The Cruel Emperor and His Empress

  In the vast Tai Chi Hall, the dragon incense from Yuan Guo was burning. I rushed in with a few people, but saw only darkness inside. A dead silence! This was my first feeling. Many years later, when I recalled today's feeling, I realized that being an emperor of a generation is actually so lonely!

  "Your Majesty!" Long Liejue shouted loudly, and as he did, others followed suit, "Your Majesty!"

  Their voices were slightly choked with sobs, having been blocked by the crown prince at the gate for twenty days and unable to enter. They had long been anxious and their voices had become hoarse! Now that they had entered the palace, they saw such a scene, and their emotions poured out all at once. If I hadn't been present, I think they would have burst into tears!

  I pulled out the night pearl from my bosom, and in an instant, its light illuminated the entire Taiji Temple. They looked around in all directions, but no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find the Dragon Emperor! I curled my lip, grasped my sword, and dragged Long Hou over, shouting loudly, "Where is the Dragon Emperor?! Did you and the Crown Prince kill him?!"

  They all listened and immediately surrounded her, kneeling down and saying, "Where is the Emperor now? Please tell us, Dragon Empress!"

  They said, Dragon Lady! That is to say, the woman in front of them was not their biological mother!

  I snorted coldly and pressed the Dragon Thunder onto her neck, "I'm not one of them, show some respect! Speak!"

  The dragon's face was very unsightly, staring at the sword in front of her and trembling. Although several people were kneeling in front of her, not one of them said to put down my sword! At this time, whatever party divisions, whatever eternal enemies, had all become unimportant! They only had one goal, that is to see the Dragon Emperor!

  "How dare you kill Long'er? You're a madwoman!" The crown prince exclaimed loudly, his whole body trembling.

  I raised an eyebrow, the sword tip slightly turned, resting on his neck, smiling calmly, "So, Your Highness, will you replace the Dragon Emperor?" This man, can suffer together with them, but cannot share wealth and power. The brothers who followed him, not one of them was allowed to enter the palace at this time. A person like this, if he really became the Emperor of Jiang Country, none of the princes of Jiang Country would survive! When someone is incompetent and afraid that his brothers will usurp his position, there is only one solution: to slaughter all those capable brothers! Without threats to the throne, but also without generals to resist foreign enemies!

  That is to say, Jiang Guo's fate is now hanging by a thread! I should be delighted, the extinction of the Shen Long tribe would be a blessing in disguise for the Mo Long tribe! However, I must stop him from doing so! Because of the child in my womb! I cannot let it be born only to be hunted down by the Mo Long tribe and not tolerated by the Shen Long tribe! Therefore, I can only make the Shen Long tribe stronger! Let Long Nu Jia become stronger!

  He heard this and almost shrieked out loud, shouting "How dare you! How dare you kill me! Who are you!"

  I curled my lips and smiled coldly, "Who am I? You can ask the sword in my hand! I don't mind, Your Highness!" The tip of the sword moved slightly towards his neck, and a blood stain appeared! If you want to force someone to tell the truth, I have ways to do it!

  "Put down your sword first, the Dragon Emperor is not in the Taiji Temple. What do you want us to do?" The dragon queen said softly, stamping her foot anxiously on one side. Turning around, she said to the eight of them, "Quickly come out and stop her! If she really kills my brother, the Dragon Emperor will only have eight sons to send him off! Don't you want to bear the name of being unfilial? In our dragon clan, there is no such precedent! After the Dragon Emperor passes away, his spirit will not be able to return to heaven! His divine soul will not be complete!"

  Long Nuyue's expression changed, and he shouted, "Put down your sword!"

  I curled my lips, coldly staring into his eyes, raised my chin and said coldly, "What makes you order me around! If he's afraid that the Dragon Emperor's spirit is not complete, he wouldn't have repeatedly pursued and killed you few people! He's not afraid, why should you be!"

  Long Lie's brow furrowed, and he said in a hoarse voice, "In that case, what's the difference between you and Big Brother? Forget it! Put down your sword!"

