Chapter 85.1 - Poisonous intentions
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Xiahou Rui stood up from behind, his coldly handsome face bringing a type of braveness that didnāt warrant rejection.
He stood in front of Lou Qingwu, lifting up his face to look towards consort Ying, āThis prince, will drink it for her.ā
Consort Ying gripped her handkerchief, āSecond prince, are you joking?ā
Consort Ying gripped her handkerchief, āSecond prince, are you joking?ā
Xiahou Rui: āRui never jokes. I just want to ask, what is consort Ying doing, making this bustling rose hibiscus festival into an anxious and hostile environment?ā
If those three cups were all poisonous, then if after Miss Lou drank them, would she really be able to slip free of any trouble?
Yes, his father-empreror doted on her, but he wouldnāt let her so clearly take a life like that!
The laughter on consort Yingās face disappeared as she looked at Xiahou Rui solemnly, āIs second prince accusing me?ā
Xiahou Ruiās tall figure pressed down on the shadow in front of him, coldly speaking, āI wouldnāt dare.ā
But he wouldnāt let her get away with it!
But he wouldnāt let her get away with it!
Lou Qingwu turned her face away, her eyes falling on Xiahou Ruiās thin pursed lips.
A light flashed in her eyes and just as things were getting heated, spoke, āThis subject-girl knows which cup of wine doesnāt have poison.ā
Xiahou Rui suddenly turned around, āThen good, point out which one it is and Iāll drink it for you.ā
Lou Qingwu shook her head, āSecond prince, this is a test by consort Ying for me, so I can do it.ā
Xiahou Ruiās eyes revealed concern, āBut ā¦ā
Lou Qingwu didnāt reply, she just looked at Xiahou Rui deeply, you donāt believe in me?
Xiahou Rui suddenly turned around, āThen good, point out which one it is and Iāll drink it for you.ā
Lou Qingwu shook her head, āSecond prince, this is a test by consort Ying for me, so I can do it.ā
Xiahou Ruiās eyes revealed concern, āBut ā¦ā
Lou Qingwu didnāt reply, she just looked at Xiahou Rui deeply, you donāt believe in me?
Xiahou Rui pursed his lips, itās not that he didnāt believe in her, he was just worried about what happen, in case anything happened to her.
How could he let anything happen to her?
Lou Qingwu, instead, laughed, her mouth gently curving up, her eyes clear, āSecond prince doesnāt have to worry. I believe that consort Ying isnāt the type of hateful person, so she obviously wouldnāt let Qingwu die, isnāt that right, consort Ying?ā
Consort Yingās original smile froze, furrowing her brows at Lou Qingwu, ā... Of course, Iāve always been benevolent.ā
Did she find out?
Did she find out?
How could that be?
Lou Qingwu continued to be gentle and obedient, āThen this subject-girl will be at ease.ā
She lifted up a cup in front of her and was about to drink from it, but was stopped by Xiahou Rui.
She lifted up a cup in front of her and was about to drink from it, but was stopped by Xiahou Rui.
āMiss Lou?ā
Lou Qingwu pushed away his hand, lowering her voice, āBelieve in me.ā
Xiahou Ruiās hand didnāt loosen, his dark eyes looking into Lou Qinguwus eyes.
When he saw no hint of fear in her face, he decided to believe in her.
He slowly loosened his hand.
Lou Qingwu lifted up the cup and drank it in a single swallow.
Consort Yingās facial expression worsened.
āIt seems like, thereās no problem.ā The empress saw that nothing happened to Lou Qingwu, and then let out a relieved breath.
At the same time, she thought her second son was a bit too brash.
If his sudden appearance as well as public resistance to consort Ying travelled to the emperorās ears, she was afraid that the emperorās impression of him would get worse.
Just as everyone thought it was nearly about to end, Lou Qingwu suddenly lifted up the other two cups of wine.
She drank them both.
Everyone froze.
Even Xiahou Rui didnāt think that sheād do that, they were all shocked.
Only consort Yingās expression, when Lou Qingwu drank it all down, became indescribably.
But to everyoneās shock, nothing happened after Lou Qingwu drank down all the wine.
They all couldnāt help but turn to look at consort Ying and seeing her bad expression, all lowered their heads.
Only Xiahou Rui and the empress had furrowed brows, āConsort Ying, what is the meaning of this?ā
Consort Yingās brows furrowed deeply, that damn Lou Qingwu, to actually ruin her plans like that.
Today, her aim hadnāt been to kill off Lou Qingwu at all.
But after her test, she found that second prince, Xiahou Rui, truly had intentions towards that eldest Miss Lou.
So as long as she made things difficult for Lou Qingwu, then he definitely wouldnāt let anything happpen to her.
As long as he did something, she could take the chance to anger him and at that time, sheād be able to complain to the emperor that he was publicly going against her.
At that time, the emperor would dislike the second prince even more.
Then his chances of becoming the crown prince would become a mere dream.
Even if Xiahou Rui didnāt plan on sticking up for Lou Qingwu, to a normal person, hearing that there was poisonous wine, who would dare to drink it?
As long as this Lou familyās eldest miss had even the smallest show of cowardice, she could add her own spice and make things even harder for her.
Then her impression in the emperorās heart would get even worse.
Her originally well thought out plan was completely destroyed because she didnāt think that this Lou familyās eldest miss would actually dare to drink the wine.
Those three cups had no poison of course, how could she dare to put poison in them?
Even if she was just an officialās daughter, she still couldnāt let the emperor think that she was a poisonous woman.
Lou Qingwu watched as consort Yingās facial expression rapidly changed.
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TL note:
HA @consort Ying, bye~
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Consort Ning just messed up. :P
ReplyDeleteShe had a really good plan but who would've thought that LQW was a freak š©š©
DeleteThank you for the chapter~
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading šš
Deletebustling rose hibiscus -> uhm... needs viewing event on the end of it?
ReplyDeleteThat was.. actually quite intelligent by all parties involved. :o I'm used to terrible schemes. What happened? is this still a cn novel? XD
It was a sort of well thought out plan that was wrecked by LQW š¤š¤
Delete.... Touche. Still! THE IDEA WAS INTELLIGENT!
DeleteGotta give props to a consort who's got the emperor twisted around her pinky š£š£
Deletelike i said, no LQW and XHR will be schemed out of house and home every monday.... lol x'D
ReplyDeletebut MY PRINCE SO GALLANT <3 <3
They're not short of enemies, that's for sure š°š°
DeleteXHR would die for LQW so where's FY?? š¤š¤
Do these women have nothing better to do than plot each other's deaths and downfalls? They already all have tons of resources at their disposal, what is one more levels real benefit? I really don't understand these corrupt Confucian courts.
ReplyDeleteThey all want to live and prosper. The palace women all want their sons to become emperor because otherwise, if someone else's son gets on the throne, then they'd be in power and have the power to kill everyone else. So it's sometimes a case of life and death, the victor takes all but the other princes who didn't get the throne and the other consorts who live after the previous emperor's death, would either die or live in imprisonment šš
DeleteToo scary to live in palace. Such evilness and scheming. Lucky our McDonald's is smart. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I wouldn't fancy time travelling like these MCs, too much palace fighting and you gotta share one man with like a hundred other women š·š·
DeleteServe you right, consort Ning. You just bit the hands saved you. Be careful! Don't get poisoned again. This time, LQW will not help you anymore.
ReplyDeleteConsort Ning has the emperor so she has 0 worries š¤·š¤·
DeleteThis consort Ying is as greedy as Qingwu's father. She's the one character I hope to see fall hard and have something worse than dead, apart from her own father.
ReplyDeleteGreed is human nature šš
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