62. The fifth dragon scale (twenty)
The fifth dragon scale (twenty)
The Eighth Princess is not a fool. Of course she knows what happened. The rumors that should have belonged to Linglong are now all about her. Not only that, they are even more vicious and terrifying than she imagined! She wants to settle the score with Linglong, but wouldn’t this be the right one? They didn’t name it and said it was her. Now the rumors that the outside world said she was a monster are becoming more and more prosperous. She really has to think of a way!
The ancients were really not as stupid as she thought. This time they fell into the hands of others!
Emperor Yongwen became ill throughout his life, and he has become increasingly unable to work hard recently. After discussing with the empress dowager and important officials, he held a ceremony to pass on the throne, retreated to the Supreme Emperor, and Linglong ascended the throne as emperor. This is the second empress in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty - known as Emperor Baohua in history.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, he would accept worship from all his ministers, including the princes who had been crowned kings and the princesses. The older brothers and sisters had known for a long time, so they were not surprised. The younger brothers and sisters were still young, and even the third princess, who were thousands of miles away, specially ordered people to offer gifts to celebrate. Only the eighth princess was still unwilling to accept it.
She just doesn't believe that all adult princes have no jealousy and resentment towards the empress! This is a patriarchal society. The emperor who was originally only a man could be snatched by a woman. Who would feel comfortable if she felt comfortable? Isn't it in vain for so many years of palace fighting dramas?
She had no place to vacate her mind. After the worship, everyone went to attend the palace banquet. But Master Guanying stopped her: "Eighth Princess, Your Majesty, please stay."
When the Eighth Princess was just worshiping, she stood in the middle and back. When she actually saw the Empress, she suddenly realized that the other party was wearing a dragon robe and was extremely majestic. It was said that the emperor was the true dragon emperor. The moment the Eighth Princess saw the Empress, she understood what this word meant.
Because Linglong is a woman, the Eighth Princess has always looked down on her. She had never been afraid of Linglong before. Now, when she saw her wearing a dragon robe, she felt a little panicked for some reason.
"Eighth sister."
She swallowed, and because of the smile on the other person's face, she suddenly became even more nervous: "Si, Sister Four."
Now there are only two sisters, Bi Luo and Guan Ying in the palace. Since his abdication, Emperor Yongwen moved to the Wan'an Palace, the closest to Yongning Palace. Panlong Palace is now Linglong's bedroom. However, Emperor Guan Ying has been in Dawei for decades and is well-versed in all things, so Emperor Yongwen gave him to Linglong. Unlike the diligent and diligent Emperor Yongwen, Linglong is lazy to the core. She wants to be the empress because she wants Emperor Yongwen's unreserved love. How could she really be the emperor seriously?
The emperor just wants to enjoy it, otherwise? Do you exhaust yourself from being a cow or a horse? If you are pursuing this goal, why is she trying hard to get along with her brothers? If you have something, your brother will obey her and submit to her. Unless it is a major matter of life and death, don't bother her. Even she pushed the memorial to the fifth prince for criticizing it - she said it doesn't matter, and serving her sister is worth it.
There were young ministers and brothers in the previous dynasty, and the harem was even more relaxed. Linglong's days were not much different from before. She was good at using people and could make people work hard for her. It was a skill in itself, and others could not learn it. Throughout history, emperors have always valued imperial power and wanted to hold power tightly in their hands. Who could let go without hesitation like Linglong? So her boldness is also based on her ability and confidence.
Whoever dares to betray her will eat her. Although she can't eat enough, it's okay to stuff her teeth.
"Have you heard the story of the monster outside turning into a human being?" Linglong waved his hand, and Biluo and Guanying understood what she meant, bowed and retreated, so that there were only two sisters left in the hall, and Linglong was not polite to speak. "What do you feel like you can get fat even if you take a breath, how about it?"
The Eighth Princess was stunned at first, then understood something: "You are the ones who harmed me!"
"I'm too lazy to harm you." Linglong didn't call herself me. She chuckled and played with the two night pearls in her hand. Her hands were as slender as jade, and they were smoother and more delicate than night pearls, which showed that she was pampered and beautiful. "You insisted on hitting my muzzle."
This sentence??? "You are like me? You are not from this world either?" Otherwise, how could there be the word "gust"!
"Who told you that I am a human?" Linglong walked off the dragon throne, approached the eighth princess charmingly, and smiled slightly, "I'm not afraid of you know that I'm not a human, I'm different from you."
The Eighth Princess turned around and wanted to run, but her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and couldn't move. She watched Linglong approach and murmured: "No wonder... No wonder you are obviously a woman but can do this... It turns out that you are not a human! You are not a human at all!"
