Arc 2: Part 59
Tong Su made a quick quip, but now, pinned on the bed by him, she realized the danger she was in. There wasn't a speck of fear in her, though. She wrapped her arm around his neck, and playfully exhaled towards his throat, "No way, Gege is the most handsome!"
Xiao Lingchen's body abruptly tensed, his gaze growing more dangerous. Ignoring Tong Su's evasion, he gently bit her earlobe and murmured indistinctly, "If I don't punish you now, will you get more audacious?"
"Oh no, oh no, stop... isn't it enough that I admit my mistake? Be gentle!"
The room was soon filled with surprised, amused whispers that quickly turned into suppressed, ambiguous sighs. Red-faced, the servants quickly retreated.
Tong Su tumbled onto the soft silken mattress, smiled at the sight of Xiao Lingchen's handsome face.
At this moment, the world was calm and peaceful; time was tranquil and comforting. What more could she ask for?
A year later, Emperor Xuanyi abdicated his throne to the Regent, Xiao Lingchen. The new emperor declared it the first year of Yongzhao and assigned the title of Prince of Shun'an to the dethroned emperor, granting his consort the title of Princess of Shun'an.
In the second year of Yongzhao, Emperor Xiao Lingchen married Empress Ji Bai Zhu and decreed an end to choosing concubines; no more wives would be accepted into the palace.
As Tong Su and Xiao Lingchen were harmoniously enjoying their life, a crisis occurred in Shun'an's palace.
The favored performer of the dethroned emperor was found to be pregnant.
"That wretch, how dare she! I clearly sent someone to give her the pregnancy prevention soup. Did she not drink it?"
Xiao Qingwan was furious, kicking over the servant who had come to deliver the news.
The servant lay on the ground with a defeated look on his face, muttering unsteadily, "Yes, yes, His Highness and the dancer... they were together in the garden. That time, she... she didn't drink the soup..."
Everything went black before Xiao Qingwan's eyes, nearly causing her to fall backward.
Once she steadied herself, her face showed fury. She ferociously grasped the hand of her handmaid, declaring ruthlessly, "Come with me. I'm going to kill that little wretch—"
"Your Highness, Princess! You must calm down, His Highness values the child very much! Your Highness, please calm down..."
Ignoring their pleas, Xiao Qingwan seized the opportunity when the deposed emperor was not home. She stormed into the small building where the dancer was staying. From afar she saw the charming and victorious dancer. She loudly commanded, "Drag her out!"
The dancer, overly confident due to favoritism, barricaded her door, refusing to allow anyone in. Casually leaning on the second-floor window, she mockingly covered her flat belly and smirked at Xiao Qingwan.
"Your Highness, Princess, you dare not punish me. After all, the child in my womb is His Highness's only descendant. If anything happened, I'm afraid His Highness would blame you."
Xiao Qingwan shouted angrily, "Wretch, you have some nerve talking to your Princess like this! Get out of there!"
"What face do I have?" The dancer looked at her contemptuously. "I hold His Highness's child in my womb, yet you, his wife for many years, haven't even been able to lay an egg! A hen that can't lay eggs, do you even have the right to be indignant?"
Xiao Qingwan was trembling from rage — such fury that it felt as if steam was about to rise from her. A thought crossed her mind about her past life, causing a sudden pang of pain.
In her previous life, Xiao Bai Zhu was the princess consort and she was the favored dancer who drove Xiao Bai Zhu to her fatal rage.
In this lifetime, she was the princess consort but could not compare to Xiao Bai Zhu in the slightest!
She thought she'd driven Xiao Bai Zhu away, but now karma manifested. She was no longer a toy for the dancer, instead, she was the one being enraged to the point of spitting blood by the dancer.
"Someone, bring oil for me! Light it up!" Xiao Qingwan's face was ferocious, her features twisted in rage. Staring furiously at the dancer's shocked expression from the second floor, she decided, "She won't come down, fine. Then we'll just burn her alive there!"
"Your Highness!"
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