Rebirth - The Blood Demon Empress Chapter 68: The Rage of the Xiao Empress (First Update)

  Coiled Dragon Palace · Inner Temple

  "Your Majesty, apart from King Han's Highness, the other three princes have already entered the palace." Liang Xiao stood behind the Cold Plum Picture screen and respectfully said to the vague yet majestic figure inside.

  Incense wafts through the halls, warm as spring, with heaters placed in each corner, gentle smoke rising, luxurious and solemn, still carrying an imperial air.

  The Emperor stood by the window, his back to the screen outside, stroking his chin with a cold expression. "I was just discussing Empress Chu on the throne this morning, and the harem has been in an uproar ever since. They all know how to place their spies around me, they're all quite skilled."

  Can't hear the joy and anger in his words, only from that extremely sharp gaze, can feel his extreme anger. Those women, not one of them is sincere, in their eyes there's only power, status, fame and gain, never putting him at heart.

  They surrounded him, guarded him, and listened to his every word, all in an attempt to curry favor with him and gain a higher status. In their eyes, he was just an emperor, a man who could bring them wealth, honor, and prestige, but they never learned to treat him as a person.

  Only she, only his Ning'er, in her eyes he was also a living person with seven emotions and six desires, with sorrow and joy, rather than a machine, a puppet.

  She who had no disputes with the world, she who was tolerant and forgiving, yet died a miserable death in their conspiracy for power. How could he not hate, how could he not resent, how could he be at peace?

  Twenty years of endurance, all for the sake of reclaiming a justice, he wants to clear her name.

  "Actually, Your Majesty could have...," Liang Xiao's words were left unspoken, but Yue Di understood what he wanted to say. From the day he willingly followed Yue Di, he had never thought of betraying him or leaving him.

  As the ruler of a country, the Moon Emperor appears to be invincible on the surface, but in reality, he is lonely and isolated, only those closest to him can see through his facade and understand his true feelings.

  "I won't continue to tolerate them either." The Moon Emperor's eyes changed, and a few points of murderous aura emerged. "Order Chen Bing to keep a close eye on their every move. It's time to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and give them a warning."

  "Obey orders." Liang Xiao's mouth corners rose in a cold smile, those restless women had also enjoyed themselves.

  "Where is the king of Han?" It is said that the emperor's offspring are numerous, but the moon emperor has only five sons. The son born to him by his most beloved woman, he wants to be close to him, it is difficult to get close to him. The concubines gave birth to several sons for him, except for the eldest one, each of them is waiting for his throne.

  Both were sons born to Consort Jiang, but the eldest and second brothers had vastly different temperaments. One was naturally fond of traveling the world, while the other was cold and ambitious, fond of manipulating power.

  Lao Sanbai Li Hong Feng has the talent of a general, but his ambition is also extremely large, and his background is very strong. It was always thought that he would be the best successor to the throne. He doesn't like to leave any room for maneuver when doing things, and his methods are ruthless.

  He is always indifferent to everything, has a solitary temperament, comes and goes alone, his thoughts are the most difficult to guess, he is both good and evil, making it hard for people to make up their minds about him.

  According to the report from Jiang Guifei's envoy to the Han Wangfu, His Highness Han Wang is currently in a small town thirty miles outside the imperial city. It is said that there will be a meteor shower there, but it is not yet known whether it is true or false.

  In Liang Xiao's view, the aura on Xue Wang Baili Chuan's body was the most powerful, and the intangible emperor's aura that seeped out of him had the greatest deterrent power.

  The King of Han, compared to the other three princes, has more leadership qualities, but his personality is too weak and not ruthless enough. As a ruler of a country, being overly emotional is a fatal weakness, and once exploited, the consequences will be unbearable.

  "Uh, call back all the people sent to follow him." The Moon Emperor said in a low voice, his face full of vicissitudes, as if he had aged many years in an instant.

  The quarrel in the imperial court still seemed to be ringing in his ears, vividly before his eyes, every single one of them standing up to oppose him for making sacrifices to Chu Huanghou as a national ritual, which made him furious.

