The Cold-blooded Emperor's Vengeful Concubine

(Phoenix Temple)

"Empress, it's time to take the pregnancy-preserving medicine." Zui Lu handed the still smoking pregnancy-preserving medicine to Leng Ruoning.

Leng Ruoning, who was sitting on the couch, acted as if he hadn't heard anything, his eyes were blank...

"Empress..." Zui Lu called softly.

"Hmm." Leng Ruoning responded, took the medicine bowl from Zui Lu, and drank it slowly...

He handed the empty medicine bowl to Zui Lu and whispered, "In fact, there are many kinds of concern. One is superficial concern, one is perfunctory concern, and one is concern from the heart. So, what the emperor said just now, 'If you have a dragon descendant, don't kneel down casually.' Which kind does it belong to?"

Zui Lu, who was tidying up the medicine bowl, paused when she heard Leng Ruoning's question, put down the medicine bowl in her hand, turned around with a smile, and said to Leng Ruoning: "Your Majesty, that is of course a concern from the heart. Ever since your Majesty had a dragon descendant, the emperor has loved your Majesty so much."

Leng Ruoning said thoughtfully: "Since the birth of the Dragonborn..."

"Your Majesty, why do you need to think too much? Your Majesty is of high and noble status, and you are the head of the harem. You also have an imperial descendant, the first child of the royal family. The emperor also attaches great importance to it. Your Majesty, you can be said to be the most popular person at the moment."

"Yes, maybe I am just too sensitive." Leng Ruoning said calmly. Her brows were furrowed, and she couldn't relax. Was she really too sensitive or was it really the truth?

To be blessed with the emperor's love and give birth to a prince was perhaps the most honorable thing for a woman in the palace. A mother's status rose rapidly due to her son, but she didn't want these. She wanted the man's heart, even if he couldn't give her his life, at least...

The coolness of autumn brings sadness...

The night light is turning, but it cannot illuminate the sorrow of the women in the deep palace...

(Qingyue Hall)

Yun Jingman dismissed the palace servants and sat alone on the couch, reading by lamplight. In the past, she liked to read poetry, songs, and those pretentious books, but now she was holding a book on military strategy.

"I really want to know how that man did it." How did he defeat the strong with the weak and destroy the country overnight? Yun Jingman frowned, put down the book, and said in a calm voice: "Come out, master."

Even though she didn't have high-level martial arts skills, she was still alert, for example, if someone suddenly came into her bedroom.

Gu Yue shook her head helplessly, wondering when he would be discovered by her. As expected, the sword pierced through the heart and bones, and its power should not be underestimated. She jumped down from the beam in the dark, but her movements were not as smooth as before.

Yun Jingman blew out the oil lamp that had just been lit, and the bedroom suddenly became dark, with only the cold silver light shining in through the window...

"Master, what can I do for you this time?" Yun Jingman asked coldly, with a bit of distance in his words.

Gu Yue, who was wearing a butterfly-shaped mask, seemed to have heard something unbelievable, and looked straight at Yun Jingman. Yun Jingman had no expression on his face, which was even colder than the light of the cold moon...

"You've ventured into the palace so late at night. You must have some mission for me, right? Kill Baili Haoxuan?" Yun Jingman looked up at him with a sarcastic tone.

She just couldn't get over the fact that Gu Yue had deceived her. He clearly said he wouldn't assassinate her, so why did he turn around and bring a group of assassins from Fanli Palace to assassinate her, and even hid in a tree to give them a fatal blow?

She could see clearly that the man in white on the tree was Gu Yue, and that the butterfly mark was only found by Gu Yue in the world.

She could accept Gu Yue's use of her, which she was willing to do, but she could not accept being deceived, which was too deeply hurtful...

"Jingman..." Gu Yue started to speak, but didn't know how to continue. Did she have nothing to say?

"If the master has nothing to tell me, I want to take a rest." Yun Jingman drove her away without any courtesy and no longer humbled herself in front of Gu Yue.

In the past, she respected him as an upright gentleman who saved her, gave her a new life, and never deceived or forced her. However, now, for a man who once said, "If you regret it, I will take you away," she suddenly felt that these words were ironic and ridiculous.

She almost believed it, almost...

"Jingman, are you upset about that time..."

"No. I have no right to be angry with my master. Whatever my master does is right, and he does not need to explain anything to me. I am just a lowly servant. Why should I care about someone as noble as my master?" Yun Jingman interrupted Gu Yue coldly. She didn't want to hear any more words about that incident.

That would make her feel ignorant and ashamed of the trust she once wanted to give him.

All men in the world are like this. She really can't trust anyone.

"I came here just to see how serious your injuries are." Gu Yue ignored Yun Jingman's sharp words and asked lightly.

"Thanks to my master, my injuries have already healed. I thank you for your concern." Yun Jingman said gritting his teeth.

"That's good. I'll go first." After saying this, Gu Yue turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

Watching Gu Yue leave, Yun Jingman slumped down on the couch and laughed at himself. As expected, no one can be trusted in this strange world. No one is an exception, no one!

Gu Yue flew out of the Qingyue Palace and stopped inside a remote palace wall. She touched the gaping wound on her chest. She held onto the wall with one hand and coughed a few times in a low voice.

"master."

The hand that was leaning on the wall suddenly dropped, and he stood up and asked indifferently, "What's the matter?"

"Master, the Palace Master did this to you..." Zi Yan was about to say something but stopped herself. After she returned to Fanli Palace, she heard that the Palace Master had used the "heart-piercing and bone-penetrating" punishment on the Young Palace Master.

"Shut up. This is not your business to talk about. Especially, don't tell Jingman." Gu Yue said coldly, his eyes shooting at Zi Yan.

"It's all because of her, isn't it?" Zi Yan said angrily.

"If you say anything more, I will kill you first!" Gu Yue said fiercely.

"Yes, master." Zi Yan clenched her fists and said gritting her teeth, with a ferocious and vicious look on her beautiful face.

In the deep palace, some women hope every day that the supreme monarch can give them some love and live their lives with the emperor as the center; some women try every means to get out of the deep palace and find a man who treats them sincerely and spends their lives with them; some women, in the deep palace, their hearts are attached to other men...

Women of all kinds are the most helpless and resentful existence in the deep palace...