Emperor Shen's charming wife

Concubine Shen's face was pale and her whole body was trembling, but she didn't dare to say another word.

Ning Yao looked at the scene in front of her and sneered in her heart. Concubine Shen, oh Concubine Shen, who do you think you are? Do you think you can really beat me?

She reached out and picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of Shen Yu staring at her without blinking, his eyes seemed to see through her.

Ning Yao's heart trembled, and her fingers holding the teacup tightened slightly. Could it be... Could it be that he discovered something?

At this moment, Shen Yu suddenly spoke, his tone low and dangerous: "My beloved, what do you want?"

Ning Yao gently put down the teacup, a sly look flashed in her clear eyes. She looked at Shen Yu in confusion and said softly, "Your Majesty, how can I not understand what you are saying? What else can I want? Of course, I want your favor."

As she spoke, she inconspicuously moved a few steps closer to Shen Yu, almost sticking to him. A faint fragrance, mixed with the unique fragrance of a woman, entered Shen Yu's nostrils, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

Shen Yu took a step back calmly, keeping a proper distance from Ning Yao, but his deep eyes never left Ning Yao's face, as if he wanted to see through everything she was thinking.

"Oh? Really?" Shen Yu looked at her with a smile, his tone was a little playful, "Why do I feel that what my beloved concubine wants is not so simple?"

Ning Yao's heart tightened, but she didn't show it on her face, still looking charming and lovely: "Your Majesty is really joking. I am a weak woman, what improper thoughts can I have?"

"Weak woman?" Shen Yu sneered, and pinched Ning Yao's chin, forcing her to look at him, "My beloved, don't forget that your methods in the past were no worse than any man's!"

There was a sharp pain in her chin, but Ning Yao didn't even frown. She met Shen Yu's cold gaze with a provocative arc at the corner of her mouth: "Your Majesty, are you praising me?"

"Praise?" Shen Yu's fingers exerted a little force, and his tone was cold, "I am warning you! Don't think you can get away with it by being clever! What is your purpose in approaching me?"

"Purpose?" Ning Yao suddenly laughed, her body shaking with laughter, tears almost flowing out, "Your Majesty, you think too highly of me. I am just a woman, what purpose can I have? Could it be that... ...Your Majesty thinks that I still want to kill you?"

There was a hint of self-mockery and bitterness in her tone, and the tears in the corners of her eyes made her look even more pitiful.

Shen Yu looked at her with a complex expression. He knew that Ning Yao's words were testing him, testing his attitude towards her, and testing whether he still remembered everything that happened in his previous life.

He slowly loosened his grip, took a step back, and said coldly, "It's better this way."

After that, he ignored Ning Yao and walked out of the room, leaving Ning Yao alone. She stood there, looking at his departing figure. The smile on her lips gradually disappeared, and her eyes became cold and deep...

Concubine Shen knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe, until Shen Yu's figure disappeared at the door. She dared to raise her head, glared at Ning Yao fiercely, and said with gritted teeth: "Ning Yao, you wait! I won't let you go!"

Ning Yao looked down at her, her eyes full of mockery and disdain: "I'm waiting, I'll be there anytime."

Concubine Shen was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she could do nothing but leave in disgrace.

Watching Concubine Shen's embarrassed back, Ning Yao's mouth curled up into a cold smile. Fifty thousand taels of silver was just a small step in her plan. What she wanted was to get back the humiliation she suffered in her previous life a thousand times!

And all of this starts with Shen Yu...

After Concubine Shen left, the sneer on Ning Yao's face gradually faded, replaced by a deep loneliness. She slowly walked to the window, looking at the peonies blooming in the imperial garden, but her heart was desolate.

Shen Yu, do you really not remember? In my previous life, you imprisoned me with your own hands, poured poison into my mouth with your own hands, and those cold eyes and cruel words, have you forgotten them all?

No, he would not forget. He was just testing her, testing whether she still remembered, testing her purpose of approaching him.

"Oh, purpose?" Ning Yao laughed at herself. Yes, what other purpose could she have for approaching him? Revenge? Or...

No, she was not qualified to talk about revenge now. She had to first figure out who brought her back to this heartbreaking place! Who gave her the chance to live again, but made her bear the hatred of her past life!

"My queen, are you okay?" Biyun, the personal maid, asked worriedly when she saw Ning Yao's pale face.

Ning Yao came back to her senses and met Biyun's concerned eyes. Her heart was warmed. In her previous life, after she was imprisoned by Shen Yu, everyone around her was replaced by his spies. Only Biyun was willing to stay by her side at the risk of death. In the end...

Thinking of Biyun's ending, Ning Yao felt a pain in her heart. She held Biyun's hand and said softly, "I'm fine. I'm just a little tired and want to be alone for a while."

Although Biyun was worried, she also knew Ning Yao's temper, so she stopped asking questions and just quietly stepped aside and waited.

Ning Yao stood alone by the window, with a lot of thoughts in her mind. In her previous life, she gave up her beloved childhood sweetheart for the sake of her family's honor and married Shen Yu, who was still a prince at the time. She thought that as long as she tried her best, she would be able to warm his cold heart one day.

But she was wrong, so wrong! There was never a place for her in Shen Yu's heart! All he wanted was power and the throne!

And she is just

A chess piece in his hand, a chess piece that can be sacrificed at any time!

Thinking of this, Ning Yao's heart was filled with a surge of hatred. She swore that in this life, she would make Shen Yu pay the price! She wanted him to have a taste of what it meant to live a life worse than death!

"My queen, look, what is that?" Biyun suddenly exclaimed, pointing outside the window.

Ning Yao looked in the direction of Biyun's finger, and saw a masked man in black hiding stealthily behind a rockery, and he seemed to be holding something in his hand.

Oh no! What he holds in his hand is...

Ning Yao's pupils suddenly shrank, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose in her heart.

After Concubine Shen left, the sneer on Ning Yao's face gradually faded, replaced by a deep loneliness. She slowly walked to the window, gently stroking the cold window frame with her fingertips, but her eyes fell on the peony flowers blooming in the yard without any focus.

Shen Yu had someone send this peony a few days ago, saying it was for her beloved Wei Zi. But now it seemed like a loud slap in her face.