I insist

Chapter 503: Appearance

"Your Majesty, I am much better now. Thank you for comforting me. Your Majesty should prioritize the affairs of state. I shall take my leave now."

The concubine stepped out of the emperor's arms, lowered her head slightly, and spoke softly.

The Emperor was surprised that the concubine would take the initiative to leave. Shouldn't she have said, "Your Majesty, please stay with me a little longer?" Why is it different here?

"My beloved concubine, you haven't seen me for so long, don't you miss me?" The Emperor looked at the enchanting concubine with great suspicion.

The concubine looked up at the emperor, her face flushing instantly, before slowly saying, "Of course I miss Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, the Emperor nodded repeatedly, realizing that things were going correctly.

"But Your Majesty is not only Your Majesty, but also the Emperor of all the people. Naturally, Your Majesty must prioritize the well-being of the people. I only wish to be by Your Majesty's side."

"I cannot expect Your Majesty to always be with me, for that would bring shame upon you and make you despised by the people. I do not wish for that."

The concubine looked at the emperor very seriously, speaking to him word by word, her eyes filled with determination.

She convinced the emperor that everything she said was true and that there was no exaggeration involved.

After hearing the concubine's words, the emperor felt very pleased: "Good, as expected of my beloved concubine, she can actually say such things. Guards, reward her."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Then, Your Majesty, I shall take my leave. If Your Majesty wishes to see me, you may simply send someone to inform me."

The concubine was surprised to receive a reward. She felt that perhaps Liuli had not completely controlled the emperor, and that the emperor still had his own ideas.

The Emperor nodded repeatedly: "Alright, then my beloved consort, you may go back now. I will come to see you if I have nothing else to do."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Please take good care of your health." After bowing to the Emperor, the concubine left.

The emperor looked at his seat, a slight smile suddenly appearing on his lips. He then walked forward, sat on the dragon throne, and began to handle state affairs.

The demon concubine had just come out when she saw Liuli rushing over anxiously. Upon seeing her, her face turned extremely ugly.

"I never thought I'd see you here in my lifetime, sister. Did you come to see the Emperor? It's a pity, the Emperor is busy with state affairs and probably won't have the chance to see you."

Upon seeing the Demon Consort, Liuli couldn't help but speak up directly.

The concubine smiled slightly: "I did come to see the Emperor, but sister, you said he is dealing with state affairs, so please don't disturb him. State affairs are more important."

"Sister is joking. Sister and I are not the same. When you come to see the Emperor, it is an intrusion, but for me, it is not."

After saying that, he gave the demon concubine a provocative look and walked directly into the palace.

The concubine stood not far away, watching her quietly. Just now, because of her, the emperor was somewhat less controlled, and he should no longer let Liuli do as she pleased.

Moreover, she wanted to see if what she was doing could actually free the emperor from some of his control; she needed to confirm it.

After Liuli entered the palace, before she could say anything, the Emperor merely glanced at her and told her to leave.

Even worse, they ordered the chief eunuch to take her away.

Seeing the emperor so different from before, Liuli felt that the evil concubine must have done something to make the emperor act this way.

As soon as she came out, Liuli walked straight up to the demon concubine and said through gritted teeth, "Did you do something that made the Emperor treat me like this?"

"What did I do? What do you think I did, sister? Did I do something I shouldn't have done to the Emperor, just like you?" The seductive concubine looked at her with a half-smile.

Liuli's heart skipped a beat, then she reached out and grabbed the demon concubine's hand, leading her to a secluded spot.

But after following her for a while, the demon concubine let go of her hand and said indifferently, "Sister, you can be indifferent to your child."

I still care about my child. What exactly do you want from bringing me here?

"What exactly do you know?"

Liuli was somewhat afraid; after all, what she had done was enough to tear her to pieces. She wasn't afraid of others knowing, though.

But when the demon queen found out, the two of them were already rivals, and with the demon queen knowing such a fatal thing, she worried that she wouldn't live much longer.

The enchanting concubine laughed and said, "What you don't want people to know, I probably already know; what you want people to know, I also know. I must say, sister..."

You're really brave; I admire you for that.

"I'm warning you, if anyone else finds out about this..."

"Warn me?" The demon concubine was amused and annoyed by Liuli's words: "What right do you have to warn me? Don't you realize your place yet?"

You'd better stay put. If you do anything to me, I'll tell everyone. And when the Emperor finds out, you can imagine what will happen to you.

Liuli glared fiercely at the demon concubine, but there was really nothing she could do.

The demon queen didn't care about Liuli's gaze at all. Instead, she laughed and pinched Liuli's face, pulling her face to both sides.

"Smile, you'll look better that way. That look in your eyes just now really made me want to gouge your eyes out," the demon concubine said.

In the following period, although Liuli did not openly deal with the Demon Consort, she continued to make subtle moves.

Because the two were so engrossed in their battle, they had no time to pay attention to Song Miqiu. She had already left the capital, and no one knew where she had gone for the time being.

Although Liuli didn't know, the Seventh Prince did.

He knew about this but did not stop it. Song Miqiu was also his weakness. He felt it would be better to let her leave first, so that he could naturally unleash his power.

Moreover, he specifically assigned secret guards to follow them and protect Song Miqiu.

Qiu Tianlei drove the carriage. He only knew that he was leaving the capital, but he really didn't know where he was going. He could only ask the people inside the carriage:

"Mother, where are we going? Are we going back to our hometown?"

Song Miqiu froze. She was only thinking about leaving, but she had forgotten where she was going and didn't know how to answer the question for a moment.

Yu Huailin had been following them. Seeing that Song Miqiu didn't answer, he said softly, "Let's go somewhere else. It's completely different there."

You'll probably really like it.

As he spoke, Yu Huailin turned his gaze to the carriage, as if trying to see Song Miqiu through the window screen.

Song Miqiu lifted the window screen, smiled slightly, and asked, "What place are you talking about?"

“The fiefdom of the King of Jing,” Yu Huailin said calmly.

"The Prince of Jing's fiefdom? Isn't that the border region? Do you want us to see how the people on the border live?" Song Miqiu asked.

Yu Huailin nodded slightly: "We need comparisons to see how good our lives are right now. Don't you want to know?"