Chapter Three: The Tiger Empress and the Fox Concubine
Chapter 3 The Tiger Queen and the Fox Concubine
"Ah, it hurts." Ke'er cried, stroking her reddish-red hands.
The queen's personal maid immediately came over and slapped Kerr in the face: "You dog slave, your dog eyes are blinded and you dare to make a noise in front of the queen."
"But it really hurts if it burns me." Ke'er said aggrievedly.
Pa, another crisp slap: "How dare you talk back? Nanmanzi really has a mother, you are a piece of shit without a mother to teach you." The palace maid cursed loudly. In the eyes of the people of Beixi, Nanyu Kingdom is a country that bullies others.
Because they have strong soldiers and horses, most people from the Beixi Kingdom do not like the Nanyu Kingdom.
Ke'er covered her face and looked at the queen. She saw that the queen didn't even look at her. She seemed to think that this maid was right to do what she did. What's the point? She overturned the tea cup, burned someone and didn't apologize, but also took the initiative to hit someone?
This made Kerr very intolerable, so she got up, walked to the table nearby, took a cup of hot tea, walked respectfully in front of the queen, and poured it on her body with a splash.
Coming down, the queen screamed...
The concubine on the side was frightened by Ke'er's actions. She poured hot tea on the queen...
"You bitch, you..." the queen scolded Ke'er angrily.
Before she finished scolding, Ke'er slapped her twice on her pretty face: "Shut up."
"You still dare to attack me?" The queen looked at the little girl in front of her in disbelief.
Ke'er pursed her lips in anger and clapped her hands: "I'm going to treat him the same way I treated him."
"You..." The queen was so angry that she was speechless for a moment.
"What's yours, mine, if you hadn't been rude to me, Queen, how could I have treated you? It was you who poured hot tea on me, didn't apologize, and even benefited from your maid beating me, so I have to let you
You have a taste of this." Ke'er raised her face and said provocatively.
She knew that she couldn't swallow her anger like this, otherwise, the queen would torture her even more in the future...
"Come here, someone has offended the queen." The queen's maid regained her composure and shouted.
Two tall guards immediately walked in at the door. The queen pointed at Ke'er and roared angrily: "Drag this lowly maid out to me and chop her down."
"Yes." The guard took the order and walked towards Ke'er.
Ke'er knew that if she was really dragged out, her life would be ruined, so she had an idea and took out the jade pendant given to her by Liu Jia, held it up and shouted: "How dare you understand me? The emperor's ornament is here, why don't you kneel down?"
Down?"
Sure enough, the guards saw that the jade pendant was all green, and it looked like a high-quality jade pendant. The most important thing was that it had the word "Luka" engraved on it. If they remembered correctly, Prince Liujia was given by the late emperor when he was born.
So he immediately knelt down and shouted long live.
"You... how could you have the emperor's luminous jade?" The queen was shocked when she saw the jade pendant. She married Liu Jia at the age of fifteen and knew the power of this jade pendant all too well.
Side Ji also looked very surprised, secretly thinking that this woman is really not simple.
"The emperor gave it to me." Ke'er said proudly, and she suddenly felt a sense of pleasure that she had never experienced before.
"Impossible." The queen denied it flatly. As far as he knew, she carried this jade pendant with her all day long and never left her body. How could she give it to this unruly little girl in front of her.
"Stop talking nonsense, the emperor's sacred object is here again, why don't you kneel down? Do you want to offend Long Wei?" Ke'er asked the queen loudly.
"You are lying. This is a lie. I have seen real luminous jade. It is an item that the emperor never leaves. How could it be in your hands? Someone, please arrest her for me." The queen shouted.
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The guard was really in a dilemma and didn't know who to believe. At this moment, someone shouted from outside that the emperor had arrived.
Lujia was dressed in a brocade robe and a purple gold crown, and walked in majestically. The queen rushed towards her: "Emperor, please kill this woman. She dares to fake your luminous jade and show off her power here."
