PDLP Chapter 340 Innocence
Chapter 340 Innocence
At the banquet, Jiang Yuxian was undoubtedly the most dazzling and eye-catching person among the people who were toasting each other and chatting.
Emperor Shenwu secretly observed Lan Qingwu. He extended his hand and handed him a glass of fruit wine. Lan Qingwu looked at the wine with some worry, then looked at Emperor Shenwu, "Your Majesty, are you going to let Ruo Ruo drink it?"
Emperor Shenwu smiled softly and said, "What are you afraid of, weakling? Don't you still have me?"
Lan Qingwu thought of how she looked and what she had done when she was drunk, and her cheeks flushed slightly: "Wei Ruo Ruo is drunk and doesn't know anything. What does Brother Heng want to do with Wei Ruo Ruo?"
Emperor Shenwu teased her, "Perhaps I will take Ruo Ruo with me on the Cloud Swing!"
Lan Qingwu looked at the high swing in the distance and said worriedly, "Weiwei might fall off if we get drunk."
The Emperor was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. The Seventh Princess beside him clapped her chubby hands, "Swing! Swing! Don't be afraid, mother! Father won't let you fall! Swing! Go play on the swing!"
Emperor Shenwu reached out and hugged the Seventh Princess: "My palm pearl is right! I will not let your mother fall!"
Lan Qingwu looked at the father and daughter with a gentle smile.
Concubine Liang also laughed and said, "It is because your Majesty is so brave. I would never dare to go to such a high place."
The concubines below were infected by Emperor Shenwu's laughter and looked at the emperor and the seventh princess.
Jiang Yuxian's eyes flickered slightly. Her eyes, like those of a spirit deer, looked up at the Emperor Shenwu and the Seventh Princess, and she said innocently, "But I am very envious! I have dreamed of flying since I was a child. If I could ride on this cloud swing, it would be my dream come true!"
Concubine Yang glanced at the expressionless Concubine Jiang, then at Jiang Yuxian: "The Concubine's niece is very innocent!"
Concubine Liang said that just to please people. In what capacity did Concubine Jiang's niece say that?
But after all, it was just an unintentional remark from a little girl, and even the Queen Mother would not easily get angry or take it to heart.
Lan Qingwu looked down at Jiang Yuxian expressionlessly. She really couldn't care less! She was just an insignificant person.
Lan Qingwu didn't care, but the Seventh Princess was relentless. Her face was stern, and her delicate voice rang out, "What are you talking about? I know that only my father and mother can go up on that swing! How dare you, the daughter of a minister, have such delusions? Are you planning to become the queen? I know everything, how dare you say you don't know?"
The banquet was suddenly silent, and you could hear a pin drop.
Jiang Yuxian's face turned pale. She stood up and knelt in the hall, head lowered, her voice trembling and pitiful, "It was I who spoke nonsense. I only thought about getting what I wanted, but forgot the palace rules. I would never dare to have any improper thoughts! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please understand!"
I dare not have any improper thoughts, but I am not afraid of them! Lan Qingwu looked at Jiang Yuxian for a moment before saying, "Seventh Princess was just joking! Miss Jiang, please stand up!"
Emperor Shenwu also became a little impatient. He didn't even bother to glance at Jiang Yuxian below him. He just held his little daughter and patiently fed her. The seventh princess snorted tenderly and hugged her father's neck and started to act coquettishly.
Concubine Jiang below did not say a word from beginning to end.
After returning to Concubine Jiang's Baifu Pavilion, Jiang Yuxian thought that her aunt would definitely give her a lecture, and Jiang Yuxian had also thought about how to convince her aunt. Unexpectedly, Concubine Jiang said nothing and just asked her to have a good rest.
Jiang Yuxian was a little confused about what her aunt was thinking. She returned to her dormitory and carefully thought about her aunt's thoughts. As long as her aunt could support her, her wish would not be difficult to achieve.
The maid beside her hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help but said: "Miss, what do you want to do?"
Jiang Yuxian took off the delicate flower crown on her head, threw it on the ground, and said in a contemptuous tone: "Chan'er, what do you think of your young lady?"
Chan'er said softly, "Young lady is naturally extremely beautiful!"
Jiang Yuxian raised the corners of her lips slightly: "Compared to the Queen?"
Chan'er was startled. She looked around, feeling her heart pounding. She said at a loss, "Miss...this...but..."
Jiang Yuxian thought of the dignity, honor, and grace of the woman at the emperor's side, and her eyes sparkled with ambition. "I'm younger than the Empress, prettier than her, and of a nobler background! If she can do it, why can't I?"
Jiang Yuxian closed her eyes, imagining the emperor gently caressing her cheek, and murmured to herself, "And His Majesty! He's so captivating! Noble, powerful, and handsome!"
Compared with him, the Second Prince and others are really too ordinary in both aura and appearance.
Not to mention that the emperor possesses the most supreme power in the world. How can one not be tempted?
Chan'er came back to her senses and whispered, "But there's also the Imperial Concubine! Rumor has it that the Empress has always been deeply favored, so I'm sure the Empress won't agree!"
Jiang Yuxian opened her eyes, a cold look in them. "Aunt has been out of favor for many years. If she is smart, she will not block my path to success. If we work together, she will have a better foothold in the harem, which will be more beneficial to my cousin, the Second Prince. As for the Empress, Chan'er, as long as His Majesty likes me, what does it matter whether the Empress agrees or not? I've made a note of what happened today!"
She is just a princess. Jiang Yuxian does not think that she is inferior to the princess, nor does she take the princess seriously.
Chan'er advised, "Miss, that is the only legitimate princess. His Majesty has always doted on her and treated her as the apple of his eye. You don't know that among so many princes and princesses, only this legitimate young princess was raised in His Majesty's arms. You can't even imagine how much she is favored."
Jiang Yuxian's expression turned cold again: "The Seventh Princess is favored because the Queen is favored. If His Majesty's favor for the Queen fades, will the Seventh Princess still be so favored?"
The cicada was silent.
In the Qingliang Palace bedroom, Lan Qingwu was finally fed a glass of fruit wine by the Emperor. She was drowsy in the Emperor's arms. The Emperor used his fingers to carefully trace Lan Qingwu's lips, nose, and cheeks. He lowered his head slightly and bit the tip of Lan Qingwu's snow-white ear. "Your eyes are as bright as spring water, and your face is as red as peach blossoms! Weak, do you still recognize me?"
Lan Qingwu stared at the Emperor Shenwu for a moment before she stretched out her snow-white arms and hooked them around his neck. "Brother Heng, my dear husband, why are you always attracting so many attention? I don't like the way that little girl looks at you!"
The Shenwu Emperor raised one of his eyebrows slightly. "How bold! What do you mean by 'I'm attracting bees and butterflies'? You don't like it? Then what do you want?"
Lan Qingwu said dazedly, "Ruoruo, guard her! Brother Heng, don't look at her! Hide her! Hide Brother Heng!"
Emperor Shenwu was so delighted that he actually laughed heartily: "Wei Ruo Ruo, you are so adorable!"
The next moment, the Divine Martial Emperor pressed Lan Qingwu under him, his voice lowered: "Ruo Ruo, you smell so good!"
The drunk Lan Qingwu experienced another storm brought by Emperor Shenwu. On the morning of the next day, Lan Qingwu's legs were still trembling slightly, and naturally he could not get out of bed. Emperor Shenwu exempted the concubines from paying their respects and let Lan Qingwu have a good rest for a day.