026 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” Past

Yan Zhaozhao froze on the spot, her soles feeling cold.

If ordinary concubines heard that the emperor was coming, they would definitely be overjoyed and hurriedly put on their makeup and clothes to greet the emperor.

But she didn’t look happy at all, and even looked a little pale. The skin all over her body seemed to be crawling with insects, and she felt a chill.Especially, the mother’s words were still in my ears, and I was even more resistant to the emperor, as if even this last pure land would be completely destroyed by his arrival.

Yan Zhaozhao clenched her fingertips tightly, calmed her mind, walked forward a few steps and bowed her head. Her outward show of respect was so flawless that she couldn’t pick out any thorns.”I give this concubine to the Emperor…”

Before she could finish her words, her slender neck was suddenly strangled with great force, and Yan Zhaozhao’s thin figure suddenly staggered and fell backwards.But the man holding her neck showed no mercy at all. He suddenly pressed her on the desk behind him, and pressed harder with his fingertips, as if he wanted to strangle her to death.”You bitch!”

His breath was suddenly blocked in his throat. The air around him was so thin that it felt like his eyes were black. His chest seemed to be pinched tightly by an invisible and powerful hand. Every inhalation was accompanied by a panicking feeling of suffocation.Yan Zhaozhao was extremely frightened, and her slender fingers kept trying to break free from the hand that was holding her neck. But how could she resist the man’s strength? She couldn’t break free at all.”Your Majesty, Your Majesty…”

The extremely angry emperor ignored her shouts, which were as thin as mosquitoes. His face was ferocious, his appearance was very terrifying, his eyes were full of anger, and his voice when he spoke was like a roaring tiger.”Why are you Yan family girls so mean? Every one of you is trying to get into my harem! Before you, there was your concubine who offered herself as a pillow to be favored by me, and then there was you, and now there is another concubine! What? It’s not enough for the Yan family to have you occupy the position of queen, but you also need a concubine to occupy my position as imperial concubine!”

Yan Zhaozhao suppressed her blush, and her struggling movements gradually became smaller. Her red lips opened and closed violently to say something, but not even a sound could come out.The palace maids outside heard the noise and turned their heads to investigate. When they saw this situation, their knees softened and they fell to the ground. The sound of begging for mercy lingered in the palace.

“Get out!”

Long Yan was furious, who could bear his anger?

The palace ladies dispersed in a hurry, and some even crawled out of the inner palace, fearing that the emperor would kill them all in anger. Only Bi Luo, who was hiding in the dark and saw this scene, gritted his teeth and resolutely turned around and left Fengyi Palace.

Just when Yan Zhaozhao was about to faint, the clutches on her neck finally let go of her.A large amount of air rushed in through her mouth and nose in an instant, and she kept breathing heavily. Her heartbeat was as fast as a deer kept hitting her chest and trying to run out. She collapsed to the ground without any strength.

A pair of bright yellow shoes suddenly appeared in her dizzy eyes. A chill ran down Yan Zhaozhao’s back, and she subconsciously wanted to hide back.But she had no strength at all and couldn’t even retreat. She could only watch the emperor squatting down in front of her, staring at her with a pair of eagle eyes, full of hatred and ridicule.”You, the Yan family, are so greedy that I get bored.”

When the emperor ascends the throne at a young age and his foundation is unstable, it is inevitable that some veteran courtiers will rely on their elders to betray the new emperor, hoping to make themselves someone the emperor relies on.Only Yan Huai, who was still the minister at the time, stood up to support the new emperor and helped him sit firmly on the throne. Since then, Yan Huai has been rising steadily to the position of prime minister.

But this old man was very ambitious and became restless after he held a high position and enjoyed too much wealth. He always tried his best to get his daughter into the palace to stabilize his position in the previous dynasty.And on the day he held a banquet at the Prime Minister’s Mansion, the Emperor personally brought the reward to Yanhuai’s Mansion. He drank too much wine and rested in the wing.

In the haze, the eldest daughter of the Yan family broke in on the pretext of entering the wrong room. After seeing the emperor, she offered herself a pillow.After a night of wandering, the emperor was about to return to the palace, but Yan Huai knelt in front of him and asked him to marry the eldest daughter of a concubine. At that time, the emperor’s harem was not as full as it is now, so he wanted to give her a concubine. This position was already a great honor for a concubine, and it was also for Yan Huai’s sake.

But Yan Huai hinted at dissatisfaction, and her words also revealed a hint of testing for the position of queen.The emperor was so angry that he immediately scolded Yanhuai and blamed the concubine. He only gave some rewards and did not take anyone into the palace.

