"You're beautiful, but just in terms of skin, I don't think it's enough to make that smiling tiger become obsessed with you to this extent."
The emperor stretched out his hand and pinched Li Shang's arm. The woman could not resist easily, so she was easily pulled into his arms. Upon closer inspection, her beauty became more complete and flawless, making it impossible to find any faults.
The special sandalwood scent on his body was intoxicating, but Li Shang only had panic and worry in her heart. Although it was not written on her face, the stiffness of her body still betrayed her. And the man who imprisoned her in his arms also noticed it.
The beauty felt uncomfortable and did not force him immediately. He let go and the woman immediately jumped out and distanced herself from him.
Such a reaction would inevitably make him unhappy, but Li Shang could never accept being so close to a man other than Zhu Sheng.
The emperor stared at her eyes, and the suspicion in his heart grew bigger and bigger - it was really strange that a woman from the world had such transparent eyes, not stained by the filth of the world, but yet she seemed to see through everything.
"I know you can't adapt to it for the time being, but now that you've accepted Feng Pingyin, you can't go back on the choice you've made. Don't you understand this?"
Li Shang took a deep breath and reorganized her posture so that she didn't look so panicked in front of this man.
"My little daughter understands, but I also don't understand something. I wonder if the emperor can make it clear?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows. Although Li Shang's humble and resistant attitude displeased him, it was understandable.
Before his patience was exhausted, it was not impossible to play with her. Thinking of this, the man still put on a calm posture, raised his hand and said - "Say."
"Feng Ping Yin has been held by the queen for generations, and her status is the same as that of Feng Yin. My daughter is just a promiscuous woman. There are many options for the emperor to give a token. Why should such an important price tag be handed over to someone?"
Li Shang?"
She didn't believe that the emperor was such a casual person, and she didn't believe that he could hand over such an important token to her just by relying on the words of his family.
"The Imperial Master said that you are born with Fengge, and my post has always been vacant, so why not hand over Feng Pingyin to you?"
Li Shang raised her head suddenly and looked at the emperor in disbelief - "Your Majesty...but are you serious?"
She is an oiran, and even Qi King Zhu Sheng had a hard time marrying her. Now, today, the emperor wants to allow her to take the throne? Putting aside his identity, he must already know about his relationship with Zhu Sheng. Even so, he must introduce Feng Ping to the
In her hand...
After much thought, I could only come to one conclusion: he was deliberately using her to blackmail Zhu Sheng!
"Your Majesty... my daughter is of low status and has no way to help His Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
"Being of humble origin? Aren't you the same as King Qi?" The emperor's brows were still full of anger, "I can give you more. Staying by my side will not do you any harm."
Li Shang pinched the corner of her clothes and looked very embarrassed - "My daughter and King Qi are in love with each other! He can give me everything!"
This was the first time she admitted her relationship with Zhu Sheng in front of others, but she never expected that she would be in such a situation.
The emperor sneered, and there was only mockery in his eyebrows - "To put it bluntly, you are just greedy."
The woman's whole body was frozen by the cold eyes, but she still didn't give in at all——
"My little girl only wants two people for the rest of her life. They will never leave each other. It may seem absurd in His Majesty's eyes, but Li Shang wants nothing more than this!"
In this male-dominated country, Li Shang's idea was too absurd and unrealistic, but the woman's fiery eyes showed that her words were not mixed with any falsehood. His emperor, who had always been unable to control his heart,
Brother, are you really willing to commit your life to her?
After being shocked, there was a hint of joking on the man's face - in this case, things would be more interesting, wouldn't they?
"So what? I am the king of a country, and this world belongs to me. As long as it is what I want, nothing will be denied to me, and you... are no exception!"
Zhu Sheng was almost going crazy with anxiety. Ever since Li Shang's whereabouts became unknown, he had not stopped at all. However, after a round of reports to all the informants in the capital, no one found any trace of Li Shang. This also forced Zhu Sheng to let go.
Prepared for the worst.
No one but the emperor could seal off his intelligence network to this extent in the capital! If Li Shang was picked up by the emperor... He didn't believe that the emperor was really for that so-called Fengge, let alone Li Shang.
Take the initiative to go to the emperor's side.
Then there is only one thing he needs to do next, to save his beloved woman from the clutches of the devil!
After the declaration, the emperor did not do much to Li Shang. He just ordered people to take her down and reorganize her.
Then, she heard the extremely desperate news——
"Tomorrow, I'll go to the palace and go to bed."
After announcing the emperor's will, the palace attendant left the room without looking back. Li Shang felt weak all over and fell straight to the ground.
"how come……"
She clearly said it so clearly, but the rift between the two brothers was so big? They actually wanted to use this method to humiliate her and take revenge on him?
