I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 1364: Chapter 527: The Empress’s Widow Buff! I Belong to the Little Thief!

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The Empress lay on the small couch, blinking her bright eyes, staring blankly at Chen Mo.

Then gradually coming to her senses, a flush quickly spread across her cheeks, she stammered:

"You, you rascal, aren’t you being too bold, how can you act so reckless in front of Sun Senior Palace Lady?!"

The rules of the palace, inside and outside must be kept separate.

There should be a distance between foreign ministers and concubines, Chen Mo’s private mischief could be overlooked, but Sun Senior Palace Lady was just beside, and yet he made such intimate gestures, doesn’t this clearly reveal their secret relationship?!

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Your Majesty often lets me stay overnight in the palace, even traveled thousands of miles to the Southern Border for me... Why didn’t you consider the separation then? Sun Senior Palace Lady isn’t a fool, how could she not see our relationship?"

The Empress naturally understood this.

After all, her favor towards Chen Mo had completely exceeded the bounds of a minister.

And Sun Senior Palace Lady, being her close female officer, couldn’t possibly be unaware, she was just pretending not to know, not daring to make it clear.

"The words are thus, but rules are rules, if this paper window is pierced, it will be hard to contain in the future!" The Empress bit her lip, whispered; "Some things, even if you know you’re deceiving yourself, you have to act them out."

"Rules are made by people." Chen Mo said indifferently: "Now that Wu Lie has ’passed away,’ the throne is empty, the palace without a master, does Your Majesty still care about these formalities?"

"But..."

The Empress wanted to say more, Chen Mo leaned down heavily, their noses almost touching, with a hint of teasing in his tone:

"So, Your Majesty is considered a widow now?"

"Tsk, this identity has quite a unique flavor."

"..."

The Empress’s heart beat furiously, she pushed him with her hand, and spat: "What widow, that’s terrible! It’s just a transaction between Wu Lie and me, no real marriage, not his person at all!"

"Then whose person is Your Majesty?" Chen Mo asked.

Her ears burning, the Empress turned her delicate head, "I’m just myself, not anyone’s appendage... Uh..."

Before finishing, her body shuddered, her robe stacked upwards, vaguely revealing movements beneath the clothes.

"In broad daylight, don’t... don’t do this..."

The originally clear black pupils misted over, her hand on his chest losing strength, blush spread from her neck to the collarbone like ink on white paper.

Chen Mo softly bit her earlobe, whispered: "I’ll give Your Majesty one more chance to answer, whose person are you?"

The Empress seemed drained of energy, looking at those deep eyes, her lips moved, voice carrying a sob:

"I am... the little thief’s..."

Chen Mo wouldn’t relent, continued asking: "Which little thief?"

The Empress furrowed her delicate brow, seeming uncomfortable, a watery glint in her eyes, "It’s you, the bully, naughty little thief, satisfied now? How much more do you want to bully me?"

Chen Mo’s mouth curled up, smilingly said: "I can’t care for Your Majesty enough, how could I bear to bully you?"

"Hmph, sounds nice." The Empress twisted his waist, resentfully said: "These days, do you know how worried I’ve been? Twenty days without a word, just showed up with such a ’surprise’..."

Speaking of serious matters, Chen Mo’s expression became more restrained.

He sat up against the bedhead, casually held the Empress in his arms, said: "I entered the palace this time to explain to Your Majesty the situation regarding Jiang Wangye, I intended to spare his life, and let Your Majesty handle it personally, but during interrogation, he triggered a restriction and was silenced by Wu Lie..."

Upon hearing that name, a harsh glint flickered in the Empress’s eyes, she coolly said: "Deserved death! Even if you handed him to me, I would kill him!"

Chen Mo furrowed his brow slightly, curiously said: "I’ve always been puzzled, Your Majesty doesn’t seem to have a good relationship with the Jiang Family?"

Whenever mentioning the Jiang Family, the Empress clearly showed a resistance, and she had expressed multiple times, she and the Jiang Family were not in line... Yet the reason for their fallout, she hadn’t explained, nor did he know if he should ask.

The Empress remained silent for a moment, then said: "I have a feud with the Jiang Family, a blood feud!"

"Hmm?"

A thought stirred in Chen Mo’s heart, he vaguely guessed something.

In terms of age, Jiang Wangye seemed too young compared to other family heirs, felt like he’s not the legitimate heir, perhaps...

The Empress looked out the window, her voice low: "This is no secret, it’s just that I don’t wish to mention it... You’re not wrong, Jiang Yi, Jiang Wangye’s father, was originally a side branch, used despicable means to usurp the position of Jiang Family Head..."

The Jiang Family, being a millennium-old noble clan, has sprawling roots and numerous kin, such families often highly value blood lineage.

And Jiang Yuchan’s branch was the legitimate line, with the purest blood, she as the clan leader’s only legitimate daughter was undoubtedly the future family successor.

But perhaps because she was too close to Chu Yanli, influenced, Jiang Yuchan’s ideals diverged from the family’s—

She believed whether aristocracy or nation, rise and fall were a historical cycle, continuation couldn’t justify ignoring people’s suffering, monopolizing wealth and power, such actions would bring disaster.