Poison Genius Consort

h a guilty conscience that I want to hang myself and die, but you persuaded me otherwise.
Say it’s inconvenient for me to leave the palace and ask him personally for punishment, so I’ll definitely kowtow when he comes!”

“Imperial consort, don’t worry, this old servant will definitely put in some good words for you!” the old mama didn’t delay and hurried off, leaving Mu Liuyue extremely depressed.
When she had cleared her head enough to think things over, she felt nothing but regret!

But Chu Qingge was currently suffering through an even worse crisis.
Mu Liuyue had a father and brother who loved and doted on her.
They were willing to let her run rampant, but Chu Qingge’s father and brother were overweeningly ambitious and used her as a sacrifice.
Chu Qingge had just finished her bath when she heard news of the explosion.
Now she dressed herself in Emperor Tianhui’s favorite sheer white lantern-styled dress.
She was currently sitting on the bed and hugging her knees, her eyes listless and dim.
She was very clear on her brother’s plans and knew that there was no escape tonight, but she couldn’t help but pause to imagine ‘what if.’

What if—what if His Highness Duke of Qin had liked me?

Then wouldn’t everything be different tonight? Would she be reduced to such means? Would there be less schemes and intrigues, less humiliations and missions, less envy and jealousy? Would she still be that pure and noble, uncorrupted pride of a girl?

What if…what if His Highness Duke of Qin really did like me? Would anyone dare to treat me like this?

Long Feiye, if there’s a life after this one, can you like me next time?

Finally, a court lady arrived with another secret message in tow.
Chu Qingge opened it up and read the contents before burning away the paper.
Then she wrapped herself in a large outer cloak and gave herself a tight hug before stepping off the bed into her shoes.

“Someone come, carry me to Xuanlong Palace.”

The gunpowder explosion at the black markets had thoroughly incensed her brother.
He’d sent people after Han Yunxi to take her hostage, just so he could pressure His Highness Duke of Qin, but the scheme had utterly failed.
Brother had said that there was no turning back now that things had come to this.
She had to cut off the wings of the crown prince and the Mu Clan!

Thus, it was time for her sacrifice.

It had been some time since she married into Tianning.
Although Emperor Tianhui was still feeling unwell, how could he resist if she gave it her all? Brother’s letter now probably meant that Eunuch Luo was already finished with his preparations.
By the time Chu Qingge’s sedan chair arrived at the gates of Xuanlong Palace, Eunuch Luo was already waiting by the doors.

“Esteemed consort, His Majesty just came back from the imperial study.
Events are progressing smoothly, and everything inside…has been taken care of as well,” Eunuch Luo said with a shady smile.

Chu Qingge found his expression offensive, but she was very calm.
At this point, her heart was nothing more than stagnant water, its depths burned into ashes.
Eunuch Luo’s words told Chu Qingge that His Majesty had already started suspecting the Mu Clan.
He had suddenly summoned the Mu father and son today to ask them about the imperial guards who’d turned traitor.
Naturally, it was his personal eunuch, Eunuch Luo, who’d stirred up the mess.
Brother had told her His Majesty suspected the Chu Clan as well, so Eunuch Luo, being a neutral party, had to disturb the waters first.
Then she could sway the emperor with pillow talk and keep Emperor Tianhui from being so guarded.

Chu Qingge picked up the nourishing soup she’d personally prepared and walked deliberately into the palace.
At this moment, Emperor Tianhui had just finished bathing as well.
He was only dressed in a set of outer robes as he sat there drinking tea.
It wouldn’t be long before it was time for the morning court assembly, so he was planning to just rest briefly.

When he saw Chu Qingge appear, he gave a minute start.
But the sight of her half-opened outer robes revealed the sheer lantern-style dress beneath.
Her cold and arrogant personality, when paired with such garments, only made her seem detached from worldly affairs, an elegant, beautiful, but icy woman.
Emperor Tianhui loved her aloofness more than anything else and had a strong desire to subjugate her inherent arrogance.
Although he harbored suspicions against this woman from the Chu Clan, he couldn’t control his heart from palpitating in anticipation.
After smoothing out his beard, he smiled and said, “Beloved consort, why have you woken up so early today?”

Chu Qingge saw the lust in Emperor Tianhui’s eyes and forced herself to ignore it.
She offered him the soup and said lightly, “Is Your Majesty angry at chenqie’s disturbance?”

“Beloved consort made a special trip just to disturb me?” Emperor Tianhui asked with a smile.

“Something so big happened last night that the empress dowager was worried Your Majesty would be exhausted after staying up overnight.
Thus, she ordered chenqie to deliver some nourishing soup,” Chu Qingge replied, neither cold nor affectionate.

Now Emperor Tianhui was curious.
“Why would the empress dowager let you come?”

Both the empress dowager and Noble Consort Xue treated Chu Qingge as their enemy.
Emperor Tianhui was quite clear on that point.

“Because no one else dared to come, of course.
The explosion was so loud that it most likely happened within the capital.
All of them were scared that your imperial countenance would be angry and tongue lash whoever came to visit.” Chu Qingge simply said what she thought without worrying about offending anyone.
But in reality, the empress dowager hadn’t asked her to come at all.

Still, these were the very words that persuaded Emperor Tianhui to believe her.
Moreover, he lowered his guard.
He examined Chu Qingge from head to foot before resting his gaze on her low, low cover.
After taking a lengthy look, he patted the seat by his side and grinned.
“Since beloved consort isn’t afraid of being scolded, come over here.”

“Your Majesty should finish drinking the soup so chenqie can give a satisfactory account for the empress dowager.
It’s getting late, so Your Majesty will have to attend morning assembly soon,” Chu Qingge said as she bent down to place the soup on the table.
The collar she’d set up ahead of time took this chance to dip low, exposing faint hints of the skin beneath.

Emperor Tianhui lost all self-control at the sight and abruptly pulled her into a tight embrace!

Eunucu Luo had long laced the incense with drugs.
Combined with Chu Qingge’s ‘tender care,’ how could Emperor Tianhui resist her?