  I furrowed my brow. Who would have thought that they would be in cahoots at this time! Letting go of Long Taizi is equivalent to releasing a tiger back into the mountains! I burst out laughing, "You're afraid of being on par with him, but I'm not!" I stared straight into Long Nu's eyes and saw shock and anger. Gnashing my teeth, I said word by word, "Let me take on this crime instead!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he stabbed a sword into the prince's shoulder! The prince let out a loud cry. The smell of blood in the Taiji Temple, mixed with the dragon's fragrance, was so bewildering to people's hearts! The Dragon Empress shouted loudly, "Kill me! Kill me! Don't move him!"

  The crown prince shouted, "Empress Dowager, don't ask her! I am the king of the Dragon God clan, how can I be defeated by a mere woman like her?!" The words disappeared with another sword strike from me.

  "I don't mind stabbing you a hundred times and then letting you die! Dragon Lord, do you mind?" I said coldly, my eyes gradually turning crimson red, the smell of blood making one's heart excited and tremble!

  Long Houwa let out a loud cry, and Yu knelt down, covering his face with both hands. "Don't move him! I'll say it myself! Under the dragon bed in the Taiji Temple, there's a mechanism. As long as someone goes in, they can see where the Dragon Emperor is! Please, spare him!"

  As soon as the words fell, eight people rushed towards the dragon bed.

  I drew out Long Lei and placed it on my lips, lightly licking it. "No one is allowed to go!" I said coldly.

  He stood up straight and said loudly, "Why can't I go!"

  I sneered, "You few have already lost your calm! There is a mechanism under the dragon bed! Enter, and you will die! Am I right, Dragon Emperor?!" My sword stabbed into Prince Qingxia's back in an instant. He let out a cry of surprise.

  Long Hou was already frightened pale! After a long time, he said, "How did you know? How is it possible!"

  I smiled calmly, "At the gate of the palace, the dragon king blocked his eight brothers outside for twenty days. How could it be you, such an ignorant woman! For the sake of your son, you would say something so important so lightly! Moreover, the prince's play with you is too fake! It's just a sword piercing flesh, does it deserve to be called out so loudly? Everything is meant to deceive those few people who have lost their minds into that deadly trap! Once they die, the throne will naturally belong to Crown Prince Long! Isn't that right, Dragon Queen?"

  The faces of several people turned pale at once. Long Lie Yan took a few quick steps forward and said loudly, "Dragon Lord, is this true?"

  She burst into loud laughter, "What's the difference! Not what's the difference! It doesn't matter if I tell you. I'm going to catch all of you in one net and become the Dragon Emperor myself! How about that? Do you want to see your father? Let me tell you, he's already gone! Dead! His corpse has probably turned into white bones by now! You've all come back too late!"

  The crown prince opened his eyes wide and shouted, "Didn't you say that Father Emperor was imprisoned in the underground chamber? How could he be dead! Empress Dowager, what are you trying to do! Are you crazy!"

  Several people's tears came out at once, Long Nuyue held the sword against Long Hou's neck, with a hoarse voice, "Where did you take Father Emperor to? Speak!"

  "Ha! What are you talking about? I'll deal with him! Of course, he's dead and buried! What did you think? This man brought me the greatest shame of my life, and he's the one I hate the most! Do you think I'd keep him by my side?"

  "So you want him to die childless, is that it? Ah, what kind of shame makes you hate him so much? Let me think, could it be that in your entire life, you've never given birth to a single child? All his children were born with other women? Dragon Empress, empty title?" I said, and then burst out laughing.

  "She gritted her teeth, 'You damned woman! I've tried every way to conceive a dragon child, but you, who got pregnant so easily, are still laughing at me! I'll kill you! I curse you!'"

  I burst out laughing, doubled over and holding my belly. "Dragon's blood? You know nothing! If curses could come true, I'd have nothing to do but sit around all day cursing away! Who are you trying to scare?" Whoever knew would be thrilled!

