In the afternoon, the batting cages were filled with dust and noise.
Two teams of people were holding crescent clubs and running back and forth on the court, competing for polo.
Suddenly, one of the players leaned sideways from the horse and ignored the horse's running bumps. He bent down and approached the horse's belly. Then, he suddenly waved his hand and hit it. There was a loud thunderclap, and the ball flew into the distance like a meteor, leaving countless people at the scene in amazement.
"The Emperor is truly invincible. Even the batsman from the Western Regions is no match for the Emperor.”
"Yes, if there is a batting Jinshi examination, the emperor will definitely hit the first yuan.”
Praise and admiration filled her ears, and Xue Yaozhen, who was watching from the sidelines, was overjoyed. She couldn't care less about Xuanyuan Rui's fierce battle in the arena. She stood up and waved her arm, shouting,"Emperor, do your best. Yao Zhen is here to pray for the emperor!”
Chen Ruyan laughed coldly and said sarcastically,""What gas? It's not like the kitchen needs oil to cook. Can't you see that the situation is already one-sided? If they continued to work hard, the Yutian Envoy would not look good. How would they deal with the consequences?”
Xue Yaozhen was slightly startled and sat down angrily, her phoenix eyes glaring at Chen Ruyan.
She thought that after she went to Chu Huanyi, she would be able to dominate the Central Palace and Xuanyuan Rui. Who knew that even though Chu Huanyi had left, Chen Ruyan had also arrived. This made Xue Yaozhen both angry and jealous. She was angry that Chen Ruyan had actually taken the lead and become the Empress. He was jealous that Chen Ruyan stuck to Xuanyuan Rui's side all day long, not leaving him for even a moment. She was even more hateful than Chu Huanyi!
She could not understand how an old vixen in her thirties could win Xuanyuan Rui's heart. Could it be…Could it be that she, Xue Yaozhen, was not as beautiful as others?
No, she was very confident in her looks. Other than Chu Huanyi, she believed that no one could compare to her.
Or did Chen Ruyan really look similar to Chu Huanyi, causing Xuanyuan Rui to have an empathy effect?
That was not right. She had never seen Chen Ruyan before, so from the Empress Dowager's description, she felt that Chu Huanyi was favored because she looked like Chen Ruyan. But now, it seemed that this was not the case. Although Chen Ruyan was beautiful, she did not have Chu Huanyi's soul-stirring beauty that made people unable to breathe. Then…
Xue Yaozhen was stunned. She didn't notice that the competition had ended and Xuanyuan Rui had returned on horseback. By the time she came back to her senses, Chen Ruyan had already gone up to Xuanyuan Rui and gently wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.
"Emperor, are you tired? Shall we go back and rest?"
Xuanyuan Rui responded indifferently and returned to the Great Harmony Palace with his arm around Chen Ruyan's waist, leaving the furious Xue Yaozhen on the court.
After returning to the Great Harmony Palace, Chen Ruyan helped Xuanyuan Rui remove his sweaty clothes." Your Majesty, let me serve you in your bath, okay?"”
Xuanyuan Rui looked at her expressionlessly. Her expression was similar to Chu Huanyi's.
He wondered what she would do if it was her. Would he serve her like Chen Ruyan, or sulk like Xue Yaozhen? Probably not! Her heart was only on the Crown Prince. She would not want to serve him, nor would she sulk over him, nor would she be jealous. Even if she was already dead, all she had in her heart was the Crown Prince, right?
At this thought, Xuanyuan Rui's heart suddenly tightened. He stretched out his arm and pulled Chen Ruyan over. His hot lips sucked on her as if he wanted to vent all his depression and depression. He kissed Chen Ruyan in front of all the palace maids and eunuchs.
Chen Ruyan let out a low sigh and walked towards Xuanyuan Rui with satisfaction.
That was it! She wanted Xuanyuan Rui to be so unrestrained and arrogant. In order to get him like this, she did not hesitate to betray herself and lurk beside the Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi, allowing him to vent and satisfy her like a prostitute. After gaining his trust, she returned to the capital and returned to Xuanyuan Rui's arms.
