Fast Travel: The Hundred-Life Couple

Then he turned his head and left.

Ye Xiaoli followed the anxious Madam Liu slowly and unhurriedly, when he suddenly heard Madam Liu crying out in pain, "My daughter, my daughter!"

Ye Xiaoli glanced sideways and saw that Liu Bailian had disheveled hair, swollen lips with blood at the corners of her mouth, and was covered with torn clothes. There was a deep pinch mark on her neck, and the skin exposed under the clothes was blue and purple, with no healthy skin at all.

She deserved it. If she hadn't been on guard against the mother and daughter's despicable tricks and deliberately prepared this disfiguring pill, she would probably be the one lying there suffering a fate worse than death.

Now that the emperor had favored her without giving her an explanation, it seemed he was dissatisfied with her. Madam Liu was worried that Liu Bailian would not receive the best care if she returned to the Yingwu Marquis's Mansion, so she took her back to the General's Mansion without saying a word.

Ye Xiaoli didn't compete with Madam Liu for it.

She returned home by herself and did not take the antidote, just waiting for the rash on her face to break and form scars so that no one could see her true appearance.

"My child, you have suffered so much." Gu Xiong's eyes were filled with tears when he saw her appearance.

Ye Xiaoli was wearing a veil and shook her head with a smile.

Five days later, the Crown Princess's younger sister went to the palace to visit her elder sister, but accidentally entered the zoo and was bitten to death by a white tiger that escaped from its cage.

The Crown Princess was so frightened upon hearing the news that she had a miscarriage. The Crown Prince angered the Emperor and was punished by being confined to his house.

Half a month later, Liu Bailian died of illness, and the emperor had a new beauty in his harem. At the same time, battle reports came from the front line that Gu Dongxu was arrogant and disobeyed military orders, and fell into the enemy's trap on the battlefield and was surrounded and killed by the enemy.

When the Marquis' Mansion received the news, it was filled with mourning.

On the third day, Ye Xiaoli received an order from the imperial concubine summoning her into the palace.

A row of soldiers surrounded the Marquis' Mansion. Gu Xiong was unwilling to let her enter the palace alone and insisted on sending her to the palace gate. He was so persistent that Ye Xiaoli had no choice but to agree.

He was helped up, having become very old in just a few days, and given a glass of warm water.

Just as he was about to step out of the mansion, he spat out a mouthful of black blood and collapsed in front of everyone. The servants carried him back in panic.

Ye Xiaoli was emaciated, wearing a layered white linen robe. She stood in front of the door of the marquis's mansion and stared for a long time. She knelt down and kowtowed three times in farewell. Then she tidied herself up, put on a white veil, and boarded the carriage to the palace alone.

When they arrived at the palace, a eunuch who led the way looked at her with pity and worry, and took her straight to the Garden of Beasts, where the imperial concubine and Liu Bailian sat on the emperor's left and right, vying for his favor.

Across from them, a white tiger, rumored to have torn the Crown Princess's younger sister to pieces, was thrashing about anxiously in its cage. There were also several growling Tibetan mastiffs and a tangled web of venomous snakes...

When she saw Ye Xiaoli, a flash of hatred flashed across Liu Bailian's eyes.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine, and the Beauty, I greet you. Long live the Emperor." Ye Xiaoli knelt down and kowtowed with a numb expression.

"How dare the Marquis of Yingwu actually appear before His Majesty in white, wearing a veil. This is truly disrespectful and audacious. Furthermore, Gu Dongxu disobeyed orders on the battlefield, delaying the battle and leading to our defeat and the unnecessary deaths of over 20,000 men. Gu Dongxu is a sinner and a disgrace to the Qi State. He has no right to be draped in mourning. Fortunately, he is dead; otherwise, even a thousand cuts would not be enough to atone for his sins!"

Liu Bailian couldn't wait to scold him.