Liujia pushed the queen away coldly, walked up to Ke'er, and said calmly: "It's a gift from King Gu, it's not a fake."
"What?" The queen was shocked again. At this time, the concubine walked down slowly and bowed slightly: "The pale emperor."
"Get up." Liu Jia's voice was calm, but his eyes were looking at Ke'er.
"Ke'er, what's wrong? Where are you injured?" Liu Jia asked with concern.
Ke'er shook his head and put away the jade pendant mischievously: "It's nothing, it's just that the queen gave me a big greeting gift."
Liu Jia looked around and looked at the broken tea cup, and he had a clear idea in his mind. However, when he saw that Ke'er was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly: "From now on, you don't have to come here to say hello.
Special permission from the lonely king."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. They had never seen when Luka was so interested in a woman. This was a treatment that no one else had ever had.
"Emperor, the etiquette in the palace is indispensable. I'm afraid the Queen Mother knows...?" Side Ji carefully reminded that there was still something to explain to the Queen Mother. Liujia said without raising her head: "Mother, there is an explanation to be made by the lonely king.
"
After that, he picked up Ke'er and walked away without looking back...
The queen was left on the spot, like an abandoned woman, with an extremely ugly face...
Seeing this, the side concubine bowed and said, "I, my concubine, please leave."
Walking out of Mingyue Palace, Ji Hua Yunzi smiled and shook her head. I was afraid that Feng Bitong was going crazy at this time. Sure enough, she heard a cry of venting from inside.
Furong Court
It was the residence arranged by Lu Jia for Ke'er. In fact, as a singing prostitute, she was not qualified to live in such a luxurious residence. However, Lu Jia still ignored all objections and settled Ke'er here.
"Ke'er, don't pay attention to that crazy woman in the future." Liu Jia said calmly, as if what he was talking about was not his own business.
Ke'er looked at Liujia in confusion: "Crazy woman? That's your queen. Don't you like her?"
This is the first time that Ke'er has heard someone call his wife a crazy woman...
"Queen? It's just a false name? If she wasn't the niece of the queen mother? If she wasn't the daughter of the leader of the Wind Clan, would she become the queen?" Ryuga said coldly.
After taking a sip of water, Ke'er held the tea cup and asked gossiping: "She is the Queen Mother's niece? Isn't that your cousin?"
"Well, you can say that." Ryuga nodded.
"Why do you ancients like to marry close relatives? If you are so close by blood, you are not afraid of giving birth to a fool?" Ke'er muttered in a low voice.
"Huh? What kind of fool?" Lujia obviously didn't understand what Ke'er said.
Ke'er waved her hands hurriedly: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just talking. There are rules in my hometown that don't allow relatives to get married."
Liu Jia said sadly: "In order to win over the powerful, what else can't you do?"
Ke'er saw Liu Jia's helplessness and felt sorry for him in her heart, so she changed the subject and said, "She is from the Wind Clan?"
Liujia nodded: "She is Feng Bitong, the daughter of the leader of the Feng Clan."
"Is the patriarch's daughter a princess?" Ke'er asked Liu Jia with his big eyes blinking.
Liu Jia was stunned: "That's not necessarily true, Ke'er, why do you ask that?"
Ke'er suddenly remembered the heroic Princess Haya riding a horse and said: "When I came here before, I met Princess Haya. I heard that her father was also the patriarch, so I thought the patriarch's daughter was the princess.
"
Liujia chuckled: "Not necessarily, Haya is an exception. Back then, because she performed very well in women's riding, the queen mother was so happy that she named her Princess Haya. However, there is another very important reason.
It’s because she is King Guli’s favorite daughter.”
"Oh? Whose daughter does this have to do with?" Ke'er asked doubtfully.
"Of course, the Guli family is the most prominent family in Mobei and a family of warriors. They are all brave and good at fighting, so it can be said that they are the core of Beixi. Giving the daughter of King Guli a princess is also a way to win over the powerful.
It’s just a technique.”