Although the process was long and arduous, there were a few times when she almost thought that she would never be able to return to the capital and see Xuanyuan Rui again. But she had done it, and she had even gotten rid of Chu Huanyi, who was a huge threat to her. How could she not be happy and satisfied?
She groaned and waved her hand to signal for all the palace maids and eunuchs to leave. She pulled Xuanyuan Rui to the bed and said," Your Majesty, aren't you going to take a bath and freshen up first?"”
"No need. I want you now.”
After Chen Ruyan left Xuanyuan Rui, she did not return to her bedroom. Instead, she went to the laundry bureau.
The people in the laundry bureau had already gone to bed, leaving only a eunuch on night duty.
When the eunuch saw Chen Ruyan, he almost jumped up." Your…Your Highness the Empress!”
Chen Ruyan nodded her head slightly." Don't make a fuss. The Emperor asked me to come here to get something. It would be bad if I alerted others."”
"Yes, I wouldn't dare."
"Let me ask you, where was Chu Huanyi's room?”
"Chu Huanyi? Was the Empress referring to Chu Huanyi, the Consort Zhen, whom the late Emperor had sent here to wash the clothes?”
"That's right. Where's her room?”
The eunuch gestured with his hand." In the western room."”
"Yes! You stay here, I'll go take a look." After Chen Ruyan finished giving her instructions, she headed to the western room.
This room had been empty ever since Chu Huanyi left. No one lived in it, and no one cleaned it. Therefore, when the door opened, a musty smell wafted into the room.
Chen Ruyan endured the moldy smell and searched the room in the dark. However, she could not find what she was looking for no matter how hard she searched.
Just as she was about to give up, she reached under the bed and took out a bag.
She took the bag under the moonlight and looked at it. It was a man's shirt that was sewn and stained with blood. Inside the shirt was a jade pendant, a jade pendant with a green color and a phoenix engraved on it.
Seeing the jade pendant, Chen Ruyan was overjoyed. She had finally found the Nine Phoenix Ring. After spending so much effort and suffering so much, she finally found the legendary Nine Phoenix Ring that could prolong one's life and retain one's youth forever.
Chen Ruyan couldn't help but smile. She threw the clothes on the floor and turned to leave.
At this moment, a woman's voice sounded,""Empress, what are you doing here?”
Shocked, Chen Ruyan quickly turned around and saw Xue Yaozhen blocking the door." You... why are you here?"”
"I wanted to ask you why you're here. Isn't this the laundry bureau? You, the honorable empress, why would you sneak to the laundry bureau in the middle of the night without the emperor knowing?”
"You!" Chen Ruyan snorted." Why I came to the laundry bureau has nothing to do with you. It's none of your business."”
"Of course, your visit to the laundry bureau has nothing to do with me, but the thing in your hand has something to do with me. Bring the Nine Phoenix Ring over!" Xue Yaozhen extended her hand to Shen Ruyan.
Chen Ruyan's expression changed," What…what Nine Phoenix Ring? How can I have the Nine Phoenix Ring on me?"
"Stop acting dumb! I clearly saw that you found something under the bed, and you still say that you didn't have it?”
Chen Ruyan's face darkened." You saw it?”
"Yes, I saw it. I saw how you shamelessly seduced the emperor, how you made the emperor take the aphrodisiac, and how you ignored the government all day long. I also saw you sneaking into the laundry bureau while the emperor was unconscious, trying to steal the Nine Phoenix Ring that Chu Huanyi left behind. I won't let you have your way. This Nine Phoenix Ring belongs to the Emperor. Other than the Emperor, no one can take it away.”
Chen Ruyan's expression changed again and again, from shock to anger, then from anger to calmness, and finally she actually laughed," I say, Noble Consort Xue, how do you know that the Emperor didn't send me here to take the Nine Phoenix Ring?”
Xue Yaozhen was stunned." What? Did the emperor ask you to come?"
"It was the emperor who called me here. Otherwise, how would I know that the Nine Phoenix Ring is here?”
Xue Yaozhen shook her head." I don't believe it. You vixen, what lies can't you say? I don't believe what you say." Otherwise, I will immediately send someone to report this to the Empress Dowager. At that time, you will be like Chu Huanyi. Not only will you be banished to the Cold Palace, but you will also starve to death.”