I thought the matter would be over, but I never expected that the eldest daughter of the concubine would be hanged with a white silk ribbon, and Yan Huai would cry and accuse the emperor of wrongdoing every word.No matter how he tried to appease Yan Huai, he refused to accept it. He even did not go to court for more than ten days in a row, which made the courtiers and the Queen Mother know about it.After weighing the pros and cons, the Queen Mother came up with a compromise. She knew that the Yan family had a legitimate daughter who was both talented and beautiful. She was also the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, and she was indeed qualified to become the queen of the Dasheng Dynasty.At the same time, this can also be used to win over Yan Huai.

Having been immersed in the court for many years, Yanhuai has become a leader among the courtiers, and everyone has to treat him with some kindness.The Queen Mother also wanted to make this person have a closer relationship with the emperor, so that he could be more loyal to work for the emperor, and his connections could help the emperor gain a foothold among the ministers.

In this way, she decreed that the Yan family’s legitimate daughter should enter the palace as his queen. Yan Huai was so happy that she had no idea that she had already been regarded as a thorn in the emperor’s side.The emperor is young and vigorous, and he has been sitting on the throne for a long time and no longer has the youthfulness of the past. Yan Huai’s help in the past was a kindness, and the emperor ensured that his official career would be bright.But that damn old man used this to threaten and design against him again and again!This is his empire, why should he look at Yan Huai’s face again and again?!

The emperor felt that his majesty was threatened by a little prime minister, and he was dissatisfied with him. With this level of disgust, even if the Yan family’s legitimate daughter was some kind of immortal descended to earth, he would not appreciate her at all.

But now, with the arrival of Yan Zhaozhao, he still feels that Yan Huai is not enough, and wants to give another Yan Zhiyi!Sheng Yan was offended again, how could he bear it!

“Do you think I really don’t know what your Yan family is planning?” He pinched Yan Zhaozhao’s chin, forcing her to raise her head and smile, but there was no smile in the eyes that looked directly at her, only a strong sense of ridicule, “The Yan family… doesn’t it just want my legitimate son to crawl out of your belly?”

He leaned a little closer, and the fingertips of his other hand lightly brushed her cheek, making her skin feel like cream.”Yan Zhaozhao, you think so too, don’t you?”

Yan Zhaozhao was even more flustered. No one knew better than her how ruthless the emperor in front of her was.

At that time, although her eldest concubine offered herself a pillow, she did not hang herself.The emperor did not want to accept her as his concubine, and the concubine’s eldest sister begged to no avail, so he secretly asked the eunuch to send her a white silk ribbon and end her life completely. No one knew that the eldest daughter of the Yan family’s concubine actually died at the hands of the emperor.

After Yan Zhaozhao found out, he was filled with horror and disgust for this emperor. A fresh life was lost in his hands, as if a human life was nothing more than an animal in his hands.Then she was told by her family that the Queen Mother had decreed that she should be married to the Emperor. She was unwilling to marry such a person even if she was forced to die. He was cruel, licentious and the murderer of her eldest concubine sister. To marry such a person would be to die.

Her father and mother’s attitude was extremely tough. Even if she didn’t eat or drink for several days, they wouldn’t relent at all.Even after learning that she would rather die than obey, he colluded with the Queen Mother to give her a love potion, and sent her to a side room where the emperor often went when he left the palace, waiting for the emperor to come here to marry her. By then, the rice would have been cooked, and even if she died, she would still be an innocent soul in the palace!

But that day, she was paralyzed on the bed after being hit by the love potion. The person waiting was not the emperor, but a beggar from the street who came from nowhere. He rushed into the room and wanted to do something wrong to her. No matter how she screamed, no one paid attention.And just when she was about to commit suicide, a vague figure walked in, killed the two beggars, and picked her up. His movements were gentle, but there was nothing wrong with them.She wanted to take a closer look at the man’s face, but her vision became hazy and she fainted.

When she woke up again, she had returned to the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Yan Zhaozhao kept trying to remember, but she couldn’t remember the face of the man who saved her. She only vaguely remembered that he was wearing a black suit and had a unicorn-style jade pendant hanging around his waist.At the same time, she also wanted to understand that the two beggars were arranged by the emperor to destroy her and prevent her from becoming the queen.At that moment she knew that the emperor did not want to marry her and even hated her.

But in the end, she was forced to marry the emperor by her father and mother at the risk of her life.

After entering the palace, she gradually grew older and gradually figured it out.Back then, the eldest concubine did not sacrifice herself voluntarily, but was a victim sent by her father to test the emperor.

