Chapter 937: Chapter 937: Stand-in Empress vs. Beloved Little Concubine (Part 2)
“But now I’m glad you didn’t die.” Lu Xi suddenly changed her tone.
“Do you know? Yesterday, at the sa ti the imperial decree of the Deposed Empress was issued, my Ganquan Palace also received a decree.”
Lu Xi’s expression was secretive yet smug: “The first Imperial Noble Consort of the Da Lie Dynasty. Brother Yun Qi said that once my child is born, he will make the Empress. He won’t let my child beco a lowly bastard.” Lu Xi lovingly caressed her small belly.
For ten years, she had never been pregnant, for this reason.
Now, she finally had a child of hers and Brother Yun Qi’s in her belly.
Upon hearing the word “child,” Su Chaohua’s expression finally showed a trace of change.
A child… Everyone knew the Central Palace had no offspring for ten years, but no one knew she had actually been pregnant.
It’s just that the child was too unfortunate to co safely into this world.
Lu Xi’s face suddenly turned eerie: “Su Chaohua, you’ve never had a child, have you always been sad and guilty, feeling you’ve let Brother Yun Qi down?”
“You don’t need to feel guilty at all because Brother Yun Qi didn’t want your child in the slightest!”
“Do you know, your first child was poisoned with a rare venom from the Western Regions, added by Brother Yun Qi himself into the fetus-preserving dicine bestowed to you?”
Su Chaohua’s always calm expression suddenly cracked; she looked at Lu Xi in shock.
Lu Xi wanted just this effect: “Brother Yun Qi doesn’t like you; how could he let you, the Empress, give birth to a legitimate heir?”
“Su Chaohua, rember, your ten years of dignity were just a smokescreen used by Brother Yun Qi to protect !”
“From beginning to end, you were nothing more than a laughable loser!”
“Oh, I forgot to tell you one last thing…”
Lu Xi lowered her head, whispering into Su Chaohua’s ear, who seed to have lost all expression and vitality in shock: “I was the one who had Brother Yun Qi do all of this. I hate you, Su Chaohua.”
“So I want to see you living a fate worse than death.”
She felt indescribably satisfied watching Su Chaohua like a puppet drained of all life.
Yet she didn’t see the fleeting cold gleam in Su Chaohua’s eyes.
The next mont, a massive force struck her hard.
She cried out and involuntarily fell to the ground.
Intense pain spread from her lower body, and Lu Xi horrifyingly discovered blood staining her light green skirt.
She ca to see Su Chaohua with matters too confidential, and hence the Palace Attendants were kept outside.
She hadn’t expected to dig a trap for herself.
The last thing Lu Xi saw was the deranged-looking Su Chaohua.
Her consciousness then faded into darkness.
So she didn’t know that Su Chaohua poured lamp oil all over the ground, setting the entire Youyun Palace afla.
By the ti the Palace Attendants outside realized sothing was wrong, the fire in the main hall was already beyond control.
Deposed Empress Su, died in that accidental blaze.
Also caught in the mishap was Lady Lu, who had just been promoted to Imperial Noble Consort.
Lady Lu was rescued, but her face and body were severely burned, the fetus miscarried, and her body so badly damaged she could never conceive again.
Even if she could conceive, given Lady Lu’s current ghastly appearance, whether she can regain favor is still uncertain.
Su Chaohua deliberately spared her life, only to give it back to her.
Lu Xi wanted her to live a life worse than death.
So she returned the favor with a life worse than death.
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