Chapter Six Ambition

  At this time, footsteps sounded outside the palace gate, Nalan Xianuo did not move, she quietly listened.

  Judging from the footsteps, there were at least thirty people, all of whom were powerful men with high martial arts skills. It seemed that a noble guest had arrived.

  In an instant, the Cold Palace was brightly lit.

  Thirty strong and skilled imperial guards with swords stood in two rows, clearing a path.

  Outside the gate, a huge imperial bed carried by twelve people landed steadily on the ground. A eunuch beside it shouted in a sharp voice.

  "The Emperor has arrived"

  Inside the gate, Nalan Xixi calmly led Wan Yue out and performed a kneeling bow, but didn't say a word. Behind her, Wan Yue dared not to be slow, her voice trembling with respect as she said: "Slave Wan Yue pays respects to Your Majesty." After speaking, she raised her eyes and then immediately lowered her head again. "Long live the Empress."

  At the gate, the queen completely abandoned all etiquette and rushed into the palace. She went back to hear that the second princess and third princess came here to discuss the law, she knew Nalan Xianyu's means and had already made the worst plan.

  Fei Yun Guo's national master, Nalan Zhen, looked at the empress's flustered appearance and hummed in displeasure. The banquet had just ended not long ago, and she came rushing over to say something about Yan Ran being in danger. Now it was even more absurd, without considering any of the empress's dignity!

  He glanced at Nalan Xixi who was kneeling and said, "Get up."

  Nalan Xixi didn't say anything, slowly getting up. The Emperor looked at the frail Nalan Xixi and let out a soft sigh. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by the shrill cries of the Empress and palace maids in the hall.

  At this time, several palace maids rushed out, crying: "Your Majesty! The empress... the second princess... the third princess's leg! Your Majesty!!"

  The eunuch saw the palace maid's face full of terror, her words incoherent. The leader of the imperial guards led a few men to rush in, and after a moment, he walked out with a pale face, whispering a few sentences into the emperor's ear.

  He has been in the palace for many years and naturally knows what can be said loudly and what can only be reported in a low voice.

  The emperor's face twisted in anger as he turned to Nalan Xianyu and shouted: "Who did it?!"

  "I." Nalan Xixi raised her eyes and looked straight at him, neither humble nor arrogant.

  The Emperor looked at Nalan Xianyu with a calm and serene expression, his anger causing his whole body to tremble, and he roared: "You! You this rebellious beast! How dare you assassinate my sister! Lawless and unscrupulous! Guards! Take her away and throw her into the heavenly prison, tomorrow at noon, behead her in public!"

  "My son has something to say." Nalan Xianyu said lightly, glancing at the guard standing close by.

  The guard was touched by Nalan Xixi's gaze and unconsciously took a step back.

  "What else can you say?! You've already admitted it! You..." The emperor was infuriated, he never expected that Nalan Xianyu would be just as cold and heartless as her mother!

  "The son wants to have a private conversation with the emperor." Still in that calm and unruffled tone, but this time, it was filled with an unshakeable determination. No room for rebuttal.

  Looking at her tone, what she was about to say must have been enough for him to take back his life and spare her from death. The emperor made an effort to calm himself down, let out a cold hum, he wanted to see what else she could say with solid evidence.

  In the rear hall, the empress was guarding beside the second princess and crying bitterly. Several palace maids were sniffling beside the empress. The emperor wanted to enter the rear hall but was stopped by Nalan Xianyu. Without waiting for the emperor to speak, she said straightforwardly: "What happened to the two princesses after they married into the Luotian Kingdom, I suppose Father Emperor knows?"

  The emperor was taken aback, and then followed her train of thought. Now he couldn't hold back any longer, and at the banquet, he had already promised the envoy of Luotian to let the two princesses go with him to Luotian.

  Next, he certainly knew. Went to Luotian country, his two princesses, will inevitably escape one death.

  "What did you want to say?" The emperor looked at her.

  "Today, I am truly helpless. As a low-born and weak individual, I have never been able to do anything for the imperial harem or for Father Emperor. My two sisters are young and beautiful, like golden branches and jade leaves, they should find good husbands and live a peaceful life."

  "Now I hear that the two sisters are about to fall into the tiger's mouth, so I, as a son, take it upon myself to come up with this inferior plan. The two sisters have suffered serious injuries and cannot get married, so I am willing to take their place and marry into the Luotian royal family to repay Father Emperor's kindness in giving me life!"

  His Majesty listened, and the expression on his face gradually calmed down. The crying in the back hall suddenly stopped. He sighed, bent down and personally helped Nalan Xinnuo up, saying: "I didn't expect you to be so sincere... I was wrong to suspect you."

  Nalan Xixi got up, expressionless, but with a cold smile in her heart. Just now she was called a beast, and now that she heard she would personally send his precious daughter to her death, she had become affectionate and was called Nuo'er?

  As an orphan in the 24th century, she had always scoffed at so-called family ties and had long since seen through human nature. Yet at this moment, she suddenly felt a hint of sympathy for Nalan Xinnuo from her past.

