Ex-Girlfriend Blackens Every Day: Chapter 37
ARC 3: SWAPPED EX-GIRLFRIEND (5)
However, the confrontational pair remained calm.
Wei Yu recognized Linlang as soon as she appeared.
He had a marriage contract with Zhou Linlang since they were children and the two had grown up together. Her figure and side profiles were all familiar to him. On her wrist was a light scar from the time she fell into a pool when she was 6 years old.
How things have changed.
Not only did Zhou Linlang survive, but she also became his brother's favorite consort and his 'sister-in-law'.
The emotion in Wei Yu's eyes was indistinct.
"May Your Highness pardon."
The unadorned beauty chuckled and pulled down the veil tied to her ears.
The Zhou family was dumbstruck.
Wasn't this their daughter?
At first, they also felt that the imperial noble consort's figure was somewhat familiar, but they didn't dare to delve deeper because the consequences were dreadful.
But Linlang made it no secret.
Sorry, your daughter has a big life and did not die.
They were terribly embarrassed.
"Mother, what's wrong? Why are your hands so cold?" Linlang heard Feng Sisi speak to Madam Zhou.
Madam Zhou's entire person was trembling. She stared at Linlang with a look of joy tinged with indescribable resentment and fear.
Linlang knew why she was resentful.
She shouldn't have appeared.
Feng Sisi became Princess Wei and replaced Zhou Linlang's position, but now the original master turned up, making the perfect replacement nothing but a farce.
What's more, she was now the new darling of the emperor. With some pillow talk, the House of Zhou could suffer a calamity.
No matter how powerful Prince Wei was, could he surpass the true sovereign?
In any case, Linlang's attack wasn't directed at the Zhou family.
They say that the male lead is extremely clever. He should be able to guess what she wants to do, right?
After smiling at Wei Yu, Linlang walked back to the emperor's side.
Since you want to protect your beloved, then you must pay a price.
Other than Feng Sisi who had been kept in the dark, the Zhou family was thrown into a panic. They couldn't guess what Linlang wanted to do, but what was certain was that she had no affection for them!
Their own daughter bones weren't even found, yet they happily accepted Feng Sisi as their child.
Her clan tried to play the family card but were ruthlessly obstructed every time they entered the palace.
Wei Chen did not give Chancellor Zhou face in the imperial court and even vented his anger on the man.
The House of Zhou was shrouded in a cloud of misery.
After disturbing a pool of spring water, Linlang returned to a leisurely life.
Wei Chen spoiled her to the sky. Pearls, precious stones, and satin silk all flowed into her palace like water. She had sampled every rare tribute from every nation.
The man recently became fascinated with the art of painting her eyebrows. As a result, the ministers below him purchased batches of top-quality conches and eyebrow dye. They handpicked all types of exquisite flower ornaments then sent everything to the Ronghua Palace.
Some struggling painters wanted to please the consort and boldly delivered several volumes of crab apples in springtime. The depictions were so beautiful that Linlang couldn't help but marvel.
There were masters in the masses.
When the emperor saw Linlang's joy, he ordered to have these people raised in order to paint for her.
For a time, the rich beauty of crab apples crowded out the popular peony.
The royal concubines and palace ladies all competed to mimic her makeup. Decorating the space between the eyebrows with a crab apple ornament was said to be the way to attract the emperor.
Unfortunately, Wei Chen still loved to visit Linlang's Ronghua Palace. The women's coquettish glances may have as well been directed at a blind person.
Monopolizing the emperor was only a small part of Linlang's plans.
While the women were jealous of her special favor, she was already moving on to the next step.
One afternoon, Linlang wore an exquisite palace dress resembling a blooming crab apple flower and matched it with a delicate snow jade that tinkled with her every step.
She asked people to pack a bowl of soup in a food box and headed for the imperial study.
The sound of bamboo boards striking down was heard, and a bloody scent permeated the air.
Linlang lowered her face and instructed Xiuwang, her personal servant, "Go find out what happened."
Xiuwang whispered, "Your Highness, Manager Liu is disciplining one of his eunuchs."
"Oh?"
Xiuwang's face reddened slightly before explaining, "They say this young eunuch recently entered the palace and has attractive features. Manager Liu took a liking to him but was infuriated when the eunuch rejected him regardless of anything. It so happens that eunuch overslept when he should have been on watch duty. Manager Liu is using the opportunity to kill him."
"Is that so?" Linlang raised his eyebrows unconsciously. She turned her head towards the emperor's imperial study.
A crowd of concubines stood outside, all holding a food box in their hands. They watched Linlang enter the study with eyes full of resentment.
Wei Chen stood up in delight the moment he saw her.
Linlang opened the ivory white cloak, causing the snowflakes attached to fall to the ground.
