Chapter 6 (1/2)

King Xiang and the G.o.ddess of Wushan is a

Emperors had a lot of women in their harem, and they were expected to sleep with all, or at least most of them. A trick used to decide whom to bonk that night involves randomly selecting wooden slips with the names of the harem. Sort of like call girls.

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Liu Yixiang had swaggered into the palace, but now she drifted out downtrodden and sh.e.l.l-shocked, mumbling endlessly, ”How can this be… How can this be…”

The underlings who'd come with her left the palace with her crestfallenly. They were terrified to stay at the site where a government official's daughter had cracked and slit someone's throat.

As soon as Liu Yixiang stepped out of Sweet Spring Palace, Cui'er and co poured inside. They could finally release the breath they'd been holding when they confirmed that Xia Yuqing was unharmed.

”Milady, what did you say to Miss Liu? When she was leaving, her eyes looked so dead, like she received a great shock!” Lu Rui scurried to Xia Yuqing's side to ask.

Xia Yuqing thought about it. ”Buddha says silence is golden,” she said, a.s.suming an air of profundity.

Like I could confess to starting a rumor that Seme-sama can't get it up, then spilling the secret of his orientation to and shattering the heart of the lovelorn lady Liu to pieces. Like when King Xiang of Chu dreamed of the G.o.ddess of Wushan but she wasn't in the mood; You simply can't fit a square peg in a round hole.

Welp, live and learn. The women in yaoi were all cannon fodder anyways, so she was simply strangling the baby in the cradle. I'm sure the G.o.d of transmigration won't mind, muahahaha!

Lu Rui and co couldn't look Xia Yuqing in the eye with that creepy smile she wore. Chills ran down their spine. ”Milady…”

”What? Why are you looking at me like that?” Xia Yuqing finally noticed their odd stares. She rubbed her face. Was I being too complacent and my ident.i.ty exposed?

”Milady smiled really weirdly just now. You never used to smile like this before. No, you never used to smile at all.” Lu Rui had a frank personality, so she replied right away.

”I've never smiled before?” Xia Yuqing furrowed her brows. No wonder her face had felt like an ancient artifact after she transmigrated! Thank G.o.d there was hope for a cure for her poker face!

”Never. Back then, milady was like a lifeless doll. I like the milady right now much better.”

That's because the personality inside has changed! Xia Yuqing forced a laugh, ”Alright. Since I'm done freshening up, we should hurry up and leave this troublesome place before more trouble comes to find us.”

The maids were reminded by her words that they had overstayed their welcome and rushed to pack up, then escorted Xia Yuqing back to her own palace.

Xia Yuqing returned delightedly leading the whole flock. She completely missed the conflicted gaze of a certain maid behind her.

Xia Yuqing only thought that her words had nipped in the bud the cannon fodder girl obstructing justice. She'd totally underestimate the speed of the rumor windmill.

Liu Yixiang's servant girls figured out why their mistress was despondent as soon as Liu Yixiang stepped foot out of Sweet Spring Palace. Before long, all the maids in the palace knew the details of Xia Yuqing’s little talk with Liu Yixiang. It soon spread and by noon, the whole palace was buzzing about their emperor's private affairs until it ultimately reached the ears of the very person.

”Hahaha, I'm dying of here. Tingye, you've picked up a real nut. The second day of marriage and she's already spreading rumors that you couldn't perform! Does she love you or does she hate you? I can't even—Ruofeng, help me, my stomach hurts.” In the imperial study, Yan Ran hugged his stomach as he guffawed without regard for his image. He might have already fell if it weren't for Leng Ruofeng's support.

Even the Siberian, inflexible prime minister had cracked a grin and the corners of his lips risen 0.1 radians.

Feng Tingye gazed at his ”loyal friends”. His mouth twitched and the vein on his temple throbbed at record tempo.

Very well. So this was the State of Xia's plot, to marry their princess into the State of Ye so that she could spread libel that the emperor was gay and impotent, a.s.sa.s.sinating his character and thus winning without a fight!

”I say, Tingye, did you really not touch the girl yesterday?” Yan Rang gleefully mocked Feng TIngye.

Feng Tingye didn't say a word, but Yan Ran took it as tacit a.s.sent. ”Tsk tsk tsk. No wonder kitten's denouncing you. Say, it can't be that you really can't perform?”