Chapter 1516: 1511: The Damned Favorite Consort

Chapter 1516: Chapter 1511: The Damned Favorite Consort

Su Yingxue suddenly remembered, “Yes, the Princess he married was the little princess of Beiling City! How come the empress today is from the Great Wei Dynasty.”

Chu Yihan figured out the crux of the matter, making Su Yingxue even more restless.

She couldn’t wait until tomorrow, so in the middle of the night, she rushed with Chu Yihan to Qin Muyan’s sleeping quarters, intending to ask him for clarifications.

But Wei Jue guarded the sleeping quarters, not letting them in, and just as the standoff continued, the eunuch announced loudly, “The empress has arrived—”

Beneath the imperial carriage, a woman dressed in a gold-flecked phoenix robe, with a dignified air, came down in front of Su Yingxue. She greeted them very kindly and even reached out to grab Su Yingxue’s hand, “This must be the cousin Yingxue often mentioned by the emperor?”

Su Yingxue didn’t reject her touch, but she sensed some hostility from this woman.

Strangely, that subtle female intuition.

Wei Jue hurriedly stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, the princess and her husband have traveled far and are tired, they should rest now. I will accompany them back to the palace for rest.”

“Without you, the emperor cannot sleep well. I will accompany the princess and her husband back for rest instead,” said the dignified empress, significantly easing Wei Jue’s worries.

Wei Jue explained to Su Yingxue, “Please wait a moment, princess. Whatever needs to be told, the emperor will surely inform the princess. However, the emperor has already retired for the night. He has experienced night assassination attempts during battles; without me nearby, the emperor may not be able to sleep. Please forgive me for not escorting the princess back to the palace.”

“No need, we’ll go back by ourselves.”

Chu Yihan held Su Yingxue’s hand and responded lightly.

Li Yunshu escorted Su Yingxue and Chu Yihan back, but unexpectedly, Li Yunshu returned with them without leaving.

She sat in Su Yingxue’s chamber and said directly, “Her Majesty knows that both of you must be puzzled about the emperor and everything in the Great Wei Imperial Palace. Today, I am here. Whatever questions you have, feel free to ask. You both are distinguished and kin, not outsiders, so I won’t beat around the bush here like the emperor.”

“The empress is quite straightforward,” Su Yingxue felt a positive shift in her regard.

Though it was their first meeting, Su Yingxue appreciated the frank nature of women from Great Wei and, knowing she was Qin Muyan’s empress, she asked directly, “Could the empress please tell me where my maternal grandmother and aunt are? I didn’t see them at the palace feast today, are they unwell?”

A sorrow flashed in Li Yunshu’s eyes, but she quickly recomposed herself. With a cold voice, she said, “The imperial grandmother and my mother… are no longer with us.”

“What?!”

Su Yingxue’s eyes widened as she shook her head, “That’s impossible! Even if… even if there was a palace coup, the rebels wouldn’t harm them, my aunt is a sibling to the rebels, and there’s also my grandmother…”

“They weren’t killed by the rebels; the rebels aren’t that ruthless!”

Li Yunshu spoke as her eyes reddened.

Her fists clenched tight, gripping the phoenix robe, she bitterly said, “The imperial grandmother and my mother escaped the rebels and remained unharmed, but they couldn’t escape… that ruthless woman!”

“Who killed them! What does cousin say? Did he avenge our grandmother and aunt?” Su Yingxue faintly felt there was much more hidden.

These hidden matters were probably the reason why Qin Muyan avoided them even while drunk tonight.

Li Yunshu did not hide anything from her, “Her name is Rong Yun, she is the emperor’s Princess! The emperor dotes on her greatly, has cherished her for a long time. Even when in the prince’s mansion, he favored only her. As the war ignited, he was so heartbroken that he sent her to the countryside to take refuge. However, she shamelessly seduced a scholar when the emperor was not around and secretly formed ties with him. Even as the emperor brought her back to the imperial palace to hold a ceremony to make her the empress, they still secretly continued their affair, and the emperor discovered it…”

Li Yunshu couldn’t bear to continue, remembering the bloody scenes in her mind, she bit her lips until they bled, “But she was like a venomous scorpion, infuriating the emperor to the point of spitting blood. The emperor killed that scholar and sent her to Guiyuan Temple to pray for blessings, where she outrageously killed her caretaker imperial grandmother and mother!”

After finishing, Li Yunshu covered her face and burst into tears.

A palace maid beside her, supporting her, shared her immense hatred, “Her Majesty was originally just a side consort and never thought of competing for favor with that woman, but in the prince’s mansion, she suffered much persecution from her! Now, her body has been ruined to the point she can no longer bear children! That woman… is truly too vicious!”

In the entire Great Wei Imperial Palace, there was no one who hadn’t been victimized.

The women around Qin Muyan, his grandmother and mother, all died at the hands of that woman.

Yet, bewilderingly…

Qin Muyan had not yet killed her! To avenge these innocent and wronged people!

Upon hearing this, Su Yingxue’s fists were clenched so hard they could kill a person.

Her eyes coldly questioned, “Where is that woman now?”

“At Guiyuan Temple, Guiyuan Temple is the ancestral temple of the Imperial family of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the emperor still allows that woman to stay there!”

A senior palace maid beside Li Yunshu indignantly said.

Su Yingxue, pulling Chu Yihan, turned and left, unable to wait even a moment longer.

After they left, the tears in Li Yunshu’s eyes no longer seemed real.

She wiped her eyes dry with a handkerchief and then coldly smiled, “Rong Yun, this time, I want to see if you can continue to survive!”

The senior palace maid was happy for Li Yunshu, but she immediately worried, “Your Majesty, what if the princess is not so impulsive and is instead deceived by that woman?”

“Deceived?” Li Yunshu raised her eyebrows and scoffed, “With her current inhuman, ghost-like appearance, harboring only hatred for this world, when she sees Su Yingxue… she will only want to die together with her, staking her last breath.”

So, whether Su Yingxue strikes first or Rong Yun, Rong Yun is doomed. And Rong Yun’s death can conveniently be blamed on Su Yingxue.

Su Yingxue is Qin Muyan’s most beloved cousin, he certainly won’t bear to blame her. Dying by Su Yingxue’s hand, the last vestiges of Qin Muyan’s thoughts toward Rong Yun should also be severed.

She cannot change that Qin Muyan’s heart will forever hold a place for Su Yingxue, but by using Su Yingxue to eliminate Rong Yun, whom Qin Muyan also cherishes, then the harem of the Great Wei Dynasty will truly be her domain!

Then the position of empress of the Great Wei Dynasty, she can truly secure!

For this, she even specifically abducted Rong Yun’s dying illegitimate child and discarded it in the back mountain, when Su Yingxue arrives there, how frantic will Rong Yun be?

Just thinking about it, Li Yunshu felt exhilarated, ample revenge for the humiliation Rong Yun once caused her!

Guiyuan Temple.

Su Yingxue, fuming with anger, rushed there overnight, and Chu Yihan could not stop her.

But just as she was about to kick down the door to confront Rong Yun, she suddenly turned back and looked at Chu Yihan.

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