." Yun Jingman said coldly.

Baili Haoxuan stared at Yun Jingman, who had a calm face, and said coldly: "I can teach you."

"I would like to thank the emperor in advance. I am born stupid and I am afraid that I can't learn no matter how hard you try. It will only make the emperor unhappy. Besides, the emperor did not come here to teach me how to play chess." Yun Jingman looked at Baili Haoxuan deeply and smiled faintly.

"If, my beloved concubine has a wild horse that has broken free from its reins and is unruly and cannot be tamed no matter what. Then, my beloved concubine, should she abandon it or continue to tame it?" Baili Haoxuan raised his handsome eyebrows and glanced at Yun Jingman with his blue eyes.

"I will choose to continue taming it until I can use it." Yun Jingman walked over and sat down opposite Baili Haoxuan. She picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Baili Haoxuan, and also poured a cup of tea for herself.

Baili Haoxuan picked up the teacup, smelled the tea, took a sip, frowned, and put down the teacup, saying, "Is this tea brewed by my beloved concubine?"

"No, I don't know the tea ceremony." Yun Jingman denied it flatly.

The blue eyes had a complicated expression, and a trace of loss flashed across them, then quickly disappeared, as if this trace of loss had never appeared...

"If, my beloved concubine, has tried to tame this wild horse for ten years without success, should we abandon it or continue to tame it?" Baili Haoxuan said coldly.

"Kill him." Yun Jingman said calmly.

Yun Jingman gently picked up the tea that was still rising with wisps of green smoke and sipped it carefully. It turned out that it was not as delicious as the one he brewed himself. Tea is still better when you brew it yourself.

"Why did you kill him?"

"Since it is not mine and I cannot tame it, I might as well kill it. I will not give anyone else the chance to tame it. Either it cannot be tamed, or its owner can only be me."

"After ten years of seeing each other, doesn't my beloved concubine have any feelings? Can you just kill her if you say so?" He read the strangeness in those watery eyes, but found that they were still as calm as water.

"Would I still talk about feelings with a beast that doesn't know how to recognize its master?" Yun Jingman sneered, disdain flashing across his watery eyes. You, Baili Haoxuan, have you ever talked about feelings? But it's a joke "I just want to tame this wild horse. I don't want to abandon it, I don't want to kill it. My beloved concubine is too cruel." Baili Haoxuan said coldly.

No matter how cruel I am, how can I be even one ten-thousandth as cruel as you, Baili Haoxuan? Yun Jingman complained in his heart.

Yun Jing smiled lightly and said coquettishly, "Since Your Majesty already has the answer, why bother asking me? However, it just gives Your Majesty an opportunity to laugh at my stupidity and cruelty."

"It's just a casual question. My beloved, don't take it to heart." Baili Haoxuan opened the chess box, picked up a chess piece from the full box, and rubbed it between his slender index and middle fingers.

He didn't understand why he came to the Qingyue Palace with such anger; why he suppressed his anger after seeing her; and why he asked her such a question.

"People often want to tame wild horses for their own selfish desires and the pleasure of conquest. But who knows what the wild horses are thinking? The vast prairie is the ultimate place for wild horses to run wild. It is not a cage given by humans. If the owner is not a Bole, he should not ask for the horse to be a thousand-mile steed. Only people with a discerning eye can recognize a thousand-mile horse." Yun Jingman said these words lightly.

"My beloved, what do you mean?" Baili Haoxuan gently rubbed the chess piece, looking at Yun Jingman with his blue eyes without blinking, and asked seriously.

"If the emperor wants to tame the wild horse, then he should first know what the wild horse wants. Does the wild horse want to travel thousands of miles a day and run freely, or does it want to ride on the battlefield and kill the enemy?"

"Run freely? Go into battle and kill the enemy?" Baili Haoxuan looked at Yun Jingman, his blue eyes thoughtful.

"I just said something extra. Your Majesty has his own thoughts."

"I will teach you how to play chess." Baili Haoxuan did not answer Yun Jingman, but changed the subject. He thought he should know how to tame the wild horse.

"I am terrified. I dare not cause trouble to the emperor."

"Playing chess alone is too boring after all. I want to find someone to play chess with me. In the past..." Baili Haoxuan said lightly, as if he was reminiscing about everything in the past...

Thinking back to the scene of playing chess with that woman, it seemed like it was just yesterday, as if that person had never left and was still by his side...

The person in front of me, no matter how similar his temperament is to her, I find that he is not her after all. A substitute is just a substitute...