  I am overcome with sorrow!

  Long Yunya's face turned pale, and he said in a hoarse voice, "It's actually so fast! If it were me!"

  "Lao Wu!" Long Nu shouted angrily, "Remember her current identity!"

  His face turned pale, and he could only lower his eyes and remain silent. I turned my head away, not looking at him. If I looked again, I was afraid that I would soften and impulsively hug him tightly and never let go. But I couldn't! I had already chosen this path, and there was no room for regret!

  "Haha! Haha! You're right, curses are useless! I've been cursing that woman to die sooner, but she just won't die! And she even gave birth to a dragon child! Curses don't work, only real actions have an effect! Haha! Haha!

  The Empress Dowager laughed maniacally, her laughter filled with sorrow and bitterness. "This is the tragedy of women in the harem! All their lives, they're just looking at the same man! Hoping he'll give them some attention, that's all they can get, even if it means getting the highest position! But what's the use? It's just an empty title! If you don't get his heart, you'll be lonely for life!

  You wait and see! Wait for the competition with the three thousand beauties in the harem for the same man! Wait for him to change his mind at any moment! Wait for the hatred and revenge from other women in the harem towards you! What's the use of having a dragon child? That lowly woman has one too! Go find that lowly woman now! Can you find her?

  As soon as you get pregnant with a dragon child, everyone will come to harm you! Be careful! Your good days won't last long!" She said, laughing maniacally. Heart-wrenching!"

  What a desolate scene! My heart feels slightly sour, and I am just such a woman, in the harem, having been numb to emotions and love for so many years. Youth has faded away, and my prime years are no more. With the old emperor's passing, I don't know where to go or what to do! Is this really going to be my future? A crazy, heartless, loveless woman without a royal heir?!

  I'm just a little better than her with the dragon species in my belly! How much better am I compared to her?!

  "It's really you, Long Hou!" A cold male voice came from the Taiji Temple. Along with the male voice was a handsome man wearing a golden dragon robe! At this time, due to his illness, his face looked extremely thin and gaunt.

  Long Nuyue's brothers, several of them, as soon as they saw him, immediately knelt down in unison, bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty!"

  Long's hand trembled as he pointed at his nose, saying in a hoarse voice, "You! You! I clearly saw you were gone, how is this possible? How is this possible!"

  A cold, mirthless smile spread across her lips as the Dragon Emperor approached elegantly. With a sudden movement, he slapped her palm and shouted loudly, "You wretched woman! I've long known about your sinister plot! Having someone impersonate me was just to lure out your ambition! And now, I finally know why Morning Star suddenly disappeared! Tell me! Where have you hidden her?"

  She burst out laughing, her laughter echoing in the empty Taiji Temple. After a while, she said softly, "Chen Xing? You call her Chen Xing? What is she worth? Just because she's pregnant with the dragon kind, does she think she's the dragon queen? The two of you are so arrogant, how can I bear it? Die! How can I let such a woman live in this world? Did you find her to make her happy and live together? Why did you ruin my life and want to be happy like that? Why do I have to guard an empty room alone? Is it because I didn't get pregnant with the dragon kind? Is it because my belly is not good enough? Dragon's surname! You're too much!" She wailed in despair.

  Long Huang smiled coldly, and with a slight raise of her chin, she said in a low voice, "Do you know that whether or not to conceive a dragon child is not up to you! The women of the Dragon God tribe who can conceive a dragon child are all chosen by the men of the Dragon God tribe! You can't get pregnant, it's not because your belly isn't good enough, but because I won't let you give birth!"

  His cruel way.

  She knelt down on the ground, covering her face with both hands and crying loudly. "So that's how it is! So that's really how it is! But why did you choose me as your official wife back then? If you didn't love me, why did you choose me? Why did you let me experience the loneliness of the deep palace? Let me feel the pain of despair!"

  He didn't speak, but stared at her coldly.

  "This life of mine, if I can't get your love, then what's the point of living! Forget it!"

