614: Chapter 306: The Empress in the Middle Palace, the God’s Bones Reappear!_1 614: Chapter 306: The Empress in the Middle Palace, the God’s Bones Reappear!_1 This woman was wearing a magnificent robe and had her hair done up in a bun, bristling with luxurious jade jewelry that even soone as inexperienced as Lin Baici could tell was extrely expensive—out of reach for ordinary folks to afford in a lifeti.
She wasn’t tall, rather on the thin side, but her skin was very white, giving her a delicate and exquisite look.
In modern tis, she would definitely be a sweet girl like Hua Yue Yu.
However, her cute image was now marred by her pronounced belly.
She was young but already pregnant, her hands presently wrapped under her belly, holding it as if worried that the fetus might fall out if it wasn’t tight enough.
“Is it the Empress Zhao Chunyuan?”
Kim Myungjin guessed, looking at the woman curiously.
In Goryeo, the empress was referred to as Empress Zhao Chunyuan.
Kim Myungjin and Quan Sangin and the other Koreans had not yet seen an ancient empress, so they were quite interested at this mont.
“Father!”
Empress Zhao Chunyuan greeted Zhao Guozhang with a curtsy and then turned her gaze toward Lin Baici and the others.
She looked down at them with considerable unfriendliness.
“What are you doing here?” Zhao Guozhang frowned, staring at his daughter’s belly.
“Be careful not to upset the baby!”
“Can’t I co to see my own husband?”
Zhao Chunyuan laughed mockingly, her expression tinged with disdain.
Her father had always favored boys over girls.
Even after she married the king, she had never been respected by her father.
His current words were not out of concern for her, but fear of any mishap with his grandchild in her womb.
Yes, it had to be a grandson—for a granddaughter, it was feared she might just be thrown to the ground and killed.
“The king is ill; what’s there to see?”
Zhao Guozhang scolded: “Go back and rest!”
“Soone, escort the Empress back to rest!”
A squad of imperial guards imdiately ca forward.
Zhao Chunyuan grew even more irritated upon this sight.
With the king reduced to a living corpse, authority in the palace should have fallen to her as Empress—but why was her father giving orders?
This was unfair!
Zhao Guozhang no longer paid attention to his daughter and turned to look at Lin Baici: “The king is inside.
Because of his illness, he looks a bit frightening right now.
I hope you’re prepared!”
“Don’t worry, even if he turned into a lump of rotten flesh, we wouldn’t be scared!”
Gu Qingqiu casually responded while fiddling with the Japanese Sword Red Ghost Pill.
Lin Baici has such a grand manner!
He casually gave away such Top-tier Divine Prohibitions?
Gu Qingqiu’s heart was sowhat shaken.
Her reason for joining the team was because Xia Hongyao was naïve and amiable, and after the visit to Haijing Museum and God’s Ruins, Lin Baici had proven his extraordinary abilities.
Playing the ga with such a godly teammate was bound to be a comfortable experience.
Of course, there was one more important reason—Lin Baici was handso!
Even if unusable, he was still pleasing to the eye!
Gu Qingqiu fiddled with the Red Demon, feeling conflicted.
She had been given such a pri spoils of war, so what could she offer in return for this favor?
Money?
Lin Baici himself wasn’t soone who cared much for money, and besides, he wasn’t lacking it,
Power?
Her family could provide that, but wasn’t it too common?
Or should she just let him have it with her once and call it even?
Now that she was in college, she definitely had to let loose and enjoy her youth.
If her first ti was with a guy like Lin Baici,
it wouldn’t be a loss!
Wait, she might even co out ahead?
Gu Qingqiu glanced at Jin Ying and Hua Yue Yu.
Sure, they were attractive, but as lovesick as they were, they would probably have Lin Baici write the character for “upright” all over their thighs right now if they could.
Tsk, such a aningless life!
Gu Qingqiu pouted, then thought of what it would look like to have ‘upright’ written all over her thighs.
Ay, why did that thought excite her?
“Mind your language!”
Zhao Guozhang didn’t like Gu Qingqiu’s tone and led the group into the great hall afterward.
It’s unclear whether it was to prevent peeping or because the living corpse was afraid of sunlight, but all the windows in this sleeping palace were sealed shut.
Lighting depended solely on the butter lamps that were lit every ten ters.
However, the sleeping palace was vast, and even with thick butter lamps, the lighting inside was very dim.
Now that Zhao Guozhang had sent away all the maids and eunuchs, the silence was frightening, carrying an eerie ghostly air.
[A woman oppressed to the extre by patriarchy, striving for rebellion!]
The Eater God suddenly spoke out.
Lin Baici was startled for a mont, then realized that the Eater God must be referring to the Empress.
[Not settling for manipulating nobles through the emperor, she wants to ascend the throne herself, making all the n in the world kneel at her feet!]
[There is no fetus in her belly, too bad.
Had you co a few months earlier and gotten her pregnant, successfully giving birth to a male child would have allowed her to ascend as emperor!]
“What’s that now?”
Lin Baici instinctively turned his head to look at Zhao Guozhang.
Did this guy know about his daughter’s actions?
A fake pregnancy?
Pretty slick!
“Why are you looking at ?”
Zhao Guozhang didn’t appreciate the look in Lin Baici’s eyes.
“Are you sure your daughter is pregnant?”
Lin Baici retorted.
“What do you an by that?”
Zhao Guozhang was angry: “In half a month, the Empress’s due date will arrive, and by then, she will certainly give birth to a Crown Prince!”
“Heh!”
Lin Baici just shrugged.
They entered a chamber within the sleeping palace.
Ahead, white curtains layered thickly, concealing whatever lay beyond.
“Achoo!
Achoo!”
Lin Baici sneezed several tis in a row.
It couldn’t be helped; the room held over twenty incense burners, resulting in an overpowering fragrance.
Not just for Lin Baici, whose sense of sll was enhanced, but even regular people would find it overwhelming.
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