Ye Xiaoli knelt down in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "It sounds like the beauty seems to know everything about the war on the front line, and is also quite concerned about the character of Gu Shizi. I wonder which family the beauty is from, and why haven't I heard of her before? Besides, the harem cannot discuss politics. Now that the beauty has entered the palace, it is better for her to concentrate on serving the emperor and stop paying attention to other men."

"I..." Liu Bailian was startled and was about to argue, but the emperor gave her a cold look and she dared not speak again. The imperial concubine secretly laughed at her and called her a fool.

It's hot now, but it will get cooler sooner or later.

"As for me wearing a veil, it's only because I was disfigured by an accident and my face is ugly, and I don't dare disturb the emperor. I'm wearing hemp for Prince Gu because the emperor hasn't explicitly ordered him to be punished. So, just because the beauty says he's a criminal doesn't mean he's a criminal. Everything depends on the emperor's will."

Ye Xiaoli's words were not wrong, but Liu Bailian thought about the purpose of calling her into the palace today. She rolled her eyes and said to the emperor in a delicate voice:

"Your Majesty, don't you want to see a show of humans and beasts? Those palace maids were all cowards and were eventually killed by the white tiger, which was a real letdown. Why don't we watch today to see how the Marquis Yingwu's wife can subdue the white tiger? Perhaps after she succeeds, she can even successfully conceive the white tiger's child, leaving behind a descendant for the elderly white tiger. If she's lucky enough to grow up, she could inherit the title of Marquis Yingwu."

"Oh?" The emperor seemed to remember something when he heard it. He was completely unaware of how unscrupulous Liu Bailian's words were. His eyes moved between Ye Xiaoli and Baihu with great interest.

A few days ago, when the Crown Princess's younger sister was leaving the palace, the Emperor became lustful when he saw her. After forcing Liu Bailian, he seemed to be addicted to forcing her.

Finally, the Crown Princess's sister was chased by palace servants to the Zoo. The Emperor asked her whether she would rather feed the tigers or serve him. As a result, the Crown Princess's sister would rather die than surrender, and resolutely opened the cage containing the white tiger and walked in.

Everyone thought that the white tiger would pounce on her and bite her to death immediately, but unexpectedly, the white tiger sniffed her and tore her clothes with its claws. The Crown Princess's sister was terrified and took the initiative to attack the white tiger's eyes, angering the white tiger, and was then bitten to death by the white tiger.

Upon hearing the bad news, the Crown Princess fainted and had a miscarriage. The Crown Prince came to the Emperor to seek an explanation, but was instead confined to his room.

However, what happened that day seemed to open the door to a new world for the emperor. He wanted to know whether the white tiger and the human could succeed, whether the human would get pregnant after that, and whether the baby would be a human, a tiger, or a half-human, half-tiger monster?

Several palace maids were tried, but they were frightened to death as soon as they were put into the cage. The white tiger hated the smell of others and tore them to pieces.

The Emperor had been unable to fulfill his wish and had originally planned to have his guards restrain the white tiger, feed it medicine, and force it to...

But Liu Bailian, who had just entered the palace, came up with an idea and asked Ye Xiaoli to give it a try. Whether he succeeded or failed, it would be a humiliation to Gu Xiong. The emperor agreed without hesitation.

"Come here, put the wife of Marquis Yingwu into the white tiger cage!

Liu Bailian, in her excitement, once again took over the responsibility, her eyes filled with morbid excitement. She had been hurt so badly by Ye Xiaoli, and she really wanted to see Ye Xiaoli's ugly face, frightened by her words and crying bitterly.

But she was disappointed.

Ye Xiaoli clenched her fists. There was no fear on her face, only a hint of sadness.

She knew that Gu Dongxu was definitely not dead, and before she came, she had ordered her servants to take Gu Xiong, who had fainted from taking medicine, and Gu Dongxu's nephews and nieces, and escape out of the city through the secret passage.

At this time, the Yingwu Marquis Mansion was just an empty house.

This time she saved his three relatives. She believed that even if she died, he would avenge her and live well out of responsibility.

It's just a little regretful. I feel regretful that even though I live again, I still can't be with him.

