Long Live the Empress

The news that the murderous devil Jiu Qiansui and Princess Jing'an were granted marriage spread throughout the streets and alleys in no time!

Everyone racked their brains but couldn't figure out the reason.

Some people say that Jiu Qiansui is not only cruel but also extremely fond of beauty. Yue Jinghao is stunningly beautiful, so Jiu Qiansui will certainly not let her go!

Some people said that Yue Jinghao was in the limelight, and because of her favor, she became arrogant and offended Jiu Qiansui, so Jiu Qiansui forced Yue Jinghao on himself and kept her to torture her slowly in the future. The Qiansui Mansion even spread the word that Yue Jinghao would be tortured in all kinds of ways to relieve Jiu Qiansui's anger!

Some people also said that the reason why Jiu Qiansui was so powerful in martial arts was because he drank human blood to practice martial arts, especially the blood of beautiful women, which could greatly increase his martial arts skills. If Jiu Qiansui married Yue Jinghao, he would be able to drink fresh blood of beautiful women every day...

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Various rumors were rife, but the two people involved in the topic were busy with their own things and ignored them.

Manou told Yue Jinghao all the rumors he had heard, which made Yue Jinghao burst into laughter.

Manjue frowned, looked at Yue Jinghao who was laughing till tears came out, and said, "Miss, why are you still laughing... They made up a story about you and Jiu Qiansui, and you are not angry at all?"

Yue Jinghao had lived two lives, but this was the first time she laughed so wildly. She couldn't stop laughing for a moment. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "What do you think? If we compile these into a storybook, will the people scramble to buy them? Will we become rich?"

The corners of Manjushri's mouth twitched a few times. "Miss, stop joking and think of a solution! If you continue like this, will you and Jiu Qiansui still have a good reputation?"

"Agate, he still has a reputation? Hahaha..."

Of course Yan Liyuan has a reputation, but it is a bad reputation!

"Miss, someone handed me a letter!" When Nanny Qin heard her young lady laughing so happily, her face was also filled with smiles.

Yue Jinghao held back her laughter and opened the letter. It was from Kong Linan, asking her to go to a small teahouse in the afternoon.

Agate asked, "Why did Lord Kong ask Miss out on this? Is he going to pay Miss back the money?"

Yue Jinghao suppressed her laughter and put the letter on the candle to light it. "You'll know when you get there."

In the afternoon, Kong Linan was waiting in the teahouse early. Although he was usually calm, he was a little restless at this moment.

Hearing the sound of agate coming from outside the door, Kong Linan quickly looked towards the door, and was stunned.

Yue Jinghao didn't dress up specially today. She simply tied her hair into a bun with a jade hairpin inserted diagonally. Her beautiful face was not made up, except for a little pink lip balm to enhance her complexion. She wore a crescent-white dress with dark patterns and a jade forbidden step hanging on the hem...

This is a jade pendant without any words on it. There is only a Qilin carved on one side, and the other side has the patterns of the jade pendant itself, which together form a natural landscape painting.

This is the jade pendant Yan Liyuan gave her...

Kong Linan didn't come to his senses until Yue Jinghao sat down.

"Mr. Kong, is Aunt Kong in good health?..." Yue Jinghao spoke first.

Kong Linan also knew that he had lost his composure, so he coughed lightly and said, "Thanks to the princess's kindness, my mother is much better now, and she hasn't coughed since winter..."

Yue Jinghao nodded and said, "I have not yet congratulated Mr. Kong on his success in the imperial examination. I will offer him a glass of tea instead of wine!"

"If there were no princess, there would be no Lin'an today. I should be the one to pay my respects to the princess..." Kong Lin'an also picked up the teacup and drank it all.

Yue Jinghao put down the teacup, with a hint of admiration in her eyes, "I didn't expect this teahouse to have such good tea!"

Kong Linan smiled back and personally filled Yue Jinghao's cup with tea. "It is a blessing for this tea to be favored by the princess!"

The two of them were silent for a while, just sipping their tea in silence.

"What is it that Master Kong asked me to come here for?"

Yue Jinghao saw that Kong Linan seemed to be hesitant to speak, so she knew he had something to say, so she opened her mouth and asked.

"That is... the marriage between the princess and the Nine Thousand Year Old Man, but is the princess willing?" Kong Linan said. He looked at the woman in front of him, trying to see a hint of sadness or embarrassment on her face.

"The emperor has promised me the right to marry independently. If I don't agree, he won't issue an order!" Yue Jinghao said.

Kong Linan's hand holding the teacup paused. He thought of various reasons, but never thought that she really did it voluntarily!

"Although Jiu Qian Sui is in a high position and has great power, he is not the princess' ideal man. Why didn't the princess reject him? Or does the princess have some unspeakable secret?"

"Mr. Kong, how do you know that he is not my lover?" Yue Jinghao looked at Kong Linan, thinking that he was just thinking about her.

"I have seen him in the court. Although he has an extraordinary bearing, he is too deep-minded and very cold-hearted. Moreover, he is a eunuch! Don't these princesses know this?" Kong Linan asked anxiously.

After these words were spoken, Agate and Xiao Nineteen looked at each other. Xiao Nineteen even regarded Kong Linan as an enemy. He slid the short blade in his sleeve into his palm, ready to attack at any time.

This person actually dared to talk about his master behind his back. He must be tired of living!

"I..." Of course I know.

Yue Jinghao had just said one word when the door of the room was pushed open.

A tall man in a purple robe walked in slowly, making the small tea room a little depressing.

"Why are you here?" Yue Jinghao looked at the visitor, and the smile that unconsciously appeared on her face was something Kong Linan had never seen before.

Yan Liyuan smiled and reached out to put a thin cloak on Yue Jinghao.

"I knew you forgot to wear it, so I hurriedly brought it to you!" Yan Liyuan's tone was gentle, and he seemed to be blaming his little wife.

Yue Jinghao let Yan Liyuan tie the belt around her neck and said, "I don't think it's that cold... Look, other people are not wearing anything..."

"That's someone else! You've just recovered. If you don't take good care of yourself, you'll get sick again! Do you still want to drink those bitter medicines?" Yan Liyuan joked.

"..."

Speaking of taking medicine, Yue Jinghao recalled the scene of Yan Liyuan feeding her with his mouth, and a blush unconsciously appeared on her face.

Yan Liyuan's eyes darkened. If there weren't outsiders present, he would have definitely bullied Yue Jing severely.

In the end, he couldn't help it and reached out to hold Yue Jinghao's little hand on his leg.

In order to protect Yue Jinghao's reputation, Yan Liyuan used his wide sleeves to cover their clasped hands.

Yue Jinghao's face turned even redder. She picked up the teacup with her other hand and took a sip of tea.

"Try it, the tea here is good!"

Yan Liyuan took Yue Jinghao's hand and swallowed the remaining half cup of tea, "Sure enough... Not bad..."

A double entendre…

Kong Linan looked at the two of them and felt that he was superfluous. He originally wanted to ask Yue Jinghao whether she was willing to get married. As long as she was unwilling, he would give everything in exchange for her freedom! He even wanted to take Yue Jinghao away and go to a place where no one knew them...

But now it seems...