Tears kept falling, and she clutched the corner of the mattress tightly, trying hard to cover her mouth to prevent herself from making any sound.
She can't give up, because Zhu Sheng will never give up. He said that he will never let go in this life... Then he will never give up easily!
Zhu Sheng finally found out about Li Shang's whereabouts. Xiaolan, the maid who had been warned repeatedly by Li Shang not to say anything, finally couldn't bear it anymore and told Zhu the news that he saw his girl getting on the carriage to the imperial city.
Sheng.
And almost that day, all Zhu Sheng's forces in the capital had completed their assembly, and raising troops was just a matter of his words.
But he also knew that his military strength was comparable to that of the Imperial City Guards, and this battle was bound to be quite tragic.
But so what? As long as he can get her back, he won't hesitate to pay no matter how much he has to do!
At this moment, a guard came over with a trembling message——
"Your Majesty - there is... someone asking to see you..."
"Go away! I can't see anyone now!" Zhu Sheng only felt a dull pain in his temples now, "Lishang is now..."
"Then...the two people claimed that they needed to tell the prince about Miss Li Shang!"
After hearing these words, Zhu Sheng immediately opened his eyes and grabbed the guard's shoulders tightly——
"Let them in quickly!"
Then he saw a tall woman with a coquettish appearance walking in followed by a black-haired man.
Facing Zhu Sheng, who was trying his best to suppress his anger, the woman not only did not panic at all, but looked at him with an explicit look, as if she knew something that he didn't know just from his appearance.
"You are Li Chang's destined marriage...you do have a bit of dragon energy. If you hadn't committed a big taboo, you could compete with the emperor for the throne!"
Such rebellious words came out of the woman's mouth, and for a while no one raised a voice to question, and some even felt that she was right.
"Li Shang? What do you mean?"
"Li Shang is Li Shang's original name. As for her true identity..." The woman looked around, obviously not thinking that such a topic could be brought up in front of these people.
"Everyone, come down!" Zhu Sheng waved everyone down and sat back on the chair, "Now that there is no one, it's time to open the skylight and speak out!"
"King Qi is quite straightforward. I really don't know whether to say that you are acting vigorously and resolutely... or that you are eager to save people."
Gui Ming pulled out the chair, and Dongfang Yaoyao lazily sat on it. Her words made Zhu Sheng even more certain that this woman must know something.
"Anyway, as long as King Qi is determined to find out, Li Shang's true identity will soon come to light. It doesn't matter if I tell you now..."
Dongfang Yaoyao yawned and continued -
"Li Shang's real name was Li Shang. She was the daughter of the former right prime minister. After the right prime minister lost power and had his house confiscated, he lived abroad. Later, she accidentally boarded my ship. At that time, she was being hunted, so I made an exception and helped her get a new one.
Show your face... Today, I am here to collect the price."
After that, Zhu Sheng learned everything about what happened from Dongfang Yaoyao, and became even more curious——
"You said you came here to collect a price, but what exactly is the price?"
"The secret must not be leaked... In addition to collecting the price for my trip, I also try my best to avoid additional consequences because I change the fate of the contractor."
"Are you saying...that my encounter with Li Shang was also one of the extra causes and effects?"
Dongfang Yaoyao nodded and said——
"I advise you to stop here. Once you completely fall out with the emperor, the consequences will only be misfortune for more people, and there is no way to change the established outcome."
Zhu Sheng stood up as he slapped the case - veins protruding on his forehead -
"How do you know if you don't try? Do you want me to abandon her to save myself?!"
Dongfang Yaoyao admitted very frankly - "If you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. The bond between you and her is actually not as deep as you think..." The sarcasm in the woman's eyes flashed, "Besides, you love her, don't you?
Isn’t it because of the face I gave you?”
Zhu Sheng's words were choked in his throat. Facing the woman's frank eyes, he couldn't say any objection for a moment——
It is true that he was attracted by her beauty at first, but his greed for her was far more than admiration for her beauty. He seriously wanted to spend a lifetime with her! No matter what her identity was, no matter what she was burdened with
How to fight through it, we will never leave each other for the rest of our lives!
"No..." Zhu Sheng walked up to Dongfang Yaoyao, the firmness in his eyes could not be changed, "I love her, and I will only love her from now on, no matter how long, no matter what, it will not change!"
The shock in Dongfang Yaoyao's eyes disappeared in an instant - Zhu Sheng didn't look at her again.
"Thank you for your advice, but I will not waver..."
Zhu Sheng turned around and left the room, announcing his decision to the people below——
"Raise your troops tonight! Attack the imperial city!"
