My best friend is wearing a double body! Marry the emperor! Help me win the throne

There is a big lake in Qinghe Garden, named Canglan Lake.

Canglan Waterside Pavilion is located on the edge of Canglan Lake and is specially designed for people to rest and appreciate the lotus.

At one o'clock in the morning, the entire summer palace was silent and everyone was asleep. It was the perfect time to do some sneaky things under the moon and flowers!

In Canglan Water Pavilion, two figures in black night clothes stood behind the pillars.

"...Your Highness, this is what happened. Xue Qingyao's schemes were repeatedly broken, and eventually the Emperor punished her, demoting her from a noble lady to a beauty."

Murong Ye was wearing a black nightgown and standing with his hands behind his back, almost blending into the night.

The woman standing in front of him was none other than Xue Qingyao's personal maid Lian Xin.

Lianxin was arranged by Murong Ye to be by Xue Qingyao's side. He said that she was a maid carefully selected for her, but in fact she was Murong Ye's spy. While helping Xue Qingyao to win favor, she was also responsible for monitoring Xue Qingyao's every move.

After listening to Lian Xin's report, Murong Ye's brows knitted together, "Did I underestimate Xue Youli, or overestimate Xue Qingyao?"

Before this, he had received a carrier pigeon letter from Lian Xin while he was far away in the northern frontier. The letter mentioned Xue Youli more than once.

Murong Ye had witnessed Xue Qingyao's methods and scheming with his own eyes when he was in Lingzhou.

He originally thought that Xue Qingyao could help him accomplish great things, but Xue Qingyao had been in the palace for more than three months without making any achievements. Not only did she fail to gain Murong Che's trust, she was also demoted by one level.

He couldn't help but wonder if he had made a mistake.

Lian Xin raised her eyes to look at the tall and handsome man in front of her, her eyes full of worry, "Your Highness, Xue Qingyao is a little clever, but not much. You can't bet all your chips on her!"

If she hadn't been plain-looking, she would have been the one to enter the palace as a noble lady.

However, Lianxin did not envy Xue Qingyao at all, because she did not want to commit herself to a man she did not love, even if that man was the emperor.

In her opinion, Murong Che was frail and sickly and was not worthy of sitting in that position.

Murong Ye understood her hidden meaning, and stared at her with his phoenix eyes. He said softly, "You are my secret weapon. You are very important, so you must be more patient than anyone else in the palace."

Even when he looks at a dog on the street, he can see the affectionate atmosphere in his eyes.

However, Lian Xin's cheeks flushed at his affectionate gaze, and she lowered her voice, "I'm just worried that Xue Qingyao's identity will be exposed after her defeat in the confrontation with Xue Youli, and that this will affect His Highness's great cause!"

Murong Ye looked at her sincere and worried eyes, raised his big hand and stroked her shoulder, "This requires you to be there to give her some advice. Xue Qingyao is an outsider after all, and I feel more at ease leaving many things to you. After returning to the palace, you know what to do, right?"

Lianxin turned her head and glanced at the big hand on her shoulder, and her cheeks became even hotter.

She nodded vigorously, not daring to meet Murong Ye's gaze. "Don't worry, Your Highness. If Xue Youli makes trouble again, I will not let her live beyond the next month."

She is the most useful hidden chess piece in Murong Ye's hand, a death warrior. She is very skilled, so assassinating Xue Youli is naturally not a problem for her.

"Well, with you here, our great cause will surely be accomplished soon."

Murong Ye withdrew his hand, glanced up at the moon hanging in the night sky, and handed her a small black pill. "It's getting late. You should go back, so as not to arouse suspicion."

"Yes!"

Lianxin took the pill skillfully and swallowed it in one gulp.

She looked at Murong Ye reluctantly again before turning and leaving.

She knew that she was just a pawn and shouldn't have any improper thoughts about His Highness.

His Highness had saved her life before, and she didn't ask for anything else. She only hoped to stay by His Highness's side and be by his side forever...

