Yingying and the Dog - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

I had rendered meritorious service by saving His Majesty.

The imperial kitchen rewarded me with three straight days of pork hocks.

I was feeling pretty pleased with myself.

Then the Chancellor’s third daughter, Consort Shu Li, suddenly showed up at my door.

Consort Shu questioned me coldly, “What did you do?”

“Ever since Second Sister fell into the water, she’s been calling your name even in her dreams.”

“You woman… just what kind of magic do you have?”

I asked curiously, “Why do you smell so nice?”

Consort Shu covered her lips. “Terrifying indeed! Such formidable methods!”

I felt that Xiao Huan had simply demonized the three Li sisters.

They weren’t scary at all, and they hadn’t isolated me either.

On the contrary, each of them had come to hang out with me of her own accord.

Seeing that Consort De and Consort Shu had both pledged allegiance to me, Consort Xian activated one-click follow and attached herself to me without a thought.

With beauties on my left and right, I felt like I had already become a winner in life.

No wonder everyone wanted to be emperor.

Being emperor was great. So many beautiful women around you.

Only Xiao Huan was beside himself with rage. “Damn it, damn it!”

“I used to be an especially kind man, until certain things happened later and ruined me!”

“Give me back my wife!”

At morning court, Xiao Huan criticized the Chancellor.

“What kind of daughters did you raise? Take them back!”

The Chancellor turned pale with fright. After reflecting painfully on his mistakes, he came to me for advice.

“May I ask, Your Highness the Demon Consort, does His Majesty dislike this old minister’s daughters?”

I nodded. “Mm-hmm. His Majesty’s taste might just be a little unique.”

I liked them, anyway. Heh heh.

The Chancellor looked thoughtful.

Then he turned around and sent over his two sons.

The eldest son was a refined gentleman; the second son was flamboyant and carefree.

The Chancellor was brimming with confidence. “This time, they’ll definitely win His Majesty over.”

The moment Xiao Huan came back from court…

And saw two men in the harem…

He fainted dead away on the spot.

[Even after starting over, I still can’t change the ending?]

Xiao Huan’s inner voice was filled with grief and indignation.

[I can’t believe Lu Yingying is taking male favorites even earlier in this life than she did in the last!]

[Truly, a kind man is always bullied! Lu Yingying, you married woman, just you wait!]

What was His Majesty even saying?

Wasn’t he wronging an innocent person here?

Xiao Huan furiously pointed at the two men behind me, their styles completely different.

“Make them get out of my imperial palace!”

Someone tugged at my sleeve.

I turned my head and saw the eldest Li and the second Li both looking at me pitifully.

I said disapprovingly, “Your Majesty, how can you do this?”

“If you’re going to drive people out, did you discuss it with me?”

“Do you know that the imperial palace is our shared marital property? Have you considered my feelings?”

I said angrily, “I’m the laughingstock of the whole capital!”

Xiao Huan froze.

Inside, Xiao Huan was overjoyed.

[You said it yourself!]

[Married couple, heh heh heh… married couple, heh heh heh…]

Xiao Huan calmly called for a young eunuch. “Go draft an edict.”

The young eunuch was one of the Chancellor’s plants.

At those words, he grew extremely excited. “Could it be that Your Majesty intends to depose Her Highness the Imperial Consort, that corrupter of the inner palace?”

Xiao Huan curled his lip in a faint smile.

“Depose your father. I am going to make her empress.”

My jaw dropped. “Why?”

As if he had claimed the moral high ground, Xiao Huan mocked me.

“This time, you’re the one who begged me to become husband and wife with me.”

“Since you’ve already put it that way, I suppose I can only show great mercy and agree.”

“As for these two male favorites…”

Xiao Huan glanced behind me.

“Empress, you mustn’t do this sort of thing again in the future.”

“This time, I will forgive you for now. Your punishment is that you aren’t allowed to eat pork hocks for two days.”

[In that case, I have directly risen up like a liberated serf and burst into song.]

[I haven’t been manipulated by Lu Yingying at all. On the contrary, I have manipulated Lu Yingying.]

[The greatest childless wife-loving man of all time, you really are amazing!]

I said, “Your Majesty, you’ve misunderstood. I didn’t beg you, and I don’t want to be empress.”

Xiao Huan frowned and looked at me.

“What do you mean?”

I said sincerely, “I want to leave the palace and go home.”