Chen Ruyan almost died.
She quietly looked at Xue Yaozhen, calculating in her heart how she could deceive this pestering girl and get out of trouble.
Suddenly, she laughed again." Alright! Since you've brought up the Empress Dowager, what can I do? I will give you the Nine Phoenix Ring."
Xue Yaozhen was a little suspicious." Really?”
"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you? Look, the Nine Phoenix Ring is right here."
Chen Ruyan took out the Nine Phoenix Ring from her bosom and handed it over. Xue Yaozhen did not suspect anything and reached out to take it.
Chen Ruyan handed the Nine Phoenix Ring to Xue Yaozhen with one hand, while her other hand took out a dagger from her bosom. Taking advantage of Xue Yaozhen's approach, she fiercely stabbed the dagger into Xue Yaozhen's heart.
Xue Yaozhen's eyes were wide open, and blood slowly flowed out. She couldn't even speak." You…"
Chen Ruyan laughed out loud." What about me? Girl, it's still too early for you to fight with me!”
" Aren't you afraid that I…will tell the Empress Dowager…"
"You won't have the chance to tell the Empress Dowager because I'm not Chu Huanyi. I won't obediently let you kill me!”After saying that, Chen Ruyan pulled out her dagger and stabbed it into Xue Yaozhen's body again. Then, she pushed her away and rushed out of the door.
Panting, Chen Ruyan tried to leave the harem in a panic.
Suddenly, Xuanyuan Rui's voice sounded in the darkness." Ruyan, where do you want to go?"
Chen Ruyan was shocked." Your Majesty, I..."
Xuanyuan Rui walked closer with a gloomy face. The moonlight shone on his face, making his expression even more sinister and cold." Where are you going so late?"”
"I…I thought that the emperor might wake up in the middle of the night…might be thirsty, so…so I went to the imperial kitchen to ask them to boil tea.”
"Oh? Was that so? Then why did you come to the laundry bureau?”
"I…I didn't go to the laundry bureau. I went to…"
Xuanyuan Rui tilted his head and his eyes were so cold that it made people tremble." You didn't reach the laundry bureau? Then why did the eunuch at the laundry bureau say that you went to the laundry bureau? Even Xue Yaozhen went!"
"I…"
Xuanyuan Rui approached Chen Ruyan again." If you're here, what about Xue Yaozhen? Why wasn't she here? Also, what's with the blood on your body?”
Chen Ruyan quickly looked down. It turned out that her clothes were stained with Xue Yaozhen's blood." This is…"
Just as Chen Ruyan was stuttering and unable to speak, Chu Huanyi's weak voice rang out,""That's Xue Yaozhen's blood. Because she killed Xue Yaozhen, she was stained with her blood!”
Xuanyuan Rui's entire body trembled. He could hardly believe what he had heard.
She…she didn't die? She was still alive?
He stiffly turned his neck inch by inch and looked at the weak figure swaying in the moonlight. Wasn't that the person he had been thinking about day and night? Although she had long hair and was dressed in loose clothes, it was indeed her, the woman he loved deeply, Chu Huanyi!
With Tantai Mingji and Ouyang Che supporting her, Chu Huanyi slowly walked to Xuanyuan Rui." Your Majesty, you can't trust her. She has ulterior motives for getting close to you. If he believed her words, he would have died for no reason, just like the Crown Prince and Xue Yaozhen.”
Chen Ruyan hurriedly shook her head." No, Your Majesty, don't listen to her nonsense. The Crown Prince was clearly the one who had committed all sorts of evil deeds and suffered the consequences of his own actions. How can you blame me for his death?"”
"Who else can I blame if not you?" Chu Huanyi panted. If you didn't instigate the Crown Prince to rebel, why would the Crown Prince send people to stop the Emperor on the road and even try to assassinate the Emperor?”
" How can you blame me for this? Everyone knows that the Crown Prince has second thoughts. He wanted to rebel because he was willing. I was just…"
"Alright, let me ask you. Since the Crown Prince has disloyalty, why did you follow him all the way from the capital to the Qian Prefecture and keep trying to follow him?”
