atypical prostitute

Chapter 257
The news of Liangzhou's success soon spread to the capital. Seeing the mountains of officials' badges celebrating Ye Chuan's achievements on the case table, Pei Linger's face was so gloomy that it could rain.

"hateful!"

While cursing, the long sleeves swept away, and there was a sound of "crash, la la", all the badges fell to the ground, and the female officials who were waiting on the side became more and more frightened, trembling, concentrated, and stood beside the Panlong pillar as statues.

Looking at the terrified female officials, Pei Ling'er was even more out of breath. She wandered around the hall irritably, her mood becoming more and more unstable.

Suddenly, she stopped, turned around, and asked, "Why hasn't the regent come here yet!"

"When I saw the regent, he was arguing with Yongzhou Mu Wangxian..."

Guo Baolin whispered that the Mu Wangxian of Yongzhou was a well-known pedantic and loyal person in the government and the public. He disdained Pei Linger's power, but he was very happy with the young emperor's occasional wisdom.

Because she knew that Wang Xian was loyal to Yin'er, even if she occasionally made rude remarks, Pei Linger tolerated it as much as possible.

At this moment, knowing that Wei Wangcheng had a conflict with Wang Xian, Pei Ling'er instinctively turned towards Wang Xian, and asked, "Can you hear clearly why they are arguing?"

"The slaves dare not."

Guo Baolin replied in a low voice, she was just an insignificant existence in the harem.

The relationship between the Empress Dowager and the King of Wei is not clear to the outsiders, but they are very clear to those in the palace: sharing the same bed with different dreams, using each other and guarding against each other, and at the same time, they will not miss any chance to stab the knife.

Those who survive in the cracks, if they can't learn to be cautious in their words and deeds, and pretend to be deaf and dumb, then they are really courting death.

Pei Ling'er knew that these female officials were all operatives. Seeing Guo Baolin put on a useless face of "servant incompetence", she also knew that it was impossible to get valuable information out of her mouth, so she scolded "Fuck off" and raised her head again. , looked at the golden bell on the edge of the eaves, and asked, "Is Chu Tianshi here?"

"I've been waiting outside the palace all this time. I didn't dare to go forward without the Queen Mother summoning me."

A faint voice sounded, and Chu Qing, who was wearing a light blue long gown that was incompatible with the splendor and prosperity of the harem, floated over.

Seeing his confident smile, Pei Linger's complexion also eased.

"Tianshi." She went up to meet her and said aggrievedly.

The reality of everything going wrong made her physically and mentally exhausted. Although she still doubts Chu Qing's motives, she has to admit that this man is the only one she can rely on in the predicament.

"Is the queen mother bothered about Liangzhou?"

Chu Qing said kindly that the Liangzhou war was triumphant, and the political situation naturally changed rapidly.

Regardless of what is planned in his heart, King Wei is still an ally of the Ye family. Although they hold each other back from time to time and stab each other secretly, they always stand firmly together in the face of great interests.

Because the opponent has always maintained reason, Pei Linger's position is more and more awkward, because she is a woman, she has been dismissed and disdained by the courtiers from the very beginning, and they havetily smeared her incompetent judgments without even giving her a chance.For the sake of her son, she tried her best to win over King Wei and split the alliance between the Ye family and King Wei, but she overestimated her own charm, or in other words, she underestimated the temptation of power.

In today's imperial court, only those Pei family's sons who rely on nepotism to become officials and are incompetent sincerely support her, and the veterans who are highly respected and willing to defend the young emperor all want to bury her alive up!
Thinking of this, Pei Linger felt a knot in her heart.

Wang Xian...

But no matter how many troubles she had, in front of Chu Qing, she felt that she had to maintain the dignity of the queen mother.

She squeezed out a smile and said indifferently: "The great victory in Liangzhou, showing our country's prestige, I am naturally happy. But... Ye Chuan's melody makes me very uncomfortable!"

While speaking, she threw a copy of the memorial on the case table to Chu Qing: "A mere courtier dares to question my Xingshi!"

Chu Qing opened the playbook, read it at a glance, raised his head and said: "It is true that the tone is a bit arrogant, but it is not overstepped. Besides, in the battle of Gaochang, the local food and grass dispatching was indeed...It is inevitable that the general will have resentment. Queen Mother...you are making a fuss gone."

"What a fuss? Knowing that the treasury is in trouble, he still keeps begging me for money!"

Speaking viciously, Pei Ling'er kicked away the memorabilia in front of her, and said to Chu Qing: "There are still these old people who are all trying to persuade me to calm down, and even...the above table asks Ye Chuan to be crowned king!"

"what?!"

Chu Qing was so calm, but he was shocked when he heard this.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, ministers who were not members of the royal family could only get marquises at the highest level. Only when the emperor was weak and had to rely on foreign ministers would he be named king with a different surname.Generally speaking, once a king with a different surname appears, it means that a dynasty has turned from prosperity to decline or is about to perish.Therefore, even if the kings of different surnames in different dynasties have no intention of fighting against the court, they will become the targets of the central government. In the end, they will either be sentenced to death, or embark on the road of rebellion and usurpation of power!
"What does King Wei mean?" Chu Qing asked immediately after recovering.