  Duō kàn's endurance, originally intended to endure until the Linglong banquet, since that day when he met Bǎi Lǐ Zhēn Yuān, Yuè Dì decided to take the initiative to attack, no longer being passive and restricted.

  Since the Blood King dared to ask him to do so in front of him, he must have come prepared. Then why not help him with a bit of effort? As long as he brings it up in front of the court officials, no matter how much opposition he receives, the Moon Emperor believes that Baili Chunxuan will have a way to deal with it. His purpose for coming to ask him is none other than this one thing.

  He is an emperor, some words, he'd better speak out.

  But he was just a king who had just returned to the imperial city with no power or influence, and without the emperor's permission to attend the morning court, it would be more effective for him to speak up personally.

  "Yes." Liang Xiao didn't dare to guess the Moon Emperor's thoughts lightly, but he vaguely sensed that the peace maintained for many years was about to be broken.

  Even after all those years, in the emperor's heart, the position of the crown prince was always reserved for one person.

  That person is indeed the most suitable candidate.

  "The Empress Dowager is also waiting with bated breath, tomorrow will be the day she gives me an answer. How did that batch of dead guards get handled?" When he was very young, the person he feared most was his own mother. No matter what, he always listened to her orders and arrangements. Seeing that his father, the Emperor, didn't favor her, he tried even harder to please her, just so she could be happy.

  However, as her means became more and more cruel, more and more venomous, her status rose higher and higher every day, he felt that he was getting farther and farther away from her.

  Gradually, she had more and stricter demands on him, and he also became a tool for her to curry favor with the emperor.

  However, when she became the most noble Empress Dowager in the harem, her ambition was still not satisfied, and even the only warmth was strangled by her.

  If she weren't his mother, he would have lost control of himself and strangled her with his own hands long ago.

  "The news from the Dark Guard is that the Empress Dowager said something to Leng Yin, but what her goal is remains unknown for now. I suspect that the Empress Dowager still doesn't want to give up on Princess Zi Jing and is probably going to deal with Miss Leng." As soon as he mentioned Leng Ziyue, Liang Xiao's voice was filled with a barely concealed admiration.

  Such a woman, how can one not admire her?

  "No matter what tricks she plays, the price to be paid will always be paid." The Moon Emperor steeled himself, he also wanted to know whether it was more important that Princess Zijin was his biological daughter or the batch of secret Shadow Guards in her hands.

  Between them, she had to hand one over to him.

  "The remaining dead guards have all been incorporated into Liu Ming's team, Your Majesty can rest assured." The three brothers had different tasks, but they were all under the command of one master.

  What makes them willing to surrender is not because Yue Di is the Son of Heaven, but because he has a sincere heart.

  A heart that outsiders can't see, but they can see it clearly.

  Perhaps one day, when all the truth is revealed, everything will undergo a complete reversal.

  "Be careful, go and hurry up!" The pale yellow cloud sleeves gently swayed, the Moon Emperor sat listlessly in front of the window, gazing through the window at the drooping flower buds in the garden, the delicate snowflakes scattered among the flowers.

  Son, how I wish I could call out to you like that, but I fear your father does not have the courage to do so.

  In your heart, you must be hating and resenting the Emperor!

  Only when you truly become powerful and can command the world will Father Emperor be able to fulfill his last wish in life, and this life will have no regrets.

  Leng Xueyue, will you help our Yu'er?

  For some reason, as he gazed at her and his son, a vague image would automatically appear in the Moon Emperor's mind, faintly discernible, and that was her with him.

  Two people who have never met before can bring him such a real feeling. Perhaps he should believe that some fates are predetermined by heaven.

  Only a strong woman can fight side by side with Baili Chunxuan, and the woman who can enter Baili Chunxuan's eyes must not be an ordinary woman.

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  Xianfeng Palace

  "Madam, please calm down—" Auntie Jin's body trembled, the words still stuck in her throat, when she let out a sharp cry, her forehead was struck by a teacup, and blood gushed out instantly.