"That's…that's because…because I know that he's plotting against the emperor, so I'm trying to get close to him to inform the emperor to be careful.”
"Is that so? Since he was informing the Emperor to be careful, why did he help the Crown Prince deploy troops? He even wanted to invite the emperor into a trap and capture the emperor alive? Are you warning the emperor to be careful, or are you plotting against the emperor?”
Chen Ruyan was rendered speechless by Chu Huanyi's question. In her anxiety, she turned to Xuanyuan Rui and said," Your Majesty, don't believe her words. I admit that I was with the Crown Prince for a while, but that was because…"
He interrupted her," I don't want to hear it. I'm only asking you. Are you really helping my brother deploy troops to set me up?"”
" I..." Chen Ruyan glared at Xuanyuan Rui, her chest heaving up and down violently." I admit that I had arranged for a large army to wait for you, and that I had helped the Crown Prince set you up, but this was because... because I love you!" If you didn't betray me and fall in love with this girl, how could I…"
Xuanyuan Rui snorted coldly." Love me? You love me, so you sent someone to intercept me halfway, so you set up a scheme to make us brothers fight and kill each other?”
"You and the Crown Prince are like fire and water. How can you blame me? Besides, if your mother didn't send this b * tch to Qian Prefecture, how could I…"
Xuanyuan Rui grabbed Chen Ruyan's hand." What did you say? Mother sent Huan 'er to Qian Prefecture?"
"That's right. Concubine Ling was afraid that you would make Chu Huanyi forget the country's politics and repeat the scandal of the past. So, she took advantage of your trip to Yuezhou to investigate the disaster and banished Chu Huanyi to the Cold Palace, intending to starve her to death! However, Consort Ling thought that if Chu Huanyi were to die in the palace, with your personality, you would probably sever your mother-son relationship with her. That was why she wanted Xue Yaozhen to send someone to send Chu Huanyi to Qian Prefecture overnight so that you would think that Chu Huanyi had secretly left the palace to meet the Crown Prince. She wanted you to kill the Crown Prince and Chu Huanyi in a fit of anger. "So, you can't blame me for all of this. If you want to blame someone, blame your mother. Who asked her to be so scheming? She actually wanted to lie to her own son!”
Xuanyuan Rui was stunned for a long time as if he had been struck by lightning.
Huan 'er was sent to Qian Prefecture by her mother? But…but he clearly saw her and the Crown Prince rolling together, so what was going on?
"Let me ask you, what's going on between Huan 'er and the Crown Prince?”
Before Chen Ruyan could reply, Tantai Mingji, who was standing beside her, snapped,""That's because Huan 'er was afraid that this vixen and your big brother would kill you. In order to save your life, she did not hesitate to sacrifice her innocence so that you would kill the crown prince in a fit of anger.”
Xuanyuan Rui only felt his ears buzzing. Other than the words " I'm willing to sacrifice my innocence so that you can kill the Crown Prince in a fit of anger," he couldn't hear anything else.
He looked up at Chu Huanyi in a daze and asked in a hoarse voice,""Huan 'er, is that true? Is what Ming Ji said true?"
Chu Huanyi nodded sadly." I knew that the Emperor loved me and would definitely come to Qian Prefecture to find me. So, when I found out that the Crown Prince and Chen Ruyan had planned to capture the Emperor alive, I thought of a way to stop them and prevent their scheme from succeeding. But I don't know martial arts and I'm locked up by the Crown Prince, so I can't inform the Emperor. Left with no choice, I could only plant the seed of love in the Crown Prince so that the Emperor could kill me and the Crown Prince in a fit of anger. But I never expected that she actually…she actually changed her course and betrayed the Crown Prince, causing the Crown Prince to die without knowing why.
Emperor, I don't know what her motive for getting close to you is, but she once treated the Crown Prince like that, so she will use the same method to treat you. So emperor, you can't trust her, you must…"
Before Chu Huanyi could finish speaking, Chen Ruyan burst into laughter."Hahaha! Chu Huanyi, you are indeed not simple. You are indeed Yue Tian of the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang. But so what if you know? I already got what I wanted!”
