usatvline Chapter 179 Palace Intrigue World: A Harem Pierced Through Like a Sickle VS An Awakened Emperor with
Chapter 179 Palace Intrigue World: A Harem Pierced Through Like a Sickle VS An Awakened Emperor with
The head maid in the Empress's palace was also perceptive; one couldn't afford to offend the Emperor's chief eunuch.
She first bowed to Li Derang, then secretly slipped him a purse before revealing her purpose.
"You're too kind, Eunuch Li. It was Her Majesty the Empress who was worried that His Majesty was too busy with state affairs and neglecting his meals, so she instructed me to bring him some warming soup. Please inform her."
"I see. Please wait a moment, young lady."
Li Derang originally did not want to go forward to report, but the emperor had already been in a bad mood today because he had fainted during the sacrificial ceremony and had also encountered a solar eclipse.
The Empress's arrival with soup at this time was clearly an attempt to curry favor with the Emperor, as the mourning period was over and he could now spend the night in the inner palace.
But the emperor was already in a bad mood, and Li Derang didn't dare to offend him!
However, Li Derang thought again that the person who came was, after all, sent by the Empress.
The Empress is the granddaughter of Grand Secretary Jiang. Although she has not shared a room with the Emperor in the two years since she entered the palace, she has a very harmonious relationship with him.
Li Derang pondered for a long time and felt that he still had to report it.
Xiao Jing'an had already heard the commotion outside. After listening to Li Derang's report, he remained silent for a moment before speaking.
"Leave the soup here, but let the others go back first. Tell them that I thank the Empress for her concern."
"Yes." Upon receiving the reply, Li Derang backed out without even looking up.
After leaving the imperial study, Li Derang straightened up, thinking to himself that it seemed the emperor would not be entering the inner palace for a while.
After dismissing the head maid in the Empress's palace, Li Derang continued to guard the door of the Imperial Study.
Li Derang thought that the emperor must have stayed in the imperial study all night, but to his surprise, Xiao Jing'an came out on his own a short while later.
Li Derang quickly followed, bending over and cautiously asking behind Xiao Jing'an, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"
"Go to the Imperial Garden," Xiao Jing'an replied casually, without stopping.
Royal Garden
Following the system's empty prompts, Su Jinyue secretly approached the Imperial Garden.
During the day, Su Jinyue, who had just transmigrated, learned about the plot and couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.
What a disastrous start!
This isn't a harem; it's been riddled with holes!
You see,
The Empress Reborn with the Empress Dowager Development System!
Consort Shen, who transmigrated from the apocalypse, possesses super-strong martial arts skills, a father with a spatial ability, and military power!
And then there's Consort Han, who traveled from the modern world, owns a QQ Farm, and has the support of the Empress Dowager...
This isn't the end; these are just the women with higher status in the harem.
There are also those with lower ranks, bound to a concubine system, a quick transmigration system, a sign-in system, or a Taobao shopping system...
With so many cheat codes, why squeeze them all into this one small world?
Even one emperor wouldn't be enough for them to share!
Even more tragically, Su Jinyue still only had two tasks.
First: To save one's own life and survive in the harem;
Second: Protect Emperor Xiao Jing'an and ensure that his fortune is not plundered!
Needless to say, Xiao Jing'an is Su Jinyue's lover, but the mission in this world is just too difficult, isn't it?
Su Jinyue secretly came to the Imperial Garden because Xiao Jing'an was ambushed and drugged there in the plot.
Su Jinyue came to save Xiao Jing'an. Even if Xiao Jing'an was still drugged, she would make sure that only she could give him the antidote!
There are so many cheat codes in this world, and each cheat code corresponds to a plot. Ever since she transmigrated here, Su Jinyue has been trying to understand the plot. She has to analyze each plot, which is really exhausting for her.
Although so many cheat codes are intertwined, and individual storylines are mixed together, the final plot will definitely change. However, Su Jinyue is always cautious and still wants to know herself and her enemy to win every battle.
Su Jinyue hid in a secluded corner of the Imperial Garden, still feeling very resentful. She questioned the system in her mind.
"Kongkong, did you choose this world on purpose? In the last world, you swallowed Ruan Bingyu's Superstar System."
"Are you addicted to absorbing energy, so you deliberately chose a world with so many systems, so you can absorb as much as you want?"
Kongkong felt a little guilty.
[Host, please don't be angry. I chose this world because the situation here is quite critical. Absorbing other systems is just a side effect...]
Su Jinyue rolled her eyes. She knew it; the system must have had its own agenda in choosing this world!
"So, Kongkong, that's all the transmigrators and reincarnators we've seen, right? Will there be any more suddenly appearing?"
No, no! I already patched up the time-space loopholes in this world when we arrived here.
However, I've already used up most of my energy patching the vulnerabilities, so I can't offer the host much more help.
unless……】
Su Jinyue asked curiously, "Unless what?"
Kongkong smiled sheepishly and continued.
[Unless I can continue to absorb other systems and replenish my energy, I won't be able to provide assistance to the host.]
Su Jinyue rolled her eyes. She knew it!
"But with so many cheat abilities, I can't handle them all by myself. Besides, the identity you arranged for me, Kongkong, is too inconvenient."
My status and rank are too low, so I can't come into contact with many people at all, and I can't just wander around the harem. This is too restrictive.
Am I supposed to keep fighting for favor in this harem, waiting for Xiao Jing'an to sleep with me and promote me?
But this won't do either. If things continue like this, won't I become an enemy of the harem?
With so many cheat abilities, if they all gang up on me, wouldn't I be finished? ..."
Su Jinyue was still muttering to herself, while Kongkong listened from the side. It had originally wanted to say that it had given Su Jinyue a back door, and with this convenience, the other cheat codes were no longer a threat.
But it did this behind its host Su Jinyue's back. It was afraid Su Jinyue would scold it, so it hasn't told her yet.
Kongkong was still hesitating, but at that moment, someone approached from the Imperial Garden. Kongkong gave Su Jinyue a heads-up and then quickly disappeared.
Let's talk about being honest next time we think of it!
Xiao Jing'an was very frustrated. He was just an insignificant prince who had somehow become emperor.
However, once he ascended the throne, with the Empress Dowager in the harem and the Grand Secretary in the court, he could only obediently observe mourning.
The fact that he observed 27 months of mourning is enough to show Xiao Jing'an's filial piety towards his father, the emperor.
Then, Chief Minister Jiang finally succumbed to the petitions of the court officials and agreed to the selection of candidates.
In this way, the harem will have more daughters of other court officials, and it will no longer be the case that the empress alone is in favor. When Xiao Jing'an officially attends court, his opinions will no longer be ignored.
But why would a solar eclipse occur during a proper sacrificial ceremony? And why did he faint?
This means that the situation he had worked so hard to achieve will turn against him again!
At tomorrow's court assembly, I wonder how many ministers will submit memorials condemning him for his poor conduct as emperor, and some may even force him to issue an edict of self-reproach!
Damn it! It's all those damned Imperial Astronomical Bureau officials' fault! How could they not see such a big thing?!