  She whispered. Yu drew out the short sword from his waist and stabbed it straight into his own heart, but was blocked by Long Huang with a flying body! Blood flowed like a fountain!

  "Father!" The nine people exclaimed in unison. He stretched out one hand to stop them.

  The dragon's tears couldn't stop, her whole body trembling as she stared at the Dragon Emperor's eyes in disbelief. Her fingertips lightly touched his back, but the fresh blood just kept flowing more and more! The Dragon Emperor slowly fell to the ground. His eyes were fixed on hers, staring straight at her.

  She cried out loud, "Why! Why! At this time, why did you come to save me!" Her tears fell onto his face.

  The dragon emperor slowly raised his hand, gently stroking her cheek, and softly said, "Why? You tell me, why? A man is willing to die for a woman, you say, why!"

  She shook her head in disbelief, tears falling more and more. "How is that possible! You clearly didn't want me to give birth to your child! You've been with that woman all along! You're always targeting me! Why would you die for me?"

  He weakly curled his lips and whispered, "What about you? You just asked me why I don't love you, yet I made you the official wife! You were wrong! I never said I didn't love you! I never did!"

  She burst into tears and tightly hugged his body, "But you never told me! Why!"

  His lips overflowed with blood, smiling calmly, "Don't you know? I made you the official consort, I thought you would understand. All these years, you've done so many wrong things, and I haven't demoted you from your position as official consort, I thought you would understand! It's just that your temperament is like iron and stone, always unable to feel it!" He turned pale, slowly stretching out his hand to gently caress her face. It turns out he loved her so much! I furrowed my brow. If he loves her, why doesn't he let her give birth to a dragon son for him?

  What is he thinking about after all!

  "Children, come here!" He raised his eyes and said in a low voice.

  The dragon princes all knelt down on the ground, their knees trembling as they surrounded him. He said in a low voice, "The struggle for the throne can come to an end! Deposing the elder and installing the younger is the beginning of chaos! Therefore, I have appointed the eldest as crown prince! It was so that you would all be content with your positions, work together in harmony, and do your own jobs well! Defend Jiang Guo, defend the Shen Long tribe! But facts have proven that my choice was wrong. The throne should belong to whoever is capable! If I had appointed Nu Huan as crown prince earlier, how could you brothers have ended up fighting like this?! Never mind! Han Mei'er! Come here!" He said in a low voice.

  He was taken aback, and to his surprise, he knew him! He had no choice but to walk slowly over, half-kneeling beside him. With a calm smile, "You are already carrying the Dragon Grandson, making you the most important woman in the Dragon Family! You must assist Nu Jia, letting him properly govern the country! I specially grant you the position of Supreme Commander of the Divine Dragon Army, as long as you like, you can return to the army at any time, command the Divine Dragon Army, and attack the Demon Dragon Clan! Jiang Guo, is now in your hands, Nu Jia!" After he finished speaking, he coughed up a large amount of blood.

  Long Houwa burst into tears, "Don't say that! Your Majesty! Don't say that! You rest well, I'll go call the imperial physician to come and beg the Dragon King for a golden scale for you! Your Majesty!"

  Long Huang stretched out his hand to stop him, saying in a low voice, "No need! I know my own body! It was already ill and couldn't be used, and now with your sword!"

  "Sorry! Your Majesty! Sorry!"

  "Longwang, you're saying what! A dragon clan man dying at the hands of his beloved woman is the greatest honor! Dragon Queen, in your next life, would you be willing to marry me again?"

  The dragon queen cried until her eyes were swollen and repeatedly said, "I'm willing, I'm willing!"

  The dragon emperor's hand slowly reached out to her scattered hair, the corner of his lips with a pale smile, weakly, the pale big hand fell down, and a crystal tear dropped from the corner of his eye!

  "Father! Father!" Long Nü Ya called out in a low voice, her trembling hands lightly touching his nose tip before quickly withdrawing. Yu burst into loud wails, "Father!"