Chu Huanyi trembled." You…What do you mean? What did you take?"
Chen Ruyan took out the Nine Phoenix Ring from her bosom and shook it," What is this, do you recognize it?”
Chu Huanyi was shocked." Nine Phoenix Ring? You took away the Nine Phoenix Ring?"
"That's right, this is the Nine Phoenix Ring. Do you now know why I approached the emperor?”
"You approached the emperor because of the Nine Phoenix Ring?”
Chen Ruyan nodded." Yes! Actually, I got close to the Crown Prince for the sake of the Nine Phoenix Ring. Because I know that no matter who you marry, you will definitely give the Nine Phoenix Ring to your man. After all, this is the rule of your Phoenix Palace, isn't it? But no matter how I calculated, I never expected that you didn't give the Nine Phoenix Ring to the Crown Prince, but you actually didn't even give it to the Emperor? Chu Huanyi, you're so scheming! You provoked two men to be jealous of you and fight amongst themselves over you, but you still hid the Nine Phoenix Ring well and let them bleed for you, even losing their lives.”
"You're wrong! The reason why I didn't give the Crown Prince the Nine Phoenix Ring is because a person who killed his father and brother is not worthy of the Nine Phoenix Ring. As for the emperor..." She looked deeply at Xuanyuan Rui," I didn't have the chance to give it to him. If I had the chance, I would definitely give it to him." He is the only man I have ever loved in my life, how could I not give him the Nine Phoenix Ring?”
"Is that so? Whether you give it or not, it's none of my business."Your Majesty, I really like you, I really love you. If you're willing to kill this slut, then I can stay and give you the Nine Phoenix Ring. Your Majesty, you…"
Xuanyuan Rui shook his head without thinking." Stop dreaming! When I thought Huan 'er was dead, I couldn't have kept you alive, let alone now.”
Chen Ruyan was taken aback." What... what did you say? You don't want me, but you've already made me the Empress…"
"Why do you think I made you the Empress? Do you really think you are qualified to be the Empress of the South Qin Country?”
Chen Ruyan's face paled." You..."
"Actually, I made you empress because I wanted to see what you were up to. On the other hand, I wanted to anger my mother. Who asked her to always like to interfere in the government? However, the most important thing is that I want to find out how you worked with the Crown Prince to poison my Imperial Father's food!”
Chen Ruyan froze." You... you knew?"”
"Not only do I know, but I also know that you were under the Crown Prince's orders back then to deliberately get close to me so that my reputation would be ruined, isn't that right?”
Chen Ruyan's eyes widened, and she subconsciously took a step back." You... since you knew, you still..."
"As I said, I only want to know your true identity, why you entered the palace, and why you are in cahoots with the Crown Prince.”
" I..." Chen Ruyan shook her head repeatedly." I won't say it. I won't say it no matter what!"”
Chen Ruyan gritted her teeth and turned to leave.
Xuanyuan Rui took a step forward and stopped her."Hand over the Nine Phoenix Ring and make things clear. Otherwise, don't even think about leaving!"”
"Impossible, unless I die, don't even think about getting a single word out of my mouth, let alone think about getting the Nine Phoenix Ring!”
"Really? Then don't blame me for being rude! Men, arrest Chen Ruyan!”
With a command, countless guards suddenly emerged from the dark grass and headed toward Chen Ruyan.
Just as Chen Ruyan was panicking and had nowhere to run, a figure suddenly descended from the sky and carried Chen Ruyan away.
Seeing this, Xuanyuan Rui hurriedly ordered the guards to chase after him.
However, Tantai Mingji stopped him." Stop chasing. Huan 'er can't take it anymore!”
Xuanyuan Rui quickly turned around and lowered his body to carry Chu Huanyi.”
Chu Huanyi looked at Xuanyuan Rui with her last breath." Your Majesty, I…"
Before she could finish her sentence, Chu Huanyi's head tilted to the side and she fainted in Xuanyuan Rui's arms. Blood continued to flow out of her chest, dyeing Xuanyuan Rui's clothes red.# Review: hch471000 Time:103020185: 11PM #
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