"Of course he doesn't want to, and I don't want to either. But...Zhao Wangzhao, Yue Wangsheng, Yuchijiong...they all insist on Ye Chuan becoming king...I can't disobey them, after all, the young emperor's throne still needs their full support ..."

Pei Ling'er said bitterly, these people suddenly joined together to ask Ye Chuan to be crowned king with a different surname. The idea was clearly to drive away wolves and tigers. By expanding Ye Chuan's power, they would speed up the complete break between the Ye family and King Wei.When the young emperor is in charge, the Ye family and the king of Wei will inevitably lose both sides in the fight, and they will not be able to stop the general trend of the young emperor taking back power.

Intellectually, she agrees with their plan, but deep down, she hates such a development!
She hates Fu Lici, the woman who always makes her feel inferior!
"... Heavenly Master, what should I do! For Yin'er's throne, I must give the Ye family the title of king, but I... I can't do it! I hate Ye Chuan, I hate Fu Lici, and I hate anyone who has anything to do with Ye Chuan." There is nothing related to it! I hate it so much that I wish they could die right away!"

She moaned helplessly, because of the black lightning that suddenly flashed across her heart, her eyes suddenly became sharp.

"——I remember you once told me that Fu Lici would not live long. Why did I receive reports of her serious illness one after another at the beginning of the year, but recently..."

Suspiciousness made her voice tremble, and a murderous look appeared in her eyes.

"...I... really can't trust you too much! The matter of Yangzhou Tianziqi is the same, because of you, I lost the only golden armor talisman general in the Tianshi Mansion, but I got nothing!"

To this, Chu Qing did not refute, he flicked his fingers, and drew out an illusion. In the center of the illusion lay a female body, and black silk threads stretched from all directions, tightly entangled the female body.

"……This is……"

"Jiangpo, the most terrifying medicine for leaving the soul in the world, a Gu technique that has no cure." Chu Qing spoke bluntly.

"...You actually use witchcraft!" Pei Ling'er was stunned.

For a long time, witchcraft and subjugation have been taboos in the palace. During Emperor Wen's reign, the suspicion of witchcraft caused by the miscarriage of the concubine once made the harem soaked in blood.

However, in the panic, there is a bit of pride.

"...Are you...sure...that you can..."

She asked in a low voice, and Chu Qing smiled and said: "This medicine itself is not poisonous, but the poisoned person is in a trance, leaving the soul day and night, unable to return. The soul is not possessed, and it will inevitably disappear. There is no soul in the body, and naturally it will become thinner...and the soul will be lost. I added some special things, even if there is the Supreme God Pill, Fu Lici is doomed this time!"

"Doomed?"

Savoring Chu Qing's description carefully, a smile appeared on the corner of Pei Linger's mouth.

"...But... Heavenly Master, how long will it take for your medicine to kill Fu Lici?"

"This depends on the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager wants her to be relieved earlier, I will activate the medicine immediately, and she will die within three days. If the Empress Dowager wants her to suffer more, I have to slowly adjust the medicine. ..."

Chu Qing said viciously, he didn't know why he hated Fu Lici so much, because of the master's hatred, or...the anger that couldn't be asked...

Of course, Pei Ling'er didn't know about his thoughts, seeing Chu Qing's sinister smile, she smiled sweetly.

"According to what the celestial master said, let her die slowly according to the medicinal properties of the general. I will seriously consider the matter of the Ye family becoming king. After all, the general trend is the trend, and it is difficult to return with manpower!"

Chu Qing nodded, and was about to say something more, but heard the announcement in front of him that "His Royal Highness the Regent is here!", so he saluted Wei Wangcheng from a distance, and then retreated.Pei Ling'er was already harboring ulterior motives, so naturally she wouldn't keep him at this moment, so she kept a few words at will, and then turned to King Wei.

Chu Qing didn't care about it, and walked out of the hall where the atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous. The warm wind in late spring brushed against his skin, refreshing his body and mind, and he couldn't help lowering his head, and found a bloodstain on the light blue sleeve .

Frowning, he rolled up his sleeves, and found that the attack from the wind had left a wound on his arm that was only hair-thin but deep enough to show bones, and there was no tear on the sleeve robe, and his expression changed drastically.

"Who?!"

Asked in a low voice, before the words fell, there was a burst of chi chi laughter in the air.

"People are doing it, and the sky is watching. Do you really think you can cover the sky with one hand?"

Weird tones, voices of no gender or age could be heard coming from all directions. Chu Qing looked around nervously, but saw the faces of the palace people coming and going as usual, as if only he could hear the voice.

"Don't look for it, you can't see mine."

Strong sarcasm lingered in his ears, Chu Qing raised his head, and saw a white shadow standing beside a rockery ten feet away, standing under a tree full of flowers. Swaying, the petals fluttering, falling softly on the rockery and in the pool, but turned into a sharp blade when it brushed his temples!

puff!
puff puff!

The attacks came from all directions, penetrating deep into the bones, so that Chu Qing had practiced Taoism for a long time, and when he met such an opponent, he felt the back of his neck stiff and almost suffocated.

However, this is an attack that comes with the wind after all, and in an instant, the petals are powerless to cling to the ground, as if in a dream.

If it weren't for the slender scars left on the face and arms that were still aching, even Chu Qing couldn't believe that there was a bloody scene just now in the beautiful spring!
(End of this chapter)