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The Xu Huifei had received Mu Qian Xue's favor and had always been close to her. Now that she had been slapped by the Cao, she could not help but shout sternly, "Insolent, how dare you treat the Queen Empress this way!"

Cao had always been a cautious and timid person, never wasting her life, and had connections in the palace. Before today, she had also been extremely respectful towards Mu Qian Xue, and had passed out in the morning, so she had gone to Yongde Palace even more than she had. How could she suddenly become so arrogant and rude like a different person in the blink of an eye?

Although she was behind the Cao, she was still a first tier palace concubine. No matter what, a Cao who was only half a grade higher than her had no reason to scold her in such a manner, yet Xiao Ruo Ao turned a blind eye to all of this. It was obvious that he was condoning the Cao.

In that room, the Cao still had some hatred left, so she stared at Mu Qian Xue who had yet to recover from the palm strike, and said sinisterly: "Do you really think that you are the empress of this world? Let me tell you, the Your Majesty and I are childhood friends; from start to finish, the person that the Your Majesty truly wants to marry is me, and I am the empress in his heart, you … It's just a chess piece! "

"Chess piece..." After muttering to himself a few times, Mu Qian Xue finally regained his senses, grabbed the Cao's wrist, and shouted sternly: "What chess piece, tell me!"

Her strength was great, her long fingernails dug into the Cao's arm through her sleeves, causing the latter to frown in pain, pushing her away with all her might, and seeing her fall onto the ground, with the pearl hairpin falling off, looking extremely miserable, the Cao's lips raised in a vengeful smile. All along, she had always been under Mu Qian Xue, and every time they met, she would have to look up to him.

"Do you really think that four years ago, when the Your Majesty went to the Nanzhao to propose, it was because he liked you? No, Your Majesty only thinks that you will be a very useful chess piece. In order to fulfill my wish, I have given you everything that belongs to me. " Speaking to this, Cao's face twisted. Although she had personally agreed to this matter back then, she was still unwilling.

"Sure enough, because you are the Nanzhao, and because you have facilitated an alliance with the Nanzhao, eliminating all the troubles that occurred in the Southern Wilderness over the years, the late emperor began to pay attention to the Your Majesty. In these three years, the Your Majesty has repeatedly performed wondrous feats, but the crown prince repeatedly made mistakes, and in the end, the late emperor crippled the previous emperor and changed his position to the Your Majesty!"

Every word that Cao spoke was like a sharp awl that drilled through her skin and meridians all the way to her bone marrow, causing her entire body to break out in cold sweat due to the pain.

She rejected Xia Yue's support as she struggled to stand up from the ground with her delicate body, walking step by step towards Xiao Ruo Ao. In the past, whenever they met eyes, she would always see her own shadow in that pair of eyes, but this time, that pair of eyes were like a bottomless pit. No matter how hard she tried to find her own figure, she was unable to find it.

"You've been. You're lying to me? " When he asked that question, Mu Qian Xue's entire body was trembling, she was afraid … He was afraid that he would receive a positive answer. He was afraid that his four years of happiness would be a lie!

Xiao Ruo Ao looked at her for a while, then suddenly said: "You are very beautiful, the world has passed down your beauty to me, not at all …"

"I asked you if you've been lying to me!" Mu Qian Xue interrupted him with a sinister look, his entire body trembling uncontrollably from excitement.

Towards her rudeness, Xiao Ruo Ao was not angered at all. He raised his hand and caressed Mu Qian Xue's pale face, then slowly said: "Qingcheng's appearance, amazing talent, whoever marries her should be under the heavens; Cao Xiang has never deceived me; in these past few years, if you had not plotted and taught me how to move forward, how could I have performed well in front of the late emperor and forced the crown prince to act so shamelessly? It can be said that you have contributed the most to being able to this step!"

Ling Mu Qian Xue thought of the years before Xiao Ruo Ao ascended the throne. She exhausted all her efforts and plotted for him time and time again, allowing Xiao Ruo Ao to stand out amongst the dozen or so princes, and become the candidate to be the crown prince in the Chu Di's heart step by step. Although those days were difficult, she had never complained or complained about it, because she loved Xiao Ruo Ao to the point where even if she had to sacrifice her life, she did not care about it.

"The ascension to the throne is only our first goal, what we truly want is to pacify the various nations, and to let the West Chu become the only nation in this Central Plains. The Yanzhou is distant and barren, and the Nanzhao is neighbors with vast territories and abundant resources.

They are my homeland. I …. Without waiting for Mu Qian Xue to finish speaking, Xiao Ruo Ao said coldly, "This is not a reason!"

After saying that, he suddenly laughed, "If we really become husband and wife, I would be a bit worried. At a critical moment, I would not be able to harden my heart!"

Didn't they already become husband and wife four years ago, why would they say such words?

"What do you mean?" Mu Qian Xue had vaguely guessed a bit, but she did not dare to think further. If it was really as she had expected, then these four years of being husband and wife, would truly be a complete and utter joke!

Xiao Ruo Ao stared at her and chuckled: "Princess Xuan Ji is an outstanding genius, could it be that you can't guess our intentions?" After a short pause, he continued, "When you were in Nanzhao, your body was fine, but after you arrived in West Chu, you were always plagued with sickness and pain, and your body was weak. You couldn't even perform the ceremony for Zhou Gong, do you really believe that it was due to the soil and water that caused this?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The Xu Huifei cried out in shock, and in the next moment, she covered her mouth with her hands, but her eyes were still filled with an unshakeable look of surprise, as she was unable to perform the etiquette given by Young Master Zhou … Could it be that the empress has never truly been in the same room with her? The empress, she … Was she still a virgin? This … How was this possible!

Mu Qian Xue's chest violently rose and fell. With a cold glint in her eyes, she went straight for the kill. "It was you who did this?"

Xiao Ruo Ao said honestly: "That's right, it's just as I said, with such a devastatingly beautiful woman like you, if you were to accompany us night after night, and our son was born, I'm afraid that we would truly treat you as our wife. Thus, from the day you stepped into the West Chu, we had someone feed you medicine, causing you to be weak and unable to sleep with us for the past four years! Because … I want the world, not you! "