Chapter 497: The scales tip (1/2)

Chapter 497: The scales tip

Emperor Tianhui gripped Chu Qingge’s waist tightly, sniffing her along her neck as if addicted to her scent. His restless hands roved all over her body while Chu Qingge stared listlessly at the ceiling. Emperor Tianhui was reaching for a yard after getting an inch, but she only faced his advances by gritting her teeth. As he stripped her layer by layer to expose the plump chest beneath her clothes, a single tear slowly ran down her ice-cold face before she shut her eyes.

Perhaps, by closing her eyes to the reality, she could pretend the man above her was the one from her dreams instead?

What if it was him? Would I suffer less if I imagined him doing me instead?

Long Feiye… Chu Qingge almost called his name out loud, but held onto her reason at the last second. She only dared to say his name in her heart because she knew that anything else would cost her the entire game as well as bring him trouble.

Suddenly, a piercing pain from the lower half of her body made Chu Qingge’s eyes fly open. The agony was enough to shatter her heart and ruin her beautiful fantasy. Here was the cruel reality!

Emperor Tianhui had been desiring her ages, now drugged, he was simply riding Chu Qingge like one would an untamed horse. Men, especially those in powerful positions like his, treated women as their playthings. No matter how much he liked them, it was only a passing fancy. Once lust broke out, their urges were uncontrollable and they indulged themselves to the fullest. Who cares what she felt?

Emperor Tianhui had already been practicing abstinence for close to two months. Now that he was tasting meat against after his fast, he was as ravenous as a beast. In the early morning hours before dawn, Chu Qingge was done again and again until her mental facilities were broken to pieces. When Emperor Tianhui finally fell into slumber, she was nothing more than an empty rag doll. She lay listlessly on the cold marble floor without moving a muscle, tears streaming non-stop from her eyes.

She knew that there was no more turning back.

She lay there for awhile until the effects of the drug wore off. When Emperor Tianhui looked close to waking, she endured the pain to get dressed and called for Eunuch Luo to place him back onto the bed. Eunuch Luo took the chance to open the windows as well, airing out the ambiguous scents and smell of medicine filling the room.

Then he lowered his voice and murmured, “Esteemed noble consort, this old servant has already told the morning court assembly that His Majesty is ill and won’t be attending. If Noble Consort Xue tries to visit, this old servant will block her for you. You have to seize this chance to do what you must, this old servant can’t block the likes of the crown prince if he returns.”

Chu Qingge only nodded her head before sitting silently on the bed. As soon as Eunuch Luo left, she clutched the bedsheets and desperately wished she could suffocate Emperor Tianhui to death. But it was only a moment of impulse, she neither could, or dared. She quietly watched over him while the words of her brother echoed in her head. The crucial point of their plot laid in her pillow talk to Emperor Tianhui. When he was starting to wake up, Chu Qingge wrapped herself in the silken sheets and curled up next to his chest, feigning sleep.

After a wild night, Emperor Tianhui only remember hazy memories of enjoying himself, but had long forgotten the details. He saw Chu Qingge’s cold, chilly face by his side and felt fully satisfied, before boldly eating her tofu again with his hand.

Chu Qingge pretended to wake up just then and slapped his hand away. “Let go!”

Even the more favored consorts of the imperial harem, including the empress in her heydays, wouldn’t dare to refuse him like this. Emperor Tianhui’s eyes flickered with indignation before he touched her with his other hand instead. Chu Qingge slapped that away as well and huffed, “Your Majesty, that’s enough!”

“And if Zhen says it’s not?” Emperor Tianhui arched a brow to ask.

“Then Your Majesty can keep going. It’s not like chenqie can escape,” Chu Qingge played lip service even as her eyes continued to look defiant. Emperor Tianhui loved nothing more than her arrogance.

Instead of growing angry, he actually laughed out loud. “Well, well, well, Zhen will let you off for today.” Despite this, he didn’t move his hands from her body, but held her all the tighter. Chu Qingge struggled a few times before giving up.

“Your Majesty, do you know what time it is now?”

At the reminder, Emperor Tianhui finally recalled the morning assembly. “What’s the hour now? Zhen hasn’t gone to morning assembly yet!” He was about to get up when a wave of dizziness flashed past his eyes. Damn it, Imperial Physician Gu told me multiple times not to have sex because it’d waste my vitality. Why couldn’t I control myself?

“Your Majesty, are you alright? Do you feel tired?” Chu Qingge asked hastily.

Emperor Tianhui would never admit to his own exhaustion. Although he was feeling inwardly anxious, he still managed to rise into a sitting position. “What hour is it?”

“Exactly noon, Your Majesty. This morning chenqie tried to wake you up, but you insisted on telling Eunuch Luo to dismiss the court assembly. Chenqie knows that it had to be an important meeting considering what happened last night, but….” As she spoke, Chu Qingge lightly rested her hand against Emperor Tianhui’s heart and shyly bowed her head.

Emperor Tianhui lifted her by the chin and smiled. “But what?”

“Your Majesty!” Chu Qingge gave him a look of reproach. Emperor Tianhui was quite pleased before a complicated look flickered past his eyes.