Murong Ye watched Lian Xin's figure disappear into the night and sneered. Even the teardrop mole at the corner of his left eye seemed to show disgust.

A mere lowly maid dares to dream of becoming his woman. What a foolish dream!

After Lianxin left, Murong Ye immediately walked out of the water pavilion and entered the rockery next to Canglan Lake.

He had not walked far when suddenly a hand reached out and pulled him behind the rockery nearby.

Murong Ye was startled and raised his hand to grab the other person's neck.

He struck fast and hard, and with a little more force, he could have broken the neck in his hand.

"Ye Lang, it's me!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Murong Ye recognized the identity of the woman in front of him in the moonlight, and then withdrew his hand that was pinching her neck.

Xue Qingyao looked at the man in front of her with a gloomy brow, and deliberately rushed over and hugged his waist, "Ye Lang, I miss you so much!"

There was a hint of impatience in Murong Ye's eyes, and his first reaction when he raised his arm was to push her away.

However, before his hand touched Xue Qingyao, his movements froze, and then he stretched out his long arms and hugged her into his arms, "I miss you too."

In her previous life, Xue Qingyao loved Murong Ye wholeheartedly. She was blinded by love and ignored many details.

In this life, she had given up all feelings and love, and only wanted to use Murong Ye, so she saw his instinctive reactions and little gestures of disgust clearly.

It turned out that this man had wanted to use her stunning beauty to seduce the emperor from the very beginning, and the vows he had made to her before were just to deceive her into working for him wholeheartedly.

But now that Xue Qingyao has entered the palace, she has completely understood the situation.

Without Murong Ye's support, she was not sure she could defeat Xue Youli based on her own abilities.

So she had planned it all out. She would continue to pretend to be affectionate to numb Murong Ye. After she had used Murong Ye to get everything she wanted, she would use a sword to cut open the man's chest, take out his heart and take a closer look to see what color his heart was.

Xue Qingyao reached out and tugged at Murong Ye's sleeve, complaining to him about Xue Youli in a wronged tone, "My dear Ye, I had already gained Murong Che's trust in the palace, but that woman Xue Youli destroyed it. She repeatedly slandered me in front of Murong Che and even encouraged him to distance himself from me! Xue Youli is the biggest stumbling block in my path to becoming the empress. Can you find a way to help me get rid of her?"

Murong Ye's narrow eyes slowly narrowed, "Are you talking about the girl who competed with Princess Qinghe for food all night?"

Xue Youli is the youngest among the newcomers entering the palace. Coupled with her beautiful and lively appearance, it is indeed easy for her to win the favor of men.

When Xue Qingyao heard Murong Ye affectionately call Xue Youli "girl", her heart ached and she felt jealous.

However, she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she nodded gently, "Yes, don't be fooled by her harmless face. She is ruthless when it comes to killing people. She killed her lover before entering the palace, her lover's sister, and the daughter of the Duke of Anguo! She has gone crazy in the harem!"

At this moment, Xue Youli and Chu Xinyue were lying face to face, motionless on the wall next to the rockery.

In such a dark environment, they are really hard to be spotted because they are all dressed in black.

The two of them arrived earlier than Murong Ye.

Chu Xinyue saw with her own eyes that Murong Ye fooled Lian Xin and then fooled Xue Qingyao, and her filter for him as a male protagonist was shattered.

This man is a master of time management!

She listened to Murong Ye flirting with Xue Qingyao, tugged on Xue Youli's sleeve, and gestured to her: [I remember writing in my novel that Concubine Chun would also pass by here tonight, why hasn't she come yet? ]

Xue Youli was also looking for Concubine Chun. When he heard Chu Xinyue's question, he raised his right hand and tried to gesture to reply to her.

at this time--

Click!

Suddenly, from behind the rockery not far from Murong Ye and the others, there was a crisp sound of dry branches being stepped on.

The sound was not loud, but in the quiet night, everyone present could hear it clearly!

Murong Ye's arms around Xue Qingyao loosened instantly, his eyes cold and murderous, "Who's there?"