  Covering her throbbing forehead, Aunt Jin knelt down on the ground, looking at her blood-stained hands without daring to utter a word of pain. Tears streamed down her old face as she said in a low voice: "Your Ladyship, I know you've been wronged, but please don't exhaust yourself with anger, and be careful not to hurt your own hands on these broken porcelain pieces."

  A sorrowful face, yet in his heart he resentfully thought: For over a decade or two, I still haven't been able to gain the emperor's favor, let alone have him hold me in high esteem. Now what kind of fire is this, what kind of wind is blowing?

  The most unfortunate ones are these servants, who get beaten and punished at the slightest provocation, and may even lose their lives in an instant, with no one showing any sympathy for them.

  Even if it's an old man who has been following and serving her for many years, it's still the same.

  "Bang——" The originally elegant and beautiful face of Xiao Huanghou, at this moment, couldn't be described even with the words "ferocious" or "frightening", which could explain just how terrifying she was.

  In the main hall, everything that could be moved and smashed had not escaped her hands, with shards of porcelain scattered all over the floor. It was unknown how much silver was smashed in this one smash, and how many days it would have fed ordinary people.

  "One by one, all these useless things, get out of my sight, get out—" Where was she not good enough? In what way was she inferior to that woman who had been dead for so many years? Why couldn't he see everything she did for him?

  She was once young, and had her own spring of youth. In the Imperial Garden, she caught a glimpse of him, and from that moment on, she made up her mind to marry him, even if it meant being a concubine, as long as he had eyes for her.

  But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't win his heart.

  Only that woman is his heart, his liver.

  The sentence was like an amnesty order, the palace maids who were kneeling in the entire inner hall lowered their heads and scrambled to escape, fearing that Empress Xiao would regret it.

  Rather than staying inside and being hit by the things she's throwing around, getting hurt or crippled, it's better to kneel in the snowy ground outside the temple, where there's also a chance of dying, but at least my ears will be clear and quiet.

  "Your Highness, don't be angry, the Shadow King will arrive soon." The palace maid Shuicloud said in a low voice, shrinking her neck and trembling.

  The pale hand was covered with crimson blood, some of which had already dried and coagulated. The waist and legs were covered in wounds of all sizes, all of which were the work of Empress Xiao over the past hour or so.

  "Your Highness, let me help you with your hair and makeup!" Tianyi, the palace maid, forced back her tears and spoke in a flattering tone.

  I'm afraid if the Shadow King doesn't come soon, they'll all be dead.

  "Hmph - are you all annoying me on purpose? Even you, these lowly palace maids, don't look at me with pleasing eyes, do you?" Empress Xiao's face turned red with rage. With nothing to throw, she kicked and stomped her feet at Concubine Jin and the two personal palace maids, not caring about the force of her blows.

  She needs to vent, otherwise she will be driven mad.

  A woman who has been dead for so long, she is already a queen, why should she still go to worship her, why.

  "Ah——" Tianyi was kicked in the chest by Xiao Huanghou and fell backwards due to inertia, knocking over the water cloud beside her. She herself fell onto the broken porcelain pieces on the ground and also knocked over a huge flower vase.

  After a burst of "crackling" sounds, a room full of dust was raised, and the room only heard stifled groans and an unstoppable bloody smell.

  Auntie Jing's eyes widened, her bright red lips twitching uncontrollably. The two maids' entire backs were covered in shards of porcelain, their flesh a mess of blood and gore, a shocking sight to behold.

  As soon as Baili's foot stepped into the entrance of Xianfeng Palace, a loud crashing sound came from inside, accompanied by faint cries of pain.

  Before he moved out of the palace, he had witnessed with his own eyes how his mother empress punished the palace maids and eunuchs. Now that he thought about it, it was still hard to accept.

  "See the King of Shadows, His Majesty is safe and prosperous." The eunuchs and palace maids were trembling with fear, their faces covered in cold sweat. Fortunately, they all rolled out of the way just in time, judging from the commotion earlier that someone's life was almost lost.

  "No need for formalities." Baili's face turned gloomy, his eyes gleaming with a cold light. Without waiting for an announcement, he strode directly into the hall, his nose wrinkling at the pungent smell of blood that assailed him.