Late at night, Li Shang was taken behind the screen of the cubicle, took off her clothes, and soaked in a pool of water sprinkled with flower petals. Her plain white skin was dyed a light pink by the hot water. The palace servants poured water from a basin.
The beads outlined her graceful curves and followed her plump and tight figure into the pool, making the maid blush and her heartbeats burst.
The only drawback is that the woman's eyes are like a pool of stagnant water, as if no matter what kind of stimulation, she can't make any waves.
"Miss Lishang, it is the dream of many women to be summoned by the Holy One. Since you can't resist, why do you need to use this gesture to displease Long Yan?"
The female officer really couldn't stand it. The current Li Shang was like a soulless doll. For the emperor who just wanted to seek pleasure, favoring the current Li Shang was obviously boring, not to mention that she used to be Zhu Sheng.
People, separated by such a layer of barriers, and posing like corpses, is obviously not the effect the emperor wants to see.
There was a sneer on Li Shang's lips, and the sadness and despair in her brows seemed to have penetrated deep into her bones.
"If he really wanted to get me, he wouldn't use this method..."
It was said that she was summoning Xing to stay with her, but to put it bluntly, she just wanted to humiliate her to anger Zhu Sheng, who was on the verge of going berserk. Her beauty and talent eventually became the reason for the powerful to fight with each other——
She suddenly remembered the conversation she had with the seductive woman on that small boat——
"I can give you unparalleled beauty in the world, but it's a sin to harbor a treasure, especially in this age where boys are valued over girls. Beauty will not become your capital to be rampant...like you..." Dongfang Yaoyao raised her chin.
, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "I think that no matter how you fight, the beauty will most likely become a disaster in the end."
At that time, Li Chang only wanted to get rid of the pursuit of those officers and soldiers, so he did not think carefully about the profound meaning of Dongfang Yaoyao's words.
But only today did she understand that maybe the woman who gave her beauty knew everything from the beginning. Maybe this was the price for her beauty - missing her love, and then becoming a person imprisoned within the palace wall.
Cheap toys.
But there is no point in going back on your word now, everything is already an arrow on the bowstring, you have to shoot it, and you will be injured as soon as you shoot it.
After getting out of the bath, she was put on a delicate and light dress, and her three thousand black hair was pinned by a golden crest hairpin. Her light and elegant makeup made her delicate and blurred beauty even more charming, and her pair of charming eyes were
There is no room for any superfluous emotion other than coldness.
She is a courtesan, passionate and ruthless. She thought she could be unmoved and independent from the troubled world, but she still fell into the dust web hand in hand with a man, just like a butterfly fell into the trap he weaved with deep love. Now, together with the trap,
It will be burned to death by the prairie fire.
After all, she still couldn't escape the fate of being a plaything, and this time she fell from the sky, and the calamity she brought with her was to burn up the ordinary happiness of many, many people.
Although beauty is beautiful, it can still be a disaster... When she chose this path many years ago, was everything already destined?
She recalled that her family had suffered a series of misfortunes due to the influence of imperial power, and now she had become a victim of the struggle for power. The woman's self-deprecating smile grew thicker.
This time is different. The butterfly would rather burn itself after breaking out of the trap than let the spider be contaminated with any more sparks!
"It seems I can't persuade you anymore..." Dongfang Yaoyao looked at Zhu Sheng's resolute figure walking away, as if he had expected such an ending, and there was not much regret on his face, "The obsession of a mortal, even in the last moment.
At the critical moment, I knew the cruelest truth, but I couldn't shake it easily..."
Dongfang Yaoyao understands this very well.
The woman stood up and took steps, stretched herself——
"Let's go, we can't stop it. All we can do now is watch the fire from the other side and see who can have the last laugh..."
Under the gauze tent, the fragrant breeze blows in the palace. Li Shang walked step by step towards the tent where the man was with her bare feet. The palace people around were invited to leave. The man was sitting on the dragon couch with his clothes half open. His facial features were handsome and majestic.
, the refined muscle lines on her body appear well-proportioned and toned, and there is nobility in her laziness. The woman has to admit that the man in front of her also has the same true dragon bearing as Zhu Sheng, but as far as she is concerned, the man in front of her is
The man is too scheming and too despicable.
"Come on -" the man raised his hand, seeing the woman's extremely charming outfit, the desire and amazement in his eyes were not concealed at all.
If it weren't for the purpose of irritating Zhu Sheng and letting him reveal his flaws, he would have included her in his harem without hesitation based on the charm of this woman.
Other women become more and more tired of looking at her, but what Li Shang brings to him is more of the drunkenness and the surprise brought by the stamina after the wine goes into his throat. He can't see the slightest bit of tackiness of ordinary women in her, she is more like a lady.
, but has a different publicity and agility than the rich lady.