  He cried, and everyone burst into tears, shouting "Farewell, Your Majesty!"

  Long Hou sat blankly, staring intently at Long Huang's face, as if unable to accept this fact!

  After a while, she murmured, "Your Majesty! How can you be so ruthless? How can you leave me like this after just expressing your feelings to me?! What is the meaning of this?! How can you abandon me like this!" She finished speaking and then pulled out the short sword from behind him, thrusting it into his chest with a single stroke.

  No one pulled her! Such a person, in the deep palace, waited for a lifetime, expected a lifetime, and only told her when the one she loved died that he loved her! He loved her at the same time, but he also left! Happiness came too late, yet it was fleeting. This result, no one wants, yet there is nothing to be done about it!

  In such a situation, how can she live alone? Then so be it, let her go with him! Dragon Emperor, you used your last breath to clear the greatest obstacle on the path to becoming emperor for his sons.

  It was precisely because of this that Long Hou's power was completely destroyed all at once!

  This is what I knew afterwards! The power of the dragon's family was very strong, and it can be said that they controlled half of the Jiang State Dragon Clan. Later, they plotted a rebellion, and everyone followed the dragon queen as their leader. If the dragon queen were to be killed at this time, the Jiang State would definitely fall into chaos! However, at this time, the dragon queen instead chose to follow the dragon king in death due to her emotions, and with that, all reasons for seeking revenge disappeared without a trace!

  And I also happened to offend the most powerful force in Jiang Guo! The Decisive Family!

  He curled up the corners of his lips. The old emperor was indeed cunning and calculating! With this, it has already been decided that Long Nuyue will be the emperor!

  The grand funeral of the old emperor and the dragon empress has finally come to an end, and Long Nuyue has formally ascended to the throne!

  And I became one of his concubines in the harem!

  According to national customs, the emperor's harem would be replenished with dozens of beauties selected from each branch of the Dragon Clan. I couldn't help but yawn at this. Unconsciously, I thought about the love between the old emperor and the dragon empress, whether their final confession was true or false, only the old emperor himself knew!

  Perhaps because of Long Zi's relationship, I was assigned a separate building and small courtyard, where the ground is filled with fragrant jasmine flowers for me to nourish my fetus. The name of the small courtyard is Xun Xiang, which means "searching for fragrance", implying that even from afar, one can smell it and find their way here.

  Smiling calmly, sipping tea. The days of pregnancy are much more tiring than I imagined! What they call a dragon son is unexpectedly a troublemaker. I eat as much as ten people by myself! My appetite is so big that even I don't believe it! Long Nüyè likes to bring some snacks over and share them with me, and in the blink of an eye, another month has passed!

  Unexpectedly, he didn't make a move on me. Perhaps because the beauties in the palace had already filled him up, he simply accompanied me silently during meals. Occasionally, he would ask me some questions about arithmetic.

  The days passed unusually quietly.

  "Fight? No way! You're pregnant, you're not in good physical condition, what are you thinking of fighting about?! Just give birth to the child safely, that's the most important thing!" He shouted loudly.

  I frowned, "Being cooped up here every day is going to be the death of me! Why not let me go out and travel a bit, then when the child is born it won't have a worried look on its face!"

  His face turned cold and he hoarsely reminded, "The pearl in your belly!"

  I frowned and endured for a long time before shouting loudly, "What do I care about your pearl! You can either have the pearl or your life!"

  His face suddenly turned iron-green, stunned for a while, sighed long and softly said, "Tomorrow I will choose my concubine, you come with me!"

  It's come! These days, the palace has been in an uproar, but I haven't paid attention to it. Now, he's brought it up!

  Yu stood up straight, and I said loudly, "Choose a concubine? Fine! I'll definitely choose a beautiful one that you'll like." He stared at me coldly for a moment before saying, "You're the Demon Dragon Clan's affair, some of the court officials already know about it and have started to jointly petition. Ye Hanmei, what do you think I should do?"

  That is to say, he guaranteed me not to lose!