  Xiao Huanghou panted, her hair disheveled, and glanced at the two personal palace maids lying motionless on the ground, a flash of panic in her eyes as she saw they were covered in blood, and her senses somewhat cleared.

  There were many palace maids serving by her side, but these two were the most clever and capable. They were the confidants she had painstakingly cultivated, and whatever tasks she entrusted to them, they always accomplished with great results. If they were to die like this, it would take a long time to cultivate new ones. "Summon someone to carry them away and have the imperial physician treat them well."

  As soon as the words fell, four small eunuchs rushed in, each with different degrees of injury on their bodies, but compared to Shuiyun and Tianyi who were already unconscious, they were very lucky.

  The Empress Xiao cast a slightly warning gaze at their faces, the implied meaning was very clear, whoever dared to speak rashly, she would kill whoever.

  "Ji Auntie, you go down too and let the imperial physician take a good look at your injuries." With a wave of her hand, Empress Xiao swept a glance over the chaotic room, finding not even a place to sit, so she turned to Baili Ziyue and said in a low voice, "Ying'er, let's go to the side hall and talk."

  She has only one son within a hundred miles, and in the future, who can she rely on besides him.

  "Hmm." A bland response, he turned and walked away with big strides.

  What could make his usually calm and collected mother so angry, to the point where he couldn't help but feel curious about what was going on.

  "What are you all kneeling here for? Don't clean up inside yet." The Empress Xiao wanted to put on airs, but catching sight of the disheveled hair hanging down her chest, she knew that she looked terrible at the moment.

  The palace maid brought in two cups of hot tea, placing one in front of Xiao Huanghou and handing the other to Bai Lixiang. She then retreated quietly and softly closed the door behind her.

  Long and slender fingers gently lifted the cup lid, a hundred miles of self-reflection sniffed the tea fragrance, quiet as this, eyes watching nose, nose watching heart. As for why his mother was angry, why she lost her composure, not a word was mentioned.

  As long as she doesn't say anything, he'll pretend he knows nothing.

  Xiao Huanghou held her breath in her chest, unable to speak or not speak, she didn't understand why her own son, whom she had raised with her own hands, was so distant from her, often like a stranger.

  "Ying'er, don't you want to ask what really happened to the Empress Dowager?" She couldn't help but speak up first. Unlike Baili Yuyan's calm demeanor, she had worked hard to attain her position as Empress and wouldn't let someone else take it away from her.

  Especially can't let that dead person steal her thunder, making her a joke in the harem.

  "The Empress Dowager wants to say it, and she will naturally say it." Apart from the former Queen of Chu, Baili Ziyue really couldn't think of any reason that would make the Empress Dowager lose her composure like this.

  Women competing for favor, Zuo Ci sees through it all.

  The women in the harem vied for favor, and he had seen too much of it, so much that he was disgusted.

  His memories of Empress Chu were very vague, but he remembered that she had a pair of very warm hands, and had once held him very gently, and also took him to pick plum blossoms in the Plum Blossom Forest.

  That early-departed Queen of Chu, Baili Yixiao liked her very much, always feeling that she had the flavor of a mother on her body, which was something he never felt from his own biological mother.

  "Ying'er, you are the only son of the empress, the legitimate crown prince of Qi Yue country, why can't you think for your own good?" She is the empress, her son is the legitimate heir, and the throne should naturally belong to her son.

  Xiao Huanghou had never doubted this point, what made her angry was that Baili Ziyu seemed to be completely uninterested in the throne, it's really unknown what he was thinking.

  "Empress Dowager, if that's what you're going to say, then I'll leave first." Everyone wants the throne, but he doesn't think that way.

  Sitting in that cold seat, there is something he has never wanted from the beginning.

  "Xiao'er, are you trying to kill your mother?" Empress Xiao clutched at her chest, a violent coughing fit, her trembling fingers pointing at Baili Ziying.

  Others would risk their lives for the throne, but her son alone remained indifferent.

  "The son has no such intention." High places are hard to bear the cold, having seen too much of the filth in the harem, he also lost interest in the throne.