Indeed, it is difficult for a man not to be attracted by such a woman, and since he can pick this beautiful flower, there is no reason to let her go!
After tonight, she can only stay by her side obediently... As for Zhu Sheng, it doesn't matter whether he entered her life first, the one who laughs last will still be him as the True Dragon Emperor!
Outside the outer city of the capital, the garrison soldiers who were still nervous on the observation deck finally saw the continuous burning torches almost simultaneously on the horizon, burning into a sea of scarlet heat in the middle of the night.
"It's King Qi's army!!!" The garrison immediately turned around and gave the order, "King Qi's bandits are launching an attack! Everyone, be prepared!!!"
Almost at the same time, countless well-trained archers suddenly appeared on the city that had been deserted just now, and the catapults that had been covered by black cloth and hidden in the night also had their black cloth removed. The first round of battle began.
On the verge of breaking out.
The sound of horses' hooves was deafening, and the family members of the King of Qi at the head also raised their weapons and shouted in response————
"Crunt against the faint king! Make Qi the emperor!"
Immediately afterwards, all the soldiers struck the shield held in their other hand with their weapons, and the clanging metal sound was earth-shattering.
"Crunt against the faint king! Make Qi the emperor!"
"Crunt against the faint king! Make Qi the emperor!"
While the sea of fire was approaching crazily, the garrison on the city gate also launched an offensive. Countless arrows fell from the sky like raindrops. The soldiers of the King of Qi raised their shields high above their heads. Most of them defended themselves, but they could not stop the arrows from falling together.
Suddenly, smoke and dust flew everywhere, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
However, the efficiency of the catapult was ultimately no match for such a huge number of troops. Iron hoofs trampled over the corpses of their comrades. They bathed in the blood of their comrades and began to attack the city gate. The ladder was quickly built and pushed down by the soldiers at the top of the city. King Qi also
The army successfully boarded the city, but corpses continued to fall from the top of the city. For a while, it was unclear whether they were enemies or friends.
In the city, the same chaos was breaking out. Soldiers were slashing wildly with weapons, so many civilians had to pick up farm tools to join the fight. Cries and flames spread, and for a while the entire capital became a purgatory on earth.
Within the imperial city, Li Shang noticed something unusual outside the city almost at the same time, and the scarlet fire that filled the sky gradually surrounded the entire imperial city.
"What...what's going on?"
The woman looked at the raging fire, and the ominous premonition in her heart became stronger. She turned to look at the emperor——
"What on earth did you do?!" She stepped forward and grabbed the emperor's lapel, "As long as I come here on my own initiative, won't you make a move against him?!"
"I said not to do anything, but that doesn't mean he won't do it..." The emperor gently held her shoulders as if nothing had happened, "It's very simple, even if he knows your choice, it doesn't prevent him from making his own choice...
…”
After knowing the current situation, she wanted to tear the man in front of her into pieces - what kind of emperor, he was so despicable and shameless to the extreme!
Seeing the woman in his arms looking bitter and resentful, the coldness in his eyes was tinged with amusement.
"The King of Qi raised an army to rebel, and his crime was extremely heinous..." He gently stroked the woman's smooth cheek, as if comforting a pet, "If you are willing to follow me, I can consider pardoning his sin."
She was indeed a little worried, because if he wasn't completely sure, why would this man be so calm and composed?
But the figure of Zhu Sheng emerged in her mind, the man who also had the aura of a dragon in her mind... Everything had not been settled yet, why did she deny his possibility so early?
"It's not certain who will win! What reason do I have to believe that you will definitely win?"
As a result, this speech only made the man laugh wantonly - his eyes gradually turned cold, and he whispered softly in her ear -
"You still don't understand..." He played with her hair, "He is willing to be the enemy of the whole world for you, so as long as the trump card of 'Li Shang' is in my hand, Zhu Sheng can only
It ended in failure!”
The woman suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. She looked at the man with heavy fear in her eyes, and she deeply felt her own powerlessness.
She thought that her dedication could protect him, but in the end, she became the handle to blackmail him!
"ah!!!"
The last guard of the outer city died under Zhu Sheng's sword. The team of dead soldiers led by him finally broke through the gate of the imperial city at the first time. He suddenly shook his sleeves and the blood on the sword sprinkled on the wall of the city gate, opening the city gate.
The door opened, and countless royal guards poured out, but the man never took a step back——
"Follow me into the palace! Clear out the Hunjun!"
"Did you expect...that he would give up everything for me?" Li Shang's whole body was filled with coldness. She didn't dare to imagine what was about to happen next.
"Don't you also believe in him?" Even though Zhu Sheng was about to lead the dead soldiers into the inner palace, he could not see the slightest panic. "Since you believe in him, I dare to take a gamble and see if he will do it for