C2 (2/2)

Yun Qing bowed and took his leave, but he did not understand in his heart, this empress, who was dressed in men's clothes every day, although he looked pretty, had a manly demeanor and a voice that did not sound like a woman's. He did not know what was so good about this empress that could cause the emperor to fall in love with his and destroy the Xin Country, all for the sole purpose of snatching an enemy nation's princess to be his empress.

As for this enemy kingdom's princess, if she wasn't bestowed the title of Queen, then no one would see her as a girl.

Ye Qiongjiang did not touch the chopsticks. She was holding onto the poison for a while, but the next moment, everything had already passed.

Using a fine porcelain white key to scoop the soup into a small bowl filled with beautiful moonlight flowers, Gu Rongzhi looked at Ye Qiongjiang who was frowning and said with a smile, ”Don't count the time, the poison pill I gave you just now is an antidote, it's been detoxified a long time ago.”

Ye Qiongjiang lifted her eyes, looked at the faintly discernable smile on the man's face, and coldly said: ”Oh? You actually cured me of my poison? Are you using Huai Rou's tactics? If he couldn't use a hard one, then he would use a soft one? I said it before, this was all a waste of effort. Regarding 'Xin Su,' I won't say a single word. ”

Gu Rongzhi glanced at her, a strange light appearing in her eyes. He calmly withdrew her gaze, placed the small bowl of soup in front of Ye Qiongjiang, and said with a smile: ”No matter what you think, you are my wife, I will not let you die. ”Come, have a drink.”

”The emperor has arrived!”

Ye Qiongjiang was still frowning and thinking about Gu Rongzhi's true goal when she heard the eunuch's loud voice coming from outside the Warm Xuan.

Following that, Eunuch Qing An was the first to push open the carved wooden door, and then he stood by the side with a bow, allowing the door to open.

Then someone walked in smiling, laughing. ”Has the empress finished her lunch yet? ”I've been waiting anxiously for a while, so I came to take a look myself.”

This person had a tall stature. His pitch-black hair was tied up with a pearl crown, and the bright yellow embroidered robe was half-draped. The silk around his waist was slightly loose, making him look even more extraordinary. His eyebrows were slanted and his nose was pointed. He was obviously a valiant figure, but because his clothes fluttered, he had turned into a gentle breeze that caressed the soft jade of his lazy temperament.

So this person was the true emperor of the Grand Xia? It was quite different from the Emperor she imagined.

The current Emperor of Da Xia had only had half a lifetime worth of war horses, and there weren't many concubines by his side. Besides the Empress, there were only four concubines.

She had thought that this Emperor should be a bit old, decisive and sharp, with traces of being grinded by the wind and sand on his body. However, at this moment, it was obvious that he was a graceful and handsome youth, on par with this' Queen 'in front of her.

After the Emperor entered, Eunuch Qing An closed the doors to the Warm Xuan from the outside. This well-ventilated Warm Xuan actually instantly formed a separate space for the three of them.

Gu Rongzhi merely stood up, and did not pay her respects in accordance with the etiquette. Ye Qiongjiang also stood up.

”There are no outsiders here, so we don't need to go through the etiquette of being monarchs. It would be better to be casual about it.” The emperor waved his hand and pulled out a chair for himself. He sat down at the table and asked the two of them to sit as well. ”I'm also hungry, do you mind if I come to eat?”

”I don't mind.” Gu Rongzhi smiled faintly and sat back down.

The Emperor actually really called him 'tolerance'. Could it be that he really was the Seventh Prince?

If he really was Xin Country's Seventh Prince, then …

Ye Qiongjiang's eyes flashed, and retrieved a pearl hairpin s from the coiled up bun. With a flick of her wrist, she pierced towards the emperor's throat!

Her goal of entering the palace as a concubine was to assassinate the emperor of Da Xia Empire. Currently, there was not a single guard nor palace maid in the Warm Xuan, and the only person she had was once the Seventh Prince of the Xin Country.

There was no better opportunity to assassinate the Emperor!

In a flash of silver light, the hair on his neck stood straight up under the pressure of the sharp wind brought by the cold hairpin.

He didn't even need to touch his body to feel the cold.

The emperor sat upright and did not move. His pupils did not even contract!

At this moment, a slender finger extended from the side and lightly flicked her wrist. This process was so slow that she could see every single movement clearly. It was so casual, as if she was strolling in the rain of flowers. She reached out her hand to brush away the petals on her gown. So casual, so leisurely.

But as if he was struck hard, Ye Qiongjiang's wrist suddenly became numb, and the pearl hairpin in his hand could not hold onto it, and dropped onto the table with a thud.

”You!”

Clutching his swollen wrist in pain, Ye Qiongjiang glared at Gu Rongzhi.

He didn't retract the finger he flicked out, but his expression was still as calm as before. ”Don't be rude.”

”Why? If you really are Gu Rongzhi, and you really are that Seventh Prince from before, why did you stop me? ”

She really couldn't understand it!

This emperor of Grand Xia had slaughtered his entire clan, and annihilated his country's greatest enemy!

Why did he mysteriously become the 'Queen'?

Why did he want to stop her?