Chapter 756: Chapter 750, Chapter 751: The Rift Between Emperor Yong’an and Empress Zhao
But Empress Zhao only felt her scalp tingling: "Your Majesty, please stop talking, you are truly drunk."
Empress Zhao assisted Emperor Yong’an to lie down on the dragon bed.
Emperor Yong’an looked at Empress Zhao’s bending figure, which highlighted her graceful form, then glanced at her dignified and beautiful face, as striking as peach and plum, and felt a flame in his heart.
This is my woman, even if King Wei has touched her, she is still my woman.
"Your Majesty, allow me to have someone prepare a bowl of ginseng soup to sober you up."
As Empress Zhao spoke, she was about to get up to give the command, but Emperor Yong’an suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the bed. Emperor Yong’an flipped over, pressing Empress Zhao beneath him, while tearing at her clothes.
Empress Zhao was terrified, knowing that she had always been carefully tended by Emperor Yong’an, who never scolded or criticized her, let alone treated her so rudely. This unusual behavior left her feeling scared.
Especially since she never touched alcohol; in Chen Mo’s past life, she would say she was allergic to alcohol. Thus, the strong smell of alcohol on Emperor Yong’an made Empress Zhao extremely uncomfortable, triggering her instinctual resistance.
This, in turn, fueled Emperor Yong’an’s anger even more. In the past, Empress Zhao would only cooperate and never resist him.
What is this? After being touched by King Wei, I’m not allowed to touch her?
Emperor Yong’an’s actions became rougher, and then he discovered something he had never noticed before: Empress Zhao’s pitiful, tear-streaked face was even more alluring.
He swallowed hard and moved to kiss Empress Zhao.
It was quite coincidental that he suddenly belched due to the alcohol.
One must know, people who have drunk too much tend to have very unpleasant burps.
This made Empress Zhao involuntarily push Emperor Yong’an away and said, "Your Majesty, you’re drunk," before hastily leaving.
Emperor Yong’an, in anger, pounded the bed.
In his heart, he cursed her, calling her a harlot, conspiring with King Wei, now disregarding him.
...
On the other side in Shoukang Palace.
Chen Mo was unaware that Emperor Yong’an harbored resentment towards Empress Zhao and himself. He was being intimate with the Empress Dowager.
He tasted the moist and delicate lips of Liang Ji, reluctant to part.
Until she was somewhat breathless, her eyes misty, did Chen Mo finally leave her cherry lips, their gaze seemed to intertwine.
He chuckled softly: "It seems the Empress Dowager missed me during my absence."
Liang Ji glared at Chen Mo.
"I missed the Empress Dowager too." Chen Mo held Liang Ji in his arms and kissed her once again.
This time, he not only kissed Liang Ji’s fragrant lips but also didn’t spare her jade neck, collarbone, and fragrant shoulders.
Liang Ji’s eyes narrowed to a line, lightly biting her cherry lips, her hands holding Chen Mo’s head tightly.
...
...
After a long while.
"No." Seeing Chen Mo about to untie her skirt, Liang Ji, who was already emotionally entranced, suddenly awoke and stopped Chen Mo, saying angrily: "Do you want the child to die in the womb?"
"It’s fine; it’s already five months, it won’t affect anything." Chen Mo was quite knowledgeable about this.
Only the early and late stages of pregnancy are affected, during the middle stage, as long as they are careful, it should be fine.
But Liang Ji didn’t comply with Chen Mo, this was her first child, which might also be her last.
After all, she was already in her thirties, considered older, and might not conceive again in the future. She didn’t want any mishaps.
Chen Mo was a bit disappointed but did not insist. He said: "The matter of moving out of the palace should be conveyed to His Majesty quickly to avoid any unnecessary delays."
It wasn’t appropriate for him to bring up such matters himself.
Liang Ji nodded.
Then, Chen Mo mentioned the Youthful Appearance Pill, he hadn’t brought it this time, but would give her one when he next entered the palace.
"No rush, even if I had it now, I wouldn’t take it, to avoid affecting the child. I will wait until after the child is born." Medicines are often harmful, and Liang Ji was very cautious about this.