  Her mother wouldn't let her fight because one punch from her could kill a person. Her mother wouldn't let her show her true face, for her appearance was destined to bring calamity. She had been hiding her true and powerful self, enduring humiliation, but what did she get in return?

  So, it turns out, Nalan Xiong, this is what you should be like: cold, ruthless and merciless.

  The whole world should be under your feet, this is what you should be!

  At this time, several imperial physicians rushed in, hastily saluted the emperor, and then rushed into the back hall. The quiet grand hall was broken by the sound of several imperial physicians gasping for air, and the empress sobbed again.

  This time, she cried even more miserably. She had just heard the conversation and as the most powerful woman in the harem, for the first time felt so powerless, for the first time felt that those means of making her stand firm in the harem were not worth mentioning compared to Nalan Xinnuo.

  She has a penetrating insight into human nature and knows how to make people suffer the most.

  "You go to the Yanran Palace today and stay there. Tomorrow at dawn, I will send someone to bring you back with a team." The emperor listened to the empress's mournful crying and felt somewhat annoyed. He instructed a few more sentences before leaving hastily.

  Nalan Xixi's expressionless face glanced at him briefly before she said lightly, "Let's go."

  Yuan Yue followed her respectfully, walking out of the palace gate and onto the spacious and quiet palace path. Yuan Yue asked somewhat nervously: "Princess, Nan Gong Jin is extremely ruthless when it comes to relationships between men and women, why do you want..."

  Why seek death?

  She didn't believe Nalan Xixi's words at all, not to mention the viciousness she showed when hitting them. In the harem, the ones who bullied her the most were the second and third princesses, so it was impossible for her to propose a substitute marriage to save them.

  "Hmph." Nalan Xixi sneered. "With my looks, you think I'd have a chance to serve in the bedchamber?"

  Lost in thought for a moment, yes, with her looks, Nan Gong Jin wouldn't let her serve in the bedchamber. No, the key is, with her skills, even Nan Gong Jin probably couldn't do anything to her.

  Lowering his head in shame, he no longer spoke.

  Suddenly, Nalan Xixi stopped in her tracks. She didn't turn around, and her tone was as indifferent as ever. "Aren't you afraid?"

  In these days, Yuè Méi followed the scenes she saw, if it were other small palace girls, they would have been scared to death more than once, but Yuè Méi, no matter how frightening the scene was, she could quickly recover her calm.

  Moreover, regarding marrying into the Luotian royal family, this moth-to-flame-like behavior of hers didn't show even a hint of reluctance.

  Yue Heng heard the words, suddenly with a "thud" sound, she knelt down on the ground. "I'm not afraid! Your Highness has been kind to me... I am willing to follow you at all times, and die for you if necessary!"

  "Why are you so tense?" Nalan Xianyu's eyes turned even colder.

  "Servant..." Yuè was somewhat flustered, but didn't say more. She understood that the more you speak, the more likely you are to slip up.

  "Do you have what I want here?" Nalan Xianyu looked at her, with a calm and serene expression in his eyes. From the moment he saved her from Wanyue, he had already suspected her.

  She had always thought that there was nothing on her body worth coveting, so she didn't take it to heart. She thought that this time going to Luotian Guo's Moon Retrieval would be a difficult retreat, but unexpectedly, she accepted it with great enthusiasm.

  Huh, what gratitude, what loyalty, what devotion unto death, she doesn't believe in.

  From the time she was ten years old and killed her first person, she understood that there were few people in this world who could sacrifice their lives for others, and none who would sacrifice their lives for someone else.

  Her face was deathly pale, her body slightly trembling. She was now facing Nalan Xianyue, the Nalan Xianyue who could kill with a single glance. She also knew that she couldn't deceive her.

  She raised her eyes, looking at Nalan Xianyu, with a forced calm smile on her face, but her voice was already trembling: "I am an orphan... I followed my aunt into the palace when I was young. When I was 12 years old, my aunt was transferred to serve in the Second Princess's palace. But not long after that, my aunt contracted a serious illness and often made mistakes. The Second Princess had a violent temper, and whenever my aunt made a mistake, the princess would beat her. One time she was beaten so severely that my aunt lay in bed for two months, and then...

  As she spoke, tears fell, but she quickly wiped them away. She raised her eyes and stared straight at Nalan Xianyu, her tone more resolute and cold than ever before. "I hate her."

  She strained her eyes wide open, her eye sockets were bulging red, and her gaze also became sharp. It was completely different from the gentle and quiet her of the past. "From the moment my aunt left, I thought that one day I would make a name for myself, I would return all the pain my aunt had endured, bit by bit!"

  Nalan Xixi's expressionless face gazed at her current ruthless appearance. It was just like... her former self.

  Her eyes softened, but she wasn't moved, nor did her opinion of her change due to some similar experiences. She just temporarily accepted the explanation.

  Emotions have been far away from her for a very, very long time.

  "Why did you save me?"

  "It's because you're a princess." Yuè answered directly this time. "The eldest princess died young, and the second and third princesses were both born to the empress, so they've always been close. In this palace, the only one who is her arch-nemesis and has the same status as her is you. Most importantly..."