flstandardbreds Chapter 181 Transaction 2
Chapter 181 Transaction 2
Qi Yuebin slowly turned his head, looked straight into the hall, and said softly, "Look!"
"What are you looking at?" An Lingrong looked in the direction she was looking, and saw Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang sitting opposite each other, casting their gazes in their direction from time to time.
Qi Yuebin narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a half-smile, "Your dear sister, Wanpin, is almost five months pregnant, right?"
"What do you mean?" An Lingrong's heart was filled with alarm.
Qi Yuebin sighed, "It's five months already, and the baby will be born soon. Regardless of whether the baby is a boy or a girl, the Emperor will love it very much. This child is so lucky!"
An Lingrong raised her voice and asked again, "What on earth do you mean?"
Seeing her nervous expression, Qi Yuebin knew that his bet was right. A sinister smile appeared on his face. "If she suffered a serious blow at this moment, would you and your maidservant who knows medicine be able to keep her and her child safe?"
An Lingrong's eyes were bloodshot: "How dare you!"
"Everyone has a soft spot. You've touched Lan'er's soft spot, I admit it. But do you know where Wanpin's soft spot is?"
An Lingrong stepped forward, grabbed Qi Yuebin's arm, and growled, "Concubine Duan, you've gone too far!"
The two of them were pressed against each other, their eyes meeting, their breaths brushing against each other's faces.
Qi Yuebin sneered, "You actually knew that! It seems you're smarter than I thought! This saves a lot of trouble. What do you think Wanpin would do if I told her now?"
"Are you threatening me?" An Lingrong gritted her teeth, suppressing the anger in her heart, and involuntarily increased the strength in her hands by three points.
"Looks like I'm a threat!" Qi Yuebin didn't feel any pain at all, his eyes full of mockery.
An Lingrong tightly grasped the other hand hanging at her side, and quickly thought of a countermeasure in her mind. Concubine Duan and Concubine Hua must have come here today to avoid people. So, if she threw Concubine Duan into the Back Lake from here and then said that she fell into the water, would this work?
Seeing her face turn ashen and her eyes blazing with fire, Qi Yuebin knew the situation was almost over, so he calmed down and said, "I'm not threatening you. A fight to the bitter end won't benefit anyone. Just save her brother, and I promise she'll never appear before you again. I'll also keep the matter of Concubine Wan to myself."
"The harem cannot interfere in politics. The emperor wants to deal with Nian Gengyao. What can I do?" An Lingrong let go of her hand but did not look away.
Qi Yuebin raised his eyebrows and said firmly: "You have a way!"
An Lingrong lowered her voice and said in a stern tone, "Empress Duan, you are going to make an enemy of us. Is it worth it for her?"
Seeing her relax, Qi Yuebin finally felt relieved. He looked towards Nian Shilan in the hall with a hint of tenderness in his eyes. "I once had a sincere heart offered to me, but I didn't cherish it. Now I know that sincerity is something I will never get again in this life. If I had treated her well back then, she might not have taken so many detours. There's not much I can do for her now!"
"Sincerity?" An Lingrong said contemptuously, "The word 'sincerity' coming out of your mouth is truly ironic. That day you showed a hint of kindness to Sister Zhen, and Sister Zhen treated you sincerely. Knowing that we and Nian Shilan were sworn enemies, she still tried her best to mediate so that you and I could meet. But you, on the other hand, were merely using her, and now you're using her and the child's safety to force us. You repaid Nian Shilan's sincerity, but where is Sister Zhen's sincerity?"
Qi Yuebin was stunned by An Lingrong's words, then revealed a bitter smile. "I can't care less! A few days ago, Lan'er refused to eat or drink and was even considering suicide. I had to use her family to persuade her to live. If anything happens to her brother, she's probably close to death too!"
Qi Yuebin's voice choked with sobs. He turned to look at An Lingrong and said sincerely, "As long as you help her this time, I will remember this favor. Without her, your greatest enemy will be the Queen. I will lend you a helping hand."
"Give me a helping hand, don't make it sound so nice!" An Lingrong sneered, "You hate the Queen too, don't you? But you also know in your heart that as long as the Queen Mother is around, no one can shake the Queen's position. Are you trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife?"
"The Queen Mother is old and frail, and her days are numbered!" Qi Yuebin's eyes, as if tempered by a deadly poison, radiated a chilling light that made one's heart tremble. The person she hated most in her life was undoubtedly Wu Ya Chengbi.
If it weren't for Wu Ya Chengbi's obstruction, I might have already become Yinzhen's legitimate wife and enjoyed all the glory and wealth. If it weren't for her obstruction, I wouldn't be childless until now, and end up in such a miserable and desolate situation!
"If you want to overthrow the queen, I am the most useful among all the people in the harem!" Qi Yuebin's face regained its usual calmness and composure.
An Lingrong secretly thought that if she wanted to successfully overthrow the Empress, she had to start her investigation by investigating Empress Chunyuan's death. Within the palace, only Qi Yuebin had personally witnessed Empress Chunyuan's true appearance and the dead child. Only she could legitimately uncover this long-buried past without arousing the Emperor's suspicion.
Qi Yuebin first used Huan Yixiang's secret to control her, then tried to impress her with sisterly love, but she easily resolved the situation. Then he used his trump card, but she was afraid that pushing too hard would backfire, so he threw out an offer she couldn't refuse, keeping her under control!
An Lingrong felt as disgusted as if she had swallowed a fly. A stream of foul air was stuck in her chest, unable to move up or down, making her extremely uncomfortable.
It feels so frustrating to be played around by others!
No, I have to make the other person feel bad even if I feel so bad myself.
"Empress Duan, don't you hate the Emperor?" An Lingrong suddenly changed the subject and asked abruptly.
Qi Yuebin was stunned.
"The Emperor is the instigator of all this! The Empress Dowager refused to allow you to be his legitimate wife, so the Emperor could have directly asked the Holy Ancestor to grant you a marriage. Given your family background, would the Holy Ancestor have disagreed? But he didn't. The Empress asked you to bring abortion drugs to Nian Shilan, and the Emperor acquiesced. Nian Shilan tortured you, but didn't the Emperor know? Ultimately, he is the one who benefits, what do you think?"
In fact, Qi Yuebin knew all these truths, but she had always chosen to avoid them, unwilling to face this cruel reality.
Thinking back to the past, how could that handsome young man who smiled so brightly and dazzlingly in the sun and was as gentle as jade, that man who had given her endless tenderness and care, become the man with deep scheming, coldness and heartlessness now?
Seeing Qi Yuebin's stunned and dazed look, An Lingrong couldn't help but sneer sarcastically, "Humph, you're just deceiving yourself!"