Lujia did not shy away from politics at all, and told Ke'er about the powerful relationship. Ke'er nodded in understanding: "What about your concubine? Is she also the daughter of the clan leader?"
Liujia nodded: "Well, she is the daughter of the leader of the Hua clan. The Hua clan is called a family of doctors. It is said that the people of the Hua clan are descendants of the miracle doctor Hua Tuo. All of them are good at medicine."
"Then your marriage to her has something to do with politics?" Ke'er didn't understand why Liu Jia still married a Chinese daughter since the Chinese had no military power.
Liu Jia suddenly remembered that when Ke'er was poisoned and his fingers were in danger, he begged his mother hard before asking Divine Doctor Hua to treat Ke'er. The price was to marry Hua Yunzi, but he couldn't tell Ke'er this.
Because he didn't want Ke'er to feel guilty and felt that he should thank him and repay him...
"I married her for some reasons." Ryuga said lightly.
Seeing that Lujia didn't want to say more, Ke'er didn't ask further questions and nodded to show his understanding.
"Ke'er, you have a good rest. I'm going to discuss things first and I'll come see you later." Liujia touched Ke'er's head and loved Ke'er like a child.
Ke'er nodded obediently: "Well, go ahead."
As soon as Lujia left, an uninvited guest came. He said he was an uninvited guest because Ke'er was not familiar with her.
"The concubine has arrived." The eunuch at the door announced loudly.
Ke'er stood up immediately and saw a woman in a green skirt walking in from the outside. Ke'er had seen her before in Mingyue Palace. This woman was quite pretty, and the most important thing was that she had a smile.
Everyone I see smiles.
But Ke'er doesn't like this feeling. Isn't there a word called "hiding a knife in a smile"? So Ke'er is still very wary of her.
"Greetings to Concubine Xi." Ke'er bowed and bowed.
"Sister, there's no need to be polite." Ci Ji helped Ke'er up with a smile. The more enthusiastic she was towards Ke'er, the more uneasy Ke'er became.
"Thank you, Ji Ji." Ke'er said cautiously.
Side Ji smiled and said: "Sister, you don't need to call me Side Ji from now on. My name is Hua Yunzi. If you don't mind, just call me Sister Yun."
"Folk girls don't dare." Ke'er said worriedly.
Strangely enough, Ke'er was not afraid of someone as arrogant as Feng Bitong at all, but when it came to the smiling side concubine, Ke'er was considerate and always dealt with her very carefully.
"Sister, you don't have to be so formal. I'm just a concubine. I'm no better than the queen. How can I treat my sister?" In one sentence, it was revealed that the concubine and the queen were not on the same path, and there seemed to be a bit of a gap between them.
"Okay, please take care of Sister Yun in the future." Ke'er saw that others had said this, so if he didn't agree, he would be a bit disrespectful.
Side Ji took out a white porcelain bottle and placed it gently on the table: "Sister, this is my family's secret scald medicine. You were burned by hot water today. You must protect your skin, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be scars in the future."
"Ah? Concubine Xi can't do it. A commoner's daughter wouldn't dare accept such a heavy gift." Ke'er was surprised that Hua Yunzi gave her burnt medicine when they met her for the second time. Most importantly, she wasn't sure what it was.
Burn medicine or poison?
As the saying goes, women's hearts are the most poisonous, so it's better to be on guard...
"Haha, sister, are you afraid that this is poison?" Zi Ji said generously, which made Ke'er feel a little embarrassed.
"No, sister Yun, don't get me wrong." Ke'er told a lie bravely.
After some refusal, Ke'er still accepted the medicine, and at the same time made a clear evaluation of the two women Liu Jia - the tiger queen and the fox concubine.
Why do you say that? No need to ask? The queen is as fierce as a tiger, and the most important thing is that she is a tiger, while the concubine is as shrewd as a fox, making it difficult for people to see what is in her heart.
At this time, Ke'er suddenly thought of a very serious question. In a few days, it will be Brother Lujia's birthday? What gift should I give him?