usatvline Chapter 467: Palace Maid with Broken Hand
Chapter 467: Palace Maid with Broken Hand
Emperor Shenwu continued, "I have something else to discuss with you. The prince has already married his principal wife. It's not right for the Eastern Palace to have only one principal wife. Before the New Year, let's have two concubines marry into the Eastern Palace!"
Lan Qingwu was stunned for a moment, carefully choosing her words. "Your Majesty, the emperor has just married his principal wife, and she was only three months old before the New Year. You're sending a concubine into the Eastern Palace so early. I'm afraid Chu Ming's first child won't be a legitimate child. Brother Heng, you and Chu Ming have suffered the pain of having a legitimate child. Although it was a safe transition, I'm always afraid..."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Shenwu sighed softly, "Your concerns are not without reason. Well, let's talk about it in the spring. When the weather is warm and the flowers are blooming, the season will be perfect. We can choose an auspicious day and let the two concubines enter the Eastern Palace!"
Lan Qingwu nodded with a smile: "I'll listen to Brother Heng. Brother Heng must be very tired..."
Emperor Shenwu stretched out his long arm and pulled Lan Qingwu over: "Ruo Ruo, I still remember the scene when you were in my arms, with tears in your eyes. I really couldn't let go of you and cherished you so much!"
The Shenwu Emperor's voice became increasingly deep. He lowered his head and bit Lan Qingwu's jade-like collarbone. Lan Qingwu softly called out, "Brother Heng!"
Her voice was tender and trembling. In a short moment, Lan Qingwu's beautiful eyes were filled with tears of love, which seemed to be about to fall but couldn't. The Emperor Shenwu looked at those watery eyes, and his desire was even stronger. However, he was not impatient. His fingers slowly slid across Lan Qingwu's delicate skin, and gently held her snow-white earlobe in his mouth: "Wei Ruo, my Wei Ruo... You are still the same as you were then..."
Lan Qingwu was drawn into the surging sea of passion, her slender waist tightly grasped by the Divine Martial Emperor's large hand. She moaned unconsciously, groaning drowsily, lust enveloping her as drops of sweat and tears finally fell together...
The next morning, Emperor Shenwu did not attend the morning court. He held Lan Qingwu in his arms and coaxed her softly, "Ruoruo, be good. Don't be angry anymore..."
Lan Qingwu was rarely angry, but he buried himself in the arms of the Divine Martial Emperor: "Brother Heng is bullying the weak! Didn't you agree not to do that? You lied to the weak!"
The Emperor Shenwu readily changed his words and said, "It's my fault! Don't be angry, it's my fault for making me look so easy to bully! How about this, I promise you one thing?"
Lan Qingwu looked up at the Shenwu Emperor and said, "I would like to ask Your Majesty not to grow a beard for the next two years!"
The Emperor was silent for a moment. He was quite amused by how obsessed Ruo Ruo was with his appearance and how much he hated his beard. He could only say, "I've heard that women dress up to please others, and now, I'm making a sacrifice for Ruo Ruo."
Lan Qingwu's bare hands gently stroked the Shenwu Emperor's cold, knife-like face, her eyes earnest and pious: "In fact, have you ever told me that Brother Heng is unique in my heart, handsome and unparalleled, with sword-like eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and he is independent and detached from the world!"
Lan Qingwu stared at the Shenwu Emperor with a dazed look in her eyes, and gently kissed the corners of his lips, the tip of his nose, and the center of his forehead. Her movements were light and cherished, revealing her cautious love. The veins on the Shenwu Emperor's forehead bulged, and he tightly grasped Lan Qingwu's waist, turning over and pressing her down again: "Weak, you asked for this!"
Shenwu kissed Lan Qingwu madly, sucking on her delicate lips and the tip of her pink tongue. The two of them hugged each other tightly like mandarin ducks. In less than a moment, Lan Qingwu felt that the root of her tongue had gone numb and her whole body seemed to be falling apart. She could not bear such madness and could only beg for mercy intermittently: "Brother Heng... please... Brother Heng..."
But her plea for mercy backfired. Emperor Shenwu only paused slightly, and his next actions became even more crazy.
When the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, the bruises on Lan Qingwu's icy skin became more obvious, especially on her chest, which was bitten, sucked and kissed by Emperor Shenwu. Lan Qingwu was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to look at the traces of lovemaking on her body.
Emperor Shenwu has calmed down. He hugged Lan Qingwu and gently closed his eyes to rest.
A shadow flashed past the bed curtains, and Emperor Shenwu asked without opening his eyes, "What's the matter?"
Li Xiang whispered outside the tent, "Your Majesty, something has happened! This morning, someone dumped an unconscious, bloodied palace maid at the gate of De'an Palace. Several concubines passing by were startled, and Concubine Jiang was alarmed. After some investigation, they found that the maid's most serious injury was a severed right hand! The rest of her injuries were from whipping!"
Emperor Shenwu had already opened his sharp eyes: "Are you still alive?"
"Yes...still alive!"
What Li Xiang hesitated to say was that although the maid was seriously injured, her life was obviously not in danger. Li Xiang also recognized this maid; she had appeared by Emperor Shenwu's side before. "She has been arranged to stay at Chunyuexuan by Imperial Concubine Jiang. Imperial Concubine Jiang has asked for permission from His Majesty and the Empress to go to Chunyuexuan with you."
Chunyuexuan is very close to De'an Palace.
Inside the tent, Lan Qingwu was sleeping in a daze. Emperor Shenwu carefully laid the woman in his arms flat, then got off the bed himself: "Change clothes!"
Only after Emperor Shenwu left did Ruping dare to appear in the bedroom. She opened the bed curtains, knelt in front of the bed, and gently called out to Lan Qingwu: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Lan Qingwu rubbed his forehead and sat up: "What's the matter? His Majesty has left?"
Ru Ping tried to speak calmly, "My Lady, something happened!"
Ru Ping repeated this and added, "Your Majesty has been asked to leave by Imperial Concubine Jiang. I'm afraid Imperial Concubine Jiang also finds this matter difficult!"
Lan Qingwu quickly grasped the key point: "Who is that palace maid? What is her relationship with me?"
Ru Ping replied, "It has nothing to do with the Empress or our Fengqi Palace, but... do you remember? It wasn't long after you were stung by the poisonous bee. During that time, you and His Majesty had a few days of quarreling, and His Majesty once... grabbed a palace maid's hand and admired her..."
Lan Qingwu suddenly realized: "So he was waiting for me here!"
Ru Ping tried to calm down. "Empress, Master, shall we go to Chunyuexuan as well? In fact, Imperial Concubine Jiang also invited you to go, but you were very tired, so Your Majesty went to Chunyuexuan alone."
Lan Qingwu reached out to support her waist, which was extremely sore. She slowly leaned back on the bed, closed her eyes and thought. Ruping didn't dare to make a sound and waited quietly.
After a moment, Lan Qingwu heaved a sigh of relief. "I entertained everyone all day yesterday, and now this kind of troll is showing up. Ruping, go to Chunyuexuan and tell them that I'm not feeling well and won't be going there. Let His Majesty make the decision!"
Ruping opened her mouth and wanted to talk about the affairs of the harem. If you don't come forward, this matter will probably fall into the hands of Concubine Jiang and others. Will His Majesty bypass the people in the harem and take care of it directly?
Lan Qingwu seemed to understand Ruping's worries and said calmly, "Your Majesty will take care of it!"
This matter was so direct and obvious that it directly pointed at the Empress. I'm afraid the Emperor Shenwu would be furious at the first sight! What was the real purpose of the person behind this?