"Look at what you said, you are from modern society, how can you think more pedantic than the ancients?" Linglong corrected her seriously. "And you are a woman yourself, how did women offend you? You were not born by a woman?" He kept saying something about freedom, justice and democracy, and after a long time, he despised homosexuality more than anyone else.
"How do you know me-"
"Oh, when you were born, I smelled the soul of another world on you." Linglong moved his nose, "I have watched too many strange novels and TV series. I thought I could be the protagonist by traveling through time? Souls that do not belong to this world will eventually be destroyed." Every world has a mechanism for self-protection, and most souls that do not belong here will not live long. "And you are my food, otherwise why do you think I tolerate you for so long?"
The more angry you are, the more resentful you are, the more full the soul will be. Negative emotions can also support a soul. In that case, you can barely eat it. After all, it is better than nothing.
Linglong stroked the eighth princess' face with one hand, "Okay, time is up."
She needs to take some food to cushion her belly before she can wait for another twenty or thirty years until Emperor Yongwen completely grows old.
Guanying and Biluo were wondering when they saw the Eighth Princess going out honestly. This Eighth Princess has always loved to oppose His Majesty. Why is she so sensible and well-behaved today? She doesn't look like her anymore. Could it be that she was educated by His Majesty in the hall?
Linglong smiled but didn't say anything. It was her puppet, something she was good at doing - just like the coral reefs and whirlpool islands in the deserted sea, they were all created by her.
She touched her stomach and sighed: "I'm hungry."
But she had a premonition that when she left this world, she would never be hungry like this again.
The palace banquet was very lively, Emperor Yongwen and the Empress Dowager were there, and they were all very happy, but Concubine Shu didn't come. She thought that her daughter became the emperor, and her status naturally rose with the flow. Unfortunately, Emperor Yongwen learned that she had conspired with the Eighth Princess, and did not deal with the Eighth Princess, but led her into the cold palace. Although she is the biological mother of the empress, she is just an aborted concubine. She can only shout in the cold palace that the new emperor is not her biological child, but a bastard of unknown origin. This is called the little eunuch who delivers food and reported it tremblingly, and it came to Guanying's ears. In the end, Concubine Shu was inexplicably dumb, and the delivery of food became more and more contemptuous, and eventually starved to death in the cold palace.
Emperor Yongwen and the Empress Dowager were old and had to go back to rest after a while. Linglong wanted to send him off, but they stopped him. But she was actually annoyed, so she let the ministers drink happily and took Biluo and Guanying's father-in-law out to blow the night wind. Gu Yi followed him out and followed her silently.
The three of them all liked her very much. Linglong said without hesitation that there are definitely more people who like her than people who don’t like her, because she is loved by everyone!
"Gu Aiqing has something to say to me?"
Gu Yi is a military general, not as good as Mei Junning and Ling Hege, but he can roughly guess what Linglong wants to say. To be honest, she would not take any of these three into the harem. The reason is very simple. Who will work hard to make her a hand-shaking emperor?
But she didn't refuse either. If one day in the future, would she have to slap her in the face? But then again, except for Ling Hege, Gu Yi and Mei Junning are both eldest sons and are not young anymore. She will definitely not give birth to any of them. She is not a good match.
It would be boring to say something that refuses, just understand it.
Linglong is extremely passionate and ruthless. In this world, the only thing she really likes is Emperor Yongwen, because he is the emperor and the person she loves. As for others, she occasionally has a good impression of him, but she stops there. She likes to enjoy and loves luxury, but it is not necessary.
There is no obsession, no resentment, and no resentment. This is the eternal reason for her.
Emperor Yongwen lived to be ninety-seven years old, and was the longest-lived emperor ever. When he was old, Linglong was still the same as before. She seemed to be gone, and the others didn't find it strange.
It was Linglong who hated the aging of humans, and she had no beauty at all, but was full of a deep and dead spirit. So she always kept her girlish appearance. She was a dragon, and even one day she would grow old, and the scales would be as bright and smooth as when she was just born.
But humans are so fragile.
Because of fragility, wisdom, and their bad nature, love seems particularly precious.
Linglong doesn't like it, nor does she hate humans, but she likes Emperor Yongwen very much.
She held Emperor Yongwen's hand and gently kissed his wrinkled cheek, "Goodbye, Aye."
This love is so mellow and sweet, full of warmth, which makes Lingqing limbs and bones feel very comfortable. She rubbed Emperor Yongwen's dead branches again. This was the instinct of a dragon. When she slept on the coral bed of Guixu Dragon Palace, she was always used to rubbing the gold, silver and jewelry piled on the bed.
But when she left, these would no longer touch her.
Chapter completed!