The man felt distressed over this and took her hand. "Why come when the weather is so cold? Didn't Zhen tell you to stay inside? Zhen was going to come to you once matters were settled here."
"Longing brought me here.”
Linlang’s affectionate words earned full marks and they brought a smile to the man's face.
"What is it? Are you uncomfortable?" All of a sudden, he turned nervous.
"It's no matter. On the way here, a young eunuch was getting beaten to the ground. It was so pitiful. He was a mere child and his mistake was not that severe. Manager Liu is too harsh."
Linlang made mischief for the Grand Eunuch without batting an eyelid.
Who told him to be Concubine Shu's person?
Since he can't be recruited, then he should be destroyed.
Wei Chen frowned. He didn't want Linlang to think he was as vicious as Manager Liu. In fact, it was his own cruelty that had spread onto the people around him, but he subconsciously blamed others. "How does Liu Quan handle things? How could he be so ruthless to a child? Servants, pass down Zhen's decree..."
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That night, when Linlang was resting in the palace, a figure nimbly slipped through the window. He seemed to have disturbed a wound from the movements for he let out a hiss.
"A little thief dares to enter a consort's inner room. What kind of death would you like to receive?"
Linlang was sitting on the bed reading a book. Her hair had yet to dry and a thin veil was covering her face.
"Please do not be angry, Your Highness. This servant only wishes to express thanks for the life-saving grace!"
Her mouth ticked up slightly. It would seem that this fellow's ideological conscience was quite high.
"Your name?"
"Yuan Bao. 'Yuan' from new year's day and 'Bao' from treasure! Your Highness may call me Xiao Yuan! Xiao Bao! Xiao Yuanbao! Xiaoyuan Baobao1!" The boy's milky voice made people want to bully and **** him.
Linlang stretched out her hand and opened the gauze veil. At a glance, she could see the bright-eyed person's small white face and warm cheeks.
En, he gets full marks for cuteness.
But his style actually matched her intentions.
Disguising himself as a pig to eat a tiger. Very nice.
After some maneuvering, Linlang positioned Yuanbao next to Wei Chen so he could be her eyes and ears. This bun-like face had a harmless appearance. He worked well and knew how to flatter others. The palace servants all ate this set and over time, he caught Wei Chen's attention and became his closest eunuch.
Liu Quan watched as his power gradually waned. He was anxious like ants on a hot pan, but he couldn't ask Consort Shu for help.
Consort Shu wanted to assist him. After all, he was a member of their Liu family, but she was powerless. She didn't know what **** tricks that fox used to wrap His Majesty around her. Even if she wanted to blow some wind over the pillow, there was no person to cooperate!
Under Linlang's guidance, Yuan Bao rushed to become the most cunning eunuch in the empire. His position was ironclad. If anyone wanted to take a bite out of him like Liu Quan, they had to prepare to lose a few teeth!
At the same time, this little bun stuffed with black filling started to help Linlang do some shameful things.
For example, draw in ministers.
And... help her monitor the emperor's movements.
Linlang remained cool-headed in the tense situation, but a certain individual was not nearly as calm.
After having several conversations with his father-in-law, Wei Yu decided to take the initiative!
Feng Sisi's identity could not be exposed, otherwise, a new round of disaster will befall his beloved.
"The prince must be in high spirits to visit the royal garden at this dark hour."
Linlang reclined on the soft blanket as she held a copper hand warmer. The white fox fur was spotless, resembling a beauty made of ice and snow. It was quite pleasing to the eye.
There was no one other than her in the pavilion, which shows that this had all been arranged in advance.
Wei Yu's expression remained unchanged. He looked like a refined scholar in his moon-white robe lined with China pink embroidery.
"Peace unto Your Royal Highness."
Linlang was amazed at heart. As expected, the male lead's mental quality was strong. When faced with the fiancée he so ruthlessly pitted, he can remain as stable as Mt. Taishan.
It was fun to play with a strong opponent.
He had considered the ways Linlang would deal with him. For example, she might suddenly throw herself at him and have the palace guards arrive, after which she would cry bitterly and accuse him of committing a shameful act.
If Linlang knew what he was thinking, she would have laughed three times behind her palm.
When ordinary girls were betrayed by their lovers, they tended to want to die along with them and resort to such tricks of killing 1000 troops of the enemy while losing 800 of their own.
Linlang didn't like to play by the rules!
The woman burst out laughing, and the expression resembled a pear flower on the cusp of blooming. "Brother Yu shouldn't think I'm going to send punitive forces against you?"
Wei Yu was shocked.
What was this development?
- T/NYuanbao is encouraging Linlang to give him a cutesy nickname. All the ones he suggested are different flavors of 'little baby'↩︎
I bow down to Emperor Linlang..!
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