"Very well."
Afterwards, Chen Mo stayed with Liang Ji for a while, then said: "It’s getting late, I’ll leave first, and come to accompany you again tomorrow."
Chen Mo kissed Liang Ji on the forehead.
...
Just after leaving Shoukang Palace, a palace maid approached; she was someone Chen Mo had placed in the Emperor’s bedroom.
The palace maid told him about some things Emperor Yong’an had said about him in the bedroom earlier.
After listening, Chen Mo frowned.
He wished to advance further, but not at this moment.
In his plan, the optimal timing was when his people had taken office everywhere, and each place was functioning properly, minimizing impacts.
But he hadn’t expected Emperor Yong’an to become "restless" so soon.
It seemed necessary to give His Majesty a bit of a prod.
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Emperor’s bedroom.
"Your Majesty, the ginseng soup is ready." Empress Zhao entered carrying the ginseng soup.
Her feelings for Emperor Yong’an were deep, and the earlier incident didn’t drive her away. Instead, she felt she had overreacted, so she went to the Imperial Kitchen herself to make ginseng soup for Emperor Yong’an.
She endured the discomfort from the alcohol smell, sat beside the dragon bed, not knowing that Emperor Yong’an was pretending to sleep. She gently nudged Emperor Yong’an and said: "Your Majesty, the ginseng soup is ready, let me help you sit up and drink a little. You’ll feel better after drinking the ginseng soup."
Emperor Yong’an was "awakened" and sat up with Empress Zhao’s help, still feigning drunkenness, and then intentionally acted reckless, accidentally knocking Empress Zhao’s arm, causing the ginseng soup in her hand to spill onto herself.
She exclaimed "Ah" and stood up, the bowl in her hand fell to the ground and shattered, wetting a large part of her palace skirt. The summer skirt was already light and thin; now wet, it revealed a hint of vague flesh color.
Though it wasn’t scalding, she had waited for it to cool before bringing it; it just looked rather bedraggled.
She didn’t think Emperor Yong’an did it on purpose, but given her appearance, she couldn’t stay, so she said: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, let me change clothes, and I’ll get another bowl for you."
Having said that, she called a palace maid to clean the broken pieces on the floor, then left the bedroom and headed towards the Empress’s bedroom.
Her bedroom was in the harem.
Just as Chen Mo was leaving the harem, they coincidentally ran into each other.
"I, see Empress." Chen Mo greeted with a bow.
"Ah, King Wei." Empress Zhao replied with a smile and was about to leave when Chen Mo pointed to her palace skirt: "Empress, what’s this?"
If not for Chen Mo mentioning, Empress Zhao hadn’t noticed. Following Chen Mo’s point, she realized her current appearance was indeed "inappropriate".
Empress Zhao’s face flushed, just as she wanted to quickly leave.
Chen Mo removed his python robe and handed it to Empress Zhao, indicating she could use it to cover herself.
This area was still a distance from entering the harem.
With the Imperial Guard patrolling, it wouldn’t look proper if they saw her.
"Thank you," Empress Zhao’s face turned even redder; she didn’t think much about it, just wanted to swiftly escape the awkwardness, and after saying "I’ll return the clothes after washing them," she hurriedly wrapped herself in the python robe and left quickly.
Chen Mo didn’t ponder what happened to Empress Zhao, he directly proceeded towards the Emperor’s bedroom.
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In the Emperor’s bedroom.
Once Empress Zhao left, Emperor Yong’an no longer appeared drunk, looking sad, feeling heartbroken over the Empress’s betrayal.
Just then, a eunuch reported, "Your Majesty, King Wei requests an audience."
"Tell King Wei, I have a headache and need to rest." Emperor Yong’an’s heart inexplicably fluttered with panic, he said.
"Understood."
The eunuch withdrew.
But not long after, the eunuch returned.
Emperor Yong’an: "???"
"King Wei asked me to convey a few words to Your Majesty." The eunuch began to speak gently, "I am loyal to Your Majesty, do not believe slanderous words and misunderstand me. I am devoted to the country and the common people, having no disloyalty to Your Majesty, please discern clearly."
