Chapter 87 Trap (1/2)

Although Tang Xia was not the empress anymore, Lengmei could not stop harboring a grudge against Lengmei and stood on the altar.

As Lengmei's gorgeous dress could not cover up her grimness, she finally wore a smile, hearing the louder and louder denouncement.

”Tang Xia, although His Majesty favors you, how can he protect you as people all regard you as cruel?”

There was no wonder that old saying went, ”Women are the most malicious creature.” And it would be more terrible when her jealousy turned into hatred. Lengmei regarded Tang Xia losing her reputation and the title of the empress as the beginning and would not be satisfied until Tang Xia lost everything and had her body smashed to pieces.

Lengmei had stood upon the altar without eating or sleeping for three days. Although she had lost sensation below her waist gradually, she stuck to it as she would not give up until Tang Xia was doomed to death.

Zui Linglong who was leaning against the bluestone wall in the distance crossed her arms with an indifferent look and said nothing to Lengmei's masochistic behavior.

Zui Linglong did not support or stop Lengmei and just lowered her head to laugh at the sight of Lengmei's pale face after she stood for three days. It was unknown that Zui Linglong laughed because she thought Lengmei bit off more than she could chew or she wanted to enjoy a good show.

Actually, Zui Linglong knew Lengmei well so that she understood what Lengmei planned to do when Lengmei stood on the altar.

It was a farce caused by Lengmei's reluctance as Chu Tiankuo devoted his whole heart to his empress and did not have a look at other women.

Zui Linglong knew it. How could Chu Tiankuo not understand?

Of course he did understand, but he had no way to prevent all these things from happening so that he had no choice but to see his beloved woman fall into the abyss pushed by jealous Lengmei

who took advantage of ignorant people to make the worst situation in Chu Tiankuo's view.

Although Chu Tiankuo wanted to cut Lengmei into pieces and feed her meat to dogs, he had to wear an indifferent look.

Because only in this way could he minimize any harm to Tang Xia.

Unfortunately, Lengmei knew Chu Tiankuo too well so that she could figure out if Chu Tiankuo was unhappy or he just wanted to drink a cup of tea as long as he frowned. Therefore, Chu Tiankuo's pretence was not hidden from Lengmei's eyes. After Lengmei raised her phoenix eyes and took a glance at Chu Tiankuo was standing a few steps away from her, she shrieked with a smile, ”Your Majesty, are you trying to erase all the things by pretending to be indifferent?” Then Lengmei laughed before Chu Tiankuo could reply.

Chu Tiankuo's face darkened when Lengmei laughed. Zui Linglong standing afar owned quick ears so that she caught everything Lengmei had said.

The more insolently Lengmei laughed, the more Chu Tiankuo's face fell, which was quite hilarious. ”How can Chu Tiankuo be so confused now? If he had been able to slight over the matter that the imperial concubine's baby was killed only by silence,

how would all these bad things have happened?”

”Is he an idiot?” Zui Linglong enjoyed looking on their trouble with indifference so much that she dared to make fun of Chu Tiankuo with a smile. Luckily, she stood quite far away from them so that she did not draw fire against herself.

While Zui Linglong was making fun of Chu Tiankuo, it was like one stone falling into the spoiling water—the whole thing just went ballistic over there as Lengmei exposed Chu Tiankuo's thoughts out only by a few words in a loud voice.

People who were packed solid heard what Lengmei said quite clearly and all started to shout as if they were enchanted.

”Call the empress here! She is so vicious! We won't agree on His Majesty favoring her!”

”Right! How can such vicious and cruel woman be the empress! Where is the justice?!”

”Sentence the empress to death! We cannot bear such a vicious woman living in this world!”

”Call the empress here! We...”

As all the people were shouting that the empress should be sentenced to death, Chu Tiankuo with patience and culture could not bear such comments caused by Lengmei's instigation and became quite angry. He heavily flapped his sleeves decorated with patterns of black dragons and shouted, ”That's enough! Shut up!”

His shout frightened all the people so that they remained silent. Lengmei standing aside was startled, too.

She was about to say something but shut her mouth up with a terrified look at the sight of Chu Tiankuo's serious and warning look.

Although Zui Linglong had expected that Chu Tiankuo would be pissed off by the compulsion of his people, she was startled by Chu Tiankuo's angry shout and turned her head around with little interest to see what Chu Tiankuo would deal with such situation.

Unexpectedly, what Chu Tiankuo did was quite different from her thoughts—he strode up to the altar and went straight to Lengmei with a rather serious look.