Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 323

"I will go and explain it to the Empress Dowager."

Murong Yu was instantly displeased. He reached out and grabbed her waist, forcefully pulling her into his arms. "A-Yue, are you going back on your word again?"

"No... I just don't want my family to be implicated because of my situation."

Murong Yu scoffed, "That's called running away."

"But I have feelings for the Emperor..."

Murong Yu sneered, "Are you trying to say you don't want to marry me, that you don't like me?"

Yun Xiyue lowered her head, not daring to look into his angry eyes.

"emperor......"

"Shut up."

Yun Xiyue slowly closed her eyes.

As if in a form of punishment, the man's kiss was somewhat harsh.

......

When I woke up, it was dusk outside.

Yun Xiyue felt dizzy and disoriented, and didn't know where she was.

Inside the room, fine clothes and brocade skirts were scattered on the floor, and an embroidered shoe lay beside the desk. Yun Xiyue's face burned red with embarrassment at the thought of doing such a thing in broad daylight.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager wishes to see Miss Yun."

Next door is the Imperial Study, where Murong Yu usually rests.

"I won't see you." Murong Yu's cold, deep voice rang out.

She quickly picked up her clothes and put them on.

"Awake?" The man's boots embroidered with dragon patterns came into view.

Yun Xiyue slowly stood up with the clothes in her hand, glanced at him quickly, then lowered her eyes and said, "Um, I... I'll go back first."

"Ayue."

Murong Yu lifted her chin. "I understand now. You don't want to marry me because you want to sleep with me for free."

Yun Xiyue blushed, "No, that's not true."

"what is that?"

He put his arm around her and said, "If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, you won't be leaving the Imperial Study today."

Yun Xiyue asked anxiously, "Aren't you afraid of what people will say?"

"What do I have to be afraid of!"

Yun Xiyue was stunned.

That's true. He's the emperor, so who would dare to gossip about him? But it's not certain that she would.

If I were to stay overnight in the Imperial Study today, people would surely accuse me of seducing him.

"You may not be afraid, but I am!"

She was on the verge of tears, but her voice was hoarse, and she seemed to be having difficulty speaking. "You are the emperor, you have immense power, and it would be as easy for you to crush our Yun family as to crush an ant."

"If the Emperor forcibly takes me into the palace, what can I do? I will stay, only begging the Empress Dowager not to harm my family anymore."

Murong Yu's cold expression softened, and he silently released her, taking her clothes to put on. "Okay, you can go back now. There's no need to see the Empress Dowager. I'll handle the rest. No one will dare to touch your Yun family."

Upon hearing this, Yun Xiyue sniffed, quickly wiped away her tears, and ran away without looking back.

Murong Yu: "..."

"Was she really crying, or was she faking it?"

Eunuch Fu felt like he was about to cry. "Your Majesty... the young lady was just being affectionate with you."

Yun Xiyue was the first person to dare to tease the emperor.

However, the timing and execution were really spot on.

Murong Yu was truly heartbroken.

"Hmph! Which side are you on! This woman has been toying with my feelings from beginning to end." Murong Yu was furious. After all that, he had gotten himself involved again and had been used by her.

Eunuch Fu lowered his head. "This old servant thinks that the young lady simply doesn't want to enter the palace, but she is truly devoted to the Emperor."

Murong Yu's eyes flashed with anger as he gave him a sharp look. "Then what are you still standing there for?"

Sweating profusely, Eunuch Fu hurriedly ran out to personally escort Yun Xiyue out of the palace.

Sure enough, Yunxi Yue was stopped by the Empress Dowager's men in the Imperial Garden, who insisted on taking her to Funing Palace.

"Yun Xiyue, how dare you defy the Empress Dowager! I think you're tired of living!"

"Guards, seize her!"