usatvline Chapter 99 The Wife-Killing, Childless Emperor and His Beloved Concubine 34
Chapter 99 The Wife-Killing, Childless Emperor and His Beloved Concubine 34
Inside the main hall, Chu Yue remained seated at her small table, engrossed in reading the book in her hands.
After she recovered, the emperor took her with him every day again. If he could have tied her to his belt, he probably would have done so.
What she was holding was none other than a storybook she had taken from Xiao Tao, which Xiao Tao often secretly read.
When Chu Yue found out, she became interested and asked for a few copies, which she secretly brought over today.
The only reason she felt comfortable reading was because the books the emperor made her read were so dull and boring; if she weren't afraid of arousing suspicion, she would have asked 001 to write her novels.
At least storybooks can be explained.
"A wealthy young lady eloped with a scholar for love..."
Most of these stories are of the same type: people give up everything for love.
"My beloved concubine, what are you saying? Is there something you don't understand?"
The emperor's voice suddenly rang out, startling Chu Yue. She instinctively clutched the book in her hands and said somewhat awkwardly, "Your Majesty... I was so engrossed in reading that I'm sorry to have disturbed you..."
"Really?" The emperor was somewhat skeptical.
Chu Yue nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, yes."
The emperor stopped looking at her and lowered his head to attend to his work.
Chu Yue let out a guilty sigh. She had just gotten to the exciting part when she glanced at the emperor a few more times. Seeing that he really wasn't looking at her anymore, she felt relieved and continued watching.
"A wealthy young lady and a scholar secretly met under the flower-adorned bridge and pledged their lives to each other..."
The emperor appeared behind Chu Yue without her noticing, reading aloud the part Chu Yue was reading.
Chu Yue's heart pounded in fright. She turned around and looked at the emperor with a pleading expression: "Your Majesty... why have you come here?"
The emperor gave her a disapproving look, unaware that she was being so mischievous, reading these folk tales right under his nose.
He didn't even notice that she had brought in her sketchbook. What kind of young lady is she, what kind of scholar is she? What kind of behavior is this?
"Where did it come from?" The emperor's expression darkened slightly.
Chu Yue shrank back, her voice trembling as she said, "I got it from Xiao Tao..."
Xiao Tao, I'm sorry, but your mistress is in dire straits herself...
"Who else has it?" the emperor asked again.
“Xiao Xizi also has one…it’s the one she found for Xiao Tao.”
Chu Yue swallowed hard, thinking to herself, "May they all have good luck."
The emperor was furious. He hadn't even noticed that Xiao Xizi was watching these things. It was also because he had been focusing all his attention on the person in front of him lately, so he had overlooked many things.
"Your Majesty...can't I watch it?" Chu Yue asked, feeling a little aggrieved. She had only been watching it because she was bored.
The emperor couldn't bear to see her wronged, so he let her read whatever she wanted. What did it matter if she wanted storybooks? He'd have them made. But...
"You can look, but you should look at good ones. This 'young lady and scholar' stuff... is inappropriate."
The emperor spoke softly.
"Your Majesty, don't you find it touching? For love, the two are willing to do anything to be together."
Chu Yue asked him in confusion.
emperor:"……"
"Of course, whatever you say goes, my beloved consort has the final say." The emperor couldn't bear to deny her, and it was rare for her to have shifted her attention.
He was just thinking that he needed to instruct someone to write something normal.
"Your Majesty...would you like to watch it with me?" Chu Yue looked up at him.
The Emperor: "..." Once again, he didn't know what to say?
"My beloved concubine, look, I still have memorials to read."
The emperor gently comforted her to prevent her from overthinking.
“Okay…” Chu Yue nodded and continued to bury herself in her studies.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his desk to sit down.
Xiao Xizi tiptoed in, somewhat nervously: "Your Majesty... someone from Anning Palace has come to say that the Empress Dowager wishes to see you..."
The emperor paused in his actions, looked at Chu Yue, and Chu Yue looked at him in return.
After a while, the emperor slowly got up and came to her. Chu Yue also quickly stood up and looked at him with concern.
"My beloved consort, I'm going there. You return to Fengze Palace and wait for me." The emperor gently comforted Chu Yue, afraid that she would think of something unpleasant.
Chu Yue nodded, but was still somewhat worried: "Your Majesty... the Empress Dowager..."
"I know what to do, don't worry." The emperor understood what she meant.
After Chu Yue woke up, she could not forgive Liu Yu'er. The emperor had already punished her and imprisoned her there, which was the greatest torture.
But the Empress Dowager... is still the Emperor's mother no matter what...
Chu Yue returned to Fengze Palace, while the Emperor went to Anning Palace alone.
The atmosphere at Anning Palace was somber and desolate, and the emperor was somewhat irritable.
He entered the main hall, where the Empress Dowager was already waiting for him. Upon seeing him enter, she felt as if she had been transported to another world.
The Empress Dowager choked up a little: "Chen'er, you've come."
More than three months have passed since Chu Yue's accident, and the emperor has never set foot here. No matter what methods the empress dowager uses to force him, the emperor remains unmoved.
The Empress Dowager then began to panic. In the past, the Emperor would compromise as long as she was slightly dissatisfied, but now things had changed.
Even though she threatened to kill herself, the emperor was even more ruthless and wanted to kill her entire Liu family.
How could the Empress Dowager agree? She had already taken the position that all women in the world coveted, possessing wealth and glory. All she did was to make the future better.
However, her son disagreed and refused to listen to her.
After being imprisoned here for more than three months, the Empress Dowager had lost all her temper and only hoped that the Emperor would forgive her.
"Why did you summon me here?" The emperor felt a pang of emotion; after all, she was his mother.
The Empress Dowager stood up, and Jinxiu helped her to the Emperor. She spoke in a hoarse voice, "Chen'er, can you forgive your mother? Your mother was wrong and shouldn't have done that."
The emperor was also in pain, torn between his woman and his mother.
"Chen'er, I'll go apologize to her. Please don't blame me, okay?"
The Empress Dowager burst into tears. The Emperor was her only blood relative, and she didn't want things to turn out this way.
All he did was to make the Xiao and Liu families more prosperous.
But now it's turned out like this...
"Mother, from now on, please stay in Anning Palace." The Emperor closed his eyes in anguish.
The Empress Dowager stood there stunned for a long time. After a while, she gave a bitter laugh and said, "I'm old... so I won't go out and bother people anymore."
After speaking, she had Jinxiu help her into the inner hall, without glancing at the emperor again.
The emperor stood in Anning Palace for a long time before leaving. He thought the Empress Dowager would mention Liu Yu'er and ask him to forgive the Liu family, but she didn't mention it at all.
They were even willing to stay in Anning Palace.
Even if he brought it up, he would not forgive them. They would never understand the pain he and the Consort felt at losing their child.
The emperor quickly returned to Fengze Palace. When Chu Yue saw him return, she did not ask why the Empress Dowager had summoned him, nor did she want to.
The emperor naturally wouldn't bring up anything that upset her, and simply treated her as usual.
It was as if his trip to Anning Palace had never happened.
From then on, the palace became quiet, which pleased the emperor greatly, as no one would disturb him and his concubine.
No one will nag him anymore, and the Imperial Concubine can finally live a peaceful life.