  Once he became the emperor, his power grew, and so did the things he had to give up. No one can understand the loneliness of those in high positions; they only like to look up to them, but don't know that sometimes looking down can also be delightful.

  He is free to be his own king, with power, status, fame and wealth, he has everything, nothing is lacking. Even if he wants women, he can have as many as he wants, what more could he ask for.

  "Do you know what your father, the Emperor, declared in the previous dynasty? He issued a decree that from today until the death anniversary of that woman, no red items are allowed to appear in the palace, and all festive things are not allowed to appear in the imperial palace. Even in the imperial city, there will be no festive atmosphere for these few days. On New Year's Day, your father, the Emperor, actually issued such a decree for that woman. Can you say that Empress Dowager would not be angry? She didn't have the temper to run to Qianlong Temple to make trouble, nor did she have the courage to go to Yongsuo Palace to cry and complain. The Empress Dowager is now struggling to protect herself, where does she have the face to speak for her?"

  She could only vent her anger by smashing things, unwilling to accept it. "The Empress Dowager loved your father so much, what was she lacking compared to that dead woman? Why couldn't your father see me?"

  Seizing Baili Yixiao's arm like a madwoman, Empress Xiao completely lost her composure and dignity.

  With a cold gaze, he stared at the sobbing and laughing Xiao Huanghou. Bai Lian's heart was tight with anxiety as he didn't know how to comfort his mother in front of him, nor did he know what opinion to express about the death of Chu Huanghou.

  "Mother, you're tired, take a good rest." Baili Ziyue softened his voice, and as for what emotions were, he still couldn't fully understand. Suddenly, in his mind, the face of Leng Ziyue appeared, so clear, so bright.

  The mere thought of her intimacy with Baili Chang'an sent a chill down his spine, and suddenly he understood what it meant to be possessive, what it meant to be jealous.

  "Shadow, after Mother's passing, there is nothing left but you, don't...". Tears wet her eyes as she gazed steadily at Baili Yixiao, Empress Xiao had no other hope.

  In this life, she was destined to never enter Mo Di's heart, he would never accept her love.

  "After Mother, I will find a way to deal with it, you just rest well." With a sinking gaze, Baili had already calculated the numbers in his heart. Since Father Emperor had already issued an edict, it meant that it was a done deal, and no one could change it.

  For more than twenty years of father and son, the temperament of the Moon Emperor, he still understands thoroughly.

  It was already half a time after leaving the Xianfeng Palace, and Empress Xiao had been holding onto his sleeve, refusing to let him leave. It wasn't until she finally fell asleep that he could extricate himself.

  Strolling in the palace, everything in sight is devoid of any joyful objects.

  This year's New Year is probably the most interesting one I've ever had.

  At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial palace gradually began to hang up all the things needed for the New Year, from large to small, nothing was spared. Originally, the power of an imperial edict was really great, and before entering the palace, there were still things that had not been cleared away, but now they have all been cleared away.

  The emperor was ruthless and had an overwhelming aura, fully revealing his imperial majesty.

  "Fourth brother has also entered the palace, what a coincidence." Baili Hongfeng left Jin Yu Zhai, all the way, everywhere he looked, eunuchs and palace maids were busy putting away the auspicious objects that had been set up early, replacing them with plain mourning goods, the more he saw, the darker his mood became.

  The position of Empress Chu in the heart of her father, the Emperor, was unmatched by anyone.

  "Since we brothers have all entered the palace together, why not go to Man Xiang Lou for a drink? I'll treat you." Bai Li Zi Ying didn't get angry and unusually didn't put on an expression of refusing someone from afar.

  "It's great that someone is treating us." Ba Li Chang Jian smiled warmly, but who could see the anger and repression in his eyes, which he was strongly suppressing.

  "This king has no opinion." Baili Hongfeng shrugged and walked at the front.

  Three people with different goals, can they achieve the same goal?

  Can't help but look forward to it...

  Digression

  Mumu da, it's late again, wu wu~~~~~~~~~

  Later tonight, at the second watch.