Even when she was dying, she couldn't express her love to him.

The two eunuchs looked at the emperor's expression and saw that he had tacitly agreed to Liu Bailian's order, so they walked forward to hold her. Ye Xiaoli stood up before being touched without any hesitation or timidity.

Liu Bailian looked at Ye Xiaoli's back with resentment. Thinking of the scene that would appear later, her heart was overwhelmed by twisted pleasure.

Just at the moment when Ye Xiaoli put his hand on the iron cage door, there was a sudden "chirp" sound in the distance, and a white smoke ignited in the air.

what's the situation?

The emperor suddenly pushed Liu Bailian and the imperial concubine aside, stood up with a serious face and shouted loudly: "Come here, protect the emperor!"

There was a hint of panic in his tone.

Joy welled up in Ye Xiaoli's eyes. She crushed the pill given to her by the eunuch who led the way just now in her hand, and a light fragrance wafted into her nostrils.

The others were only focused on looking at Fengyan and didn't notice her reaction, nor did they notice that several young eunuchs and even the imperial concubine quietly moved away from the emperor and crushed the pills in their sleeves.

The next moment, she pushed open the door of the iron cage and released the white tiger, and then released several Tibetan mastiffs in another cage.

The white tiger and the Tibetan mastiff ignored Ye Xiaoli, who was closest to them, and pounced directly towards the emperor and Liu Bailian.

"what--"

The emperor, Liu Bailian and several guards who arrived first screamed one after another. Finally, Gu Dongxu, wearing a mask and armor, arrived and killed the white tiger and Tibetan mastiff with one sword each, thus saving the emperor, Liu Bailian and others, who had only 50% of their body parts left.

"Your Majesty, I am late in coming to your rescue. Please forgive me!" The prince arrived late and knelt down to apologize.

The emperor's throat was bitten and he could not speak, his hands and feet were bitten off and he could not move. He could only look at the prince and Gu Dongxu with resentment in his eyes.

When Liu Bailian saw Gu Dongxu, she shed tears of resentment. When she noticed that Gu Dongxu frequently looked at Ye Xiaoli, she regretted it.

She regretted wasting so much time with Ye Xiaoli. If Ye Xiaoli had been put into the cage earlier, she would not have lived to see Gu Dongxu arrive.

In deep remorse, she fainted from the pain.

Ye Xiaoli was sent out of the palace by Gu Dongxu first. He had to deal with the follow-up matters with the prince. Gu Xiong and the two little guys also quietly returned home through the tunnel.

Two days later, Gu Dongxu returned home. In the ancestral hall, he knelt beside Gu Xiong and said, "Father, please forgive me for being unfilial!"

Gu Xiong's face showed no trace of surprise, as if he had expected this: "Now that you're gone, the Marquis' Mansion will belong to Ping'er in the future. You are not allowed to come and take it away from now on."

"Thank you, father, for your help!" Gu Dongxu's eyes reddened and he kowtowed heavily.

Two months later, the imperial envoy sent to the border by the new emperor returned with a coffin and escorted General Liu to the capital.

General Liu colluded with the prince of the empire, intending to help the other party seize the throne by manipulating the war between the two countries. The other party had helped him defeat Gu Xiong before, and then deliberately sent a fool to lose to him. This time, he worked together with him to kill the prince of Yingwu Hou, helping him to secure his position as the commander-in-chief.

Fortunately, the prince was alert and spread false information to conceal the truth, thus saving 20,000 soldiers, but he himself was still poisoned to death by General Liu.

General Liu's entire family was sentenced to immediate execution.

The emperor's injuries were treated for two years and he finally died in pain. Liu Bailian was fortunate to enjoy the same treatment as the emperor.

The two of them endured those two years while comparing who was more miserable.

When everything was settled, Gu Xiong gave Ye Xiaoli a divorce letter. Ye Xiaoli was sent back to her hometown by her parents and disappeared along the way.

It’s just that Gu Xiong often receives letters from different regions, and he is very happy every time he reads them.

——End of this article——