“What? She’s mute?” The emperor’s hand pinched her chin harder, and there was a red mark on her white and tender links.”I let you speak!”

“My, my concubine… I didn’t mean this.” Her voice trembled, obviously she was extremely scared.

The emperor smiled and suddenly turned to call his personal eunuch.”Fuquan, what do you think of the queen’s beauty?”

The eunuch hurriedly knelt down, not even daring to raise his head, “Slave, how can I comment on my wife? I don’t even dare to look at you, Your Majesty!”

“Really?” The smile at the corner of his mouth deepened, “Raise your head! Today I will show you the true beauty of the noble Queen!”

The eunuch was shocked, but he did not dare to disobey the order, lower his head and look away, so he could only watch as he was told.

“No, don’t!” Yan Zhaozhao didn’t care about anything else and tried to push him away with her hands, but she was so weak that she had not recovered yet, so she could not push the emperor.

He restrained her hands, preventing her from moving, and almost pressed his body completely against hers.”What don’t you want? You were originally my queen, my concubine, and now I want to favor you, how can you have the courage to refuse me?!” The emperor’s big palm tugged on her shoulders, and the outer robe split open, revealing her shiny shoulders.

There was no trace of desire in the emperor’s eyes, as if Yan Zhaozhao’s face was nothing more than a pollen skull in his eyes. He wanted her now just to insult her and let her remember the price she had to pay for plotting against the emperor!He untied the dragon-patterned belt on his body and reached out to pull off her belt as well.”I want you to remember it carefully. Remember how you were killed by me in front of the eunuch on this day!”

“No, don’t-”

“Your Majesty! The Queen Mother has a sudden headache. The imperial doctor has passed away. I have specially asked my servant to come and invite you.” Outside the door, the voice of the chamberlain in the Queen Mother’s palace came.When the emperor heard this, he paused and let go of Yan Zhaozhao with a gloomy expression.

He threw Yan Zhaozhao away casually, as if he was discarding something with dirty hands, and immediately stood up and left Fengyi Palace without looking back.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Are you… okay?!” As soon as the emperor left, Bi Luo immediately ran into the palace, picked up the cloak and put it on her body.

Yan Zhaozhao tightened her cloak, her eyes were red and she gritted her teeth, but not a single tear was shed.Her voice was hoarse and very soft, “Lock the palace door and don’t disturb me.”

Seeing her like this, Bi Luo’s eyes were red, but he could not hold back tears in front of her.She knew that her mother-in-law had been greatly wronged, but she was just a slave, so how could she know what she should do to make Yan Zhaozhao feel better at this moment? She could only follow what she said.

Until it was time for dinner, Yan Zhaozhao still locked himself in the bedroom, with not a single candle burning inside, which made people panic.

At this time, Yan Zhaozhao had not changed her clothes, her hair was messy, and she was a little dirty. She was sitting on the ground with her back against the edge of the bed, her hands clasping her knees, and her fingertips were slightly trembling if she looked closely.Her expression was a little dazed, her eyes were dull, and she kept looking straight ahead.

Suddenly, a pair of black shoes appeared in the darkness and squatted down in front of her, bending down.

“Zhao, Zhaozhao…”

Hearing someone calling her maiden name, Yan Zhaozhao’s eyes became slightly clearer and she looked intently at the man in front of her.In the haze, she only felt that the person in front of her was somewhat familiar, like the hero who came to save her after she was poisoned by the love potion. She remembered that he also wore black clothes.

Xie Ciyan’s face gradually became clearer, and she could see all the anxiety and worry on his face, but her eyes became increasingly blurry.My heart was sour, and the grievances I had endured for a long time seemed to pour out at the moment I saw him. My nose was extremely sour, and crystal tears fell silently from my eyes. There were heart-wrenching tear stains all over my cheeks.

Even if she was wronged, as long as she was still the queen of the Dasheng Dynasty, she could not lower her head for a moment and let those who bullied her feel proud and happy.So she endured it, held back her tears, but the person in front of her was the only person in the palace who had extended a hand to her to save her. He was the only warmth she came into contact with in this deep palace that ate people without spitting out their bones.

Facing such a person, Yan Zhaozhao could no longer hold back her tears and exposed all her weak sides in front of him.

She carefully raised her hands and pulled a small piece of Xie Ciyan’s sleeves, her voice was choked with sobs, and she sounded as confused as a child.”Thank you, thank you Ciyan…” Her tone was almost pleading, “H-please hug me…hug me, okay…”

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This chapter is super fat!4000+ words

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