青春期撞上更年期第1部

It was the third day since the violent political upheaval in the Palace. Everything had returned to the right path, and the Emperor had woken up. The Fake Dead Medicine was remarkably effective.

Chu Qing planned to kill the Emperor and shift the blame onto Chu Liuyue. In the end, he occupied the Palace, but at the last moment, Chu Liuchen changed the ultimate outcome.

Chu Qing was not the deceased emperor’s son. As the truth was exposed, he became a surviving supporter of the previous dynasty.

Consort Dowager Qing had an affair with the prince of the previous dynasty on the run and was pregnant. After that, she met the deceased emperor, who had come to wipe out the rebels. She seduced him and entered the Palace. Not long after the deceased emperor returned to the Palace, he became seriously ill and died. Consort Dowager Qing feared that others would suspect her child’s identity, so she deliberately hid the fact that she was pregnant. Then she was sent to the Yuhui Nunnery.

The Yuhui Nunnery was in charge of Pushan Nun. Under it, many secret channels were dug. There was nothing to worry about when Consort Dowager Qing secretly raised Chu Qing in it. As a Prince of the previous dynasty, he became the young master of all the remaining forces of the previous dynasty. Gradually, even Pushan Nun’s supporters turned to him.

As such, Pushan Nun made the marriage engagement between her granddaughter Mo Qiuyi and Chu Qing.

However, she didn’t expect Princess Yuyan to intervene in the end.

Before Chu Qing acted, he handed over Princess Yuyan’s head. Princess Yuyan had been dreaming of becoming the empress. However, little did she know Chu Qing would kill her and present her head to Pushan Nun as a sacrificial offering.

However, Mo Qiuyi also came to a tragic ending. Princess Yuyan had drugged her with the Xu State medicine long ago. Ironically, not long after Princess Yuyan died, Mo Qiuyi was poisoned to death. No matter how scheming Pushan Nun was, she failed to keep her child.

At last, Chu Qing and Consort Dowager Qing were caught. After Pushan Nun got the news, she burned the Buddha hall. Fortunately, Chu Liuchen had been well prepared and sent some people to put out the fire. But Pushan Nun, Huiqing, and Huiming were still burned to death.

This fire didn’t spread to other buildings but only burned the Buddha hall. Anyway, Chu Liuchen didn’t like it. Shao Wanru even suspected it to be Chu Liuchen’s desired result.

The Empress Dowager woke up and was quite distressed to learn that the Buddha hall was burned down in the fire. But since Chu Liuchen promised to build a small Buddha hall for her in the Palace of Benevolent Peace, she did not say anything more.

“My Lady, a woman wants to see you. She said… said she was your elder sister.” Qiu’er ran in and reported to Shao Wanru.

Shao Wanru narrowed her eyes and refused with a faint sneer, “No!”

Shao Yanru? Shao Yanru had become as panic-stricken as a stray dog in this life, but she didn’t want to see her.

In her last life, she was framed by Shao Yanru, whose ending was more miserable than hers. The blood of her family should come from Shao Yanru. She was cut in half at the waist, but in her dream, Shao Yanru suffered more.

She took a deep breath. It could be imagined what would happen to Shao Yanru. At present, she was of no value except for her outstanding appearance. However, it was not a good thing to have such a beautiful face without the protection of powerful people. What would be her destiny? Well, it was up to her.

She had offended many people and looked down on many Misses from other aristocratic families. Some people had been on good terms with her. But they were not her true friends because they either banded together closely by ties of interest or had to use each other to achieve their own purposes. Besides, she could no longer ask Shao Hua’an for help.

Zhao Xiran had sent a letter saying Shao Hua’an had died in the chaotic army rushing into the Palace. It was unknown whether he entered the Palace with Commandery Prince Cheng or Chu Liuyue. People in the Palace found a jade pendant from his corpse among many dead bodies. Otherwise, no one would have known who he was.

After Zhao Xiran returned to Minister Zhao’s Mansion, she sent a message to inform Prince Chen’s Mansion about it. Since then, she had lost contact with the Shao Family.

Zhao Xiran and her husband married for their own purposes, but now their marriage had come to a dead end. But no matter what happened to them, Shao Wanru was not interested in their affairs.

Shao Hua’an had been well-behaved at first. Later, he secretly stirred up trouble in this country. In fact, he had been under Chu Liuchen’s control. Since he ended up bringing destruction upon himself, he had only himself to blame. Only Shao Jie’er in Shao Jing’s branch had successfully escaped.

“Her Highness… Doesn’t she want to see me?” Shao Yanru sat at the door in shabby clothes with a few streaks of dust on her face. In the past, even her servant girls wouldn’t wear such clothes, but now she had no choice but to use them.

“Get out. Her Highness doesn’t know you!” The servant at the door heard the news from inside and roughly pushed her out, closing the door heavily.

Being pushed hard to the ground, Shao Yanru was too painful to get up.

Gnashing her teeth in hatred, she looked toward the gate of Prince Chen’s Mansion. How she wished Shao Wanru could come out now — she must give her a few big bites.

Why did this happen? She was born with the Phoenix Fate, but why couldn’t she become the empress?

Before she came here this time, she had thought it over. As long as she could see Shao Wanru, she would endure it no matter how Shao Wanru humiliated her. In her mind, if she could do that, Shao Wanru would let her stay. Then, she could get close to Chu Liuchen. She didn’t believe she couldn’t get a chance.

It was only a matter of time for the new emperor to enter the Palace. At that time, many women were needed to fill the imperial harem. As a beauty, she could act upon whatever Shao Wanru said and endure the grievance that others couldn’t bear. She believed she could find a way to gain preeminence again if she could do all of this. Even if Shao Wanru beat, scolded, and punished her, she could bear it.

But whenever she got a chance, she would trample on Shao Wanru.

She firmly believed she was bestowed with a superb fate.

Against all expectations, she couldn’t even meet Shao Wanru, who ignored her and drove her out. Then, how could she plot a comeback?

But how could she be willing to give up? She was destined to be the most powerful woman in the world!

She suddenly saw a large group of people coming over before she rushed forward to knock on the gate again. The spacious and luxurious carriage came over with the force of a thunderbolt — it must be Chu Liuchen’s carriage.

“Prince Chen!” With her eyes lighting up, Shao Yanru suddenly rushed over.

The carriage happened to stop, and Chu Liuchen got out of it. As he glanced at her, a trace of malice flashed across his beautiful eyes, and he ordered, “Throw this crazy bitch out!”

“Yes, Master!”

The two guards coming over were sensitive enough. They picked up Shao Yanru, who still wanted to struggle, and mercilessly threw her far away.

As Shao Yanru fell heavily to the ground, she rolled several times and hit the corner of the wall hard. She curled up in great pain, and her face turned ghastly pale with a sharp pain in her waist.

Chu Liuchen strode away with a trace of gloomy coldness in his eyes. Shao Wanru might not care about it and let Shao Yanru go, but he was unwilling to do so.

For the sake of Shao Wanru, he spared her life. How could he allow this woman to stay and humiliate the Shao Family?

Shao Jing’s branch no longer existed. The Marquis Xing’s Mansion would belong to Shao Yuanhao in the future. It was important for the Shao Family to stay clean and trustworthy because it was related to the supporting power behind Shao Wanru.

With its help, Shao Wanru could secure her position as the Empress.

Chu Liuchen threw a glance at Xiao Xuanzi behind him, Xiao Xuanzi tacitly took his meaning and stopped right away. Instead of following Chu Liuchen into the door, he grinned and asked the other two guards to stay.

Shao Yanru was in so much pain that she couldn’t speak, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat. Seeing Xiao Xuanzi coming over, she subconsciously wanted to back away from him. But there was no point in hiding. Looking at Xiao Xuanzi’s smiling face, she was anxious and terrified. At this time, she regretted it bitterly. When she was lucky to escape, she should have run away. How stupid was she to return and look for Shao Wanru?

She regretted her choice and wanted to leave.

“Take her away!” Xiao Xuanzi waved his hand.

The guards came over and pulled Shao Yanru up, one on each side of her. Shao Yanru struggled desperately but was held down by two guards, who dragged her into the mansion.

Upon entering the gate, they didn’t walk into the mansion but turned to another side door. There was a carriage waiting outside the door. When they walked to the side door, a guard came over with a bowl of medicine. He pulled Shao Yanru’s long hair and poured it into her mouth. Shao Yanru struggled in pain but was thrown into a carriage.

“Send her to the border!” Xiao Xuanzi ordered with a sneer. Miss Shao had been secretly involved in almost every plot. She couldn’t be more vicious, but Prince Chen didn’t immediately kill such a woman as evil as a venomous snake. It was because of Princess Chen. But since Prince Chen let Xiao Xuanzi deal with her, he felt it was best to get rid of such a woman forever.

He might as well turn her mute with poison and throw her into the military camp at the border. Before long, she would die there. No one would know such a woman was Miss Shao, who was behind lots of drastic changes happening in the capital city and had an affair with several Princes.

Miss Shao should be dead already, and Secondary Consort Shao in the Palace had died early. Though she was not a favored woman in the Palace, at least her reputation remained untarnished.

Watching the carriage leave, Xiao Xuanzi clapped his hands, turned around, and led his men into the side door. After the side door was closed, he hurried to the study. Xiao Xuanzi was fully occupied with many problems in the Palace arising from the drastic change. The matter of Shao Yanru was trivial. After all, no one would care about a “dead” woman.

In the study, a lot of memorials to the throne were piled up on the desk before Chu Liuchen, who looked quite displeased with a deep frown. Seeing this, Xiao Xuanzi knew his master was not in a good mood and quickly stood aside obediently.

However, it made sense. The Emperor left everything to Prince Chen, saying he needed to recuperate. Also, he mentioned that the chronic poison had consumed his vitality, so he needed to rest. All the work was left to Prince Chen. In this case, how could Prince Chen be happy?

A servant girl ran over in a hurry, gasping for breath. Surprisingly, it was Yujie. Seeing Xiao Xuanzi wink at her at the door, she motioned for him to go out. Xiao Xuanzi felt that she looked quite strange.

Xiao Xuanzi looked at Chu Liuchen and moved carefully to the door. When he reached the door, he hurriedly turned down the stairs and said to Yujie, who followed him downstairs, “What’s wrong?”

“Her Highness has fainted. Please tell His Highness to check up on her quickly!” Yujie bared her teeth in a grin and delightedly narrowed her eyes. Her joyful look stunned Xiao Xuanzi.

“What? Her Highness fainted?” Xiao Xuanzi asked in disbelief. “Her master fainted, but Yujie appears so delighted. Has she become stupid after the relaxing recuperation?”